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Chapter Eleven: Mugen, my husband.

He had stayed and watched over her protectively all night. He found it hard to even blink without worrying for her. But as soon as he felt he sun come up, he knew she would wake soon. How he wanted to lay beside her, hold her, like he did every night. It would be the first night since he admitted his love, that he would be separated from her. He missed the feeling of her in his arms, smelling her hair and the sweet sex as the morning light touched their naked skin. He could have nuzzled beside her while she slept. But he didn't want to betray her. She was asleep and couldn't remember him, how could he climb on to the futon and take her in his arms. Knowing that if she woke up, she would push him away. The thought ached his chest, making him feel uncertain and anxious.

However, morning was here now, a new day. He was hopeful that when she opened her eyes, perhaps she would remember him. After all, it was her smile that inspired him to wake each morning. Momo-san had let Fuu sleep alone, while he stuck to Mugen. It was the first time man and animal had found peace.

"Mugen?" Jin whispered behind the door of Fuu's room. Mugen turned to him and told him to open the door. Jin walked in looking over to Fuu's sleeping body. Mugen was close to the futon, he looked tired and restless. He knew that Mugen had not slept, he probably stayed up all night worrying for Fuu. But Mugen didn't want Jin to know that his heart busted open this much, so he played the part and relaxed against the wall.

"How is she?" Jin asked. Mugen shrugged.

"She hasn't woken up yet." He said back to Jin. It became silent for a moment between the two samurai's as they watched Fuu's curled body twitch a little trying to wake up. Jin smiled and without word left the room. In a moment they would find out if Fuu remembered Mugen or not.

Sure enough when her eyes opened, and the world came into focus, she saw Mugen's face there.

"AAAAHHHH What are you doing!" She screamed to the top of her lungs. Mugen twitched angrily, realizing that her memories had not come back. She pulled the blankets up to cover herself.

"Get out!" She screamed madly. Mugen moved closer to her making her feel very uncomfortable, but not afraid. She pulled the sheet to her neck as his manly eyes sparkled at her. For a second she had lost herself in that sparkle but quickly came back to reality.

"You don't have to cover yourself baka, you have no breasts." He smirked. Somehow he felt playful because he could sense she wasn't afraid of him. Her face turned red and puffs of smoke came from her nose. Mugen liked that cute face, that angry look she got. He remembered that look from the sunflower journey. He teased her so much while on that adventure, and maybe it was because she looked so cute when she got mad. His smirk grew a little more as he moved his body close to hers, sitting on the futon. Fuu couldn't help but notice the very handsome and muscular features of his face and body. He seemed like the guy who was laid back, casual and rough; and she liked that.

"BAKA! Get out of here!" She screamed remembering the comment he made about her lack of chest. Mugen inched his face closer to hers, seeing that she was blushing. He knew it, he saw a little bit of her attraction for him, and he hoped that was enough to jog her memory.

"What are you doing?" She said nervously moving back trying to pull the covers with her. But Mugen kept moving closer to hers, and his rough style of flirting was actually really fun.

"I've seen them before, so I know they're small." He teased, hungrily staring into her eyes. Even though it was nice to feel like she wasn't afraid of him, it still hurt to know that she didn't recall him.

"WHAT!" She screamed. When did he see her naked, how did he know how small her breasts were. She started to worry a little realizing that Jin wasn't rushing into her room to save her from the wild man. She wondered why, he hadn't.

"But don't worry, they turn me on." He smirked. He was now hovered on her, still sitting casually on her futon as she tried to bury her redness. She had flamed in embarrassment and flirtatious play.

"AHH, get out you hentai!" She screamed now pushing him back from coming any closer. Mugen loved the feel of her touching his chest, even though it was to keep him back. But he could see it on her face, that general acceptance of his presence. She was nervous of him, but not afraid. Mugen's smirked softened to a smile.

"You still do weird things to me, you know that?" He said in a sweet whisper. His gentle tone had surprised Fuu. She didn't remember him, she didn't even know she was supposed to. But somehow, in the small seconds they shared than, he had impacted her. He got up with nothing done to her, and walked to the door. She followed him, confused. She thought he was the rough guy, who would try to take advantage of her; but he only turned around to smile.

His sweet wild smile had surprised her because her heart had fluttered. When he left she was relieved.

"What was that?" She asked herself. She looked out to the window, wondering who the wild samurai was.

