He Saw Red
Nov. 1st, 2010 04:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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He saw red…
Crimson rivulets flowed like rivers. The scent of human blood was a metallic tang in his sensitive nose. Flames greedily licked the side of huts, devouring the village as a hungry youkai; no mercy for the weak.
He saw red…
The filthy youkai doused him in poison powder. It burned, bubbled, boiled under his skin. The poison cocoon only made the pain worse; he burned from the inside out and the outside in.
He saw red…
The shrieks of women being manhandled grated on his nerves, stirred his youkai as a symbol of his failure. His failure to protect… ‘Kagome, at least you’re safe…’ He tried to pacify the heated blood roiling through his veins with that one thought, ‘Kagome is still safe…’
As the barrier waned, he heard a voice… ‘Kagome!’
“Bring the girl to me!”
“You won’t touch a hair on Kagome’s head!”
His control faded with the barrier… dripped away with each hot drop of blood trickling down his stomach…
Miroku hissed as the poison cocoon drooped upon him…
He Saw Red!
The scent of blood…
The scent of fear…
Delicious! He wanted more!
He chuckled as he ripped through the bandits one by one.
“Filthy vermin!”
The moth youkai, the cruel humans… none stood before his wrath.
Another battle… with one stronger…
And the red receded.
“Did I do all this?”
Blood-crusted claws were all the evidence he needed. The disgusting, metallic scent matched the slaughtered humans blanketing the ground.
“He’s a monster! If you get close, he’ll kill you!”
The words rang, echoed in his head…
…because they were true…
Kagome suddenly seemed too close to him.
“He defeated all the bad men!”
‘No, I hunted those men down. The youkai that I wanted to become, the power I desired… it wasn’t like this.’
He splashed frantically. A few minutes in the water washed away the blood… but he couldn’t rid himself of the stink, he couldn’t soak away the stains.
He couldn’t remember!
‘The next time I transform… I may even come after you with these claws, Kagome…’
He looked at his hands…
And he saw red.
