Inuyasha, "Earning Forever" Inuyasha/Kikyou, rated G
Fandom: Inuyasha
Title: Earning Forever
Characters/Pairings: Kikyou-centric, Inuyasha/Kikyou
Rating: G
Spoilers: Manga chapter 465
Word Count: 259
Notes: Done for the "Discoveries" theme at iy_wiltedrose
Summary: After all she's endured, Kikyou knows she deserves this moment.
Earning Forever
Since the day of her resurrection she’s been called many things: monster, inhuman, and unholy. Any sane person would have flung themselves off a cliff if they were in her position. But she feeds off vengeance and moves on.
She exists like the monster they call her, but the woman inside her cries. She can’t shed tears or feel the wrenching of her heart, but she can cry and scream and feel anguish.
Duty carries her on and muffles the pain for now.
--
When she sees him again, he’s already given up on her and moved on.
She’s beyond hating him, yet she can’t help but hate the girl.
She hates her like she hates herself, and neither one of them belong in this world.
Only one can have him, and she knows this. Kikyou wanders on forward anyway.
--
She’s dying for real now; she knows in her fake bones she can never come back. It’s not some big discovery. This is her last sacrifice, and she is not scared.
He holds her in his arms, and she soaks in his warmth. The kisses and hugs and tears are all for her, and in a long time since the fire ate her skin, she feels something beat alive in her once-gone heart.
Inuyasha holds her in her final hour and clings to her like he’ll never let go. She smiles despite what she is and knows that she has earned this.
As her body fades within his embrace she knows - this is what forever feels like.
END
Title: Earning Forever
Characters/Pairings: Kikyou-centric, Inuyasha/Kikyou
Rating: G
Spoilers: Manga chapter 465
Word Count: 259
Notes: Done for the "Discoveries" theme at iy_wiltedrose
Summary: After all she's endured, Kikyou knows she deserves this moment.
Earning Forever
Since the day of her resurrection she’s been called many things: monster, inhuman, and unholy. Any sane person would have flung themselves off a cliff if they were in her position. But she feeds off vengeance and moves on.
She exists like the monster they call her, but the woman inside her cries. She can’t shed tears or feel the wrenching of her heart, but she can cry and scream and feel anguish.
Duty carries her on and muffles the pain for now.
--
When she sees him again, he’s already given up on her and moved on.
She’s beyond hating him, yet she can’t help but hate the girl.
She hates her like she hates herself, and neither one of them belong in this world.
Only one can have him, and she knows this. Kikyou wanders on forward anyway.
--
She’s dying for real now; she knows in her fake bones she can never come back. It’s not some big discovery. This is her last sacrifice, and she is not scared.
He holds her in his arms, and she soaks in his warmth. The kisses and hugs and tears are all for her, and in a long time since the fire ate her skin, she feels something beat alive in her once-gone heart.
Inuyasha holds her in her final hour and clings to her like he’ll never let go. She smiles despite what she is and knows that she has earned this.
As her body fades within his embrace she knows - this is what forever feels like.
END
