In this chapter, there is going to be a mention of some things from another anime. Quite a few characters are going to be mentioned, but I am only using the names and general idea.

This is also the chapter Carlisle finds out more about his new daughter. Because of his age, he's going to be the only one who understands what she's talking about.

Enjoy the chapter!


Chapter 9

"Hehe heh . . ."

"Nami"

Nami sighed, and wiggled around until Carlisle relented his tight grip on the girls waist and she turned around so she was facing him.

She stared him for a minute before giving up getting out of answering and started her explanation.

"Well, as you know, Mother doesn't really care for me. So, when I was there, Bella was usually at school, so I was left on my own most of the time. I climbed trees - fell out. Went out on my bike - fell off. Tried out ballet dancing with Bella - my feet twisted together and I broke my ankle."

Carlisle could tell she was leaving something out, and also knowing that there were injuries in Nami's medical file that couldn't be explained through childhood injuries, so he called her out on it.

"What about that time you went to the hospital with hand marks around your neck?" He all but growled. "Or the time you went to the hospital with second degree burns?" Nami grimaced. "Or that time you went in with malnutrition, bruises, burns, a broken wrist, cuts and a concussion?" He was definitely growling now.

"Right. Well . . . that . . ." Nami coughed, stalling. "Hand marks around my neck, one of Mother's boyfriends went mad. Second degree burns, a bully, who was pretending to be friends with Bella, pushed me into the open fire we had in the old house. The last one was after I was kidnapped." She said it all as fast as she could, and if he hadn't been a vampire, Carlisle wouldn't have caught it.

He growled, tightening his grip around his baby girl. He had known her for barely four hours, and yet he still felt the strong connection. The fact that she was Jasper's mate helped the matter.

"You have been strangled, assaulted and kidnapped, and no one bothered to question what was happening to you?"

Nami squirmed, uncomfortable - or at least, she tried to. Carlisle's grip on her was tight enough to hurt a bit, but not enough to leave any evidence. It also restricted her movement.

Nami coughed before answering.

"Well, they didn't catch the kidnappers, Mother didn't believe me, but the Police caught the man who strangled me, and we didn't have any proper evidence against the bully - although Bella actually shouted at her."

Carlisle nodded, a bit calmer. He suddenly remembered something else on the file.

"What about all the times you went in with animal scratches?"

Nami laughed, lifting up her sleeve to show a healed cut on her forearm.

"Those are from my," She paused, her mouth twisting together in a grin "pet."

"What sort of animal would give you those scratches? What's it's name?"

"It's a he." She grinned again. "His name's Kyuubi."

Carlisle gasped, recognising the name from the old legends he'd heard from the Volturi.

"Do you mean . . ?"

"Yeah." Nami nodded. "The Nekozawa's are a really old family." Her grin was wider then before now.

"You've got a spirit guardian." Carlisle whispered, stunned.

"Yep. The big boss, as well. Really annoying."

Carlisle couldn't help but gape at her slightly.

"You're calling the king of the underworld, annoying."

"Yep. And you're holding the Princess of the Underworld in your lap."

"Oh dear . . ."

"Uh huh. And we can't tell anyone else this."

"What? Why?"

Nami pursed her lips.

"Because they don't understand. They've never been told the legends, they most likely have never even heard of the Tailed Beasts - the leaders of the Underworld. I'm only telling you all of this because you'd find out sooner or later."

"What about Jasper?"

"He is my mate, but that doesn't mean I need to tell him everything."

Carlisle nodded, even though he didn't like it. He understood Nami's reasoning - his family wouldn't understand. He straightened when he thought of something.

"What about Edward? He can read minds."

Nami looked at him, confused.

"Surely you can keep your thoughts secret, with how old you are."

"Not all the time."

Nami nodded, pursing her lips again, thinking. Her face brightened when she thought of something. She looked at him for a moment, serious. Then she lifted her hands and placed them on either side of his head.

"Okay, think of what you want to keep a secret."

Carlisle nodded, thinking of the Tailed Beasts, all he knew about them, and what Nami had just told him. He soon felt something warm in his mind, invading it as Edward occasionally did, before he felt a sudden cold.

It soon vanished though, and he gazed at Nami in confusion.

"What did you just do?"

"I just blocked that thought from mind readers. Being the princess of the Underworld has some advantages, as well as being considered the little sister of some powerful people."

Carlisle opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he heard the approach of Esme. He decided to ask something else instead.

"Can I meet Kyuubi?"

"Yeah. When he arrives though. He prefers staying with me, say's I'm more entertaining. He's just gone to deal with some business."

"What does he look like?"

"Well, usually, he is a tall male, with long red hair and golden eyes. He has red fox ears and nine fox tails. When he's with me, he's usually a rather big fox."

Carlisle rushed through his next question's, knowing that his mate would soon be able to hear them.

"Who else is in your family?"

"Well, there's Kyuu's half-brother, Naruto. He's also a nine-tailed fox, but he has golden hair and blue eyes. Then there's Kyuu's mate, Itachi, who's an old-day vampire. Then there's Sasuke, Itachi's brother, and Naruto's mate. Then Kyuu's other half-brothers, Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi and Nanabi. Then there's Oba-chan, Ojí-chan and Sofu. And Chihi - Minato - , who's Naruto's dad. And Gaara, Temari and Kankuro, who are Ichibi's half-siblings. Then Kakshi, who's Sasuke's and Itachi's uncle, and his mate Iruka, who is mine and Naru's brother in everything but blood. I've got more, but I don't know them all."

"How are you related to them?"

"Blood adoption. It means that whilst I am still related to my original family, I'm also related to everyone else, whether it's through blood or mate-ship."

Carlisle nodded once again, and opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he was able to hear Esme talking to herself, knowing that she could also hear them now.