July 17th, 2004

A/N: Ohayo minna-san! I was am away on vacation while I wrote this up...and have to suffer without my beloved, spiteful computer for more than a week! ANYWAY!! Just so you know, the first three, maybe four, chapters are filler/information chapters. That way you know a little about my OC and what he's doing there in the first place.

I had a strange thought while I was re-reading chapter one...do you remember the part where Kurama asks why Surjo is crying? It reminded me of Peter Pan when Wendy asks Peter why he was crying and he said because his shadow was missing. Please don't ask. .
I apologize for the way this is written. This is one of my less serious stories (at least right now) and I know the writing for this will probably suck, but the idea is there!

Now, responses to my wonderful reviewers!!

Suiyou: Thank you! The idea for this fic just randomly hit me in the head with a sledgehammer, I hope it continues to be an original idea to you. (After all, how many people could there be that have the same deluded mind as me?) Oh! Yes! Gomen about the grammar! Every time I upload and edit the fic, it still leaves commas and bold and other important stuff out. I do try to fix it but I'm afraid there's not much I can do with my computer challengedness. Please bear with my incompetence. (Curse you spell check! You don't even know what a semi-color is used for! -.-'')

Titangirl161: Well, here's the next chapter. I'm pretty sure you know all of what's going to happen, but maybe I snuck something else in there. Besides, WHY DO I ALWAYS TELL YOU MY STORY?! Well, nothing I can do about it mow. .

Okay Minna-san, if you want updates faster, review. That way I won't leave you guys (and gals) waiting. If you don't, I'll just update when I feel good and ready –and with my laziness, it won't be anytime soon!
Well Minna-san, ENJOY CHAPTER TWO!!

Ch. 2 Long Forgotten Memories

Surjo had awakened in the middle of the night. He immediately tensed up and tried to peer through the darkness. Light from the moon cascaded in small spots unto the floor, leaving just enough illumination to try peering through all the black.
He scanned what he could see of the small room, then sat up to obtain a better view. Using his hands to brace his still weak form, his left hand came upon something warm next to him. Instantly looking down he saw the small figure and mass of silvery hair that belonged to Kurama. Oh, right.
Surjo continued to watch the kit as he slept. Every once in a while, one of Kurama's little fox ears would twitch. Surjo wondered how the kitsune was able to be so kind to those he didn't even know. He pondered this for a time and promised himself that he would never let anything happen to his new friend.
When the sun began to creep across the horizon, Surjo realized how tired he still was. He settled back down in the bed and was unconscious in under a minute.
(the stars signify a time lapse!)
Later that day, Surjo awoke to the feeling of someone taking off his bandages. Surjo opened his eyes and saw Kurama finish removing the wrappings. The kit then moved to lick at some of the wounds on one of Surjo's arms. However, Surjo moved his arm away.
"Nng. Wh-What are you do-doing Kura...?"
"Some of your wounds opened up again. They need to be treated, just lay still."
"By licking them?"
The fox nodded, "It helps prevent infection and it gets the blood o clot." (Hey, for those of you that don't know, this is true. For all those who are going 'eww' right now, it is the natural instinct of foxes and dogs to clean wounds with their tongues; it's something that they can't help. I know this is for a fact. When I was younger, if my brother, my sister, or me got hurt, my dog would always try to lick it to clean it out. Now that I grossed you all out, let's get back to the story, ne?)
"Aren't you the little medic," Surjo half-joked, "But using water, or that thing you did before is more hygienic."
"Hygen...wha?" asked the confused little fox.
"Hygienic, meaning sanitary. Or cleaner," he added the last because of the still confused face he was getting. The last comment did the trick though. There was a lot he could teach Kurama, and Kurama was unknowingly teaching him.
"Oh. Okay. I'll grow some more berries." Kurama brought out another seed from his hair and treated Surjo's wounds like he did last time. When he was done, the kit turned to Surjo. "How are you feeling Surjo? Can I get you anything?"
Surjo shook his head in the negative.
"Okay, then get some rest, you need it."
Surjo nodded and closed his eyes, "Mmm, g'night K'rama."
"It's the afternoon silly," Kurama snickered.
"Nnn. Whatever." This earned another snicker from Kurama.

