Shades of Passion by Stella Mira

Orange

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. All credit belongs to Takahashi, Rumiko.

A/N: This will be a one-shot collection. The main theme is forbidden love. It'll be updated periodically when the mood strikes me and I wish to add a chapter.

Word Count: 200

The blinding flames of a sunset always stirred the liquid fire within her blood. It was the mark of their appointed time, the sign which signified his approach. She would gaze at the ancient globe with wistful hope to witness its descent for when saffron darkened into vermillion he would appear. He would come and bring her burning fire. He would come and quench her raging lust.

He was well aware of her dark obsessions; amongst beloved friends and trustworthy allies, he alone embraced the deepest desires swelling in her tainted soul. For where there is purity, there must be darkness as well; and this was hers. She hungered shamelessly for his forbidden touch, uncaring of the repercussions he decreed for his indulgence. As long as he could be hers even for only a night of each moon's cycle, she would await under the scorching sun until her flesh began to melt and die away.

"What fascinates your shadowed gaze, miko?" He would inquire in a deep, smooth baritone upon his arrival as he found her gazing over the setting sky.

"Flames." She would utter in a provocative timbre turning half lidded orbs to draw him into a clandestine dance.