4/01/2015 4/11/2015
You know, it really is something when someone does a "Guest" review. Honestly I think it should be taken away since really, as authors we get beat up. For some reason you can get dozens of compliments and then you get that dreaded review that almost sucks up all of your passion to keep going on. Now I'm not saying I'm going to quit but for the person that only made it to Chapter 6, well it's too bad for you. I started this pairing as a bit of a challenge to myself to do something no one else has. This is the only Kagome x Yamato story out there on this site so if you think you can do a better job prove it. Create an account, spend hours typing and editing, going over every line and then put it up for everyone to read. I at least have the guts to do so. This story is simply about Kagome and Yamato taking a chance at finding happiness together. Anything else is just there to push them together and give them trials. Kagome is not some almighty priestess that can rule the ninjas. No, it's a reality check that her powers are not as effective here as they were back then and she isn't as physically fit as ninja that have been training for years. If that lizard summon was a demon it would have been toast but I am keeping this in line with what the Naruto verse is and just squeezing Kagome in through the cracks. Honestly, I didn't care for Yamato at first but as I got to know the character I began to consider him one of my top favorites. I hope that at least anyone that reads this will understand that I won't give up just because of some hater that can't even leave a name. This chapter though, will be awesome it's just took several sittings to type it as usual.
I do want to thank you guys for the incredible reviews I have received and thank you SilverontheRose, I will find those mistakes. Funny how I had just looked up the difference between rogue and rouge yesterday for the new story I have being build. I really appreciate it when someone catches on to any repeat mistakes since it only betters me as a writer so thank you again. I have rested up and my wrist is doing better. I have the final chapters coming up for this story and Retribution. To give you something to look forward to I have a new story, it was originally meant to be Naruto x Kag but it didn't turn out that way (That's the second time I have done that). I have thoughts about making two different stories with the same bad guy and situation one being, Chikara Gaara, the other Chikara Naruto. What do you guys think? Well Chikara Gaara is about halfway finished right now. By the time I post it, it probably will be done, maybe even by the end of this weekend. I hope you guys are enjoying this new method with my writing, having lots of it sitting in advance to keep you guys amused. Enjoy reading!
Taking Chances
Chapter 20
Tsunade sat munching away; it was now her official first meal since waking up. Feeling more rejuvenated she waited for more food to be brought to her before she will call an immediate meeting. Looking to Shizune, "After the meeting I want Kagome brought to me immediately," she demanded before shooing her away.
Sitting back down after everything was taken care of she waited for Shizune to come back with Kagome. Seeing her come in alone she demanded, "Shizune, I said I wanted Kagome to be here, as in, in-person. Go get her now," sending the other woman into a frenzy.
"Well you see Lady Tsunade," she started out saying, hoping to placate the impatient Hokage.
"Just go get her, if she's busy with something important I will wait, just get her to me," she commanded, sending her back out the door.
Shizune was outside Kagome's temporary tent. Yamato began freaking out when he came upon Kage holding her and taking off. "Hey," he yelled after him, "what do you think you're doing?"
Another Anbu member stopped and turned to him, "Lady Tsunade has requested her immediate presence," they informed him before following after.
Stopping, he watched after them, "Couldn't she have just come to see her instead?"
Tsunade was back to eating, the meeting gave her an appetite so she had a small feast brought before her to fill her up while she waited on the Priestess. Hearing footsteps she looked up after they stopped in front of her, confused as she noticed it was Kage holding a sleeping Kagome. "What the-," she started in.
"Shizune!" She yelled out the door, watching as she meekly poked her head around the corner.
"Yes Lady Tsunade," she asked as innocently as she could.
Pointing at Kagome she scowled back at Shizune, "Why didn't you just say the poor thing is sleeping," she loudly whispered.
With a quiet voice she stumbled for a second, "Well you see, that would be because she's not," her whole body finally coming into view as she held TonTon.
"She looks asleep to me," she stressed out to her. "What's next, you're going to tell me she is meditating or something?"
"No," she paused, "more like she is in a coma…"
The table splintered, "Care to repeat that," eyes hardening as she looked at Shizune.
"Eh?"
"Shizune!"
"I'm sorry Lady Tsunade, she has been like this ever since we found her," she bowed repeatedly making TonTon feel sick.
Tsunade turned her eyes on Kage, seeing him instantly straighten up under her gaze. "Now that I recall a few things, I remember hearing you guys lost sight of her. I want to know in detail what has occurred before my fist goes through that skull of yours!"
