This is the 4th chapter for my fanfic!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
After the morning sun had risen, it began to get darker and darker outside, in the eastern lands and throughout feudal Japan. The sun slowly disappeared behind the thick very dark, stormy clouds, and the eastern dark forests ended up being darker than usual.
It ended up being pitch black outside as if it were night time, as the skies were completely dark, but it was morning. Thundering and lightning outside, it began raining really, really hard. Strong winds started coming as it was storming outside. No one was outside due to the severe dangerous thunderstorm—everyone was inside, staying out of the storm.
The rain was pouring down and there were floods everywhere, where there were swamps—the water was rising a little. The wind was very strong as some of the leaves blew off the trees, the mansions and gorgeous homes in the prestigious eastern villages could've been destroyed by the strong winds from the storm, but they weren't, they remained intact. The trees could've been blown out of the ground, but they weren't and remained in the ground.
After two hours of storming, raining and dealing with strong severe winds; the storm finally calms down a little and it began to rain lightly, instead of heavily like it was earlier. It wasn't as dark outside as it was before, but it was still cloudy. There were lots of leaves lying on the ground due to the strong winds, blowing them off the trees. There were also some logs of wood scattered everywhere on the ground from the strong winds, and there was a tree that looked like it had been struck by lightning. It was burning and on fire, until the rain put it out.
The storm was now ending and the animals began coming back outside of their homes again, the birds were now flying in the sky and it was still cloudy. The blue skies were barely seen, and the morning sun has yet to still be seen up in the sky again. Everything was all wet from the stormy weather and the wind was calmer and peaceful, than it was before.
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Meanwhile, Lady Tsukiyame was dressed and armed, ready to head outside the palace to begin her first patrol of the eastern lands. As the new lady, leader and ruler of her people and the lands, this is one of her essential duties. Her mother, Usagi already informed her of where she would be patrolling. So now she was prepared and thrilled about going on her first patrol.
"Tsukiyame," a loving voice called out, "Good luck, my daughter, you will do well."
"Thank you, mother." Lady Tsukiyame replied, looking away as usual. She then headed outside as the guards slid the doors open for her.
Bowing their heads in respect to the young lady half demoness, she walks pass. She walked down the porch on the blood red pearl steps and walkway to the gate. The fresh air was a bit moist and humid due to the drizzling, and the morning sun coming back out.
As the morning sun began shining down once again, Lady Tsukiyame's dark tan complexion, lilac eyes, and very dark silver hair looked radiant. Her black silk kurai angelic attire and her hair moved back and forth in the peaceful wind. She continued walking as the guards opened the gate, allowing her to exit the palace. As usual for the new lady, she says nothing and continues walking by as they bowed in respect.
The humidity began to increase as the sun got warmer. Though, the eastern forests are always dark due to all the shading from the trees, there was still plenty of sunlight. Being quiet, calm and peaceful, Lady Tsukiyame enjoyed the long walk in the silence. She had always preferred to be alone in the silence, while traveling. Not really caring too much about group travels, she opts to travel alone in the forests or being alone at the beach. This has always been really calming and soothing to herself personally. She couldn't explain why that was the case, for the fact that she didn't know why, nor did she have an answer.
But perhaps the reason could be that there is a dominant and alpha part about her that makes her very umi as a young woman. Lady Tsukiyame's mother Usagi always said that the peacefulness of the forest is soothing and calming to someone with a more umi demonic nature.
That is when the tsuki and umi symbol came to her mind—a dark huge spiky angel wings symbol. The wings are a midnight black ripple color that represents the ocean—the umi, and the huge blood red sphere behind the huge wings represents the moon—the tsuki.