A couple weeks later Surjo was back in one piece (for a while now) thanks due to Kurama. Recently they had been going out into the forest surrounding the den and playing games.
"What game do you want to play today Surjo?" Kurama asked.
"What about the Hiding Game?"
"Ok! You hide first! What do I count to?"
"Count to 50," Surjo answered.
"Okay!!" Kurama then closed his eyes and started to count. Surjo taught Kurama how to count past 20, and he remembered them all, mostly. "1, 2, 3, 4...22, 23, 24...36, 37, uh, 30-uh, 37, 39...44...uh...49, 50! Surjo! You can't hide from me!"
With that Kurama found Surjo in less than 5 minutes. "Kurama! Did you ask the plants again?!" Surjo asked, half-exclaiming and half-teasing.
"No! You just have to hide those big wings of yours!" Kurama teased back.
"Alright, it's your turn! You hide!"
"'Kay! Bet you won't find me!"
"We'll just have to wait and see!" Kurama stuck out his tongue playfully before dashing off.
Surjo counted to 50 and then began to search for the little fox. He had been looking for Kurama for 15 minutes already and there was no sign of the sneaky kit. That is, until Surjo heard Kurama's screams. He quickly ran to where his friend was in trouble.
When Surjo arrived he saw three tall bandits, one of which had picked Kurama up by the base of the tail, while the distressed fox was trying to swat them away.
"Lemme down! Don't touch me!"
"What is it boss?" one of the three asked stupidly.
"It's a kitsune, a silver one. Thought to be extinct." He replied after bringing the struggling kit closer to his face for inspection. (Don't take my word for it. I've heard a bunch of things. For example, 1: silver kitsune are rare and 2: Kurama was the last one. If I am wrong and you would like to correct me, I'd appreciate it.)
"This one will get us quite the price, yes?" asked the third.
"Yes. And it's so young. This is our lucky day boys!"
"I. Said. Let. Me. Go!" Kurama screeched.
"Shut up you insolent brat!" and then the leader backhanded Kurama hard across the face with his free hand.
This action resulted in a large, ugly bruise already forming on the kit's face. The little fox also had tears welling up in his eyes. At the sight of his friend about to cry, Surjo saw red.
"Leave my friend alone, jerk!"
The four turned their heads in his direction. "Surjo!" Kurama screamed and tried to free himself with renewed effort.
"Another brat," the third one said.
"Just a common bat. Not worth much," the leader assessed.
"Should we bother with it?" the stupid one asked.
"As you wish, I've got what I want." Tweedle Dee (#3) and Tweedle Dum (#2) [Let's just say they don't deserve the time it takes to come by with a proper name. That, and I'm not in the mood to be nice right now. ] cracked their knuckles and smirked menacingly as they advanced on Surjo. {If you haven't figured it out yet, the baddies are slave drivers. I'm so cruel...}
Surjo ignored the peanut gallery and screamed again. "I. Said. Leave my friend alone; [insert vulgar word here.]
The boss only sneered. He waved the still wriggling Kurama around like a rag doll and taunted, "Is this what you want? Well, it's mine now!" He then hit Kurama again just to see Surjo burn with anger.
"Stop it!" he screeched.
"You don't like that? This kid is now my property, I can do anything I want to it whether you like it or not!"
"[Same vulgar word], Kurama's not your property!" Surjo said, now trembling from his rage.
"Surjo, look out!" Kurama whimpered.
Surjo looked around and saw that Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum had snuck up from behind while he had been yelling at their boss. He didn't really know what to do to help Kurama or himself. What was going to happen to them?

A/N: DUN DUN DUN! A cliffy! I AM in an evil mood right now aren't I? Well, it just seemed like a good place to leave off. It was 11 pages when I wrote it. I'M SO MEAN!! O.O (Huggles chibi Youko Kurama almost to death) Not that I'm threatening or anything but reviews will help chibi Youko stay away from evil bad men who want to sell him!You know, the house I'm renting for vacation is literally on/over the water of the lake. The house is from the 1800's and the beams keeping the house from going IN the water likes to shift. That happened yesterday while we were eating dinner. You hear a loud THUMP and the whole house jolts downwards. Hmm...the next update might be from the bottom of the lake. Well Minna-san, PLEASE REVIEW!! I would appreciate it greatly if there was feedback. Did you like it? Did you utterly despise it? Are the A/N too long? Should I keep my little comments to myself? All it requires is 10 seconds of your time. I mean the 'Go' button is all but dancing naked in front of you waving a big sign saying "CLICK ON ME!"
If you won't review for those reasons, please send a prayer in a review that my vacation house won'' fall in the water. I very much doubt I could live down there very long... -.-''
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS STORY SO FAR!