Out in the forest a girl with pink hair no older then fifteen, She was dressed in black shoes orange and black strip stockings, Blue jean shorts black tank top and green vest.
her long pink hair was down and flowing in the wind as she walked around. She seemed sad as a tear fell form her purple eyes, " It's been two years Zoe please just let it go!" She said sadly, as she came to a lake and looked in it first seeing her as a kid with Rex and Max, then Rex vanished then finally max then she saw herself as she is.
Zoe cried and said, "Max what happened to you? why won't your parents talk and why does it seem like they are not worried."
She then cried her tears hitting the lake as she looked down and saw a red Glow form under the water making her jump back and for to the ground.
Something stuck it's head out for the water, For a moment she hoped it was a dinosaur, but this wasn't that!
it had a long five foot neck the face of an angler fish but with one red glowing eye and then it came out of the water it's body was like that of an alligator, with clawed duck feet, and a spike covered logn swinging tail.
Zoe backed away in fear shaking as she tried to stand but fell over in pain and noticed a large cut on her left leg she most have hurt it when she fell back the thing was moving towards her and she closed her eyes not wanting to see her own death.
But she heard a swing and felt nothing making her open her eyes to see something standing be fore him holding the monster back.
He had black pants black sandals, a black muscle shirt, an orange coat with the kanji for fox on the back. A strange golden band around his head, and fingerless gloves. She then noticed something about her hero. He was her age his hair was brown and he had fox ears on top of his head, and nine fox tails swinging under his cat, both tipped in read, He then looked back at her one eye was purple and one was red. He had whisker marks on his face but it seemed familiar.
She then looked to the weapon he held to hold back the monster's jaws. It had a black hand that had to be three foot long he held it with two hands it had a large red cross guard that held an eye a solid golden with a slitted pupil that looked around sending a chill down her spine.
The blade of the weapon appeared be made of triangular stone plates, stacked on top of eachother to form a five foot long, one foot wide sword blade, in a moment the eye glow as did the blades, as they became covered in red lighting that sparked and zapped the monster down it's through making it scream and fall back into the leg where a large red electric burst erupted the thing's dead body then float up burned form the lighting as the water bubbled.
That is when Her hero looked back at her a tear falling down his purple eye as he spoke in a voice she couldn't possible forget. " never thought I would see you again, this is a happy surprise!" the plates all then retracted into the handle minus one as he stuck it on his back it just saying there.
Zoe's eyes widen as she whispered to herself, "Max" she then passed out.
Max got down noticing the blood on her leg as he picked her out bridal stile one of his tails wrapping around her waist to help keep her in his arms as he carried her and sighed saying, " I did not want to leave you! now I hope this won't be good bye again!" He sound sad as he looked lovingly down at her.
He then walked into a cave and into what looked like a jungle having grown over a feudal Japanese settlement as he continued to walk to a large pair of wooden gates as he game to them eight of his tails touched them making them open as he entered a large city made in the style of feudal buildings.
As he walked by other people with alien tails and ears bowed as he came to what looked like a feudal lords castle and walked in, and a man with fox ears and a with dark black hair in a black suit and tie walked up and noticed the human, "your majesty why have you brought a human in to our city?"
Max growled and used a tail to point to the massive cut on her leg and said, "So was attacked by a lesser water demon! Are you saying I should have left one who has done nothing wrong die?"
the servant bowed and said "I'm so sorry! Sir your right! How foolish of me!" he said sounding scared a little as he said, "I'll bring a nurse for her right away your lordship!"
Max growled as he watched the servant try to run as he said," No I will bring her to a nurse so you don't waste time and she dies form infection! That opening line shows I can't trust you with this task or at all anymore you are fired get out of my castle."
the former Servant then ran out the door in a rush as Max walked up.
Later on Zoe was waking up in bed and said to herself, "I had the craziest dream I was attacked by a monster then Max showed up as a kitsune and saved me!"
That is when she noticed Max sitting on by her bed side looking at her and she jumped up with a "YIP!"
