Hey guys I know I've been gone a while and that this story needs a major update, but I had finals to attend to, but now that those are over I get three weeks to make up for lost time. Starting with Midoriichi: Next Generation and I'm eager to get the ball rolling.

I do not own the Kim Possible Characters, they belong to Disney. I do However own Kuraiichi, Rida, Akai, Hori, Midoriko, Chisana-ichi, Josei, On'nanako as well as the names Buraun, Koni, Roni, Midoriichi, Hekuta, Murasaki and Kimiko.

Ch.5 The Third Clan

Several months had passed as Midoriichi had worked with Midoriko to control her darker powers. They were making good progress, but Midoriko still could not control it if it came in vast quantities. Midoriichi had an idea, a risky one, but an idea nonetheless.

"You want to do what?" Akai questioned, her eyes wide with disbelief of what her daughter had just proposed.

"I want to help Midoriko turn into a full demon. If she can master how to transform into a full-fledged demon she can unlock her full potential." Midoriichi said.

"Absolutely not. We don't know what effect that will have on her mind and body. It could kill her, or worse she could kill others." Akai said. "That is something you shouldn't be playing around with."

"Then what do you propose we do?" She asked her mother.

"We have Kimiko seal away Kuraiichi's dark power." Akai answered.

"And weaken her, no way! She won't be at full strength that way. I want to help her not cripple her." Midoriichi told her mother.

"I do too, sealing away her power will protect her." Akai said.

"Then why didn't you seal away my powers, when I was younger?" She asked.

"You were full demon, and had better control, Midoriko does not."

"I think we should let Midoriko see what she wants to do. It's her power, not ours." Midoriichi said as she walked deeper into the cave.

XX

Midoriko was walking through the field on her way back home from training. She definitely felt stronger thanks to her mother's help. 'Now only if I could master transforming, I could get so much stronger.' She thought. She looked up to the sky and closed her eyes as a cool breeze blew past her.

"Spying on me again you little perv." Midoriko said.

Chita emerged from the bushes behind her, chuckling. "Not all, I don't know where you get these weird assumptions from." He said.

"I have not forgotten what happened at the hot springs five years ago." She said turning to face him.

Chita chuckled nervously. "Like I said that was all a misunderstanding, a very amazing misunderstanding." He said.

Midoriko moved to take a step forward, and before her foot could even touch the ground she was in Chita's face and grabbed his collar. He was shocked by her speed, as he recalled she was never this fast before. He stared into her green eyes as she gave him an evil smile, one that usually comes with a beating, just like at the hot springs five years ago. Though he wasn't intimidated by it, to him it only made her look more beautiful.

"How's this for a misunderstanding." She began. "If I ever catch you trying to take a sneak peek at my body again, I'll do more than just stomp your ass into the ground." She said.

Chita smiled. "You know if you wanted to get closer, all you had to do was ask." Chita said.

Midoriko pushed him away. "Dumbass. What do you want anyway?" She asked him.

"Your sister sent me to find you. Her, and Reo figured we should all hang out since you've been training like crazy. I say we ditch them, just for today and we can hang for a bit." He offered.

"Hang? Me? With you?" Midoriko asked.

"Yeah." He said with a smile.

Midoriko laughed. "I don't think so. Now let's go lover boy." She said as she walked off leaving Chita with his newfound low self-esteem.

It didn't take long for them to reunite with Chisana-ichi and Reo. Upon the arrival, Midoriko saw that Reo was rather close to her younger sister. Reo leaned in and whispered something into her ear causing the female half demon to laugh.

"What's so funny?" She asked announcing her arrival.

"Sister!" Chisana-ichi cheered. "I finally get to see you outside of your training schedule."

"Well mother insists that I learn more proper control to get stronger." Midoriko answered.

"Now you know how we feel. Right Chita?" Reo said.

"Totally." Chita said in a defeated tone.

"You ok, man?" Reo asked.

"Yeah, I will be just a bruised ego." Chita said.

Reo could only guess that it had something to do with Midoriko, he would talk to Chita about that later.

"Now that we're all together, I got a story to tell you." Chisana-ichi.

Midoriko groaned. "I haven't been here five minutes and you want to put me to sleep with a story." She said with a deadpanned expression.

