Title: song of imaginary beings

Warnings: N/A

Prompt: Minor Characters

Pairings: N/A; Prince Kagewaki Hitomi-centric

a/n: Written for Inuvember, Day 19. I'm getting a little burned out, honestly, but I'm still loving these. Also, I absolutely adore Prince Kagewaki - Naraku-related gushing aside, Kagewaki seemed exceptionally kind (if Naraku was portraying him correctly, that is). Also: he was a poor sick baby, I just want to snuggle with him and kick Naraku's filthy soul away from his home.

Dedicated to ryo-creampuff-bakura, my cacti cult leader, and who probably loves Prince-Died-Too-Soon more than anyone else. You're my homegirl. Sorry this is so short.


He knows there is something watching him; can sense it in the shadowed corners of his chambers, though no one believes him.

You are sickly, my lord, says the doctor. You are unwell.

Kagewaki knows they are wrong. The plague which taints his blood is more than mere sickness, nor is it simply the result of the demon hauntings in the village his family oversaw. No, this illness is different - Kagewaki hears thing, voices, that are not his own, whisper at the strangest times of night. Once or twice, he has tried to do something mundane - eat, speak, the like - and his body froze, like something was physically preventing him from moving.

His father has been behaving more beastly than usual; Kagewaki is used to the shouting, drinking, gambling, and womanizing. However, he is not used to the violence - his lord father seems to be conducting more executions then usual, and appears to garner a strange, sadistic pleasure from their deaths.

The demon slayers would be here in a few days. They've promise extermination and peace.

Prince Kagewaki Hitomi is doubtful they will be able to kill monsters that seem to only exist within his imagination.