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Chapter Seventy-two: Now or Never
Mai pov
"What do you think? Ayame? Gene?" I asked as I flaunt over my wedding dress, Ayame sat against the wall along with Gene, looking at my way.
"This is the wedding dress that I used to marry your Papa, don't you think it's beautiful?" I asked as I run my palm against the material. Ayame began to clap as Gene ignores me and began to put his train toy up to his lips.
"Oi, Gene, don't do that," I place the dress on top of the bed, then bend on my knees and took the toy out of him causing him to burst out crying.
"You can't just put something in your mouth, it's dirty and you can choke." I scolded as Gene continues to cry. I sigh, shaking my head at my son.
"Look, it's time for dinner anyway," I picked him up and lift my shirt to begin to breastfeed him, he finally calms down and I began to pat his behind with a gentle bounce, not hard enough for him not to feed. He likes it, it calms him down.
"There, there, you were just hungry, weren't you, my little boy," I whispered when I heard heavy footsteps behind me, then a kiss on the side of my head making me smile at Naru.
"Something the matter?" I heard Naru ask as he went up to Ayame and picks her up.
"Hello little one," he whispers, kissing her small head and turning towards me, arching a brow to see me feeding Gene.
"Gene was hungry, since you're here, help me put my dress away," I told him showing him where I left the dress.
He nods while he places Ayame on the right side of his arm, and held her, and goes towards the dress.
"Why do you have the dress out?" he questions bending down to place Ayame on top of the bed and taking the dress to fold it.
"Err, just wanted to show the babies my wedding dress," I suddenly felt embarrassed, as he turns to look at me giving me a strange look.
"They won't remember it you know that right?" he stated the obvious, causing a sweat drop behind my head.
"Well, they are the only humans I can speak to, besides you," I took out my tongue, only to wince when Gene bites down on my breast.
"Ouch," I wince in pain, holding into Gene a bit tighter so he won't fall.
"Mai!" Naru goes up to me looking worried, I shook my head.
"I'm fine, Gene just bit a little too hard, the little guy has a big grip, luckily he still doesn't have his teeth," I told him.
"You naughty boy, don't bite on your mother's breast, it hurts her and they are mine, even after she finishes feeding you," he stated claiming me causing me to blush hard.
"Ne Naru, do not speak like that," I said, causing him to give me a serious look.
"What? It's true, they won't be using them after some time, plus it does hurt you, not even our kids can harm you Mai, not even a hair," he said as he leans forward and kisses my cheek. I smiled at him sweetly.
"Thank you Naru," I felt touched by his sincere words and turned watching him put away the dress, only to have something drop on the floor.
Finally, Gene was filled, so I removed him and placed him over my shoulder while Naru bends down to grab whatever he dropped. I began to pat his small back so he can burp it out.
"What is it?" I walk towards him as he straightens up and looks at the object.
"The gloves." He stated as he expected the gloves looking a bit confused by this.
"The gloves? Do you mean the ones that we spotted back in the ship in the room? As well in our wedding? To be honest I forgot about them." I admit to him, Naru turns to look at me, showing me the gloves.
"Let's talk about it later, it's almost time for the babies to go to sleep," he said to me. I nodded, as he leans forward kisses Gene's small head, and rubs his back.
"Go to sleep, Mama and Papa need some alone time," he whispers to our son.
"You heard Papa, let's go and sleep so you can grow into a strong man just like your papa," I said as I heard him burp. Removing him Gene let out a loud small yawn, stretching his small arms out. I kiss his cheek, causing him to let out a small giggle, bouncing up, then wrap his small arms around me, snuggling into my embrace, not before he gave me a small kiss on my cheek making my heart warm up.
"I forgive you, I love you Eugene, I love you so much, as I love Ayame," I said, as I threw a kiss at my daughter. Ayame who was playing with the blanket bounce her body.
"GAH!" she said to me.
I turn to look at my husband with a huge smile on my lips.
"Give me about an hour, then," he nods, as he turns to grab Ayame.
"Up you go," Naru said, as Ayame let out a burst of laughter, wraps her small arms around her father's neck, and kisses him causing Naru to smile gently. I couldn't help but smile at my husband and daughter.
"What?" Naru asks, causing me to shake my head.
"Nothing, just realizing that Ayame and if we have another daughter, will be the only girls in this life that you will allow to kiss you and I think that's very sweet," I told him honestly. Naru blushes at my comment as he leans forward and kisses my lips.
