Feudal Era Meets Mermaid Princess
Ch. 1 Prologue
Hibiki was a princess of mermaids whose name meant "Child of the seashore" and as all mermaids of the royal family before her she had the "gift of song" the power to purify and heal through song. Hibiki was proud of her voice and loved to sing very much, like most mermaids do she was even prouder of her papa the kings brother and general of his armies her papa was not fearless like many believed, however her papa didn't let his fears get the better of him. That all changed though when her mother died in an attack on the castle and for a while the castle she herself, and her father and uncle lost their light, their kingdom had loved her mother very much and were saddened greatly by her loss. The kingdom and her family eventually healed from the tragedy; however her father was never the same again.
Hibiki grew in both beauty and intelligence she combined the greatest aspects of both her parents and a little more light shone in her father's eyes when he looked at her his pride and joy. Eventually she became well known as one of the best fighters and tacticians in the kingdom even able to beat both her uncle and father it made them both proud that she was able to defend herself. During her free time she read piles upon piles of books and scrolls on legends and history so she was naturally intrigued when she came across the mentions of youkai and mer-people relations. She studied all of them she could find her tacticians mind running over all the advantages of opening ties between mer-people and youkai once more and deciding it might be a good idea to do so once more.
She took the idea up with her uncle and father they also saw the possibilities and knew she already knew the magic necessary to change her form to that of a human and knew the language of the humans and youkai. She was also the most skilled worrier in the kingdom and no one would suspect her a female after all females were thought to be weak and stupid among the human and youkai races. Also she had probably studied all the past relations between youkai and mer-people and knew all the necessary manners and such needed, and she was knowledgeable in the use of healing magic and plants as all the females of the royal family were required to be. She was the perfect candidate to be the emissary between mer-people and youkai and though it pained him greatly to see her go he knew it was high time the mer-people re-opened relations with youkai. It had been centuries since the great war between humans and youkai that caused the mer-people to cut ties with them.
So with a heavy heart he set about planning for her departure and she set about making sure she knew exactly what to say to the four youkai lords she would be meeting soon, and finding all she could about the different races of youkai so she didn't accidentally offend someone.
A few weeks later everything was ready for her departure and her father and many of the kingdom citizens as well as he uncle, his wife and her cousin Prince Yoshirou whom she rarely saw because of his royal duties all came out to see her off. She began her journey to the surface world that she had never seen before she was excited about seeing something none of her people had seen in centuries, but she was also wary as well she did not know how dangerous the surface world would be.
So she prepared herself for anything and brought as much of the healing plants that existed in the ocean as she was willing to carry including some magical items like her mother's coral hair comb which had special protection magic in it, an enchanted dagger that could cut just about anything no matter how tough, and a book of spells and enchantments. She also took some of the scrolls on past youkai/ mer-people relations and youkai themselves, but not to many only the minimum amount she would need to survive.
She did not know what awaited her on the surface but she would do what she must.
Author's Notes: Ok this just came to me after reading another fic about Kagome being a mermaid I don't remember the name though so please don't ask. All characters except my OC's belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
Next chapter Hibiki reaches the surface world and begins her journey as the ambassador to the youkai from the mer-people and meets some familiar faces too. Ja Ne!
