Chapter 7
Back in the Groove
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I woke up when we landed in a clearing in the park and I slid to the ground. Funny, I thought, I don't remember passing out again. This seemed inordinately funny to me and I chuckled to myself. I looked up at that beautiful fox face and suddenly remembered something I had to say.
"Renamon, I'm sorry--" I began.
"Hush," she said, "You've got nothing to be sorry about."
"No, I need to tell you--"
She shut me up by kissing me long and lovingly. "I know-- and it's 'Kyuubimon' at the moment," she said with no little touch of smugness in her voice.
"Oh yeah," I said, "I thought you had more tails than usual."
Kyuubimon scanned the area, making sure it was safe and then sat down beside me. "Your poor face!" she said, leaning over me.
"Aw, it's not so bad."
She sighed. "How can you be such a macho twit without the aid of testosterone?"
"High voltage, baby!" I grinned-- which made my face hurt.
She sighed and put a paw on my chest and pushed me to the ground. "Just lie still for a minute." I thought for a second she was going to kiss me again but she ran her tongue along the burned side of my face. It didn't hurt at all. In fact, it felt really nice. There was a faint smell of ozone and tiny sparkling lights reflected in her eyes.
"What the heck are you doing?" I asked.
"Lie still," she said and continued licking my face. After a moment she turned her attention to the charred gash in my side. I lifted a hand to my face and found it whole and unburned.
"What did you do?" I asked wonderingly.
"Just something I learned from a clever coyote," she said, lifting her head from my side, her muzzle trailing tiny sparks. "I'm just a bit more sly and cunning in its application." She dipped her head over my paw and I suddenly had my toe back.
"That's so cool! " I grinned like an idiot. "Can you lick my tail, too?"
I had no idea that a fox's face could be so expressive.
"Um-- I mean-- just the tip! I seem to have misplaced it."
Kyuubimon healed my tail and then lay down next to me, curling her mass of tails around us both.
"I want you to know something, Coyomon." She said softly to me.
"Please, Ren-- ah, Kyuubimon. If I can't give you an apology, I don't want to hear one from you. You were right to smack me around: I was completely out of line."
"It's not that," she said snuggling closer to me, "though I regret doing it. I should have had more trust in you but I just acted on instinct. No-- what I need you to know is that I didn't know you were at the fight tonight. I don't remember anything between the time I hit the ground and I woke up like this." She rippled her nine tails for emphasis.
"Okay--" I said, a bit puzzled. I ran my hand along her forepaw. It seemed to be covered with a blend of fur and cool ghost fire.
"Don't you see?" she said earnestly, "I never would have left to take Rika home if I'd have known you were there, hurt and vulnerable. I had no idea what had happened until I dropped her off and she started going on about how you had 'attacked' me! As soon as I figured it out, I came right back."
"You had to take care of Rika first, that's only right."
"Oh, screw the little bitch!" Kyuubimon snarled, "She could have walked home. I pity the mugger who'd be stupid enough to get in her way!"
I snapped my gaping mouth shut and put a finger in one ear and wiggled it around vigorously. "What did you say? I think I must be going deaf or something."
She bit down on my ear and tugged playfully. "Your hearing is just fine, Coyomon. Yes, I love her-- but I'm not blind. She can be an appalling brat at times."
"Uh-- yeah--," I began.
"But only I get to say so, you evil coyote. So keep a civil tongue in your head!"
I chuckled. "Yes, mam!"
Kyuubimon's expression softened and became more serious. "How are you feeling?"
"A lot better now, thanks to you." I considered. "I'm still pretty weak but a day's rest should fix that."
Kyuubimon nuzzled her head against mine and her big, powerful body shook with tiny tremors.
"Hey, what's wrong, lover?" I asked, stroking her shoulders.
She didn't lift her head from my ruff but said quietly, "I came so close to loosing you. I'm never going to let that happen again." She shifted to press even more of herself against me and my fur started to stand on end.
I started to ask her what she was doing but she closed my mouth with a kiss-- a long, passionate kiss. Kyuubimon's softness surrounded me and a scintillating light seemed to be soaking into me, filling me with strength. It felt incredibly good. I kissed her back and stroked her strange new body, tracing the powerful curves of her long torso.
She broke off her kiss to lift her head so that she could gaze directly down into my eyes. "I love you, Coyomon."
"I love--" I began and then gasped as the pulses of energy surged into me. Kyuubimon poured her energy and data into me from every direction, each of her tails stroking lines of blue, fiery energy along my body. I cried out and writhed in the soft, merciless grip of my lover.
When the last wisps of blue ghost fire had flickered out and I could breath again, I gasped, "Holy Tesla! Is that what it's like for you? I had no idea!"
Renamon kissed me and said, "I don't know for sure-- but you looked like you enjoyed it quite a lot."
"Boy, did I ever! Hey, you're back to just one tail."
"That took a lot of energy. I wasn't going to be able to keep my digivolved body much longer anyway. Disappointed?"
"Not at all," I said, running an appreciative hand down her lean flank and over the sweet curves of her hips and rump. "Quality is just as good as quantity for me." I gave her butt a little squeeze. "And, boy, is that quality! "
"You're terrible!" She said as she twirled a claw in my ruff, "I don't know why I put up with you."
I pretended to think hard for a moment. "Animal magnetism?"
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