Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it AGAIN?
Author's Note: Sorry for all the flashbacks. Kit just has lots of memories!^-^
Chapter four: Around th Fire
"It was a few years ago when it happened. I was born to a small kitsune family. The father didn't want to have any female pups so, when I was born, he decided to kill me. My mother took pity and ran away with me. We lived together for a few years. She would teach me about the plants and how to mix them to get different potions. I have to admit, it was helpful.
*~*Flashback*~*
*A very young Kit and a shadowy woman figure are in a cave beside a fire. The woman is stirring a small pot*
"Mama, what are you making now?" *The woman stops stirring the pot and looks at Kit*
"I am making a powerful antidote. It can cure advanced poisons with a few drops." *Kit looks at her with a puzzled look*
"Why do you make all of these pochons, mama?" *The mom laughs*
"First of all, its POTIONS, not pochons. And I am making these to show you how it is done. It might come in handy later. Now listen closely Kitsaki, while I show you how to make it....."
*~*End Flashback*~*
"I learned a lot from my mother. She took care of me. She protected me as best she could." Inuyasha looked at the fox accross from him and thought silently to himself. *Kind of like my mom...* He shook his head and continued to listen to the small youkai.
"Unfortunatly, she could not protect me from my father. He finally found us after all those years. He was very angery at my mother for disobaying him. He killed her, then turned his sights on me." Kit sniffed and tried to continue with the story but found that she couldn't. Kagome wrapped her arms around the small kitsune and hugged her tightly. Shippou started to cry as well. The story reminded him of the fatful day the Thunder Brothers had come and killed his family. Sango turned and cryed into Miroku's shoulder. "Kohaku..." she whispered. Silent tears trickled down Miroku's face as he looked at Inuyasha. The hanyou was thinking about his mother, how she was so kind to him. How she loved him, even though he was half demon. He brushed away a tear that came dangerously close to falling down his face.
Kagome whispered encouraging words to the child, and Kit finally stopped crying long enough to get a few words out.
"I-I manged to escape. B-but I was wounded and had no way to defend myself. My m-mother taught me many things, but she did not teach me how to defend myself. I was at the mercy of any one who came by. Finally, one day, I just gave up. I curled into a ball inside a bush and waited for death to come for me. Death did not come, but someone else did.
*~*Flashback*~*
*A man is walking down a dirt road in a forest. He looks like a priest or monk. He is bald and carries a walking stick. He seems to have been traveling for days* The priest hears a whimper come from some bushes to the right.
"Eh? What's this?" he says in a whezzy voice. "Hn? A kitsune!" *Kitsaki is in the bushes looking very bloody and tired. She jumps up and bares her fangs at the priest who recoils slightly. Kit then seems to lose energy and faints* "Poor little one." *He picks her up gently and continues to walk with her in his arms*
*~*End Flashback*~*
"The priest took me to a village in the mountains. There I stayed at the temple and gained an education. He also took me to an old kitsune master, who took me as his student. I trained under Master Satogo for many years. Sensei even gave me a special gift..
*~*Flashback*~*
*Master Satogo is sitting crosslegged in front of a fire. He has a long, silver beard and bright green eyes. His golden tail is curled around his yellowish paws. Satogo is dressed in a brilliant blue kimono with a blazing red sash tied arround his waist. He is wearing the same blue fox necklace that Kit was wearing*
"Kitsaki! Come to me!" the sensei shouts in a very strict voice. *Kitsaki come running into the room at once. She looks about the same as she does now* Kit bows deeply.
"Yes, sensei. What do you want me for?" she asks in a respecful tone. The old fox slowly gets up and puts his hand on the young student's shoulder. Kit looks up at him curiously. Satogo sighs deeply.
"Ahh, young Kitsaki. I remember the day you first came to my dojo all those years ago. You were so young and scared...But now look at you! The spirit of a true Kitsune Warrior!" Kit smiles at the old teacher. He too, smiles at her benignly. "You have reached the final stages of your training. You must now go into the world. You will make friends, and enemies. You will come back in one year to report to me for your last year of training. Now take this," he says. *Satogo reaches to pull the fox amulet from his neck. He stares at it for a few seconds and holds it out to Kitsaki. She looks at it with awe*
"Are you giving me your Kitsune Stone? B-but master, why?" He lays the necklace on the ground and motions for her to sit.
