Ok Guys sorry I have been gone so long, but I have been reading Raptorhunter18's Black Star Falling Stars story and he's doing an excellent job. I'm also following his prequel to the Last Bit of Humanity, something you all should check out in your spare time. It got me thinking, on a prequel to Midoriichi. One that fills in the blanks to Kuraiichi's past, to see how she became who she is and how her life was before the events of the original Midoriichi. Right now we are talking about doing a combined effort for the most kick ass story to ever be written. What is it you ask? That's for us to know and you all to find out lol. Any way enough of my banter enjoy the chapter.
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.10 The Plot Thickens
Midoriko had reached the base of the mountain that the Tori called home. She had figured that only forty-five minutes or so have passed, and that no one had noticed her disappearance. She smiled on the inside not because of her cleverness, but because soon power would be in her grasp. She walked up the mountain trail; only to stop and look back over the forest in the direction she had left Moniku.
She turned to enter the cave and her eyes went wide with shock, as Midoriichi stood there at the entrance, her eyes fixated on the younger demon. She was leaned up the cave walls, next to her were the unconscious bodies of the soldiers Midoriko had knocked out earlier.
Midoriko regained her composure and strode by her mother. Midoriichi looked back as Midoriko walked past her.
"So you want to tell me where you've been?" Midoriichi asked.
Midoriko stopped, not bothering to look back. She let out a sarcastic gasp. "Did Midoriichi Tori, just acknowledge me? I can die happy now." Midoriko said.
"Answer me." Midoriichi said her voice growing more stern.
"I had to use the little demoness room. You gotta problem with that?" She asked.
"I do, when it involves knocking out my guards." She answered. "Plus you've been gone for far too long, to be taking a piss." Midoriichi said.
"Hey I have been cooped up in this place for over a month, I think I deserve some time to myself." Midoriko said.
"You had a whole month to yourself in your room or do you not understand the concept of being grounded?" She asked Midoriko.
"Hey I did you a favor earlier tonight, so cut me some slack. I didn't have to do what you asked of me." Midoriko shot back.
"I was doing you a favor, I thought I'd let you stretch your wings for a while. You ungrateful brat."
"And there it is. I don't need your pity!" Midoriko roared.
"No what you need is an ass whooping, I think you're forgetting who you're speaking too." Midoriichi told her daughter.
"No I think you have." Midoriko said as she turned around completely and walked back up to her mother. "You treat me like I'm some kind of a fuck up, instead of your daughter. You look through me instead of at me." Midoriko growled.
"That's because you did fuck up. You almost got your friends and your sister killed! You act without thinking of the consequences your actions will have on others. What would you have done if we hadn't arrived to save you all?" She asked her eldest daughter.
"You just love to rub that in my face. I apologized to Ichi for it countless times. I realized my mistakes." Midoriko answered.
"But you don't realize them so enough. If you continue on the path you are now, you won't be living for much longer." Midoriichi warned her.
Midoriko looked into the eyes of her mother. Her brows furrowed and she pushed Midoriichi back. "Stop looking at me like that! Like I'm some sort of outcast! Like you're one of them! You have the same look in your eyes that those ungrateful bastards in that village have. I hate that look. I hate them. I hate.." Midoriko was about to finish.
"Midoriko!" Akai said as she walked up from the back of the cave. "Stop this outrageous behavior. This is not how a princess should act." She told her granddaughter. "You must respect your mothers. They only want the best for you, as do I." Akai said.
Oh yeah." Midoriko said as she spun around to face her grandmother. "I heard the things you've had to say about me. You don't trust me at all. You think I'll become a mindless monster like Kuraiichi. That's why you don't want me to lead the clan. With the exception of my own sister, none of you trust me." Midoriko told them.
"Baka.(Idiot) Trust is earned, not given. You've lost that trust when you challenged Yasei." Midoriichi said stepping forward.
Midoriko brushed passed her walking back towards the exit of the cave. "Where the hell do you think you're going?" Midoriichi asked.
"I don't want to be somewhere I'm not wanted. I want to be alone, so don't follow me." Midoriko said, before she ran out of the cave.
Akai was about to give chase, when Midoriichi stopped her. "Midoriichi what are you doing? Go after her." Akai told her daughter.
