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Shadow Lion

Lily 12

"Hi, Lily." Shun says, facing away from her.

After hearing his voice and the sad song that was playing a moment ago, she quickly remembers her conversation last night after Remus told her he and Severus might be the same person.

"It's just not possible Remus; it's impossible," she told him. "We both saw Sev's name appear on the map at Hogwarts and Shun was away on business at that time. They just can't be the same person, but they could just be two different people that smell similar. Besides Shun is a Muggle."

Remus had scratched his head at that thought, pondering it. "That could be true, I can admit that. Sometimes I do smell two people that smell similar; maybe my senses are getting weak or something."

"Good, now let's go; James and Sirius must be waiting for us." She apparated back to Potter Manor with Harry. Remus followed behind. They went inside and found James and Sirius waiting for them in the living room.

"What took you guys so long to get back?" James asked after she'd put Harry down to sleep.

"Nothing really. Some Muggles passed by so we had to wait until they were gone before we apparated back here," Remus smoothly lies to him.

"Oh well, we'd better get going; we have work tomorrow. Good night, everyone." Sirius grabbed Remus and apparated.

"I'm going to bed early James; I'm really tired. Good night."

"Ok, just remember tomorrow Sirius and I will be gone for two days on Auror business. We're trying to find You-Know-Who's army of werewolves and prevent them from turning others into werewolves."

When she went to bed and James fell asleep next to her, she starts to think of the possibilities that Shun could be Sev, but his name appeared on the map at Hogwarts while Shun was away in business. 'Come to think of it, Shun never did tell me where he went to on business,' she thought. 'Also he's been keeping to himself since he moved there.' She started to wonder if he really is Sev, but if he, he would have known about magic already. However, he doesn't show any indication he knows about it at all. 'What is he hiding then?' She thought. 'If he isn't Sev; why is he keeping to himself instead of talking about himself more?' There's so much she doesn't know about him, but she's going to find out sooner or later. She soon fell asleep.

Now that she's here with him; it's a good chance to find out more about him. James and Sirius are going away for two days on Auror business later tonight so she has plenty of time. "Hi Shun! I didn't know you played the saxophone," she sits down next to him.

"Well there are a lot of things you don't know about me."

'So true,' she thought to herself. "I'm kind of surprised to see you after that surprise visit yesterday." She suddenly feels herself blush. "To tell you the truth it was Sirius's idea to come over."

He chuckles slightly but he averts his eyes away from her.

'Something seems wrong,' she thought.

"Oh good because I was afraid that your husband and his friends were going to beat me up for kissing you...unless you didn't tell him?"

"Don't worry, I didn't tell him and even if I had I wouldn't let them do that to you."

"Thanks." He grins and then focuses his attention back on his saxophone.

"So what song were you playing before?" Lily asks him.

"It's not really a song. It's just a few notes I was playing around with."

"Well ...can I listen to you play?"

"I guess." He shrugs and then he starts playing a soft, sad, jazz tone. As he plays, she let herself sink into it and relax. Even though it's kind of sad; it's also calming as well.

"You know, I never took you as a jazz player," she tells him.

He stops playing. "Well in high school I was in a music class where we had to pick an instrument and learn how to play it for a grade. I picked the sax because I honestly think the guitar is overrated beside I already knew how to play the guitar. I thought learning how to play a different instrument would be fun."

'At least he's talking more open about himself,' she thought. She suddenly notices Shun's eyes looked sad. "Shun, what's wrong?" She asks him.

He looks away from her and looks down at the medallion around his neck.

She's never sees him like this, but then again she doesn't know him too well. "Whatever is bothering you Shun you can tell me." He remains silent. "Ok, don't tell me then." She starts to get up and leave, but he grabs her hand.

"Sorry...it's just that...I want to tell you, but I don't know how." He looks troubled, which is the first time she sees him like this.

She sits back down next to him. "Just try your best." Lily puts a comforting hand on his shoulder.

He starts playing with his medallion. "I know that I haven't been fair to you." He starts out, sounding nervous. "I haven't talked much about my past to you and I've noticed you've been wondering about it for quite some time now."

When those words left his mouth, she suddenly feels like a horrible sneak who's trying to pry a bad memory out from him. Even though she wants to know more about him, all of his secrets; this isn't the way to do this. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"But I do want to and it's only fair to tell you what's troubling me. I know you want to help me and besides I need to get this off my chest," Shun tells her sincerely. "You see, this morning I ran into an old friend from Japan and she told me something that shook me to my very core and I just don't know what to do now." He sounds depressed.

"What is it?"

"It's about Aimi; she's my girl- I mean- my dead ex-girlfriend."

