Hey, everybody! This is a Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Inuyasha Alternate Universe Fic. I've actually finished the whole thing (24 chapters, 266 pages, 10 font, double-spaced, and97,238 words - yes, I'm aware, Ihave no life), but I'm going to post each chapter separately to give people time to read.

The idea for this story actually came from Tsubasa: The Reservoir Chronicles (hence the similar title), where CLAMP decided to take a bunch of different characters from all of their manga and put it into one new fantasy story; so I thought it would be cool to do it with Rumiko Takahashi's work! Obviously, Rumiko Takahashi has a lot more work than these three series (Ranma's the most obvious one that's missing), but these are the only three that I have seen enough of to write the characters credibly. Moreover, there's already way too many characters to begin with, lol!

Anyway, this story is probably the closest in tone to Inuyasha, as it's more serious than something like Urusei Yatsura and Maison Ikkoku obviously doesn't have any fantasy elements. Still, I tried to keep the characters in character as best as I could giving the setting and story and there are still a lot of funny parts within the story. Also, the plot actually became a lot more complicated than I initially thought it would be, mainly because I needed to come up with a reasonable explanation as to why all of these characters were involved. The story can also be read by anyone; you don't have to have any knowledge of any of these series to actually know what's going on, although it is fun to pick out the different shout-outs and in-jokes if you have seen them. But, still, if you've only seen one of the shows, you won't be lost because, as I said, this is an alternate universe story.

Also, for those who are curious, the main characters in this story are as follows:

Lum, Ataru Moroboshi, Shinobu Miyake, and Shutaro Mendou from Urusei Yatsura

Kyoko Otonoshiand Yusaku Godai from Maison Ikkoku

Inuyasha, Kagome Higurashi, Sango, and Miroku from Inuyasha

Originally, Inuyasha wasn't going to be in this story as much because he's not a favorite of mine, I'll admit, but I had so much fun writing his character that he ended up being in it a lot more and he winded up being one of my favorite characters in the whole story; go figure, lol. Also, Kagome's only in the beginning but doesn't come back until the second half of the story, although she plays a major role when she does show up again.

As for characters that make an appearance in one way or another (and varying from larger roles to small cameos...):

Sakura from Urusei Yatsura

Oyuki from Urusei Yatsura

Cherry from Urusei Yatsura

Megane and the Stormtroopers from Urusei Yatsura

Mr. and Mrs. Moroboshi from Urusei Yatsura

Shun Mitaka from Maison Ikkoku

Soichiro Otonoshi(Kyoko's husband) from Maison Ikkoku

Soichiro (the dog) from Maison Ikkoku

The Master of the Cha-Cha Maru from Maison Ikkoku

Akemi, Mrs. Ichinose, and Yotsuya from Maison Ikkoku

Seisshomaru from Inuyasha

Kikyo from Inuyasha

Rin from Inuyasha

Kohaku from Inuyasha

I think that's about it; hopefully, I'm not forgetting anyone, lol! And sorry this has been so long; I just thought I should have some sort of explanation. As there are twenty four chapters, I'll be posting eight in each section - Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, and Inuyasha, depending on what characters the chapter is focusing more on. The first chapter will be posted in the Urusei Yatsura section. Anyway, on with the story!

Once upon a time, there was a magical land where a great Prince ruled, the last of a great dynasty blessed by an Eternal Goddess. During the Prince's reign, the Goddess came down from the heavens to his kingdom to live amongst her people. The people thought that she meant to bring their beloved kingdom and Prince into a Golden Age. And the Prince fell in love with the Goddess - the beautiful Goddess who had always watched over his family and blessed his kingdom for so long.

But the Goddess was an imposter. And on the day the Prince was to be crowned king, she killed the young Prince and destroyed the magnificent palace that had once been the shining glory of the kingdom. And the land of Rumi became black - cursed for eternity and betrayed by their faithful Goddess….

