A/N: I'm borrowing heavily from the lore I made up for my series The Wolf so for those of you who have read through those stories (which I have not completed on here since they don't seem to be popular) you will see some repetition. For those of you who didn't read those stories (and by no means are you obligated to, I know they aren't for everyone) this will all be fresh and new for you =D

I'll state that a lot of my information is completely made up. I did do research into Kitsune lore although a lot of sites repeated the same things and didn't go into a lot of detail about the specifics for the different types. It was kinda frustrating for me because of the way my mind works, I NEED to have all the pieces to a puzzle and since the information I found online, didn't fill in all the pieces for how the lore works on the show... I filled in the blanks myself. I tried to tie the Tails into powers that Kitsune are recorded as having (like the illusions and dream manipulation, those were listed as abilities Kitsune had) but there just wasn't enough to explain how TW's versions would earn all 9 of their Tails. And since I like having ALL the pieces, I made Tails for all 13 types and not just 9 for Thunder since that's what Kira is. This first chapter is going to be filled with information since I'm going to share with you, all 9 Tails for all 13 types... The least I can do is fill you in with my guesses instead of leaving you hanging like TW XD I hope you all enjoy my version of things =D (in order to make sure the chapter doesn't completely DRAG on though, I'll include some more in depth explanations of some off the wall Tails, all of Kira's Tails, and then the rest will be included at the bottom, as if a copy of Kira's own notes, complete with her comments in (), but please, if you have any questions about the types of powers I have in mind, leave a review or send me a message and I'll be more than happy to talk with you about my ideas!)

Background/Setting: Set after Season 3b but branches off where Season 4 starts, with all the Canon deaths except for Allison (so still set junior year for Scott etc). Kira gets frustrated because her mother isn't teaching her enough things about being a Kitsune. If she had been stronger… if her mother had actually taught her… maybe Allison wouldn't have gotten hurt. She goes into the loft, hoping that maybe Derek knows something about Kitsunes, if he could help her figure out her family. The Hales were once a big, respected family, surely he knows something…

The door to the loft swung open, and Peter looked up from his book, surprised at the intrusion. The boys had lacrosse practice (which Allison and Lydia were watching), Malia was probably off in the woods trying to work on her shifting, so no one usually stopped by at this time. Hell, the only reason Peter was always here was because he knew it bothered his nephew. Plus he didn't want anyone to know where his apartment was. Stiles in particular was extremely nosy and Peter was a very private person, so he loitered around Derek's loft as much as he wanted. Derek had mentioned that he was going out for a run, which usually meant that he'd work himself into exhaustion out by their old ruin of a house. So this wasn't Derek coming home. All those thoughts registered in Peter's mind as the door was still sliding open, and then he saw young Kira step inside.

"Um, Derek, are you-" Kira cut herself off when she saw Peter sitting on the couch, one brow raised as he looked her over. "I'm sorry, I should have knocked… or texted, do you text? That's rude… I didn't mean to make it sound like you're old or something just that… I've never seen you texting anyone and…umm, anyways, please say something before I embarrass myself further."

"I do text yes, I just don't make it a habit to text the teenagers of Beacon Hills nonchalantly since well, I'm a formerly deceased Werewolf that's almost twice everyone's age. Derek isn't here, won't be for another few hours, but you're free to wait for him if you want. He just got some soda, and he'd hate that I offered you some, so please, help yourself," Peter said with a smirk. It irked his nephew that everyone just helped themselves to his food stores, like this was the Pack house or something.

Kira's face fell a bit, "Oh... a few hours? Mom would be totally suspicious if I was gone that long without pre-warning her I'd be watching practice or something. I'll… I'll just come back tomorrow or something. Crap, no I can't…"

"What's on your mind? Is it something I can help with? Derek isn't the only Hale here," Peter commented. It might be something she only wanted to talk to Derek about, but odds were, she just needed a Hale. All of Scott's friends depended on their knowledge, or Deaton's, to help them through the hard times. She probably only thought of Derek because he was a tad more approachable and not as distrusted as Peter.

"Oh, um, well yea, that's true I suppose. Can't hurt to ask, even if it is slightly embarrassing…" Kira stepped further into the loft, closing the door behind her. She stopped a few feet away from the couch, too shy and nervous to sit by Peter. "Do you know anything about Kitsune?"

