Week 12: 300 Words or Less - Theme: Vendetta
Title: Unforgivable
Author: Imanewme
Genre: General
Word count: 290
Rating: T
Warnings: none
AU/Canon: Cannon
Theme: Vendetta
A/N: This is set right after Season II, Episode 32 in the anime. Jyuusan-hime just learned that the love of her life, Shiba-Jin, has become an assassin and has adopted the name "Shun."
Disclaimer: I do not own Saiunkoku Monogatari. It belongs to its creator, Sai Yukino. I make no profit nor seek to make profit.
Jyuusan-hime fumed inwardly. This was not the way things were supposed to turn out! Jin. How dare he? How could he? How could the man she love turn away from her so completely? How could he sever those ties so easily? How could he show up, call her "Haruto" and expect her to accept that the man she loved was dead?
Shock and hurt shook her limbs while she watched the palace guards take fallen assassin's bodies away. Her eyesight blurred and her arms and legs felt weak. Slowly she slid to the floor. The tears fell in torrents and her sobs caught in her throat.
Ensei spied Jyuusan-hime shaking in the corner. He approached her carefully and called out her name, but she did not seem to notice. Ensei did not know what to do. Finally, he sat down on the floor beside her and pulled her into his broad chest.
Jyuusan-hime clung to him tightly. Sobs shook her body as she let them free. Ensei stroked her hair and rocked her gently. His eyes locked with Shuuei from across the room. Shuuei nodded his appreciation. Quietly, he joined them, kneeling behind his sister and rubbing her back supportively. Eventually her shoulders quit shaking, but the tears continued to flow.
"I'll never forgive him," she whispered hoarsely.
"Forgive who, princess?" Ensei asked.
Jyuusan-hime looked up at Ensei. The fire and pain in her eyes was unmistakable.
"Shun. I'll never forgive him."
Shuuei's breath caught in his throat. It pained him to see his sister so broken. He looked to the window where Shun and Shusui had escaped. Anger washed over him and he silently agreed. He would not forgive Shun, either. Murdering Jin and crushing Jyuusan-hime's spirit was unforgivable.