Prologue
Hey there InuYasha lover! First off, thank you so wicked much for reading my fanfic! I've worked really hard on it and your reading it means a lot to me. So, now to get you started. If you're the adventurous sort, however, by all means, skip the prologue! The story awaits you! But for everyone like me who likes a little background on what they read before they read it, here's an incredibly condensed debriefing on what you might want to know before you jump right in:
Rating: This story has been rated T for mild-moderate swearing, violence (nothing too graphic), sex and sexual references and humor, and occasional drug use. I really recommend it for maybe only highschoolers and up, unless you're super-mature for your age. There aren't any extreme scenes of any sort, although sometimes I do get carried away with descriptions. (tee-hee! Silly writer, dirt is for worms.) As for the story itself, it is a fair mix of humor, romances, tragedies, failures, tortures, 'filler episodes,' and victories, all blended together with an enormous maelstrom of super-juicy angst and revenge for the underdog... No pun intended.
On the plot: This story takes place approximately two-three years after the end of the anime series, so it's pretty faithful to all the events that took place there, however I can't promise as much for the manga, since I only read it sparingly. (ahh- So… broke!) So, two-three years later, and much has changed although I won't tell you yet 'what' and 'how much,' but I will say that this is in fact a InuKag, MirSan pairing, despite the romantic troubles that plague all four in this miniseries. Second, this story is not really about our favorite hanyou, at least not entirely. It's about another tortured halfbreed, Tengasaru, who he is you'll find out shortly, and his friends on their own vendetta for a darker sort of revenge in the feudal era. InuYasha and co. still play a MAJOR role though, and the destruction of the perfect feudal Utopia they built for themselves post-Naraku is basically the cause for Tenga's bloodlust.
On the Story: Okay, due to the horrible nightmares I'm still facing from actually trying to type out word-by-word my last fanfic (see The Heir of Gunwail and He Who Barely Lived) I've decided to make this fanfic easier for everyone by putting it in script format. It's written like an episode would sound, with the speakers name followed by their thoughts, comments, and actions (written in parenthesis). Italics show a character's thoughts, and each scene opens like a chapter with a title and brief description. Also, to kill some of the monotony, I came up with a shorthand key with initials to put in place of the characters' names at the beginning to show where they speak. Umm… maybe it's better I just show you…
Key:
This fanfic is written like a script, rather than a book, for everyone's convenience. To also make life easier, I've abbreviated all the main characters' names as follows (Not all may be in this individual story, but all will be either used or mentioned at somepoint in the series (wink- PS, sorry about any spelling errors):
T...Tengasaru
A...Ara
I...InuYasha
K...Kagome
KI...Kikyou
M...Miroku
S...Sango
SH...Shippo
SHK...Shippoko
KR...Kirara
L...Lan
MY...Myoga
KO...Koga
SS...Sesshoumaru
R...Rin
J...Joken
N...Naraku
D...Dokuso
KRK...Kirarako
KG...Kagura
NA...Naomi
A&A...Ai & Aine
Ah, 'kay, there it is! Many of the above characters haven't been introduced yet, but you may want to see their initals in the future, so they're here just in case. Well, that's about all I have to say for now. If you have any questions, comments; all are greatly appreciated! Enjoy!