Loli: Hello everyone! Now I know what you're thinking…. "Oh great another story that will have only one or two chapters posted and will never be updated again." That, however, is not the case. I am having extreme writers block for all my other stories, yes including 'The Love for the Goddess' but for all you Okami fans this fanfic will have some references to Okami and I will making a new story starring Waka. -Cue the fan girls- But for now….let's start our story!

The Fox Laughing Under the Red Moon

Prologue

There is a story, it is long forgotten by many, but a story nonetheless. Every ten years a red moon would rise into the sky. Foxes, kitsunes(1), and humans would gather together under the moon and hold a festival. The foxes and kitsunes had a special deal with the humans. One the night of the festival, they would not harm nor eat any of them and the humans would not hunt them either. It was a night of much celebration. Foxes and kitsunes ran about, showing off their tails. Some had one and others had four, but none of them had more then eight. The tail represented how many human souls they had taken. It was said that if a fox or kitsunes claimed more then nine souls, they would have to be sealed away. One fox, however had no tail at all. She was a weak, small fox and could not bring herself to kill anyone. The other foxes and kitsunes would mock her. Sometimes, some humans would join into the teasing. The fox girl had finally snapped from all the mockery. She saw nine children dancing; they would be her first victims. The fox ran other to the children, quickly slitting all their necks. Before they could die she bit each one of them, claiming their souls. The fox laughed madly as she grew nine tails. She walked about the festival proudly, while others stared, mouths agape with shock.

"K-kyuubi!" a human shouted. The fox stopped. That meant nine-tailed fox, the most feared. "I didn't mean too!" she shouted. Humans ran off in fear, they knew what the fox girl had done. "It was a mistake honest! I didn't know I killed nine of them!" she yelled, but it was too late. All the humans were gone. Only foxes and kitsunes remained.

"You should be ashamed of yourself," a fox said. "You disgust me!" a kitsune hissed. "It wasn't my fault!" she shouted. "You know what we must do," said an eight-tailed fox. "No! Don't seal me away!" the fox begged. She wanted to run, but she couldn't. The light from the red moon focused down on her, like a glaring eye. "Please don't!" she shouted. The foxes and kitsunes just ignored her. The light swallowed the fox girl up into the moon. "The deed is done," the eight-tailed fox said. The foxes and kitsunes then walked away from the festival.

The red moon still rises in the sky, looking down upon the world. It is said that if a fox is to harness to power of the red moon, they will be unstoppable. That is just a legend though, at least, that what people are told. The red moon will dangle in the sky every 10 years, looking down, as if waiting for someone…

Loli: Pretty good huh? Don't worry about it being short and all, this is just the prologue. Oh, and since this story will have references to many things in Japanese mythology, I will be including translation notes!

1-A kitsune is a fox like demon that will take the form of a human. The human form, however always wears a mask. According to certain myths, they have no face and stole the body from a person that they killed.