Trying To Get Along

Yoko woke up from a little nap and turned around in the bed to see Nakada had fallen asleep on her couch. He looked at her while lying on his side and his face lying on his hand while the other was in front of his face. He lowered his eyes and tuned on to his back shaking his head and placed his hand over his face, with his elbows in the air. I've got to stop thinking like this. If I find away to get Nakada to trust me again, then I will be able to be with her. She is scared of me hurting her, but how can I hurt the person I love the most? Of course! Because when I get angry, everyone is in danger. Yoko laid his arms at his side and continued to look up at the ceiling. He sat up for a second with his legs over the side of the bed and placed his hand over his stomach as he felt them kick and hit him over and over again. Okay what is wrong with you two now? He wrapped his arms around his stomach and began to think. Yesterday was when he and Nakada had that talk. Yesterday…how long have we been here? Let's see…I think we have been here for at least seven days. These kids are supposed to come out after eighteen days of growing, so that means in eleven days…they are going to be born.

Yoko felt a hand on his back and looked behind him to see Nakada floating above him, "WHOA!" He fell off the side of the bed and he heard laughing on top of the bed.

He sat up and saw Nakada still floating on her back laughing and holding her sides. Then he noticed she wasn't breathing as she continued to laugh and bent her back as well. Finally she made a squeak and was quiet again until she made another squeak. Eventually she got Yoko started and he laughed as well as he laid down on the ground laughing like there was no tomorrow.

When everyone was done laughing they were both on the floor their backs against the bed with smiles on their faces, "Since when can you fly?" Yoko asked turning his head over to look at her as his arms hung over his crossed legs.

She looked at him with a smile, "Well I learned while I was still…" she turned her head and looked at the wall, the smile gone from her face.

His smile disappeared as well, "While you were still what?" he asked as leaned forward a little to look at her.

Nakada looked at him, "It really doesn't matter right now," she said with a small smile.

Flashback

Yoko was seeing things happen through Nakada's eyes once again. She seemed to be in her little haven, training or really meditating. What is she doing? Yoko thought. Nakada seemed like she meditating, but her eyes were open, and her breathing was calm. Then Yoko saw that they were lifting into the air.

"Yes! I finally got it!" came Nakada's voice as she uncrossed her legs and started to fly all over the place. She instantly stopped when she heard something and hid in the trees. Yoko somehow knew that Nakada was masking her scent for some reason. Then the other Yoko came through the woods, he seemed to be searching for something.

"I know I heard her around here somewhere," the other Yoko said as he looked around, his ears twitching. The Yoko that was having the flashback knew that the other Yoko was also sniffing the air. The other Yoko sighed, "My mind must be playing tricks on me." The other Yoko turned around, and just as he was about to leave, her hunched down to the ground in pain.

End flashback

Nakada was still sitting beside Yoko as he came back from the flashback, "Another memory?" he stared at her and nodded.

She smiled and started to get up, but Yoko took hold of her hand stopping her and looked at her, "I'm…sorry," he said.

She looked at him surprised, "What are you sorry for?" He continued to look at her as he cupped her cheek and then began to move closer to her face, "Yoko…" she whispered when she saw what he was going to do, "N…"

"Hush," he whispered back placing a finger on her lips. He moved in closer to her face and they both closed their eyes as he touched her lips with his own. The kiss lasted a little while but not as long as Yoko would have liked.

Nakada broke it and instantly got up saying, "No," and walked away from him to the wall. Her hand was over her mouth while the other was on the back of her hip.

Yoko looked up at her and could faintly smell the scent of tears as she placed her hand that had been on her mouth on the other side of her hip as she looked up at the ceiling and then folded her arms. Yoko stood up and walked over to her and gently touched one of her shoulders. She turned around instantly and he saw the tears in her eyes and the tears running down her face. He wiped away the tears on her face and then embraced her tightly and laid his head on top of hers. Nakada resisted the urge to embrace him back until he said, "I'm sorry I hurt you the way I did. Please forgive me…I won't ever do it again." He waited for her answer and then she slowly raised her arms and wrapped them around his torso as she dug her face into his chest. He smiled as he stroked her long hair and laid his cheek on her head.

In the Living room

Yoko was sitting on one side of the couch while Nakada was sitting on the other and looked at her hands on her lap. "All I want to know Yoko," she said suddenly, "Is why you don't want to know anything about these children."

Yoko looked up at her and stared at her for a while before sighing, "How do you think it would look, if anyone found out about what I am going through? I know they wouldn't know because no one is going to tell…but…" that was all he could think of. Truthfully he couldn't think up a good reason why he didn't want to know anything about the child.

"Your just embarrassed by your mistake and now you think that your mistake is going to show in those kids?" Nakada said as she still continued to stare at her hands.

Yoko looked at her again, "Yes," was his simple answer.

"How old are you Yoko?" she asked out of the blue.

He looked a her, "365…why?"

"Then in all of your life…have you ever thought that a child, much less a baby could bee seen as a mistake? And if it was, how would it show through them?"

He stared at her and saw she was trying to trap him as Nakada stared at the ground, "It depends on the situation," he began as he leaned back against the couch. He closed his eyes, "If a family already has too many children and they had another…that child would probably be a child made out of a mistake and it would show through out it's life."

"Now that is where you are wrong," he looked at her, "A child like that isn't a mistake…but something worse." He stared at her for a second, waiting for her to continue. She turned her head and looked at him straight in the eye, "A child like that is an unwanted child. A child not wanted by it's own family and that is worst kind of child yet…because it isn't shown any love or barely any love."

Yoko looked at her, "That is why you want these children," she looked startled, "You want them so they doesn't become unwanted children, children that has never felt love."

