Thanks for all your great reviews guys! I really love reading them ) So this chapter I'm rating, for a small lemon scene, sort of involves a rape type of situation; BUT DON'T WORRY, it doesn't happen that way…well it happens, well not really, AAAHHH just read it! LOL )

Chapter Six: Magic spells

"Mugen?" Fuu whispered holding the sheet close to her body. She had never seen such a dark madness in Mugen before, not towards her at least. He inched closer to her, pushing her down forcefully on to the futon. Fuu squeaked, panicked by his sudden movements. He didn't waste time, he pulled the sheet off of her, still maintaining his frightening gaze on her. Fuu gasped realizing that he was peeling her clothes off.

"Mugen?" She whispered again. She was afraid, and finally worked the courage to try and fight him off. But Mugen growled pinning her wrists, laying on top of her, keeping her still. Fuu didn't know what to do. She stared up into his dark cloudy eyes. She saw it now, his eyes, they were not his. He was taken over, this was not the same Mugen.

"Mugen" Fuu tried to scream, but he covered her mouth. In a panic Fuu tried to struggle more trying her hardest to get away from him. Mugen's eyes were vacant, his face pale and angry. All he could see was the pain, the hurt she caused him. He hated her for betraying her, for betraying his trust, his loyalty, his love.

"Mugen, please stop." Fuu cried, her muffled plea's lost in his hand as he stifled her speech.

"You went with him. You went with Jin, that bastard." Mugen growled deeply closing on the gap between their faces. Fuu's eyes widen in horror and shock, she didn't understand what he was talking about. She tried again to free herself, but Mugen was merciless on her. Sitting up slightly he removed his shorts. Fuu tried to kick him off, but nothing worked, it only encouraged his angry movements.

"I won't." He cried angrily. She saw the tears stream down his cheeks, and it stunned her. She could feel his heart beating madly against her naked chest. She had never seen such a sad expression.

"I won't let you go with him. I won't. You're mine Fuu." He cried again. Fuu twitched as he pushed himself in. Fuu gasped squirming madly under him trying to get free. Fuu realized her situation as he started to thrust. She looked up to his eyes, the tears still coming down his face and landing on hers. She wasn't afraid anymore. Her frightened expression relaxed to sad smile. Mugen slowed down.

"It's okay Mugen. I won't go with him. I'm yours." She smiled gently as he removed his hand from her mouth. His eyes started to sparkle as his mind regained control of itself.

"It's alright Mugen. I'm with you…forever." Fuu started to cry gently as he came to a stop. He felt a large burden lift from his head, and he fell down on top of Fuu.

"Mugen?" She cried realizing he fainted. She pushed him to his back, trying to cover his body with the sheet. She was horribly concerned for him, wiping his cheeks gently trying to wake him with her voice.

Slowly, Mugen started to open his eyes. He felt sick and light headed. Mostly, he felt ashamed and disgusted, with himself.

"Mugen, are you alright?" Fuu asked again brushing his hair away from his face. Her face came into focus, and he sat up quickly. His head was hurting badly, his heart still racing. Fuu pat his head hoping to comfort him.

'What happened?' He thought to himself. Suddenly, he remembered everything, the dream, and attacking Fuu. He sharply faced her, her worried face, her soft pink smile. He couldn't believe that she tolerated that from him. He couldn't find the words to express how horrible he felt.

"I…I…" He stuttered. His eyes were wide open, hoping that it was all a dream. He didn't want to think that he could hurt her, make her afraid of him like that. To betray her trust. Fuu understood what was going through his mind.

"Mugen. It's alright." She smiled happily jumping into his embrace. Mugen held on to her tightly, wondering why he had attacked her, why he had believed a dream. He inhaled some air and looked down to the girl in his arms.

"Gomen…" He said softly. Fuu was surprised to hear it, and she looked up at him wondering if she had heard wrong.

"I never want to hurt you…and I did such a…" Mugen was not the type to admit to doing wrong, but this time, he could feel it in his heart. He remembered her face as he started to rape her, her tears as she begged for him to stop. It was an image he would never forget. He took advantage of her trust in him, and he would never be able to forgive himself. Fuu smiled warmly to him.

"Mugen." She brought his chin up to face her. She didn't understand what had happened, but knew that he was not responsible.

"I love you." She couldn't explain what took over his mind, and why he would think that she went with Jin, but she hoped that he was feeling better. Mugen didn't want to look her in the eyes, he was disgusted with himself. He had forced himself on her. He would have been fine with anyone else, but not Fuu, never to Fuu.

"I love you…but I…aren't you mad?" He asked puzzled by her soft reaction. Fuu hit him over the head forcing him to fall down. He sharply got back up rubbing the large bump protruding from his head. He saw the large smile stretching on her face, and couldn't help but smile back.

"We're going to be married. I don't know what happened Mugen, but I trust you. And I always will." She smiled brightly once again. She pulled the sheet closer to her body so that she could sit beside him better, but Mugen quickly pulled her into his arms. He held her there, for a long while, feeling like he needed this so much. Fuu didn't fight back, she liked staying there in his arms.

"Gomen, it'll never happen again." Mugen softly whispered into her ear. She nuzzled up against his chest as he tried to figure out what happened. Something was forcing him to think like this, something was doing it on purpose. It was clear that whatever, or whoever it was, knew him; and knew the closest person to him.

