Title: Seppuku
Author: vashsunglasses
Rating: T
Fandom: TMNT
Disclaimer: The TMNT belong to Mirage.
Summary: OneShot Vignette DarkFic DeathFic. We all have to pay for our mistakes.
-Special thanks to Petrea Izefia Matkeoo for the idea.
It radiated darkness to such an intense degree that Splinter could sense it coming while it was still miles away. Dark tendrils reaching forward to smother the daylight.
A part of him had been waiting for this day. Had expected this day to come. Looking back, he could see that, and yet he hadn't changed his actions. He had continued to push them against his enemies again and again.
He knelt before the small table, setting candles at its base and laying his dagger upon a silken cloth. His knarled hands trembled as he clasped them in his lap. Honor dictated that he surrender his life to the demon that hunted him, drawing ever nearer to the lair.
Although his back faced the entrance, he could still feel the very instant that it entered the room. All light, all heat, all sound was pulled away as if by a black hole, the candles dimmed, and Splinter was filled with dread.
"Your sons are dead," it spoke. A whisper but it roared in the silence.
"Yes," Splinter replied shakily, bowing his head. He picked up the dagger, "I will commit seppuku. It is all I can do. Please allow me this one last chance to restore my tattered honor… Leonardo."
Leonardo stared down with empty eyes at the being he had once called Master. "No," he said, striking the rat's head off. The dagger fell to the ground, unbloodied, and the headless corpse was soon to follow. "You have no honor," he grated, tears streaming down his face, "You have no honor!" And falling to his knees he sobbed.
Note: Whoo… That was really dark, wasn't it? I guess you could consider this a sequel to my fic "Your Vendetta" which is down at the bottom of my fic list (It's one of my oldest posted fics.).