Dominance and receptivity, alpha and beta, tsuki and umi goes with both genders—both male and female. Tsuki represents the moon and sensuality, mother of dark magic, demoness of the night, love, nurturing, receptivity, pure authority and leadership energy—the dark feminine warrior. Umi represents the ocean and strength, father of dark magic, demon of the night, love and encouragement, action, focus, passionate and protective energy—the dark masculine warrior. Men and women can be more one than the other, or they can sometimes have dual demonic energy. They exude aspects of both the dark feminine warrior and the dark masculine warrior—the tsuki and the umi, within themselves. Thus, women and men complement each other and exist within one another. Therefore, a strong and powerful kurai angel demon couple joins together as one, showing and representing love, romance and intimacy. Lady Tsukiyame thought about this teaching her mother Usagi and Lord Izu had told her about as she continued her patrol. At the time, she didn't understand, but after coming of age and having the experiences she's had with past lovers, she now does.
Coming back to the present, Lady Tsukiyame sees the mountain peaks, looking down at the rivers. Her first area to patrol, then she'll patrol the route that heads west. The sunlight ends up being more prevalent than before due to less trees being around, and it was now more sunny and brighter than usual. Walking through the mountain peaks to look down at the rivers, she hears sounds of people—humans from one of the villages. There were also sounds of birds flying, flies buzzing, grasshoppers hopping, and gentle breezy winds blowing.
'It looks like some logs have scattered during the storm,' Lady Tsukiyame thought, 'Everyone is by the river, gathering them and placing them back.'
"I'll continue to observe and look around." she said to herself.
She then turns and looks behind her to find some concrete steps that lead down to the rivers. She began walking down the concrete steps from the mountain peaks. Several wet puddles were on the steps due to the early thunderstorm. So the young lady half demoness carefully walked down.
As the human men continued on with their task of collecting all the scattered logs, they conversed amongst themselves. Going about their business and talking about the early storm that came, they were relieved for it to be over and long gone. Still, some villages were having issues with pretty bad floods that had to be dealt with.
'The storm must've been terrible if they're having problems with floods.' Lady Tsukiyame thought casually to herself. She just kept walking as she observed the whole area.
"What the hell are we going to do, now," one of the men said concerned, "The waters have been rising due to the nearby swamps and rivers. Something must be done or we'll lose our homes."
"The problem will be resolved, soon," another man said and informed, "The head general already sent some construction workers out to remove all the water and repair the damages caused by the storm."
"I sure hope you're right." another man commented.
Suddenly, everybody halted as they noticed the young lady half demoness coming. As she continued walking by, the humans couldn't fathom why she was there. They recognized her as the new lady, leader and ruler of the Lands of the East and the daughter of former lady Usagi.
"Wait a minute, what is she doing here?" one man wondered.
"That's Lady Tsukiyame," another man said, "The daughter of former lady Usagi."
Though, they were not fond of the idea of having a half demon in their presence. They respectfully moved and cleared a way for her. Only knowing that the eastern lands were the domain of the kurai angel demons, the humans also resided there as well. The humans in the lands always tend to stay by themselves and stick with each other. Same with Lady Tsukiyame and her fellow tribe members, and other demons. They hardly ever crossed paths amongst each other or socialize with one another, unless necessary. This has always been the norm for both humans and demons in the eastern lands—lack of communication.
Paying the men no mind, Lady Tsukiyame kept going on with the patrol as she headed in the direction of a nearby village. Stepping on the wet puddles on the ground, there was splashing from her walking.
She then walks into a clearing and finds rising waters from a swamp flowing before her. It looked like the water was flowing towards a village. The human village looked to be prestigious with lovely nice homes, but it wasn't the wealthiest town. This area was the home of the middle class villagers. Lady Tsukiyame makes a left and heads over to make sure there are no disturbances occurring.
Being close by to where she could observe, she notices the construction workers arriving at the village to immediately help the villagers with the floods. The other villagers from the river also arrived back. Everything looked to be fine and there was no trouble. So she leaves to be on her way, taking the opposite path from where she came. As she leapt over the flowing waters, she landed back on her feet gracefully and continued walking. Heading back into the dark forests, it began to be more peaceful, calm and quiet. The walk to her next patrol was a pretty far one, but to Lady Tsukiyame, it was well worth the trip. This is the route she and her fellow tribe members would normally take to deal with disturbances and battles. The route heads west, leaving the eastern lands. With Lady Tsukiyame having this time alone, she plans to make the most of the patrol.
