Kira was still trying to shake away the dream from before trying to get Yin to drop the subject, but before she could say more she felt a spike of electricity going starting from her feet, moving to every corner of her body before everything went black.
Yin was still confused about why Lady Kira acted that way towards the news of her dinner, and couldn't figure out what caused the behaviour she was displaying but upon stealing another glance towards Lady Kira she couldn't help but panic, Lady Kira had gone completely pale and was about to fall over like she had passed out, but before she could react, did Lady Kira catch herself and very elegantly jumped up towards the nearest fence and sat in a balancing position looking down at her, before Yin could as much as open her mouth however she felt a massive shock wave of pressure coming from Lady Kira and couldn't help but simply follow her instincts to kneel down.
Shino immediately felt the pressure coming from Lady Kira and was very afraid what had been done to upset her in such a way, she had been in the middle of trying to tear apart two younger cubs who had gotten into a fight, and was in the middle of trying to pry one cubs mouth of the others Tail, and the other cubs mouth of the first ones ear, it wasn't always the most glamorous work to be an instructor of young Cubs, feeling the pressure that was a bit too familiar to an angry mini Inari she decided to prioritise and drop what she was doing and run towards the destination she felt the pressure from.
Upon arriving Shinos heart skipped a beat, as Kira had jumped on to a rather high fence meant as structural support for the buildings and was starring down at a kneeling Yin, Shino had a hard time grasping what Yin could have done as respect had already been pre established and there was no doubt about who the superior party was in the pecking order, it should have been instinctual, Shino could really not do much else than join Yin and wait for what Lady Kira was going to do.
"Yin, while I commend your instinctual response, would my other half be rather disappointed if she saw you right now, I would ask you to try to fight against it just a bit harder next time" was the first thing to come out of Kiras mouth
Yins eyes widened as she did her best to get up and fight her urges, it was what was asked of her afterall, and as Yin was struggling to get up Kira continued
"I swear my other half is the biggest contradiction on two legs, you might have figured by now I'm not Kira but at the same time I am, the easiest way to explain what I am would be to call me her instinct, or her nature. I really didn't intend for this to happen but she kind of left me no choice, first of all trying to produce foxfire right now is an extremely bad idea, as she is currently in denial about that aspect of herself which will only cause her innate magic to become volatile and lash out. She have fully accepted Inara and everything that entails, but she have yet to accept, me.. and as a result is it leading to some rather big imbalance that if not addressed will hurt her."
Kira then turned towards Shino and in a tone she had yet to see from Kira under normal circumstances demanded to have a private room for herself without being disturbed for the amount of time it took her to leave herself, it was not a request but rather a demand and there wasn't the slightest hint of the overly agreeable girl they had seen yesterday, it had admittedly been odd to see someone clearly above them in the hirachy act so meek but she had simply come to the conclusion that Kira had no reason to establish her position because there would not be any contest so she could really do as she pleased.
Shino made sure to lead Kira to the requested room, Yin had followed and had insisted to stand guard to ensure nobody got inside, it was honestly hard to not be just a bit jealous of the young Cub, she was clearly a prodigy, but the fact Kiras alter ego had demanded she stand instead of kneel, meant that she had been elevated to a higher status that would put young Yin even above herself in the hierarchy, regardless of her being blessed as a Kitsune by her mother.
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Everything was dark, for a while, did she die again Kira couldn't help but think to herself, this situation felt just a bit too familiar and she had somehow returned to the void, however this void felt different, although she couldn't really place a finger on it.
The void suddenly changed and everything became white, in front of her was a little fox girl around her own height, starring back at her tilting her head in an adorable manner.
"Uhm, hello?" Kira voiced, the other girl just remained still and kept observing her.
