Nurarihyon was praying to his late wife, Yohime, in the ancestral hall when his son Rihan entered the room with a little girl, as they entered the room, the Nurarihyon saw the girl, and his eyes widened.
"Who's the little brat?"
"Pa... meet Hagoromo, Yamabuki's... adopted daughter."
It took a blink of an eye for the Nurarihyon send a flying kick on the face of his ridiculous son.
"You rascal…! You've not only got yourself an illegitimate child, but you also made our enemy, this dreaded fox, YOUR daughter? Seriously, are you out of your mind?" Nurarihyon yelled, still shocked and outraged, pointing his finger fiercely at the girl, who got frightened and hid behind her father's back.
"Chill old man, chill." Rihan cajoled, thinking maybe his father would calm down, "She is not that same Hagoromo Kitsune who tried to kill us several times! She just have a dumb luck for sharing the same name and being a kitsune as well, but I can assure you Pa, this little fox here would no longer be a threat to the clan."
"For one, she only remembers her own name by the time Yamabuki picked up from the streets, and two, she is our daughter now, surely can would not hurt her own Papa... let alone her own Grandpapa."
Nurarihyon did calm down, and grinned. "I see, so why did you pick only the kid, but not her mother? I would like to hear this from Yamabuki herself, if she really did took in and raised a little fox."
"Well, you see, Yamabuki, she is-" before Rihan can even finish his sentence, Gyuki opens the door and came inside.
"Sotaisho... It's time for your..." Gyuki couldn't finish his sentence when he saw the child behind Rihan's back. His eyes widened, his nice leader got himself an illegitimate child!
"RIHAN SAMA! YOU ACTUALLY GOT AN ILLEGITIMATE CHIL-"
"NO. I did not get an illegitimate child. She is Yamabuki's kid; my kid. (Even if she was adopted somewhere after she left this house)" Rihan said in a strong decisive voice. He clearly didn't want to hear that question again. Seriously, did his subordinate and father think that he was irresponsible? Well, maybe a little carefree, but he wouldn't go overboard and get an illegitimate child; Yamabuki Otome did marry him for over twenty years before leaving the clan for not being able to carry on the bloodline, but not officially divorced.
"Besides... She would surely make a nice big sister to Rikuo (since she was adopted before he met his second wife, Wakana), after all, Rikuo always wanted a sibling to play with."
"Yo piece of shit! I believe you haven't answered my question! What happened to Yamabuki?" Nurarihyon grumbled at his son in a irritated tone, Rihan looked at Hagoromo in the eye first, then faced his father.
"Yamabuki Otome died of a disease a few years ago, Yomi Isayama took care of Hagoromo for a couple of weeks before passing her to me along with Yamabuki's final words."
Nurarihyon noticed that something was amiss.
"Hold your horses Rihan... Did you just say that Yomi Isayama took care of the kid for a few weeks before tossing her over to you?"
"Well... Yeah, that was what I said, why?"
"BECAUSE YOU COULD'VE LEFT THE BRAT TO HER YOU IDIOT!" Nurarihyon sworn that he had burst a couple of veins in his head when he shouted at Rihan once more.
While Rihan gets a lashing from his father and Gyuki slips away quietly, Hagoromo noticed a hand from the side door leading to the backyard, gesturing for her to go out, she noticed that the hand was wearing a black, velvet glove, it was her fiance.
Hagoromo releases her hold on her father before going out to play with Yomi Isayama, her future fiance and Rikuo, her younger brother not related by blood.