Suddenly Lily feels jealously rising within her but wait... 'So the girl is his ex, but why is he troubled about her now ...besides her being killed in front of him?'

She must have had a look of confusion because Shun says, "I must be confusing you so let me start from the beginning." He takes a deep breath and starts talking. "I first met her was after I suffered a massive injury to my head and she was the first person I saw after I recovered. When I recovered, her father offered me a place in his organization and I got to see her every day. She was intelligent, beautiful, heartwarming and graceful."

The more he talks about her like that the more jealous Lily feels. 'But why am I feeling jealous over someone who's dead,' she thought as she shrugs it off.

"We gotten to know each other for a year then we started dating for two years but then we soon broke up. People thought it was more of a brother-sister relationship because we were really close, but it wasn't." He pauses to take a breath. "I realized our breakup was to help me get back to in touch with reality. I became too obsessed with work and she knew that. I knew we were still in love, but we never got back together so a lot of words were left unsaid and it's too late now."

"What's wrong then?" She asks him, remembering the words he had said the last time they talked like this. "You said so yourself that you moved on because you knew she would want you to."

"What's wrong is that this morning her best friend, who is also her cousin, told me that Aimi was pregnant with my child after our breakup." He sounds angry with himself and she hears herself gasp. "But she had a miscarriage and I never knew until now." He bows his head in shame. "She also told me Aimi always thought about me and I guessed she must have thought I never thought about her." She sees tears start to trail down his face and he places his hands over his face.

"Just what kind of person am I?" He asks out loud, in despair, causing Michael to wake up, but she doesn't notice because she's too busy focusing on Shun. "Every time I saw her... Every time we talked to each other or just passed by each other I always saw her smiling at me and I never knew...I never knew how much she'd suffered ...because of me." He starts to choke up at the last part.

'I've never seen him like this,' she thought as she hugs him. 'This is too painful for him to bare it alone, but what can I do?'

"And you know what the best part is? She made this medallion especially for me." He shows her it around his neck. A crescent moon and some of it is cover by the top part of the tree, in the middle is some kind of language she doesn't understand that she guesses is his name. "She did so much for me, but I caused her so much pain and suffering in return. How could she even look at me after what I did to her?"

'I don't know what to do to help him? What can I say to some who obviously feels guiltier than anyone in the whole world?' She thought desperately. 'Oh, what would Shun tell me if I was in the same position he is right now?'

"It's because she loved you," she blurts it out. After those words leave her mouth, Shun suddenly stops crying and looks at her with a confused expression.

"It's because she loved you," she repeats in a calm voice. "She cared about you more than her wellbeing. I would do the same if I was as madly in love with you as she was." Lily blushes at the last sentence.

"Even if what you say is true; how can she still love me after I caused her so much pain?" He asks slowly looking away.

"Weren't you listening to a word I said? She cared about you even if you caused her pain. She loved you very much." She grabs him by the hand and drags him back to his house with Michael following them. Shun still remained silent as they enter his house and sat down in the living room. "I'll leave you alone to think, but I'm coming back to check up on you later." He nods his head slowly, not showing his face.

She didn't want to leave in the state he is in but she has to go back home and take care of Harry. After one last look of him, she leaves his house and walks a few blocks away before she apparates to Potter Manor. There she sees James and Sirius with suitcases in their hands.

"Hey Lily, we're heading off now," James greets her.

"Ok, but be careful." James comes over and gives her a quick kiss. They barely have any time to kiss nowadays with the war going on; the kiss is nice but...

"Come on, Lily you know me. Don't be such a worry wart." He grins at her.

Sirius walks over. "Yeah, I got his back." He wraps his arm around James's shoulder.

"Come back soon." They disapparate to where they were assigned. She walks inside to check on Harry who is playing with Remus on the living room floor.

"Hi, Lily."

"Remus, can you babysit Harry tonight?"

"Sorry, but I can't Lily, I'm going to be out of town tonight; it's going to be a full moon soon." Remus reminds her. "One more thing; Dumbledore wants us to meet the day before the raid on Malfoy's Manor at the Burrow."

"Thanks for telling me. Get well soon." Remus hands her Harry and disapparates.

"Looks like, it's just you and me now Harry." She holds him and carries a baby bag for Harry. "We can go visit Shun. He could use a happy face right about now." She apparates them and they arrive in Cokeworth out of viewing range from Shun's house. As she and Harry walk closer to his house, she sees a woman with black hair at the front door. She looks pretty and foreign; she could be Shun's friend. The woman looks like she's trying to decide if she should knock or not.

"Excuse me," Lily says to her. "Are you a friend of Shun's?"