Honestly, he can now sympathize with all of the others that have been on the receiving end of her fury as he looked at his fuming Hokage. Taking a deep breath he calmed himself down so he can give his report about the events that took place. "That day had started out fine but Kagome had a feeling something was going to happen and instead of training she alerted us to it. After we went to the top of the Hokage Monument she watched over the village for a while with us and noticed something falling from the sky. She focused her powers into her eyes and then she simply said, "It's time," right before the first explosions went off. She immediately began shooting her arrows with the spells on them to erect the barriers."
Nodding, she sat back down and began eating again, gesturing for him to continue, "After that she made seven clones and they spread out to do their duties while we followed after her. It was then at her last point that she came across the Preta Path Pain waiting for her. An animal summon in the form of a buffalo was charging at her and we had to jump in to stop it. She was forced to engage with the enemy for a while, primarily just evading him since she is not skilled in close combat and her long distance attacks were being absorbed. Eventually several other ninja jumped into the fray and she made a getaway after making the final barrier. By the time we gave up trying to eliminate the animal summon she was gone and we fanned out across the village to find her. While in my search I had come across where Kakashi had been defeated and before I could do anything else I was blinded by the sudden light when Pain demolished the village."
Adjusting his grip on his charge, Lady Tsunade signaled for him to set her down, Shizune quickly retrieved a pillow for him to place under her head. Standing back up he continued on after a quick bow, "By the time it was finished I had been buried under the rubble, my communicator wasn't working, my right arm was broken, and both of my legs were stuck. Lady Katsuyu heard my yells and tried to heal the damage, after that a couple comrades helped to dig me out. I had heard a battle going on and watched when Lady Hinata was struck down. Naruto had then grown six tails and began attacking the Deva Path Pain, I turned my attention back to finding Kagome, having heard from Lady Katsuyu that someone matching her description was fighting the Deva Path Pain under the Hokage Monument before being attacked by a Leaf Kunoichi-,"
"WHAT!" She roared, the table splintered and fell apart. She stood to her full height trying to calm down when she realized there was more.
"I was unsure if she was to be captured or eliminated so I began going through the debris in that area but after searching it well after Naruto won and everyone was brought back to life, I began to realize she might not be there. I did rest that night after finding the other Anbu members. We searched through the next day, Kakashi had helped by summoning two ninken later on after Yamato became worried that he hadn't seen her since arriving back to the village. The following morning we informed him that she was nowhere within the village. Kakashi organized several search parties and soon after she was found in poor condition a good distance from the village," Shizune stepped forward after an Anbu member had come back with all of the documents that detailed what was done from there.
"Here are the full reports Lady Tsunade," she handed them over and stood in silence as they watched her page through them.
Tsunade carefully went over the medical report first, seeing the photos that had been taken for evidence in charging the kunoichi. 'She even went to the length of poisoning her, it would seem she was planning this all along, if not for the witnesses she would have gotten away with it too,' she thought viciously.
Setting the medical report down she began going over the Anbu report, all the way up to what has occurred while in the care of the medics. It took her several minutes to read through everything, it went over what attacks they had been using on the buffalo to what they had witnessed Kagome do that day. She could only wish that she knew what happened under the Hokage Monument.
Finally going to the report on the charges and case they made against the kunoichi she was at least a little satisfied that she is now in prison. Really, she wished she hadn't been in a coma; she probably would have killed her if not left her handicap. It was most likely for the best that Danzo had taken care of the matter during his brief ruling.
"Well I suppose what's done is done. I still want to look Kagome over myself," she said before getting up and walking over to give her an exam. Giving him a look to turn away he gave them some privacy and faced the door.
She began checking her vitals, concentrating the most on her heart to determine if it was still in less than good health. She sat back with a sigh, "Well, it does appear her heart is still weak."
"Shizune I need a new desk," she stated, gesturing to the broken wood behind her. Shizune left the room momentarily before coming back.
"I might be able to fix her heart condition if it doesn't fix itself after she wakes up, otherwise I won't have the best news for her," already wondering how she can word it to the young woman.
"You know Kage, that Kunoichi is a former girlfriend of yours and she was able to attack Kagome twice now," she slowly worded it as the gears began to click in her head. "I almost question your dedication to her safety but there is more to my thoughts," she informed him.
Deciding to elaborate as her thoughts became ordered, "No one has been informing me of where she actually sleeps anymore, what her social life is, or her possible love life. Is there something that has been hidden from me, maybe because you yourself are sporting feelings for the priestess or against her?"