"Shut up." Chisana-ichi said. "Now grandmother told me something two days ago that I think you all would find interesting." She said.

Midoriko yawned and waved her off. "Just get on with it."

"Now we know there are numerous demon clan's out there, the fox clan, the snake clan, etc. Then there are the Tori and the Neko, two powerful clans since the beginning. However did you know there was a third?" Chisana-ichi asked.

Midoriko and Chita expressions changed quickly. "Mother told me there was a third clan, but she didn't elaborate much on who they were or anything." Reo said.

" A third great clan?" Midoriko asked. "Who were they?"

"Not so boring now huh?" Chisana-ichi teased, in which Midoriko responded by flipping her off.

"Ok, so Like the Tori are of Heaven and the Neko are of the Earth. The Inu clan were from Hell."

"A dog clan from hell, well I guess that explains why we've never seen them." Chita said.

"Not quite as it this all started thousands of years ago." Chisana-ichi said. "When the earth was formed there was man and beast. But from the shadows demons arose and as time progressed demons began to become more prominent and out these demon clans were the Tori, Neko, and Inu." She explained. "It didn't take long for these three clans to assume authority of the lands and that's where the trouble began. The Tori took to the skies wanting nothing to with the earth, as they saw the skies and the heaven above as their home. However the Neko and the Inu clan were earthbound and thought they deserved the land more than the other. War broke out between the two and just like the war between the Tori and Neko they were even as well." She continued.

"Well it's obvious we won after all, the Neko are still here." Reo boasted.

"Not without help." Chisana-ichi added. "The Inu realized that without help the war would never end, so they enlisted in the aid of the dragons and wyverns. Promising them a portion of the land, preferably the mountains where the Tori sat perched high above. The Tori were neutral in the war, but didn't take lightly to the Inu using their home as a bargaining chip. So they offered their services to the Neko provided they guarantee the Tori keep their home. With that promise made the Tori descended from the sky, or as the humans see the heavens above and engaged the dragons in battle." Chisana-ichi went on to explain.

"The dragons were forced to pull out of the war after having the numbers dwindle to a handful leaving the Inu to face two powerhouses alone. Now a wise man would have given up but not the Inu, they instead decided to draw power from a much darker place, Hell. Hell would lend them there unrelenting power only if the Inu swore their undying allegiance, and with that allegiance made a new battle in the war took place and with each person they killed, souls were sent to hell. Many innocents suffered until the rise of the Daiyokai. With the Daiyokai emerging in the clans of the Tori and Neko, they were able to bring about the end to the war and the remaining members were banished to the depths of hell." Chisana-ichi finished.

"Woah, now that's bad ass." Midoriko said. "Just goes to show you don't fuck with the best."

"You got that right." Reo said as they bumped fists.

"Also we're not too far from the ruins of said battleground where the Inu used to call home." Chisana-ichi said.

A smile worked its way across Midoriko's face. "Let's go check it out." She said.

XX

Several minutes Later

They arrived toward the spot indicated by Chisana-ichi located at the heart of Feudal Japan. They gazed in awe at the enormous crater made from a battle thousands of years ago as they drew closer.

"Come on we don't have long before, the guards show up. The clans take turn in shifts guarding this place, its off limits and forbidden to all." Chisana-ichi said.

"No kidding, I mean look at this place." Chita said. As they looked out over the crater that held the ruins of the third clan.

They walked down the pathway made by the Tori and the Neko years ago and began to exploring. Upon closer inspection they could see the place was littered with the bones of the Tori, Neko and Inu clans alike. Chita picked up a skull belonging to one of the Inu.

"Way cool." He said as he observed the skull.

"I found something even cooler." Midoriko said as she waved the others over.

They walked around the corner of a destroyed home to find what was probably a temple, well its remains anyway. However on top of said temple were two large skeletons, one was a dog skeleton and the other was a bird.

"Wow they died in mid battle?" Reo asked.

Chisana-ichi nodded. "Grandmother told me that the leader of the Tori and the leader of the Inu fight for days nonstop, until they just stopped moving. Both having died in the middle of mortal combat." She said.

She looked over to see Midoriko moving closer to the temple. "Midoriko what are you doing?"

"Getting a closer look, what does it look like?" She countered.

