InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Exploring the Sengoku Jidai ❯ Missing the Moon ( Chapter 15 )

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Missing the Moon

 

The last warm touch of the sun brushed gently down the side of the mountain, sliding into dusk, dimming into darkness. Stars gleamed weakly and then became bright on this night when they owned the sky.

 

He watched them emerge into their full strength, missing the moon.

 

As it grew each night in the sky, he grew bolder, stronger. But as it waned and thinned, so much of who he was weakened with it. Until this night came, with its fear… and its sadness.

 

Looking at his fingers, weak nails on a strong hand, he grieved for the human tragedy they mirrored; her hands had born no claws when they carried him, held him… loved him. On this night, he always remembered her hands as they held his… missed them.

 

And what of the hands that might hold his now if he reached for them? His fingers twitched, wanting to open, but he curled them against soft flesh instead… because he could.

 

A clenched fist or an open palm, there was no moonlight to know the difference.