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Okay so this is the big decision chapter but there is an epilogue after this and it will lead into the two sequels I'm writing to All Grown Up. One will be for Naima x ??? the other will be for the man who loses.
So the time has come. Who will the beautiful panther demon choose? The ever so sexy Sesshoumaru or the equally sexy Naraku?...
The Brooklyn sky was really overcast that morning in early June. Many grey clouds filled the sky. Any sign of sunshine had long disappeared. It was ironic for the weather seemed to mimic the way I felt inside at the moment. I felt so much darkness and gloom. One would think that I would be happy because today was the day that I would start a brand new, fresh relationship with the man I was in love with. But in order to get to that destination...I had to let go of the other one...and I felt so much guilt and despair knowing that I was going to break the heart of such a good and wonderful man.
"Are you sure that you're ready to do this?" Li asked as she sat on my bed, holding a two month old Lelia in her lap. I nodded my head as I began to put on my clothes.
"...Well...I don't have a choice. I promised them that I would have my decision and I intend on keeping it. But I can't deny that I'm feeling the shakes."
"So are you going to tell me who you chose?"
"You'll find out soon enough. I'm keeping this to myself for right now. I don't want to hear yours, Tarei's, or anyone else's opinions anymore. I'm one hundred percent confident in my choice and I'm not looking back."
"Well, what about the one that you don't choose? How are you going to break it to him?" I sighed deeply and shrugged my shoulders. Once again, guilt hit me full force.
"...I honestly don't know. This is the hardest thing ever Li. I've never had to do anything like this before and I hope I never will again. Maybe if I keep telling myself that he'll find a woman to love him, it will help, because there are many women who would dream about having a man like him. I...I just hate...I hate to see people gloomy. I mean if its me, then its cool...but to see someone else sad, and know that I'm the one behind it...its tough." I then chuckled awkardly. "I'm probably going to have bad karma for the rest of my life."
"Aww no mami. Don't be so hard on yourself. Things like these are hard to deal with. I mean, there were some things that you did do wrong...but that's the only way you can learn. The one you don't choose will find a woman. I know he will because whether its Naraku or Sesshoumaru, both are very good men." I smirked at my elder sister.
"Whaaat? You actually complimented Naraku? What happened to that mean Li that I know and love?" Li laughed and climbed off of my bed. She placed her daughter on her shoulder and patted her back.
"I guess it took this little girl right here to soften me up. Naraku isn't so bad, although you know who I prefer as a brother-in-law."
"Oh face it Li. Naraku whooped Sesshoumaru's ass in this one. Score one for the half demons. Woot woot!" I sighed and rolled my eyes as my baby sister entered the room.
"Watch your mouth," Li hissed at the panther half demon.
"Please guys. Don't start this today," I whined to my siblings. Tarei giggled.
"I'm just kidding pumpkin. Well...not really, but if you do pick Sesshoumaru...then I guess I can accept it. Just as long as he chills on that arrogance."
"Now we both know that Naraku's arrogance is off the charts too."
"Um helloooo? Can the middle child get out of the middle for once? I told y'all I didn't want to hear this today." Both of my sisters gave me an apologetic look.
"We're sorry," they simultaneously said. I sighed and smiled at them. I then stretched my arms out and pulled them in for a group hug.
"You two are going to send my to the psych ward one day...but I love you both so much. At least I know that you'll always have my back. Tarei and your bluntness and Li and your mean streak. Daddy always said that you two took after him, whereas I took after mama. I can really tell it."
"Cause we were his favorites. The middle child gets no love," Tarei said with a beeming smile. I rolled my eyes at her, shook my head and smiled.
"You're an idiot. I can't wait to see what kind of man you end up marrying," I said giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Oooh and think of what our nieces and nephews would be like," Li smirked. Both Li and I shuddered at the thought.
"Geez I love y'all too," Tarei sarcastically said. We both giggled at our little sister and all embraced in another hug.
"Alright you guys, I'm off. Wish me luck," I told them as I zipped up my motorcycle jacket. I then bent over a little so I would be face to face with Lelia. "I promise to bring you home a good uncle and I think you're going to like him very much," I softly said to her as I planted gentle kisses on her cheeks. Lelia initally gave me a look that said, "get-the-hell-out-my-face", but it eventually turned into a small smile. She's more and more like her mama everyday. I picked up my helmet off of the floor and walked over to the doorway.
"What time are you coming home Naima?" Li asked before I turned the knob. I smiled to myself as I slowly turned back to face her.
"Mmmm...I don't think that I'll be home tonight."
The ride to the first man's home was a very long one. Not physically, but emotionally. I don't ever think that I dreaded coming here like I did right then. My heart pounded in my chest so hard that I could practically hear it. My stomach was twisted up into so many knots. I never ever thought that I would be the one to call it quits after all that we have been through. But I had no choice. Even though I loved him very much...he wasn't the one who I was in love with. So how would he take it? The amount of emotion he's shown towards me has changed slightly, so I didn't know how he would react. I guess I would just have to see first hand.
I pulled into the parking lot and parked beside his friend's car. I felt another surge of bad feelings as I realized that this would probably be the final time that I would come here. Ever. For I knew that the friendship and the love that we built those years ago wouldn't ever be the same. He wouldn't be able to continue it with me knowing that I had chosen the other man over him. And with that thought, my eyes began to moisten with tears. It was finally the end of the road for my relationship with him and I knew that we wouldn't ever have a chance to get back together again. Maybe he'll hate me. Maybe he'll forgive me. I just don't know.
I shuffled nervously as I waited for the handsome man to come to the door. I had managed to stop my tears so I would at least maintain composure for his sake, but I knew that it was only a matter of moments before they would begin to fall like rain. After a few more moments of waiting, he finally came to the door. "Hello Naima," he said in a warm tone. I smiled weakly at him and sniffled.
"H-Hey," I replied. I didn't give him another chance to speak as I walked past him and inside of the home. "Are the boys around?"
"No. They're out right now. Its just you and I." I nodded my head as I sat down on the couch. He slowly walked over and sat down beside me. We both looked at each other silently for a few moments. Never had it been quite this much intensity between us before. I found myself becoming weaker by the moment as I stared into his beautifully colored eyes.
