MITSUKI POV
Every werewolf is born differently. Some are stronger, smarter, faster. Others with special gifts. But, this gift of hers is also her curse...
It is said that, in the beginning, many creatures slaughtered mankind and the land was filled with evil and chaos . The Moon Goddess, together with the Sun Goddess, have combined their divine powers and had forth given birth to a daughter, the first "pure breeder". She was then mated to a powerful spiritual wolf, the guardian of the sacred mountains. Their child grew up with unfathomable power and strength to fight evil, ending the long blood battle between creatures and mankind. He was the first of their kind. Thus, generations after generations, the members born in their family are very strong.
One in every generation, a pure breeder is born from their bloodline. But, for some unknown reasons, not a single pure breeder was born over the last thousands of years.
Until she came along. . .
The shaman or oracle, as they are called in the west, said she is a pure breeder because she possessed a red magical crest. This mark is engraved on her back depicting the sun, moon, stars and some other intricate patterns said to be sacred.
For her, this is a curse. Because becoming a pure breeder means that possessing such strong life-force, gives her tremendous vitality and stamina, enabling her to regenerate her severed or damaged body parts at an instantaneous speed much faster than the healing abilities of common wolves. Her body is able to conceive and give birth to a child of any creature, be it a vampire, a wolf or a demon. And every time she goes in heat, she will be emitting very strong pheromones that will attract and excite any near unmated male creatures, sending them to a runt. This will make living in society difficult for her and so she has to live her life in seclusion. Protected by her family.
She belongs to one of the oldest werewolf bloodlines in Asia, known as the Minamoto Clan. Their clan is not as great in numbers as the pack of werewolves in the west, but, they do take great pride in their heritage. What differentiates them from other werewolves is that, through the years, they have learned to secretly harness their spiritual energy. Evolving in time, these special techniques are then passed down from generations to generations. Enabling them to be physically strong, as well as skilled, when it comes to close combat with great use of hand weaponry and their gifts.
She is a deviant even in her family's standards, because she is the first of her kind in the clan after thousands of years. She is highly skilled in martial arts and hand-to-hand combat. A highly proficient swordsman. Her main choice of weapon is the naginata - a conventional pole arm with a curved blade at the tip. The use of this weapon has been passed down to all the female members of her family and every female warrior of their clan masters the use of this weapon.
Wolves usually shift when they turn eighteen. But, her wolf, Shiro, has awoken early and she first shifted at sixteen. But the way she shifted is unusual, not at all the same as every other werewolf. The usual snapping, breaking of bones, growing fur and transitioning into a wolf did not happen to her. Instead, her wolf, manifested outside of my body into her own entity. They can fight alongside each other or merge as one. She summons her Shiro under her command and they merge themselves together like a vacuum warp type of manner. Together in their wolf form, they are even stronger, and have mastered several methods of utilizing the use of their life-force, enabling them to create transparent crystal-like shards to strike their opponents. A few members of her clan with special gifts had this unique way of shifting into their wolf form. Their clan attributes this unique way of shifting because they are direct descendants of the first wolf shifter. Unlike the way her mother shifts, where she painfully transitions into her wolf form by breaking bones, growing fur, claws, fangs and so on.
Her gift is teleportation. At an early age, she has discovered that she can teleport herself, a sizable group of people, including large masses, at will. She can send an enemy and be shredded or cut with the use of her teleportation field and open vacuum portals, as many as she can manage and displace projectiles and even out maneuver her enemies. She is even capable of transporting only parts of objects in a destructive manner. She usually does this move in order to severe her enemies body parts. What makes her vulnerable in this form is that her hands need to be free in order to manipulate her gifts. She can also coat her body using her teleportation shield in an organic crystal-like state as an armor, making it her second skin, enabling her to withstand hard blows or hits in the body and be immune to some forms of telepathic manipulation, particularly tactile hypnosis. But, it doesn't mean she is indestructible. She can still be vulnerable if exploited - such as very strong successive blows directed at her body or being shot with a large number of silver bullets.
When she was younger, she was told a story that she accidentally sent her older brother Akio to the other side of Japan by accident when she was still a baby. He said he is still having nightmares about that!
Her mother, Queen Adriene, is an American she-wolf. Her gift is tactical mind manipulation, enabling her to implant mental suggestions and wipe out memories. She and her cousin Marion share the same gift. Her okasan was born and raised in a pack land and was a daughter of an alpha. When she was younger, she visited their country and met her otosan by accident. He was a young lord at that time. Mother said her straight-laced traditional father, Alpha Lord Gojo Minamoto, hated her at first because of her happy-go-lucky personality. But, had grown to love and care for her because of their mate bond. My mother said that she isn't sure if her mind manipulation really works on her father or probably does everything she said because they are mated. And thus, their union has resulted in an alliance between a group of American and Eastern werewolves. Creating the Silver Fang Guild. She had given birth to three children. She has two older brothers, or her onnisan. Crown Prince Akio, who is eleven years older, and Prince Daiki, who is six years older than her. They inherited the same features as their otosan, the same long white hair and golden eyes. As well as his gift and that is telekinetic weaponry, they are able to manifest a variety of weapons from pure psionic energy. Weapons that resemble a katari, a chain sickle, an urumi and a katana.