"As you know, the Kitsune Stone is the sign of a Kitsune Warrior. But what you don't know is that it gives great strength to kitsunes who can tap into its power. Unfortunatly, this awsome power can also be used by evil." He sighed once again and slowly sat down. "I am getting to old to guard this stone. I need someone I can trust to keep this stone safe. I have choosen you for this."
"M-me?!? Why sensei? Do you really think I am ready for such a responsibility?"
"Yes, I do think you are ready. Now take it." *Satogo places the amulet in Kit's outstretched hand. She then grasps the necklace tightly....*
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit fingered with the stone around her neck. "So, then I started my journey. I made many enemies, but just as many friends. There was one boy in particular that I will never forget...
*~*Flashback*~*
*Kit is walking beside a river. She stops to take a drink when she hears a terrified yell from behind her. A young boy, maybe ten years old, runs out of the woods and almost crashes into Kitsaki. He is wearing simple farmer clothes and looks injured*
"Please miss! You must run away! Lord Tarataga is comming! He will surely kill you if you do not run!" Kit steps forward and pushes the boy behind her.
''Just stand back," Kit says calmly. *A large humanoid youkai walks out of the woods and focuses on Kit and the boy. He is dressed like a shogun*
"Ahhh. Another little treat for me today!'' he says in a rather comical voice. Kit smiles deviously and bows. The youkai looks puzzled and confused. "Hn?!?" Kit then suddenly dashes forward and kicks him right in the middle of his forehead. The youkai shogun is knocked out cold.
"Come on! We must leave before he wakes up!" Kit says as she grabs the boy's wrist and begins to dash into the forest. A few miutes later, they reach another river and take a break. The boy reaches over to Kit and extends his hand.
"Thanks for what you did back there. My name is Kamoro Higama. What's yours?" *Kitsaki takes the hand and smiles at the boy*
"They call me Kitsaki the kitsune!" she says. *Kamoro looks a bit like Souta, Kagome's little brother. He has brown eyes and black hair that is tied up in a short pigtail like Miroku's* Kit moves to tend his wounds...
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit sniffed and continued with her story. "He traveled along with me. His family was killed by an unknown youkai and had no where to live, so he went with me. After a while, I-I began to have strong feelings for him. He was more than just a close friend to me, I guess.
"The year was almost over and I was heading back to Master Satogo's house for my last year of training. But fate delt me yet another cruel hand...
*~*Flashback*~*
*Kamoro and Kit are walking to a village a few yards ahead of them at the foot of a mountain. Kitsaki looks at the village and watches one of the houses explode and a large figure leap out of the top, followed by a smaller figure. Kitsaki transforms and runs to the village with sword in hand. Kamoro is running a short distance behind her*
"Kukuku....idiot houshi. Do you really think that you can defeat me? Naraku, Lord of all Evil?" the large figure says to the smaller one. The other figure points his hand at Naraku and yelled:
"Kazanna!!!!" Naraku frowned as a large gust tried to suck him into some kind of black hole. *The kazanna sort of turns its sucktion around and instead sucks the houshi up into it. Narku laughs maniacly at the unfortunate priest. Kit stares at Naraku in digust and charges forward*
"Kyaaaa!!!! Die you murderous coward!" Naraku glances at Kit and casually dodges her sword attack. She recovers and throws out one of her Kitsune fire attacks. "Kitsune Fire!!!" *Her attack looks a bit like Shippou's, but is increadibly stronger. It sort of explodes out of her hands and heads straight for Naraku* The Fire hits him point plank and explodes on contact, letting a smokescreen engulf everyone. Kitsaki waits for the smoke to clear only to see that Naraku is totally unharmed. "Wha-what? Nani! H-how??" Naraku chuckles evily.
"Silly little kitsune. Your pathetic attacks cannot harm me! Hmph. But lets have a little fun with you. I have a bit of time before I have to leave. Lets play!" with that, he dived at Kitsaki and drove his claws deep into her stomach. *Kit lets out a moan of pain while Naraku chuckles evily* "Oh, did that hurt? I'm so sorry. Here, let me help you get this out." *Naraku swiftly pulls his hand out of Kit,sending a fresh wave of pain through her body. Kamoro looks on in horror as Kit colapses on the ground*
"Stop it you bastard! Stop hurting her!" Kamoro yells out to the youkai standing over the kitsune. He turns to face Kamoro and grins evily.
