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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Jealous
Naru POV
Her words penetrated in my heart once again while she cups my cheeks with her soft hands and looks straight at my eyes as no fear touch her, but only love and patience came out of it makes my heart tremble.
"I'm not afraid of you anymore so I won't run away, true love is selfless and I can't help but love you even more than ever all I know that I would die without you."
A saying that Mai taught me. Never knew it would apply to me, never thought that my life would change so much after spending six's years on this island, and spending it with the woman I fell in love with my life partner. She is selfless, and how can I repay it to her? Soon... I would learn that word and its true meaning behind it.
"Kill her, and show me." Alack's voice rang in my head as I felt Mai wrap her arms around me. Feeling her small warm body pressed against me, made me look down at her, feeling her shake tremendously.
"Or I could be plain stupid for loving you too much." Is the last thing I catch since all I can concentrate on this urge, of fighting myself.
It's this what Sasuke went through? What did Isac do? Was it the same thing he did to me not too long ago? Why?
"You are stupid for loving me," I reply to her wrapping my arms around her, hearing her gasp.
"Look for his body," I told her while I took her arm and separated, she nods in a settled way and I turned to face Alack his eyes narrow, into a deep long hatred towards me.
"Why haven't you killed her?" He demands, watching the horse jump up in deep frustration. A sly smirk passes my lips, hearing Mai shuffle in the back.
"Because I won't satisfy you sorry to burst your bubble," I simply told him, feeling my pk rise.
His body should be around. Luckily, this time around I managed to escape by jumping back to my mind, before he could do anything. I just played along, when it comes to deceiving whom I want to. That didn't stop me, from arguing within myself the strong strange sensation. It was familiar, to when Isac was controlling me.
"Satisfy me? All I want is freedom; my master needs it as well. Two more, and then that's all. Enough with the useless talks... Die!" He lifts his hand up and then a fireball passes his hands. I dodge, by moving my legs rapidly towards my right.
"Naru!" I heard Mai yell.
I turned, to see her looking at me; standing in front of the tree crying with pure worry.
"Mai, look for his body, be brave for me, and don't worry about me!" I ordered feeling irritated. She wipes her cheeks, nodding.
"I'm trying my best. I'll be brave," She agrees, turning to look around. Turning back, I barely escape his second attack, so I had to slam myself down on the ground.
"Come on, do something. This is boring!" he yawns.
"Fine." I bounce back up observing my enemy.
If I am Sasuke, that mean I have some of his powers? That explains why I have Pk, so I can freeze things?
Closing my eyes, I concentrated on feeling a strange surge pass from me, but as I open my eyes, Mai runs right by me.
"Mai!" I yelled, but she ignores me, and the next thing I knew a flash of light passes through her body, just like last time, and a sensation passes through my chest. The burn mark seems to be active. I groaned, pressing my hand on my chest.
"Naru. I know where his body is."
She does?
I began to run towards her she dodged one of the fireballs that Alack sent her way.
"You don't know nothing Alice, now die!"he yells at her, Mai hissed as it hits her shoulder.
"Mai!" my heart stops at the situation.
I reached her, as she places her hand up, heaving hard.
"No... This is my dream and you shall not harm anyone anymore. So bye-bye," a sudden light passes her hands, as I took a hold of her free hand. She gave me a brief look, feeling a hand wrap around my shoulder.
"Don't do that lover boy. Let her die." Kyoko purrs on my ear feeling my body paralyzed.
"No!" I growled, turning to see Kyoko smiled at me.
"Kill her my dear husband, so I can have Oliver all for myself." Her face twisted, as I heard Alack laugh in the background.
"Let's do that, then." Alack agrees, watching in horror as his fireball turn twice as big as normal. Mai glow turns powerful, tighten her hold on me. So I did the same, apparently is the only thing I could move is my hand where she held it.
"Let go of my husband." I heard Mai mumbled, feeling Kyoko's hands roam my chest. I feel disturbed by it.
"What did you say, my dear? I couldn't hear you... If you haven't noticed, you're about to die." Kyoko teased as Mai turned to look at her and her eyes narrow as Kyoko presses her cold lips against my right cheek making me feel, what's the word? Disgusted.
