InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I Will Follow You Into The Dark ❯ Goodbyes ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does tho.

 

A/N: Hey guys, this is my first fanfiction so I'd appreciate encouraging words or constructive criticism if nothing else. But for the most part, I just want you guys to enjoy this story! Ok, so the first part is a poem I wrote which eventually became the inspiration for this fanfiction, so some of the themes presented in it may show up in later chapters.

 

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The day comes to an end when the dark drowns the sky in twilight.

One by one the stars come out, until the sky is enveloped by darkness.

The forever night drains my memory, as I drift through dreams of bright morning.

As the sun breaks through borders of the far off horizon, I feel joy for a new day.

And twilight comes again all too quickly, enveloping me again in endless night.

 

But I know you are there, my protector from the night.

Hiding me from perils: dangers, which I cannot see.

 

If it is you that is this supposed danger, I could not imagine it to be so.

Your perfection spikes my heart, as seeing I am not even worthy of your presence.

 

Yet I yearn so much for your company.

Why leave me alone?

Stay with me please and calm my endless worries.

 

Are the others coming for me now?

To take me from your warm arms, which have been so comforting: pulling me closer.

Even though your arms should be pushing me, farther and farther from you.

And you know that, don't you?

 

Can you not bring yourself to do it? To leave me?

Please declare it so for I need not find any other solace than the peace I share with you.

 

So protect me from this night and from the others threatening to take me from this place that I call home.

 

Let this not be the twilight of our days,

Let not the dark envelope the light that I share with you.

 

And I shall remain with you forever,

To share with you endless nights and days,
My warrior of Twilight.

 

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(A/N: now on with the story…prologue)

 

Tears were streaming down the young princess's face as she grasped her father's elegant robes.

 

“No, Father, don't leave now! I will miss you too much!”

 

He reached down to wipe a tear from her cheek. “Kagome, darling, I will miss you as well, but I must leave to help our country.”

 

A look of determination surfaced in her eyes: the same look she always used when she fought for her way.

 

“But why, father? Isn't there any other way?”

 

A small smile graced his lips, contradicting the grim look in his eyes as he shook his head from side to side. “I'm afraid not, but I will return soon. Remember, your first duty is to your country, take care of your mother while I am gone.” He gently loosened Kagome's grasp and brought her into his strong embrace.

 

“I will, father, I promise, I promise.” Kagome buried her small face in his shoulder. Reluctantly, she let go of him as he mounted his horse. Tears continued to stream down her face as she ran back to her mother and watched her father leave the castle gates on horseback with other knights accompanying him.

 

She grasped her mother's hand as she was led back inside the castle.

 

Little did she know that it would be the last time she was to see her father, and that soon, her life would be changed forever.

 

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A/N: okay, so that was incredibly short for a prologue, but don't worry, none of the other chapters are even near this short. So I'll be excited to hear any feedback if you have any.

 

Until next time,

<3 Akaii~Neko