A/N: Man I am so swamped with things that haven't even started on. Not only is everyone trying to push me into college as soon as possible they are also trying to plan out my life for me which is a complete annoyance. I like to take life one day at a time and waking up to the unexpected. Sad to say I may not write anything for Samurai champloo for a little while since I want to finish all my other stories first and then start on two new ones. But I will not abandon such a wonderful show and I will one day return! Thank you NinjaBunnyOverlord, sugarbabz44, Arianna441, peckforever, bubbles365, princessAralee, Scarlet letters in the snow, CuriousRiz, Friends1004, LilDinky, Chocately-Chip-Sasukex, ancim, IchigoluvsRukiaforever, Lord OF Illusion, kamiluv. Love to all of you!

Day 7

To say Jin was relieved was an understatement. Not only would Mugen have made the worst mistake of his life, Fuu would've been all alone again with her heart broken, and as odd as it sounded, Mugen would've probably been heart broken too.

He had always heard the saying it was better to have love and loss then never to have loved at all. Whoever had said that was a complete idiot, you can't miss what you've never had. If Mugen had never met Fuu or never been stranded with her on that island, he would've gone on with his life not caring weather he'd be alive tomorrow. But if he had missed his chance at having Fuu in his life when he realized how much he really cared for her, it would've been far worse than a life where he would've never met or fell in love with her at all. The already damaged pirate would've probably killed himself knowing one of life's simple pleasures and then losing it. Loss of love was a loss of life.

"Hey Jin did you hear me?" asked Fuu who was eating breakfast across from him at the table.

He was fortunate to have found an available hut last night now that Mugen and Fuu needed somewhere to stay for a little while until they decided to do whatever it was they were going to do. "I'm sorry Fuu what was that?"

"I said is it true that they were planning on building a village on the island Mugen and I were stranded on?" She took another big bite of her fish that Mugen had caught earlier. There was a lake nearby full of fish and as soon as Mugen had heard about it he stripped himself of his clothes and dove into the lake catching numerous fish in his hands. Fuu thought it was amazing how they were no longer on a deserted island and yet he still acted like a scavenger.

Finally Jin nodded and murmured a yes. Fu started thinking about the island when Mugen walked in with another huge stack of fish. "Coming though!" he said setting the dirty and soaking fish on the table.

"Ugh Mugen!" Fuu pouted.

"What the hell I do now!" asked a very agitated Mugen.

"You didn't have to cover the entire table were we were eating!" yelled Fuu who had just lost the remainder of her cooked fish under the filth of a bunch of unwashed raw fish.

Mugen just clicked his tongue and sat down beside her. "You're such an ungrateful little bitch, we were stranded on an island with no real food to eat for days and now that you have enough to feed your skinny ass, you wanna complain."

Fuu huffed out a frustrated breath of air. "At least I still consider the people around me."

Mugen smirked playfully at her. "If you were real considerate you would-"

"Oh Mugen!" gasped Fuu. "Not in front of Jin."

"You already did it more than once! What's the big deal?" asked Mugen sliding closer to her.

Fuu tired to push him away but he was already too close. "Not right now," she hissed.

"What now you're shy?"

Jin was about to ask them to not do what he thought they were about to do but was silenced when he saw Mugen give a simple kiss on the lips, nothing barbaric or graphic like he was expecting. (A/N: Yes I know what you were all thinking, you little perverts.)

When Mugen finally moved away Fuu was bright red and Mugen looked very satisfied. He glanced over to Jin and gave him an odd look. "What's your deal?"

Jin just shook his head. "Nothing," he answered.

Fuu smiled at Jin apologetically but none the less leaned her head on Mugen's shoulder. Jin watched as Mugen accepted the tender touch without grimacing or flinching. It made him think of Shino and how whenever she touched him it was nothing awkward or uncomfortable. That was how he first knew he loved her, because she made him feel secure when he was defenseless.

Jin knew how Mugen was when he felt defenseless, he felt scared and paranoid and often reacted violently. He had concluded that's why he had tried to let Fuu go, because he couldn't and wasn't ready to handle such vulnerability. Now all of a sudden Mugen seemed so well adjusted, but he supposed after surviving an island with a bunch if pirates, low food supply and dangerous wildlife, you were capable of adapting to anything.

Finally Fuu spoke up raised her voice loud enough so it seemed like she was talking to both men when really she was talking more to Mugen than to Jin. "You know I was thinking…"