Beautiful Darling: The Lum Chronicles

Prince Shutaro finally found the strength to pull himself away from the man who had so firmly held him for what seemed like an eternity. He backed up a bit, feeling light-headed, and then stared up at the handsome man with long pink hair with a bewildered gaze. "Who…who are you?" he asked.

Pulling his sword out, the stranger replied, "Please forgive me, Prince Shutaro."

And Shutaro could see his frightened face in the reflection of the blade before the stranger rose the sword and cut it across Shutaro's throat.

The Goddess Lum had been kneeling beside the body for some time now, her hands and dress covered in blood. Her beautiful eyes streamed with shining tears, like diamonds falling down to mix with ruby blood. She didn't have much time left; the castle was darkening and her messenger would be here soon. She knew he must have felt what she had felt, the evil that all Rumi must have felt by now. Slowly she raised her hand to her left horn - her right horn was already gone. A small azure glow formed around it as he lifted off of her soft green hair and down before her eyes. The gold chain she wore around her neck magically pulled itself off of her and wrapped itself around the horn. Lum then picked up the horn from midair and carefully opened the lifeless hand of the body and then closed it around the gold chain and the young man's sword. "Please, find your way to Soichiro's world; he'll take care of your body there, I'm sure," she said. She then kissed his forehead and whispered, "Goodbye, my good friend Shutaro." Her horn that now lay upon him glowed and soon the rest of Prince Shutaro's body glowed as well, the blood disappearing from his grand white attire. Then, the glow engulfed him, taking him to Soichiro's world…whatever that world was like. And Lum was left in the cold darkness of the palace, knowing there was not much time left.

Hastily, she raised her hand and a blank sheet of paper appeared in front of her. Her tears flowing once again, as if being rejuvenated by the memories that past through her heart as she knew what she had to write, the gold letters magically formed on the paper, "Dear Soichiro - please find Darling for me. Please find Darling and tell him to find me again. Love, Lum." She then sealed it up and addressed it to Soichiro Otonoshi.

Only a moment later did her messenger arrived, coming through one of the grand open windows of the palace's hallway, the long black-haired man name Inuyasha with his magical sword tetsusaiga urgently drawn. "Please, take this to the well that leads to Soichiro's world," Lum said, extending her hand that gently held her letter. "I don't have the strength anymore to pass things through the worlds."

Inuyasha stared at her wide-eyed. "Lum…your horns…" he trailed off, noticing that both of her horns were mysteriously absent.

But Lum didn't answer him. Instead, she insisted, "Please, take it." And Inuyasha reluctantly replied. "Go quickly."

He wanted to ask more, but seeing her frightened, glistening eyes, he hastily went on his way to the well. And Lum, with what little strength she had left as the sources of her power, her horns, were now gone, turned her attention back to the darkening castle. "There's an evil in this place," she said quietly before her body surged with electricity, magic coming from her life force, and her sad eyes became angry and vengeful.

Inuyasha only stopped for a moment to look back when the palace was destroyed only a couple miles behind him, burned in fantastical blaze of light, as if the castle gave birth to a thousand bolts of lightening. It was only an instant and the light quickly faded leaving nothing but the blackened ruins of the once white and luminous palace of the Mendou dynasty. And the sky blackened and the stars disappeared and Inuyasha feared the worst had happened to the Goddess Lum. But he wouldn't allow his thoughts to continue to linger on such horrifying possibilities and instead focused his attention on running to the well that lead to Soichiro's world.

It was near sunrise when he finally reached the magical well that belonged to Soichiro. But, as he stood only a yard away from his task, an arrow cut through the air and pierced his heart.

Inuyasha went flying back as the arrow pulled him until he hit against a large tree, where the arrow pinned him. His vision was growing faint, but he managed to open his weak eyes. He saw a black crow sitting perched in one of the limbs above him, looming down at him with an ominous gaze. He then lowered his eyes to see a young priestess standing in the distance with her bow drawn. "Ki…Kikyo?" he asked in disbelief. "But…but why…?" he trailed off, cringing in pain.

