Inu-Yasha; A Feudal Fairy Tale
Prologue
Almost 51 years ago, I pinned the man I loved to this tree. Kikyo touched the rough bark and leaned her head against it. And 1 year before that we made love under this tree, and 9 days later I bore a child. I froze her in time, and in the future, almost 17 years ago she was found on the Higurashi doorstep, and almost a year ago, she freed her father. Only one with my blood could do that. Kikyo jumped down from the tree. She pulled her ribbon out of her hair, it was red, simple and elegant. Rather like her…
"Inu-Yasha?" A young Kikyo called, "Inu-Yasha!"
"What?" He didn't look down from the tree he sat on.
"I just wanted to say…" She bit her lip.
"What?" Inu-Yasha snapped at her.
"I, I loveyou!' And she ran off into the forest.
"Huh?" Inu-Yasha just stared at the place she had been. "Wait! Kikyo!" He jumped down from the tree, when he found her she was curled in a ball, crying slightly. "Hey, quit it don't cry…"
"You don't… hate me?" Kikyo looked up she was startled.
"No, I could never hate you…" Inu-Yasha hugged her, smiling as he did so.
They had made love that night, Kikyo had used the Shinkon no Tama to change Inu-Yasha into a demon, half dog, half wolf. And she too changed, and became a demon a half fox, and a quarter cat and hawk. The change lasted only the night but Kikyo had the 9-day pregnancy of a demon, and the child was also a demon, a quarter fox, dog, and wolf, and an eighth cat and hawk. She named the child Kagome….
