A/N: Thank you again for the reviews. So this chapter right here will be a flashback chapter, which will elaborate more on why Naraku left Brooklyn. There is a lemon in this and its Naraku's...

Naraku: Finally

...but this takes place in the past so Sesshoumaru fan girls, hold your rocks, lol

Naraku: Damn


Tsubaki's POV

Things were really going well for me this semester. Well, between Naraku and I, that is. Naraku and I were becoming closer and it was beginning to seem like this relationship wasn't as one sided as it once was. Naima and Naraku had become even more distant and were barely even talking any more. Still, in the back of my mind, I wondered if it was only temporary. If I was more skilled in my magic, I could make sure that their feelings of detachment would be permanent. Sadly, my magical powers weren't quite at that level yet. I had only recently gotten Kikyo back with Muso like I promised him. And no matter how much I manipulate Naraku's mind, he can't stop thinking about his first love. Still, I'm in a lot better shape than I was five years ago.

Flashback (From Tsubaki's POV)

"Choose me! Choose me!" many random teens yelled. The year was 2002 and I was currently thirteen years old and in the eigth grade. We were all in gym class and today was the day that we would play dodgeball. Koga and Bankotsu were the team captains and the were gradually choosing who was worthy to be on their team.

"I pick Naraku," Bankotsu declared. Naraku hopped off of the floor that we were all sitting on and walked over to his best guy friend. I stared at him with dreamy eyes as I watched him stroll across the floor. I had always had a crush on Naraku ever since the day that he told me that my Transformers back pack was cool.

"He's so cute," I cooed to one of my best friends, Abi. Abi looked at him and narrowed her eyes.

"He's okay. I think Bankotsu is cuter." I just laughed.

"Nuh uh. Naraku is because he has very unique eyes. Bankotsu's are the same color as everyone elses."

"Whatever Tsubaki. Do you think he'll pick me today?"

"I hope he picks both of us. I want to be on the same team as Naraku."

"I pick," Koga said as he scanned the room, "I pick, Hiten."

"I pick, Inuyasha," Bankotsu declared.

"I'll take, Muso."

"Awww," Bankotsu whined as he looked at the rest of the young teens on the wall and floor, "nothing left but girls. Alright, I guess I'll take Naima."

"Hey no fair! You got a good one!" Koga cried out.

"Sucks for you," Bankotsu replied with a smirk. I narrowed my eyes at the annoying panther demon as she walked across the gym floor and stood beside Naraku. He gave her a big smile and she smiled back at him. I hated Naima with everything in me. The boys all thought that she was so pretty, because she was developing at a faster rate than I was. She didn't have much chest but she surely had developed into her hips, and everytime she'd walk by the boys, they'd all make perverted comments to her. I didn't have much of either, so the boys pretty much ignored me. I didn't really care until one boy started to take more notice of Naima's beauty. Naraku and Naima had been best friends for a long time and now they were starting to date each other. I wanted Naraku for myself and I couldn't stand the way they always hung all over each other. So I began to hate her with a passion. I didn't let Naraku see my hatred towards her though, because if I did, he wouldn't ever go out with me. So I kept it all inward, being extra nice to her whenever he was around.

"I pick...Kikyo," Koga called out.

"I call Kagura," Bankotsu declared

"Sara's on my team."

"I guess, I'll take...Abi," Bankotsu sighed. Abi held back a squeal as she ran over to their huddle. Since I was the only one left, I just walked over to Koga's squad and joined them.

As we played dodgeball, Naima and Naraku's closeness began to irritate me more than it already did. He would jump in front of her and take the hit of the dodgeballs being thrown at her, despite being scolded by Bankotsu for it. She would just laugh and giggle at his heroic antics. It really upset me. It should have been me he was protecting. Not her. I was the one who loved him. I was the one who was in love with him. I had to break them up. But how?

"Hey half breed," I heard one of the demons on Koga's team call out to Naraku, "stop protecting the girl when you should be playing like a real demon should."

