Shadewood [M]y little dragon

How could she have been expected to stay? It was her best friend's, possibly even secret love's, cries that shook her to her very core. It was so full of sorrowful, so full of heartbreak and it tore her open. She didn't understand why Issun wanted her to stay. He knew how much she cared for Takara right? That was what planted the first niggling suspicion in her brain, though not enough to formulate any sense of it yet.

Doing what a good friend should she tucked Deku underneath a fur pelt warmed by her body heat and insulated it with feathers. She intended to only check in on her friend, she wouldn't be gone long. Then she ran for Takara, her eyes moistening with fear at the sobs she caught coming from the den. She didn't hesitate to enter and flinched when she saw the three unborn children "Oh Takara..." she breathed her eyes spilling over with tears that splattered the ground. She slowly crept closer and then froze, finally spotting the wriggling little Orochi nursing at her belly. She blinked once with surprise, then shock came across her face and then her brow furrowed with denial. The boy looked so similar to Issun in some ways and yet...her love wouldn't have done that to her. She hadn't seen anyone else around these parts who looked speckled and similar to her mate. She shook her head and snuck a peek at Takara before turning away again and staring at the pup her body beginning to quake.


As she stood there quivering clearly trying not to have a breakdown the last thing hit her. Issun wasn't here but his scent surely was, he had come and gone but to where? Her brain shut down and she slowly backed away, her face devoid of any emotion whatsoever. She looked to Takara once more and her mouth opened but she slowly shut it and blinked back tears, shaking her head and running back to her son. She couldn't, no she wouldn't process this right now.