"Of course, after all, Ayame, Gene, and our future kid is part of you, and every part of you is that my heart allows to be close to."
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"I'm exhausted and sore," I flopped down, after taking my bath and changing into a comfortable light dress. Naru is brushing his hair and turned to look at me, and I took notice that his eyes were roaming my body, causing me to feel shy yet I couldn't help but love it. His eyes are so deep and filled with desire.
How come he still sees me as though he can't get enough of me? It's been months since we last made love, yet, I took notice of how Naru looks at me, oh boy, how much my body misses his. A few, just a few more months then we are home free.
"It's been a long day," Naru agrees as I watch him remove his shirt then sit next to me, leaning his back against the wall crossing his arms, looking blankly at the wall in front of us. I move closer to him, tracing my fingertips up his skin, making him shiver, then gave him a small kiss on his shoulder.
"What are you thinking of?" I question since I knew he was in deep thought. Naru lowers his arms and wraps his right arm around me, pulling me closer to him.
"About those gloves,"
"The gloves? Oh right, what do you think about them?" I questioned him, as I scoot closer.
"That is somehow a link for us, not sure how I'm pondering over it," he said as he summons those gloves and runs his thumb across the material with his free arm.
"We were going to investigate it on the day of our wedding, but forgot, aren't we silly," I rubbed my head nervously laughing, but Naru lift his gaze and shakes his head.
"We were occupied with other things, that slipped out of our minds," he cross his legs to get closer to me.
"Oh, a simple kiss on the cheek that led up to having the twins?" I teased, rubbing my palm against his leg.
"That summons it up, but back to the root of the matter, the gloves, what do you think about it?" he asks, turning his gaze at me.
"Well, maybe it belongs to Ayame or maybe it belongs to Hayato or Poppy?" I guessed. Naru went quiet for a minute thinking it over deeply. Then adjust himself to look at me eye to eye.
"One thing is for sure, whoever it belonged to, it wanted us to see it from the first day that we arrived on this island. What purpose, it can be numerous, but I'm thinking it could have been a link for us to enter the island." he guessed.
"A link? Well, that can be, too bad the others aren't here to help us," I admit. Naru places the gloves to the left side and lays down, placing his arms behind his head to stare at the ceiling.
"I'm just wondering what's the new case when we return, why does that woman ghost want us separated and who are those two couples you saw in the hospital?" he mentions. I lay on his chest, Naru glances down to only smile, then I felt his fingers run through my hair.
"Hmm, I'm not sure how to feel about this, on the one hand, I can't wait to go back to work, but I agree we should work on getting adjusted to society once again. I don't think we can go back to our old selves after so many years."
"Oh I know Mai, I'm not planning on working right away either, maybe a part of me wants to, but the other part of me doesn't and I can't be selfish, if it was me nine years ago, I wouldn't care, but now I have a family to look after. Like I said before, I don't care what other people think, but you and the twins go first. I don't know why, maybe after going through life and death and almost losing you has made me realize how precious life is of course with my brother passing, it's a bigger impact. Yes, work is important there's no doubt in that, but is not the main focus." he said as I look up at him then press my hand on his forehead, he blinks as I tilt my head.
"What?" he asks, causing me to shake my head.
"Wow, you putting off work is like hell freezing over. You sure you're my workaholic husband?" I asked him.
"Ha, ha, ha, funny Mai, but seriously, life is too short, way too short than most people thinks and after going through all we went through, I can't just waste it," he said a bit with a dry tone, but serious at the same time, then added.
"Mai, you don't have to worry, you can continue your studies and become whatever you want, I support you after all, just because we stick together for the rest of our lives doesn't mean you can't make a name of your own, become someone, I don't want you to feel that you have to follow everything I do or feel chained to me," he said to me.
Oh, Naru. I felt so touched by this, that I move and wiggle myself up, to lay on his chest, causing him to lower his eyes at me.
"Worming yourself in?" he teased, as I grabbed his hand and give it small kisses on his fingertips.
"Always worming myself to you, and I told you Naru, I want to work with you, at this point of my life, even if I leave, the supernatural will bring me back, it's a curse and a gift at the same time. I will further my study there's no doubt, but I want you to be proud of me and I have no doubt in my soul that you will support me. Thank you for letting me be my person." I told him honestly.
