An Unexpected Coupling

CH 7: Desires Are for the Insane

When Mugen finally awoke it was a cool September morning, the effervescent slivers of golden sunshine streaming in through the overhead window and blinding him to the point of aggravation. By this point he felt as if one of those comical anvils had fallen on top of his head and cracked his skull directly in two, the throbbing in his temples only intensifying as he tried to focus his hazy vision upon the small figure leaning over his nude form.

From what Mugen could see, it was a woman – perhaps an angel – with soft brown locks and large, insightful eyes that seemed to be trying to excavate him to the very core.

“Mugen” the finally figured called, tentatively touching his cheek, “can you hear me?”

Oh, boy…so now crow men weren’t coming after his soul, but pretty little angels. At least this time around the taker of his spirit wasn’t such a freaking eyesore.

When the angel’s persistence didn’t stop, however, Mugen immediately came to the realization that it wasn’t an ethereal figure, but insufferable little-

“Fuu” he rasped, wincing due to the pain in his throat, “what the hell happened to me? Where are the others?”

“Jin and Kohza are fine…they’re back at the campsite” Fuu assured him, her features softening as she took a damp cloth and gently dabbed it along his forehead. “You’ve been here at Madame Haruka’s for the past week now, but don’t worry; she said your fever’s finally breaking.”

Mugen visibly stiffened. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“What? Well, I-I couldn’t because-”

“Why the hell didn’t you just let me die?” the pirate hotly interjected, his hand weakly lurching forward and seizing her abruptly by the wrist. “Better yet, why the fuck didn’t you just put me out of my misery? There’s no way in hell I wanna live like this anymore!”

Fuu gasped, her eyes widening to a considerable degree as she tried to shake him off. “W-what are you talking about? Mugen, I – OW! You’re hurting me!”

“Then listen up” he snarled, his eyes gleaming with a mad passion unlike any that she had ever seen in them before. “I want you to kill me, Fuu – if some damned disease slays me, what kinda messed up legacy is that? Unless I die by the sword, my life will be completely meaningless and unfulfilled, so please…kill me.”

“Mugen…” Fuu whispered, her eyes wide with fright, “I…I can’t, I just-”

“Do it.”

“NO!”

“Why the hell not!?”

Fuu immediately turned her back to him, her eyes dark and filled with tears as she returned tartly, “You’re impossible, you know that? After all we’ve been through together, you just expect me to be able to murder you in cold blood!?”

Mugen scowled. “You’re being ungrateful.”

“No, you are! After all we’ve ever shared, you’re still just as selfish as the day we met!”

“And in spite of all that, you’re still here” Mugen pointed out, Fuu’s eyes narrowing into two dark slits as she recognized the smug undertones to the vagrant’s voice.

She still loved him and he knew it, so she said the only thing that remotely made any sense to her at that given moment: “Bastard.”

Mugen grinned a wicked grin, the carnal fire reflecting within his eyes frightening the girl to no end as he reached out a hand and gently touched the svelte curve of her cheek. “You’re such a stubborn bitch” he commented, “but at least you’re my stubborn bitch.”

“Why you insufferable little-” Fuu gasped, her words immediately dying on her tongue as she stared down upon Mugen’s smug countenance in absolute wonderment. “Wait a minute” she began, by now completely breathless, “Did you just call me…yours?”

“Yeah, what of it? You might as well be mine since you’re constantly hangin’ on me like a third arm” Mugen groused, lazily closing his eyes as the dark-haired girl gave him an evil look.

“Well if you were so darn opposed to my company, why didn’t you just say so!?” Fuu demanded, by now absolutely livid. “Honestly, Mugen, just when you seem like you might actually care you have to say something lewd or disgusting!”

The Ryukyuan looked up at her, then, his gray irises mellowing slightly before he turned his head away and stubbornly said nothing in return.

As if sensing his sudden agitation, Fuu finally decided that it would be best if she just shut her mouth as well, her eyes lowering back toward her task at hand as she remoistened her rag and applied it to the purplish bruise on Mugen’s cheek.

“Ow” he muttered, wincing as she did it yet again.

“Sorry” Fuu apologized, pausing with her work in order to brush a loose strand of hair out of his line of vision so that he was now forced to meet with her saddened gaze.

“What?”

“Nothing” she immediately returned, sighing as she moved to place the rag back into the basin at her side.

