Note: Ok, another little interruption before the return to Howl. 200 words written for hentai_contest's "exhausted" prompt. Enjoy.

Peak

I watch you fight, Inuyasha, watch you launch yourself at your opponent, throw yourself into every thrust of sword or claw. I listen as you roar your battle cry, a dog's ferocity and a demon's power. Again and again you strike, unafraid and undaunted, no matter the enemy. A lesser soul would be grow exhausted, but not you. I wait, aroused and hungry, sniffing the air for that moment when the beast within you breaks the surface, when the feral side appears. I inhale the rawness, grow hard until I ache with wanting. We are youkai, we are canine. We are animal and man and so much more.

You never notice me watching, so intent on defeating the day's foe, proving yourself worthy of your place, of your sword. I understand, dog, as few others can. And one day soon, when you reach the peak of your ferocity and your bloodlust, unable to come back to hanyou tameness even at Kagome's urgent beckoning, then I will come to you, then I will claim that part of you that howls without end for a consummation it cannot name. Then, Inuyasha, you will be worthy of taking. Then, you will be mine.