A/N: Just a little idea that was bouncing through my head for quite some time now. Can't believe no one else ever thought of it yet...
Stained
Kikyou never met anyone quite as pure as him before.
His temper is always in check and he never raises his voice. His soul and shard is clean from malice. He is, as she reflects, the personification of innocence and purity. She is amazed that such a human is still alive in this corrupted world.
She sees him washing his hands.
She asked him, once, why. He had replied, in a broken voice that there was blood on his hands, blood, not his, someone's, and he didn't know who's and they just wouldn't, couldn't, shouldn't come OFF!
She sees the blood.
She tells him so. He was shocked, very, because as far back as he could remember, no one has ever seen the blood before. So she tells him something that every priestess, every priest, every nun and monk has learned from heart when they had first started training.
She tells him that for every living creature we kill, their blood stains our hands.
He tells her that then they should be glad that no one in this village has stained hands.
He sees no blood on her hands.
He tells her so. She smiles, a bitter smile, a smile filled with regret and self loathing. She says softly, slowly, afraid even, that demons are evil, evil creatures who deserve no pity and therefore their blood do not count.
He sees her breaking.
He does not say anything, he merely wraps his arms around her as she breaks. It's her voice that's breaking now, her voice that choking out the words that she had loved him, she had loved him so much that she gave her world for him, and he loved her so why, why were there no demon blood, what if you were a half demon, why were there no blood on her HANDS!
Her voice is soft and melodic, her hands white, with no blood. Her soul simply wants release and there is an air of tainted purity around her. She is, as he reflects, an angel from the heavens to bless us below. He is amazed that someone as kind as her still exists in this twisted world.
Suikotsu has never met anyone quite as pure as her before.
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A/N: Reviews would be much appreciated! (Grins) First half of the story is from Kikyou's perspective and the second half is from Suikotsu. Suikotsu is a doctor that appears around episode 107 I think... He's got a split personality that's the killer from the Shichinin-tai that uses claws to kill people...
