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It’s frightening,” she said. “I have carried it with me for so long and even now it’s difficult for me to wrap my head around what it might be truly capable of. To wrap my head around the idea of truly using it. What if I make a mistake?” “That’s why we do it together,” he said, squeezing her hands. “We’ve gotten this far, haven’t we? Just a little farther now. To the end.” “To the end,” she echoed, swallowing against the dryness in her throat.
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“I thought once that I might change things here,” she said, her voice falling to scarcely a whisper. “I thought that if I could stand at his side, we could change them. But I cannot even have that. I see now that there is no saving a thing that has rotted through to its core.”
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(The Second Half of) Behind the Silk Screen by @eien-no-basho
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Kagura had reported over a week ago that there were murmurings among the appointees of support for the girl, common thing that she was, to fill the position of Empress. Byakuya had confirmed as much, the whispers having reached the ranks of the male appointees, as well. How the girl had managed to accomplish this feat was not entirely clear, but as he had seen time and again she was capable of inspiring the unnatural in those around her. Either way it had the desired effect, the effect he had anticipated. It brought matters between her and her dog to a head at last, the crude desire between them forced into the light. The tenuous link between them had at last become a tether that chafed like a collar at her throat.
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He paused and she could see him leaning forward, see his head falling forward against the screen much as hers had. She reached up, pressing her hand to the outline of his. “So now it comes down to what you want,” he said, the words faintly choked. “And you have to want it, too. Because it’s a lot, and I get that now. I didn’t have a choice, but you do and I won’t take that from you, won’t force you if you really don’t want it. And...and if the answer’s no I...I’ll understand. I’ll try to understand. And I’ll never ask again.”
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“She serves here,” she said. “Or served here. I’ve not seen the little fool for days, always disappearing as if she didn’t know what would await her here on return.” She gestured vaguely with her chin to the darkest corner of the room. There were the ragged remains of what might have once been a futon there, not even a screen to separate it from several others crowded into the same corner. Beside it there was some sad scrap of cloth tacked up on the wall, the image on it just barely discernible as a great white dog youkai.
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“They’re already accepting it, Kagome!” Inuyasha snapped, eyes flashing as his ire rose to meet her own. “The appointees came to me, they told me that they want it to be you! It has to be you-!” “Stop it!” she said, a trembling beginning to spread through her limbs that she was powerless to stop. “Just stop! The appointees are not the court, and however well they might mean you must know that this cannot work!”
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“He was babbling about you,” he spat. “Asking how you were and what you like and what I-what I thought about you. And I thought about just hitting him to get him to shut up for once, but you said that ain’t an option if it wasn’t a fight. So I asked him about fighting. And like always the idiot went on and on until I thought my ears might start bleeding, but then he finally said something worth listening to.”
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“What does it say of me that I stood beside my younger brother for days, perhaps for weeks, and saw nothing of his suffering? What does it say of me that I allowed him in his suffering to attack, nearly to kill, one of my dearest friends? What does any of it say of me save that I am not fit to be here, that I’ve no chance of saving my brother now when I could not save him before?”
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It had been a mere five days since the ceremony, a mere four days since the appointees had been moved into the Dairi, and Kagome had not known a moment of privacy since. When she woke, it was to one of the women ready to attend her in her preparations for the day. When she ate, it was in the company of the entire group.  In the afternoons she would meet with the women in smaller groups in an effort to get to know them. And at night the cycle would start anew, another woman awaiting her at her residence to prepare her for bed and remain with her.
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“Was that...distracting enough?” he said. “Huh?” she said ineloquently, unable to think past the pleasant hum of sensation filling her limbs. A smirk tilted up one corner of his lips, a fang peeking out over his lower lip. Kagome frowned faintly, aware that she was being made fun of but unable to care much. She swatted lightly at his shoulder even as her lips turned up in a mirror of his own.
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Inuyasha paused, his gaze fixing on the darkened skin that made up the sun mark that dominated most of her left shoulder. His hand came up, fingertips trailing lightly over the flesh there. Kagome watched him, wondering at the riveted look to his gaze. Slowly he leaned forward, pressing his lips to the mark. Warmth curled through her at the contact, though it was not the frenzied heat that usually accompanied these moments. It spread through her limbs and pricked at her eyes. Inuyasha glanced up at her, his eyes bright as his lips lingered over her skin. Kagome swallowed, transfixed. Something in that look sent a shudder through her, a disorienting mix of longing and trepidation.
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Kagome rose, as well, though her foot slipped on the cushion beneath her as she did. She stumbled, but Inuyasha’s hand shot out quickly to steady her. She murmured her thanks, flushing faintly as his hand slid away from her. Midoriko’s head tilted, her gaze thoughtful as it slid from one to the other. She rose. “Another point in favor of Amaterasu-sama,” she said suddenly, her dark eyes fixing on Inuyasha. “Is her connection to the Tennō-sama. You, your Majesty, and your line are her descendants. It is through her mark upon you, Tennō-sama, that you were given the right to rule. It is something interesting to contemplate, is it not?”
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“You don’t think people will find it strange?” Kagome pressed. “Having me moved like that again?” Inuyasha shrugged. “What for?” he said. “They already know you’re my closest advisor. Is it that strange that I’d move you closer to make things easy?” Kagome’s eyes widened slightly. A flicker of pleasure curled through at the easy admission on his part. She leaned toward him, a shy grin playing about her lips. “Closest advisor?” Inuyasha flushed faintly, glowering at her.
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“You know you’ll always have a place with my pack, right?” he said, his eyes searching hers. “As a friend, if you ever need it.” Kagome smiled, nodding once more. “I appreciate it,” she said softly. “But for better or for worse, my home is wherever he is.”
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Kagura pushed herself up from the floor. Her skin had blanched so pale that it was ghostly in the faint light of the moon. Her eyes were shuttered, betraying nothing as she reached up absently to wipe at a trail of blood dribbling from one corner of her lips.
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“I do not wish for this to become a mere bid for power. I want to...to build something. To begin to try and create a court and Council that will work for all of us, not just some.” Chūsei smiled softly, reaching out to place her hand lightly over Kagome’s on the table. “I have faith in you, O-Miko-sama,” she said. “I have been allowed to see enough of your heart in my time serving you to know you will settle for nothing less.”
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