Bend and Don't Break - Chapter 6

 Title: Bend and Don't Break

 

Author: kirin85 

 

Fandom: Inuyasha

 

Rating: T/PG-13

 

Characters/Pairings: Higurashi Kagome, Inuyasha, Kikyou, Onigumo, Inuyasha x Kagome, Onigumo/Naraku > Kikyou (unrequited), Akitoki Hojo > Kagome (unrequited), past Inu no Taishou x Izayoi, male OC x male OC, female OC x female OC

 

Genres: Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance

 

Content warnings: Canon-level violence (Inuyasha), major character death, swearing, body horror, psychological horror, torture, sexual intimidation, physical abuse of minors, psychological abuse of minors,  mentions of death and injury to minors

 

Word count: 26,229 (so far)

 

Summary: Fifty years have passed since the Avatar’s disappearance. Fifty years since the war between nations came to a bitter end. A new world has risen from the ashes of tragedy. Yet the embers of war threaten to rekindle. Faced with a precarious future, a simple Water Tribe girl seeks to restore balance to the world. 


Chapter preview:

Kagome stared wordless at Nanashi. He stared back, an eye of calm in the storm threatening to erupt around her. His headband had been tossed aside in the commotion. His bangs fluttered back from his face. She couldn't take her eyes from the arrow emblazoned on his forehead.
 

She clutched the root to steady herself. Her other hand was still clapped to her mouth. She lowered it to her side and took a few deep breaths.
 

"You. You're a monk."
 

"That I am," he agreed. 

 

 

 

 

This chapter is available on: 

FF.net | Ao3


First time readers can find the prologue here (FF.net) and here (Ao3)