Empty Pages

by Hope-ItsyBitsySpider

It was a diary left behind and seemingly forgotten. However, as Kurama discovers it and its owner's secrets one-by-one, he learns that fate has intervened in his life once again and cast him into the role of avenger... and rescuer.

10. Goodbye

Empty Pages

Chapter 10

Goodbye

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Kurama had begun to feel an urgency. It pulled at him, urged him, pushed him to read. More and more and more... It wouldn't let him stop. It held him entranced. He read and read, the days flew by, Hiei had stopped coming... And then-

It stopped. Kurama's eyes widened as he stared down at the last entry in the book, leaving five pages blank.

'... and I won't write in here anymore. I won't be able to. With Rin gone and no purpose left, I can't sit here and live anymore. I will start searching for a way to die. I hope that someday, mom will be able to read this, but I won't keep my hopes up.

Goodbye mom. Goodbye Sota. Goodbye Gramps. I love all of you. So very much. It's why this has happened. It's why I fought to protect everyone. But no one is left, and I'm so very alone. No longer is someone standing in the shadows, watching out for me. And I am no longer doing so for anyone else. I have no one to live for, so I will not continue on. I hope.

No one will miss me.

-Higurashi Kagome.'

Somehow, Kurama felt as if a piece of him had frozen forever.

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This drabble was written using the prompt 'standing in the shadows'.