The Protector

Inuharu thought to himself, ‘Goddess, who is this annoying pup? Why would Kir protect a stranger? And why on earth did you allow my precious angel of a little sister to attend school?!’

Inuharu couldn’t stand Asher’s incessant whining any longer. "Look pup, we aren't required to answer any of your dumb questions so just shut your trap and move along." Inuharu snapped at the annoying man.

Of course, it's just my luck that right as Inuharu lost his cool, his precious little sister approached them. 

"Roo! Stop being so rude!" Kir scolded Inuharu as though he was the one that was in the wrong. 

When Inuharu looked over and saw that Kir was glaring at me with her arms crossed, Inuharu stifled a laugh at how cute his little sister looked and decided to appease her.

"Sorry, let's try that again. I'm Inuharu Bastet, only Kir and close friends are allowed to call me Roo. The twins over there" Inuharu pointed to where Kilo and Kaoru stood, "are Kilo and Kaoru Regaldi, the Regaldi Foundation heirs."

Inuharu then pointed to the group's orange-scaled friend "That's Moose Dragolifia, the youngest son of Lord Dragolifia." Inuharu looked at his sister 

"better?" Inuharu asked, though the look on Kir’s face said she wanted me to say more.

"Alright, nice to meet all of you, but you still haven't answered any of my questions." The man pointed out to me. 

"There isn't much explaining that can be done, what you saw explains itself." Inuharu stubbornly pointed out, as he didn’t wish to tell this man anything else about his baby sister.

"It's pretty simple, I'm a princess and a demon. Just as Roo is a prince and a wolf, Kilo and Kaoru are twin heirs and wolves, and Moose is a lord's son and a dragon." 

Kir pointed to the newcomer, "and you, you are a new student and a witness to something that you shouldn't have seen." She paused for a moment as if giving the boy time to process her words.

"However, just as Roo cannot change the fact that you've seen me transform, I cannot change that I am part demon. Therefore it would be best to accept what you've seen rather than to question how it's possible. Just as we must accept that you've seen a part of me that nobody is supposed to see, rather than trying to convince you that it didn't happen." Kir stated as though it were common sense.

"You know Kir, it's not so simple as to just accept that the mysterious princess that everyone talks about is actually a demon, especially when it's a well-known fact that your father was a werewolf, not a demon. So are you telling me that you're actually a hybrid?" Asher questioned Kir as he stared into her eyes with an indeterminable expression. 

"Alright, that's enough questions for now, Kir let's get you to your first class." Inuharu intervened, feeling uncomfortable with Kir's honesty with this stranger.

"Are you sure that it's alright to just leave it like that, Roo?" Kilo asked me with concern in his voice as we walked to our class. Inuharu understood his worry, after all Kir is the twins' best friend and there has been speculation that Kir might be the mate of one of the Regaldi boys. 

"Even if she is their mate, I won't give her up, not to anyone. Kir is much too precious a gem to be given away to some arrogant man, even if the goddess herself specifically chose him." Inuharu smiled at his own thoughts. 

"Roo, I'm serious, what if he tells someone or worse, what if he decides to capture Kir and sell her to some dark organization?!" Kilo's words caused me to snarl for a moment before I regained my cool. 

"There's no way that anyone will ever be able to so much as touch a hair on Kir's precious head without me being there to stop them." Inuharu responded confidently. 

Inuharu looked over at his sister's friend and saw a nervous look cross his eyes, telling me that this boy knows very well just how serious I am about this statement. 

"Of course, you guys being her friends gives you some special privileges, just remember not to get carried away because, friend or not, I will still castrate you and your brother if you overstep." I say as I laugh at the poor boy, who's getting a chill from my words.

The bell rung, signaling that it's time for Kir’s next class. Kir looked down at her schedule and began to smile, happy to see that her next class was combat training. 

‘Thank the gods!’ Kir’s first class wasn't horrible, however supernatural history isn't something new to her, as the future queen she spent the last fifteen years learning that subject. 

‘Combat training though, now that's exciting! I've had tutors and mentors teaching me combat over the years, of course, but now I can train with other people and experience a real challenge since the people I'll be training against are younger and probably much more diverse in strengths and abilities than the teachers I had before.’

As Kir entered the gym she saw that her brother also had this class and her mood shifted to one of disappointment, knowing that Roo will try to insist that she should be treated gently.

 

‘Ugh, I love my big brother but he is so frustrating sometimes. Like attacking Asher earlier without even trying to ask what was going on. I mean honestly, at this rate I won't ever find a mate or even so much as a friend that isn't obedient to my brother's demands.’

As class began Kir saw Asher walking in through the doors, but decided that it's best to keep her distance while big brother Roo is in the same room, not wanting to give Roo any reason to attack the poor boy again. 

"Alright class, I'll be putting you in pairs for hand-to-hand combat based on your level of ability after having each of you do a few simple warm-ups with a partner of your choice." As the teacher finishes the last part of her sentence, Kir suddenly felt three pairs of eyes staring at me.

Kir looked up to see that not only are Kilo and Kaoru also in this class, but they're the owners of two sets of eyes staring me down like I'm the tastiest steak in the world. 

Kir didn’t feel the need to look at the third set of eyes staring at me, as she already knew who they belonged to. Just as all three men were about to approach Kir, she saw Moose looking around the room for a partner.

"Oh thank the gods for Moose!" Kir ran as fast as she could to where Moose was standing and quickly asked,  "Hey Moose, you want to be my partner?" 

Moose looked at Kir with confusion for a moment, until he looked up and saw the three men that were staring at us.

Moose laughs out, "Yes Alpha, I'll save you from the big bad wolves." 

Upon hearing his response Kir laughed as well, realizing that she really did happen to be running like a child searching for refuge from three scary wolves. 

The three men then split up to look for a different partner as Moose and Kir began to take up our fighting stances, with Moose on defense and me on offense.

After a few minutes of Moose and Kir going back and forth exchanging blows, the teacher then blew the whistle for all of us to stop sparring and line up in front of her. 

"Okay, good job everyone, now I shall begin pairing all of you up. Starting with Mr. Dragolifia, you'll be paired up with Mr. Willower." The teacher said as Kir held her breath.

Kir continued to hold her breath until she heard her name , dreading the possibility that she might end up paired with her brother. The teacher’s next words were so unexpected that Kir nearly fainted.

"Miss Bastet, I've decided that there is only one student that would be suitable to pair you with, Mr. Romanov please come stand next to Miss Bastet and prepare for your next instructions, the two of you will be partners for today." 

Asher stood still, looking towards Roo. Kir looked over and saw that Roo looks like he's about to tear Asher's head off. 

Kir closed her eyes thinking, ‘Oh god, I can't watch!’