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Title: Only competent
Rating: um… M?
Media: fanfic
Pairing/Characters: Sandai Kitetsu, a little of Zoro and his other swords
Word Count(if applicable): 294
Prompt: Beginnings
Notes: I have no confidence in this one as this is me simply trying to break away from exclusively writing crack which is all I've being doing lately. First sword fic. Eeek!

 

 

He did not consider himself cursed. In the beginning, he was made as an ordinary sword that simply by chance, happened to accomplish his job more effectively than the average blade. In the years of his first master, he was shown around with pride for his ability to cut through the toughest of flesh and when needed, for his gift of pushing the user just the slightest inch over their physical limit.

He was never a cursed sword. He was hard working and loved what he did, and even in this innocent age of lukewarm ambitions, he knew he could not be at fault for loving the moment of complete victory as his masters will ruled over the opposition, blood covering polished metal to make the moment irreversible.

His master being able to kill meant he was a competent weapon.

He was made to end lives, and he did not understand why being so good at it made him feared, abandoned, avoided to the point of being covered in dust.

His most recent master kept two other swords. They were younger and less experienced than he was, and yet famed and admired for whom they were made by. He watched with glee as one shattered for its sin of uselessness, knowing that if he was in her place, he would have altered his master ever so slightly so he could direct the battle to triumph.

His master soon found a replacement. He was back to being one of three swords. For the moment, he accepted his position yet his thoughts were on the near future, on the day he would be his masters lone weapon, surrounded by silent bodies that no longer breathed.

From the very beginning, he was never cursed, only competent.



Edit: I just realised how off topic this went so added a few words.

Comments

[dethorats]

This is really interesting! I like how you describe Kitetsu and how, from its/his perspective, he isn't cursed at all. And then the second to last line is spooky enough to belie the sword's words.

[dried-frog-pill.livejournal.com]

I like this one, because the tone is just so different. It's creepy while trying to prove it's not (and in the process, proving how creepy it really is. If that makes sense).