Faithful By: RecklessAbandon and OtakuSailorV
Chapter 10:: Like Thunder
Naraku woke up, still holding Kyoyume to him. The sun glaring into the room strongly.
Kyoyume was still asleep, her breath softly hitting his chest as she dozed, her ears limp and without movement, something new and strange to the furry black things. He smiled to himself as one twitched while Kyoyume gave a small yawn in her sleep.
She snuggled up to him even more as she slept. Not aware he had woken up.
He smiled again as she tried to get closer to the warmth of his body. Kyoyume was truly the strangest person he had ever meant. She could be sweet, cynical, hyper, and angry all at the same time if she wanted to.
Her eyes finally opened, she blinked twice and looked up at him with an innocent gaze. "Morning." She said yawning a little.
"Good morning, little one." He answered, smiling lightly at her.
"Little?"
"You are smaller and younger than me, ne?" He asked, holding her tightly with a smirk-like smile.
"Not by much." She pouted, ear flopping down onto her face.
He chuckled softly. "It is still a difference."
She smiled goofily at him, blowing her flopped-down ear out of her face.
He smiled again and moved the ear out of the way, giving her a soft kiss on the forehead as he did so.
She smiled a little and gave him a little kiss on the cheek before settling herself back against his chest comfortably.
Contentedly, she listened to the beat of his heart again and the sound of his breathing as his chest rose and fell against her. "You smell good." She informed him.
"I've never been told that." He admitted, running a hand through her hair.
"Well, now you have." She said, enjoying the feeling his hand moving through her hair created.
He smiled a little and pulled her up so they were face-to-face, still playing with her hair.
Kyoyume smiled at him briefly before sighing and shutting her eyes.
Naraku rested his chin on the top of her head and sighed contently.
With a soft smile, Kyoyume moved one of her ears and batted him lightly in the side of the face with it.
He laughed a little at the sensation of her ear hitting him.
Noticing that he wasn't agitated by the ear, Kyoyume batted him once again with it, and then tried the same act with her other ear. She laughed a little at her own antics and opened one eye to see Naraku's reaction.
Naraku swatted her ears away after a minute, then yawned widely.
Kyoyume looked up as he yawned. "You have a big mouth." She teased good-naturedly.
"Yeah...whatever."
Kyoyume smiled at him. "You are not a morning person?"
"No...not at all...."
Kyoyume laughed. "I'm not much of one either sometimes....."
"Really?"
Kyoyume nodded. "Yep."
"I see...I don't think many people in this castle are morning people." He informed her upon hearing an angry yell of 'Hakudoshi you little punk!' made by Bankotsu followed by the sound of someone being chased down the hall.
Kyoyume laughed, wondering what the little boy was up to at the moment. "It sounds like it."
Suddenly, the young boy in question leaped into their bed and hid under Naraku and Kyoyume. "Save me!" He squeaked as Bankotsu ran into the room, looking angry and embarrassed at the same time.
"Mreow!" Kyoyume said in protest as the little boy dove between them. Ducking her head under the covers as well, Kyoyume glared at him. "What are you doing?" She hissed. "What is the matter, Bankotsu?" Naraku asked at almost the same time.
"He- that little punk!" Bankotsu growled pointing to the lump under the covers that was Hakudoshi.
"What has he done now?" Naraku asked as Kyoyume tried to push the boy out from under the covers, much to Hakudoushi's distaste.
Hakudoushi popped his head out from under the blanket. "I don't see the big deal! All I did was accidentally walk in on him and Jakotsu kissing!" He admitted, then with another growl from Bankotsu he squeaked and dove back under the covers.
Kyoyume pushed him out roughly. "You little!!" Bankotsu took the opportunity to give chase to the child who made a noise and tried to get back under the covers again. "Help, Kyoyume! Help!"
Naraku picked up the kid by the back of his shirt. "Help me pops?" Hakudoushi begged.
