Red

Seeing Red

My heart is beating so fast it feels like it might leap out of my throat. I was asleep then suddenly awake. I'm sweating all over and shaking, and all I can see are those glowing red eyes, boring into mine. A hand covers my mouth, hard, barely leaves room to breathe through my nose. I am dizzy, terrified, lost.

Sharp claws are reaching, filling, scraping…inside me. He is inside me, and it's not what it should be. It's not the exciting, frightening dream of giving myself, of belonging to the man I love.

This is not my Inuyasha. This is a demon, dangerous and feral. My hand scratches futilely in the dirt, reaching for an arrow that is nowhere near. Would I get it, kill him if I could? My hand drops as he increases the pace of his thrusting and his mouth stretches into a terrible, fanged smile. I moan against my will and my head spins with unfamiliar sensation. It hurts so, and yet…. "Inuyasha," I mumble against his hand.

Please let this be a nightmare.

If this is real, then my blood is truly spilling onto the ground, and my soul truly belongs to a demon.