"She needs this, it'll make her stronger. After all it worked wonders for me." Midoriichi said.
Akai sighed. "I have no doubt that you've become stronger from your suffering, but why should Midoriko have to do the same? What do you hope to gain by this?" Akai asked her.
Midoriichi turned her gaze back to the cave entrance, when she heard the rumble of thunderclouds. She turned her gaze back to Akai, when she heard her speak up again.
"Midoriichi are you still trying to turn her into a full blooded demon?" She asked.
Midoriichi said nothing in return.
"Daughter this is a dangerous game you are playing. You are risking the possibility of losing your own daughter, to suit your own selfish needs." Akai said.
"It's the only way she can hope to control the gene." Midoriichi replied.
"Why can't she stay as is? Maybe her life is safer if she is to remain a half-demon. Did you ever consider that?" Akai asked.
"I did." Was her only answer before walking back into the depths of the cavern.
XX
Midoriko sat up in a tree far from her mountain home. 'What else could go wrong?' She thought to herself.
That's when thunder flashed in the sky and rain began to pour down onto her. Midoriko sighed, as she curled up and covered herself with her feathers. The rain mixed with her tears, which she was confident no one would see. She had confirmation that her mother and grandmother thought little of her. It hurt to know that she was nothing to them, that they shared the same sentiments as the villagers.
She covered herself more as the rain poured down. She glanced back in the direction she had come, making sure she wasn't followed. She covered her tracks, and she was sure that the rain would wash away any evidence of the paths she had taken. She wanted to be alone and now she had her wish. Though she didn't want to admit it she regretted her decision. However she was too prideful to return home, pride passed down from her mother and her mother before her.
She blamed her mother for it, for everything. For the feeling going through her body, for the thoughts going through her head. She knew that she would have to go back sooner or later, but for now she would keep to herself and focus on her training. She had a week before Moniku began her training. So would she just sit around in the tree until a week passed by? She sighed at her limited and stubborn choices.
"I'm not going back there. I have no reason to go back there." She mumbled to herself.
"Are you sure about that?" A voice said from out of nowhere.
Midoriko's head shot up quickly. She could've sworn she was the only one in the tree, she was pretty sure she was the only demon in the area, so who was this person that she was staring at. There were two things she was sure of about this person. The first was that the person before her was female and second, she was of the Neko clan. However she wasn't like any of the Neko she had seen.
"Well?" The woman purred as she looked at Midoriko.
Midoriko stared at the demon. She was cloaked in the darkness of the night as she sat comfortably in tree across from her, luckily her senses as a demon let her see a little more clearly, enough to notice her tanned skin. The woman had brown shag hair that was shoulder length and bluish green eyes. She had fur on her body, like the members of her clan. Though her design was unique, particularly how the fur on her hips looked like a skirt. Midoriko noted that it was a darker tan, and that her claws were sharp looking. However the one thing that threw her off was her ears. Her ears were shaped similarly to Midoriko's or better yet, like that of a humans. Also she did not possess a tail.
'Was she a half demon?' Midoriko thought. Midoriko found it strange. Reo and Chita were half demons and they had tails. Just like she and Chisana-ichi had feathers. Midoriko sniffed the air trying to catch a scent from her. She could not find a scent, perhaps she too was hiding herself away from her clan Midoriko thought.
The woman flashed a grin, showing off her fangs. The woman seemed to grinning at the fact that Midoriko could not catch her scent.
"Who are you?" Midoriko asked.
"You never answered my question." The tanned skin demon smiled. "If you don't mind me asking. Are you Midoriichi's daughter?" The woman asked Midoriko.
Midoriko looked away, and shrugged. "I don't know. I was a long time ago, but probably not anymore." She answered.
"Family affairs huh? Let me guess. Sister problems?" She said.
Midoriko shook her head in disagreement. "Parental." She answered.
"Oh." The woman said, her face showing a little surprise. "Well it can't be all that bad."
"It is, when the ones around you lose trust in you. Fear what you may or may not become." Midoriko replied.
"Ah, so you're a half demon too." The woman said catching Midoriko's gaze.
"How do you know that?" She asked the Neko woman.
Midoriko smiled. "Because I'm one as well, but more importantly because I had something like that happen to me." The woman told her.
