chapter 2: A few years later-This boy appears

It was a rainy night in Death city. The streets were totally empty and there was not a single being around, no matter in which direction you look at. There was only one shadow of a boy holding an umbrella and walking around.

This boy was Death the Kid, the son of lord Death himself. He was just going home, until a strange sound caught his attention. At first he decided to ignore it, thinking it was probably just a cat, but then he heard it again. The next sound was stronger and out of curiosity he finally decided to check where it comes from.

The sound led him to a bunch of waste containers. At first he saw nothing, but then a shadow passed and he looked down to see what it was. He saw just a black paw and a little muzzle from behind one of the containers. He stepped a little closer and right then a fox jumped right in front of him, growling and hissing. She did not physically attack him, but by the look of it, she was probably going to .

He took the chance to analyze her a bit. He looked at her body. He saw that this not an ordinary fox, but a mystical nine-tailed fox, although this one was seriously wounded. Blood was spilling from her hind leg and he also noticed the peculiar number of her tails- as the name of the species implied, it was supposed to have nine tails, but this only had eight. He found this case to be quite interesting. He kneeled before her and and looked her in the eyes. The action itself confused the fox a little, since she was not used to such sights (a human being showing peaceful attitude, despite that Kid is actually a Death god who just looks like a human), but it did not hesitate her enough to prevent her from to keep on the growling and the hissing. Kid was a little confused why she was acting so aggressively towards him. Considering how she looked like, it was not that hard for him to come to the conclusion that she must have had a terrible experience with humans. In order to calm her down he tried to talk to her calmly:

- "Hey, calm down! I am not your enemy. Relax!"

He even reached his hand towards her to pat her head, but she almost bit him. It was so obvious that this fox has been though a lot. He felt sorry for her and really wanted to help her with these wounds, but she will not let him even touch her. He spoke to her again:

- "Why did you do this? I told you I am not your enemy. I want to help you. You cannot do anything about these wounds, so why won't you just let me help you."- his words seemed to have an effect on the fox. Her stare changed from angry to confused with a slight sense of guilt.

She started to hesitate and to question her actions a bit. She looked at Kid. He was smiling at her with a warm smile and that made her feel a little embarassed. He tried to pat her again, but this time he actually succeeded- at first she hesitated a bit, but after she remembered his words about how he wanted to help her she made the decision to let him do it, though that still did not mean that she had changed her opinion on humans as a whole. When Kid put his hand on her head, she felt a little sense of warmth and safety, a feeling that no human ever gave her. She finally realised that he was very different than her other encounters.

He lifted her up with his hands and put her close to his body in a pleasant hug. She really enjoyed it. Then they both went to Kid's house where they could heal these wounds.