InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Legend Known, With a Twist ❯ And So It Begins ( Chapter 1 )

Alright! My second fanfic! For those of you that have been reading my story `A New Life', just so you know, I've actually had this story longer, and I've actually gotten more written then with `A New Life', so chapters will probably be longer and I might get two in a night for a while depending on how much I feel like typing. Alright, enough rambling! On with the fic!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the Inuyasha characters, unfortunately. Though I do have most all the eps. they've shown on Adult Swim!

Introduction: And So It Begins

Once upon a time, as all good stories start, there was a King and a Queen that had a very large kingdom. They were good and kind to their subjects and treated them fairly. When it came time for them to pass on, they divided up the kingdom. Half to each of their two sons. The older son took the northern half, and the younger, the south.

But the King and Queen did not die entirely at peace, for they knew their sons were not ideal rulers. The older brother was vain and cold and ruled his land with an iron hand that terrified the subjects. The younger was little better. He was arrogant, lazy and had a practically non-existent fuse on his temper. There were both to be wed through arranged marriages, but, though he'd never admit it, the older brother was the happier of the two. His promised was a sweet, loving, caring girl that he loved dearly, though he'd never tell anyone that. The younger's promised was a cold yet fiery woman that had a temper to match his.

They were miserable and fought constantly. One night, during a particularly bitter fight, she lost her temper completely and revealed to him her magic powers, which had been previously hidden and kept secret, saying "You are no better then a beast of the field, thusly you should look like one. I curse you and all that live in this castle. You shall become on the outside what you are on the inside. The others shall become household things, since that is what you treat them as, cursed to be that way for all time."

She stopped speaking for a moment, seemingly contemplating something. "However," she adds, "I am not without a heart, unlike you. If you can learn to love another, like you could not love me, unconditionally, and if they love you in return before I come back for the 100th anniversary of yours and your brother's kingdom ten years from now, then I will return all under my curse to their proper forms. Remember, I shall return in exactly ten years at sunset to seal your fate, whatever it might be. Honestly, I will be very surprised if I return to find you happy and in love. See you in ten years, Inuyasha."

And so the sorceress left, and the curse came into effect. For the servants it was merely a bit surprising, but for the Prince, it was agonizingly painful. Screams of the sorceress' name could be hears echoing through the night angrily as the beast of his soul fought it's way to the surface to materialize itself through his appearance, slowly and as painfully as possible. If you had been in the nearby village, rumor has it you would have heard howls sounding suspiciously like the name `Kikyo' long into the night.

So the years pass, and his subjects remain unaware of his plight, indeed, after the first few years, they begin to forget him altogether. His brother's eye is drawn to his seemingly unruled land, but he waits for the right moment to attack. And so it comes to the ninth year, the Prince still brooding over his fate, still unhappy, unloved, and forgotten by those he is supposed to rule. So our story begins in a small village near the castle, where an age-old story of love, hurt, arrogance and acceptance is about to begin thanks to an over boiling pot and the pure heart of a simple girl.

A.N. Well, that's the intro. Sorry it's so short, but I just wanted to set the stage this time! The chapters get longer as they go, I think. Well, anyways, `til next time! Review please!