Different ~

A long time ago, before Kurama was sealed inside of a human, he was free. He could do whatever he wanted and nobody was able to stop him. People called him a natural disaster since everywhere he showed up he left behind a trail of chaos and devastation. Everybody feared him and he liked that. He despised humans for some reason and was pleased when he was able to destroy a whole Village.

One day, after he attacked a Village again, he was badly injured and also the Villagers were chasing after him. Damn what should I do in this weakened condition? , he thought before he made a decision. A hidden ability of his was it to turn himself into a human, but he never did that since he hated nothing more than humans. No other choice left he had to do it this time since nobody could find him when he looked like everybody else.

So he did it and suddenly the world around him seemed so big. Normally a huge demon fox, he was now only 1.80m tall and the skin of his, which was normally covered by fur, also felt cold. Only the orange hair on his head remained which wasn´t as long as expected since it only reached his shoulders. His demon like red eyes were also still there and he was dressed in a simple red sleeveless shirt, black pants but he didn´t have shoes.

Not used to have such a body he suddenly felt dizzy because of the injury. What he hadn´t thought about was the fact that, even if he turned himself into a human, the wound would still be there and for such a weak creature as a human being this was dangerous.

Tired and weary he sat down in front of a tree strain, leaning his head against it and closing his eyes. I´ll transform back as soon as those Villagers aren´t after me anymore, was his last thought before he lost his consciousness.

As he woke up the next day, because of the sun that shone in his face, he recognized something behind a shrub.

"Who is there?"

He asked with an angry voice and a little girl, maybe 10 years old, appeared in front of the demon fox. His red eyes glared at the black haired girl, but she didn´t fear him. She was just a bit terrified from his voice, but except that there was nothing else.

So she walked a bit closer to the still injured Kurama and examined the handsome man. The colour of his hair wasn´t something usual and also his red sparkling eyes were something special. Completely spellbound she looked at him with her ice blue eyes.

"Get lost kid!"

He ordered her, but she walked closer to him and shook her head. Then she pointed at the injury on his belly which made his shirt bloody.

"Are you hurt Sir?"

"No! And now leave me alone you worthless brat!"

The rage in his voice made her feel afraid, but the young girl was now determined to help the, in her opinion, helpless man in front of her.

"M- My name is Yuki and I´ll help you Sir!"

Yuki ran away, back to her Village where she got some bandages and a bottle of water. When she came back, Kurama was still there and gave her a warning glance that should show her, she shouldn´t come any closer or he´d rip her to pieces.

The brave lass ignored it and kneeled down in front of him, trying to drag his shirt away from his wound. Kurama was enraged that a human really dared to touch him and grabbed Yuki´s hair. He slung her away against a tree, while the girl now felt a bad pain in her ankle.

Ignoring the fact that the man she wanted to save hurt her, she limped back to him, knelling down again and continued with taking care of his injury.

"You dumb child why do you want to help me?"

He asked her with his deep voice, but she just smiled at him.

"It´s my duty as a good person to help other people when they´re in need."

"How pathetic…"

Kurama just knew the dark side of mankind. The side which always had to fight against each other, hurting each other and killing everything that wasn´t normal in their eyes. Something like him a Biju, a Demon, a Monster. No, humanity always showed him that he didn´t belong there, only one person ever acknowledged him and made him feel like he belonged somewhere. This person was the Sage of the six paths and after he died, nothing was the same anymore. Kurama lost the only person he could relay on and now he was alone and gnaw from hatred.

Hatred had been a part of him ever since the Hermit died and this would never change. Humans are cruel and merciless, they´ll never accept us Biju nor will I ever acknowledge them, they´re all the same…

After Yuki was done bandaging Kurama´s wound, she sat down in front of him and smiled.

"What is it?"

He was annoyed because of her presence and wished to be alone.

"I would really like to know your name Sir."

It was the first time that somebody asked him for his real name, since he was everywhere known as the Kyuubi. Well, but it was not like people had the possibility to ask him when he was in his usual Demon Fox form.

"You don´t need to know it!"

