Oh wow, I was looking on a site and apparently Tsukinomono means menstruation, I thought that was interesting so I shared. Tsukimono means cursed, or devil's possession, funny how Japanese is like that.
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They reached the entrance to the cave, Toboe jumping up and down excitedly. Hige and Cyan looked at Toboe confused.
"What's gotten into you?" Hige snapped.
"Look! More companions!"
Hana walked out of the cave, nervously, she shielded her eyes from the burning sun and looked at Hige and Cyan, waved her hand slightly.
"This is uh… uh…um…," Toboe stumbled realizing he didn't know her name. Tsuki ran out and went to Hana's side. Shippo came out afterwards and sat down, panting.
"I'm Hana, that's my friend Tsuki," she pointed to her black friend. Toboe waved and Hige grunted, "Great, we have no food and now we have to share food with others." Cyan nudged him and glared at him.
Kiba walked out with Neko and looked at the group, "everyone, we are on a journey to seek out Tsukimono. I know the journey has been rough and…" he looked down thinking about Tsume, "sadden, but we are all together as a pack, as a family and we will continue to find Paradise. Even if we die trying, we will find the Book of the Moon and we will then find the way to Paradise. Is everybody with me?"
He looked around at the eyes of his friends, each of them filled with excitement yet doubt. If the ending will be like the last, will they all survive? Toboe stood up, Shippo followed, Hige smirked, and he and Cyan stood up together. Tsuki and Hana smiled and they raised their hands to him.
Neko sat by his side, "we are all with you, wolf-human, together as a pack we are the strongest."
Kiba beamed, he remembered this feeling, he remembered when they were together, and even running blindly they were together, "any ideas for food?"
Hige nodded and replied," We could always find some deer around here if everyone's up for it."
The girls laughed and ran off on all paws to search for some deer, Hige sprinted after them. Toboe and Shippo laughed and followed. Kiba sighed and watch them, Cyan came up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You really make a difference in everyone's life; you are truly a leader, Kiba."
"A leader isn't a leader without it's followers, Cyan."
Neko purred and walked a ways to wait for the hungry group. Cyan's bright blue eyes twinkled.
"For some reason, I feel like I met all of you before…"
Kiba smiled and nodded, "I know the feeling."
They sat down and talked for an hour, Kiba explained what happened in their previous life, Cyan watched him with those same eyes and she looked as if she remembered.
After the hour, the group of the Hungry came back with a giant buck in their jaws. Neko meowed happily and they all digged into the deer enjoying the long awaited meal. Tsuki and Hana enjoyed their bacon that they cooked previously. All of them knew they had a long journey a head of them and running on an empty stomach wasn't much of a good idea.
The night fell on the satisfied group. The eight of them were content as they slept the night away. Tomorrow was a new day.
I will bring Tsume back. But... it's going to be a surprise.
