Authors Note: Hi everyone, this is my first fic, so please, comments are most appreciated, but no flames; I also would like advice on the story too.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha… (There, I said it, happy now!! Goes off in the corner and starts crying)

The Four Kingdoms

The Girl

In the known world there are four major countries. To the north is the kingdom ruled by Lord Naraku, to the south is the kingdom ruled by Lord Ryuuho, to the east is the Kingdom ruled by Lady Amalia, and to the west is the kingdom ruled by Lord Inutaisho.

Naraku's kingdom, Nazumi, was the one of the biggest, and coldest of the kingdoms. Nazumi was also one of the most dangerous kingdoms. Naraku was strict on discipline and following orders. Thanks to this, Naraku's armies were one of the most well trained army in all the lands.

Ryuuho's kingdom, Ryuujin, was the second smallest kingdom, but it had many large cities in them. It was mostly a peaceful kingdom with plenty of farming land, but the army was very powerful. It was not powerful in size, but it was powerful because of the soldiers. As the name implies, Ryuujin, was the land of the dragons. In Ryuuho's army, there were squads of dragon riders. Thanks to the dragons, the land of Ryuujin, despite its size, was one of the most formidable countries in the world.

Amalia's Kingdom, Sakura, was the smallest kingdom out of the four. The kingdom of Sakura was the only kingdom where women had more power then men. As a result, most of the armies in Sakura were made up of women. Despite its size, the kingdom of Sakura had the world's best mages, and archers, making it almost impossible to capture.

Inutaisho's kingdom, Nihon, was the largest kingdoms out of the four. The army was mostly mad out of youkais, but some humans were in the army too.

For years now the kingdom's of Sakura, Nazumi, Ryuujin, and Nihon have been at war. Although the countries were different in size, they were almost equal in the strength of their armies. That is until a few days ago.

Naraku's armies, suddenly began to overpower the combined strength of Sakura and Ryuujin. As a result, both of the kingdoms retreated back to their homelands.

Naraku, Inutaisho, and Inutaisho's sons Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, began to fight each other ferociously for many months.They eventually had one ferocious battle at the place where the four Kingdoms touched.

Naraku's and Inutaisho's armies were both took heavy losses because of the battle. They retreated back to their kingdoms where they began planning their next strategies.

"What do you mean we can't attack?!! Father, we can beat Naraku, with our combined forces, we can't lose! Why are you going to wait it out?!"

"Silence Inuyasha. Our first and second armies couldn't defeat them, even though we were there, we still couldn't beat him. Before we attack, we must plan and rest."

Inuyasha glared at his brother across the table. They were currently in war meeting with the commanders and generals of the army and were planning their next move. "Shut up Sesshoumaru! We don't have time to wait; Naraku could attack us off guard!"

"The first and second armies are exhausted; they won't be able to stand up to Naraku."

"Then send out the rest of the armies!"

"And leave our country open to an attack from the enemy? That is a foolish thought, even from you brother."

"Shut the hell up!" Inuyasha yelled standing up, "I'll kill you right now!" and he stood up and drew his sword.

Inutaisho stood up and yelled, "Stop this at once!" everyone in the room turned and looked at him. "We are not here to listen to you idiotic fights Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru."

Sesshoumaru bowed his head, "Yes father"

"Well I don't give a damn about this meeting!" and Inuyasha stormed out of the room.

Inutaisho sighed and sat down, "Jaken."

The toad demon ran up to him clumsily, "Yes milord?"

"Make sure that Inuyasha gets debriefed on what happened at the meeting."

"Yes milord."

Inuyasha stormed down the castle. He was so pissed at his father right now. Why did he always listen to Sesshoumaru! He was as good as him! Then up ahead he saw a body lying in front of the castle garden.

"Miroku you lech, what did you do now?"

Miroku got up and dusted his robes and grinned at Inuyasha, "Why Inuyasha, back from the meeting so soon?"

"No, I ditched, and what have you done to Sango this time?"

Miroku put on an innocent face, what makes you think I have done anything to Sango?"

"Because of the handprint," Inuyasha said blandly pointing to the red hand mark on his face.

"Ah this, well you see…"

"Never mind, I'm going to the beach,"

"Wait Inuyasha," but Inuyasha jumped and began running toward the beach, "Oh well, I was going to tell him Kikyou was waiting, but never mind," and Miroku walked away to find his dear Sango.

Inuyasha walked on the shore of the beach. Well, now that Naraku has gotten rid of Amalia and Ryuuho, I guess if we beat Naraku, then the war will end, that means that I will be able to marry Kikyou. (Sorry about this, but I have to do this, don't be angry! Runs away while being chased by a mob)

"Kikyou! Oh man I was supposed to meet her in the courtyard!" Inuyasha was about to run to the castle when he smelt something strange, "That's blood; it's coming from the forest." Inuyasha turned around and began running to the forest. As he got deeper, he noticed that the scent was beginning to disappear.

"It must be at the river." (Sorry if I'm not putting up a good mental image of the scenery for this, but basically Inuyasha's castle is by the beach and a forest. In the forest there's a river that empties out into the beach, Inuyasha is currently traveling down the river.)

Inuyasha arrived at the river and saw that had tints of red in it. "It's somewhere here," and he began to look around, then he found the source of the blood.

A little ways ahead of him, there was a body halfway into the river. "Oh shit," Inuyasha hurried to the body. Up close he saw that it was a girl, around his age and he saw that her leg and arm were bleeding badly.

He took his shirt and began ripping strands of it to clean and dress the wound. After he was done, he sighed and said to the girl, "You're lucky the wound only looked bad, you probably would've died if I hadn't come."

Inuyasha took a closer look at the girl. Her hair was long, down to the middle of her back and it was dark black. Her skin was slightly tanned and she was small, about five six. She was wearing strange clothes. Her dress was white and came down to her knees, but was cut in a line at the sides to provide more movement. The dress was sleeveless and it came up to her neck forming a collar. (Confusing, I know, but id you have ever seen of read .hack, it's a lot like the dress Zefie wears. I'll also try to put a picture in my profile) On the collar of the dress were weird yellow markings.

"Well you're not from around here, that's for sure," he looked at the girl a little more then sighed, "I better take you back," and he picked up the girl and began to run toward the castle.

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