"Regardless of what you do Mai, I support you, I want you to be happy,"
"Me to Naru, I want you to be happy too, no matter what," I reassured him, as Naru lowers himself and gives me a chaste kiss making me smile, our heartbeat wildly in unison.
"Mai!" he calls out, so I close my eyes snuggling into his chest, Naru's arms around me protecting me, made me the happiest woman alive, as our babies slept next to us.
"About the gloves, we'll see how it plays out okay?" I nodded, as I sat up, placing my leg over his waist, and sitting down. He sat up, looking straight at my eyes, his blue eyes are heavy.
Our eyes connect, as this tension began to build, I licked my lips, and suddenly feel shy. Naru inched closer to me, feeling our hearts racing.
Kiss me Naru. I begged him with my eyes, as this deep ache ran through my veins. He grabs my arm and squeezed it gently as his eyes turn deeper, longing, driving me crazy.
I began to caress his chest.
"My love," I simply said in a seductive honest voice causing Naru to encircle around me, pulling me in, capturing my lips with his. Our kiss became heated, pressing my body closer to his, almost molding into one, as our heat intertwine. I felt his desire for me grow driving me crazy.
Without any words, we gave in to our love once again, (Not noticing that Naru moved us downstairs, so we don't have to wake up the babies,) and once again I couldn't get enough of him in the way he touched and kissed me. I can feel him give me every part of himself to me without hesitation, just as I, showing him how much I love him, touching him the same way.
"Naru!" I gasped out, causing him to stop moving and look down at me, he's sweating hard, but he looks so happy and so in love, melting my heart.
"Y... Yes?" He questions as I began to kiss his cheek.
"Did... did you notice something?" I asked while he moves causing me to gasp in pleasure.
"Of?" he looks puzzled by my question so he pulls me into his lap without disconnecting. I wrap my arms around my husband, holding him tightly.
"That every time we make love, I don't know if you notice, but it feels that I'm more connected with you, it's more than just lust, I know we spoke about it before, but I can't explain it, it's deeper. I can't get enough or grow tired of it. I am deeply in love with your being Naru, your eyes, your nose, your lips, your skin, your warmth, your arms, your very soul, your everything and my very being feels complete when you're next to me, or make love to me, even if we don't make love, you just being here with me, and loving me the way you do makes me beyond happy," I said, causing him to look at me and give me that sweet smile of his, noticing that he's shaking a bit.
"Yes, I took notice Mai, I can't seem to get tired of you, is like your skin, your body, your warmth, your very being is deeply penetrated in me, and the more I make love to you, the more I go deeper, to an endless pit. I feel so complete, so full and so happy. Even if we don't make love for months, you next to me and loving me the way you do I feel completed and so happy, even though sometimes we have arguments it doesn't change anything." he admits. I held him in my arms, kissing his cheek.
"This must be the pure love you mentioned before my love. Our love is so deep that we can't get enough of it. Naru I love you, oh God, I love you so much that I would go crazy without you." I whispered as he held me tight.
"Me to Mai, you are my life beyond anything in this world." I couldn't help but smile, feeling so happy, feeling his happiness in our joined hearts as this love wanted to burst out of us.
If only nine years ago, our younger selves knew about this, they would be in shock.
And for the rest of the remaining months has been a joy and lots of work, but regardless, it was the memories that Naru nor I would ever forget.
Tick Tock, It's Ten:
Naru Pov
For the next few months, life has been pretty good, calmer, not worrying about a ghost or anything besides ourselves and the babies, even went for family vacations around the island, being careful to not go into the caves and such, just in case the babies will crawl somewhere they aren't supposed to or encounter wild animals. As for Gene, he hasn't shown up either, which makes me sad, I want to see him again.
Our twins are a year old and three months, but they are still small, they look like they are six months old, they are learning how to speak a little, even though they can't say much, Gene calls me Pa, and Mai Ma, same with Ayame.
I couldn't stop thinking about the gloves, not sure why, just becoming a habit, so I held them while Gene sat on my lap playing with his favorite train toy. Mai is making sure Ayame is properly fed, and cleaned since she made a big mess this morning, oh boy, I almost threw up and I should be used to it by now.
These gloves, I don't know why I can't stop thinking of them, it's been five months ago that Mai and I spoke about it.
"Pa!" Gene's voice snaps me out of my thoughts, as I look down to see him trying to give me his train toy.
"Want me to play?" I question him, he nods, pushing the train toy towards my way.
