It was a full moon and Tsukiko had snuck outside the den from a secret entrance she found when she was a kid. Even though she could not see it was easy to navigate her way through using her sense of smell. The moonstone glinted on top of her staff.

Crawling out of her secret entrance Tsukiko stood and breathed in the fresh air rejoicing in the moonlight that helped calm her panic from the nightmares. The moon light giving her sight she walked.

'Why do I have to see all the massacres over the jewel? They terrify me, all the heartbreak and pain'

Tsukiko shivered thinking about the last nightmare. A man was tortured because he knew where a shard was and Tsukiko experienced it along with him.

A tear fell from her eye and she looked up and saw she was a fair bit away from the den and started to turn back when she smelt blood. With her powers of healing she always brought it on herself to help those in need as it seemed only that was a gift unlike the curse of her visions.

Walking in the direction of the scent she picked up speed as she heard heavy breathing and coughing. Walking into a bit of a clearing she could see a faint shadow of a humanoid figure surrounded by a faint shimmer she came to know was blood.

Walking towards the figure the scent of blood was thick in the air and not being able to see the ground clearly she stepped on a twig. All of a sudden Tsukiko was in a grip of something holding her tight in the air making her drop her staff and she instinctively struggled against it.

"You think just because im injured I wont kill you?" she heard a male voice rasp

"No I think because you are injured I thought I would help" she said struggling in the grip and the one holding her laughed

"Like I will fall for that" he said

"its your choice if you want help or not" Tsukiko replied and after a few moments the thing holding her in the air dropped her to the ground and Tsukiko landed on her feet.

Walking over to the fallen demon she knelt down next to him and from the position of the shadow he was turned away ignoring her.

"Where are you injured?" she asked and the man scoffed

"as if it isn't obvious" he said causing Tsukiko to sigh once again

"If you were not injured I would say stick your head out of your backside because I am, using your words I am"Obviously" blind" she remarked back. Hearing shuffling and the shadow move a bit she could tell he turned towards her and his breath stopped

"What? Are you dead already?" she asked sarcastic thinking he was staring at her eyes being pupiless which she gets bullied for from other demons. After a few moments she heard him mumble

"across my chest and stomach" Tsukiko nodded and reached her hands out and felt torn cloth and the wet feeling of blood. His chest was hard from muscles like most demons but the skin was a bit cooler from blood loss. Moving her hands across the bloody skin moving the fabric out of the way until she came across the wound.

Feeling along the wound she poked around to feel and assess the damage earning a hiss of pain

"Sorry" she mumbled in concentration after a minute she felt the wound was from his shoulder to the middle of his stomach almost cleaving him in half. From the type of injury she thought it might have been a sword wound.

"Your lucky I came across you" she murmured to herself before she used her powers. A warm feeling came from the middle of her chest and spread throughout her body before her power seeped from her finger tips. She's been told the sight of her power is like the moon shining from her hands and it made the person feel warm like a kiss from a lover or the hug of a mother.

But all Tsukiko saw was white from her power then a feeling of emptiness. When she finished a small bit of sweat had beaded on her forehead. She felt a bit weak and guessed it was because she was helping heal her wounded tribesmen when they survived an attack from the birds of paradise. The only reason she was able to walk around with the amount of injuries she received from healing was because her brother wouldn't let her for the last few days and that gave her enough time to heal because of how close it was to the full moon but that did not mean she was not weak still.

"How did?" he asked and Tsukiko smiled

"I guess im just magic" she said and stood only to get a dizzy spell and the man had to stand quickly catch her before she fell. Patting his arm she stood up straight

"thanks" she said

"Tsukiko!" she heard the faint voice of her brother yell and she turned her head towards it her ear twitching

"Tsukiko?" the man asked and she nodded

"My name" she said

"Tsukiko!" the voice of Koga got louder

"Thats my brother I need to go" she said trying to walk out of his arms noticing they were still around her but he didnt loosen his grip

"Why did you help me?" he asked and Tsukiko frowned

"I have the power to help so why shouldn't I?" she asked confused and broke out of his grip and started to walking towards her staff.

"Naraku" he said and Tsukiko stopped

"huh?"

"my name" he said and Tsukiko turned towards him and smiled

"Naraku I hope we can become friends" she said as she picked up her staff.

"TSUKIKO!" she heard her brother yell even closer and she sighed before running to where she could hear him

'dammit niichan I almost made a new friend' thought Tsukiko

Tsukiko chocked on sob when she new she just new that the two Naraku were the same demon. If she didn't heal him and let him die the tribe wouldn't of been lured into and they would be alive.

'its all my fault' she thought sobbing into her brothers chest and he held her

"Shh Imouto I will hunt down Naraku and get avenge our fallen brethren" Koga whispered and an image passed through her mind and Tsukiko pulled away

"NO!" she yelled causing Koga to jump

"no?" he asked

"NO! IF YOU GO AFTER HIM YOU WILL DIE!" she yelled at Koga and he tried to grab her

"no I wont I will find more jewel shards-" he said but Tsukiko cut in

"YOU DIDN'T LISTEN, YOU NEVER DO! I TOLD YOU WHAT WOULD HAPPEN BUT EVERYTIME I TELL YOU WHAT I SEE YOU THINK ITS JUST A NIGHTMARE AND DONT BELIEVE ME! YOU WILL DIE!" she screamed and her yōkai started to go out of control because of the emotional stress and from still being weak from being away from moonlight for so long. Her eyes started to turn liquid silver

"Help me grab her!" yelled Koga to the watching demons and they jumped into action but a blast of her yōkai blew them into the walls only Koga still stood. Acting quickly he grabbed the moonstone and and pushed it against her chest and it sent out a calming light that flowed into her and the silver slowly turned back into blue.

Koga caught her before she could collapse, all her strength was gone and with her conciousness fading she looked to her brother

"Niichan don't go..." she said Koga picked her up and held her princess style in his arms with her staff and carried her back to her room through the hole behind some vines. Koga laid her down on her bed of furs and covered her over laying the staff beside her. Her room had the bed of furs in the middle with the room with small holes along the walls to let in a bit of light and fresh air. Different stones littered the room here and there reflecting the light around the room. Around her room were different herbs and plants for medicine. Looking into her face he pushed the hair out of her face which was flushed.

"Sorry Tsukiko but I must avenge them" she heard him murmur before she blacked out.

meanings

Imouto- little sister

Niichan-older brother