Waiting Oneshot Series by PhoenixBlade

Remember The Red Eyes

Man... First time I've done anything horror-related (though this story is anything but scary cause really, it isn't!) or a challenge fic! There's a Halloween challenge somewhere on Dokuga here and I thought I'd give it a shot and I came up with this... crap. Oh well. It's 687 words and sorta Halloween-y so let's hope you guys'll accept it!

EDIT: So, guess I messed up on the challenge, meaning, I read it wrong.  It was supposed to be a minimum of 700 words, not maximum. lol Man, I suck at life... *sweatdrop* Still, not gonna change it though, too lazy to.

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Waiting: Remember The Red Eyes

by PhoenixBlade

Rated: R (just to be safe)

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She remembered those eyes. Red and hungry…

She had been four when she'd seen those eyes that belonged to the white beast that viciously tore her father's body apart like a limp ragdoll. It had been Halloween and her father had taken her out trick-or-treating. They were taking a shortcut through the woods when out of nowhere, a gigantic white dog came barreling through the trees and snatched her father's body right up.

Had the beast not enjoyed her father's thrashing body so much, she would have considered it beautiful. Its soft white coat was matted down with blood and its sharp teeth ripped away at her father's body voraciously. She'd been too scared to run when her father screamed. Even after his cries ended and all she heard were bones crunching, she stood rooted to the same spot, too scared to move.

Her last few memories of the beast, was of it turning its blood red eyes at her, mouth dripping with blood. Everything went hazy and she could remember no more.

She said it had been a demon. The police recommended that Kagome get help. Her mother agreed. The psychiatrist concluded that Kagome had divorced the whole event from reality, perceiving what her childish mind could only understand.

No one believed her… except Grandpa.

Her family moved in with him. During the day, she was fine…but at night, she tossed and turned, sweated and grasped air as she fought for breath. Nightmares plagued her constantly; of red eyes, sharp teeth and blood everywhere… then she'd wake to see Grandpa with a sutra in hand.

Grandpa's sutras had always worked and she was grateful, because if it weren't for him, she'd be a goner. She knew this to be true when she turned fifteen and went camping with friends, forgetting her nightmares and that Grandpa's sutras were what held them at bay. She'd gone to sleep when she was suddenly seized by those same red eyes, glaring with a fury.

"You've forgotten," it spoke, scaring her. She'd never heard it speak before.

Forgotten? Forgotten what?

"You promised!" it snarled and lunged at her.

She tried screaming, but could not breathe or cry for help. All seemed lost when she jolted awake to find Grandpa's sutra clutched tightly in her hands. She thanked Grandpa from then on for sneaking a sutra into her camping bag.

Since then, she always kept a sutra on her or nearby. She'd tried making some sutras, but it never worked like Grandpa's. Without him, she'd never be able to sleep peacefully… but then he passed away.

He died in his sleep, she was told. He was gone… Grandpa was gone… which meant, the nightmares were coming back.

Too scared to sleep, she pulled all-nighters and drank coffee to the point of puking. She'd stayed awake for a week before her mother took notice and laced her coffee with sedatives.

Now… those same red eyes were looking down at her. She was four again, looking on with fear at the beast, her father's bloody entrails clinging onto its teeth.

"I-if you d-don't eat m-me…" she gulped through shaky breaths, "I-I'll d-do w-whatever you w-want…"

She felt like crying when the beast stared her down before disappearing in a haze and reappearing in a human-like form. He was dressed in a white kimono, bone armor and a white furry thing draped over his shoulder. He walked up to her and lifted her chin to make her look up at him. She noticed that his eyes were a golden color.

He spoke, "When you come of age, I will take you to be my mate."

She shuddered at the sound of his voice, deep and sensual.

His lips then lifted into a smirk, "I've waited long enough… and now… you're mine."

Kagome blinked and realized that she was no longer the four year old that had first laid eyes upon the beast, but now her fully-awake, adult self looking into the eyes of the same demon, his blood red eyes. She remembered the hunger in them, but now, it lusted for her.

"Mine…"

She cried.

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Btw, I've been told that I rant too much.  I apologize to all for my ranting-ness... *sweatdrops*