Title The Price of Death
Author landofthekwt
Rating K
Prompt Debt (ib4y)
Word Count 250
Warning Character death
Summary Kikyou is condemned to be reincarnated
"Lord Yama, I ask passage to the underworld "
The court stirred as Emma-O prepared to pass judgment on the soul before him. The crowd murmured at the audacity of the miko before him demanding passage. The kami of the shinto were gods of life. They held no sway here.
It was her fault that the Jewel had created the avatar of hell from Naraka. She had failed in her own of vows by loving the hanyou and allowed the youkai to create Naraku from the dying Onigumo.
She dared to bring the Jewel here. A Jewel made up of the dead souls of the greatest miko and mightiest youkai which ever existed. The Jewel was abomination. There was no place for it in Heaven or Hell. To be destroyed it must be returned to earth.
"Kikyou I condemn you to be reincarnated with the Jewel. You must return to earth to free your lover and destroy the Jewel."
Kikyou started to protest. If she returned to life with the Jewel, her death would have been in vain. A red thread appeared around her left wrist dragging her from the world of the dead
Emma-O smiled. Mortals had no place trying to cheat fate by dying Only he was the judge of death. Kikyou owed a debt to him which had to be repaid. Death was too good for her. She would find no peace in hell. Instead, her reincarnation would have to undo what she had done