Title: Treasure
Genre: Angst/Drama
Pairing: Toutousai & Sessmom
Word Count: 179
Treasure
"Toutousai," the Lady commanded flatly. "It's time."
Toutousai doddered forward, hammer slung over one shoulder. The old man sighed, scratched a scabby spot on his baldhead, and stood beside the Lady. "The Inu no Taisho…"
The Lady smiled sadly, and stared into the distance. "He doesn't have much time left."
Toutousai kept his silence, though if truth were told he was stunned, nearly outraged. The Inu no Taisho was in the prime of his life and one of the most powerful youkai to walk the land.
Then, as if reading his thoughts, she explained.
"He's an ember in dark," she whispered enigmatically. "It's why he loves humanity." The Lady sighed and pressed her clawed hands against her still flat belly.
Toutousai frowned, not completely understanding. "If you told him, he would return."
"I know," she said softly. "And I know he loves me, but-" her tone firmed, and grew commanding. "My sword."
His work stubbed hands placed a sword, barely cooled from forge fire, in The Lady's elegant hands. "What will you name her?"
She tossed back her white hair, and looked every inch the daiyoukai.
"Takara."
