These characters aren't mine, sadly, and I make no profit from (insert story the particular fic of mine you are reading is based on here). I cry out to the stars, "If only, if only."

By the by, watch out, a few of the characters may be ooc. (out of character for those of you who don't know what that stands for.)

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"Let go of me," Inu-yasha commanded, pushing Vanessa away. "Now, I see Korat, and Langur, and you"- (he shot a glare at Vanessa) –"but I don't see Fennec."

"Who's all them people?" Vanessa asked.

"Langur, the monkey demon, who has an impressively large vision range, is the one with the white monkey tail."

"Who, me?" Laura asked.

"I don't see anyone else with a monkey tail," Inu-yasha snapped. "Korat, the cat demon, brings good luck to all those around her."

"That's me," Kat said, feeling her silvery-gray cat ears.

"Some good luck," Laura said sarcastically. "You landed in a tree."

"You and Vanessa are fine. I think that's good luck," Kat replied.

"What about me?" Vanessa asked Inu-yasha impatiently.

"You're Arctic, the wolf demon, with an exceptional sense of sight, smell, and hearing. In the past few minutes, I've deduced that you're also exceptionally stupid," Inu-yasha said. "Fennec, on the other hand, is inconceivably wise. Being a fox demon, of course, makes her so sly. It was said that her heart was black and she could do no good. That's about all I know."

"Hey Inu-yasha," Kagome yelled, running up.

"You're late."

"Sorry. Grandfather was telling me a legend about someone named Fennec."

"What was the legend?"

"I don't remember."

"Stupid girl!"

"Let's go jump through the Well," Vanessa said. "Then we'll just ask him to tell the legend again."

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"Grandfather," Kagome said, "my friends want to hear the Legend of Fennec."

"Please have a seat," Grandfather said to Inu-yasha, Vanessa, Kat, and Laura. They all complied.

"Ow," Laura cried, jumping up. "I sat on my tail." She carefully sat back down, holding her tail out of the way.

"You remember Inu-yasha?" Kagome asked her grandfather.

"Of course. And who are these lovely ladies?" he replied.

"I'm Arctic," Vanessa answered, deciding her demon name was far better then her real one.

"Korat," Kat said, following Vanessa's lead.

"And the last one's Langur. Now let's hear the legend," Inu-yasha finished impatiently.

"Certainly," Grandfather replied. "Now, the Legend of Fennec."

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The Legend of Fennec as told by Grandfather

When time began and demons were born, one fox demon was alienated from all of her kind. Angered at being an outcast, she killed all the fox demons. She became a lost soul named Fennec, looking for a place to belong.

Some believe that there was one fox demon she could not destroy because she loved him. Others believe Fennec took a mere fox for a mate, but either way she repopulated her species. She was convinced these demons would accept her because she was their mother, but she was mistaken.

They turned her out of their society. In hopes of being accepted, Fennec searched for demons and killed any who were stronger than the weakest fox demon. She intended to make fox demons the dominant species on Earth.

Not long after she began her massacres, a small force rose up against her, each member with its own reason. Arctic, a wolf demon, who wanted to avenge her pack. Langur, a monkey demon, who wanted to seek justice for the murder of her family. And Korat, a cat demon, who mourned the murder of her mate.

These three demons tracked Fennec down and found her ripping the heart of a demon out of its corpse with her teeth. She was almost entirely covered with blood and had lost all essence of anything remotely good and pure. Fennec had become evil down to the very core of her being and thought it nothing to kill three more demons.

Arctic and Langur fought Fennec together while Korat performed a powerful spell to seal Fennec away from the world. However, Arctic, Langur, and Korat would have to be sealed away with her, to watch over her and keep her from returning to her heinous ways. They were successful, although it was rumored that Fennec was seen again centuries later.

The End

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"What about centuries later? Aren't there any legends about that?" Inu-yasha asked.

"None that I can remember right now. But I'll think on it," Grandfather promised.