"Ties that Bind"
A Inuyasha/Ruroni Kenshin fanfic crossover.
Chapter one-Nina
Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Ruroni Kenshin doesn't belong to me, but the story is mine.
The girl stood at the edge of the forest, she was focusing on one spot in the dense woods. Her white dress billowed with the breeze, her black hair pulled back with a red ribbon. Her dog ears pricking with concentration. Her name was Nina, and unlike girls her age, she was born unique. She was the daughter of Lord Inuyasha, a half demon, and Lady Kagome, a mortal girl who'd come to feudal Japan from the 20th century.
Nina heard a sound behind her. A figure was coming up the hill. The figure's white hair was being teased by the wind. The red garment was unmistakable. It was her father, Inuyasha. "Nina," he called, "Aren't you supposed to be somewhere?" "Yes, Father. I was on my way to class, when I heard an unsettling noise." "You do realize you marry Miroku in seven days?" "I'm afraid I'll be a disappointment to Miroku. He deserves to have a woman who is a gentle breeze. Someone who can cook and do the fan dance, and is graceful. Not a half demon who loves to hunt and acts like a hurricane." Inuyasha smiled. That was just like his daughter. Putting the feelings of others ahead of herself. She was his pride and joy. Nina was the best thing to happen to Inuyasha, next to his wife and mate, Kagome. He would protect her at the risk of his own life.
Then there was his soon to be son in law, Miroku. Miroku was at one time a monk. After the destruction of his arch enemy, Naraku, Miroku's curse, the wind tunnel in his hand, was lifted. He was cured. When Miroku first saw Nina, he was in love with her. However it was Miroku's flirtatious attitude towards women that attracted Nina to him. Miroku had asked Nina to bear his child, Nina responded by slapping him. That was the beginning of their love/hate relationship. In just seven days, Nina would stand before the shrine with Miroku, and become his wife.
Inuyasha was about to remind his daughter that it was on the inside that counted, when he picked a strange sent. "Strangers are near. Nina, go onto your class. I'll handle this with my Tetsusiga." Nina was about to leave when she spotted something near the woods. It was a man. "Father! Wait!" Inuyasha's dog ears pricked forward. "Damn it! What now?" Nina learned to pay no heed to her father's temper as he was about to go into battle. "That's not a demon, It's a man. His scent is strange. He's not from any of the surrounding villages." Inuyasha had to smile. The girl was well taught to use her demon strengths to her advantage. Nina walked to the figure and saw a man who was clearly battle scared. He had a criss- cross scar on his left cheek, and his hair was a shocking red color. In his hand, the man held a strange sword. "Father, this sword, It's blade is backwards." As Nina was further inspecting this stranger, Inuyasha's nose picked up another scent. This one was very familiar. A scent he hated with a passion. Inuyasha looked in the direction of the scent. He saw a flash of white. "Nina! Get down!" Nina ducked in time to see a burst of green light coming from the same place she'd sensed the unsettling feeling. She looked up and saw a figure towering over her. The crescent moon on his forehead gave him away. "Uncle Sesshomaru? What do you want?" "The stranger." "Why?" Before Sesshomaru could answer, An arrow came whizzing past Nina's head and landing in Sesshomaru's leg. It was Nina's mother, Kagome. "Sesshomaru, You know that those who enter this village are granted safe passage. Safe from even you. Leave or the next arrow will be in your heart!" Sesshomaru knew he couldn't tangle with the likes of this girl who was obviously the reincarnation of a former priestess in this area. "Fine. But remember, little brother, you can't hide this stranger forever!" With that, Sesshomaru disappeared. The red haired man was beginning to stir. He looked at Nina and uttered, "Kaoru?" He then fell back into unconsciousness. Nina felt her father's hand on her shoulder. "Come, Nina. We'll take him back to the village." Kagome's eyebrow went up. "Well, Inuyasha, whatever happen to leaving them be. Letting them fight their own battle?" Inuyasha snickered. "Marriage has made me soft." Kagome stared at him. Before she walked away, she yelled, "Sit, boy!" The beads around Inuyasha's neck began glowing. Before he knew it, Inuyasha was face first in the dirt. "I got to stop making her mad."
When the trio finally got the stranger back to the village, Nina looked at the man. Who was he. Who was Kaoru? Why did her Uncle Sesshomaru want him so badly? And what was the story behind the backwards sword? These were the things that bothered Nina as she attended her class. Every girl took them. They were properly educated on how to act as a wife. Nina hated them. It wasn't her lessons or even her beloved Miroku that was on her mind. But the criss-crossed scar on the cheek of a red haired man.
More to come in Chapter two-Worlds collide