"Yea, lots. I actually traveled overseas when I was young, Talia thought it would be good for me after our parents died and I had finished school. Really, she had an ulterior motive, she wanted me to learn things about other creatures, to expand our library. I didn't mind of course, I'm fascinated by all the different creatures in the world."

Kira brightened immediately, "Could you tell me what you know? Please? It would be a huge favor- I'd owe you big time!"

"Well, that's a broad topic, did you have anything specific in mind that you wanted to learn?" Peter only managed to hold in his smirk by sheer force of will, he wasn't the kind of Wolf that you wanted to owe favors to.

"Well, mostly… about my Tails… After the stuff with the Nogitsune… Mom told me that our Tails give us strength, they increase our power. If… If I had even one Tail, if I'd been even a little stronger… maybe Allison wouldn't have gotten hurt- she almost died… Maybe Aiden would still be alive."

Peter wrinkled his nose in distaste, caring for others was a waste of energy. But she was young, hopeful, he couldn't fault her for that. Besides not everyone had the same realistic outlook he did. "I know a lot about Kitsune Tails, what do you know about them?"

"Um… that we can get up to nine of them? That each one increases our power exponentially, and they take years to get, requiring someone to master one of the Kitsune powers in order to gain one," Kira mumbled, knowing that it wasn't much. She was in the dark about so much of her own species… he must think she was pathetic.

"Yes, nine is the correct number, although the number of years it takes depends solely on the Fox in question. Kitsune talents are hard to master but there are nine different powers to manifest and you could have a knack for 6 of them, earning 6 of your Tails relatively easily-"

"I'm probably going to be like 500 before I even get one…"

Peter frowned, "Well, if you keep shooting yourself down like that then yes, it's going to take a long time to earn a Tail. Do you even know what each of the Tails represents?"

Kira slumped her shoulders and closed her eyes, "No… At first I thought… my katana… since Mom is always training me but… I'm completely proficient with it now, I can totally keep up with Mom during our lessons. And still no Tail. Then I realized that there are like, way more than nine weapons in the world, so weapon training couldn't possibly be the key… I can also run like super fast, even Scott had to work really hard to catch me, but I know that I could have pushed even harder and been uncatchable. So that isn't a Tail either, just being able to tap into my speed and agility."

"Wow, your mother is an awful teacher…" Peter commented. Kira had to know that it wasn't her fault she was in the dark, it was Noshiko's, for not telling her. Hell, if they hadn't moved to Beacon Hills and awakened Kira's latent abilities, Peter was willing to bet she still wouldn't know. "Why hasn't she taught you about your heritage, your abilities?"

"I have no idea!" Kira sighed, finally dropping down onto the couch in shame. "It makes me feel so stupid… she's 900 years old and had all nine of her Tails… she's super powerful, or she was… and yet, she was keeping it all a secret from me. Even when we reforged this sword… she didn't tell me how to do it, it just kinda happened. I'm not even 100% sure what kind of Kitsune she is!"

"Well, what are your options?"

"I do know there are 13 types um, let's see… Thunder, obviously, Fire, Water…no, River and Ocean, Wind," Kira listed, counting off on her fingers. "Um, Mountain, Earth, and Forest… that's 8. Void, another obvious one, nine…Celestial although I'm not sure what that means… Spirit, um, Time, and… oh the last one is weird… I always forget it because it isn't like the others… Um… Sound!"

"Very good," Peter nodded. "So, out of those 13 types, which might your mother be?"

"Obviously not Fire, or the water ones… not the earth ones… I want to say Spirit or maybe even Celestial since the Oni are Japanese demons but… I don't know if demon summoning is something all Kitsune can do?"

"No, it isn't, that is a type-specific ability. Celestial and Spirit are easy to confuse since we hear Celestial and we think Heavenly, also, spirits. Celestial Kitsunes lean more towards light as their element while Spirit Kitsunes are more like essence- spirits and energy," Peter explained.

"Wow… you do know a lot. I mean, I was able to find out some stuff out online, like you know, the Japanese history, but it was all the "not real" kinda stuff, not posted by someone that knows we actually exist, but the lore of us; I couldn't really find anything on the specific types either, all just general stuff. So I mean I don't really know what is true… Werewolf searches also bring up the whole, full moon transformation stuff and we all know that's fake."