Mugen, however, was completely unconvinced. “Stop bullshitting me” he growled, thus catching her completely by surprise. “Ever since you’ve found out I was dying you’ve been actin’ all weird and crap, so I really wish you’d stop being so ‘sentimetal’, or whatever the hell it is and wise up.”

Fuu blinked. “Sentimental? Mugen, how can I not be after we’ve been traveling together for so long? I….I’ve grown to really care for you…”

He smirked. “Yeah, yeah, I like you, too, kid, but let’s not get all mushy, alright? That stuff’s for pussies.”

Fuu smiled, yet not because of his final comment. Mugen had actually just said that he liked her, which she knew very well was as close as she’d ever come to having him admit his true affections.

“Thanks, Mugen” she whispered, leaning over his muscular form before placing a single desirous kiss upon his unshaven cheek. “That really means a whole lot to me.”

The Ryukyuan’s eyes shot up to meet with Fuu’s gaze, then, a low and predatorial growl escaping his lips as he tangled his fingers within her soft locks and sought her mouth roughly with his own.

The kiss was short, but enticingly brutal, Fuu gasping for breath as Mugen forced their lips back together and drove his tongue heatedly into the expanse of her tiny mouth.

Mugen honestly didn’t know why he was responding to the girl in this manner, but something about the possibility of never making love to a woman again shot off a series of warning bells throughout his entire system. Somewhere deep inside he really did care about Fuu, yes, but his desire to satiate his needs was currently far stronger.

Growling into their frenzied kiss, the Ryukyuyan grinned as he noticed the look of absolute disgust and arousal upon Fuu’s face as he licked the expanse of her cheek and sucked against the frantically beating pulse of her neck.

“Mugen” Fuu rasped, panting heavily within the security of his arms, “please…”

“Please what?” he demanded, a knowing smirk adorning his lips as he stealthily flipped her over beneath him and straddled her waist.

Fuu squirmed in between his legs due to her sudden apprehension, yet she finally managed to stammer, “Please don’t do this unless…unless….you…..you love me…”

“I want your hair down” Mugen growled, completely ignoring her request, altogether as he buried his face deep within the crook of her neck and inhaled her intoxicating scent of flowers and dried vanilla.

Tears of delight came to Fuu’s eyes as she relished in him touching her just as he had before, her hands tangling their way within his bushy hair as he tore her kimono open down the center and immediately began ravaging her torso like a needy animal.

“Mugen!” Fuu squeaked, arching up against him as he bit one of her breasts and licked the perky bud with the heat of his tongue, “Mugen, please…”

Grinning against her silken expanse of flesh, the Ryukyuan allowed his lips to travel lower and lower until he reached the pale cloth of her undergarments, his gray eyes now burning lustfully back into Fuu’s own dark ones as he allowed his spindly fingers to rub teasingly against her moist womanhood.

“Mugen” she gasped, releasing a pitiful whimper as he finally removed her of her bothersome clothing, the dark cloud of his hair descending in between her thighs until she let out a shrill squeak. “Mugen!” she screamed yet again, subconsciously pulling him closer, “Oh, Mugen, please…”

The Ryukyuan grinned amidst his oral administrations, his throat releasing a low rumble of satisfaction as he drilled his tongue deep within her silken tunnel and grasped her firmly by the hips so that she couldn’t move.

Latching her legs tightly about Mugen’s neck, Fuu released a strangled moan and wove her fingers deep within her hair, her eyes rolling back in her head as she felt herself spasm about the pirate’s tongue in one delectable sweep of desire.

“Mm” Mugen voiced lecherously, Fuu feeling her cheeks redden to a delicate rosy hue as he removed his tongue from within her moist entrance and slowly returned it back into the recesses of his mouth. “Yum.”

“Mugen!” Fuu shrieked, absolutely horrified, “Why did you do that!? You’re such a horn dog, and I – hey!”

Blushing, Fuu found her hand now resting against his enflamed manhood, the pirate’s grasp only tightening about her wrist as he forced her to cup him.

Once she began to respond to Mugen’s innermost desires he started cursing in a language that was completely alien to her ears, her eyes squeezing tightly closed once he began to pump his length relentlessly through the tight grasp of her fingers.

“Jesus!” Mugen swore tersely through his clenched teeth, the muscles of his well-defined biceps flexing as he began creating a deliciously alluring rhythm with his hips that sent his aching loins barreling in and out of Fuu’s tiny hand at top speed.

