Hello and welcome to the third chapter of Fox Demon. I would like to warn everyone that there are some violent scenes in this chapter and I just want to give fair warning. Well nearly everyone wants her to earn the right to be called Byakko which means White Fox. I have been asked why Kyuubi does not call Sakura by her birth name that is because to him a human name is an insult to his kind but the name she had as an ANBU was not such a bad thing and to his people it is an insult to call someone a kitsune so that is why.

Disclaimer: Sigh, I do not own and will never own any of the Naruto characters but a girl can wish right. Almost all scenes and characters in this story are of my own creation.

Chapter 3: Anger

Obaa-chan leads me through the halls of the castle and towards what she calls the southern wing. Just like the rest of the castle, these halls are in need of some major cleaning and repairs will need to be made to this area. Most likely this area will need the most attention seeing as it looks like it has not been touched since Kyuubi left. Obaa-chan comes to a stop in front of a set of doors which from the scent of it is a bathing area, meant for the lord and his guests or in my case servant or slave whatever I am.

"This is the bathing area of course," Obba-chan says opening the set of doors with her tail. "Kyuubi-sama wants you to bathe and then I shall take you to the rooms that my lord has asked be assigned to you."

"Thank you, Obaa-sama," I say with a slight bowing of my chest towards the floor.

"Soap has been placed along the sides so make sure to use it," Obaa-chan commands as I step past her and into the bathing area.

I nod my head in acknowledgement to her statement. Obba-chan walks out of the room and closes the door softly behind her as if she is afraid that the screen will break if not shut softly. Most likely the screen will do that seeing as it has not been touched, worked on, or replaced in at least twenty-three years. I look at the water and sigh. It will be so nice to be able to feel water cleaning my body of all of this blood. I slowly walk into the pool and shiver from the temperature. It is very cold; it seems that more than the land has suffered with the loss of its ruler. This is supposed to be a hot spring but it is no warmer than that of a mountain spring in the middle of the fall.

I hurriedly dunk my head under the water to get my fur there wet so that I can get the blood off of it easier. When my head comes out of the water, I grab the large bar of soap from the side of the pool before stepping into the shallower parts of the water. The soap has rosemary like scent to it. One of my tails gently scrubs my fur with the bar of soap while the others rub it in. Once I have scrubbed my whole body I jog back into the deeper parts of the water to rinse it out. I have to repeat the process two more times before all of the blood is out of my fur. I stride out of the pool and grab one of the large towels lying beside the pool but far enough away not to get wet. I dry my body before moving to the mirror that is hanging from one of the walls. I can barely see myself enough to make my form out. This is definitely going to be one of the first rooms to be worked on tomorrow. Maybe if Kyuubi can relax some more privately he will become calmer but I doubt it so I had better not get my hopes up.

With a sigh I walk over to the door and push it open just enough for me to get out before closing it once again. Obaa looks at me and turns away to lead me to my room. My room is just a few doors down from the bathing room. She walks into my room and I follow a few steps behind her. I gasp at the sight of my room. The room is decorated in all silver and black. The cushions meant for sleeping on are covered in dust and dirt but I can tell that with some shaking they will be clean once more. I can tell that these rooms are going to be just fine once they get some cleaning and maybe a personal touch if Kyuubi will allow me such things. There is a canopy over the bed to keep it shaded and cool or warm depending on what is needed. I hate to admit this but I love this room even though it will be my room for my time as Kyuubi's "servant."

"What condition are the master's rooms in," I demand in an unemotional tone.

"The master's rooms are in much the same condition, Mistress Kitsune," Obaa replies in a serious tone.

I shake my head and turn to face her as I was facing the balcony looking out at the currently non-vibrant and for all purposes dead garden. It would be best for us all if Kyuubi's rooms are clean by the time he decided to retire for the night.

"Why do you call me mistress," I ask her as I lead us across the hall to Kyuubi's rooms.

"Because, Kyuubi-sama has said that you are to be in charge of the household staff and the returning of this place to its former glory. May I ask what we are doing in these rooms mistress," Obaa asks politely with a bow of her head.

A sigh escapes from my lips before I reply, "Kyuubi will most likely not be pleased if his rooms are not at least a little clean before he decides to retire for the day."

"I did not think of that," Obaa says with a gasp of surprise.

"Shall we get to work with his bed cushions," I ask walking over to the bed and picking up three of the gold and silver cushions.

In answer, Obaa grabs two and walks after me to the balcony. We hold our items over the balcony railing and shake them to get all of the dirt and dust off of them. Once I am satisfied with their cleanliness at least until the can be washed properly, we return to the room and grab the remaining five pillows. It takes us a little over ten minutes to shake the dirt and dust off of the pillows. Damn in the morning I am going to need another bath because of this dust and dirt.

"What about the canopy," asks Obaa as we place the pillows back the way they were.

"The canopy can wait," I jump slightly at the sound of Kyuubi's voice.

I turn slightly and bow to him before saying, "Hello master."

"Return to your rooms Kitsune. I will summon you later to start your work running errands," Kyuubi commands me.

I bow lower before leaving the room. Obaa follows a few seconds later, and the doors close behind her without her even touching them. A light sigh escapes from my muzzle as I open my door. I hate that I have to follow all of his orders to the tee but there is nothing that I can do about it since that was our agreement. Obaa steps into my room and looks at me silently asking for orders to be given out.

"Obaa-san, how many people serve here in the castle," I ask in a calm tone.

"Around fifty servants ma'am," she answers.

"Hm, tell me how many per job title," I demand pacing the space horizontal between my bed and the door.

"There are thirty-two maids, ten kitchen workers including two chiefs, two gardeners, and eight general servants," she replies in a serious tone.

