A/N: Thank you all again for reviewing! So now that Naraku and Naima have kissed again, what will the lovely panther demon do now that she has to see her boyfriend in a few minutes?...


After another unexpected kiss from Naraku, I immediately went upstairs to my bathroom and jumped into the shower. I spent extra time washing myself, for I wanted to be sure that Naraku's scent was completely erased from my body. As I showered, my mind raced and swirled around in a whirlwind of confusion. Why did I want Naraku to kiss me and why didn't I stop him when he did? I mean, Sesshoumaru was a wonderful guy and why would I want to wreck what I have with him? Maybe it was just lust. Naraku really was an attractive guy, so maybe subconciously he was desireable to me. But for some reason, it didn't really feel like lust. I knew that it couldn't be love either, for my heart totally belonged to Sesshoumaru. Well, whatever the reason was, I knew that I couldn't let it happen again.

When I finally finished getting ready in order to meet Sesshoumaru, I walked downstairs and saw that Naraku was still there. He looked at me really awkwardly and I did the same. "You look beautiful," Tarei said to me with bright eyes. I smiled softly at my baby sister.

"Yes. She really does," Naraku said in a quiet voice. He gave me a forced smile. I knew that what happened earlier was still affecting him, just like it was affecting me.

"Thank you," I said, barely above a whisper as I shyed away from his gaze.

"Naraku is going to stay and eat dinner with us," Tarei declared with an overjoyed expression. I smirked to myself a little.

"What? Li's actually leting him stay?" I asked my sister.

"Yes, I am. Is that so hard to believe?" I heard Li say as she suddenly came through the kitchen door. I just smiled in reply. "Naraku, I need to talk to you for a moment in private," Li said to my best friend. Her expression was soft and not stern, so I took it that she wasn't going to be mean to him.

"Alright," Naraku said as he got off of the couch with Tarei. He gave me one more look before disappearing behind the kitchen door with my older sister.

"Well. You all have fun. I'll see you all later on tonight," I said as I quickly walked out of the door, not wanting to stay any longer.


When I pulled up to Sesshoumaru's father's house, I could tell from the cars that I was the last one to arrive. I parked beside Sesshoumaru's car and before I knew it, my boyfriend had come out to meet me. I smiled as he opened the car door for me. "Merry Christmas, Naima," he said before giving me a quick peck on the lips.

"Merry Christmas," I said smiling at him, "you caught my scent?" He nodded his head. He then turned his eyes to the back seat of my car, seeing five presents.

"Are some of those mine?" he asked.

"One of them," I said with a smile.

"So I take it that the colonge and perfume are for my father and Izayoi?" I widended my eyes at him.

"How did you...?" I began to ask, but then I figured it out. "Sesshoumaru you can't be sniffing out your gifts. That's cheating."

"I cannot help that my sense of smell is greater than yours." I smiled at him.

"Don't cheat. I want it to be a suprise." He opened the door and picked the gifts up in his arm. I closed it for him and followed him inside the medium sized home.


Naraku's POV

"What did you want to talk to me about Li?" I asked Naima's older sister as I sat across from her at the kitchen table.

"Look, Naraku. I'm going to get right to the point," she began, "I saw you and Naima out there kissing and I just want to know what are your intentions with my little sister? I know you know that she already has a boyfriend, so why do you insist on coming between them?"

"I love Naima and I want her back. That's all I want."

"You know Naraku, you're being kind of selfish don't you think? I mean, you're trying to drive a wedge between two people who have been in a steady, happy relationship for a little over two years now. And for what? To satisfy the lusts of your heart?"

"It's not lust Li. I love Naima with everything in me. I love the way she talks, the way she walks, I love how she smiles. Her sassy and confident ways. I love how sweet and loyal she is. I love everything about her."

