The Dance of Spring Flowers

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\"So please, tell us more about you,\" Alvina said as they all sat around a dinner cloth. The trio happened to have such good luck that they arrived when Julian was preparing dinner. A feast of rolls, butter, ham, snow peas, and rice was presented to them upon entering the home. Mugen and Fuu gobbled down the food quickly, barely leaving any for anyone else. Jin ate his single plate and bowed at Julian, thanking him for the food.

Fuu, Jin, and Mugen all looked at each other and Mugen lifted a rice covered chopstick and pointed at Jin. \"I was killing him when a fire started and his thing was hanging out a bucket of water and,\" He stopped when he saw the glare Jin was giving him and the frightened look on Fuu\'s face. They were still fugitives of the freaking law and talking about the fire was pretty much announcing the prefecture they were from.

Julian noticed the looks on the visitors faces and passed Fuu the bowl containing the ham. \"More?\" He asked, practically shoving the bowl into her pale hands. He noticed the slightly irritated look on Jin\'s face and quickly poured more sake into his empty glass. Julian smiled at Jin, who only slightly nodded.

\"Hey, gimmie some of that,\" Mugen said, snatching the cup before Jin could even think about drinking from it.

\"Mugen! Stop being such an asshole!\" Fuu cried out sharply, temporarily fed up with the Ryu-Kyuian\'s unruly behavior. \"Yes, I was thinking the same thing.\" Everyone turned and looked at Jin, who was exiting the room to sit outside. Mugen stared after him and \'humph\'-ed, downing the sake in the glass. Julian stared at a red-faced Fuu and a sneering Mugen and got up to go follow Jin. Mugen smirked and watched the red haired man chase after the ronin. \"Baby,\" Mugen muttered and tore into the ham.

Alvina stood and wordlessly handed Fuu a sunflower from one of her vases. Fuu\'s eyes teared up as she whispered a \'Thank you\' and placed the flower against her heart. The semi-blind woman smiled and nodded, placing her head on Oniwakamaru\'s massive shoulder. Mugen rolled his eyes at the lovers, secretly jealous of the closeness the two obviously shared. He tossed his chopsticks in the empty bowl and walked off, leaving Fuu in her own world with her sunflower. Jin seemed to have impeccable timing-it seemed everyone needed a moment alone.

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\"I do not wish to be disturbed.\" Jin\'s voice came clearly through the forest, although Julian had yet to set eyes on him. Julian had followed Jin\'s movements to riverbank close to where Mugen had almost killed Oniwakamaru. Jin was sitting behind a large rock, arms and legs folded, staring at the blue water. Julian carefully perched on a rock close to Jin, but facing him.

The ronin sighed angrily. \"What part of I want to be left alone are you struggling with?\" The venom in his tone was unmistakable, and for a moment, Julian considered leaving him alone and going back to the house. Questions, however, were usually the only way to get information. Information was needed for assesment. Assesment was needed for progression. Progression was how he was going to get close to Fuu.

Julian shrugged and made himself comfortable on the sharp rock. \"I can\'t leave you alone. You are on my property.\"

\"Then I\'ll depart.\"

\"Your girlfriend will get mad. Or maybe she\'ll find comfort with the other guy, the one who looks like he doesn\'t bathe, yeah? Boy he seemed to get under your skin, but then again I assume he\'s good at that. He said that he was trying to kill you, so you have every right to be pissed off and-\"

Jin finally snapped. \"FUU IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND AND SHE ISN\'T MUGEN\'S GIRLFRIEND EITHER! JUST SHUP UP ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!!\" Jin stopped screaming and climbed down from the top of the rock. He smoothed his mussed hair and licked his lips, trying to regain composure.

Julian was afraid and drawn up on the rock, staring at the samurai gone wild.

\"What I mean is that neither me nor Mugen are involved with Fuu. She is just a friend,\" Jin said in a calmer voice, embarassed that he lost control. He turned away from Julian and slumped his shoulders. \"I really only desire to be alone. I miss being alone at times.\" Julian stared at Jin\'s gi, and then quietly walked away, both of them knowing that Jin\'s last statement was a lie.

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\"You better not have made Jin leave us,\" Fuu warned, shaking a white finger at Mugen. He was lying on his back staring at the celing, trying to rest. Jin and Julian had both been gone awhile, and Mugen assumed they both ran off together and started their own cult of samurai tight-asses.

