Moments In Time

by Paige Darke

Series of short stories, oneshots and ficlets. From all different characters. Some are canon, some are AU, some are completely random. Past, present, only one particular arc in chronological order. They go up in the order I write them.

41. Damned

Damned

I have been told that I'm evil, told that I'm damned. Is this true?

Undoubtedly.

There are worse things to be.

Alone and dying in a dark cave, burned so badly the very light hurts, consumed by a desire for a priestess who is consumed by desire for a useless half-breed.

Onigumo was a useless creature. I would be well-shed of him. Kikyo would no longer be such a burning desire, such a clawing, desperate need in what is left of his tattered soul.

I would be well-shed of him, so why will he not be still? He has no part in this life, no part in my conquest, and nor does Kikyo, so why will he not be still?

Perhaps. Perhaps once I have her blood on my hands, once more see her lifeless corpse at my feet, perhaps then Onigumo will be still.

And if not...slaying her will be well worth putting up with his puling and whining. Slaying her, and that useless mongrel, and her reincarnation -- yes. That would be worth nearly any price.

While I'm at it, I'll add in Sesshomaru and his irritating, sniveling retainer.

Perhaps I am damned.

But there are worse things to be.

At this point, being Inuyasha would be one of them.

I think he'll die after Kikyo. And after the reincarnation. And the little girl who follows his brother shall die in front of them both.

As I said, there are worse things to be.

End

A/N -- I hadn't done a Naraku one yet. His point of view is kind of interesting. I don't know if I got it exactly right, but, hey, I tried.