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Avarice

 

Onigumo had been a greedy man.

 

He'd started with simple things as a child. Then he'd grown up to be a thief. His life had nearly ended when he'd gone to such lengths for greed that he'd nearly been burned alive.

 

To any other, it would've been a “turn over a new leaf” kind of thing. The start of a new life. Something clean, fulfilling.

 

The only thing that filled Onigumo was his need for more.

 

He'd been lucky enough, when a priestess had come by. She'd brought him somewhere to rest, and came each day to tend to him. She fed him, talked to him, made sure he was comfortable. She wrapped his burns and treated him as a human being.

 

It would've been another moment in Onigumo's life where he could've changed.

 

He took a different prerogative.

 

His human self could not have the priestess, no matter how much he yearned for her. Demons came to him, offering another way. He took it. If it meant he could fulfill his desires, he would take anything.

 

And the demon Naraku was born.