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"Hmm…" Jin didn't know what to think. But everything that Mugen reluctantly told him fit with what he was going through. He wondered why, and who was doing this; and how it was being done. Mugen sat across from him, in the very corner of the restaurant, they were finishing their breakfast before heading to the site for more construction. Mugen had not slept properly all last night, fear of harming Fuu again. He didn't trust his own mind, and his own thoughts, therefore had no choice but to discuss it with Jin. He didn't want to tell Jin, what was going through his head about him in relation to Fuu; but he couldn't risk hurting her again. Jin was upset, upset that Mugen couldn't control his own mind, after all he was a samurai. However, he understood what he was going through, after all, he had some thoughts about Fuu.

"Listen. I understand that she's close to you and shit, but I don't like thinking there's something going on between you two. And whatever is doing this, knows that. It knows that when it comes to her…I won't stand for bullshit." Mugen lowly snorted. He wanted Jin to have the clear message. Jin nodded.

"Mori." Jin said softly. Mugen's right eye brow cocked, wondering what he was talking about.

"The old lady, Mori." Jin reminded Mugen.

"What about her?" He snorted drinking his tea. Jin wondered if he was right to think that there was a connection to the old woman and the strange occurrences. He had recapped everything that had happened, the strange rustle in the tree's, the strange old woman showing up at the hut, no rain when they had clearly seen rain; his awkward thoughts about Fuu; and Mugen's dream. It seemed that nothing had a physical touch, it was all being done in the mind.

"I think there may be a relation between your dream and Mori." Jin said quietly to avoid anyone else hearing them. He didn't want Fuu and Shino to find out that there may be something wrong. They had all been through too much, and he didn't want the girls lives to become erratic again. Mugen thought about it, the old woman was strange, and her arrival was too coincidental.

"You think it's magic than?" Mugen concluded. He knew that nothing they had seen was a physical occurrence, therefore, the only way to explain these things, would be to conclude that it was being done by spells. Jin nodded. He had seen magic in the past, but nothing like this.

"What do we do?" Mugen asked. He was agitated all over again.

"We can't just make a move, we need to find out who she is, and what she is doing; if it's her." Jin added quickly before Mugen started to swing his sword.

"If it is her, why is she doing this?" Jin asked wondering to himself.

"Do you know her?" Jin asked. Mugen was surprised by the question, and when he thought back; he did feel like he had seen her before somewhere, but couldn't remember where.

"She seems familiar I guess. But I don't know." Mugen answered. He wondered why Jin would ask.

"It would seem she knows you." Jin replied. Mugen let Jin ponder, all he knew was anger, and right now; he would cut off the woman's head. He vowed that whoever it was, he would destroy them.

"Oy." Mugen suddenly said. Jin looked to him.

"Don't tell the girls about this. We keep this to ourselves until we figure this out." Mugen whispered. He didn't want Fuu to suffer through another battle, he wanted her to feel like her life was normal, even if it meant carrying the burden to himself. Jin agreed.

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The sun was out high in the sky, scorching the village below. It had not rained for days. All Mizu prayed for was cooler weather. His men were tired and weary from the tired efforts under the sun, as they worked hard to complete Mizu's home and the school.

"Alright. Lets take a break!" Mizu shouted throwing down the large piece of wood he carried. His men couldn't be happier, and quickly raced away from the site. Mizu's smile twitched.

"Those little.." Mizu smiled with a large tear drop falling down the side of his head. He relaxed his muscles, as Mugen and Jin walked to him.

"It was getting too hot, unless we want someone to die from heat, we have to stop for now." Mizu said taking a large drink from his container. Jin and Mugen agreed. Jin had started to get slightly more tanned now that he worked under the sun with no shirt. Mugen, stayed the same complexion, which Fuu had always wondered about. They rested down inside the almost completed home. Mizu looked around from side to side, smiling. He had kept his promise to himself, his dead father and to the village. Everything was almost back to normal.

"Oy, we're gonna go get lunch, you coming?" Mugen smirked smacking the young boy's back. Mizu grinded his teeth.

"No, I'll catch up later." He smiled angrily to both his samurai helpers. The time for samurai's had long disappeared, most samurai's were now struggling and were mostly doing more damage than preventing. But Mugen and Jin were two of a kind. He smiled at the two as they walked away from the site. He would join them later for some lunch, but for now he wanted to be alone, time to rest. He layed down on the wooden floor, there was no furniture, nothing at all, but it felt like home to him.

He got up after a while, and put his shirt back on. He stepped down and looked up to the sun, when he noticed an old unfamiliar woman walking slowly. She was throwing something on the ground close to the place where everyone from his home walked up, to get home. He squinted trying hard to see what she was doing, but could only make out the dust she spread on the path up the hill.

"That's weird…" He said to himself, wondering what she was doing. There were only a few people who used that path, who needed to use that path; and all of those people resided in his parents home.

"Mizu-san?" Mai placed a worried hand on his shoulder, forcing him to turn around sharply. The girl was surprised and concerned.

"Are you alright?" She asked moving back a step. Mizu realized that he may have frightened her and smiled apologetically. He turned around to see the old lady, but she was gone. It alarmed him, he felt very strange about the old woman he had seen; but didn't know why.

"Stay here for a moment." Mizu said to Mai as he dashed cautiously to the path. Mai was worried, she watched him rush to the path way, and stalk around as if he was trying to see something.

Mizu looked around, finally he took a step on to the path when some of the dust was inhaled unconsciously by him. He kept his eyes sharp as he took a few more steps looking for the old woman, his heart beat quickly.

"Mizu-san? What is it?" He heard Mai's voice behind him. His mind raced a mile a minute as he turned to see her there. Both their eyes tensed, as they stared at each other. Suddenly a voice in his mind kept telling him something, but he couldn't make it out.

'What's going on…' He thought.

Ah, so this is getting very very strange uh? Well I have ONE very big shocker coming up in the next chapter, and an EVEN bigger one at the end! You'll never be able to guess if you don't read the next installment of Already Together.