well this is a new chapter. very long and extensive. if you have any questions on the following family cerimonies i would be happy to answer! i own sora. kai and tala i dont...unfortunatly...and tari is owned by smiffyizdabest! read and review please!

Next morning…

Sora groaned and cracked her eyes open. She was in her bed and the room was dim and cool. She groaned and heaved herself upwards to her elbows.

"Ugh! What happened to me?" She muttered. She felt a cool hand on her forehead and a gentle whisper tickled her ear.

"Love it's me Kai. You suffered some major blood loss, lacerations to your back and throat, broken ribs, and a minor concussion." Sora leaned her head into Kai's hand and murmured in content.

"You had me worried love." Kai whispered, stroking the blood matted hair of his girlfriend.

"Why love? I promised I wouldn't leave you alone in this world, remember?" Sora rasped. Kai smiled weakly and kissed her forehead. Sora smiled and hummed in boredom.

"Can I get up yet? My back is stiffer then a board." Sora whined. Kai bit his lip in thought but, he quickly turned his head when Tari burst into the room, her eyes glowing silver. Sora sat up all the way, her eyes turning red in a second, fresh blood oozing out of her cuts.

"NO!" Sora barked. Tari flinched and cowered back as Tala appeared with a collar that was like Sora's.

"NO! NO! NO! Tari please, this isn't your fight!" Sora snapped, Kai looked confused and asked,

"What happened?" Sora snapped her head back to her boyfriend and morphed. Her cuts bled even more, blood pooling at her paws.

/Is this what you want? Do you want bloodrage?/ Sora snapped at Tari. Tala looked away from the mutilated body of his friend as she growled in her wolf form, tears forming in his eyes. Kai looked around confused before yelling.

"What the hell is going on?"

/Your sister accepted a blood fight./Sora snarled.

"What's that?" Kai asked, dreading the answer. Sora looked at him in despair and hissed.

/A fight to the death." Silence.

"I did it for you Sora." Tari whispered. Sora snapped, her body going rigid in hate and anger.

/I NEVER want my sister to risk her own life for my worthless hide!/ Sora roared. She bounded out of the room with a strangled growl and Kai looked blankly at Tari. Romani appeared and glared crossly at the trio.

/Tari for your sake I would stay in here. Tala protect here with your life. An assassination attempt before a blood fight is usual. Kai morph now!/ Kai looked extremely confused before he was knocked over by a powerful back paw by Romani.

/Look you idiot! The love of your life is in danger now! She can be challenged as soon as she steps out of this room. If she looses, she will be killed!/ Romani snarled, her fangs a mere inch from Kai's nose. That single move pissed Kai off and he snarled. Lunging upward in a red haze, he slammed Romani on her back and pinned her. Said she wolf looked up in grim satisfaction. Tala and Tari gasped as Kai looked down.

Iron gray paws with malicious black knives for claws reached his eyes sight. He stepped off Romani in surprise and stared in a crystal mirror that hung at the back of the door. Bright crimson irises stared back at him, a mane of light gray tipped with black that ran down his neck, and a tail of solid dapple grey color with a red-yellow flame running up it. He rammed the door open and followed the sweet pine-lily-in-sunlight scent that could only belong to Sora.

Sora stayed on the cliff over looking the Kurotora valley, a breeze moving through her mane fur. Her large black tipped ears swiveled as the sound of heavy footfalls became louder and closer. She spun around and a large head smacked her and made her fall backwards off the cliff. She landed with an undignified 'oomph' on a wide ledge below with the larger beast on top of her.

/You great big idiot, get off of me!/ Sora snapped. The said big idiot grunted and got off of her.

/Sorry Sora./ came a familiar voice. Sora looked up and saw a male wolf face smiling down at her. Sora stood and shook her fur out and glared crossly at male.

/Who are you?/ Sora snapped.

/Mushashi Kai, Sora Getsuga's mate./ Sora's head snapped up and she stared long and hard at the male.

/Kai?/ Sora asked in disbelief. Kai nodded and he was tackled.

/Kai! By Rashid how did you morph?/ Sora cried out in glee, licking her mate's face. Kai chuckled and licked Sora's cheek

/Romani made me./ Kai explained. Sora laughed and fell on her side, cuddling into her mate's fur. Sora then stood and cried out.

/Tarifina's blood match is nullified! It will not take place. If it does, not only the beast holding the match will be punished, but everyone involved will be punished!/ It echoed around the valley, letting every beast know what happened. Sora turned to Kai smiling.

Much later that night after many ceamonial battles in honor of Sora's grandfather...

Sora howled victoriously as she loped around the sand ring. She had just won another match, hardly with a scratch to add to her pelt. The crowd roared back in excitement. Sora stopped and looked around.

