An Unexpected Coupling

A/N: Wow…holy crap! Your support was tremendous – I can’t thank you guys enough! This almost gave me more than my Cowboy Bebop one-shot from way back in the day, but I decided not to make this a one-shot, as per request. :) I just hope and pray that this chapter keeps you hooked – there’s some dirt in here, too, of course – Mugen’s a dirty man, so I suppose it’s only natural. lol

CH 2: Quite the Shock

She was a very pretty girl in about her late teens, the puce of her shaggy locks hanging haphazardly about her shoulders as she leaned over a nearby brook and gazed down upon her mocking reflection in utter revulsion.

The clear brown of her eyes shone with a bitterness that only a Ryukyuan such as herself could possibly possess, her soft lips which had always curved upwards into the most charming of smiles now in a flat plane of desolation.

Subconsciously grasping at the scabbard attached to her belt, the girl envisioned the one man who could save her of the internal hells within her soul and bit her lip. She had to find him...he was her only hope.

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Fuu continued to gaze down despondently at her sandals as she walked, the only other sounds in the forest keeping her company besides the redundant clomping of her own feet being the twittering birds and Mugen's obnoxious whistling.

Back at their sleeping quarters they had 'conveniently' run out of firewood, so Jin had had the brilliant idea of sending her out with Mugen to make sure that he didn't run off with some loose woman or chop off a finger.

Although Fuu knew deep-down that Mugen would never mention what had transpired between them the night before, she couldn't help but wish that he would suddenly turn and look at her in a different light - that he'd take her in his arms and tell her that he wanted her, again. She wanted him, and yet she had no idea why. He was crude, disgusting, lascivious, and the biggest asshole that she'd ever met in her entire life. And yet...last night he had proved to her that he could be gentle, warm, and extremely sensual.

The thought of his hands possibly being on her again made Fuu weak in the knees, her doe brown gaze straying over toward Mugen's wiry, yet well-built frame as he continued to perambulate alongside her.

Oh, why wouldn't he look at her? Why wouldn't he say anything? Surely being so intimate had meant as much to him as it had to her!

"Why're you starin' at me like that? See somethin' ya like?"

Gasping, Fuu defensively drew her arms across her petite bosom as she walked, her cheeks now on fire as she found Mugen grinning at her from out of the corner of her eye.

"What's-a matter?" he continued to fish. "Were you undressing me with your eyes, again?"

Fuu promptly ignored the dark-haired samurai, only to let out a shrill shriek the moment he seized her by the arm and wrenched her viciously up against a nearby tree. "Mugen" she gasped, shaking, "W-what are you doing?"

The primal look in his hazy irises was more than enough to answer her question, her eyes squeezing shut once he leaned in against the crook of her neck and took in a deep inhalation of breath.

"Mm" he commented, nipping lightly at her ear, "you smell just like last night when I pinned you down on all fours and fucked you...when I made you come."

Mugen's tone was gruff and extremely sensual, the image of their entangled sweat-slicked bodies bringing a severe shiver to Fuu's spine. "L-leave me alone, Mugen" she bit out, her breath hitching in her throat the moment his enflamed member began to grind longingly against her pelvis. "Mugen, please, I...I..."

"Do you want me to stop?"

"Well no, but-"

"Then shut up."

Fuu blanched upon being addressed so harshly, yet she soon forgot this once one of Mugen's spindly fingers found its way beneath her kimono and began to skillfully rub against her moist center. "Mugen!" she gasped, grasping him tightly by the shoulders. "Oh, Mugen, please..."

"Please what?" he pressed, smirking when the girl bucked up harshly against him.

Blushing, Fuu shook her head in denial, yet Mugen purposely slid one of his slender fingers into her slick canal so that she released a small squeak. "Go on" he rasped huskily into her ear, "say it."

"But Mugen, I-"

"Say it!"

Torn and utterly mortified, Fuu bowed her head in shame, her voice small and breathy as she pleaded brokenly, "Mugen, please...I...I want you to...to fuck me."

He grinned in triumph. "Hard?"

"Yes."

"Long?"

"YES!"

"Well, too bad!"

Laughing like a hyena, Mugen clutched at his sides and gave Fuu a dismissive wave of the hand as he began to search for firewood once more, the poor girl's eye twitching as she dazedly pushed herself away from the tree and released a low snarl.

"You...you bastard!" she screamed, trying her damndest to prevent tears from coming to her eyes. "How could you do that to me?"

Mugen shrugged, not even bothering to look at her. "I dunno...I guess I just wanted to prove that you still wanted me, or somethin'."

"All you proved was that you're an even bigger asshole than I originally thought!" Fuu spat, chucking her sandal gracelessly at his head for added measure. "It's an absolute miracle that women even want to bed you, Mugen, because you're the biggest ass-wipe known to man!"

Mugen grinned wickedly. "Well I screwed you, didn't I?"

Fuu opened her mouth to reply, only to immediately close it. How could he!?

Just when it seemed that Mugen was about to insult her yet again, a twig snapped loudly in the underbrush, the couple whirling around toward the direction of the alarming noise.

"Who's there?" Mugen demanded, his hand automatically flying to his geta. "C'mon out here and show yourself!"

Trembling, Fuu watched on as a shadowy figure emerged out from behind the bushes and trees, a small gasp escaping her lips once she saw who it was. "You..."

Mugen grew pale at the sight of the intruder, pushing Fuu behind him as he shouted, "Get back, Kohza! You stupid bitch, I outta kill you right here and now!"

"Why, Mugen" she began, feigning shock, "is that any way to treat an old friend?"

A/N: Yep, Kohza’s back…but what does she want of our dear Mugen? Will Fuu become jealous? (DUH! lol) Thanks for reading, but please review so that I know you still want more! Love ya bunches! ;0)