I run my fingers through his thick bushy black hair, as his brown eyes widen in excitement while I took the train from his small hands.
To be honest, Mai is right, now that Gene is a bit bigger, looks a bit like me, but has Mai's eyes and Ayame has my blue eyes similar to Mai's eyes, with a mix of me and Mai.
I place the train on the floor, making the choo-choo noise-causing Gene to laugh with excitement making him clap. I couldn't help but smile at his innocence as I felt a kiss on the back of my head. I turned my head to see Mai smiling at me sweetly.
"Ayame look isn't Papa the best conductor in the world huh?" Mai said as she sits next to me, placing Ayame next to her brother.
"GAH!" she claps as she looks at me pushing the train across the floor.
"Well, Gene, Aya, the only one that can ride me is your mother, no one else," I wink at Mai making her blush hard.
"Naru, don't say that in front of the kids," she squeals, covering her face with her hands, causing Ayame and Gene to burst out laughing at their mother's reaction. I ended up chuckling at this, kissing the side of her head.
"See they don't understand, don't be too embarrassed," I told her. Mai lowers her hands and scrunches her face at me, taking out her tongue.
"Continue taking it out then I have to teach your tongue a lesson," I threaten to cause her to suck back her tongue, blushing harder. I couldn't help but look at her with tender eyes, hiding my smile.
She's so beautiful when she blushes, I can't stop teasing her.
"It's time to clean Gene, alright lover boy," she pats my leg, then went to pick up Gene, he complains a bit, but then relaxes as Mai kisses his cheek.
"Don't be fussy, I'm just going to bathe you okay, my little one," she lifts his small hand and caress it against her cheek closing her eyes, making Gene lean forward and give her a small kiss. I can feel Mai's heartwarming up from his gesture.
"I love you to my little man, as I love your sister," she said as I picked up Ayame, so she won't feel lonely.
"Do you want to play daddy, while Mommy goes and bathe your brother?" I questioned her. Ayame nods, causing me to smile gently at her.
"Then, let's fly then?" I said, she let out an excited sound confirming that she wants that.
I stood up, lifting her in a superman position, and began to twirl around making her pretend to fly around the treehouse, Ayame burst out in big giggles, enjoying this too much, making my heart warm up, but I can feel Mai a bit anxious.
"Be careful Naru, she still so small." I heard Mai nagging me.
"I know Mai, I know." I rolled my eyes, after a few minutes, I placed Ayame down, and before I could say something Mai suddenly yelped, echoing the whole treehouse, and this anxious feeling in Mai's heart grew.
Okay, something is wrong,
"Mai?" without thinking, I popped myself downstairs, to see Mai away from Gene, looking at her hands, as Gene burst out crying. I went to my child and picked him up from the barrel that we use to bathe our kids, and began to bounce him and turned to look at Mai.
"What happened? You are okay?" I took a step forwards to her, but she moves away from me. I arched a brow up, now getting more worried than before.
Something happened, did she see a ghost?
"Is Gene… Okay?" her voice trembles in pure worry.
I look at our son and he seems to be a bit better, his chubby cheeks all red, but besides that, he looks fine, nothing out of the normal.
"He's fine what happened?" I asked aching to know what happened.
"I...I was washing Gene, and suddenly my flames just came out without warning, I didn't even summon it at all and it began to burn, I drop Gene since I was scared that I will burn him. I'm sorry," she lowers her head in shame but doesn't take a step closer since she was afraid she'll scare Gene.
Came out? Why? Mai... I couldn't think straight as this worry grew and Mai could feel it as she lifts her gaze at me.
"It just came out?"
"Naru, I know you're worried, so please take the babies out, I don't want to harm them," she begs me while she hisses, even more, intertwining her fingers together, and my eyes widen to see fire coming out of them.
I gave her a nod, not arguing with her. I manage to pop us to the bottom of the tree and place Ayame and Gene down after walking a bit far away from the treehouse just in case anything happens.
Suddenly both start to cry, noticing their chubby cheeks turning red.
"Oi, don't cry. Mama is going to be alright." knowing very well that both of them can feel their mother's distress making me more anxious.
What is happening? Mai, my Mai.
I wave my hand wrap them up firmly and made sure both are secure making a blanket barrier around them, and pillows around, so they won't escape. Checking it was secure no small holes or anything that will come in to snatch them, I was satisfied by this.
