Inuyasha
Heart's Destiny
By Seraphic Desire
Summary:
He's Inuyasha and it seems that his life is getting unambiguously complicated even though he's from a wealthy family. Now he has to face what he discovers: a challenging girl, an ancient well, a world unknown, mikos and demons, confusing prophecies, and of course his heart's destiny. Just read!
Prologue
Dawn came and night was no more. The first light shone from the sun came down upon the jewel. The jewel of four souls; it may be the source of hope or the source of despair. Great expectation to claim such power could harm every single being but it could also save millions of souls striving to continue with the journey of life.
The guardian of the Shikon no Tama protected the jewel with her life from those who wish to have the power to claim everything into his possession. A dark aura of power between humans with darkened heart and youkais with evil intentions have been striking and Kikyo have struggled many obstacles with or without help from the people from her village. She simply took the purpose of her life and her duty to protect the Shikon no Tama and the people she loved.
But this day was no different from those days of obstacles since a prophecy was needed to be fulfilled. The death of the guardian, the brink of extinction of humans to the rise of youkais and the gaining of power of Naraku shall begin.
Before her death, she read a scroll hidden inside the sacred tabernacle. A three-day ritual was made preceding the right to read the prophecy. An old piece of paper rolled neatly may not look that important but to her it meant more than just a prediction. She clenched her grip on the scroll and took a gulp of air. Then she untied the scroll and her eyes started reading, and the more she read the ancient text the tighter the fist on her other hand got. It wasn't easy to read something that could happen in the future especially when the one reading it really depends on it and sees it not as a prediction but the truth.
After reading such a breath-taking manuscript, a familiar passage went to her mind. It was a verse from the jewel. A verse wherein the guardian remembers from the very first day she was chosen by the jewel. It was the jewel in which she risks her life for; The Jewel of Four Souls.
A prophecy does not hold a destiny
For destiny is within its beholder,
Yet a source of power reveals itself;
Not to preclude the impertinence of a being
Nor to salvage the beast within,
But to prove the existence of light
In the sympathy of the mind,
The core of the spirit
And the wholeness of a heart.
'Wholeness of a heart…' she thought as her mind wandered into the passage instead of the scroll she just read. She sighed again. Then a scream broke off the silence. She knew it was time. She stretched her hand to the jewel and the scroll on the floor. She ran outside the shrine that looked like a hut with a bow on her hand and arrows on her back.
She saw him. He was soaring in the dark skies and a smoking atmosphere was arising from his incomplete form. Naraku came to claim the Shikon no Tama (Jewel of Four Souls).
She knew she had to do something but an arrow wouldn't be enough to save not only the village which she calls home but also to save the jewel to fulfill her purpose and her duty.
She started to chant.
A blue shield formed around her as flames of fire were shot towards her. Then everything came into blur as she chanted, "In my hands as I die…in the flames of fire….may it burn within me…if turned into ashes then may it be but if destiny won't let it…then……let the prophecy begin….."