Ebil L'il Kitsune

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This is a gift for Rose, who personally requested it. Besides, I was bored. This is what happens when I'm bored. Here ya go, Rose-chan!

Full Summary:

Asa and Kurama walk to school, and see a fox that Asa saves before it gets hit by a car. She gets out minorly injured, but the fox...is snuggling all OVER her. And for some reason, Kurama's jealous. Like, big time jealous. And who's this Rafu Bokouru guy ((borrowed from Rose))

Prologue- The Ebil Fox

"Asa, you're going to be late, and Shuuichi's here!" Jeri called up the stairs.

"Hold on one second, Ota-kun, I'm almost done!" Upstairs in her room, which was colored in bright blues and violets, Asa brushed out an annoyingly knotty strand of hair, until the raven wing lock was perfectly shining. Smiling in satisfaction, she took a navy blue ribbon from her dresser, and tied her hair back from her face with it on the crown of her head. Two of the shorter strands immediately fell down on each side of her face, causing her to huff in annoyance. ((This is like, the perfect hairstyle from Matilda. Remember that ribbon thing? Imagine that, but with Asa's long black hair.)) She sighed and shook her head, realizing there was nothing left for her to do but give up. Straightening her school uniform, which was also navy blue, she grabbed her bag and a shockingly small pile of books ((she's always got a TON)) and slipped into her shoes on the way out her bedroom door and down the stairs.

Kurama was waiting patiently by the door, his school bag in hand, observing one of Asa's latest paintings that Jeri had hung in the front hall. The good doctor Ichazuki was in the kitchen, pouring himself some tea, when Asa bounded down the stairs and past the kitchen door, calling out, "Bye, Ota-kun!" and grabbing Kurama by the crook of his arm, speeding out the door.

"Whoa, Asa-chan!" Kurama exclaimed, pulling Asa into a slower, more comfortable walking speed, and frowning slightly when she let go of his arm to fall into step beside him. He finally got a good look at her, raising an eyebrow at her unusual choice of hair style, when she usually kept the ebony locks she was gifted with in a pony tail at the nape of her neck. "You left your hair down." It was an observation, not a question.

"Yeah," she replied, tossing a smile sidelong at him. "Didn't have time to actually tie it up and make sure it was perfect," she explained. He nodded slowly, forcing his eyes back onto the sidewalk. "Thanks for waiting for me."

"You're most welcome," he smiled. A comfortable silence fell over them, then, and they were about to reach the crosswalk, when Asa looked up and gave a surprised gasp. "What's wrong?" he demanded, following her gaze to see a white fox darting across the road. It wasn't the fox's color that surprised them, though it should have, it wasn't natural for a fox to be so white. It was the fact that the fox was darting across the road at about the same time a car was speeding toward it.

Kurama didn't have time to react. Asa was already two steps ahead of him, and before he could even blink, a blur of navy blue was running towards the road, dropping her bag and books onto the ground. She reached the fox in time, scooped it up in her arms, and dove to the opposite sidewalk, managing only to get her ankle clipped lightly in the process.

"Asa!" The car swerved slightly, but kept going as if nothing happened. They must not have realized that they'd hit her. Kurama was instantly by her side, kneeling down and putting a hand on her shoulder to turn her toward him, his emerald eyes alight with worry as he asked, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine," she answered, "It's just my ankle..." He looked at said joint immediately. It was fractured, and would need to be looked at.

"I don't know what you thought, pulling that stunt," he scolded, not looking at her as he poked at her ankle gingerly to make sure nothing was broken. She winced, but he paid no mind. "If you ever scare me like that again, Asa, I'll have to---..." Her giggle made him look up at her in surprise, and what he saw was...Asa laughing as the small white fox oddly enough snuggled up against her breast and leaned up on its hind paws to lick her face in a sign of gratitude. Kurama gaped, his mouth and eyebrow twitching. It was one of very few times in both his lives that he felt a tinge of jealousy---and it wasn't even over an actual person.

"He seems to...like you," he finally commented as kindly as his gritted teeth would allow. "Come on, we've got to get you to Genkai..."

"Genkai? Why her? Can't I just go to the school nurse?" Asa asked.

"I'd actually prefer to take you to a hospital, but your little friend there won't be allowed in," Kurama said, forcing another smile. He looped an arm under her knees and around her shoulders. The fox growled menacingly at him, but Asa didn't notice until he glared at the fox in return, which made the fox whimper, which in turn got her attention.

"Kurama, don't make him sad!" Asa scolded, giving Kurama her best 'I can't believe you did that!' look. He winced visibly, uttering a sullen apology that she got the feeling he didn't really mean, and held her closer, despite the look the fox was giving him out of the corner of its eye.

The trip to Genkai's was short, and Kurama left Asa there to go collect their books then report to the school about what had happened. He didn't stay long; he was afraid he'd strangle the fox's neck.

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Okay, first of all, this has almost nothing to do with the storyline of An Old Friend...although it MAY reveal some spoilers. So do not read any further if you don't want to find a spoiler. Or, you know, just check back, and I'll make sure that you, um...know about any spoiler chapters.