Author's Note: I would like to say that most of this chapter was inspired by fanfiction encounter
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Warriors cats
Flashback
Whisperkit after playing with Brackenfur, went out through the camp when she reached the exit she saw a wounded cat, thinking fast she screamed for help
Firestar listening to the cry of distress and recognizing Whisperkit's voice, ran to where the cry came and when he arrived he gasped at what he saw
End of flashback
At the entrance of the camp was a small cat he had on the black with a white paw and on his neck was a purple collar with several fangs on it, this cat was Scourge was recently one of the biggest enemies of the clans
"Arrest him and bring him to the camp," Firestar shouted before reaching down and picking up Whisperkit.
Cinderpelt listening to the commotion outside the den, went to see what it was, when she left the den she saw Whisperkit being carried by Firestar and several cats reunited, she saw Firestar nod to approach, when she came to his side, saw a cat in in front of him and almost had a heart attack with what he saw
"Scourge," said Cinderpelt
The said cat looked at her and smiled for a moment before returning to the neutral look
Cinderpelt remembered the first time he met Scourge
Flashback
It was the morning before the battle against Blood Clan and Cinderpelt was in a meadow tidying his hair in the shade of a tree
'I wish I could do more to help, yes I am a medical cat, but I can not wait to see my clanmates hurt themselves to help' thought Cinderpelt, looking at the healed leg
She looked up at the sky and saw that it was time to return to the camp, rising as if there was no scar on her leg she began to walk out of the clearing when her ear moved
'What a strange thing I thought I heard,' thought Cinderpelt, looking around, seeing nothing she was walking again, and when she looked to the side she saw a black tail on a tree branch, following the tail with the glance she saw the rest of the cat, but the shadow of the tree made it hard to see what it looked like
"You're going to stare at me all the time, she cat? The cat asked with amusement
Blushing Cinderpelt realized he was looking, before frowning
"My name is Cinderpelt, you were spying on me," Cinderpelt said.
"Actually I was already in this tree a long time, enjoying the calm, until a cat arrives and start washing the ass, by the way you lost a place behind the ear" said the cat
Cinderpelt blushing with the comment, tidied the hair behind his ear
"Why do not you come here to talk face-to-face," said Cinderpelt
"I think it would not hurt," answered the cat, rising and leaping from branch to branch, stopping well not in front of her
Cinderpelt having a better view of the cat realized that she was smaller than a normal cat, a little bigger than she, he had by the black is a white paw, with cold blue eyes, on his neck was a purple collar with fangs, he was with the enemy
'Enemy this is a strange thought, since as a medical cat my only enemy should be diseases' thought Cinderpelt
"You asked me to get off the tree to look at me," said the cat.
Cinderpelt blushing for doing this again, before he realized anything
"What are you doing in clan territory, are you a spy? "Asked Cinderpelt
"No, I just came to rest and was looking at the territory that will soon be mine" said the cat
"How can you say that, the battle has not even happened," said Cinderpelt
"We are in greater numbers and we have more experience, the advantage is ours" said the cat
"Even so you can not predict the future, we will win by Star Clan," said Cinderpelt with the cat mocking at the part of the Star Clan
"As if a bunch of dead cats could help them," said the cat.
"Never doubt Star Clan," Cinderpelt said, narrowing his eyes.
"So Cinderpelt what clan are you?" The cat asked.
"I did not say what clan I am? "Asked Cinderpelt as the cat shook his head.
"I'm from the Thunder Clan"
"So you're from that clan where the leader is a mouse brain," said the cat.
"Firestar is not a mouse brain, he's a great leader, he's kind and he helps others," said Cinderpelt
"You like him," said the cat with amusement.
"I, I have liked him since he was my teacher" said Cinderpelt
"So he was your teacher, you're a warrior?" Asks the cat.
"No, I'm a medicine cat," Cinderpelt said.
"A medicine cat, what is this? The cat asked
"A cat of remedies is a clan cat that learns to heal using herbs among other plants, to heal wounds and diseases, rogues do not have one," said Cinderpelt
"No, when one of us gets sick or stands by himself or his family cares for you, if anyone knows he probably will not keep to himself," said the cat
"But why do you want to take this place greed," said Cinderpelt
"Not who said that, I only want the best for my clan, in the area of the two legs is getting more and more difficult, many died from illness or hunger, so we found this forest full of fangs to hunt," said the cat
"Then why do not you look for a territory?" Cinderpelt asked.
