A/N: Thank you all for reviewing! So after spending the night with Naraku, what will Naima do about her relationship with Sesshoumaru?...


Naraku's POV

I awoke the next morning to the sun beating down upon my face through the open window next to my bed. My eyes still closed, I inhaled deeply, taking in the early morning scents that poured into my room. The smell of the mid March flowers were very intoxicating, but there was one scent that was far more lovely. I slowly opened my eyes and turned to look at the beautiful woman who was still fast asleep next to me. I smiled to myself noticing how peaceful Naima looked after the emotionally draining night we had had last night. I reached over and ran the back of my hand against her soft cheek, brushing a few stray hairs away in the process. "I wonder what you're dreaming about?" I whispered to myself before kissing her forehead. She shifted a little against my side when I did that. I smiled again, so filled with joy that I had her right here with me. I could never say how much I love this woman because I love her far too much. I loved my dear Naima very much. And why wouldn't I? She's my best friend, my soul mate and, hopefully, my wife. But as of right now, I can only continue to dream on that last one. As far as I'm concerned, Sesshoumaru still has the upperhand, because Naima's comittment to him and her love for him still seems to burn very strong. But I'll be damned if I give up on her. She will be my wife. I just know it.

After laying beside her for a couple more minutes, I began to get a low growl in the pit of my stomach. I was indeed very hungry and I knew that Naima probably would be too when she woke up. So I decided to go make us something to eat. As quietly as I could, I slid out of bed and tip toed out of the bedroom, careful not to disturb her.

When I got into the kitchen, I noticed that Bankotsu was now in the apartment too. I guess he had come home late last night. "Wassup man?" he asked with a big smile when he saw me.

"Wassup?" I replied with the same smile.

"You tell me. I see that Miss Naima's motorcycle is still out there in the parking lot."

"Yes. It is."

"So I take it that you were able to talk things out, huh?"

"Yeah. We did."

"So I guess that little Bankotsu Jr. was planted last night, riiiiight?" I laughed then.

"No." Bankotsu gave me a shocked look as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.

"No?! What do you mean no?!"

"Shhhh, man. She's still asleep."

"Did you put her to sleep?"

"No."

"So you mean to tell me that you slept together, but you didn't 'sleep' with her?"

"No."

"Did your mama drop you on the head when you were little or something? Because you are stoooopid." I laughed again as I began to fry some eggs.

"Now why do you say that man? Weren't you the same one who said that you shouldn't let your dick overrule your head."

"Yes, I did, but I meant that you shouldn't do that when you try to build a relationship off of lust. You and Naima love each other so its okay to do those things."

"Naaah. I couldn't do that to Naima even though I wanted to. She is still in love with Sesshoumaru and I think that if we would have made love, it would have only made the situation worse."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. So what are you two going to do now?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Its all up to her. She's ultimately the one who decides. All I can do is just keep game up so she will realize that I'm all that she needs and not him. But I'm optimistic about it. Sesshoumaru's game seems to be falling off a little, so maybe she'll leave him."

"I know that you'll be happy if she does."

"Happy doesn't even begin to describe how I'll feel. I never knew that it was possible for one man to be in love with one woman like I'm in love with her. To be married to her and have beautiful babies. Now that's my dream."

"Well, I'll tell you my dream. A multi-million dollar contract with Green Bay. Now that's my dream." I laughed out loud.

"You're such an insensitive bastard. How did we get from love to football?"

"Love costs money. Money comes from football. Therefore, love equals football. Its simple math, Naraku."

"I'm still trying to figure out how you got a woman with a philosophy like that. Sai must not know the real Bankotsu yet."

"Or she's just plain stupid," I heard a soft feminine voice all of a sudden say. I turned around from the stove to see that Naima had just walked into the kitchen. I smiled brightly when I saw her and she smiled back.

"Good morning," both me and Bankotsu simutaneously greeted the beautiful panther demon.

"Good morning," she replied sitting at the table beside Bankotsu.

"Are you hungry my dear?" I asked her.

"Of course. That lovely bacon smell got me out of bed."

"Damn Naraku. You should have known that you could get her started with some food. Maybe you should have pulled out the whipcream last night." I turned around and gave my friend a 'shut-the-hell-up!' look. Naima just shook her head and smiled.

"Have you two been having perverted boy talk while I was still asleep?"

"When do we not have perverted boy talk?" Bankotsu replied. Naima rolled her eyes at him.

"Naraku's right. What does Sai see in you?"

"An overly handsome man with style." We both rolled our eyes then. I walked over to the table and placed two plates of breakfast in front of them before sitting down myself. As we all began to eat, everything was pretty normal between the three of us. We cracked jokes on each other and talked about sports and school. Everything was pretty peaceful and calm, when all of a sudden, the sound of shattering glass filtered into the kitchen. We all instantly gave each other confused looks.

"What was that?" Naima asked. We both shrugged our shoulders. We started to eat again, when the sound of a car alarm stopped us. I froze up when I heard the alarm.

"Oh hell no," I gasped as I dropped my fork. I began to get a little concerned because I knew that the car alarm was mine!

"Naraku isn't that your truck?" Bankotsu asked with wide eyes. And with that said, all three of us sprung from the table and flew to the front door. We bolted down the steps outside of our apartment door and ran to the parking lot. My heart almost stopped when I saw the scene before me. My beautiful, custom F-150 was not so beautiful anymore. Both head lights were destroyed, the driver's window shattered, dents all over the hood, the bed of the truck was keyed, all for tires slashed, the Superman design on the back windshield had been marked over, and the back windshield itself was cracked. Then my eyes immediately averted to the one who had obviously caused the damage to the truck that I loved so much.