Peter laughed, "Yea, anything on the internet has to be taken with a grain of salt. A lot of the lore has some truth to it though, since ages ago, we didn't have to hide like we do now. Especially in foreign countries where mythical beings are more widely accepted. So, the 13 types you found on the internet, all real; the being born a spirit fox and having to possess a Human to take Human form… not so real. Obviously you were born a Kitsune, your parents didn't have a baby and then offer her body up for a Thunder Kitsune to inhabit- if that were the case, you'd remember how to use all of your powers."

"Can you tell me exactly how this works then? You're right of course, I'm not a Human being possessed by a spirit. I did find stuff about that, how fox spirits had to wait for a hundred years before they could gain a Human form, or that they had to possess someone. But I mean… I do have a spirit inside me, which is different from you, right?"

"Yea, it is different. Centuries ago, there were some fox spirits that decided they wanted to live in peace with Humans. They approached different families and made pacts with them. Now Kitsune spirits are tied to familial lines, that each time a child is born with the right blood, there is a chance that a spirit will be born into their soul, tied together with the Human. So in a way, you are possessed, since the Fox inside you is a separate entity from you but that they have lived inside you, grown with you, that you are in balance and can use their powers without forfeiting your consciousness." Peter continued to explain, "Werewolves on the other hand, they are more like…" He paused, trying to think of an explanation that she would understand. He read comics as a younger boy though, he had an idea. "It's like the Hulk- how the other 'personality' was created by an accident but that after it was created it had a permanent place inside his body. A Werewolf can be born with this… extra persona inside them, or the seed can be spread through a bite. Obviously not actually seeds, technically speaking, it's more like a venom, one that forces this Wolf into creation. Because the Wolf comes from within though, that is why we don't have an aura, like you do."

"Wow… hearing it like that… Turning into a Werewolf doesn't really sound like a lot of fun. My Fox is pretty quiet inside me right now, always has been- like she? Yea, she, was sleeping or something. But your Wolf never sleeps, does it?"

"No, we are always wrestling for control, the Wolf is a very primal being, full of instinct and animalistic tendencies. Once you find control though, it's easy to keep the Wolf tame, held back. You're born with a more natural balance, something that is very hard to knock out of whack. But even a Born-Were can lose control at any time"

Kira looked up at Peter with awe, she'd never thought about what it might mean to be a Wolf. She had seen Scott's Beta shift, had seen them fight, but other than that… she just didn't think about it. Kira hadn't been in town very long but to her knowledge, she's never even seen Peter angry… even Scott has accidentally 'wolfed' out a few times. Peter only shifted when he wanted to, she'd never even seen his eyes flash but she knew they were blue. And if he knew this much about Kitsunes… "So, does this mean… you know, theoretically, how I could gain all nine of my Tails?" Kira asked shyly, biting her lip.

Peter looked her over for a minute, wondering just what he might get in return for helping her with this. Already he knew that Kira felt obligated to trade him a favor; Kitsune might be trickster spirits but they still recognized kindness done to them and looked upon some people favorably. By literally teaching her everything she might need to know about her Tails, her Fox would feel obligated to repay him in a really big way. Oh the possibilities! He smiled at her, making sure to keep his smile warm and not overly ecstatic (or as Stiles labels it, creepy), "Yes, actually I do. The only reason I did what Talia told me to do was because I personally found creature lore to be absolutely fascinating. Plus you never know when that knowledge might come in handy. I will admit, that I had to brush up on it when we found out you were a Kitsune."

"Y-you have it all written down? Why'd you look it all up again?"

"Well, I just wanted to brush up on my facts, especially when the Nogitsune became such an issue. It has been a few years since I'd last learned everything and with a family of Kitsune in town, when's a better time to brush up. Although, before you ask, I can't let you borrow the book we transcribed it all into."

"Why not?" Kira asked, deflating. She'd been hoping she could borrow it and just read, impress her mom with how quick she was learning.

"Because it's in our family vault and we don't really allow non-family members to know its location. I mean, I could just go get the book and let you read it here but…"

"But?"

"I'm just a very careful person, it's like our own version of the Bestiary, only we don't have a fancy digital copy. The transcribed book is the only copy we have, if anything happened to it… It would just be much easier if I taught you."

Kira had started to feel really hopeless… Surely Peter had taken very studious notes, the book was probably very detailed and would tell her so much. But since it was the only copy, of course he was hesitant to let anyone touch it... Peter had said that he knew a lot but even if he listed the ways to get her Tails… Kira would be lost without anyone to show her… But then… teach her? "You'd… teach me? As in, not just tell me and then kick me out and let me figure it out on my own?"

