Title Burying the Dead
Author landofthekwt
Rating PG-13
Prompt Bury (Issekiwa 113)
Genre Jolly Grave diggers
Word Count 250
CU
Warning Character death
Summary Kaede ponders her sister's death
Kaede handed Inuyasha a bowl of stew. It seemed strange not to be hearing about Kikyou's last moments here in her hut and not at the shrine, but maybe not. Kikyou had ascended. The shrine was no longer a grave but an empty tomb. Kikyou was no longer there.
The simple meal felt more like a celebration rather than a wake. The burden she felt ever since her sister was resurrected was lifted. She smiled. Kikyou had said not to cry any more. In death they all had finally found peace.
Kaede felt almost selfish. Kikyou's pain had been her pain. Kikyou's death had killed life for her. With the passing of her big sister, she finally was at peace with herself. If sister had lived, her life would have been so much different, but she was not going waste any more time on "could-have beens."
She looked over at Inuyasha. The burden of caring for Kikyou had been taken from him also. He could finally live again. No longer would he feel that his life belonged to Kikyou. She could already see him embracing his life with Kagome. That was way it should be. Life was for the living.
She pondered Kikyou's last words. " I will always watch over you." If gave her comfort that Kikyou was still there protecting them. She was not really gone. Someday they would be together doing the things that sisters did. Goodbye and thank you, big sister, until we meet again.