A/N: FINALLY! The next chapter... Now, I'm not gonna apologize for taking so long to have this posted. I am, however, going to apologize that...well, you'll see. Anyway, this chapter was PAINFUL to write. I wrote it, I rewrote it and rewrote it again at least nine times (No, not kidding) and I STILL couldn't get it RIGHT! This, I think, is the version number...four or perhaps five... Didn't do much for my selfesteem, I can tell you that much. I had this so well planned that I don't understand what was so damn hard! I guess these guys just don't want to do what I tell them to... I hope you'll enjoy the same.

The song is Black Black Heart by David Usher. It's so wonderully twisted and erotic at the same time that I had to use it. There are two versions of this song. I wanted to use the slower one, being a duet and all: http : / www . youtube . com / watch ?v=esnVRyovbgo&feature=related

But I think the other one (original)suits this better despite my efforts: http : / www . youtube . com / watch ?v=k7iYqf_LF5E Up to you.

Black Black Heart

Something ugly this way comes
Through my fingers sliding inside
All these blessings all these burns
I'm godless underneath your cover
Search for pleasure search for pain
In this world now I am undying
I unfurl my flag my nation helpless

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

As I begin to lose my grip
On these realities your sending
Taste your mind and taste your sex
I'm naked underneath your cover
Covers lie and we will bend and borrow
With the coming sign
The tide will take the sea will rise and time will rape

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds

Black black heart why would you offer more
Why would you make it easier on me to satisfy
I'm on fire I'm rotting to the core
I'm eating all your kings and queens
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds
All your sex and your diamonds

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Naraku walked through the forest his black hair moving from side to side in time with his steps. He hummed a song that had no meaning and tried to figure out how he could get rid of two birds that insisted on following him. The birds flew from tree to tree singing nonstop. They were really starting to get on his nerves. Perverted little chicks…

He was glad to feel that his body was back to normal again, at least as close to it as one would expect. Moving around didn't hurt anymore and that was definitely a good thing. His endurance was beginning to come back, too. He didn't have to stop to rest nearly as often anymore. Walking to the "special place" had been a total pain, though... However, he had to admit, meeting Sesshoumaru there had made the trip worth it.

Seeing Sesshoumaru made a lot of things worth it…

Naraku smirked.

And then he sighed.

This thing with Sesshoumaru wouldn't be easy. That demon was one helluva difficult creature. Though, when he would finally manage to break him, the victory would taste even sweeter. He could almost taste it already. He could almost taste Sesshoumaru, too…

The birds chirped louder. He threw dirty glances at them. What were they, mind readers that detected perverted thoughts? He had never really liked birds. One can never know what they're thinking. And they're all feathery. Yuck.

Naraku stopped. A tingling sensation spread through his body. It was a familiar feeling, he was starting to get used to it already. He knew exactly what it meant.

He ran through the trees almost blind to everything around him. Even the birds were left behind. He didn't dare to hope - twice during the same day was just too much - but at the same time he knew. This time it wasn't an accident either.

Then he finally saw it; the beautiful white between the trees. He stopped abruptly at the end of the woods, not going to the meadow, panting heavily. His eyes were fixed on Sesshoumaru, who sat on a rock beautiful and unmoving between him and the hot spring. Naraku wanted very much to make some witty remark about Sesshoumaru being there, but all coherent words left him when Sesshoumaru's expression finally registered into his brain.

He looked…

Kind.

And somewhat unsure, which was nice change to his usual arrogant smugness. Creepy, but definitely nice.

"I've been waiting for you", Sesshoumaru said quietly and stood up. He straightened his clothes with elegance Naraku had always marveled because, well, let's face it, there isn't much elegance in knowing how to put your clothes in order. But then again, Sesshoumaru was able to make unnecessary killing with lots of blood and separate heads look graceful so Naraku thought it was only appropriate that at least someone knew how to appreciate it.

"Wow. Two times during the same day, am I lucky or what…" Naraku murmured. He didn't move any closer.

"I guess you are", Sesshoumaru said, the side of his mouth quirking up only a little bit.

"You're actually trying to show some sense of humor. Why is that, did you hit your head or did you get a shock for seeing dead people walking around?"

"I'm quite used to seeing dead people walking all over the place, to be honest", Sesshoumaru answered, his expression dead serious, just as it always was.

"Uh-huh. So you hit your head then?"

"Not that I would have noticed. It's been a while since you acted destructively around me."

"So what gives me this unexpected pleasure then? You weren't really expecting me, right?"

"I was, actually. There is no reason to doubt my words, Naraku. I need to know something."

