:*:Intro:*:
Only one thought rushed to my mind. What's happening?. For six months I'd lived with my family in peace. Now all that was washing down the..as you humans call it...drain.
I was born in a family of my parents,Starsa,my mom. And Chinook,my dad. Along with my little sister. All of them were now gone.
Long veins of lightning struck the ground that horrible night,as my kin battled against my feirce uncle's-Nyght's-Pack. Nyght was seeking revenge against something I did not yet know about. But now,I see it was all just a disgusting lie.
I watched the battle from the safeness of the trees,watched as tooth and claw struck each other. I have to get out there, I finally decided. But me,a mere pup? I knew that I wouldn't make it,but I pushed myself out of that wonderful haven which I called home,and rushed towards the horde of angry wolves.
I swung myself towards a male who's fur was as black as the night sky,and tried to bite him. "Kio!" I heard my mother scream,and I swept my paw at the stunned wolf. Racing towards Starsa,I noticed that she now lay dieing on the ground. "Before...before..."She gasped,struggling to find the words. "Before I'm gone,little Akioshi,you must know the secret."
Secret?" I asked,trying to hold back tears. Trying not to look at the deep wound on her flank.
Yes,a secret." She breathed out. "A dark one,I meant to tell you this later,when you were older,but it must be revealed now..." She took one last deep breath. "When you were born,you.."
I never heard my mother's last words,never got to know the terrible truth. Dark shadows crept towards the corners of my eyes,my vision becoming blurry. I had fallen down unconscious.

:*:Chapter 1:*:
Kio,over here. Now." It was a year after the battle. I had forgotten everything of my past. Perhaps it had to do with my sudden collapse,but now I had forgotten all about that battle. I still remembered Starsa and Chinook as my parents. And I still remember what they had done to poor little sister.
I glanced towards the huge black male. He had but one tail,unlike me,with pupilless red eyes and a large scar down his back.
Yes,Uncle?" I asked Nyght,and lowered my head in respect. I had been taught to obey him and in turn,he taught me the ways of the assassin.
I couldn't quite remember the time they had taken me in,but Uncle's thoughts kept racing through my mind. It wasn't us who killed your parents,but the other wolves of the forest. They had no reason to do this. They killed them for the pleasure of it. He glanced down at me,with a fake look of pity.
I miss my sister,too," Nyght said. Again,his thoughts, It makes you want to get revenge doesn't it? Makes you want to seek out those who killed them and pay them back.
Yet I did not know who exactly commited the crime,and it was Uncle who told me to get my revenge on all the wolves.
Now," He said at last,swiping my sword out of it's sheathe with his forepaw. He then took it with his teeth and handed it to me. "Show me how you've learned to use this."
I nodded,and swung the cutlass left and right,swishing it up and down with moves that could've been fatal.
Good," He said. "It seems that I have been training you well."...

:*:Chapter 2:*:
I didn't just need the blade to know how to assassinate. I could use my teeth and claws as well. And trust me,I never wanted to do all this evil,either. Help me! A voice screamed through my head. Save me from this darkness! It was as if I was being possessed by some unknown force.
I shut my eyes tightly,glad that Nyght was gone,for a little while atleast. I replayed the dream that I had had just the other night. My mother was there,looking as young as she could ever be,and Chinook,and Jayde,my little sister.
They were trying to communicate with me,I think,through some unknown language. At the very end,though,I could just make out what they were saying. Beware the darkness. The unjustly truth must be revealed before it is too late.
What could that have meant? What truth?
As the months passed on,I began to grow merciless and headed even deeper into the dark. I feared that something must have been terribly wrong.
Thor," I asked the ancient looking storyteller of the pack,silently walking up to me. He just looked up at me blankly,his eyes wide. "Please,don't hurt me!" He bellowed.
Hurt you? I would never even think about doing such a thing,Thor." He seemed to calm down,but was still wary. "And you are of Nyght's pack. Would it not be so that I would get hurt if I harmed you? Now tell me. Tell me what you know of my past."

:*:Chapter 3:*:
Thor had told me many things that day. Some things which I never would have liked to hear. Sometimes,though,I knew he was replacing truth with lie,and I stared at him suspiciously.
There was a great battle one day,Kio, He managed to say. It was against Nyght's pack and your father's pack. He had claimed that they had done battle because Chinook had stolen something valueable to Nyght. He had wanted it back,and asked Chinook politely,but Chinook had refused. That's what started it.
Oh how I wanted to believe it. And then right during the middle of the war,some rather angry looking wolves ran out and destroyed your family. Some say they were allies of this pack.
But how much of it was he really changing? I couldn't get to sleep for days from then on,wondering. Always thinking.
Nyght sent me out on many quests that month,and I dreaded every one of them. Get away from me! I shouted in my head at the thing that I thought was controlling me. Go away and never return!
I knew it wouldn't listen though. And somehow,I knew there was more to the story than Thor had told.

:*:Chapter 4:*:
Nyght bounded towards me furiously. "What have you done?!" He roared,staring at the she-wolf who now lay on the ground before him. It was one of his pups.
Then his voice softened. AsI refused to speak. "Ah,yes. That little one wouldn't have made it through the winter. Even though she is mine."
I turned towards him angrily. "It's not my fault!" I snarled. "You did this! Something's taking over me and I can feel it! You did something that one year ago,on that day,didn't you?!"
Nyght's eyes widened in fury and rage,but also with some sadness. "My little Akioshi," He murmered quietly,and sat down next to me. I wondered what was going on.
You've done my bidding well,and I'm proud of. It's now time you learn the truth."
I watched him with nervous eyes,waiting,my tails thumping noiselessly on the ground next to me. "Well?" I asked. "Continue."
He laughed at that,and began. "You see,I listened to Thor telling you about your past,and,well,he was right. No lies at all."
Then what are you saying?" I murmered in a soft voice,glancing up at the stars in the night sky. "What did my father take from you,uncle?"
Nyght's -disallowed_word-Yay for suspenseful endings! Anyways,I know it's a stupid short story,but please don't neomail keifer_sutherland telling her so. She's very busy with school and all,and who knows,maybe someday she'll add the rest of the details later.)