Title: Stones and Shores

Genre: Angst/Introspective

Pairing(s): none

Rating: K (G)

Word Count: 174

His eyes were sick of weeping, though tears no longer flowed.

How he wished time could flow backward, sailing on an ocean of toil and tears.

She was mortal and he was youkai. Never was her life meant to crash against the jagged stones of his heart.

The bitterest tears are shed over deeds undone and words unsaid. It was foolishness to shed them for a mortal girl, but he did so gladly.

Pity, his eyes were too tired to weep.

She was gone now and no ships or blades of heaven could ever lead her from her rest.

Now he was left with an ever-filling ocean of regret. Forever knowing that he had never loved her enough.

"Jaken," his master called, his voice sounding like wind through sails. "We're going."

He turned, gentle waves lapping at his ankles, and followed the sea toward eternity.