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"She... smiled."
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Fanart moment from Chapter 10, "Reflex", out of Forthright/ 's fanfic, "Imperceptible" ([link]):
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"Sesshoumaru felt his hackles rise as the air began to shift and change. Daylight was blocked, and the taiyoukai's eyes snapped upwards only to widen in complete shock as he registered the fact that the miko was falling towards him. Of all the foolish… Suddenly, power roared into existence. The hum that had previously been so weak as to be indefinable swelled up and hit Sesshoumaru with its full force. The intensity rocked the taiyoukai back on his heels, and he resisted the urge to wince as the portal's energy buffeted his body and soul. The four walls that enclosed the narrow space at the bottom of the Bone Eater's Well faded as the space seemed to expand and lengthen. The charged air filled with wavering bands of blue light that sparked and shimmered as they reached up to meet the plummeting young woman.
Despite the unsettling enormity of the transformation that was occurring around him, Sesshoumaru's only concern was for the miko. In such close quarters, he could not avoid her. The little idiot will impale herself on my armor. The taiyoukai reacted without thinking, shifting his body and raising his arm to catch the heedless female before she did herself harm. For less than a moment, their eyes met, and then Kagome disappeared, fading with the light and leaving him alone in the sudden stillness.
Slowly, Sesshoumaru lowered his outstretched hand and tried to calm his erratic heartbeat. She did it again, he thought with chagrin. Why did this seemingly ordinary human female have to keep surprising him with her extraordinary behavior? She'd seen him, he realized belatedly. The miko had seen and understood that he was prepared to break her fall, and he had read her reaction before the time slip had whisked her away. She… smiled. "
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I messed up a few things, detail wise. Like, he's supposed to be reaching UP to catch her. She's not supposed to be disintergrate-timetraveling, it's supposed to be a sparkly, blue light dealio.
I think those are all of the SPECIFIC, story-relative mistakes.
Otherwise, I don't like the way I did her mouth, her legs (which I cropped out), or her hair. I really need to start using references for her clothes too. U,U; (And I don't know if he looks *too* shocked/surprised or not. His facial cues aren't all that...extreme? You guys know what I mean~ ^___~).
This MOMENT in the story has always stuck with me though. It was one where I actually gasped out loud in real life. If he'd have blinked, he would have MISSED IT.
I love it! Soooo much. I've honestly read this story about five times, and THIS chapter about 10 times. *sigh* <3
Characters (c) Rumiko Takahashi
Story (c) Forthright,
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"Sesshoumaru felt his hackles rise as the air began to shift and change. Daylight was blocked, and the taiyoukai's eyes snapped upwards only to widen in complete shock as he registered the fact that the miko was falling towards him. Of all the foolish… Suddenly, power roared into existence. The hum that had previously been so weak as to be indefinable swelled up and hit Sesshoumaru with its full force. The intensity rocked the taiyoukai back on his heels, and he resisted the urge to wince as the portal's energy buffeted his body and soul. The four walls that enclosed the narrow space at the bottom of the Bone Eater's Well faded as the space seemed to expand and lengthen. The charged air filled with wavering bands of blue light that sparked and shimmered as they reached up to meet the plummeting young woman.
Despite the unsettling enormity of the transformation that was occurring around him, Sesshoumaru's only concern was for the miko. In such close quarters, he could not avoid her. The little idiot will impale herself on my armor. The taiyoukai reacted without thinking, shifting his body and raising his arm to catch the heedless female before she did herself harm. For less than a moment, their eyes met, and then Kagome disappeared, fading with the light and leaving him alone in the sudden stillness.
Slowly, Sesshoumaru lowered his outstretched hand and tried to calm his erratic heartbeat. She did it again, he thought with chagrin. Why did this seemingly ordinary human female have to keep surprising him with her extraordinary behavior? She'd seen him, he realized belatedly. The miko had seen and understood that he was prepared to break her fall, and he had read her reaction before the time slip had whisked her away. She… smiled. "
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I messed up a few things, detail wise. Like, he's supposed to be reaching UP to catch her. She's not supposed to be disintergrate-timetraveling, it's supposed to be a sparkly, blue light dealio.
I think those are all of the SPECIFIC, story-relative mistakes.
Otherwise, I don't like the way I did her mouth, her legs (which I cropped out), or her hair. I really need to start using references for her clothes too. U,U; (And I don't know if he looks *too* shocked/surprised or not. His facial cues aren't all that...extreme? You guys know what I mean~ ^___~).
This MOMENT in the story has always stuck with me though. It was one where I actually gasped out loud in real life. If he'd have blinked, he would have MISSED IT.
I love it! Soooo much. I've honestly read this story about five times, and THIS chapter about 10 times. *sigh* <3
Characters (c) Rumiko Takahashi
Story (c) Forthright,
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I was really hoping you'd like it. I'm all fangirly that I'm getting a comment from you, actually. I've been reading (and rereading) your fics for a while~
I think I have a few sketches around specifically inspired by your fics. I'll get them finished and posted sometime, too.
This is utterly fantastic. I love how her smile seems accidental, and I LOVE his expression. It's perfect!
But thank you for the lovely comments. I'm working on painting some of my SessKag doodles in Photoshop, which is hard because I LOST MY STYLUS for my TABLET *cries*.
I don't want to post them as is, because I kind of went crazy with the ink pen. So look for that in the next week or so. I'm a huge Sesshomaru/Kagome fan, so I'll be posting more sketches up here and there.
~Suki-B