The silence once again spilled into the space between Hokaiju's words and anything that was left unsaid by either Yuuki or Zero. Both of the prefects just stared at the taller vampire by the window, Yuuki particularly noticing the slight shift in the color of Hokaiju's eyes. They seemed to almost turn completely dark red, the irises being drowned in the color shift. It made her wonder just how much he had seen that could've been worse then seeing what he had already mentioned.

Shifting carefully, Zero sat up in bed and twisted to lean against the wall to better watch Hokaiju, the dark haired male having moved to sit in the chair that was by Zero's desk. His head was lowered, and his hands were clasped in front of him, the knuckles turning white from how tight the fingers were actually clenched together. Drawing a breath, Zero moved the hand closest to Yuuki to lightly grab one of her own, slightly calming the brunette. " A war started from you meeting Kit? How could that be possible? "

Hokaiju did not lift his eyes to meet the silver ones of the teen talking to him, but continued to stare at the floor boards, willing the memories not to surface so violently in him. It was beginning to get hard to talk about it anymore. " If you recall, I said she planned to talk to the humans of our realm, to try and reason with them and apologize for the incident. Well somehow or another other Nova Fox clans got wind of Kit's idea and a few of them found it beneficial to spy on the meeting between Kit and the King of the land in which most of the Nova clans resided.

" Now, the King was a very knowledgeable man. He knew about the Nova Foxes, and about their laws, and upon hearing that Kit had killed not one, but a whole group of human hunters, the King found that she was guilty of murder and for not being able to control her rage state. The King also seemed to have known that all Novas by a certain age are suppose to be able to control their rage, or are restricted to the confines of their territories. The Novas listening in on the meeting knew that this was a law with all Nova Fox clans, but it was beyond them how the King knew of such information. The law was only suppose to be known amongst the Novas themselves. "

" So how was it that the King knew about the rage state law? " Yuuki had regained her ability to speak once more, seemingly more comfortable now that Zero was beside her and awake, the latter being the biggest factor.

" In the Realm of Mythology, there are several creatures that have a different variant or species that is a polar opposite. The Nova Foxes are one of the few who do, and their opposites are Zypher Foxes. Black furred, scarred and mostly solitary, Zyphers have a deep hatred for Novas that dates back farther then is documented in any of our history books. They will do almost anything to hurt a Nova Fox, and even though they don't like humans and even prey on them, Zyphers have been known to take the form of a human to cause trouble.

" The one who had given the King the information on Nova laws was his advisor, a Zypher fox. She had taken the place of the King's old advisor as she was very knowledgeable of many creatures and the world for her young age, and he quickly fired his old advisor. During Kit's meeting with the King, she was by his side mentioning things about Nova Fox laws that made Kit realize this was a one-sided trial." Hokaiju unclasped his hands, examining the color as it returned to the skin around his knuckles, breathing a deep sigh. " This Zypher in particular.. Well the Novas found out after Kit's meeting with the King who she was exactly. Kit was sentenced to imprisonment for life, knowing that death would only result in rebirth, so for the time being the Nova Fox spies had to gather more information on the source of the leak.

" Once the advisor had left the King's side and returned to her quarters, the spies found that she quickly returned to her Zypher Fox form, chuckling to herself about the state of the Nova Fox now in the castle dungeon. From what I found out later, the Zypher Fox had a striking resemblance to Kit, except with pitch black fur, red facial markings instead of Kit's purple ones, and the wing patch on her shoulders looked like bat wings with scars running from the tips. This Zypher Fox was a doppelganger. "

Yuuki tilted her head, a confused look on her face as she looked from Hokaiju to Zero. The silver haired teen merely shrugged his answer before returning his gaze to the dark haired vampire. He had stood up again, pushing the chair back under the desk before stepping into the middle of the room.

" In mythology, a doppelganger is a demon or spirit that takes on the exact appearance of another person. Everything about them looks the same, and their voices even match. The only way you could tell a doppelganger apart from the real person is that the doppelganger has no memories the person would. " Hokaiju took a step to the side of where he was originally, an almost ghostly image now occupying that spot. As the vampire moved his hands, so did the image, mimicking him down to his eye brow movements. When Hokaiju spoke, both Yuuki and Zero jumped. " This isn't a doppelganger of course, but merely a demonstration of how one might work. This ghost image has no mind of it's own, and will only do what I do. "

With a snap of his fingers, the image disappeared, leaving Yuuki to stare at the spot in which it was. Her eyes were wide with interest, realizing that the people from Kit's realm had so many abilities that she wanted to know about. Before the brunette could ask the question that was on the tip of her tongue, Hokaiju continued.

" Every few generations for both Foxes, a pair of pups will be born that look exactly alike. Of course the Zyphers have darker fur and markings, and are born with scars, but it is extremely unusual for Novas or Zyphers to have the same markings as their parents, let alone a pup from either race being born with the same ones. The other thing that comes with the doppelganger, is that the Zypher Fox side has an uncontrollable urge to cause trouble for their Nova counterpart, not matter the costs.

