The Thousandth Youkai. Saiyuki. Challenge: Alternate Universes. 100 words.
Gonou’s knife shattered against the youkai’s sword, but he thrust the jagged shard home. Then blood blinded him, and pain sent him reeling into darkness. When he awoke, dazed and shaky, he looked- (Don’t look at your body.)
He bent the bars-the strength of despair, he thought vaguely- and buried Kanan in the forest, wondering what happened after your life is over but you unaccountably still breathe.
A knife appeared in his hand. (Don’t look at your hand.) Slim-bladed and bone-handled, Gonou knew that it was a part of himself. He began walking. There was work to be done.