Faylinn woke lying in a strange bed; quickly she jolted upright and looked around her. It took a moment for her to remember yesterday.

"Oh…" She muttered and she fell back into the pillow, wincing with pain when she moved her neck too much.

A soft knock on the door was quickly followed by the small petite presence of Moon, a big smile made her look brighter and happier than she had looked yesterday. In her hands she carried a large basin of steaming water and towels and wraps hung over her arms.

"I figured we could try giving you a quick wash down since you may not be able to stand long enough in a shower." She said in answer to Faylinn's skeptical look. "After we'll get you some food."

Before Faylinn could say anything Moon pulled out a wooden chair, covered it in a towel and began helping Faylinn sit up and undress.

"It looks like you have been in a fight or two." Moon mulled as she began lifting Faylinn off the bed and taking her over to the chair.

"When my mother passed away many things didn't want me staying where I had been living for my whole life."

Moon nodded, set Faylinn down and began cleaning.

"And the tattoo's on your back?"

"Those have been there since I was born. My father was a bat demon."

"So then your mother was Elf and Kitsune, correct?"

Faylinn blinked but answered her host. "Yes, my mother was half Elf and half Kitsune."

"Did you grow up in your mother's village or your father's coven?"

"I grew up in my father's castle… Well… In the castle that my father lived in, it was owned by another man."

"So you didn't live with either of your parents clans?"

"No, my mother never knew either of your parents, she only had her older sister. I never knew my father."

"So you grew up with your mother and your aunt?"

Faylinn started to wonder why she was so willing in sharing her life story with a stranger but she felt oddly calm when Moon was around; she always seemed to exude kindness and a motherly love.

Moon noticed Faylinn hesitating. "I'm sorry if I'm pushing into stuff you don't want to talk about."

"No, no it's not your fault. I just was thinking how it seems so easy to talk to you, like a child telling their mother all the bad stuff…" Faylinn mulled quietly over what she had just said to Moon.

"I never knew my aunt." She finally answered.

Moon looked up from where she had been ringing out a washcloth she was using to wash Faylinn down. "So it was just you and your mother all by yourself in a castle?"

"Well… We didn't live alone… Everyone who had lived and worked for the lord and my father stayed in the castle under my mother's authority."

"And these were the people who attacked you when she died…?"

"Yes…"

Moon made a disgruntled sound as she scooted Faylinn forward on the seat to get her back. "What great people…" she muttered.

Faylinn smiled, she couldn't help it. No one had made complaints in her favor.

"So who was the lord of your castle?" Moon continued changing the topic to something less sad.

"His name was Yoko I believe."

Moon's eyes widened slightly but just enough for Faylinn to notice. "Yoko…? As in Yoko Kurama…?"

Faylinn cocked her head curiously. "Well… Yes that would be his name… Why?"

Moon shook her head and started to clean Faylinn's back, trying to focus on that instead of what was asked. "Nothing nothing… I just knew a man when I was little with that name. I doubt it's the same person."

Faylinn blinked then bit her lip as Moon scrubbed a ticklish spot just above her tail.

"Well." Moon dropped the cloth into the cooling basin of water and sat back on her heels. "That's as clean as I'm going to get you while you're sitting in a chair and we're only using a cloth."

Faylinn tried to stand up and nearly toppled into the tub of water at her feet; only a quick Moon caught her with an arm around her shoulder.

"We'll try standing a little later honey." She said as she sat Faylinn back down on the chair. "Let's look at your wounds and then we'll get you dressed and talk about food." She smiled and undid each wrap in turn, cleaned each one in turn then rewrapped it in a sterile bandage. With that she stood up. "Well you're taller than I am but your chest is smaller…" She mulled, as she looked Faylinn over. "But the color will look good."

"Color of what…?" Faylinn asked as she sat there watching Moon.

Moon smiled and untied the wrap around her waist.

Faylinn's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Wait! You don't mean to go naked do you?!? I mean you are already wearing that!!"

Moon smirked. "Oh stop being a baby." She chided as she pulled off the obi and her kimono, underneath she was wearing training shorts and a wrap. "This is the smallest thing I have that might actually fit you." With that she helped stand Faylinn up and slid the kimono around the girl's slender frame. Quickly she wrapped the obi around her waist, tying it in place.

