[Yami no Matsuei] "Descending into Darkness" (PG-13)
Author's Note: Written for < lj user="fuda_100">'s "murder". Featuring a young Muraki and Saki.
"Saki... you killed them?"
His elder by several hours -- and by a different mother -- laughs, derisive. "My father was too easy: rice vinegar in his tea, which reacted with his medication."
"And you tripped Mother on the staircase?"
"For all the work your darling grandfather put into creating her, she was too easy to damage. But I didn't kill her: you ended her pathetic half-life, half-brother."
"You bastard!"
The point of the sword presses to his cheek. "Don't even joke about that. Now, join them!."
A shadow behind his brother, then a shot. Both sword and attacker fell...
"Saki... you killed them?"
His elder by several hours -- and by a different mother -- laughs, derisive. "My father was too easy: rice vinegar in his tea, which reacted with his medication."
"And you tripped Mother on the staircase?"
"For all the work your darling grandfather put into creating her, she was too easy to damage. But I didn't kill her: you ended her pathetic half-life, half-brother."
"You bastard!"
The point of the sword presses to his cheek. "Don't even joke about that. Now, join them!."
A shadow behind his brother, then a shot. Both sword and attacker fell...