When Kiyomi woke up or at least she thought she did. When Kiyomi woke up or at least she thought she did, she found herself laying in a field. At first she thought the plane crashed and she had survived, but she didn't see no bruises on her. That was her thought, until she seen a house she knew all too well. It was a red mushroom house that had dead sunflower and dead tulips and dead red roses that looked like it was reaching up to the sky grown over the house. It had decorations that were unkempt for, a white picket fence that was dirty and peeling, and a dead garden. Yet, the outside of the house seem good in shape, just the fact it was covered in dust. She knew was about to happen, but she just let it unfold.

Although, it was sunny on her side, it was dark on the other one. Then a young girl appeared, she was calmly sleeping on the ground then she awoke. The young girl had on a white dress and was barefoot. Her kinky curly hair reach to mid of her back. Then all of sudden, the young girl seen a butterfly and started following it. Kiyomi knew of this girl, because it was her younger self. The girl then started walking in circles to follow after the little butterfly. Present Kiyomi followed after past Kiyomi. She stopped in her tracks, when past Kiyomi turned around and what it had seem like she was looking at her. So Kiyomi called out to her, but to no avail the girl continued to gaze. After a few moments, the little girl turned back around and began wondering off. Kiyomi wanted to yell out to the girl, but she knew that wouldn't work. However, unbeknownst to present Kiyomi, was that the past Kiyomi was full aware of her presence. She so badly wanted her to be aware of things, yet Alluriana told her not to do it just yet.

Younger Kiyomi again started to follow this blue butterfly that had henna art on its wing. "Wait for me butterfly. Please don't leave me," called out desperately younger Kiyomi. "Please come back, little butterfly." Present Kiyomi started following the young girl, wondering if she would notice her or not. After a couple of minutes of following the butterfly, past Kiyomi wasn't aware of a petite lady standing in front of her. She was tending to a already dead garden. Present Kiyomi knew of this lady well, she just watched the girl back up with a surprise face from bumping into the lady that was towering above her. She smirked at the lady from afar.

The lady was a very petite woman. She was a little taller than present Kiyomi. The lady had straight silvery white hair and she wore it in two high ponytails with bangs that were on each side of her forehead. The most appealing thing about the woman was how her eyes were like hypnotizing gold- like. She also, had one jagged magenta strips on each side of her cheek. She small ha were painted purple, the same shade of purple that adorn the crescent moon that rested on top of the woman forehead. She wore a purple and white kimono that had a green and blue butterfly on it and wore a gigantic fabric around her shoulders, which seemed like a fur coat to Kiyomi. The lady wore a pearl necklace that had a stone in the middle of it.

The petite woman looked down on the child and stared. Usually she despised humans, but this little one held her interest. One thing she definitely noticed about the girl were her eye color. They were the most spectacular eye color she ever seen. She also wondered did the girl wear a veil, because she appeared human, yet her scent didn't give off a human like scent she always have gotten.

"What's your name?," asked the small framed lady. Her voice was raspy but nice at the same time.

"K-Kiyomi," stuttered the little girl. Older Kiyomi hide behind the stem of a tulip and watched the interaction; however, unknown to her was that the petite woman and past Kiyomi was aware of her presence.

"Pure beauty." whispered the lady. she gaze at the girl curls and introduced herself, "I am Alluriana*, Kiyomi. Lady Mother of the Western Lands." The girl looked up to the lady with wide eyes. Fearing what the strange woman might do to her. The lady could smell the fear that the girl was wearing. She sent out her youkai energy to see what would happen, but the girl had not accepted it. The lady simply gazed at the young girl and offered her hand. The girl stared at it as if it was poisonous, "I will not hurt you Kiyomi." She was telling the truth, yet she had not reveal she wanted to get closer to Kiyomi, so she could feel her aura. The girl aura was very dim and Alluriana could barely sense it nor see it. Once the girl clasped her small hand, she now could feel her aura, though it was still dim. Her aura was overridden with sadness and grief. The grief was so hard it had taken over the girl aura, as it was a umbrella shielding itself from the rain. She suddenly felt compassion for the girl, but she never felt sorry for a human. Then again she had to remind herself that this girl was not a human, if she was, she was not a full human. She most definitely wasn't a hanyou nor a yokai. Alluriana had to put some thought to it, about the girl presence. The girl interrupted her thoughts.

"Where are we going?," asked a younger Kiyomi.

"To the 'house', Kiyomi." She nodded her and continued to walk with the lady in silence. Present Kiyomi hid and followed them. After they had made it to their destination, she waited for the two to enter. The young girl and small framed woman walked in the mushroom house and Kiyomi sat on the ground below the window seal to hear the conversation. She remembered that conversation like it happened yesterday. She lifted her head to watched the two sit at the table. Alluriana lit some old candles that were covered in spider webs and sat back at the table with Kiyomi. The two simply stared at each other for a few moments, then Alluriana questioned Kiyomi, "Kiyomi, tell me where you are from?"

"I'm from San Diego. Its very sunny there." Alluriana interested in this place called San Diego she asked where was it located. "California." Clearly not aware of these places, she decided to ask another question. "Kiyomi, where are your parents?," She could now see the tears forming.

"T-they left."