"Don't call me 'pops.'" Naraku informed him with a steady glare.
"Dad? Father? Daddy? Pleeaasseeee heeelp meee! I'm too young and cute to die!" He begged.
Kyoyume couldn't help but smile at him; it was too funny the way he was acting. "Cute, indeed." Naraku said, setting him back on his feet.
He dove back into the bed. "Kyo-san? Mama? Mom? Save meee!" He whimpered hiding under the blankets again.
"Mama?!" Kyoyume asked, startled.
Hakudoushi looked up at her, an innocent gaze. "What?"
"What do you mean 'what?'" Kyoyume asked. "What is the meaning- what do you- ack! Why mama?!" Kyoyume was startled beyond words, mixing up her sentences and thoughts.
"...Well...you seem to be rather close to my Dad...."
Kyoyume blushed, but held her own. "I'm not your mom." She said forcefully. "I'll get him!" Bankotsu yelled, sending one hand under and grabbing hold of Hakudoushi's clothes.
Hakudoushi clung to Naraku desperately trying to get away from the angry teenager that was trying to kill him.
"No!! Help me please!!!" He begged them.
Naraku pried Hakudoushi off of him. "He's all yours Bankotsu."
Bankotsu laughed evilly as he pulled the boy out from the bed. "Ack!! Help me!!" Hakudoushi flung his arms out at Kyoyume and Naraku who watched him half-heartedly as Bankotsu walked back out the door with a smirk on his face, the boy slung over his shoulder.
"TRAITORS!" Hakudoushi cried as he was dragged away.
"You won't get away now- nani?! Hey! Get back here, you!!" Bankotsu cried as Hakudoushi disappeared suddenly with a disgruntled look on his face.
Hakudoushi poofed right back into Naraku's lap. "Some dad you are." He grumbled.
"I don't have the time or the patience to make all your problems go away. If you get in trouble, you can deal with it." Naraku grumbled, wishing the boy would leave.
"...But...you're supposed to be a FATHER FIGURE TO ME!!" He whined.
Naraku rolled his eyes. "Well, I'm not. I'm sure you'll get over it..."
"C'mon! You don't want me to die do you?!"
"Of course not." Kyoyume said in a joking sarcastic voice.
"...That's encouraging!" He agonized.
"It was meant to be." Kyoyume said with a smile and a wink.
"How can you be so cruel?!"
"Because that's the way I am." She answered.
Hakudoushi just whimpered as Bankotsu dragged him off once more.
"How strange...." Kyoyume said with a smile as she watched them go.
Naraku nodded in agreement.
Kyoyume laid her head on his shoulder, wondering what to say next.
Naraku was silent. "I hope Bankotsu beats some sense into him."
Kyoyume giggled as she tried to imagine it. "If he can keep Hakudoushi in one spot for very long."
"HELP ME! RENKOTSU-SAMA! SUIKOTSU-SAMA! ANYONE HEEELP!"
Kyoyume giggled again. "He's got a lot of energy." She noted.
"Yeah...."
"Agh! What did I do?!" Hakudoushi screamed from some other room, his voice traveling. Kyoyume smiled again as she heard Bankotsu roar angrily at him. "Stay still!!!"
"HELP ME!!" He screamed again.
"If you would just stay still!!" Bankotsu yelled. Naraku and Kyoyume both sighed when they heard something crash. "They broke one of the doors...." Kyoyume mumbled to herself.
"AND LET YOU KILL ME?! ENTEI HELP ME!!!"
"I won't kill you, I just wanna break your neck!!" Bankotsu yelled. Suddenly, a vicious neighing rent the air and Hakudoushi's laughter poured forth. "Hahaha, you'll never get me now, you stupid zombie!!" Hakudoushi teased. Kyoyume rolled her eyes, imagining what would happen in Bankotsu was angry enough to give chase to the boy and his flaming demon horse.
"Fine...I give up...for now." He yelled after Hakudoushi.
