A/N: Thank you for the reviews!! I'm glad to see that people are still sticking by me after 54 chappies! THANK YOU!!!

So now that Naima knows that Sesshoumaru has an idea that Sesshoumaru has been getting sneaky, what will she do about it? Song lyrics are "What You Won't Do For Love" by Bobby Caldwell. lol, yeah I took it waaaay back in the day


I guess you wonder where I've been
I searched to find a love within
I came back to let you know
Got a thing for you and I can't let go

After the mysterious conversation with Sai, I mind was buzzing with question. What all did she know about Sesshoumaru? Why did Tsubaki's name come up as well? I had called her several times the rest of that Saturday and earlier today, but she kept repeating those same vague words. 'Things aren't always as they appear.' She obviously knew something, but just wasn't telling me. I really needed to get to the bottom of things before my head exploded.

After helping Li put her beautiful and well behaved, week old daughter to bed, I went to my old bedroom and called Sesshoumaru's number. It was around six in the evening and he had worked the morning shift at his job, so he should have been off by now. It rang about three times before he answered. "Hello?" I instantly froze up at the sound of his calm and sexy voice. I clenched my eyes tightly, hesitating to say something. We had just gotten back on speaking terms and I had missed talking to him so much. Did I really want to start drama again and risk us not being able to talk to each other. Still, Sai's words kept replaying over and over in my head. Those words causing me to have suspicions about Sesshoumaru. "Hello?" he asked again after hearing silence on my end.

"Hey, uhhh, Sesshoumaru," I greeted him, nervousness all in my voice.

"Hello Naima," his voice was very normal.

"I...ummm...well...I called because I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"I...uhhhh...I would prefer not to do it over the phone. Can I come and see you in person? Please?" He was quiet for a few moments.

"Very well then. Come on," he agreed.

"Are you there alone?"

"Yes. Everyone is gone at the moment."

"Okay, good. I'll be there in like ten minutes."

"Alright. Goodbye Naima."

"Bye Sesshoumaru." I closed my phone and walked down the stairs and over to the front door. Li was coming out of the kitchen at the same time.

"Where are you going mami?" she asked me, carrying Lelia's pacifier and a mug of tea. She had recently dyed her hair from silver, back to its natural black color.

"To Sesshoumaru's place," I replied as I picked my helmet up off of the floor. My older sister smiled and put a hand to her hip.

"Ah. I see that you and him are on good terms again, huh?"

"Well...better than we were, anyways."

"Oh? Well, that's a start. I'm glad to hear it pumpkin. Be careful and be home before the street lights come on." I giggled as I placed the green and black helmet ontop of my head.

"I'm grown, Li." She smiled too.

"Ah. My mistake. Then I should say, be home before the cops pull you over." I giggled again.

"Now that's more appropriate."

"You have no sense left do you Naima?"

"Easy for you to say 'Mommy'."

"Go on girl. I'll see you later."

"Alright. Goodbye Li." I walked out into the mild April breeze and shut the door behind me.

My friends wonder what is wrong with me
Well I'm in a daze from your love, you see
I came back to let you know
Got a thing for you and I can't let go

I found myself smiling a little when I pulled up to Sesshoumaru's apartment building. After our split, I never expected to be able to come here again, but here I was, three weeks later. Although my reason for coming wasn't a good one but one that would only bring more drama, I was happy to be able to stand inside Sesshoumaru and the other guy's place again. I stood outside waiting patiently outside of the door waiting for Sesshoumaru to come and let me in. The mid April winds were very gusty and a little chilly, even though the weather was mostly mild tempatured. Lucky for me a had on a white, velour sweat suit to help shield me but I wished that Sesshoumaru would hurry up and answer. A few moments later, he came to the door. In nothing but red and white pajama pants. Not expecting his half nakedness to greet me, I kind of lost my train of thought for a few seconds. I didn't even notice when he said 'hello'." "Naima? Naima?" The sudden sound of my name seemed to knock me back into reality.

"Oh...uhh...huh?"

"I said hello."

"Oh yeah. Umm...h-hey." After returning his greeting, Sesshoumaru stepped a little to the side to allow me to pass and enter his home. I gave his nude chest one last look before compling with his wishes and coming inside. I followed him into the livingroom and sat down beside him on the couch.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked as he sat cross legged, staring at me with his normal. cool golden eyes. I slid my sneakers off and sat cross legged too so I would be face to face with him. We both stared at each other in silence as I began to search for the right words to say to him.

"Sesshoumaru..." I began in a low, soft voice, "...I got a phone call yesterday from...someone...about you and it really peaked my curiousity." An eyebrow slightly went up on his face.

"Oh?" I nodded my head.

"Mmmhmm. And...what this person told me...has really been troubling me. So instead of jumping to conclusions, I wanted to ask you in person. Sesshoumaru...when Tsubaki sent you those pictures of me and my motorcycle over at Naraku's house that night...why would she be the one to send them to you, of all people? I mean, you two have never hung out, you don't call each other on the phone, and you aren't good friends with each other. So why her?" He remained really quiet as he looked at me. His normal blank stare was still plastered on his gorgeous face so like always, I had no clue as to what Sesshoumaru was thinking. "Sess...is there something that you're keeping from me. I was always honest with you went you asked me about Naraku, now I want you to be honest with me. I want to know if you have a secret...with Tsubaki." Once again, silence filled the room. I was beginning to get a knot in the pit of my stomach. Usually when Sesshoumaru was innocent of something, he would immediately deny the accusation. But tonight...he was really quiet. Were my suspicions dead on? Did my ex really have a secret with my worst enemy?