Not liking the feeling at all. Not because her lips are cold, but because I don't get the same feeling when Mai kisses me. Is not the same at all. It didn't feel right at all.
That only one I desire is Mai and no other woman. Somewhere in me screamed, wanting to break free, since I couldn't.
"I said, take your hands out of my HUSBAND!" she screams and my eyes widen to see her glow surround us causing me to close my eyes, about a few seconds later the light dims out, returning to Mai. Opening my eyes, I didn't feel Kyoko's hands around me, as Mai looks up at me with tears down her cheeks, while she kept her hand on mine.
"He's mine Kyoko, no one kisses him, not even on his cheek. I'm sorry you had a lousy choice of husband but is not our fault. Naru is off-limits. After all, he's my husband. I won't let no other woman take what is mine, after all the hell we went through to be together." Her voice cracked, moving to wrap herself around me.
"Mai?" I asked, amazed, by her ability to fight, that I still can't make contact with anyone, but Mai. She's the only one, that I feel at ease, to let her touch me, and no one else.
"I assure you, she didn't kiss me on the lips, only…" I paused, as she glances up at me.
"I know your cheek. Are you hurt?" she changes the subject. I shook my head looking up, to see Alack staring at us, with wide eyes noticing that his fireball disappeared.
"This isn't over." And with that, he disappears causing me to move once again.
"It's time to wake up," I told Mai as she nods at me and we both disappeared.
Mai POV
"I can't believe that happen. How dare she?" I grumbled after waking up. I haven't even spoken to Naru, walking down the steps shivering a little from the cold, while Naru heads for the door. Without noticing where I was heading towards, I smack myself against Naru's back.
"Aish, not again." I groan, rubbing my nose, Naru turns, looking down at me.
"Stop daydreaming, we need to find that body, now that you found it, we can at least get something out of the way." He simply tells me.
"I'm not daydreaming, just... I hope I didn't hurt Kyoko. I…" I paused, now feeling a little guilty, from what I have done.
Naru lowers himself and becomes very close to me.
"Don't worry about her, That was powerful Mai, more powerful than before. Where did you learn that? How did you find his body?" he asks raising a brow. I felt my cheeks heat up, biting my lower lip nervously.
"I thought you were going to die, and when Kyoko came, I just felt rage, and I don't know. I felt…" I stopped remembering her lips against Naur cheek, even though it was a dream state, I didn't like it. My heart still hurts.
"Were you that jealous?"
"No." I retorted, moving around him heading for the outside, feeling his hand grab my arm, and I gasp when he pins me against his chest. His eyes roam mine, making my heart jump rapidly.
"Then you don't mind me kissing anyone?" he said seriously.
"No, go ahead." I lied, letting go, I turned towards the door and headed down.
"Come on Mai, I didn't even kisser, why are you mad at me?" Naru's voice echoes behind me. I shook my head, shivering a lot more, looking up, to see the flurries still coming down even though they didn't cover the ground.
"I'm not mad at you. Let's just retreat the body, before Alack decides to bring back the horse." I simply told him, moving rapidly towards the stream.
"Yes, you are mad at me. We have been married for six years, I have known you for ten years, you think I didn't pick up your habits.." he tells me, I stop in my tracks, turning around.
"My habits? Now you pick on them? Nice to know that you know them, men are so clueless aren't they? Ahh, Ayako is right. All men are the same." I throw my hands above my head, turning to head out.
"All men are not the same, what the hell did I do this time?" he growls, moving rapidly since he has long legs, but he reached me and takes a hold of my arm, spinning me around.
"Yes, they are, no matter what is the situation. Now let me go. I'm not mad at you,"
"Then, all women are the same, I'm trying to get to the bottom of this, and you give me all these mixed signals, just tell me clearly why are you mad at me?" I blinked at his words as he tries to figure me out.
"You want to know?" I hissed out, feeling heated up, despite the fact it's cold.
"Yes? That woman only kissed my cheek, and I had no choice, I was frozen." I felt anger, not because he did anything, but because. I'm angry at myself. I felt angry tears gather on the corner of my eyes.
