InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Tainted ❯ Tainted ( Chapter 1 )

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

By: c2t2

Title: Tainted

Author: c2t2

Warnings: Incest and Non-con.

ANs: This is the most messed up thing I've ever written

The humor is a bit (okay, a LOT) darker than what I usually write.

… I have no explanation and no excuse.

Thank you to Actual-Dionysius, for the beta work and for giving me the courage to actually post this.

Tainted

They would never believe if she said she was tainted.

She was so very young.

She was so very young, and so very alone.

She saw mothers embrace their children, men embrace their wives, children embrace their friends. But she knew not another's warmth.

She envied the villagers. She had not known another's touch… since her sister, who passed years ago.

They respected her. Needed her. Didn't see her as human.

She was now fourteen.

Sometimes she lay awake at night, her body fevered, craving skin to skin, flesh to flesh, another's warmth. Because of who she was, these things were denied her.

The villagers respected her, needed her.

Sometimes, she hated them.

She was now fifteen.

Awake at night. Aching, fevered. A walk in the cool night air couldn't hurt.

She gave in. Again.

Bow in hand, she trod the path. Only ghosts and guilt saw her pass.

She arrived in the clearing, saw the tree. Blades of moonlight all shades of silver.

Her sister's lover.

Leaves in his hair.

Climbing the roots and vines. One day, they would consume him.

Her hands in his hair, silk in her fingers. Combing out dry, dead leaves, sakura petals.

He was warm.

Hands trailing his legs, his body, chest, shoulders. Leaning closer. Breathing him in.

Later, hands under… around… inside his clothing. The touch of skin.

Fire. Warmth. Heat.

Desire.

But he didn't breathe.

Shame and self-hatred. Close and retie, straighten their clothing. Never, never, never again.

This time for sure.

Sometimes, Kaede hated her sister.

She returned to the village.

Tainted.