Within moments he came all over her stomach and breasts, her eyes heavily lidded and dusky as she took his hand and forced him to scrape off some of the substance before placing it delicately within her mouth. Moaning about Mugen’s come-slicked fingers like a wanton siren, Fuu then ran her tongue along the expanse of his palm before engulfing his thumb and licking the last of his essence away from his shaking appendages.

Groaning from somewhere deep within the back of his throat, Mugen moved in to kiss her, but Fuu stopped him by nailing him directly in place with the look in her hauntingly dark eyes.

“Please only kiss me if you love me, Mugen” she whispered, tears forming along her kohl lashes as she cupped his face and gazed up tenderly toward his confused countenance. “If you don’t, I…I honestly don’t think I could take your forced affection. Now that we have no way of knowing when our last moments together could be, I want us to make love like true lovers do…like we’re in love.”

“But I kissed you earlier” Mugen pointed out, suddenly pouting once he began to grow slightly limp due to the young beauty’s constant chatter. “Ain’t that good enough for ya, Fuu? I thought you liked it when I got rough.”

Fuu blushed. “It’s not the same, Mugen…I-I need to feel loved, not used like some recycled tramp!”

“Well whoever said that being with me made you one?” he demanded hotly, the fire in his eyes only intensifying as his grip about her tightened. “If you want the blunt truth, Fuu, here it is: I ain’t never been good to any of my women, so if you want out, leave while you still can. I can’t ever be the man you want, and you should know that by now ‘cause I ain’t gonna change.”

“You don’t know that” Fuu whispered, the defeated look in her eyes giving her a sadly pathetic appearance.

Something within these words made Mugen hard again, a wolfish grin coming to his lips once he realized that she still wanted him. Maybe he couldn’t give her his love, but he sure as hell could give her his body…

Fuu seemed to immediately take notice of his sudden disposition, a deep shade of scarlet rapidly blooming out across her cheeks as she felt the pirate’s insatiable desire wedging itself longingly in between her svelte thighs.

“Mugen” she whispered, her eyes still shining with tears, “are you sure that…that this is what you want?”

“Would I still be hard if it wasn’t?”

“Mugen, you jerk, I – mmph…”

In one full sweep the pirate shamelessly cut Fuu off by planting his lips firmly over her own, his body marveling at the way everything he touched on her felt like silk against his sand paper skin. He had been through Hell and back, and yet she barely even had a scar to her name.
In accordance with these thoughts sheets of rain began to mercilessly pelt their current inn from overhead, a loud clap of thunder sounding in time to Fuu's unbridled shouts of passion as Mugen continued to dutifully hover over her trembling body. His eyes were wild, merciless, and filled with such desire that his counterpart had to close her own so that she could still the frantic beating of her heart.
Mugen, however, would not allow this, Fuu releasing a strangled moan once he imbedded himself deep within her throbbing womanhood and crushed his mouth hungrily to hers, his voice breathy and tainted by lust as he growled huskily against her lips, "Look at me, Fuu...look into my eyes."
At first Fuu tried to resist, yet once Mugen began to deepen his strokes she gasped, a soft mewl of pleasure escaping her lips as she whimpered into the crook of his neck and frantically groped her lover by the shoulders. "More, Mugen" she pleaded, her eyes shadowed with desire. "Please...more."
"Only if you look at me" he agreed, a triumphant smirk coming to his lips once Fuu cast her dusky gaze up to his, her eyes simultaneously rolling back in her head as her lover began to pound into her with a more driven force than ever before.
"You're such...an arrogant...creep, sometimes" Fuu gasped, wincing once Mugen chuckled into her ear.
"You have no idea" he agreed.
Opening her mouth in order to retaliate, Fuu released a soft gasp, instead, her head dropping languidly back against her pillow as Mugen continued to ravish her torso with the tremendous fire of his lips. Her passion erupted deep within her being and enveloped her lover within its sweet embrace, her body shivering and quaking beneath his own as they shared one single lustful shout.
Cursing, Mugen felt as if his insides were on fire, his long withheld desire for the girl in his arms exploding from deep within his soul and into her womb in one full sweep. Moaning, he dropped down listlessly atop Fuu's lithe form, now weary, spent, and completely satisfied.
Snuggling up against the pirate’s broad chest, Fuu couldn’t help but allow several tears to stream down her cheeks as she held him as close as she dared.
Did Mugen really care, or was he just using her as an outlet to purge himself of his current stresses?
Was this truly the last time that they’d make love, or would he return to her later on professing his undying love? Would he die before they could even cross that borderline?
‘No’ Fuu stubbornly told herself, ‘you can’t think about that right now…Mugen needs you to be strong for him.’
Deciding that this was the best that she could do for her love, the dark-haired girl placed a hand against the steady beating of Mugen’s heart and drifted off to sleep in accordance with his gentle breathing.
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“Jin? Can I talk to you?”

