A/N:- So, I'm back a little earlier than I thought! Anyway, the poll is still open until Monday so vote people vote! I can't stress that enough! Quickly onto my thanks and then I'm gonna go hide!

Alexkitkat thank you for your review! (I'm glad you liked Kit and James! Naru should propose to her there, you're right! Me too! You can never write too much!)
adanyasophia07 thank you for your review! (I'm glad you thought it was funny and I also sympathize with Naru! I hope this chapter also takes away your boredom!)
ardx thank you for your review! (I can also imagine this happening, but it would be funnier if he did it right in the middle of the supermarket! Thank you also for the awesome chat this week, it has been a real pleasure talking to you!)
seshomaru94 thank you for your review! (I agree with all you have said (There was just too much wonderful stuff to mention!), I think this chapter is slightly worse for Naru though! I hope you enjoy it nonetheless! Also thanks for chatting with me and the great idea you gave me for this chapter! It's not the one you previously gave me, that will be next chapter! I hope you enjoy what I've written though!) and finally (for now!)...
lici910 thank you for your review! (I'm glad last chapter reached your expectations! I like how he's being protective of Mai also! I hope you enjoy this chapter and thanks for the advice about it!) I also wish to thank anyone who alerted or favorited, it means a lot! I'm hiding now, KIT! Finish off for me please! *Runs and hides*

Kitai:- Helloo readers! You may have noticed that Treelow955 is shy this week, you may also have noticed the story rating has gone up to M! This is because, on the advice of lici910, this chapter was deemed a little bit more heated than usual! This means I get to do this without being interrupted by my creator! Helloo ladies who reviewed! *Wink*

So, I have a list of what I'm supposed to say! Hang on a sec! *Mumble, mumble, mumble!* Okay, although this is now M rated please do not make any M rated suggestions to Treelow955, if you're going to suggest stuff for this fic, as they can and will be swiftly rejected! Treelow955 does however use all suggestions given and gives full credit to their owners! That being said...

This chapter is dedicated to seshomaru94 and ardx for their awesome suggestions that made this chapter! It is also dedicated to lici910 for being a good friend with great advice! Thank you ladies! *Wink*

Treelow955 does not own anything she just worded it! Everything belongs to their respective owners! Enjoy!

Mai's POV

Naru didn't talk to me for the rest of the ride back to the house. I guess I couldn't blame him after the two rather awkward shopping trips we'd had. I clutched onto my bag of goodies insisting to myself he deserved it. Okay, so when I made him take our most recent visit to the supermarket I lied to him and said I forgot to pack some, but how else was I supposed to make him stop ignoring me? What he called Kit was rude and unforgiveable, I mean alright he's entitled to have an opinion of someone, but he doesn't need to broadcast it and humiliate them! To be honest I was almost out of them anyway and I probably could have asked Madoka, but this way I get revenge and what I want!

I entered the base to see Luella and Lin mumbling quietly in a corner with each other, Lin looking a little awkward at whatever Luella was saying to him. I crossed the room to talk to Ayako who looked a little frazzled.

"Ayako, is something wrong?" I asked kindly.

"Yes, I have had to sit here for the past three hours listening to those two fools on the hill!" The miko exclaimed.

"Come on, I'm sure it's not that bad." I tried to reassure.

"Oh yeah? You think so, huh? You did not hear some of the topics they came out with! It was disgusting listening to what they were saying!" She practically exploded. I decided to leave her to calm down. I scanned the room looking for Naru. The only people I saw though were Kit and John on one of the sofas chatting, Martin reading a newspaper on the other sofa and Luella and Lin still whispering in their corner. I decided to quickly go and put my purchase away and maybe go and start dinner.

As I reached the bottom of the stairs after visiting my room I smelt something wonderful. I checked my watch as my stomach growled confirming it was indeed time for food. 'I wonder who's cooking though.' I decided to go look in the base rather than look in the logical place of the kitchen. I noticed everyone was still exactly where I'd left them and Naru was still missing. I turned about to go to the kitchen and confirm Naru's whereabouts when the man himself came in bearing a tray full of food. 'Oh my God! Naru can cook?' Naru set his tray down on the coffee table and I noticed we were two plates of food short. Before I had time to question him about it though he spoke.

"Mai, I would like you to come with me." He requested in his usual brusque manner.

"Why Naru?" I asked, a little worried and a little puzzled.

"Must I explain everything to you? Obviously if we are two plates short that means you and I will be dining elsewhere away from everyone else!" He declared in an 'I'm being patient but only because I think you're stupid' tone.

"Oh, uh…okay Naru." I said following him out of the base. Lin called out to Naru as we left.

"Naru, I have something important to discuss with you after dinner!"

