SAD KITSUNE LOVE
Author: ....wooo, internet...soon......snaps out of it Hello! OO I miss all of my friends!!
Chapter 17: Through the looking glass into the reunion
Kurama just stared at his reflection for a long time. The kitsune on the other side gave him a mocking smile. "Lost your nerve already Suuichi?" Youko asked.
"In all my days...this can't be possible." Kurama said, placing a wondering hand on the mirror. His hand met a sharp claw. He quickly jerked his hand back at his side, his mouth slightly open.
"Interesting look, it fits. The reason why this happened is because of Mina." Youko said, leaning against a wall and watching Kurama carefully.
"How could she have done anything like this? Can you get out of...there...?" Kurama didn't really have a word for where Youko was standing.
"She did this by accident, by wishing on Foxfire I believe and no, only if you transform into me I am free or if you take my place. You can't exist in a place where you are dead or have your other self living." Youko said, placing his chin in his claw. "Though I thought you'd know that, since you still have some of my knowledge."
"I've lost much of it. It comes back only as clips of information."
"I thought as much. Now...I want to see her." Youko said in a demanding tone looking sideways at Kurama who suddenly felt fully ningen.
"How? I don't know how to transform or how to take your place! Besides, she's...upset..." Kurama said, suddenly nervous. He didn't know how he felt talking to himself. Was he always this intimidating when talking to a lower thief or rouge?
"So you decide to take her?"
"What? No, it just... happened..." Kurama was feeling very uncomfortable.
"Of course...you couldn't help but be drawn to her. She was my mate, so of course my reincarnation would want her..." He seemed to be talking to himself instead of Kurama.
He suddenly gave him a sharp glance. "She's been with another guy."
"Karasu." Within that one word he spoke of volumes of hatred and loathing.
"You've grown attached to her, yet you know you cannot have her... interesting..." Youko gave him a thoughtful glance. "I know of how to switch us. You just have to step into here as I step out."
Kurama looked at him dubiously. "I don't know, how do I know if I can come back here again?"
Youko shrugged in a very un-Youko-like way. "It comes to if I want to leave or not. Though, I believe there is a way for us to both exist..." He came back to his cold thoughtful expression.
"....Mina is... thinking of you as we speak." Kurama said quietly, though Youko noticed the thickness in his voice anyway.
"It's her choice between me and you. But, I want to see her before she has to make her decision...I...have some things I need to say that I didn't when I was alive." Youko said, and Kurama looked at him sharply. Youko gave him a cold glance and they were both thinking the same thing, they were acting different than how they were accustomed to.
"I think..." Kurama took a deep breath and started again, "I will go into that place, but I can only request that you make it no longer than half a day."
Youko nodded briskly and started to step out and Kurama stepped in. "How will you meet with her?" Kurama asked once he was on the other side of the mirror. He found the surroundings quite odd.
"So you really don't remember. We have a special way to communicate." Youko said, then suddenly whistled, a noise that sounded quite strange but rang throughout the hotel and through the trees. It was like the noise of plants in the wind mixed with an animal cry, weird combination. "She heard...I'll see you in half a day."
Mina's head snapped up as she heard the whistle. 'Youko...' She thought her heart beating. She remembered how Togoru had forbade her to meet with the ningen, but he hadn't said anything about meeting with a yokai. She ran to the place the whistle had called out from, telling her where to go. Before she made it there though, she stopped in the middle of a clearing to think.
Mina could feel her heart beating with excitement. 'He's back. I can't believe it, he's back!' She thought, turning around in a circle. She hugged herself. Never in her dreams had she thought she'd meet up with him again. Finally, finally, she could take back all of the things she hadn't meant to say, to feel his touch, have him hold her in his arms.... She sighed at the thought. She shook herself and walked slowly the rest of the way
When she got there, he was sitting on a rock, looking up at the sky. She took in a shuddering breath and ran to him, thoughts of it being an illusion blown away. He turned to face her and she stopped about a couple of feet away.
"Been a while hasn't it? I'm real." He said. If a passerby had overheard this, they would have been confused, but it was actually him and hers code to say, I'm here for real. When they hardly got to see each other for ten years, Mina hadn't believed it was really him for the first time, so they had created the code.
She smiled and came rushing up to him, hugging him tightly. He placed his arms loosely around her, and once she got over her disbelief, he kissed her. By then Mina had settled down, her feelings coming at her from all sides, and did her best to block them. "It's been nearly thirty years now..." She managed finally.
"Well, fifteen of them I wasn't exactly myself." Youko said, making her laugh. Mina didn't really understand why things were so awkward between them. There last reunion had been much more....dramatic if you could call it that and much more romantic. She had a feeling it was because of two things, a) Kurama and Karasu and b) the oath that said she wouldn't so much as look at another guy that she took.
