Previously:

"Don't cry anymore Momo, I'm here and I'll protect you, I promise." He whispered as he listened to her cries get lower and lower until they were gone and her steady breathing was the only noise he could hear.

"Thank you." She whispered before drifting off to sleep.

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What Money Can't Buy

Chapter Seven

By: Regina Guthrie

"Golfing Works Better With Targets You Wanna Hit"

Small droplets of water stained the glass on the outside of the many windows scattered on the walls of Toshiro's room. The sun beamed through and made the small bits of water shine with beauty. Momo sighed as the sun hit her face and the cold air made contact with the skin of her cheek. She groaned and snuggled her face into the source of the warmth she had been cuddled up to most of the night. A smile over took her features as she became satisfied with the feeling. Then it hit her. What was she cuddled up to?

Momo opened her eyes and glanced upwards to the what appeared to be a sleeping Toshiro. Her cheeks turned red as she noticed there position. As if sleeping with him wasn't bad enough, they were almost glued together. His arms were rather tightly around her small figure while her face was buried into his neck and his in her hair. There legs were entwined and to make matters worse her night gowned was riding up, really far up.

Momo tried to wiggle out of his grip to at least pull the skirt of her gown down, but when she began to move Toshiro breathed out slowly and tightened his grip around her causing her to squeak slightly at the pressure he had implied on her. She cursed under her breath as she slowly placed her hands on his arm and tried to inch it off of her. While doing so Toshiro's eyes began to flutter open softly as Momo held her breath. He groaned softly as his face pushed deeper into her hair and took in a deep satisfied breath. Momo stiffened while shifting her head up a little to look at his now he closed his eyes. She sighed, thankful she hadn't woke him so she thought. She continued moving around, trying to slip out of his grip but his hold was too strong.

"This is actually a pleasant way to wake up." He murmured into her hair as his hot breath tickled her scalp. He nuzzled at her hairline with his nose a few times before replacing it with his chin.

"Speak for yourself." Momo growled out still wiggling around in his grasp. He only chuckled and loosened his hold a small bit. But it was enough for Momo to pull the skirt of her dress down.

"If I do recall, you came to me last night. Not the other way around." He pointed out with a smile plastered on his face. Momo growled again as she pushed herself upwards into a sitting position. Toshiro let his arms fall from around her and pulled his legs away from hers when she started to have trouble getting his off of hers.

"It's not like I had any other choice." She snapped.

"You could have cried yourself to sleep." He snapped back. Momo opened her mouth to counter but then closed it. A scowl overtook her features as she slammed her head back down into one of his smooth pillows that could have been mistaken for clouds. She pulled the blanket up over her and hid her whole body and head under it. Toshiro gazed over to the side of the bed she had taken.

"I wasn't thinking." She finally said in a muffled voice caused by the layers of cloth over her being. Toshiro smirked.

"Your heart was thinking for you." He muttered under his breath. It took a minute for Momo to comprehend what he had just spoken but when she did, she shot herself up quickly while the blanket slowly slipped down her body.

"You would never ever be in my heart in that way, I came here last night because I was scared, there was no one else but you to get comfort from." She rose her voice as she glared at him. Toshiro smirked.

"Ow, that was a little harsh coming from an angel." He chuckled as Momo's face did not change. His laughs finally faded and then he became serious. "But still, you did come to me, even if I wasn't the first on your mind." Momo was still glaring as he moved closer to her. She scooted a bit backwards until there was nothing more but the edge of the bed. Toshiro placed his hand on her knee and began to stroke up to her silky thighs and back down again. Momo's mouth was gapped open a little with her breaths coming out slowly but hearable. Her eyes fallowed his hand as it stopped shortly a little bit higher then her mid-thigh. His fingers began to kneed the skin there. While Momo's eyes were on his hand, his was on her face expression. Finally a glint of pleasure shown in hers for a second and that was all he needed.

