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Chapter Twenty-Six: Happy Anniversary

Naru Pov

This past six year has been a long journey and growth, I have learned how to survive in the wilderness, learned how to feed myself and Mai. Learned to hunt and learned how to be vigilant. I learned after being married for so long to be patient with Mai and understanding. She hasn't changed much but has become more caring and mature. She stills struggles here and there, but I wouldn't change her. Mai as I said in the past has become the most important person in my life. I'm not sure if I change much, but I want her to feel that I love her and each day that goes by, it grows stronger and stronger. I can't live without her, even if we don't have intimacy, (which I admit it's hard especially when there are moments I desire her more than normal.) I would wait because she's worth it. She has been patient with me all these years, why can't I? Isn't love supposed to be like that? It doesn't have to be perfect but work around the middle.

We ran towards our home and stopped as Mai takes my hand.

"Naru, where's Ayako? I can't find her," Mai looks around with anticipation looking with excitement.

"My angel."I heard in a distance.

I happen to look up at our treehouse to spot Ayame on the stairs looking down at us. I pat Mai's shoulder and point where she is at.

"There she is," I told her, Mai follows my finger and she smiles brightly, but the sad smile on Ayame causes Mai to retreat a bit.

"In five days you must go and head north, soon the third moon will rise." Ayame bows, and then disappears from our sight. Mai frowns, turning towards me.

"That was a very short visit after five years since we last saw her, that's disappointing. At least she came and helped us. Do you think our wanted is lifted?" she asks me.

"Maybe, but it is this short then I'm sure is not lifted, it was too fast," I admit to her while we began to head for our home.

Six years in Black Lagoon, and that treehouse has been our home. Never thought that we would learn how to become accustomed and learned to live with so little.

Mai stops halfway, looking down at the ground. She tilts her head, moving her leg backward.

"Odd," she whispers, looking up towards me. I lower my head, to see nothing out of the ordinary, just dirt ground.

"What are you doing?" I question her strange behavior.

"Naru, right now, what do you see on the ground?" she asks me. I look down and see nothing out of the ordinary.

"Just dirt," I honestly answered her.

She took another look but shook her head, rubbing her head in confusion.

"What did you see?" I asked getting worried.

Maybe she's getting those visions? It's been so long. Mai looks up at the treehouse, then back at me.

"I thought I saw water..." she admits to me.

"Water?"

"Yes, it just came and gone just like that," she explains.

"Maybe another vision?" I suggest.

I felt her shiver, shaking her head.

"Maybe, but it's weird it just went away very fast, normally it would show me something and make you disappear. Let's go back inside, it's going to get dark soon," she whispers wrapping her arm around mine. I glance down, watching her look worried.

I frowned, as we headed in towards the house.

I hope is nothing, but knowing her it's something and I didn't like it at all.

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Climbing the stairs an uneasy feeling began to surface in my heart and that means something is coming.

Not again!

Rubbing my chest while looking down at Mai she is doing the same thing as I do, rubbing her chest.

Does she feel it as well?

She lifts her gaze at me and has teary eyes. I cup her cheek and leaned forward to kiss her forehead.

"I know," I simply told her, knowing that she's worried about me. She wraps arms around my shoulders and held me tight as I wrap my arm around her waist and hugged her back.

"I hate this feeling, it's like every time I have it, I tend to almost lose you, and I'm scared that one day it can happen," she tells me. I move away from her and look down to brush her hair away from her face.

"My job is to protect you Mai, so it comes with the job, but I don't want anything to happen to you and I have lots to live for Mai, I know it's hard, but always be my brave girl, okay?" I tried to assure her.

She timidly nods, but I knew she was worried. She grabs my hand and we slowly went into our home.

Stepping inside the treehouse, Mai let go of me and watch her head for the window to look at the ocean. I slowly went up to her, and leaned against the wall and cross my arms across my chest and look down at the ground.

"We need to look at the mirror," I told her.

