Kodachi grimaced from her position on the ground, and then laughed a bit. A lifetime of gymnastics training, and then one moment of rushing and she trips over her own feet.
She was about to get up when she caught a whiff of something that shouldn't be in her room. She sniffed again, trying to place it... a rodent... burnt fur... a scent she'd learn to equate with someone in pain... she had it!
She scanned the ground of her room, until she saw the small form beneath her bed. "Akane Tendo? What are you doing here?" she asked, but the wererat didn't move.
What Kodachi didn't know was that with trying to kill herself, her panicked run from the dojo, and the fact that her healing abilities were still severely impaired after all the silver she had exposed herself too... Akane was both physically and emotionally exhausted. And when Kodachi had counted down until her poison had dissipated... well, it hadn't quite put Akane to sleep, but her body desperately wanted her to be.
Thus Akane didn't realize that Kodachi had spoken, or was even aware of her presence, not until Kodachi picked her up, at least.
Kodachi inhaled sharply when she got a good look at Akane. Almost all of her fur was still missing, and her flesh was red and raw. Akane began to struggle as Kodachi stood up, but could not escape the werewolf's grip. Kodachi winced in sympathetic pain for a moment when she saw the wound across Akane's abdomen, that was still bleeding slightly. She paused a moment to consider how she could have gotten such a wound... then shook her head. "Akane... whatever are you doing out of bed? You should be resting, not running around." Kodachi cradled the wererat in her left arm as she began to leave the room.
Akane squeaked a bit in indignation, but couldn't manage the concentration to try and actually talk. She started to struggle again, and was about to bite Kodachi... when the other girl began to stroke her back.
Akane had been in pain for days by this point. Constant pain. So much so that she'd begun to forget that she was in pain. The sudden introduction of a pleasurable stimulus was something she was unprepared for. Kodachi's rhythmic petting slipped past all her defenses, and her body took the opportunity to say that enough was enough. With a soft sigh, Akane fell asleep in Kodachi's arms.
Kodachi let out her own sigh as Akane began sleeping. Now she had to get to the others. They had to contact the dojo... because the only way Akane could have gotten that kind of wound is if she'd been attacked or if she'd done it to herself. And either way, her sisters would want to know...
(Posted Thu, 01 May 2003 00:33)
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