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When Fuu had come out to breakfast, the whole house knew about her condition. They had done their best to make her feel good. Mugen stayed to the other side, sitting next to Shiro and Jin. He watched Fuu, wanting to walk over and kiss her. But didn't want to start a fight.

"Fuu-chan, how are you feeling?" Mai asked nicely after pouring her some tea. Fuu smiled at her, and than changed to disgust as her eyes fell on Mugen. Somehow he looked brutish, the sort of guy who went in and out brothels and drank. Yet, in some small place in her head, she thought he was cute.

The household had decided to not ask Fuu questions, they would leave Jin to talk to her about the situation first. No one knew the truth behind why Fuu had lost her memory, not even Mugen. But Jin knew, that it was Mori who had cast a spell on her. What spell and how, he didn't know. Yet, he knew that this puzzle had to be figured soon.

The family had gone on to their normal duties, saying extra loving good byes to Fuu. She didn't understand why everyone was acting so differently with her. She wondered if it had to do with the untamed samurai, Mugen.

"Here Fuu-chan, make sure to make this tea for yourself at lunch." Aki smiled.

"I will see you at the restaurant later." She continued as she passed Fuu the tea bag. Fuu smiled, not really sure why they had asked her to stay home. Aki, Shino, Mai and Mizu were all terribly worried for Fuu, and her sudden loss of memory. Shiro was worried, but trusted that Mugen and Jin would do what they had to, to bring back her memory.

When they left, Mugen was still in the room, staring out at the fire. He felt that same horrible feeling again. The feeling of loss, and defeat. Fuu didn't even have a scratch of him in her mind.

Jin had been standing behind Fuu the whole time, as the family said goodbye to her. She was puzzled and nervous when she felt Jin's hand on her shoulder; asking her to sit down. She looked over to Mugen and than to Jin.

She sat down, placing the tea bag that Aki had given her down beside her. She felt a headache coming on.

"Fuu, there is something I need to discuss with you." Jin started. He had to be delicate in his words, and how he explained things to Fuu. Mugen was after all in the room still, and in her eyes a untrustworthy murderer. Fuu looked over to the wild man, his sword on the floor beside him. She wondered what sort of samurai he was, and why he only carried one sword and not three. Suddenly, she felt a sinking feeling, thinking that Jin would tell her things that would rattle her.

"Okay." She replied waiting for Jin to start.

"Do you recognize this man?" Jin asked pointing beside him to Mugen, who looked up from the small fire to face her. His eyes were tense and burning with passion and anger. Fuu stared at him for a long while, trying to see if that perhaps she did remember him.

"No. Should I?" She asked. Mugen felt her reply to hit him badly, like a dull blade sinking into his chest. Yet, he couldn't blame her, after all she had lost all her memories. Jin looked over to Mugen and Mugen to Jin. They had almost conversed in the silent stare they were giving each other. Fuu watched the two men, one she could have called brother and the other who tried to attack her.

"What's this about?" She interrupted finally.

"Fuu. This is Mugen. Remember, Mugen. He was our companion while on our journey to find your father" He said it as if he was asking her. Fuu looked puzzled. She looked over to Mugen again.

"What are you talking about? It was only you and me." She said back. Mugen seemed a little frustrated. How could she forget all those times he jumped in to save her. He risked his life for her countless time, met with death and bargained with it; just to get back to her. And now she remembered nothing of him. His fist pounded on to the floor angrily.

"OY! You don't remember me? After all I've been through for you?" He shouted a little, he never meant to, but it came out that way. Fuu's eyes narrowed angrily at Mugen as he demanded her to remember something that never happened.

"What are you talking about? Are you insane?" She shouted back. Jin felt he was loosing them both, to their normal habits.

"Hey. Settle down." He urged, pulling Mugen's shoulder so that he could not get up, and rush to Fuu. He imagined the Mugen was going through a lot too, the stress of his mother returning, and now Fuu.

"Fuu. You don't remember a single thing about him. Look carefully at him. Think." He said encouragingly. Fuu didn't want to cooperate, she was tired of staring at Mugen.

"I don't want to. Besides, I can't believe you're being so nice to him. He's the one who tried to attack me last nigh!" She shouted at Jin. She had crossed her arms angrily across her chest, acting like the young girl she was. Mugen growled at her response. Jin hushed him.

"Just think Fuu." Jin urged. Fuu sighed harshly and complied. She closed her eyes and thought hard. She tried to remember back to specific events, to see if she remembers seeing Mugen there. But all she saw was Jin.