She crosses her legs, leaning her arms on the flat surface of the window, and place her chin on top sighing heavily.

"I know," she sounded sad at her to respond. I lower my arms and went up to her, and ran my hand down her long hair. She closes her eyes, as I continue to caress her.

"What's wrong?" I asked her, she was cheerful a few minutes ago. She turns her head, to stare down at me.

"Everything... I wanted to talk to Ayame, she just left," she said. I move away and sat down on the ground and leaned against the wall to look up at the patched hole we fixed six years ago.

"Remember when we fixed that hole," I told her causing Mai to look up.

"Yes, what about it?" she asks me as she gets on her knees.

"I was just amazed that we did a good job on patching it up, that all the storms that went by it survived," I told her, as she lays her head on my lap and stretches her body out like a cat. She places her cheek flatly on my upper leg, staring blankly at the wall.

"True, it's a stronghold, you did a good job Naru, but what does that have to do with anything?" she pats my leg in praising my job. , I lay my hand on her head and began to run my hands through her hair, as she snuggles more.

"My point is Mai, we can be like that hole surviving anything," I told her.

"So much wisdom, now I'll think of that hole in that deep meaning Naru." she giggles, as I continue to caress her.

My eyes are soft at the gesture. She takes out the purple flower off from her ear and I watch her smell it.

"I wonder what this flower's name is.." she murmurs under her breath, turning around, she faces me and captured my hand.

"Six years it doesn't even feel like six years, but only a day," she whispers, I understood what she meant. Even though time went by for a reason, it only feels like a short time we spent on this island.

Mai runs her fingers through mines.

"We have to get up to check on the mirror, don't we? What about the three days? What if something happens and it takes more than three days." she asks, placing a small kiss on my fingertips causing my heart to skip a beat.

I hunched down getting very close to her, searching her eyes feeling my heart hammer once again.

Why can't I ever get tired, she keeps making my heart tremble.'

I watch her blush completely, as a hiccup escapes.

"You still with the hiccups," I murmured amused by that. She nods, covering her face.

"I don't know why? I should be used to this by now, but you keep making me nervous," she admits.

"Not sure to take that as a compliment or insult." I teased; she suddenly lifts herself and pushes me back gently against the wall and sits on my lap placing each leg on each side of me.

I blink a bit startled by her action feeling my heart hammer even faster as my chest warms up.

"It's not an insult. I'm not sure why though you make me nervous, maybe it's a good thing because I don't ever want to never feel that, I actually love it because you affect me that much. I still think this is a dream that one day I will wake up and find out that you aren't in love with me and what we spend for the last six years was all in my head. That I'm actually at the office snoozing off and we still have that heavy atmosphere we had between us. I'm afraid to learn that you aren't my husband." she tells me.

Once again fear seems to cross her brown eyes. I smirked, crossing my arms once again.

"Then we are having one hell of a dream together," I told her. She lifts my head and stares at me with a deep longing look causing my breath to hitch as I became lost in her.

She lowers herself down to capture my lips, but I stopped her, by pressing my hand on her lips as she did to me, even though it was painful to do.

"Ne? Naru?" she questions. I licked my lips and arched a brow.

"Did you forget already?" I teased, not caring really if she kissed me, but she's weak, she's very weak because she's always kissing me and I don't think she takes notice of the time, she just gives herself to me and I do the same. I took notice that I can't stop touching or kissing her. She has been my addiction the only one that I can do what I do with and with no others. My whole being just needs hers.

"I forgot, but can we make one exception please is our anniversary, please?" she begs.

"Then you have to give to answer one of my questions," I asked her. She nods rapidly.

"Just don't make it too hard," she said.

"It's your ability if it's hard or not, let see if you were paying attention." I saw her pout.

"Then hurry," she said desperately as she brushes her fingers on my forehead.

"True or false, can a spirit attach themselves to an object?" I question her. She smiles and nods rapidly.