/Who dares challenge me now?/ She howled. The crowd looked at each other whispering.

/Anyone at all?/ Sora called. Not one beast stepped forward. Sora snorted and turned, looking upwards at the cleft above her. Kai was looking down at her, his red eyes filled with relief and pride. She smiled at him. Suddenly, footfalls sounded behind her. She spun around and faced the one person she did not want to fight.

/Come then, my darling little niece. I challenge you./ Kyoushiro snarled. Sora whined quietly as , for the first time in three days, a tremor of fear ran through her body.

/Kyoushiro, uncle, you know this is an unfair fight./ Hirotetsu cried out as he hurried forward. Kyoushiro snarled and back pawed Hirotetsu into the crowd. Shirogitsune appeared in his silver ocelot form and hissed as he stood protectively near his son.

/Kyoushiro, this fight is unfair. A saber tooth against a great ice wolf? Madness!/ Kyoushiro turned on his brother, snarling with massive claws out.

/Stay out of this little brother. To pacify you and your pathetic excuse of a whelp I shall let our darling little niece's shin fight with us. How bout that? A dire wolf and Great Ice wolf against a saber tooth?/ Kyoushiro asked, chuckling evilly. Sora paced forward, her fur standing straight up.

/Stop this madness uncle. I will face you alone!/ She snarled, trembling. Kyoushiro smiled.

/The shin bond is too strong Sora. He will fight./ Sora snarled, but felt Kai's dire wolf form behind her, sporting Tari's fighting collar. Sora turned and snarled quietly.

/Go back beloved. This is not your fight. This is not your time to die./ She said, her blue eyes pleading.

Kai's heart was breaking in two. Half wanted to stay and protect his lover, the other half wanted to obey her. He whimpered, his legs trembling and stayed put. Sora's eyes went from pleading to agonized, making Kai whine again. She lowered her head and talked in a low deadly voice to Kyoushiro.

/Alright uncle. Have it your way./ She stood taller suddenly and snarled upwards to Tari and Tala.

/Tari! Tala! Announce us and decide the match!/ Tala and Tari nodded. Tari stood and announced the combatants.

/ Ladies and Lords, this match is a chosen fight. The combatants are Lady and Lord of the Sugijima clan, Sora Getsuga. Her shin, Mushashi Kai, and Lord Kyoushiro Zetzu! The winner shall decide the leader of the Sugijima clan!/ Tari roared. The crowed murmured uneasily and settled into an eerie silence. Sora leaned into Kai's side and whispered in his ear.

/I love you Kai. Remember that./ Kai leaned back and licked her cheek.

/I love you too Sora, you're my whole world. I will protect you. Don't leave me please./ Sora smiled weakly at him then threw back her head, letting loose a wild blood curling howl. Tala raised his hand and waited for the right moment. A breeze ruffled Sora's fur and she whispered into the wind.

/Mother, Father, watch over us./ Tala dropped his hand and Sora moved in a golden blur.

Kai moved with his mate and they both crashed into Kyoushiro. Kyoushiro shook Kai off like rain and shook his massive head, looking for Sora. He heard a snarl suddenly and Sora appeared, hamstringing her uncle Kyoushiro roared, turned with amazing agility and smacked Sora with large sharpened claws out. Sora flipped with a yelp into the crowd, blood and fur flying.

/Sora I thought you could fight better then that!/ Kyoushiro snarled. Sora came bounding out of the crowd in full blood rage. Her fangs had grown longer and her claws looked like black cleavers. Kai rammed into Kyoushiro's chest and the two wolves sandwiched the saber cat between them. Kai ripped into the thick chest muscles and Sora used her uncle's distraction to tear muscle and flesh from her uncle's back.

Kyoushiro roared in pain, turning his head and dug his large canines into Kai's left foreleg. Kai let go with a yelp of pain and was thrown back into the cliff face. Sora snarled from her uncle's back as she saw from the corner of her eye, Kai trying to get up but falling down to breath painfully. She went blank. All the sounds were dead to her ears, all smells gone to her powerful nose. Her eyes filled with a crimson color and she lost it. After her sight went, all she felt was her fangs and claws ripping into flesh and the sweet taste of blood.

Suddenly a lone voice ripped through her ears.

"Baby girl, it's time to stop. I think my brother learned his lesson." Whispered the tenor of her father's voice in her ears. Sora stopped. And she came back to her senses. She was torn in numerous places, including her throat. Blood pooled around her paws, her legs trembled from exhausting.. She looked about and found her uncle in the sand, gasping for breath. She faintly heard Tala's voice, declaring her the victor.

A soft touch graced her rib cage. Then everything was black.

i seriously might have to add more detail in this chappie. tell me what you think!