A/N: I do not own the characters...sadly because they are great characters if you ask me.

Chapter two: the happenings at dusk

She looked at his covered turquoise eyes considering at the flicker, which she knew she should be afraid of and yet she wasn't. She came to question her position on him when she saw a different type of flicker in his eyes. But they are just flickers. They don't stay…she thought to herself as she listened to the outside. She couldn't hear anything.

"Are they gone?" She licked her lips a bit as she thought out loud, forgetting she was on top of a man. Her attention was brought back to the man that used to be an enemy as he shifted.

Enishi didn't know how long he could stay still. He could feel her heart beat and the close proximity of their two bodies was more than he could bear. He moved slightly but stopped when it felt like more of a squirm to him then he wanted it to. He felt powerless when she put her eyes and attention back onto him. Yet, he moved his arm and gripped her arm to move it away from his mouth. He tried to seem dangerous or threatening but he knew it was not enough, so he tightened his grip on her arm so she winced at the pain.

"Now for my first question…why did you knock me out?" He didn't know what to make of the look of defiance that crossed her face.

"It was a misunderstanding." He waited a couple of minutes for the rest of her answer but when none came he sighed.

"You're going to make this difficult aren't you?" He voiced as he pulled her roughly to him. Their faces just centimeters a part. He asked his question again taking note of the deep blush that had spread across her cheeks. He suddenly felt very uncomfortable with his usual threatening ways. He put him too close to the younger woman. The blush only deepened when she repeated that it was a misunderstanding. He didn't understand what she meant. But her eyes had become clouded and he felt uneasy at the look. He looked away to try to think of something to get rid of that strange look. He didn't even notice that he still had her so close to when he turned his head quickly back their lips just touched each other like a caress of wind. Touching but not really. His eyes widened in surprise as the already deep red ninja fainted from the shock. She slumped against his body with a soft thump. He could only sit there in shock as his breathing sped up slightly as he caught a foreign scent. The smell of…some flower and a slight smell of green tea. He just continued to sit there, he didn't know what else to do. The warmth of her body against his didn't bother him; in fact he kind of liked the feeling. That snapped his full attention back to what was going on. He narrowed his eyes for a moment and jerked her head up closer with his right hand to see if she had really fainted. On close inspection he found, yes, indeed she was zonked out.

"Jeez…how did this happen…WHY did this happen?" He said in slight annoyance. Yet somehow he couldn't just be himself. In a way he could not be cruel or at least rude. So, he put a supporting arm around her to keep her against his chest, and sighed. He himself fell to a light sleep.

Misao snuggled into the warmth as she slowly opened her eyes then she opened them to large saucer like orbs as she took in where and whom she was with. She slowly looked up and her blue eyes met the turquoise ones of none other than Enishi Yukishiro. Who she guessed had snapped awake and to attention as soon as she moved. She blushed as she remembered what she had just done. She then went rigid as a thought struck her, 'what if he had been awake for awhile?' That thought was enough to put her into overdrive. She even tried to make herself think of her Aoshi-sama, but it didn't work. She could feel her cheeks get warmer, and could tell that they were a bright red. It took her awhile to even notice that

She wasn't breathing

He wasn't moving

…he was blushing

That last one made her stop her thoughts and with that she breathed. She looked back into his icy gaze as she felt his arms still tightly around her waist. She could tell there was something going on, something big, and yet she could not tell what it was. She had gotten over her huge crush for Aoshi and yet she couldn't find anyone like him, that was until she found the enigma Enishi. She moved slightly on his lap, and the silk pants slid with a glossy smoothness that made her feel butterflies in her stomach. Her mouth and throat felt suddenly dry as her eyes moved down slightly to rest on his lips. Which were slightly parted as if he had something to say and he did not know how to begin.

No! Bad Misao! Don't think!… "Yeah…don't think…" She mumbled softly to herself just before she touched her own lips to his in a phantom of a touch, there and yet not really.

He just sat there as he felt the soft caress of her lips to his. He wasn't sure on how to react to what just happened. He looked into her cerulean eyes and noticed her deep colored blush. He wasn't sure as to why he still had her on his lap. Trying to tell himself he did not really enjoy what had just happened, but he didn't get very far when he felt his body reacting. Pushing her off his body he glared, well at least he tried to glare. It didn't go to well, for two reasons, one he just couldn't, and second h e was blushing. He mentally slapped himself to get a hold of himself. It worked. He was once again in control of his traitorous body.

"What the hell was that?" His voice was void of all emotions. Like it should be. He told himself. He hated how he could tell every single emotion, thought, and desires go through her eyes. She was so open he couldn't help but be envious. That feeling was so foreign to him that he really didn't understand it. Why should I feel envious? She is naïve and…He sighed as he looked at her again. He then looked outside to find it had grown darker. The fact they both were far away from any other form of shelter pound its way into his mind. Glaring at her slightly as another sigh left his lips, he looked down at his silk Chinese outfit. And then at her ninja apparel; it might be spring but neither were prepared to spend the night in the chilly woods. The days might have started to get warmer, but the nights were still rather freezing. He didn't like the thought of staying in this place with her the whole night. Relaxing against the crude wall, he took in his surroundings a little more and found this must be a place where the Oniwanbanshu hid out at for different things. It obviously was not very natural. For one there was a chest full of emergency supplies. Yet he could also tell that it probably did not have what they needed right now. Oh well. He thought to himself as he kept an eye on the weird girl.

Oh...I seem to do this again...I dont' know if it really is a cliff hanger or not...well it is in my point of view because I know what happens...laughs maniacally well anyway I hope you like the second chapter so please review...

Thank you lidens and bizcochia U-u for your replies. I hope that you all can enjoy this rare...coupling. Well till next chapter.