Hakudoushi's laughter could still be heard as he took off on Entei. "I win!" He proclaimed proudly.
"NOT REALLY!" Bankotsu cackled, walking in with Banryuu over his shoulder.
Hakudoushi's eyes grew wide. "Yipe!" He said, ducking a blow from the blade.
"Stupid punk!"
"Ugly zombie!" Hakudoushi yelled back, sticking his tongue out.
"...Ugly?"
"Ugly, ugly, UGLY!!" Hakudoushi taunted.
"I'M NOT UGLY!"
"Nyah, nyah!" Hakudoushi stuck his tongue out again as he dodged the blade with a stupid smile on his face.
Bankotsu charged at him and grabbed him by his hair and shook him.
"Let go of my hair, ugly zombie!!" Hakudoushi whined, waving his arms frantically in the air. "Not until you're dead, you little snot!!" Bankotsu yelled back, shaking Hakudoushi again.
"PLEASE LEMME GO!!"
"Not on your life." Bankotsu laughed maliciously.
"PLEASE!" He begged.
"What would you do if I let you go?" Bankotsu asked with a smirk.
"Run away." He squeaked.
"Then I'm not letting you go." Bankotsu proclaimed, starting to leave the room.
"Lemme goooooooo!"
"Why? Why should I let you go?"
"Because I'm sorry!!" He whimpered finally.
"You're really sorry?" Bankotsu asked.
"Hai! Gomen, gomen, gomen, gomen!!!"
"Fine." Bankotsu said, sitting him down with a small sigh. "Get lost."
He obliged, running away as quickly as he could manage.
Kyoyume sighed from the other room. "What children."
Naraku nodded.
'But it kind of reminds me of how we met...' Kyoyume thought to herself as memories from her first days in the castle came flooding back. 'How weird.' She thought to herself and giggled lightly.
"What's so funny?"
Kyoyume shook her head softly. "Nothing, just memories..."
"Oh, care to talk to me about it?"
"I was just remembering when I first came here." Kyoyume said, staring into space with a happy look in her eyes.
"Oh..."
"Yeah..." Kyoyume said softly, pushing the memories away gently and staring up at him. "Just memories..."
"Yeah...that was then, this is now."
Kyoyume smiled. "Hai, you're probably right..." She said.
"Of course I am."
"Are you always right?"
"Usually."
Kyoyume laughed at his answer.
He laughed a little too. "Are you right always?" He asked her.
"I don't have a huge ego like you do, so, no, I don't think I'm right a lot." She said with a playful smile.
"You're right sometimes."
"Just sometimes." She said with a wink.
He shrugged, smirking. "Yeah."
"I'm wrong most times..." She said. 'Like being wrong about you.' She thought as she looked at him.
"Sometimes its good to be wrong."
"Hai." Kyoyume agreed with a happy smile.
He smiled a little too.
Kyoyume's smile faded after a moment and she felt herself at a loss for words. What should she say? Looking around the room, she spotted her sword but skipped over it, looking for something to talk about.
"Hmmm...."
Kyoyume turned her head back toward Naraku. "Hai?" She asked.
"Just thinking."
"Oh..." Kyoyume said, one ear flopping down on her head again. 'Stupid thing!' She cursed it as she tried to straighten it back up.
He laughed a little and flopped her ears.
"Hey!" Kyoyume said, straightening them again.
He laughed a little and flicked them again.
"How rude." Kyoyume pouted, giving up on straightening her ears.
He straightened her ears a little and smirked.
"I see nothing funny about this." Kyoyume pouted, ears erect again.
"Really?"
"Truly, and honestly." Kyoyume answered him, opening her eyes and saw that he was still smirking at her. "Nani?"
"Nothing..."
"It doesn't look like nothing..." Kyoyume said suspiciously, narrowing her eyes as she watched him.
"You're just cute, flipping your ears like that."
Kyoyume blushed slightly. "Hmph." She said with a small smile, acting like she was upset.