Some people go around the world for love
But they may never find what they dream of
What you won't do, do for love
You've tried everything but you don't give up
In my world only you makes me do
For love what I would not do

"There is...something...that I have never told you," Sesshoumaru's elegant voice began to speak after a while, "something that I regretted doing and was afraid to tell you. But it now seems as if someone has blown my secret out of the water, so I might as well tell you the whole story. To be honest, I've wanted to tell you...I just didn't know how."

"I'm listening," I said, staring at him intently. He sighed a little.

"Around the time when you and I first made love...Tsubaki came to me and asked me to do a favor for her. She asked me to help keep you away from Naraku so you wouldn't take him away from her. She said that you and Naraku were so close, that if you wanted to, you could take him away from her and vice versa. So one day we met in a local coffee shop and she gave me a charm bracelet with a spell on it. She told me that if I gave it to you and you wore it, it would make you think negatively about him. Well I initially declined her offer and decided not to go through with it."

"Is that the same charm bracelet that you gave me for Christmas?" He nodded his head.

"Yes. I seriously, honestly was not going to give you that bracelet...but that night...when you told me that you had kissed Naraku...it was like, normal, rational Sesshoumaru went out of the window and this foreign emotion of fear came over me. It was like everything Tsubaki had warned me of was coming true...and I didn't know what to do. I couldn't compete with thirteen years of friendship. I felt like the odds were stacked against me. So I cracked uner pressure and gave you the bracelet. So when 2007 slowly turned into 2008 and you couldn't wonder why you were becoming so distant towards Naraku...it was the bracelet that did it." After taking in what all Sesshoumaru had to say, the anger that I thought I would feel never came. Instead I felt sympathy for him...but also disappointment at the same time.

My friends wonder what is wrong with me
Well I'm in a daze from your love, you see
I came back to let you know
Got a thing for you and I can't let go

"So you're saying that you gave me Tsubaki's cursed charm bracelet in order to keep me with you and not to keep Naraku and I apart."

"That was my intention, yes." I became really quiet as I looked at my hands resting on my thighs.

"Well...just in case you're wondering...I'm not mad at you for doing that. I...I understand that I did put you in a tough position. I understand that it was selfish for me to think that you would be okay with my relationship with Naraku. I understand because...it seems as if your suspicions were dead on. I don't fault you for what you did...because we all make mistakes...but...I am upset that you feigned innocence with me and played the role of the victim so well, that you made it seem that I was the true villian in this relationship. Like I was the only one who did something underhanded and sneaky when deep down, you knew that you aided my worst enemy in her underhanded and sneaky plot. You should have told me yourself what you did...instead of me having to find out on the street. If my memory serves me correctly, you once told me something like that. Didn't you?"

"Yes. I am aware." We both became really quiet again. Hazel and golden eyes clashing.

"I remember that after I broke the bracelet on January eleventh...on your twentieth birthday...you told me to give you that bracelet and you would buy me a new one. So what made you take the cursed bracelet back?"

"My normal rationality took control and I realized that by helping me, I was inadvertantly hurting you and I couldn't continue to hurt the woman I love. So I took it back. I felt really guilty." I smirked a little.

"The great 'Lord' Sesshoumaru actually felt guilt?" He narrowed his eyes at me.

"Naima." I giggled.

"I'm sorry...but...its not like you to admit that you felt guilty about something. In fact, its not like you to openly express your emotions like that. I've had to fight with you during our hole relationship for you to open up to me more." Then I began to feel guilty. "...and when you finally were beginning to...I make out with Naraku." A few tears began to stream out my eyes, physically showing the guilt that I felt for how I treated the dog demon. Sesshoumaru moved from his previous position and scooted closer to me. He took my hands into his.

"Naima...I am willing to open up to you again, for I see that lack of communication is how we got to this point...but...I can't allow myself to fall in the same pattern twice. I told you the first time when you kissed Naraku that I refuse to play 'Naima's Fool' and I'm sticking by that. But if you can honestly say that you love me and only me...then I promise that I won't make the same mistakes that I did the first time. I'll try to be more open with you about how I feel." I sniffled and nodded my head. "So I want you to tell me...where do I stand with you right now." I was quiet for a few moments.

"I...I intend on giving you both my answer by the time the semester ends in early June. I still need time to think things through. But as of right now...neither one of you has an edge with me. To be honest, I really cannot compare you two. You both love so differently. Naraku's more emotional and affectionate with his love and you are more solid and understanding with yours. Literally, its like the qualities that one of you misses, the other one has. That's why its so hard to make my decision. Why can't one of you just be a complete jackass? Honestly!" Sesshoumaru smirked at my comment. I laughed as I wiped some more tears away.

"You'll find out soon enough...so don't cry anymore." He reached up and wiped my tears away. I smiled at him, his eyes holding a glint of love. He was so handsome and I missed the way he used to hold me.

"Ummm...Sesshoumaru...I was wondering...c-can I..." He obviously anticipated on what I was about to say for he kissed me before I had the chance to finish my statement. I wrapped my arms around my neck and kissed him back. Our kiss held a good amount of passion, althought not nearly the amount that they used to hold. It was still as sweet as always though. When we finally pulled away, Sesshoumaru had a slight smile on his face. It had been over month since I had last seen him smile and it really made me feel good inside. I turned to the clock on the wall. "Well. I guess I better be going. I'm supposed to bring home dinner tonight."

"Alright," he said as he got up and walked me over to the door.

"So I guess I'll see you at school Monday?"

"Of course."

"Well...goodbye then." I turned and began to walk away.

"Naima!" he called out to me, making me turn back around.

"Yes?"

"I love you." I smiled to myself, happy to still hear those words leave his lips.

"I love you too."

But then I only want the best it's true
They can't believe the things I do for you
What you won't do, do for love
You've tried everything but you don't give up
In my world, only you makes me do
For love what I would not do
Makes me do for love what I would not do


A/N: Awww kissy kissy, lol