XCollective MurmursX
(ILB's Furuba-Shorts)

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all members of the zodiac - indirectly
-theme/prompt/etc.: request by gladdecease
Story Notes: This is about the release of the zodiac animal spirits and those who housed them. No real spoilers, but it makes more sense if you're up to date with the manga. Enjoy!

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I could feel my vessel's suffering as though it were my own. I could feel her pain, her anguish, her guilt, her regret. Everything she suffered... I suffered as well. Life was meaningless– there was so much anger I could hardly breathe.

And all because my blood still called to theirs. Her blood called to the flesh embodiments. We are reborn time and time again, always clinging to each other as though we're going to break apart. It's a ruthless, unending cycle.

But then she decided that she had suffered enough.

The very fact that she was female was an omen– her birth set off the chain of reactions that would lead to freedom. For the zodiac, she was more than a God; she was their savior. There was resentment, there was pain– but at the end, there was release.

I gathered the spirits of my animals to me, finally freed of the constraints of the physical plane. And all the people, all those cursed with the tortured spirits of my lovely menagerie... were released.

I felt them leave their vessels, calling to me, telling me they were on their way. My own vessel, Akito, cried out of sorrow and pain.

But I cried out of joy.

: end :

Sorry I'm being so slow getting these out. Send your request in, though, and I'll get to it when I can!