"What?" Peter blinked, confused. "Why wouldn't I teach you?"

"I… my mom… Even with stuff like homework, she'd go over the basics with me, like the notes, but wouldn't help me with any of the actual problems, telling me I needed to be able to function on my own. That's probably why she hasn't told me anymore than what's been necessary about my powers…" Kira was staring down at her hands as her fingers knotted together.

Impulsively, Peter reached out and cupped her chin, lifting her head. "Us Wolves believe in fully training all the younger pups in a Pack. You might not be a Wolf, but I'm not going to let you struggle with this alone, it's just not in our nature. I'd be a disgrace of a Wolf if I didn't do everything in my power to help you learn." Strangely enough, Peter did really feel like he wanted to teach her, like it might be a great way to ease the boredom. Obviously Peter hadn't cared about teaching Scott anything, or Derek, not unless they forced him, but Kira on the other hand... Interesting. Maybe it was just because Peter knew how it felt to not be able to count on those around you and he hated seeing her like this. After everything he did, teaching Derek about memory sharing, helping Stiles fight the merged twin Alphas in the hospital, killing the Darach when Deucalion hadn't finished the job… all of that and still, Derek's words echoed in his head- 'We don't like you, now shut up and help us.' Of course… they had every reason to distrust him, Peter understood that, but still, he worked hard to try and gain their trust back and still after all the help… Peter mentally shook himself and then noticed the way Kira was looking at him. There was still the matter of being owed that appealed to him.

Kira blushed as she looked into his eyes, never having been this close to the older Were before. Everyone told her that Peter was dangerous, scheming, mischievous… but if he was really that dangerous, why had the Pack let him hang around? Surely he can't be as bad as they said, otherwise he'd have been chased off- no amount of useful information was worth keeping a dangerous killer. He must be reformed or something. Still though, she couldn't help the shivers that ran down her spine as she looked at him- she better get used to his presence if they were going to be spending more time together. Now all she had to do was manage to not get lost in those blue eyes of his... "I… thank you! This means so much to me, really!"

"I'm more than happy to teach you. I just want to help my Pack after all," Peter said. A beat passed before he realized he was still holding her chin and he softly let go. "So when did you want to start?"

"Now?" she replied, hopeful.

"I figured as much," Peter chuckled, setting his book on the table. "So, let's just start with the list shall we? Then we can see which Tail you want to try for first. Some of these are going to be a lot harder than the others."

"Right, yea, I'll definitely want to pick an easy one."

"So, I'll start with a quick explanation of the powers in general. A Kitsune has two different categories of powers, elemental based and fundamental. Fundamental Tails are Tails that are basically the same for each Kitsune whereas elemental based Tails are something that only that specific type of Kitsune can learn to do. I'll start with the 6 fundamental Tails: healing, FoxFire, imbuing, summoning, illusions, and dream manipulation. Healing is an obvious Tail, since a part of our bodies, our spirit, is made up of something more than just Human, almost all supernatural beings have some sort of accelerated healing. FoxFire is obviously different for each Kitsune since it depends on your element, but it counts as a fundamental Tail because all Kitsune can create FoxFire. With me so far?"

"Yes, healing I'm thinking would be the easiest but I'll wait until you're done to finalize my answer. Next was… imbuing?"

"Yes, technically it's imbuing and summoning, but the fourth Tail I listed has to do with summoning as well so I just labeled it as imbuing. What it means is, you can fill your weapon with your element, your power, and use it as an extension of your powers and not just your physical body. And once a weapon is imbued, it becomes tied to you, you create a strong bond with it, and you can summon it to you." Peter paused, figuring that Kira had something to say; he wasn't wrong.

"What? That's… from how far away? And like… pull it across the room, like a magnet or…?"

"How far away depends on your strength. Obviously that distance will grow as you get stronger, more adept with the summoning and more in tune with the weapon. And no, not like a magnet, I'll explain that when we get to that actual Tail. Next is a different type of summoning- Kitsune can summon an animal minion. Because they are trickster spirits, they often enlisted in help with other creatures, creatures tied to their element of course, as a sort of kinship with the world around them. Of course, the animals you summon aren't real, they are manifestations."

"Like… the Nogitsune's flies? Were those his summon animals?"

