Acceptance

The next day, Yoko woke up to find that Nakada was still on top of him, sleeping. One side of her face was over his heart, so she could hear it, and both of her hands were brought up into lightly clenched fists on either side of her face. Yoko smiled as he moved some hair away from her face. He had one hand on her back that he was moving up and down. His fingers soon found four long bumps of some kind under the blanket on her skin. Curious to know what they were, he gently lifted the blanket to show off her newly acquired white with black-stripped skin. He looked over her shoulder and saw that under his hand, were the four long scars his claws had made. Her injuries she had sustained the night she had transformed were all gone, but these scars remained. Yoko placed the blanket back on top of Nakada as he began to hold her close, and dug his face into her hair.

Nakada moved a little at the movement and woke up. She yawned a little and covered her mouth with the hand that was the closets to her mouth. She opened her eyes and looked up to see the golden eyes of Yoko. She smiled as she folded her hands on top of each other, on the fox's chest, and laid her chin on her folded hands. For some reason, I wouldn't know why, Yoko was instantly reminded of a cat laying on top of a person, looking exactly like that.

"Ohayoo gozimasu Fox boy," Nakada said as she gently flexed her claws in and out.

Yoko seemed to force a smile as he continued to hold the girl, "Ohayoo gozimasu Kitty, did you sleep well last night?"

Nakada sighed as she closed her eyes and stretched as much as she could while she was on top of the fox, "I slept well," she seemed to meow out. She then looked at him straight in the eye, "What about you? You seem awfully worried the morning."

Yoko stared at her, then he moved four of his fingers along the scars on Nakada's back and she seemed to stiffen as he made this movement. The fox sighed as he started to talk, "I…I am so sorry that I gave you these scars Nakada. I truly didn't have any right to do that to you."

Nakada smiled as she looked at him, "You are beginning to regret your actions Yoko Kurama," the teenager seemed to purr out when she spoke the r's in Yoko's full name.

Yoko stared at her for a second, than he began to smile as he realized what that meant, "Does that mean…I will be able to be with you soon?"

Nakada smiled a little while she closed one eye, "Well, that means that you are getting somewhere at least." She saw Yoko start to frown and she sighed, "It is nothing to be ashamed of Yoko," he stared into her eyes, "I never expected you would ever be this far so soon. Even after what you did…to me not that long ago."

Yoko sighed as he held Nakada closer and placed his face into her hair, "Come on, lets get dressed, you can go first, I promise not to look."

After they had gotten dressed, they sat down on the couch. Yoko had his arm wrapped around Nakada's shoulders. Nakada didn't mind at all as she snuggled closer to him and held his hand. The fox sighed as he leaned the sighed of his head against the teenagers, "Do you have any idea how long I have wanted to hold you like this?" Nakada gently shook her head as she closed her eyes, "Ever since I first kissed you."

Nakada looked up at him startled, and then looked sad, "And I just went and hurt you. It's seems that, no matter how much you hurt me, I end up hurting you more, both, physically and emotionally." The fox stared at the person he loved more than anything in the world. He couldn't find a way to talk to her after what she said, "I'm so sorry Yoko," the girl said as tears filled her eyes.

Yoko instantly wrapped both of his arms around the girl and felt her cry into his chest, "Hush Kitty," he said, using the nickname; "I forgive you, if you forgive me for hurting you."

Nakada looked up from the kitsune's chest to stare up at him, tears were still falling from her eyes, "Of course I will forgive you Yoko."

Yoko smiled as he heard this and wiped her tears away and held the side of her face in the cup of his hand, "Than please don't cry. When you start crying, I have no idea what to do." Nakada smiled a little as she relaxed into Yoko's hand. Suddenly, a ringing sound came from the phone and Yoko brought Nakada down as he covered her with his body. Nakada couldn't help but to laugh, "It's all right Yoko it won't kill you. I had forgotten to tell you how a telephone works actually."

She got up from the couch and went over to the phone and raised it to her ear, "Hello…oh hi Jennah…no everything's fine hear, Yoko just found out what a phone is," Yoko could faintly hear Jennah and the other girls on the other side and he tilted his head in confusion. After awhile Nakada said bye and hung up the phone and turned to Yoko, "I guess you want to know what this is as well?" The curious fox nodded and she sighed as they both went to the kitchen, to get some breakfast, while Nakada explained about the telephone the best way she could.

When she was done explaining they had finished eating and were back in the bedroom. Yoko was staring at her wide eyed after what he had just heard, "So that is how you humans communicate?" he asked and she nodded.

"There are other ways, like e-mail and chat lines on the computer. Humans have found ways to communicate with people on the other side of the world without having to leave their own home."

Yoko stared at her and then laid down on the bed on his back, "And here I was thinking demons are superior to humans but you have so many electronics, that now I am uncertain."

