(A/N) Hey future readers! It's 93 posting her first ever story *People cheering* Yes, I finally got motivated enough to enter my work on FF and on LJ. This will not be a one-shot, but the entrees will be short (this one is about 400 words). I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: Mononoke is not mine, nor are its characters. I only did this for enjoyment and am getting no profit from it.
They were running; dear Kami were they running. Kayo's lungs burned and her legs felt like they were going to fall off. She slowed slightly pulling at the hand encasing her wrist (because he just didn't seem like the hand-holding type.) Kayo hadn't run like this since she had broken a shopkeeper's expensive vase. It wasn't her fault (it really wasn't; who put a vase on a tiny and unsteady stand anyways?)Still the authorities had chased her until sundown and had finally given up (She had hid in a tall tree and amused herself by watching them run back and forth while eating a peach that she had relieved from the shopkeepers possession.) Kayo justified stealing the peach by reminding herself how rude the shopkeeper had been.
The flashback faded as blue eyes slid back to meet her brown ones and Kayo swore she saw slight irritation in them before they faded to his usual look. A small spark of anger lit up inside her, the emotion bringing color up to her cheeks, and she was about to tell him off - (it was a really good comeback too, something along the lines of 'Well not all of us possess your inhuman power of speed' followed by her sticking her tongue out) But right as she opened her mouth a blood curdling roar echoed through the trees, rattling Kayo to her very core. And then she remembered they were running and this time it wasn't an angry shopkeeper or guards chasing her, it was a mononoke. It wasn't a simple fee she was facing, it was losing her life.
With that in mind, her hand turned and grasped his wrists, sliding down until it met his painted hand, and Kayo laced her fingers with his as she picked up speed with renewed energy. Her action was done unconsciously and without a second thought, but not without notice. Soon she was almost ahead of the Kusuriuri and if she wasn't in a life and death situation she would have laughed at how the roles reversed. As she tugged him along the barely made path, she tried to remember a safe place to hide from the demon that was currently trying to kill them.
As focused as she was on this, she missed the slight widening of his eyes and the barely there sly grin that played along his lips.
(A/N) So how was it? Review and tell me! I'll post more chapters if people want me to continue :)