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Chapter 31: Life Goes On
She was interrupted by a soft purring like chuckle. "Kitsunes are very sexual creatures especially spirit foxes. We can't help it. I wish I could turn it off but I can't. We are also very private creatures, preferring to do the chasing and not being chased."
She turned slightly to look up at him over her shoulder. "So who caught whom?"
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Barbara woke the next morning with a start, realizing two things at once. First, she wasn't in her own bedroom at the manor and second she was nude under the red silken sheets.
The bedroom wasn't painted but done in terra brick and wood paneling. Plants hung from the ceiling everywhere. No surprise there. The bed was a huge platform affair with red silken sheets. Several huge mirrors hung on several walls as well as over the bed.
Pushing a stray strand of her blond hair out of her eyes, she surveyed the bedroom. 'So this is his bedroom. Strange I would have thought it would be a bit more decedent,' she thought as she remembered bits of last night. She began to blush. 'I can't believe we did it four times last night. He's amazing.' Her mind went to her past lovers and shuddered. Nothing could be compared to last night.
Scenes of last night played in her mind. She wanted to rush him but he wouldn't allow it. She never had a lover that thought of her own pleasures first then his. She started to get aroused just by the memories.
The door opened allowing Shuichi to enter with a tray of food. "I see you are finally awake."
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Shuichi sat the tray down on the bed. He had awaken hungry for the first time in a week.
/After all, making love to a beautiful and wild woman does that, Red. /
He couldn't believe he had waited this long to take her. The only dark cloud was the fact she had been mistreated with her former lovers. The signs were there for him to read. She knew nothing about the art of love making.
/She has so much to un learn. We are going to teach her. Right/ Yoko preened in the back of his mind. /It's been ages since we slept with anyone. I would have thought you had forgotten how. /
"Sleep well?" he asked, ignoring Yoko's running dialog in the back of his mind.
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The night was dark but clear. A rain shower had went through cleaning the streets, leaving them dark and wet. A lone walker stroll unconcerned. The moon was new so the only light was from the street lamps and the occasional passing vehicle.
For him, life had returned somewhat normal with two major exceptions. One being Barbara. She didn't quite move in with him. They had agreed to be causal lovers with all that is going on in their lives, a full time relationship just wasn't in the works.
He enjoyed showing her new ways of having sex. Yoko even popped in a time or two, much to her embarrassment. She was thankful that Shuichi didn't let him out too often, she wanted to be able to walk the next day.
The second was his relationship with his mother. She got the rest of the story out of him. How he paid her hospital bills, to owning his building, his college education and his high school friends that she didn't quite approve of. He tried not to tell her too much of his work with Spirit World but she managed to drag some of it out of him. And true to her word, his step father and brother remained ignorant of his past.
/She should've been a interrogator. She's very good / Yoko groused more then once.
Something in the sky caught his attention. A huge spotlight glowed on the cloud bank within its center was a silhouette of a bat.
/Looks like Barbara won't be stopping by. Should we drop in or go home/
'Let's go home Yoko. I'm kinda tired tonight.'
He turned and walked into the shadows that was Gotham's night, unafraid of what the shadows hold. He had never been afraid of the dark for the darkness never held any mystery for him.
He had found a home that welcomed him and relieved his boredom.
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Well, that's that. Short and to the point. Why didn't I go longer? What's the point? Everything's been said that needed to be said. As for Shuichi and Barbara as a couple? Maybe, maybe not. I don't think Kurama is ready for someone to settle down with, even if his mother is pressing for grandchildren.
For my faithful reviewers: You guys rocked. I knew I could count on your reviews, comments and pointing out my errors. Frau, (real life friend) thanks for listening to me outline my stories over coffee. And everyone else that commented, thanks, you brighten my day.
Until the next story "Kung Fu Roses" see ya. --GF