…I don't own Samurai Champloo…
When she awoke, she felt the absence of weight and body heat. Fuu sat up, pulling her kimono around her, and looked around for him.
There was a splash, and she knew he was upriver probably bathing. She loosely tied her robes into place and made her way cautiously toward the sounds.
When she saw him, she stopped.
The water came up to his waist, right below where his hipbones protruded out. Her eyes wandered up his stomach to his bellybutton, looking much like a tiny, open mouth. His skin was stretched tight over his muscular, thin stomach. His chest was firm and well-built and lead to his defined shoulders and arms.
And etched and carved into him like a human epitaph were scars; some pink with new, others faded and browning with age.
Mugen turned and looked at Fuu, his eyes dark.
Silence.
What was there to say?
Mugen was the first to speak.
"Fuu…" He began. "I can't."
Silence.
He cleared his voice, and this time with more confidence and more of that usual Mugen cruelty, he reiterated. "I can't love you, Fuu."
Fuu looked down at her hands, a sad smile on her lips. "I know, Mugen." She looked up at him with composure. "I'm not expecting anything… I know you, Mugen… And I know I can't expect anything from you."
Mugen swallowed the lump that had been forming in his throat.
Since the moment he woke up, he knew he never should have initiated things with her. It had all happened so fast… And she was… Well, Fuu. He wasn't sure if it was guilt, or something else, but he had been dreading her awakening.
He swallowed again and nodded, casting his eyes to the water.
"I'm going to marry Kai when he and I go back to our village."
Again, there was silence.
She quietly dropped her robes and dipped herself into the river. Mugen looked up and watched behind half-lidded eyes as she approached.
"I'm not expecting anything." She repeated reassuringly.
They stared at each other for a while before Fuu reached under the water and caressed him.
He groaned and wrapped his arms around her. From there he commenced to take her against the riverbank.
The rest of their journey out of the woods was very much delayed. Any time Fuu would stop to rest, they would catch eyes, there was too long of a silent moment, or if they just somehow managed to touch, they would be at it again; the screaming, moaning passion would take them over.
And, as one can imagine, the day was becoming tedious with their lack of self-restraint.
He took her extra roughly this last time…
As they walked, he was thinking of this Kai, who had suddenly come into the picture and was apparently more prominent than he liked.
Marry him?
His thoughts were building, he was seeing red, and then she tripped.
She fucking tripped.
He had never taken someone's clothes off so fast. And as he had her, he made sure that it was Mugen she was thinking of. He thrust into her with all his might, without relent. He wanted to make sure that no matter how hard this Kai tried, no matter what he did, he would never fill her the Mugen did; he would never make her scream the way Mugen did. He would make sure Fuu would never find satisfaction in her bed with him… with Kai.
Their clothes were on again and they were walking when Mugen halted. Fuu stopped just a few steps behind him and gave him a questioning look. Mugen drew his sword and faced to his left. He signaled for Fuu to get behind him.
Then, out of the thicket stepped Jin.
"Jin!" Fuu cried and immediately pushed past Mugen to embrace him.
"Thankfully you're not as far as I had feared." Jin held her shoulders and looked at her sternly. "Riyouji knows you're journeying to Kagoshima."
"Riyouji knows a lot more than you're giving him credit for."
A chill went up all of their spines.
"Riyouji…" Fuu whispered.
Riyouji's mob, as if out of nowhere, surrounded them.
"Thank you, friend, for leading us to dear Fuu. I was beginning to worry about her." Riyouji grinned as he drew his sword.
Mugen sighed and gave Jin an annoyed look.
"Son of a bitch."
…Lots of updates lately!! Hope you guys liked this one. Another short-but-sweet kind of chapter. AGH! So excited… My plot is finally starting to get where I want it to be. Reviews? I like to hear what you're thinkin' Till next time!...