When My Dreams Lead To You by MadameAriellaCabot

Prologue

When my Dreams lead to you

Prologue

Before the existence of mortals and beasts and of the land that we now thrive on, there were Gods and Goddesses who were locked within a constant war. It was an unending battle for power and control within their Heavenly realm that progressed to the point of their near extinction. Amaterasu, the wise and breathtakingly beautiful Goddess of the Sun, who had the seen the slaughter of so many of her fellow Gods, could no longer bring herself to fight. She began to see the wrong in the ways of her Realm and foretook a journey upon herself to single-handedly change the ways of her Heavenly peers for the better. One-by-one, Gods and Goddesses alike began to take pause before going into battle and with a little more encouragement from the Goddess Amaterasu; they too began to see the error of their ways. Before long a cloud of peace and tranquility blanketed the Heavenly Realm of the Gods as they lived in quietude.

As the Gods nestled into a happy and much calmer Realm, love was quickly coming into fruition. With no impending wars or hateful vendettas taking place, the Gods and Goddesses learned to respect and eventually build a mutual affection for one another. One such love that blossomed was between the kind-hearted Sun Goddess Amaterasu and the aloof yet tender God of the Moon, Tsukuyomi. Wanting to commemorate their love they decided to create replicas of themselves. They took a piece of the moon to shape two forms they deemed to call 'humans' and captured the brightness of the sun to put inside each of the beings to give them life. To ensure that the humans would be inseparable, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi each pulled off a string from their clothing then intertwined the two threads together before placing it within both of the humans. These types of humans would be forever deemed as 'soulmates'. Awed by their wondrous creation, other Gods began to follow suit and that was the birth of the human race. The Gods spoiled them greatly, creating astonishingly intricate sceneries to please them and wild beasts to entertain them. The humans relished in all the attention and for a long period of time there was great joy within the Heavenly Realm.

However, there was a God who was seething with animosity towards Tsukuyomi and selfishly desired Amaterasu all for himself. With a heart bustling with pure evil and the need to wreak chaos within the realm, the Storm God Susanoo took Amaterasu in the dead of night whilst she slumbered and brought her to a New Realm he had created in her honor. Though it was a stunning sight with all the trees that seemed to stretch high to the heavens and plains of bright green grass extending for miles, Amaterasu was still greatly infuriated with Susanoo's audacious kidnapping act. She demanded to return to the Heavenly Realm and back to her love, Tsukuyomi, but Susanoo refused and instead proceeded to force a kiss on the defenseless Amaterasu. It was at that moment Tsukuyomi, in an attempt to bring back his beloved, arrived at the New Realm only to find her in the arms of Susanoo. Enraged at the scene before him, Tsukuyomi cursed Susanoo and Amaterasu both, as well as all the other Gods and Goddesses, from falling in love. Amaterasu cries fell on deaf ears as she tried to plead with her love to understand what had happened.

Returning to the Heavenly Realm, Tsukuyomi continued on his crazed tirade and in order to ensure the damnation of the human race, he made them mortal and weak. Unable to break the soulmates bond, however, he instead cursed the couples, reciting that if any human dare fall in love with their soulmate they would both be ill-fated and meet an untimely death. He then proceeded to send them down to the New Realm where Amaterasu still remained trapped.

Enraged by the banishment of their humans, the Gods revolted against Tsukuyomi and launched the Heavenly Realm into a catastrophic war. Many Gods were brutally slaughtered and in the end Tsukuyomi remained supreme. Taking reign of the Heavenly Realm, he forbade all Gods and Goddesses from making any more soulmates and prohibited the Gods from creating any other life. Broken and defeated the Gods had no choice but to consent to the new decree and watched in bereavement as their precious creations were left unsheltered and defenseless in the New Realm. With what little powers they had left, the remaining Gods sent down their last bit of enchantment to a select group of humans. What delight and peace that had encased the Heavenly Realm was now departed and what was left in its wake was despair and tyranny. As the Gods looked on the human race, they could only hope that their salvation was within them.

Authors Note: This story is my baby that I have worked on for years that I am finally getting together. Chapters will slowly be rolled out as they are edited and revised. You can also read chapters on fanfiction.net. Hope you guys enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the charcaters from the series that privilege is for the wondrously talented Rumiko Takahashi