http://clampfix.fanworks.net/x-fix/slipaway.txt </head><body><pre>This fic wasn't even supposed to be posted. I just wrote it while waiting for my class to start. Damn, I hate getting to class too early! ::sigh:: Anyway, this is another answer to the water challenge. I hadn't even noticed the water until I was driving home. ^^" Enough of the chatter! On with the fic. *** X/1999 fanfiction. My standard disclaimers apply. Slipping Away by Lady Aria (bukiminatenshi@mailcity.com) I have to run. I have to fight. Run. Fight. Run. Fight. A blast knocked me to the ground. I heard a growl to my right and then a yelp of pain coming from in front of me. An instant later, I saw a gray/white shape landing in a painful heap at my feet. "Inuki...." The next thing I knew, I was drowning. I watched, helpless, as poor Inuki tried to help me, but he was flung away again and again. He was just too weak. After all, he's only a puppy. Maybe I called for help. Maybe not. In any case, I felt the pain as my body gave up holding its breath and water rushed into my lungs. I was already losing consciousness. It's funny how time seems to slow to a crawl when you're dying. My life flashed before my eyes, but that was brief. I didn't have that much to reflect upon. My life had just been too short for that. In what was almost like a waking dream, I felt the water recede. Its cold replaced by the warmth of strong arms on my cold skin. I could hear Inuki whimpering somewhere far off and I could vaguely feel a pair of familiar lips press upon mine in a desperate attempt at CPR. Too late... too late.... I wanted to open my eyes. I wanted to see my Inuki before I die. I wanted to see HIM one last time. But my fate robbed me of even that small comfort. So I slipped away into the darkness... hearing the sound of my inugami's keening howl and a desperate voice calling my name. ********** The End ********** original © August 2001 by Lady Aria</pre><p><a href="./">Back</a></p><p><a href=http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=216><img border=0 alt="Donate towards our web hosting bill!" src=https://secure.newdream.net/donate1.gif></a></p></body></html>