"The Goddess Lum is an imposter; a demon witch," Kikyo replied. "She killed the prince and destroyed the palace."

Inuyasha's eyes grew angry. "I don't believe you," he said as he tried to raise his free hand to pull out the arrow in his chest. But a light pulsed from the sacred arrow and Inuyasha let out a scream of pain. Then, both his hands fell limp and his eyes shut.

Lum's letter, however, slipped out of Inuyasha's fingers and was taken up by the wind. Kikyo's eyes widened and she gasped as it traveled with the breeze until gently falling onto the water in the well. There was a small glow from the water before it disappeared from sight. Kikyo grimaced, but said coolly, "It doesn't matter; I'll seal up the well so that man from that unknown world can't find his way back here to help that demon witch."

As soon as she was complete, a woman with dark green, curly hair appeared behind her, clasped an around her shoulders, and said, "You've served your purpose well, Kikyo." She then ripped a sword through her gut.

Chapter One: The Prince in the Glass Casket

"Come on, Mr. Godai, don't you know any fairytales?"

"Tell us something about a prince and a princess! Something really romantic!"

"And have their be a dragon in it!"

"No, not a dragon! That's so boyish! How about one with a magic kiss?"

"You mean, like Sleeping Beauty?"

"Yeah! I absolutely love that story!"

Yusaku Godai frowned as his students begged him, their attention in his lessons increasingly waning as the days grew warmer and the summer approached. It also didn't help much that there was only five more minutes left of class. Trying to gain some control over his classroom, the young teacher said, "We really should finish the lesson…"

"Oh, please, Mr. Godai!" one girl student said

"It could be educational!" another insisted.

"And I'm sure you've got plenty of romantic stories to tell being a grown-up and all."

"Yeah, don't you have your own princess, Mr. Godai?"

"Oh, look! Mr. Godai's blushing! How cute!" And the girls in the class giggled while the boys chuckled a bit.

"No…I mean…uh…" Yusaku sighed miserably; he had only been teaching for the last four months and his students always found a way to hijack the class from him. It was mostly harmless teasing, but he always ended up being the one embarrassed. Finally, he reluctantly gave in and said, "Well…I don't know much about fairytales…."

"Tell us about Sleeping Beauty," a female student interjected.

"Yeah, tell us that one."

"Right…uh…Sleeping Beauty," Yusaku said, rubbing the back of his neck as he tried to recall the story. "That's with the apple and the glass coffin, right?"

The students laughed. "No, no - that's Snow White!" they all exclaimed.

"Look, he's blushing again!"

"Mr. Godai's always so cute when he blushes!" The girls giggled again while the boys all just shook their head in disgust at their flirtatious antics.

"That story's hardly romantic, anyway; I mean, doesn't she just cough up the apple or something?"

"Ew! Gross!"

Yusaku sighed, his face still beat red, as his students continued to clamor again to themselves. Luckily, the school bells in the clock tower chimed, signaling the end of class. As his students ambulated out, two girl students - Kagome Higurashi and Shinobu Miyake - lingered a bit.

"You know, Mr. Godai, you really shouldn't let them all take advantage of you like that," Kagome said as Yusaku packed up his things. "You've got to put your foot down once in awhile."

Yusaku winced a bit and felt his face flushing again; how embarrassing was it to be lectured by his sixteen year old student? But he smiled and nodded as pleasantly as he could.

"It's not Mr. Godai's fault; they only tease him because he's so young," Shinobu replied.

"I guess that's true," Kagome pondered, placing a finger on her chin. "I mean, it's not everyday that we have such a young teacher. And you know how high school girls can be with older men - as opposed to old men, that is."

Shinobu frowned now as she looked at Yusaku's face. "Hey, Mr. Godai, you're blushing again."

