Mai-HiME Fan Fiction ❯ Between The Devil and Me ❯ Chapter 1

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Earlier this year I announced my retirement from fanfiction to focus on my senior year and college, so I'm making a brief comeback by writing something completely new for Mai-Hime. Hopefully I'm going to make history with this fic because I'm looking at this fanfiction section and seeing nothing but Natsuki/Shizuru fics here and not one of these writers have focused on the main pairing Mai/Tate so that's what I'm hoping for. Now do not worry, I will have reference to Natsuki and Shizuru being together as this is kinda like a sequel to Mini Nessey's to Blossom but it's not, it's something that I hope will be a reflection of her fic while at the same time making it mine (By the way he/she gave me complete permission to use that fic as reference so do not go crazy.) After this I will not do anymore fanfictions so you better enjoy it from the ground up.

Disclaimer: I have no ownership of Mai-Hime, only Sunrise and Bandai Entertainment.

Between The Devil and Me by Seth "vegitoth" Millis

What a screwed up life for Mai. Even more screwed up on her boyfriend Tate. Why did she have to suffer, few close to both have wondered. A matter of drunken jealousy and especially stupidity. Things do happen, bad and good, sometimes when you want the special good things, you have to sacrifice a piece of happiness in order to get it. It had been the case with Mai Tokiha, Tate Yuuichi, and Mikoto Minagi; both Mai and Tate had started going out a week after the Hime Carnival had ended, they had a congragulatory ball at The Fuuka Academy to honor all the Hime's that boldly took part in The Carnival, everyone from Mai to Shizuru took part in the event, even though both Natsuki and Shizuru were going through personal problems, they conversed with the people and enjoyed the party. But during the party, some rebel teenager snuck in some alcohol and poured some into the fruit punch. Mikoto, being the heavy eater that she was, drank a whole lot of that punch, got drunk, and had a big urge to dance with Mai even though
she brought her own date.

To make a long story short, when the chance came up, Mikoto danced with Mai intamently, leading to a drunken kiss, Tate caught Mai in that situation and stormed in anger, leaving Mai completely shattered and into self-isolation avoiding every human being on the planet, including her little brother, Takumi. Three days after that happened, Mikoto threw herself into a watery grave after finding out and taking the situation harshly. One month has passed since the incident, Mai was sitting on her vanity chair, in front of her vanity mirror sensuously brushing her hair that grew longer with each passing week reaching to her shoulders, patiently waiting on Tate after receiving a text message that he wanted to speak with her at her apartment.

She moved to some new quarters after Mikoto's funeral, there were too many memories of her that Mai could not repress out of her head, resulting with Mai moving to Shizuru's apartment complex. It was very great living there, it had everything she could ever ask for, but with all of that to enjoy, Mai still felt so empty. Averting from her mirror reflection, Mai looked at the clock on her wall and found it was a quarter til six; she took the opportunity to put on some lipstick, went to her closet to put on a recently bought black-lace bra and a garter belt of the same color and stockings.

She went to her kitchen to grab something to eat and while that happened, Mai looked out her window which had a good view of the school, and the sunset, somehow while looking out the window she saw somewhat of a shilouette of Natsuki looking out a window 15 miles east of Mai's quarters. It was ten minutes past six, Tate was a little late but it was a perfect opportunity to put on something else. Along with the lingerie, Mai bought a black semi-transparent lace overcoat. It was during her split with Tate she got herself into darker clothing, not just lingerie, but clothes in general. People knew it was not like her, but they could not change a thing about that.

Knock knock knock...those three sounds came from her door, she knew who was there and she was ready, to face her past, to face her anger, and more importantly to face him and him alone. Mai opened the door and there stood Tate her boyfriend in his school uniform like he always wore it, sleeves rolled up slighthly, top half slightly unbuttoned and ruffled up slightly. But along with all that, in his left hand he held a bouquet of red roses all for Mai.

"I was wondering what took you so long to get here," Mai smiled gently as she took the roses and took a smell at its beautiful scent.

"The roses were five dollars I figured you'd like them," Tate replied following Mai to her kitchen.

While putting the roses in a watered vase, Mai asked, "What did you want to speak to me about?" even though she knew.

Throughout coming in till now, Tate's look was somber, sad, and he had an emotional headache. But he did not hesitate his answer, "I thought about what had happened, last month, I thought about Mikoto and her demise, but most of all I thought about you and how I hurt you," his voice got deeper and unintentionally sexy to Mai's ears but her attention remained unaverted and her eye contact stood still on his even though he looked on the floor. "I didn't mean to hurt you by abandoning you, I probably made you cry that night when I left you at the dance, but I never wanted to hurt you, knowing Mikoto right now, she didn't wanna hurt you neither. That's why I'm here, I regret that I hurt you for a month, I regret all that I did after she kissed you, and futhermore I am still in love with you, I am willing to work it out, I wanna take you back, and I wanna love all over again like I did at the Hime carnival."