"True, depending on the situation of the object, it can be something personal to the person that died and it he or she was attached to or someone could have cursed it thus attaching a demon, so whoever owns that object, they would get haunted by it," she answers right. I just stare at her amazed that she remembers what I told her four years ago.

"So? Did I get it right?" she question, I arched my head up and capture her lips against mine, taking her by surprise but I felt her soft hands cup my cheeks as she quickly responds to my kiss.

Kissing her softly, I felt Mai smiling wrapping her arms around my shoulders, deepening the kiss. I was beginning to lose myself once again.

"So.. that.. means... I... got it.. right?" She asks between kisses, causing me to chuckle.

"Re...reward.., Mai." I simply told her between our heated kiss. She actually giggles as she arched herself up causing me to run my hands up her small back, causing our kiss to become more passionate.

I can't get enough. She dominates everything in me. I love you to Mai, I love you with every fiber of my being.

I mentally answered her back from her earlier statement of loving me.

Slowly and sadly we let go, breathing hard we open our eyes and stare at each other. Mai gives me one beautiful smile causing my racing heart to skip a beat and leans down to kiss me again causing me to return the kiss, then she placed her forehead against mine and rubbed it gently as I couldn't help but to smile back.

"Happy anniversary," I told her, as I kiss her cheek gently causing her to look fluster and wraps her arms again around my shoulders and holds me tightly.

"You as well Naru, let's continue until we grow old, I love you." she giggles happily. I relax as she brushes my hair with her fingers and nodded at her.

"Me to Mai, until we are old," I whispered, holding her tight, as I got nervous.

I hope I have the courage, for what I'm going to do, I wonder if this time we can do it right and she's willing to give herself to me? Since I'm already hers.

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We stood in front of the mirror trying to figure this one out.

"Well, do we continue to check on our reflection or is there any secret thing going on?." she murmurs under her breath.

I crossed my arms and shrugged at her.

"Is not like I don't like what I see? I'm quite handsome you know," I teased her causing her to slap my arm in standard reaction rolling her eyes at me.

"Be serious Naru," she spat causing me to arched a brow looking at her.

"I was, I still have it," I smirked at her causing her to shake her head.

"Do you see why I nicked named you Naru?" she spat causing me to chuckle.

"Oh, trust me, I remember," I assured her. She looks up at me and smiles in a cocky matter.

"If anyone knew you were this playful, no one would have believed it. Who knew you would have been this open," she said.

"Well they say love makes you blind, but remember Mai, is only with you, you're are honored to see my real self. Only Gene was the only one that has seen this side of me." I told her the truth. She smiles at me and takes a hold of my hand.

"Then on behalf of Gene and I, we thank you, who would have known, that a cold Oliver Davis, is this playful and sweet. Truly a tsundere type you are." I cleared my throat at her praise and leaned forward to the mirror.

I leaned forward and took the mirror.

"Let just see what's in the mirror." I change the subject feeling a bit shy by her words.

"My point taken," Mai giggles feeling her walking next to me. I took hold of the mirror and kneeled to place it on the ground.

I stare at it to see my reflection seeing nothing out of the ordinary. I touched it, to feel glass.

So I flip it over, to stare at the plain surface and I trace my hands through with the tip of my fingers.,but found nothing in particular off. No bumps, and no paper-like texture.

"Nothing." I lift my head to see Mai standing in front of me, staring at the back of the mirror but her eyes seem off as though she was under a trance. I stretch my arm out and took hold of her leg causing her to jump in fright, looking at me.

"Sorry, you were out of it, what did you see or feel?" I asked her. She shook her head bending down and picks up the mirror placing it back in its ordinary place. I stood, turning towards her arching a brow up to say, 'Why in the world did you just do that?'

Mai shook her head turning around and head downstairs. I follow her noticing that she's headed for the outside.

"Mai?" I asked again, she stops in her tracks and turns towards me.

"Um, the water came back, it was in the back of the mirror, don't understand much. It gave me a bad vibe. Needed to get out." she explains, moving closer to me.