The woman turns to her. "Yes and I guess you're his friend too." She says as she looks her up and down and Lily nods. "My name is Hikari. What brings you here?"

"I'm Lily. Harry and I were going to visit him, but I guess we can come back if you want to talk to him privately." She starts to walk away.

"No wait," Hikari stops her. "If you're friends with him then you won't mind being with us because he could use some cheering up after what happened." It looks as if she's expecting Lily to ask what happened.

"So you're the person Shun talked to this morning about his ex-girlfriend, Aimi." She sees she caught Hikari completely off guard.

"Wait Shun told you that! But what…" Suddenly the door opens before the woman could finish her sentence. Shun must of heard some noises outside his house. He had changed clothes after she left. He is now wearing a V-neck shirt and a pair of jeans. Even though they're just regular clothes somehow he looks very sexy in those. Lily feels herself getting hot.

"Hi, Lily." He smiles at her. Then he turns to Hikari, looking confuse. "Hi, Hikari. I wasn't expecting you for a few days."

"Well, I wanted to check on you because I'm your friend, but since you seem to think so lowly of me; I guess I should leave, Shun." Hikari puffs out her cheeks in annoyance.

"Relax, I'm just joking." He turns to Lily. "I see you brought Harry with you." Then he takes Harry from her. "How've you been, buddy?"

"Shu." Harry tries to say his name as he waves his arms in glee.

"That's close, little man but you're making it sound like 'shoe'." He turns to them. "Let's go inside because this is no place to talk." He leads them into his living room and Michael comes running in, excited to see Harry and vice versa.

"Doggie." Harry squeals as Shun lays him down.

"Play nice with Harry, Michael who barks in response. Shun brings Harry a tennis ball to play with.

"So Dragon Striker, how did you met Lily?" Hikari asks him as she sits down on the couch in a casual manner.

'Dragon Striker?' Lily thought. 'Does she come here often?'

"We met when I first arrived here; her parents are my neighbors." Shun tells her.

"So Hikari, why do you call Shun 'Dragon striker'?" Lily asks her.

"Oh well, that was Shun's nickname in high school since he was so good at tennis. He even has a tattoo of a dragon."

"Yeah, after you and my teammates forced me into getting one." He tells Hikari and then he turns to Lily. "Trust me; you should never let Harry get a tattoo. It's not that bad getting it, but after you do; it'll irritate your skin like crazy for a while and don't forget it's permanent unless you want it painfully removed."

'Good advice when Harry gets older,' she thought wisely.

"Don't be such a baby!" Hikari sticks her tongue out. Somehow she feels left out of this conversation and thinks they are too familiar with each other.

"So do you still have it?" Hikari asks and he nods his head.

"That's a relief since it took me forever to convince him to get it because he's so stubborn." She giggles in the memory and Shun glares at her. "By the way, why are you here?" Shun asks her.

'That's something I what to know too,' Lily thought.

"Well first I want to say I'm sorry for not telling you sooner."

"Apology accepted," Shun replies quickly.

"I haven't even said it yet," she cries out in amazement.

"There's no need to and besides I know you. You didn't mean to keep it from me; I was kind of out of it during the time." He rubs his neck and grins at her in an innocent manner.

Listening to Shun's explanation makes her feel that she should have accepted Severus's apology after he called her Mudblood... that way, he wouldn't have disappeared. 'After all we were childhood friends,' she thought as she remembered some of the good times they had together.

"What's the second thing you were going to say?" Lily asks her.

"Oh right! Shun, how would you like to try out for professional tennis?"

"I thought I already told you no."

"Please Shun, you loved the sport and you're still good at it."

"Yes, but I'm busy with my investigation." Lily notices Shun motioning at her with his eyes.

"Investigation?" Hikari asks then she says, "Oh right the one you told me about, but when you're done, will you consider it?"

"Maybe," Shun answers. "Speaking of tennis, shouldn't you be practicing?" Hikari looks at her watch and gasps loudly. Harry and Michael look at her strangely. "Oh no, my coach is going to kill me for not coming to practice. I've got to go! It was nice meeting you, Lily." She grabs her things and leave quickly.

"Do you think she's going to be alright?" Lily asks, noticing him holding in his laughter.

"Don't worry Lily; she's always been like that since I met her; an annoying scatterbrain."

"That isn't nice to say about your friend," she scolds him.

"Oh come on! Haven't you ever had a friend who annoys and teases you a lot?" He dares her.

"Yes, I do." She thinks of Sirius. "But I won't say he's a friend; he seems more like a little brother the way he acts sometimes."

