Fuedal Era Meets Mermaid Princess

by purplerose97

A mermaid on a mission, arrogant youkai lords, and egotistical and sadistic hanyou, and phantom thief's with a penchant for testing a fiery young miko's patience and self control all of this is Princess Hibiki's life when she chooses to go to the human world and rekindle the ties between youkai and mermaids and she finds love along the way if she doesn't kill him first.

4. Chapter 4 In A Village Called Edo

Ch. 4 A Village Called Edo

Feudal Era Meets Mermaid Princess

Travel to the Western Lands was the quietest of all, but she wasn't surprised because of who the western lord was. She traveled from the border of between the West and the North to the first village along the border. She was surprised at how lively and cheery the place was considering who the lord was, but she guessed that having a lord who made sure his borders were secure before all else caused the people to be less cautious. After all if their lord killed all who were stupid enough to try and challenge him then they really didn't need to worry about getting attacked. She was curious after finding youkai cities in all the other lands what one would be like so she decided to go into the first one she came across in the Western Lands to see what it was like. It was more like the cities of the mer-people than the human cities were, but that was to be expected considering that youkai and mer-people both used magic and youkai had their own unique abilities if they didn't wield magic.

She had to maneuver around youkai patrols though she was surprised they could see through the magic that made up her disguise, and made a note that lord Sesshomaru didn't leave anything to chance. He truly was a good lord even if he was a bit cold though not so cold as she found out while in passing he kept a human ward, so he truly did not hate humans how intriguing she would have to find out if that rumor was true.

Eventually she reached a village called Edo near a forest named after Inuyasha, so this must be the village that Inuyasha and the other Inutachi called home. She put on her peasants cloths and walked to the village.

When she reached the village she asked around about work and was directed to the hut of their miko named Kaede, when she reached the hut she wasn't surprised that Kaede was an elderly miko she had met several elderly miko on her travel. However Kaede seemed very observant so she would have to be very careful around her, thought she was cautious around Kaede she also respected the elderly miko for her wisdom. She was given the privilege of being the elderly miko's assistant, so basically she did everything that Kaede herself could no longer do or that she couldn't do well anymore. Kaede appreciated it very much and Hibiki enjoyed learning about healing herbs from Kaede she had seen a few plants on land that looked like healing herbs, but she was unfamiliar with the plants of the land so she left them alone.

Now thought she was happy to have the chance to learn about the healing herbs of the land so she could gather some and use them instead of her undersea remedies which were running in short supply. She was also going to bring some back for study and use underwater, she would teach the healers how to use them then they would be able to come up with different mixtures that combined the knowledge of the sea with that of the land when it came to healing. Kaede was also impressed with how fast she learned, but what could she say she had always been a fast learner ever since she was young. She planned to stay in this village helping Kaede through the winter months the air had already grown very cold and she had sensed a large storm was coming soon so she made sure she and Kaede had plenty of wood she hoped the Inutachi made it back before the snow hit.

Break

WITH THE INUTACHI

It had been a month's since the incident with the thief known as "Tsubasa" and since that time she had pushed herself even harder than before, she could not believe that the thief had been able to beat and disarm her so easily. Naraku wasn't too happy about her improvement either and had been quiet since their last meeting shortly after she had been beaten by "Tsubasa" that was one thing she was immensely proud of

Flashback: They had been on the trail of another rumor about Naraku after all they had about half the jewel and Naraku had about half there were very few shards left to collect, so the final battle would be soon. The day was very cold and everyone was miserable because of it but we wanted to press on before it got too cold to do so. The wind picked up when Inuyasha and I yelled at the same time "DUCK" and we did just in time to miss getting our heads cut off by Kagura's "Dance of the Blade." Instantly we were all on high alert for attack and then the battle was on wind buffeting us left and right from the backlash of Kagura's attacks Inuyasha slashed at her with his sword, and because they were in close quarters he could not use any of his more powerful attacks. She stepped in and started firing arrows, but Kagura dodged them all.

She suddenly had an idea if they all attacked Kagura at once they would be able to overwhelm her and she would either have to retreat or get killed and Kagura would rather face punishment from Naraku than die doing his dirty work. She signaled the others and they all gathered for a moment while Inuyasha covered them, and they all agreed to her plan. They came out from the safety of Inuyasha's protection and spread out. When they were all in place she gave another signal, and they all attacked at the same time severally wounding Kagura and forcing her to retreat. Flashback End

She was indeed very proud of that and her swordsmanship and miko powers had soared to new heights she guessed all she needed was a good sound defeat for her to improve because she was having trouble improving beforehand. Their group was heading back to Kaede's because winter was coming fast and they wanted to be in a place that was warm for the winter months since the snow would make travel nearly impossible. All of them were proud of their accomplishments, but were disappointed they would have to wait until the snow melted to continue their search. That meant that Naraku would have at least three months to recover and come up with new sinister plots while they could do nothing because the risk of getting dangerously ill if they traveled in the cold weather.