They sat in silence for a long time, neither having the heart to break it and disturb the other's enjoyment for just having the other near them. "I only have half a day, it was all I could be granted." He said finally.
"Oh...I see..." Mina said. A few moments passed in awkward silence.
"Why didn't you come back?!" Youko suddenly asked her in a tone that said he might as well be shouting.
"Because your stupid partner wouldn't let me you dumbass!!! Besides, you said yourself you didn't want me around!" Mina shouted back.
"I was just mad!"
"Because I was mad at Kuronue?! Psh, even Lara had better sense!"
"I thought you knew me better than that!!"
"You thought?! All I knew was you were angry at me for something your stupid jerk for a partner did!"
"Doesn't explain why you didn't come back!"
"Because you pissed me off more than you should have!! I thought you'd be happy without me having to play nurse all the time! You knew better than to go farther than what you said!"
"I was just telling the truth about your looks!! You even said it yourself!" They went on fighting for about another hour, till finally Youko just placed her into his arms and gave her a squeeze, and they both sighed.
"I'm sorry you're still angry about that. I wanted to come back...but...our mating bond was weak so I didn't know if you wanted me back or not." Mina said, wiping away the tears that sprung and nuzzling against him.
"Yeah well..." He trailed off because they both knew what he was thinking and trying to say. Sorry.
"I'm sorry about....Karasu...I suppose you know what happened." Mina said quietly.
"Yes. I just want to know, why? You always told me that you wouldn't pay any attention to any other guy."
"It was a mistake, and I know it. It just happened...It's hard to explain, but, I still love you..." she said, trailing off. Those words were hard to say. She couldn't explain why if someone asked her though.
"My time is half over." He said quietly into the silence.
"Well, we could spend it here talking, or we can spend it doing other things..." Mina said slyly.
Youko gave her an interested look. "Such as?"
"Well, you can try and catch me for one!" She said as she leapt up and danced out of reach.
Youko rolled his eyes and made a lunge for her but she dodged. "If there are two things I've learned it's that men underestimate women and how to dodge a clumsy attempt." Mina said with a teasing grin.
Youko growled and made another attempt to grab her. She danced out of reach again and stuck out her tongue. "Come on, you can do better than that!" She taunted.
He scowled and side stepped in front of her. She raised a brow and dodged to the left and made a feint to the right and ran. He tried to catch her for a better part of an hour till she finally slowed and he ran into her and recovered by scooping her up and kissing her. "Well finally!" She said once they broke it off.
"You've changed since we last seen each other." He said when he put her down. She closed her eyes and heaved a great sigh.
"Yeah, well, when I left I went back home. I ruled for a couple of years, got enslaved for being stubborn, became a maid... it can change a person." She said.
Youko's ears flicked suddenly and his head turned to the left. "What is it?" Mina asked, flicking her ears in the same direction as he placed his arms around her. Her eyes narrowed as she realized what 'it' was. Karasu was coming. "Oh drat, he always has the WORST of timings!" She complained as he drew nearer.
"Nice to see you are at least with another yokai. Though, he looks dispensable enough, a mere pretty-boy." Karasu said in his drawling voice, stepping into the clearing. Mina felt Youko tense, his muscles hard as stone.
"Don't worry about him, leave it to the tournament." Mina whispered in Youko's ear. He acted as if he didn't hear her.
"It's nice to finally meet the guy who seduced my mate. Too bad the spell didn't make her love you, eh?" Youko said coolly, surveying his rival. Mina stayed quiet, watching Karasu's movements. She could feel Youko's and she knew that whatever Karasu could say, he would pay for it.
"Spell? What spell? All I did was place some persuasion on the slut." Karasu answered, his eyes narrowing. Mina tensed at the comment, but a touch from Youko calmed her. Karasu wasn't worth it.
"Leave it for the match. I'll see you in the finals." Youko said through gritted teeth. He gently began to lead Mina away from the clearing.
"Coward! Scared that you're going to die facing me! A runt like you won't last to the finals!" Karasu shouted to them. Youko turned with a snarl, his amber eyes flashing red. He pinned Karasu to a tree, his fingers enclosed on his throat. "I'd kill you know but it wouldn't be fair for you comrades to miss your death. So I'm going to let you go. Never try something on Mina again." He said angrily, dropping Karasu to the floor. Karasu watched them go through narrowed eyes.
"Youko...will I ever get to see you again?" Mina asked, nuzzling his neck in farewell. "I'm not sure." He said, his voice filled with regret. He gave her one last long, passionate kiss before he disappeared into the trees. Mina wiped away the tears that formed and started back to her own hotel, depressed.
Author: sorry to leave ya hangin, but don't worry, I'll get another chapter out soon.