"I'm on my period, so I am emotional, okay. It came this morning and yes, I was beyond jealous. I hated it that she kissed you." I told him, blushing madly, as he lets go staring at me.
"Oh," he mumbles not noticing his cheeks turning a little pink taking a step back, as I wipe my cheeks. Yet it dawns on him what I said about me being jealous that he actually looks a bit shocked, but then a visible smile pass his lips.
"It came today. Please, give me time, and I'm not mad at you." I turned to head out, but Naru clears his throat.
"Then why are you mad at?"
"At myself, okay," I told him, huffing, trying to find words.
"Yourself? What did you do?" he moves to face me.
I look down, feeling embarrassed, for admitting my time of the month. I normally try to avoid that from him.
"Look at me, and explain. There has to be more." He orders. I shook my head, feeling myself shake.
"Mai?" his voice is gentle, as he gently takes my chin and places my head up, now staring at his blue eyes, I place my hands behind my back, nervously flickering my nails.
"Tell me." It wasn't even a question.
"I learned something new. An ugly and truthful reality." I told him.
"What?" he asks. I avoided his eyes, feeling a little insecure about myself.
"I wasn't lying, I am on my period, but, what has me like this is that." I gulped, heavily.
What Mai?" he urges me again.
"That I can lose you;" I whispered.
"Not this again." he groans.
"Yes, that again; it scared, me when I saw her kiss your cheek. That, I am not pretty, and you grow tired of waiting, and, I can lose you. I realized that any other woman can flirt with you, or seduce you. Right now, no one can because we are stranded, but when we return, even Masako can or anyone that has an eye for you. You are still young Naru. You are handsome and can swoon anyone, you can attract any girl. I can't fight with that." I started to cry.
"I'm petrified, that we end up separating because another seduces you. All because I'm not beautiful and I can't even give you one thing that the other can. I hate myself because I am not woman enough for you. You have no idea, how much I love you, but I know that you're a man. I know that kissing alone isn't enough for you Naru. I know you need more, after all, besides being my boss, friend, and husband, you're a man, with needs." I cried out, feeling useless.
"Well, I thought it was something more serious," he mumbles, surprising me with his words, causing me to look up at him.
"It is serious; I didn't like it at all. She had no right to kiss you. Unless she was your mother or you were single. At least, if you like it, then; I understand." I admitted.
"I understand, please, I beg of you, don't make it a big deal, and trust me, when I say, your woman enough for me. Mai, we went through this already." He gently tells me, turning around; he lifts his head, towards the muggy sky.
"I know, explain how?" I shyly asked him.
"Just let it be. Don't you have faith in me?" his words seem to be a dagger on my heart, I bit my lower lip.
"I do, but I don't have faith in me. I not capable to keep you; I doubt I can. It scares me, to wake up, and find that you were never mine, to begin with." I whispered moving, to wrap my arms around him, resting my cheek on his back.
"You're not the only one, don't belittle yourself, Mai."
"Well it's true and what do you mean, I'm not the only one?" I heard him take an intake, as though he's struggling to come up with the words.
"Don't you think that you can leave me as well for another man? Mai, I might be confident, I might be as you call it cold, but one thing has always been the same. I'm human. I do tend to think somewhat like you. I'm being realistic when I say that any man can steal you away from me, or you can grow tired of me. I won't play television shows you see. This is reality, Mai. I am a man, which goes with his words. I do what I think fits well but I'm not perfect. I have never in my life been in a relationship, you're the first in my life. Even now we have been married for six years, I'm still learning. So don't think that the first girl that flirts with me, I'll dump you for her. Your woman enough for me, in many ways, not only in bed, I need you. Trust me, Mai, being my woman doesn't content making love all the time there's more to that." He concludes. I was already shaken tears running down, my heart hammering.
"I never thought, you would feel the same. I…" I hiccupped.
