I don't own YYH. I do, however, own a replica Mirror of Utter Dark...which I keep in my jewelry box.


A broken mirror…a broken promise.

It should have been obvious, from the moment it happened. A freak accident, but the repercussions were immense. The detective had fired without thinking of the consequences. It had been a lucky shot for him…

For me, the damage was more severe, but more subtle.

At the time, I had been thinking of myself. Healing my wounds. I never even thought of her, not once during that time. But regret won't solve anything.

A wish for her happiness…I hadn't expected to live long enough to see it fulfilled, but through his act of selflessness, his willingness to jump in at the risk of his own life, is what saved me.

Saved her.

He would never know that he was also the one to cancel the effects of the wish. With a single blow, he had begun her slow and painful regression. She would need to be hospitalized again…but that was much later.

She had happiness for a while.

And so did I.

But our time of happiness was brief. None of us realized how far gone she was really was. She didn't show the same signs…hid her weakness from her new husband and son.

And…from me.

It wasn't until the day she collapsed that the extent of her deterioration became apparent. We were shocked to find that the reason for her collapse was the return of her disease, the deadly cancer that had eaten away her health years before.

None of it made sense…I made the wish, had paid the price…so why was her happiness cut short?

It hadn't occurred to me that the miracle from the rooftop, the powerful magic from the Mirror could be reversed. It had promised me that she'd have her happiness…

And then it was broken.

In a single shot, the mirror was cracked and the promise lost its power. The cancer came back stronger than ever, and all I was left with were shattered hopes.

They'd been shattered in the same instant as the mirror.


Another short Oneshot, but this idea's been stuck in my mind for a while now...just begging to get out.
Seems like I've been on a depresive Kurama streak lately...(if you've been reading my other fics, you'll know what I mean). I'm going to have to give the kitsune a break soon...Or at least a happy ending. One or the other is bound to come up sooner or later.