"You think we would do that if we found one," the cat said angrily.
Cinderpelt cringed
"Sorry I lost my composure for a moment," said the cat after calming down.
"Hey, how about you joining the rogues, you could teach them how to use the herbs to heal," said the cat.
"I can not, I have friends and family in the Thunder Clan," Cinderpelt said.
"Well, friends, you can make new ones, family spare, you could have your own, I know many cats who would love to have a beautiful mate like you," the cat said.
'He's really offering me, that's saying that I could have a family of mine, the only thing I can not have as a medical cat' Cinderpelt thought in amazement at what she had just heard, she was about to answer when two cats with collars appeared of the shrubs
"Hey, come on, we need our leader to lead us," said one of the cats
"Think about what I said and after we've won, come and tell me I asked for you," said the cat she was talking to, getting up and leaving.
"Wait, you did not tell me your name," Cinderpelt said.
The cat smiled "my name is Scourge" he said disappearing in the bushes
Cinderpelt was in shock, she was talking to the leader of the rogues, she turned around and went out to the camp
End of flashback
Seeing the rage accumulating in the cats of his clan Firestar did the only logical thing
"Enough," he shouted as the cats moved away from Scourge.
"Scourge, how are you alive?" Firestar asked.
"Just like you, Firestar," Scourge replied.
This surprised Cinderpelt, until she remembered the vision she had when they were in the office of the hokage
Flashback (Cinderpelt POV)
I was playing with Whisperkit when my vision shone, so I was in the forest where the Blood Clan's cats, when I saw one of the mounds of earth move and open then I saw Scourge come out of his grave, his fur stained by dirt and blood, with his single white paw turning brown, he looked at me and smiled
"I came back" he said before the vision came back and I saw Whisperkit lying on my back
End of flashback (Normal POV)
She gasped, thinking, 'How could I forget something like that?
Many cats were screaming for Scourge's death and what he had said was a lie
"Even if that's true, why did you come here at the Thunder Clan camp instead of running away to take revenge?" Asks Firestar
"Because at the request of Star Clan it is necessary that I become part of a clan," said Scourge causing more anger to pass through the Clan and gain a suspicious look from Cinderpelt
"Cinderpelt tonight could you talk to Star Clan to find out his story?" Asked Firestar
Cinderpelt nodded his head.
"Well, Scourge will need to be watched, does anyone else?" Firestar asked the clan.
Scourge was about to say that they were cowards and that he would be alone
"I do that," Cinderpelt said at Firestar's side, making Scourge's mouth drop
" Are you sure ? Do you already have Whisperkit to take care of? "Asked Firestar.
Cinderpelt looked at Scourge for a moment.
"Yes, I'm sure," Cinderpelt said.
"The meeting is over," Firestar said.
Cinderpelt walked to Scourge
"Come with me," Cinderpelt said, walking to the doctor with Scourge behind her.
When they were about to enter Cinderpelt turned around
"Whisperkit's time to get in," Cinderpelt said, watching his kit run in.
Once everyone was inside the den Cinderpelt took his kit and put it in the nest
"Pick a nest we need to sleep to talk to Star Clan" said Cinderpelt wrapping himself around Whisperkit
Scourge chose the nest next to Cinderpelt, he lay down and closed his eyes
The two cats, they opened their eyes and saw that they were in an area of stars, Scourge remembered the last time that he was in this place
Flashback (POV Scourge)
The emptiness that was where I was, after that Firestar rat brain ruined everything, he had to come back to life and kill me, everything was going so well, his thoughts shifted to a certain she-cat of medicine
'I wonder how she is' I thought looking at my fur, I had stopped caring after dying
"What is this, I hoped the great leader of the Blood Clan to be cleaner," said the mocking voice behind me
I looked back and saw a she-cat with dark gray fur, flat face, snub nose, long, ragged, patchy, thick fur, blackened, yellowstone teeth and bright orange eyes
"Well we should not expect too much from him," said another she-cat with long blue-gray hairs and silver fur around her muzzle and tail and Ice blue eyes
"What do you mean," I said angrily at the tone of the she-cats
"Nothing but we expected more" said the blue cat
"Who are you?" I asked.
