Written for the LJ-community 30 shards.
Character(s): Souta
Summary: Bits and pieces of a forgotten character's struggle to accept his sister's life and death.
Shard: #30 - Festival
Title: Second
Author: Ziggimaguagua
Word count: 150

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZ

He is looking at Kagome.

She is not the first Kagome, but 'she brings me as much joy,' he thinks. Age has been eating at his mind for a while, but his most joyful memories are last to leave.

Kagome dances for him and her new yukata flows elegantly around her despite the clumsy, energetic movements. He smiles. Grandchildren, he thinks. Kagome would have loved them, too. But he does not dwell on his sister, turning his mind to the Kagome on her way to Shichi-Go-San for the first time. Excited already, by the clothes, the fussing and hurrying.

He wishes, somewhere in the back of his mind, that he could take part in the festivities, but his joints are bend with gout and he lets her mother, his daughter, take her hand and lead her away.

She is the Second Kagome, but here, in his heart, second to none.

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZ

S/A/N: I fixed it ^_^ Much better now.

Yukata – a thin summer kimono. Literally "bath(ing) wear", though they are used at holidays, too. I'm not sure if it's appropriate here, though.
Shichi-Go-San – a childrens' festival for seven-, five- and three-year-olds (hence the name Seven-Five-Three).