As soon as Haruie and Chiaki returned, they all piled into Chiaki's car and left for the mall. They went directly to the store that Kagetora had ordered his kimono from and was surprised to see that he had ordered some for them as well in various colors.
For Mia and Haruie, sakura blossom pink with an intricate design of sakura blossoms bordering the hemlines. For Chiaki and Yuzuru a pale blue. For Naoe a light green and for himself a pale royal purple. They were all made of expensive silk and he had gotten the accessories to go with each one. Even Chiaki was delighted with it.
But that wasn't the only surprise he had for them. As soon as they walked out of the store, he dragged them over to the food court. After getting food for everyone, he looked at all of them sitting around the circular table facing him and he smiled.
"I have something else for you as well," he said as he pulled out a package and an envelope from his bagpack.. "I had these custom- made just for all of you."
Then he gave each on a credit card with their names on it and a signet ring.
The others gasped collectively when they saw the rings. They were made of platinum with various stones set in them. Inside the stones was a symbol of a living flame in the shape of a tiger's eye. Their was also their old first name with the Uesugi last name on the outer face of the ring.
"I chose a stone to represent each of you. Mia you get a pink diamond cuz your always looking for the good in people and the fact that your always supportive of whatever decision I make, giving me the benefit of the doubt. For Yuzuru a yellow topaz stone because you always manage to put a smile on my face and you always see the bright side in everything. For Chiaki a sapphire cuz of your sharp intellect, your always analyzing and strategizing in order to help keep us all safe and for Haruie a ruby cuz she's always bright and shining and like the color red, she can brighten up any room." kagetora told them thoughtfully.
He also had one for Naoe that was an emerald, the exact shade of Kagetora's eyes.Then he showed them his ring and they were all commenting on its beauty.
He had the all there stones, including a purple one for him, cut to form a perfect circle , ( like a pie with different color slices) with the inner tigers eye shaped flame in it and his name like the others.
Mia noticed that there was an additional white diamond in it as well. "Who's the white stone?" she asked.
Her brother looked at he and smiled, "it's Irobe's, " he said. Everyone except for Haruie looked at him in surprise. Clearing his throat he continued, " as soon as we master our new powers, I will be bringing him to live with us. After all he is one of. He's a part of this family and I want him here. That means as soon as we get Naoe's family visit over with we get on with our training, because we need to master our abilities as quickly as we can. I know its going to be a challenge for you all and I know it will be hard to live with a baby in our home but we will hire a trusted live- in nanny to help. He belongs with us and I want him." he said fiercely.
The others nodded in full agreement. Chiaki caught his eye and Kagetora saw something he had never really seen s deeply rooted their before, respect. He nodded then changed the subject.
"Boys bring all our stuff to the car then go shopping or something. I'm taking my two lovely sisters shopping. We'll call you when were ready to leave." then he turned to the girls, "ladies will you do me the honor of the pleasure of your company ?" and he executed a perfect bow.
Haruie and Mia blushed and giggled as they nodded happily. With a girl on each arm he walked off without a backward glance.
Chiaki and Yuzuru watched them leave with an indulgent smile.
"I'm happy that he has taken Haruie under his wing as well. She's been so lonely." said Chiaki with a smile. Then he turned to his boyfriend, "lets go Yuzuru, we cant disobey our leader," he said and they hurried off.
For the next few hours, the girls dragged Kagetora to practically every store in the mall. By the time they got to the car, followed by a shell-shocked Kagetora, they had a total of twenty three bags between them. Yuzuru and Chiaki had arms laden with bags as well and Chiaki was never more thankful for his large trunk than he was now. After piling everything in the trunk they all climbed in.
As soon as Kagetora climbed in, he promptly fell asleep. Mia looked over at him and giggled, "oh we wore out poor Taka-chan," she said.
The others looked over at Kagetora and laughed quietly.