Deep in the dark forest were more sounds of birds flying and chirping. She kept walking straight ahead and notices the birds flying away. Continuing on with the traveling, until finally arriving at the route that leaves the eastern lands.
Now being in the sunlight once again, Lady Tsukiyame looks around as she observes the route. Looking around, she finds a tree that looks like it has been struck by lightning.
"This must've happened during the early storm we had this morning." she said to herself calmly.
'Everything looks to be fine,' she thought, 'There are no signs of trouble anywhere.'
After observing the area, she turns to leave and head back to the palace. On her way back home, she will make a trip to the demon garden and herbalist shop to pick up some herbs for everyone. Her mother told her earlier that her other responsibility is to bring herbs back to the homelands for everyone, when the supply runs out. So that is what Lady Tsukiyame will do as they are running out of herbs.
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At the demon herbalist shop were demon herbalists out in the field, farming and tending to the herb garden. There were herbs of all kinds from edible herbal foods to medicinal herbs and smokable herbs. Elixirs and other concoctions were also available at the shop for sale. The shop was so huge it looked like it could've been a regular large size home, but instead it was a huge demon herb garden and shop.
There was a demon woman picking more herbs in the garden. She headed back inside the huge hut and began restocking and organizing all of the edible herbal foods and some medicinal herbs in perfect order on some tables, getting them ready for selling. Then she went behind the counter and started restocking the rest of the medicinal herbs on shelves with the elixirs and concoctions. Soon after restocking, the woman returned to the counter to reorganize more store booklets and flyers.
"Whoa," the demon woman suddenly noticed someone at the counter, "Where did you come from?"
"I'm here to purchase some herbal foods and medicinal herbs to take back to my homelands." Lady Tsukiyame stated calmly.
The demon woman is not only an herbalist, she also happens to be the owner of the demon herbalist shop in the eastern lands. She didn't even realize the young lady half demoness was at the counter as Lady Tsukiyame made a quick and brisk entrance.
"Are you looking for any type in particular?" she asked politely.
"Just some herbs for spicing, seasoning and for salads. I also need some medicinal herbs to take back to my homelands."
"Okay. The edible herbal foods are on the tables alongside some medicinal herbs and smokable herbs. I also have some medicinal herbs behind me on the shelves with the elixirs and concoctions. I'll let you find what you need, and then I can assist you with finding the right medicinal herbs. Then we can bag them and I'll check you out here at the counter."
Lady Tsukiyame followed the woman over to the tables to find the herbal foods that she needs. Having the list her mother gave her, she reviews it and begins looking for the herbs on the list. Then she walked back up to the counter. Two more demon women came by to help gather all the medicinal herbs for Lady Tsukiyame. Then the men bagged all of the herbs, putting them inside a small black sack with a zipper, and inside two huge black bags with wheels and handles.
"That sure was one huge order of herbs." one demon man said, referring to Lady Tsukiyame's purchase.
"Are they being bought for an entire army?" another demon man said jokingly.
"It is 96,028 Yen." the woman said.
Lady Tsukiyame reached inside her shawl for her cash and then she made the payment. After paying, she puts the sack over her shoulders, tying it in the front. The men then brought her the two wheeled bags. The young lady half demoness was prepared to leave the demon garden and herbalist shop to head home.
On her way home, she came across some good clean water that was nearby. Seeing that she had been out on a patrol for the whole day, having some water was exactly what she needed. So she continued to go through the dark forest as she arrived at a nice clean fresh river. Lady Tsukiyame sat all three of her bags down, and then went to drink some water.
