Sometimes this fic has chapters that could go any number of ways and it's sooo hard to pick which way I like the best. The next chapter is going that way too can't wait to see where it goes. Hope you enjoy; much love for you all. Keva

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"I just hope you don't change your mind on me." He ran a finger up over Sesshoumaru's chest.

"I won't." He whispered a little nervously.

Naraku stared at him for a long moment then began slowly shaking his head. "No."

"No?" Sesshoumaru drew his brows deeply. "No what?"

"You're not ready." He sighed. "And that's okay." He smiled reassuringly.

"I am too." He scowled at him. "Don't tell me I'm not because you think I'm not." He growled. "We are doing this and nothing you can say or do will stop it!"

Naraku stared at him suspiciously. "You ARE doing this just for me." He accused.

"So what if I am." He growled. "It's my choice and why I choose to do it is MY choice."

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard and we are NOT doing it until you are absolutely ready." Naraku countered.

"I am ready." He scowled. "And it's not for you to decide if I'm ready or not!"

"Fine if you say your ready then you go ahead and do it but you can count me out." He nodded curtly.

Sesshoumaru got to his feet and glared at his friend sitting on the bed. "If that's the way you want it I'll go find someone else to do it with who isn't so selfish." He grabbed his shirt off the floor and made to storm out of the room. "Let go of me!" He turned and tried to jerk free of Naraku's sudden hold on his wrist.

"Do not." Naraku ordered in a cold deadly whisper, jerked him against his chest, and wrapped his arms possessively around him. "No one else will ever have you. You are mine." He growled.

Sesshoumaru sighed deeply and leaned his forehead against his shoulder but made no move to hug him back. "Why do you always do this?" He sighed again. "I know what I want and don't want."

"Yes and what you want is something you only want just for me and not you."

"I'm not that selfish either." He scowled against his shoulder. "I just want us to be together," he wrapped his arms around him and buried his face into his neck. "forever."

"You two are worse than those silly romance movies Izayoi watches all the time."

"What do you want?" Sesshoumaru questioned still encased in Naraku's arms and making no move to remove himself to look at his father.

Toga snorted. "Just making sure you two aren't doing anything I won't approve of."

"Go away." Sesshoumaru ordered with an annoyed huff. "We don't need to hear the sex talk we've heard it enough in our lives."

"Well then I suggest you don't do anything that will cause me to have to give you the sex talk." He nodded curtly at Naraku since he was the only one of the two looking at him.

"We're not going to do anything you wouldn't approve of." He glowered at him.

"Be sure that you don't because I will be checking up on you two."

Naraku narrowed his eyes at the now empty doorway. "Four more years." He growled to himself. "Just four more." He looked at the silver head nodding against his neck then changed the subject. "You know I was thinking."

"What?" Sesshoumaru questioned and slipped his hands up under Naraku's shirt to rub his back.

"Maybe we should wait and do it somewhere special."

Sesshoumaru pulled back and stared at him. "What do you mean; somewhere special?"

He smiled at him and ran his fingers though his silver hair. "Like maybe our first time should be where we first discovered the magic."

"But we're not going camping this year; are we?" He drew his brows.

"Well we always say we're not going to go and then we go anyway." He shrugged. "So why not wait until then to do it? It's only a few more weeks anyway."

"I guess." Sesshoumaru agreed though somewhat disappointedly.

"You don't want to wait?"

"Well no." He gave a small shake of his head. "But I want it to be special so I'll wait."

Naraku smiled at that. "Good."

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"No."

"Don't argue with me boy." Onigumo narrowed his eyes upon him. "You're still my control until you are eighteen and you will do as you are told. Now get your little ass in the car!"

"Does mom know you're trying to kidnap me?" Naraku backed away from his father in case he tried to grab him.

"First off you can't kidnap your own child. Secondly mom has nothing to do with this and before you ask yes she knows I'm here to get you. Thirdly and I shouldn't have to justify myself to you as your father but you and I need to have a talk; just the two of us."

Naraku stared at him suspiciously. "I want to talk to mom first." He turned and walked back into the house. "I don't trust you right now."

Onigumo gnashed his teeth together tightly. He was at his wits end and tired beyond all reason. All night long he had spent arguing with Kikyo until they were able to come to something of a compromise. Now it was just a matter of getting his stubborn son in the damn car so they could go somewhere and work this nonsense out.

"What?" He narrowed his dark eyes upon a set of amber glaring deadly at him.

"I knew you never liked me." Sesshoumaru hissed.

"Boy that is the biggest load of nonsense I've ever heard." He snorted disgustedly.

"Is it?" He countered. "My whole life you've done nothing but try to keep me and Naraku away from each other. My dad accepted Naraku but you never accepted me."

"I am not going to justify myself to a child that has no idea what's going on."

"Oh I know exactly what's going on." He narrowed his ambers to deadly little slits. "You are a selfish, close minded, shallow bastard and I hope you rot in hell for it." With that he turned and went after Naraku.

