Chapter 7

Go Halfsies..


"Now... Tell me what is going on." Kyoko demanded.

Nissa sighed, "This is your fault Orin. She wasn't supposed to find out like this."

Orin hung his head in shame. "Sorry..."

Kyoko's patience was wearing seriously thin. "I'm standing right here..."

Nissa sighed again. "I'm terribly sorry Princess. I know this is all pretty shocking to you."

"No kidding.." Kyoko remarked with sarcasm.

"You are like us. Well, not exactly like us. Hmm, how do I explain?" Nissa pondered. "Yes.. Normally a child with half our blood in them by birth, stay human. They are a little special, like appearance, talents in the arts or, gifted leadership. Like royalty."

"So, why am I like this? My mother is human and up until today, I thought my father was too." Kyoko didn't lapse into her little la-la land, she was living it and it frightened her. Strangely enough.

"Well, we aren't quite sure. By all accounts you shouldn't be one of us. You should be like your companion, Kuon." Nissa told her.

This caught Kyoko's attention. "His name isn't Kuon, it's Ren." Kyoko corrected her.

Orin snorted. "So, the halfer is a liar too." He mumbled.

Kyoko shot him a fierce look, "Tsuruga-san it not a liar!" She growled.

Orin sighed and held up his hands in surrender.

"Now.. Where was I?" Nissa continued. "It may be due to who your father is, but it is not my place to reveal any more than that to you. We were commanded only to observe you." Nissa was almost in tears at the realization. "Please don't tell the Emperor. We would be in a lot of trouble for revealing ourselves to your companion."

Kyoko sighed. "I won't tell, but only if you tell me more about my abilities and how to control them."

"Yes! Yes! Of course Princess." Nissa enthusiastically replied.

The rest of Kyoko's time away from Ren would be spent with Nissa teaching her what she needed to know.


"Dad, why was I attacked by a fairy with a sword?" Kuon's question floated through the phone to Kuu's ears as he sat on the beach near the hotel staring out at the ocean.

"What? Son... Are you on drugs or, something?" Kuu asked in shock. Julie's ear's perked.

"What's going on with Kuon, Kuu?" Julie whispered.

"I don't know. I think he's on drugs or, something. He says he was attacked by a fairy." Kuu whispered with his hand covering the mouthpiece of the phone.

Julie's eyes grew wide, she then snatched the phone from Kuu and ran to lock herself in the bathroom.

"Dad? Dad? What's going on." Kuon had heard the commotion.

"Kuon, Sweetie... It's your mother." She sighed.

"Mom, is Dad okay?" He had heard the commotion.

"Kuon, what's going on? Tell me everything." She asked in a gentle tone and Kuon relayed the entire incident with Kyoko to her.

"Mom, what's going on?" Kuon asked.

"Kuon.. I'm so sorry." Julie was now in tears. "I didn't mean for this to happen but, I fell in love with your father. Kuon... I'm like Kyoko's friends and you're like Kyoko."

"Mom, I'm nothing like Kyoko. I've never been able to do that." He told her as his free hand sifted through the sand he was sitting in. Everything seemed so surreal but, here it was.. the truth?

"Well... She's a little different." She hesitated to tell him the truth. "The children that result from a human relationship with our kind, are human. Never our kind. Unless..." She trailed off.

"Unless what Mom?" Kuon asked in a worried tone.

"Well, he doesn't have children. He doesn't even have a mate. So.. It can't be him." She mused out loud.

"Who Mom?" Kuon's interest had been piqued.

"The only explanation is, the Emperor has a daughter." Julie stated with wonderment in her voice. "Kuon.. You can't tell anyone this. Tell your father you hit your head or, something." Julie begged.

"Doesn't Dad know about us?"

"He can't Kuon. He would never forgive me for this." Julie continued.

"Mom, he loves you. He worships the ground you walk on. Trust me when I say, he would forgive you." Kuon assured her. "You need to tell him."

"I'll try.. I love you Sweetie." Julie promised.

"Love you too Mom." Kuon hung up even more worried about his status with Kyoko than before. Now she felt even more out of his reach.


"Thank you for helping me Nissa." Kyoko sighed. "But tell me one more thing."

"Anything Princess." Nissa was more than happy to help to get back into Kyoko's good graces.

"What's a halfer? Orin called Ren that and he sounded like it's a really bad thing." Kyoko asked out of genuine curiosity. Nissa's eyes grew wide and Orin winced.

Nissa glared at Orin. Well, the damage has already been done. "It's the child that results when our kind and a human mate." She told her in an almost clinical tone tinged with sorrow. Being half wasn't that bad. It was those that were like Orin that made it a bad thing.

Kyoko nodded her head. "So that means I'm like Ren." Something inside her felt warm and soothing.

"NO! Princess, you're special!" Orin protested.

"No Orin, I'm half too. My mother is very human. I've already told you this." Kyoko told him in a very assertive tone.

"But.." Orin tried to explain himself.

"I think you need to leave..." Kyoko told them. Nissa and Orin nodded and left the way they came in.


"This is all your fault Orin. Now she'll never go back with him." Nissa growled at Orin. "You better hope the Emperor doesn't find out you were the one that made her feel inferior." Nissa poked her sharp little finger into his chest to make a point.

What the two little pixies didn't realize, was that they couldn't have given Kyoko better news. Kyoko had just found out that 1. she was half fairy, 2. she was right about Ren and 3. she was a Princess. What could be better?


"Aw, I could never hate you my love." He smiled as he took the teary green-eyed fairy into his arms and comforted her. "I married you because, I love you for you. Not for who or, what you are." He kissed her temple.

"I love you so much Kuu. Thank you." Julie told him as she snuggled into him and let out a sigh of relief. I need to help her.