Title: Closure
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: PG-13
Prompt: Thanks (Inuyasha Fanfic #204)
Characters: Kaede and Kikyou
Word Count:250
Warning: Character death Spoiler for Inuyasha Final Act Episode 8
Summary: Kaede is freed from pain by Kikyou
The vision faded and all that remained was a memory and a sunset the color of blood. Kikyou had come to say goodbye to the little sister she had left behind so many years ago. Although the vision portended her sister's death, Kaede felt at peace for the first time in fifty years.
In the vision she was a child again whose sister died in her arms. Kikyou knew what she had gone through. Dying had been the easy part. Kaede had lived through the nightmare all alone. Abandoned by her sister she was forced to live the life that had killed Kikyou..
Kikyou had told her that she was sorry. Sorry for everything that her little sister had endured because her sister felt that it was her duty to die to protect the Jewel. Sorry because she had left her little sister behind. with the memory of her own violent death.
Sorry could never make up for the hardships. Kikyou did not ask for forgiveness. Nothing could make up for the life Kaede had been forced to live. By saying goodbye Kikyou brought closure to the suffering that Kaede had gone through for her sake.
Kaede felt as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. No more would her have to cry for her sister. She had gone to better place where she did not to have to suffer anymore. Kaede could move on with her life. She need not suffer for Kikyou anymore. .Arigato gozaimashita, oneesama