Another update... It's a good job I have nothing to do in the day really lol otherwise I wouldn't have time to write them up on paper first then type it all up. I hope you enjoy this and thank you for not murdering me for that last one :)

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Nao's POV

"Go to sleep would you?" I say as I settle in for my turn at guard duty.

"You can't possibly drive if you're half asleep tomorrow." I watch her eyes droop but she's still fighting it. It's admirable that she wants to stay awake to protect us, but she needs her sleep otherwise she will be endangering us tomorrow.

"But..."

"But nothing... I have a perfect vantage point here. I have the door, escape hatch and the window covered if anyone tries to break in so go to sleep already." She opens her mouth to argue again but I shoot her a look that shuts her right up. She strips out of her skin tight leathers and gets into her spare clothes before crawling into the bottom bunk and closing her eyes. She's asleep within minutes. She looks like a cute puppy, curled up on her side with her hands under the side of her head. Looking at her like this, I can almost forget that she is a wolf when she's awake. Powerful and ferocious with a biting sarcastic whit that riles me up so much it makes my blood boil. I wonder when that boiling blood turned from anger to lust. My eyes stray to her as she grumbles about mayonnaise in her sleep. Unbelievable...! Her indigo locks of hair slip over her face like a veil and my breath catches. Does she know how beautiful she is? Does she know how beautiful I think she is? She likes me and I know that; whether or not we like each other is not the problem. The problem is that I'm not mentally ready for the type of relationship I know she has to offer. No matter how much my body tells me I am, I know that I'm not. The passion she shows in our arguments tells me that she would be just as passionate a lover, and I'm not ready for a sexual relationship. Yes, I may have lured men into alleys using my body as the bait but I never once did anything with those men. I just stole their wallets. I'm still a virgin and I'm proud of that. I'm not ready or willing to loose that yet. Still... I wonder what it would be like for her to kiss me with the same passion that she argues with. Her lips against mine, our tongues fighting for dominance as we all but tear each others clothes off... I shake the thoughts from my mind and concentrate on the entry points of the room.


Natsuki's POV

My mind slowly clears from my dream to the feel of something soft stroking against my cheek and the sound of my name being softly spoken. I murmur something unintelligible as I slowly open my eyes. The sight of Nao looking down at me with her hand caressing my cheek fills my vision and a flash back of Shizuru stealing my first kiss invades my mind. I freak out and scramble away from her in fear as my heart races in my chest.

"I... I didn't mean to startle you. It's time to go we'll be coming into port soon." She says with her hands up in surrender.

"You... You didn't do anything... to... to me did you?" I stutter as I try to slow my heart and my breathing.

"Do anything to you? What... Oh wait... You think that I would...? How dare you think that I would do something like that to you?" She growls at me. She looks seriously hurt by my accusation and I feel horrid for even thinking it. I lower my gaze embarrassed and sorry for what I said.

"I apologise." I whisper.

"It's just... Shizuru once kissed me when I was asleep and it... It scared me okay?" I growl out admitting that I actually have a fear.

"It scared me and I thought that... I just panicked okay?" I whisper.

"You should know me better than that." She says to me.

"I'm sorry. I'd just woken up Nao and you startled me. It put my mind back to Shizuru. I didn't mean to offend you." I mumble at her.

"It's not like... Not like I wouldn't want to... Y'know... but I'd never do it without your consent... Not unless we were..." Her voice trails off as I look up. She avoids my eyes as she turns her head away.

"Sorry..." She mutters.

"Don't be." I whisper. She looks at me and I give her a weak smile. She really is just a sweet girl; no matter how mature she can sometimes be.

"We should get sorted." I say as I stand up and strip out of my spare clothes. I pay no heed to the fact that Nao's in the room. Like she said, I should trust her, and I do trust her not to try it on with me. I pull on my body fitting leathers and zip it up. I turn around to see that she has her back to me and it puts a small smile on my face.

"Come on scruff bag we have to go." I say. She glares at me and I chuckle as I head for the door with our bags.

'Darnit...!' I think as I crouch behind a car and watch the men surrounding my beautiful bike.

'How the hell did they find us?!'

"We should leave it and get going." Nao says and I shoot her an angry glare.

"I am not leaving my bike behind." I growl at her. She hits my left temple with her index and forefinger whilst calling me an idiot.