She is guarded by a pair of good-looking twins. Souma (Black haired) and Ren (White haired). White hair is a unique recessive trait in their bloodline, almost if not all have it. They were personally chosen by her father, who is now the Alpha Lord, because they are renowned assassins of their clan. Both are skilled hand-to-hand fighters and they have very strong agility and reflexes. Drastically enhanced reaction to speed , allowing them to catch knives thrown at them in mid-air or dodge bullets. Also, extremely lethal marksmen are skilled at using and easily drawing their weapon, the katana. They have superhuman strength, making their bodies stronger and tougher. Because they are twins, they possess the same silver wolf named Kita, merging their life-force mana into one body. In wolf form, Kita uses his claws embedded with life-force, making him able to s***h at almost anything. Their father is from our bloodline, while their mother is Korean. They are known to be immune to her heat because they are related to her by blood.
A red-headed she-wolf is her companion. She is four years older than her. Her name is Lana, beta by blood. She used to be a rouge, orphaned at a young age. She said her kind is hated among western wolves because her mother practiced witchcraft before she met her father, who was a beta turned rouge because of her. It was forbidden to have a union between a witch and a wolf in his former pack. She was brought in by her mother when she visited her homeland and has then been staying with them ever since. Serving in their household, mainly accompanying her. She is trained in martial arts and close combat fights, either unarmed or combined with her hand knives. She has shown to be able to go on par with one of the twins. Her gift has something to do with shadows. She can manipulate it - like making sudden attacks while hiding in anything that possesses a shadow. Her wolf K is red in color and has enhanced sight in the dark.
Now eighteen, she had experienced her first heat and that lasted full three days of pure torture. It started with the mark on her back slowly burning up and her body convulsing. There was a great need to go out and mate. She was subdued with difficulty by tying her hands with tools embedded with cursed energy and was placed in an ice bath for seventy-two hours straight until it eventually subsided. With the onslaught of her heat is the invitation to all unmated male creatures nearby, sending them into a hazy runt for her. A blood bath happened during those three days of her heat. Around thirty rouges, demons and lone vampires were fought and defeated. But, there were also casualties on their part. Many female warriors and palace servants were wounded and a few died in the process. It was the first time anyone had witnessed the devastating effects of her heat to unmated males. The shaman has said that her heat will eventually be controlled once she has been claimed, marked and mated by her fated half. It is also said that he would be able to detect her once her heat starts and suppress it with their mating.
But, five years ago, when she was thirteen, she had kept it a secret from her family that she had met and accidentally imprinted on her fated mate even though she had not yet shifted back then. This must be because her wolf Shiro, has awoken early. Now, she has to go to him and end this torture once and for all. The only problem is that he is not the same man she knew years ago... He is now crowned the American Alpha King, a jerk of a man-w***e who unknowingly tortures her every time he sleeps with another woman. . .
Flashback 5 Years ago. . .
MITSUKI POV
She turned thirteen last month, and had begged her father to let her stay on a month's vacation at her uncle Asser's pack in America, the Red Crest House. He is the alpha of one of the strongest pack there and he is her mother's elder brother.
She wanted to spend time with her cousins Aston and Marion but he refused. He said she is not ready yet, there is still too much for her to learn, especially with the use of her gift. Her parents are scared that other creatures might find out about her being a
"pure breeder". They feared that they might not see her again. Worse, she'll be turned into a breeding cow or even be used against her kind. You see wolves do not get along with other creatures, they consider them their enemies. Wolves are able to mingle with humans more than them. They can easily blend in and can take humans as mates and reproduce. They hate them to the guts because they are everywhere.
Her father and she argued last night and she was punished. She is not allowed to attend the banquet held at the Golden Sky Palace today, where foreign dignitaries attended.
Knowing that she is not allowed and that there is a party going on outside is making her more curious and itching to join in because she is now bored at her own quarters. She sneaked out when Lana went to get food and her guards, the Yin-Yang twins (she calls them that as their pet name) where called upon by her brothers.
She snuck out into the garden. The weather is very nice. The wind blowing today is especially refreshing... She was admiring the scenery when she noticed a butterfly struggling for it's last breath. She picked it up, pitying the poor thing.
"Shiro... it needs healing." She called out to her wolf.
"Zuki focus your energy on your hands, feel the flow of your mana. Will it to your desire, mold it in your mind." She whispers to her.
She closed her eyes and began concentrating. She felt her hand warm up and the butterfly fluttered inside her palms. She is wary because she needs to contain her mana or she might risk getting discovered by others.
She inhaled deeply. Until her nose caught a whiff of something very fragrant. A meadow-fresh mint scent. She took in quick and shallow breaths, savoring the scent... It is slowly stirring something within her, gradually intoxicating her.
Shiro was suddenly restless, pacing at the back of her mind. She was about to ask her, when suddenly, she heard a crunch of rubbing rocks and sucked in a startled breath. She looked around her surroundings.
"There is an intruder. What if someone sees me here? I must not be found or father will be more upset than he already is!" She said to herself.
She was about to walk away when a vision of a man slowly walking towards her with a leonine power caught her eye. Her head turned to face his direction.
Their eyes locked on like magnets.
His eyes, a set of piercing black pools, glimmed with interest.
She couldn't stop staring at him. She couldn't look away. She waited as she brazenly looked straight into his eyes. . .