Genre: Angst
Theme: Courage
Featuring: Kagura
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My Next Breath
Sesshomaru's impassive face betrayed nothing. He was ice itself, smooth and cold. So was the blade he ran through his enemies.
It had never been any struggle to slay an impeding demon, no matter how "powerful." Sesshomaru's sense of fear was one-dimensional at best. There was nothing courageous about breathing.
Still, when he witnessed it he recalled it as nothing short of remarkable.
She doomed before she even began to exist. Dead when she met him, he saw no reason to assist her lost crusade for liberty. But she lobbied for it anyway.
Ultimately, she got it – pulsing heart and all. Now if only it weren't pumping corrosive jyaki.
His throat tightened when she smiled. Smiled knowing he was there in these dwindling moments of freedom.
The wind gusted exultantly, tossing an unbound feather in triumph. Sesshomaru inhaled courage.