My Saving Grace

Chapter 9: Major Munchies

Go ahead and laugh. I did when i realized that i actually wrote this chapter out on paper on April 20. Ironic yet funny isn't it.

They arrived at a little Japanese restaurant a few blocks from Jacob's house. Jacob knew that the family that ran the restaurant believed the folktales of their heritage and had a feeling that walking in with Vivi in his arms would not stir up any kind of suspicion or questions. "Hey Vivi, your technically a fox or kitsune, right?" he said wanting to make sure.

"Besides also being a Digimon? Yeah, silly, of course I am; why do you ask, sweetie?" she replied.

"Because, I think this is one place you be yourself and not have to be invisible to everyone," he said.

She looked at him uneasily and was not sure about going into the strange place in front of her. Jacob saw her hesitation and wanted to reassure her. "Vivi, I would never intentionally put you in any kind of danger so please trust me when I say that I really think that this restaurant is a place you can be yourself, ok?" He brought her up to his face, looked into her eyes, and kissed her on her tiny furry cheek.

This made her squeal with delight and eased her nervousness and besides that, her stomach was starting to get the better of her. "Mmm, I love your kisses; that made feel a lot better, thanks." Vivi said with a small purr to her voice.

"Anytime, sweetie; now let's get something to eat shall we?" he said. And with that, they went in to the restaurant.

"Hello, welcome to the Great Wall, how many people do you have in your party?" Mrs. Wong asked not noticing the living lump of fur that was in Jacob's arms.

"Two please." Jacob said.

"How long do you expect the other member of your party to be?" Mrs. Wong asked politely.

"You don't have to wait she is already here." Jacob said as he held Vivi up and Vivi smiled at her.

"A kitsune!" she gasped. She composed herself and said "Ok, please follow me," was all Mrs. Wong said as she lead them to a table away from everyone else in the restaurant and seated them and gave them both menus and left without another word.

"Are you sure that this was a good idea honey?" Vivi said with a worried tone in her voice.

"Sweetie, I promised you that no matter what no harm would come to you and that is a promise that I intend to keep no matter what it takes," he said.

The truth was that after the way Mrs. Wong had reacted to Vivi, he was starting to become worried and was beginning to question whether this was a good idea but did not want to worry his love anymore than she already was.

Then a elderly man walked up to them, looked first at Jacob, who he recognized, and then looked at Vivi who was on the table in front of Jacob near his chest and was currently backing up into his chest.

"Don't worry, you are among friends here. Now, do you know what you want to order?" the elderly man said.

Vivi could not understand why this man was acting so calm while the woman from earlier had been so freaked out at the sight of her and she wanted to know. "Excuse me sir but don't you find me even the slightest bit out of place here?" she said with a little bit of temper in her tone.

Jacob was stunned at Vivi's tone towards the man even though it was a reasonable question but before he could tell her off the elderly man interjected and said, "No, I don't because you little lady are not the first kitsune I've seen. In fact, you are not the only fox spirit here. That woman you saw earlier, my wife, is really a kitsune that can take human form. Anyway, do you happen to know what you would like to eat?" asked Mr. Wong.

"What?" said both Vivi and Jacob with shock.

"Just stick around for about another fifteen minutes for closing time and we can talk after everyone else has left." Wong said.

"Um, okay, but can you bring Vivi here something to eat? Her stomach is really starting to get loud and she really deserves something after what she did today." "Sure, I'll bring her something special," said Wong.

(After the restaurant closing time and everyone has left.)

Mr. and Mrs. Wong came out of the kitchen with several trays of food for all four of them. "FOOD!" was all Vivi said before literally jumping up and diving face first into the huge plate of chicken fried rice in the center of the table, sending food flying every direction and splattering the faces of three unlucky people. All Vivi could do was smile with a goofy grin on her face trying to suppress an oncoming giggle fit and continue to satisfy her stomach.

The three unfortunate victims of this food fling could not help but laugh at her behavior and quickly forgot about the mess she had made. (About forty-five minutes later, after all four have eaten and the mess made by Vivi is cleaned up. Also Vivi is now back in her rookie form, Renamon.) "Thank you for food Mr. and Mrs. Wong, it was delicious; and sorry about the mess Vivi made early." Jacob said with politeness.

"Yeah, sorry about that, I don't know what came over me." Vivi said rather embarrassed with the way she had behaved earlier.

"Hey, you're a growing girl and you were hungry; besides no harm no foul. I would like to know something though," said Mr. Wong.

"And what would that be?" Vivi innocently asked.

"You have the appearance and traits of a true kitsune yet still I sense that you are not truly a fox spirit but something else; why is that?" asked Mrs. Wong.

All Vivi could do was tell the truth and hoped that it would work out for the best. "You are right, while I certainly have the appearance and traits of a fox spirit I'm not truly a kitsune," she said.

"Then what exactly are you and what does Jacob have to do with you?" said Mr. Wong.

This time it was Jacob who answered the question. "She is a Digimon and my connection with her is that she is my…well let's just say partner isn't exactly the right word because she is more than that to me," Jacob said with a calmness that he had not known was in him.

Vivi looked at him at him with a look of love in her eyes at what he had just said and was about to say something but held her tongue because what she wanted to say was something private.

"A what?" said both Mr. and Mrs. Wong.

"It is very hard to explain and I don't even fully get it yet, so please don't ask me to explain," said Jacob.

"Very well we won't pester you for explanations. There is something else though that I sense but it is coming from you, Jacob. It feels like something deep within you is stirring and trying desperately to break free. It feels like pure hatred that has been there since birth and it has awoken. I feel it only slightly but it scares my none the less," said a spooked Mrs. Wong.

Jacob was stunned by what Mrs. Wong had just said because though it was true that when he was angry he showed it in a very bad way but he had not been angry since Vivi's entrance into his life. Vivi wanted to change the subject so she asked the elderly couple, "Mr. Wong you said that your wife here is a kitsune; is it true?" she said eagerness.

Sure enough, right before her eyes Mrs. Wong began to spout fur and a tail and became a kitsune right there on the spot. "I only have one other question to ask; how long have you two been married?" she had asked hoping to find out if what she had heard in folktales to be true.

"My, I've lost count; how many would you say honey?" said Mr. Wong. "Maybe two hundred, three hundred years or so."

Jacob's jaw was agape with shock thinking how the hell a normal person lives that long and then realized that Mrs. Wong was not normal and that probably had some kind of effect on Mr. Wong age.

Vivi looked up to check the clock on the wall and saw that it was getting late and that they should be getting home soon. "Jacob, its 7:45; we should probably be heading home soon," she said sweetly.

"Yeah, you're right, we should get going but before we go I need to pay for dinner and any damage that mess might have done," Jacob said.

"No need, consider the meal on the house and don't fret about that mess business anymore, like I said earlier no harm no foul. And do not worry your secrets are safe with us as ours are with you. Now go on, go home." Mr. and Mrs. Wong said. Jacob and Vivi once again thanked them for the meal.

"Now, shall we go home my love?" Jacob asked lovingly. And with that, they left the restaurant and started to head home.

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