"Queen Sgiach I have no desire to do this." Miko said.
"I know my child." Sgiach said. "You are full grown now, though. You must go out into the world and learn the ways of the ningen. Someday you will find yourself a powerful consort."
Miko shook her head. "The human men would not like that archaic word. They prefer husband. And that is not why I am going. I have trained on this island all my life. I have learned the way of the warrior. But my mother Atsuko chose to drown her great power in liquor and sex. I want to know why she chose that path. And I hope to find my grandmother."
"You should stay away from Kaori." Sgiach said. "She is the one who brought you to me. She abandoned you, remember that."
"Perhaps. But she is family. I will find her. She is currently living in a temple in Jump City." Miko said.
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Miko entered the temple. It was utterly destroyed. An arrow was affixed to the ground wrapped in an ofuda. Miko touched it and jerked back. A seal. Powerful magic.
Next to the arrow was Kaori's corpse.
Miko touched her face.
"Grandmother...I call your spirit to me...one final time..." Miko said. She lit a smudge stick.
"I want you to know I came to see you. I found you. I want to bring you to peace. I will absolve your soul. Your murderer will be brought to justice. I give you my Oath as a Warrior."
Miko pressed her fist to her chest.
"Blood of my blood. I release you to the afterlife. Blessed Be."
With a flash of silver light Kaori's soul passed on.
"That was...beautiful." A boy, a teenager about her age in a superhero suit stood in the doorway. "Who are you?"
"That is my line. Though I suppose by your appearance at the crime scene you are the famous Robin, leader of the Teen Titans. I am Miko, Warrior of the Isle of Skye. I come as ambassador to your city. I was told there was a problem here I would be needed for. But I never expected..."
"What is it? What killed her?" Robin asked.
"It was a yokai." Miko said.