The Waiting Game

by ancient-relic

At first, his youki was overwhelming. She could feel it on her skin like a lover's touch in the night—dark and sensual. They were inspecting each other, she realized. The initial tingle of their powers brushing gave way to a slow burn that settled deep within her... And so, the game began. drabbles based on a 100 themes challenge.

38. Soothe

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38 — Soothe

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The change was subtle at first.

Kagome watched, hypnotized, by the expressions that rippled across his face. Hiei had dropped his hand, the small star gone, but his energy was flowing outwards from his body in great waves. It brushed against her own energy gently and familiarly, and though she didn't understand why, she was enthralled by the sensation.

She felt like a star, slowly circling and falling towards a black hole.

Then his skin began to change colour, darkening and shifting unlike any transformation she'd ever seen before. It snapped her back to reality and immediately Kagome withdrew. As her ki disappeared, Hiei's spiked wildly, scorching the sweet grass and sending little embers creeping outwards in all directions. It raged against her, desperate and violent and oddly thirsty.

With a grunt of effort, Kagome hoisted herself up on to shaky legs. Her side throbbed dully, but adrenaline was already pumping through her system so she wrapped Hiei's cloak tighter to restrict her own movement. Carefully, watching the red of his instincts flickering in his eyes, Kagome hobbled towards him.

Wound-like lines had opened up in his skin. Kagome reached out again, this time both physically and with her ki.

"Come back, Hiei."