Title: Sturm und Drang

Author: landofthekwt

Rating: R for suicide and extreme violence

Genre: Horror/Angst

Pairing: I/K, later S/K

Universe Canon

Warning: Character deaths. The ideas expressed herein may be offensive both to I/K and S/K.

The I/K could never see Kagome turning to Sesshoumaru and the S/K either would conclude that

Inuyasha would either accept what S/K had done or be forced to accept them. I remembered the late 18th century German concept of Sturm und Drang (storm and drive) when I saw

the Inuyasha fanfiction prompt : storm. "Sturm und Drang" is usually expressed in German theatre in the form of revenge and violence. In other words an emotional response to a situation of stress. The prompt at Inuyasha Quotes intrigued me. What if you could bring yourself to forgive yourself or to ask forgiveness. and were to spend eternity living with what you had done. It is my understanding the killing of another for personal advancement or enjoyment is considered an impure act in the Shinto religion. Here the impure act is Inuyasha killing his friend and his brother out of revenge. In addition, after he killed them, he did not show proper gratitude by asking their forgiveness. .Until he asks for their forgiveness, forgives them and forgives himself he will not be able to move. I normally am pro-Inuyasha. and do not like the S/K pairing. There is something about the idea of a self-made hell for Inuyasha that gave rise to this piece..

The priest does not mention that the brothers were youkai and hanyou because the Shinto religion considers them to be impure and not the proper basis for a shrine.

The priest ushered the tourists into the shrine and began to recite the history of the shrine.

Once there were two brothers. The elder grew up in a palace and upon his father's death became the head of his clan. The younger grew up with his mother's people and upon her death, he was left to fend for himself. The elder brother was unhappy because he felt slighted by his father's not leaving his sword to him. The younger brother was unhappy because his birth prevented him from having the power that an elder brother had. Their unhappiness led the both to seek the power they had been denied. Into their midst came a priestess, who released the younger brother from death, and subdued him to her will. The priestess helped the younger brother obtain the sword that elder wanted . Eventually, the brothers gave up their quests for power The priestess gave younger the strength to accept himself and find his own strength The older brother found that ..The younger brother expected that at the end of their quest. he would marry the priestess, but instead the older brother and the priestess fell in love and were married. The younger sibling could not accept this decision. He broke his sword and allowed his madness to take over. He became a fell beast stronger than any other because he had allowed his heart to give itself up to the darkness.. Storming towards the West, he slaughtered everyone. Upon reaching the brother's stronghold he attacked in the middle of the night He found his brother and the priestess still asleep and slew them both with one stroke. When he awoke from his stupor, he realized in shock what he had done. He had destroyed the sword which made him complete. He had killed the only friend that he had ever had and killed the only family that he had. All of this as revenge for his brother having something that he wanted. The younger brother could not live himself committed seppaku by slitting his throat with the shards of his sword. This shrine was started by the local people in an effort to pacify the souls of the dead who were slain here.. There is a legend associated with the shrine. It is said a ghostly figure of the younger brother roams the ground howling a death cry every anniversary of the tragedy, condemned by kami to forever walk the earth as punishment for his crimes .I invite you to pray for the dead If you need any incense or offerings, they are available at our offices. After the priest and the tourists left, two persons remained behind to pray. One lit the incense while the other placed the offerings. After they had completed their prayers, they turned to each other and held each other tightly. One of them appeared to be crying. " Why can he not move on? We have forgiven him." The other looked at her and shook his head "It is in his own hands. Until he can ask us for forgiveness, forgives us and forgives himself, he will not be able to move on.." What can we do?" the woman asked. "We can nothing, but pray for him and hope that someday we will be family."