Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Disney Beauty and the Beast.

NARRATOR: Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Inu-youkai lord named Sesshoumaru lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the Sesshoumaru was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old miko came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Sesshoumaru sneered at the gift and turned the old miko away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old miko's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful young miko. Sesshoumaru tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous white Inu beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. (Sesshoumaru clawed the portrait of his former form) Ashamed of his monstrous form, Sesshoumaru concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love a human, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a Inu-beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?

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