Between the Shadow and the Soul, by LyraintheDark [Seven Treasures Challenge]
Title: Between the Shadow and the Soul
Author: LyraintheDark
Prompt: Silver
Word Count: 500
Rating: T
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Universe: Alternate
Summary: He is the Pirate King, buried in boredom and wealth. On the prompting of a dream, he will journey across the sea - seeking a woman, who may be the rarest treasure of all.
A/N: This is the fifth chapter of "Sunlight and Shadow". It can be found here: http://www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/6695/5
- Seven Treasures Challenge -
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Between the Shadow and the Soul
For a full five minutes, the woman managed to match blades with Sesshomaru, thrust for thrust, bright holy power against dark burning youki. She could not be a match for his strength or his speed - he knew that - and yet it was hard to believe, fighting against her.
She wielded a rapier with a sharp, thin edge; a light weapon, but deadly in close quarters; an elegant weapon, but one that could be used for messy work. Her long hair moved this way and that as she dodged and twisted away from his sword, and he saw that her left eye was covered by a patch; the right glowed lapis-blue, distinctive, unmistakable.
He watched the flow of her movements as he deflected her blows; twice she surprised him and nearly drew blood, but he drew back at the last moment and her blade sliced through his shirt. With a quick, fluid motion he brought his sword up, and then drew in a breath; she had stepped forward, and almost impaled her head on his sword.
Instead she turned, and the blade of his katana severed a few strands of hair and the cord holding on her eye-patch.
He was stunned when she looked back at him, not out of one eye but out of two. The eye that had been covered was silver, reflective; the asymmetry of her stare drew him in.
She was stopped by her own power; by the ability of the eye she kept covered to see into the soul, to see a true desire - to see all hidden things.
In the pirate that faced her she saw suddenly the most unexpected of things, a desire that she herself possessed: what she saw when she looked into the mirror. She spoke; she could not help it - the truth compelled her.
“You are like me! You want to live; to be, unrestrained, to hover at the apex of each moment. And yet...you are tired - of being alone. You want...to be unique, without being singular; you want to share your beating heart..."
Her breath ran out, and she stopped. Sesshomaru stared at her, ignoring the sounds of battle around them as they slowed and came to a halt.
“My dreams were an unerring guide across trackless seas, though I know not how, nor why...I do not care. I have found you, now. I will keep you - “
And then he stopped, and turned and pointed to his cabin. The door hung open on its hinges; there was a shuffling of feet as the members of both crews moved back and out of the way, aware that something strange was happening.
Inside, Sesshomaru stared at the woman with an unfathomable expression on his face.
“What is your name, priestess?”
She returned his stare unblinkingly, without fear.
“I am Kagome, and you know that I am a miko. I am the daughter of the Higurashi family, and the maiden of my grandfather's shrine.”
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Word Count: 500
Prompt: Silver