"Shut up!" Naraku huffed back at the young kangaroo demon. As I thought about what I had just seen, it all became a little more clearer as to what I should do. Naraku had always had a problem about being a half demon. He was still picked on by full demon kids, although not as much as he used to be. Naraku thought that his half human side was weak. He had told me before that he wanted to become a full demon. That was it! I could get Naraku away from Naima by telling him about the Shikon Jewel in Japan. Yeaaah, that's it! Then, I would be able to leave and go with him to Japan and we could be together. Just us.

After gym class was over, I ran up to Abi to tell her my idea. "I don't know, Tsubaki," she said, "do you really think he'll leave Brooklyn to search for the Shikon Jewel?"

"Yes and I'll go with him," I declared.

"What about your friends and family? What about me?"

"I'll call you every single day."

"Naraku could call Naima every single day too ya know."

"Hmmm...I've never thought about that. Well...I could always put a spell on him to make sure that he doesn't."

"A spell? You know magic?" I nodded my head. "But I thought that your parents wanted you to become a priestess, not a sorceress."

"What they don't know won't hurt them. My spell will work. I'm sure of it."

Later on that day, I was sitting in Earth Science class with Naraku. We sat beside each other and it was the only class we shared that didn't have Naima in it. "So you mean to tell me that this Shikon Jewel can turn me into a full blooded demon?" Naraku whispered to me in amazement.

"Mmmhmm," I smiled, nodding my head, "are you going to go and find it?"

"Oh yeah! I'm going as soon as school ends for summer! Oh...but I can't leave Naima."

"It won't take you long to find the jewel. I'm sure Naima wouldn't mind. In fact, I think that she secretly wants you to become a full spider demon." He thought about it for a moment.

"I guess I could go for a little while." I smiled to myself. The first part of my plan worked. Now on to the second one.

"You know Naraku, your necklace is getting kind of dirty. I can take it to the bathroom and clean it for you if you want me to," I offered him, running my hand over his shoulder.

"You don't have to do that."

"But I want to. Pleeeease?" He sighed and smiled at me. He hesitated a few seconds more, but took his friendship necklace off and gave it to me.

"I'll be right back," I promised him. I got the bathroom pass and left the classroom.

I walked down the halls and went to my locker to get my shikigami serpant. He slithered around my shoulders. "Ready to do me a favor?" I asked him. He just hissed in reply. I chuckled as I continued to walk down the halls, passing another woman I hated, Kikyo.

"Where are you going Tsubaki? Isn't your class the other way?" she inquired. She was hall monitor this week. I sneered at her.

"I'm going to the bathroom you idiot," I smirked, waving the pass in her face. She narrowed her eyes at me, but continued on her way.

Luckily for me, Naima's classroom was right beside the bathroom. "Okay, go do your job," I whispered to my serpant as it took it's invisibility form and slithered under Naima's classroom door. I waited paitently in the girl's bathroom for my serpant to return. When it did, I saw that it had Naima's blood dripping from it's mouth. I smirked as I dripped her blood onto his necklace and recited an ancient Japanese spell. Once the blood had completely blended in with the fake silver chain, I walked back to class and gave it to Naraku, who thanked me for cleaning it for him.


Naima's POV

I sat in my bedroom looking at a photo album full of pictures of when Naraku and I were growing up. I was beginning to miss my ex best friend and I couldn't help but reminsce on the time we shared together. So many memories that I loved to revisit, but there was one memory that stood out from the rest.

Flashback (From Naima's POV)

"I'm going to leave Japan when school ends Friday," Naraku told me one hot, Tuesday in June as we sat outside at a picnic table in Grant Park. It was the last week of school and Naraku had been telling me since April that when school ended, he was moving away. It still upset me that he would want to move away from me. We had been best friends ever since I was six and he was seven years old. And as we grew older, I began to fall in love with him. I was only thirteen and he was only fourteen at the time, but I knew that I loved him and that we were going to become mates.