Author: ....wooo, internet...soon......snaps out of it Hello! OO I miss all of my friends!!
Chapter 17: Through the looking glass into the reunion
Kurama just stared at his reflection for a long time. The kitsune on the other side gave him a mocking smile. "Lost your nerve already Suuichi?" Youko asked.
"In all my days...this can't be possible." Kurama said, placing a wondering hand on the mirror. His hand met a sharp claw. He quickly jerked his hand back at his side, his mouth slightly open.
"Interesting look, it fits. The reason why this happened is because of Mina." Youko said, leaning against a wall and watching Kurama carefully.
"How could she have done anything like this? Can you get out of...there...?" Kurama didn't really have a word for where Youko was standing.
"She did this by accident, by wishing on Foxfire I believe and no, only if you transform into me I am free or if you take my place. You can't exist in a place where you are dead or have your other self living." Youko said, placing his chin in his claw. "Though I thought you'd know that, since you still have some of my knowledge."
"I've lost much of it. It comes back only as clips of information."
"I thought as much. Now...I want to see her." Youko said in a demanding tone looking sideways at Kurama who suddenly felt fully ningen.
"How? I don't know how to transform or how to take your place! Besides, she's...upset..." Kurama said, suddenly nervous. He didn't know how he felt talking to himself. Was he always this intimidating when talking to a lower thief or rouge?
"So you decide to take her?"
"What? No, it just... happened..." Kurama was feeling very uncomfortable.
"Of course...you couldn't help but be drawn to her. She was my mate, so of course my reincarnation would want her..." He seemed to be talking to himself instead of Kurama.
He suddenly gave him a sharp glance. "She's been with another guy."
"Karasu." Within that one word he spoke of volumes of hatred and loathing.
"You've grown attached to her, yet you know you cannot have her... interesting..." Youko gave him a thoughtful glance. "I know of how to switch us. You just have to step into here as I step out."
Kurama looked at him dubiously. "I don't know, how do I know if I can come back here again?"
Youko shrugged in a very un-Youko-like way. "It comes to if I want to leave or not. Though, I believe there is a way for us to both exist..." He came back to his cold thoughtful expression.
"....Mina is... thinking of you as we speak." Kurama said quietly, though Youko noticed the thickness in his voice anyway.
"It's her choice between me and you. But, I want to see her before she has to make her decision...I...have some things I need to say that I didn't when I was alive." Youko said, and Kurama looked at him sharply. Youko gave him a cold glance and they were both thinking the same thing, they were acting different than how they were accustomed to.
"I think..." Kurama took a deep breath and started again, "I will go into that place, but I can only request that you make it no longer than half a day."
Youko nodded briskly and started to step out and Kurama stepped in. "How will you meet with her?" Kurama asked once he was on the other side of the mirror. He found the surroundings quite odd.
"So you really don't remember. We have a special way to communicate." Youko said, then suddenly whistled, a noise that sounded quite strange but rang throughout the hotel and through the trees. It was like the noise of plants in the wind mixed with an animal cry, weird combination. "She heard...I'll see you in half a day."
Mina's head snapped up as she heard the whistle. 'Youko...' She thought her heart beating. She remembered how Togoru had forbade her to meet with the ningen, but he hadn't said anything about meeting with a yokai. She ran to the place the whistle had called out from, telling her where to go. Before she made it there though, she stopped in the middle of a clearing to think.
Mina could feel her heart beating with excitement. 'He's back. I can't believe it, he's back!' She thought, turning around in a circle. She hugged herself. Never in her dreams had she thought she'd meet up with him again. Finally, finally, she could take back all of the things she hadn't meant to say, to feel his touch, have him hold her in his arms.... She sighed at the thought. She shook herself and walked slowly the rest of the way
When she got there, he was sitting on a rock, looking up at the sky. She took in a shuddering breath and ran to him, thoughts of it being an illusion blown away. He turned to face her and she stopped about a couple of feet away.
"Been a while hasn't it? I'm real." He said. If a passerby had overheard this, they would have been confused, but it was actually him and hers code to say, I'm here for real. When they hardly got to see each other for ten years, Mina hadn't believed it was really him for the first time, so they had created the code.
She smiled and came rushing up to him, hugging him tightly. He placed his arms loosely around her, and once she got over her disbelief, he kissed her. By then Mina had settled down, her feelings coming at her from all sides, and did her best to block them. "It's been nearly thirty years now..." She managed finally.
"Well, fifteen of them I wasn't exactly myself." Youko said, making her laugh. Mina didn't really understand why things were so awkward between them. There last reunion had been much more....dramatic if you could call it that and much more romantic. She had a feeling it was because of two things, a) Kurama and Karasu and b) the oath that said she wouldn't so much as look at another guy that she took.
