What She Did

Nakada woke up when the sun had set and wasn't surprised when Yoko wasn't there beside her. She had heard it all last night and she did feel hurt but that was in the past. He didn't know that much so why would she blame him for something like that? Yoko why do you have to be as stubborn as an ox sometimes? Nakada closed her eyes and tried to find him with her mind. She found him in the living room and went to him.

She found him on the couch asleep she went over to him immediately afraid that he had, had one of his attacks. When she got to him and checked to see if he was alright. She found that he had not had one of his attacks for some strange reason and she was partly great full for that. She looked at him as he slept and moved some stray hairs away from his face. She was kneeling beside him and then she kissed him lightly on the lips. She pulled back and he slowly woke up.

"You weren't with me when I woke up," Nakada said with a little smile. Yoko tried to smile back but just couldn't.

"Nakada I have to tell you something..." she put her finger to his lips and hushed him.

"My heart and lungs might not have been working Yoko but my ears were working quite fine. I heard everything last night and you don't have to worry," Nakada leaned forward and kissed him again. Yoko was surprised by her answer that he didn't not what to do.

"Nakada," he said as she finished her kiss, "Why...how can you forgive me? I wouldn't forgive anyone who would do that to me,"

Nakada looked at him for a while and then sat down with her legs beside her. He saw this so he moved back a bit and pulled her onto the couch to lie there with him. When Nakada was with him on the couch she held him and said, "If you had not told at all and never thought of telling me then I would probably be angry and hate you. But you told me even though you knew it was going to hurt you, and that makes me love you more."

Yoko held Nakada close to him and a tear fell down his cheek. His heart began to hurt but it wasn't an attack. He had never thought Nakada would forgive him it was more than he could take. She looked up at Yoko and saw that his eyes were closed tightly.

"Yoko, are you alright?" Nakada asked calmly but her voice was worried then she saw a tear fall from his eyes. She held Yoko closer, brought his head to her shoulder and he silently cried. Yoko has been the one people have cried to, he has never been able to cry to any one else. It's his turns to cry now, "Yoko its all right hush let it out hold nothing back. Its your turn to cry now so just cry and don't hold anything back."

After an hour Yoko finally stopped crying but he held tight to Nakada with his head in the crook of her shoulder and he was shaking a bit as if stroked his hair and then she started to rub at the base of his ears. He stopped shaking but he still held on to Nakada. Then he heard someone singing. He looked up at Nakada and saw that she was singing. It wasn't the healing song that Yoko had become familiar with this was just an every day song. But he still listened to it and the song seemed to be in his head and around him as well. He soon fell asleep listening to the song.

Some say love it is a river

That drowns the tender reed

Some say love it is razor

That leaves your soul to bleed

Some say love it is our hunger

An endless acking need

I say love it is a flower

And you it's only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking

That never learns to dance

It's the dream afraid of waking

That never take the chance

It's the one who won't be taken

Who cannot seem to give

And the soul afraid of dying

That never learns to live

When the night has been to lonely

And the road has been to long

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong

Just remember in the winter

For beneath the bitter snows

Lies a seed that with the suns love

In the spring becomes the rose

Nakada knew when Yoko had fallen asleep because he had become limp as she held him close. Sometimes Yoko it is better to cry with someone either than to cry alone. Nakada listened to Yoko's even breathing as he slept. She held him close to her not wanting to ever let go with fear that if she did she would lose him forever.

Then Yoko began to stir in his sleep and he pressed his hand over his heart. Nakada placed her hand over his hand and saw that he was having another one of his attacks. She instantly called the Signs and when they got to the room the lies were acting a lot faster and deadlier. Nakada had destroyed some of the lies already and the other Signs began to help her. The lies didn't destroy as much as they had the last time but he was still very hurt by the lies. Nakada instantly healed him by crying a few tears into his mouth and he was healed.

Yoko woke up a short time after when all the Signs had left. He noticed that he still had his head in crook of Nakada's neck, "What time is it?" he asked as he started to sit up.

Nakada let go of him and sat up along with him, "If your wondering when the sun is going to come up it will be in six hours," Nakada said when they were finally sat up. Yoko looked at Nakada for a while and smiled and started to laugh a bit, "What's so funny?" Nakada asked a bit confused.