"Well, welcome to the world of being married Mai, not everything is colored pink, and reality hurts. There are times when another will try to get in the way, I am trying to cope and keep the faith, that we will pull through like we have been doing for these past ten years since we met. So, don't put that in your mind. Have faith. I can wait for you, as long as you need me. There's no doubt in my mind, that you're the only one I want. I might not say those words, which you always say to me, but never doubted that I don't feel them because I do. You are mine, until the day we die. That I can assure you; I give you my word Mai because I am a man of my word."
I felt so foolish.
"Naru, I'm sorry, I just felt insecure. I promise to never leave you or be with another man. I don't want that. You know that. I'm sorry." I cried. He lowers his head, as I tighten my grip around him.
"Nothing to be sorry about Mai. Please don't feel insecure, trust me. I'm just glad we can talk about it. I swear you're the only person that makes me talk a lot, now, can we go and get that body, and I want to have this part of the case closed." Naru tells me. I nodded, but not before I grasp his cheek and he blinks as I press my lips where Kyoko kissed him.
I kissed him multiple times, to erase what she did.
"Thank you," Naru said with sincerity as I rub my nose tenderly against his cheek.
Then I let go giving him a soft smile. He turns and takes a grasp of my shoulders, and looking down at me.
"Now, relax a little, and tell me where the body is?" he simply asks while he moves his hand to wipe my cheeks while I look down at the ground.
"Remember when Alice said that is under our nose?" I told him, making him nod while he lets go of me, but I immediately took his big hand, he arched a brow.
"It is. I'll show you." Pulling his hand, I took him, where Ayame showed me.
O.o
During the Dream: Mai's POV
"Mai," I heard my name being called, after Naru told me to go back to search, Ayame appears on top of the treehouse, pointing at her left.
"Ayame!" I claimed happily.
"It's close I finally got it, is under your nose." She tells me. I blinked, not understanding.
"Sometimes, you can't let things blind you."
"Then where is it, we have been looking for his body for three months." I pleaded; she turns towards her left and gently smiles at me.
"It's not where his body is, but where you can't see it..." I arched a brow confused by her words. She glances down at me, as she touches her ring finger.
"Remember where you find our wedding rings."
"Yes," I glance down to see my finger the only witness to Naru and my marriage, which I wear proudly.
"Then, don't let it blind you." And with that, she disappears.
End of Dream:
o.O
"In the stream?" Naru asks as we stand close by the edge of the water after I told him about what Ayame told me during our share dream.
"Well, Ayame said that if I remember where I found her wedding rings, so, I'm guessing his body is buried down in the water. Then again, she did say something weird." I mumbled.
"What?"
"She said, not where he was buried, but where we can't see it."
"Where we can't see it?" I nodded, looking back at the water. Then something seems to dawn on me as my body is penalized from the thought. I pat Naru's shoulder.
"Oi, if his body it's buried down there, that means we have been bathing with a corps," I groaned, while Naru turns his body towards the water. Moving back he takes off his shirt, and hands it to me, as he takes off his pants. I blinked, as he now stands bare naked in front of me, rolling his shoulders. I blushed, keeping my eyes on his face, trying to not be perverted.
"You're going to catch a cold, we can find another way," I begged him. He turns, arching a brow.
"Just hold that," and with that, he jumps into the cold water. I bend on my knees watching him swim towards the bottom.
"Please, don't get sick, or hurt." I prayed, watching him go deeper. I bit my lower lip, feeling my heart race.
"Mai!" Naru snaps me out of my depressing thoughts, causing me to look up, he's above the water running his fingers through his wet hair, as his body sparkle with the water droplets. I felt my mouth hung a bit open as I just felt memorized.
He's so handsome and more built, since he learned how to hunt for animals in Sasuke's body, he's been more open to it and that's how we are surviving even more.
"Oi, Mai," Naru spat as he lowers his hand to stare at me.
"Y… Yes?" I said nervously as he arched a brow.
"There's nothing down there." He said while frowning, I stood as he swam back to me. Now coming out, shivering, I ran up to him, to give him his clothes.
"Poor thing," I whisper.
He looks at me while I hand him his clothes, Naru arched a brow.
"Next time, I'll let you dress me as I promised." He assures me, but his lip trembles from the cold. I move, to rub his arms as he quickly gets his clothes on.