"He's been really busy lately." said Chiaki, " a new relationship, leading us and planning for the future as well. No wonder he's worn out. I'm surprised he lasted this long before crashing. And to top it off, he has to meet his in-laws tomorrow as well."
The others groaned in sympathy and decided to let the him sleep.
Naoe had already returned home when they got there. They jumped out of the car and ran up to him to show off their rings and began babbling about their day, before finally unloading the car.
Naoe looked over at the sleeping boy in the backseat and smiled. Then he gently reached over and picked him up before carrying him to their room. After gently laying him on the bed, removing his shoes and covering him up, he went downstairs to find the others.
In the family room...
They were in the family room sorting through the bags and their plans for tomorrow when he found them.
"So tell me all about what happened today." he said.
"well he took me and Haruie shopping after he gave us our own personalized credit cards and rings," Mia said happily.
"He told us that we were gonna be keeping Irobe here with us as soon as we master our new abilities some more," said Yuzuru with a smile.
"He also told us he would be hiring a nanny to take care of the little squirt," said Chiaki and Yuzuru elbowed him for calling Irobe a squirt.
"Last night in my dream, he told me that we were a family and that the reason he bought a house with so many bedrooms, was not only for Irobe and the nanny, but that one of them was Shintaro's." Haruie said calmly and the others gasped in surprise. They immediately stopped what they were doing and turned to her.
With a smile she began to speak, "he told me that he would wait with me for as long as it takes and that as soon as he mastered his visions he would try to find him," she informed them.
Mia came over to Haruie and glomped her happily. All the men were looking away with suspiciously shiny eyes.
"We'll all help you look," said Mia, " we are a family after all."
They others nodded silently before finally turning their attentions back to their shopping bags.
After that Mia and Haruie cooked a light meal for everyone. Then they all played pool and a few other games before turning in early. They would all be having a big day tomorrow after all.
Naoe laid on the bed next to his lover and watched him sleep for a little while. Their was pride for the leader his lover had finally become shining in his eyes.
"Thank you," he said quietly to the sleeping boy , then he too fell asleep.
In the dreamscape...
As soon as Naoe fell asleep, he found himself back on the chocolate beach in Kagetora's dreamscape.
He walked over to his lover who was lying on a beach chair and kissed him.
"Thank you for what you did for the others today," he said quietly.
"Naoe don't thank me. We are a family and its my job to take care of and protect the people I love." said Kagetora with a smile. "By the way ill give you your ring and card tomorrow," he said before pulling Naoe down and kissing him.
"Come lay next to me," he said and Naoe obliged. "Hold on, im bringing the others here," he said.
The others appeared simultaneously. after seeing where they were the girls screamed and ran off to the chocolate fountain and Chiaki and Yuzuru grabbed a surfboard and decided to pick up where they left off.
Naoe and Kagetora made out for most of the time they were there, occasionally looking over at the other's playing. After a couple of hours of this, Kagetora returned everyone except for Naoe back to their respective dreams, then had a quickie with Naoe before closing it and sleeping on peacefully.
Friday morning...
With Mia and Haruie...
Both girls woke up early to make breakfast. The cleaning service that Kagetora had hired would be coming by in an hour. They were planning to go and get their hairs done as well as a facial, manicure and pedicure.
After making breakfast they quickly hurried up the stairs to wake the others.
With Yuzuru and Chiaki...
Yuzuru woke up to find Chiaki smiling at him. "Good morning Shuhei," he said smiling back.
Chiaki leaned down and kissed him hard on the lips, "good morning honey," he said after he had broken the kiss. Yuzuru pulled his head back down and pressed his arousal up against him.
"If you can be gentle, we can have a quickie," he said to Chiaki, "I don't want to be limping today."
Chiaki smiled, " I can do that," he said and began to demonstrate.
They made love passionately before going to the bathroom for a quick shower. They were getting dressed when they heard the knock on the door.
"Chia-niichan, Yuzu-niichan, wake up. The cleaning service will be here in an hour," said Mia, "oh, and breakfast is ready.
