InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Words with My Uncle ❯ The Lord of the West ( Prologue )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

-Prologue-

-The Lord of the West-

“Hereafter, in a better world than this,

I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.” - William Shakespeare

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16 June, 1520

This is utterly ridiculous. I'm here in my bed chamber, bent over a table with a scribe's pen in one hand, while my other holds in place this… Diary. Honestly, I haven't a clue why any creature would keep such a useless thing. Why record my thoughts when I can just think them? Aunt Kagome said it is so I can share them with others, but if I wanted to do that I'd just talk to them. Really. This is stupid.

And yet here I am, scratching away at this page anyway, and why? Because Uncle Inuyasha told me I should, even though his thoughts regarding this idiotic book are similar to mine. I believe his exact words were: “Listen, pup. That thing is probably the most damn worthless thing any human ever came up with, but you should use it anyway. You're the tai-youkai, and what you do and say is gonna mean something to youkai who live after you're dead and gone. Besides, that was a gift from Kitami, and she'd be happy to see you writing in it.”

Poetic, right? In any case, despite Uncle's horrible knack for putting things as bluntly as is possible, he's right. Unfortunately, my life is important. If I were a good diplomat, which at times I am not, I would have started documenting my life years ago, when I was first able to spell, so that my earliest memories would forever be preserved. Alas, they are not. That, however, is easily remedied.

You see, my childhood and adolescence were tumultuous and certainly not forgettable. Even now every instance of my past remains fresh in my still young mind. So why don't I start from the beginning? Please bear with me, as this will be long and most probably rather cliché, but I assure you that you, whoever you are, will not be bored. And that is a promise from the tai-youkai, who never breaks his promises.

Signed,

Kotaromaru

Inu no Taisho and Tai-Youkai of the West

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Youkai: demon (roughly translated)

Tai-youkai: I suppose this would be the equivalent to “demon lord.”

Inu no Taisho: “Dog General,” the title that Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father carried when he was alive.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha is property of one Ms. Rumiko Takahashi. And thank gosh for that, because if I owned it you would be running for your life. Toodles.