WITH HIBIKI

It had been two weeks since Hibiki had come to Edo and so far out of all the villages she had visited on her travels this one was one of the best besides Shiori and Umi's village it was peaceful and radiated a soothing aura. The villagers liked her a lot most likely because she was willing to help with anything even if it was considered man's work for them the only other females they had witnessed willing to do man's work were Lady Sango and Lady Kagome. The children could not get enough of her because she loved to play with them and had endless amounts of stories for them to listen to. Kaede had told her about the god tree that stood near the village and she was intrigued she had read about god trees they were hundreds if not thousands of years old and the only trees that could rival them in age were the elder tree youkai. She figured that the god tree was part of why the village radiated a peaceful aura since trees were naturally peaceful beings.

She was brought out of her musings when she sensed the Inutachi approaching the village and was glad it looked like they were going to reach the village before the storm was going to hit though she didn't show any signs outwardly of sensing anything unusual and just kept to the task that Kaede had given her. Kaede came out of the door and told her hurry with the wood because guests would be arriving shortly.

WITH THE INUTACHI

As they reached the village everyone let out a sigh of relief hopefully Kaede had sensed them and would have a nice hot cup of tea ready for them when they go there. After about fifteen minutes of traveling through the village they reached the hut and were as she had expected Kaede had sensed them and had tea ready for them when they arrived. What they didn't expect was the stranger in Kaede's hut a female with doe brown eyes and mid-back length black hair she must have been a commoner because she wore plain brown kimono. As usual Inuyasha's mouth ran and demanded to know who she was though they were all curious about it. Kaede introduced the female as Hibiki and they were astonished they heard of a very skilled healer going by that name and they asked her if she was the aforementioned healer and she sheepishly admitted that yes she was.

She said that although she was good she was nowhere near as good as Kaede and had learned a lot while she had been here helping Kaede with the preparations for the coming winter.

Break

Over the weeks after they arrived in the village they got to know Hibiki and Kagome and Sango found another female companion they could talk to, Hibiki listened but didn't judge them for what they said. She gave advice if she thought it was necessary and the advice she gave was usually very good advice which gave Sango and Kagome the impression she was much older than she looked. They practically fainted when they learned she was only twenty years old she was older than them yes, but only by a few years(Hibiki's actual age is a little younger than Sesshomaru in this story and he is about 900 years old though he looks like he is in his late teens as does Hibiki). Inuyasha was standoffish as usual and refused to have anything to do with Hibiki, but that didn't seem to faze Hibiki so they just left it alone.

As the winter months progressed Inuyasha even got used Hibiki being around and though he was standoffish still he didn't glare at her every chance he could get anymore.

The village had much better care over the winter months than it usually did with Hibiki, Kagome, and Kaede there to take care of them in fact there was only one death the entire winter and that was an elderly lady. The village was overjoyed the winter months were always the scariest because the winter months were the time when the village had the most trouble with illness. As the winter months came to an end they prepared to start on their travels once more and instead of traveling alone as she had before Hibiki opted to travel with them, and though Inuyasha didn't like it he agree with the threat of bodily harm from the rest of his pack.

WITH HIBIKI

She after some consideration and consultation with her father and uncle decided to travel with the Inutachi. There were many reasons why one being she liked the Inutachi and found them to be genuinely good people even the standoffish Inuyasha, another was so she could gather more information on Naraku. What she found out from the Inutachi during the winter about Naraku had both her and her father and uncle troubled, so much so that her uncle had ordered her to aid in any way she could in the destruction of the evil hanyou. That her uncle who didn't like war was giving her such an order meant he thought Naraku could become a threat to everyone and she had to agree.

She also found out that Inuyasha was the lord of the wests younger half-brother, she thought no wonder he hated humans his father had chosen a human and a hanyou over him and his mother. She also found out that the rumors of Sesshomaru's human ward were true, her name was Rin and she apparently really loved flowers as was the complete opposite of the antisocial, cool, calm, and collected lord. She found it funny and ironic that the human to change his views on humans would be his complete opposite in nature.

Well at least her travels with the group would not be boring.

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Author's Notes: Alright you go Hibiki for not letting Inuyasha's temperament get to you.

Next chapter Hibiki starts her travels with the Inutachi and waits for the gathering of the youkai lords to offer her people's alliance to them, she finally meets the one of the lords unlucky for her the lord she meets happens to be Inuyasha's elder half-brother Sesshomaru, and he's there for the Inutachi's assistance? Wha? Find out next chapter.

All characters except for my OC's belong to Rumiko Takahashi! Ja Ne!