Song of Death
I own Kirie, nothing else. ^.^
"Haha," I say, "nice one. But seriously, what's up with me?"
"I just told ye, child. Ye be a hanyou," Kaede tells me again.
"How is that possible? I mean, I never knew my father, but I don't see how I can be a demon, half or not!" I shout in fear and confusion.
"Not only that," she continues, ignoring me, "the seal on ye seems to be weakening. It should be gone if ye use your powers once more."
"What do you mean, if I use my powers?" I ask.
She narrows her eye at me and says something that will be ingrained in my head forever, "Ye have the very rare power of bringing people back to life. If they have some sort of life in them, like specters, or they are extremely sick and almost dead, all ye have to do is touch their skin and they will come back to life. Depending on what they did in life, some more violently than others. I'm not sure what type of youkai your father was, but the miko who sealed ye must not have knew the full extent of ye's powers."
"I-I- I can save people?" I gasp in disbelief. I then remember the time when we, my mum and I, had visited my younger brother, who died two years ago. "Why couldn't I save him then? Why couldn't I have used my so called powers to save one of the most important person in my life, but I could save absolute strangers who killed people's brothers, sisters, mum, dads, friends, and more? Why couldn't I save him?" I yell in grief and agony. My body crumples over and I sob. The reason I say I love you to anyone related to me when I last see them, is because the day my brother went into a coma, we had a big fight, which ended in me calling him a brat and shutting the front door in his face. I've always regretted it, and wished that I could see him one more time, just one more time and apologize to him and tell him I love him. I had accepted that there was no way to bring him back, but now learning that if I had just touched his face, which was the only place bandages didn't cover his skin, that I would've saved him, and he would be here right now. My heart shatters.
I feel Kagome put a hand on my back as I sob, and she makes hushing sounds while rubbing circles on my back. After a long time, I stop sobbing and I look up at Sango, who's also crying. She runs up and hugs me, and I start crying again.
The world stays silent in acknowledgment of our agony.
~The next morning~
I wake up and my body is stiff and cold. I walk down to the river and swim for a while, to try to clear my mind. When people say, go to your happy place, the only thing I can imagine is under the water, where the world is calm. All noises disappear, and you just exist. Nothing you do can change the calm state of this water, splashing destroys the calmness for around a second but it just reverts back to normal. I sit at the bottom of the calm river for a long time, eventually running out of air and passing out.
Sorry this was such a short and sad chapter, but I was getting kind of depressed while writing it… I feel mean for doing this to my character that I've grown to love, but I know exactly what I want to happen next, so I had to end it like this. Please review to respond with questions, comments, and the occasional praise ^.^ The next chapter will, hopefully, be longer and explain what type of hanyou Kirie is.