He roughly yanked her into the middle of his king sized bed causing a yelp to escape her lips. Her hair scattered over the pillows as he chuckled at her. He then slowly moved on top of her and brushed his lips over her forehead. He waited patiently for her to push him off or do an action that complied in the same category as that. But instead she laid her right cheek onto the pillow and sighed as her eyes closed softly. Toshiro smirked as his plan was working. He bent down slowly until his nose brushed the warm smooth skin of her neck. He then smiled as his tongue slithered out of his mouth and made contacted with her heated skin. Momo jumped slightly from the feeling of his wet tongue on her warm neck and hummed lowly.

Toshiro smirked as his tongue journeyed up her neck and stopped. Momo groaned lowly and flopped her head to the other side as she closed her eyes more tightly. Toshiro then dove down again and started to trail soft long kisses down the other side of her exposed neck, Momo didn't move during the whole thing, she just sat there and enjoyed the feeling he was giving her. He then brought his hands to her hips and started to rub them up and down her sides, making her squirm a little under his hands. The feeling of his warm rough fingers rubbing up against her burning hot skin made her thoughts go wild. She couldn't think or take in what was happening all at once. As if too soon for her liking though, he pulled away and started to laugh.

"So what part of you were you fallowing that time?" He laughed as he watched her confused face. Suddenly it hit her like a ton of bricks. Had she just sat there and let him do all that to her and not have noticed it was wrong? She mentally slapped herself in the forehead and started to climb out of his bed. But before her feet made contact with the floor, Toshiro pulled her back to him and smiled down at her, which she didn't return. "I'm sorry, but apparently I am in your heart that way, at least a small bit considering that you hadn't even tried to make me stop once." He said as he kissed her forehead.

"It wasn't intended, and I'll fight it, if you are correct." She whispered as she looked down with a glare. Toshiro chuckled.

"Go get ready, we're going golfing today." He whispered back with a small smirk. Momo sighed and nodded before heading towards the end of his bed. She crawled off and walked out of his room while he got up and walked towards his dresser.

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The cool air flooded into Toshiro's car windows as it spun down the crowded rode. The sun was overly bright and the sky was overly clear of everything but a few white birds soaring threw the sky. Momo twisted her head to glance at the man next to her. Then turned back when he had paid no heed to her. In a way, she did wonder if he was right. Did she put him in her heart in that way? It had only been a few weeks and now she liked him? It couldn't be. But the dreams seemed so real and then this morning, she wanted both events to continue. Was that right? It must have been wrong, she didn't want to like him in that way. But it was happening. A sharp pain struck her cheek and then disappeared as the thoughts did too. She reached her hand up to the bruise that sat there and groaned.

"Does it hurt?" The voice of the man next to her asked worriedly. Momo looked over to him to see that he was trying to glimpse over at her every few seconds while keeping his eyes on the rode.

"A little, Not that much though." She sighed as she ran her fingers down the purple area and then left it alone.

"I wish I had come sooner, If I did you wouldn't have had that happen to you." He said angrily, as if scowling at himself more then her. Momo looked over to him and shook her head.

"No, If I had listened to you in the first place it wouldn't have happened." She whispered back. Toshiro glimpsed over at her with wide eyes and then back at the rode. Momo smiled as she saw the shock appear over his features.

"Wow, didn't see that one coming." He murmured under his breath. Momo giggled and looked at him with a smile.

"What? Is it so unnatural for someone to be nice for a change." She giggled a little more and shook her head.

"For someone, no. For you, maybe. For you to be nice to me, double yes." He sighed and looked over to her. Momo gazed in his direction and then smiled sweetly and then looked back out the window. Toshiro thought for a long moment as the silence between them became unbearable. Why was she being so nice to him? She was never nice to him. It didn't make since. But after he thought about it, she did come out of the bathroom that had belonged to his dead grandfather. He had died a month ago and Toshiro still hadn't taken the time to clean out the medication drawer. "Are you on something?" Toshiro asked out of the blue as he glimpsed over to her. Momo's hands became fists as she shot her head around with a glare.