"So you decided to show your love for her by breaking her heart?" I fell silent from Li's last statement. "Don't get me wrong Naraku, I think that you're a sweet boy, but I just don't want Naima to get hurt again. I can tell that you're already confusing her with that kiss you just gave her. All I want is for my sister to be happy and as far as I can tell, she's happy with Sesshoumaru." I smiled at the protective, panther demon.

"I know that I made a mistake by leaving her all those years ago and all I'm trying to do is make it right between us," I said, "all I want is a second chance at love. A chance at love with Naima. I have no intentions of trying to hurt her. All I want to do is make her happy because I love her so much." Li locked her red eyes on mine as she stroked her pregnant stomach.

"You're really serious. Aren't you?" she said, a hint of amazement in her voice. I simply nodded my head. She sighed deeply as she shifted in her chair a little bit. "If it's meant to be, then it will work out on its own and that's all I'm going to say on that." She slid back from the table and I helped her out of the chair. "Thank you," she warmly said.

"You're welcome."

"So are you still staying over for dinner?"

"Tarei won't let me leave." Li laughed out loud.

"I don't know what I'm going to do with that girl."


Naima's POV

"Bout time you got here Naima. We've been waiting on you and I'm hungry as hell," Inuyasha greeted me when I walked into the dinning room with Sesshoumaru.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome snapped, smacking him on the back of his head. I smirked at the half demon.

"Merry Christmas to you too Inuyasha," I sarcastically said.

"Oh don't mind my son," Izayoi, Inuyasha's mom, said as she rose from the table. She walked over to me and gave me a big hug. "How are you honey?" she warmly asked.

"I'm fine," I said as I hugged her back.

"Well you look how you feel," Taisho-Sensei said to me with a smile. I just chuckled.

"Thank you Sir," I said as I took a seat by Sesshoumaru.

"So kids, how has school been going?" Izayoi asked as she began to eat.

"Mom, did you know that dad failed me on my final?" Inuyasha snarled as he cut his meat. Izayoi turned to Taisho-Sensei, who just looked like he didn't know what his son was talking about.

"Honey? Is that true?" she asked sternly. Taisho-Sensei just coughed awkwardly as he kept pretending that he didn't hear anything that was just said. "Honey. I asked you a question."

"Yes. It's true," he finally said after a while.

"Honey! How could you?!" Inuyasha's mom cried.

"Now Izayoi. You know that I treat Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru the same as I do with my other students. If they don't do the work, then they fail. It's as simple as that. You should be fussing at Inuyasha, not me. Anyways, he passed for the semester." Izayoi gave Taisho-Sensei another stern glance, but calmed down.

"So. How did the rest of you do on my husband's exam?" she asked.

"Excellent," Kagome said with a smile.

"Same here," Sesshoumaru calmly said.

"Well...I passed," I informed her.

"Wonderful. I'm glad to see that you all are doing well in your studies."


After dinner was over and we all exchanged gifts, Sesshoumaru wanted me to come up to his bedroom so he could give me his last gift. I had given him a watch and some clothes earlier. He had given me some boots and a motorcycle jacket that I had wanted. When I walked into his bedroom, he instructed me to close the door. I then went to sit on the bed beside him. As soon as I sat down, Sesshoumaru pulled me into a passionate embrace and kiss. I melted into his embrace and returned the kiss with an equal amount of passion. After a few more moments, he broke it and stared at me with gorgeous golden eyes. "Spend the night," he requested.

"I don't have any clothes," I said.

"If you needed clothes, then there would be no reason to stay." I widened my eyes at his statement.

"In your father's house?!" I gasped.

"If you keep quiet, he won't know."

"But our scents..."

"Can be drowned out by incense." I still felt a little apprehesive about it. I knew that I probably wouldn't be able to be quiet and if his dad heard us, I'd die from embarrassment. Sesshoumaru noticed that I was still a little skeptical and let out a deep sigh. "Maybe this will change your mind," he said as he got up and walked to his chest of drawers. He pulled out the top drawer and removed a gift box from it. "Here," he said as he gave it to me. I smiled as I took it from him.

