Shades of Time
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Gensomaden Saiyuki › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
53
Views:
6,033
Reviews:
117
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Gensomaden Saiyuki, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
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Sorry this is so short. Work, school and life in general hate me with the intensity of a thousand suns at the moment. I\'ll do better next time.
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The group followed Ai into the cave entrance, watching interestedly as Ai kicked at one of the still flaming bodies on the floor.
“New dead not old body,” Ai said in disgust, scraping the bottom of her heel off on a nearby rock.
“Head or heart removal, ladies and gentlemen, otherwise they get back up,” Rei said, unsheathing the obsidian blades, which seemed to glow in the dim light cast by the still burning bodies. “Xan, if you would? Not all of us can see in the dark.”
“Well, one of us can’t anyway. The rest of you don’t have that pesky little problem of being fully human.” Xan shrugged and told everyone to shield their eyes as a bright light flared to life in her hand. She released the odd little yellow orb and it floated up over their heads and hovered there.
“Any ideas as to where they might be, Diablo?” Xan asked.
“Four main chambers of them down the tunnels that branch off from this one,” he said, looking to his mate for confirmation.
Ai nodded. “Demon boy and Rei go to left, half boy and witch second left, mate second right, Ai will take the last,” she said before stepping over to Hakkai. She reached forward faster than anyone could blink and pulled the limiters off of his ear, sending him reeling backward then trying to grab for them as Ai stepped away from him.
“You’ll give those back to me,” he said, voice taking on a much deeper timbre and feel than his usual one. All of his senses instantly sharpened and he could smell the very distinct odors of decay and rotting flesh surrounding them.
Ai snorted and said, “Need youkai power not healer now. Demon boy’s mate keeps until finish. Yes,” she said, handing the limiters to Rei, who didn’t refute Ai’s assessment of her as Hakkai’s mate. It would have been futile to argue with the dragon anyway.
Hakkai couldn’t fault her logic even if going without his limiters bothered the hell out of him. He could already feel the adrenaline surging in his blood, his body preparing for the coming fight. He glanced sideways at Rei to find her staring at him with the oddest expression on her face.
“What?” he growled.
“I take it back.”
“Take what back?”
“Saying I thought you’d make a beautiful youkai,” she said, reaching up to run her fingertip across the top of one elongated ear. “You’re stunning as a youkai.”
Ai sighed, rolled her eyes then shoved them both toward the corridor off of the main tunnel. “Fight now, fuck later.”
There was as series of suppressed snorts from Xan, Gojyo and Diablo as they started toward their respective tasks.
***
The group followed Ai into the cave entrance, watching interestedly as Ai kicked at one of the still flaming bodies on the floor.
“New dead not old body,” Ai said in disgust, scraping the bottom of her heel off on a nearby rock.
“Head or heart removal, ladies and gentlemen, otherwise they get back up,” Rei said, unsheathing the obsidian blades, which seemed to glow in the dim light cast by the still burning bodies. “Xan, if you would? Not all of us can see in the dark.”
“Well, one of us can’t anyway. The rest of you don’t have that pesky little problem of being fully human.” Xan shrugged and told everyone to shield their eyes as a bright light flared to life in her hand. She released the odd little yellow orb and it floated up over their heads and hovered there.
“Any ideas as to where they might be, Diablo?” Xan asked.
“Four main chambers of them down the tunnels that branch off from this one,” he said, looking to his mate for confirmation.
Ai nodded. “Demon boy and Rei go to left, half boy and witch second left, mate second right, Ai will take the last,” she said before stepping over to Hakkai. She reached forward faster than anyone could blink and pulled the limiters off of his ear, sending him reeling backward then trying to grab for them as Ai stepped away from him.
“You’ll give those back to me,” he said, voice taking on a much deeper timbre and feel than his usual one. All of his senses instantly sharpened and he could smell the very distinct odors of decay and rotting flesh surrounding them.
Ai snorted and said, “Need youkai power not healer now. Demon boy’s mate keeps until finish. Yes,” she said, handing the limiters to Rei, who didn’t refute Ai’s assessment of her as Hakkai’s mate. It would have been futile to argue with the dragon anyway.
Hakkai couldn’t fault her logic even if going without his limiters bothered the hell out of him. He could already feel the adrenaline surging in his blood, his body preparing for the coming fight. He glanced sideways at Rei to find her staring at him with the oddest expression on her face.
“What?” he growled.
“I take it back.”
“Take what back?”
“Saying I thought you’d make a beautiful youkai,” she said, reaching up to run her fingertip across the top of one elongated ear. “You’re stunning as a youkai.”
Ai sighed, rolled her eyes then shoved them both toward the corridor off of the main tunnel. “Fight now, fuck later.”
There was as series of suppressed snorts from Xan, Gojyo and Diablo as they started toward their respective tasks.