Max's sword was beside his chair as he sighed, "I bet you want to know what happened correct?"
Zoe nodded quickly and scarily a yes, and Max sighed and told his story, "Well I'm sure you know the legends of demons having relationships with humans where the child of the demons own gender become that same demon species."
Zoe nodded as Max spoke," apparently that can skip a generation!" he said as he looked to the claws that had replaced the nails on his hand.
Max in his head pictured a women who looked like an older version of his mother before a monstrously large fox with nine tails before that fox became a man but keeping his ears and tails, "Well they.. we hide from you we are real! And some times we meet. Like with my grand father and grandmother, Grandmother was simple lost in the woods when she came upon kitsune Grandfather. It was love at first sight! Before long my mother was born human as that's what my grandmother was."
Zoe nodded to scared to say a word.
Max sighed and continue he now pictured the image of his grandfather crying over a grave with his mother who was a young women, "Now they.. my kind have longer lives we live three times longer then humans. Normally when humans and demons enter a relationship the human is offered semi demon hood doubling there time on this world, but by the time they met my grandfather wasn't that young so my grandparents didn't see any point in it as both had about the same max time on this world.
Max sighed at the last part as he said, "Sadly they should have done it as grandma got sick and died, Demons don't get sick, so quote my grandfather, 'While giving her semi-demon hood may have forced her to grieve me, at least Aki would have grown up with her mom in her life'"
Zoe nodded along still shaking a little mostly form not knowing where she was.
Max then continued, "and form there my mom meet my dad, with my dad getting a death treat for a demonic father not to brake his baby girls heart. The Same weapon I used now was the one my grand father gave the death threat with, now grandpa liked that it's just tradition to use this blade to threaten your future son in law in this family."
Zoe raised and eye brow then looked to the weapon where it's eye blinked at her making her jump a little and shiver.
Max then continued on with her story, "then I was born and our adventures happened, then Rex left I turn third teen and that's when that demonic blood in me awakened I woke up one morning with fox ears and a tail and my mom quickly called grandpa it was the first time I meet the old grey fox." He said growling at the memory as he pictured a much older grey haired and furred version of himself standing before his one tailed self.
Max sighed, "and short answer as you can tell by the mix matched eye color I was only half kitsune so I lax the power to shape shift I couldn't turn human so I couldn't live among them anymore!" he sound sad as Zoe gasped and got it.
Max then imaged his current self but with seven tails using a wooden sword to sword fight against his grandfather who was also using a wooden sword, "I spend the whole year learning how to be a kitsune. Then next year grandpa fell in the middle of the streets it was his time to rejoin grandma he said!" he cried at the image of his grandfather in a hospital bed smiling with his eyes closed.
Zoe reached out for a moment before moving her hands back to her own person and she noticed the bandages on her leg.
Max then sighed and said, "Then as the only other kitsune family he had all that was his was given to me! Then today happened I was simple getting some air to clean my head when I saw you form a distance I cried at our shared memories and how I couldn't say goodbye that day. Then that lesser demon attacked!" he growled as he made a fist. His red eye flashing a glow for a moment.
Max sighed as he looked at the scared Zoe, "I won't' hurt you Zoe you know me more then anyone here does!" he said almost sad as he added, "I'll take you home when you heal your leg wasn't just cut it was there was a hairline fracture in it! You should be good to go in a few weeks."
He then held out his hand to her as he stood up, "At least let me show you I'm still me while you are here?" he said hopeful she would take his hand.
Zoe looked at him then said, "you're right I do know you So I know you left out a detail your hiding something what is it!?" she said going form scared to demanding.
Max smiled happily at this and said, "How I missed you Zoe, Fine I'll give you hints and you put together. When Grandfather died I got everything that was his! Including this band or crown on my head! Now the current King doesn't have a mate and has no kits there is only one person wearing a crown right now. And As I said I'm wearing a crown what does that make me? He said smirking to himself.
Zoe's eyes widen and she slowly put it together and took his hand and said, "Sorry for yelling.. your majesty the demon king!" she then fainted.
To be continued.