"Little bastard!" He hissed to himself then looked over at his best friend. "What?"

Toga shook his head. "Just waiting for the fallout of all this."

"What's that supposed to mean?" He questioned suspiciously.

"It means when all is said and done; Naraku will still be with Sesshoumaru and you will be without a son." He shook his head again. "You really need to consider what IS important to you and what isn't."

"What's important to me is that my son doesn't settle for the familiar." He quickly countered.

"Save it." He snorted. "I know you better than that. This has everything to do with Naraku not going out there and doing as we did when we were his age."

"So what if it is?" He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall. "If he and Sesshoumaru are meant to be together then eventually they will be but that doesn't mean he has to settle."

"So now not only is my son a bad choice but he's just something Naraku is settling for because he can't find anything better?"

"That's not what I said and you know it." He stared hard at him. "You are as bad as my wife. All I want is for Naraku to really go out there and look and see what else could be out there for him. If he finds nothing and comes back to Sesshoumaru so be it if not then it was never meant to be."

Toga shook his head. "What's never going to be is your relationship with your son." He placed his hand on Sesshoumaru's shoulder when he and Naraku came to stand by him.

"You don't know that." He stood up then looked over at Naraku who was glaring deadly at him. "Ready?"

"No!" He ground out. "So what? Did you hit mom or something to get your way?"

"Don't be so absurd." He glared at his son. "I would never hit your mother. I just want to talk to you and you all are acting like I'm some evil beast out to eat your souls."

"Just talk?" Sesshoumaru questioned as he stared at the man suspiciously. "I bet."

"Me too." Naraku nodded.

"Naraku just go talk to him and explain it to him. Maybe he'll understand you two better." Toga nodded at the boy when he looked at him. "Just give it a shot and if it doesn't work at least you'll know you tried."

Naraku looked from him to his father and sighed. "I guess." He then looked at Sesshoumaru.

"No." Sesshoumaru shook his head.

"Son." Toga squeezed his shoulder lightly. "Naraku and his dad need to work this out. Let him go."

Sesshoumaru looked up at his dad then back to Naraku. "No but..."

"I'll be back." Naraku grabbed him by the face and placed a quick kiss on his brow. "I promise."

"You better." Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around him and pressed his lips against his ear. "I don't trust him." He whispered quietly.

Naraku looked over at his father who was glaring at them and glared right back at him. "Me neither." He nodded lightly, pulled Sesshoumaru back from him, and turned to stare deep into his worried ambers. "I WILL be back. Promise." He reassured then leaned in and pressed their lips together.

Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms tightly around him not wanting to let him go. He could feel it; Onigumo was going to take him and he was never going to come back no matter the promise he just made. When Naraku pulled back from him and stared into his eyes his stomach knotted miserably. "I love you." He whispered.

Naraku smiled at that and caressed his cheek. "I love you too." He gave him one more quick peck. "I'll be right back." He nodded then pulled away from him and moved to stand in front of his father. "Well lets hurry up and do this so I can come back."

Onigumo glowered at him. "Go get in the car." He then looked at Toga and shook his head. "The horizon is broader than this." He waved his hand around him.

Toga picked up the meaning quite easily. "And had anyone wanted to explore that horizon they would have." He countered with a curt nod at his long time friend before he closed the door behind him.

"He's not coming back." Sesshoumaru stared at the closed door. "He's going to take him away."

"No he's not." Toga tired to reassure. "Naraku and Onigumo have a lot to work through and if they don't do it now things down the road will get a lot worse for the two of you."

Sesshoumaru turned to look up at him and drew his brows deeply. "What do you mean?"

"I mean there has been a divide between Naraku and his dad for a long time. If they don't work out the problems they have with each other things would eventually explode and the two of us would have been caught in the middle."

Sesshoumaru stared at him for a long contemplative moment. "But why you?"

"Because you are my son and Onigumo is my friend. If I had to choose I would always choose you first but I don't want to lose my best friend anymore than you would want to lose yours. Right?"

"I guess." He nodded still not quite understanding but knew that his father did and if he wasn't all that worried then maybe he shouldn't be either. "Dad," he looked up at him and sighed.

"What?" He drew his silver brows.

Sesshoumaru tired to smile but only managed a barely noticeable quirk of his lips before it disappeared. "I'm glad you accept me as I am and that you're my dad."

Toga smiled at that. "I will always accept you no matter what; even if I didn't like your choices. You're my son and I love you just as you are."

"Thanks dad." He nodded though still didn't smile. The worry that Naraku wasn't coming back was still sitting heavily on his shoulders and it was making him feel sick. "I'm going to go to my room." He nodded then turned and walked away before Toga could say anything further.

Toga shook his head and sighed deeply. "I really hope you see the light Onigumo." He muttered to himself then went to see what the commotion was all about when he heard Inuyasha screaming like he was dying.