Title: O ye of little faith
Author: landofthekwt
Rating: R (language)
Prompt: Faith (The Wilted Rose #30)
Word Count:466
Genre: Rants
Warning: Character Deaths
Summary: Naraku complains
Naraku gazed as the last mourner left Kikyou's grave. It was not fair. He had done everything the Jewel had asked and more. The plan had come together perfectly. They both died thinking that the other had betrayed them. Yet the plan had failed utterly and now the Jewel was beyond his reach.
He had taken the form of the hanyou to mortally wound Kikyou. She had to believe that Inuyasha had betrayed her. All their vows were thrown back in her face as if he was mocking her. She must believe that he had been after the Jewel instead of wanting to be with her.
The Jewel had been in his hand. Yet it forced him to put it back in the shrine so that Inuyasha could steal it. It was still necessary to trick Inuyasha into stealing the Jewel. Kikyou would have to kill him to prevent this
That was a sop to Onigumo who wanted kill Inuyasha out of jealousy. It was ironic that Inuyasha's lover Kikyou would be the one to kill him. He knew that Onigumo would appreciate the irony.
All that the idiot girl had to do was wish to be alive and he could have killed her and taken the defiled Jewel. Instead, she allowed herself to die and be burned with the Jewel so that no evildoer could ever obtain its power. The plan went from success to failure in that instant. All his hopes for power up in smoke.
He had watched the pathetic bitch in her last moments. Crawling to the tree to hug the worthless hanyou. She had just killed him. How was he worth her life? It must be a woman thing. Who put such romantic claptrap in their heads? Why would anyone want to follow after their lover in death? Such as waste.
Kikyou. Dead Check. Inuyasha Dead Check. Jewel Gone. There was nothing to hold him here. He would have to wander aimlessly doing evil deeds biding his time until the Jewel reappeared in the world.
Defiling the Jewel had been the reason he had been born. The Jewel wanted him to prevent Kikyou from purifying it. It had promised him the power of the Jewel if he could obtain the defiled Jewel.
He had done everything it had asked. His reward was the knowledge that the two people who could have destroyed the Jewel were dead. This victory rang hollow. Without the defiled Jewel he had nothing.
He kicked the graveyard dust from his boots. The faithless fools deserved their deaths. If they had trusted each other, his plan never would have succeeded. He at least would stay true to Jewel no matter how much it had screwed him over. He had faith that he would be rewarded in the end.