Promise of a Soul
It's hot.
The heat sears through his veins in blistering waves, but then it…changes.
The pain leaves, no, is transforms into something more. It fills him to his very core.
Warmth
Power
Pleasure.
More. He wants, no, NEEDS more.
He drinks it in like a dying man, the red hotness running down his throat as the sweetest of wines. Flames lick his skin in fiery caresses, coaxing him deeper into their bosom.
Warmth impossible to describe.
Strength hardly imagined by mortal being
All his if he only asks.
Others.
He can feel others subtly making their presences known.
A healing light
Strong earth
Cool wind
Gentle sea...
He knows them, if only for a short time. Knew that when they first met on the battlefield they'd become more than friends or comrades, closer than any word or words could hope to express.
They mingle together, exploring, learning, binding themselves closer to the others. The contrasting elements don't hurt as one would think, but only add to what he feels, peaking his ecstasy. They feel the same, he knows. Words he can't quite hear are whispered into his ears, but their meaning clear all the same.
A red glow brighter than the surrounding magma flares to life, JIN shining brightly on its possessor's brow. Tiger blue eyes open, fires burning in their recesses, staring into the distant skies surrounding Mount Fuji.
The molten rock drips off his armor like dew on a rose as he struggles to his feet. "I'll find you." He leans against the volcano wall, staring into the skies once again. "I swear."
He begins his long trek up.