A/N: Soooooo sorry for the late update! I've been wanting to write for this story (and all my others) but I've been busy during the day and at night I stream so I don't have time then. But, update =D This one is kinda short but that's because I'm fully planning on writing something for both Saturday and Sunday and I felt like this would be a good place to end chapter 5.
Because I don't want Kira and her mom to have a strained/bad relationship, I found a way to at least kinda work things out XD Of course Noshiko is still in the dark about some stuff -cough cough- and she doesn't entirely trust Peter... (duh, of course she isn't just going to trust him hahaha). I think it all fits without being too weird or ooc for them. Enjoy =D
"Living room, now!" Noshiko ordered.
Kira sighed but dutifully went into the living room, her parents following her. "How bad am I grounded?"
"What did you buy? And what is so stressful about classes that made you decide to skip?" Noshiko asked, dangerous look on her face.
"I didn't buy anything! Do you see any shopping bags? I just needed…" Kira paused. Technically she hadn't actually gone shopping, she just wanted to spend time with Peter but… "I can't watch Allison pick through her lunch because most of it she can't eat, I can't just sit there and watch Stiles pretend like everything is fine when he's obviously troubled. He remembers, Mom, all of it. I can't imagine how it would feel to see yourself doing all these terrible things- killing people, and not having any control over it. To be helpless as something else controls your body and makes you do things! And Scott! Scott is just playing lacrosse like nothing is wrong! Like his best friend wasn't possessed and nearly died, like we didn't lose Aiden! I can't keep pretending! I just needed space!"
"Let me see your bag then," Noshiko ordered.
Kira glared, "You don't believe me? You think I just frivolously went to the mall to spend money?" Even if the shopping part was a lie, the feelings she just confessed to were all true, it was bothering her. Which is why she enjoyed her time with Peter, it was an escape.
"No, I believe that you are feeling overwhelmed, but your bag still looks way too full. It wouldn't be the first time you've compulsively spent money. So let me see how much damage you did. I might just take away your card."
"I didn't buy anything," Kira stated, handing her backpack over. She crossed her arms and scowled, remembering too late that she did have something in her bag. The box… Her dad pulled it out with a surprised look on his face.
"So you stole this then?" he asked.
"No!"
"But you just said you didn't buy anything… so that means you stole it," he mentioned. "Or you lied."
"I didn't do either of those things! That was a gift- it's special!"
Noshiko took a closer look at the box, seeing the faint lines of the lid, realizing it was a very well made box. "Let me see it," she mumbled, reaching out to grab it. As soon as she touched it, Noshiko knew what it was, but seeing the fox emblem on it left no doubt in her mind. Sharply she looked up, eyes glowing orange.
In that moment, Kira knew that her mother had figured it out and she wished that Peter had thought to teach her how to conceal her aura. But as soon as she thought that, she cast it aside- so what if Mom knew?! Her chin jutted out as she stared at her mom defiantly, knowing that she was seeing just how much her aura has changed.
"Who?"
"Who what?"
Noshiko's eyes flared brighter in anger, "Do not sass me, this isn't the time for games. Who has been teaching you? Who gave you this box?"
"How many," her father asked quietly, hands moving to lift the lid.
"Don't bother, she's sealed it," Noshiko told him. "But her aura has three Tails so I'm sure that means there are three in here."
Kira nodded, "That's right, I've already earned three of my Tails- no thanks to you!"
"This isn't how Kitsune are supposed to learn! It's too soon!"
"That's crap Mom! I know all about the fears you were raised with. How you think teenagers can't wield all this power responsibly! But the Nogitsune that possessed Stiles was a thousand years old! He still abused his own Void powers! I don't want to get strong for me- I want to get stronger so I can protect my friends! If you'd just taught me something about what I am then maybe Aiden wouldn't have died!"
"Aiden shouldn't have been fighting the Oni!"
"It wasn't his fault, don't you blame him for his own death! We were all just trying to protect our friends, our Pack! I-"
Noshiko scoffed, "Kitsune don't 'Pack' Kira! Only Wolves make groups together."
