I woke up early Saturday morning only to hear my cell phone ringing and vibrating loudly on the dresser next to my bed. I groaned loudly as I turned over on my other side and caught a glimpse of the clock. Six o'clock in the morning on a Saturday! I reached out and grabbed the noisy phone and opened it to see Bankotsu's picture on the ID screen. "Bankotsu? Do you know what time it is?" I groggily asked.

"Well good morning to you too Naima," he sarcastically replied.

"What do you want?"

"Come ride out with me so I can finish getting these supplies for the party tonight."

"Why so early in the morning?"
"Because we have a game later on and I won't have any time today to get them."

"You couldn't get Naraku or Jakotsu to go with you?"

"I want you to come with me." I sighed.

"...Alright. Give me thirty minutes."

"Okay. Goodbye."

"Bye." I climbed out of bed and drug myself over to my bathroom to take a shower.


"So what all do you have left to get?" I asked Bankotsu when he picked me up in his SUV.

"Cups, food, plates, swimming pool?"

"Swimming pool?"

"Yeah. You know that we have to welcome the new brothers in properly. Didn't you and Kagura have to go through something like that when you pledged for Delta Phi Alpha?"

"No. We didn't have to go through hazing." Bankotsu laughed in reply.

"Well you see, that's where you and I are different. The Sigma Omicron Psi brothers made us kiss cows, stand outside butt naked in the cold, we got paddled, and many other things that I'd prefer not to talk about." It was now my turn to laugh.

"That's awful. So why didn't you just quit?"

"You know I don't give up that easily. Besides, turnabout is fair play. Now I get to put Miroku and Inuyasha through the hell that I went through." I laughed again, imagining Miroku and Inuyasha kissing cows.

"So who are we playing today?"

"Jewel University."

"The Shards?"

"Yeah that's them. What the hell kind of name is 'The Shards' anyways?"

"Don't know. But you know that's where Koga went before he transferred here and became a Demon Lord."

"Yeah I know. He's the one who told us that they're strong in the offense. But that's okay, because me and Suikotsu are going to shut them down. Or else were aren't 'B-Nasty' and the 'Schitzophrenic'." I busted out into laughter.

"What? 'B-Nasty' and the 'Schitzophrenic'? Where did that come from?"

"Those are our football nicknames. You see, they call Suikotsu 'The Schitzophrenic' because he's a crazy man on the football field. It's like he turns into a completely different person. And they call me 'B-Nasty' because I get dirty on the field."

"Is that right now?"

"Yes it is. I mean, why do you think that my number is 69? Because I get dirty."

"Ewww. Miroku has been rubbing off on you I see." He laughed in reply. "Okay, so I already know that Sesshoumaru is called 'The Lord', so what do y'all call Inuyasha and Koga?"

"Well, Inuyasha doesn't have a nickname yet because he's still a freshman, but we call Koga 'Cujo' because he is a beast."

"How about...Hiten and Muso?"

"We call Hiten the 'Thunder Brother' because he lights up the field because of how fast he is and how well he catches. Muso is called 'The Scorpion' because he stings with his tackles. I mean, look at what he did to Naraku the other day."

"And...what about Naraku?"

"I was wondering when you was going to ask about him. His nickname is 'The Black Widower'."

"Whaaat? Sounds menacing. So why do y'all call him that?"

"Isn't it obvious. He's a dangerous receiver and he murders the defense if they get close to him. Naraku is a straight beast on the field. I still can't believe that he let Muso get him so badly that day at practice. But I think that since then, he's only gotten better. He and Sesshoumaru really do make a dynamic duo. Sesshoumaru is a damn good quaterback and Naraku is an awesome wide receiver."

"You know, you're really sounding like Jaken right now." Bankotsu laughed again.

"Yeah, I guess I am."

"So...how do Naraku and Sesshoumaru get along inside the locker room and at away games. You know, when I'm not there?"

"Damn Naima, you want me to be a snitch?"

"It's me you're talking to."

"...Well...they're distant. You know, Sesshoumaru's a very quiet man and keeps to himself a lot and if he does hang with someone, its Koga. Naraku spends most of the time hanging out with me, Suikotsu, and Hiten. They don't really interact much so there isn't any drama between them. Well, no outspoken drama anyways. Coach Taisho won't have any of that, nuh uh."

"So they haven't gotten into any fights?"

"No...well, not yet anyways. I'm not going to lie that there is tension whenever those two are around each other, but I don't think that it'll come to blows just yet." I nodded my head in reply. "I've been meaning to ask you something Naima."

"What is it?"

"About you and Naraku. I don't mean to get into y'all's business, but I am your second closest male friend. Do you ever think about what would have happened between you two if Naraku would have stayed in Brooklyn? Like, do think that y'all would have stayed together?" I was silent for a few moments.

