Chapter One: Appearances
of The Fox And The Star
By rayofmoonlight2
12/27/13
DISCLAIMER:I DON'T OWN INUYASHA OR ANY RIGHTS TO INUYASHA Rumiko Takahashi is the owner and mother of all these characters I'm obsessed with.
'Thoughts'
Chirping birds and the distant chants of a holy person filled the air as the sun began her descent behind the mountains. The land of Edo had never before appeared to be more at peace. Sadly,appearances are rarely what they seem to be. This concept sometimes has to be learned the hard way. The trees blurred as a green clothed figure ran.'You've really done it this time, Miroku is laughing from wherever the Kami send lecherous monks when they die.'
Shippou now appearing to be around twenty-three in human years had outgrown the sweet innocence of his youth. Much to Miroku's bemusement, Shippou turned into quite an attractive man. Shippou had never thought he would wish to be ugly in his life. That was until the prince from a nearby province had wandered into town and mistook Shippou for a beautiful maiden. Being a kit at heart Shippou had bent over to pick up a ball the village children had kicked over to him. That's when he felt the well manicured hand of the wandering prince massaging his rump.
' You slapped a hentai prince and now his henchmen are trying to kill you. How does this even happen?' Shippou glanced behind him to see if they were still following him to see no one. Shippou felt relieved. The corner of his mouth twitched as jumped onto a nearby tree-branch. He bit his bottom lip in a futile effort to control a giggle fit.
"BUHAHAHAHAHAHA!" THUMP!
Shippou fell off the tree limb and curled around the tree his joy overpowering him to the point all he could hear was the blood rushing in his pointy ears.
Streaking out of the sky came a huge flaming meteor. The barreling star brought the kitsune's laughter to a standstill as he wished upon it as Kagome ,now long deceased,had taught him. 'I wish never to be alone again.'
Shippou suddenly somber picked himself off the forest floor. Shippou dusted the dirt from his emerald yukata and shook out the leaves from his rich ginger locks. Then something weird happened. Shippou tilted his head to the side and squinted his emerald orbs to where the shooting star disappeared. He was hearing something. 'It sounds like-naw-it can't be? But what if it is?'
He followed a pulsing green streak still in the sky. When Shippou located the fallen star he stopped to sniff the air much like Inuyasha would've. 'This smells like a strange magic. It's pure so it can't be a demon. But that doesn't explain why I'm compelled to it' Shippou gazed into the massive crater. There was so much smoke coming from the crater he should have been choking on it. Shippou's eyelids drooped as he moaned. 'It smells so good.' He inhaled again and held his breath. Letting it out slowly through his mouth. He unconsciously got closer to the crater. The green tinted miasma cleared slightly and two light eyes glowed green in the darkness. Shippou gasped. 'W-w-where am I?' A voice squeaked.
In the back of Shippou's mind his fox spoke directly to him for the first time making the kitsune jump.
'She is a gift from Inari for our defeat of that vile Naraku all those centuries ago. Shippou must take. Before another steals our Vixen. She is a gift from Inari. Gifts from a god are not to be forsaken, ne. She smells of Inari's incense of fertility and intoxicating sake. She is a star...she has no end...we have no one. A star will make powerful kits. Before we have no Vixen, no kits, no mother just a worthless ningen village. This one must protect Star. Star Vixen is a gift from Inari.'