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"Are we there yet?" Ashi complained a few hours later. Too a nine year old, who have the attention span of an ant, a few hours of walking could feel like days. "Hhow far in the wildereness do you live anyways?"

         "Actually, I live near the village." Hoshi replied over her shoulder.

         "Great," Ashi said the sarcasm easily detected in his tone.

         "Oh stop you complaining, we're almost there."

         "We'd better be, cause I'm beginning to see the downside of your offer of foo-" Hoshi turned and saw that Ashi had stopped dead in his tracks and he was sniffing the air.

         "What's wrong?"

         "It found me," he mumbled

         "What found you?" she looked around "a demon?"

         "Worse." Ashi looked around hurriedly, he was about to climb the nearest tree when suddenly there was a flash of brown and dust. When the dust lifted, Hoshi had to try and contain herself from laughing. Clinging to Ashi's left leg was a tiny kitsune, a little girl who appeared to be around 5 years old.

         "Ashi-sama!" it said, "I found you I win!"

         "What….who?" Hoshi stuttered between laughs. Ashi shot a glare in her direction as he shook his leg trying to get the little girl off.

         "Get off will ya!" he said, but despite the shakes the girl would not let go. "Come on Ii mean it! Lemme go!"

         "Ashi-sama!" it said adoringly

         "She's cute," Hoshi said innocently

         "Whatever"

         "Who is she?"

         "This? This is Hoshi, my little sister. Half sister mind you."

         "Ashi-sama, I've been looking for you for forever." The little demon said "ok that was a good hide, now its my turn." Ashi rolled his eyes

         "Yeah sure Hoshi."

         "Can I get some food first? All that finding made me hungry." Ashi's eyes rolled again as Hoshi tried to contain her laughter.

         The house wasn't very large by any means. But it reminded Ashi of the house that he and his mother had lived in, the house she had gotten sick in, the house she had died in. Ashi swallowed trying to surpress that memory.

         "Well what do you think?" Hoshi asked

         "Aint very big is it?" Ashi said crossing his arms across his chest.

         "Not its not, but its home, and don't use that word.."

         "What word?" Ashi said grinning evilly "aint?"

         "Yes that one."

         "Ashi-sama always says that word when he wants to be annoying. Daddy always got mad at him cause of it."

         "Well I wont tolerate it under this roof, it annoys me deal?"

         "Maybe, maybe not." Ashi said, he pushed past Hoshi and with little Hoshi still clinging to his leg walked into the house. Hoshi shook her head and smiled.

         "interesting family," she said and followed the too siblings inside.

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