Now this perked her interest. She couldn't believe the girl parents would dare leave such a beautiful child behind. The girl could've gotten ate by a yokai, or worse of all...She pushed that thought out of her head, she wouldn't dare think of such fate. "They abandoned you?!"

Kiyomi gotten frighten once by the lady again. She could see the anger in her eyes. "No, they are...their dead," the girl finally let the tears rain down her cheeks. Seeing the girl cry, brought Alluriana to feel empathy for the girl. She pulled the girl to sit in her lap, but was surprise by her behavior to hold the little girl. She also was trying to settle her beast down, seeing that her beast was instantly motherly protective of the girl. She wanted to claim the girl as her own, part of her clan. Her beast also wanted to hurt anyone, who dared to hurt the little onna. The girl laid back onto the lady chest and continued to weep; Alluriana rocked her back and forth while also sending out her yokai to keep her calm. This time the girl accepted it. However, she was taken back by the girl own aura. It was like she was trying to send her aura to Alluriana. She simply looked down on the girl. 'She truly is a magnificent being.' While rocking her back and forth, she grabbed a handful of the girl curls and looked at it in awe. She has never seen anyone with these curls. She began raking her claw hand through the girl hair and hummed her to sleep. When the girl was soundly asleep, Alluriana smiled at the little being in her arms, but she also thought on why was she treated this girl different from others.

Alluriana felt rays began poking through the sky. This too had perked her interest, she continued to stare at the sky in amazement. Just a few moments ago, the sky was darken, now its brighten. She also had noticed that the girl aura was happier. She wondered if the girl change of aura had anything to do with this. Alluriana continued to rock the sleeping girl and looked out to the sky, while she absently minded raked her finger through the girl curls. . When she first appeared here, she thought this place was revolting. Then the little girl appeared, her aura was so dim at the time, if she had not seen her she wouldn't never known she was here. But now her aura was getting brighter and brighter. Then she began thinking why The Kami's would send her here. 'So, this is why The Kami's sent me here. I hope this little beautiful creature isn't a pawn in their game. She's so graceful. Innocent. Pure. I wonder...what is she?' That very question, still to this day dwell on Alluriana's mind.

After seeing Alluriana hold her younger self, tears began coming down Kiyomi cheeks. She so desperately needed that right about now and nobody was there to give it out to her. Yeah, Elizabeth did, but it wasn't the same touch as her mother's or Alluriana. "Oh, Alluriana, why did you stop coming?," whispered Kiyomi. Thinking it was time to go, she brushed herself off to head back to the field.

Alluriana heard the girl whispered and she so desperately go out and give her a hug. Though she wished to speak to Kiyomi, The Kami's ordered her not to interfere just yet with Kiyomi. So she just sat there with younger Kiyomi and watched her walk off. She looked at Kiyomi in amazement. The girl has definitely gotten bigger. She felt proud swell in her chest and noticed the girl had curves that would make any woman jealous. Her beast was please to now see of Kiyomi, but was angry that she was now going away again. She was too feeling the same feeling. Her heart filled up with so much joy, the girl she helped grow was growing up so fast. She had not seen her in year since she gifted her the bracelet of 32 stars and crown of moons on her twelfth birthday. She remember that day, as if it just happened.

After the day of gifting her, Alluriana stopped showing. She watched as Kiyomi walked towards the mushroom house and called out to her, yet Alluriana did not come. Everyday Kiyomi came, hoping Alluriana would show, but the small framed woman did not show up. After three months of no Alluriana, Kiyomi stopped showing up to the mushroom house regularly. It broke both hearts to not see each other. It tore Alluriana's spirit up when she seen Kiyomi cry. Seeing the girl eyes red made her cry too. Her beast wanted to take control and pounce on anybody; it was a struggle everyday for to stop her beast.

The few times Kiyomi did come up, the mushroom house slowly started to go back to its original state. Before Kiyomi left for good, she screamed at the sky the very words that finally tore both hearts. "You said you would never hurt me, Alluriana." And with that she cried her final tears out and dropped a object. It was a flower, a blood rose one. The last one from Alluraina's family. The sky began darkening from Kiyomi's mood. Alluriana loved Kiyomi as a daughter she always wanted and she desperately wanted to reach out to Kiyomi and hold her, but she just watched her stormed off. Once the girl had left she dashed towards the objects and held them tightly to her heart.

The sight of Kiyomi, took a total on both woman and beast. Her beast actually blamed her for the separation, and quite frankly she did too. It was hard for her body, mind, and heart to be arguing with the beast. It simply took too much energy. Alluriana opened her eyes and smelled tears too. She hated when Kiyomi cried, it always pulled strings of her heart. She watched as Kiyomi walked off crying. She knew all too well that Kiyomi was thinking on how Alluriana just left her without an explanation. She possibly hated her now, and she didn't blame her either. The girl went back to the field and laid down. A few moments after, a white blasted came through, it was hard and powerful and the girl was now gone. If not for the barrier she put around her and younger Kiyomi, both would've been badly injured. "She's gone now?," asked little Kiyomi though she really hadn't too because she already knew. Alluriana looked down on the younger Kiyomi and nodded her head. Both girl hearts overridden with sadness and the rays of sunshine quickly left.

... Dream~Flashback Ends...

*The name Alluriana means charming grace and its beautiful to me.