InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bits From The Big Yellow Bag ❯ Flight Interrupted ( Chapter 16 )

Flight Interrupted

 

 

You take to the sky, dodging the pitiful attempts to snare you, the son of a powerful youkai; a hanyou hated by human and youkai alike, you've survived countless attempts to end your life.

 

This will be no different.

 

Except it is. This will be your last escape as a hanyou. Clutched in your hand is the Shikon no Tama.

 

That wench thought she was so smart - tricking you with kindness, leading you to believe that she could want to live by your side…

 

Only to turn on you - like your mother's family, like your elder brother. She's just one in a long line; you shouldn't be surprised or upset.

 

And yet you are. You are a fool.

 

“InuYasha!”

 

No! The tree line is so close! Once in the forest you're home free; the pathetic humans can do nothing without a trail to follow.

 

Your ear twitches; the twang of a bowstring echoes. You turn to the sound, have to judge the distance, and can't help but flinch as it flies closer. It glows a bright pink and you know you're going to die; there's nothing you can do.

 

It slams into your chest and burns.

 

You're not dead, not ash, not yet… and you wonder not for the first time, `Why?'

 

You were going to give up everything - your strength, your speed, your senses - for her, and she deceived you.

 

“Ki-Kikyou… you bitch. How dare you…”

 

The pain from the arrow, from her betrayal, is smothered by soothing darkness.

 

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Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any other characters from the anime/manga. They all belong to Rumiko Takahashi. I just play with them

 

Originally posted to LiveJournal on October 29, 2009

Word Count: 250

Prompt: “Cringe”