"I...I've made my decision," I quietly said. He nodded slightly, his full attention on me. I sighed and a few tears slipped out of my eyes.
"...Sesshoumaru...I know that we have been through a lot together...and I know that I have caused you a great amount of pain during these last nine months. I know that I was selfish and I was inconsiderate of your feelings...and I'm sorry. I'm sor-ry." I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. I sighed again and sniffled. "...You are such a wonderful man...Sesshoumaru. You are everything that...a girl can dream of...and you aren't to blame for anything that happened between us. I...I...hope that you...c-can find it in your heart to forgive me...after such...blatant disregard for your feelings. I love you Sesshoumaru. I really, really love you with all my heart...but...I'm in love with Naraku. And...no matter how hard I try...I can't let him go. So...I'm sorry...but...it will never work between us." After telling him my decision I completely broke down. I buried my face in my hands and just cried. My body shook as I sobbed in front of my now permanent ex-boyfriend. My palms becoming slick with salty tears. Never, EVER had I felt so much guilt and sorrow right then...but...what could I do? As I continued to cry, I felt a hand lightly touch my back.
"I knew," Sesshoumaru softly said. I removed my hands from my wet face and stared at him with puffy red eyes. He stared at me with his usual blank stare. He removed the hand from my back and placed it back into his lap. He then turned away from me and stared into the space in front of him. "I knew. In the back of my mind...I knew that I wasn't the one. I could see it in your eyes everytime you're around him. Even before both of the kisses and Tsubaki's proposition to me...I knew...I knew that I was at risk of losing you. I am...alright as of right now, at least. Because I had a feeling...that I couldn't hold on to you. I knew it when I became so paranoid that I gave into temptation and fullfilled Tsubaki's desire to keep you two apart. So...I don't resent you for this Naima. I can't lie that I'm hurt...but..." His voice trailed off in mid sentance. I knew that I had deeply wounded him, but it was typical of Sesshoumaru not to let his emotions show.
"So...this is the end...for us? Could we ever be friends again?" He became really quiet again.
"Maybe...after some time...but for right now...I'm not ready to say yes." I sobbed again but nodded my head. Sesshoumaru chuckled a little. "I can't believe that a half demon stole my woman from under my nose. How's the saying go? Half a demon, half a man. Yet, that half breed got the best of me. Ironic, no?
"Noooo. No Sess, don't think that way. He didn't best you. I guess...I guess that I tried to supress my feelings for so long that things got way out of hand. I should have been honest with both of you and myself."
"Well...its done now." There was another awkward pause.
"So...I guess this is goodbye."
"Yeah. I guess so." I sighed again.
"Can...can I just...kiss you? For one last time? Please?" He was deadly silent for a few moments, but eventually did a single nod. I slid a little closer to him and he did likewise. We met in the middle and gave each other one final kiss. One long, passionate, final kiss. A kiss that was drenched with sentiments of goodbye. My very final kiss...with Sesshoumaru.
Bankotsu's POV
"Awww dammit Sai, why do I have to go there tonight?" I whined to my girlfriend of nearly five months as we walked down the stairs of my apartment, on our way to my explorer. Sai giggled as she hooked her arm under mine and leaned against my shoulder as we continued to walk.
"Because baby. You need to get to know my father if you want to continue to date me. You must bond with Daddy."
"But your dad is a psycho marine. He put me in a headlock last time I went to your parents house!"
"He was teasing you."
"No he was not. Your dad is crazy!"
"Bankotsu!"
"He is and you know it!" Sai sighed deeply and tried to supress a smile. She knew that I was right about Kentaru-san. Sai's father was a top officer in the marines and he was very, VERY suspicious of me. He was very protective of Sai and her little sister, which was completely understandable for both fire goddesses were beautiful. Sai smiled again and let go of my arm so she could be face to face with me. She sighed
"If you go...I'll promise to reward you really well."
"With sex?"
"No."
"Aww baby please? Don't you want to lose your virginity to me?"
"Contrary to you, sex isn't all I think about."
"You will if you let me in between those legs." I reached down and playfully grabbed one. Sai giggled as she pushed my hands away. I continued to playfully stalk her and pinned her against the door of my car.
"Stop Bankotsu. Really, you play too damn much. Come on so we can go."
"Mwah mwah mwah." I made silly noises as I tickled her neck with my lips. Sai let out a loud squeal and began to laugh really hard.
"Eeee! Stop it Bankotsu! Stop!" I sighed and obeyed as she pushed me off of her. I stepped back to look her in her pretty green eyes. I smiled as I ran a few fingers in her reddish brown hair. I was indeed sex deprived and horny as hell...but Sai was worth waiting for. My gorgeous girlfriend then wrapped her arms around my neck an pulled me down for a kiss. I kept her pinned against my car as I kissed her back. When we broke, the biggest smiles were plastered on our faces. We continued to stare at each other under the overcasted sky, when all of a sudden, the loud vroom of a motorcycle caught my ears. Both Sai and I looked up for we recognized the distinct sound of the engine. Sure enough moments later, Naima's lime green Suzuki pulled into the parking lot. She swerved in and parked beside my car. Sai and I walked up to her hand in hand as the panther demon removed her helmet.
"Long time no see, stranger," I said to my long time friend with a smile. It had been a while since Naima had last came to our apartment. She smiled weakly back at me. I could tell she had been crying.
"Hey. Is Naraku home?" I shook my head no.
"Nuh uh. He went to Harlem."
"Harlem?"
"Yeah. He said that he had something important that he had to do there." After relaying the news to Naima, the demonic woman had a thoughtful expression. Then, a small smile formed on her lips.
"Thanks 'B'." She was about to put her helmet back on, but I grabbed her forearm to stop her. I had heard that she was going to make her decision today...and I just wanted to know one thing.
"Naima. You...did make the right decision. Right?" As soon as I finished my statement, a very bright smile formed at her lips. She didn't have to verbally answer me. I knew what that smile meant. And here Naraku thought that he couldn't make her happy. If only he could see the way she's smiling now. I smiled back at her as I let her arm go. I nodded my approval and Naima nodded back before placing her helmet back on her head. Just like the speed demon she was, she was out of that parking lot within a blink of an eye. I couldn't take the smile off of my face after my meet with Naima. Finally. Finally she made the right decision and FINALLY my boy Naraku can be happy. I turned to Sai with the same smile. "I think that I'll be spending the night with you. I don't think that I'll want to be here when Naraku comes home." Sai gave me a confused look.
