Thursday, August 25, 2005

All Because Of You: Kirara & Kyoubou
*episode 3*

Kirara blazes a path through the sky. For nearly a day she has been following Kyoubou without rest. Despite his injuries, she is only slowly overtaking him. Her mussels ache; she needs many hours to recuperate; however, he is surely much worse than she is. His strength should fail long before hers does. Finally she draws to where she can see him. His speed is falling fast; wounded and exhausted, he falls from the heavens. Not wanting to startle him anymore than necessary, she lands a distance away to approach on foot. When she sees him, he is lying on his side, gasping for breath. She can see the burns left by his master’s blows and smell the charred meat on his flank. He is still in his large form, too tired to even revert to the less taxing smaller body. Kyoubou. she calls. He looks up. Seeing her, he stagers to his feet and begins to limp away. Stop. He turns to face her. His eyes are red and he growls. She meets his stare until he break eye contact. He closes his eyes and shakes his head. When his eyes open, they are flash back and forth between orange and red. Finish it he says, or go away. Beginning to circle him, she says, You’re stronger than this; I can tell. You have the will to take control. Let me help you. His eyes flashing red, the male tries to strike out at her, but he can’t move far enough. He collapses. Can you do it? she asks. Can you rest power, even if it’s just for a minute? If you can; I can help you; but if not, you’ll kill me. It’s up to you now. She comes to stand in front of him. Now, on your feet! she commands. He pulls himself onto his front legs. Kirara sees him purposely flexing the burnt muscles; drawing strength from the pain. Bracing himself, he lifts his head, exposing the soft tissue of his neck. Do it…now! he says. Kirara hurls herself at Kyoubou. He braces himself for the killing blow; but it does not come. Instead he feels her fangs dig deep into his right shoulder. Suddenly, his eyes flash red and he returns the bite, hoping to force her to let go. She does not; and with a great effort, she rips away a large portion of the flesh of his shoulder, spitting it and the jewel shards out. As the red fades from his eyes for the last time, he releases his grip on her and he falls to the ground. In a burst of blue flame, he shrinks to his smaller size. Bleeding badly, Kirara bends to his wound and licks it clean. As she rest, she suddenly hears, “Aww, how sweat. Now die together!”
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