Learning about the other

Sorcha looked up at Naka and smiled. It felt good to have his arms around her after what they just shared. She pulled the covers up and looked at her room, trying to see it through his eyes. There were some dirty clothes piled in the corner, her desk scattered with papers and a forgotten Coke sitting on her bedside table. The only thing that marked the room as hers was the sword collection hanging on the wall above the bed. Well she thought ruefully, it couldn't really be called a collection, there were only three.

"I can't believe that I am finally here with you like this." When she had first started having feelings for him, she would have never thought in a million years that he would be interested in her as well. She considered herself such an awkward misfit and social oddity that she had truly thought that she would never have this with anyone, especially not someone as caring and special as her Naka was. She reached up and ran her fingertips down the side of his face and grinned as she looked into his striking violet eyes. Just looking at him made her feel "giddy" inside, she couldnt do anything but break out in a big smile.

She leaned in to kiss him, closing her eyes and enjoying the freedom to express herself in something as simple as a kiss. She thought she would go ahead and finally tell him what happened the night her mother and brothers died. He would be the first person who ever heard it besides those involved. She briefly wondered how much they really knew about each other. She knew that there was a lot of herself she had yet to share, but somehow, instead of that being a frightening thought, it was as though it just meant there was more to discover.

Grabbing his hand and holding on tight and putting her head on his shoulder she said softly,"What don't I know about you Nakata Ishikawa?"

Sorcha reached up and wrapped her arms around Naka and hugged him tightly."I too know the violence of family member's death. I watched my mother and two brothers killed by senseless violence."She didn't go into detail of her constant companion, guilt for what happened that night. How she still feels responsible for the breaking apart and death of her family.

Leaning back and grabbing his hand again she said to him,"You can start wherever you want. Take your time, and I shall share along with you. How is that? You already know my own powers. What exactly are yours? I am familiar with the regeneration of course." She smiled remembering that first time on the third floor when he first told her about it. She also remembered that on that day, she was convinced that all she wanted was to be left alone.

Shaking her head she looked up at her Naka,"I was just thinking back when I first met you, I am so glad that you convinced me to be your friend. You have made me so much more appreciative of having someone to shared things with. Now, before I get sidetracked, tell me about your powers, and oh, oh, about the new ones you just got. You told me that day in the hall about the one in the forest?"

She realized that if he answered all of her questions, she was just about guaranteed to spend the next few hours alone with him. Taking their hands where they were clasped she raised them and kissed him. Smiling she looked up at him."Go ahead when your ready"

Sorcha pullled away and looked at him, the first thing she got caught up on was the whole thing about his son. "Wait, your saying that its possible for your son to be the husband of a God? Are you serious? All he has to do is copy the powers of a few scrolls and he will be that powerful?" She shook her head and leaned back and looked at the opposite wall with an awed look on her face. Wow, she couldn't believe that she knew someone who might have a kid who might become the husband of some ancient Goddess. Yeah, there were a lot of mights in there but it was still pretty awesome.

Turning around so that she was sitting Indian style in front of him, she rearranged the covers, cocking her head to the left, she absently started running her hand up and down his leg while she thought about what he just said. She knew she wasn't stupid but she really needed to break down what he just said so that she could get a better grasp on it."So, in a nutshell, there are six scrolls representing six different epic powers. Professor K, and then because he did that thingy with the sword , gave one of them to you. Yours is the most important, but there are five more out there. If your son, or the first born male of your line copies all of the powers he becomes the husband of the this sun goddess.?"It was mind boggling to think of any "goddess" being married. I mean they must have had husbands, they did have kids after all but still.

Picking up his hand, Sorcha intertwined her fingers with his and looked down at their joined hands. She felt this surge of pride that her Naka was of the family that had such an important role. How is it that she, plain old Sorcha ended up sitting here next to him? She was secretly glad of the thing where Naka couldn't be the one. She was already jealous enough that she didn't want to think about him having to be with anyone else. Not that she had thought about marriage or anything like that in regards to Naka. She hadn't really thought past what they had just shared.

Wow, she thought, it was true, her mind went off on tangents so quickly. She ruefully chuckled to herself, it was something she figured was just a part of who she was. Once a thought went into her head, she just took it off on all of these other paths and usually somebody had to bring her back to the original subject. She shook her head, looked at Naka, leaned over and gave him a kiss. Sitting back she suddenly remembered his last sentence. At first there was a sense of hurt that he wouldn't reveal a secret to her after the time they spent together and how close they had obviously become. However, she knew that she herself, still had things not revealed to him. And although she wanted to know everything about him, he was entitled to those secrets as much as she was to hers. "So how long do these powers last when you activate them? How do you activate them? I mean is there something special you do because they are time specific? And oh my goddess, I just remembered, you never told me about Professor Kage, he is your father? Why didn't you know it? I mean, he was here the whole time and he never told you?I know I am throwing a bunch of questions at you but I really want to know as much as I can about you. Your very very important to me"

She leaned down and wrapped her arms around him and first kissed his chin and then laid her head down on his shoulder."My Naka"