Maybe

I had written this a few years ago, during my RW/YST kick (I\'m getting back on it). I decided to use the names from the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers version.

This is my first yaoi fic. I\'m dedicating it to Star Lin, the one who got me into yaoi. Arigato, Star! I hope that all of you enjoy this. (I was high on chocolate covered malt balls when the idea came to me.)

Disclaimer: I don\'t own anything from Yoroiden Samurai Troopers. Copyrights anyway. I do have about 7 music cds featuring the yoroi wearers.

Maybe

By Nomalaz
~*~

The demon general was sitting on the left hand side of the couch in the living room of Nasuti\'s house. Ryo took the thermometer from Naaza\'s mouth and held it up to the light fixture to read.

\"Congratulations, Naaza,\" he said. \"Your temperature has gone down two points.\"

\"I\'m cured,\" said Naaza. \"So when can I go back to the Youjakai?\"

\"Not for a while; I know you hate to hear that, but no one in the Youjakai as far as we know has ever had the chicken pox. We can\'t let you go back and infect everyone.\"

\"How much longer?\"

\"I\'d say about a week,\" Ryo informed.

\"Arigato, Suiko no Shin,\" Naaza grumbled and pulled the blanket tighter around himself.

\"Speaking of the Trooper,\" Ryo said as none other than Shin himself stormed into the living room.

\"All right, you overgrown reptile,\" the Suiko yoroi wearer said, \"where\'s my heating pad?\"

\"How should I know?\" asked Naaza.

Shin walked over to the back of the couch and picked up the extension cord, which led from the wall to beneath the Ma Sho\'s blanket. \"If this isn\'t it,\" said Shin, \"then do tell what electrical appliance you have under there with you.\"

\"Wouldn\'t you like to know,\" Naaza said.

\"Uh, guys,\" said Ryo. \"Honestly, can\'t you-\"

\"I\'m the one that paid for it, Naaza,\" said Shin, completely ignoring Ryo\'s attempt to keep them from fighting. \"So unless you can fork over the yen, give it back to me.\"

Naaza removed the heating pad from under the blanket and threw it at Shin. \"It\'s because of you I have to suffer here.\"

\"Well, how was I supposed to know that what I thought was chicken pox was really an allergic reaction to the detergent my grandmother used?\" Shin glared at him.

\"Just don\'t act like this when you guys are staying in the same room tonight,\" said Ryo.

\"WHAT!?\" the other two looked at the Trooper leader.

\"Anubis and Rajura are coming over tonight to watch the late night anime marathon.\"

\"That\'s not fair!\" Naaza protested.

\"They can\'t catch the chicken pox,\" Ryo said. \"And, well, you\'ve been…voted…to stay in the same room. Just for tonight.\"

\"Ryo,\" said Shin, \"I was looking forward to that all week.\"

\"We\'ll set a tape.\"

\"But it won\'t be the same!\"

\"Gomen, Shin,\" Ryo said. \"But the other guys agreed to put you two together.\"

Shin and Naaza looked at each other in disgust.

\"Soup?\" Ryo offered.

\"Hai,\" both infected warriors answered.

\"Okay, you two stay here, I\'ll go make some.\" Ryo headed for the kitchen. \"And try not to kill each other,\" he called over his shoulder.

Shin plopped on the other end of the couch, holding the heating pad to his chest, trying to be as far away from Naaza as he could. He would\'ve sat in the chair, but you always had a better view of the TV from the couch.

\"Mermaid,\" Naaza said quietly.

Shin looked at him out of the corner of his eye. \"Mongoose meal,\" he countered.

\"Bear bait.\"

\"Cowboy boot material.\"

\"Parasite.\"

\"Weak-minded-\" Shin gasped as Naaza pounced on him, gripping the front of his shirt.

\"Never ever say \'weak\' in my presence again,\" Naaza hissed. \"Because if you do, yoroi or not, I will make you regret it.\"

Shin swallowed hard. There had been quite a few times when he was afraid of Naaza, but the way the Doku Ma Sho was acting right now, Shin was terrified. He looked at Naaza with wide eyes, and watched as his features softened. Maybe the Doku Ma Sho did have some compassion inside after all.