\"You know we need him, even though you two hate each other. What you did was stupid. Stop being such babies and grow up!\" Mugen decided he had had enough. He hopped off the floor and got up in Fuu\'s face, their noses almost touching.

\"Oh yeah? What are you gonna do if he did leave? Cry? Whine? Get your beloved sunflower samurai to beat my narrow ass? HUH? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA DO FUU?!! YOU AREN\'T GONNA DO ANYTHING BUT MOVE IT ON OUT OF HERE AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE! I\'M A GROWN ASS MAN AND I DO WHAT AND WHO THE FUCK I WANT TO!!!\"

Fuu stared at Mugen. \"This,\" She simply stated. \"MOMO!\" Mugen screamed as the flying squirrel appeared from thin air and attacked him, biting at his face. Fuu smiled and walked away as Mugen screamed and swung blindly, breaking things in the room that didn\'t belong to them. Fuu stopped in the main room where the sunflowers were and inhaled happily. Then confusion clouded her face.

\'Mugen does who the fuck he wants to? What does that mean??\'

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Jin frowned and peered in Mugen\'s face. He had small scratches and what looked like bites covering his thin but handsome face. Mugen gave Jin a nasty look and slammed the sliding door shut upon seeing him. Fuu came up behind Jin and gingerly placed a hand in the small of his back.

\"He\'s sorry for being rude at dinner.\"

Jin frowned. \"When a man is contrite, he expresses it himself. There are no messengers involved.\"

Jin stepped forward, causing Fuu\'s hand to fall off of him. She sighed and turned to help Alvina clean up. There were only four bedrooms in the house, and the sleeping arrangements were that Julian and Fuu had their own rooms, Oniwakamaru and Alvina shared a room, and Jin and Mugen shared a room. By the way Mugen reacted upon seeing Jin, the ronin knew to hold his katanas close in his sleep, lest Mugen decided to get froggy and leap. He eased the door open to find two low straw filled beds with goose down pillows and thin silk sheets. He noticed a brown arm pointing at the bed closest to the window. Light streamed in from moon, which was extremely bright. Jin inwardly cursed Mugen for choosing the bed shrouded in darkness, mainly because he was unable to see him, but was fully able to be seen. Jin sat down on the bed, relieved to find that it was more confortable than it looked. The sheets had been sprinkled with some sort of soothing powder, because in no time he was fast asleep, snoring lightly.

Mugen turned and stared at Jin almost until the sun came up. The moom etched the ronin in silver blue, and he had fallen asleep again without taking off his glasses. The sight of Jin\'s features softened and sleeping was enough to move even the stoniest of hearts, and Mugen\'s was no exception. He figured that Jin assumed that he wanted the bed in the shadows so that he could attack him in the night, and Mugen had to admit it was partially true. But not attack him to hurt him. Attack him wih kisses, huges, and other tender touches that both of them had been deprived of.

\'He\'s so beautiful...I could never show him how I feel. Fuck...how do I feel? I mean, he hasn\'t realized that the way I treat him is a cover up of what\'s really going on in my head. Ever since we fought during that fire...when I saw him in that tub...that shit turned me on!\' Mugen chuckled at his own thoughts, covering his mouth when Jin shifted slightly. Eyes fixed on Jin\'s mouth, Mugen slid his black shorts down and retrieved a wad of cloth he took from Fuu\'s bundle and wrapped his fingers around his erect member. Pretending his hand was Jin\'s mouth, he bucked to and fro, moving just enough to pleasure himself, his grunts barely audible. Mugen bit his lip and his toes curled, his climax fast approaching.

\"Jinnnnnnnn....\" He hissed, eyes squinched tight. He gracefully caught every drop of cum in his hand and wiped it off in Fuu\'s rag. He chuckled again, mainly because he planned on giving the rag back to Fuu. Temporarily satisfied, Mugen closed his eyes as the first tentative rays of sunshine broke through the window.

When Mugen\'s breathing evened, Jin turned to the side away from Mugen, horrified. \"What the hell? Did he...was he just...\"

\'(??!!!!!)\'

Realization hit the ronin like a ton of bricks. Revelations weren\'t always a great thing.