Turning back, I heard another scream coming out of the treehouse, making my heart drop to my stomach. I look up, and my heart stop, to see smoke fuming out.
"No, Mai," I pop myself back in, in doing so; I flinch at the sudden heat which surrounds me. A huge fire surrounded our home, and when I move my eyes to my right, Mai stood in the middle as more fire came out of her hands.
"Mai!" I yelled, not only did my worry intensify in my heart, but another emotion plagues me.
No, not again, am I going to lose her?
This pure agony takes over my heart, as the thought of losing her killed me.
"Don't get close to me. Please!" Mai yells in agony with tears running down her cheek, looking at me in pure agony and sorrow. I stop in my tracks, hammering my brain to think of something, and fast to save my Mai.
Without hesitation, I summoned the barrels of water and began to splash water around to get rid of the fire, but in doing so, the fire just intensified, making me flinch. It was no use.
"P...please stop!" Mai pleads as she falls to her knees, beginning to cough hard due to the smoke.
"Alright then, then if you're going to die, then I'll die with you." I stated with seriousness as Mai lift her gaze in shock.
Mai pov
"Alright then, then if you're going to die, then I'll die with you." His words echoed deeply in my heart aching me to no end.
"No, you won't Naru!" I said, breathless, but I knew it was useless as he would do what he says.
I can't let him die with me, no, I want him to be alive and be happy, not die for me, yet, if this was him, I would have said the same thing and done everything in my power to try to save him.
The fire consumes me from the inside, similar to when we started our journey on this island with the dreams of me being on fire. I let out a painful scream, as another fireball came out of my fingers.
"Mai!" I heard in front of me. I look up to see Naru staring at me with a deep look. I moaned having no idea what was happening to me.
"Don't get close to me, my... babies?" I gasp out in pain. Naru shook his head.
"Don't worry, they are safe, try to control yourself," Naru says calmly walking towards me.
"Don't come near me... My love... I don't want to hurt you. Get out of here, please. The treehouse is starting to become ashes." I felt more tears running down my cheeks. Naru stubbornly ignores me and kept coming closer to me.
Another painful burning sensation rushes up my body, causing me to wrap my arms around me grunting in pain.
Finally, Naru comes up to me and places his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm here and I won't leave you." I lift my gaze as those blue eyes penetrate my heart causing me to cry harder, coughing out due to the smoke. Naru doesn't hesitate, without caring, he wraps his arms around me, holding me tight.
Oh, Naru.
"Naru I'm afraid, what's happening to me?" I cried out as more fire comes out of my hands. Naru waves his hands, and suddenly the movement of the fire froze into place, forgetting that he could do that. I lift my gaze at him as Naru looks back at me and gives me an assured smile.
"I don't know what's happening with you, but one thing is for sure, I won't let anything harm you Mai. I will always protect you." Before I could answer him, he pulls me into his arms, and pop us in front of the waterfall.
I screamed once again when Naru rapidly places me into the waters, making steam come out of my body, but it cooled me off. Relief washes over me.
After recovering and finally calming down from my coughs, I look up at Naru with wide eyes, as he starts to search me. Panic seems to rise in his blue eyes. I breathe unevenly, as my heart hurts at his stare as he rose my dress, looking for any burns and such.
"Have you injured yourself?" he was breathing a bit heavily. My heart which beat heavily felt a warmth, a warmth that was beyond the burns for him, so I wrap my arms around him and held him tight, as he encircles his arms around me, rubbing my back.
"No, I'm not burnt, it felt from the inside out, thank you so much, are you hurt?" I was trembling.
"Not even a scratch Mai, don't worry about me," he assures me, I breathed out in relief.
Naru suddenly picks me up, not caring if he gets wet as I wrap my arms around him as well as my legs around his waist and place my head on his shoulder.
He took us in front of the treehouse. I look down to see the twins looking up at us with a harsh cry, as this barrier surrounds them, Naru is such a responsible father. I hiccup, looking at Naru, and kiss his lips.
"Thank you for saving them, protecting us." I place my forehead against his cheek, closing my eyes. Naru held me tighter, as we turn to face the treehouse.
The fire unfroze consuming our home, guilt plagues my heart.
"Our home Naru, I did that, I'm so sorry," I cried out in agony, as our home is being destroyed.
Naru gently places me down and waves his hands to place Gene and Ayame in his arms.
