Kagome stared down at the page before her. After all this time, there it was. The story, her story. It was in a dark fairy tale book gifted to her by her mother years ago when she was younger it was called Feari-te-ru. She had always been fascinated with this particular story, even before she knew she was a part of it. The names were wrong, but the tale… and the pictures held the truth.

She flipped through the tale several times before she realized that the end. That uncertain future that hadn't happened yet, was documented here. In these pages. She had always known. Akuinnen, Evil Destiny, was the name of her story.

Once upon a time, it began in the way of many fairy tales.

In a land we wouldn't recognize today, there lived fearsome Youkai and powerful Miko's. One such Miko was the beautiful Kaori. She was the Guardian of the Shikon-no-tama. While she guarded the Shikon Jewel it remained pure.

But she was thought to be betrayed by her Hanyou love and died believing that. After her death the Shikon-no-tama was burned with her body and disappeared from the world for fifty years. The Hanyou love of the Miko, by the name of InuAi, she left bound to the God Tree, Goshinboku by an arrow…

It told how a young girl, Sada, from a different time appeared in the Sengoku Period. It even told of the Bone Eater's Well, which she used to travel there. It was all there, many of the pivotal points in their adventure were told and along side them pictures. There was no mistaking them, her friends. Inuyasha's face stared at her from the page of the book his face calm as he surveyed the damage left by a battle. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo… and her, she stared down at herself. Her cloths were different but it was she. In the background it showed Kikyou watching from the tree line. It told of how the Miko came back to life and how the Hanyou, who had been falling for Sada, chose Kaori over and over again until Sada couldn't bear it anymore and left leaving the Sacred Jewel unfinished…

That is where the story ended for Sada, for she had returned to her own time. The others struggled to finish the Jewel but without Sada it was almost hopeless. They died one after another and finally when InuAi alone was left he fell in battle after defeating Naraku and followed his Miko to Hell.

That was how it happened. Kagome knew it would be true. She had left only an hour ago and decided that she would never return. She couldn't take the hurt that came with being around Inuyasha.

But in her heart of hearts she longed for it to be different she was about to close the book on the page that showed the death of her beloved Inuyasha when she noticed the words shifting as she longed to go back to save her friends from their terrible fate, or at least to warn them of their futures… She knew that she couldn't though because that would only change the story. They would die in different possibly even more horrid deaths. It wouldn't make the story right. It wouldn't stop the guilt she felt for abandoning her friends to the deaths she knew awaited them. She stood up and the words shimmered more, she could see whole sections disappearing… But she didn't know why. She sat back down and they appeared again. She sighed in relief. She would at least know her friends fates.

She closed the book on the picture depicting InuAi's death.

"I'm so sorry Inuyasha," she murmured to herself, "If I could stay away for you I would. But I can't sit here knowing that everyone else will die."

She stood up and didn't notice as the whole story disappeared from Feari-te-ru. A closed book on her shelf gained a new story, not Akuinnen but Shukumeititles this story. Destiny.


Hey this is tears!

I really hope that you enjoyed this... It was a few hours in the making and hopefully its a sign of my returning muse. I hope to make renewed efforts on Lets Never Grow Up very soon!

Luvles!