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Title: A Mother Knows

Prompt: Light

Summary: Rei watches her son come into the world glowing; some part of her always knew he would leave that way, too.

Word Count: 326


Inuyasha Higurashi came into this world with a flash of soft pink light. His mother would never forget that moment, lifting her head despite the overwhelming exhaustion at the sound of her newborn son's first cries and seeing the babe literally glowing. It had lasted for only an instant, and then it was gone. The doctors had never spoke of it; when she asked a nurse, they had insisted she must have imagined it. It had been a hard delivery, after all, and her first one. Rei Higurashi was no fool. She had been raised in a shrine; she knew an omen when she saw one. Her little son was destined for great things. She had raised him with love and care, and always kept a subtle eye out for that light of his. She never saw him truly glow that way again, but it seemed as thought everything about that boy was light, from his colorless hair to his big blue eyes. He was certainly the light of her life. Rei watched him grow too fast, marveling at what a kind, strong boy he was – full of life and compassion and fire. Perhaps she couldn't help but think such greatness of her children, but she still believed that light had meant something. When her little boy came back after vanishing for days, ranting about demons and priestesses and jewels that glowed with soft pink light, she knew. She didn't want to believe it at first, because it meant her boy would leave her too soon, but she knew. This was the greatness he was destined for, so as much as it pained her to watch her firstborn walk right out of their world, she packed him a bag and let him go. Inuyasha Higurashi left the world in a flash of bright pink light, and Rei could do nothing but watch him go and pray he would never let anyone dim that light of his.


I really liked writing this one too. I named Kagome's mother Rei because . . . I don't really know. It's short and sweet and I like it? I'm pretty I mentioned her and her husband's names in The Many Roles Of Inuyasha Higurashi too; I named his father Daiki.