"Oh really? Why not?" I chuckled to myself.
"Mmm...just call it a hunch, but...I don't think that I'll get much sleep tonight if I stay."
Naraku's POV
"I know...that I wasn't around when I was needed. I know that I'm not exactly...what you would call a heroic type man. I know that I fell short when I made her shed all those tears. And I know that I fell short...because I couldn't protect the woman I love like the Superman that I aspired to be. And I know that I was wrong for not coming home to say goodbye to you. And...I don't know if that part was because of the spell or not. So I know that its...long overdue and you probably can't hear me...but if you are watching, I hope that you can sincerely see the regret that I have for not living up to the standard of the Superman that I claimed to idolize...and not coming home to say goodbye...and letting your daughter down and breaking her heart. I am truly sorry, Rashid-san." I stood under the grey overcasted sky in the solemn, quiet, peaceful cemetery of southern Harlem. I was currently paying my last respects to the man who practically raised me and molded me into the man I am today. I felt that I at least owed it to Rashid-san and to Naima to leave him some flowers as a symbol of my love and respect for him, since I didn't come home when I should have. Those white lillies where the least I could have done, although Rashid-san deserved much more.
I closed my eyes and sighed deeply as the overcasted, grey heavens began to spill their nectar over the Earth. I didn't shield myself at all as I let the steady rain pour all over me. I smirked to myself a little as I felt that even nature was mocking me. But I didn't care. I just...didn't care anymore. I don't care how weak it makes me look or how jaded...if Naima isn't by my side...then I just don't care about anything anymore. Naima is my everything. She is my better half. She is the one who makes me look good. She makes me so happy. She makes me feel what love is. She makes me want to be like the Superman that she says I am...but obviously...I fell short one too many times. But hey what the hell, I'm used to being alone. Like Kurtis Blow said, those are the breaks.
I continued to smirk as I tilted my face away from the sky. I had lost the woman I loved...forever. Maybe I shouldn't have walked away...but I'd be a liar in saying that I love her if I would have continued my selfish advances. I'd choose her happiness over mine any day, any hour, any minute, any second. Just as long as she's happy. That's all that matters. I want nothing more than that. I at least owe her that much after causing her tears for so long. I sighed deeply as I began to gain a little of my lost consciousness back. It looked like football would be the only lady in my life from now on, because I can never replace Naima, nor do I want to. I could tell from the horizon that the sun was beginning to set and it would be evening soon. I decided that I had better get out of the rain and my wet clothing before I caught cold. I gave Rashid-san's and his late wife's graves one last look over before turning around. And what I saw...or rather who I saw, right behind me...caught me by complete suprise.
"Na-Naima?"
Naima's POV
I know Naraku like I know how to add one plus one. When Bankotsu told me that he had went to Harlem, I had a feeling that he would be here. Sure enough, here he was in his favorite baby blue, Sean John t-shirt and dark blue jeans which were now both soaking wet with rain along with his hair and everything else. I was drenched myself. I mustered up a weak smile as I gazed upon the man whom I was in love with. I felt a little guilty at the moment. I already knew that I had put Sesshoumaru through a lot of pain these last nine months...but...Naraku went through hell too. I just didn't note it as much since he was the offensive male in this situation. To lose the woman he loved and didn't know why. To have to overcome a crazy girlfriend to find out why he did what he did. To have to work to earn my trust again. To have to fight and fight and fight to get what rightfully belonged to him away from a worthy opponent. To have me repeatedly shun him and tell him that I didn't love him anymore. To always have my committment to Sesshoumaru prevent him from truly sharing how much he loved me. Naraku did indeed go through his share of pain. But at least...at least with him...I can help fix it. I want to make him happy again...like he has made me so happy throughout the years.
I smiled so brightly as I stared into his beautiful red eyes. I felt so much joy right then because I knew that I had finally gotten my one true love back. For good. I couldn't help but let tears of happiness slip out of my eyes. I never knew that one woman could love one man so much. But I did. I loved Naraku. I was in love with Naraku.
"I never realized how simple I could be sometimes. I don't know why it didn't register any earlier than what it did...but...I guess I needed some time to mature. I...I've always known that you were the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. We go together like Bobby Brown and jail." Naraku chuckled a liitle and I did too. "...Even the day when we met in the sandbox...there was instant chemistry between us. Not romantic chemistry, but definitely friendship chemistry. Naraku...I love you so much. I'm in love with you and I have been ever since I was a little girl. I wrote it off many times as puppy love, but its not. I need you in my life Naraku. You...you are my everything. You are my Superman. We're already best friends...so why the hell wouldn't we become husband and wife? I feel so safe around you. So secure. So loved. I know you love me. I know it and I know that you're in love with me. I'm in love with you too. Only you. So I ended things with Sesshoumaru today because...if I lose you again...I don't think that I can handle it a second time around. I felt that you were slipping away from me...and I just can't lose you anymore. The pain of losing someone who you deeply cherish is something that I never want to feel again. I love Sesshoumaru, but I'm in love with you. I want Sesshoumaru, but I need you. I live for Sesshoumaru, but I can't live without you. I was Sesshoumaru's girlfriend...but I want to be your wife." After confessing my love to my best friend we both became really quiet. We stared at each other with such intensity until Naraku broke it with a smile. He sighed deeply as if it was a sigh of relief and his smile grew. Then without warning, he grabbed me and slammed my soaked body against his. He held me in a bone crushing embrace that burned with such passion. And not passion that was tainted with lust, but it held genuine love. That hug proved that I had made the right decision.
"You just don't know how long I've waited for those words to leave your heart. I've waited so long to make you my wife and I'm so happy that I've been given a second chance with you. I'm so in love with you Naima. You make me feel so happy and so loved. I was just worried that I wouldn't be able to make you as happy as Sesshoumaru could. I was starting to distance myself from you so you could be happy with him. I didn't want to be a burden anymore, so I was willing to give you up...just to see you happy." I smiled as I wrapped my arms tighter around his neck and buried my face in the crook.