"What?!" She hissed with a killer look. Toshiro flinched as he shook his head in a 'nothing' signal. Momo sighed angrily as she flopped back in her seat while crossing her arms. Then her face lightened a bit as she placed her finger to her chin. Toshiro looked at her. "Well, actually, now that i think about it, I remember swallowing some white pills this morning. And I do feel a little strange." She said in a strained voice as she closed her eyes and moaned. Toshiro shook his head and looked forward as he took a right.

"Your little wise guy jokes are getting a little out of hand sweet heart." He growled at her as he caught her peek a look through her eyelids and then close it while moaning out again. One of her hands gripped her stomach as she pretended to make a barfing noise.

"Toshiro, I'm serious, they were just to calm me down and now... now i feel woozy!" She said loudly with another strained sound escaping her lips. Toshiro looked towards her and noticed her face turning a reddish color. He growled, pushing the breaks and turning off of the rode. Momo yelped at his sudden action and grabbed onto the cars dash board while the car came to a stop.

"Now I suggest you stop these little games before I make you ride on the roof." He said with a seriously angry voice. Momo's eyes widened as she gasped and then laughed at him. Toshiro rose an eyebrow and then shook his head. "You think I'm joking?" He angrily growled. Momo's laughs lightened as she giggled.

"I don't believe you would do that. I call you a bluff." She smiled towards him with a overly achieved look on her face. Toshiro growled at her and then grabbed the door handle and pushed the door open.

"Watch me." Was the last thing that came from his lips before he was out of the car and walking over to her side. Momo gasped as she noticed he wasn't kidding and pushed the lock on the door down. Toshiro smirked at her action and with one hand grabbed the handle. He then used his other to reach into his pocket and grab the control that locked and unlocked the car. He didn't pull it out of his pocket but just pushed the unlock button and yanked the door open when it clicked. Momo gasped as he quickly reached across her and undid her seatbelt. Momo shrieked when she was literally yanked out of his car and over his shoulder.

"T...Toshiro! S...Stop!" She screamed as he started to lift her up to the roof of his car. He smirked as he watched the terror on her face brighten as she wiggled to get free. He only shook his head and placed her back into her seat with a chuckle. Momo's face turned bright red as she noticed he had just played her like a board game. He jumped into the front seat with a smirk on his face and started to drive off. Momo glared at him most of the way there until he turned to her.

"How was my wise guy joke? I think I did better then you." He chuckled as he watched Momo's cheeks become bigger as she groaned and looked out the window again.

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The wind blew lightly through the small golf coarse making the branches of the few trees around sway with a light rhythm. Hills extended out far and fell into small ditches then up again while the grass was a lime green with no sign of any mixed colors in-between. A little pond sat in the middle with a white picket fence circling around it.

Momo pulled on her ponytail, trying to get it up higher and tighter but gave up when she had noticed the elastic was too loose. Toshiro was still by there golf cart trying to get there equipment in order. Momo had thought about asking if he needed help, but considering he thought she had jacked some pills from somewhere last time she tried to be nice, she decided to let him take care of it. It wasn't like she wanted to help anyways.

While waiting for him to finish she scanned the area down looking at the many little different things she hadn't seen before in her life. Taking in her surroundings she noticed that most of the couples and people there were over aged. They were the only young couple there. There was one couple that didn't look as old as the rest but they still looked in there late forties. Momo sighed at the thought of them taking the youngest age. Of all the things they could have done today, Toshiro had decided to hit a ball into a hole.

After a few more minutes Toshiro had finally gotten everything in fit order and was walking to where Momo was standing. He placed the long bag that held all the golf clubs and balls down gently to the ground. He then pulled out one of each and started to set the ball up on the small plastic planted in the ground to hold the ball. Momo rose an eyebrow as she watched him position the ball and then hold the club up to her.

"I don't wanna hit the ball with some stick, it's stupid." She protested, pushing the club out of her face and back to Toshiro.

"It's called a golf club and that's the point of the game angel." He chuckled. Momo growled and stuck her tongue out at him.

