A/N: First of all, I'd like to say GO COWBOYS!! lol and second of all I'd like to know if you like my story so far, so don't be afraid to review it.


I knocked on Bankotsu's apartment door and waited patiently for someone to come and answer. I could hear the sounds of the game and men yelling blasting through the door. Finally after a few seconds, Jakotsu came and opened the door. "Hey Naima," he warmly said greeting me with a hug. Jakotsu didn't like women very much, but I was an exception.

"Hi Jakotsu," I replied before walking inside and shutting the door behind me. "Hi guys," I said.

"Hey," they mumbled in reply. Bankotsu, Jakotsu, Suikotsu, Renkotsu, and Hiten were all sitting on the couch and floor playing Madden 2007 and eating snacks. Bankotsu gave me a big smile when he saw me.

"C'mon ma. You can sit by me," he said as he patted a floor pillow next to him. I placed my keys on the counter and went to sit down next to him. "You know, since we have six people now, we can play teams."

"Alright. I call Hiten," Suikotsu declared.

"I'm taking Renkotsu," Bankotsu called. I was left with Jakotsu. After Bankotsu finished beating Suikotsu on the current game, he restarted the whole system. "Me and Naima are up first." I turned around and took the controller from Suikotsu. Bankotsu selected the Patriots and I selected the Colts. He pressed start and we began the game.

"Hey man you got any more cold ones?" Hiten asked.

"Yeah they're in the fridge," Bankotsu replied. Hiten left and went into Bankotsu's kitchen. After a few seconds he came back with a Miller in his hand.

"Okay so like I was saying, Yura and I went out last night at this club just down the street. She's grinding on me and being all seductive, so after a while, I'm standing at attention if you know what I mean." The boys except for Jakotsu started laughing. "So then I take her back to the dorm, because Muso wasn't going to be there, so I take her back and..." His voice trailed off. He looked at me, obviously hesitating to finish his story. "Oh I'm sorry Naima," he said, "maybe I shouldn't talk about these things when there's a lady in the midst."

"Man, Naima isn't a lady," Bankotsu said, still eyeing the TV, "look at her. Would a lady be kicking my ass right now at this game? Ahhh...maaaaan, got dammit Naima!" I laughed for I just scored another touchdown, giving me a total of 21 points and him only 7.

"Don't mess with my Colts bay-beee," I smiled as I taunted him. Bankotsu rolled his eyes and smiled back.

"See Hiten, Naima is what I like to call 'A-Best-of-Both-Worlds-Chick'. You don't have to censor stuff around her. She's cool enough to be one of the guys, but she's still girly enough to give you those goosebumps. Ask Naraku. He'll tell you." He winked at me and I in turn whacked him over the head. Bankotsu then laughed. "See. What did I tell you? Go on with the rest of the story Hiten."

"Okay. Well, I took her back to the dorm and she's got me all hot and ready. But then she just leaves me hanging," he said.

"Whaaat?" Bankotsu said while laughing.

"Yeah man she left me blue." Bankotsu then busted out into a fit of laughter.

"She's teasing you," I said. Hiten looked at me with raised eyebrows.

"What do you mean?"

"She's testing and teasing you at the same time," I explained, "she wants to make love, but she wants to see if you have the self control first. Plus, she wants you to chase after her and not let it be so easy for you. At least that's my opinion."

"So you mean I'm supposed to chase her?"

"Yeah. I mean what woman doesn't want to be chased after by a guy she likes? Its obvious that she likes you, isn't it?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Alright then there you go. If you don't want to be blue again, you need to work for it because she's not going to give it up that easily." He smirked to himself.

"I never thought about it like that."

"See what I tell you," Bankotsu said, "best of both worlds ain't it?" Hiten nodded. He bent down and picked up his bookbag and jacket.

"Hey where you going, man?" Suikotsu asked.