"I'm a part of Scott's Pack! Whether you like it or not, he accepted me! They aren't all Wolves Mom- Lydia is a Banshee and Stiles is Human. Hell, Allison is technically a Hunter and yet she's a part of the Pack, so I can be too! And since I'm Pack, I'm going to do everything I can to help them fight whatever comes to Beacon Hills! I'm getting stronger Mom and you can't stop me- you have no reason to stop me. I'm not going to turn into a Nogitsune!"
"Kira, you can't just learn your Tails on your own! Someone has to teach you, or else you'll risk learning it the wrong way."
"Please, listen to your mother," Mr. Yukimura pleaded.
"Then why hasn't she even tried to teach me about my Tails? Hell, I'm willing to bet that the only reason she even taught me how to use a katana was because she didn't want to Oni to kill me. Otherwise she's taught me nothing- that isn't fair!"
"Life isn't fair," Noshiko stated. "Tell your boyfriend that just because he's a True Alpha, doesn't mean he knows anything about Kitsune!"
Kira flushed, "Scott isn't my boyfriend… and he isn't the one teaching me."
"So you are being taught… I can't decide what's worse, trying to be a self-learned Kitsune, or being taught by someone who isn't a Kitsune. Both have disastrous effects on your powers."
"Says who? I think I'm learning just fine! I have three Tails don't I? That means I've learned how to use three of my nine powers!"
Noshiko took a breath, lowered her voice. "But that doesn't mean you're learning them the right way… If the one teaching you has… dark motives, they can train you into being their weapon, they can manipulate your powers into something awful. Even if you don't mean to, you can become a Nogitsune by someone else's design. And even if they don't have bad motives, if they know nothing about what it means to be a Kitsune, you can skew the balance between you and the Fox- it isn't safe."
"No, Peter wouldn't do that," Kira cried out, shaking her head. "He knows what he's doing."
"Peter? Peter is the one teaching you? Kira, what have you done?"
"I just wanted to learn! Mom, he knows all about us- he isn't teaching me the wrong way at all! I promise!"
"You know nothing! Out of all the supernatural creatures in town, you go to Peter?!"
The young Kitsune pouted, "There is nothing wrong with Peter's methods! I'm learning just fine- I mean, I've only had three sessions with him and I've gained a Tail each time so far!"
"And what exactly is he teaching you about them? It isn't natural that you are learning so fast, Tails are hard to master. Clearly he's throwing off the balance!"
"I don't… he's just teaching me how to understand my powers… he isn't doing anything sneaky or underhanded Mom. He knows how important balance is… he isn't messing it up."
"I don't know what tricks he used to convince you but they won't work on me! He's manipulating you, that's what he does. I know Scott has told you the stories of his past. An older man has no reason to be hanging around a teenage girl- he has some sort of motive Kira. Did he tell you about how Kitsunes repay kindness? Tell me, have you felt the urge of doing something for Peter, get the feeling that you owe him some kind of favor?" At the guilty look on her daughter's face, Noshiko knew she'd guessed right. "If he has such good intentions, why wasn't he up front about it? And don't pretend that he doesn't know about it, I guarantee that he knows how you feel compelled to owe him. He'll come to collect one day Kira, and you might not like the results. Go to your room, we'll talk more later."
Kira held out a hand for the box, if she was going to be confined to her room, she'd be taking her Tails with her. Peter wasn't like that at all! Maybe… maybe her and Peter were getting a little intimate but it wasn't like that. The Wolf had always remained appropriate, it was her that couldn't control her hormones; she was the one that pushed for it to be more, not him. So she owed him a favor, that wasn't a bad thing, Peter wouldn't abuse it- abuse her.
"I will be holding onto these I think. You don't know enough about your Tails yet."
"Those are mine! You always say that our Tails are our most important possessions. That means they belong with me…" Kira frowned as her mother just repeated for her to go to her room. She grabbed her bag and grit her teeth, it wasn't right! As she started for the stairs, Peter's words echoed in her head, she should be able to call the box to her just like the katana- it had some of her spark in it! So she turned back to her parents and focused on the box, easily awakening the spark from a few feet away and then with some concentration she compelled it into her hands. "These are mine which means they shouldn't be in anyone's possession but my own."