"Please Naraku. Don't go," I begged my best friend, "I'll miss you so much if you leave. You know I love you."

"I love you too, but I got to go. I'll be back as soon as I find the jewel. Then we can be together forever."

"You promise."

"Yes I promise," he said with a smile. He then looked at his watch. "I've got to go and meet my dad. Bye bye my dear." He leaned over and gave me a kiss on the lips.

"Bye Naraku," I solemnly said as he got up and walked away. I sighed deeply as I laid my head down in between my folded arms on the picnic table.

"What's wrong girly?" I heard a voice all of a sudden say. I looked up to see that my friends, Lena and Suki, were now standing behind me. They were already in high school and a lot more mature than I was. They were both sophomores and were full blooded rabbit demons. I smiled at them, happy to have company.

"Nothing, it's just that Naraku is moving away on Friday," I told them as they sat down beside me.

"You mean that hot, spider half demon with the long black hair?" Suki asked.

"Chill Suki. That's Naima's boyfriend," Lena chuckled.

"Oops! My bad. So why is he moving away?"

"He's going to look for that Shikon thing in Japan. He says that it will turn him into a full demon, but I don't want him to go away. I like him fine as a half demon."

"Aww poor thing. You want him to stay don't you?" Lena asked, patting my back. I just nodded my head.

"Sleep with him," Suki suggested. I sat up straight and looked at her with wide eyes.

"You mean sex?"

"No, you just hold hands and sing songs. Of couse I mean sex girl." I turned to look at my hands resting in my lap.

"I don't know. I've never had sex before," I nervously said.

"What? A pretty girl like you hasn't been with a boy yet," Lena asked, amazed. I shook my head no.

"You mean Naraku hasn't tried to take your virginity?" I shook my head no again.

"Is he gay?" Suki asked, equally amazed.

"No!" I cried out. "He's just not like that. All we do is kiss and hold hands. He's still a virgin too."

"Oh so it would make it extra special then," Lena declared, "you have to sleep with him if you want to keep him with you."

"Why?" I asked, very nervously.

"Because my big sister told her friend that her sex was so good, that her husband will never leave her," Suki declared.

"Suki's right, Naima. If you sleep with him, he'll stay," Lena agreed. I fiddled with my hands nervously and unsure. I hadn't ever done anything sexual before and I wasn't sure if I was quite ready yet. Still, they were older so they had to know more than I did. Maybe they were right after all.

"What does sex feel like?" I asked curiously.

"It hurts a little at first..."

"It hurts?!" I asked, shocked. If it hurt so much then why did they want me to do it?! Suki just laughed.

"It hurts starting off, but then it begins to feel really good."

"What are you supposed to do?" I asked, very curious now.

"Well," Lena began, "you just take off all your clothes and lie down on your back. Then the man will get on top and move in and out of you. After the pain goes away, you'll start to feel good and all of these strange sounds will come out of your mouth. They're called moans and they are encouraging to a guy. Then you'll begin to hear him moan too. After a while, you'll start to shake and then you'll spill this liquid all over him and he'll do the same inside of you."

"Sounds very complicated," I innocently said. Both of the older girls just laughed.

"It's not," Suki declared, "it'll all come to you when the time is right." Both girls got up from the picnic table.

"I hope you have fun with him," Lena smiled at me. I slightly nodded my head in reply. "Bye bye girly," they said as they walked off, leaving me all alone again. I thought about what the two older demons had said. If I want Naraku to stay, I should have sex with him. I was still very nervous about the idea of sleeping with my best friend, but I really, REALLY, wanted him to stay in Brooklyn with me.


Naraku's POV

As I began to change the oil on Bankotsu's Explorer, all I could think about was Naima. I smiled to myself as I remembered what happened between us the day before I left Brooklyn.