"Well ain't that flattering? I'm your little information center", Naraku huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. He smirked wickedly and his right eyebrow rose to his hairline. "Don't tell me you came to continue from where we left off, before you so graciously punched me?"

"That is exactly what I came here for", Sesshoumaru said, again very serious.

Naraku blinked. "Okay, I'm confused. Could you repeat what you just said?"

"I said that I came here to have sex with you."

"It's incredibly disturbing when you say it like that."

"Why?"

"Usually you do everything you can to avoid the subject, and yet now here you are, saying these things to me. Don't you understand that I'm in a very delicate mental state right now, just waking from my sleep of death and all? I can't take your jokes at the moment."

"When have I ever joked?"

"Good point", Naraku sighed and rolled his eyes. "So you came here to sleep with me, huh… How did you know where to wait?"

"You're not that hard to figure out, Naraku, even though you'd like to think otherwise."

"I see. So what now? We just attack each other and start the hardcore fucking ritual we used to do?"

"There's no need to be so vulgar about it", Sesshoumaru huffed and looked very displeased.

"Seriously, Sesshoumaru. What brought you here? Earlier today you couldn't get away from me fast enough."

"That was earlier today. Then I couldn't stop thinking about you and I needed to find out why. According to Rin, I would get bored without you."

"And you say all that with a straight face?" Naraku groaned and rubbed his temple with his fingertips. "You can't just go and make confessions like that out of the blue! Have more consideration!"

"Consideration of what?" Sesshoumaru asked, obviously not understanding the point.

"Of me, you dense fool" Naraku snapped. "I had already planned the perfect plan to get you caught in my web, and now you voluntarily come to me and offer yourself on a bloody plate. That is so annoying!"

"Should I be sorry?"

"Yes!"

"I don't get it, and I definitely don't want to be sorry."

"I know. So what do you want?"

"I want to sleep with you and see what's going to happen. I feel like I'm repeating myself here…"

"Why do you want to do this?"

"Because I want to know if my obsession is present just because I regret that we didn't get to spend one more proper night together before you died, or if it's something else, in which case I would have to figure out what to do about that."

"There you go again. You can't just say something like that!"

"I still don't understand why. Especially because you're the one asking the questions…"

"Because it gives me the false impression that you care, not to mention that it totally and completely makes all my careful and brilliant planning go to waste."

"So really you're just sad that you don't get to act out your plans?"

"Of course! It's part of the fun! A very big part, may I add."

"You really are a lowlife, you know that?"

"So I've been told. By you, mostly."

"So? Will you go along with this?" Sesshoumaru asked and took a step closer to Naraku.

"Sleeping with you? Are you out of your mind? You didn't have to be so weird about this. I'd sleep with you even though you'd try to kill me!" Naraku practically screamed waving his hands around. "Which I already did, actually…" he then added calming down. "Several times in fact…"

"So there's no problem?" Sesshoumaru confirmed yet again.

"I really wish you'd wipe that smug look off your face, though. It's really bugging me. I was the one who was supposed to win this round."

"Are there really winners in a game like this?" Sesshoumaru huffed and began to take his clothes of.

"Sure there are and what the hell are you doing?" Naraku snapped without breaking the sentence, when he saw what the demon was doing.

"You do realize that having sex is much easier without clothes…"

"You're killing my buzz! I want to take those off! You're so much better company when you act like you have a stick up your ass, no pun intended, by the way."

"I'm sure. But aren't you the one who always wanted me to act, what was it… oh yes, nicely." He said the last word like it was somehow ugly.

"Well, yeah, but I sort of just realized that it's creepy, and that's my job."

"You want to be creepy?"

"Yes."

"Very well then… You are a very creepy person. Can we go on with this now? You're acting childishly."

"I so wanna hurt you right now…" Naraku muttered and clenched his fists.

"You know I don't mind that", Sesshoumaru said suggestively (and once again with such a serious expression that it irritated his companion immensely). He was now completely naked and stood by the hot spring looking expectantly at Naraku. "Do you want me to go into the water or are you going to stand there and watch me act this out by myself, hmm?"

Naraku sort of lost it after that. He didn't know where Sesshoumaru had learned to talk dirty like that but he honestly didn't care at the moment. He just knew that one way or the other he wanted to wipe that attitude off of him and make him scream. "Something tells me this isn't going to be all that nice after all", he muttered and got rid of his simple clothing before rushing towards his pray. "Prepare to be eaten, my dear."

"I'm starting to think that you're just all talk and no action, Naraku… You're slow."

"When did you become such a seducer?"

"I learned from the best."

"Now you're just being nice."

"Who said it was you?"

"Shut up!" Naraku growled and kissed him. Hard.