"I don't care, while you are safe and our children. I don't care for any damn treehouse." He hissed as he kisses my forehead. My heart jumps at his words, as I leaned my head against his arm feeling light-headed from the smoke.
Naru suddenly bounces Ayame.
"See Mommy is okay, she's fine, I protected her, see Aya, when I protect Mommy, it means I'm protecting my other half, so be at ease," Naru whispers to her. I look at Naru with wide eyes and then look down at Gene which he held on his left.
I kiss his cheek and went up to Ayame.
"Sorry for scaring you two," I whispered, and kiss Ayame as well.
"I love you both to cause anything to separate us," I whispered to them. That seems to work and calmed them down. I look up at Naru and he presses his forehead against mine.
"You're not burning or did you burn yourself? You're okay?" he asks again.
"A bit of a headache due to the smoke, but no, I'm not hurt. Your idea worked," I assure him. He nods, pressing his lip on my forehead. I close my eyes and caress his face with love. Feeling his warmth fill me in as Naru does the same showing me that he's relieved and thankful that he saved me.
"My love, thank you, thank you for saving me."
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We are now dried from head to toe, and Naru manages to salvage some of our clothes and the babies as well for the toys that weren't burnt. Right now we are wearing our normal clothes, the same ones that we used when we first arrived here ten years ago. To be honest, we look as we normally do before coming into this hell-bent island.
Luckily I manage to stop the fire, not sure how, but from the bottom of the treehouse, I snap my fingers and the fire was just gone, but everything we built was destroyed in a blink of an eye, which cause me great sadness.
Now we are standing in front of the boat Naru has been working on for years. The babies sat inside, as Naru went to check on the boat.
"At least I manage to contain the fire, so it won't spread, and I have to admit, your power is so awesome Naru." I smiled at him. Naru doesn't say anything but continues to check on the boat.
Naru removes the bag that I made years ago and places it next to Gene. (The bag survive, and even my wedding dress, but the strange thing is, that we couldn't find the gloves, they were gone.)
"We need to leave," Naru whispers, making me look at him.
"What makes you think we need to?"
"We have no shelter, and if you have forgotten, today is the tenth anniversary that we arrived on the island, so I have a huge hunch on why your fire went wild back there." He stated as he starts to push the boat towards the waters.
"So you're going in a hunch, wait the tenth year? I forgot to be honest, we didn't hear a ghost tell us, normally every year a ghost will say how many years have passed, I've gotten used to it." I told him, as Naru went up to me, and picks me up, placing me gently inside of the boat, causing Gene and Ayame to laugh.
Naru leans against the edge of the boat, and brushes my hair away from my face, yet, I shivered in delight at the intense look he is giving me.
"Do you trust me Mai?" he asks me. I nodded at him, grabbing his hand and kissing it.
"With my life my love, plus you can just pop us back to the island right?" I asked him. He nods at me, grabbing my hand up to his lips and kissing it gently.
"I rather die than see one of you hurt," he admits, as he disappears and pops in front of me, grabbing his homemade oars, he began to paddle away from the island, as I grabbed our twins and wrap my arms around them.
We turned to look at the island one last look as my heart was broken by this.
"Who would have thought this island would become our home. Good-bye Black Lagoon, thank you for everything," I said as Naru nods in agreement.
"Even though it was a nightmare most times, our story is over," I concluded, as we watch slowly the island disappearing. I turned to face Naru, as he paddle us away.
"Then why has my body acted like that? I couldn't control it, how do you know it's time to leave the island?" I whispered to him.
"Just do," he admits, but something is telling me otherwise as though he's hiding it from me.
Did Ayame come to him? This is too sudden.
"Oh, too bad, I'm going to miss it," I told him.
"Me to Mai, this will always be our home, our nightmarish home," Naru said as I nodded in agreement.
We went through hell and back on the island, and here we are heading back to our original homes. Yet, I'm more scared of that than leaving The Black Lagoon.
Little did we know Ayame and Gene appeared on the edge of the ocean watching us off.
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We had no idea how long has it been since we started to sail. Naru was frantically looking around which I did the same, looking for a ship, something to save us.
"There's nothing and a storm is coming." I pointed up at the sky which is turning dark and the winds are picking up. Naru nods after he looks up and wipes his sweaty forehead.
"Naru, how do you know that we need to leave? A hunch? I don't believe it," I said, as I rubbed our baby's stomach trying to keep them at ease since they are fussy.