"We are Star Clan's and we are here to make you an offer" said she-cat bluish gray
"No" was the answer I gave
"You still do not believe in Star Clan," said the she-cat dark gray
"A cat I killed came back to life and killed what you think," I said.
"What happened to rest in peace," he said.
"In comparison to us you are resting in peace," said the she-cat dark gray
"You should at least listen to the offer," said another she-cat.
"Okay, I'm listening," I said.
"To be simple, when a cat of any of the clans dies, he or she is sent to Star Clan, however kitty pets, rogues and cats outside the clans when their essence die disappear, however there are rare cases where a lost cat participates in something or has an encounter with someone, then they are sent here in limbo, you Scourge is one of those cases, "said she-cat bluish gray
Ok this is strange there must be something else here I thought
"What else should I do if I accept and what happens if I refuse?" I asked the two she-cats
"Well, you did not accept the offer right away just as others would, well if you did not accept the offer, your chance would end and you would disappear like any other cat out of the clans," said the dark gray cat
"If you accept, you to join one of the clans is to live by the rules of the clan, we will let you choose the clan you want to join" said she-cat bluish gray
So it is a situation loses or loses, well I already made my choice
"And what would prevent clan cats from killing me as soon as they saw me, because as you may know I caused them many problems, and we would probably be in each other's throats," I said.
"We are Star Clan, if we ask to run they would do without exiting, now which clan do you choose?" Asked the she-cat bluish gray
Remembering the clan with the most remarkable cats
"Thunder Clan, I want to join the Thunder Clan," I said.
They both blinked and looked at me.
"Very well, let us send a warning to the clan medicine cat and revive it," said she-cat bluish gray
I smiled remembering who would get the warning, then everything went white
End of flashback (Normal POV)
"Hello Cinderpelt" said she-cat dark gray
"Yellowfang," Cinderpelt shouted, rushing to the old mentor.
"Hello Scourge, Cinderpelt," said the blue-gray cat.
"Hello Bluestar," Cinderpelt said, bowing to the former leader of the Thunder Clan.
"How interesting," said Yellowfang, looking at Scourge.
"What?" Asked Scourge.
"I remember you saying that you would be in the throat of any clan cat next to you, I do not see any dead," said Yellowfang
"There's no clan cat to kill here," Scourge said.
"Correct, have two clan cats by your side, if what you said is true why they are alive?" Asked Yellowfang
Scourge looked at Cinderpelt
"She is an exception" said Scourge then a thought struck him and Cinderpelt 'Two'
"Well before we say anything, Cinderpelt who's the kit trying to hide behind you?" Bluestar asked curiously.
Cinderpelt blinked, looked back and saw his daughter trying to hide, she took the kit and put it between the front legs
"Whisperkit what are you doing here," Cinderpelt said, nestling her daughter.
Bluestar looked at the kit and saw something that no other seemed to notice, its aura was divided on one side being blue and the other being red
"Well Whisperkit, why do not you lean on me and sleep," Cinderpelt said with her daughter, doing what she said and was soon asleep.
"Now that she's asleep, I wonder if it's true that Scourge should join the Thunder Clan?" Asked Cinderpelt
"Yes, it's true," Bluestar said.
"But he must follow the rules of the clans"
" What ! You did not tell me anything about it, "Scourge said.
"Do not worry, it's nothing serious," Yellowfang said.
"He must grow up within the clan, gaining respect, like any other, from kit to a warrior," said Bluestar with Cinderpelt nodding and Scourge muttering
"Cinderpelt, I'd like to talk to you in private," said Bluestar, moving away from the other two cats, with Cinderpelt following her, after asking Scourge to watch the kit
"Cinderpelt respond sincerely, that kit is your daughter?" Asked Bluestar
"Yes, she is," said Cinderpelt, sighing.
"How?" Bluestar asked.
Sighing Cinderpelt told the story of his daughter the former leader, being able to see the change of expressions of disgust to anger then calm
"Thank you for telling me," said Bluestar, returning to the other two cats
"You must go now," said Yellowfang, giving Cinderpelt one last hug.
"Until the next Cinderpelt"
Picking up his daughter from Scourge Cinderpelt lay down
"What are you doing?" Asked Scourge.