" Übel, as she called herself, is Kit's Zypher Fox doppelganger. She had apparently been planning for the last few years on how exactly she wanted to cause trouble for Kit. She had found out by eaves dropping on one of the clan's teaching sessions about their main laws, and used that knowledge and whatever else she knew about the creatures of the rest of the world to become the King's advisor.

" The Nova spies captured Übel and brought her to Kit's clan to have the Elders decide on what to do with her. At this point, I realized I made a rather big mistake in telling the Elders ahead of time Kit's plan, and that she hadn't come back in several days. By the time the Nova spies from other clans had come back with Übel, the Elders of Kit's clan had sent a few members to find and rescue Kit. " Hokaiju slumped down to the floor, sitting on his knees as he spoke, his face in his hands. " My worry for her, even though I only knew her for a few moments, started the chain reaction of events that lead to the Five Year War. "

Zero grumbled and slid forward on his bed, lifting the free hand and setting it on Hokaiju's shoulder, making the dark haired vampire lift his head. " Hokaiju, I'm sure it was a mere coincidence that it happened that way. "

" Normally, and before this incident involving Übel, I would agree with you Zero, but it was not the case. That Zypher Fox had orchestrated the whole thing, with a bit of help from some other Zyphers. Übel was the one who told the hunters that were chasing me where the Vampire Dragons roosted and which one would probably be a good target. I was selected because I often times left our roost to explore. She also told them of a forest to drive me into because it was only inhabited by small animals and the possible 'low rank magical being'. "

Yuuki's gasp told Hokaiju that she was able to piece together what he was getting at. His eyes lowered back down to the floor, shrugging away Zero's hand as he stood, his hands slipping into the pockets of the jacket he wore. " The whole event, the whole war and the deaths of thousands were all the doing of one Zypher Fox, and her hatred for her Nova Fox counter-part. "

" How could anyone do such a thing? How could they be so heartless? " Yuuki could barely choke out the words as she moved to cling to Zero's side, gripping the ends of his shirt.

" Zypher Foxes.. Aren't very compassionate. There have been one of two cases where a Zypher was actually border line civil, but after such cases were noted by other races, said Zyphers disappeared. Most assumed it was because other Zypher's hunted them down so as to make it seem they were going soft. At any rate, Zypher Foxes are known for cruelty. It's what the excel in. " Hokaiju turned his attention back outside the window, blinking slowly as his eyes unfocused to let his mind continue to try and keep him calm.

" The Five Year War you mentioned, did it start because Kit was rescued by her clan members? "

The dark hair vampire regarded the question a moment, nodding slowly afterward, his eyes closing. " More or less that was the start. When the King realized that Kit had been rescued, he sent trackers to find out where she had been taken, only for the trackers themselves to go missing. It ended up that the King came to the forest that Kit's clan lived in, to find Kit and his missing trackers. He wasn't exactly happy when he found his trackers were being held captive by the Novas and that they were 'harboring' a vampire, which was me of course.

" The Elders found that there was nothing wrong with me being around and that I had done no wrong and should never have been chased into their home. The male Elder added that he would physically protect me himself should anyone try to hunt me again. I found out later why that was. "

Zero turned to Yuuki, bewildered and curious by what exactly Hokaiju could have meant by what he said. " Why did he say he'd protect you? " Zero ran a lazy and shaky hand through his silver strands, tussling them slightly.

Hokaiju leaned his head to the side, looking at Zero out of the corner of his eyes. " I'm sure that you would want the approval of your girl friends' parents to the point that they'd stand up for you. "

" You mean, the very same Elder that jumped on Kit and threatened her with his claws was her father? " Zero looked taken aback by the taller vampire's comment, not really sure if he was understanding right or not.

" And the other one who stopped the male Elder is her mother, yes. Kit's parents are the Elders of her clan, as if my mentioning about their eye color wasn't a dead give away. " Hokaiju chuckled to himself at the look on Zero's face, his focus once again moving to beyond the window. Something out there was down right fascinating to him. " Generally, the pups are the offspring of the Elders or the highest guards of the Elders, though most often the guards. The Elders of a Nova Fox clan aren't exactly picky about breeding and just about anyone can have pups so long as.. Well so long as the parents get along. Kit just happened to be the Elder's first pup. Teisha and Alaniaoko were relatively new Elders and had not thought about having pups until they had gotten use to their new position. Of course, just because they are her parents doesn't mean they go easy on her when it comes to clan laws. If anything, they're even harder on her.

" Parenting aside, Alaniaoko felt that it was not right for the humans to be treating vampires and other creatures and races as they were and if anyone was going to stand up to them about it, it was going to start with him. The King was furious that the fox spoke to him as though he were a mere peasant and stormed off back towards his castle. It was within the next few days that the King decided that he was going to rid himself and the rest of the world of the filth that plagued them. "

A/N: Well! It's been a while since I last posted, sorry about that. I've been trying to figure out how I wanted to do this next part. Well I finally got it and now we know who the two Elder Nova Foxes are, woot! Zypher Foxes are also introduced, and we're getting into details about how the war started! More to come, sorry for the cliffhangers and thanks for reading!

BTW: Kit's parents names are pronounced like this:

Teisha: Tay-sha

Alaniaoko: Ah-la-nia-oko

Ha, names ftw.