As she sipped on some water in her palms, there was a loud sound. She looked behind her to find a huge centipede demon charging at her. The creature looked ready to not only attack Lady Tsukiyame, but also ready to have her for a meal.
Lady Tsukiyame was calm, collective, and ice cube cool. There was no fear or any emotional expression in her eyes. Her eyes were cold and expressionless as usual. She wasn't afraid of the demon. There was no reason for her to be as this was nothing more than a common demon—a weak demon to be exact. Similar to pathetic, weakling humans.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha," the centipede demon said evilly, "There's nothing more satisfying, than having a live half-breed for a meal! You will be a great tasting dish, indeed."
"Silence!" Lady Tsukiyame said coldly.
She reached inside her shawl and took out two magical pentagram symbols on wallet size sheets of paper. A blood red and black dark magical light manifested around her hand with a black angelic spirit appearing as she held the symbols in her hand. She threw them at the huge centipede demon with such perfect skill, and the demon became paralyzed. Then she began doing a chant to perform her spell. The huge centipede demon turned into a pile of bones.
The demon was slain and Lady Tsukiyame continued on with what she was doing. Wrapping the sack back over her shoulders and grabbing her two other wheeled bags, she left the river. The setting sun was about to be gone really soon as it was close to getting dark. It would be night time soon.
Finally arriving back at the palace, the guards bowed in respect and opened the gates. She began walking down the blood red pearl walkway and headed to the Kurai Angel Medical and Healing Center. The doctors and nurses awaited for Lady Tsukiyame as she approached the building. The man slid the doors open to let her inside, and she had gone back to the kitchen with one of the nurses. She then handed the woman most of the herbal foods and medicinal herbs, and then the woman put them away. Lady Tsukiyame left the center to head home to the palace with some herbal foods and medicinal herbs for herself, her family and her servants working at the palace.
Lady Tsukiyame walked up the blood red pearl steps to go inside the palace. More guards stood outside and slid the doors open for her to enter. Usagi was conversing with one of the maids as she saw that her daughter was back from her patrol. The woman greeted her daughter as she handed her the black sack, filled with herbal foods and medicinal herbs. As she left to go put them away, Lady Tsukiyame and her mother walked away, talking about her first patrol.
"So, how was the patrol, Tsukiyame?" Usagi asked.
"It was great," Lady Tsukiyame answered and began, "On my patrol, I heard about some issues with flooding due to the thunderstorm we had this morning. It will take a while for all the floods to be clear. Some construction workers were sent out to deal with the problem. Other than that, no trouble was found. There were no disturbances. So our lands are safe."
"So the swamps and rivers were rising, and there are now floods." she said.
"Yes, mother," Lady Tsukiyame said calmly, "But now that the storm is gone, the floods should be gone soon."
"Okay. You have done well, my daughter."
After the conversation, Lady Tsukiyame went upstairs to change. Walking down the hallway, she was greeted by one of her maids working. She slides her bedroom door open and goes inside, closing the door behind her. Then she stripped herself of her armor and weapons, got undressed, removed her jewelry and took her hair down, and looked in her closet to find a comfortable black house kimono to put on.
Then she headed back downstairs to get some food. Not having the chance to eat again, since that morning, Lady Tsukiyame was starving. She told her maid what she wanted to eat and she prepared her meal with a glass of water. The woman brought it over to the dining room table and Lady Tsukiyame began enjoying her meal. The lighting was nice and the fresh air coming in behind her from the open doors to the garden felt nice.
Being done with her meal, she ushered for the woman to come and clear her plate. Then she headed back upstairs to her room as she walked up the blood red pearl steps.
This was the fourth chapter. Lady Tsukiyame just had her first patrol of the eastern lands, and it was very successful. She is doing a fine job as the new lady and as a great daihanyou.
I also want to let everyone know that a Daihanyou is the same as a Daiyoukai, except it means that a half demon is great and powerful.
I will be back next week with the next chapter!
Until then, bye for now!