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Story Title: Tiger's Eye
Chapter Title: Warrior's Choice
Characters: Misawa Daichi, Taniya
Romance: Misawa x Taniya
Story Word Count: 900
Chapter Word Count: 300
LJ Challenge: This was written for the drabbleday challenge on Livejournal, using the prompt of 'proposal'.
Timeline: Somewhat after the end of season 4.
Notes: There will be implied sex in this, but nothing very graphic, certainly not enough to warrant an M rating in my opinion.
Summary: What is it that Taniya wants out of a guy?

Taniya's choice for who to duel had not been made by sheer chance, no matter what it might have looked like to the spirit key keepers. She'd known exactly who she wanted from the start, and it had all been thanks to Camula.

The two women of the Seven Stars had been close to being friends. To be truthful, little had barred them from being friends. Except, of course, that Camula was now dead. But before that, they had spoken to one another frequently, and even went on trips through the human world, searching for that elusive creature, the perfectly qualified human male.

Camula had believed that she'd found what she wanted in the human known as the Kaiser. Taniya's taste ran towards someone different: the one clad in yellow, known as Misawa Daichi. He'd been bowled over by her from the first moment, and she knew that she had the duel won already. A few little girl antics and a cute nickname, and he'd fallen like a ton of bricks.

There were many factors that attracted her to him, beyond his rugged attractiveness and an obvious intellect. The fact he was utterly inexperienced and in some ways innocent was quite interesting. She had never met someone who tried to pretend to be above romance and so sophisticated, and who went to pieces in nothing flat when she'd smiled so warmly at him.

That wasn't all, either. He was strong, much stronger now than he'd been when they'd first met. She wanted a mate who was her equal, her partner, as strong in dueling, muscle, and mind as she was. Those were few and far between, and fewer who could or would return her love. Heart, mind, body, and soul.

Misawa Daichi alone qualified. She was glad they'd met again.

To Be Continued