"We'll be right there Mia-neechan,"yelled Yuzuru. Since they had all agreed that they were a family , they had began to call each other sister and brother.
"Okay," she yelled back and they could here her retreating steps going down the hall.
They shared a quick kiss before going downstairs.
With Naoe and Kagetora...
Kagetora woke up feeling strangely refreshed and oddly , extremely horny. More so than usual. He looked over at Naoe and smirked when he noticed that he was still sleeping. He giggled and decided to give his lover a special "wake up call."
Sliding down the sheets, he positioned himself between Naoes thighs and began working his cock before taking it into his mouth. He began a steady suction and felt it harden even more.
Naoe was dreaming, he felt something warm and wet around his cock and he moaned. He heard a giggle coming from his lower region and began to awaken.
"Aaaaaaah!" he moaned out as the suction increased. He heard another muffled giggle and opening his eyes, looked down.
"Taka-chan?" he said questioningly before breaking off into a moan. He began thrusting his hips, shoving his throbbing erection deep into Kagetora's mouth. His whole body shook with pleasure.
Kagetora reached for the lubricant and released Naoe's cock from his mouth.
"Mmmm, taka- chan," Naoe groaned in protest.
Kagetora began slicking Naoe's erection with the lub. "As much as I want to taste you, I would much rather feel you inside me," he said as he straddled Naoe's hips and position himself over Naoes massive cock.
Kagetora relaxed his muscles and began pressing down unto the hard cock beneath him. He felt himself open and take in half of Naoe's erection before pausing a bit. Then he slid the rest of the way down, causing both of them to moan in pleasure
Kagetora waited for his body to adjust, then he began to ride, much to Naoe's delight. He leaned forward and, placing his hands unto Naoe's chest, began to undulate his hips, sliding up and down on the large cock and hitting his prostate over and over.
He tightened his inner walls and continued to impale himself upon the rod inside him and Naoe moaned loudly.
"Oh fuck, oh yes, you feel so damn good. Ride me hard," he moaned out.
Kagetora moved his hands up and began to pinch Naoe's nipples as he rode and Naoe's whole body jerked, shoving his cock even deeper inside the boy.
He grabbed kagetora's hips and began thrusting up into him, "oh fuck you so damn good riding my cock like this, you look so sexy right now," naoe grunted out in between his thrusts.
Kagetora bit his lip and throwing his back began touching his erection. He shattered two strokes later.
Naoe felt Kagetora's inner muscles spasming around him shuddered as he picked up the pace. He looked up at the boy riding him, his head thrown back in ecstasy, with his hand on his cock, pumping hot white semen all over him and he climaxed, shooting up into the
tight, waiting cavern around his cock.
Kagetora slumped down unto Naoe an tried to catch his breath. He could hear Naoe's heart beating rapidly under his cheek. Naoe's whole body was still shuddering from its explosive orgasm.
"That... was... your... wake... up ...call," Kagetora panted out , " did... you ... like..it?" he asked.
Naoe groaned , too relaxed in his after glow to even form words.
They laid like that for a while until they heard a knock at the door.
"Naoe, Kagetora-sama, wake the hell up," yelled Haruie, "the cleaning crew will be here in an hour, so quit acting like bunnies on viagra and get the hell out of bed." she yelled disgustedly then stomped off downstairs.
They could here her muttering as she went, something, "about bunnies and "horny possessors" .
They burst out laughing before quickly jumping out of bed and taking a shower. Then they hurried downstairs for breakfast. Fortunately for Naoe, he didn't have to go to the temple today.
forty-five minutes later...
Downstairs...
As soon as breakfast was over, Kagetora surprised everyone by volunteering to clean up so that the girls could go to the salon. Since Chiaki and Yuzuru had a few last minute errands to run as well, they were elected to drop the girls off at the salon.
They could have taken Haruie's bike but Kagetora insisted that they should only use it for emergency or school and that it wasn't a safe mode of transportation for his precious sisters. They all left , silently shaking their heads at his overprotectiveness.