I know, hopefully, this snow will leave. Either way, let's go back to get you warm.
"John, please, I beg you."I heard right behind me, causing Naru, to lift his gaze after he buttons up his pants, causing me to stop, and turn my gaze.
"I see that Mai," Naru answers me before I could ask. Naru takes my hand, moving back. On cue, John and Ayame appear in front of us becoming solid.
"I have to Ayame. You know, is the only way, to get rid of Alack, and Isac. I can't lose you. I can't lose our daughter. You two are all I have in this world." John takes a hold of Ayame's cheeks and presses his lips against hers.
"I love You Ayame with everything that has happened; I love you so much. We have been stuck on this island for seven years and I don't regret anything." John's voice seems so tender, and the way he's looking at Ayame, made my heart beat fast. Full of love, and warmth.
"He loves her that much?" those words escape me before I could stop myself. Naru glance down, arching a brow, confused by my words.
"Huh?"
"Err, never mind," I blushed, turning back towards Ayame and John.
"Then don't do this, please I beg you. He wants you to do it, to get their life." She begs, wrapping her arms around him.
"I love you, John, I can't live without you. What would happen to our daughter? She can't lose her father." she begs him. John turns towards the water and took off his wedding ring turning towards Ayame.
"Please Ayame, even if we don't have them, doesn't mean, I'm no less of your husband. These rings are just a symbol, that's all." he convinces her as he looks at her. Ayame sighs not convince.
"Just because I throw them, doesn't mean I love you less, you know we have to do this. Please." he tries to convince her. Ayame with teary eyes rose her hands and takes off the wedding right.
"Okay,"she agrees.
"So, do we just throw it, and then what?" She asks. John shrugs, moving towards the edge of the stream, looking down at his palms.
"It's a clue Ayame, so anything, they can find it,"
"What about Alice and Sasuke, they should be coming soon, we need to wait. Please, John."Ayame begs, moving to his side. I arched a brow, confused now.
Do they know about them?
"You believe that there are no such things of people not dying. Everyone dies Ayame. That includes Sasuke and Alice. Sasuke betrayed Alice, and that's all."John seems to be a little agitated.
What?
"My love, please, believe me, I have seen them. They are going to free us. Remember in the cave. I was talking to her (Mai) Alice will come back she told me in the mirror. Please believe me."She begs John, then he lifts his hands, and throws the rings on the stream, watching it splashdown.
So that's how it went.
"Now we wait. If they are real as you say, they will know where to look." He whispers, watching both disappear into nothing. I scratched my head, looking at the water, where John through the rings.
"Please tell me you understand that scene, because I didn't." I lift my head, to see Naru undress once again.
"Nee?" I squeaked, as he hands me his clothes, and jumps in.
"Naru, you'll get sick," I yelled, as he swims down. I groaned shaking my head.
"Stubborn man."
Naru POV
I swam down the cold waters, looking around.
It's freezing.
Looking down at the muddy ground to see if I could find something out of the ordinary, something that I missed before. Touching the ground, making the dirt float up, nothing seems out of the ordinary, but then, I turned towards my right, to see Ayame appear at the bottom and points at the wall.
I felt embarrassed, as she smiles at me gently.
"I remember, thanks to your wife, he's here, just pull." and with that, she disappears.
That was embarrassing.
Looking around to see if I can see anything on the bottom, I see an opening a small cave, with something sticking out, like an old brown cloth.
Got ya!
I went back up for air and shook off the water,
"Naru?" I heard Mai, I turned to look at her, she looks very worried, without saying anything, I went back down and then swam back down and manage to grab the object, I started to pull and wiggle, then after a few seconds, I manage to take out, which was a big object. I swam back up, gasping for air, I head for the edge, dragging it with me, then dropped it on the floor.
Mai waits for me.
"Silly man, why did you do that?" she complains going up to me and takes a hold of my arm, and pulls me up, but on doing so, I heard her scream, falling on the ground looking at me with petrified eyes.
"Naru!" she points behind me. I immediately grab my clothes and hurried out trying my fastest to get dressed as Mai stood hiding behind me. I place my shirt on my wet skin and glance where I dropped the brown cloth.