"I want that main entrance to be cleaned by five servants and done by sun down," I command. "The bathing room is to be cleaned by one person by night fall. I also want this hallway scrubbed by six servants and finished by night fall. Five or more if possible rooms are to be finished by night fall as well, am I understood?"

"Very much so ma'am," she answers with a bow of her head.

"If there are any questions let me know," I tell her.

"Yes mistress," Obaa says staring to walk out of the room.

"Oh and report to me an hour before dawn," I order before she closes the door.

I gaze at my bed and sigh. I shake the pillows outside on the balcony and put them back down before taking me a nap. I come awake by the sound of my doors being slammed open and Kyuubi's steps on my floors. From the feeling of his aura he is not very pleased about something and from the look of it I am going to be on the receiving end of his anger.

"Damn those fuckers, how dare they demand a meeting so soon after my return," Kyuubi growls?

I believe he does not even realize that I can hear him even though he is saying it loud enough that even if I was human I could have heard him. Kyuubi comes to a stop just outside of the canopy. I walk out of the canopy and look at him before bowing to the ground. I hope that showing him some respect will calm him down and not make him force his anger on me.

"What can I help you with master," I ask in a soothing tone trying to calm him some.

A loud annoyed growl escapes from his lips and one of his tails lashes out at me. I dodge it quickly hoping to get out of his hitting range but as soon as I dodge another of his tails comes at me and I have to twist in the air to get out of its way. He really wants to take his anger out on me.

"Stop," Kyuubi grinds out in a very tense and pissed off tone.

I force my body to freeze and move no more even though instinct demands I at least get out of hitting range if not run away. A second later, a tail hits me in my left side causing me to slam into one of the walls with a resounding thud and the loud crack of one of my ribs breaking beneath the combined force of his slam and my body hitting the wall. I pull myself up to a standing position and ignore the pain in my side to keep my eyes on my angered and pacing master. It seems that hitting me has calmed him some but there is still much anger in his posture.

"Twenty sets of noble rooms must be cleaned and prepared within three days," he hisses at me after turning his head to glare at me.

"It shall be done master," I reply with a bow of my head.

"Did I say you could talk bitch," he demands turning his whole body towards me and getting into a pouncing stance.

I allow a growl to slip from my lips in anger not even caring much anymore. I will not allow this treatment of me to go on. It is unacceptable and I will demand he bend in this instance.

"I am no bitch. I am not a female dog, Kyuubi and I will not be called such a thing. I came here to serve you not be treated like a slave and a piece of trash. I am no weak little thing that you can bend to your will just because you want a play thing. You asked for a strong ninja well you got one of the best," I hiss back in an almost growling voice.

"You are a bitch to my kind. You are a female of our race now and as such you are one," he hisses back lunging at me.

"I do not care. To me and my people, it is nothing but an insult of some of the worst proportions. Another thing is that if you want to fight out your anger fine but do it in an honorable manner. Let me fight back and show you what I can do instead of forcing me to take the brunt of your anger in an non-honorable fashion that if found out will hurt your reputation," I try to reason with him.

Kyuubi growls and begins to pace my room just as I had earlier in the day. For almost an hour, I stand there and watch him carefully to make sure he does not attack me again. I am growing tired of this and finally come up with an idea to satisfy him and keep me at least somewhat happy.

"How about in the afternoons we spar against each other. Will that satisfy you if you are angry," I offer.

He hisses at me but I can see that he is thinking about it. I did not think he would actually consider it but I am glad he is. A few minutes later he turns to face me again and sighs in frustration.

"Fine but I expect you to go all out and if you do not satisfy my anger I will take it out on some of the servants," he threatens.

"As you wish master," I say bowing again. "May I ask as to what has caused such anger?"

"The nobles of my lands have decided to come for a visit in three days and everything must be ready by then," he replies still with some anger in his voice.

"I shall have at least thirty-five rooms cleaned within three days from today. As well as the dining room and meeting rooms if there are any," I tell him.

I stretch my back some trying to get rid of some of the pain in my side from the broken rib from his slamming me into the wall a while ago. Kyuubi looks at me slightly confused as to why I wince with the movements. Something flashes in his eye when he realizes that most likely something is broken from his violent reactions. I can tell that the bone is healing some already but it will be some time before it naturally heals unless I use some of my chakra on it to heal it.

"Go ahead and heal it. I see servants in the halls is that your work," he demands in a calmer manner.

I know that the first part is the only form of an apology I am going to get out of Kyuubi. It is his way of somewhat making up for something he did without actually saying sorry or anything like that.

"Yes master, I have also commanded that five rooms and the entrance hall be cleaned before night fall," I respond watching him still even though his posture is relaxed.

You never know when someone like him will strike. He nods his head as if he agrees with what I have decided to be done before the day is over. I bet that is the only acknowledgement I shall get and I do not mind it. It would feel weird if Kyuubi just up and decided to compliment me for my work.

"You shall oversee the work being done to the castle tomorrow and make sure that everything is moving along smoothly," he commands walking well practically sashaying happily out of my room.

The door closes behind him, and I sigh before focusing on the rib to heal it. I gaze out of the balcony doors and see that the sun is setting. I had better go to sleep now because tomorrow will be a long and tiresome day for me and everyone else inside of the castle and I have a feeling I will be going to sleep tomorrow after a healing and maybe with some bruises on my if I do not have the energy to deal with them.

Well that is all for now. I hope I answered some questions at least about the bitch thing. Please review, I do not mind good and bad comments or even suggestions and they will all be taken into consideration. All questions asked shall either be answered in the Author Notes or in the story itself. Until next time bye.