Title The Martyr's Mirror
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Mirror( Unsung Heroes)
Genre Death Wishes
Word Count 297
POV Byakuya
Warning Character Death
Summary Byakuya ponders what Kanna's death means to him
Collecting glass shards was just disgusting knowing where they came from, but the order came from Naraku and Byakuya had not disobeyed such an order yet. It felt like he was collecting Kanna's bones.
Nothing was sacred to Naraku. The order certainly did not surprise Byakuya. "Pick up the pieces of Kanna, her mirror and the mirror monster and bring them to me"
He had been idle while Kanna had walked blithely to her death. Wondering what he would do in similar circumstance. He had seen Naraku's ruthlessness. Kanna had been ordered to blow herself up knowing she would do so.
He did not understand how she could not feel. Didn't she care what happened? Was she simply a automaton who blindly obeyed Naraku orders without question?
What would he have done differently if he were Kanna? He had already heard the story of Kagura his predecessor. Naraku had set her free only to kill her. There was no escape from Naraku only death.
In Kanna's fate he saw his own fate. Someday Naraku would ask him to die. Would he try to run away like Kagura? Would he turn on Naraku like Akago? Would he walk into oblivion like Kanna? In the end it seemed to make no difference. All signs pointed to his death.
Would anyone care if he died? Naraku wouldn't. More than likely he would die doing something for Naraku. The Inutachi and Sesstachi hated him simply because he was Naraku's incarnation.
Since it made no difference what he did, he might as well enjoy himself during his short stay on the planet. Now he understood Kanna. She had foreseen everything. Nothing could be altered or changed. One simply had to accept one's fate and go when it was time to go.