It opened as skeletons are piled up.
"Well, that's another mystery solved," I whispered, watching the skeleton lay next to the water, as his head seems to be missing though.
"What do we do with it?" She nervously asks.
"Don't know, we need to take it with us, "
"What? No. We can give it to Isac, but."
"Mai, you think I'm not foolish enough to give the body to him, nor to its owner I have a better idea," I told her, grabbing the corps by its old decomposed cloth and began to drag it.
"Hey, it's rude to do that to the dead."
"Mai, he tried to kill us, multiple times. So is not rude, it's payback." I hissed, for some odd reason, I felt anger ignoring the fact that I'm freezing to death.
"Naru, I know you're mad at him, but look." she moves in front of me, getting in her toes, she takes a hold of my cheeks.
"You're pale, and your lips are purple. Please, let's just think about this, before doing anything that can be regretted later." She pleads.
"Do you pity this man?" I simply asked knowing the answer already, I should be mad at her, but I'm not, because I know her too well. She nods.
"I do. I pity all of them. I feel bad, really I do. I want to get justice and free them, but whatever you have planned, it won't work. Please listen to me."
"Is that what you want?" I asked her. She nods, looking very worried.
"Fine, I won't do anything, yet," I grumbled, feeling like a child that has been scolded.
Mai leans forward and presses her lips on mine, giving me a soft kiss causing my heart to beat hard.
"Thank you, sometimes you act on in-pulse Naru and that's not good, but let just get you inside, and our visitor, as well, and plan this out, let's hurry before they see." nodding, we speed our steps…
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"My silly Naru, you're freezing; I wish I had something warmer." Mai drapes another blanket around me, as I lay in her bed, sitting up against the wall.
"Where did you… place his body?" I asked, feeling my teeth rattled.
"It's downstairs, it's just creepy, where do you think his head is at?" she asks, feeling her rub my arms. Trying to create heat, without a thought, I open the blanket, and pull Mai in, wrapping blankets around her, hearing her gasp as I adjust her in my lap.
"What are you doing?"
"Body heat; gi….ve it an hour," I rattle out through my teeth feeling her go still, but then, wraps her arms around me.
"You're shaking badly. Poor thing," She murmurs, at me, snuggling into my chest.
"I'm no child, why are you speaking to me like that?" I asked, moving my head feeling a little warmer now. She shrugs blushing and lowers her head, as I held her closer to me.
"I.. Um…" she became embarrassed, I closed my eyes leaning my head against the wall.
"Never mind that; let me g…. get warm." I started feeling Mai trying to warm my arms up by rubbing them. I crack open one eye and gave her a warm smile since she's too busy to take notice. Watching her attempt to warm me up; worried to no end.
How do I repay everything she does for me? Mai, don't you know that, without you in my life, there will be no meaning and that I don't need to be sleeping with you, to show me that you can be a woman, you're enough of a woman. Any guy is lucky to have you. I just don't deserve you. Here I am, having you in my arms. Watching you worry about me, It's enough, to have you like this in my arms, and nowhere else. No matter how cliché that sounds, I wouldn't have it any other way.'
Mai Pov
"At least he's warm. Sleep tight." I whispered laying him down on the bed, after twenty minutes of being in his warm embrace wishing to be longer. I doubt Naru will enjoy having his neck cramped when he wakes, and I need to look out for our guest downstairs. So I tucked him in; kissing his lips, I move to head downstairs, and stop at the bottom, to shiver.
"Now, what do we do with the body? It took three months to find you, only to have you in our bathing post. It's just plain creepy and the sad part we can't change of place since that's the only place is safe for us." I shivered, rubbing my arms.
"Then why John did throw their wedding rings if he didn't believe Ayame?" Looking at my wedding ring, a deep sadness runs through me.
"Maybe to show us? Did Ayame see Alice and Sasuke? Why did Sasuke betray Alice, what did Isac do?" Too many questions, but at least we have some answers.
"I promise, Alice, I will get to the bottom of this. I promise Kyoko that I will get justice, and I promise to free everyone. Kyoko, if you can hear me, I implore you, to never touch Naru, unless he permits you. It was already hard for me to get close to him. He's not easy, I don't have the courage, and." I breathed in, looking down at the ground.
