"Emmett...that was...simply..amazing..." she told him. "Thank you"
He smiled and kissed her. "You're welcome Izumi and yes it was, it was worth the wait" he told her pulling her closer to him.
She snuggled into him and fell asleep with her head on his chest.
The phone rang and Emmett answered it. "Moshi Moshi?" he answered lazily.
"Are you okay?! Do we need to find you another girlfriend? Suichi told me to stay out of your business or he's leaving me with no support" Sage rambled.
"Yes, I'm fine, no I don't need or want another girlfriend. And he's right...stay out of my business Sage, I will take care of me and Izumi, you take care of you and yours. Personally I don't blame him. You always go to far and get in WAY to deep for your own good. Back off Sagey and let me take care of this myself and my way" he said hanging up on her.
Sage was stunned at what she just heard. She couldn't believe that her brother and her husband were both being asses to her. Now what? How to make it up to them? No...she wanted them to make it up to her, it was only fair.
Kurama had gotten the girls out and dressed and was brushing out their hair when Sage come downstairs.
The girls toddled over to her and hugged her. She hugged them back.
"We need to talk Suichi. You, me and Emmett" she told him.
"If you think I'm apologizing to you, I'm not...YOU are in the wrong, not me, not Emmett...you" he told her. "And if it means me leaving and not coming back, so be it...so you have a choice, I leave and take the twins with me, or I leave...and leave you with nothing, including no job and no support"
"Then leave Kurama..." she told him going to take a bath.
While she was in the tub, he packed the twins' stuff up and his and left with them to go stay with Shiori. When she got out she realized how quiet the house was. She went searching for the twins. Sage noticed their clothes and other items were gone.
"He took my girls, maybe it is my fault, maybe I'm being to hard on Izumi..." she mumbed to herself as she sat in the living room and cried.
-
The next day Izumi went to work as Hiei still hadn't returned. She was glowing when she walked in the door. Her co-workers noticed.
"Well, someone had a wonderful night" one of the other waitresses said.
"A very good night, I can't believe how amazingly lucky I am to have Emmett in my life" she said happily.
-
Emmett called Kurama to talk to him about Sage. Kurama invited him over to Shiori's so they could talk.
"Sage is out of control, she called me the other night and asked if I needed a new girlfriend because of Izumi. I have invested to much time and effort in that girl to find another one..." he told him. "Especially now since I showed her how good sex could be" he said dropping his voice.
Kurama smiled. "I told Sage she had to let you do it in your own time and own way...she didn't like that answer, I also told her if she kept denying the fact that she is pushing Izumi to hard I would leave. She told me to leave so I took the girls for a few days" he told Emmett.
He picked them up and played with them. He loved his nieces. Emmett showered them with kisses and tickles.
Kurama watched him. He wondered if Emmett and Izumi would have kids. Would she be able to have kids? Kurama suddenly wondered what Kenji was up to. Did Kenji find his own mate to be with.
'Mate? Was I just thinking that? I meant person...thinking with my demon side again...' he told himself.
"So..what are we going to do about Sage? She wants you and I to apologize for the 'way we behaved' towards Izumi. I spoke the truth to her and I think she realized, her teasing you was going to make you leave was when she snapped out of it for a moment. And no, I'm not sorry I did it" he told him honestly.
"She needed to hear it from you. I've told her time and again. I don't think she believed it until you said it, it made it more real. Not even Kenji could've reached her on that level. It had to be you and I'm glad it was" Emmett told him cuddling the girls who were now asleep on him.
Kurama picked up Skye. "Let's get these little ladies to bed" he said motioning for him to follow.
Emmett nodded and followed. "You know, I can't think of anything other than what you are doing now. What else did you tell her?" he asked.
"I told her I would leave her and the girls, she would have no job and no support from me, but I know I couldn't leave my little loves, they mean to much to me"
Emmett nodded. "Well if you need to I will support you and I know my dad will as well, but don't count on mom or Sage" he told him.
"Thanks, I think I know more people here honestly, I know they would help me"
"Yeah, but you can't say she's a bad parent because she's not, she's a good mom...I had hoped you would've lasted longer than a year or two" Emmett said honestly.
"Right now this is a trial seperation...but if she can't keep her nose out of your business then I cannot stay with her" Kurama told him.
-
A few days later Izumi met up with Sage and Kenji. Sage was the last to arrive and came in with them talking about Kenji getting married.
"I wouldn't get married again for all the gold in the world..." she told them.
They looked at her. "Why do you say that?" Izumi asked.
"Because men are assholes and mine took my kids" she said.
"You're just mad at him because he told you to mind your own business. You, don't like people telling you what to do...well neither do I and what Emmett and I decide to do about me and my fear of sex is between Emmett, therapist and I, NOT you. I wouldn't blame Suichi if he left you and took the girls" she told her.
Kenji just stood there and watched his twin get more annoyed. "'Zumi...I would back off" he told her quietly.
She glared at him and turned her attention back to Sage. Kenji quietly sat down. He knew when Sage was this angry it was better to sit down and shut up. He happened to have a pen and paper and started writing things he and Naoko would need for their wedding.
He didn't know which guy to ask to be his best man. He thought about Kurama but wasn't sure, then he thought about Emmett because he had known her longer.
His list wasn't long. Naoko and him of course. Izumi, Suichi, Emmett, the twins girls, and Sage...maybe. If Izumi didn't run off with a mouth and negate all his hard work.
After a couple of hours of arguing Izumi was no closer to backing down off of Sage and her mouth. Neither of them noticed that Kenji had gotten up and left.
He walked into Nao's and grunted.
"What's wrong Kenj?" she asked.
"Well if my sister doesn't back off of Sage, and if Sage doesn't back off of Izumi...there is going to be a war between twins...one I don't want to be in the middle of" he told her.
"What are they fighting about?"
"Izumi and her fear of sex...which after living with that idiiot of a man who help create us...I don't blame her, but I see Sage's point to, but you can't just get over that...I don't want to be in the middle of this war, but she's my sister and she's creating it..." he said putting his head in his hands. "Maybe we'll elope, safer that way..."
"Then let's elope, we'll go get everything ready...we'll get Suichi to witness it?" she asked.
"Okay, that will be good" he agreed.
That sat down to make plans. She decided on a simple dress and he decided on a nice dress slacks and shirt. Nothing to fancy for either of them. He was said Izumi wasn't going to be there to witness it, but with the war she is starting it would be better she wasn't there.
Kenji hoped for her sake she knew what she was doing and wouldn't burn that bridge that her and Sage and managed to start together.