Title: Merciless
Author: Priestess Skye
Prompt: Tame
Rating: K
Genre: Drama, friendship
Words: 300
Summary: Storm watching
Note: This will eventually join my ongoing serial At the River's End. The beginning can be found here.
The storm raged, the skies darkening to a near black. The only light they could see was that of lightening. Kagome had always enjoyed storms. Ever since she was a child she enjoyed standing in the rain and watched as lightening travelled across the sky. Perhaps the most exciting part was watching the lake. The tame waters she was so used to playing were anything but. Rough, wild, it was menacing in both its intensity and strength.
She was completely in awe at the power of Mother Nature.
"My father used to think we were nuts sitting at a window watching this," Sesshoumaru stated, handing her a bottle of water.
"Nobody has a better view of the storm than you, except for those who live on the beach. You have the added advantage of height, living on a cliff. I used to love coming here before storms. There's something merciless about them," she replied, nodding her thanks for the water. Absently, she opened it and took a sip.
There was something brutal and merciless about Sesshoumaru too. There was a harder edge to him, sharper. Somehow in his absence he had become ruthless. His eyes remained stone cold, his mouth set in a grim smirk. He avoided touch and every step he took was deliberate. She was sure that his brain was working at all times trying to figure out his next steps. Much like the lake in the storm, he was unpredictable, only while the storm was feral in its approach, Sesshoumaru, she was sure, was much more calculated.
"You found me in a storm," she remembered fondly. "I got caught in the rain and was hiding beneath a tree."
"Hn. You were foolish then."
"And I'm probably still foolish," she replied. "But that storm changed things. I'm glad."