InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Himitsu/Secrets ❯ Niou no Fushoku/The Smell of Decay ( Chapter 4 )

Niou no Fushoku (The Smell of Decay)

Part 1

The air around him reeked with smell--that certain putrid tanginess that signifies flesh eating flesh, mixing as it rots. Warmth and repulsion flooded his senses, as there was no more pain to feel…the sensation of something tearing inside-out frightened him slightly until he remembered the maggots.

A hand absentmindedly scraped at his back, searching for something. He numbly remembered that it was his own.

The cursed object was still there, pulsating against his clammy skin. A bitter reminder. His life was not his own.

How could a hand belong, but a life…?

That smell. The smell of his own decay.