Title A Final Duty
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt W-24 Resolution
Word Count 500
Warning none
Summary The Lady of the West considers her promise to give her mate's last message to Sesshoumaru
She stared at the meidou seki. The totem of power which her husband entrusted to her. She understood it all too well. It held sway over the underworld. With it she could unleash creatures from the underworld. Bring back souls from the underworld. Create a path out of the underworld. Such a power would be dangerous in any other hands but hers.
She supposed that was why her mate left such a fearsome device to her. It was not for her sake that he left it with her. She had no need of such a device. The underworld held no interest to her. It was all about Sesshoumaru. He had come to her about Sesshoumaru not her. Even though he knew he was going to die, all he could talk about was what Sesshoumaru needed to know.
What they had long been over. What was left was Sesshoumaru. He should be having this conversation with Sesshoumaru, but at this point in their relationship nothing was left to talk about. All Sesshoumaru from him was his swords and his power. It was left to her to explain what his father should have told him about the nature of the sword.
Someday he would come. When he did, he would demand answers about the sword. What he would get was more than he cared to her about. Something would have to be sacrificed to train the sword. Something precious to Sesshoumaru Without that sacrifice Sesshoumaru would never learn about fear and mercy. Only if he learned those lessons would be qualified to use the sword for the purposes for which it was designed
The news had come today that her mate had died. Killed by a human no less. Defending a human woman who had borne him his child. At one time this news would have devastated her, but she had cried too many tears for him. He had known that he was dying and still went to save the human and her child without a thought to saying goodbye to her.
Apparently he felt that they had their goodbyes when he gave the meidou seki and had nothing more to say to her. Sesshoumaru had tried to talk him out of going, but his arguments fell on deaf ears. No doubt Sesshoumaru only thought of the swords without any real thought to his father. They both deserved what they got.
She stared at the meidou seki and sighed. If only her mate and Sesshoumaru could have talked this out, her role in this drama would be unnecessary. Her mate had left her for Izayoi. Sesshoumaru had set out on his path of Supreme Conquest. She was left with nothing but the meidou seki and a message to deliver to her son. Until that day she would keep the meidou seki safe. At least she undersood her duty to her family even if they did not.