"There, now don't you just look lovely." She smiled and turned Faylinn to face the lone mirror in the pale room.

Faylinn had to admit to herself that she did indeed look good. The pale blue kimono made her extremely short blonde hair look even brighter and the navy obi almost matched her eyes. She touched the material and realized that it was, in fact, silk. "Aren't you worried it's going to get dirty…?"

Moon laughed as mist started sliding into the room from the slightly open window. "If I was worried about that I wouldn't have given it to you to wear. Now, let's get you some food."

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Faylinn sat outside under a tree. Moon has insisted that she got some fresh air, and since it was her watching the elf she was place under a tree near the training ring; Moon was in the ring training.

'Well I guess the outfit made sense…' She mulled to herself as she leaned against the ancient oak tree.

Moon's speed was absolutely incredible, Faylinn watched as she just practiced dodging blow after blow from the boy named Yuske. 'She's almost as fast as me.' She noted.

As if on cue Hiei stepped in between the two fighters.

"That's enough." He turned to the boy. "Yuske, you're completely useless to train her speed. Kurama…" He turned to the red head leaning against a tree not too far from where Faylinn sat. "You're the fastest, you fight with her."

Yuske sneered. "You're the fastest of us all, why don't you just do it."

"This is training, not actual combat, Moon isn't that fast yet, and we'd be straining her body too much."

At that Faylinn's ears perked up. Straining Moon's body? Was there something wrong?

Kurama pushed away from the tree and stepped into the ring. "Are you ready?"

Moon smirked and slid into a crouch. "Bring it on plant boy." She answered with a grin.

Kurama was laughing when both of them nearly vanished from sight completely.

Faylinn actually let out a startled sound as she tried hard to keep up with the dancing blurs. 'They're so fast!' She watched as two blurs dodged around the ring endlessly. 'If these two are this fast…' She shot a quick look across the ring to the man who was watching the lighter blur intently. 'How fast is he…?'

After what was probably hours it all came to an end when one of the two blurs went flying into a tree. The figure slumped to the grass, one arm caught on a low hanging tree branch. It was only then that Faylinn realized it was Moon.

"Enough. That's it for today." Hiei called as he knelt down next to Moon.

"I'm fine…" Moon nearly whispered as she tried to push herself unsuccessfully to her feet.

Without another word Hiei slid his arms around his wife and lifted her as if she weighed nothing; that's when Faylinn noticed just how sick Moon actually looked. Within the few hours she trained against Kurama her skin coloring went from a light golden tan to a sickly paste-y white. She let her eyes follow Moon worriedly as Hiei carried her out of the clearing.

"Kurama…" Moons soft voice called out as Hiei began to enter the trees.

"I know." The red head answered back as he tried to smile, the whole area had suddenly received a heavy atmosphere. He walked over to where Faylinn was sitting as she unwillingly tore her eyes away from the girl who had been taking care of her all this time.

"Is she…?" Faylinn stopped when she saw the look in Kurama's eyes.

"She'll be alright." He answered quickly as he picked her up and carried her off to the second house.

When they entered the bedroom she was now using she finally had had enough. "Why is she like that? Please." She begged. She couldn't understand how someone so full of life just a few hours ago could suddenly be reduced to such a state.

Kurama sighed as he sat Faylinn into one of the two cushioned chairs in the far corner of the room.

"Moon is sick…" He started as he tried to find the right words.

"Well I noticed that much, but how? What's causing this?"

"What did she tell you when she took you out to her village?"

"How did you know she took me there?"

Kurama just smiled as Faylinn growled and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Tch…" She hissed. "She only told me that the reason her village is destroyed is because of her."

"She didn't say that she is the reincarnation of their mother goddess?"

Faylinn's jaw dropped. "What…?"

"Yes. Originally when Selene came to Earth from the astral she began a village of gods and goddesses that would help the people and demons of this world. After she died though she prophesized that there would be a child that was born to both the night and the day and that she would fly upon golden wings and their village would be at an end of a cycle. It was an incomplete prophecy because it wasn't that they ended the cycle, they fought against it and were destroyed."

"So is Moon literally Selene's reincarnation…?"

"Well not exactly. She and Selene are exactly the same, except one difference."

"What's that…?"

"Selene's abilities gave life to a whole race of people." Kurama looked over at Faylinn. "Moon's powers are killing her."