Twenty-six connections

A is for Adrenalin

It was just an adrenalin rush, Hiei assured himself.

After all, they'd just waltzed into the most heavily guarded vaults of the Reikai with relative ease – not surprising, that idiot had the worst security system in all three worlds – and got right out with what they'd wanted. They'd been high on the thrill, the triumph.

His smile was exquisite, and filled with the wisdom of the dying. When Kurama kissed him, he tasted of excitement, fear and hopelessness, and he had clutched Hiei's cloak as if he were falling.

And if Hiei had responded, that was but a momentary madness.

A/N: these drabbles may cross genres, and there is no hint of a storyline. Some pre-series, some during and some after. Dedicated to the reviewers of Indignation. Next: B for Battle.