The only thing he wanted was being alone again, but Yuki just stayed by his side, even though he was unfriendly and rude towards her. She told him a lot about her life, about her Village and her friends. Kurama wasn´t very interested in that, but it was still hard for him to move so he had no other choice than staying there.

"And what about you Sir? Do you also have a family?"

Her eyes were glaring at him with hope, but he just replied as grumpy as usual:

"I don´t have a Family!"

Suddenly her look changed into something mixed between shock and sorrow.

"Oh I´m sorry for that, but I believe you have at least some friends who are there for you, right?"

No, the fact was that he had absolutely nobody by his side. He was alone, but it was partly his fault as well. Since he could think he never was very sociable towards others.

"No, I´m alone kid! I´m a loner and I´m happy with that, understood?!"

"I´ll be your friend Sir!"

Kurama just couldn´t believe what he heard. A human wanted to be his friend? That was ridiculous in his eyes and he just snorted.

"Like I would need somebody like you…"

The young girl remained by his side, even though he said she should get lost. His rude behaviour didn´t offend her or anything, she just thought that he must be very lonely and alone. When it became evening she stood up, but it was still hard for her to walk.

"Well, I have to go home now, but I´ll come back tomorrow!"

This friendly smile of hers gave the demon fox a strange feeling inside. Also after a while he got used to her presence and he didn´t mind if she was there or not. Did that mean he started liking a human girl? Something he normally despised?

The night-blue sky was clear tonight and the stars twinkled bright. Kurama looked up and thought that tomorrow he would turn back into his usual self. He would become the Kyuubi again and destroy a Village, but also forget about this unfamiliar feeling from before when Yuki was around. I am the Nine tailed Fox and I hate humans! A little girl won´t change that!, he thought before he fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, he felt like somebody was watching him and opened his crimson red eyes, just to see Yuki sitting in front of him with a bright smile.

"Good Morning Sir!"

She was holding a bag in her hand which she offered him. Still a bit sleepy he grabbed the bag and looked inside just to see some bread in there.

"Oh and here is some water for you as well."

Even though he didn´t want her help, he couldn´t deny that he was hungry and thirsty. It were now two days since he was in this miserable condition and he couldn´t tell how happy he was when he turned back again.

Forgetting his proud just for a moment, he took a bite from the bread and also a sip from the water. The young maid just watched him, happy that he finally accepted her help.

After he was done, she asked him if she could do anything else for him, but he just shook his head.

"It wasn´t even necessary that you did all those things for me, so it´s fine now."

His voice was now a bit softer towards her, but he didn´t really know why. Maybe because this was a way to show her his thanks? Or just because he didn´t care anymore?

"Well anyways, I´ll go now brat…"

"Oh that´s sad…"

She had a very disappointed expression and Kurama asked himself why.

"You know, I thought we really could become friends Sir."

"Tz don´t be ridiculous…"

He said in an arrogant way, but deep inside her words some kind of touched him. She was the first person who felt something else towards him than fear, hate and disgust. Whatever, but as soon as she would see my real appearance she would just run away like everybody else. She is no difference to them…

The injury of his had finally healed and so he stood up to leave, but Yuki was holding tight on his leg.

"Wait please! Will we see each other again?"

Kurama tried to get her off, but she didn´t let go so he sighed.

"Maybe, but do not get too high hopes about that…"

As soon as he said that he felt strange and it sounded wrong. Normally he just would have said something like No or that he wouldn´t come back for a worthless human brat, but it was something else with her. Yes, he felt sympathy for this girl.

She let go of him and he walked a bit further away, but before he was gone he heard her saying something and turned around.

"Would you tell me your name now?"

Should I? Should I tell her my real name?

Now he was just standing there, looking at the small girl a bit further away from him and thought about if he should tell her or not. A few minutes later he made his decision and just sighed lightly.

"Kurama…"

Yuki´s eyes started sparkling as she now knew the name of the man and she was enthused. Kurama walked further away and the girl looked after him until he was gone. Then she whispered to herself:

"I hope you´ll come back soon Kurama…"