Title Bella and Kagewaki's Happy Ending
Author landofthekwt
Prompt Retreat (iyff)
Rating M
Word Count 768
An after word to Even Zombies Need Love
Summary Bella and Kagewaki's Honeymoon
The beach stretched for as far as the eye could see. Not a soul in sight. Not like the pictures in the brochures. They were just lucky that way. The Taisho Corp. private beach kept out the riff raff. How lucky could they get? They were only ones on the beach. Not the miles and miles of ugly human flesh on the public beaches. Not even the beautiful people one saw in the brochures. Just them.
So much happened in the last year. From Taisho Corp's funding of his reality show about archeology to the finding of the Iceman. Without Jaken coming to him with the idea of a Geraldo Rivera type show about archeology he would never have ventured onto TV. Never found his calling as a showman. He would have remained forever in the shadows Doomed to academic fame. Doomed to academic obscurity
Instead, he had thrust into a position undreamed of. Fame and fortune had been his. All he had to do was follow the Taisho line. Success had gone to his head. His stardom reached almost cult level after the airing of the finding of the Iceman. Nothing in his past prepared him for what happened next. Nothing prepared him for her.
She sought him out. Knowing what he was hunting. Knowing what lay ahead. Whereas he was the showman, she was the woman behind the scenes. Carving a path through the specimens they brought her until they reached the Iceman. A dark past lay between them. One which spoke of death and destruction. She finally lost control when the Iceman came to her.
It was the Iceman she had been hunting. Something in particular about that man drew them together. It was him she revive. Him that she wanted to free from his icy tomb. She would have succeeded if Taisho had not intervened. He seemed to know exactly when she would try the revival and where. Almost omniscience. There was something godlike about Sesshoumaru Taisho. Something sinister. Something that said don't look too close or you will get burned.
They both were lucky. He had pleaded with Taisho that day to let Dr. Flora go. There was murder in those cold eyes that day. An intent to kill that he had never seen before or since. It faded when his wife whispered something in his ear. The Iceman had been returned to the depths and they had gone on with their lives. He had a nagging feeling that things could have been much worse Just be thankful that Taisho had shown mercy to him and Bella that day
That day changed their lives. The near death experience brought them together. Bella was not just attracted to him as a scientist, but attracted to him as a man. Beneath the icy exterior lay a very passionate Italian woman. He had wanted her the first time he saw her, not just for her brain, but for her body and soul.
Something about her spoke to him. Telling him that they were being given a second chance for love which they never had in a previous life. He tried to block images of previous lives because they always showed him obsessing over and killing a woman named Kikyou. When he shared these with Dr. Flora, she admitted to having the same nightmares and a severe case of arachnopobia
Sex had cured all that Once did the deed all the nightmares faded away. Now he was just thankful that Bella Flora was his and always would be. He had captured her heart Possessed her body. For the first time in both their lives they were truly happy. Which brought them to this beach. The Taishos had lent them their exclusive mansion on the French Rivera which they referred to as "beach house" for their honeymoon.
The Taishos had all attended the ceremony in the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore The Archbishop of Florence presided. After all the fanfare of the wedding and the hullabaloo over the Iceman, it was finally nice to relax on the beach and rub coca rubber over Bella's back.
Whom was he kidding he loved rubbing coca butter over Bell's back? Especially when he rubbed up against the parts of her he loved most when he did so.
Bella smirked at him " If you do not stop doing that, you are going to end up with ten or twenty squalling bambinos'
Kagewaki grinned back at her " Bella, would you bear my children Even ten or twenty of them"
Bella whispered " I thought you would never ask"