Just a small bunch of ficlets I decided to write. Please review and tell me what you think.

Empty

I feel nothing. Darkness circles around me, taunting me, trapping me into infinite captivity, yet I do nothing. I know no fear, no pain.

It is how I am.

And I wish I was not.

I want to scream, to cry, to fight the duty I was given the day I was brought to this world as a soulless husk, but I can't.

I am trapped and I can't escape.

"Kanna."

Raising my head from the shimmering mirror I hold in my hands, both my curse and my blessing, I turn to the man I wish to hate.

"Yes, Naraku-sama?"



Beautiful

In the simplest of words, one could say she was beautiful beyond all reasoning. Eyes, vivid with an emotion and fire that could give both compassion and anger, if she chose. A smile so brilliant, that she could brighten even the stormiest of skies with just a glance. And purity so wholesome that it could overwhelm even the most pessimist of people.

She is always so happy.

But even so, I always end up pushing one to many of her buttons.

"Sit!"

I sighed as I was reunited once more with dirt.

Even if she still looked the part, her temper was anything but beautiful.

Bring me to life

Love.

A word so meaningless to the powerful. It is an emotion, there for it is a weakness. It can only hinder those seeking strength.

Only fools love.

I tell myself these thoughts as I walk slowly through the cold hallway of my castle, my steps shallow and silent. The only sound is the echo of light footsteps and humming from behind me, and the occasionally laugh that escapes the small mouth of the girl that has proved wrong every single belief I had once held so proudly.

Only fools love.

I brought Rin back to life.

But sometimes, I wonder if it was really the other way around.

My Pack

'They are all so… weird. Not like I'm not or anything but…but each of them acts as though… there's no difference between us. '

"Are you alright Inuyasha?"

Whipping around to Kagome, her head tilted sideways with a questioning look on her face, Inuyasha gave her thoughtful glance, before shrugging.

"I'm fine."

She gazed at him, her brown eyes searching for something, before smiling at him brightly.

"Just to let you know, we're always there for you."

Inuyasha turned away, his gaze drifting towards the sky as Sango and Miroku stopped there chatting to turn and smile at him as well. Heck even Shippo and Kirara grinned at him.

His lips quirked slightly at the picture his pack made.

"I know."

The Choice

They stood there in a peaceful silence, gazing at the stars unabashedly.

 "So beautiful…" Kagome mumbled her voice soft. "Don't you think Inuyasha?" Turning to her companion, she was surprised to find his gaze elsewhere, fixed out into the forest beyond them.

"Something wrong?"

Inuyasha jumped slightly and turned to her, his gaze both surprised and thoughtful, before shaking his head.

"No." he said, reaching his hand out and clasping hers tightly. "Why would there be?"

A blush crossed Kagome's face, her gaze falling upon their intertwined hands, before she smiled and laced her fingers with his. "I don't know…"

Standing on the outskirts of the clearing, a woman watched them wordlessly, splinters digging into her pale hands as she clasped the tree next to her.

"So… he cares more about her then me?"

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I'll write some more but please tell me what you think!