"Squall told me that when he scared you in the forest you would chase him threatening to kill him. I honestly never thought you would do that," Yoko had to cover his mouth with his hand to try and stifle his laughter. Nakada began to laugh a bit as well and leaned against Yoko and he wrapped his arm around her and leaned his cheek on the top of her head.

"Yes but did he tell you that I would mostly scare him into the lake if I saw him to close to it?" she said while laying her head slightly down on his chest.

Yoko looked down at her and giggled a bit, "No he didn't tell me that," he said while trying to stifle some new giggles.

"Figures, he is always trying to make a good laugh with me no matter where I am or what I'm doing. It's hard to believe that there was a time when he wouldn't even try to make conversation someone let alone laugh or even smile himself. But that was before he met Rinoa," Nakada looked at the fire in the fire place and he noticed she was gripping the tope of his robe tightly as if she was afraid of something.

"Are you okay Nakada?" he asked in a bit concerned as he moved his hand that was wrapped around her shoulder up and down her arm his claws slightly scratching at times. Nakada just kept on looking at the fire. Yoko finally looked at what she was looking at and saw the fire, "Nakada are you afraid of fire?" he asked.

"I always have been afraid of fire Yoko its one of my most strongest enemies," Nakada looked at Yoko and then looked at the fire again and leaned closer to him. Yoko wrapped his other arm around her and pressed her head to his chest, "One touch of fire is enough to weaken me for a week. But if I'm exposed to it for a long time I might die or become incredible weak for who knows how long. But it is even worse with Dark Magic," Nakada held Yoko close and he just looked down at her and held her as well. It is the same with the other Signs and with the Dark Signs Dark Magic is their greatest ally."

They stayed like that for a little while until Nakada began to giggle a little, "What are you giggling for?" he asked a bit confused.

"I was just wondering," Nakada said, looking up at him with a smile on her face and a show of mischief in her eyes, "if you still think you can beat me when I dance," Yoko stared at her and remembered the first time they had fought each other. It seemed so long ago and yet it was only a few days.

Yoko smiled and held Nakada to him, "If you hadn't tricked me into tying myself up I probably would have beaten you," Nakada playfully punched him in the stomach.

"You know pretty darn well that I would have beaten you even if you had been paying attention to what I was doing. And you said you were always careful, huh. Hey stop hahahahaah stop please that tickles hahahah," Yoko just couldn't help himself. She was so close to him and she was so content with herself and so unaware he just could not help but tickle her sides.

But she came back scratching behind his ears and tickling his stomach. "Hey now that's not fair hahahah," Nakada grinned and kept on tickling Yoko's stomach with one hand and scratching his ears and some times his neck with the other as he tried to fight back. Nakada couldn't help but notice how hard Yoko's tail was thumping against the couch and she smiled (Nakada had some how gotten in between the couch and Yoko. So his tail was hanging off the side.) Then she stopped and as she laid herself on top of him she pulled herself up to Yoko's face (who was still trying to catch his breath) and kissed him right on the lips.

Nakada could hear a soft purr come from the back of Yoko's throat as he kissed her back and she smiled as she lifted herself up and smiled down at the exhausted fox and said, "Oh but I don't usually play fair Yoko Kurama," Nakada said as she laid her head down on his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist, "I play to win with tons of fun in between," he looked down at her and smiled at her as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close as he pulled the quilt that was hanging over the side of the couch and laid it on top of them.

They stayed that way until Talia walked into the room and found them like that. Nakada heard her coming and laid her forehead on the top of his chest and gave a groan. Yoko was wondering why she had done that when he heard her Talia talk, "Where have you two been?" Yoko groaned and mentally cursed as Nakada began to reluctantly lift herself off of him and lifted the quilt off of both of them, "Well at least your fully dressed that much I can say!" Talia said trying to sound serious but Nakada could hear a little bit of amusement in her voice.

"What do you want Talia?" Nakada asked in a bit of a grumpy voice as she sat up with an equally grumpy Yoko holding a hand to his forehead as if having a headache. Nakada had to smile as his ears folded to the back of his head showing he was not pleased.

"Well I hope you feel a bit more energetic once we go to a new world," Talia said still trying to hold back a threatening smile but her voice gave off a hint that she was pleased with what she stumbled on to.

Nakada on the other hand was not pleased at all, "Talia the sun is going to rise in five hours so just tell me where we are going what to do and other things," Yoko just could not hold back his smile. Nakada was just as pleased as he was about what had just happened. He looked toward Talia and saw that she was a bit taken a back about what Nakada had said.

