Reincarnation 1: The fox.
It was starting to darken as Hiko drove home that evening. He was grumpy because of the dark which made it hard to see anything and the slight rain didn't make it any easier.
Not only that… Sagara and Myojin had today set fire to their math homework.
And when he caught them trying to hide the evidence they had just run the other way laughing like maniacs.
'Stupid Kids' he thought 'I really wished I could give them a piece of my mind but Nooo, 'you have to send them to the principle.' That stupid guy who won't lift a finger 'cause he's to scared of the Juppon Katana, well for what I know Sagara and Myojin isn't members of it so he could at least have given them detention!'
The memory made Hiko regret that he even took the job in the first place.
A principle who is so scared of the Juppon Katana that he won't punish a fly, because they said they hurt his daughter if he contacted the police.
'A grown man scared of some kids!? Well… that's Scary!'
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It became even darker outside as he past out of Kyoto's lights and in to the smaller roads that lead to his house a bit up in the mountains.
He turned on the lights to be able to see anything in the rain that was now poring down.
Just as his eyes adjusted to the darkness outside a small animal ran out right in front of the car.
'Fox…' was the only thing on Hikos mind as he hit the brakes.
The wheels screamed as the fox curled up into a ball and disappeared under the car.
Hiko where able to pull over a few meters down the road, and for a while he was just sitting inside thinking that maybe he should just leave the fox on the road… 'It's just an animal, and a stupid one that is!'
But even so he could not turn his head on the fact that even if it was an animal, it was still a life.
So he pulled himself together, turned off the engine and stepped out into the wet night, he unfolded his umbrella.
But then his Ki picked up something. 'This Ki' he thought 'it's so developed… not like that of an animals?'
For some reason it made him worry, a fox or any kind of animal had very undeveloped Ki's but this was different… it was a Ki of something that could express itself something that thinks and expresses feelings and thoughts.
The man made his way down the road towards the small creature, the rain and the dark made it almost impossible to make out anything at all in the night.
Narrowing his eyes to see better he tried to make out the road, and it proved to be of great difficulty but somehow he manage to find the shape of the small furry animal a bit further away.
Remembering that he had one of those little flashlights on his keychain, Hiko looked through his pockets for it, found it and ran the last part of the way until he reached the creature.
He let the light hit the animal and was shocked when violet eyes and pale white skin was what it hit; he saw… not a furry fox, but a very small, red-haired child.
Kneeling down an unfamiliar feeling of fear ran through his body… he couldn't have hurt the child, could he!?
Judging form his Ki the child seemed fairly unharmed, but Hiko couldn't rely on Ki only he had to make sure, grabbing the kids shoulder he turned him around a little.
The child was soaking wet and trembling from cold, fear… and most likely shock.
"Hey kid! You okay?" Hiko decided in asking, it couldn't hurt.., could it?
Of course the child didn't answer, Hiko wasn't sure what he was supposed to do next, he couldn't simply leave the kid.
The kid had come from absolutely nowhere… the forest was miles long on both sides of the road and if the child hadn't walked in a circle he must have been in there for a while.
Groaning he slid one arm behind the kids' back and the other one under the crook of his knees, and picked him up.
"I guess you're coming home with me…" Hiko looked at the little boy whose violet eyes didn't make any contact, just staring blankly out into the night. But instead of eye contact Hiko suddenly felt a very small hand grabbing on to his shirt… holding on for dear life, like if the child thought that if he let go Hiko would put him down and leave.
Putting the child in the passenger seat of the car seemed to be easier said then done, the child didn't want to let go of his shirt.
"Let go, you don't have to worry you're coming home with me" Hiko repeated, that seemed to ease the child and he let go… so that Hiko could now put him down and fasten the seatbelt.
Soon the boy relaxed and closed his eyes seemingly willing to fall into an exhausted sleep but Hiko knew better, still keeping his eyes on the road he leaned over to shake the child awake "You can't sleep right now, you're wet and cold, it wouldn't be good for you."
Hiko drove home that night, now and then looking over at the child sitting next to him to make sure he hadn't gone to sleep… the boy was exhausted but still awake.
'I wonder who you are and where you're from… you seem so out of place' He thought '…And you know what? I have a feeling that you are going to turn everything upside down…'
End Chapter One…