Intoku/Salvation

(Kelly's P.O.V.)

"Okay so back up a bit. What do you want me to do? What's going on? I don't like being confused!" I said.

"The Kitsune Prince is very sick," the Princess informed us, "Princess Tsunade says you are the one who bears the cure to his illness."

I glanced slyly over at Tsunade.

"Princess?" I whispered.

She shrugged.

"Well if you get to play Princess then I get to exercise every right I have as a Lady. I have no idea what rights those are but they have to be better than normal people."

We were standing in front of an ornate door covered in carvings of white and gold foxes. The Princess opened the door gently.

"Rihiko? Rihiko my love I have brought someone to help you."

There was a form on the bed, breathing harshly. I felt Baldwin stir.

i "Reminds me of me…before I…"/i the ghost king shuddered.

"Yurihime…my love…" the prince rasped.

"He's running a high fever, and there's fluid in his lungs." Tsunade announced, checking him over, "and his heart rate is much too rapid."

"Well then, looks like I get to save the day again." I said, extracting the last vial of anti-plague. Also known as penicillin. "One shot of this and I'll be a miracle worker."

Meanwhile, outside:

"So…" Jiraiya said as he watched Kyuubi and his mother, Kareigami, nuzzled each other.

"Spit it out Jiraiya." Orochimaru huffed as he sat back against a lounging Sanpo.

"So if there's a fox god, and a deer god…doesn't it stand to reason that there's a snake god? Like here?"

"Your point?"

"What happens if you meet with your ancestral clan?"

Orochimaru hadn't thought about that. Not that he would admit that to Jiraiya. Would he be accepted he wondered? Would he be obligated to tell them of his crimes in the south? And what of Kabuto? Would he be considered a serpent too? Or did his lineage lie elsewhere?

Just as these thoughts were racing through his head he felt someone approach him. It was Kelly and that infectious smile of hers.

"Hey sweetie, the Kitsune Prince should be right as rain over the next few days and as Lord and Lady we get to stay in the Palace!" she turned to Kabuto who was being harassed by a curious fox, "Hey four-eyes! You're our vassal you get to stay too!"

Kabuto grabbed his glasses from the fox and went to join us as we proceeded into the Palace.

Heh, a little short but what can I say, I've been on hiatus! I'd like to thank Selena Estella who jump started this for me with her review, then next few chapters will be typed with love. Uh but let's see...next up we have some sexy times...then meet some wolves...then some snakes...then some birds...then it's story time...Yeah we gonna have a lot going on! It's gonna be good!