Naru led us towards the kitchen where a beautifully laid table awaited us complete with candles and everything.

"Oh gosh, Naru! You did all this?" He merely nodded and pulled out a chair for me to take a seat. After placing the food he'd prepared in front of me and taking a seat himself we ate in silence for a while.

"Naru, I'm sorry, for what happened in the supermarket, again."

"Mai, although I have worked out that you only did it to get revenge, I am not so petty as to hold a grudge." He informed, fixing his deep blue eyes upon me. 'Oh, I could get lost in those eyes!'

"Wait, you knew I was just doing it for revenge?"

"Of course Mai, I'm not that stupid! We've only been going out for half a day, why would you want to go buy something so personal with me?"

"I…I…" 'Oh shoot! He figured me out!'

"The answer, Mai, is you wouldn't! You would ask one of the other women on the team to help you out." He enlightened. We finished our meal, which was excellent I have to say 'Man, Naru should cook more often! He's good!' and headed back to base. When we got there Lin was waiting for Naru whilst clutching a shopping bag. I swear he was also blushing slightly. He cleared his throat a little and gestured for us to take a seat on one of the sofas whilst he took a seat on the other. Lin looked a little unsurely at Luella, who smiled and nodded encouragingly. 'I have the feeling that whatever comes next is either going to be embarrassing, entertaining or both!' (A/N:- I hear ya! Oh gosh I can't believe I'm writing this!) Lin cleared his throat again and took a small box out of the bag he was holding. 'Oh my God! Are those what I think they are? This is going to be priceless!'

"Okay, Naru as your guardian I have been informed that it is my duty to educate you on certain aspects of life." Lin said with an 'I really don't want to do this' expression.

"Lin, please don't say what I think you're going to say!" Naru pleaded. 'Is that fear in his eyes? This really will be interesting!' Lin continued as though Naru hadn't spoken still sporting his 'let's just get this over with' look.

"Now this banana is quite apt enough to represent your…uh…well, your manly goods, I think." He told Naru, producing a rather large one from his bag. 'Whoah! Naru's that big? That's a little worrisome!' I stared at his lap for a moment and then at his, now rather red, face. I glanced around the room, noticing that everyone's attention was now also on the same spots I had just looked at and on the demonstration Lin was giving.

"That's it! I've heard enough of this! I'm leaving!" Naru declared with embarrassment, standing up and heading for the door. The door Luella was stood in front of with a 'You had better sit your backside back down now before I smack you into the middle of next week' look. Naru visibly blanched at her glare and meekly retook his seat next to me on the sofa. 'Wow, she must be some kind of person to make Naru act like that!'

"As I was saying…" Lin resumed, clearing his throat again. "…I will now demonstrate how to apply the correct protection for the situation you most likely will find yourself in with Mai." 'Hey, why involve me in this?'

Lin reached forward a little shakily and picked up the small box he'd set on the table earlier. He removed one of the individually wrapped items from the box and started to carefully tear it open whilst delicately balancing the banana between his knees. I glanced around the people in the room again and noticed that John had swapped with Ayako and there was a slight tint of a blush on the part of his face I could see not facing the monitors. 'Poor John! He must feel so embarrassed having to listen to this!' Lin continued on with what he was doing narrating his every action and why until he had successfully covered the banana in the…well, in the hmmhmm he had unwrapped earlier.

"Now it's your turn." Lin declared. "Show me what you have learned!" He said, holding out a second banana that he had removed from his bag to Naru, along with a second hmmhmm. I could hear murmured laughter from the others as Naru turned redder and timidly took the items from his guardian. Naru fiddled around with the items for a few minutes until he too had effectively wrapped the banana in its protection.

"There! Are you all satisfied now? If you don't mind, I'm leaving. I need to be alone!" Naru growled, getting up and successfully managing to exit the room this time. I sat for a moment in stunned silence before anger overtook me.

"Was this all your idea Luella? Did you put Lin up to this?" I burst out. Luella merely smiled her motherly Luella smile.

"My son needs to know these things." She explained with her usual chipper attitude.

"So you decided it should be done in front of everyone?" I was starting to really lose my respect for her. Luella shrugged nonchalantly.

"If that's the way it has to be done then yes. Besides you learned something too I hope."

"Oh I learned something alright; I learned what a humongous hypocrite you are! You tell me not to embarrass your son in front of others when I get him to say one humiliating word, but you on the other hand completely mortified him and destroyed him just now with the stunt you pulled!" I yelled. "You should be ashamed to call yourself a mother." I said acidly, stalking out of the room in search of Naru.

"Well, that was most entertaining!" I heard Kit's voice declare something in English in a snide tone. I was unconcerned with what he said though. Right now, Naru was more important.

Kitai:- Treelow955's still hiding!

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