Noshiko gaped at her daughter as she disappeared upstairs. She already knew how to summon? And out of another person's hands? She'd have to see just what else Kira was capable of, but first she needed to talk with Peter. She was way too young to be wielding this much power; it was too much too fast. "Ken, make sure she doesn't leave… I'm going to go find Peter and tell him to back off."
Mr. Yukimura sighed as his wife left the house, all of this was more than they'd bargained for when they moved here. He'd die before he let his daughter turn into a Nogitsune though, and he knew Noshiko felt the same way.
*Loft*
The door to the loft banged open, startling the Wolves that were in the room. Peter smirked when he saw Noshiko; Kira had managed to text him, warning him that her mom was looking for him. It was a little sooner than he had anticipated but, well, it was inevitable. He just hoped that she'd keep it private, not have the conversation in front of Derek and Scott.
"Peter! May I speak with you, outside?" Noshiko demanded, not even sparing a glance towards the other two.
"Certainly."
"Mrs. Yukimura?" Scott asked, looking between her and Peter.
But she held up a hand, stopping any further questions, "This is between me and him."
With that, the two of them left, taking the elevator back down to the parking lot. As angry as Noshiko was with Peter, she knew he'd be more forthcoming if they spoke in private, not in front of others. Scott and Derek were mistrustful of Peter so he'd paint the situation in a light that did the least damage; with her, she was hoping he'd be a little more truthful. They went and stood by her car, Noshiko's arms crossed, he had better not try to lie to her.
"So Noshiko, what exactly-"
"Cut the crap! You know why I'm here! It was only a matter of time before I found out my daughter was earning her Tails," she spat out in a whisper. Even though they were out in the parking lot, she knew if she raised her voice too much, Scott and Derek would still hear. "I want to know just what your intentions are!"
"I want to teach her, I don't understand why you're upset about this…"
"Because you're a liar and a manipulator and I won't let my daughter fall into your clutches."
Well it was too late for that, but he wasn't doing this for the reasons Noshiko thought. "I'm not manipulating her, I'm just teaching her. She came to the loft, begging for information. Noshiko, I was shocked at just how little she knew about her own heritage. I'm a Wolf, and Wolves always teach the pups how to survive; I felt compelled to help her. Don't you think it's sad that a Wolf knew more about her Tails, her heritage, than she did? Was I supposed to turn her away?"
"And just what do you know about our Tails? You're a Wolf, an American at that!" Noshiko accused.
"I traveled all over Europe and Asia when I was younger, I stayed with a Kitsune family while I was in Japan. They told me a lot, it was a mutual trade of information- I was there as a Hale Pack representative. So I'm not entirely clueless when it comes to your kind, actually I think I know a lot."
"And I'm sure that was when you learned about our nature regarding favors?"
Peter smirked, "I knew about that before I even approached the family- saved their youngest child from drowning. Purely coincidence I assure you." The Kitsune scoffed, she didn't believe him of course. Not that it mattered, the child hadn't been harmed and Peter got all the information he'd needed. "Why do you have an issue with Kira learning?"
"I have an issue with you being the one to teach her!"
"Then you should have taught her yourself," Peter shot back, tired of the games. "I'm not going to manipulate Kira into doing something she doesn't want to do. Yes, technically she feels like she owes me a favor but I don't actually have an ulterior motive. When she came to me, looking for information, I wanted to help. And then she realized that I could actually teach her instead of just tell her about everything."
"Then tell me how exactly you plan on having her do for you."
Peter shrugged, "I just said, I don't really know. Maybe I'll save the favor for the next time Beacon Hills is under attack, have her help keep me alive. What exactly are you worried I'd have her do?"
"I know your type, I know that you are driven by revenge and your need for power. Maybe you'd have her betray Scott, lure him into a trap. Everyone can see that they have feelings for each other, so it wouldn't be hard to manipulate the Alpha through her. Kira doesn't need to get caught up in Pack drama!"
"Whether you like it or not, Kira considers herself as a member of Scott's Pack, all of us consider her a member. Scott's Pack isn't just for Wolves, Stiles, Allison, they're Humans- hell, Lydia is a Banshee! It might not be typical but nothing about our precious True Alpha is typical," Peter sneered. He didn't try to hide his disdain, she knew the truth anyways. "And here's some information for you, even if I did lure Scott into a trap, with or without Kira's help… he's a True Alpha, I can't steal his power just by killing him. It doesn't work that way. So I have no reason to kill Scott… He still needs to pay for his help in trying to kill me, for disobeying me when I was his Alpha, but that's between me and Scott. I promise I won't include your daughter in my revenge."