Trying to get his blush down before she could find out about it, he was suddenly up against a wall with her hand around his neck. "So Kage, are you holding out on who her boyfriend is for some mysterious reason," she asked, eyes lit with victory as the nagging question continued to evade her but she knew it wouldn't last.
Hearing a knock on the door frame she was a bit surprised to see both Yamato and Kakashi there looking at the scene. "Hmm, now isn't this interesting," she let Kage go and leveled them with a look. "Take a seat you two," she ordered and watched them come in looking a bit hesitant.
"Now let us begin," she said with an evil smile.
"HE DID IT!" They both yelled out and pointed at the other.
Looking at each other comically they glared before Tsunade's glare had them sweating in place as they suddenly felt really small in front of their Hokage.
"All I want is some answers," she watched them for a minute. "Now, I was just questioning Kage as to why I don't have a complete report on what is going on with Kagome. It would seem to me that she is quite possibly seeing someone and since there are four Anbu members usually with her, I would like to finally get an answer as to who this person may be. I have certainly picked up on things, such as Kage has been sporting feelings for her, then it seemed like Kakashi was acting a bit like her boyfriend at times, but then I have also noticed her blushing around Yamato. So what will the answer be boys" she demanded from them.
The huge wave of relief the two gave off had her curious. "And here I thought it was something else," Kakashi sighed.
"I know; me too," Yamato took a calming breath.
"Well… I'm waiting," she tapped her foot impatiently. "So who is it?!"
Shizune hid her face in her hand as she shook her head at the antics of the Lady Hokage. "I am," Yamato easily supplied.
"You're her what, and how long," she persisted.
"I'm her boyfriend; now let's see how many days has it been…?" He sat thinking seriously.
"Wait days? So it hasn't been that long," she questioned.
"Well let me see here, it has been at least a couple weeks now," he retraced how much time has passed.
"Weeks?!"
Nodding his head, "Ahh, well I know it was the morning of her first training lesson. I believe it was with Shizune while I had left for a mission, I asked her out that morning before we parted ways," he informed her.
Her mouth twitched as she gained a noticeable tick on her forehead. "That long…" She mumbled, realizing she has been out of the loop for quite a while.
"How come I wasn't informed of this?!"
"Well, I guess you would have to ask Kage and the others. She has been sleeping primarily over at my place the majority of the time," he could feel the glare on his back as he turned her fire towards Kage for a moment.
"Wait, then how far have you two gone?" The nosy question had all of them sporting blushes.
"My Lady! Don't you think that is something private?" Shizune yelled at her.
Waving off her concerns she flippantly replied, "I was only wondering since if they were having sex then I hope it was protected since a pregnancy for her right now could be the death of her. I of course had her best interests at heart," she paused for a moment. Something seemed to click in her mind before she glared, "Wait! Just what kind of person do you take me for, Shizune?!"
"Oh nothing, nothing, my mouth just says the oddest things at times," she attempted to take Tsunade's ire off of her.
Only a couple had noticed that Yamato had gone sheet white until Tsunade looked and asked, "What's up with him? He looks like he's seen a ghost."
"Eh," Kakashi rubbed the back of his head uncomfortably while Kage glared daggers at Yamato.
"Well to go back to what I was saying, until I can hopefully get her heart stronger I will need you two to hold off on acting like rabbits. Even just sex alone could possibly kill her at this point so just keep things on a calmer note. I will inform Kagome of all this once she comes out of that coma, I certainly don't want to be telling her this after the fact. The news alone could be bad for her heart too so Yamato, leave this one to me," she commanded, opening her eyes to look at him. 'What the,' she thought, watching him twitch from where he was laid out on the floor.
"I think Lady Tsunade," Kakashi was still rubbing his head, uncomfortable and looking to escape. "This conversation is best left to the two of you," and with that he proceeded to leave with the others while Yamato glared at him before taking a good look at the Hokage.
"Well you see Lady Tsunade," trying to think upon that night and wondering how many times he had let his seed spill in her. "The night before I left on that mission to find Kabuto we had," he really didn't like revealing his personal life in such a way or even what their sex life is. "You could say there was no protection used and that was now over two weeks ago," he finally supplied into the deathly silence.
"WHAT?!"
"To our credit we couldn't foretell the future or these circumstances," he quickly pointed out.
