InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Little Bits ❯ Butterfly ( Chapter 12 )

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Izayoi awaits her fate.

(Note: This was written for the Issekiwa community in LiveJournal for challenge 58: Rebel. This vignette was originally posted August 19th, 2008. It won first place.)

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 12.28.2008 | Updated On: 09.02.2009 | Pages: 1 | Words: 364 | Visits: 297 | Status: Completed

Butterfly

She stood alone, her robes draped about her like wings of a new-born butterfly, awaiting her kidnapper.

Sorrow muted joy. She wondered how she had come to being a rebel against all that was proper. Was it her childhood refusal to only learn a hime's lessons? Was it her yearning for a loving husband, rather than only making a marriage for her family's wealth and protection? Or was it the kami's hands directing her fate? The fate which had given her the dreams of a man with silver hair and golden eyes and a great, glowing sword?

A howl shook the palace, followed by a splintering crash and screams. Eyes closed, praying for everyone's safety, she knew this was the only way to leave her family any honor. Their position was too fragile to acknowledge that a daughter of the house had willingly chosen her fate.

The shoji slammed back. He stood there, silver and gold: the invincible warrior. Taking two strides, he held out his hand. Her fingers touched his with the lightness of a butterfly. Ancient eyes in an ageless face met her mortal eyes, and she saw the regret mingled with the love.

His winds swirled around them. She smiled, rebelling against sorrow as her robes billowed like brightly colored wings. Does a butterfly mourn its brief life, or dance in joy? She was his butterfly, and she would be joy for him, for all the days that fate allowed their love.