Title Abandon All Hope
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Abandon (issekiwa)
Word Count 250
Pairing Naraku/Kikyou
Warning Dead characters in hell
Summary Kikyou offers Naraku peace
"Abandon hope all who enter here." read the flashing neon sign over the pit of hell. Naraku was not sure how he could read it since it was written in Italian, but he understood the message. Being at bottom of the pile of bodies was not his idea of fun.
A light shone in the darkness. He remembered the light. The light had killed him. Yet he did not fear it now. He remembered a light the Kikyou had borne once. Carrying broth to feed him everyday. He had lived for her visits. Could she truly be here or was he dreaming?
Kikyou stepped out of the light and approached Naraku. " I have come for you, Naraku."
"Have you come to gloat now that I am cast down?"
"Did I gloat when you could not move? No, I kept you alive. Where there is life there is hope."
"I had no hope then, just as I have no hope now."
"All I could offer then was life. Now I come offering peace. You rejected what I offered you then. Do you refuse me now?"
She bent down and kissed him. He began to glow and dissolve as his soul began to trail toward the light above. The others screamed for a similar release, but she was only allowed to release the one who had loved her. The circle was now complete. She had purified Naraku so that he could find peace as she had.