"We are not getting into a situation when we don't need to. Fore one it's downright fool hardy and is what most people call pushing their luck too far and secondly... I am not spilling anyone else's blood unless I really have to." She says. I open my mouth to argue with her but she covers it with her hand.

"Which means I am not killing anyone unless the fire first and they won't fire if we don't act like fools and try to get your bike. Let's just get off of this damn ferry and get one of Big Sei's contacts to get us a vehicle."

'I admit it; the girl has brains in that pretty little head of hers but...'

"But it's my bike." I whine at her and get another two finger slap against my head. She gives me another glare and I back down. There's no point in us drawing attention to ourselves by arguing with each other. I nod and we stay low as we run between the cars to the exit.


Mini Sei's POV

I wake up still holding Youko with Eriko in the morning and I immediately remember the emotional pain she had been in last night. How could Rei do something so horrible to her? I gently lift myself up and see the tormented look that dons her sleeping face. She loves Rei more that I ever thought she could love anyone. Granted; she isn't as cold hearted as everyone thinks she is. She isn't cold hearted at all if I'm being honest... she just looks like she is because her eyes are like stone most of the time. She is guarded though. As her friends we know that we only get a little way into her heart... But Rei...? She burrowed her way in deeper than anyone else can ever hope to. Youko cried herself into a fitful sleep last night leaving Eriko to tell me quietly what had happened. Rei burrowed her way in and then destroyed Youko from the inside out. The strong, calm, powerful Rosa Chinensis has become but a shell of her former self. Rei has killed her.

I blow against Eriko's face knowing that it's a sure fire way to wake her up; even when she's in deep sleep. As expected her eyes snap open and she looks at me angry for disturbing her. I place a finger to my lips and signal for her to stay still and quiet because of Youko.

"I'm going to check on Rei. Look after her for me." I whisper to Eriko and her eyes soften as she looks at Youko. I know it's probably her place to check on her petit soeur but I haven't seen her yet and I need to know what kind of damage was done to her. I walk down the corridor wondering what kind of state the younger girl is in and I'm still thinking of it when I enter the room. Her mother is in it looking for all intents and purposes like she's standing guard over her daughter. I blatantly ignore the older woman even though I know it is disrespectful. I step onto the bed and plonk myself down between Rei and the wall.

"Sooo... how are you feeling?" I ask Rei. It looks like it takes her all of her energy to just lift her gaze and let me see that they are hollow and dead. There's no life in her eyes what so ever.

"Good." I say coldly. I don't know why I said that really. Maybe I actually am glad that she's suffering as much as Youko. She lowers her gaze from mine as if she's ashamed of what she has done and inside I hear my mind saying...

'So she should be!'

"You're a murderer. Do you know that?" I ask her but she doesn't look up at me. It doesn't matter though because I know she's listening to me.

"What are you talking about?!" Her mother growls at me. I languidly raise my eyes to meet her icy glare with my own.

"I wasn't talking to you so could you politely mind your own business?" I say in a tone that would have made even Jo back off. The older woman steps back and I turn my attention back to Rei,

"You've killed her. Everything... it's all gone. She's a shell laying there dead because she was foolish enough to love you. Do you have any idea what it took for her to let her guards down for you? Do you have any idea at all what you have done to her? Breaking her heart after her mother abandoned her... After she thought you were going to die?" I growl at her. I see the tears welling up in her eyes and falling in silver trails down to her ears. What I'm saying isn't just about what she has done to Youko. Deep down I know that some of it is towards the anger I feel about what Shiori did to me. They are words similar to the ones I wanted to scream at her for what she did. Leaving me at the train station on my birthday after my parents had abandoned me for a weekend getaway. It's very close to what I felt then.

"I..." She struggles for a moment before she sits up. The tears roll freely as she hangs her head before turning to look at me. I see the pain in her all but dead eyes. Her hands are shaking so hard that she has to hold them still. A soul destroying sob leaves her as she collapsed against me in a fit of heartache that is worse than anything I have ever felt.

"Sei..." She cries as I hold onto her softly so as not to cause her any more pain.