Before Tate could continue, Mai pulled his face to hers and kissed him fervently letting him feel the salt of her tears. Though his face remained down on the floor, she heard the deep honesty and sincerity of his words, she was willing to take him back even if he didn't say those words. Mai knew Tate had gotten everything out of his chest, it was a perfect opportunity to get a months worth of darkness out of her system, releasing that magical kiss, she spoke these words.

"With these clothes that you see, I have been living in darkness for a month since you left me, excluding Natsuki because of her personal issues, I've distanced myself against other people, the Hime's, and even my brother Takumi, not because of you, but because of Mikoto.", their soft gentle eyes met for a long silence, like a gentle angel, Mai smiled, "I knew, without a doubt, you would come back to me because I knew you needed some space to think with all that went on that night. You still had hold of my heart, even as you left me, you did not break my heart. It gave me comfort knowing you had devotion in your heart, even when you texted me this afternoon, my heart had fluttered beyond recognition. I can not live without you, I need you to breathe. I love you."

Fifteen miles east out of Mai's apartment, Natsuki and Shizuru were eye to eye kissing one another passionately. Mai and Tate did the exact same thing when they went to her bedroom; the sun was nearing its entrance to the other side of the world as Tate and Mai tripped into one another on Mai's double bed, neither cared about the predicament all they wanted was pure closure. Closure they recieved as Mai wrapped her dark legs around Tate's waist and pulled him close, possesively, her arms held her one true love oh so tight as she lived her life for this tender moment. Their breathing was deep and heavy but quiet nontheless, afraid that their moment would be broken by a stuck-up to campus rules.

"Mai...", Tate whispered in the near darkness, gentle maple colored eyes locking to the blue eyes that took his breath away. For the first time in a long time, Tokiha Mai smiled a happy smile, one smile that laid barren even before the incident and after she became an orphan with Takumi. She smiled because she felt pure love from Tate and felt so loved and safe in his grasp. Everything she could ever ask for she held in her arms.

"Baby, please don't stop kissing me," Mai silently pleaded as Tate claimed her lips again as they were still parted. Opportunity presented itself as Tate inserted his warm tongue into her mouth, pleasurably blanketing her own tongue in spiralling carresses. Fervently moaning under the pleasure, Mai pulled herself even more closer to her boyfriend as Tate's hands reached for the hands reached for the laces of the overcoat successfully utying it while unintentionally touching her arousal spot causing a slight gasp to pass through her kissing lips, it scared him slightly as he withdrew his hands.

"Oh please no..." Mai kissed his jawline and added, "You can touch me but please don't stop.", she pulled Tate closer after he unbuttoned his school dress shirt after becoming drenched with respiration, Mai could only sigh breathlessly at his muscled chest.

"Do you think we are moving too fast, sweetie?"

"What do you think, Tate?"

No...not really."

"Then my answer is no." Mai smiled and once again pulled Tate down for a new passionate kiss. Tate could not help but let out a relaxing sigh as he felt the softness of her lingerie and her baby soft skin making both their mouthes connect perfectly like a puzzle. Adjusting position, Mai released herself from her puzzle piece and offered him the right side of her neck which he graciously accepted, kissing that skin like a doves feather carressing the skin of a newborn. Tate felt Mai breathing tenderly at those kisses, oh how she loved 'em and wanted more and verbally expressed it through her breath.

Both Mai and Tate were at the same time finding the button to his pants and the button to her bra. Arms and hands crossed over to make a perfect x, Tate's hand on her bra and Mai's hand on his jeans. Reluctantly, Tate left the kissing of her to study the beautiful face of the girl of his dreams, breathing back in his air while at the same time being captivated by such an extraordinary beauty. A brief kiss he gave to her as Tate finally unbuttoned Mai's bra seeing her overt chest which was always in the center of comedic situations. But on this night right now, there was nothing comedic to happen, only true pure unresolved love and lust. A cold shiver passed through Mai's lips indicating arousal and somewhat of a cold breeze passing. She didn't have to say it because Tate already knew what she wanted.

For the first time ever, the couple made a skin on skin contact, living in the moment of the makeout, ignoring the "other" phase. Kissing one another passionately this time, through the comforting softness of their skin their closeness was almost like a lifeline if they were to even lift a finger it would feel like death. But one another knew they could live and Mai proceded to finally unbutton his jeans and finally with great effort, Tate's pants were pulled down freeing a strained erection that had been long ignored from their moment, they were ready for this, there was no other way to put it.

