A/N: What will happen during the talk? OH! Also, here are the descriptions for what Matt and Tai are wearing. Enjoy~

Matt—

Wears a pair of deep blue, worn pants, perfect for agile movement, a sleeveless, forest green, hooded t-shirt with a wolf head on the back, and a pair of black tennis shoes. His pack that he keeps with him is dark gray, and has a dragon patch and phoenix feathers on it.

Tai—

Wears a pair of black pants, a blood red v-neck shirt with a flame on the back, a pair of light gray converse, and a light blue headband with his goggles. His pack is blue and red.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story, Shadow, & Night.

Dragon Spirit

Chapter 6

Once I had sat next to Tai, he looked back into the fire. I copied him, gazing into the flickering flames.

"So, you like me, huh?" he murmured.

"Yes," I whispered.

"And as more than a friend?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you want to tell me?"

"…I'm scared you don't feel the same way," I mumbled, lowering my head. "I'm scared you'll hate me, and that things would be too awkward between us if I told you, then this journey wouldn't work out."

"Matt," Tai interrupted. "I don't care about all of that. It's fine. I promise."

"What makes you say that?" I asked in a slightly panicked voice. I was terrified he was going to say that we should split up for the time being. The brunette turned and gazed into my eyes when I finally looked up.

"Because, Matt, I like you, too," he admitted. I stared at him, shocked; he really liked me back? This is just too good to be true.

Suddenly, he pressed his lips to mine firmly, kissing me. Stunned, I didn't react at first, but when he started to pull away, I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. I shivered when one of his hands ran down my spine, and moaned softly into Tai's mouth. When his tongue brushed against my bottom lip, I gasped, allowing him access to my mouth. The slick muscle pushed past my teeth, parting them, and swept through my moist cavern, tasting me.

Eventually, the need for air became too great, and we parted, breathing heavily. I noticed the brunette's chocolate brown eyes had darkened more to dark chocolate in color with lust, and I realized I had gotten hard. I blushed bright red, embarrassed to high hell, but the blush pretty much spread to my ears when Tai noticed. He smirked, licking his lips with the tip of his tongue, and I watched as he reached for my pants.

"Want me to take care of this for you?" he whispered, his voice low and husky.

"Please," I whimpered, and he pushed me back gently until I was lying on my back on the grass. He slowly, teasingly, pulled my pants and boxers down, until the articles of clothing were at my knees. That's when he lowered his head. I moaned loudly when the hot, wet suction enveloped my hardened cock, and involuntarily bucked my hips up. Tai was quick to pin my hips to the ground with his hands, though, causing me to make a noise of protest.

I gripped his hair tightly as he sucked, making him flick those chocolate orbs up to my face curiously, and hence drawing pleasured gasps and cries from me as his tongue swirled around my dick. He stopped for a brief moment, kissed the head of my erection, making me whimper, and then resumed sucking. Out of nowhere, Taichi deep-throated me, causing me to moan quite loudly.

"T-Tai…I'm g-gonna—" I stuttered, but didn't get to finish before I came, releasing into his mouth with a pleasured cry. I vaguely felt him swallow my cum, and as I lay there, panting and trying to catch my breath, he crawled over to lie next to me on his side so he could watch me recover.

"How'd I do?" the brunette asked softly, smiling slightly.

"I think…I died and…went to heaven…" I panted, looking into his eyes.

"That good, huh? And that was the first blowjob I've ever given, too," he chuckled.

"Really? Coulda fooled me," I laughed breathlessly. He kissed me gently on my lips, and when the kiss deepened, I gave a pleased sound as I realized the new taste to his mouth was me. We broke apart, gazing lovingly into the other's eyes. "I love you, Tai."

"I love you, too, Matt," he murmured, and then heaved a sigh after a minute.

"What?"

"We should probably get into the tent now, and get some sleep," he said.

"All right," I nodded, and sat up, pulled my boxers and pants back up, and then stood. I paused before going into the tent, though. "Wait a sec, what about Shadow and Night? And Joshua and Neku?"

"We're all back," Neku's voice rang out, and we looked to see our partners and friends standing at the edge of the campsite.

"How'd it go?" Joshua asked. "Oh, wait, never mind, we already know." He giggled at the last part.

"You heard us, didn't you?" I muttered, feeling mortified.

"Actually, we heard you, Yamato, not Tai," Neku smirked, and I immediately ducked into the tent, blushing bright red with embarrassment. The ginger poked his head into the tent for a moment. "Congrats, Yamato. I knew it would go well."

"Thanks, Neku," I smiled slightly at him, still blushing.

"Get some sleep, kid. You're gonna need it for tomorrow," he chuckled, and ducked out, allowing Tai to enter.