"Well its true." He whined.
"What's true?" Kyoyume asked, sticking her nose in the air as if she were above him.
"That you're a very cute person."
"Really?" She asked with a grin, nuzzling him.
"Yup." He said stroking her hair.
"You're not lying?" She asked, enjoying the hand in her hair.
"No."
Kyoyume purred happily, almost sounding like a giggle as she let him play with her hair.
"Did you just giggle?"
"No." Kyoyume answered, embarrassed that her more cat-like traits were showing.
"Right."
"It wasn't." Kyoyume said nervously, ears starting to twitch. "Don't you give me that look, it really wasn't!"
"I know."
Kyoyume pouted again. "Hmph."
"...Okay...."
Kyoyume looked up at him in question, wondering if he thought she was angry at him. She could never tell if he was or not unless she got a good look at his face. "..."
He smiled a little, staring at the ceiling silently.
"Nani, Naraku-sama?"
"Nothing...don't call me Naraku-sama anymore."
"Why not, Naraku-sa....er....Naraku-san?"
"...Just...call me Naraku."
A little confused, Kyoyume asked again. "Why though?" 'I'll bet he's upset.'
"Because you don't need to call me by -sama."
Kyoyume shrugged with a smile. "If you don't want me to, I won't."
"Okay..."
"Are you angry?" Kyoyume asked, peering at him curiously again.
"No. I just think you don't need to talk to me with so much respect...."
Kyoyume sighed and closed her eyes. "If you say so." She said drowsily.
He pulled her to him by her shoulders and smiled. ''You could call me Nara-chan...I won't mind..."
Kyoyume smiled, a small blush creeping into her cheeks as he held her. "Nara-chan." She said happily.
He laughed a little. "Guess so."
Kyoyume laughed. "You don't mind me calling you Nara-chan?" She asked, knowing the answer.
"Not really."
"Good." She said, burying her head in his chest.
He smiled and hugged her a little bit. "Kyo-chan." He voiced. "That sounds okay."
"Sounds good to me too..." Kyoyume yawned.
Naraku smiled. "You tired?"
Kyoyume yawned again. "Hai." She said faintly.
"Let's go back to sleep."
Kyoyume was half asleep as he spoke. "Hai..." she whispered, mind drifting.
They got back into bed, snuggled up and let their fatigue lead them to some sleep.
Only a few hours passed until it was almost midday when they woke next. The cat woke first; finding her head still buried in his chest. She could feel his warm breath on her head and hear the beating of his heart faintly. Smiling she shut her eyes and lay there, letting herself rest some more.
Naraku didn't stir through most of the day. Until a certain silver haired brat dove into the bed with the two. "How are the two lovers?" Hakudoushi asked, feigning innocence.
Naraku, half asleep, grabbed the back of the child's shirt and threw him from the bed angrily. "Just fine." Kyoyume answered just before Hakudoushi was thrown.
"Aww! So you've admitted that you loved each other...anything happen in the bed while I wasn't around?" He asked hopping back into the bed.
Kyoyume blushed. "No." She said angrily. "Nothing of which concerns you." Naraku growled, tossing him again.
"Is that any way to treat your son?"
"Ugh..." Naraku growled, turning over to glare at him.
"What? You two are a couple now, you need a son for cute factor...and I'm the cutest person here."
"Nothing happened, now, will you get lost?" Naraku asked grumpily.
"You admitted your love for each other, so you're a couple!" He protested.
"Ok, so?" Kyoyume asked as Naraku groaned and rubbed his eyes with one hand.
"Yeah, and, after a while, couples have children, and the children are usually cute, so I wanna be the cute child."
"Fine, whatever." Kyoyume said, laying back down.
Hakudoushi, persistent, snuggled up in between the two of them, smiling.
"What do you want?" Naraku growled.
"To be cute."
"You're cute then."
"Yay!"