"Oh.." tilting my head to the side, Mai wraps her arms around my midsection, feeling her shake a little.

I wrap my arms around her, lock my hand on my wrist. She moves her head up and places a fake smile on me.

I don't like her fake smiles, but why she keeps seeing water? What does that mean?

"Let's see the sunset." She suggested, as though she wants to distract her mind.

"Alright," I caress the back of her head and then slip down my hand to feel her take it, intertwining our fingers, and I can feel her startled by this.

Sitting on the roof a few minutes later, Mai places herself between my legs and places her back on my chest, looking up at the sunset.

I grab her hand and intertwine our fingers together. As she grabs my other arm and places it around her stomach leaning her head on the side of mine.

I closed my eyes, enjoying her aroma.

"It's so pretty today the winds seem a little rough. Is like God wants us to have a perfect day," she whispers, watching the wind move the branches of the trees feeling Mai shiver. I wrap my arms around hers, so she won't be cold. I felt her hand rub against mine.

She dreamily smiles at my gesture.

"I'm a little afraid," Mai began looking at a distance.

"What are you afraid of this time?"

"If Ayame came back, that means that the wonder twins will return. Which means I will start getting the nightmares, my legs have healed, I don't want to go through that again or you," she said.

I sigh, causing Mai to look at me. I lean my chin on her shoulder feeling her fingers run down my arm.

"Well, we can't stop the dreams, but we can prepare for them. Also, if you get a dream tonight, I will be there, trust me." I assured her.

"Really?" she seems a little concerned, turning to stare at me.

"We have been training a lot. So, this time around we are prepared."

I told her to make her feel at ease. She blinks, but then nods, turning back towards the now dark sky.

"Thank you GOD!" she screams, surprising me.

"Why are you screaming?"

"Cause God gave me the best husband in the world. I love him beyond words, God. I have no idea how to repay you, but one day I will. I will always keep Naru by my side if Naru wants me to." she blushes, lowering her head down. I smiled gently at that.

I am grateful to, Thanks for giving me, Mai.

I added to her prayer, but only in thought. Then I heard her gasp, grabbing my arm, and then points at the sky.

"Ne, Naru, look at that, is shooting stars, quick make a wish quick," she closes her eyes and places her hands together. I glance up to see about four shooting stars zooming across the darkening sky.

She opens her eyes and moves a little away from me, took look at the ground, while I glance at the tree on my right. I felt calm watching the trees move with the winds.

"I wished, did you?"

"No... I don't believe in that." I admitted.

She gasps, grabbing my arm, I turned to face her.

"Naru?" she gasped out, as I arched a brow confused.

"What?" she blushes so much, that she turns her head.

"Nothing," she whispers leaning into me once again. I adjust myself to hold her once again as we looked at the sky once again.

All I knew, that I will never forget this.

Having Mai in my arms and this peaceful atmosphere surrounds us, is enough to make me happy.

I don't have to make a wish, cause I already have what I want. And that's you.

True love? I'm not sure if it exists, but... All I knew, is that I love her more than anything in this world. Somewhere deep in me knows that I will love her until my last breath.

This past six year has been a learning experience, we aren't perfect, but one thing is for sure. We can't live without each other.

Mai POV

"Oh," I broke the comfortable silence, as I jump out of Naru's arms, feeling the cold air brush against my skin.

Blushing, I lift my blouse and took out my present for him, and turned to face him. He arched a brow a bit startled by my sudden movement.

"I know is not much, but happy anniversary," I blushed even more as I extended my arm out and opened my hand.

Naru blinks looking down at my hand and takes my gift from my hand. He drops my present down and lifts his hand to see my gift at an eye level.

"A necklace?" he asks... I nodded shyly as his eyes roam it, it's a simple little thing.

"I made it out of the shells,= and I use one of the blankets to make the chain part..= It was hard to do, but with a little fire and a knife, anything is possible," I whispered, staring at the heart shape white shell.