"I know but I think I should tell you that we are going to the clone world," Nakada was instantly listening to what her sister was saying, "I was thinking about what you had said about going there and you are right. Randle was insane back then and who knows what has happened. We have to go back even though I really hate doing that. And the sun is just setting in that world so you can stay up a little longer. But I am kind of scared from the reports Jennah has been getting from Batman in the other world."

"Well when are we going?" Nakada asked a bit anxious at what was happening now.

"We are going in at least three hours," Talia said still trying to suppress her smile again.

"All right," Nakada said as she got up and looked at Talia, "Talia I know your trying to suppress it you'll never win," Nakada said smiling and then looking beside her at Yoko who had gotten up along with her.

"I know but you can't blame a girl for trying can you?" Talia asked as she finally let out her smile and ran away as fast as she could. Nakada couldn't help but giggle a bit.

"Come on Yoko we have three hours do you have anything you want to take with you? We can easily supply you with clothes so you don't have to pack them," Nakada asked looking behind her at Yoko who was smiling.

"No I can't think of anything that I should pack just a few seeds is all I need to pack," then he brought a hand to his mouth try to stifle some giggles, "and I keep them in my hair," Nakada was trying to stifle her giggles as well when he said this, "But do you need any help with your packing?" Yoko asked when they had gotten to Nakada's room.

"There's not much to pack actually." Nakada said as she opened her door, "There are a few things that I need but I really don't want to take some of the magic charms or artefacts because some one could easily become hurt if I try to find out what they are used for. That means I'll take some of my books on spells and other things," Nakada said as she packed up some random books from her bookshelf.

Yoko went over to the baby plant and began to stroke the stem. It let out a soft purr and he asked, "Maybe you could take this plant as well," he smiled as he looked at the plant and it seemed to purr even louder.

Nakada looked at Yoko with a surprised look, "I don't know Yoko, Ivy doesn't do well with strangers," Yoko looked at her pouting a bit and Nakada just had to laugh.

Yoko smiled but continued to talk as he looked at her and stroked Ivy, "Yes but she might keep some pesky people out of your room and she can't kill anyone yet as I have heard. And it would give you a good chance to study her poison some more," he knew he had hit the nail on the head when he had said she could study the poison Ivy emitted.

The look on Nakada's face gave it right away, "In such a short time you already know how to get me to do things," Nakada smiled and nodded, "I guess she could be of some help."

"Yeah! I finally get to go some where either than this room1" Ivy accidentally let out her poisons while she became a bit over excited. Nakada for some reason wasn't affected but Yoko being the closets one to her immediately felt sick and clutched his stomach and kneeled on the ground.

"Ivy calm down!" Nakada said as she went over to Yoko worried about him and laid him on her bed as Ivy took control of her poisons, "Yoko? Yoko are you all right?" she asked caressing his face.

Yoko had his eyes closed and was still clutching his stomach but he let out a smile and said, "I'm fine Nakada but I have one question," he opened his eyes and looked at Nakada, "How is it you weren't affected by the poison?"

Nakada smiled, "Well just in since my sign is the moon, poisons or acids that come from or are made with or by plants can't hurt me," she said cupping his cheek making sure he really was alright.

Yoko let out a smile, "Lucky you. I became immune to plants because I exposed myself to them giving by body little amounts of the poison so it could learn to become immune to it," Yoko took his hands away from his stomach and began to breath normally.

"I'm sorry Yoko," he sat up on the bed and looked at the baby plant, "I didn't mean to poison you..."

"Hey I'm not dead and you are still young so, don't take this the wrong way, but you might not know how to control your poisons completely yet," he heard a small laughing and it was coming from Ivy but she still kept her poisons in check.

Nakada looked back at Yoko and smiled, "It is a good thing she isn't an adult yet huh? Sense I still don't know what the cure is for her poisons," Nakada smiled a bit but he could tell she was being more serious then funny

Yoko just smiled and cupped her cheek, "It was an accident and yes I guess it is a good thing that she isn't an adult yet," Yoko sat on the bed and pulled Nakada up to sit beside him and wrapped his arms around her. She snuggled close to him and laid her head on his shoulder enjoying the small time they had together but knowing she was going to have to tell Yoko some things about this world they were going to.

