…Now the kisses were more rushed and greedier as Matthew and Matilda continued to remove the rest of their clothes.

  With her st life’s name being repeated so many times, Matilda took his face and made him look at her, “I know it’s not easy, but I don’t want to be Sahara anymore…”

  Stopping, so that he was looking at her, giving her his full attention, Matilda saw that he was worried about what that meant.

  “What I mean is, I’m…I don’t want to be stood on anymore…I am Matilda! I will…Kick butt…”

  That wasn’t…Why wasn’t she making much sense right now!?

  “…I will then have to tell Sahara that a woman with the name of Matilda has taken my heart…”

  Matilda smiled and pyfully then said, “Oh, is that how it’s going to be!? You two timer!”

  With a jerk, Matilda was suddenly reminded upon what was going on as he entered her.

  “Ah! That hurt!”

  Matthew looked at her in a bit of shock…

  It was like she was a virgin all over again!

  “I’m sorry…”

  Matilda sighed and hit him softly, “It’s not too bad, I…You scared me too…Got me by surprise!”

  Again, he thrust into her, but not as swift as st time.

  Clenching her hands a bit, Matilda then let them go as she looked at her man.

  He was so beautiful…The fact that she was his ultimate…Air? Space? Being? His everything…

  Putting her legs around him and leaning forwards to kiss him, Matilda groaned out as they continued…

  Nah…Not is it only that I’m his everything…I think he’s mine too…

  If Matilda had been told that morning that she would reunite with her Matthew, she would have denied the possibility outright…She would have said that there was no chance! That morning, she could barely even say his name, that morning she could hardly hold herself together as she wasn’t even sure that they would even come to Golden Haven anyway…Hell, that morning she hadn’t even seen them yet from all the time she had been gone…

  She had really tried and meant what she had said when she was just going to stay quiet on who she was, but it went way beyond her control. She forgot that she was a puzzle with missing pieces…She forgot what it was like to have a loyal friend and apprentice…Most of all…She forgot how much she loved her family.

  This is exactly why she had waited so long to look into them…It was like she knew, deep down, that if she were to see them, even for a moment, she would colpse into a heap of tears!

  For her own survival, perhaps, she had tried to accept her existence and move on, and to do that she had not looked into what would break her down.

  But in such a small amount of time it was done…She was now within their presence, and it wasn’t as hard as she thought it would be…It almost felt like a waste of time to have waited so long!

  …It truly was the best feeling in the world to be in the arms of the person that you loved!

  “No, not going anywhere…”

  Matthew held her tightly to him, even though all she wanted to do was go to the vatory.

  “I’m not going to pee here! Now let me go!”

  Finally getting up, Matilda poked her tongue out at him but found herself having been tripped and back into his arms in the next second.

  “You…”

  “Me…”

  They had made love almost like it was their first time once again. He had been so fierce first but had finally calmed down after…

  Now she was exhausted and busting!

  It’s almost sad that she will be showing him that she was already unblocked already…

  Showing him a bit of a pained face, she then teleported to the room beside them and heard him yell out for her.

  “Shut up!”

  With a sudden burst, he came into the small room, where she had already started to…You know…

  Matthew nodded quietly and left but Matilda had felt the turmoil in his mind…

  She had used her spiritual essence…She could leave at any time…

  It seemed that that man needed more coaxing…

  Finished, Matilda teleported back and started to get dressed.

  He had been sitting down with his head in his hands…

  “You’re going to leave again…Aren’t you?”

  It was almost like he had already given up.

  Silence dragged on while Matilda forced herself to continue, which she was gd she did as she could suddenly hear someone coming.

  She had not paid attention to much going on outside of this room and Steven suddenly came in, puffing away like a mad man, he looked around, only to see her and Matthew.

  “Where…Where is she!?”

  Ah, so unloved…

  Then Naruto came in and ran straight to Matthew…Only to suddenly growl at her, an unfamiliar smell and person.

  “Don’t you dare growl at me, you mutt!” Matilda stated strongly at Naruto.

  Naruto stopped but continued to stare at her.

  “Where is she? Who are you?”