"It's still a stick. And the game is stupid." She stated her opinion while sticking her nose into the air. Toshiro shook his head at her with a sigh.

"Your so stubborn." He murmured to himself as he pulled out another golf club and handed it to her. She just looked at him and shook her head. "I'm going first, this is your 'stick' to use when it's your turn." He instructed. Momo hesitated for a moment and then sighed angrily while snatching it from him. Toshiro smirked at his success and positioned his club so it was in line with the ball and took a nice easy hit at it, causing it to role smoothly into the whole. He turned to Momo and moved out of the way. "Your turn" Momo frowned as she stepped up to the plastic thing. Toshiro set another ball down and moved to the side. Momo looked at the stick in her hand and didn't have a clue in the world how to use it.

"Umm..." She said in a questioning voice while looking at the golf club and back to Toshiro. He laughed lightly as he noticed she didn't know how to use or hold it.

"Okay, now look, position your hands like this." Toshiro instructed as he demonstrated how to hold a golf club so it would hit the ball properly and actually come close to making it in the hole. Momo looked at his hands and then down at hers with a confused look. She started to move her hands in different positions on the stick, trying to get the one that looked like his. Toshiro smirked as he watched her get irritated as the seconds went by. He walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. He placed his right hand on hers and his left hand on her left. "Like this." He whispered into her ear. Momo's cheeks began to turn pink, and at the moment she could only concentrate on how close they were.

Toshiro went to pull there hands to swing at the little golf ball when a gust of wind hit. It wasn't very strong but strong enough to knock the small flag in back of the hole down. Toshiro sighed as he withdrew his hands. "Now stay like that and don't swing until I get back." He instructed as he started to walk towards the little blue flag. Momo sighed and watched as he was almost made it to the flag. Then an idea shot through her mind. She looked down at the ball and back to Toshiro.

"I couldn't." She said to herself with a sigh. Toshiro turned around to face her, he hadn't made it to the flag yet but he must have heard her. The only reason he would have turned around unless he was done.

"What was that, my little angel?" Momo frowned instantly and her eyebrows furrowed. She hated it when he called her that.

"Nothing." She growled. 'Maybe just once. Once wouldn't hurt anyone, would it? After all people say it's bad to keep to much of your anger bundled up inside, right?' Toshiro shrugged as he turned around. Momo smirked and gripped the stick tighter. The wind started to blow lightly and Toshiro bent down, grabbing the flag in his hand, and started to set it back up. Momo brought the stick back behind her a little and paused. Toshiro started to stand up and Momo swing as hard as she could, sending the ball flying but also causing her to fall with a yelp. Toshiro swung around to see what was wrong with her but only to be met with a sharp pain in the middle of his eyes.

"Mother of... Ugh!" He nearly screamed as he put his hands on his forehead. Momo bit the insides of her cheeks to keep from laughing or even smiling. Toshiro instantly looked towards her with a stern glare. Momo looked down at the grass. He opened his mouth to speak but Momo beat him to it.

"Aren't you proud of me, Toshiro? Your little angel hit the target and a lot better then she was aiming for too." Momo busted out laughing. She couldn't help it, it was just to funny for her to stand anymore. Toshiro growled as he rose to his feet and picked up the golf ball. He turned around and started to walk towards Momo. She looked up at him and finally stopped laughing as he picked up her stick and the bag they had taken with them.

"Let's go." He growled lowly under his breath. Momo pouted and crossed her arms

"But I was just getting good at it too!" She fussed. Toshiro grabbed her arm, helped her up and then drug her to the car.

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Okay this was chapter seven for you! I thought the first two parts were written fine but the last part was a little... bad lol. But oh well, I hope it at least satisfied you lovely people a little! lol Well I have updated and I so should have left this at a cliffy! It would have served someone *coughMerciless Rubycough* right for leaving my favorite story at a cliffy! lol but oh well, couldn't figure out any good ones. I hope you all liked this chapter, and reviews make my world go round! So push the reviews go bottom!