"Sir, can we put out to sea now?"
The three girls stood beside the fishing boats on the shore, stopping an elderly boatman who was locking up his boat.
"You want to go out to sea? I'd advise you not to." The boatman immediately warned the three girls before him.
"Why?"
"Tonight is the night of the new moon, when the great yokai Shiranui might appear. The fishing villages near these waters forbid anyone from going out to sea." With that, the fisherman turned and left the shore.
"Ah, no one dares to go out to sea!"
Watching the fisherman turn and leave, Yae Sakura felt rather helpless...
"People indeed rarely go out to sea on the night of the new moon. Disturbing Shiranui would be disrespectful, and if it took offense, that would be disastrous.
It seems that once, someone went out fishing on the night of the new moon. The next day, that person's entire village had vanished, and the ground still bore scorch marks. Everyone said it was because they had offended Shiranui.
That is why no one goes out to sea on this day." Luna stood beside Kikyo and explained as she looked at Yae Sakura holding the fox.
"Is Shiranui really that kind of yokai?" Yae Sakura looked at her in confusion.
"I don't know. It may simply be a rumor, but the fishermen believe it."
"Fine. Let's keep looking for another boat. If we can't find one, Higokumaru will have to take us there."
Several days had passed since last time, and today happened to be the first day of the lunar month.
The moon on the first day of the lunar month was called the night of the new moon. As a Half-Demon, Inuyasha would also turn into a human on this