"I wish it was a different color, but I heard once, that white is purity," I explained.

He stares at the heart-shaped shell but then traces it with his fingers.

"Isn't this a little bit too much?" he said a bit coldly. My heart stops beating for a brief second, as I felt a knot form in the base of my throat.

Oh no, he doesn't like it. I lower my head and rubbed my palms together.

"Well.., Err." I grew very nervous.

I knew I shouldn't have done it... Naru stares at the necklace. I began to head downstairs.

"Where are you going?" he asks, looking down at me. I kept going down.

"Going to sleep; I'm getting a headache." I lied, I didn't want to hear it.

So I hop down, heading for my bed feeling my heartache.

Silly me, he doesn't like it. heading in, I rush my steps and headed towards my bed. I didn't catch Naru behind me, because I hid under my blankets feeling very embarrassed.

I'm so embarrassed, he still Naru, what was I thinking?

Closing my eyes, a dead silence filled my ears as everything blackout.

Naru sits on the edge of my bed and frowns as he lies down next to me and grabs my hand to kiss it.

"Silly girl, you never let me speak first. Thank you for your gift, you didn't have to get me anything, but I'll treasure it." he kisses my cheek, and leans down snaking his arm around my waist, and pushes me into his embrace tightly while my sleeping form just snuggles into his warm embrace.

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(Drip, Drip) I start to hear from a distance, like small drops dropping into a bucket of water.

I found myself in the field once again. Fire once again surrounds me.

"Wait.." I glance at the fire the souls started to appear inside the fire and I don't know why, I felt joy in my heart.

"You're back, please, help me, so I can help you guys." I pleaded, wanting to help them. Yet no words came out of them.

Then I saw Ayame approach me as she appears from nowhere. She sadly smiles at me, taking a hold of my hand, I shivered from her contact.

"Ayame, I missed you so much," I told her, but her sad eyes made me retreat.

"Ayame, are we still wanted?" I asked straight to the point.

"Yes, I can only help you so little. Your next trip will be even worse. Be strong my Angel," she whispers.

"I'm praying it won't be as worse as five years ago. Naru and I figure that much, we will be prepared. I do have a question why does your picture seem so familiar to me? Why did you hide it?" I finally go to ask her. She smiles at me gently, cupping my cheek.

"So young, no memories of it. Soon, I can feel it... Soon you'll understand." she whispers, then she places her hand on my stomach, smiling even more.

"The love that man has for you is so powerful, that we can feel it. We are forbidden to help. Tell your husband that I will guide him somewhere soon... He just needs to open up for an unquestionable journey." I blushed, as she moves her hand away.

"Okay I let him know, he'll be glad to know we are finally going somewhere with this."

"Gene has brought a message; he misses you two a lot and he says, do not worry about your friends. They are still looking for you," she whispers as I glanced down, only to feel something not right.

"Gene, we miss him especially Naru, he'll be a thrill to hear that, can you tell him that we miss him and..." I move my head up only to have Ayame disappear from me as well as the rest of the souls... The fire was no more.

"Hello?" I look around until I heard a small splash under my feet. Looking down, I knitted my brows,

"Is this water from earlier?" I whispered, looking at the small puddles forming.

"This looks oddly familiar to me." I bent down touching it but in doing so, the blue water transformed into a reddish color.

"This is not water... It's... Is this blood?" I asked shocked.

"Oh no, not again," But this time around, the blood starts to rapidly turn into a pool raising and I couldn't move.

"I'm going to drown. I can't move." I panic, trying to move my legs,

"Naru, please wake me up," I begged, as the blood now reaches my chest. I get a hold of my ankle, like a burst of diabolical laughter surrounds me.

"Alice... It's time to walk into the mirror don't you think? Tick Tock, is six." It sounded like Alack than anything. I look down, as my heart bounces fearfully, as two red eyes stare at me completely.

"Miss me, doll? I sure did." I screamed, from the top of my lungs, when Alack jumps out of the pool of blood, coming straight at me.

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