Okay, I deleted the first version of this story 'cause I came up with a more interesting idea. It'll still include insane!Kid though, so don't worry. Also, I've done a bit of researching, so don't assume I made everything up. This is the prologue, and it will be the only chapter I'll include the disclaimer and warnings in because that stuff gets repetitive after a while. And yeah, I drew the cover image, which is also on my deviantart under the pen name Delirious-Daydream. I don't have a lot of stuff posted, but I'm getting there! Check it out if you get the chance!
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Soul Eater, as they are the property of Atsushi Ookubo, Funimation, etc. This a fanmade work of fiction meant for the sole purpose of entertainment and no copyright infringement is intended.
Warnings: This fic may contain profanity, violence, and tons of insanity. Read at your own discretion.
Centuries ago, before the establishment of Shibusen, the development of demon weapons, or even the existence of witches, two divine deities were summoned by the hitorigami Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi: Izanagi, "He Who Invites", and Izanami, "She Who Invites". The pair were handed Ame-no-nuboko, a jeweled, heavenly spear and given the task of creating land in the churning sea that lay beneath the cover of Tengoku - Heaven. Together, they churned the dark waters with the spear, forming the land of Onogoroshima.
Once the original task was done, the two wished to be together more intimately and agreed upon marriage. They built Ama-no-mihashira, "the heavenly pillar", and circled the structure in opposite directions until they met again on the other side. Izanami greeted her soon-to-be husband, which was unbecoming, but the two still married. Hiruko was a deformed deity that resulted from that first ceremony, and realizing their faults, Izanagi and Izanami performed the ceremony again, except with Izanagi greeting his wife-to-be first. The ōyashima, "Great Eight Islands", were the successful offspring of the second ceremony, and from then on Izanagi and Izanami gave life to many more deities.
Then, disaster struck.
Izanami died from the severe burns that came with giving birth to Kagu-Tsuchi, a deity of fire. Izanagi grieved for his wife, but made the brash decision to journey to Yomi, "the shadowy land of the dead" to retrieve her. Once there, he found that she could not leave after she had eaten the food that was offered to her in the Underworld, and she begged him not to look upon her. Still, in an attempt to see his wife, Izanagi lit a fire so that he might see in the pitch black darkness that surrounded him. To his horror, Izanami was no longer the same; instead of the beautiful goddess he had married, there stood the rotting shell of a corpse.
Izanagi fled Yomi in terror, which in turn angered Izanami. Shrieking her spite, she sent Raijin and Shikome to hunt down her ex-husband. Izanagi escaped, blocking the cavern entrance to Yomi with a large, formidable boulder. In her fury, Izanami declared death to a thousand living residents each day. Izanagi countered that he would give life to fifteen-hundred each day. So began the struggle in keeping the balance between the dead and the living, in which Shinigami was brought into being.
Shinigami was given the strict role of balancing the lives of the living and dead, as well as the balance of good and evil. As he could not accomplish this himself, he had with him seven others at his side. The eight warriors protected those living within the lands created by the original deities from the evil forces that escaped from Yomi. These were servants of Izanami, known as the three original witches. They, unlike Izanami, were able to pass through the gates of Yomi and were the only way she could take the souls that she vowed she would. As the witches murdered, Izanami's dark intentions corrupted the souls they came into contact with.
The hateful, confusing emotions were the start of Madness.