Title: Safety First
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Safe (The Wilted Rose Week 18)
Word Count: 296
Universe: Canon
Warning: None
Summary: Kikyou resolves to save Inuyasha
She played over the words of the head man again and again in her mind .
" He is youkai, a monster. Our children are not safe around him. You know that he feels the call of the jewel. He craves its power just like the rest of them. Your job is to protect the village and the Jewel from youkai. The hanyou is not exempt. Hasn't he attacked you six time already? He has never given up his desire for the Jewel. If you cannot kill him we will hire taijiya who will do the job. That is our final word."
Kikyou could not believe it Her arguments had been in vain. Inuyasha was no threat to her or the village. She could kill him anytime. He had saved her own sister. She knew that he had a human heart, but that was not enough for the villagers. To them the only good youkai was a dead youkai. The village was no longer safe for Inuyasha. Something in the last words of the headman was important.
"He is half human. His heart is human."
" It is not enough. Only humans are acceptable in this village. Youkai taint the Jewel."
" So you are saying if he was human he could stay."
" Yes, but we know that he will always be hanyou."
A plan began to form in Kikyou's mind. If only he were human, the headman would not feel it necessary to kill him. There was a way if only she had will to carry it out. She arranged a meeting later that day with Inuyasha.
" Inuyasha, you are half-human. If you used the Shikon no Tama, you could be fully human."
"And why would I want to do that?"