Disclaimer: Please refer to the prologue for disclaimer.
SC: Finally! We get to "see" what happens to Kurama! Thank you everyone for the reviews!!!
YA: *sarcastically* Yay.
SC: May I remind you that I shall be long-winded in this chapter!
YA: No, you may not remind us.
SC: Shut up, shortie.
YA: 0.0 I am not short!
SC: You are now! *scribbles in Supreme Authority notebook*
~ It's Raining Cats and Kitsunes! ~
"Gosh, do you think he's all right?"
"I'm not sure. I don't know what went on inside that force field."
"Well, whatever it was must have been pretty weird for this kind of thing to happen to him."
"Be quiet! This kind of thing isn't weird at all, at least to him."
"Sorry, miss 'Politically Correct' but some of us aren't used to seeing him like this."
Kurama could hear voices above him, all talking in rushed whispers. They were awfully loud whispers, but still whispers all the same. He didn't know why he was here, wherever here was. The last thing Kurama remembered was being in the forest and that funny feeling in his ears.
He opened his eyes groggily, and realized that he was inside of Kuwabara's house, their usual hangout. The others were all off in a corner, having a heated discussion. How Kurama had managed to hear their voices so clearly from so far off was a mystery, and he didn't care to figure it out now. The kitsune sat up, and rubbed his eyes, trying to get them to focus correctly.
"He's awake!" said Botan, noticing that he had sat up. She rushed over and began drowning him with cries of relief. "Oh thank goodness! We thought you had nearly died, Hiei said it was awful back there."
"I though he just said he didn't know what happened," replied Kurama, confused.
"How did you.oh well, I suppose it's a given that you would have heard us."
"What are you talking about? What happened?" Kurama asked.
"Oh! Well, it's really quite weird, even I don't quite understand it." Botan began. Kurama looked at her sternly, and Botan sighed.
"All right. You see, when Hiei and the others were bringing you back from the forest, they noticed a weird energy around you. They brought you back here as quickly as they could, and we managed to stop it before it got too severe." she trailed off.
"What? Tell me what happened!" Kurama demanded.
Botan hesitated, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a mirror. "It's much easier to show you, rather than tell you."
Kurama gulped, then took the mirror out of Botan's outstretched hand. He paused for a second before looking down onto the reflective surface.
What he saw almost caused him to drop the mirror. His normal ears were gone, and he now had two silver fox ears, perched lightly on top of his head. The ends of his flaming red hair had turned platinum, and upon looking into his own eyes, he saw flecks of gold dotting their usual green surface. Kurama's mouth was slightly open from shock, and he noticed that his canine teeth were unnaturally more fang-like.
".Yikes." Kurama finally managed to say.
"That's what we said, and you don't even know you have a tail yet!" Yusuke said, trying to make the whole thing into a joke.
"He does now, moron," Hiei sneered.
Kurama looked behind him and saw that, indeed, he had a tail. It was long, sparkly silver, and slightly squashed from having laid on it, but it was still a tail. The kitsune sat for a moment in silence, then finally overcame his shock long enough to say, "But.what could have done this to me?"
"We have no earthly idea," Botan admitted. "There is no way we can find out who or what it was without going back to the scene of the crime."
"So why don't you?" Kurama asked, seriously hoping that the ferry-girl wasn't that dense.
"Isn't it obvious?" Hiei replied, fixing his gaze on the even more fox-like than usual demon before him. "Whoever it was is obviously after you. Why else would they go through all of that trouble to set up a trap in the forest?"
"You forgot to notice one thing," Kurama said. "If they had me trapped, why would they have done this to me? And, why would they try it directly in front of another demon?"
"This whole thing has me confused," Kuwabara said stupidly. Hiei was about to make a snide remark when he was interrupted. Kuwabara's pet cat, Eikichi, had just lunged for Kurama's face in a maddened fury.
"Aaah!" Kurama cried. He managed to bring his hands up in time to keep his face from being shredded, but the cat showed no mercy. She dove behind him and bit down hard on his tail.
Kurama cried in pain, and managed to fling Eikichi off by flicking his tail forcefully. The cat flew through the air, right into her master's arms. Kuwabara rushed off with Eikichi, then returned empty-handed and closed the door.
"I.hate.cats." Kurama said, gasping for air.
"I can see why," Yusuke said in acknowledgement.
"She's normally a lot nicer than that," Kuwabara said worriedly. "I wonder what made her go bonkers." A look of disbelief went around the room.
"I can't believe you don't get it," Botan said in awe.