Kagome sighed and shook her head. "You sure do get embarrassed easily, don't you, Mr. Godai?"

"No…I…" Growing a bit defensive now, he slammed his briefcase shut and replied, "I happen to just feel a little under the weather today, that's all."

Both Shinobu and Kagome exchanged knowing looks, but Kagome smiled and said, "Well, then feel better, won't you, Mr. Godai?" Shinobu gave a nod of approval before both girls left the classroom together. And Yusaku just frowned and sighed in self-pity.

As both girls walked outside in the Tomobiki High School front yard that late spring afternoon, Kagome said, "Mr. Godai's really got to get some sort of backbone one of these days, don't you think?"

Shinobu shrugged. "I don't know; I sort of feel sorry for him sometimes."

"Yeah, poor Mr. Godai," Kagome concurred. "He really does try his best. He's just a little bit wishy-washy sometimes."

"Well, all the girls love him," Shinobu pointed out and sighed a bit.

Kagome gave Shinobu a sly look. "You don't have a crush on him, too, do you, Shinobu?"

Shinobu's face turned pink as she waved her hands in front of her. Flustered, she said, "Of course not! He's way too old for me!"

"Not really," Kagome commented, counting the years on her fingers. "If he's just out of college, he's probably only seven or eight years older that us."

But Shinobu shook her head. "I was just thinking about fairytales and things that's all because we were talking about them in class."

"Oh, imagining Prince Charming, are we?" Kagome said with a laugh. "What's he like?"

"I don't know. Handsome and brave and sweet…" she said before bitterly adding, "And not like most of the boys in this school." She then asked, "How about your Prince Charming?"

Kagome's eyes grew serious now as she smiled sadly. Placing a hand over her heart, she said, "I sometimes have a dream about this boy…with long black hair and dressed all in red. He's pinned to a tree by an arrow, near the well in my backyard and he's in pain. I always wish I could pull the arrow from him and save him." She then laughed bashfully as her cheeks turned red. "You must think I sound crazy!"

"No, no! I think you sound really romantic!" Shinobu insisted. "Much better than my idea of Prince Charming - I wish I could be so romantic. Except…if you're the one saving him, wouldn't that make you the prince?"

Kagome shrugged. "I don't know. I guess so."

Both girls stopped, however, when then noticed their teacher, Yusaku, a few yards away, staring over the five foot brick wall around the school. "Hey, what's Mr. Godai looking at?" Shinobu asked.

"I don't know," Kagome answered. "I usually see him out here after school, though, on my way to archery practice." Both girls gave each other puzzled looks before walking over to the wall. They each stood on their tiptoes to peer over. Upon looking over, they saw a young woman sitting on a bench across the street. She was eating from a bento box and occasionally giving some of her food to a big white dog that sat at her feet. They then looked over to Yusaku who was staring at her with dreamy eyes and a wide smile as if he was still a schoolboy himself.

"She's pretty, isn't she?" Kagome said and Shinobu nodded.

"I guess Mr. Godai really does have his own princess," Shinobu remarked. "Too bad he's probably too shy to actually go and talk to her."

"Don't be so pessimistic!" Kagome exclaimed to her friend. "If it's true love, then fate will find a way to pull them together!"

Shinobu sighed. "I wish I could have so much faith in true love," she muttered jadedly, lowering herself from the ledge of the wall.

Meanwhile, Kagome looked at her watch. "Anyway, I've got to get to archery practice. You want to come watch?"

Shinobu shrugged half-heartedly. "I guess so." And, glancing back at the infatuated Yusaku once more, Shinobu followed her friend to archery practice.

Shinobu watched on the sidelines while Kagome continuously hit the bull's eye as she shot her arrows at practice. She clapped each time as her friend was applauded and cheered on by her teammates. After a half hour or so, Kagome walked over to Shinobu and asked, "Hey, Shinobu, can you do me a favor?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Could you run and get some supplies in the basement under the gym? We just need a few long bows and some more arrows. Coach gave me the keys and said it would be all right…"

Shinobu's heart jumped. She had heard stories about the Tomobiki School basement - mainly the generic ones about ghosts and things that she was certain almost every high school had. Still, she accepted the keys, anyway, and headed to the basement.

