Souheki fu Fuki

Prologue:

A whirlwind of brilliant colored leaves gracefully floated in the crisp autumn sky above an ancient enchanted forest. A small child's giggle could be heard echoing among the trees followed closely by a young man's tried and frustrated voice calling out. Then the graceful calm leaves where disturbed by a small child of three summers, dressed in a white ho, a black hakama and a red sash jumping into the sky above the trees. Her short raven hair shown brightly in the sun light. As her laughter filled the skies around her. The smile she wore was as brilliant as diamonds and her amber eyes rivaled the sun high in the sky. The moment passed and the young girl slowly descended to the earth.

There on the ground heaving out of breath was a young man of about eighteen summers. Once the child was securely on the ground she tackled the young man to the ground and hugged him tightly. The said man just sighed in defeat and ruffled the child's hair and scolded her. "Koinu …. you can't just run away like that. You could have gotten hurt. What would have happened if you ran into a bad demon? Hum." The young girl now known to us as Koinu pouted and sat up on the man's chest. Crossing her arms she retorted proudly and sarcastically "I won't get hurt! I'm hanyou not only human like you niisan!!! I could have taken them on." then she stuck out her tongue and huffed. The older brother just laughed at her antics and patted the child on the head. This only enraged her more. Smiling he teased her finding enjoyment in the kawaii reaction "Now what about the bad demons. What were you going to do make them laugh to death?" Now he had done it. Koinu got up and huffed and puffed as she headed in the opposite direction as her brother. Tenson then laughed again and got up to go after his little precious half sister.

Later that night in a small clearing a small camp fire could be seen. At the camp fire our two bickering siblings were trying to stay warm form the late fall cold night. Koinu was fast asleep in her brother's lap dreaming of something fun. While Tenson with his back to a tree, stared into the sky at the luminous harvest moon thinking of the past. It had been almost three years since he had left his old life behind and ran away with his baby sister in tow. Now they were running for there lives away from Koinu's grandfather the leader of the Ouritsu Inu-shikon Buzoku. He was the case for all there grief. If it hadn't been for him there mother would still be alive and they could be themselves rather then using these fake identities. He missed his best friend/stepfather. The demon that changed his view on life. They were the same age but the bounds of love know no age and found its way between his mother and best friend.

He remembered back before all of this when he thought all demons were evil and should be eradicated from the world. The events that changed his life on that fateful day of the disastrous flood….

Reference

Souheki fu Fuki - pair of bright jewels captive freedom

Ho - Ancient shirt worn in the Heian Period mostly by men

Hakama - Ancient pants worn in the Heian Period mostly by men

Koinu – Puppy

Niisan – Informal way of saying big brother

Kawaii – Cute

Tenson – Descendant of a god

Ouritsu Inu-shikon Buzoku - dog rulings clan