ONE LAST CHANCE

Yoko sat in the hot springs cleaning his two children, who were in shallow pools, as he laid, naked, in the lager hot springs. The water wasn't too hot for the twins; he figured that Water had something to do with that. He smiled as he watched Dianna laugh and splash in the little pool, her brother doing the same thing.

When he was done bathing them, he gently placed each one of them in the two-pouched kangaroo-bathing pocket. He held them close and felt the temperature in the hot spring he was in get a little cooler. He smiled as he held his children close and nudged the sides of their heads, gently, with his chin. He closed his eyes as he sighed, with his chin in between the two small heads of the babes. He opened his eyes as he pulled his head back to try and look at Dianna and Calan, "Do you two know how precious you are to me?" he asked them as he gently rocked them up and down in his arms. Unknown to him that there was a third audience member. He closed his eyes and laid his temple on the top of Calan's head, "You two and your mother mean more to me than any of you will ever know. I was a baka when I had denied you two and wouldn't listen to your mother."

He opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling, "Because of that," he looked at his children, "We can't be a proper family like we should. Everyday, I try and figure out how to tell Nakada that I have been taking care of you two the best way that I can. I try to tell her, how much I love the three of you and how much I need you. It is because of the three of you that I have regretted everything that I have done." Yoko chuckled a little, closing his eyes and then opening them again, "All the horrible things I have done, have gone and come back to bite me in the butt. B-U-T-T. Talk about bad karma. How am I ever going to tell Nakada all of those things and get her to actually listen and believe me? I have blown away so many chances that I have lost count of all of them. I probably wouldn't give myself another chance as well after all that I have done."

He looked at his children that were huddled against him as he held them close, "But for you two, and to try to mend your mother's heart, I will try, somehow, to get one last chance. Though, I highly doubt I will get that chance, and I'm not sure if I will be able to mend her heart. For I know, I will probably make it worse. She would no doubtable be better off with another man."

"But what if I don't want another man?" Yoko instantly stood up and looked behind him, holding the twins close.

Nakada looked at him with wide eyes, then instantly smiled as she turned around and covered her eyes, "Little too much skin Yoko," she said, trying to hold in her giggles as Yoko looked at her dumbfounded, unable to understand at all what was going on. The teenager turned her head to see if Yoko had done something to hide…well…to hide certain parts of his body that shouldn't be publicly seen, "For goodness sakes Yoko! Kneel down into the water or something!"

The stooped fox suddenly came back to reality as he sat back down into the water, "S-sorry Nakada," he said, still not sure on what to say.

Nakada turned around when she heard the water stop moving and smiled at him. She bit her lips a little to try to stop her self from smiling, but it was no use as a huge grin appeared on her face as she walking over to Yoko. She kneeled down laid down on her side as she looked at the kitsune's face. Her grin turned into a small smile as she raised her hand to Yoko's face and gently cupped his jaw.

Yoko sat absolutely still as she did this, unaware of anything that was happening. Not daring to hope that this was real in case it came crashing down on him.

Nakada continued to smile as she brushed her thumb along Yoko's jaw line, "I never would have thought you felt that way about me Yoko, or the twins. I always thought that, I was just another toy to you because I was a human. A human with special abilities but a human none the less. I never would have thought that you felt this way," Nakada's eyes shimmered with the love that had once been there for all to see, but had been replaced with hate and pain. The girl looked down as she took a breath and then looked up at him, "Yoko? Can I trust you…and I mean really trust you…can I really trust you not to hurt me again if I give you another chance? Because after this it's sayonara and I am never, ever coming back."

Yoko wrapped one arm around the back of the twins, to keep them safe, as his other hand went to the jaw of his love's face. He looked into her eyes, forgetting to stop himself from hopping as he stared into the girl's eyes. He let himself hope like there was no tomorrow, he let happiness, hope and love enter his heart. He let his eyes show his emotions as he stared into Nakada's ice blue eyes that were showing the same thing; only hers were lined with tears. Yoko pressed his forehead to hers as he closed his eyes and then opened them to look into her eyes again.

He wanted to kiss her, but he knew he had to say something to earn that privilege first. He took a breath, "You can trust me Nakada, and I won't ever hurt you ever." He saw the tears that were lining Nakada's eyes fall as he spoke, "I will tell you everything you need or want me to tell you, I well always tell you the truth, unless I am planning on giving you a very good, happy surprise." He moved from her face a little so he could gently wipe away his love's tears as his own suddenly began to fall down and a smile appeared on his face, "And if I ever intentionally, cheat on you, hurt you…I won't go cut myself up, I will go and kill myself without a second thought."

Nakada stared at his left ear, she smiled when she didn't see it flick and looked at him with a smile, and tears of happiness still falling from her eyes, "I love you so much Yoko," she said as she stared at the fox who had stolen her heart.

Yoko smiled as he let out his breath, that he had been unnoticeably holding. He closed his eyes and tilted his head to the side and captured her lips in a wonderful kiss that felt like they had been apart for way too long.

Calan and Dianna were asleep in cribs as their parents watched over them. Yoko wrapped his arms around Nakada from behind her and she sighed as she leaned against him. The fox looked at his love and spoke with a smile, "This has to be the best day of my life," he held the teenager closer. He looked at the twins, "I kept on wondering how to get us together like this, but I didn't know how." Yoko turned Nakada around in his arms and she looked at him with a smile on her face, "Not that I'm complaining, or trying to ruin the mood, but, why did you give me another chance?"

The teenager's ears twitched a little and tilted her head a little as she smiled, "You can thank the elements and Lucifer for that."

With that, she raised her hand and the fox could see a video camera Yoko had seen Lucifer have on the first day he had taken the twins to his tent. He let go of Nakada and took hold of the camera, "What is this contraption anyway?"

Nakada laughed a little as she watched Yoko fiddle with it, "You remember when we saw people on T.V. back at the mansion?" Yoko looked at her and nodded, "Well, the way they are able to be on the screen is that they are recorded by video camera's like this one, only more advance in some ways." The kitsune looked at the teenager with wide eyes, "The Lucifer tapped how you treated the twins, what you said and everything. The elements tied me down to the ground in order for me to watch it."

Yoko stared at Nakada and, without remembering the sleeping twins, he yelled, "THANK YOU ELEMENTS AND LUCIFER!"

Nakada clamped her hand over Yoko's mouth to shut him up, but it was too late, the babies woke up and started crying. Nakada turned to look at Yoko with a glare in her eyes. The fox stared back at her and smiled as he closed his eyes and scratched the back of his head, "Ha ha…opps?" Nakada sighed and sweat dropped.