Title: Famous Last Words
Aurhor: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Letter/Note (The Wilted Rose Week 26)
Word Count:300
Warning: None
Summary: Kaede moves on after news of Kikyou's death
She pulled the scroll from her sleeve. It was hard to believe that she had carried it with her for fifty years. She had almost consigned it to her sister's funeral pyre. Something stayed her that day just as it did now. It was her sister's last words to her.
She had been surprised to see her sister leaving so early that morning. Her lies had been so transparent. Her agitation so keen. As usual she had thought to throw off suspicion. by inquiring about her health. Her concern and her smile had never fooled Kaede.
She reread the note for the hundredth time.
Dearest little sister
I have some business to attend to this morning. Sorry to leave you alone, but I am meeting Inuyasha today. Until I return, please do not tell anyone where I am going or whom I am meeting. Clean the house and put on the stew pot and the rice pot I am sorry that I did not have time to do so I was up all night purifying the Jewel. Take care of yourself and pray for me. I hope to have wonderful news when I return.
With love, your sister, Kikyou.
The words had been so full of hope. So full of life. So full of her sister, Kikyou that she had never been able to let her go. Just having a part of her sister with her had provided a bulwark against the loneliness and heartache of her life after her sister died.
She did not need the scroll anymore. Kikyou was at peace at last. She tied the scroll around the little shrine and clapped her hands in prayer. The scroll had been retained to remember happier days. Kikyou had moved on. It was time for her to do so, too.