Title: Black and White
Author: Nicluv1787
Rating: T
Genre: Introspective
CU/AU: CU
Prompt: White
Characters: Sesshomaru's Mother & Izayoi
Words: 454
Summary: Sesshomaru's mother visits her husband's lover
She was back again, no matter how hard she tried to stay away she always came back. She seemed to be drawn to the woman and child. The woman her lord husband had abandoned her for and their unholy spawn. She wanted to hate her, many times she'd come here with the intent of killing her. She reveled in the thought of her poison claws sinking into that delicate human flesh, watching her die slowly; the light dimming from those alluring brown eyes. But she couldn't bring herself to do it. This was the woman her husband had loved. Bitterly she had to admit to herself. He had loved her, she couldn't change that fact. Inutashio was dead; he died to save this woman a mere human.
She'd been his wife, she'd given him an heir, been his companion, his sounding board, stood by his side for years. What had this woman done? She had seduced him with her large brown eyes and hime charm. Then she bore him a Hanyou son, a child that had no place in this world. Yet she couldn't deny the child was her lord husband's last living link, part of his legacy, not unlike her own son.
She'd played with the idea of taking the child, raising him properly. She knew this woman would not live to even see her child reach his teens despite her youth. Hanyou's lives may be half the life of a full youkai, but it was still five times that of a human. But she wasn't one for such sentimental thoughts. Perhaps it would be like revenge watching the symbol of Inutashio's fidelity flounder around without that woman. She knew that would never happen, despite Sesshomaru's resistance he would never let this child go entirely alone.
She watched the way the former hime moved about, with the grace of a princess in every movement. What was this woman to her, she wondered. What brought her back, even now years after her lord husband's death she would watch her from the shadows. She tried to tell herself that it was merely to watch her struggle. To enjoy, what she believed, this woman fully deserved. And yet a part of her couldn't blame her. They were like, both of them were hime, both loved the same man, both were strong willed to a fault. They were black and white two sides of the same coin. That's what brought her back every time. It wasn't to watch as she slowly wasted away, attacked by time, and the natural cycle of humanity. It wasn't to kill her as she had tried to convince herself, it was because Izayoi had done what she never could have done. She chose love over duty.