Noshiko narrowed her eyes, looked Peter over carefully. "I can't trust you…" Kira had made the same point about Scott's Pack, used those same three as an example and almost in the same fashion. Surely that was evidence that Peter was somehow manipulating her daughter. Noshiko couldn't prove it but it was too much of a coincidence for the older Kitsune to ignore.
"Doesn't matter if you trust me, the only question I have for you is: are you going to let Kira continue our lessons?"
"I want to say no… but Kira is just as headstrong and stubborn as me. If I try to forbid it, she'll just continue to skip school and seek you out. I could of course offer to take over her lessons… if she chooses to learn from me, will you be okay with that?"
"Like I said, I just wanted to help her, she was desperate to learn more. I had the information she needed and I had no reason to deny her. If she accepts your tutelage instead, that's fine with me. But will you be okay with her choosing to continue with me?" Peter had little doubt about who Kira would choose, their feelings for each other couldn't be ignored.
"No, I wouldn't be okay with it but… I can't stop it either. But I have to make sure you're teaching her the right way- how is Kira accessing her powers?"
"I have no idea… I explained that she needed something similar to our Anchors, something that she can use to awaken her spark on demand. She came to our first lesson with something already in mind, called it a Release. I didn't ask what it was, that's her business. I didn't try and trick her into using… vengeance or revenge as her Release. And Kira isn't the type to use anger of any sort so you probably don't have to worry about that either. Why would that matter anyways?"
"Because, the source of her, Release as she calls it, can directly influence her powers; if she chooses something negative, it will turn her spark into darkness. It's not something Wolves seem to have to worry about, as long the Wolf is under control, use what works. But ours is very spiritual, using a bad 'Anchor' will cause our powers to morph into something dark. When you are teaching her… how do you explain her powers? How have you taught her to access them?"
"First I told her that she just needs to lean on her Kitsune spirit, I know that Kitsune are born with a spirit tied to their soul. They have been dormant all this time but that they are in perfect balance with Kira, they have co-existed all this time after all. Once she realized that she had nothing to fear from her powers, unlike with us Wolves, she was fine. From what I can see, the two of them are growing in-sync with each other, one isn't overpowering the other. The Kitsune isn't trying to overwhelm the Human, trying to take over the body. And Kira isn't forcing the Kitsune to submit, isn't just stealing the powers for her benefit. I know both of those methods will create a Nogitsune and I want to avoid that as much as you do. She isn't too young to be learning Noshiko- I'm letting her choose which Tails she learns, I'm not forcing an agenda on her. Fight with her, let Kira showcase the skills she's learned. You'll see."
"Maybe I will do just that." Noshiko unlocked her car and started to get in the driver's seat. "This isn't over Peter… You haven't won this. I can still tell Scott and Derek what you're doing and they'll help me stop you."
"I'm not the one turning this into a territory issue. Kira just wants to learn- let her! So what if she picks me as her teacher? No reason to get all offended. After all, you're the one that denied her the knowledge in the first place," Peter told her before stepping away from her car. He was just glad that she had decided to keep the others out of this for now. That could change at any time… and Peter needed to have his arguments ready. When he went back up to the loft, Derek and Scott were both looking at him expectantly but Peter ignored them, dropping back down onto the couch to read.
"What was that all about?" Scott asked, realizing that Peter wasn't just going to offer any information.
The older Wolf just raised a brow, "Hasn't your mother taught you any manners? Obviously it was a private matter, otherwise we would have had the conversation within earshot."
"Peter," Derek growled in warning.
"What?"
"Whether you like it or not, Scott is the Alpha, don't disrespect him."
"Please, I was just being truthful. Noshiko and I had a private conversation; just because Scott is an Alpha doesn't mean he has to be privy to everyone's secrets," Peter admonished with a roll of his eyes.