"I don't think we should go in there." Her younger sister said.

"Then don't come in. What about the rest of you?" She asked as she pushed the temple doors open.

"I'm going stay outside with Chisana-ichi." Chita said looking away from Midoriko.

Midoriko turned her gaze to Reo. "I'll go with her, just to make sure she doesn't get in any trouble." Reo said to Chisana-ichi, who nodded in approval.

The two demons entered the temple and began exploring. Except for the light coming from the entrance, the place was really dark. Midoriko wiped away some of the dust covering the walls to find that it was covered in ancient text.

"Great, I can't read whatever language this is." She said. "Can you read it?"

"Sorry I don't speak dog." Reo said.

They continued down a set of steps that lead into a huge room. As soon as they had entered, torches came alive and lit the room up. The room itself showed signs that it hosted a big battle during a time of the great war. "Now we can at least see where we're going." Reo said.

Midoriko nodded and they explored the room. Reo expected the half of the room lined with old books. This books were also unreadable, and like above there were skeletons laid across the floor, except these skeletons still wore armor.

"Looks like they were hiding something down here." Midoriko said.

"You think the other clans know about it?" Reo asked.

"They have too, these soldiers fought hard to protect whatever was in here, and I doubt it was just books." She said.

She began looking around for signs of another passageway, but found none. "Is this place nothing but cobwebs and bones?" She sighed, and leaned up against the wall. As she did it began to move, startling her. "What the." She said.

A new passageway opened and revealed a long dark hall that was soon lit with torches.

"Where do you think it goes?" Reo asked.

Soon after a growl could be heard coming from the passageway, and a smile appeared on Midoriko's face.

"Somewhere interesting." She answered and walked forward.

Reo followed after her and the passageway door closed behind them. Thinking nothing of it they walked further into the temple following the sounds of growling. Reo decided to strike up a conversation with the female demon, besides he had something that he wanted to ask her.

"Did something happen between you and Chita?" Reo asked.

"No, why would you think that?" she asked.

"He wasn't his goofy self. He looked kind of down." Reo said.

"Well if I had to guess it might have something with him trying to ask me out." She said.

"You turned him down." Reo said.

"Naturally, Chita might be great for someone like Chisana-ichi, but not me." Midoriko answered.

Outside the temple

"What could be taking them so long?" Chisana-ichi whispered.

"Hey Chisana-ichi, can I ask you a question?" Chita said.

"Sure go ahead." She replied.

"Umm, what kind of guys does your sister like?" He asked her.

"Huh? Oh, wow um, let's see strong ones I guess. She's always talking about how she wanted a strong man in her life. But I had no clue that you liked Midoriko." She said.

He scratched the back of his head and laughed nervously. "Yeah, well I already tried asking her out, and she turned me down." He said.

"Well here's a little bit of advice. Make yourself look stronger than Reo and she'll begin to warm up to you." Chisana-ichi said.

"So she likes Reo? I figured as much." Chita said. "Does he like her?"

Chisana-ichi chuckled a bit. "I wouldn't worry about that. He's taken, but I doubt Midoriko would like to hear that, and that worries me a bit." She said as she looked back towards the temple.

Inside the Temple

"So what kind of guys is the great Midoriko into then?" Reo asked.

"You know me, I've always liked the strong, muscle guys. Someone just as strong as me actually." She said. "Since we're talking about who we like. Who do you like?" She asked.

Reo was about to answer when they heard the growl again, it was a lot louder. They came to a stop when the torches stopped lighting the way. Then the torches started to light up the room in front of them. They stepped further in and watched as the room became brighter with each torch that was lit.

"Are those chains?" Midoriko asked as she squinted her eyes to get a better look.

She was able to confirm that they were indeed chains as the room got brighter. She looked around the room to see that there were several more chains and they all met in a portion of the room that was still dark. The chains shook as whatever was hidden in the shadows growled again.

Midoriko and Reo looked to one another, just what was on the other side of those chains?

Chapter close hope you all enjoyed the chapter, as I had writing it. Don't forget to leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions. Also on a more important note. I send my condolences to the families of the children from Sandy Hook Elementary school in Connecticut. Keeping you in my prayers as we all hopefully can move towards a new and brighter year.