Too Late by piratequeen0405

Too Late

Title: Too Late
Author: piratequeen0405
Theme: Floor
Genre: Drama, Angst, Canon
Rating: PG
Warnings: Character Death
Word Count: 100
Summary: In the end, neither could save her.

In the end, neither could save her.

They found her, lying alone, cold on the floor of Naraku's lair, the peace on her face incongruous with the angry, torn flesh and pool of blood, screaming that they were both too late.

The hanyou sank to his knees, crushed by grief.

The Taiyoukai calmly unsheathed Tensaiga, but then the dull knife of uselessness stabbed him; the pallbearers of hell had already claimed her soul.

He dropped the sword.

The mournful keen of metal ringing against stone would echo in his heart for years, always competing with the memory of her laughter.