Title: The Edge of a Knife
Theme: Inuyasha; Set #1 Theme #4- If It Turns
Genre: Angst, I suppose
Characters: Inuyasha, Inu-tachi
Word Count: 250
Rating: General
Summary: Inuyasha's thoughts on his pack.
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'The only reason "this gang" formed is because no would let us into their gang. We're like the chess club. Only dumber, and better looking.' -That 70's Show
It would only take one time for it to happen, for the houshi to screw up a little too much, for the slayer to hit him a little too hard. There's only so much a woman's patience can take until it snaps completely; one of these days some line's going to be crossed, and she won't be able to forgive him like we always know she will.
It could only be once, once when I would hit the brat a little too hard, and instead of running to Kagome he'll be fed up; maybe he won't come back. He's too small- he wouldn't last long on his own.
It might be any time now, when I push Kagome too far, about her home, about Kikyo- about the way I feel. It could be this next time that she gets too mad to forgive me, sits me into oblivion, and leaves me forever, never to come back.
It would only take one loose bowstring, one crack in the hiraikotsu, one slip of the fingers- or the prayer beads- to wreak havoc on everyone, to bring my world crashing down around me. There's a delicate balance to us, in the way we work. If one part doesn't work, then nothing will, I think. There's a downside to relying so much on other people, to depending on them to cover your back- if one goes down, we'll all go down together.
But then, maybe it's better than each of us going down alone.