Derek stepped forward, already tired of Peter's shit for the day, but Scott stopped him. "No, he's right, Mrs. Yukimura talked with him out in the parking lot because she didn't want us to hear. We have no right to demand answers from him about it. I have to head home anyways, it's getting late. Just, Peter, is Kira alright? She didn't go to school today, did Mrs. Yukimura bring her up at all?"
Peter shrugged, "She didn't mention Kira being sick or anything, didn't tell me about the absence, so as far as I know yea, she's fine."
"Okay." Scott nodded and left, knowing he had to get home. Their first game was tomorrow and he had homework he needed to get done since he'd be busy most of tomorrow.
*Yukimura House*
"Kira, come downstairs, we need to discuss your powers," Noshiko called out as soon as she was back inside. "Bring your katana."
Slowly Kira emerged from her room, sheathed sword in her hands, nervous look on her face. "What does 'discuss' mean exactly?"
"Into the basement, come on," Noshiko said, taking off her jacket and going through the door under the stairs.
"Right…" Kira sighed. Always to the basement, for 'discussing'. She followed her mom into the empty basement, unsure of what exactly was going to happen this time.
"Show me what you've learned," Noshiko demanded.
"I don't want to hurt you!" Kira cried out, nervous.
"I'm 900 years old Kira, you won't hurt me," her mother assured her.
"But you say that you're only technically a Kitsune now, doesn't that mean you can't heal?"
Noshiko sighed, "If you have control over your powers like Peter claims you do, then you shouldn't hurt me. But if you can't control it then I'll be forced to halt your training. And yes, I can still heal, it's just a lot slower than what it was before; still better than what Humans can manage. Don't worry about me, this is about you."
"You can't! Peter is doing a good job, it isn't his fault if I have trouble…" Kira whimpered, eyes wide. Mom was the one being sneaky and underhanded! It wasn't Peter's fault if Kira showed any lack of total control; they'd only been training for a couple of weeks and most of it was Kira practicing on her own. But if she didn't meet her mother's standards, she'd forbid her from learning from Peter…
"Then show me you can do this." With that, she motioned for Kira to attack.
With no other choice, the younger Kitsune unsheathed her sword and awakened her spark. This was fine, Kira had been practicing… Ever since she'd accidentally shocked Peter, Kira had been practicing with her voltage output and resistivity. She had ended up shocking quite a few of unsuspecting students but she'd been totally careful. Her orbs were as small as she could make them, and she'd tested on Malia first (with her permission), and the Coyote said it felt mostly like a static shock. But the other day, Kira had finally managed to have the small orbs touch one of the kids in her class and they didn't have a reaction to it; she'd managed to prevent her electricity from jumping into their bodies. Now… let's see if she could do that while in a mock battle with her mother. Maybe she shouldn't use her sword, it was harder for her to control the output… But she was committed now, katana swinging over her head; Mom had one in her hands anyways, she the odds of her landing a blow were nonexistent.
As they traded blows, energy flew from her blade, showering the two Foxes with little sparks. Eventually, Noshiko managed to hook Kira's sword and threw it out of her hands.
"You need to keep working on your grip Kira," she commented, raising her sword over her head.
Kira wasn't thrown off though, her mom loved to try and hook her sword, and right now, Kira wanted to show her that she'd practiced unarmed combat. Lightning covered her hands and they shot up, palms coming together and stopping the sword. Before her mom could pull the blade free, Kira sent a small shock through the metal, down to the hilt and her mom cried out as she dropped the sword.
But Noshiko knew how to fight with just her hands too, even if she couldn't materialize any of her own FoxFire. She dodged out of the way as Kira did a backflip, feet kicking out to try and catch her; as Kira landed, Noshiko stepped forward to try and push her off balance.
It didn't work though, because as she'd been flipping through the air, Kira built up an orb and as soon as she landed she released it.
"Kira!" Mr. Yukimura called out, standing on the stairs.
Noshiko flinched away, preparing her body for the huge shock but it never came; the orb had stopped midair.
"Don't you trust me?" Kira whispered, looking between her parents. She lifted a hand and waved her fingers, causing the orb to float over towards her dad. "Touch it."
"Kira, he's a Human-"
"Mom, trust me!"
