Unison Awakening of Understanding

The pair laid on the bed for a good few hours. They didn't say anything, they weren't even awake. Shikom's partial transformation hadn't gone away, instead he held Merlin in his strong arms, silently snoring. Suddenly, he found himself in a strange and unfamiliar place. "What is this place? Is this the...spirit world?" he asked himself. He couldn't move a muscle, so he just looked around until he saw a tall man in a red kimono and black hakama pants, wearing a straw hat to cover his face. 

"So you finally found me. And I thought I'd never see your face young hybrid." the man said. Shikom was confused until he saw massive storm clouds begin to form in a spiral. Then he threw his hat into the air and it began to spin and gather the spiraled clouds in its rotation, morphing into a sword with a flower tsuba and a green sheath. Shikom looked in shock, realizing who it was. 

"You're...Susano'o no Mikoto. The god of storms and tricks." he said. Susano'o smiled, showing his long black hair a soul patch. He then caught his sword in an unconventional way: by holding his fist up, and letting the blade slip into his skin like water, no blood spilling, and the blade going through his elbow. Shikom wasn't sure why he did that, or why he was even here, but he wasn't in any position to ask many questions right now. 

Susano'o began to laugh, patting Shikom on the head. "You kids really should commune with your patrons more. Or rather we're more like guides to your true potential, just like we were many times before. Now, I'd relay this info to your besties and your lover. Time to stop holding back, shall we?" he asked sarcastically as he flicked his finger, and Shikom felt his consciousness being flung back to his body, forcing himself awake.

He looked to see that Merlin was still asleep next to him, silently snoring with his hair still a mess. Shikom gently moved some of the hair from his face, feeling a mix of relief and slight embarrassment as he noticed the small bit of sweat under both of them. "Me and my libido. But what was-" he was cut off by seeing the same sword that he saw in his mind laying on the floor with no sheath. The metal blade shimmering an autumn purple, and the blade looked amazingly sharp. He picked it up, flawlessly observing the blade, then it turned into a small black crystal. He then slowly swallowed the crystal whole, feeling it roll down his throat and land into his stomach.

Merlin woke up, seeing Shikom just standing there. "Mmmm...Shishi? You okay?" he asked, then saw Shikom's left eye was shimmering gold, and for some reason, it was really making him blush again. But then he noticed that his right middle finger was black, and he had a diamond shape on the top of his hand. 

"Shishi. What is that?" Merlin asked, but Shikom seemed to be in some sort of hypnotic trance, but he slowly walked over and held Merlin's wrists as he mounted him over the bed. Merlin's face was red, but he didn't resist, thinking he was going to get a kiss. Instead, he felt Shikom's fangs pierce painlessly through his neck, feeling small amounts of his blood being absorbed. He smiled anyway, phasing his arm out of his lover's grip to pet his head. Shikom woke from his trance, seeing that he was sucking Merlin's blood, and jolted backwards. "I-I'm so sorry..! I don't know why I did that..!" he exclaimed. 

Merlin just smiled, and gave him a kiss on the lips. He then gave him a gently slap on the ass, giggling as he jumped upwards and started floating upside down. "Very funny. Are you okay Merlin? We sorta...um.." he blushed, still realizing what they did. Merlin gave him a large smile, then a hug. "I feel amazing sweetie. Now if Rikusa would stop his hiding and join in." He looked to see Rikusa's shadow looking at them from the wall. But it seemed a bit more faint than before. Shikom had a saddened expression, as if he wanted to say something. 

"He's...we've been talking and think that...maybe we should..." he struggled to find the words to convey his thoughts, but Rikusa decided to speak for him. "We decided that we should fuse. Being like this...it's better for all of us if we did this. I'll be around, just...not physically." he said, a bit somber. Merlin thought about it, then a magick circle appeared under them.

"M-merlin you..." he stuttered as Merlin began to fuse both of their souls together, looking like a Yin-Yang symbol as Shikom's body reformed, his arms were black up to his wrists and his legs were black up to his ankles, his hair remained white and one of his eyes was black. "No matter what you both become, throughout life and death, I will love you, body and soul." Merlin said, giving his reformed lover a kiss on the lips. Suddenly, they both found themselves in a different place, in fact they were in outer space somehow. Then they felt something slam into their heads like arrows, and jolted them back into their bodies. 

"I see...so that's what we have to do now. Shikom, get the others here. We're about to make shit rock and roll for real." Merlin said, a large grin etched into his face. Shikom didn't realize it, but he was also smiling wide, his heart pounding with excitement.