"Just a feeling Mai," he said not looking at me, so kept staring at him.
"I'm your wife; I have known you for thirteen years. Tell me the real reason." I insisted.
"Fine." Naru sighed in defeat.
"Gene came to me an hour ago. He told me to get on the boat as our ride is near. It's now or never if we miss our moment, we have to wait another ten years." He explains.
Gene? Oh, that makes sense, wow waiting for another ten years? Our babies would be eleven by then. That would be alright with me, but then again it wouldn't be fair. I'm so conflicted.
"Did you ask him about the whole crazy ordeal with me?"
"No, he was gone before I could, or ask him about that woman in your dreams." I sigh, shaking my head in defeat. Suddenly Ayame began to cry hard.
I look down and took her in my arms, as well for Gene.
"I'll keep them calm. Well, try." I whispered. Naru nods at me, as he continues to paddle.
"Soon, it will be over, I trust in Gene's words," I nodded in agreement with his statement.
"While I'm with you Naru, I can endure anything, and this time around we have two more things for us to endure. We aren't those children anymore my love." I told him. Naru nods and straightens up. I look down at our children, as I bounced them in my arms, trying to calm them down.
"Okay, now storytime, normally your father is the one that tells stories, but since he's busy right now, it's mama's turn to tell a story. A story of how your parents came to be." my heart swells at the memories.
I close my eyes, enjoying each day I spent with Naru, his warmth, his love, he touches, his kisses. His rudeness and humor. His tender moments and his agitating days. My body warms up even more. Then meeting everyone on the island and learned about them and were so happy that we were able to free them.
How we made friends on both sides in a way. Everything warms my heart. The beautiful creatures and the wonders the island brought us, as well its dark side. Everything I embraced in my heart.
Rain starts to pour down on us snapping me out of my thoughts. I look up at the now dark skies, as the waves start to roughly push against us.
"Once upon a time, in a dark thundering storm just like today. Two lost souls found themselves thrown out off the ship, for you see, they were heading for a case. Her lost prince saved her and found a haunted island, and that's where their love, adventure, and horror story truly started." I ramble, trying to keep the twins at ease.
"Mai, hold them tight, there's a wave coming," Naru shouts. I look up, seeing Naru trying to rotate our small boat, away from the waves.
We are drenched from head to toe and freezing. The rain poured harder, thunder roared above us, and all I now do is have faith and pray for our safety.
"Today is our tenth anniversary, and a storm has to come today? Our luck is that bad?" I complained.
"No, is meant to be..." he paused, as I wipe my wet face, holding our twins closer. Naru was looking out from a distance, as though he spotted something.
Turning my gaze towards where he was looking my breath caught. The ship, the same ship we fell off ten years ago, as though no age has touched it, they must have kept it in good condition, but why is it in near the island though? Shouldn't we spot a different type of ship?
From my sight; I can see a tall person looking out and holding something, like another human being hanging from the side.
Wait, is that us?
A flood of emotions explodes in my heart. Happiness, fear, and some others, I can't place right now.
"Naru. The ship, I see it, there, look, I can see Lin and I think I see us, what in the world?" I gasp out with excitement, not believing this. Naru bends down and place his protective arms around me, for a reason, his touch felt odd.
"Naru?" I question, but he points at the right side of the ship, and I follow his finger.
"Something is wrong," he squeezes my shoulders, hearing our babies cry hard.
I look over where my husband points, to my surprise I can see someone looking over our way and I squint my eyes to see Naru.
Did we travel back in time?
"That's you Naru!" I state this, as Naru nods at me.
"Now that I remember, after you fell off and I grabbed you, I spotted a small boat heading for the ship, but that's not the biggest shock, look," he points a bit over the right after I see our past selves going into the waters. I flinched at the sight and turned my gaze where Naru was pointing.
I follow and my eyes widen in pure shock (As if I wasn't already.)
"Wait, what? That's not possible..." I couldn't speak not believing what we are seeing. There's another ship a few feet away from our original ship and what shocked me more is that the ship is a ship we knew all too well and it wasn't any modern ship.
Naru grabs my hand and said.
"That is Captain Shibuya, I mean my old ship and that's us being rescued by them."
Thanks for the reviews: and I'm so happy to read your thoughts of the characters and not rushed and feels natural. I think after all they went through, life is to short to be hating and arguing with each other. They are more traumatized then anything to really focus on this so they go back to reality is not easy for them.