They sat in silence for a long time, neither having the heart to break it and disturb the other's enjoyment for just having the other near them. "I only have half a day, it was all I could be granted." He said finally.
"Oh...I see..." Mina said. A few moments passed in awkward silence.
"Why didn't you come back?!" Youko suddenly asked her in a tone that said he might as well be shouting.
"Because your stupid partner wouldn't let me you dumbass!!! Besides, you said yourself you didn't want me around!" Mina shouted back.
"I was just mad!"
"Because I was mad at Kuronue?! Psh, even Lara had better sense!"
"I thought you knew me better than that!!"
"You thought?! All I knew was you were angry at me for something your stupid jerk for a partner did!"
"Doesn't explain why you didn't come back!"
"Because you pissed me off more than you should have!! I thought you'd be happy without me having to play nurse all the time! You knew better than to go farther than what you said!"
"I was just telling the truth about your looks!! You even said it yourself!" They went on fighting for about another hour, till finally Youko just placed her into his arms and gave her a squeeze, and they both sighed.
"I'm sorry you're still angry about that. I wanted to come back...but...our mating bond was weak so I didn't know if you wanted me back or not." Mina said, wiping away the tears that sprung and nuzzling against him.
"Yeah well..." He trailed off because they both knew what he was thinking and trying to say. Sorry.
"I'm sorry about....Karasu...I suppose you know what happened." Mina said quietly.
"Yes. I just want to know, why? You always told me that you wouldn't pay any attention to any other guy."
"It was a mistake, and I know it. It just happened...It's hard to explain, but, I still love you..." she said, trailing off. Those words were hard to say. She couldn't explain why if someone asked her though.
"My time is half over." He said quietly into the silence.
"Well, we could spend it here talking, or we can spend it doing other things..." Mina said slyly.
Youko gave her an interested look. "Such as?"
"Well, you can try and catch me for one!" She said as she leapt up and danced out of reach.
Youko rolled his eyes and made a lunge for her but she dodged. "If there are two things I've learned it's that men underestimate women and how to dodge a clumsy attempt." Mina said with a teasing grin.
Youko growled and made another attempt to grab her. She danced out of reach again and stuck out her tongue. "Come on, you can do better than that!" She taunted.
He scowled and side stepped in front of her. She raised a brow and dodged to the left and made a feint to the right and ran. He tried to catch her for a better part of an hour till she finally slowed and he ran into her and recovered by scooping her up and kissing her. "Well finally!" She said once they broke it off.
"You've changed since we last seen each other." He said when he put her down. She closed her eyes and heaved a great sigh.
"Yeah, well, when I left I went back home. I ruled for a couple of years, got enslaved for being stubborn, became a maid... it can change a person." She said.
Youko's ears flicked suddenly and his head turned to the left. "What is it?" Mina asked, flicking her ears in the same direction as he placed his arms around her. Her eyes narrowed as she realized what 'it' was. Karasu was coming. "Oh drat, he always has the WORST of timings!" She complained as he drew nearer.
"Nice to see you are at least with another yokai. Though, he looks dispensable enough, a mere pretty-boy." Karasu said in his drawling voice, stepping into the clearing. Mina felt Youko tense, his muscles hard as stone.
"Don't worry about him, leave it to the tournament." Mina whispered in Youko's ear. He acted as if he didn't hear her.
"It's nice to finally meet the guy who seduced my mate. Too bad the spell didn't make her love you, eh?" Youko said coolly, surveying his rival. Mina stayed quiet, watching Karasu's movements. She could feel Youko's and she knew that whatever Karasu could say, he would pay for it.
"Spell? What spell? All I did was place some persuasion on the slut." Karasu answered, his eyes narrowing. Mina tensed at the comment, but a touch from Youko calmed her. Karasu wasn't worth it.
"Leave it for the match. I'll see you in the finals." Youko said through gritted teeth. He gently began to lead Mina away from the clearing.
"Coward! Scared that you're going to die facing me! A runt like you won't last to the finals!" Karasu shouted to them. Youko turned with a snarl, his amber eyes flashing red. He pinned Karasu to a tree, his fingers enclosed on his throat. "I'd kill you know but it wouldn't be fair for you comrades to miss your death. So I'm going to let you go. Never try something on Mina again." He said angrily, dropping Karasu to the floor. Karasu watched them go through narrowed eyes.
"Youko...will I ever get to see you again?" Mina asked, nuzzling his neck in farewell. "I'm not sure." He said, his voice filled with regret. He gave her one last long, passionate kiss before he disappeared into the trees. Mina wiped away the tears that formed and started back to her own hotel, depressed.
Author: sorry to leave ya hangin, but don't worry, I'll get another chapter out soon.