Weakness
Summary: She became his greatest weakness, and his greatest strength.
Hunger was something Inuyasha knew all too well. As a child it was his constant companion, a weakness visible to those willing to take a second look, useful to those vying for control of a half demon's power. Hunger begot weakness - weakness begot the determination to become stronger, faster.
In his search for strength he'd found Kikyo, a woman as lonely as he, a priestess who guarded the power he so desperately wanted. She hungered for normalcy, he for companionship, but it wasn't long before another's hunger for power found them, destroying everything he'd begun to trust.
In the years that followed he knew nothing, felt nothing. Hunger and ambition slid into nothingness until she came, releasing him from the darkness, unwittingly reigniting his thirst for power. Kagome knew nothing of his weakness, wanted nothing but his friendship. It was she who taught him that the greatest power came from within, not from an artificial source that would change his very being. She was unyielding in her friendship and unconditional in her devotion.
She became both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness. She gifted him with her love, unconditional and undying and it was with her that a new hunger found him. He should not have wanted her as he did, his body hard as stone and desperate for her touch. No one, not even Kikyo could hold a candle to the yearning Kagome created in his soul.
He'd thought this new hunger was solely his own, a new curse that would lend new reason to be despised... until the night she called his name in her sleep, her scent saturated in her own hunger.
In the end, her desire fed his, her love his sustenance. With Kagome at his side he flourished; without her he would die.
A/N: Ugh... I am sooooo sorry. I promise to update, then life throws me a curve ball that I can't avoid thus making updating impossible. I will finish these stories, I swear it, but sadly it has to be at my own pace for awhile longer. My health took a giant nose dive this last few weeks, leaving me in so much pain that looking at my computer screen was near impossible. Please forgive me. I know that many of you wait patiently for an update, and for that I am eternally great-full. I do hope I haven't lost anyone (but I honestly understand if I have) given the lack of updates.
I'll post for Deserted as soon as I get the rest worked out. It shouldn't be long now... I won't promise you a time frame, but I will swear that I will update as soon as is humanly possible for me to do so. I'm thinking smaller chapters more frequently might be easier to handle than 3 and 4-5 thousand word monsters that require more time than I have to spare right now. In fact, I may start the smaller chapters with this one- once it is edited of course... I hope to post it very soon, or- at least- a smaller version of it, lol.
I am very, very sorry.
This drabble was written for lj's prompt 'Hunger' and was posted Sunday to their site. It comes in at 300 words. I do hope you enjoyed it.
Neisha