Then Naaza leaned over and lightly kissed Shin. At first, Shin didn\'t know what to do - the part of him that was screaming slowly quieted down. He was beginning to feel calm and placed his hand on Naaza\'s shoulder, not knowing weather to pull him closer or push him away.

Naaza slowly pulled away from Shin, and they looked at each other, not saying a word. Naaza moved back to his side of the couch. Shin just hugged the heating pad tighter.

~*~

Ryo stood by the stove, keeping an eye on the soup so that it wouldn\'t boil over. It was quiet in the living room - a little too quiet for Ryo\'s liking. He had been expecting to run back into the living room in less than five minutes.

I hope nothing happened, Ryo thought.

The back door opened and Seiji, Touma, and Shu walked in.

\"Hey, Ryo,\" said Touma.

\"Where are the spotted ones?\" Shu asked with a wicked grin.

\"Go see for yourselves,\" Ryo jerked his thumb towards the living room.

Seiji walked over to the door and opened it slightly. He let it close and looked at his friends. \"They\'re in the same room, on the same couch, watching the TV,\" said Seiji. \"And they\'re not trying to rip each other\'s lungs out.\"

\"They really must be sick,\" Touma said.

\"Maybe it\'s the chicken pox,\" said Shu.

~*~

The doorbell rang just before eight o\'clock, and Touma ran to answer it.

\"Konbon wa, Tenku no Touma,\" said Rajura.

\"Where are the polka dots?\" Anubis asked.

\"Chicken pox,\" Touma laughed. \"Both of them are upstairs, don\'t worry. We disinfected everything, you\'ll be safe.\"

\"I hope so,\" said Anubis as they walked in over to the staircase.

\"Naaza! Shin!\" Rajura called up to them. \"Hope you two are feeling better!\"

\"Too bad you\'ll miss the marathon!\" Anubis said.

\"SHUT UP!\" two voices yelled down.

\"Rub it in their faces, why don\'t you?\" Seiji looked at Anubis. \"It\'s bad enough we put them in the same room together.\"

\"Don\'t worry about them,\" said Anubis. \"Nothing will happen.\"

~*~

Shin was trying very hard to fall asleep; unfortunately his mind went back to what happened earlier on the couch. He looked across the room at Naaza, seeing that he was still awake too.

\"Naaza?\"

\"Just go to sleep, Shin.\"

\"I can\'t.\"

\"Why not?\"

Shin sat up and glared at the Ma Sho. \"You know why, damn it, because it\'s keeping you up as well.\"
Naaza gave a slight nod. \"It is,\" he said finally.

Shin lay back down and sighed. \"Last year,\" he said, \"when Seiji, Shu, and I were in the palace dungeon, was that you hiding in the corner?\"

Naaza closed his eyes. \"Hai, I was there.\"

\"How come?\"

\"I wanted to see you, but not to see you suffer. I wanted to take you out of there, but…\"

Shin got up from his bed, walked across the room, and sat next to Naaza. \"Arago.\"

Naaza opened his eyes. \"Arago,\" he said quietly.

\"So why didn\'t you say anything after we defeated him?\"

\"Look at me, Shin. I\'m half-human, over four hundred years old, and I\'m not all up here,\" he tapped his forehead. \"I think Shu put it as, \'the lights are on but nobody\'s home\'.\"

\"So you act a little off sometimes. Big deal.\"

\"I\'m an overgrown reptile.\"

\"I\'m sorry I said that,\" Shin apologized.

\"But it\'s the truth,\" said Naaza.

Shin reached up and touched the Ma Sho\'s face. Naaza turned his head and Shin kissed him. Naaza\'s instinctive desires took over and he responded, exploring Shin\'s sweet mouth with his tongue.

Laughter from downstairs made Shin break the kiss and he glared darkly at the closed door. Naaza grinned a little. They had been exiled here because of a slight illness and nobody wanted to risk the other two Ma Sho\'s health.

But who said that they couldn\'t have their own entertainment?