"Yay, indeed." Kyoyume chorused, closing her eyes again.
"I think his ego has been boosted." Naraku mumbled.
"Possibly." Kyoyume agreed, both of them seeming to forget that the boy was lying between them.
Hakudoushi pouted.
"Include me!" He shouted.
"Fine, fine."
"We'll include you." Kyoyume yawned.
He smiled at her.
"What do you want to be involved in?" Kyoyume asked opening one eye.
"I wanna be part of the family."
Kyoyume smiled. "You are part of the family." She informed him.
"Yay!"
"His ego..." Naraku mumbled, opening one of his eyes lazily. Kyoyume smiled at him. "Haku-kun gets his ego from you." She said with a smile.
"Nu-uh."
Kyoyume laughed. "You think not?"
"Right."
Kyoyume smiled and shut her eyes again, her breathing steadily getting shallower as her mind drifted between sleep and wakefulness.
"Shh...she's asleep." Hakudoushi whispered.
Both of Naraku's eyes opened. "Why are you still here?" He asked the child.
"...I'm part of the family remember?"
"Not while we're trying to sleep, you're not." Naraku said, lazily pushing him away.
Hakudoushi walked out of the room pouting. Naraku faintly hoped he walked in on Jakotsu and Bankotsu again and DID get killed.
Waiting until Hakudoushi's footsteps faded in the distance, Naraku pull Kyoyume closer and shut his own eyes again, starting to fall asleep.
They slept well into the next morning, with no interruption.
When Naraku woke, he found that Kyoyume was already awake and on her feet, looking her sword over in the corner of the room. 'Whenever I touch it, I hear my demon side...but when I don't have it near me, I never go full demon or hear my other sides' voice....how strange....' She thought to herself, unaware that Naraku was awake.
"Kyo?" He muttered.
"Eh? Ah, Nara-chan, you're awake." The cat said joyfully, turning toward him and forgetting her worries about her sword.
"Yeah...."
"We should get up today, I thought." Kyoyume said, coming forward.
"Yeah." Naraku said standing up. "Hey...where'd my shirt go?!" He exclaimed as the blanket slid off his bare chest.
"Oh, uh..." Kyoyume blushed, looking around the room quickly. "I..." She mumbled nervously, not seeing the shirt. "Is it under the covers?"
"No...."
"Oh, then uhm....." Kyoyume looked thoughtful. "I don't know..."
"HAKUDOUSHI!"
There was the sound of someone jumping and running down the hall. "I got 'im." Kyoyume yelled, dashing out and tackling the little boy, the shirt flying into the air.
"IT WAS JUST A JOKE!"
Kyoyume sighed, picking up the shirt and helping Hakudoushi up with one hand, not noticing that her own shirt was a bit ruffled itself.
"Don't hate me." He whimpered. "You know you liked his shirtless-ness...."
Kyoyume flinched, biting her lower lip angrily. But, checking herself, she walked on without saying a word in return. Though her mind gladly obliged in yelling insults. 'Gah! Stupid little...!! Why would you...?! GAH!!'
Hakudoushi smirked. "Yeah...she definitely liked the abs..." He muttered.
Kyoyume ears twisted in his direction just as she was about to enter the door. Stopping, she turned toward him, eyes narrowed, small, angry marks popping up on her head. "What...?!" She asked rather angrily, her fangs showing.
"YOU WANT HIS BODY!" Hakudoushi laughed running away.
Kyoyume shook in fury, fire sparking in her eyes. "WHY YOU...!!!" She roared, wanting to give chase to him, but her feet stayed firmly planted. 'Ass!' She cursed as she walked into the room, face red from anger and embarrassment.
"What's going on? I heard a 'you want his body' and that's about it?" Naraku asked.
"Er, it was nothing." Kyoyume assured him as she handed him his shirt. "Hakudoushi just has his head in the clouds..."
"So you think I'm fat?" Naraku asked jokingly.