"If Midoriichi is your mom, then I can assume she's being hard on you for a good reason."
"What good is there in treating your child, like a distant memory?" Midoriko asked, a hint of hurt could be heard in her voice.
"Well for one she's helping you cope with the real world. I don't know if you know this, but this world is not fond of half demons. There are people who are going to want you dead, just for being what you are, and there are people who will try to take advantage of you because of what you are." The woman said to Midoriko.
"How do you know this?" Midoriko questioned the half demon.
"Because Midoriichi told me the same thing." She answered.
Midoriko looked at her with a shocked expression. "You know her personally?"
The woman nodded. "Though when we first met, we were enemies. She took the time out to set me on the right path. Me the person who tried to take her life on more than one occasion. She helped me because in a way we were alike. Back then our clans couldn't stand us, to them we were a waste of space they had to put up with." She said as she looked up into the clouds as the rain continued to fall.
Midoriko listened as the woman continued to talk. She stopped and looked at Midoriko. "Midoriko you say that your mother treats you like a distant memory. Have you ever stopped to think why?" She asked the younger demon.
Midoriko nodded. "It's because I did something incredibly stupid. I almost got me, my friends and younger sister killed." She said. Memories came flooding back and she tried her best to banish them, but to no avail. "I lost her trust, and I don't know how to get it back." She said. "At the same time I'm not sure I want it back. I was never fully trusted, hell my grandmother thinks I'll go crazy at some point." Midoriko finished.
The cat demon just stared at Midoriko, her eyes showed signs of sadness in them. "Well here's some friendly advice your mother gave me. You're here now and that's all that matters, and if they don't like it then fuck them." She said with a light smile. She knew full well what was going on in Midoriko's life, after all she had been watching for a long time. "You need to step out from under shadow, you have to show them there is more to you than they think." She told Midoriko.
Midoriko let the woman's words sink in for a bit. "Family is an important thing to have, without them you'll have no one to turn to. You think it's bad now. If you abandon your family, it'll only get worse trust me." The tanned skinned demon said.
"Yeah? Well I'll believe it when I see it." Midoriko said.
The woman couldn't help but chuckle. "Just like your mother. Well kid, it's time to put up or shut up." The woman told her.
Midoriko craned her eyebrow.
"I'm going take you somewhere special. I want to show you what will happen, if you don't heed what your mother is trying to show you. Tomorrow night, how does that sound?" She asked Midoriko.
Midoriko yawned. "Yeah sure. I could use a change of scenery." She said.
The woman smiled. "Good, now get some rest daughter of Midoriichi, you must be tired. I'll keep watch." She said.
Midoriko protested at first, but after a few minutes was out like a light. The woman smiled. 'After all, it's the least I can do for you right Midoriichi?' she said in her thoughts.
XX
Meanwhile Far west, outside the territories of both the Neko and the Tori, Moniku had entered a dark cavern. Her eye glowed in the dark, allowing her to navigate safely through the dark tunnels. She stopped when she swarmed by bat demons. The demons looked like they were ready to rip her to shreds, yet Moniku didn't even bother to put her guard up.
"No! She's a guest." A female voice said. "Welcome." The voice said.
"You're too kind." Moniku replied.
"Now I know you haven't come all this way for nothing." The woman said. "What news do you bring to me dear friend?"
"First allow me to apologize, for the loss of your warriors at the hand of the Tori earlier this night." Moniku said.
The woman merely waved her off. "They are replaceable, after all they were just low ranked soldiers." She said. "Now what news do you want to share with me Utsukushi?" She asked again.
"I found someone very interesting. As a matter of fact you know her." Moniku spoke.
The woman craned her eyebrow. What was she getting at? Though she knew she was going to find out soon, so she decided not to ask.
"Think back nineteen years ago. Does the name Midoriko Tori ring a bell?" Moniku asked with a sinister smile.
Man what a nice little chapter right? So what does the woman want to show Midoriko, and what does Moniku have in store for the princess? I'm sure you'll find out soon. Also what do you think about the surprise visit, I know some of you missed her so I thought why not lol
Hope you enjoy the chapter and don't forget to leave a comment with your thoughts, have a safe night everyone.