Kagetora finished unloading the dishwasher and turned around to find Naoe leaning against the doorway, openly ogling his firm ass.
"Enjoying the view," he asked Naoe. Naoe smirked and walked up to him.
Pulling him in for a hug, "I'm going to be more than looking in a few minutes," he said , reaching down to cup Kagetora's firm ass.
Kagetora reached up and sealed their lips together for a moment before saying, "no more for you today. The cleaning service will be here any minute and I also wanna be able to walk when your family gets here. Anyway I have your ring to give you as well. I told you about that last night remember."
He pulled out the jewelry box from his pocket and opened it. He took Naoes hand and slipped it onto his ring finger before placing a kiss on it. "Your card is already on your bedside table." he said.
Naoe looked down at the ring and smiled when he saw that he had an emerald stone.
"Why is my stone the exact shade of your eyes?" he asked even though he already knew the answer.
"Baka you should already know the answer to that," said Kagetora swatting him on the arm, then, "because I want you to think of me when you see it and remember that I belong to you and only you," he said softly, his face coloring slightly.
Naoe smirked as he pulled Kagetora in for a kiss.
"I chose purple as my color for two reasons, the first is because of my position and the second is that it like you, it is and extremely intense color." said Kagetora as Naoe studied his ring.
Naoe kissed the hand he was holding and smiled down at his blushing lover.
Kagetora looked away shyly before saying, " so did you like the kimono I got for you?" he asked sounding a bit nervous.
Naoe placed his hand under the boy's chin and turned his head so that he was looking directly into his eyes, " I loved it, it was beautiful. Thank you love." he said reassuringly and Kagetora's blush deepened. He reached down and kissed him.
Just then the doorbell rang and they broke apart. After giving Naoe orders to go watch t.v. and relax , Kagetora went to get the door.
For the next few hours Naoe sat from his viewpoint on a comfortable sofa and watched as everything was cleaned until it gleamed under Kagetora's critical eye.
He watched Kagetora take the orders from a couple of different delivery men but the one that interested him was the delivery of flowers that Kagetora took into the t.v. room and saw as he arrange them artfully into beautiful bouquets in the vases on the table. Noticing Naoe's interested in this activity, Kagetora blushed to his roots, " Mia taught me," he said quietly. Then he moved away and continued on his various tasks until it was time to begin getting ready.
After a few more instructions to the waiters that he had hired from the catering company along with the food, Kagetora went upstairs to get ready and Naoe conceded silently that Kagetora would actually make a good wife.
A few minutes before there guests were to arrive, Naoe began to panic. Kagetora thought it was cute but set about reassuring his nervous lover. He had had a vision and was feeling a bit reassured of their meeting.
"Don't worry so much Naoe, everything will be fine, I have seen it. Also I forget to mention it, I want you to sit a the other end of the table facing me," he said.
Naoe looked up at him surprised, " why ?" he asked.
Kagetora looked into his eyes and answered, " because you're not only my vassal, you're my partner and lover and I consider you my equal. So isn't it natural that you would sit on equal level with me ," he asked reasonably.
Naoe smiled at him, all traces of nervousness suddenly vanishing. He felt reassured and protected and he decided that he liked being the one protected for a change.
Just then the doorbell rang and he hurried down the stairs to the door , to let his family in, Kagetora following at a more sedate pace.
By the time Naoe had composed himself enough to open the door, Kagetora was already next to him.
Naoe opened the door and smiled at his family. " hi guys, come in please," he said.
They removed their footwear and slipped on the slippers provided as they began to enter.
Naoe began to introduce them as they entered, " Taka-chan, this is my grandmother Mihana , my mother Yuki, my father Kaname, my oldest brother Shinohara and his wife Miho, my sister Sakura, my other brother Minoru and the youngest of us all Kaoru." he finished.
Kagetora smiled and bowed and returned their various greetings.