"What?! N-no, of course not." Kyoyume turned crimson again.
Naraku laughed a little. "Just joking just joking."
"Oh...heh heh...."
"You're so jumpy...."
"Can't help it, haven't moved in a few days, lots of energy, got to move." Kyoyume said happily, hopping from one foot to the other.
Naraku smirked, picked up the hopping cat and dumped her back in the bed. "How's that for moving?"
"Lying still isn't moving." Kyoyume corrected him with a smile.
"But being thrown is."
"I meant moving on my own."
"So?"
"So, you just threw me, which doesn't get rid of any of MY energy..."
"It does burn your energy because you were moving!"
"No, it burns, YOUR energy because you were the one doing the work, not me." Kyoyume argued.
"But you were still moving so in turn it burned a little bit of both of our energy."
Kyoyume sighed, giving up on arguing with him. "Fine, whatever you say."
"Of course, I say we take a little trip today if you wanna burn off some energy!"
"Wai!" Kyoyume exclaimed, sitting bolt upright. "Let's go then."
"Okay let's go...ummm...as little clothing as humanly possible without being naked is good...." He muttered, so he didn't put his shirt back on.
"Nani?" Kyoyume asked innocently, not understanding everything he had said in her excitement.
"Never mind, you're fine, let's go."
"Oh, should I bring my sword?" Kyoyume asked, combing her hair with her fingers.
"No!"
"Oh, uhm, ok." Kyoyume said, following him hastily.
They walked deep into a forest and found themselves at a pond with a big waterfall.
"Wow..." Kyoyume gasped as she took it all in.
"Burn some energy." He said with a laugh.
Kyoyume smiled at him before she took off running and dove into the water. Her cat side screamed as the cold water closed in around her, but her more human side loved it.
Naraku slid in too, it was refreshingly cold.
Kyoyume came up in the middle of the pool, head dripping wet, her ears shaking. She smiled at him again before diving under and coming up by him. "Cold." She said, rubbing her ears.
He nodded a little. "Jump down the waterfall."
Kyoyume looked up at the rushing cold water and nodded brightly. "Looks like fun." She mumbled before she went under again.
Kyoyume felt herself pulled to the surface and found herself face-to-face with Naraku. He was smirking; he carried her up to the top of the waterfall and threw her off.
"Mreow!!" Kyoyume yelled as she fell. "You dirty...!! Wait until I get back up-!!" The water caved in around her before she could finish her sentence. She came up spluttering, spitting out water and unclogging her ears. "Meanie!" She called when she heard Naraku laughing at her.
"Are you okay?!" He called down.
"Yeah, fine." Kyoyume called back. "Why do you ask?" Naraku laughed again. "Because cats are supposed to land on their feet and you landed on your back." Kyoyume grumbled to herself as she swam back to shore. "Oh, very funny."
Naraku dove down the waterfall and swam to meet her. "It was just a joke." He told her.
Kyoyume dunked his head under and swam out into the middle of the pool with a mischievous grin. "I know."
He caught her by the foot and pulled her back, and dunked her under. "That's nice." He told her when she came back up.
Kyoyume giggled and splashed him in the face. "It's very nice." She told him.
He splashed her; he only had one hand free because he was holding her in place.
Kyoyume tried to swim away, but he pulled her back swiftly. "Oh, cheater!!" She yelled, splashing him rabidly.
"I'm not cheating I'm keeping you still." He said dunking her again.
When she came back up, Kyoyume spit water in his face while splashing him and trying to twist free of his grip. "No fair!" She whined, still splashing.
He pulled her to him. "Life's not fair." He told her.
She smiled. "But you could at least try to make a game fair." She said, still trying to get her ankle free.
"Who said anything about being fair?" He said letting go of her ankle.
"I did." She answered, forming a large fist with both her hands and forcing them hard into the water, creating a wave that hit him and left him soaking.
Naraku laughed and hit her with a similar wave.