"Yes, exactly. His flies were like small weapons, helpers, that possessed a small amount of his power, which is why he could use them to possess others. Personally I think spiders and cockroaches embody more of a "void" feel but eh, I didn't make the rules so Void Kitsune get flies-"

Kira interrupted, "Mine isn't an eel is it? Because… that's so totally lame, I'd only be able to use mine in water. Plus it's totally a cop out, the whole eels equal electricity thing. It's probably eels, lame…"

"No actually, not eels." Somehow, Peter managed to hold in a laugh at Kira's defeated face, but he couldn't hold back the soft smile when she glanced up at him, excited again.

"Not eels? There are other animals?"

"Yes, most of them are fish but there is an insect. Your summon animal is the Oriental hornet."

"Why?"

Now Peter had to chuckle, "Well because they generate electricity. No one really knows why but it's a fact that they do; they gather up solar energy and create electricity. Thunder Kitsune figured this out and bonded with them centuries ago, creating a kind of pact. Like the Nogitsune, you can summon hoards, or only a few if you choose, of hornets to carry out tasks for you. Since you're a Thunder Kitsune, each hornet would be able to produce a shock effect, thunder effect, stuff like that."

"Thunder effect?"

"We aren't there yet," Peter teased. "So, after summoning we have the illusions. What good is a trickster that can't even confuse their target? Most illusions are just copies of something in order to confuse an enemy, or trick an innocent passerby, but powerful Kitsune can create vast illusions, tricking multiple people into seeing the same thing, create whole scenes-"

"The battle in the snow…"

"Hmmm?"

"When we were at the school… Scott led us through a door and suddenly we were in a Japanese-esque garden, snow was everywhere. He summoned some Oni and had them fight us, but then Stiles realized that it was all fake, that the Nogitsune was just making us think we had been transported somewhere."

"Yea, the Nogitsune was a very, very strong Void Kitsune, I'm not surprised he employed such tactics against you. Those experiences will help you though, so in a way, the Nogitsune has always taught you more than your mother has. I'm sure just the thought of that would upset her."

"Maybe, she probably hasn't even thought of that. She probably thinks I can't learn at all…"

"Then we'll just have to show her that you're stronger than she gives you credit for, right?"

Kira smiled at him, "Yea!" It was nice, having someone to just sit down with and talk to about her abilities- someone that had answers! She had never thought Peter would be so helpful, he always seemed so annoyed when the gang came over to the loft. But maybe that was because… they had killed him… surely things were awkward, and Stiles was very harsh with his "jokes" and whatnot. But since Peter didn't have any of that animosity with her, this was going very well!

"The final fundamental Tail is dream manipulation. Foxes love interfering with emotions, and dreams are a very easy way to rile someone up, or make them believe something, very similar to illusions. Dream manipulation is generally harder to learn though since it requires entering a person's subconscious- not an easy feat, believe me."

Kira felt another shiver, a small voice telling her that she should leave now before she agreed to something she wasn't prepared to fulfill. But she ignored it, told herself that Peter was reformed, not the same Wolf that had bitten Lydia a couple years ago.

The Wolf was surprised when Kira didn't make a comment; her heart had sped up just a bit but her face didn't change in the slightest. Surely this would have been the pivotal moment, the comment that made her realize she was in over her head. But she didn't try to make any excuses to leave, didn't suddenly seem overly nervous. All good signs, for him. "Next are the three elemental Tails you can achieve. There is some overlap between the elements but since it isn't something shared by all elements, they count as separate ones."

"And you know the three elemental Tails for all 13 types, don't you?" Kira asked.

"Of course."

Kira smiled, "Cool, I'd be interested in learning about those too, just to see how they differ from my own."

"I'd be happy to oblige." It was interesting for Peter to have someone so intent on his words, to see past his actions (or perhaps not truly realizing the scope of them), and sit here with him, unafraid. "The first elemental Tail is split into two different groups, if I'm going to tell you all 13. Fire, Earth, Mountain, Forest, Celestial, Void, Ocean, and River Kitsune are able to achieve invisibility, but only in the presence of their respective elements. So a Fire Kitsune would need to be surrounded by fire in order to cloak themselves, bend the element around them, etc. Thunder, Spirit, Sound, and Wind instead, can achieve an intangible or incorporeal state since well, it's kind of hard to just disappear into electricity or sound. In this state, you can still be seen but you won't be solid since you will have completely bonded your physical body with your element."