"To get out of the Star Clan you need to sleep," said Cinderpelt
Scourge doing what the she-cat said, saw the world darken for the dreams
The next day Scourge woke up and saw a cat in front of his nest and without thinking attacked placing a claw in the neck recognizing the cat as Tigerstar
"Scourge" cried Cinderpelt making him come back to reality
Scourge blinked and saw that the cat could not be Tigerstar since he was dead, releasing the cat he sat next to Cinderpelt
"Scourge why did you attack him?" Cinderpelt asked after looking to see if Whisperkit was still asleep.
"Why do you look like Tigerstar?" Asked Scourge.
"He was my father," said Bramblepaw coming out of the medical den
'So the rat brain had a child,' thought Scourge, watching the cat come out.
"Let's Scourge, we have to tell Firestar the answer from Star Clan," said Cinderpelt with the tom-cat nodding exitingly.
The two cats left the den to inform Firestar, they found him in the feeding area
"Good morning, Cinderpelt, Scourge," said Firestar.
"Good morning," Cinderpelt replied with Scourge only grunting before the said she-cat slaps him on the side
"Good morning," said Scourge, coughing a little.
"I'm going to call a meeting so we can let everyone know," Firestar said, climbing the rock in the camp and shouting a meeting
"Cinderpel, what were the answers that Star Clan gave you?" Firestar asked.
"Well to start with, what Scourge said about having to join a clan was true," Cinderpelt said, leaking as several cats shouted and prevented her from continuing.
Scourge getting angry that they were messing up shouted "Shut up and let her finish talking" after that everyone was silent
Casting a grateful glance at Scourge, she continued, "But he will have to follow the rules of the clans, he will have to earn respect as a warrior, starting from a kit to a warrior"
"So it's decided, Scourge is now part of the Thunder Clan but will be considered with respect to a kit until he climbs to apprentice," said Firestar
"Well now, your nest will be .." before Firestar could finish he was interrupted by a paw on his shoulder, looking away he saw it was Cinderpelt
"I'd like you to let your nest stay within the medicinal den," Cinderpelt said in his ear.
"Are you sure?" Firestar asked, seeing the she-cat nodding.
"The Scourge's nest will be inside the medical den," said Firestar, with several cats protesting that he was so close to his only medicine cat, with Brackenfur and Thornclaw being the loudest
"This meeting is over," Firestar said, causing the cats to disperse
Cinderpelt approached Scourge and saw him trying to wipe the dirt from his fur.
"Let's go to the river so you can clean up, but first let's go back to the medical den," Cinderpelt said, walking to the den, checking to see if his daughter was still asleep
When they arrived at den they saw Whisperkit getting up, she looked at them
"Good morning, Mother, good morning Scourge," she said.
"Good morning Whisperkit," Cinderpelt said, while Scourge had a look of shock and a little sadness.
'I'll talk to her in the river,' thought Scourge.
"Do you want to come to the river with me and Scourge?" Cinderpelt asked, so she felt a breeze and saw a blur
"What are we waiting for?" Said Whisperkit at the entrance to the den.
Cinderpelt shook his head and followed his daughter with Scourge shortly after
They were almost leaving the camp when they were stopped by Graystripe catching Whisperkit preventing her from leaving
"Cinderpelt, where are you going with him?" Asked Graystripe, putting the kit on the floor.
"I'm going to the river, I need to get more poppy seeds, and since I have to watch him, he's coming with me," she said.
"Well we're going out in a hunting party, mind if we go with you?" Asked Graystripe with Brackenfur, Thornclaw and Longtail nodding.
"So let's go," said Cinderpelt, leaving the camp with the other cats and a kit
She was annoyed at what they were doing, they put Scourge on one side of the group, she and Whisperkit stayed on the other with the said kit running between the legs of the larger cats and jumping on the backs of Brackenfur or Graystripe for fun
When they reached the river she saw that they were looking at Scourge
"You have not come to hunt, so what are you waiting for," Cinderpelt said, making the four tom-cats blink
"Let's hunt, Cinderpelt if he tries anything, scream and we'll be here in a heartbeat, that also fits you Whisperkit" said Graystripe pulling away with the others going hunting leaving Cinderpelt, Scourge and Whisperkit alone
Scourge approached the river and began to use the water to clean himself until he slipped
Cinderpelt was harvesting the seeds he will use as an excuse to leave the camp with Scourge and try to talk to him privately, she looked around for the tom-cat, she sees him at the edge of the river now with her clean coat and her paw a Once more white, she saw that he was wet and realizing what had happened he started to laugh, his laughter caught the attention of Whisperkit who after seeing Scourge began to laugh too
The said tom-cat not liking to be motive of laughter, gave a slight push to Cinderpelt causing that it falls in the river
After leaving the river and drying himself Cinderpelt sat down and gestured to Scourge to do the same
"So what do you want to talk about?" Cinderpelt asked
"Looks like you made it, a family of your own, sigh who's the father of your daughter?" Scourge asked sighing
"She does not have one," Cinderpelt said, making Scourge look at her.
