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Now or never, I thought, leading Touya into Clow's bedroom, my grip on his hand gentle. He was bordering on terror, but the trust I felt coming from him was unadulterated. I stopped in front of the bed, unused for ages, but still complete in its perfection. I could not meet Touya's eyes as I spoke.

"The first part is easy enough for me, Touya. Giving you back your power, and mine along with it. If your body accepts it, you will heal. After that, you'll have to make the choice. Whether or not you'll share it back to me. There has to be a loop involved."

"What do you mean?"

"We have to be connected... so that our bodies form a loop. One of us will have to be inside the other." He nodded.

"How do you want it to be?" he asked softly. I knew he was blushing again, and I smiled.

"However will be the most comfortable for you. But in doing this type of magic, I can't promise that I'll be in total control of my actions. I don't want to hurt you, To-ya." He walked up behind me, wrapping his arms around me carefully, as if I'd break if he held me any tighter.

"I want to feel you inside me this time, koi. I trust you."

"I don't want to hurt you--" he silenced me with a kiss.

"You won't," he said, his lips still brushing over mine. Then he kissed me again, and I fell into him, pushing him back onto the bed. I felt him hard and huge against my stomach, pressing into me as I pulled at the clothes that he still wore. Part of my mind registered his hands pulling at the cloth that covered me, and after a moment, tugging it off. I tore my lips from his, and dragged my nails across my the crook of my neck, splitting it open effortlessly. Touya looked surprised, recovering momentarily from the madness that had seized us both.

"Drink," I said hoarsely, leaning down further upon him. He did so without question. I shuddered as I felt his lips seal over the wound, and felt him start drawing the silver blood from it. I pressed myself roughly at his entrance, and as gently as I could, pushed myself into him. He bit down on my neck hard as I felt myself finally slip inside him. I heard the pain in his breaths, and I made myself stop all motion. The power was beginning to take me over, and I felt myself losing control as my power reserves drained into Touya.

It felt as if I was watching us from somewhere else, almost like when I used to watch from inside of Yuki. I was suddenly and violently reminded of where I was when I felt Touya shudder his final acceptance of me, relaxing, and giving himself over to my attentions. I began to move inside him, listening to the small whimpers of pleasure he made when I hit that intense little spot inside. I wanted to break the delicious suction at my neck off so I could explore that beautiful mouth of his with my tongue.

But I didn't. I couldn't let myself be greedy like that right now. Not when it meant Touya's life or death. Instead, I let my head fall forward, pressing my lips against his shoulder as I buried myself deep inside him again. I was shaking with the effort of keeping myself moving, yet I couldn't stop. Something beyond me was controlling me like a puppet, and part of me was thankful for it.

I felt Touya's muscles seize up beneath me, and his arms around me felt a little bit tighter. He was close. I reached down between us with a hand, wrapping my fingers around him gently. I heard my name, however muffled, come from his busied lips as his muscles clamped down on me. I followed him down, filling him as I felt every remaining drop of power leave me. I didn't even have the strength to cry out as I collapsed on top of him. His startled gasp reached my ears when I felt the tingling feeling I got when I was disappearing as Yukito. Touya rolled us over, not pulling himself off of me, but letting go of my neck.

I was drained now, dying as he had been just moments before. I used my last bit of strength to pry my eyes open, to watch him. His lips were tinged silver, and his deep blue eyes seemed to swirl. The guardian's blood ran his red blood silvery and pale. I could almost see it happening before my eyes. What I did see were the dark wings filling out on his back, as black as the midnight of his hair, and him turning those drowning blue eyes on me, stunned at his own transformation. He gathered me up in his arms, doing just as I had done. He cut at his neck with his fingernail, drawing blood -- silver now, I noticed -- and helped me press my lips to it. My throat swallowed convulsively as I got my first mouthful. After a moment, I felt his mouth back on my neck, drawing carefully on me. Just my blood this time, as he shared my power back with me. There was a starburst behind my eyes before my world went white.

I heard him call out my name, fear filling it, and then even that left me.

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