Frosty Petals And Wilting Embers

Chapter 1

(Koyuki's point of view)
As the sun came out, I opened my eyes and sat upright. I went outside and walked around the dojo I lived in. While walking around, I bumped into another teen and fell down. "Please forgive me! I wasn't watching where I was going!", the teen said. "It's quite alright. I just came outside for some fresh air.", I answered as I used my hands to get up from the ground. I noticed the teen girl was carrying what appeared to be three wooden boxes. "Hey, what's with those wooden boxes?", I asked. "Oh, my parents and siblings are in them.", she replied before I led her inside. Right after we entered the dojo, she put them on the floor and opened them up. I watched on in surprise as seven demons stepped out, stood up and blew up like balloons. "They can control their ages and sizes?! How the hell in the world is that even possible?!", I thought in shock as the seven demons turned their heads towards me whilst biting on what appeared to be muzzles made from ribbons and cut up bamboo. I quickly got over my shock and turned to the teenage girl. "Speaking of which, what's your name?", I asked. "Hide Kamado.", she replied. "You?", she asked. "It's Koyuki and don't even think of asking me about a last name because I don't have one like you do.", I replied. "By the way, what era am I in?", I asked. "The Taisho period.", Hide replied. "So I truly was in a deep slumber within the dojo for over a century.", I thought. She then began helping me clean up the dojo so we could have a tidied place to sleep in. It took us until the late afternoon to finish this and I took to making white rice and chicken for dinner.