Ken saw how adamant his daughter was and decided to reach out and do as Kira said. Carefully, he let his fingers come into contact with the orb, watched as they sank into the white energy.
"Ken?"
"I don't feel anything," he assured his wife.
"I told you that I didn't want to hurt you. I can control the energy if I concentrate, which is why I let you hook my katana. You already saw that I can summon so I figured I'd show you my control of FoxFire. I've learned that I can ensure that my electricity doesn't actually enter the other person's body. Also I can control just how powerful of a shock I let out, so even though it was a good sized ball of energy, I would have kept the voltage low. Just enough that you'd know I hit you with it but not enough to seriously hurt you. I can heal too but I wasn't going to let you cut me if I could help it." Slowly Kira called the orb back to her, letting it dissipate into her body. "Peter is a good teacher, admit it!"
Noshiko looked at her daughter in amazement, "How did a Wolf manage to teach you this?"
"He taught me how to get in touch with my Fox spirit, how to find that balance within. Peter gave me the confidence to try, to practice on my own. Once he taught me how to create my FoxFire at will, I started practicing with it, seeing just what I could do. Mom, look." Kira let her energy materialize, triggering her full Release, and it surrounded her body. Then she called the lightning together, forming hundreds of orbs in the air around her. They pulsed through the air, spinning around her like a protective barrier; with just the slightest of movements from her hands and fingers, Kira could control their paths (although there were too many for her to control each individually. She just focused on separating them into a few groups of different paths). "I totally feel like Katara right now!"
"Who?"
"Oh, sorry, nevermind… character from a show I watch. But, anyways, like I was saying, I'm learning just fine!" Kira stated. She pushed the orbs further away, letting them fill the room before fading away. "And I still have plenty of energy inside me."
"If you're so adamant about learning, why didn't you come to me?" Noshiko asked, crossing her arms.
"Mom, I tried to come to you! And all we ever did was learn weapon training! I didn't even really learn unarmed combat until Peter showed me… You never explained to me about my FoxFire, not even when we fixed this katana! I wanted to learn more, but you told me we had to take care of the Nogitsune first. Well the Nogitsune is gone- has been for a few months now, and still you've taught me nothing. Even if you'd explained to me about the learning slowly, that would have been something. You could have even just given me lessons, told me what my nine Tails were. Do you know how stupid I felt when I went to Peter and I couldn't even tell him what my Tails were for?!
"I'm sorry," Noshiko admitted, "That was just the way I was taught. We teach you about weapons, so that way, even while you're still learning everything, you have a means for defending yourself. Kira, you have a lot of power and it scares me-"
Kira frowned, "What do you mean?"
"Because I was so old when I had you, had all nine of my Tails and all this built up power, it drew a strong Fox spirit to your soul. Obviously the Fox spirit sealed away her energy when she became bonded with your soul, waiting for you to unlock it. But there is still a large amount of latent energy inside you from the Thunder Fox. I felt that with all the turmoil going on with the Nogitsune and the sudden introduction to the supernatural world… it would just be too overwhelming for you. If you ever started to feel stressed or anxious, it could've caused your powers to jump through the cracks."
"Like how I caused the conduit to explode when Barrow held me hostage? Because I didn't know how to control all the electricity that was coming into my body?"
"Yes, just like that. I didn't want to overwhelm you and shift the balance, give the Fox more room to try and control you. But you seem to be right, you are having no trouble keeping the balance."
"So I can keep training with Peter?"
Noshiko looked at her daughter, hurt look on her face, "You don't want to train with me?"
"Um…" Kira looked down at the floor. "I'll still do weapon training with you but…"
"But?"
"I just… I already have a good method with Peter and I just don't think that your methods will work for me," Kira admitted.
"What methods are you talking about?"
