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Ok guys I have a pretty good excuse for the hold up this time. On Friday my wifi was acting craaaazzzzzaaay so I couldn't post anything and Saturday and Sunday I was REALLY busy. I am so sorry guys and I have decided to NOT promise you anything because it makes me feel bad when I don't commit:(

I WILL promise that you wont go a whole week w/o a chapter... I can say that! I will type until I run out of ideas.

Anyways, this a short but sweet one. It was originally going to be #9 but decided to make it come sooner.

ENJOY!

Oneshot 8: So Predictable

by: AshAnime

"Stop it! I said stop it Mugen!"

Fuu swatted Mugen away from her hair for the umpteenth time. She placed another coat of red lipstick across her small lips and smiled into the cracked mirror. The inn keeper gave it to her after chatting about her date earlier that day.

"Mugen! Quit it!" Fuu turned to give him another warning glare. Ever since she dropped her hair he wouldn't stop tugging on it, just to annoy her. She was trying to get ready for her date but the pirate kept distracting her.

"How come you never wore that for us?" Mugen asked, picking his nose and scratching his ankle as he laid on his side behind Fuu. The young girl was kneeling on the floor in front of a dirty old mirror with a dark red Kimono on. It was kind of scary for him to see her so… grown up?

"I'm not dating Jin and I'm not dating you," Fuu answered simply, fiddling with her kimono here and there. She wanted to get it just right.

"Still seeing that uptight asshole?"

Fuu caught Mugen's eye in the mirror and tried to control her anger. "His name is Taro, Mugen. He is sweet and caring… unlike someone I know."

"Sure." Mugen pulled on another strand of Fuu's silky brown hair, receiving a bop on the head in return. He wished he could show her just how stupid and worked up she was getting over this guy. It only made it worse that Jin kind of accepted the bastard.

"What are your plans for tonight?" Fuu asked, breaking Mugen out of his dark thoughts. "I heard Jin say something about playing pai-sho with the inn keeper's husband."

Mugen placed his hands behind his head and smirked. "While four-eyes is doing that I'll probably help myself to some sake… or a brothel."

Fuu shook her head. There was definitely no surprise there. "Wow Mugen. You're so predictable."

"No I'm not."

"Yes," Fuu insisted, "You are. For someone so wild you're pretty set in your ways if you ask me."

Mugen glanced at Fuu with a questioning glare only to receive a shrug from her. What did she mean he was 'set in his ways'? Fuu made it sound like he was some grumpy, old, stubborn geezer. Without him their travels wouldn't even be half as exciting as they were now.

"Predictable, huh?" he repeated, getting a nod from Fuu.

"Yup. All you think about is booze, boobs and- Mugen?"

Fuu reeled back as Mugen leaned his face into hers. One minute he was laying down in front of her and the next he was sitting up in her face. She hardly had any time to react. Her back was now pressed into the dingy mirror and there was no where else to go.

"What's the matter?" Mugen leered, reaching up and fiddling with a lock of her hair. "Ya look nervous and… surprised."

Fuu took a shaky breath and tried to lean her cheek away from his warm touch. "I just… I wasn't expecting you to… to…"

"Exactly." Mugen leaned in closer, so close that their noses brushed. "You weren't expecting me to do what I did. Aint so predictable now, am I?"

Fuu gulped. "No I guess not."

She didn't like that her kimono had suspiciously risen to her upper mid-thigh. Her heart shouldn't be racing so hard when she had a date on the way to pick her up, right? It wasn't proper to be thinking about leaning into the lips a few centimeters away from her… right?

"Bet you think I'm going to lean in now," Mugen whispered, his voice rough and husky. Fuu heard this voice many times before. When threatening an opponent or cursing under his breath, but not like this. Not when she had her back pressed up against cold glass and Mugen's breath on her parted lips.

She simply nodded at his statement. She couldn't trust her voice.

"Well…"

Mugen leaned in closer… Fuu closed her eyes.

"I'm not that predictable."

Fuu's eyes shot open as the warmth left her face. She stared with a beet red glare as Mugen leaned back and laughed obnoxiously, looking like a childish bully.

"MUGEN!" she bellowed, leaping forward and punching him over and over again. Of course it didn't faze the Ryukyu pirate at all but he let her punch away, looking down at her with an amused expression.

"You done?"

"I'm going to kill you!"

"Calm down, will ya? Just provin' a point here."

Fuu's punches came to a halt and she rubbed furiously at her red cheeks. "A stupid point," she grumbled.

"Whatever." Mugen leaned back on his hands and took in the intriguing girl before him. It seemed red was the color of the night. "Remember this the next time you want to call me predictable, girly."

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AshAnime: How do you deal with the continuous stress two bodyguards can provide, Fuu?

Fuu: Who, me? Oh I just power through it and make sure they know who's boss!

AshAnime:... Are you sure about that?

Fuu: Positive!

AshAnime: *Turns To Readers* Well you heard it guys! Want to get boys to listen? Power through it and show them who's boss!