"I have thought about it before and I think that we would more than likely be engaged right now if not already mates."

"Answer me this. If there was no Sesshoumaru in the picture, would you give Naraku a second chance?"

"...It's complicated Bankotsu. Really. I don't know."

"Do you still love him?"

"Of course I do. He's my best friend."

"No I mean do you love him? Are you still in love with him?"

"Oh look we're here!" I suddenly cried when we had reached the party store, trying my best to change the subject. Bankotsu just chuckled.

"Alright Naima, I'll leave you alone. For now."


The rest of that Saturday was very busy and eventful. Our team, the Yokai University Demon Lords beat the opposing Jewel University Shards 24-7. Sesshoumaru ended up being the MVP for another outstanding passing performance. Naraku had also done a great job too. Ever since what happened that day between him and Muso, he breaks tackles more easily and I even think that he's gotten faster. After the game, I went to Delta Phi Alpha's soroity house with my other soroity sisters to get ready for the frat party later on. It was now eight fifty and the party would start at nine.

"You're still coming right?" I asked Sesshoumaru over the phone as I sat on the couch with Kagura, waiting for the other girls to finish.

"Yes. I should be finished helping out my mom by ten thirty," he replied. Sesshoumaru's mother ran a demon orphanage in Queens. That's where Sesshoumaru did his volunteer work in order to keep his scholarship. I thought that it was so sweet how he interacted with the children there, but there was one little girl that seemed to affect him the most. Her name was Rin and she loved Sess to death and to be honest, I think that he loved her too. Although he'd deny it until the day he died.

"Ten thirty? Awww, you'll miss your brother getting his last hazing before he's inducted as a member."

"Mmm. I'd love to see that, but I can't." I sighed

"...Okay. I understand completely. Tell Rin that I said hi and that I didn't forget her Bratz dolls, okay?"

"Alright."

"Bye and I love you baby."

"See you later."

"Okay."

"Sesshoumaru's not coming?" Kagura asked when I hung up the phone.

"Yes, he's just going to be a little late."

"Well, we better be going before we're late too. Come on you guys! Damn, you're just going to sweat all that make up off anyways."

"We'll meet you there, Kagura. Y'all can go on ahead of us," Koga's ex-girfriend, Ayame, replied.

"Alright then. See ya."


By the time Kagura and I had arrived at the party, the Sigma Omicron Psi boys were already beginning to welcome the new brother's into the fraternity. I laughed as I saw all of the guys in handcuffs and with nothing on except for their boxers. They were all standing on a platform with a long kiddie pool full of mud below them. I saw that Kagome and Sango were towards the front of the crowd of people with their camera phones out ready to capture the moment. Kagura and I walked over beside them to get a better view. "I'll never let you forget this you lecher," Sango called out to her boyfriend.

"Neither will I," Kagome added. I laughed again as I now noticed that Inuyasha was red as a beet.

"Remind me. Why did I let you talk me into joining this fraternity?" I heard him growl in Miroku's ear.

"Because Inuyasha, chicks dig frat boys," Miroku replied.

"Alright, as the final test of your loyalty to the Sigma Omicron Psi fraternity, you will now recite the Greek Alphabet backwards and sing the Yokai Univerisity school anthem," a senior Sigma, instructed. All of the pledges reluctantly did it. "Congratulations. You are now official members of Sigma Omicron Psi Fraternity, Inc. Now senior brothers! Let's show 'em how its done!" Without hesitation, all of the Sigma seniors pushed all of the half naked men into the kiddie pool full of mud. The whole place errupted into laughter.

"Remind me to whoop your ass later, Miroku," I heard Inuyasha growl as he spat out a bunch of mud.


I spent most of the party just relaxing and hanging with my soroity sisters, since neither Sesshoumaru or Naraku was anywhere to be found and Bankotsu was the dj. I would call Sess from time to time just to make sure that he was still coming. After about the fifteenth time, he stopped answering my calls. I guess he had gotten annoyed. I had danced a few times with Hiten and Miroku before he started touching my butt, but I spent the rest of the time chilling.

"Now I know that you didn't come here to just sit down and spectate," I heard a voice all of a sudden say to me. I turned and looked to see that it was Naraku who had addressed me. I gave him a big smile and he smiled back. "I refuse to let you sit on this song so let's go," he said as he extended a hand out to me. I smiled again as I took it and followed him out onto the dance floor.

After a couple more dances, I began to let go and just have a good time and didn't even care anymore that my boyfriend wasn't there. "So why were you so late to the party?" I asked him as we danced.

"Oh, Tsubaki called me on my cell and told me that she and Abi were broke down on the side of the highway and asked if they could ride with me and Suikotsu."

"Oh. Okay."

"So what all did I miss?"

"Nothing except for the induction ceremony. They all got pushed into mud."