"Oh, and would you rather I hurt you, little boy? Kukuku....Very well then. You die first!" *Kamoro backs away from the crazed demon, but is too late. Naraku rushes forward and stabs Kamoro through his back, instantly killing him. Kit watches, horrified and unable to do anything but watch as her closest friend is killed* Naraku than gives an insane grin to Kit and dashes off. Kitsaki's eyes fill with tears as she crys out her friend's name to deaf ears.
"KAAAAAMMMMMOOOORRRRROOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit began to sob hystaricly into Kagome's skirt as Shippou tried to comfort her. Miroku tries to take in what Kit had just told him. *Was the priest that was fighting Naraku my grandfather? It had to be...* Inuyasha turned away from the group.
"And so it all comes back to Naraku. He caused all this pain and suffering. Damn bastard..." Kagome turned to Inuyasha and said in a quiet voice:
"I think we are all done for tonight. Lets get some rest." With that, the group retired to their beds, Kit sleeping with Shippou and (for the first, and most likely last time) Sango curled up in Miroku's arms. Kagome sat down next to Inuyasha and stared at the two kitsunes sleeping together.
"That was quite a story she had, wasn't it Inuyasha?" The hanyou nodded. Kagome shivered as a soft breeze brushed against her skin. Inuyasha wrapped Kagome in his arms and, to his surprize, she did not fight back. Instead, she snuggled closer to him and whispered:
"Please don't ever leave me." Inuyasha hugged her tighter.
"Never Kagome. You are too precious to me..." And with those words, the two drifted to sleep in eachother's arms.
*~*Kawaiii!!!! Kit has such a sad story...*sniff* poor girl. Anyways, The next chapter is called Kikyou and we finally find out what her real plan is. I even have a preview! Here it is!
"Why do you help me if you hate me so much? That has been troubling me for quite some time, Kikyou." She slowly turned to Naraku and gave him a death glare.
"I help you only to get Kagome out of the way. In this body, there is little I can do. As soon as she is dead and I have my entire soul back, you will become dispensible." Kikyou turned away and looked off in the direction of Inuyasha's camp. *Inuyasha will be mine once again. That bitch is only a mere shadow of me. Only some silly reincarnation...*
OOOOooooo!!! Weee!!! You better get ready!
Author's Note: Sorry for all the flashbacks. Kit just has lots of memories!^-^
Chapter four: Around th Fire
"It was a few years ago when it happened. I was born to a small kitsune family. The father didn't want to have any female pups so, when I was born, he decided to kill me. My mother took pity and ran away with me. We lived together for a few years. She would teach me about the plants and how to mix them to get different potions. I have to admit, it was helpful.
*~*Flashback*~*
*A very young Kit and a shadowy woman figure are in a cave beside a fire. The woman is stirring a small pot*
"Mama, what are you making now?" *The woman stops stirring the pot and looks at Kit*
"I am making a powerful antidote. It can cure advanced poisons with a few drops." *Kit looks at her with a puzzled look*
"Why do you make all of these pochons, mama?" *The mom laughs*
"First of all, its POTIONS, not pochons. And I am making these to show you how it is done. It might come in handy later. Now listen closely Kitsaki, while I show you how to make it....."
*~*End Flashback*~*
"I learned a lot from my mother. She took care of me. She protected me as best she could." Inuyasha looked at the fox accross from him and thought silently to himself. *Kind of like my mom...* He shook his head and continued to listen to the small youkai.
"Unfortunatly, she could not protect me from my father. He finally found us after all those years. He was very angery at my mother for disobaying him. He killed her, then turned his sights on me." Kit sniffed and tried to continue with the story but found that she couldn't. Kagome wrapped her arms around the small kitsune and hugged her tightly. Shippou started to cry as well. The story reminded him of the fatful day the Thunder Brothers had come and killed his family. Sango turned and cryed into Miroku's shoulder. "Kohaku..." she whispered. Silent tears trickled down Miroku's face as he looked at Inuyasha. The hanyou was thinking about his mother, how she was so kind to him. How she loved him, even though he was half demon. He brushed away a tear that came dangerously close to falling down his face.
Kagome whispered encouraging words to the child, and Kit finally stopped crying long enough to get a few words out.
"I-I manged to escape. B-but I was wounded and had no way to defend myself. My m-mother taught me many things, but she did not teach me how to defend myself. I was at the mercy of any one who came by. Finally, one day, I just gave up. I curled into a ball inside a bush and waited for death to come for me. Death did not come, but someone else did.