"Who said that you didn't make me happy? You make me feel so much joy and bliss. I'm always smiling when I'm with you." I then pulled away from him and walked pass him until I stood behind him over my parents graves. Naraku turned around and stepped forward so he was next to me. "It seems as if my father knew what he was doing when he brought us up. I always thought that parents were out of tune with their children...but I see that Daddy knew me better than I thought. The night before he died, he gave me a life lesson about love. The difference between loving someone and being in love. He said that if I ever got the two confused, I would mess up...and I almost did. I was going to stay with Sesshoumaru initally...but after remembering what my father had said...I knew that I belonged with you. Daddy had told me that I was more like my mama...but I think that his qualities in me showed up more than he thought. My dad loved my mom with all of his heart...and he was without a doubt in love with her. I can remember that he would sometimes sit in his room when he thought I wasn't looking...and he would just hold his wedding picture of him and my mom and just stare at it for hours. He even cried a few times. But...even though I miss him so much...I'm glad that he's finally with her again...because now he has his happiness back. The day he died, he told us not to worry for 'He would be in good hands'. I didn't realize until now what he meant by that." I then turned to look Naraku in his crimson eyes. "I don't want to waste anymore time and have to be forced to live my love in memory like my father was. I choose you to spend the rest of my life with Naraku. You and only you." And that was all that needed to be said. There in the pouring rain in the dismal Harlem scenery, Naraku and I joined lips in a passionate, smoldering, love filled kiss. My fingers became tangled in his wet hair as I kissed him with everything I had. It would now officially have been six years the following week since Naraku went away, but we kissed like he hadn't left at all. Never before in my life had a man kissed me with so much intensity and passion. Like I said, Naraku might talk the talk, but he always backs it up with his actions. I'm glad that I met him. I'm glad that I'm in love with him.
When we finally pulled back for air, twin smiles harbored our lips. Naraku placed his hands on my cheeks and pulled me to him until our foreheads were pressed up against each other. "We still got it," he said with a small chuckle. I chuckled too.
"Mmmhmm. We really do don't we?"
"Most definitely."
"Mmmm...so I wonder if we are the same...between the sheets?" Naraku pulled back from me a little and cocked an eyebrow. My soft smile became more devious. "I really need for you to take me home now."
"Already?" I grinned evily again and turned around. I began to walk away from him, swinging my hips in a teasing manner.
"Why not? It has been six years so its lonnnng overdue. Plus, I want to see if grown up Naraku can make me purr like he did when he was only fourteen." Naraku began to grin evily as well and his red eyes clouded over with lust. I knew that my hazel ones did too. He followed the seductive pull of my hips and once again stood right beside me.
"Come," Naraku said as he extended a hand towards me. I smirked as I playfully pushed it away.
"Make me." Naraku smirked back as he caught the sexual innuendo.
"I plan on it." I giggled as I accepted his hand. Naraku led me out of the cemetery and to my bike. I allowed Naraku to drive as I climbed on behind him and held on tightly to his waist. Within a flash, we were off.
During the ride back to Brooklyn, I was feeling very mixed emotions. Part of me was still feeling guilty because of what I had done to Sesshoumaru. I felt so bad that I had hurt him and he was in pain while I was having a happy ending. Contrarily, I would feel the same way if it was Naraku I had called it quits with. I guess Katsu was right when he said no that matter what I did, someone would be hurt. Another part of me was so happy. I had the man I loved right here between my legs and arms and I was so happy about that. Naima loves her Naraku very much and I'm making sure that nothing would come between us again. Yet another part of me was feeling a different emotion. Lust. Pure, raw lust like I hadn't made love in years My mind was in the deepest parts of the gutter as Naraku speed down the New York streets, suprisingly a better driver than me. He had told me that he had learned how to ride in Japan. As he sat between my legs I tightened my grip around his waist and laid my head down on his shoulder just so I could be even closer to this sexy, tempting, loving man. I had a sneaking feeling that this night would be special indeed.
After swerving into the lot and parking my lime motorcycle which I loved so much, Naraku hopped off and then pulled me off too. The rain had temporarily stopped falling as we rode from Harlem in Manhattan back to Brooklyn, so we were only a little wet now. Well...at least he was. I wasn't completely dry...everywhere. Naraku took his helmet off and I did the same. When our faces were revealed to each other again, two huge smiles were plastered upon them. Naraku took a step forward and brought his lips to mine. He nipped gentley at my lips in a very teasing yet sensual manner. I sighed passionately as I pressed myself deeper into his body, my own body gradually heating up with desire. I whimpered a little when my best friend seperated his lips from mine. Two red, lust filled eyes stared down at two hazel eyes with an equal amout of lust. Naraku smiled again as he reached down to grab my hand and began to lead me to the apartment.
As soon as we shut the door, I found myself pressed against it. Naraku had one hand firmly around my waist and the other planted against the door. I moaned a little as Naraku welded my lips against his with a heat that I had never experienced before. A much more experienced and mature heat compared to what we had when we were only thirteen and fourteen. I shivered slightly as I soon felt one of the spider's hands slip underneath my pink and blue sundress and began to slowly slide up my thigh. Naraku then grabbed said thigh and put it around his waist as he pressed me more firmly against the door. My fingers were hopelessly trapped within his jet black waves as he kissed me. His hand on the arm that was holding my leg up was now planted on my behind, stroking it softly. I let out a breathy moan when Naraku pulled away from my lips and began to kiss and suck against my neck. "Ahhhh."
"It feels good?"
"Mmmm." I slowly nodded my head. Naraku pulled away from my neck and smiled at me as he set my leg back down on the floor. I smiled back at him as he planted his other hand on the door and moved to that he was only inches away from my face.
"Did you ever think that when we met back in first grade and became best friends...that we would be like this now?" I shook my head and continued to smile.