"Wait," the Fox paused, doing a quick count. "That was only 12."

"Well, yea, Time Kitsune cannot do either of those things. Instead their first fundamental Tail would be teleportation. Because it requires one to bend space-time, Time Kitsune are the only ones who can achieve teleportation. A lot about Time Kitsune is different from the other types; their FoxFire is massively different, they deal in time skips. It's really weird, hard to explain and I'm not really sure the scope of it- is it only a few seconds or can the time skip be as long as they want? Does it go in reverse or only forward? I have no idea, but basically what they can do is focus on a person or object, snap their fingers to create FoxFire and their target goes through a time skip. "

"Time Kitsune sound scary…"

Peter frowned, "You just defeated a very power Void Kitsune, the only Kitsune that has its own name- Nogitsune, and the Time type scares you?"

"The Nogitsune was dark and evil yea, causing chaos and strife but… time manipulation? That's a very powerful skill and you can do so many things with that. I'd be afraid to wield that kind of power."

"Well then I guess it's lucky for you that you're a Thunder Kitsune, but… there is probably a Tail in there that you still would be hesitant to learn. We'll get to that in a second though-"

"Wait, can I…. um… write all this down? Like this is a lot of information, I had no idea our powers were so extensive. And I actually want to learn more about all the types, if you don't mind telling me of course."

Peter thought for a moment, "It's a bit strange for me to be sharing information like this but, considering you are actually a Kitsune, I guess it's fair that you know. As a collector of information, it's my job to make sure information doesn't fall into the wrong hands-"

"But Scott isn't bad… he's a True Alpha right? I thought that was like super rare… Couldn't you have told us about the Nogitsune sooner?"

"Scott isn't exactly the wrong hands, just inexperienced hands… If I'd told him too much about the Nogitsune's abilities, he might have freaked out. And besides, if I'm being honest, I didn't trust your mother. I sensed right away what you were, and considering your mother's basic scent I knew you got it from her." Peter clenched his hand that was hanging over the back of the couch- True Alpha, ha! Why was everyone here so brainwashed on that idea? So Scott ascended to an Alpha by sheer willpower, if he wasn't willing to kill to defend what was his, he was still weak! But, this wasn't the place for that, Kira didn't know any better and he didn't want to scare her off by going on a rant right now. He noticed that Kira had tilted her head, not following at all his previous statement and he hastened to explain. "What I mean to say is, Foxes, like skilled Wolves, can learn to mask their identity, hide the scents that alert others to our true selves. And your mother was masking her scent, hiding, but because she concealed her identity so well it made the scents she was giving off so bland. Even normal Humans have more robust scents, it easily marked her as a supernatural creature to me. As I was saying though I saw your mother, a very powerful Kitsune, although I didn't know at the time just how strong she was, acting very suspicious about everything. For all I knew, she brought the Nogitsune here and unleashed it. And since Scott had taken a shining to you and was including you in all of his plans, I felt like it would be a risk to share my knowledge."

"Oh… Yea, my mom was acting all suspicious about it, even I picked up on that. Okay, but I mean, now that you know we're on the right side, I can take notes?"

Peter nodded, "I won't begrudge you notes, since this is a lot of information to take in for a beginner. Let me recap for you then."

After Kira had taken a notebook out and a pen, Peter went over the list of fundamental Tails with her so she could write them down. He appreciated how she organized her information, the six fundamentals were at the top of the page and then she made separate bullet points for each of the 13 types with space to fill in their elemental specific information. It was much quicker than have to write down all nine Tails for each of the 13, especially when six of them kept repeating.

"Okay, I'm all caught up, I have the fundamental Tails up here, then the separate types further down. You mentioned how Time Kitsunes have time skips as their FoxFire… and I know mine is electricity, but are there any others that have kinda unique FoxFire, I want to make notes on that too."

Peter thought for a moment, "Well Celestial types create light, which by itself is only so effective, but when coupled with one of their other Tails, is pretty powerful. Sound Kitsune let out sound waves, which isn't surprising considering the type but it is different from the other elemental FoxFire. Spirit Kitsune emit a kind of… light wisp? It's hard to describe really, it's not a fog or mist, nothing like that, just vague orb shapes of shimmery light."

Kira thought for a second and then pulled out her phone, typing something. "Similar to this?" she asked, tilting her phone so he could see.

"I… yea, almost exactly like that. How…?"

