#46: Yin
Title: Dream Time
Author: britedark
POV: Kirara
Universe: canon
Genre: general
Word Count: 298
Summary: (Injured) Kirara is ... dreaming?
Author's Note: This will be added to the Destiny series.
Dream Time
She was deep in the valley, where the sun never shone. All was black. Lonely, she whimpered.
A circle of white appeared. From it stepped a magnificent fire cat proudly displaying his nine tails. Kirara bolted to her feet, twin tails tucking themselves beneath her belly.
He laughed, filling with valley with his booming voice.
No cat will stand for being laughed at.
Head and ears went down, hackles up. How dared he?
"Do I annoy you, little daughter?"
Daughter? He was not her sire!
"You would prefer a different form?” He shimmered and changed, becoming a huge, sleek, panther. He paced around her, always within his circle of light. She turned with him, trying to figure out what he was. Not neko youkai. But, what?
"No? Perhaps this, then." Light blazed, obscuring him. When it faded, cat was replaced by the seeming of a tall human male, richly dressed, the scent of power overwhelming.
Instincts recognized what consciousness did not. Kirara mewed and shrank, crouching and cringing.
It takes a brave cat, indeed, to hiss at a god.
He laughed again, more gently, and she found herself in his arms. "No fear, little daughter," said the god of dreams. "Such a magnificent dream you are, little one, all fire and fur and loyalty. Perhaps I will keep you."
What? Mrow! No! She had a kitten to protect!
"The human boy is your kitten? Such conceit, little daughter."
She growled.
He only laughed again, scratching her ears. "Well, yes, he could use a guardian, to keep his dreams fair and not foul. Very well, little daughter. I can wait.”
He petted her head, and the black and white faded to gray. It was a human hand on her head.
Mrrr?
“Kirara? You’re still alive!”
Owwowow. Yes. She was.
Author: britedark
POV: Kirara
Universe: canon
Genre: general
Word Count: 298
Summary: (Injured) Kirara is ... dreaming?
Author's Note: This will be added to the Destiny series.
Dream Time
She was deep in the valley, where the sun never shone. All was black. Lonely, she whimpered.
A circle of white appeared. From it stepped a magnificent fire cat proudly displaying his nine tails. Kirara bolted to her feet, twin tails tucking themselves beneath her belly.
He laughed, filling with valley with his booming voice.
No cat will stand for being laughed at.
Head and ears went down, hackles up. How dared he?
"Do I annoy you, little daughter?"
Daughter? He was not her sire!
"You would prefer a different form?” He shimmered and changed, becoming a huge, sleek, panther. He paced around her, always within his circle of light. She turned with him, trying to figure out what he was. Not neko youkai. But, what?
"No? Perhaps this, then." Light blazed, obscuring him. When it faded, cat was replaced by the seeming of a tall human male, richly dressed, the scent of power overwhelming.
Instincts recognized what consciousness did not. Kirara mewed and shrank, crouching and cringing.
It takes a brave cat, indeed, to hiss at a god.
He laughed again, more gently, and she found herself in his arms. "No fear, little daughter," said the god of dreams. "Such a magnificent dream you are, little one, all fire and fur and loyalty. Perhaps I will keep you."
What? Mrow! No! She had a kitten to protect!
"The human boy is your kitten? Such conceit, little daughter."
She growled.
He only laughed again, scratching her ears. "Well, yes, he could use a guardian, to keep his dreams fair and not foul. Very well, little daughter. I can wait.”
He petted her head, and the black and white faded to gray. It was a human hand on her head.
Mrrr?
“Kirara? You’re still alive!”
Owwowow. Yes. She was.