"Damn, I hate I missed that. I would have loved to see Inuyasha like that."

"You and Sesshoumaru too."

"Where is Sesshoumaru?"

"He had to work late."

"Oh okay." As we continued to dance, I saw that Bankotsu was now looking over at us and grinning from ear to ear and as soon as the song stopped playing, he pulled the record from the turn table and replaced it with another one. What it was, I didn't know.

"Alright y'all I think it's time to slow things down a little," he said, still smiling, "so I'm going to take it back like Kobe and Shaq and put on a special Old School track. 'Lose Control' by Silk. This song is dedicated to two special people, you already know who you are, so dudes grab your lady and make it right." Both Naraku and I turned to Bankotsu and I narrowed my eyes at him. 'I am going to kill him,' I thought to myself.


Naraku's thoughts

I am. Going to. Kill. Him.


Back to Naima

Bankotsu just looked back at us with an innocent smile, like he hadn't done anything wrong. I turned and looked at Naraku with an awkward smile and he did too. "He thinks that he's slick," I said.

"Yes, but not slick enough," Naraku replied. Bankotsu knew that this was 'our song' back when we went out. It was even the song that we lost 'It' to. "Well, we might as well..." I cut his statement short by putting my hands on his shoulders which kind of startled him a little. He responded by placing his hands on my upper waist. As we begin to sway to the music, all of these memories began to come back. All of these good memories that I had with Naraku growing up. From when we met in first grade all the way until now.

"I've always loved this song," I softly said to Naraku as we continued to dance, "so many good memories."

"Yes. I know. I can remember when we first heard it at the Courtland Block Party when we were only twelve years old."

"You remember that?"

"Oh yeah. Like it was yesterday." I looked into his red eyes and smiled. For some reason, I never noticed how beautiful they still were until that moment. I always did think that Naraku had the prettiest eyes. "Do you umm...remember how I used to hold you whenever this song was played?" I heard him softly ask.

"Mmmhmm," I replied. 'Keep your distance! Keep your distance!,' my mind screamed in my head, but my body refused to listen. And without any permission from my brain, I found myself moving closer to him until my body was right against his. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he responded by moving his hands a little lower until they were right above my hips. The next thing I knew, my head somehow found it's way on his shoulder as he held me tighter. Why oh why was my body betraying me?! I was over Naraku. We were finished, yet...I couldn't help but feel...safe? Did Naraku make me feel safe? No, no, no. I had to be losing my mind. It was this damn song and the words it said. I was going to kill Bankotsu the next time I saw him.

"Are you alright Naima?" I heard a soft manly voice whisper in my ear, "am I holding you too tight?" 'Yeah! Say yeah girl! Back away!' I thought, but once again my body refused to obey.

"No. You're fine," I replied. Naraku felt so good against me and he smelled so good to. Why was I thinking these things? I could only come to one conclusion. For some strange reason at that moment...I just wanted to...just...lose control. So I just lost all control and allowed myself to enjoy dancing with my ex love. Until my new love arrived.

"Excuse me, but can I cut in?" I heard a familiar voice all of a sudden say. I looked up to see that Sesshoumaru was now standing behind Naraku. We instantly broke the embrace and looked at my boyfriend.

"Uhh...yeah man. She's all yours," Naraku said as he placed my hand in his, "thank you for the dance, Naima."

"No problem," I replied as I watched him walk off. I then turned to Sesshoumaru and gave him a big hug and kiss. I finished the rest of the song dancing with him, glancing over his shoulder occasionally to look at Naraku who was now dancing with Tsubaki. And I kept wondering in my head, why did I let myself lose control?


Naraku's POV

"You know that I couldn't just let you dance all alone, now could I?" Tsubaki said as she instantly grabbed me after I separated from Naima. I looked down at my good friend's teal eyes and smiled.

"No. No I guess you couldn't."

"Ah! That reminds me. I meant to give this to you earlier." She broke from my embrace for a few seconds to fidget around in her skirt pocket. She then pulled out a chain that turned out to be my friendship necklace. My eyes lit up when I saw it.

"Where did you find this?" I asked.

"In the football stadium parking lot. I thought that it was yours. Good thing that I found it before a car ran over it," she said with a big smile.

"Thank you so much, Tsubaki," I said as I let her fasten the necklace around me.

"You can thank me by taking me out tomorrow night," she said. I laughed in reply.

"Okay I can do that."

"Glad to hear," she said as she wrapped her arms around me again. As I finished dancing to the song with Tsubaki, I would glance over her shoulder sometimes to look at Naima, now with the new man in her life. Even though she wasn't with me now, it felt good to just lose control. If only for a few moments.


A/N: Ahhhh yes. Nothing like crazy football names. lol. At my school they had some F'd up football nicknames. lol.