Title: Inside the Fire
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Fire (Week 28 The Wilted Rose)
CU
Word Count:300
Characters: Kikyou and Midoriko
Warning: Character Death
Summary: Kikyou's body and jewel are burned on her funeral pyre.
She remembered her last words " Burn my body with the Jewel . . . ". The pain had been unbearable. So much sorrow. So many regrets. She had tried to hug Inuyasha. She was leaving her sister behind. But she had to do her duty and take the Jewel with her. No evildoer must ever be able to possess' it. The darkness overtook her.
She remembered swirling, swirling into the fire as her body and the Jewel melted in the flame. Faster and faster they melted into the fire until they were nothing. Figures swirled past her. Giant youkai fighting a woman in warrior garb. Fighting and dying. Fighting and dying until they were dissolved in the inferno
She awoke. The scene was bizarre. Bodies stacked like cordwood. Demons from hell marching at the command of their captains. The darkness was intimidating. The only light was the blaze whch engulfed, but did not consume the bodies which were outlined by the fire..
She was surrounded by a group of enormous youkai. Somehow she knew that these were the youkai whose souls made up the Jewel. Sitting on top of them was a woman dressed in Heian era armor gazing down at her.
"Pretty pitiful"
"I beg your pardon"
"You only killed your own lover before you died I killed all of these with my last gasp."
"And you created the Jewel which caused my death Thanks a lot."
The woman was somewhat taken aback. Finally, Kikyou spoke " So what happens next."
" You and the Jewel will be reborn."
Kikyou seemed disappointed until the warrior-priestess said " Consider it a second chance to do things right. I am counting on you to save us both from eternal damnation, kid. Don't screw it up"