A sweaty bead of water ran down Mugen's head as he tensely watched Fuu think. He hoped, that she would say yes, I remember him. And each second she remained silent trying to remember him stung him all over.

She started to nod side to side, and finally opened her eyes.

"No, I don't remember him from anywhere. What's this about Jin?" Fuu was starting to feel very uncomfortable and anxious. She didn't like the tense expression on Jin's face or Mugen's. They both stared at her. Mugen was very aggravated, and wanted to kill something to comfort him.

"Fuu, this is Mugen. He has been our companion for a long time and-"

"I've been sleeping with you every night, and you don't remember any of my kisses, none of my touches?" Mugen couldn't control his anger, he wanted Fuu to remember him desperately. She was shocked to hear such filthy things come out of his mouth. Her face became disturbed and pale from the rage she felt.

"Shut up! Don't say such disgusting things about me! I would never do things like that with you!" She shouted standing up. She felt humiliated. Mugen stood up as did Jin, who felt the situation slipping from control again. He tried to stop Mugen from taking a step closer to her, but he had already moved a couple of feet closer to Fuu.

"Mugen, Fuu. Calm down." Jin insisted.

"Calm down! How can you stand there Jin?" Fuu was now growing very cross with Jin, who seemed to be taking more Mugen's side.

"Remember me! Remember me!" Mugen shouted at Fuu. He knew that he was probably making her hate him more than like, but he was mad at her for letting go of him. Fuu stepped back, despising his look.

"I don't remember you, and I don't ever want to!" She shouted back in a moment of fury. Mugen's heart stopped, Jin was shocked as well. He knew she only said it out of anger, and deep down couldn't have meant that.

"Baka! You're my woman, you belong to me. And you'll be with me, whether you remember me or not!" Mugen had leapt to her, grabbed a hold of her arms and pulled her to face him. Where this rage and angst came from suddenly in him, he didn't know. It was the old dog in him that was barking threats to Fuu, not the Mugen who loved her dearly. Fuu tried to push away from him, his piercing gaze.

"Mugen, that's enough." Jin said moving closer to the ruffian. But he had no right to pull Mugen away from her, after all the truth was, maybe Fuu needed this to remind her of him. His old ways, his loud voice. Fuu squirmed trying to gain freedom from him.

Mugen could have cried when he looked down to see her untrusting, unloving eyes. He knew those eyes were on him. Even on their journey, through bad times, she had never stared at him like that; with such disgust. And never did he think he would see those eyes.

"You're going to be my wife. I claimed you. Me. Remember that." He said in a low growl finally releasing the shocked young girl. He never meant to be so rough with her, and when he knew he was stepping over the line; he let her go and stormed out of the house. He needed to get away from her, to go out and seek some fresh air.

Fuu looked to Jin for answers.

"What is he talking about? What does he mean Jin?" Fuu asked angrily. She hoped that Jin would tell her otherwise, that he would say that Mugen was lying. She wasn't his, or was ever going to be his wife. But she found calm truth in Jin's face.

"You were to marry him in a few days." Jin admitted. He didn't feel bad telling her the truth, but he saw that it hit her like a ton of bricks. She fell to the floor, staring out into space. She couldn't believe it. She slept with Mugen, and was now becoming his wife, and she had not a single memory of him. Her heart raced, her mind dizzy with fury and sadness.

"What's going on?" She asked quietly. Jin knelt down before her, and examined her face. She was in shock. He looked back to the door, thinking that perhaps Mugen would come back, but he needed time.

"I'll tell you everything." Jin added.

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Mugen had walked off deep into the forest, and taken out his anger on the tall old trees and the bushes. He had spun, sliced, kicked and dashed around. He was wild during exercising. All the pain that he felt, had rushed to him in the one second when Fuu looked like he repulsed her. Those hating eyes, bothered him the most.

"Why! Why the fuck are you doing this?" He shouted angrily at the sky. He wasn't sure who was responsible for this pain, but he wanted to scream. He had done what destiny told him to do, so why did this horrible thing happen now. He felt defeated and out of breath. He let go of his sword and fell to his knees. He was sweating, and needed water.

"Why Fuu?" He asked himself. What happened to her, to make her forget only him. Everyone else, and everything else was still in her mind, but him. Suddenly, he realized it. His eyes widen in shock and madness. Why didn't he see it before.