Nakada looked at the computer, "Well I still think you demons have a better life in some ways," Yoko looked at her but she didn't seem notice, "I mean most humans sit in front of a T.V. all day watching shows that aren't real and have violence in them. When children watch that kind of stuff it encourages them to also be violent in some ways. Kids and teenagers though sit in front a T.V. or computer game for hours and yet they aren't getting smarter. Older humans usually work in stupid places doing nothing but bend metal to make carts or other things just to make a living." Nakada looked at Yoko and he saw that she didn't understand what she was talking about, "Believe me you'll somehow understand some day, but on a scale from one to ten which has a better life demons or humans I'd say that demons are a little bit higher then humans."

Yoko sighed and looked at the ceiling, "How could we be better then you?" he asked not looking at her, "You have all of these luxuries to make your life easy, happy and probably safe. While here in demon world this kind of technology is only available in high tech buildings that the band and I steal from. Most demons here live to steal and do wrong things. Other demons live honourable lives and don't steal anything, or not do any wrong and yet they still get hurt."

"And you think life in the world where the team and I are from is heaven on earth?" Yoko looked at Nakada wondering why she was getting angry, "There are people in our world that are starving because they don't have enough money for a small bit of food. There are other people that don't like other kinds of people just because they look and/or act different. There was this one man somewhere in the 1900's named Hitler, I don't what his first name was but he wanted to get ride of one specific kind of human. He wanted to get rid of them just because they were called Jews and because of their religion, also he may have done it because there were so many of them, I'm not sure about that idea. There was also once a country, actually many places in the world, that made another kind human slaves and thought they had no rights or anything just because their skin was black or a different colour. There are many other faults humans have done just because they found someone different and they are still happening."

Nakada was close to tears but she didn't want to cry in front of Yoko again, so she ran out of the room and slammed the door shut, "Nakada wait!" Yoko called but it was to late, she had already left. Yoko was sitting on the bed looking at the door and thought over what she said. I guess she is right, but shouldn't she be grateful for what she has and leave it at that? She is one of the lucky ones and she should be thankful that she isn't one of those people starving in the streets. Yoko looked at the door awhile longer and then stood up, I know she probably wants to be alone right now but…

Yoko looked all around for Nakada and followed the scent of tears, occasionally coming to a wet drop on the floor. Then he got to a room he recognized as Nakada's haven. He walked into it and followed the scent of tears Nakada had been crying since he couldn't find her scent at all he remembered from the flashback he had that she could hide her scent. He soon heard someone crying and saw a small blue plant with dew on its leaves that looked like tear drops. It was very beautiful but the strange thing was he could hear it crying. There was a trail of them heading in a certain direction that looked like a trail. Curious he followed it and soon found Nakada sitting at the base of a tree trunk. She was leaning her back against the trunk of the tree with tears falling down her face in streams.

Yoko quietly walked over to her and sat beside her without her noticing. He gently placed a hand on her face and she instantly looked up at him surprised. He cupped her face with one hand and wiped away her tears with the other. She didn't do anything against it. When he had wiped her tears away, she wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder holding him close. Surprised Yoko didn't know what to do at first but he wrapped his arms around Nakada and began to stroke her hair while leaning his head against hers a little. He didn't want her to cry because it hurt him and he didn't know how to help someone who was crying.

"Hush hey it's all right don't worry," he said calmly while she still cried into his shoulder. Yoko didn't know what to do so he just kept on sitting there trying his best to comfort her. After a few minutes Yoko noticed that her tears were slowing down a bit. He lifted her head a bit and looked at her eyes wiping her tears away, "Why don't we just try and stay away from topics such as that," he suggested and she nodded. He smiled and looked around at the place, "So what is this place called because I have never seen this part before."

Nakada smiled and giggled a bit but she was tired from crying, "It's where I go when I want to be alone. Any kind of place that has pants and is somewhat quiet and only has the sounds of nature is a haven to me. But this part of the greenhouse seems more different and special."

Yoko looked at her, "Why is it you would prefer the simple things in life compared to expensive things?"

She looked at him and he saw she was thinking, "I don't know Yoko," she answered, "There's not much in my world that I want and what I do want is almost impossible to get."

"Like?" Yoko asked.

"Like acceptance," Yoko looked at her confused as they went over to the stream and sat on some rocks, "When I mean acceptance I mean for people, humans and demon alike, to just accept things for the way they are. Accept people for just being whom they are no matter what they look like, how they act, what they believe in and/or what they are. If people just accepted other people for the things that make them different then all of our worlds would probably be a better place and people wouldn't kill other people. That's one of my greatest desires."

Yoko looked at her and thought for a second and then, without meaning to blurted out, "Do you accept me?"

Nakada looked at him for a while and he just stared at the ground thinking he knew the answer. He and Nakada were on separate stones and she quietly got up and went over to his stone and wrapped her arms around him. Yoko looked at her surprised and saw that she was smiling, "Yes I do accept you," she said and added, "Even when you get angry. I'm mean, if I didn't accept you, I wouldn't love you." Yoko smiled and she saw his tail wag a little and his ears move toward her as he listened to her. She reached up and started to gently scratch behind one ear and he closed his eyes and purred, "Most of the time I don't see these ears or your tail. I see you as I would any other person," Yoko opened his eyes slightly and looked at her with a smile.

