Yes, Tsukiko is a hanyou that transforms into a cat at full moon. Kind of like when Inuyasha turns into a human at new moon only Tsukiko has to wait until noon to transform.
If you want a picture of Tsukiko and Mai, I'm trying to upload them to my photobucket account. It'll be on there soon.
The Reason for Friendship Chapter 3: cat vs. dog
Tsukiko burst outside the hut. She was wearing loose tan pants and a shirt that were tied firmly to her wrists and ankles by strips of white fabric. She wore a green vest over that
was secured at the waist by a lime green, cloth belt. She had her hair tied by another strip of cloth at knee length and she held a sword with a wide blade on her shoulder.
"Give the Tama no shikon shards back to us!" yelled Sango. "What, did you actually think I'd just hand this over to you?" she said, dangling the tiny jar of Shikon jewel shards
from the string necklace. "You'll have to step over my dead body to get this!" she snarled, putting it around her neck. "Then I guess I will." said Inuyasha, stepping forward.
"Mai, get away from here, It's going to be really dangerous." said Tsukiko, readying her sword. "I really think you should just give it back to them Tsukiko." said Mai. "Fine."
said Tsukiko. Mai looked relieved. "Fine, if you won't leave, I will." said Tsukiko, and she darted off into the trees. Inuyasha raced after her. "I'm not letting you get away with all
that!" he shouted. " Inuyasha! Wait for us!" shouted Kagome. Inuyasha of course, ignored her. Sango and Miroku had gotten onto Kilala's back and chased after Inuyasha.
"I'm sorry, Tsuki chan never listens to me." Mai said. "That's all right, let's follow them and see if we can stop them from fighting." said Kagome, holding out her hand. Mai
hesitated but took her hand. Then, they ran off into the woods after the others.
Deep in the forest, there was the repeated sound of trees crashing down. "Give them back! Wind Scar!" shouted Inuyasha. There
was a slash of light and the cluster of trees ahead came crashing down. Tsukiko just managed to dodge the attack and landed catlike
on a branch nearby. She stared down at Inuyasha and stuck her tongue out. Then, she darted off into the trees, swishing her tail
around, mockingly. Inuyasha snarled angrily and ran off after her. "Inuyasha, Stop attacking like that! You're going to destroy the
entire forest!" shouted a voice overhead. Sango and Miroku were riding on Kilala's back and were also following Tsukiko from
the air. "Quit exaggerating Miroku!" shouted Inuyasha. "Look, up ahead, Tsukiko stopped in that clearing!" shouted Sango.
Inuyasha leaped up high above the trees and saw there was a clearing up ahead where the hanyou girl was seated, lazily on a large
boulder. "So she's finally decided to stop running away and fight." said Inuyasha as he landed to the forest floor. "Finally, I can get
rid of that stupid cat. This is going to be easy." he said, grinning maliciously and cracking his fingers.
Inuyasha burst into the clearing, Kilala not far behind. Miroku and Sango slid off her back. "It took you long enough to get here, stupid." called Tsukiko's voice. Inuyasha looked around. His ears twitches and he turned toward a tall patch of wildflowers.
Tsukiko's head popped out from the flowers. "You really reek of dog you know?" she said, standing up. "You're one to talk; you stink really strongly of fish. Its disgusting." retorted Inuyasha. "Now give back the shikon shards or I'll kill you!" he growled. Tsukiko yawned. "You don't know just how many times I've heard that one before." she said.
Inuyasha charged forward, unsheathing the Tessaiga. Tsukiko quickly blocked the attack with her dark, odd shaped sword. She was able to block the attack easily but struggled slightly against Inuyasha's strength. "Hirai Katsu!" shouted Sango. She threw her giant boomerang, which curved straight in the direction of Tsukiko. The girl leapt far back, out of the way.
"Stay out of this humans!" yelled Tsukiko. "I can fight you after I finish off this dog demon friend of yours." she spat furiously. "Not if I beat you first! Wind scar!" shouted Inuyasha, swinging the Tessaiga. Long slashes of light flew off the blade, tearing up the ground ahead of them. Tsukiko didn't have time to dodge it. She jammed her sword into the ground and held on to the hilt with both hands. The wind scar reached Tsukiko and exploded in a cloud of dust. Inuyasha lowered his sword and wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I wonder what that brat will do when she finds out her stupid cat died." he said, smirking.
It was fairly hot on that summer day. There were cicadas off in the distance, droning off their loud routine. The air was filled with the sweet, blissful scent of thousands of wildflowers, swaying with the wind.
Mai suddenly stopped running and sneezed. Kagome leaned against a tree for a breather. Tsukiko had run off with the jewel shards so Inuyasha, Miroku, Kilala, and Sango went after her. Kagome and Mai had been running through the wide forest to try to catch up with the others. Many times they had gotten lost in the dense woodlands, but Mai somehow always put them back on track. She also seemed never to get tired and ended up having to wait for Kagome to regain her breath every few minutes.
"If I take another step, I'm going to collapse!" panted Kagome. "Let's rest for a minute, ok?" she said, exhausted. "Please hurry up and recover Kagome san. We need to catch up to Tsuki chan and Inuyasha san." said Mai. "You have a lot of stamina Mai. How come you never get tired? You run so fast sometimes, I can hardly keep up." marveled Kagome. Mai looked down, her dark bangs shading her eyes. She looked troubled about something. "I guess it's just the strength of youth maybe." she said, looking up. She was faking a look blissful happiness. Kagome had used that technique various times to avoid questions from her friends when she was depressed and immediately saw through it. "Mai, is something wrong?" she asked. "Of course not, why would you think that? Let's get moving, they're probably way ahead of us now!" said Mai rapidly, pulling on Kagome's hand. Kagome was jerked forward and dragged off at a pace she could hardly keep up with.
Stupid little narrator skit
Narrator: Is Tsukiko really dead? Why does Mai have so much stamina for a little girl? Where's Shippo? Oh he's right here!
Shippo: Oh no, she found me!
Narrator: GET YOUR FLUFFY TAIL BACK IN THAT FANFICTION RIGHT NOW SHIPPO!
Shippo: FOX FIRE!
Narrator: OUCH! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?! TAKE THIS! (Uses strange glowing strings to tie up Shippo and throw him back in he fanfic)
Sachiko: What did you just do to poor Shippo?!
Narrator: Well... Umm... I-
Sachiko: Shut up and go to your room! You're not allowed to hurt Shippo!
Narrator: (goes to her room)
Sachiko: Please R&R! Pretty please peoples!!!