"Naraku? What's with the upset face? Aren't you glad to see me?" Tsubaki asked as she taunted me from the top of my car. She stood ontop of the roof with a baseball bat swinging in her right hand.

"Damn you Tsubaki! My truck!" I snapped at the audacious woman. She "innocently" put a hand to her mouth.

"Oops. Did I do that? Oh my. I guess my hand must have slipped!" She brought the bat crashing down on my front windshield.

"Tsubaki!!" I yelled as I ran over to the truck and tried to pull her off.

"How could you cheat on me Naraku?!" she screamed as she swung the bat at me as I tried to grab her. "How could you cheat on me with that bitch?! We're supposed to love each other and you cheat on me?!"

"I don't love you, you psychopath!"

"But you do Naraku! You love me very much, but Naima has blinded you from the truth!"

"You are the one who cursed us, idiot!" Naima snapped at the crazed woman. Tsubaki turned and laughed defiantly at her.

"You stupid bitch! You should know better than to try and come against me, because I'll one up you everytime. You see, you should stayed home last night. Because from what I hear, Sesshoumaru was over there this morning and he knows that you didn't come home last night." I heard Naima gasp.

"W-What?" Her facial expression showed her fear. Tsubaki just laughed even more.

"Thaaaat's riiiight. Sesshoumaru knows that you were over here playing 'House' with Naraku in the middle of the night. How you ask? Well you see, that's the wonderful things about camera phones." She pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and held it up to Naima. I heard a clicking noise go off as she obviously took another picture. "Oop! That's a good one. This picture has "Busted" written all over it! Hmmm, I might as well send this to Sesshoumaru too."

"Y-you...you..." I could hear Naima's voice breaking down as a stream of tears began to leak out the corner of her eyes.

"I-I what? Why are you crying Naima? Awww, is poor wittle Naima afwaid of what Sesshoumawu might do? Well, you shouldn't have been over here screwing my boyfriend!"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" I screamed as I grabbed her ankles tightly and pulled her off of my truck. I instantly snatched the bat from her hands and slammed her to the pavement. I heard her gasp as I climbed on top of her and pinned her to the ground.

"Owww...N-Nara-Naraku. Stop. Please," she begged me. Fear written all over her eyes.

"Now you want to beg?! You're over here destroying both my truck and people's relationships and you want to beg?! Just who in the hell do you think I am, Tsubaki?! You shouldn't take my kindness for weakness! I ought to snap you in half for what you did!" I sprung to my feet and jerked her up by her wrists. I then pinned her firmly against the hood of my truck. The tears began to rapidly fall then.

"Naraku I'm sorry. Please stop. I love you Naraku. I love you."

"I DON"T LOVE YOU!!" I yelled at her. I was going to try and hit her like I tried to last night, but like before, Bankotsu stopped me.

"Naraku. Stop," he firmly told me. I struggled against his grip.

"She's Satan Bankotsu! Satan can't feel pain so let me hit her!"

"Now you know damn well if you hit her they will lock you up. And anyways you should be concerned about the woman you love right now." I turned around to see that Naima was gone from where she was earlier. Instead she was running from the direction of our apartment with her motorcycle helmet and keys.

"Wait a minute Naima!" I cried at her as I began to run after her. "Where are you going?!" She turned to me with waterfall tears.

"I've got to go see Sesshoumaru. I made a huge mistake." So I was right. The dog demon did still have the upperhand and she did love him more.

"No. Wait a second. Please," I begged as I grabbed her arm to stop her. "You can't go face him alone, Naima. We both know that he is probably fired up about all of this. I'll go with you." She shook her head as she wriggled free from my grip.

"I must go. I must do this alone. Its all my fault and now I must go fix it." She didn't let me stop her again as she mounted her green Suzuki and rode out of the parking lot. As soon as she was gone from my sights, I stormed back over to Tsubaki and put her into another bone crushing grip.

"Listen and you better listen well," I began in a voice filled with anger and malice. "You better not EVER come around here again, do you understand? You and I are over! We're finished! I don't love you now and I never will! Don't ever come to my house again, because next time, Bankotsu might not be here to stop me!"

"That's okay Naraku. I have a feeling that Naima will handle this whole situation for you," Bankotsu interrupted as he stared at Tsubaki with icy eyes and crossed arms.

"Don't call me! Don't talk to me! Deprogram my number from your phone if you have to! Burn the pictures we took if you have to! I don't want anything else to do with you, or Yura, or Abi, or anyone else associated with you!"

"Why Narakuuuu? Why won't you give me another chance? You see that Naima's heart still belongs to Sesshoumaru. Why do you still love her?"

"Because she is everything that you are not. She's a good woman, Tsubaki. Something you'll never know anything about. Now go! Get out of here!" Tsubaki obeyed and she ran from me, back to her car. She quickly sped out of the parking lot and into the distance. I sighed deeply as both Bankostu went to inspect the damage inflicted upon my truck.

"Wheeew! This is u-gly," Bankostu declared as he looked at my tires.

"I know."

"Didn't I tell you that she was crazy? I told you the whole time that she was crazy."

"'B'! Now is not the time!"

"You're right, you're right. I'm sorry." I sighed deeply as I put a hand on one of my side mirrors, only to have it break off and hit the pavement. I whined loudly as I picked the damaged part off of the ground. "Maaaaaaan," I whined again as I put it in the back of my truck.

"Look on the bright side Naraku."

"What bright side?"

"You just got a lot of money from your car insurance by switching to Geico." I gave him a very annoyed look as my human friend still continued to crack jokes.

"Bankotsu."

"Yeah?"

"Shut. The hell. Up."


A/N: Uh Ohhhh