Title Into Every Life Some Rain Must Fall
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Universe: Canon
Prompt: Rain The Wilted Rose Week 12
Word Count 297
Warning: Spoiler for Anime Episode 147
Summary: Both Inuyasha and Kikyou consider their first meeting to lucky
A/N " Into every life some rain must fall." is a line from the poem "The Rainy Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
He had not intended to meet her. It was his human night. He just needed some place to hide until morning. But she had noticed him as he changed. He had no protection against her.
She had been surprised when she noticed him. His aura was weak, but immistakeably had just destroyed a number of powerful mononoke. It had taken all of her strength.
Still she blustered at him telling him that if he sought the jewel he would die just as the mononoke had. One must never show weakness with youkai..
She fell face first into the mud. She had nothing left. The rain was pelting down as Inuyasha gazed down at her. Although she was covered with mud and blood, he could feel her power.
He could not believe his luck. A powerful miko had caught him on his human night and not killed him. He had learned a valuable secret. The Shikon no Tama could make him the youkai that he had always desired. This woman had it.
He did not think to attack her in current condition. His human heart instilled a sense of fair play in him which a youkai would not feel. When he heard the villagers calling for her and saw the torches he ran as fast as human legs could carry him.
When Kikyou roused, she wondered at her luck. His behavior was contrary to any youkai she had met. She put it down to luck and prayed to the kami of luck who had watched over her.
Both of them went away from their first meeting feeling lucky that they were still alive. Their belief in their luck made them forget that a miko and a hanyou are never allowed to show weakness. . .
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