"Is it Sirius?" He must have seen her expression because his face shows that he knows he got it right.

"So how are you feeling after ..." she changes the subject.

"It still hurts, but I'm better now." He smiles slightly at her and then looks at Harry playing with Michael. "After you left I was thinking that I shouldn't dwell on what happened in the past. Now I just have to improve for the future."

"That's good to hear." She looks at the clock, it's almost six. "I better get going; I have to feed Harry and put him to bed." She picks up her baby bag and lifts Harry who begins fussing. Michael starts to whimper slightly, hearing Harry fussing.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Shun opens the door for her walks outside with them. "You know you've been visiting me a lot since I came back from my trip. Is there something I should know?" He asks her.

She feels herself blush. 'He's teasing me,' she thought.

"No there is not." She tries to look angry with him, but fails. Then she and Shun start laughing. Harry starts giggling too.

Suddenly thunder booms loudly in their ears and the rain pours down hard. Harry starts to cry because they're getting wet.

"Come back inside." Shun said.

Lily hurries back inside, but Harry continues to cry so Shun takes Harry from her and pats him gently on his back. Both of them have gotten drenched within a few seconds.

"Come on little buddy, it's just water. It's not going to hurt you." Shun soothes him and his crying eases.

Lily stomps her foot to the floor. "What just happened? It was sunny just a moment ago and suddenly it's pouring," She yells in frustration.

"It looks as if it's going to rain overnight too." Shun replies looking out the window at the sky. The clouds almost look black. "You and Harry might have to stay here for the night."

"You know we could try running to my parent's house."

"And have Iris yell at me for letting you and Harry get drenched and possibly getting sick. There's no way I'm letting you out there." He points out the window; it's raining harder than ever.

"Fine." She says to him.

Shun gives Harry back to her. Then he goes in the living room and starts a fire to warm up the room while she dries Harry off. She hears the phone ring, but then it stops. She feeds Harry some baby food and Shun brings lasagna into the dining room. Lily finishes feeding Harry and eating with Shun.

"You two can sleep on my bed tonight and I'll sleep on the couch." He hands her a cup of tea. She notices he hasn't looked at her directly during the entire meal.

"That's nice of you Shun." She finishes her tea and takes Harry to Shun's room so she can put him to bed. Michael follows behind. Harry finally falls to sleep and Michael is sleeping on the floor next to the bed. She looks around Shun's room. 'It's cleaner than I expected it to be,' she thought. She had gone over to Sirius's home once and it was messier than a pig sty.

'It's hard to believe Shun is still single,' she thought. 'Then again he did lose the women he loved.' She comes back into the living room and sees Shun staring at the fireplace with the lights out and a blanket and pillow beside him on the couch. She walks up behind Shun quietly to surprise him.

"You know it's not nice to sneak up behind someone." He said without turning around.

'How did he know I was there?' She thought incredibly. Suddenly she feels him spin her around but, she trips causing her to fall with Shun landing on top of her. Then she feels Shun's arms around her.

"My God, Lily it looks like you're out of practice," he teases her.

"Well, I wouldn't have tripped if you hadn't spun me around like that!" She pounds on his chest. She looks up to see him turn his head away. 'Why isn't he looking at me?' She thought angrily. "What is it?"

"What?" He looks at her in confusion. He sits back up, crossing his legs.

She sits up too. "You're not looking at me."

He looks dumbfounded and asks, "You're upset because I'm not looking at you?"

"That's not what I mean."

"Then what do you mean?" He looks away from her, appearing a bit red in the face.

"You keep looking away from me. What's wrong?" She asks him, leaning closer to him and forcefully turning his face towards her.

"Well I ...you see … hmm …Maybe you should look for yourself." She hears him mutter, trying to avert his eyes and blushing. She looks down at herself and freezes. Her blouse had come unbuttoned when Shun was spinning her around and they had fallen. Her red bra and even the outline of her nipples could easily be seen now. She quickly covers herself with her arms.

"I can't believe you; you should have said something right away instead of staring at my chest." She yells at him angrily.

"I was not," Shun says to her out of shock, putting his hands up in defense. "I was too embarrassed to say anything and I did try not to look."

"So you did look."

"I did not."

"You did too."

"I didn't."

"Just admit it! It's not like you weren't enjoying it like every guy."

"Who says I was?"

Lily realizes they must have gotten closer to each other during the argument and in the middle of it she threw her arms down, giving him full view of her breasts. They are just sitting there on the floor in front of the fireplace.

"What do you mean by that?" She murmurs while looking away. She couldn't believe they were having this conversation; it's Shun for Merlin's sake. 'He's not the type of person to do that,' she thought.