  “Uncle, I told you she wasn’t the same…” Kin stated from behind him.

  Finally, Steven looked directly at her.

  “Hey…” Matilda put up a hand and waved…

  What do people do after such a long time of not seeing someone? Is that enough?

  Steven came closer, with a step and wanted to speak, as he looked at her closely, but didn’t. He swallowed and frowned. “Sahara?”

  Oh, I suppose I should give him something to, you know, make sure that he knows it’s me sorta thing…

  With that, Matilda teleported Naruto to her and made him slightly bigger.

  His cws dug into her and so she tapped him on the head, “Don’t you dare!”

  Naruto didn’t understand! He didn’t get why words were simir to that of another, but they looked and smelled so different. So, instead, he wanted to get away!

  Oh, how he tried!

  “Naruto!” Matilda yelled, “Stop it!”

  She had not let him go this whole time, but her legs had cw marks on her.

  Suddenly he was taken from her and thrown towards the door, where Kin was.

  Matilda looked at Matthew, having still been naked and saw him looking at her legs.

  Falling into a kneeling position in front of her he put shaking hands to her legs, “You’re…You’re hurt…”

  Matilda looked at him and felt his despair as he took a piece of sheet to the side and yanked at it, “Pathetic…”

  He really was so broken…

  “It’s ok, Matthew…Don’t worry. I’ll heal myself and it’ll be like new, no scar or anything…” Getting down in front of him, he still continued to cover her in bandages. He was focused…He knew that if he didn’t focus, he might break down.

  He had only just got her back!

  There was just nothing to it, she had to heal herself or Matthew might just lose himself in some vortex. Well, it would take away the pain too, which would help…

  “Sahara…”

  Feeling herself get hugged, most likely by Steven, Sahara finished healing herself and looked at Matthew, to see him sitting back and not looking at her.

  Turning to look at Steven, Matilda nodded at him.

  “I think we need more time…”

  They looked at Matthew and understood, and they did indeed turn to start walking out…Only for Christian to barge in next. “Where is that run away daughter in w of mine!”

  Matilda went and forced herself onto Matthew’s p, trying to cover him a bit and looked at the old man that had just arrived.

  “Who are you!?” He immediately asked.

  “Bugger off. I’m busy.”

  Matthew wrapped his hands around her but didn’t say a word.

  “Hey! He’s taken!” Christian bellowed.

  “He sure is…” Matilda stated softly, as she kissed the side of his bent head.

  Once again, silence entered the room and Christian finally figured it out…

  He didn’t say much, he just stared at her for a while…And then left!

  So…Everyone else left as well, even closed the door behind them…

  As much as all of them wanted to see and talk to her, they could see that Matthew needed her most right now.

  She didn’t know what to say to her beloved man…

  He was gentle to her, he was sweet and loveable but he hardly trusted that she would stay with him.

  It was almost like she had to attach herself to him on purpose…So that…

  Ah!

  In no time a pair of handcuffs were ‘invented’ and she, without a care, attached her arm to his.

  “What are you doing?” He asked.

  “Nothing. Now get dressed…”

  …Maybe he should have gotten dressed first…

  Laughing, Matilda tried to cover her face as she looked at him and shock her head, “I should have connected us afterwards!”

  Matthew looked at the handcuffs, not knowing that they were handcuffs, and held back a smile…

  He never wanted them to disappear.

  Never!

  So, he got up and attempted to get dressed! He didn’t care if he had to make a strange or different lot of clothes…He didn’t care at all. The handcuffs meant something to him, it meant that she wasn’t going anywhere without him, so…He felt like perhaps he could keep going, that he could…

  Looking at her now, he brought her closer to him and kissed her.

  Linking their already linked hands together, he smiled into their kiss...

  “Mine!”

  At this moment, it almost seemed like everything could lead to happily ever after’s…

  Well, that is between just two people’s happiness of being with one another again, oh and someone being found when they had been lost for so long…But there was still so much to do!

  A new Golden Emperor was coming, they just needed to be chosen, and it was all happening within months!

  The journey to find this new Golden Emperor would soon be coming to an end!

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  End Of Volume 12