Naoe walked over to his lover and stood by his side, " this is my lord and lover Lord Uesugi Saburo Kagetora currently known as Ougi Takaya." he said.
"Welcome to my home," Kagetora said politely. "Please come and in and meet my family," he said formally, acting like the lord he was.
Naoe looked at his lover , pride shining in his eyes as they escorted his family into the sitting room where the others were waiting.
The others stood up in ranking order as soon as they walked in.
"This is my family," said Kagetora, " my sisters Ougi Mia, Kakizaki Haruie currently known as Kadowaki Ayako and my brothers, Yasuda Nagahide currently known as Chiaki Shuhei, and Yuzuru Narita. There are two more but they are unable to join us at this time," he said.
His family bowed simultaneously and greeted their guests.
"Please have a seat , " said Kagetora, " I'm sure there a few things you wanted to ask about before dinner," he concluded as he walked over to the two seater sofa and settled beside Naoe.
Just then the waiters came in, bearing a selection of tea, wine, and various appetizers for everyone. As soon as everyone had made their selection Kagetora took in the seating arrangements. Naoe's family was seated on the left and Kagetora's on the right.
He looked over at Naoe's mother and smiled, giving her the encouragement she needed to speak, " It's a real pleasure to finally meet you Uesugi-sama. While we had heard all about you from Yoshiaki including the fact that he had finally found you, he forgot to mention that you had finally become a couple ," she said glaring at her son reprovingly.
Kagetora saw Naoe cringe under his mother's reprovingly glare and unconsciously put his hand out as if to shield him from her, drawing her attention to him.
"My apologies Tachibana- san, since we've only recently admitted our feelings to each other and have just began to adjust to becoming a couple, we haven't gotten a chance to inform anyone who wasn't there at the present time." he informed her, "I apologize for my oversight." he said calmly.
Yuki noted the protective stance he held, and the silent message " back off lady" that was behind his polite answer and smiled, " oh, that's all right then. But please I insist that you call me Yuki since we are practically family." she said.
Kagetora relaxed a bit and smiled at her, " then I insist you call me Kagetora.," he said, " thank you for taking such good care of my Naoe. When we spoke of you he had nothing but praises about what a good mother you were. What he didn't tell me was that he got his beautiful eyes from you ," he said charmingly.
Yuki blushed prettily at the compliment, "thank you for the compliment Kagetora-san, I'm very proud of my son."
Kagetora smiled back and nodded, " I can see why ," he said and slanted a sexy look up at Naoe, who flushed with pleasure.
Naoe took in the look Kagetora gave him and flushed, "who knew Kagetora could be so charming," he thought.
"Kagetora-san, you're much younger than I expected you to be," commented Kaname, Naoe's father.
This time Kagetora laughed, " why thank you Kaname-san, considering I'm more than four hundred years old, I'll take that as a compliment," he said , then he got serious, " I'm actually seventeen at the moment, my eighteenth birthday is in two months." he said.
"And your parents?" asked Kaname, a bit concerned.
"My mother left when Mia was ten and my father , when she was thirteen. I've been raising Mia on my own ever since," Kagetora said calmly , "but its fine, we have each other don't we Mia?" he asked.
Mia nodded and smiled, "yes we do Taka-chan," she said fiercely.
Naoe tensed beside Kagetora, he knew that this was a sensitive subject for the boy and had asked his family not to bring it up. Obviously his father ignored that.
Kaname looked at Kagetora, his respect growing. Yoshiaki had informed them all yesterday of their familial situation and had asked him not to bring it up, but he had wanted to see how Kagetora would react. The fact that his sister fiercely stood behind her brother said a lot for him as well.
He nodded and took a sip of his wine.
Kagetora looked at Naoe's grandmother. He knew she would be the hardest one of them all and that her questions would be harsh.
He steeled himself and spoke, " you will not have the answer you seek if you do not ask the question Mihana-sama," he said respectfully.
Mihana looked at the "young" man before her and said, "but will the answer you give be the right one?" she asked shrewdly.
