Draft: Gloaming, Prologue
For Shadow. :3
SERIES: INUYASHA
TITLE: Gloaming
PAIRING: Sesshomaru / Higurashi Kagome
MUSIC: Writhe in Pain (Guilty Gear OST)
Tumbling, burning with white hot fire,
I plunged into the depths of the abyss.
Unspeakable pain, relentless agony,
time ceased to exist.
- Raziel, Legacy of Kain
They came.
Cloaked in the darkness of the night, the monsters came. Corrupted beings, tainted by darkness, they slaughtered indiscriminately - all but bathing in the blood of their prey. They killed men, women, even children; be it human, or yōkai. They threw the world into chaos as they continued their bloody rampage unchecked, with both Human and Yōkai communities still reeling from the swiftness of their attack.
No one knew where they came from.
No one knew who they were.
No one knew why they were doing this.
Most importantly, no one knew who lead this army of carnage.
And lo, the world spiraled swiftly into madness.
With every footstep that the monsters took, the grass withered; with every conquest, the land died. Nobody knew what was happening, nor how it had deteriorated so - but somehow realized that should the carnage continue, darkness would be all that is left.
Darkness, and death.
With no other choice and seeing no other way out, the two Great Communities formed a reluctant alliance. Yōkai and Human; Spirit and Man - working together as one. Instinctively, both knew that doing so would be the first step to winning this war - and yet, with a millennia of distrust between the two races, how can they succeed?
But Unity was essential - to stand alone was Death.
Despite petty arguments and uncertainties, doubts and apprehension, the two races stood side by side. Gathering their forces, their most able men, they faced the roiling darkness and its immeasurable servants - and to their horror, discovered who exactly their enemies are.
There were men; there were women; and there were children - both yōkai and human. They were the fallen ones; the tainted ones; the undead. They were the ones that have been attacked and left for dead by their families and comrades - before Children of Light, now tainted servants, with strength beyond compare.
But in the end, there was no turning back. The two forces clashed, both Yōkai & Human holding their ground, not wanting to lose anymore lives unto the madness of darkness. The earth bled, and the sky turned black with mourning, embodiment of the sorrow that both races could not express - for they are fighting their own loved ones lost in darkness.
They won the conflict, but still felt lost. They had won the battle, but not the war.
Darkness did not move forward, nor did they fall back. What lands they had claimed, they retained - what taint they had sown, remained. In the end, after five hundred years of constant battle and bloodshed, the two Great Communities unable to bring back what was lost, the two Great Communities sealed the ruined lands, and forbade entrance to what they now call as The Blighted Lands.
For two hunred fifty years, an uncertain peace ruled. And it is now, that the story starts.
SERIES: INUYASHA
TITLE: Gloaming
PAIRING: Sesshomaru / Higurashi Kagome
MUSIC: Writhe in Pain (Guilty Gear OST)
Tumbling, burning with white hot fire,
I plunged into the depths of the abyss.
Unspeakable pain, relentless agony,
time ceased to exist.
- Raziel, Legacy of Kain
They came.
Cloaked in the darkness of the night, the monsters came. Corrupted beings, tainted by darkness, they slaughtered indiscriminately - all but bathing in the blood of their prey. They killed men, women, even children; be it human, or yōkai. They threw the world into chaos as they continued their bloody rampage unchecked, with both Human and Yōkai communities still reeling from the swiftness of their attack.
No one knew where they came from.
No one knew who they were.
No one knew why they were doing this.
Most importantly, no one knew who lead this army of carnage.
And lo, the world spiraled swiftly into madness.
With every footstep that the monsters took, the grass withered; with every conquest, the land died. Nobody knew what was happening, nor how it had deteriorated so - but somehow realized that should the carnage continue, darkness would be all that is left.
Darkness, and death.
With no other choice and seeing no other way out, the two Great Communities formed a reluctant alliance. Yōkai and Human; Spirit and Man - working together as one. Instinctively, both knew that doing so would be the first step to winning this war - and yet, with a millennia of distrust between the two races, how can they succeed?
But Unity was essential - to stand alone was Death.
Despite petty arguments and uncertainties, doubts and apprehension, the two races stood side by side. Gathering their forces, their most able men, they faced the roiling darkness and its immeasurable servants - and to their horror, discovered who exactly their enemies are.
There were men; there were women; and there were children - both yōkai and human. They were the fallen ones; the tainted ones; the undead. They were the ones that have been attacked and left for dead by their families and comrades - before Children of Light, now tainted servants, with strength beyond compare.
But in the end, there was no turning back. The two forces clashed, both Yōkai & Human holding their ground, not wanting to lose anymore lives unto the madness of darkness. The earth bled, and the sky turned black with mourning, embodiment of the sorrow that both races could not express - for they are fighting their own loved ones lost in darkness.
They won the conflict, but still felt lost. They had won the battle, but not the war.
Darkness did not move forward, nor did they fall back. What lands they had claimed, they retained - what taint they had sown, remained. In the end, after five hundred years of constant battle and bloodshed, the two Great Communities unable to bring back what was lost, the two Great Communities sealed the ruined lands, and forbade entrance to what they now call as The Blighted Lands.
For two hunred fifty years, an uncertain peace ruled. And it is now, that the story starts.