"Well this is going to be just plain uncomfortable. I'm going to have to ask her about any other times she may have had sex," She hit her forehead with her hand as she thought about the most awkward questions she needed to ask now.
"Actually you wouldn't have to," he potentially saved her.
"Oh and why is that," she looked at him a little perked up.
"That was her first time," remembering he deflowered his innocent girlfriend.
"So the chances might be slim that she is pregnant. I will have to just keep tabs on her," she mumbled, already thinking about what might need to be done. "If she is pregnant then I need to get working on that heart problem right away and that doesn't even include her blood problem. She would have to be hospitalized at the time of birth and that is still months away. God Yamato, you better start praying that everything goes okay or we will have a rocky road ahead of us and who knows who will survive the war."
In the meantime let's get her back to her tent; I want to see where she will be resting," He picked her up in his arms and took the lead, they went almost to the total opposite side of the village where they both had been residing until Lady Tsunade had been moved to that hut.
"She's all the way over here," she noticed irritably. Opening the flap of the tent she looked at the table turned bed. "You guys have got to be kidding me, she is sleeping on a table, which is just asking for her to fall off, hit her head hard, and get amnesia. Go locate an open hut over by mine, I can't keep tabs on her if she is way over here," she ordered to Yamato.
He set Kagome down on her temporary bedding and left the tent, Lady Tsunade went over to another table where she found a pen and paper. She quickly got busy working on how to bring Kagome back into good health. She ordered for several medical books to be brought to her as she continued her work. The heart wouldn't be that bad, the blood issue though could be a permanent problem.
Yamato walked through the village; it hung over him like a dark cloud. This era of ninja has been harsh on his girlfriend. He has failed to protect her time and time again. She was attacked right in front of him; kidnapped right from his balcony; attacked in front of him another time by multiple kunoichi, and then he failed to find a way to keep her safe while he is gone. He was starting to wonder when he would start getting things right. Now that he realizes there is a chance she can be pregnant with his child he can't even figure out if he should be happy or not.
Sure he wants kids and he definitely wants to be with Kagome but a pregnancy could be the death of her and who knows if he will even be alive at the end of the war. It has been one foolish mistake after another and with the war right on their doorsteps he needs to succeed this time in keeping her safe. If he manages to survive this war he will definitely do something to make it all up to her.
Looking at the buildings as he walked by he knew it wouldn't be easy to find a vacant place but he did need time to clear his head. He was usually level-headed, always with a plan and prepared, but if anything he has been the opposite with her.
"Yamato," Guy greeted him as he walked up.
"Guy," he greeted in return.
"Your youth seems to be absent," he commented, "This isn't like you."
He couldn't agree with him more, "Yes I have noticed as well."
"Life can be tough, there is always a new challenge to face and burden to carry. It is those that have guts and persistence that persevere. If you don't have faith in yourself then hard work is worthless," he imparted to him, giving him just what he needed. Watching him disappear down the street his determination kicked into full gear.
Tsunade heard movement coming from behind her and turned around. "Kagome," she questioned, seeing the sleepy woman sit up on the table.
She slowly came out of her daze and met her eyes, "Lady Tsunade," she rubbed her eyes again and took in her surroundings. "Where am I?"
She was going to get down but was stopped by the Hokage, "Don't rush off, we need to speak."
Seeing her serious gaze she let Lady Tsunade give her a checkup. She wondered what her extra fussing and seriousness is about. "Is something wrong, Lady Tsunade?"
"Kagome, can you recount what last happened to you before you went unconscious?" She stood writing on a clipboard whatever information she had gathered from the checkup before switching papers to write down what she remembered.
"Well yeah, I was fighting Pain. He was attempting to capture me and just as he was about to get me I felt several sharp objects attack my back. He was pointing out that I was even betrayed by the village before he pulled one of the objects out of my back and I believe hit the woman that attacked me. After that he took me a great distance from the village and pulled all of them out, saying I should be fine until he comes back after finishing his business with the village. I recall the weapons were poisoned, I wasn't healing. I feel good now though," she tried to reassure the Hokage.
"I just wanted to confirm what we had pieced together. Now Kagome, I have to speak to you as not only the Hokage but also a doctor. You were found in rough shape two days later. Your body had a lot of strain on it because of the poison. In turn it has had some residual effects to your health that might be permanent. I do stress though, you need to remain calm so collect yourself right now," she instructed.
Kagome could feel her anxiety eating away at her but Lady Tsunade had specifically instructed that she needs to be calm. Closing her eyes she focused on calming her fears and clearing her mind. With a few good breaths she opened her eyes and signaled that she is ready.
