Song Of Hope: Okay, whenever I go into writing in a new show, the story starts out kinda crappy, but then it usually gets really good. Fair warning. Also, I know there are about a ton of different Beauty and the Beast stories for InuYasha, but one more won't hurt. My stories usually have OC's in them, but I don't think that will be necessary this time. Read & Review, which is also known as R&R to some people.

There once was a grand palace. It belonged to a handsome prince, but also a very selfish one. He had many servants and maids who cared about him, but his heart remained bitter and cold.

It was on quite a normal day when this prince's life was changed forever. His name was InuYasha.

One day, there was a great storm, and three raps were heard on the door.

"I'll get it." A maid named Sango quickly went to the door. She opened it and saw a poor old woman, soaking wet. She was holding a basket.

"My goodness! Would you please come in? You must be completely soaked." She smiled at her. She had an eye patch on her left eye.

"I thank ye good child. What be your name?"

"Oh, my name is Sango. And yours?"

"I be Kaede. Is there a fire here I could warm myself?"

"Yes, but the prince, Prince InuYasha, will be in there, and he doesn't take kindly to-"

"Sango, who is that?" She sighed.

"Speak of the devil, or should I say demon, since he's not that bad." She turned to him. He has dress in a royal red tunic, with red trousers. He had black hair and brown eyes. "This, sire, is Kaede. She is a poor old woman, who was caught in the storm."

"I thank ye greatly for ye's hospitality. If it wasn't for-"

"What hospitality? Get the hell out, you ugly old hag!"

"Please, don't turn me out." She pulled out a single red rose. It wasn't in full bloom yet, but it was still quite beautiful. "I'll give ye this, if ye only let me stay."

"Why should I? You're ugly, old, and a hag, and I don't want your ugliness gunking up my beautiful palace."

"Beauty truly lies within ye, in ye's heart, not in ye's appearance. This beautiful rose, though it may seem beautiful, it's thorns will prick ye's finger unless you care for it, and a heart is just like that." He just sneered at the rose.

"Who cares you old hag? Get out!" Suddenly, the old hag was enveloped in a bright light. Now, she was a beautiful young woman.

"You judge only by your eyes, show no compassion or love, and selfishness is your guide Prince InuYasha. Now, you shall be judged." He gasped.

"Wait a minute, I've seen you before, in a book of some sort. But it was only a book of fairytales. You're-"

"I am the enchantress Kikyo, the Judge of Purity, and you, Prince InuYasha, are impure. You have black in your heart, with no trace of white. You have the heart of a demon, and as you act, that is what you shall become!" He got down on the ground.

"Please, no!"

"Not only that, but all the others in the castle will be punished too. I pity them, especially Sango, the one who showed me kindness, but you must learn that your actions can hurt those around you, whether good, bad, innocent, guilty, people are affected by other's actions, not matter how small of an action. And your actions have put a curse on this whole castle, and all who live in it." Her eyes glowed and her hair went all over the place as she started chanting a magic spell. As she spoke, the inhabitants of the castle all screamed in pain as they transformed into their new bodies.

"Neither one, nor the other
You shall now be another
A half demon, a hanyou
This is what my spell shall do

Until a love that is complete and given truly
From this castle none here shall ever leave
For five-hundred years you shall wait
Once they are gone you have sealed your fate.

Servants here no longer whole
This is the tale that shall be told
Frozen in time you shall stay
Until true love saves the day.

But love must not know this thing
Never knowing what her love will bring.
For it to be true, she mustn't know
So it would be that she loves you so.
"

When she was done, they had all taken new forms.

But InuYasha's was the most hideous one.

He had golden eyes, claw like fingernails, white hair, and triangular dog ears. He had become a dog demon, or so they thought.

"Your servants have all become changed. Your palace has become disfigured and marred. You, Prince InuYasha, have become a half demon." He looked up at her.

"A half demon? Why just half?"

"A demon is accepted among demons, a human is accepted among humans, but a half demon is neither one nor the other. You now have no place in the world. You are condemned to stay in this castle for all of eternity."

"Is there any way this monstrous curse can be undone?"

"Only one way. You must find a woman's love. She cannot be from this castle, for they are no longer completely human. She must also not know how to break the curse, for if she does, then she might love you only out of pity, instead of real love." She levitated the rose. "This rose is no ordinary rose. It is an enchanted one. It will reach full bloom very slowly, and after that, the petals will slowly fall off. If you cannot find anyone to love you before the last petal falls off of the rose, then you will stay like this forever." She left the palace, and instantly, the storm cleared up.

Then, the prince fell into despair, for who could ever love him, a half demon, a beast?

Song Of Hope: I will update again once I get at least 5 reviews.