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[beachlass]

Gen/Rai fic for nezumiko

The forest was chill and dark in the twilight. The trunks of the nearest birch trees were splattered with blood, the iron tinge in the air. The only sounds were the quiet ripple of a nearby spring and Raidou shouting desparately.

 

“Genma! Dammit. GENMA! Wake the fuck up Gen!”

 

Too much of the blood on the white birch bark was Genma’s. Raidou had fought to get to Gen’s side… had cut down the three surprised Mist Nins in his way once he’d seen his partner take some sort of razor attack hit. But Genma was down on the forest floor, and there was too much fucking blood.

 

“Genma. Gen!” Raidou’s throat choked with fear as Genma lay in his lap unresponsive. Blood was slick and slowly cooling on Raidou’s hands where they pressed against the worst wounds on Genma’s neck and face. Genma was pale, and his breathing was slowing to a uneven rattle.

 

Raidou shifted, and slid Genma off his legs and onto the forest floor. Spreading his right hand to apply pressure to the most area he could, he reached into his vest pocket for adhesive bandage. The kind Genma never used, because he hated the way it felt stuck to his skin. After he got the wounds covered, he reluctantly pulled both hands away to perform the seals to activate the ANBU summoning jutsu. If he could keep Genma alive, an ANBU squad was their best bet to get back to safety. If he couldn’t… if he couldn’t, they would have two bodies for disposal.

 

Carefully he straddled Genma’s limp form, and then, with a tenderness he never showed his best friend when he was conscious, he slid his fingers under the hem of Genma’s bandana, and gently pushed it off. Genma’s dark hair spilled across the yellow curling leaves. Raidou wound the fingers of one hand into Genma’s hair, braced himself with the other. Then he slowly lowered his face and whispered against Genma’s mouth. “Stay with me, you stubborn son of a bitch. You’ve been teasing me for years, and you owe me a kiss.” He brushed his lips against Genma’s, felt the roughness of stubble that wasn’t long enough to show. “Come on, Gen. Don’t go away. I’ll only follow.” And he kissed Genma again, pressing against unresponsive lips. Then he lowered his face and buried it in Genma’s neck. He held his weight off Genma, but stayed close enough to feel Genma’s breathing, to share body warmth. His back was unprotected, but if a threat approached, they would have to go through him to get to Genma. And he waited. For enemies, for darkness, for ANBU… for whatever came next for the two of them.

In other news, I am inordinately pleased with myself, because I replaced the faucet in my bathroom sink. All. By. Myself.

Comments

[photoash.livejournal.com]

I've tried to read Scarlet Spiral in the past and it was just so overwhelming I had no idea where to start or how to come in to it :( I am loving Fallen Leaves and a dedicated reader there :)

Did you play in Spiral? (I figured the uchicha noriko character that I read your oneshot for might be your character there?)

If you have any suggestions of what to read on Scarlet Spiral so I'm not just striking out in the dark like specific threads?

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

Noriko was my app for Spiral. I didn't get in. :)

It is rather a lot, eh?

I'm really biased towards a few of the characters in Spiral - and didn't ever get attached to some of the newer ones.

Genma, Kakashi, Raidou, Asuma, Haruichi, Taisei, Masanori... If you look for a thread that mixes up those characters, you should find some good writing.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Cool thanks for giving me somewhere to start :) I have read a couple threads with Kakashi and Raidou and liked it but it again is such a sweeping amount of fic it was hard to get into it (plus it was my first foray into trying to read rp's >_> so I'm sure that didn't help!)

Are you reading Fallen Leaves? :) (or going to play there?)

I know how it is to have favorites I feel that way about FL too >_> heheh

[beachlass.livejournal.com]

I haven't been reading Fallen Leaves, and don't think I'll play there.

I think my heart got a little full - does that make sense? And looking at another roster of characters and plots on the scale of Spiral was like looking at really tasty food when you're already full.

Plus, at the time Leaves started - Killing Time was still quite active, and it felt confusing to me to read someone else's RP Kakashi at the same time I was writing my own.

[photoash.livejournal.com]

Ah i can see what you mean.

I was really sad that I only got into KT as it was really not active :( I hope it can have a bit of a revival! I love your Kakashi :) even if KT doesn't come back to it's glory I hope you can still find inspiration for little oneshots with her <3