The girl was truly gorgeous, the only one she had seen coming close to the same kind of almost glow would be her own mother Inari, the little girl had a bright silver furr, her eyes shined a green resembling emeralds, and was dressed in an extremely elegant eastern style dress, but while looking serene did something tell Kira that she was also someone that you never wanted to cross, as she was thinking this the girls impassive face turned into a smirk, and every instinct in Kira was screaming at her to not do anything to upset this kid.
trying again "Hello, my name is Kira, it seems I've somehow found myself in your domain, could I ask first where we are and secondly who you are?"
upon hearing this the little girls eyes turned dull for a moment before she face palmed.
"Oh dear, the self denial here is more than you would think possible, I realise you've not had access to a mirror, but we both know you aren't stupid, let me give you a hint, where have you last seen this color of furr, its the same little thing you keep forgetting about, and is very clearly showing me your fear right now, and as adorable we look when our ears droop is it kind of silly to be afraid if yourself don't you think?"
Kiras eyes immediately widened and she went to grab her tail to compare, she couldn't help but feel doubt about the validity of that was how she looked, the little girl in front of her was much too perfect.
Sighing the little girl once again spoke up
"Here we go again, I am you so even if you don't say anything do I know what you're thinking and I will have to say, that they managed to beat that amount of self doubt Into you really does deserve a trophy, hell they have literally managed to seperate me from you with a wall, no wonder their whole species have been left to rot, however I feel we should probably start from the ground level and work our way up"
suddenly two small chairs appeared in the room and the girl beckoned Kira to sit down in front of her. "First let me allow to ask, who are you?"
Kira couldn't help but feel trapped but it had indeed been the first question she had thought at upon seeing what is apparently herself.
Kira started to answer, but before she got more than a few words out her other half cut her off, "Wrong! You cannot answer that properly without first answering, What are you?"
Kira tried once again to open her mouth with a simple reply but immediately got cut off again
"I am me, is not a valid reply try again" Kiras other half said this while her frown was growing bigger.
"OK, I'm being harsh, I should probably be a bit more direct about who I am first, I am your instinct, your nature and everything those loosers in your past managed to make you discard trough years of conditioning and abuse, your self worth, your pride, your ego, the fact that even being reborn into a new world have you still locked off those aspects of yourself behind mental walls.
maybe let's try and let me help you establish what you are not, first let's adress the delusion and elephant in the room"
After finishing speaking her other half conjured up a copy of herself from a few days ago.
"This shell right here is one of the things I suspect hold back your ability to move on, you are still clinging to a small belief about being human"
Kira was about to protest, she could acknowledge that maybe she wasn't human anymore but atleast she used to be, however Kira was immediately cut off by her other half
"wrong, the mere fact you were operating and functioning with the virtues I have here with me locked away proves you were never really Human
Just a few days ago this would be what you would have used to describe what makes humans what they are
Greed, Pride, Ingenuity, and a willingness to disregard all other virtues to achieve their goals.
your pride and self worth sits here with me, and you seemed to function fine without it even in the human form, are you going to tell me you felt in your natural element while interacting with those around you, and you never rolled your eyes at humans distinct ability to let their own ego take priority above even undisputable logic?"
Kiras other half snapped her fingers and her past self vanished into thin air once again.
Kira was sitting there in silence for a bit, it was a rather new experience to be bombarded with her own logic, it wasn't like anything her other half was bringing up was foreign, the arguments and logic was all coming from her own experience and her self denial was still fishing for anything to latch on to that would atleast invalidate some of it, however her other half spoke up once again.
"Sorry sis, but I'm not going go let that part of you get any food to toy with, it's for your own good.
You might try to blame the fact you miss those virtues on your abuse, but truth to be told, nobody else would be even able to give them up in the first place, the normal behaviour of other humans would be to just find other ways of enacting them or eventually completely break. Just as the final cherry on the pie, can you remind me why it was our soul was going to be purged had Inari not saved our arses again?"
Kira couldn't do anything else than just throw her hands up in the air "I get it, I get it, you win!"
watching the smirk of her other half she had a distinct feeling that a tiny part of her now understood why nobody liked arguing with her in her past, she was brutal when it came to piling on evidence.