Very short Chapter. It's Bassically going to get Neko's origon out of the way. It was going to be an "intermission chapter" as in you didn't have to read it if you didn't, but I changed my mind and merged it with the story. Just giving information on a new, and will be major, character.
Chapter 21: Neko's Past
"What do you mean she's has the Shibi. Wait. This would explain why I was unsettled during the exam. I had to sit beside her and it was hard for me to concentrate. She has the cat demon in her; I have the dog demon in me. Dogs and cats are mortal enemies. The Gobi must've sensed the Shibi in her and went berserk." Maemi said.
"That must be." Aneko said.
"But how? How did this happen? I didn't even know the Shibi was alive. There were rumors that it was killed off five centuries ago." Michiko said.
"Yes. Well I've done my research and this is what I've found," Aneko started.
"Kumori Kiko, also known as Neko. She is the daughter of Kumori Takashi and Ranpu Azusa. The daughter of the Clan of Shadow and the Clan of Light, two rivaling clans from Mist. Her parents feel in love despite their clans disapproval. They were secretly married and hid their love from the village. But soon that love could not be hidden for long, Azusa was pregnant with Kiko. But another thing was a secret that not even the Ranpu clan knew, Azusa carried the dormant Bijyuu and it was feeling less tired.
"Kiko went four years without anyone knowing she carried the Bijyuu. She grew up in her mothers care, not knowing whom her father was. Knowing nothing of her father's life. But when she was five the Kumori clan attacked the Ranpu clan. Kiko's grandfather was killed in the raid. The fear she felt and the anger for her grandfather's death woke the sleeping Shibi, and killed the majority of the invading Kumori clan. Kiko was ignored. Azusa was ignored. They were abnormals because of the Bijyuu inside Kiko.
"The Kumori clan now know about Kiko's secret. They knew that Takashi could win her over. They had the plan to destroy Ranpu for good, they just needed their weapon. When Kiko was reunited with her long lost father she learned more about her fathers side of the family. Learned his side of the rivalry between Kumori and Ranpu. Learned why she should be at her fathers side. Takashi did what he was told to do and did it well. Soon Kiko was at the right side of her father, not her mother. Her mother was heart broken and Ranpu feared for their lives. Kumori now had a powerful weapon in their grasp and it was only a matter of time till they used her.
"When Kiko was six she was used. It's unknown what the Kumori clan did to unleash the Shibi that day, but it served it's purpose. Ranpu was destroyed. Not a single man, woman, or child was spared excluding Kiko. But the Shibi wasn't satisfied with just Ranpu. It started attacking other noble clans. Takashi sacrificed his life to stop his daughter's rampage. Kiko had returned to passed out from lack of energy. She woke up three days later in the hospital. Her Kumori grandfather waiting for him.
"Kiko had no knowledge of the attack she did. She didn't even know she carried the Shibi inside her, and Kumori planned to keep it that way. Takashi did his part, now his father needed to do his part. Kiko was told a false truth. She was knocked out during a raid the Ranpu did. Her father died defending the Kumori stronghold. When the Kumori clan retaliated against the Ranpu, they killed them off. When it came to explaining the damage of the other nobles he said they were the results of rouge jutsus during the raid.
"Kiko believed it. Her spirit retired into her body. She seemed to have no soul. She ceased to care about the outside world. She turned to her girlhood obsession of cats. Even took the name Neko in place of her old. Doesn't even answer to Kiko anymore. Though she still lives in the Kumori home and carry the Kumori name, she still believes herself the only living member of the Ranpu clan. And that when she dies, so dose Ranpu."
Maemi, Michiko, and Jiro stood bewildered. They couldn't believe the story Aneko had just said. So much research in a little over an hour. Maemi didn't bother asking how she got it so fast. He didn't question the story. This information on Neko would come in handy when and if they incounter her wrath during the exam.
"HURRY UP YOU THREE! WE NEED TO GET TO THE SECOND EXAM AREA!" Kiba-san yelled. Maemi, Michiko, and Jiro bowed respectively to Aneko for the information and hurried to the rest of the group. Hurried to the second exam.
