Chapter 10: The Wolf Kitsune, Tails
Back at Sonic's house, Sonic was talking to his brother when he heard the roar.
"Did any of you hear that?" He asked his friends and brother, who all nodded.
"Yeah...should we go see what it is?" Shadic asked nervously, highly against the idea. Shadow, Tamiel and Silvond exchanged glances, then spoke at the same time. "Probably."
Everyone stood up and ran outside, hearing another loud roar. Sonic saw something in the distance and stopped, his eyes wide in shock. "What...is that?" He asked.
The others saw it too. It was a ten-tailed fox, and it stood larger than the buildings in Station Square. It roared again, waving its ten tails around as it stomped on an already damaged house, smashing it to pieces. The wolf-like fox's ears twitched and it looked down toward Sonic and the others, having heard Sonic's shocked question. A grin suddenly split open the fox's lips as it stood up and walked over to them, careful not to step on anyone or anything.
Once it made it's way over to Sonic and the others, it leaned down, making its head level with the group. Sonic stared at it in utter shock, before noticing something about the fox's golden eye...something in it seemed familiar...his eyes widened as he realized it. "TAILS?!"
The two-hundred foot fox growled and nodded. It looked at Sonic and planted its face to his before sniffing, and then giving Sonic a lick. Sonic was lifted off the ground by Tails' tongue, and then fell on his back end, thoroughly drenched. He stared at the massive fox for a few moments before bursting into laughter.
The fox grinned and sat on its hind legs, looking at its best friend. Sonic smiled. "How did you become this, Tails?"
In the back of his mind, he wondered if the giant fox could speak. Tails opened his mouth in an attempt to speak, but found to his frustration, that he no longer had the ability to do so. He huffed in annoyance, then grinned again as an idea came to mind. He sent his thoughts into Sonic's mind to use telepathy to speak. /"I took some of your blood last night and made a serum, then injected myself with it. I was planning to become a werewolf, but turned into this instead."/
Sonic's eyes widened in shock and he frowned. "You drew my blood?" He yelled. "When did you do that, and why didn't you tell me?"
The wolf/kitsune hybrid looked at him. /"Last night, when you were a wolf."/
"How could you? Why would you even do such a thing, Tails? I trusted you! You're supposed to be my friend!"
Sonic's eyes turned golden-yellow and he growled as his body started to change. Sonic's tail lengthened into a wolf's tail, and his ears became curved. Claws tore through the tips of his gloves, and his canines lengthened. Sonic's fur also darkened and became thick as the ends of his quills became white tipped. He let out a loud and dangerous growl as he settled into a half crouch, glaring up at Tails.
Tails stared calmly at the enraged Sonic before hanging his head. /"I am your friend Sonic...I'm sorry I took your blood without your consent...but that was due in part to my curiosity. I just...couldn't resist the urge to study your werewolf blood."/ Tails chuckled. /"I guess along the way at some point, I slipped into 'Mad Scientist Mode'...and made the serum that transformed me."/ Tails looked down at Sonic now. /"My reasons for making the serum were that I wanted to be a werewolf, but I didn't want to make you bite me. I could tell you didn't even want to claw Shadic and Silvond, let alone bite someone willingly."/
The half-transformed wolf growled again. Shadow stepped forward and put a hand on his brother's shoulder. "Sonic, calm down. Tails apologized, leave it be. Do you really want to lose one of your closest friends over a simple blood sample?"
Sonic sighed and nodded, then turned back to normal. He looked at Tails and smiled. The gargantuan fox licked him again, and Sonic laughed. "So...can you change back, or are you like this permanently?"
Tails shrugged. He sighed, realizing it was most likely permanent. /"What can I do now?"/ He asked the others.
Shadic spoke. "I don't think you have to worry Tails, I remember something I read about Kitsune Lore awhile back, Kitsunes have Shapeshifting Abilities. Your current form may be your normal form now, but you can always shapeshift to look like your old self."
The kitsune nodded and closed his eyes, then turned back into an anthropomorphic fox. Instead of the two tails he had, he still had ten. Tails tried to speak but couldn't. /"Guess I can only use telepathy now."/
Sonic chuckled as he ruffled his "little bro's" head. Tails smiled and looked at Tamiel. /"So, what should I do now that I'm a werewolf?"/
"You can join Sonic's pack if you want to." Tamiel smirked teasingly as a thought came to him. "Although...I'm not sure if you count as a werewolf...you're more a kitsune than a wolf...I guess we could call you a Kitolf or a Wolfsune."
The fox chuckled. /"I'll think about it."/
"Kitsunes are immortal, just like werewolves," Shadic said. "And kitsunes are very powerful. The more tails they have, the more powerful they become. They also have magical abilities. Actually," Shadic looked thoughtful. "I've never heard of a Kitsune with more than nine tails, otherwise know as a Kyuubi. Nine is supposed to be the highest number of tails a Kitsune can gain."
/"Like in Naruto?"/ Tails asked.
Shadic chuckled. "I guess you could use that as an example, yeah."
Sonic chuckled. "All right; let's head back to my house. Do you want to join us, Tails?"
Tails looked over his shoulder at his partially destroyed house before turning around with a nod. 'I'll fix it later.' he thought, and walked off with his friends.