Larel stretched once they were outside extremely content now that he got a quick snack in, a part of him wished all the villages were like this. The food was good, it was small so it was easy to recover if one got lost, the people minded their own business but were kind even to strangers, he had forgotten the warmth they carried.
He knew it was a silly thought though and promptly put it aside, he started to look in the direction Mera and Alari were but Hotaru spoke to him drawing his attention to her causing him to miss them.
He blinked a few times hearing her ask about the north and Larel brought a hand to his chin thinking for a moment, there were so many things up north he didn't know where to start but a few things stood out to him immediately.
"Up north there are huge areas that served as battlefields. You can still see the old tattered banners at some of them, I'll show you one of the battles I fought in if we pass any. There are these huge buildings with at least eight levels and on each floor there are performers, some dancing, some singing I think I visited it once and they called it Kabuki...it's..strangely entertaining. Oh there's plenty of places with hot springs, hundreds of places to get food and the kind they serve seems as if it wasn't fit for mortal consumption. Oh and then there's castles, dozens of them scattered across the area, hundreds in the land. If it's big and stands out it's probably in the north, still you'll see for yourself soon enough there's so much up there."
Larel grinned before turning his attention forward again crossing his arms over his chest as he found he had more to say about the north then he anticipated.
"I haven't been there in so long," Larel said. "To an extent it was my home, it's a good place to visit. Minus the people trying to kill me up there."
"Well it's a good thing you're just visiting there then."
Larel's whole body twitched and he immediately turned around as a voice spoke behind them, Larel's eyes met Hiroyuki's who stared at the two his eyes narrowed slightly.
Gritting his teeth Larel reached for his sword but Hiroyuki held a hand up and motioned towards the people nearby who glanced over at the three.
"Just a misunderstanding," Hiryouki said smiling at the few passerby's. 
A few of the people looked at one another and with a shrug turned and walked away, Larel's hand rested on his hilt but as he watched the people walk away his hand slowly lowered from it.
"Where did you come from?" Larel asked stepping toward him. "I didn't even feel you coming, not even Zenmaru did."
"A lesson I learned from Nii-sama, one of the things he taught me when he showed me how to use a sword. Though I haven't perfected it to the point he has," Hiryouki said. "Where I came from isn't important but it seems we're going the same way."
Larel wasn't sure what to think about this situation, the last time they met Hiryouki he tried to kill them for being youkai even though Larel technically wasn't one, now he was just conversing with them not an ounce of malicious intent coming from him.
"I won't start a fight with you with all the peaceful people around," Hiryouki said closing his eyes. "No need to drag humans into this and personally I've prefer to go about my business with little trouble today."
"So you just...approached us not wanting to stop trouble."
"I figured if you initated the conversation you'd attack first and talk later," Hiroyuki said.
Larel started to respond to that but as he thought about it he realized he actually had a point, he almost drew his sword on him just now.
"Anyway within this village I'd like a truce," Hiroyuki said before holding his hand out. "I'll put up with your....existence you put up with mine."
Larel stared at his hand then glanced at Hotaru, his eyes moving back to the hand before he reached out and shook it, giving his hand a bit of a squeeze before releasing it.
"Fine...the moment we step out though you're a target again and I will kill you this time," Larel said.
Hiroyuki shrugged and held his hand out toward Hotaru since it applied to her as well.
"We don't have to like each other to not stab each other in the back, you ignore me I'll ignore you, it's that simple."

Alari nodded as Mera spoke crossing his arms as he saw the poster, he expected to see posters eventually but he figured they had at least a few more towns. Seeing them this far down he decided to scout the area when he had a free moment, he was glad Mera was watching for who could have possibly put it up as well.
Between Mera's wanted poster, Larel's and with how things normally turn out Hotaru's they were going to have plenty of business in the north, at the very least they could avoid a few problems by sticking to the shadows and avoiding anything that would turn eyes towards them.
When he heard she found a way to get rid of Sybil Alari smiled glad to hear little bit of good news, after all the bad it was nice to be able to address one of the issues in their company.
"Good to hear news like that and so long as we don't draw attention to ourselves the north shouldn't be-"
Alari cut himself off as he heard Mera mention who they would have to meet to fix the Sybil problem.
"The shogun...the one with that fixation on you?" Alari questioned adjusting his glasses. "Hmm I wonder if Hotaru could get used to Sybil."
Alari waved his hand in front of his face indicating he didn't meant that sincerely.
"Sorry that was an ill-attempt at humor. I suppose I should ask what exactly we'd have to do towards the Shogun. Larel's first go to is to kill generally so I hope it's not that."