"What's this?"

"The gift I promised you. Go on, open it." I obeyed and tore the wrapping paper to shreds. I opened the long red box and pulled out the final gift. A red, mesh, fly away baby doll and matching underwear. I smirked as I held the lingerie in my hands.

"Wait a minute. You aren't slick, Sesshoumaru. This isn't for me. This is for you."

"So you saw through my facade huh?"

"Well, duh." He just smirked at me.

"Very well then, you caught me. I have no intentions of being nice this Christmas, so go on and model my gift for me." I sighed as I shook my head at him.

"Alright. Turn around." He did as I asked and turned to face the wall. I got off of the bed and stripped of all of my clothing and put on the revealing outfit. "Okay," I said after I was dressed. He turned around and his mouth hung open a bit. "Do you like it?" I asked, feeling the soft material in my hands. He nodded his head as he looked at me from head to toe.

"Come here," he growled in a low voice. I giggled as I went back over to him and sat in his lap. Sesshoumaru's hands instantly began to roam over my thighs as he gently nipped at my neck. "You're such a wonderful woman. So very sexy. Both on the inside and out." I closed my eyes and bit my lip when he told me that. The guilty feeling that I had earlier began to come back. Sesshoumaru was saying all of these sweet things about me, when little did he know that I had just kissed Naraku before I came over to see him. Sesshoumaru trusted me with everything in him and I had just let him down. Maybe I should have just kept it a secret. Maybe it would have been better if I hadn't told him at all. But if I kept it a secret, the guilt would have eaten away at me. I felt that I at least owed Sesshoumaru the truth.

"Sess. Baby," I began as he continued to work over my neck.

"Hmmm?"

"I...I...I need to tell you something."

"What is it Naima?"

"I...I really don't know how to say this..." He stopped his ministrations on my neck and looked me in the eyes.

"What's going on?" he asked, a little concerned. I sighed deeply as I tightly closed my eyes.

"Sesshoumaru...Naraku came by earlier today...well...basically what I...I'm trying to say is...that...I...I...I kinda...kissed Naraku." There was an erie, dead silence between us after I confessed to him what I had done earlier.

"...What? What did you just say?" Sesshoumaru asked after a couple of seconds.

"I...I kissed...Naraku." I slowly opened my eyes, frightened as to what Sesshoumaru's expression now held. To my suprise, I didn't see any anger on his face, but his normal stoic gaze. "Se...Sesshoumaru?"

"You kissed Naraku." he said, more as a statement than a question. I nodded my head nervously.

"I see." As soon as he said that, he hopped off of the bed, causing me to fall from his lap and hit the hard floor.

"Sesshoumaru?" I said as I stared up at him, realizing that his expressionless face didn't show what he felt inside. He didn't say a single word to me. I knew then for sure that he was angry. Sesshoumaru wasn't the type to yell and curse when he was pissed off. No, he just became very quiet. I lifted myself off of the floor and stood facing his back. "Sesshoumaru?" I walked over to him and tried to place my hand on his shoulder. He just flicked my hand off.

"Did you enjoy it?" he asked. I turned my gaze to the hardwood floor. I didn't really know what to say to that. I did enjoy the kiss, but would I be stupid enough to tell him that?

"..."

"I asked you a question Naima. Did you enjoy his kiss?" Tears began to flow from my eyes.

"...I...I'm sorry Sesshoumaru."

"I don't recall asking you if you were sorry. I asked if you enjoyed Naraku's kiss."

"..."

"Hmph. I guess that means 'yes'." He walked over to the door and turned the knob.

"Sesshoumaru wait!" I cried, but he didn't listen as he slammed the door behind him. I walked over to Sesshoumaru's bed and fell face first into the pillows. As I buried my face in the soft white pillows, I cried even harder, knowing that I had just brought drama into our happy relationship.