This time Kagetora chuckled, " ask the question and find out," he challenged her.
Everyone looked at the power play that was going on between them worriedly. Naoe's family shifted nervously, they knew that Mihana could be quite harsh and felt a bit sorry for the boy.
"Are you really sure you love my grandson?" she asked boldly.
Naoe and the others looked at Kagetora. He had only recently been told of Kagetora's feelings for him and he wasn't she if Kagetora would answer that question in front of everyone. For the second time that night he regretted inviting his grandmother, the old woman really knew how to stir up trouble.
Kagetora laughed , surprising everyone and turned to Naoe, answering instantly, "yes I do with all my heart." he said looking into Naoe's eyes.
Naoe blushed prettily with pleasure, all his doubts completely laid to rest. Chiaki and the others sighed in relief, their respect growing even further.
Naoe's family had no doubt that Kagetora meant what he said.
His grandmother nodded at his sincerity but continued her interrogation.
"Since Naoe is currently older than you at present what will you do when Naoe gets older and has to move to another body," she asked carefully.
This time Kagetora looked directly at her, " I'm well aware of our age difference," he informed her, " I will be with him regardless of the body he is in and when he changes I will love that body as well. If he moves to a child's body then I will wait for him to grow up. He is mine, nothing will keep us apart," he said fiercely, his eyes flashing yellow briefly as he looked at her.
Naoe began rubbing his back comfortingly , trying to help him relax and Kagetora unconsciously leaned into him. While Kagetora didn't seem to notice his action, Naoe and the others did and he blushed a bit.
Mihana looked at how the younger man had leaned into her grandson, silently relying on him and felt a bit more assured. Still she decided to ask her final and most important question.
"I've all about you over the years from my grandson young man and you were very cruel to him. Why should I trust you not to hurt him again? Can a child like you really take care of him? Why should we allow him to be with you?" she asked, determined to find the answer she was looking for.
"Grandmother, please stop this," Naoe began to beg. But Kagetora stopped him.
Kagetora had known that this question was coming but he was still furious.
"Its all right Naoe," he said, his eyes glowing yellow and his voice changing to that thick, powerful yet eerie three in one voice that they hadn't heard since the incident with Masashi. The others looked at him worriedly.
"She does ask valid question," kagetora continued, " but lets clear up a few things before I give you your answer. First of all I'm not a child as we both know, regardless of the body I currently possess. Even without my memories, I have experienced more than you and lived even longer than you. Yes , I have been cruel to him in the past and I will forever regret that. Over the last four hundred years, we have found new ways to torment each other over and over. I cannot change the past but I can make the future better. Even though I now have visions of the future, even I cannot say that I will never hurt him again or that he will never hurt me. Still I have sealed my memories and put everything we swore to protect at stake, just so we could have this chance. I'm willing to take the risk and so is he. You ask me why you should allow him to be with me, well I say it is not your choice. It's his and he has chosen. I belong to him just as he belongs to me. I love him he is mine and I will not alone anyone or anything to get in my of being with him," he said fiercely and possessively in that powerful voice.
Naoe reached down and began rubbing his back again to soothe him and the violent yellow glow instantly faded as he looked up at Naoe before he leaned into him.
All the others watched. It was obvious to everyone that only had any kind of power over him. The way he calmed instantly and submitted was proof enough.
Kagetora and Naoe meanwhile were so caught up in their own world, were obvlious to the people around them.
The old lady cleared her throat , ready to render her judgment.
AUTHORS NOTE: how do you like my cliff hanger. I hope you liked it so far. I'm going to start typing up the next chapter tomorrow. For now I'm gonna try and get some sleep. I stayed up rewriting this chapter over and over till I was satisfied so I hope you like it. Thank you for reading , please read and review. Sorry for any errors too tired to even read over and I really wanted to get it to you so my bad. Also check out my new story "crimson regret" a naruto and sauke story (yaoi). Night (ZZZZZZZ) author asleep.