Inuyasha, "His Infection" Naraku/Kagome
Fandom: Inuyasha
Title: His Infection
Author: Paynesgrey
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Naraku, Kagome, Kikyou, Naraku/Kagome
Word Count: 250
Prompt: Mastery
Universe: Canon(ish)
Warning: Manipulation and implied violence.
Notes: Written for "mastery" prompt at iyfic_contest. Won 1st place.
Summary: Naraku crawls inside her heart.
He crawls into her mind with mastery, infecting her dreams like a festering disease.
The girl is easy. She may have the potential of a priestess, but she's naive and she knows nothing of this time, nor of the magnitude of her gifts. The heart of her darkness is easy for him to find. His search is short, and quickly, after finding the wound of her heart, he builds a web there, spinning and weaving a cocoon of jealousy and fear.
How easy it is to make her hate Kikyou and distrust Inuyasha. How easy it is for him to infect her mind.
She's lovely, he thinks. Not as lovely as the previous incarnation, but she will do. She belongs to him anyway, just as Kikyou always will too.
So weak, so pliant. Naraku licks his lips, watching her from afar - a place where he is safe from her unpredictable power. Oh, he is no fool. He knows she can be testy. He understands that if he leaves himself open, she could potentially destroy him.
In that, she tantalizes him even more, and oh, how he wants to get his hands on her - to run his fingers over her skin, teasing and bruising every curve of her softness.
Perhaps in the end he will have her. Until then, he keeps his distance, letting his infection spread and do the work for him.
When Kagome succumbs to her darkness, then, Naraku will be ready for her with open arms.
Title: His Infection
Author: Paynesgrey
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Naraku, Kagome, Kikyou, Naraku/Kagome
Word Count: 250
Prompt: Mastery
Universe: Canon(ish)
Warning: Manipulation and implied violence.
Notes: Written for "mastery" prompt at iyfic_contest. Won 1st place.
Summary: Naraku crawls inside her heart.
He crawls into her mind with mastery, infecting her dreams like a festering disease.
The girl is easy. She may have the potential of a priestess, but she's naive and she knows nothing of this time, nor of the magnitude of her gifts. The heart of her darkness is easy for him to find. His search is short, and quickly, after finding the wound of her heart, he builds a web there, spinning and weaving a cocoon of jealousy and fear.
How easy it is to make her hate Kikyou and distrust Inuyasha. How easy it is for him to infect her mind.
She's lovely, he thinks. Not as lovely as the previous incarnation, but she will do. She belongs to him anyway, just as Kikyou always will too.
So weak, so pliant. Naraku licks his lips, watching her from afar - a place where he is safe from her unpredictable power. Oh, he is no fool. He knows she can be testy. He understands that if he leaves himself open, she could potentially destroy him.
In that, she tantalizes him even more, and oh, how he wants to get his hands on her - to run his fingers over her skin, teasing and bruising every curve of her softness.
Perhaps in the end he will have her. Until then, he keeps his distance, letting his infection spread and do the work for him.
When Kagome succumbs to her darkness, then, Naraku will be ready for her with open arms.