InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Mosaic of Thoughts ❯ Precious ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N: Written for the 'Bouquet' drabble contest for Livejournal's FirstTweak.


Spring time flowers sprouted happily along the edge of the path that Kagome and the others followed. They had recently left a tiny village, formally plagued by a nasty youkai. As the group progressed, they came across a young couple weeping over a tiny grave. Inuyasha was the first to grumble about assisting, but this time Kagome simply told them to go on ahead. With skeptical looks they obliged her, continuing onward before resting on a nearby hill to wait for her.

Slowly she gathered a small bouquet of newly birthed flowers before approaching the couple. Reaching them, she smiled with understanding eyes, before placing the flowers on the grave.

“Your loss is a difficult one.” She whispered.

The woman could merely nod as fresh tears filled her eyes. Grasping their hands she comforted them with words of hope. Finishing with a prayer and blessing, she bid them farewell and made her way solemnly back to the others.

Inuyasha watched his miko as she consoled the young villagers. Today she had given them more then just flowers and words. She had reinstalled their sense of hope.

“Hey, you alright?” He asked after the others had gone ahead.

She smiled slightly, nodding, but the sadness in her eyes was clear.

“It's so sad. All I could offer them a tiny bit of solace.”

“Kagome, in this time, life is delicate. More delicate than the petals off a new blossom.” He offered his insight quietly, reaching to squeeze her hand in reassurance.

She realized today the sad truth in his words. Life was easy to create, evident in the sprigs of brightly colored plants decorating the landscape. More easily it was destroyed, flitting away into oblivion like a petal on the wind.