Flashback (From Naraku's POV)

It was now Thursday afternoon and Naima and I were on the bus, riding home from another long day at middle school. I sat contently drawing a robot on my Math folder while Naima sat beside me, very fidgity. I looked at her kind of annoyed because she was disturbing my drawing hand, but also concerned because I could tell that something was wrong with her. "Naima? Is something the matter?" I asked, looking up from my drawing. She turned her head from the window and gave me a nervous look.

"Why...why do you ask that?" she asked, forcing a smile.

"Ummm, because you're shaking a lot."

"N-Nothing's wrong Naraku." I smiled and sighed at her, knowing that she was lying. I decided not to bother her about it and went back to drawing. It was probably some girl thing. We both remained quiet for a while. "I want to have sex, Naraku," I heard her all of a sudden say, completely out of the blue. I looked up from my robot and gave her a wide-eyed stare.

"H-Huh?!" was all I could get out.

"I want to have sex with you tomorrow," she repeated. I continued to stare at her, not knowing what in the hell to say to that.

"Uhhh...o-okay."

"Will your dad be home tomorrow?"

"No, but Muso will. I...I can ask him to leave if you want ...Do...do you really want to have sex with me?"

"Uhhh...yeah," she nervously said. I was just as nervous. I had never had sex before and neither had she so neither of us woud have a clue what to do to each other. I was just thankful that her stop had come up so I could have time to process all of this. "Bye bye Naraku," she said, as I let her out, "I'll see you tomorrow."

"O-Okay, Naima." As soon as she got off, I ran up the bus and plopped down beside Bankotsu. "Dude! I want to have sex!" I cried at him. Right then, he gave me the most creeped out and scared look in the history of man.

"I. Like. Girls," was his simple reply. I felt myself blush when I realized what I said didn't quite come out right.

"Nooo," I corrected, "I mean, Naima wants to have sex with me."

"Congratulations. So why are you telling me this?"

"I have no idea what to do!"

"Neither do I. You're asking the wrong person dude. Ask your brother. He knows what to do."

"No way! He'll only tell dad and I'll get a whooping."

"At fourteen years old?"

"My dad's crazy."

"Well, Muso is your best bet." I sighed deeply, realizing that my friend was right. I got out of the seat and walked to the back a little until I sat down beside Muso. He gave me annoyed look.

"What do you want?" he snapped. I sighed again.

"What...what do you do during sex?" I asked, refusing to look at him. He just laughed.

"Why are you asking me this?"

"Because, Naima wants to have sex with me. Tomorrow."

"Oooo! I'm telling dad!"

"Muso! I never told dad when you had Rnee over last week. Don't snitch on me. Please." He became silent for a few moments.

"If you give me your Superman comics, I won't tell dad and I'll tell you what to do."

"It's a trade."

"Okay. First you need to set the mood by playing a little music, and then you..." He went on to tell me what all I was supposed to do."


Flashback from Naima's POV

As I rode home on the bus with Naraku that Friday, I was extremely nervous. Today was the day that I told him that I wanted to have sex with him. I had worn a pretty, bright yellow sundress and nice underwear for the occasion. Still, my nice outward appearce only masked the confusion I was feeling inside of me. Did I really want to do this? Should I do it? No no. I had to clear my head of all doubts. Lena and Suki told me if I wanted him to stay, I'd have to have sex with him.

We were both very silent as we walked down the sidewalk to his home. I wondered what he was thinking and if he was just as nervous as I was. When we arrived to his apartment door, he pulled out the key and opened the door. I followed him inside and locked the door behind me. "Do you ummm, want something to drink or eat first?" he softly asked as he placed his back pack on the sofa.

"No," I quietly replied, putting my back pack and purse on the sofa too.

"So you just want to go on and get started?" I turned my eyes away from him and stared at the ground."Do you promise you'll stay with me if I have sex with you?" He was quiet for a few moments.

"Y...yes," he finally said. I looked back up at him and stared him deeply in the eyes.

"You really promise?"