"I think you've reached an all time low, Kuwabara," said Kurama who was holding his tail in his hands.
"You moron," Hiei spat, glaring at the orange-haired punk with all three eyes. "What do cats hate?"
"Um, water, being petted the wrong way, and.dogs?" Kuwabara replied nervously.
"Very good," Hiei said, obviously not thinking that there was an ounce of good in him. "Now, what sort of animal is Kurama half-turned into?"
"Um. he's a fox demon, right? So.a fox?"
"That's your second right answer. Now, what are foxes related to?"
"Um.let's see.I know it, don't tell me.dogs?"
"Bingo," Kurama said, still nursing his tail.
"Let me help you with that, Kurama!" cried Botan. She hurried over and dragged him out of the room, away from the others. Yusuke was simultaneously laughing at how long it had taken Kuwabara to figure things out and dodging Kuwabara's Spirit Sword.
Hiei stood off to the side, near the bed where Kurama had been sitting earlier. He leaned over and picked up a single, silver strand of fur from the kitsune's tail.
"Be wary, Kurama," the fire apparition muttered to himself. "Whoever is after you shall surely try again."
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"Electra, our plan is nearly ready to be set into motion. You might want to change into something that is more battle-appropriate. I don't think anyone will take you seriously, fighting in a purple dress."
"You are absolutely right, sir. I shall change immediately. Forgive me, sir."
"That's quite all right, it's nice to see that you're not entirely without feelings."
Electra nodded and backed out of the room. The cloaked man turned towards a computer monitor, which displayed a picture of half-fox Kurama.
"All is nearly complete. Prepare yourself, kitsune.you'll never be the same again, once you've faced the wrath of Takminos!"
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SC: Wow, so Kurama is a lot furrier than he used to be, and has two bad guys on his tail.sorry, no pun intended.
YA: I'll bet.
SC: Hey, I thought I shrunk you! Go back to being short! *scribbles*
ya: hey! you didn't have to make my letters short, too!
SC: Yes I did. For those of you who have told me that the evil guy is a moron, well, I did that on purpose! The same goes for Electra. Anyway, the dude has a name now, are you all happy?
ya: no.
SC: No one asked you. *steps on YA* Okay, R&R, while I think of a way to get fox fur out of carpet.
SC: Finally! We get to "see" what happens to Kurama! Thank you everyone for the reviews!!!
YA: *sarcastically* Yay.
SC: May I remind you that I shall be long-winded in this chapter!
YA: No, you may not remind us.
SC: Shut up, shortie.
YA: 0.0 I am not short!
SC: You are now! *scribbles in Supreme Authority notebook*
~ It's Raining Cats and Kitsunes! ~
"Gosh, do you think he's all right?"
"I'm not sure. I don't know what went on inside that force field."
"Well, whatever it was must have been pretty weird for this kind of thing to happen to him."
"Be quiet! This kind of thing isn't weird at all, at least to him."
"Sorry, miss 'Politically Correct' but some of us aren't used to seeing him like this."
Kurama could hear voices above him, all talking in rushed whispers. They were awfully loud whispers, but still whispers all the same. He didn't know why he was here, wherever here was. The last thing Kurama remembered was being in the forest and that funny feeling in his ears.
He opened his eyes groggily, and realized that he was inside of Kuwabara's house, their usual hangout. The others were all off in a corner, having a heated discussion. How Kurama had managed to hear their voices so clearly from so far off was a mystery, and he didn't care to figure it out now. The kitsune sat up, and rubbed his eyes, trying to get them to focus correctly.
"He's awake!" said Botan, noticing that he had sat up. She rushed over and began drowning him with cries of relief. "Oh thank goodness! We thought you had nearly died, Hiei said it was awful back there."
"I though he just said he didn't know what happened," replied Kurama, confused.
"How did you.oh well, I suppose it's a given that you would have heard us."
"What are you talking about? What happened?" Kurama asked.
"Oh! Well, it's really quite weird, even I don't quite understand it." Botan began. Kurama looked at her sternly, and Botan sighed.
"All right. You see, when Hiei and the others were bringing you back from the forest, they noticed a weird energy around you. They brought you back here as quickly as they could, and we managed to stop it before it got too severe." she trailed off.
"What? Tell me what happened!" Kurama demanded.
Botan hesitated, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a mirror. "It's much easier to show you, rather than tell you."
Kurama gulped, then took the mirror out of Botan's outstretched hand. He paused for a second before looking down onto the reflective surface.