"I'm not like most guys," he whispers.

She turns to see Shun has gotten closer to her and suddenly she feels hot in between her legs after hearing his incredible husky voice. "Does that mean you didn't like what you saw?" She asks softly after a moment of silence. She tries to look away from him. The light of the fire on his face made him more handsome than in the sunlight and the look that he's giving her right now made her feel even hotter.

"It's not that I didn't like what I saw, but the fact you compared me with other guys." She could feel him coming closer. "You should know I don't like labeling people, especially me. Do you really think I would stoop that low?"

His voice makes her shiver all over. 'It's as if he's being seductive without really trying,' she thought incredibly.

"No...It's not how ...I really think of you." She could feel his hot breath on her skin and then she feels his lips on her neck.

"How do you think of me, Lily?" He asks. He has her in his arms so there is no backing out.

"Well ...I think ...you're ...generous ...kind ...thoughtful ..." She pants in between the words, feeling Shun sucking the skin on her neck. She feels his hands roam on her back causing goose bumps to break out on her arms.

"Amazing ...handsome ...mysterious ...incredible." As she continues, she feels Shun gently laying her down to the floor. She doesn't even know why she keeps talking. She feels his tongue on her neck, slowly licking her skin and suddenly feels her panties getting soaked.

'Oh Bloody Hell, I'm wet!' She yells in her mind. When Shun finally lift his head up and she looks into his eyes. His dark eyes are so mysterious and alluring; it's hard to turn away. His gaze is too much to bear so she closes her eyes and her legs too, trying to stop herself from becoming wetter. 'What am I doing? I have to stop this before it gets out of hand.' Suddenly she feels his hand in her pants, rubbing between her legs, making friction through her panties to make her wetter. Then she hears herself moan loudly as she slowly open up her legs more to him.

"Hmm… If that's what you think, I guess it's time for me to share." He whispers to her making her ear tingle and pull his hand out of her pants. Then she feels pressure against her lips. She opens her eyes and sees Shun kissing on top of her. She wraps her arms around his neck kissing him back. There is no denying him now and she definitely doesn't want to stop no matter what excuses she can think of.

"I think you're ...gentle ...independent ...strong-willed..." He kisses her in between those words as she feels his hands exploring her body. She feels one hand on her back near her bra and his other hand around her waist. She plays with his ponytail and takes the hair tie off, causing his hair to fall freely, and caressing his hair with her hands. Lily wraps her legs around his waist, feeling the hard-on through his jeans.

"Sweet ...graceful ...and finally ...beautiful." He gives one long lingering kiss while his hands stroke up her body and unhook her bra. As their lips part, Shun quickly removes her blouse and bra and his own shirt within a matter of seconds.

Shun sees her breasts in full view while she feels his muscular body with her hands. 'My word... His muscles are huge!' Then Shun quickly kisses her again, pressing their bodies together. She kisses him back and opens her mouth, allowing his tongue in and darting her tongue inside his mouth. As their tongues fight for dominance, she suddenly feels Shun's hands on her bum and suddenly lifting her up against the wall. Her feet are on the ground, but she could hardly stand if Shun wasn't supporting her.

He kisses her neck and breasts while stroking her nipples causing them to harden even more.

She feels her jeans unfasten and remove by Shun and she kicks them aside. Shun does the same with his jeans and boxers. Then he presses her up against the wall and she can feel his hard erection. He sucks her nipples and gropes her bum, causing her panties to become wetter. She hears her heart pounding and she moans loudly. All she wants is for him to enter her right now.

Then he kneels down and removes her panties. She is completely naked now and sees Shun moving his eyes gazing at her body. He puts her legs over his shoulders and suddenly she feels his tongue inside her. She moans very loudly and closes her eyes to enjoy every stroke of his tongue. In the process she holds on to his hair for dear life as she feels his tongue going deeper inside while he squeezes her thighs. Then she feels herself explode in pleasure. Then Shun grab hold of her legs and wrap them around his waist with his member paused in front of her entrance. He stops abruptly and asks, "Do you want us to continue? Because there is no turning back from here."

She could not seem to find her voice. After that amazing and pleasurable experience she doesn't really want to stop. No, she wants more of it. She simply nods her head.

Shun slightly grins at her and says, "Let's continue this on the couch then."


Me: This, by far, had to be one of the best chapters I ever wrote for this story and hopefully there will be more chapters like this to come but this the first time I wrote something like this. Also I was planning to write the whole thing but I didn't want any trouble because of it, oh well. You got to read Lily's side and you all will definitely see what Shun (Severus) thinks and more in the next chapter, hence the M rating.