"...I promise." I gave him a big smile. He smiled back. He walked over to me and grabbed my hand. I followed him down the hallway and into his bedroom.

As soon as we entered his bedroom, Naraku put his hands around my waist and pulled me closer for a kiss. I slowly reached up and put my arms around his neck while he kissed me. After a while of kissing, Naraku finally broke it and walked over to his radio. He put in a CD which turned out to be a Silk CD. He instantly put it on the "Lose Control" song. He turned around and smiled as he walked back over to me. I smiled back, still very nervous about all of this. Naraku grabbed me by the waist again and planted another, firm kiss on my lips. As I kissed him back, his hands began to wonder up the bottom of my dress and into my panties. I gasped at how cold his hands were. While I was in mid gasp, Naraku decided to slip his tongue into my mouth. We began to battle each other with great curiousity. It was the first time we had frenched kiss and it felt really good. While he kissed me he continued to play with my warmth, moving his fingers around like he was searching for something. When he found it, he began to run his fingers rapidly over it. A strange sound suddenly left my lips as I could feel my warmth beginning to get a little wet. When he heard the sound, Naraku pulled back and gave me a questioning look.

"Does it feel weird?" he asked, cocking his head to the side. I shook my head no and began to walk over to his bed. He watched me intensely as I lifted my dress over my head, my still maturing body in nothing but my underwear. We were both still for a few moments, each waiting for the other to make the next move.

"Aren't you ummm...gonna take something off?" I asked, a little embarrassed. Naraku just nodded as he removed his T-Shirt and jeans. He now only wore boxers. I turned my head, slightly embarrassed for I could now see his member poking through his boxer shorts.

"You still umm...have to take the rest of your clothes off," Naraku informed me, eyes roaming all over my body. I hesitated saying yes. I really didn't want to be the first one naked.

"Same time," I declared.

"Okay," he agreed. We both locked eyes on each other as we stripped the rest of our clothes off. His face was extremely red and I new that mine now had a slight red tint as we looked at one another. I was the first to break contact as I turned around and got into his bed. Naraku followed my lead and got in with me. He then climbed on top of me. He began to kiss my neck as I ran my fingers through his hair. The tingles he sent through my body with his lips made me feel so good. Another moan escaped my lips. Naraku then moved lower to my new breasts. He flicked the nipple rapidly and made it hard. He then clamped down on it and began to suck it. I moaned again as my fingers continued to roam through jet black waves. When he moved onto the other breast, I felt his fingers near my womanhood again.

"Ohhh," I moaned softly trying to get used to this new sensation. I couldn't believe it, but this actually felt good. After a while of foreplay, Naraku finally moved into position. He stared down at me with inquisitive red eyes.

"We don't have to do this if you don't want to," he told me as he stoked my thighs.

"But I want to," I softly replied, "I love you."

"I love you too." He leaned down and gave me a kiss and when he did, he plunged into me. I clenched my eyes as I let out a cry of pain. Naraku stayed very still inside of me. "Naima? Are you okay?" he asked me, voice very worried. I opened my eyes to look at him. I held back tears and nodded my head.

"They said it's supposed to hurt a little," I told him.

"Do you want me to stop?"

"No. I'll be okay." Naraku kissed my cheek as he slowly began to move again. The pain was still there and I was beginning to wonder if it would ever go away. I got my answer as soon as his name left my lips. "Naraaakuuu," I whispered, ever so softly in his ear. He looked at me and smiled softly. I smiled back. I then closed my eyes and I concentrated on this sensation growing in my lower stomach. What it was and why it was there, I didn't know. All I did know was that what Naraku was doing felt really good.

Not soon after he began, he started to speed up. He thrusted into me fast and hard, shaking his small bed. The harder and faster he went, the louder my moans got. He was beginning to tire me out and I had a little sweat covering me. After calling his name one last time, he finally released something within me and I did too. He climbed off of me and laid down beside me. He looked at me and smiled.

