Title: Sinners
Rating: T(PG-13)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Pairing(s): Sessmom/Inupapa, Inupapa/Izayoi, Izayoi/Ryuukossei
Word Count: 270
Sinners
He came to her one night, battle-torn and tired, and professed to not loving her. Then he staggered back to the west and his pretty wife with eyes of blue.
Afterward, Izayoi simply sighed, leaning back on her cushions, and eyed the sword he commissioned in her honor.
As confessions go, his was most unspectacular. She wasn't certain what she expected; more fuss perhaps, an apology certainly.
I'm sorry I broke your heart, but it wasn't as though you gave it to me.
She forgave him, because it was proper, and Izayoi was nothing if not proper. But no amount of decorous grace could sooth the spite pricking at her breast.
No, she would not forgive the Inu no taishou for leaving her before she could leave him. Thus, hate began to poison her heart and festered as the cursed-blessing within her grew.
When word spread of her condition, he returned and her heart, now putrid, skipped a beat. Only to shrivel at the earnest promises that dripped from his lips.
My wife and I will care for the child. You needn't worry, I promise.
Izayoi smiled, waving as he left. Despite slow coldness creeping into her limbs. He had said nothing about her.
Time passed, as it's wont to do, and as discarded lovers often are, she was given a second chance with someone new.
Izayoi clung to him at night, whispering the Inu no Taishou's wrongs in his ear. One night as she impaled herself upon him, he promised her revenge.
"Do you mean it?" she whispered as she began to move. "Do you really promise?"
Ryuukossei's clawed hands smoothed up her swollen belly. "I promise."