*~*Flashback*~*
*A man is walking down a dirt road in a forest. He looks like a priest or monk. He is bald and carries a walking stick. He seems to have been traveling for days* The priest hears a whimper come from some bushes to the right.
"Eh? What's this?" he says in a whezzy voice. "Hn? A kitsune!" *Kitsaki is in the bushes looking very bloody and tired. She jumps up and bares her fangs at the priest who recoils slightly. Kit then seems to lose energy and faints* "Poor little one." *He picks her up gently and continues to walk with her in his arms*
*~*End Flashback*~*
"The priest took me to a village in the mountains. There I stayed at the temple and gained an education. He also took me to an old kitsune master, who took me as his student. I trained under Master Satogo for many years. Sensei even gave me a special gift..
*~*Flashback*~*
*Master Satogo is sitting crosslegged in front of a fire. He has a long, silver beard and bright green eyes. His golden tail is curled around his yellowish paws. Satogo is dressed in a brilliant blue kimono with a blazing red sash tied arround his waist. He is wearing the same blue fox necklace that Kit was wearing*
"Kitsaki! Come to me!" the sensei shouts in a very strict voice. *Kitsaki come running into the room at once. She looks about the same as she does now* Kit bows deeply.
"Yes, sensei. What do you want me for?" she asks in a respecful tone. The old fox slowly gets up and puts his hand on the young student's shoulder. Kit looks up at him curiously. Satogo sighs deeply.
"Ahh, young Kitsaki. I remember the day you first came to my dojo all those years ago. You were so young and scared...But now look at you! The spirit of a true Kitsune Warrior!" Kit smiles at the old teacher. He too, smiles at her benignly. "You have reached the final stages of your training. You must now go into the world. You will make friends, and enemies. You will come back in one year to report to me for your last year of training. Now take this," he says. *Satogo reaches to pull the fox amulet from his neck. He stares at it for a few seconds and holds it out to Kitsaki. She looks at it with awe*
"Are you giving me your Kitsune Stone? B-but master, why?" He lays the necklace on the ground and motions for her to sit.
"As you know, the Kitsune Stone is the sign of a Kitsune Warrior. But what you don't know is that it gives great strength to kitsunes who can tap into its power. Unfortunatly, this awsome power can also be used by evil." He sighed once again and slowly sat down. "I am getting to old to guard this stone. I need someone I can trust to keep this stone safe. I have choosen you for this."
"M-me?!? Why sensei? Do you really think I am ready for such a responsibility?"
"Yes, I do think you are ready. Now take it." *Satogo places the amulet in Kit's outstretched hand. She then grasps the necklace tightly....*
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit fingered with the stone around her neck. "So, then I started my journey. I made many enemies, but just as many friends. There was one boy in particular that I will never forget...
*~*Flashback*~*
*Kit is walking beside a river. She stops to take a drink when she hears a terrified yell from behind her. A young boy, maybe ten years old, runs out of the woods and almost crashes into Kitsaki. He is wearing simple farmer clothes and looks injured*
"Please miss! You must run away! Lord Tarataga is comming! He will surely kill you if you do not run!" Kit steps forward and pushes the boy behind her.
''Just stand back," Kit says calmly. *A large humanoid youkai walks out of the woods and focuses on Kit and the boy. He is dressed like a shogun*
"Ahhh. Another little treat for me today!'' he says in a rather comical voice. Kit smiles deviously and bows. The youkai looks puzzled and confused. "Hn?!?" Kit then suddenly dashes forward and kicks him right in the middle of his forehead. The youkai shogun is knocked out cold.
"Come on! We must leave before he wakes up!" Kit says as she grabs the boy's wrist and begins to dash into the forest. A few miutes later, they reach another river and take a break. The boy reaches over to Kit and extends his hand.
"Thanks for what you did back there. My name is Kamoro Higama. What's yours?" *Kitsaki takes the hand and smiles at the boy*
"They call me Kitsaki the kitsune!" she says. *Kamoro looks a bit like Souta, Kagome's little brother. He has brown eyes and black hair that is tied up in a short pigtail like Miroku's* Kit moves to tend his wounds...
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit sniffed and continued with her story. "He traveled along with me. His family was killed by an unknown youkai and had no where to live, so he went with me. After a while, I-I began to have strong feelings for him. He was more than just a close friend to me, I guess.