"Nuh uh...but it makes for quite the love story, no?" Naraku nodded as he slid a hand down my cheek. He then removed both hands from their previous places and grabbed his shirt with them. I watched with intense lustful eyes as my love slipped the baby blue t-shirt over his head and threw it behind him. I bit my lip a bit upon seeing his nude chest, but my attention was soon diverted as I suddenly felt Naraku's hands grab my own and lead them to his belt. I giggled a little as I unbuckled his belt and pulled it until it slid out of the loops on his jeans. I then reached back down to unbutton his jeans. He kept his eyes locked on mine as he let his jeans hit the floor and now only wore black boxers. I could hear the rain begin to fall again outside as Naraku walked back over to me and passionatley frenched me against the door. Just like with the kiss we shared after finding out about Tsubaki's deception, the world began to close off and our senses heightened. It was now just the two of us, nobody else existed. Any guilt that I had had before about leaving Sesshoumaru was no more. No more Tsubaki. No more Sesshoumaru. It was just Naraku and I. No one else.
After a while of kissing, Naraku slid his two, big, strong hands underneath my hips and lifted me into his arms. I responded by wrapping my long legs tightly around his waist. I never tore my lips away from his as he carried me down the hallway and into his bedroom.
WARNING: LEMON BELOW. I didn't warn you before because that would have probably given the chapter away, lol
Naraku's room was very dimly lit. The only sorce of illumination being from the rays of the full moon hiding behind several grey clouds high in the sky. Its soft waves of light touching every wall. A gentle, rain scented early summer breeze filling the spacious room as it spilled in from the open window. The pitter-patter sounds of June rain as it fell from the hazy sky. My best friend closed his door with his foot and he carried me over to his large, king sized bed that was adorned with black covers that were as dark as any moonless night. Naraku sat down at the base of his bed while I sat in his lap, never once breaking the kiss as we changed scenery. I felt two, manly, vanilla hands glide over smooth, caramel thighs, taking their time as they made their journey up the sides of my body, passing over my breasts and sides of my neck until they reached their destination at the clasp of my halter dress. Naraku untied the straps of my dress and eased the pink and blue cloth down my body until it bunched around my waist. As he did this, my fully developed breasts were revealed to him for the first time. He pulled away from my lips and began to attack my neck as a hand greedily clamped around one of my tender mounds. His other hand was curiously finding its way under my dress as the smooth material began to gradually ride up my thighs. That same curious hand manuvered its way into my black laced panties and finally rested at my womanhood. One finger, two fingers began to slowly move in and out of my warmth, succeedding in making me even more wet. The hand around my breast disappeared and was now tangled in my dark hair. Naraku grasped it firmly and tilted my head back for me as his ministrations on my neck intensified.
"Ah! Narakuuu."
His name left my lips for the first time that night as his tongue slithered from my throat, all the way to my bottom lip before it snaked its way into my mouth. I gripped his broad shoulders tightly as we battled tongues in a war of passion, a little sweat beginning to drip down my back from the invisible fire buring between us at the moment. He growled through the flaming kiss as I slowly began to grind my hips onto his manhood. I could feel him beginning to stiffen underneath my hips. "Oh yesss," I softly whispered as his lips now began to roam my neck again, nipping my jawbone, until they made it to my ear. He let out a very lustful sigh.
"I've waited so long to touch you," Naraku softly whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes and opened my lips slightly, listening to the seductive words that left his sensuous lips. "Ohhh, you just don't know how much I've desired to be inside of you." He removed the hand that was tangled in my hair. He ran two fingers over my lips, hooking them on the bottom one. "How much I've longed to hear my name leave these lips in such ecstacy." His fingers inside of my wetness began to quicken their pace, a thumb gently rubbing my sensitive nub. I gasped at the sudden jolt of pleasure that shot through me. I threw my face into his shoulder, his skin muffling my loud moan. "And I've desired to make you feel so good. To make you feel like a woman should feel. And to make you come like no other man has made you come." I smiled a little as I removed my face from his shoulder.
"Mmm, Naraku," I softly whispered while he began to slowly lick my neck, "your sensuality is so high. I've never been this wet before in my life. You haven't even made love to my body, but you've already made love to my mind." He chuckled a little.
"Now why wouldn't I? My love for you transcends the boundary of the physical. I love you mentally, emotionally, and in my soul. I won't have truly made love to you untill I cross all of those boundaries, now would I? Although I haven't truly made love to your mind yet. I'm still on the foreplay." I gasped again as he gently bit my neck. He chuckled as he removed both hands from their respective areas and interlocked his fingers with mine. "No amount of time or distance will lessen the amout of love that I feel for you. And there is no need to rekindle our flame because it never stopped burning in the first place. I love you so much Naima. And tonight I wan't us to lose ourselves in each other's sensuality. I want to make you just lose your damn mind. I want to make you scream until the cops come knocking and make you come like the pouring rain outside. Will you let me do that for you?" He ran his tongue seductively over my ear. I closed my eyes and smiled as I switched roles and put my lips by his ear, trying to mimic his sensuous decree.
"Why ask a question with such an obvious answer? Can you not feel the desire that I have for you? Can you not hear the way that my body is screaming your name right now? Can you not see that little thirteen year old girl who's happy to have to have that fourteen year old boy back who taught her how to love? I want you so badly Naraku...but I need you even more." I nibbled at his lobe. He chuckled softly
"Mmmm. That's all I need to know," he declared as he rose off of the bed, taking me with him in his arms. He turned around and laid me on the soft folds of satin, positioning himself so that he was hovering over me. I stared at him very submissively as I relaxed myself in his soft, black pillows. Naraku planted his hands on either side of my body as he gripped the bundle of dress around my waist with his teeth. He locked his eyes on mine as he slid the garmet off of my body and tossed it over his shoulder. He then repeated that same action with my underwear as that too was cast off into some unknown part of his bedroom. He paused for a minute to visually examine my fully developed body, a form very different than to what he saw almost six years ago. "What rare beauty, my dear," he declared before going for my neck again.
"Narakuuuu."
I tilted my head further into the pillows as he buried his face into the crook of my neck. I let my fingers get lost in a sea of jet black waves as I stared at the white ceiling above me. His ministrations on my neck lasted a while before he decided to move. He locked wine colored eyes on mine as his pink lips began to tread the skin on the upper part of my chest. My mouth became agape as I felt how his lips practically seared my flesh. It was unfathomable that this much buring passion could exist between two people. Taking his time, Naraku began to move lower to my breasts. He hypnotized me with his gaze as he teased a nipple with just the tip of his tongue. His movements were so confident and his eyes didn't hide that at all. The way he stared at me was almost like he was warning me. As if to say that I should brace myself for a night of spine shattering pleasure.
