The Hanyou Prince
Prologue
Before he died, my father always told me the same bedtime story when I was a child. Every night, I would ask him to read me something else: Cinderella, Rapunzel, or anything as long as it did not include a pilot and a little prince. I begged and I begged, but my father would tell me the same thing.
"This book is very important to me, Kagome. And some day, you will see why." Of course, this was one of those things that goes ignored but proves to be extremely significant later on in life, but then you don't realize it until it actually happens. And then you have this big epiphany and suddenly all the pieces seem to fit into place.
As much as I hope to tell you that there is a twist in this story, there isn't.
My father attempted to teach me a very important life lesson when I was young, but I didn't understand it until just a few months ago. It's as simple as that. Only, my particular story is somewhat different. I was not stuck in a desert when a tiny boy dropped out of the sky and led me through a series of journeys that would prove to change my life forever. Instead, what I got stuck in was the little well-house just at the front of the shrine.
Who I met there did not come from an asteroid far far away, but instead he came from an era so different from ours. Although he was nothing like the little prince in my father's storybook, he proved to be my prince. And although things did not exactly work out between us, I think that's okay.
So, please, just listen as I tell you this story—the same story my father tried to tell me. Except this time, I hope you'll understand it much sooner than I did. So here it is, my story. And here's how I'll start it.
His name was Inuyasha.
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END PROLOGUE
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Notes: With the exception of this prologue, which was a little over 300 words, each of the following chapters will be approximately 500 words in length.