She looked at him and then looked straight ahead, "I guess…I never thought of it that way," and Yoko smiled easily seeing a way out of this.

"Then when we get back to the hide out we can make sure they get a good home with good parents that will show them the love they need and we can make sure they stay together, and check up on them."

"NO!" she yelled instantly standing up and looking at him scared, "It isn't as simple as that Yoko! It isn't what you think it is at all!"

"Then help me to understand Nakada!" he practically pleaded as he stood up and walked over to her and took hold of her hands, "Help me to understand why you want them."

She looked up at him, "I…can't tell you until they are out Yoko," she said looking down at the ground tensing up waiting for whatever blow might come to her as she remembered the last time.

Yoko looked at her and sighed as he tilted his head to the side, "I understand," she looked up at him surprised and he smiled. "Thought I was going to hurt you again? Or at least get angry?" She nodded and he held her close in a tight protective embrace, "I promised you I wouldn't hurt you again and I mean to stay to that promise."

A while after that they were back on the couch only side by side, but still not talking. Nakada looked at him and sighed, "Yoko I have to tell you something." He looked at her and nodded, "You remember when I was stolen from the tiger demon?" Yoko growled but he nodded. Nakada got up and sat in an empty chair away from him, "Well he had told me some things about you, like you were going to hurt me and my friends. Actually he said you had rapped human women during mating season and that you were going to do that to me. He had said that we would come back for my friends and my little brother at night but I didn't want that. He and I had then made a plan for me to return to you and then if anything became to horrible to manage we would call him and he would take us away. After a while we had decided that running away from you wasn't going to do anything, and we were told that we were supposed to stay with you, so we did. Right now…I am glad that we didn't go." Nakada looked at Yoko and saw that his eyes were wide and she sighed, "You can yell at me, hurt me or what ever you want, but just don't hurt my friends or little brother."

Yoko sat there for a second and then he stood up walking over to her. She tensed up getting ready for anything when he was in front of her. He took her hands and pulled her up, hooked his index finger under her chin and tilted her head up to look at him. She looked at him and what he did next surprised her. She found herself being embraced by him tightly once again, this time though it was different. She was shocked at his reaction that it took a while to sink in what he had just done while she was slowly raising her arms up and wrapping them around him as well.

Yoko spoke to her gently and to her it sounded like he was happy and relieved, "Thank you so much for staying…I doubt I would be able to get through what I'm going through right now if you had left. Heck I'd be dead by now if you had left. I had always felt that after you had came back I would lose you again only the next time, you would have left willingly instead of having to be forced." He raised his head and looked at her and caressed her face that still showed she was still shocked. He smiled, "Also thank you for telling me the truth."

Nakada smiled, "I think I'm loving you even more than before…I got hurt Yoko," he smiled.

"Well…you're not being tricked," he said as he touched her face and leaned his forehead against hers.

She continued to smile at him, "I knew that what Reado said was a lie," he looked at her confused, "About you rapping women. I know you can be heartless at times but…even you can't be that heartless."

Yoko looked at her and then, "…Of course not…I mean…why would I do something like that? The beggin is the only woman I have ever been with…either then you," his left ear flicked.

She looked at him curious, "Then what about that comment you made the day after I was stolen? After you had taken me to your bed again, you asked if I knew how many vixens would have loved to have been in my place."

Yoko looked at her for a second and remembered all the female demons, not only vixens he had bedded. Then he smiled and touched her face, "What I said was true Nakada," he said while still cupping her face, "But not only would have the vixens been wanting to be in your place but every kind of female demon. They practically flock around me where ever I go…but I ignore them most of the time," his left ear flickered.

Nakada stared at him, "Most of the time?"

He continued to smile, "Well my ears are kind of sensitive to sound, so I sometimes can't help but to catch the sound of their voices really."

"So…you have never been intimate with a woman and never rapped a woman before?" she asked him one last time.

He sighed, "I," he said while holding her closer, "Have," he lowered his head, "Never" he looked deep into her eyes, "Been intimate…with another woman…except the beggin," his left ear flicked as he lowered his head all the way and kissed her.

Nakada looked up and smiled at him, "I'm going to believe you Yoko," she said looking up at him, "But I want you to know something, but I'm going to have to ask you something first," he tilted his head and nodded, "Do you feel the same way I feel about you?"

He looked at her while still holding her close, "Depends on how you feel," he whispered, "I have never felt this way about anyone in my life before. I do really believe I am falling in love with you."

She smiled as she looked up at him, "Then that only leaves me to say one thing and I hope you will take it to heart." He nodded, "Love can almost never survive without honesty. And honesty is very important to me…I want to be able to tell you the truth without having to worry about what you are going to do. In return I would like you to tell me the truth and not lie to me about something." Yoko stared at her and he felt a little twinge in his heart that he had never felt before, "Do you understand what I am saying Yoko? I'm not saying it isn't going to be hard with the twins coming…but I at least want to know that I can trust you."

The fox demon stared down at her and had a little difficulty smiling as he held her close around her waist, "I understand Nakada…and maybe…well…who knows what the future has in store for us. But you are right," he led Nakada to the couch and they both sat down. Nakada leaned against Yoko and held him close. "If you don't want to give these twins up and I don't want to have any part in the life of their…it is going to be hard."

Before anything could be said the baby began to grow again and they went through their little ritual while still sitting on the couch. When the baby had stopped growing Yoko stared down at the teenager in his arms and he smiled, "Why don't we sleep here tonight?" She looked up at him as he began to lay down bringing her with him.

"But we are both still topless," she began to argue.

"I won't look," he said with a smile.

She looked at him unsure of what to do but finally laid her head down on his bare chest and closed her eyes. Yoko took hold of the blanket that was on the top of the sofa and pulled it down on top of them.