Second fanfic ever! In this one though, Mai has scars on her neck, hands, and ankles, which will be explained later. Please comment and rate!

Flashback

the snow white fox dragged her body off of the solid stone ground, glaring at the man with hatred obviously present in her blue eyes. his whip held high, he smirked at the beaten fox, laughing as she hissed at him. "you're mine" he said to her, punctuating every word with a crack of the whip across her fur "you will do as i say!"

"never" she hissed in turn, grabbing the whip in her jaws "nothing can command the wind, it's deadlier than playing with fire. you shall never own me, die, foolish human!"

he grabbed her by the scruff and threw her limp form onto the floor, putting chains around her neck, front, and back paws, tightening them enough to cut into the skin.

"i shall command you yet, you filthy demon!" and with that, he left.

Mai's P.O.V

i woke up, and went to the mirror examining my fox fur and two-tails with watchful blue eyes, that darkened slightly when i looked at the scars. damn human, you should have gotten what you deserved.

I turned into my human half and pulled on a brown shirt with blue shorts and shoes with bracelets and anklets, making sure they covered the ugly, old, gashed scars. Knowing that I would be early if I didn't distract myself, I watched TV until I was sure i'd be late. I jogged at a steady pace, looking around leisurely. I arrived at s.p.r and heard the daily greeting of Lin's computer typing and Naru yelling "Mai, tea."

i sniffed the air discretely and noted that there was no clients at the moment. I sighed in relief, acting nice would be an impossibility today. I boiled narus tea, making sure to add the proper amount my special secret recipe tea leaves, and took it to him with a false smile on my face. I sat on the couch and went to organizing his files, i felt him watching me, and i felt him gather his courage when he asked "Mai, is something wrong?"

I looked him straight in the eye, making sure to sound truthful as i lied"I'm fine naru. No worries."

I knew i wasn't very believable, so i tried to change the subject. "Have we gotten any clients yet today?" I asked, knowing that no one had been here today.

"No" he replied to me curtly "now stop changing the subject and answer me truthfully."

I cursed his knowing gaze. It's hard to hide emotions. I put my best happy mask on, its not like I can tell him that i had an unimportant nightmare, and answered "it won't affect work, so don't worry."

NARUS P.O.V

'dammit Mai, quit lying' i thought to myself. she may be a good liar, but she wasn't that good. i had a client coming in soon, and i didn't want her problems to disrupt the case, little did i know the secrets that would be unveiled with this client. but soon i learned, and soon i wished i'd stayed ignorant.

Cliffhanger! I want at least 2 reviews until I continue so I know I'm not wasting my time by writing this. I hope I get those reviews. Ja ne!