A quick 2-piece Kyuubi with a delicious twist at the tip.

Disclaimer: I suppose since these are required, I must say, "I do not own anything of this fic but the idea!"

xli — reunions

"Uh… Kagome-nee-san…" Naruto gulped, almost cross-eyed as he stared anxiously at the glowing index finger nearing the center of his forehead.

Kagome stopped her minute advancement, blinking at the teenage boy. "Naruto-kun?"

He closed his eyes tight, corpulent droplets of sweat racing down his temples. "N-n-nothing, it's okay…"

"If you're afraid, we don't have to do this." At the thought of this pretty nee-san thinking him scared shitless of her finger, Naruto regained his boldness.

"Ah, screw it!" he growled, eyes still shut as he cut Kagome's work out for her and pushed his forehead onto her pink-glowing finger.

Never mind the fact that in the moment he did, he experienced a searing pain that was possibly the worst thing he ever felt in his whole life. And that was saying a lot, seeing as how he had been cut up and bruised and stabbed and burned—along with anything else one could imagine—a number of times. Something unfathomable ignited within him at the mere contact of his skin with Kagome's, and that sensation coiled up in his stomach so tautly until it felt as though his very intestines were being ripped off their hinges and coming tied together in a knot.

DAMN YOU FOOLISH CHILD, Kyuubi bellowed wrathfully from behind the gates of his consciousness.


Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the psychic activity of man.

—Sigmund Freud


Author's Note: I seriously have to stop indulging in Reverie and update a few of my other stories. Forgive me, guys, this collection of stories is just so much easier to keep up with (randomly). :(

7 Cardinal Sins Suggestions Corner:

1) Namikaze Minato (as requested by AnimeFreakAmanda)

2) Suigetsu (as requested by Thyme Spirit)

3) Kakashi (as requested by darksilvercloud & Speedykitten1643)

4) Itachi (as requested by an anonymous reader)

5-7) Open slots, feel free to request!