The ronin eyed the young Ryukyuan girl as she stood shyly before him, his pointed gaze softening before he nodded his consent and turned his attention back over toward the blazing fire in between them. Something about his stance brought an indelible fear to Kohza’s sol, yet she swallowed her monstrous pride and forced her long legs to bend at the knee so that she was now sitting directly beside the dark-haired samurai.

“Jin” she began, her bottom lip trembling, “do you…d-do you hate me?”

The ronin’s eyes immediately swept over to the girl’s shaking form, his brows drawing inward as he demanded, “And what is the meaning of such a question? I must admit that I find it to be completely ridiculous.”

“Please answer me” Kohza begged, her large irises quivering with unshed tears as she sorrowfully bowed her head. “I…I really need to know…”

Jin’s initial reaction was to sit and do absolutely nothing, yet when she looked at him with those dolefully penetrating eyes he knew that he could never deny her. Earnestly reaching out a pale hand and placing it over the bronze one on Kohza’s thigh, he immediately became delighted once an infectious smile slipped out across the Ryukyuan’s lips and nearly left him smiling as well.

Before the ronin could congratulate himself for cheering Kohza up, however, the expression of happiness died upon her lips nearly as quickly as it had come.

“You will hate me now” she finally whispered, removing her hand from the ronin’s as if it were a poisonous tentacle. “I wish it weren’t so, Jin, but I can’t bear the thought of keeping my secret from you a moment longer.”

Jin immediately stiffened. “What secret do you mean?”

“The one for why I am here” Kohza whispered, daring to lean in toward his shoulder as she clutched possessively at his arm. “At first I wanted to kill Mugen, yes, but now that I’ve met you, I finally realized that I can be happy. Unfortunately, I realized all of this far too late.”

“Kohza…”

“No, Jin” she interrupted, immediately shaking her head, “please let me finish. At first I was jealous of Fuu because she was clearly your and Mugen’s primary concern, but now I realize that she’s not in love with you like I originally feared. I didn’t kill Mugen like I was instructed to because I care, Jin…I care for you.”

The ronin flinched. “Who are you working for?”

“Oh, Jin, that no longer matters! I lo-”

“Who are you working for!?”

Cringing at his surprisingly harsh reaction, Kohza hurriedly shrank back as if she’d been burned, her voice soft and defeated as she whispered, “I was hired by the Yakuza….i-is that what you wanted to know?”

The ronin said nothing, yet she could tell by his expression that he wanted nothing more than to dispose of her at once.

Her bottom lip trembling, the Ryukyuan unsheathed her tanto and held it out to him, urging in a surprisingly strong and resolute voice, “Take my blade, Jin, as you have already taken my soul, and drive it straight into my tattered heart. Without your love I no longer have the desire to live, so please…kill me.”

“Kohza…”

“Do it!” she screamed, thrusting the tanto forward and into his hands, “Avenge your wounded pride and kill me! It is only fitting that the man I love should slay me, so please…end my wretched life before I can harm another!”

Jin slowly bowed his head as he raised the tanto within his grasp, his eyes meeting with the Ryukyuan’s as he then realized that it was his duty to do as she so desired. “I am sorry” he murmured, his gaze never wavering from her own.

Squeezing her eyes tightly closed, Kohza clutched Jin by the waist and leaned back so that her breast was now exposed to the tanto, a silent prayer escaping her lips as she overheard the blade whistling through the night air in an attempt to make its final mark.


A/N: Yeeah, it’s been a while, but I warned you that writing lemons takes me forever and a day! :-P How was it?? Good enough for your standards?? College is awesome, guys, so you’ll love it – I even have time to write! :)
As for “Mugen’s Secret” and “Deliverance”, don’t worry, I HAVEN’T forgotten them, just like I haven’t forgotten my Bebop fics, for those of you who actually go back that far with me. I really should finish those, though, shouldn’t I? ::laughs nervously::
Anywhos, this fic is, alas, nearing the end, so review me PLEEEEEEASE! I need to know if this is any good and, the way I see it, you’re stealing if you read without commenting! LoL Well maybe not THAT severe, but still! Love you guys! Until next time! ;0)