Chappi 5

The Shocking Revelation

Last Time;

"W-well who are you anyway! To talk about my master that way?"

"My name's Kouga, and you must be his daughter, Kiita."

Kiita gasped. She hadn't told him her name. Then her mind finally grasped the absurdity of his statement and she clutched her stomach with one hand and her mouth in the other, trying desperately net to laugh her guts out.

"M-me (giggle)? Lord Sesshomaru's daughter (giggle giggle)? Where on earth did you hear that?" Kouga seemed taken aback. He looked at Kiita like she was crazy for not knowing her own origin.

"Foolish girl, don't you know? Your name covers all of Japan! Kiita, the mighty demoness of the Western Lands who harbors the sacred Jewel of Four Souls! Surely you know?" Kiita tilted her head to the side and gave him a "what-the-heck-are-you-talking-about-you-psycho-freak?" look. He smacked his forehead and rolled his baby-blue eyes.

"Here, give me your wrist." Kiita looked at her wrist, then reluctantly held it out. He grabbed it and, with his other hand, extended his clawed forefinger to the tender flesh. Kiita yelped as he dug his claw in deep, missing the vital blood source but still drawing out the thick red substance. When he felt satisfied she had bled enough, he removed his claw and licked the blood off. Kiita stared at him with a hurt and confused look.

Kouga just smirked, "There. Now sniff the blood. Who's scent do you pick up?" Kiita dipped her nose to her bleeding wrist and inhaled the sharp, metallic aroma. She repeated the method three more times to catch all the information the scent gave out. Then her face went stark white. It couldn't be…no…it was impossible. Kouga gave her a satisfied grin. Kiita gasped for breath. Her mind went haywire and she bit down hard on her wrist, her mouth enclosing the wound as she sucked at the blood.

"Hey!" Kouga's grin turned to an alarmed expression, "Hey, kid! Stop that! You're gonna pass out!" He rushed to her side and shook her shoulders hard.

"Kiita, snap out of it! It's okay!" Kiita barely heard his words but her jaw opened and dropped her wrist. Then her hands flew up to her eyes and she bawled, dropping to her knees with Kouga at her heels.

"Kid, what's wrong? It can't all be that bad, being related to Sesshomaru.

"Yes…it…is!" Kiita wailed. If only this man knew. Knew what went on in that castle almost every night. In her room. On her futon. In his arms… Kiita's yowls grew louder and her tears seeped through her fingers. Arms wrapped themselves around her and Kiita gasped. Her tears fell short (though didn't stop) as she looked up at her embracer. Kiita's mouth moved to form words but only one came out.

"W-why?" Kouga frowned and his eyebrows knit.

"He's done something awful, hasn't he? He didn't tell you you were his daughter, and then he did something awful. I bet you don't even know that you carry the jewel," He put a hand on the side of her waist, " That bastard didn't even tell you that." He shook his head and gave a heavy sigh, pulling her closer to him, almost protectively, Kiita thought.

"No," Kiita confessed, "he didn't." She leaned her head on his shoulder, her tears now dry and her mind emotionally depleted. Her golden-blue eyes turned gray and bleak. Kouga slid one arm around her back and tucked the other under her white tail, gone limp from the revelation, and Kouga stood, picking her up.

"You need a good rest away from home," he said, walking off into the woods. Kiita nodded as her eyes fluttered shut and her mid drifted off on more pleasant thoughts.

It's a short chapter, I know. But it was the best way I found I could sum up Kiita's surprise of being his daughter. Next chappi may have citrus so, thou hast been forewarned. It's about Kouga and Kiita, and what goes on behind a certain waterfall…