"That bitch." He growled. It had to be Mori. She had done this to Fuu. She had erased him from her mind, to torture him; to make him beg to die. He stood up, recharged in passion and blood. He wanted that woman dead.

"I'll kill you. You wait!" He shouted to the tree's as he cut down yet another piece of it.

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"No, this, this can't be." She argued not believing anything Jin had explained to her. She would remember all of that. She would. Her first night with a man, her love, his love; she would remember that. Jin knew that it was a lot to take in suddenly, but she needed to know.

"I know it's a lot-"

"A lot isn't the word! I can't remember him." Fuu was stressed out. She paced back and fourth. The thought that Jin was lying to her had come in mind, but why would he lie to her. If she was in danger, he would pull her out, she knew it. Than why did all of this seem fake?

"Tell me, tell me you're lying." Fuu begged. Jin had explained Mugen's involvement in Fuu's sunflower journey. The war they fought together, how Mugen had confessed his love for her; and the nights he spent in her room. Jin felt like he was talking to his daughter, and was grossed out having to tell her that she had in deed consummated and returned Mugen's love. That is why she had agreed to marry him.

"I am not lying. All that I have said is true." Jin replied. He watched her head hang low as she thought about Mugen. The first time she saw him, was when he was covering her mouth trying to attack her. But Jin said that he was not attacking her, he only came to apologize to her for the cooking disaster that happened earlier that day. She had never seen his face before that. She felt tears wanting to come down. She had gone so far with a man, that she didn't remember.

"How can this be?" She asked in small sobs of tears. Jin stayed quiet unsure of what to say. Neither Mugen or him wanted this issue to reach Fuu, but now that it had, it was breaking her apart.

"It may not mean much to you Fuu." Jin started as Fuu looked up to him with watery eyes.

"But he has never trusted anyone enough to fall in love with them. He has laid down his life to save yours so many times, even I lost count. And you adore him. When he asked you to marry him, your face glowed with a new brides kiss." Jin stopped. His eyes opened slowly and he walked out of the room, leaving her to figure out things. She needed to be alone to think. Her tears had stopped. She wondered if it all was true, that Mugen had saved her, loved her; and she loved him back.

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He had kept away from her all day, staying to himself. He even went down to the construction site to help Mizu, anything to take his mind off of Fuu. He had spent well over an hour discussing things over with Jin. He found out than, much to his displeasure, that Jin had figured out long ago that Mori was responsible. Mugen asked him than, how they could find her, and kill her. Jin had no answers, how could they find her.

"She has to be near by though. Other wise the spell would cast off." Jin added. He had found out some dark information from a local herb specialist. He had taken a good look at the purple leaf found in the tea pot. The herbal man couldn't be sure, but he concluded that it was some sort of memory loss potion, combined with other potions; it could be permanent.

"I'm gonna make her suffer." Mugen growled.

The day had turned to night, and though Fuu had stayed inside the restaurant the whole time, Mugen was in a panic. He worried that Mori would seek her again, and this time do worse to her.

During dinner, Fuu stayed quiet, eating like a grown woman, graceful and well mannered. Mugen had come and sat down beside her, and though it did make her blush, she was very uncomfortable around him. She felt like he had raped her, but knew that wasn't true. She asked herself, how could she have fallen in love with Mugen, a murderous criminal, and came up with no logical reason.

In efforts to remove the awkward feeling, Mizu made sure to converse as much as possible to draw away the tension. Mugen and Fuu listened on to Mizu, for the first time they were actually paying attention. They had forgotten about each other while the table talked, but Mugen made the mistake of pouring Fuu tea. She faced to thank him, and saw his dear eyes. He seemed like a gentlemen, had it not been for his tanned rough features; she would have thought he was normal. He stared into her eyes, as she blushed and turned back to her food. He wanted things to go back to the way they were. He missed sweetly teasing her, feeling her touch, her smile. All the wonderful things that he thought would annoy him, he missed.

He would glance at her every now and than, from the corner of his eyes, to see her sweet face. She felt distant, like she was pushing him away, trying to erase all the things that had happened between them. Acting like it was all a dream, that she couldn't remember. However, for Mugen it was all very real. His life was slipping away, and for once, it wasn't a sword that took it.

How did you like? I got some crazy stuff lined up to happen. Including a cute lemony scene with Jin and Shino (for any fans of theirs), and one very romantic moment with Mugen and Fuu. OH and some goodies from Mori to come later on. Stay tuned! )