The smell of rotted corpses clung in Rina's nose. The hallways and rooms were littered with skeletal corpses. Blood stained the walls and floor, a fine layer of dust coated the surface of everything. Of course the flesh had rotted away on the skeletons but the stench remained. It made her feel sick to her stomach. After the slaughter on her family, they weren't even buried in respect; left to rot away on the spot where they died. Spider webs infested the ceilings of every room. The only light source was the moonlight that had managed to pierce through the dark forest and enter through the windows of the manor. Every step she took made her heart pound faster, she was scared but she didn't know why. If her family was angry they wouldn't harm her at all…would they? She heard something roll by. She looked down to see a skull at her feet looking at her. Where the eyes once were, it felt as if the skull was looking directly into her mind. She quickly left the skull and moved on to the largest room in the house. It was where she and her cousins would often play in.

:Flashback:

"Rise and shine!!" Sunlight found its way into the bedroom which woke up Rina. She noticed her mother cleaning up the room. For some reason, Rina never saw her mother angry or sad, she was always smiling.

"It's about time you're up sleepy head!" She commented with a smile as she walked over to her daughter's bed.

"What time is it?" Rina asked yawning.

"Almost noon! Not even Rika sleeps this late!"

"Oh…" She climbed out of her futon and got dressed in her kimono that was already laid out. "I'm gonna be with Rika-neechan!" She said as she ran out.

"Heya squirt! Bout time you're up!! Rai was planning to splash water on ya if you didn't wake up!" Rika said to her patting Rina on the head. Rina shot the boy with short, messy, dark-blue hair who just smirked.

Rika was like Rina's older sister except that she was her cousin. She had dark red hair that ran down to her shoulders. She would look out for everyone no matter how much of a jerk they were. She disliked fighting which separated herself from all the rest of Rina's cousins who were just waiting to get into a fight. At times Rika would be like the mother figure mainly because Rina's mother, Saki, had many things to do as her husband was almost always away.

:Flashback:

"Mother…father…" Rina mumbled when she saw the skeletons of her parents. Her father's skull was pinned up on the wall with a sword; his body lay in a heap. Her mother lay on the ground face down as she always had been ever since she died. This room was littered with many corpses, all cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Some of them she knew as jerks others she loved to death. Human skeletons weren't the only things that was in the room. Skeletons of canines (dogs) were also with them. As their family had an affinity with wolves, wolves had lived with them as well. She made her way to the center of the room and looked up at the tapestry that still hung on the walls torn at the sides. On it was a black crescent which signified the symbol of her family. Each member had the crescent on their bodies. If a person was kicked out, the mark would simply be burned or carved off depending of their severity of their actions. She was about to take another step when she heard a shuffle behind her. She looked back to see a skeleton staring at her intently.

"What's going on?" She asked herself as she realized that every single skull in the room was looking at her.

They were all facing different directions before; they couldn't be alive at all. Then she remembered something that nearly slipped her mind.

"Of course" She muttered to herself.

She exited the room, she was led into a hallway. There were stairs that led up and down. Below her she knew was where the wolves would reside, there wasn't any point of venturing down there as she would only find skeletal remains of the wolves, so she went up. Upstairs were where the bedrooms were. She went into her own. Even though dust had coated the floors and everything, it looked exactly the same as it had been when she had left. She sat on her futon recollecting every single moment she had while she was living in peace with her family.

.:Flashback:.

"Rina come on out!!" Saki called out as her daughter had locked herself inside the room.

"Make me!!" She yelled out from through the door.

Saki understood why she was acting in such a manner. Rika had recently passed away due to a freak accident. She of course was devastated and just wouldn't accept the fact that she had died.

"Please! Your father is here!" She called out.

After many years, Tatsuya decided to return back to his family. The door slid open to a pouting girl. Saki put on a wistful smile as she led her daughter downstairs to meet her father. Even though Tatsuya was Rina's father, she still was shy around him. Probably because she had only seen him twice in her whole lifetime. His ruby red eyes reflected the happiness he was feeling when he saw his pipsqueak daughter.

"Hey there!" He said as he took her up into his arms. "What's wrong? Have you been crying again?" He asked; she nodded. "Don't worry about it, I'm sure Rika is happy where she is now" He assured her.

That was one of the last memories Rina ever had of her father, after that the whole massacre started.

.:Flashback:.

Thumping noises as if somebody bounding up or down the stairs were heard. Rina whipped her head towards the staircase. She left her room and looked around finding no one. She went over to the stairs to investigate—no one. She then got her answer. Snarling, snapping of the jaws and a low growl was heard behind her. She could feel the hot breath of whoever it was on her neck. She had no time to turn around and find out as it made the first move. With a quick swipe of its claws, she instantly felt a searing pain on her left shoulder. She fell on her knees pained and managed to get a look at it before passing out.

"Unh…" A blurry figure came into view as her eyes opened. "What the hell?" She asked as she saw the figure.

A jet black wolf with a red crescent on its left paw, was staring intently at her with its ruby red eyes. It was definitely larger than any wolf for sure. When Rina sat up, the wolf towered over her at least by a foot.

"Hiroshi? Is that you?" She asked. It nodded before speaking.

"A thousand apologies" It lowered its head. "I attacked you thinking you were an intruder, please forgive me" It said in a low whisper.

"…I forgot you could talk…" She said back. He looked up.

"I can talk!" He yelled out.

"That's what I just said you mangy mutt!" She yelled back to him.

"Well excuse me for being a wolf!!"

"This isn't going anywhere!!!" She shouted to him. They both shut up and sat in silence for a while. "Who dressed my wounds and put me back into my bed anyway?" She asked him breaking the silence.

When she had woken up she realized she wasn't lying on the hard dirty floor. Instead she was in her futon.

"Your mother" He answered back.

"My mother, but how?" She asked.

Right as she asked that, the skeleton that was her mother walked in with a bucket of water and some towels. Rina's face paled.

"This is a dream, this is a dream…" She chanted to herself. Hiroshi sighed and nipped her on her bare arm. She obviously felt it as she pulled away fast. "This isn't a dream, this isn't a dream!!!" She said panicked as the skeleton came next to her. Rina patted the floor next to her, looking for something. "Hiroshi!! Where the hell is my zanpakutou?!" She asked panicked.

"Oh you mean this thing?" He asked holding Hanabi in his jaws.

"Yes and it's not a thing!!" She yelled reaching out for it only to be stopped by a hand—made of only bones.

"Eep!!" She gasped and fainted onto her pillow.

"Same as ever" Both Hiroshi and Saki sighed.

Tsukiyomi Tatsuya: Father-shinigami--died by protecting family

Tsukiyomi Saki: Mother--died by protecting family

Tsukiyomi Rika: Older female cousin--died in freak accident

Tsukiyomi Rai: Older male cousin (Big jerk!)--died from falling off a tree (he thought he saw Santa)

Hiroshi: Wolf--alive