"You okay?" he asked in a worried voice as he crawled over to me. I lay down, resting my head on his chest and covering us with a blanket before answering.

"Yeah, just mortified that they heard us," I replied. He kissed my forehead before wrapping his arms around me in a warm embrace.

"It's okay, I thought it was hot," he snickered, and I rolled my eyes.

"Whatever," I muttered. He kissed me lightly again.

"Goodnight, Matt," he murmured. "I love you."

"Goodnight, Tai. I love you, too," I breathed, and went to sleep in my new lover's arms.

X*X*X*X*X*X*X

When morning came, I realized I hadn't suffered a nightmare at all, and I chalked it up to sleeping in Taichi's arms through the night. Yawning widely, I started to sit up, but stopped when I felt the brunette's arms still wrapped around my waist. I paused, not wanting to wake him, but I could tell we needed to get up for the day. So, instead of shaking him awake, I carefully shifted in his grip until I was facing him, and then pressed my lips to his in a gentle kiss. He didn't react immediately, but was kissing me back in a few seconds.

"Matt…" he sighed against my lips. When we parted, he had a goofy grin on his face. "Well, that had to be the best good morning I've ever gotten. I could get used to waking up like this."

"I'm glad you liked it," I smirked. A sudden scrambling from Joshua and Neku's tent had us both looking up, alarmed, though.

"Dammit, Joshua!" Neku's voice snapped, sounding flustered. "Please don't wake me up like that when we're not home!"

"But Nekky, you normally enjoy it!" Joshua's voice whined. I snickered quietly; sounds like Josh had tried to pull something on Neku.

"Yes, but we're not normally away from home!" the ginger hissed. "So don't try and get me hard in the morning when we're with friends!" I choked on a breath of air, and began laughing, as did Tai.

"I think they heard us, Nekky," Josh giggled.

"I know that!" Neku growled, and then he poked his head into our tent. "What are you two doing awake?"

"I woke up first, and then gave Tai a good morning kiss," I explained, snickering. "Did Joshua seriously try and get you hard first thing as soon as he woke up, Neku?" The older man blushed and glared at me.

"Yes, now shut the hell up!" he spat, and then ducked out. "Now they know your bad habit, Josh!" he shouted at his significant other.

"Oh please, Nekky," Joshua scoffed. "That just means we actually have a sex life."

"SHUT UP," the ginger growled. Tai and I exited our tent to see him scowling at the ground while Joshua was watching him with a pleased smirk on his lips.

"You just love pissing him off, don't you?" Tai guessed, looking at the ashen blonde.

"What was your first clue?" I chuckled. "He's always been like that with Neku."

"Very true, Yamato," my old boss giggled. "And I love teasing my Nekky~"

"Man, so much arguing and sugary sweetness in the morning is gonna give me a headache," Night complained as he joined us with a yawning Shadow.

"Good morning to you, too," I grinned at my partner.

"Oh, hush," he muttered. "Congratulations on last night, by the way, for confessing to Taichi."

"I knew they would like each other back," Shadow smiled. "So, when do we head out for the temple?"

"We can head out now and eat on the way," Joshua suggested. "And we're going by air."

"How? You guys don't have a ride," Tai pointed out, confused.

"Actually, we have my spirit animal, Kidaté," the ashen blonde smirked.

"Oh yeah, your Pegasus," I remembered. "I remembered her. She's beautiful."

"Yep, so let me summon her now," Joshua nodded, and then put two fingers to his lips and whistled. In a flurry of sparkles, a large, white winged horse appeared. She had violet tinges on the ends of her feathers and some violet strands in her mane and tail. Her eyes were ashen gold, and she seemed to smile at all of us.

"It's good to see you again, Yamato," she greeted. She looked at Joshua. "I'm assuming you need my services with flight?"

"Yes, we're going to the temple," he confirmed. "Kyuubi told you about what happened last night, right?"

"He did," she nodded. "All right, we'll head out when you're all ready." We began to pack up our things quickly, and then gathered in the center of the clearing. Shadow and Night shifted to their larger forms, and once Tai and I had climbed onto their backs, we all left the clearing, following Kidaté to the temple. We flew in silence, but as we got closer to the temple, I could feel Night tensing beneath me as the sky became dark with storm clouds.

"What's wrong, Night?" I asked over the wind.

"I keep feeling like we're going to be attacked, like it's a sixth sense or something," he growled, the sound rumbling through his chest. Kidaté and Shadow looked over at us, but then the winged horse shrieked and raced ahead as a blast of darkness shot after her.

"Look out!" she screamed, and I could see the panic in Joshua's and Neku's eyes as she weaved through the sky, desperately attempting to avoid the blasts. Night flapped his wings hard once, aiming a wind blade attack into the dark clouds, and slicing apart the covering in the sky to reveal seven dark, winged serpents.