"N-Na-Naraku."
He moved his focus to my other breast, leaving a hard nipple behind him. He didn't toy with just the nipple this time. I watched him with hazy eyes as he took my sensitive flesh into his mouth, both breasts rapidly rising and falling as my breathing began to speed up. Naraku was already doing damage to me and he hadn't even made it pass my belly button. Not only that, but he still hadn't once touched me with his hands since he laid me down. After a while he freed my other breast from his oral grip. I bit my lip and grasped his black sheets, bracing myself as he tenderly kissed my stomach. I felt my warmth dripping with desire for him as Naraku continued his southern route, but making a stop at my navel.
"Oh!"
My grip on the sheets tightened as he dipped his tongue into my navel. More sweat began to coat my body as I found myself arching up to meet his mouth. I squeezed my eyes tightly as he darted his tongue in and out of the small indentation. My whole body was burning right then. He had already made me work up a glistening sweat and he STILL hadn't put a single finger on me. His sensuality and passion ran so high that I was beginning to wonder if I could even keep up with him. His lips, his tongue, his eyes were all filled with so much eroticism that Naraku himself was an aphrodisiac. Is it even possible for one man to be this erotic? A man that can make me almost reach orgasm with just one look at me? With one touch, one kiss, one whisper of my name? I never knew that behind that calm, gentle demeanor there was a man whose fire could ignite even the coldest of women. A man that can make ANY woman scream his name with such little effort. He gave my navel one last lick before continuing his journey to the root of it all.
"W-why won't y-you t-touch me with your hands?" I barely got the words out. He looked up at me and smiled.
"Because a real man makes a woman melt in his mouth and not in his hands." I widened my eyes at his response which caused him to chuckle seductively. He then resumed his work, trailing his kisses over my lower abdomen until he finally reached my warmth. He paused. He looked up at me again, eyes still holding their hypnotic gaze over me. My breathing was very rapid, not knowing what to expect from him. I slightly nodded my head which caused him to give me another sly smile. He shook his head, denying my request.
"Not yet."
He lowered his face between my thighs and once again allowed his tongue to serenade my skin with rhythmical strokes. He licked the inner part of my thighs and the crevaces joining them to my warmth. I felt myself beginning to leak onto the bed and the rest of me was dripping as well. After a while of teasing, he finally decided to satisfy my most urgent desire at the moment.
"Ah!"
I gasped as I felt his warm breath at my womanhood. "Mmmm," I heard him moan as he licked the outside of my warmth.
"Ahhhhh!"
I almost came right then as he inserted his tongue into me, beginning his thrusting movements. More and more of me began to flow out with each stroke of his tongue. I grasped the sheets tightly and arched my body again, tingling sensations of raw passion going throughout me. I began to buck my hips to meet his mouth, so much so that he had to hold me down to the bed. My heart raced and my breathing was very wild. The tingling sensation in my lower stomach growing very rapidly. It wouldn't be long before I completely lost it.
"Ohhhh. Ah! Ohhhhh!"
His motions were so skilled and arousing, almost like pleasing a woman was second nature to him. I really didn't expect him to make me lose it like I was. My body was growing tired and we hadn't even made it pass the foreplay yet. Naraku then decided that it would be a good idea to attack my very sensitive spot. It was all over then.
"Ahhhh! Ohhhh! Na-Nara-Naraku! Ahhhhh!"
My body began to shake and my volume immediately rose. I moved my hands from the sheets and began to pull at his hair very hard. I'm sure that it hurt him a little, but I couldn't help it. I had to hold onto something as I began to come.
"Naraku! Ahhh Naraku! NARAKU!"
My body fell limp ontop of the bed as my best friend didn't let a single drop escape him. He moved his hands from me and placed them back on the bed. He locked eyes on mine and smirked, seeing the damage that he inflicted on me. He licked his lips very seductively before trailing his tongue over my skin, taking his time as he began to make his way back to my lips. I watched the ceiling very weakly as my body continued to rapidly rise and fall with each heavy pant that left me. He gave me another sexy smirk when he finally was at eye level with me.
"You alright?" he asked in that very sexy voice of his. Lust drippping from his words.
"Mmmhmm," I replied with a weak smile. My response caused his smirk to grow.
"You think you can handle me?" It was then that I noticed his fully hardened desire poking against my thigh. I began to get a little intimidated. I looked up at him and gave him an unsure expression. He chuckled softly. "Well then...let's see if I can handle you." He grabbed one of my hands and trailed it over his chest, pass his abs, and into his boxers. He guided it over his length a few seconds before he let go, leaving me to do all of the work. I smirked, loving the control that I was just given. I gently ran my claws over him and it was his turn to moan now.
"Naimaaa. Mmmm girl."
He buried his face in the crook of my neck as he now glistened with sweat. I became even more confident as I felt him beginning to leak into my hand. I turned my head and kissed his ear softly.
"You're about to come. Aren't you?" I whispered before running my tongue over his ear. I felt him as he nodded his head. I smirked again as I quickened my movements on him. He groaned again with pleasure before moving his face from my neck and closing his lips over mine. I felt him grip the sheets tightly as we frenched with an unbelieveable amount of passion. He moaned a few times through the kiss before completely spilling over my hand.
"Damn Naima," he gasped when he pulled away from my lips. I giggled a little, seeing that I was successful in my attempt to please him. He reached down again and pulled my hand out of his boxers. He lifted my hand to his mouth and began to lick up his own cum that was dripping down my fingers. I smirked as I watched him do this. It seems as if my best friend had a little freak in him. I was pleasantly suprised. But what suprised me even more was that he was already stiff again. My eyes widened briefly as I once again felt him against my thigh. After completely cleaning my fingers, he laced one of his hands with my own. He stared down at me with an enticing gaze.
