A Shinobi Approaches

Shiro ran after her, holding her back by her shoulder. "No you will not. This is my bed, too. I don't want you to sleep in my bed", he said, moving in front of her and trying to push her out of the room but his hand slipped and he touched her a little too low below her shoulders. Blushing furiously Shrio decided to ignore the accident and block her way to the bed.

Shiro glared at her and moved over to pull her out of the bed. He was laying on his side to make matters worse. "I can carry Kai over her. He can sleep here. You can sleep on the couch", he said, pulling her arm hard.

Shiro backed away immediately when he saw the fire.
He hated fire. He hated Erika, too.
Like a kicked dog he left the room, sitting on the floor next to Kai.
"Please wake up and kick her out", Shiro mumbled, stroking Kai's hair.

Kai lay knocked out, not looking likely to awake...
Meanwhile Erika tossed and turned in the bed sheets...
"Shiro-chan... Can you come here!!!! I need yoou"
she sang, "Pllleeeeeaassseee"

Shiro sighed and got up, moving over to the bedroom.
"What is it?", he asked without any motivation.
He stood right next to the bed, looking down at Erika.

Shiro blushed. He was into women, too, though not as much as into men, but Erika? Never! Not that she was not pretty or attractive, Shiro's body already reminded him that she was, but she was the one trying to take Kai away from him! "N-no...", Shiro mumbled before she kissed him, trying to push her away from him.

Shiro moaned when she touched him, he head his head turned to the side in embarrassment. "Yes I do. I hate you. D-don't... don't touch me...", Shiro said despite his obvious arousal. "I'll tell him", he added, hoping it would make her stop.

"Oh don't be such a crybaby... He wont mind..." she laughed...
She looked at him... and let go... "Whatever, you're such
a crybaby..." she took the covers and wrapped it round
herself...

"I'm not a crybaby!", Shiro protested.
He would never have told Kai about it.
He was far too embarrassed by his own reaction.
Because obviously he was aroused.
He hated his body for that.
And Kai would probably blame him for being aroused.
Maybe Erika would even say Shiro had forced her!
He thought she was very well capable of that.
"Why would you even want that? Because I clearly don't want to", Shiro complained, sitting up to rest his back against the wall.

Erika turned over and looked at Shiro..."No, you're right,
you clearly don't want it... and I only wanted to try something,
whatever, I'm not interested now..." She sighed...

Shiro frowned. "Try what?", he asked.
Was she testing him?
Did she want him to fall for her so she could tell Kai?
"Try what?", he repeated.

"I wanted to compare you against Kai... He must compare US." she told him,
"Who is better at what and where... I mean does a real girl kiss better than
a fake one... That sort of stuff" she joked and then laughed... "Never mind,
I'm just being paranoid... There's no way you could match this..." she said
stroking her thigh.

"Match it? I exceed it by far but how would you know", Shiro scoffed.
She was not match for him. "Unless you, I can be both parts of the couple. That is something you can never do. Instead, you have the risk of getting pregnant and thus becoming an nuisance. Which you already are pretty much anyways", he continued venomously.

Erika lifted her head back and laughed manically... She shouted
"I'm the nuisance?! Need I remind you of the money he's spent
on you, the time he's wasted on you..." she laughed...
"He also killed for you..." she whispered.

Shiro stared at her for a second. He did not know Kai had killed those men.
"What... what are you talking about?", he asked. He was so naive.

"Even from the start you were a burden... Kai told me how
you were being slaved by those men... So Kai simply killed
them so you wouldn't have to worry..." She looked at Shiro
with her Dagger Eyes... "He wouldn't have unneccesary
blood on his hands if it wasn't for you."

Shiro seemed to be really upset about this, he stared at his hands and kept quiet.
Why had Kai not told him? It was not right of Shiro to ask something like that from him.
Also, it could get Kai into a lot of trouble. Shiro did not even dare to look at Erika.
She was right. If it wasn't for him, Kai would not have had to kill those men.

Erika stared at Shiro and smiled triumphanly... She began to
formulate a plot, to make Shiro feel week... She looked at the
ceiling, "Kai also would of got to realize his dreams... He's
always wanted to go to Tsyuromi Village and fully develop
his abilities in being a Medical Ninja... But he had to give
it up to look after you" she lied.

Shiro increasingly felt bad. "I.. didn't know", he said quietly, trying hard not to start crying in front of her again. "I don't want to be in his way..." Maybe that was why Kai had been rejecting him all the time? Kai probably liked him too much to send him away but not enough to overcome his disappointment over his own lost chances. "Maybe I'd... better leave?", Shiro suggested, hoping Erika would say no. He did not want to leave again. Especially not after what had happened the last time.

Erika sighed and looked at Shiro dissaprovingly... "Oh yes, Leave now..." she said sarcastically... "Let Kai kill for you, lose his dream for you and then just leave him broken for me to pick up the pieces... Arn't you kind?!" she smiled and then shrugged... "Well if you want to leave, no one is stopping you."

Shiro shook his head, she was right. But he felt bad now that he knew he was not good for Kai and ripped him of his dream. "What should I do?", Shiro asked, biting his lower lip. "Maybe I should... help him somehow. I could earn money so he has more time to do things he like and doesn't have to work so much..."