Catching Shin a little off guard, Naaza pushed him onto the bed, pinning him down. Shin felt a little nervous and excited at the same time, watching Naaza pull his shirt off.

\"How long is that marathon on for?\" Naaza asked as he slowly removed Shin\'s shirt.

\"It stared about an hour ago,\" Shin answered, \"I\'d say about another seven hours.\" He gasped as Naaza ran his tongue from Shin\'s navel to his throat.

\"I\'d say that gives us enough time, don\'t you?\" Naaza whispered, lightly running his thumb across Shin\'s nipple.

\"Yeah,\" Shin finally managed to say, and Naaza claimed his mouth.

~*~

Rajura stretched his arms above his head and looked down at Anubis sleeping in his lap, shaking his head. \"Is this one almost over?\" he asked quietly.

\"Credits should be rolling any minute,\" said Touma.

\"Good,\" Rajura said.

Not even two minutes later, the clip ended and Rajura pushed the sleeping Anubis off onto the floor.
Anubis jolted awake. \"What was that for?\" he demanded his lover.

\"I have to go to the bathroom,\" Rajura said, getting to his feet. \"And it\'s almost impossible to wake you sometimes.\" He disappeared down the hall.

\"For someone who gets his power from darkness,\" said Seiji, \"you\'re no night owl.\"

\"There is a huge difference between using power from darkness and staying up at this hour in the morning to watch movies,\" Anubis said. \"Any chocolate left?\"

\"A couple bars,\" said Shu. \"How come Rajura wouldn\'t let you have one?\"

\"When I eat chocolate, I become rather hyper,\" Anubis smiled evilly, \"and Rajura can\'t get to sleep, if you get my meaning.\"

Shu handed him the chocolate bars. \"Eat fast, my friend.\"

\"How much longer is the marathon?\" Anubis asked.

\"Two more hours,\" said Ryo.

\"Good, it won\'t kick in until we go back to the Youjakai.\" Anubis ate the chocolate quickly and was drinking a glass of water when Rajura walked in and sat next to him on the small couch.

\"Do you think that one of you should go check on them?\" Rajura asked, looking towards the second floor. \"It\'s been rather quiet and it\'s starting to bother me.\"

\"Please,\" said Touma, \"it\'s the first time it\'s been this quiet since Naaza\'s been here. Don\'t ruin the peace and tranquility.\"

\"If they killed each other,\" said Anubis, \"we\'ll help clean up the mess.\"

~*~

Naaza let out a sigh of contentment. Never in his whole life did he ever feel this calm and relaxed. Gazing down at Shin, Naaza smiled; he had worn Shin out during the hours of wild passion and was surprised that the guys downstairs didn\'t hear them. Shin had a few surprises himself as well. He showed Naaza that both partners could use the controlling demanding role.

Naaza\'s fingers lightly ran down Shin\'s side and the Suiko Trooper jumped a little.

\"Stop it,\" Shin said groggily, \"that tickles.\"

\"Really?\" Naaza continued to move his fingers across the boy\'s skin, slightly increasing the movement, listening to him giggle.

Shin caught Naaza\'s hand and pulled it to his mouth, lightly kissing his fingers. \"What do you think would happen if someone came up here and saw us together?\" Shin asked. \"What would they say?\"

\"Let them say whatever they want,\" said Naaza.

Shin nodded. \"We have a connection we\'ll have to explain to them sometime.\"

Naaza took him again and they both collapsed, entangled in each other\'s arms.

\"You\'re right, Shin,\" panted Naaza. \"We do have a connection. Shin?\"

But Shin was asleep, worn out once again from Naaza\'s lovemaking. Being careful not to disturb his lover, Naaza carried Shin back to his own bed. There, Naaza cleaned him of both their seeds and put Shin\'s nightclothes back on the boy. After, Naaza pulled the sheets up to cover the Trooper.

\"Goodnight, Shin-chan,\" Naaza whispered, and lightly kissed his forehead.

Then Naaza stood up, cleaned and dressed himself, and settled back into his bed. Drifting off to sleep, Naaza couldn\'t help thinking that maybe it wasn\'t so bad to have caught the chicken pox after all.