"You don't know how much I've dreamed of becoming one with you again," he began to say as he started to manuver out of his boxers with me helping him in the process. "Tonight all of my fantasies have come true and I desire to make yours come true as well."
"They already have. I've longed to be with you again. To just lose myself in you. I love you so much Naraku."
"I love you too Naima."
And with that said along with another deep kiss, he gave me what we both desired. We united bodies for only the second time in our lives, an almost six year span between them. I moaned through the kiss as he buried himself in me completely, filling me in a way that would make a porn star blush. He stayed still for a while before he began to move himself in a slow, steady rhythm.
"Ahhhh Naraku," I softly moaned as I closed my eyes and tilted my head back further into the pillows. "Yesss. Oh yessss."
"Mmmm, Naimaaaaa. Oh, you feel so gooood," Naraku whispered in my ear, "the way I fit inside of you. I knew we were made for each other."
"Yessss, Naraku. Ahhhh."
He moved his face from my ear and claimed my lips again. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and brought him closer to me. I began to nibble on his bottom lip, sucking it into my mouth. Naraku moaned a little as he slid his arms up under my back, holding me in a tight embrace as his weight pressed me deeper into his bed. Once again we began to wrestle tongues with such firery passion as he continued his slow pace. I didn't mind the slow tempo at all. We both wanted this moment to last as long as possible. I absolutely loved the way that Naraku was making love to me, even though he wasn't fully giving himself to me, with the exception of that first thrust. I arched my body against him again as my temperature began to steadily rise. My already dripping wet skin becoming even more soaked. I whimpered a little when he broke our heated kiss. My soft breasts pushed against his firm chest with each rise and fall as Naraku began to tread soft kisses all over my face. My forehead, my eye lids, my nose, lips, cheeks. Nothing was left untouched by his lips.
"Ohhhh Naraku. Don't st-stop. Mmmm."
His warm breath tingled my skin as he brushed his bottom lip against it, until he returned to my neck. I tilted my head into the pillows again, leaving my neck fully exposed to hungry lips. I clenched my eyes tightly and sighed, as I took in my other senses. The rain was now falling more steadily. Rolls of distance thunder hinting that a storm was approaching. Naraku's seductive scent and the smell of the rain mixing together and creating a scent that was unworldly. My hightened senses made making love to Naraku so pleasureable and I was about to get totally lost when all of a sudden, he pulled out. Before I even had a chance to ask what was up, he flipped me over onto my stomach. Naraku put his hands on my waist and tilted my hips up a little. He crawled ontop of me and slowly slid into my womanhood again. My loud moan of ecstacy revealed my delight of this new position. I laid my head down sideways into his pillow and gripped firmly onto his sheets as he began to slowly move again. His rhythmn was a little faster in this position and felt so undescribably good. I was so hot for my fiance and my breathing was not hiding the intense arousal I was receiving from his movements. His black, wavy locks falling over his shoulders and brushing against same toned sheets and a brown back. One of his black pillows soon found its way in between my teeth as Naraku began to burn my back with those torch-like kisses of his. Making a trail from the nape of my neck to the small of my back and back to my neck again.
"Mmmmmm," I moaned as my fangs began to tear the fabric of the night hued pillowcases. He removed his lips from me. His body now fully pressed against mine.
"Oh Naima. I'm looking forward to doing this every single night," my future mate and husband huskily whispered to me. He slowly slid his hand up my arm and laced his fingers between mine. His other hand was underneath my waist and teasing my pleasure nub. He trailed his tongue over my ear, his heavy breathing engulfing my sense of sound. His sweet smelling locks infusing with my own. "Because no other woman can make me sweat like you can. Nobody can make me moan like you. And I bet nobody can make me come like you." I smiled as I released the pillow from my bite. He brought his lips to mine again and melted them into another sweltering kiss.
"Mmmm Naraku," I moaned as I pulled away from his tantalizing, full lips, "you're making this night like a fantasy come true. I'll never forget tonight." He chuckled softly.
"Every night will be a fantasy my dear because my desire for you is insaitable." I bit my lip and moaned again. I had to get a grip on my mental images. Just thinking of all the things that Naraku could and most likely would do to me was enough to send my mind swinging
After several more minutes at a slower tempo, Naraku began to pick up the pace a bit. He now hovered over me as I was on my back again. His thrusts became slightly harder and a little faster. I grasped onto the sheets tightly as I began to moan a little louder. I stared up at him with entranced eyes as I watched his face contort into very sexy expressions of pleasure. The sounds that left him were even sexier. I tried even harder to match his rhythm to see if I could draw even more erotic sounds and looks from him. The inferno blazing between us causing him to drip sweat ontop of me, each drop seeming to sizzle as it hit my caramel toned skin. The contrasting rain still heavily falling, small rolls of thunder now accompanying it. Biting his lower lip, he looked down at me again with enchanting rosey eyes, a small smile turning the corners of his mouth. I smiled back before squeezing my eyes tightly as the sensation in the pit of my stomach began to grow even more.
"Ahhhhhhh. Ohhhhh Narakuuuuu."
He leaned down and began to hungrily tease my nipples with flickers of his tongue, all the while quickening his pace a little bit more. He grasped my wrists and pinned them above my head on the pillow I was lying on. I called out to him over and over, encouraging him to continue his behavior. He seemed to get the message as he continued his spine-tingling movements, and when he would slip inside me completely, I thought I was going to explode.
"Oh Naimaaaa. Oooo girl,"
Naraku groaned as he slipped an arm up under me again, lifting my back up a little until my chest was against his. I let my head fall downward as Naraku began to serve my neck again with kisses.
"Narakuuuuu."
I reached up and planted my palms firmly against his slick, hard chest. His silky, black hair falling into my face a little and over his shoulders, brushing against my body. My long hair hitting my back with each in and out motion Naraku performed. And those motions were now very intense, for he was finally burying himself to the hilt He was plunging so deep inside of me now. I didn't even have to ask him to go deeper. In fact, I didn't have to ask him to do anything. It was like he already knew what I wanted and how I wanted it. Our connection was borderline psychic.
"You alright Naima?" he purred into my ear. I nodded my head a little. "Do you want to ride me?"
"Yessss."