"You know, it is sort of the same thing with me. I mostly see you as a demon that looks like a human and not a human who has special abilities. When you look like this, it makes it seem more real." Nakada smiled and let her hand fall from Yoko's ears, which was a great disappointment to him.

"Well that is new, but, do you trust me like I trust you?" Yoko looked at her surprised and she smiled, "Yoko I do trust you that, is another thing that is important to me. Trust. If there were no trust in the world, then there would be no love or friendship. That is why I trust you Yoko, and I know you wouldn't lie to me unless it was for a good reason. That is also why I had told you about Reado," he looked at her, feeling guilty for some reason as she talked to him with the smile on her face.

Yoko managed to put a smile on his face and looked held her close, "I do trust you Nakada and I will never try to break your trust for me."

She smiled and wrapped her arms around him and held him close. Then she looked up at him, "Do you want to stay here or do you want to go somewhere else?" she asked and Yoko thought for a second.

"I see no reason going back to the living room," he said and she smiled and nodded.

They both stood up and walked a little bit before Yoko stopped and stood still. Nakada looked at him worried and went over to him, "Yoko what's wrong?"

But before Yoko could say anything he was kneeling on the ground his arms wrapped around his stomach as he felt the twins began another one of their growth spurts again, "Their…growing…again," he said through breaths and leaned forward his head almost touching the ground. Then he felt his shirt was off of him again and he felt Nakada beside him holding him and trying to get him to turn towards her. Finally she did and held him close and Yoko slowly wrapped his arms around her as well. Soon the pain was gone and Yoko was completely out of breath and he somewhat leaned on Nakada for support, "I'll be glad when they are out," he said as he slowly stood up.

"Well if things go as it should that might happen in ten more days, but what time they decide to be born on that day is uncertain," Yoko looked at Nakada but her face was expressionless and her eyes looked like she was thinking about something. She looked at him and sighed, "We will both have to stay in the bedroom to wait until it starts. But it won't be easy Yoko, and it will be more painful then you think."

Yoko looked down at Nakada and hooked his index finger under her chin and lifted her face up, "I trust you will be there Nakada and will try everything you can to try and help me."

She took his hand that was still holding her chin up and looked at him, "I will try my best."

"I just have one question Nakada," she nodded, "Why are you still holding me?"

She looked angry then but she also began to blush, "Two reasons, one you are holding me as well and I'm still topless!" Yoko winced and closed his eyes.

"Sorry, good enough reasons," and he let her go while his eyes were still closed and turned around. He saw his shirt on the ground not that far away and went to pick it up. When they had left the greenhouse, Nakada told Yoko to go into the living room and she would be there in a few minutes. Yoko sat on the couch he and Nakada had slept in that night and closed his eyes. How am I going to go through with this? She said I wont die but what is it that is growing inside me? All I know is they are babies and one is a boy and the other is a girl. What was in my dream couldn't have possibly be them, that hadn't properly been formed then or now. So they couldn't have had given me that dream. Yoko sighed and looked at the ceiling. Then he heard something and saw Nakada come in with a huge bowl of popcorn.

"I usually find that a good movie and a bowl of popcorn lightens up the worst of moods. Just please don't get angry if I choose a movie that has lost of comedy and little violence," Yoko smiled and nodded. Nakada went over to a shelf full of movie tapes and picked one out to watch. It was "The Pink Panther" and she put it in the VCR and started the movie.

She sat down beside Yoko and he wrapped the blanket around her like the he did the night she confessed to him about Reado only this time she relaxed into his arms with the popcorn on their lap. Half way through, the popcorn was almost done and Nakada was having a hard time chewing what was in her mouth and holding down giggles with a smile on her face. Yoko was almost the same way and they had to set the popcorn in front of them so it wouldn't end up on the floor. Nakada leaned against Yoko her hand covering her face and holding her side while Yoko wiped some tears away from his eyes and wrapped an arm around her.

At the end of the movie they were sitting on the couch and a sleeping Nakada was beside Yoko both under the blanket. He wiped some hair away from her face and cupped it for a second and her eyes fluttered open and looked at him. He smiled as he held her close, "Want to stay down here again?"

Nakada was just too sleepy to reply as she snuggled closer to Yoko, making a little meowing noise as she went back to sleep. Yoko smiled as he gently turned onto his side, so Nakada was in between the back of the couch and Yoko. He laid down on his side and held her close as he went to sleep as well.

Okay now, this is another chapter done and I have a few things to talk about.

1. I was wondering if you people want me to continue the story for through out the next ten days in the story, or if you only want me to skip to the day before the twins or born.

2. Thank you for the reviews Shoulder Monkey, Vix Of The Night, and the newest person to have given me a review, Blackie-Chan ()(sp). But I would like to know what you mean by what you said in your review Blackie-Chan. But all of your reviews are greatly appreciated.

Monkey and Vix Of The Night, I'm not sure what it is that is near, under or on your beds, but if it is a demon, or worse Yoko! I'm not here because I'm am still running from him!

Yoko: I WILL FIND YOU AND EXACT MY REVENGE ON YOU NEKEANA!

Me Sweat drops: well, gulp, see you later, I hope. Oh and sorry for any mistakes.