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Denial.
by: pixie paramount (6/25/06)
Inuyasha, Naraku-centric; there is a once upon a time and a--
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There is always a Once Upon A Time.
Even for him.
But that seems unfair. How can he--the man that ruined everything--have a Happily Ever After when he made the world fall apart? How? The knight is supposed to win the glory and the princess, not the despicable villain--it's impossible for someone like him to win; it isn't right! How can this be?
Simple; everyone deserves a Happily Ever After; it's hypocritical, otherwise.
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Once, he was a thief.
He stole and plundered and raped--whatever: if it moved, if it saw him pillage; if it was pretty (he was infatuated); if it was the Earth he bled it raw--without provocation, without regret.
And he always wanted more, even with hell-burns and a ugly, rotting soul.
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Once, he was nothing but a man-corpse.
He was burned, horrid and ugly like the filth he is, and helpless.
She came with her overpowering light--the jewel, he tells himself--and saved him.
He remembers she never smiled; he remembers that she was pretty-cold and had a voice that pierced like her arrows. He remembers and remembers things about her; how her hands were swift and practiced and perfect at whatever task was applied to them, how they were strong and calloused and treated him gently--filthy, he was filthy and she was pure.
He remembers that her name sounded like flower (or was it a flower?).
He remembers it sounded something like Kikyou.
He remembers that he wanted to break her and remake her and--
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Once, he was on the brink of the world.
"If you help me I'll let you have what you desire all I want is--"
It is something he can not name.
He makes the deal with the things that promised him everything and nothing at once.
He is still waiting for his wish--his bargain--to come true.
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Once, he is called Hell.
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Once, he met a girl who looked exactly like the girl who-never-smiled.
Except, this girl did smile, and she fell through time like it was child's play.
A part of him hates her and another part of him, the one called spider, yearns for her.
This place is ten-steps away from purgatory, where he and his world reside; he watches her breathing like a bird and smiling, loving, everything and--
He hates her.
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Once, he is a chameleon.
The world is bright and new and smelling of new conquest and blood; the girl who defies death breathes it and mourns obsessively. The boy-who-forgot crumbled on the ground like a rag beneath her; she falls unwilling but does, finally, give in.
He smiles when he thinks of her and revenge and her, cursing his name when she finds out that it was all but a game.
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Once Upon A Time, the world dies with open veins and he is the winner, like he wished.
But he isn't pleased with just The End.
He made everyone who met him life a living, breathing hell, and he thrives.
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Author's Note: New to the fandom, and I come bearing Naraku-centric fic!
Also: Many thanks to The Fritz (who all should read and adore because she is awesome) for the beta.
- Pixie
EDIT - 3/5/2007 (4:27 PM) - Fixed format; it's prettier now.