Title: The Red Thread of Fate
Author: landofhekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Thread (Issekiwa #87)
Word Count:250
CU
Warning: Character Death and resurrection
Summary "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break."
- an ancient Chinese belief
She had thought herself rather clever. By sealing Inuyasha with her arrow and burning herself with the Jewel she would never meet Inuyasha again in this world or the next. Never again would she have to face the one who had betrayed her. The one whom she loved. The one whom she could not live without. In death she would know peace. Free from the Jewel. Free from Inuyasha Free from her fate.
She awoke in a panic. Through the eyes of her simulacrum she could see the lover she had died to never see again walking toward her It was clear that he recognized her. She could see the telltale threads forming between her and Inuyasha. She could feel their pull It took all of her strength to prevent her from breaking free So long as he did not say her name, she could maintain her barrier.
"Kikyou"
Her heart skipped a beat. The barrier broke. Her spirit came pouring out of Kagome's body and into the clay vessel which Urusuae had fashioned. The thread tightened around the right wrists of Inuyasha and Kikyou. No matter how many times she tried to get out the red thread of fate kept dragging her back in..She had planned so carefully to cheat fate. How could this happen to her . She would have to face the lover who betrayed her again .Somehow she would have to find the strength to kill Inuyasha . Maybe that would break the string.