Kyoyume spit out a mouth full of water she had received from the wave, her hair hanging in her eyes. "Heh." She said, getting out and running up to the top of the water fall again.
Naraku just watched, while she ran he swam to the bottom of the waterfall.
Kyoyume reached the top and looked for him, but found that he was no where in sight. Deciding that he was under the water somewhere, Kyoyume jumped with a scream of delight.
As she was about to hit the water, Naraku caught her. "Cats are supposed to land on their feet." He reminded her smirking.
Kyoyume looked disappointed and stunned at the same time. "Not when they are about to get in water." She said.
He smirked and threw her as far into the pond as he could.
Kyoyume shook her head and ears of water as she came back up again. Smirking she flicked a few droplets at him. "Hah." She said as if the few droplets were a big deal.
Naraku laughed and shook his head like a dog would, soaking both of them.
Kyoyume giggled, putting her hands up as a form of defense against his water droplets. And tried the same trick for herself, only sending out a few drops of water.
Naraku suddenly had a brilliant idea, he charged at the cat hanyou and tackled her, causing both of them to go under the water.
Kyoyume gasped as she was pushed under the water, his weight forcing her down. Opening her eyes she could see him smiling at her as they floated in the liquid world. She smiled back at him, her ears perking up under water.
They got back to the surface, laughing a little.
"That was weird." Kyoyume admitted. "It felt like we were floating..."
"We were." He laughed a little.
Kyoyume laughed, shaking the water from her ears again. "I guess...."
"This is fun." He admitted hugging Kyoyume. "Isn't it?"
"Yes, very fun." She answered, hugging him back.
"Wet cat smell." He laughed.
Kyoyume wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue. "Unclean hair smell."
Naraku pushed both of them under the water, then shook his head again. "Better?" He asked jokingly.
"No." Kyoyume said, flicking water from her ears again. "Needs some of that so-ap stuff...."
"Where'd you put it?"
"I...oh, I'll bet it's by the hot spring still..." Kyoyume said.
He shrugged.
"Whatever." Kyoyume said with a smile.
"I bet the guys at the castle aren't having half as much fun as we are..."
"I doubt it too." Kyoyume agreed with a laugh.
"So what do you want to do now?"
"Uhm...dunno...." Kyoyume said, wondering herself.
"Uh..."
"Maybe we should dry off?" Kyoyume suggested, starting to shiver in the cold water.
He nodded in agreement.
Kyoyume climbed out first, with Naraku not far behind her. She sat down in the grass, hugging her arms to herself, trying to get warm.
Seemingly out of nowhere otherwise known as Naraku's pocket Naraku pulled out his baboon pelt. "Use it to dry off some." He told her.
Kyoyume smiled at him and rubbed her head before handing it back. "You don't even have a shirt on, you need it more than I do." She said.
"I dry fast." He pointed out that he was standing in a patch of particularly bright sun. And was already mostly dry.
Kyoyume nodded with a small smile. "Wow. That's different." She said, rubbing her arms and legs with the pelt. "You sure you don't mind me using this?" She asked, sure that it smelled like her.
"Don't worry about it."
Kyoyume smiled again. "Hai." She said, wiping the last of the water from herself. "Arigatou, Nara-chan."
He laughed a little. "Not a problem, Kyo-chan." He told her. "Lets hang out around here for a little while longer.
"Ok." She agreed. "I'm not ready to go back yet anyway."
"This is too fun to give up." He agreed flopping back onto a patch of grass in the sunlight.
Kyoyume sighed, stretching as she sat in the warm grass. "So true." She agreed.
"Its fun to spend time with you."
"Yes, it's fun being with you too." Kyoyume agreed, looking at the roaring waterfall.
"Really?"
"Truly and honestly."
"Thank you."
"For what?" Kyoyume asked, puzzled.
"...Hanging around I guess."
Kyoyume lay down beside him. "You don't have to thank me for that, I wanted to stay."
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