"Your body now has difficulty replenishing any lost blood, from the steady blood loss you had since your body couldn't clot it, it then put a strain on your heart as well. I am still looking into helping you with this and making your heart strong but after the coma you have been in, it should have healed already. Kagome, you need to remain calm as much as possible and not do anything that may endanger yourself to getting any wounds. Any moderate or high intensity activities could be fatal because of your heart. I also mean having sex; the act could kill you and so could having a baby. I wish I had better news but as it is I only just woke up from a coma as well so I haven't been able to get far into seeing if there is a treatment for the blood portion. I do however have an idea to help your heart but I need to spend more time on figuring out all of the details," she finally ended, trying to give the woman at least a little hope.
"Does Yamato know," she questioned, wondering if he made it back to the village alright.
"Yes, he has known for a while now. I have him off doing things so I could focus on my research," she admitted, the man was simply sullen. "The fresh air will do him some good, I'm sure he feels like he failed you, and he isn't usually the type to have failure. In fact he has one of the finest records of anyone that has served under the Third Hokage or even me. Just keep in mind Kagome that the world of ninja is often complicated so I hope you can see through all of the complication and feel what is in another's heart," finishing her small ramble.
"Now with all of that out of the way I am starving so I'm going to have dinner brought to us. After all if we are both to gain back our strength then we need to fuel our bodies!" Kagome was almost wondering if she was trying to convince herself of something before she shook it aside and figured she was trying to cheer her up.
"Now, we need food," she shouted at the Anbu outside of the tent. Kage came in, not realizing until it was too late that Kagome would see him without his mask.
Facing Lady Tsunade silently he could feel Kagome's eyes studying. Lady Tsunade began scribbling down what to bring them, briefly asking Kagome what she had an appetite for. "Okay, here you go," she handed him a long list; surprised she was still that hungry after the feasts that she has already had.
"Right away," he bowed and departed, still feeling her gaze on him until he was out of sight.
"Lady Tsunade, is that one of the Anbu that has been keeping watch over me?" Curious as to why they were no longer wearing a mask.
"Yes, his mask got destroyed in the destruction of the village," she commented offhandedly.
"Wait, destruction of the village?" Wondering if she heard right. She slid off the table on to unsteady legs, holding the table for support.
"Kagome, don't push yourself so much, I just got done telling you all of that," Tsunade nagged her, guiding her to sit on the stool instead. "After Pain left you he came back to the village and destroyed it. Naruto did defeat him; Pain I guess had decided to put his faith in Naruto and had returned the lives of everyone that was killed since he came to the village. We are in the middle of reconstruction but everyone is fine," she soothed her.
"Kakashi too," remembering Pain using his death against her, as her hope filled eyes glued to Lady Tsunade's face.
"Kakashi is fine as well, I'm sure he is off somewhere reading that perverted book of his. He was almost named the Sixth Hokage due to me being in a coma but I woke up so I was reinstated," filling her in a little bit on some of the news.
"Now how about we prepare to eat," she began clearing off a whole table.
"Do we really need that much space when it's just the two of us?" Kagome watched as she slowly stood up and began moving around what had been her bed, using it to keep her steady as she gained more strength.
Tsunade came over, scolding her as she helped her to a stool at the cleared off table. A few minutes later Shizune and Kage came in carrying loads of food, followed by a purple haired member of Tsunade's Anbu. "Lady Tsunade, the village is going to starve if you keep eating like this," Shizune exaggerated.
"They will not now quite exaggerating, don't forget the drinks," she gave out the order sending Shizune off to get them while the Anbu members finished setting up the table.
"Now Kagome," she began to dig in, "since you can clearly recognize others by their energy this is Kage," she introduced surprising the two Anbu members. "However, quite soon we will all be going off to the war while you remain here at the village," she instructed. Chowing down some more she licked her fingers before wiping them off on a napkin. "With that being said, quite soon they will all be relieved of that duty since we will be gone and apparently not even our Anbu can keep you safe so it doesn't make much sense to keep them under order to watch over you. While I am gone you will however not be alone since those that are not part of the war such as the young ones will be here to keep you busy and company."
Kagome looked at Kage apologetically after being dissed by the Hokage, she felt bad for him when really, and the situation was beyond anyone's control. "Lady Tsunade, I would like to do at least something for you guys in the war," she liked feeling at least a little useful.
