Title The Way of the Cross
Author landofthekwt
Rating M
Prompt Cross (Issekiwa)
Word Count 250
Pairing Sesshoumaru/Kagome
Warning Cruxificition
Summary Sesshoumaru shows Kagome the 26 Martyrs February 5,1597
Kagome stared at the twenty-six crosses which now stood on Mt. Mutobonzan overlooking Nagasaki. They were clearly visible from the Western Shiro. She shivered in the February cold and tried to turn away, but he would not let her.
"Why Sesshoumaru, Why? Why did you insist that I see this? I already knew that this would happen. I studied it in my history class. Why?"
"Because you are with me now. You must see humans through youkai eyes"
"What am I supposed to see? That Hideyoshi killed a bunch of missionaries and converts. What does it prove?"
"Hideyoshi is not killing these people because he hates Christians anymore than Nobunaga killed the Ikko-Ikki and the monks on Mt. Hieii because he hated Buddhists. They were a threat to their rule. That is the way the powerful think. That is what I believed until I met you."
"Me. What did I do?"
"You loved my brother, a hanyou when no one else did. You loved me even though I was youkai. Because of you I turned away from the path of supreme conquest and found peace and happiness with you"
"If that is true, why bring me here to see this?"
" You need to be reminded what humans are truly capable of. I protect you from them within the Western Shiro, but you must never forget what goes on outside these walls."
"I have seen enough, Sesshoumaru. Take me home."