"Like with the katana… you never explained to me how to use my FoxFire- I told Peter… it felt like you somehow forced it out of me, it wasn't something I was able to produce on my own… And when you trained me how to wield it, you literally just attacked me and told me to get better… You didn't sit me down, show me the proper grip, if it's better one-handed or two-handed, I only know how to respond to attacks, not how to just… I don't know… how to just bond with the katana. Peter told me that I had to bond with it in order to connect my spark to it, and I get that that has to do with Tails which is why you didn't tell me about it. But at the same time you could have explained the bonding and just not told me about the spark part yet. You do things so harshly sometimes, I can't learn that way…"
Noshiko nodded after a moment, "I understand. I think a large part of that has to do with my age. It has been a very long time since I was a kit, coming into my powers like you are now. I'm used to just knowing how to do things. You are right, I'm teaching you on a secondary level when we should have started on the first level. I took for granted the fact that Kitsune can naturally wield weapons, but you're right, even though we can do it naturally, it helps to know all the finer steps of handling the weapons."
"So, you're not mad? And if I have questions, I can ask you? I mean, Peter knows tons of information but, like you're the actual Kitsune that has lived for centuries. I think it's just because Peter has more recent experience in training, with all the pups that were in the Hale family. Wow that feels really weird saying pups… But um, yea, he just has a gentler method that helps me learn…"
"No, I'm not mad, and yes, I'd love to answer your questions, I want to fix this. Maybe Peter is right, just because I was raised with the fear of Nogitsune, doesn't mean young Kitsune should be sheltered from their powers." Noshiko held her arms out, pulling her daughter into a hug. This wasn't the way she was used to doing things but she couldn't deny that Peter had done good work with Kira. Of course, she'd still be keeping a close eye on things, make sure Peter doesn't corrupt her powers. Just because he hadn't done anything suspicious yet, didn't mean he wasn't planning something. So that meant there were still going to be rules. "I won't ground you this time but Kira, if you skip school again without a good reason, like being kidnapped or going after a Nogitsune, you will be in trouble. Your education still has to come first, so that means you can't space out in class either. And you will be honest with me when I ask where you're going. Now that we're allowing Peter to continue training you, you don't have to lie about who you're spending time with. I'm expecting you to fully disclose when you're being trained by him, understand?" At least this way, she'd be able to keep track of just how much time she was spending with Peter.
"Yes, I understand. I just… I wanted to learn more, I was on such a role with my Tails. But I won't skip anymore, I promise. And I'll let you know whenever I'm having sessions with Peter. But, we aren't telling Scott right?"
"Why don't you want Scott to know?"
"Because… he doesn't approve of Peter, none of them do. Even though he's done a lot to help out- I know he's killed people, but that's in the past. He'd been so helpful with things now and Scott and Derek are still biased against him. If they found out, they'd try and tell me that I can't learn from him. They aren't Kitsune, they don't have any right to tell me who I chose to have as my teacher."
Noshiko sighed in relief. There had been a brief moment where she'd thought Kira was going to mention jealousy as her reason, that the Alpha wouldn't want her spending time with the older Wolf. That would have raised a few red flags for her, because that would mean Kira had at least entertained the idea of being with Peter in a way that rivaled her infatuation with Scott. "I completely agree. Just now, when I spoke with Peter, we had our conversation in the parking lot. Scott may be a True Alpha but he's a teenager and that means he's impulsive. I'd rather not complicate things. But, they will find out eventually, you might not want to keep it a secret for too long."
"I know… now that I have permission from you, Scott can't really argue. I'm sure Peter is working on a way to break the news to them."
"Go wash up, I'm going to get started on dinner."
"Thanks," Kira whispered, giving her mom a squeeze before pulling away. She rushed upstairs and grabbed her phone, texting Peter.
Good news, I'm not grounded at all. Whatever you and Mom talked about turned out okay. I totally have permission to be your pupil and keep learning. I will be doing weapon training with Mom still, of course, but you are in charge of my Tails!
Good, I'm glad. I had a feeling it would all work out. After all, I protect what's mine, I won't let people come between us –PH
Kira squealed and buried her face in her pillow- Mom was so wrong about him!
A/N: heehee, Peter being Peter. Again, just saying (since I know with the age difference, Peter's word choice can been seen as manipulative) Peter and Kira both have legitimate feelings for each other. Peter is just... aggressive with his word choice. I just think, given Peter's character, he isn't really the type to be lovey-dovey in the way we see Scott interact with Kira on the show, he's more like Malia and how she is with Stiles (obviously ignoring the whole 'not used to being human' thing). He does care for Kira though and doesn't have any bad motives, I promise =)