"I don't dare to become his." I saw a teardrop on the ground. Lifting my gaze, I touch my cheeks.
"I'm crying, I always do that, then, either way, I just need to gain courage, right? Then, I can try to seduce him, right?" I wish Ayame was here, she could give me tips.
"Or should I wait for our honeymoon? That sounds more romantic. Then again, we are already married. Ah, this is just confusing. I like it better that I didn't have to go through this. Normal people would already have taken advantage of this, especially having a hot husband, this is hard."
Sitting on the mid-way stairs, I glance back at the corpse which lay on the ground near the door.
"You have nothing to say, do you? I wonder if you were good once, did you love Kyoko? I think you did. I have that feeling." I whispered, leaning my head against the wooden railing.
"Why is everything is so easy, but so complicated at the same time?"
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"Mai!" I heard at a distance. Slowly opening my eyes, I stare into two blue eyes, which look bleak.
"Naru? Naru!" I finally awoke, only to moan in pain, rubbing my neck.
"You fell asleep on the steps!" he stated. I nodded, stretching my back, trying to get rid of my stiff neck as I stretched it. Naru turns his gaze towards the skeletons and then he helps me to get up by grabbing my hand and gently lifts me.
"Are you okay, are you sick?" I asked, placing my hand on his forehead. He shook his head.
"No fever. I'm tired for some odd reason." He admits rubbing his neck, then he walks up towards the body, and bends down, looking at it.
"Now, that you're more clear-minded, what do we do with it. I want to eat, and change," I blushed, looking down at the ground.
Naru turns his gaze at me, and blankly stares.
"You can do that, I'll just watch the body, and think about it."
"Really? Then my bladder thanks you greatly." I bowed, Naru slightly nods as I rushed out, feeling my tummy ache for the first time today.
Oh, how I hate the time of the month.
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Upon returning, groaning, and rubbing my tummy, I spotted Naru sitting on the ground near the window, looking at the bones as though he excepted that will stand and run away.
"I hate being a girl right now." I protested sitting next to him. Naru arched a brow but doesn't comment, as he returns towards the body.
"Hey, I was thinking," I started, while I kept rubbing my tummy, trying to ease the cramps.
"Hmm?"
"The pool of blood in my dreams, I think it meant the water or something like that. Strangely, we didn't see him die, just like his brother." I told him.
"It is." He agrees.
"What's your plan?"
"Burn it." I move, to stare at him, with wide eyes.
"Huh?"
"At least his body, since it has no head his spirit is still free. At least, we have some leverage. If we can find the head, then we have a great advantage. Remember what I taught you?"
"Ah, that spirit sometimes remains, because of unfinished business, sometimes a good way to get rid of them is to burn their bodies, or whatever remains they left behind." I nodded, feeling proud of myself. Naru nods.
"That's my girl, you remember." He stretches his hand and rubs my head. I blushed, give him a soft smile.
I like it when he's like this. It's rare, but I like it
I watch his eyes bounce in a good way, making my chest arm up.
"You think is a good idea? Isac did threaten us, and last time it didn't go well." I sadly told him as my eyes landed on his stomach, shivering from the memory. Naru shrugs, standing up.
"We have no other way, Mai. I refuse to be their puppets, plus, we have something, that they don't." he bends, to grab the edge of the body shirt, and starts to drag him out.
"What?" I stood, going behind him. He stops, and looks straight at me, his eyes dead serious, making my heart jump.
"Well?" I asked, biting my lower lip. He smirks at me and turns to continue his steps.
"Think about it, what is that one thing that they don't have, and we do?" he simply says.
"Life?" I guessed, making Naru stop, turning towards me. He gave me a poker face since it was hard to read his expression.
"Well, yes, we have that, but no. Mai, the mirror, it's our ticket and I can assure you, that Sasuke hid something in there. I can bet my life, that there's a clue to stop them completely and we need to find the other half of the page since my guts tell me, it gives the secret. We will find it and we will stop them, no matter what."
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