If dying gave him opportunities like this, Naraku was more than happy to die again. Being able to feel Sesshoumaru after so long was like heaven, and for one fleeting moment he thought that his rebirth had been just a dream, and he really was in heaven after all. That is until he realized that he was probably the last person who'd be able to go to some place like heaven. And then Sesshoumaru bit him, which definitely proved it to be true.

Naraku broke the kiss and licked his damaged bottom lip, tasting blood. His arms tightened around Sesshoumaru, who stared at him challengingly. "Does it hurt?" he asked almost innocently.

"I thought I was supposed to be the bad guy", Naraku muttered grumpily. His nails bore into Sesshoumaru's back and the white demon hissed.

"That doesn't mean that I have to be a good guy."

"Hmph. As if you even could", he said smirking and crushed their mouths together again. The familiar taste of Sesshoumaru mixed with blood was like aphrodisiac for him. He took his time devouring the other, tasting every corner of the mouth he had missed.

"Damn, we really can't do this nicely, can we?" Naraku muttered as he bit down Sesshoumaru's neck.

"Would shut up already?" Sesshoumaru growled and tackled him. They fell on the ground, Sesshoumaru straddling Naraku.

"You sure are surprisingly aggressive today."

"What part of 'shut up' don't you understand, hmm?" Sesshoumaru's voice was toxic. His hand slid down over Naraku's chest to grip his growing erection. Then he squeezed hard.

Naraku hissed in pain. With a one smooth movement he rolled them over so he was on top. "Now now, you like it when I talk dirty…" he liked the demon lord's ear and his fingers found their way to Sesshoumaru's nipples.

"Don't be such a tease you asshole", Sesshoumaru whispered as Naraku's familiar touch ghosted over him. The intense want he felt swelling inside him scared the hell out of him. He remembered that feeling. It was the same as last time, when Naraku had had his little game and he had been forced to stay still and let the other do what he wanted.

It was so much easier to deal with the desire when you could think of it as a momentary thing, something that happened because of impulsive desire.

No, this is not why I'm here.

Sesshoumaru turned his eyes toward Naraku, who was examining his body with an intense glare. Naraku had already made a mess out of him. Now it was his turn.

He pulled Naraku against him, their chests touching, and mouths only barely apart, so very tantalizingly close. "Hurry up. I want to feel you."

He could see how Naraku's eyes widened with surprise before they began to burn with want. He wasn't quite sure why he had said that. Was it something he had really wanted to say, or did he say it just because he knew how to make Naraku suffer just as much as he did?

"You're not fucking fair", Naraku muttered his lips ghosting over Sesshoumaru's. "Have you any idea what you're doing to me?"

Sesshoumaru barely kept himself from whimpering as the smooth voice colored with desire washed over him. His body betrayed him and he shivered, desperate to feel more. Then his own voice betrayed him too. "Please", he heard the word leave his mouth. Okay, that really was just to torture Naraku. It actually was fun…

Naraku groaned a loud, guttural groan before smashing their lips together. It was so good.

Sesshoumaru tightened his grip around the other and threw himself into the kiss. He thrust his hips so that their steadily growing erections rubbed together. They both moaned and the kiss broke.

"Definitely not playing fair…" Naraku muttered and his hand gripped Sesshoumaru's hard-on while his mouth found a delicious nipple.

There was no further talking for a long time after that. It didn't take long before they forgot everything else around them.

It didn't matter who they were.

It didn't matter what they had done.

In that moment it didn't even matter what would come to be.

There was only that other one and the need to be one, and yet the need to hurt and be in control still managed to burn inside them. They lost themselves into that intense moment and just allowed themselves to feel and explore it.

For a fleeting moment during that time Sesshoumaru though about how easily he allowed himself to be devour by that black hearted creature. As Naraku's red eyes burned their way into the ice and their lips met again, he swore he would make Naraku feel equally confused, one way or the other.

Only for a second, Naraku thought how disappointing it was that his plans were so easily ruined and calculating mind discarded as all kinds of unfamiliar emotions took over. But when he felt warmth of the cold angel around him, he knew it didn't matter, for if he had this, he had everything, even if time would eventually destroy that moment.

Stars appeared to the velvety night sky one at a time and disappeared once again as the new morning came, but the flame of desire still burned strong in that unusual pair.

After a long time they finally fell on top of each other exhausted and spent, falling asleep in a tangle of limps and unruly hair.

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A/N: So? Unfotunately the next chapter is almost as equally painful as this but I try my best not to get frustrated with it like I did with this one. I posted a new oneshot to apologize for my long absense. I've been stuck with work lately... Two moths of nonstop twelve-hour nights shifts without any days off...I can't recommend. I'm exhausted and I reek of sulphur. Not good.

~Val