"I... I... didn't want to... to..." She sobs uncontrollably with her eyes squeezed shut as she soaks my t-shirt. All I can do is hold her and let her release some of her pain. I look up and see the shock on her mothers face and wonder... Is she seeing now that love isn't defined by gender? I shush Rei gently rocking her whilst holding her in my arms. She slowly calms herself down after what seems like an age of just her sobs and my shushes filling the room. It calms down to the point where she is just sniffling into my soggy t-shirt. I still continue to comfort her though.

"Rei... I know that you love her more than you can understand. I know that doing what you did killed you just as much as it has her, but you can still fix this." I say to her.

"She cannot and will not fix this. If she goes near that girl that is the end. Rei if you continue with this insanity then you will not have a place in my home." Her mother says and I can't bite my tongue.

"Will you keep your homophobic trap shut woman? What about any of this is insane? Can you not see the pain your daughter is in?" I hiss at her.

"She'll get over it."

"No...! You don't get over pain like this. It stays with you, underneath your skin, eating away at your soul until there is nothing left of you." I shout at her. I'm not thinking about what Shiori did to me now. Right now I'm thinking about how I would feel if I hurt Shimako like that. It would destroy me knowing that I had caused her so much pain.

"Your daughter is in love! It doesn't matter that love is for a man or a woman. What matters is that there's another person out there that makes her feel happy and loved. Most people go their whole lives not knowing how that feels and you are asking your daughter to give it up? She's in pain and you can't fix it. She will resent you for the rest of her life because right now she loves and respects you enough to put you in front of her own needs!" I all but scream at her. Her eyes are wide as she gawps at me. I look down at where Rei is pulling out of my hold and is getting to her feet.

"Rei...?" Her mother and I ask at the same time.

"She's right mum." Rei says as she looks at her mother.

"If I don't fix this I'll just be a shell and I'll hate both you and myself for doing it. I don't want to hate you and I don't want Youko hurting because I listened to you. Without her all I am doing is existing; I'm not living my life." She slowly makes her way painfully to the door and I jump up. I pull her to my side and let her lean on me as I help her down the corridor.

"Mini me...?" I hear Big Sei shout after me and I look at her as she falls into step with us.

"I've just got off the phone with Nao. They should be here by tonight with the way Natsuki drives. Get your things sorted before hand so we can all sit down and discus what is going on." She ruffles my hair before walking off.

"She's a strange woman." Rei says through wincing gasps.


Rei's POV

Eriko and Sei set me down on the edge of the bed where Youko is laid fast asleep. I watch them go before I look at Youko and see that she looks ill. It just serves to make me feel even worse about what I have done to her; to us. Will she forgive me or will she tell me to take a long walk off of a short pier? I have to fix this. I don't care if my family never talks to me again. I love her. I love her and I need her in my life. It goes beyond me being infatuated with her body; beyond me enjoying everything about her.

"Youko...?" I ask as I gently shake her shoulder. She stirs slowly and I see the hollow look in her eyes. Sei was right. I've killed her.

"Youko I..."

"What the hell are you doing out of bed?" She all but shrieks at me with wide eyes. I jump at the shock of her outburst.

"Are you suicidal? Jesus, lie down and stay down. You shouldn't be up and about yet." She says as she pulls my legs onto the bed and pushes me gently down onto the soft mattress. When she's done and she stops I see the pain well up in her eyes. She must have forgotten what I did whilst she was worrying about me.

"I'm sorry." I say before she can get off of the bed and walk away from me.

"I want to fight. I don't want... I don't want to hurt you. I was stupid and scared but I won't be anymore. No matter what anybody else says or does it can't stop the fact that I love you. I can't just stop loving you. I don't want to be without you. I want to be there for you when you need me and..." I stop talking as she places her index finger to my lips. She smiles softly. Tears don't come from either of us but I think that's because we have cried ourselves dry over the past twelve hours.

"Shh... It'll be okay." She says as she lies at my side and rests her head against my good shoulder.

"I don't want to be without you either. It hurts too much."

"Youko...?" I ask.

"Yeah...?"

"Aishiteru gorgeous." I whisper.

"Aishiteru." She says as she snuggles into me.

"Now rest up. You're going to have to get better if you want to fight."

"It isn't so bad. Sei all but carried me here." I smile to myself.

"I'll be having strong words with her as well later for letting you get out of bed." She kisses my cheek before settling down against my good shoulder again.


Yay (happy eyes) I fixed them!!! Whoop... Now if you could be so kind as to review pretty please because I really like reading what you think :) please and thankyou