Breathe in... Hold it... Breathe out. Miyuki bit down on her lip to keep from crying out as she changed the bloodied bandages on her torso. Cleaning her collection of wounds was always a daunting task, but she was getting better at it and dealing with the pain that came with unwrapping and rewrapping. Miyuki let out a collective sigh of relief when it was over and leaned on her sleeping bag in the small room of the Air Temple she was residing in with Team Avatar. Someday's it was still hard to believe that Miyuki was traveling with the someone so important. Her missions with the Kyoshi Warriors had always been to protect esteemed members of the earth kingdom. Never had Miyuki dreamed that she would be traveling with the savior of the universe and soon to be master of all four elements. Other days it was all too apparent that the avatar was still a human girl despite her lineage and thus still had humanly burdens and worries.
Miyuki placed her first aid kit back in her bag and pulled her shirt back on. She hadn't unpacked any of her belongings and only kept the essentials like her sleeping bag and kunai belt out and even most days she would roll the sack up and place it in her bag in case they needed to be ready to move. So far though things were quiet and Natsumi had been able to train in peace. Miyuki wished she could contribute to the avatar's training but the only things she could do were fight and treat wounds and so she did her duties with diligence and without complaint.
The black and white haired female suddenly felt very tired, it was late already and she should have been asleep hours ago. Miyuki lay down and closed her eyes, curling up on her side as sleep crept up on her. It was a mercifully dreamless sleep, which was wonderful because normally Miyuki was plagued by nightmares and the deaths of her comrades but tonight the Kyoshi Warrior was able to relax in the darkness that enveloped her mind.
"Everyone wake up! The Tsumi's coming!" The sound sliced through the darkness like a knife, sending the memory of that night into her mind and making Miyuki sit up abruptly, terribly alert to the fact that they were under attack. She stuffed her sleeping sack into her bag and strapped her belt on, leaving her shoes behind as she ran out the door. When Miyuki stepped into the courtyard where Natsumi's sky bison was just waking up she saw that they were too late, they were surrounded by the enemy. Miyuki grabbed two kunai, prepared to fight but Natsumi protected them from the Tsumi's gas attack with a shield made of air. She grit her teeth, feeling useless among the benders but determined to protect what was important. "Where's Jing?" Miyuki inquired suddenly, noticing that the earth bender was not among those under the shield.
Natsumi let the air bubble down and declared that the numbers were overwhelming. Just then Jing made an appearance and knocked a balloon out of the sky with a giant rock. There were already some on the ground and Miyuki placed her bag on the sky bison's saddle before throwing one kunai into the back of a member of the Tsumi and jumping down to parry the attack of another. She grabbed her bloodied weapon out of the body and prepared for more, gritting her teeth and thinking of the Kyoshi Warriors the Tsumi Ribasu had killed.
"This is for my sisters."