"Are you ready now, Mai-chan?" Tate tipped his head, breathing a heated whisper on her earlobe. Mai knew what he meant and she was ready; Mai belonged to no one else but Tate, she knew that after the Hime carnival a month ago. Passionately, she whispered " I want you, so badly, beyond anything else," deeper she whispered "Take me please."

Tate slipped off Mai's overcoat and her garter belt even though, ironically, the long patch that covered her clitoris and butt crack was cut off. He wanted no article of clothing to be visible for their time together which did not bother Mai one single bit, she was more anxious about what would happen next. Tate gave his love a kiss and mouthed 'I love you' on her lips; slowly counting to ten, Tate entered Mai's innocence, marking a complete end to their childhood life.

But then it happened, fevered images on the life and death of her mother ran through her head as she shed two tears. Losing her mother due to Takumi's near-death situation, leaving Mai with the deep responsibility of becoming his caregiver, a job she deeply committed herself to with only a few failures on the job. Next she thought of Natsuki and Shizuru and how they have been like a family to her, how close as friends they've been ever since the end of the Hime carnival. That special friendship made her cry even more. Finally, she thought about Mikoto and how she almost loved her like a daughter and how painful it was on her after Mikoto threw herself into watery grave the night after the dance. All the thoughts in her head made her realize she wanted something that would be a big sacrifice on both her and Tate's part if he went through with this.

Fifteen minutes of sobbing and crying Mai let out, even though she adjusted by now, but still she cried, not for the pain of losing her virginity, but for the pain of her past and for what she wanted.

"What are you crying for, Mai?" Tate asked with the pace of her crying had slowed down.

"I want to have a baby, Tate, your baby." Mai replied with a soft smile as Tate smiled at her want. If it was what she wanted, then he would be happy to do it.

They held each other comfortably for a very long time, before Tate pulled his lower body and thrusted himself back into her vagina, and Mai just looked at the ceiling, her breathing was shaking up from the tremor of the thrusts as it kept going, her eye vision focused on the ceiling, but her mind focused on her boyfriend turned lover and how great of a body he had. In experience both boy and girl had none, but if you were to look at the flow of movement between Mai and Tate, it felt like they've had sex with each other for years. They were that damn good.

Butterflies had been flying around their stomachs since Tate came into the door, they wanted this but they were extremely nervous. A orange glimmer on their bodies symbolized them as the golden couple, a kind of couple you'd find in a Greek Mythology museum.

"Tate...", Mai called to her lover, legs gently wrapped his lower back, despite the somewhat ticklish sensation that fulfilled her body. It felt extremely special to feel these sensations, many years of being alone without a lover have finally paid-off romantically, she now had the kind of commitment she had longed for.

Tate, while making love to Mai, had showered his lady-love in clean kisses while at the same time pulling her up, Mai's legs were still wrapped around Tate's waist, her fingers ran smoothly on his gentle brown hair while at the same time returning his butterfly kisses with a passionate kiss of her own. Fingernails dug into one another's flesh as waves of pleasure grew with the tide, sharing each others blood. Like a surfers wave, their pleasure washed over them like water. Breathing was now shallow as they now held each other in a personal sanctuary, full moon now completely covered them and somehow gave them a magical piece of warmth and comfort through that moon.

"Aishiteru, Tate." Mai whispered

"Aishiteru, Mai." Tate whispered soft and low.

***

"Okay, Mai, now I want you to give me just one more push.", Natsuki ordered in a gentle manner as she was completing the final phase of a responsibility Mai appointed her to do.

A week after Mai and Tate got back together romantically, Mai took a pregnancy test and found that she was pregnant, her dreams of having a baby were gonna come true in the required months of pregnancy. With help and support of the Hime's and the Academy, barely a spit of blood had flowed between Mai, Tate, and their baby. Even Tate vowed to be with Mai and his child, never even thought twice of abandonment despite attempted seductions from Shiho.

With The Academy and the Hime's helping the couple with their baby, fundraisers were made to help with buying furniture, clothes, and food for the baby. Even though they were both set for the baby's forthcoming birth, Tate did his part for support by taking Mai's job at the cafe and doing exceptionally well. So well, his schedulling was flexible after a few weeks of working.

Now they were in their bedroom about to have the baby and throughout the whole time since her water broke, Mai didn't care about the pregnancy pain, she only cared about getting to hold the body of her daughter thanks to modern technology, Mai and Tate would have a girl. After one hard push, long months of waiting have finally come to pass, Mai now heard the baby's cry for the first time, ignoring that little chord being cut and smiled so lovingly at her daughter wanting to calm whatever fear that baby had.

All the fellow Hime's and Mai's brother Takumi were present for the birth of Mai's daughter, when asked about the baby's name, Mai and Tate fell in love with a certain name that stuck with that name the first time they read it.

Karou Tokiha
Born August 3, 2007
Height: 19"
Weight: 7 lbs 9 Ounces