"How can she not have one, so I know it takes a female and a male to get a kit," said Scourge
Cinderpelt sighed and began to explain to Scourge how she got Whisperkit and what had happened to her
"These two legs are stupid," Scourge said.
"I agree," Cinderpelt said, looking at the daughter who was chasing a butterfly.
"Cinderpelt, how long was I dead?" Asked Scourge.
"Five days," she replied.
Scourge was about to comment on this when her both heard a snore, Cinderpelt jumped into a position looking around, she looked at Scourge and heard again
"Was it you?" Cinderpelt asked, he did not have to answer.
"Well, let's get something to eat," Cinderpelt said.
"Can you hunt?" Scourge asked, looking at Cinderpelt's leg.
"I'm not going to get rabbits anytime soon," she said.
"Hey, Mom, can you teach me how to hunt?" Whisperkit asked, startling the two cats with their sudden appearance.
"Okay, I'll teach you," Cinderpelt said.
"Cinderpelt if I may, I would like to teach it" said Scourge
"Cinderpelt looked at Scourge and saw that he was serious.
"Okay, Whisperkit you'll learn from Scourge, I'll go with you to watch," said Cinderpelt
Whisperkit looked at Scourge and approached
"Sorry for not introducing me, my name is Whisperkit" she said introducing herself
"I'm Scourge," he said, picking up Whisperkit, taking her to the grass.
"Okay, you see that rat there?" Scourge asked after placing Whisperkit on the ground and pointing to the mouse in the clearing
"Yes" replied Whisperkit
"Well, now you should bend down almost touching the ground, be completely silent then you jump" as soon as Scourge finished speaking he saw Whisperkit jump and grab the mouse by the neck with the fangs piercing the flesh, the mouse twisted by a moment before dying
"Very good," said Scourge, nesting the kit
Cinderpelt smiled at the deed of his daughter, she walked up to Scourge
"Thank you, Scourge," she said.
"You're welcome," said Scourge.
They spent the rest of the time picking up some rats and eating them before returning to the river and sitting waiting for the hunting party to return
Whisperkit was so tired that she leaned against the nearest heat source and fell asleep
"Poor kit, spent all the energy it had," Scourge said, seeing Whisperkit leaning against him to sleep.
"Well she had a lot of fun hunting, of course she must be tired," said Cinderpelt, laughing as she watched her daughter sleep using Scourge as a pillow, she approached the tom-cat and sat beside him causing Whisperkit to stand between her and Scourge
"Where are they, they should have come back," said Cinderpelt
"We're here Cinderpelt," said Graystripe, coming out of a bush carrying a squirrel
"Let's go back to the camp"
Cinderpelt was about to catch Whisperkit when he saw Scourge carrying his daughter
"I'll take it," he said through the fur of the kit.
They went back to the camp and split up with Scourge and Cinderpelt going to the medical den and the hunting party going food area
As they entered the medical den Scourge approached the nest where Cinderpelt had slept and put the kit there
Cinderpelt lay down on her daughter and prepared to sleep.
"Thank you, Scourge," Cinderpelt said, licking the tom-cat on his cheek and falling asleep.
Scourge had flushed with what Cinderpelt had done and was embarrassed, he looked at Whisperkit
'No kit should grow without a father' thought Scourge lying in the nest beside Cinderpelt and falling asleep
Author's Notes: I'm sorry for rushing the story a little bit in this chapter, it was not my intention, so I'm going to leave a warning in the next chapters I'll make the time left for the academy to start with Naruko / Whisperkit in the Thunder Clan and training with kyuubi.