"The year was almost over and I was heading back to Master Satogo's house for my last year of training. But fate delt me yet another cruel hand...
*~*Flashback*~*
*Kamoro and Kit are walking to a village a few yards ahead of them at the foot of a mountain. Kitsaki looks at the village and watches one of the houses explode and a large figure leap out of the top, followed by a smaller figure. Kitsaki transforms and runs to the village with sword in hand. Kamoro is running a short distance behind her*
"Kukuku....idiot houshi. Do you really think that you can defeat me? Naraku, Lord of all Evil?" the large figure says to the smaller one. The other figure points his hand at Naraku and yelled:
"Kazanna!!!!" Naraku frowned as a large gust tried to suck him into some kind of black hole. *The kazanna sort of turns its sucktion around and instead sucks the houshi up into it. Narku laughs maniacly at the unfortunate priest. Kit stares at Naraku in digust and charges forward*
"Kyaaaa!!!! Die you murderous coward!" Naraku glances at Kit and casually dodges her sword attack. She recovers and throws out one of her Kitsune fire attacks. "Kitsune Fire!!!" *Her attack looks a bit like Shippou's, but is increadibly stronger. It sort of explodes out of her hands and heads straight for Naraku* The Fire hits him point plank and explodes on contact, letting a smokescreen engulf everyone. Kitsaki waits for the smoke to clear only to see that Naraku is totally unharmed. "Wha-what? Nani! H-how??" Naraku chuckles evily.
"Silly little kitsune. Your pathetic attacks cannot harm me! Hmph. But lets have a little fun with you. I have a bit of time before I have to leave. Lets play!" with that, he dived at Kitsaki and drove his claws deep into her stomach. *Kit lets out a moan of pain while Naraku chuckles evily* "Oh, did that hurt? I'm so sorry. Here, let me help you get this out." *Naraku swiftly pulls his hand out of Kit,sending a fresh wave of pain through her body. Kamoro looks on in horror as Kit colapses on the ground*
"Stop it you bastard! Stop hurting her!" Kamoro yells out to the youkai standing over the kitsune. He turns to face Kamoro and grins evily.
"Oh, and would you rather I hurt you, little boy? Kukuku....Very well then. You die first!" *Kamoro backs away from the crazed demon, but is too late. Naraku rushes forward and stabs Kamoro through his back, instantly killing him. Kit watches, horrified and unable to do anything but watch as her closest friend is killed* Naraku than gives an insane grin to Kit and dashes off. Kitsaki's eyes fill with tears as she crys out her friend's name to deaf ears.
"KAAAAAMMMMMOOOORRRRROOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*~*End Flashback*~*
Kit began to sob hystaricly into Kagome's skirt as Shippou tried to comfort her. Miroku tries to take in what Kit had just told him. *Was the priest that was fighting Naraku my grandfather? It had to be...* Inuyasha turned away from the group.
"And so it all comes back to Naraku. He caused all this pain and suffering. Damn bastard..." Kagome turned to Inuyasha and said in a quiet voice:
"I think we are all done for tonight. Lets get some rest." With that, the group retired to their beds, Kit sleeping with Shippou and (for the first, and most likely last time) Sango curled up in Miroku's arms. Kagome sat down next to Inuyasha and stared at the two kitsunes sleeping together.
"That was quite a story she had, wasn't it Inuyasha?" The hanyou nodded. Kagome shivered as a soft breeze brushed against her skin. Inuyasha wrapped Kagome in his arms and, to his surprize, she did not fight back. Instead, she snuggled closer to him and whispered:
"Please don't ever leave me." Inuyasha hugged her tighter.
"Never Kagome. You are too precious to me..." And with those words, the two drifted to sleep in eachother's arms.
*~*Kawaiii!!!! Kit has such a sad story...*sniff* poor girl. Anyways, The next chapter is called Kikyou and we finally find out what her real plan is. I even have a preview! Here it is!
"Why do you help me if you hate me so much? That has been troubling me for quite some time, Kikyou." She slowly turned to Naraku and gave him a death glare.
"I help you only to get Kagome out of the way. In this body, there is little I can do. As soon as she is dead and I have my entire soul back, you will become dispensible." Kikyou turned away and looked off in the direction of Inuyasha's camp. *Inuyasha will be mine once again. That bitch is only a mere shadow of me. Only some silly reincarnation...*
OOOOooooo!!! Weee!!! You better get ready!