"You don't… recognize that? It's from Harry Potter… it's called a Patronus- although I'm sure Spirit types don't actually form animals with theirs like in the books. "

"I regret to inform you that I haven't read or seen anything with the name Harry Potter in it," he told her dryly.

"Oh, well, um, yea… that's what Patronuses look like, kinda cool that it's similar to Spirit FoxFire!" Kira quickly made a note on her list and put her phone away. "Okay, let's start from the top then, I promise to hold in my questions until the end."

Peter smiled, noticing that she'd put Thunder at the top, since she of course was one, and then listed the other 12 below that. So, since he knew that Kira wasn't going to ask questions until the end, he just gave her Tail 'labels' to mark down on her paper. Then he slowly moved down the list, filling in the blanks for her, smirking as he watched her add a few notations here and there. Once they'd covered everything, Kira shook her hand out and looked over her list, awed.

"You're allowed to ask questions now, we finished the list," Peter nudged, chuckling a bit.

"I just… this is amazing! I had no… no idea! Um, so I understand the fundamental ones, you explained those ones just fine before. So, my first elemental Tail on the list- incorporeal-ness, you explained. I bond with my power and like, become one with electricity and it makes me… not solid."

"Correct."

"Next you said… Thunder effect? I don't understand… I know I'm called a Thunder type but I mean, obviously I'm more lightning than anything else…"

"Well yea, that's true but at the same time, you can create a thunder effect."

"But thunder is a sound… and I'm not a Sound Kitsune. I don't understand."

"What you can create is more of a shockwave than a sound wave honestly. Sound Kitsune release a wave of sound capable of messing with one's perceptions. What you can do is create a physical wave of energy that can knock people off their feet. Sound Kitsune do have something a little similar, the vibration emission you have on the list but that's more of moving the particles in an area due to ultra quiet sound waves. Don't worry too much about it, it gets kinda science-y so I'd rather not turn this into a totally boring lesson. Especially since neither of us are Sound Kitsune," Peter mentioned.

"True enough, so mine is more of a shockwave, a physical force, that's a bit different from typical electricity but then Fire Kitsune can also manipulate smoke on top of fire so, I mean sure. That one sounds kinda cool actually, now that you've explained it. But this third one? You said… Neural impulse control?"

"That… that's the one I think you might not like, not if you're morally upright like Scott. It does have a lot of implications, and not all of them are dark but, overall, it's still control. Neural impulses are controlled by bursts of electrical energy, the synapses you know?"

"I… I can control those…I can control people?!"

"Yes, you can manipulate the small sparks that control a person's body, make them physically do what you want. It shows the ultimate control, finesse, of your abilities," Peter told her. She was looking hesitant of course, it wasn't every day that you were told you had the chance to learn something so powerful. And of course, after fighting the Nogitsune and his possession ability, it probably sounded like a dark power to her. Peter, well of course Peter would have fun with it, but it wasn't like you had to make the person do something bad when you took control of them.

"We… I'll… I probably won't even be able to learn that kind of control for a really long time so we can put that one at the bottom of my list… Instead, let's focus on what I might be able to learn." Kira chewed on the end of her pen as she looked over the list of the Tails. That last one really scared her but, then again, looking over the list, it seemed like most types had one really powerful Tail.

Peter regarded her with surprise, she wasn't totally dismissing the Tail? Good, that was good; maybe she wasn't as naïve as Scott, more ambiguous like Stiles. Stiles was willing to dive into the morally grey area for his friends, Peter could admire that a lot more than someone that tried to be morally white his whole life.

"I think I should actually just learn more about my FoxFire, I feel like that would give me a huge advantage- I'd be a lot stronger with just that Tail. When… when can we…?" Kira was afraid to ask, almost like he'd tell her he was lying, just playing a joke. If her own mom didn't want to teach her, why would Peter, of all people in the Pack.

"When are you available? I assume you're busy tomorrow, you said something about it when you first came in."

"Yea, tomorrow Mom wants to do more weapons training… fun stuff. I don't think I'll be free until Saturday," she pouted; honestly she almost felt like crying! She was so close to learning and now she had to wait 4 days? And that was if Peter was available…

"Saturday works for me, I'll see you then, and we can work on FoxFire." Peter leaned forward and grabbed his book again.

She sat a moment, looking over her list again, and then realized she'd been dismissed. And it was late! Time to go, "Thanks again Peter, really, this is way cool of you to do this for me." She packed up her stuff and headed towards the door.