"Wow…Kagome's a really good archer," she said quietly to herself as she placed the key in the lock of the basement door. "I wish I could be so talented at something." The door then slowly creaked open. A look of panic scurried across her face as she looked down the dark staircase. After placing the keys in her pocket, she flicked on the lights and a dim orange glow brightened the dark basement, but not much. Swallowing hard she stepped down the first half of the steps before the basement door slammed shut behind her. She let out a shrill gasp and lost her footing, falling down the last half dozen steps and landing on her backside with a thud.

"Ow…" she groaned, rubbing her rear end as she felt it start to bruise. She slowly pulled herself to her feet and looked around the dark, cluttered basement. She drew her arms in with a nervous shudder and cautiously made her way through the poorly-lit aisles of the basement, constantly glancing down at the floor in fear that a rat or worse could scurry by at any moment. "Archery supplies, archery supplies…" she muttered to herself as she looked around. Then, upon seeing a box labeled "Archery," she let out a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Here it is!"

As soon as she grabbed onto the box, however, the sound of murmuring came to her ears. She froze, let out a quiet gasp, and bit her lower lip. It sounded like a male voice, but she couldn't make out what he was saying. She closed her eyes tightly and said to herself, "There's no such thing as ghosts, there's no such thing as ghosts," before yanking out the box with all her might.

She wasn't sure what she was grabbing, but she scooped up a couple of bows and a dozen or so arrows in her arms. Leaving the box on the floor, she hurriedly made her way to the stairs. However, when she reached the stairs, something let out a crash and she could hear glass shattered. Shinobu's eyes widened; no longer was she afraid of ghosts - now she was afraid of the very realistic consequences she would be facing if something valuable had broken that belonged to the school.

Still holding the bows and arrows tightly to her breast, she hastily made her way to where the sound had come from. There, she saw a long, narrow package wrapped in brown paper had fallen off the shelf, it's tail end still on the shelf while the top half had already crashed into the floor. She winced and placed the bows and arrows quickly down. She then ran over to the box. The first thing she noticed was that the box was addressed to a "Soichiro Otonoshi," whoever that was.

She frowned and then looked down to see a pile of glass that had ripped through the brown wrapping paper in one corner. "Oh, no…" She winced again and hurriedly took hold of the top end of the box, trying to push it back over the shelf. But, as hard as she tried, it was much to heavy for her, and the whole box slipped off the shelf, and slammed into the floor. This was followed by the loud shattering of glass and the brown paper quickly deflated, pieces of it being torn apart by flying pieces of jagged glass. "Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, no!" Shinobu said in a panic as she desperately grabbed onto some of the pieces while not cutting herself.

And then her hand suddenly felt something soft. "Huh…?" She looked down and picked it up to see what looked like a strand of shiny, black hair extending out from one of the holes in the brown paper. She blinked a few times as her eyes slowly trailed upward to see the shape that the paper had now taken - that of a human being.

Shinobu immediately dropped the hair and let out a shriek as she crawled back. "It…it can't be!" she cried out. But it had been the perfect size for a body - a glass coffin for a dead body. She gulped, but forced herself to be brave as she crawled back over to what she feared to be a body. She slowly raised her hand and wrapped it around the brown paper. Then she closed her eyes and tore it off.

When she finally found the courage to open them, she saw, to her surprise, a handsome young man lying before her, perfectly preserved. He was dressed in all white with jewels embroidered on his clothes and his black hair was long, extending all the way down to his ankles and extending outward in all directions. His eyes were closed and in his hands he held a sword along with a gold chain that was attached to an odd, yellow, triangular shaped object. And across his neck was a thick, dull scar.