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. They both groaned this time and Nakada said, "Come in," she looked at Yoko and whispered, "Some people can have the most worst timings," he smiled and as Jennah came into the room.

"I thought I would find you two here. Nakada did Talia tell you about going to the clone world?" Nakada and Yoko both nodded, "Have you told Yoko what to expect?" Nakada shook her head, "Well I think you might want to tell him. I now that he would some what blend in but still you have to tell him. I just can't wait to see Batman again! He will be so surprised that I came back early!" Nakada sighed and then smiled as she nodded.

Jennah gave a little nod and walked out the door. Kurama looked at Nakada, "What did she mean by all that Nakada? And who is this Batman anyway?" Nakada looked up at Yoko and closed her eyes as she held him to her and laid her head in his chest.

"Yoko where we are going you might blend in with other people even with your fox ears and tail. But people there might think different things about you. We call the world where we are going to the "Clone World" because there are a lot of clones there. But they were made for the wrong reasons," Nakada slowly let go of him and looked down at the floor, "They were created for the pleasure for little kids who wanted to be with there favourite characters from T.V. shows. Once the clones saw you they were instantly bound to you thinking you as, well...I don't know what to call to call it. But it's not...its kind of hard to say," Nakada took a deep breath and tried to think what she was going to say. After a while Nakada looked at the wall and sighed, "They can live without you but they get their happiness from you. If you leave then they become unhappy and all the experimental clones saw Talia and I was somewhat a part of her so they are now bound to us. We were still quite young so the binding worked and we were the only ones to make them happy. But there was this one clone Randle he was a monster literally. He saved me and Talia from being over whelmed by the other clones but," Nakada stopped and kept on looking at the wall as if remembering something, "one day he drank something that he shouldn't have and he became addicted to it. He became insane always trying to make that drink and when he did he wouldn't stop drinking it. He would hurt the other clones and threaten us. Eventually his actions alerted the Dark Signs parents and they came looking for us. We were trying to hide from their family because their parents were out to destroy us and we weren't as powerful as they were so we were forced to hide.

We jumped through the world mirror saying quick good-byes purposely forgetting to say good-bye to Randle and jumped through the portal. We never looked back until one day I stumbled on some pictures of Talia and them. So I went to Talia and kept on asking her if we could go back. She kept on refusing so I got more drastic with asking her and now we are finally going," Nakada looked at her hands and sighed. Then she looked at him and smiled, "There is one creature there though "Batman" who came from another world, your world actually and he went to live in the clone world to see if he could help in any way. Jennah fell in love with him and so she went to live with him as well and comes here for visits. Another thing is I know something she thinks I don't know," Yoko looked at her questionably, "Jennah is pregnant with Batman's children and has been for at least two weeks now. I know Batman knows it but only he, I, you and she are the only people who know. You cannot tell anyone that unless Jennah wants them to know. As for who Batman is you'll know when we get there...but," she stopped and looked at the ground again.

Yoko still had a few questions he wanted to ask Nakada but he decided against it right now. But there was still one question he had to ask, "Nakada how could you have been a part of Talia?" Nakada looked at him and smiled.

"That it self if is a weird story but not right now. We have two hours left before we leave are you sure there is nothing you don't want to bring?" Yoko sighed and shook his head no. He sat closer to Nakada and wrapped her up in his arms. Nakada held Yoko close, "I don't usually admit this Yoko but I am so scared to go back and see what Randle has done," Nakada buried her face into his chest, "I'm just so scared."

Yoko held Nakada close and hushed her. He never would think that Nakada would be so scared before. She seemed to be so cool at times except when the sun had been going up and they both had been in his room. Yoko felt Nakada tremble in his arms as if she were cold. He began to rub her arms and lay his head down on hers, "Hush Nakada calm down don't worry I'm sure you'll be able to help the other clones if he has done anything to them," but Nakada just kept on trembling, "Hey," Yoko looked down at her stationed two fingers under Nakada's chin and placed his thumb gently under her lower lip as he lifted her face so she was looking at him right in the eye, "I care about you more then I have cared about anyone in my life. And if Caralama really is my child then I will protect her even more and you as well if ever you have need of it."

Then tears began to fall from her face then and Yoko held her close to his chest and laid his head on hers with his face in her hair as he began to hum the same tune he would to Caralama.