"Well, you can start thanking me by not telling Scott about this."

"Why not?" she asked, pausing at the open door. Was Peter tricking her somehow?

"Because he still doesn't trust me, no one here trusts me. If they found out that you're going to be my pupil, they'll insist on coming and they'll just get in the way. Training is going to be intense, it isn't anything like learning how to wield a weapon. I'd take these few days to prepare for what's to come, work on finding your spark- the thing that awakens your Fox. It will make the training easier."

"Oh, right, of course." They wouldn't approve of her spending time with him? Well, yea, he was older and had a very shady past but, it was just Peter… Derek's uncle. She understood that Peter hadn't really been himself when he'd first woken up from his coma and that he was bent on revenge. It was scary yea but… she couldn't fault him for literally losing his mind. But he seemed much better now, saner, that had to mean something. But Kira wasn't a child! She could spend time with whomever she wished- especially if that person was going to be training her. Peter was right, it would just be easier to not tell Scott and the others, she didn't need anyone trying to impede her learning! Kira hurried home and mumbled some sort of excuse to her parents about why she was late and hurried to her room. Once there, she looked over her notes again and tried to imagine what she could possible use to awaken her spark. Scott called his control his Anchor but… Kira didn't want to tie her Fox down like they did with their Wolves. She needed… a Release.

***NOTES***
Fundamental Tails and Elemental Tails; Fundamental are ones all Kitsune can learn where Elemental are type specific (some Elemental powers overlap but is very type specific)

Fundamental:

Healing
FoxFire (type specific but technically fundamental Tail)
Weapon imbuing/summoning (not magnet based?)
Animal/minion summoning (also type specific- I'm not eels!)
Illusion creation
Dream manipulation

Elemental:

Thunder- incorporeal-ness/intangibility; thunder effect (shockwave); neural impulse control; FF = electricity; minion = Oriental hornet
Fire- Elemental invisibility; heat absorption/generation; smoke creation/manipulation; FF = fire; minion = salamander
Earth- Elemental invisibility; quake/tremor creation; granulation (?); FF = dirt/sand; minion = mole
Mountain- Elemental invisibility; geo-kinesis; erosion manipulation; FF = crystals (what?!); minion = deer
Forest- Elemental invisibility; spore creation; plant transmutation (so many questions…); FF = vegetation; minion = squirrel
River- Elemental invisibility; aquatic adaptation (breathing and seeing?); purification (?); FF = water (fresh); minion = otter
Ocean- Elemental invisibility; aquatic adaptation; tidal manipulation (whoa!); FF = water (ocean); minion = seal
Wind- incorporeal-ness/intangibility; mist creation/manipulation; atmospheric pressure control; FF = wind; minion = kestrel
Celestial- Elemental invisibility; light solidification; essence reading; FF = light; minion = firefly
Spirit- incorporeal-ness/intangibility; astral projection (no way Mom…); spirit summoning; FF = wisps (Patronuses); minion = butterfly
Void- Elemental invisibility; possession; chaos manipulation; FF = shadows; minion = fly
Sound- incorporeal-ness/intangibility; vibration generation; absorption/nullification of sound; FF = sound waves; minion = bat
Time- teleportation; time negation; time creation/absorption (aging stuffs); FF = time skips (crazy!); minion = tortoise

Because this is going to be sliding around the events of the Beserkers and Benefactor, and also the Dread Doctors, Kira probably won't be losing control of her powers like in Season 5a (which the Dread Doctors messed with anyways, amping up her Fox and messing with that balance). With some of this I've literally just kinda fumbled along, trying to find ways to explain it that fit with Canon but also with how I want to write the Wolves, I hope it's all making sense... if not, just kinda ignore the lore you don't understand... It's just heavy in this chapter to set the scene of just how knowledgeable Peter is and that Kira (like in the show, when it came to all the Bardo research and stuff) can get excited about learning new things.

Because I just found it weird that the Nogitsune's "FoxFire" was the flies…. But that the flies are a Canon element of the show, I had to include them somehow. My answer to this was to create a Tail using a summon creature. Technically, I know that in the show, fireflies acted as the 'soul' for the Oni, and that firefly should act as the minion for Spirit Kitsune but the firefly just makes more sense for the Celestial type since they are light related. Then I picked butterfly for Spirit because… basically, I'm a fan of Bleach hahaha