"I'm going to find my woman," Hiten simply replied before shutting the door behind him. Renkotsu then looked at the clock on the wall. It was now seven o'clock.

"Hey I'm out too. I need to study for my pyro class," he said as he picked up his back pack too.

"Alright. See you later then," Bankotsu said before his brother shut the door.

It was now nine o'clock and Bankotsu, Suikotsu, and I were the only ones still playing the game. Jakotsu had since gone to his room to study. As we sat in the darkness, the only lighting being from the big screen, the doorknob on the front door began to turn. The door opened and Naraku walked in. "Hey man," Bankotsu and Suikotsu said.

"Hi Naraku," I said.

"Hey y'all," he replied while coming over and sitting by me. "So who's winning?"

"Naima. For the freakin 900th time," Suikotsu chuckled. I laughed out loud. Naraku did too.

"You must be really awful then Bankotsu," he said.

"No. I think its because since she's a demon, she has more skills than me. That's all. If she was a human I'd mop the floor with her," Bankotsu declared.

"Is that right now?" Naraku said, still amused. He rose up off of the floor and started walking down the hallway to his bedroom. "Come on Naima," he said.

"Okay, hold on," I replied.

"Whoa!" Bankotsu cried, "where the hell do you two think y'all are going?" I smiled as I got off of the floor and handed the controller to Suikotsu.

"To his bedroom. Duh," I replied. Bankotsu narrowed his eyes at me.

"To do what?"

"Ah! What a dirty, dirty mind you have. We're just going to talk. We've always done this."

"Suuuure," Bankotsu smirked, "riiiight. Just do like my mother used to say and 'Leave the door open.'" I giggled as I began to follow my best friend down the hall.

"Leave that door open!" Bankotsu called again out to us.

"Sooo how was your date?" I asked Naraku as I laid on his bed watching him brush his hair in the mirror. Naraku had a nice sized room and a big comfy bed too. His two favorite colors, black and red, were everywhere.

"It wasn't a date," he replied, "and it was cool."

"Where did y'all go?"

"Some Sushi Bar on 5th street."

"Oh yeah. Takahama's."

"Yeah that's it."

"I heard the food was good."

"Oh yeah it was."

"So what did you guys do?"

"What do you do in a restaurant?"

"I don't know. Shop?" He shook his head and smiled while walking over to his bed.

"You are so silly," he said, as he laid down beside me. "We just talked about stuff and caught up on lost time. Stuff like that."

"So are you guys going to start seeing each other?"

"Girl, I just got back into town. I want to settle in first." I lightly laughed as I hugged his pillow closer to my body. "So what are you and Sesshoumaru doing tomorrow night?"

"Let's see. Tomorrow is Thursday, so Sess will be working the night shift on his job. So I guess nothing."

"Let's go out tomorrow. Just you and me."

"Okay. Where do you want to go?"

"The Silk Room." I chuckled.

"For real?"

"Yeah. Bankotsu told me its cool."

"It is."

"So you want to go?"

"Yeah. Sure why not?"

"Alright then." I looked over on his dresser and got a glimpse of the time. Ten o'clock. I rolled off of my stomach and over on my side before getting up out of the bed. "Going home?"

"Yeah," I replied, "its getting late."

"I'll walk you outside." Naraku ushered me out his door as he followed close behind.


Tsubaki's POV

"So how was it?" Abi asked me upon my return to our apartment.

"Nice," I replied, "we went to Takahama's and walked around the park for a little while. Where's Yura?"

"Oh she's out with Hiten."

"Oh, okay."

"So were there any sparks between you two?"

"I don't know yet, but I'm not going to give up."

"You better hurry up before he falls for Naima again."

"Ha! I'm not worried about it. If it comes down to it, I'll just do what I did last time."

"You don't mean..."

"That's exactly what I mean." Even though it'd hurt me too if I did do that, I don't want Naraku to be with anyone but me. Especially her. If I can't have him, then she can't either.