"Wowww," was all he could say. I just giggled and nodded my head. We snuggled closer to each other and soon drifted off to sleep.

It was about four thirty when I woke up again. We had gotten home around three thirty. A feeling of bliss was very apparent throughout my body. I remembered what Naraku and I had just done and smiled. It felt so good and I was glad that he had been my first. I rolled over to see if he was awake, but I noticed that he wasn't even in bed. No, instead he was by his window, redressing. I sat straight up in his bed and held his covers to my chest. "What are you doing?" I asked him. He looked over his shoulder and raised his eyebrows a little.

"I'm getting dressed so I can go."

"Go where?"

"To Japan." I widened my eyes as I crawled to the base of the bed, making sure that I was still covered by his top sheet.

"You said you wasn't going," I whined.

"I know, but I changed my mind." I felt a tear escape my eye and fall down my cheek. He had broken his promise to me. I slept with him because he said that he would stay and he was still going to leave me anyways.

"But...you promised," I said, barely above a whisper.

"I'm sorry."

"Naraku. Please. Don't go. I love you. Please stay here with me."

"I can't. I'm sorry but I've got to go." As soon as he said that, I hopped off of his bed and wrapped my arms around one of his legs.

"Naraku! No Naraku please don't do this! Please!" He looked down at me very annoyed.

"I'm going Naima and there isn't a damn thing that you or anybody else can do about it."

"But I love you Naraku! I love you so much, please don't go! You said that you loved me too."

"Love is for weak demons. I cannot afford to love someone, for I'll become too vunerable. No. I shall find this Shikon Jewel and when I do, I'll turn myself into a full demon. Then I won't have to be pushed around anymore." I stared up at my best friend with tears staining my face. How could he say those things when he knew how much I loved him. When he knew that I had fallen IN love with him.

"Naraku please!" I begged as I tightened my grip around his leg. Tears still flowing down my face as I hugged the sheets close to my naked form. Naraku shook his head as he began to put his shirt back on.

"Naima I already told you that I was leaving for Japan today, and I'm NOT changing my mind."

"But we promised to be by each other's side forever." I reached up and held the necklace in my fingers that Naraku had given me all those years ago.

"We'll still be best friends even though we'll be apart. I'll make sure to talk to you everyday."

Naraku finally broke free from my grip and walked out of his bedroom. I shed the sheet and quickly put back on on the yellow sundress, training bra and panties that I had just shed a few minutes before. I ran out of his bedroom and down the steps of his home. I busted through the doors and stood on the outside stoop. I looked left and right, but saw no signs of Naraku. I then looked above me and saw a dark purple cloud of miasma flying away into the distance. I began to cry harder. He had left without even saying goodbye.

End of Flashback


It's amazing how one bad memory can taint a relationship full of good memories. I don't think that I will be able to ever forgive him for turning his back on me after I gave him my all. Still, something deep within me tells me that Naraku truly is sorry for ever hurting me. It was almost like when he woke back up, he had become a different person. Never in a million years would I have thought that he would have deceived me like that. I guess I was just blinded by love. But now, five years later, he has returned and we've both had some time to mature. At nineteen and twenty years old, we were both young adults now. And before the fist fight with Sesshoumaru, we were still just as tight as we were when we were only kids. It had now been a about month since I decided that Naraku and I should not continue our friendship, and now I was beginning to think that I had made a mistake. I really missed him right now. I missed the way he laughed, his kindness, his beautiful smile, his sometimes corny ways. I missed how he used to help me with my homework, I missed how we used to call each other on Sunday to talk trash about the NFL games, I missed how we used to just chill out and listen to our favorite songs. I really missed my best friend right now, but something about it didn't feel quite right. As I sat here reminiscing on the things we used to do and our past together, all the way from 1995 to 2008, I started to feel something deep within me. It was faint, but undeniably there. And what it was I was both scared and not willing to admit. I was still in love...with Naraku.


A/N: Uh ohhhhh