Sesshoumaru's POV

I didn't quite know what to think when Naima told me that she had kissed Naraku. I felt angry and hurt at the same time. How could she kiss another man when she had me. How dare she kiss another man. Especially Naraku. She must have been out of her mind. As I stood outside on the front porch in the cold New York air, several thoughts crossed my mind. Why did she kiss him? Was I not satisfying her? Was she still in love with him? Did he force himself on her? Then I remembered what Tsubaki had told me about them. Naraku and Naima had thirteen years of friendship between them. She had also said that she believed that if Naraku wanted to, he could take Naima away from me. So she gave me that cursed charm bracelet in order to keep them apart. Even though I decided not to give Naima the bracelet, I never got rid of it. I know that my intentions were to just trust Naima and not let Naraku's presence get to me. But now that I know that they kissed, I'm not so sure if I can keep my guard down when it comes to my woman. I love Naima, mind, body, and soul and I'm not giving her up so easily. Maybe I would regret it later, but right now, I didn't know what else to do.


Naima's POV

I soon drifted off into a deep sleep after crying for a long time. Sesshoumaru had been gone for hours and I knew that he would probably never forgive me. I felt so horrible right now. The emotion of guilt just taking over my body. As I slept, I soon felt something warm rubbing my back. "Naima," I heard my name whispered in my ear. I slowly opened my red, puffy eyes and turned my head to see that Sesshoumaru was now lying in bed with me.

"Sesshouma..." I began to say, but he cut me off with a finger to my lips.

"Listen," he said, "I don't care what you and Naraku had in the past, but if you bring him into our relationship, then it's over between us. Because I will not stand here and play 'Naima's Fool'. You understand me?" I nodded my head. "Now, I'm going to let this slide just this one time. Only because you were honest with me and it's Christmas. Everyone makes mistakes, but don't you dare let it happen again. You got that?" I nodded again. He then sat up and I did likewise. He leaned over and pulled something out of the top drawer of his nightstand. When he turned back to me, I saw that it was a small white box. "I forgot to give you this earlier," he said as he gave it to me. I smiled as I took it. He watched me intensely as I opened it to reveal a beautiful charm bracelet. My eyes lit up when I saw it.

"Oh Sess. It's beautiful," I gasped as I put it on.

"Glad you like it." I looked at him and smiled.

"I love it...and I'm sorry for..."

"Don't apologize. I don't want to talk about Naraku anymore. Let's talk about us," he said as he pushed me back flat on the bed and climbed on top of me. He leaned over and turned out the light by the bed.


Sesshoumaru's POV

I stroked Naima's hair gently as she laid on my knee in a peaceful sleep. The only thing she wore was the necklace that Naraku had given her when they were children and the charm bracelet that I had just given her tonight. I wondered if Tsubaki was right when she said that the bracelet would change how Naima saw Naraku. I hated to have to stoop to such levels in order to keep my woman, but I didn't know what else to do. I'd be damned if Naraku touched my woman like that again.

As quiet as I could I slid out of bed and put on a robe to cover my naked body. I watched Naima as she just shifted onto her other side, still fast asleep. I went over to her purse that was on the dresser and pulled out her cellphone. I then tip toed downstairs, careful not to disturb anyone. As soon as I was outside, away from a house full of sensitive ears, I found the right number in her contacts. He answered after three rings.

"Hello?" Naraku's groggy voice rang over the phone.

"Naraku," I curtly said.

"...Sesshoumaru?"

"Listen Naraku because I'm only going to say this once. You better not ever try anything with Naima again, you got that? What you two had is done. Its over. And if you ever get confused about that again, you better run and hide, because I won't have you come between us." I didn't give the spider demon a chance to reply as I clicked the phone off and walked back into the house. If Naraku thinks that he can just come in and take my woman away from me, then he has another thing coming.


A/N: Ohhhh Sesshoumaru is not playing, lol