"What the hell are those?!" Tai yelped.

"Sky servants of Ishu!" Kidaté shouted. "Watch out for their dark cannon attacks!" As soon as she said that, however, they fired at us, and we began to weave through the sky, trying to avoid the attacks and avoid colliding with each other.

A sudden loud whinny made me look over, and I gasped in horror when I saw that Kidaté had been hit. Joshua looked terrified for the first time that I could remember, and Neku held onto him tightly. Kyuubi appeared on Neku's shoulder, and he fired several blue fireballs at the dark cannon shots, blasting through them and hitting the sky servants.

"You need to fight back!" the fox shouted to Tai and me over the noise. We nodded and had our partners fly towards the sky servants. I whipped out my katana blades at the same time Tai pulled out his, and we streaked through the darkening sky at them. I severed one's head, and Night shot a light blast at another, successfully taking it out.

"Two down, five to go," I muttered under my breath as we darted off to kill another. I spotted Tai and Shadow as they killed a couple of them, and then Night flew closer to them. "Where'd the last three go?" I called.

"I don't know!" the brunette yelled back. Shadow and Night, though, seemed to know, because they snarled and bolted to rejoin Kidaté. The winged horse neighed loudly before charging up an attack.

"LIGHT PULSE!" she cried out, and released a burst of light energy from her body, destroying the last three of the serpents. Panting, she began to descend, spiraling towards the ground and landing heavily on the forest floor with a thud. Shadow and Night followed her, landing on either side of her as her chest heaved from her harsh breathing.

"Are you okay, Kidaté?" Joshua asked his spirit animal shakily, rubbing his hand along her neck.

"I'll be…okay…" she panted, her muscles quivering from the energy she had used.

"Thanks for the help, Kyuubi," Neku told the fox gratefully. "You arrived in the nick of time."

"Don't worry about it," Kyuubi smiled. "As long as Kidaté will be okay, that's what matters."

"Try not to worry about me too much," Kidaté giggled.

"What the hell was that all about?" I asked them, butting in.

"Apparently Ishu doesn't want you guys at the temple for some reason," Neku frowned.

"Hopefully we can get some answers eventually," Tai murmured.

"Yeah, really," Shadow grumbled.

"Let's rest here for now, guys," Joshua suggested. "I want Kidaté to rest before we move on."

"Sounds good to me," Night agreed. Shadow and Night shifted back to their normal sizes, and then we pulled out some fruit to eat. When Joshua began to rummage through his pack, though, the two dragons perked up when they caught scent of something.

"What meat do you have in your pack, Joshua?" Shadow demanded, his eyes gleaming with a hungry look.

"Oh, just unicorn meat. I meant to bring it out sooner, but I nearly forgot about it," the ashen blonde shrugged. "Want some?"

"Hell yes!" the pair of dragons cried out. Josh giggled and pulled out the meat, wrapped in white paper from the butcher's. It was a large cut, too, by the look of it. Night swiftly arranged some branches and rocks to make a small fire pit, and then lit it with his fire breath. Once the fire was burning, Shadow and Night cooked it over the fire before taking large pieces for themselves, and then handed some to Tai and me each.

"Thanks," we nodded to our partners, and watched as the two dragons happily ate their shares. I bit into mine, nearly moaning at the tenderness and heartiness of the meat. Tai watched me for a second before biting into his, too, and then he actually did moan from the taste.

"I told you it was good," I smirked at my lover.

"Yeah, you were right!" he grinned once he had swallowed. We finished off our shares of the meat, laughing lightly at out partners when they sat back, sighing in content.

"So how far are we from the temple?" I asked Joshua and Neku as I leaned over onto Tai's shoulder. The brunette wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed my temple lovingly.

"Probably a couple of miles, but it's going to be tomorrow that we head out," Neku answered. "I don't want to risk being attacked again in one day."

"Makes sense," Tai nodded, and then started to stand up. "I'll set up our tent, then." My lover pitched our tent, and the eight of us just chatted idly about random things until it was nighttime. Once the sun had fully set, Shadow doused the flames and everyone went to their respective sleeping places. As Tai and I settled down for the night in our tent, I gazed into his brown eyes with my blue ones, and he kissed me softly.

"Goodnight, Tai. I love you," I murmured against his lips.

"Goodnight, Matt. I love you, too," he whispered, and I wrapped my arms around his waist as he did the same to me. I sighed happily when he kissed the top of my head, and buried my face into his chest. Closing my eyes, I fell right to sleep in my love's embrace.

A/N: And there's that! I hope you enjoyed it, and I apologize for moving it a bit quickly, but I can't help it sometimes. Anyway, R&R, peeps!