What he saw almost caused him to drop the mirror. His normal ears were gone, and he now had two silver fox ears, perched lightly on top of his head. The ends of his flaming red hair had turned platinum, and upon looking into his own eyes, he saw flecks of gold dotting their usual green surface. Kurama's mouth was slightly open from shock, and he noticed that his canine teeth were unnaturally more fang-like.
".Yikes." Kurama finally managed to say.
"That's what we said, and you don't even know you have a tail yet!" Yusuke said, trying to make the whole thing into a joke.
"He does now, moron," Hiei sneered.
Kurama looked behind him and saw that, indeed, he had a tail. It was long, sparkly silver, and slightly squashed from having laid on it, but it was still a tail. The kitsune sat for a moment in silence, then finally overcame his shock long enough to say, "But.what could have done this to me?"
"We have no earthly idea," Botan admitted. "There is no way we can find out who or what it was without going back to the scene of the crime."
"So why don't you?" Kurama asked, seriously hoping that the ferry-girl wasn't that dense.
"Isn't it obvious?" Hiei replied, fixing his gaze on the even more fox-like than usual demon before him. "Whoever it was is obviously after you. Why else would they go through all of that trouble to set up a trap in the forest?"
"You forgot to notice one thing," Kurama said. "If they had me trapped, why would they have done this to me? And, why would they try it directly in front of another demon?"
"This whole thing has me confused," Kuwabara said stupidly. Hiei was about to make a snide remark when he was interrupted. Kuwabara's pet cat, Eikichi, had just lunged for Kurama's face in a maddened fury.
"Aaah!" Kurama cried. He managed to bring his hands up in time to keep his face from being shredded, but the cat showed no mercy. She dove behind him and bit down hard on his tail.
Kurama cried in pain, and managed to fling Eikichi off by flicking his tail forcefully. The cat flew through the air, right into her master's arms. Kuwabara rushed off with Eikichi, then returned empty-handed and closed the door.
"I.hate.cats." Kurama said, gasping for air.
"I can see why," Yusuke said in acknowledgement.
"She's normally a lot nicer than that," Kuwabara said worriedly. "I wonder what made her go bonkers." A look of disbelief went around the room.
"I can't believe you don't get it," Botan said in awe.
"I think you've reached an all time low, Kuwabara," said Kurama who was holding his tail in his hands.
"You moron," Hiei spat, glaring at the orange-haired punk with all three eyes. "What do cats hate?"
"Um, water, being petted the wrong way, and.dogs?" Kuwabara replied nervously.
"Very good," Hiei said, obviously not thinking that there was an ounce of good in him. "Now, what sort of animal is Kurama half-turned into?"
"Um. he's a fox demon, right? So.a fox?"
"That's your second right answer. Now, what are foxes related to?"
"Um.let's see.I know it, don't tell me.dogs?"
"Bingo," Kurama said, still nursing his tail.
"Let me help you with that, Kurama!" cried Botan. She hurried over and dragged him out of the room, away from the others. Yusuke was simultaneously laughing at how long it had taken Kuwabara to figure things out and dodging Kuwabara's Spirit Sword.
Hiei stood off to the side, near the bed where Kurama had been sitting earlier. He leaned over and picked up a single, silver strand of fur from the kitsune's tail.
"Be wary, Kurama," the fire apparition muttered to himself. "Whoever is after you shall surely try again."
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"Electra, our plan is nearly ready to be set into motion. You might want to change into something that is more battle-appropriate. I don't think anyone will take you seriously, fighting in a purple dress."
"You are absolutely right, sir. I shall change immediately. Forgive me, sir."
"That's quite all right, it's nice to see that you're not entirely without feelings."
Electra nodded and backed out of the room. The cloaked man turned towards a computer monitor, which displayed a picture of half-fox Kurama.
"All is nearly complete. Prepare yourself, kitsune.you'll never be the same again, once you've faced the wrath of Takminos!"
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SC: Wow, so Kurama is a lot furrier than he used to be, and has two bad guys on his tail.sorry, no pun intended.
YA: I'll bet.
SC: Hey, I thought I shrunk you! Go back to being short! *scribbles*
ya: hey! you didn't have to make my letters short, too!
SC: Yes I did. For those of you who have told me that the evil guy is a moron, well, I did that on purpose! The same goes for Electra. Anyway, the dude has a name now, are you all happy?
ya: no.
SC: No one asked you. *steps on YA* Okay, R&R, while I think of a way to get fox fur out of carpet.