It appeared that neither child had any questions thus far or they were just simply keeping them to themselves until they had more information first. Their father, a man of his word, was going to tell them as much as he could about their upbringing along with their clan's history; however, a guilty feeling was building up in his stomach at the thought of telling them how their childhood had practically been stolen from them. But, they needed to grow up quickly and going to that Celestial Realm was the easiest way for them to do that considering the village--no, the country was falling apart piece by piece with tensions building up in his own clan and the Daimyo trying to destroy the Hidden Sand. Fortunately, the village and his clan had stayed strong so far, but it wasn't going to last forever considering everyone was being worked especially in the Hospital and people were getting injured, sick, and what not more and more possibly due to exhaustion or just being naive. Who really knew?
His wife, the great head of the Byakko Clan, knew this day was going to come eventually as they couldn't keep their children in the dark forever. But, she didn't think that Kyuji would be feeling so badly about the whole ordeal considering they still saw their children growing up in that special alternative world. Sadly, it appeared their brains had not been developed enough to remember growing up in the Celestial Realm as neither could recall the time in their lives. But, rest assured both children had asked their mother and father about that time which they had brushed off and told them they would tell them when they were older.
It was time however for them to come clean and tell the children everything that they knew and to see the backlash that would ensue after they were done talking to them. So with both of the parents' nerves seemingly wrecked, they would hold their hands as they both sighed a deep one before they began.
"Well, it seemed the day has finally came for you two to learn everything about your upbringing since neither of you can remember any of it. But before we get to that, you should know about the Byakko Clan's history. We are a side branch of the Toraono Clan and descend from the blood of the celestial beast Byakko, the great white tiger. As such our clan members are normally born with white, gray, or blonde hair with exotic gray, blue, or ever rare completely white eyes. Our clan members typically are able to use taijutsu that combines their inner energy flawlessly with their movements resulting in a combat style known amongst the Toraono Clan as Tora no Ken or Fist of the Tiger. The Byakko Clan they are as old as the Toraono clan and of soldier stock where the Toraono Clan were once gladiators. The Byakko Clan was originally called the Tiger Speakers. We were an army created during the rule of Ancient Emperor Fuujin. The Tiger Speaker army was entirely composed of women, with men having no roles in the Tiger Speakers' lives other than that of husband. Men were totally shut out of the Tiger Speaker combat forces, with the exception of the Toraono Clan Demon/Celestial Hybrids. They were trained to be fanatical, disciplined, and extremely effective doctors, soldiers, and police. The Tiger Speakers were also used in Ancient human breeding programs, taking advantage of their speed and strength. The Tiger Speakers were not only an army but also served as bureaucracy: pages, courtiers, archivists and teachers; some were priestesses, serving as judge, jury, executioner in one. Ancients also used them as secret agents and assassins, apart from the official Tiger Speaker Guard and elite units as the Imperial Guard. Errant Tiger Speakers were isolated and served as Death Commandos or Berserkers. Men originally only served as advisory capacity and only later became Tiger speaker auxiliaries, which was generally seen as a sign of the degeneration of the original Tiger Speaker schools. The Tiger Speakers typically wore skintight one-piece uniforms or uniform-robes with the Byakko Seal on the left breast, cloaks or cape-robes, high boots and, for commanders, heavy black armor and face masks. The common color was a rich dark blue, although acolytes and trainees wore short green robes, Special Guards wore Forest Green, and Tiger Speaker Commanders sported black uniforms with gold striping. Tiger Speakers who left the Tiger Speaker Guard or served as Doctors, Priestesses or Executioners wore ceremonial white. After the realization of freedom under the One King and the awakening of ties with Byakko, the Tiger Speakers became the Byakko Clan, the strongest female run clan in history. Although traditionally a Matriarchy, they have accepted exceptional men in partnerships and ruled their homes in a 60/40 or 70/30 split. As for us, your parents, I am the head of the Byakko Clan and your father is the descendant of Byakko, our god, and is a demigod. Eventually, he will be going on a long mission to become even closer to Lord Byakko and he will probably be taking you, Yanjirou. As for you, Kyushiko, you would be the head of the Byakko Clan if I would die and would need to find a partner---"
She would be cut off by Kyuji there as he looked at her and then the children before saying anything. When he was ready, he would lean back on the couch and begin to sternly talk to them starting off where he cut Yanshi off.
