Title: Traitorous
Author: DawningAurora
Word count: 245
Universe: Alternate Universe
Rating: K
Summary: Sesshomaru is unable to reconcile the choices of his past and present.


Sesshomaru had been magnificently indifferent to darkness. It meant nothing to his youkai senses. But the cloud of darkness he now found himself walking in felt oddly alive. His senses prickled uneasily. Slightly confused, he walked onwards. A few steps later he realized that he was walking alone. The thought did not perturb him as much as it should have.

The mists shifted then, still tasteless, as did the darkness. A figure stood before him cloaked in shadows and exuding a sense of familiarity.

"You shame us" it hissed menacingly.

He merely raised a brow at the melodramatic declaration.

"You shame us by consorting with humans." It declared.

Sesshomaru remained unmoved. Dangerously so.

"You are just like Father. Exactly so."

Sesshomaru's sense of unease grew and so did the recognition of the figure before him.

His hands clenched into fists as he realized who it was.

It was his own self from when he had despised his father for being weak enough to fall for a mortal woman and for dying trying to protect a child who by tradition should have been drowned at birth.

The harsh laugh at his realization cut deeply.

As did the bright sunlight which now shone from behind its mountainous curtain.

As did the sight of the human miko whose hands strayed to trace the shell of his ear as her worried eyes looked searchingly over him.

As did the hurt on her eyes as he flinched away from her.


I hope you enjoyed that.

Posted on 13 February 2013.

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-Aurora