He paused deep inside me for a second to reposition himself so he was sitting on the bed. I gripped onto his shoulders as I straddled his lap before I slowly began to move along him. He ran his hands up and down my back while watching me intensely, like he was trying to remember every single moment of tonight. I threw my head back and moaned loudly, so very aroused by his depth in me. I tried my best to calm myself before I came all over him and the bed. I didn't know how long it had been since we first lost ourselves in this world of loving passion that only we inhabited, time just seemed to disappear. All I knew was that it was still too soon for me. I stared down at him with glassy eyes as I brushed a few stray hairs away from his face. I smiled softly as the glow from each strike of lightening seemed to hit his body in such a seductive way . The soft waves of light making ivory and brown skin glisten. The only sounds to be heard were our moans and heavy breathing and the now intense weather outside. Rolls of distant thunder seeming to mimic the intensity I felt with Naraku right now. My arms wrapped around him, black claws digging into his back causing him to let out small groans of pain. The small scratches of pleasure accompaning his spider mark, letting every woman know that he was mine and the extent of his unparalleled bedroom eroticism. Droplets of sweat rolling down our backs. Various strands of black hair sticking firmly to slick skin. I began to lose some steam as I laid my head down on Naraku's shoulder, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck and concealing my face in the crook. He was mostly controlling my movements now as he guided me up and down with a firm grip on my hips. Never before had I felt this close to him as I did now. I completely relaxed in him. The way his chest rose and fell against me, the way he was nipping on my shoulder, the way he held me. It was all so mezmorizing. I just had to tell him how much I...
"Naraku."
"Hmmm?"
"I love you so much."
"I love you too my dear."
He moved his hands from my hips and wrapped them around me again. He slowly pushed me backwards until I was flat against the bed again. He pressed himself fully against me as he began to thrust inside of me with great speed. I knew that I wouldn't be able to hold on much longer and it seemed as if Naraku wouldn't either. I could tell that he was trying his hardest not to come as was I. I arched against him again as I clenched both the sheets and my teeth tightly, trying to fight it. 'No. Just a little bit longer,' I told my body, 'I don't want this feeling to end.' I was already beginning to tremble a little and panting very heavily. Two drenched bodies on the verge of a cataclysmic finish. The summer breeze continued to spill in from the window, teasing our skin. I wrapped my long legs around his waist very tightly, forcing him to go as deep as possible. He slid his arms from under me and pinned my wrists down again. I turned my head to the side as he began to work my neck over again.
"Narakuuuu," I whined in pleasure as his tongue coasted over me again. My chest pressed firmly against him as I arched up under him again. Ohhh the feeling was just too much.
"Naimaaaa," he whispered in my ear before running his tongue over it. "Oh Naimaaaa." And that's when he suddenly lost control of his thrusts. He kept me tightly pinned as he pumped viciously inside me. My moans grew in both pitch and volume. His groans filling the air. The headboard slamming against the wall, springs singing their song, and the bed shaking so hard that I honestly thought it would break. I whined loudly in pleasure as I couldn't contain it any longer. I began to climax and so did he.
"Ahhhh. Narakuuuu." He growled low in his chest as a reply. "Oh Naraku!"
"Ohhhhh. Oh Naima."
"Mmmmm! Ohhh, ahhhh!"
"Ohhhhh!"
"OHHHH! Oh Naraku I love you! AHHHH! I LOVE YOUUUU!!"
"OH SHIT! NAIMAAAA!!"
"NARAKU!!!!"
After both releasing our essence, we fell totally limp as the bed ceased to rock. We panted heavily, struggling to catch our breath. I let out small wimpers of pure ecstacy, still feeling aftershocks from the powerful climax that my best friend had just given me. He laid his head on my chest as he tried to regain control of his breathing. I stroked his soft black hair, relaxing him even more than he already was. He returned the affection by gently rubbing my stomach. After a few more minutes of staying in this sweet position, Naraku was finally able to lift his head. I stared into his very tired eyes and saw no more signs of lust. All I saw was love. I reached up and put a hand to his sweat covered cheek and caressed it. I couldn't help but smile as I noticed how the moon shone down on us, like our own personal spotlight. He softly smiled back. Neither of us knew what to say. Then again, what can you say after the sensual, toe curling, intense love that we just made? What can you say after an earth shattering, simultaneous climax like that? The only response needed was the firm kiss that I planted on Naraku's lips. A long, passionate kiss. He ran his fingers through my hair as he returned the kiss. And that was it. That was all that needed to be said. Naraku smiled once more as he attempted to roll off of me, but I stopped him by throwing my legs around his waist. I smirked as I shook my head no. I was making sure that he didn't leave me this time. He chuckled softly, catching the meaning of my actions. He then flipped us over so that I was the one on top, the position being more comfortable that way. I gave him another tender kiss before lying my head on his chest. He continued to stroke my hair until I drifted off to sleep, with him still inside of me.
Naraku's POV
A few minutes later, she was sound asleep. I smiled to myself as I kissed the top of her head tenderly. I reached down and pulled the covers up over us, shielding our wet bodies from the summer breeze. I then replaced my hands on her head and back. I once again had the woman I loved with me and I'd be damned if I walked out on her this time. This woman was my one true love and I intend on becoming the Superman for her like she wants me to be. I continued to smile as I stared at the celing above me. A single tear slipped out of my eye and fell to the pillow below me. I had to be the happiest man on earth right then.
"Sweet dreams," I whispered to her softly as I continued to stroke her dark locks until I fell asleep myself. The world continued to be temporarily non existant to us. It was still just me and her. Absolutely no one else mattered. It was pure bliss to fall asleep still being inside of her. I loved my dear Naima so much. My one and only Naima. My best friend, my soulmate, and soon, my wife.
A/N: WOW! That was such a LONG chapter. Oh yeah, that lemon was dedicated to Red-Smartiez because she has been bullying me about a Naraku lemon since day one, lol. So I promised to dedicate it to her.
Sesshoumaru: "..."
Me: "...are you mad sweetie?"
Sesshoumaru: "..."
Me: "Sighs...well...you can't win everything. Look on the bright side...you get your own sequel...but you have to show up in the next chappy to get it."
Sesshoumaru: "Damn you wench."
Me: sweatdrop
