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Title: Facing Your Mortality
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Bang (Dokuga Weekly Word Count Perfection Drabble #43)
Word Count:200
Genre: Genfic
CU
Warning: None
Summary: Kagome ponders her humanity
Maybe it was the birth that put everything into perspective. Around her was the evidence of
humanity. The new baby coming into the world. The young woman ready to face the world. The
mother now burdened with five children and a husband who was never home. The old miko
rapidly aging.
She had been so caught up with Kibou's birth and her potential as daiyoukai that she had
forgotten her own humanity. Time moved along for humans so rapidly. She and all the rest of
the inhabitants of the village would be dust while the immortals of the Western Shiro remained
as they were.
Somehow being around her mates and her children had made her forget her humanity. The
return to the village had been a revelation. Such a fool she was. The pretentious lady who
thought to advance the power of her daughter. She would lucky if she lived long enough to see
her grow up.
The banging of the drum broke her from her reverie. The villagers were parading around Kaede's
hut. with gongs, cymbals and drums trying to drive away evil spirits from the birthing room.
Kagome had to laugh. As if noise could expel youkai.

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