"You actually would not need to find a partner, Kyushiko. The Byakko Clan does not need a marriage nor does the head need a partner to rule the clan. However, you both are probably asking what would happen if Kyushiko would pass before becoming the head of the Clan. That is a simple answer, the title would then be given to your mother's sister whom you haven't met yet as she has been preoccupied in her area of our clan's holding doing her own little thing. We are sure you two will meet her someday as she actually does not that you exist and actually was temporary filling in as the head of the Clan while we all were gone. That's right, your childhood was not spent in this clan nor this world actually. You see, a student I had actually delivered you two in our infirmary and then we pretty much immediately headed to the Celestial Realm where you two grew up and then we returned. Our mother and I both do not know why you two do not remember any of that, but we think it has something to do with how the brain develops. You two were little babies when you went in there and obviously grew up in there learning how to walk, talk, eat, and everything else. It is possibly the chemicals in the brain going in and coming off had changed so much that it affected your memory. But again, we don't know."
He would then take a breath as his wife would look at the children with a smile on her face but clearly sadness in her eyes. She was hurting badly hearing this all being said to them and the anger and frustration that would probably occur after words. But, she solemnly would continue their explanation:
"We never meant to have you two lose your memories and forget all the fun times that we had together while you were growing up...but we are sorry that it happened this way. You need to understand though that the village and country going in and even coming out of the Realm was very screwed up and we needed to have you two grow up quickly to be able to help us out if we needed it. You see, the Daimyo of the Country sent a group called the Cabal to the village who caused havoc, destruction and killed many people in the process. Our main branch being the Toraono Clan is trying to go to war with the Daimyo in his home in Sora and wanted your father to go with him where we being your parents believed he would've been murdered in cold blood and hung up in a public display. Our father did not want to go and you two precious children came right at the right time as they were going to send him off with Lord Kuro, but he got a leave from that duty to help me raise you two. There is also speculation from your dad that Lord Kuro is a dangerous man and we are asking you to please stay away from him because he know for torturing students and Genin to get them more power....there are other ways to get stronger and get power than being tortured and making a deal with a demon or the Devil..." "Yanjirou, Kyushiko listen to your mother and I on my brother, Lord Kuro. We both advise you stay away from him unless we are with you...I am sure he means well but his methods are not ideal and I saw first hand what he will do to make someone stronger and more powerful. It actually brought tears to my eyes as those students' bodies were shaking and moving in ways they should be able to do. Also, stay away from my cousin, Miroku Akkuma. He is the Devil himself and he will try to make a deal with you which is giving you a curse seal to make you stronger, yet you will lose complete control of your body using it and he might try to operate on you to put something sinister inside. He actually did that to another student of mine named Surutameni...I have no idea how he did it but he put a wolf's spine inside of the child's body which had been possessed by a demon. The child could not control the spine and it tried to murder me I believe three times but luckily I stopped him. Also, you may want to go find a genin named Aikayume Azusa as she is the one who delivered you and become a medic-in-training for the village in doing so."
The man known as a demigod would then pause momentarily as his and his wife's grip in their hand holding got tighter possibly due to nerves before he finished by asking them a simple question. The question was a simple one and hopefully they wouldn't be too pissed to not respond to it:
"I am sure you have some questions so what questions do you have? Also, you can be mad at us if you need to be but we were doing what we needed to do to protect yous and help the village. We are truly sorry that your childhood got ripped away from you, but you are both nine years old now and have a long future where we both know you will do amazing things! So swing if you wanna to and shout if you want to at us."
Once he was finished, he would see Kyushiko shake her head and say simply in one of those adorable sincere voices:
"Mommy and Daddy, I am not mad at you. I think I can understand why you did it, but I am sure Yanjirou and I both wish we could get those memories back that were lost." Understandable to want your memories back, but what about Yanjirou. What did he have to add to this conversation?
