Don't put me in the same cage as the others.
Quondam
By Kalliel: Banana Rum
Rated PG-13 for language, implied sexuality and violence.
Each section is 100 words exactly, with 10 words in the opening and 20 in the ending phrases (italics).
FutureI could hear the words rolling off my tongue but I didn't feel what they meant. I knew what I was saying but what did it really mean? The beasts didn't know either. It was pathetic. Unnamable.
And here I was, sitting in someone else's shitty memories and trying to remember why I was there. Then again, we were all there, watching the world turn to flame and our lives turn to ash and cinders.
I guess that would have been fine by me if I didn't have this damned unsettling feeling that there was something I missed out on.
PresentDamn, shit, crud, damn, damn, damn, aw fuck…it hurt.
That was an understatement—probably couldn't move if I tried. Salt and pain are blurring my eyesight, staining it red. The blood is dripping off my bangs, it won't stain as much as normal at least, since my hair's black instead of silver.
'Kagome' I whisper. I didn't even notice when she hugged me. Fuck, don't touch me. Don't get involved. I can feel passions welling up in my body, my vision stained with blood; I can feel strength needed to survive.
Never gone from human to demon before. It's different.
PastThere was a time when daimyo hated us, the gifted. Manacled friends walk with me, stumbling children seeking darkness. I am alone in a corner, crying. The tears tasted good before. I was stupid. Now they burned like hell.
There is another boy. He comes up to me. "Smile," he orders. I comply, scars cracking. He nods approvingly, and then sinks his claws into me arm. I scream. "Keep screaming." I do. "Idiot, don't do things when people tell you to. Kill." I don't. "Good."
That boy died. He told them not to fuck with him and they did anyway.
Yeah, it was because of him I didn't stop when Kagome ordered me to. Death? Maybe it's better this way.
-fin