"Kagome," she levelled her with a firm look. "I already told you; in fact we still need to do a pregnancy test. If there is something that won't stress you out that you can do I will let you know but regardless of your health this is a ninja war, I will not have you a part of it so you will be remaining in the village. We can discuss the rest later after we know where you stand physically," caving in just a slight bit at the pleading look that was used on her.
At least ten passed by of them eating when a staggered Yamato suddenly drew the fabric open as he stood there looking haggard. His eyes remained latched on her form as paused her chopsticks just before her mouth. Suddenly becoming jubilant, he rushed over to her, barely giving her time to set her utensils down as he picked her up and spun her around shouting, "You're awake!"
"Yamato," she smiled thought a bit dizzy, just overall happy to see him looking well.
"YAMATO," Lady Tsunade yelled.
Setting Kagome back down he just managed to turn to address his suddenly mad Hokage when her fist met his stomach, "Ugh," he cringed as he went flying back making a long skid in the dirt as he went through the tent.
Kagome still being unsteady on her feet and dizzy from the spin and flailed for a second before Kage gently caught her, keeping her steady for a moment while he waited for what would happen next.
"Humph," she said before sitting back down. "That idiot, I just got done telling him she needs to remain calm," suddenly rambling on about rabbits.
Kagome looked over her shoulder at Kage to see if he could provide her an answer but he just shook his head as he shrugged his shoulders. Guiding her back to her stool he took one of the drinks from Shizune as she just arrived, setting it down for Kagome to enjoy. It was his simple pleasures in life to do small things like this for her.
Yamato came back in holding his stomach, clearly pained by the fist that had punched him there. "Lady Tsunade," he whined.
"I said she needs to remain calm, are you trying to kill her or something you stupid rabbit," covering her mouth as she realized what she just said. A few of the ones in the rooms tried to hide their laughter but their shoulders still shook.
"Lady Tsunade, why do you keep going on about rabbits," Kagome asked as she realized that she is the only one that didn't know what she was bringing them up for.
Straightening up she did her best to control herself, "Uh, never mind that Kagome, just keep eating," she hushed her effectively.
Yamato plopped himself down on table Kagome had slept on, letting her finish her food while he let the excitement of seeing her awake run its course. He couldn't wait to shower her with his affection and to hold her in his arms again. Having found a place for them he entirely planned on snatching his girlfriend away.
Thinking of something suddenly he hopped down, "I will be right," he excused himself, going out of the village and into the forest to complete his sudden idea.
"Remain calm Kagome," Tsunade reminded her as she watched her look anxious after Yamato took off suddenly.
Nodding her head she calmed her mind, trusting in his words while she continued to eat. Looking at the two Anbu members she decided to ask her question, "Why do the Anbu members have to wear masks?"
"To keep their identity hidden, they sometimes have missions outside of the village tackling the toughest ones that might require stealth. This allows them to have an extra sense of protection when they return to their personal lives," not going into all of the details.
She finished her food, not having nearly as big an appetite as her dinner companion but she respectfully waited for her to finish, quietly sipping her drink. The others felt she is oddly silent but chalked it up to being in a coma for so long.
As she finished eating, Tsunade carefully watched her. For being in a coma so long she still looked a bit tired, she wondered if perhaps she was being hunkered down by the residual effects of the poison. She would have to work hard if she is to succeed in helping her. "Kagome, before you leave I want to take a blood sample and run some tests, then I think you should go rest wherever Yamato found a spot," giving out her orders.
"Okay," came her simple answer.
A little while later she was finishing drawing the blood, bandaging her arm up just as Yamato came in looking things over. He was soon scooping her up, running through town with her carefully until they stood outside a hut.
Quickly he entered, watching her eyes look around curiously to why he is so giddy. They slowly entered a candlelit room decorated with wildflowers around the room. Her eyes took in the beautiful scene and she could only assume this is what he had been up to. "Yamato, it's gorgeous," she breathed.
He slowly sat her down on the futon, plucking a beautiful lily hybrid before giving it to her. He settled down beside her, happy that she enjoyed the quick work that he put into this surprise. She turned to him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I'm so lucky to have such a thoughtful boyfriend like you," she murmured quietly.
He frowned a little, still upset at his failures but happy to give back in a small way. "I'm lucky that you still put up with me," he joked with her.
"Oh hun, I just want to stay like this forever," she whispered as she was content in his arms.
"Let's take a nap," he suggested, holding her close. She smiled, resting her head on his chest while he went to his habit of fiddling with her hair.