And The Pain Ends

When they reached their house they both took a shower, separately of course. Taku felt as the water caressed her body that she was finally ready. She soaped up her hair and thought of everything that had happened to her. Her world had changed so quickly, a complete about face. She rinsed off and took careful care dressing in one of the prettier sets of underwear she had. She found herself longing for Victoria’s Secret, but then she remembered the secret. “Only looks good on a size four or less,” she mumbled to herself. Looking in the mirror now she couldn’t see the ugly scars that used to mar her body, they were still there but her mind didn’t see them as that. She saw herself the way Chouji saw her.

She finished dressing and walked through the hall. She stopped outside their bedroom door and took a deep breath. This is it, my first time. She pushed the door open and lingered in the doorway for just a moment before closing the door and locking it. She stealthily made her way over to Chouji who was laying on his back on his side of the bed with his eyes closed and a huge grin plastered on his face. Taku stifled the urge to giggle, he was already smiling like an idiot and he didn’t even know he was getting some tonight. She gripped the bottom hem of the shirt she had used to walk from the bathroom and pulled. The shirt came off with barely a whisper, but it was enough to bring Chouji’s eyes up to her, and his jaw to the floor.

Chouji had been laying on the bed remembering Taku’s reaction to when he asked her to marry him. It was better than he ever could have imagined. During his childhood he had been rejected by girls without even trying to attract them. It sounds strange but when you see all the girls going after other guys then turning to look at you and saying too fat, it takes a toll on a person if they like the girl or not. Here he was though chubby as can be with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, a girl who chose him over some of the more handsome guys the other girls had chased. He didn’t even look up when he heard the door lock because it was routine by now. The whisper of cloth though, made him look up. When he did he saw the love of his life wearing nothing but her underwear.

Taku held her breath, waiting for him to say something. Chouji was struck speechless. She moved slowly toward him and leaned over the bed to give him a light kiss to shock him out of his stupor. His body reacted instantly. His arms wrapped around her and pulled her down on top of him. She kissed him deeper this time and his embrace pulled her closer. Her body was on fire, but Chouji was treating her like she was made of glass. He had kept his hands on her waist. Taku huffed in frustration and grabbed one of his hands and put it on her ass and the other she pulled up to her breast. Their reactions were instantaneous, Taku moaned as Chouji gasped. After that Chouji was a little more forward. Soon They were laying there completely nude exploring each other’s bodies.

Before long Chouji was hovering over Taku with a worried look on his face, “Are you sure this is what you want Taku?” She nodded and he slowly eased into her body until he found the resistance he was looking for. Chouji leaned down to kiss her as he thrust in as hard as he could. The pain was intense but she didn’t cry out she knew it would be worth it in the end. Chouji had stilled waiting for her body to adjust to the intrusion. Taku eventually thrust her hips up at him letting him know it was ok to move again. They made love for the first time pouring out all their feelings into the act. After a mutual orgasm they fell asleep still connected in the most intimate of ways.

Taku’s dream was different that night. She saw nothing, it was completely dark. All she could hear was thousands of voices saying, “the time is coming, prepare.” They whispered their words and, though she could not explain why, she got the feeling that those voices were warning her from beyond the grave.

Taku woke up with a feeling of total bliss the next morning. She felt a little sore from her exertions the previous night, but nothing could put a damper on the glow she felt. She snuck out of bed and hurried to pull her clothes back on. She tip toed down the stairs and prepared a huge breakfast. She made waffles and fruit sauce as well as eggs and sausage. Since she felt it was a special occasion she also started some hot chocolate before Chouji came down. Their housemates were house sitting for the newly married Uchiha couple while they were on their honeymoon. When Chouji’s nose brought him down the stairs he grabbed Taku. He had one hand around her waist and the other was kneading her breast as he gave her the good morning kiss of the century. Bandit climbed on her shoulder when she sat to eat. He sampled her food then stole a sausage to take upstairs to the mother of his babies.

After breakfast they went their separate ways, Chouji to train and Taku to test the girls that were now her students. She had a pan flute and permission to use an empty classroom at the academy. She walked in to see Moegi and Hanabi talking but Ichi was nowhere in sight. She came through the door moments later. “ Alright girls help me move this desk over against the wall.” After the teacher’s desk was moved against the wall Taku sat down in one of the students seats. “Moegi, Ichi would the two of you come sit behind me. Hanabi stand in the middle of the cleared floor please. I’m going to ask you to close your eyes and move your body to the music I play. Just relax and let the sound take you over.” While Taku played the pan flute she watched Hanabi closely. The girl wasn’t allowing the music to take complete control, though her movements seemed beautiful and graceful to the other students, Taku’s trained eye the tension an hesitation was apparent. The process was repeated with Moegi and reared the same result. “Alright Ichi, your turn.”

Ichi stood in front of them all, “I don’t know how to dance Taku sensei.” Taku smiled at the nervous girl standing before her.

“That’s actually an advantage for you Ichi.” Taku comforted the girl. “it’s easy when you have been taught to dance to ignore what the music asks of you. You have no preconceived notions of how to move your body so the music should be able to flow more freely through you than someone who has been dancing for years.” Taku began to play once again and she was pleased to say her prediction was right. Even though Ichi still didn’t give complete control to the music, her movements had less hesitation than Hanabi or Moegi’s. Taku told them it was done for the day and that they would return tomorrow for their first real training session. She also asked them not to eat breakfast in the morning, but not for the same reason as Kakashi. Taku planned to make a breakfast for them filled with carbs, she knew they were going to need a lot of physical energy for what she had planned for the girls.

As Taku walked to the training grounds to meet up with Chouji, everything seemed right with the world. Of course whenever we hit the peak of happiness there is now where to go but down. Taku had just walked over the edge of a fifty foot drop, because when she walked past the memorial stone her dream came back t her, as well as her father’s warning. She realized what the dream was telling her, the evil like none they had ever faced was coming. After reaching the training grounds she went straight to Naruto. She needed to get out some of the tension in her body and the fastest way to do that was to spar with her uncle Naruto.

She was sweaty , free of tension and a little worse for wear when she finally made it to watch Chouji to train. He was amazing and his family’s justu was always a pleasure to watch in action. Before Shikamaru had called it a day Taku had headed back home to feed the rats and make dinner. Of course, to save bandits pride she put a plate of food on the floor so he could run up the stairs and provide for his family. She worked through the meal for two and had it on the table when Chouji walked in. They sat ate and then cleaned up the dishes. They watched a movie and did all the mundane things they normally did.

They took a shower together that night and ended up in bed grabbing at each other desperately, as if tonight was the last night of their lives that they would spend together.
Of course, being ninja neither one of them could say for sure that this would not be just that. They held each other closely through the night, pulling on each others strengths. They didn’t know at the time that they had the key to defeating anything at that one moment. Love could conquer anything that people or demons for that matter could throw at you.

Author note, I want to thank my last reviewer, zeroharm, it is because of this person that this chapter came out at all. I really have problems finding time to write between my job and what’s going on during the holidays, especially when you think nobody cares if you write it or not. So, to all those people out their who care enough about the writers of these stories to take a minute of their time to let us know you appreciate us, this chapter is my Christmas gift to you. As horribly written as it is lol.