A forward by the author:
First, the obligatory disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, any of it's characters or plotline. I however lay claim to this specific story as my own work and will take action against plagiarism.
Fair warning, all of my chapters are long, every one over two thousand wordsand most are over 3,500, hope you don't mind. I will update frequently.
I love reviews, especially the ones that actually contain constructive criticism. Feel free to send one for every chapter if you like.
Fair warning again, this Fan fiction is rated Mature, there's violence, and lot's of cusswords, though not tastelessly so, I swear. (take a moment to laugh at that unintended pun)
Another fair warning. There is no Shippo or Kilala in this fanfic. I consider them in the Inuyasha universe as a whole to be mostly useless characters, essentially a dog and a whiny brat of a kid in an otherwise pretty adult romance situation. To fans of these characters, you have my apologies.
One more fair warning, most every chapter contains song lyrics at the beginning. I know a lot of people skip these and don't like them, I know I do that a lot.
But music has inspired a lot of this Alternate universe storyline. I haven't used them as emotional setting, or even to present the 'gist' of a chapter, but more as foreshadowing.
I've tried to pick lines that act sort of like "next time on Inuyasha…scroll below" and to present the lyrics in a poetic format that makes them artistically powerful without needing to hear the music or even having heard of the band.
Most of these lyrics are from a band called Coheed and Cambria. If you like modern rock, or progressive/art rock, they are artistically, instrumentally and in my humble opinion the absolute best band out there today.
And to any nit pickers, I posted the band and the album for the lyircs credits, if you really want to know which song the lyrics are from, there's always Google.
I know I'll be immediately flamed for OOC conduct between the original Inuyasha characters. In my defense, I've set the storyline more or less two years after the events of the show currently airing on Adult Swim, and try my best to portray realistic character growth.
Lastly, it's my first story people, be gentle ;)
Thanks and love,
Darran
