Hounding the Fox

Dedicated to BHS...just because i said so. She shares an obsession with me. "What obsession is that?" you ask. Of course, an obsession with Karasu.

Warnings:
1) My poor poetry (or i think it's poor; you're allowed to have your own opinions). Or it might just be half-assed.
2) Shounen ai (as always).
3) Character death.
4) Karasu's POV (let's hope i can write him), and his obsession with the fox.
5) Derogatory comments about humans ('cause we do suck).
6) My infamously hackneyed Karasu/Kurama pairing. i love it dearly. (huggles pairing)
7) Karasu (plus) humor (equals) bashing and sexual innuendo.
8) The very canine title. Heh.
9) Excessive use of the word "damn."

Genre: Humor...maybe a tad of romance, but would obsession really amount to romance?

Author's notes: Although i would do a beautiful job with hot bunny-sex with this pairing, i won't. i'm keeping a decent PG-13 as highest rating. i refuse to go R! So, you'll have to seek your yaoi-goodness-gratification elsewhere.

Chimei-teki na aibu is something i made up. It translates, roughly, to "fatal embrace." You'll understand when you come to it. i'd use English for it, but the Japanese makes it sound a whole lot more...subtle, i think. More eloquent, more graceful and beautiful. (i'm getting into the Karasu persona now! Just wait a few minutes and i'll be caressing people's necks and saying their corpses are mine!)

Please. Allow me to begin with a poem of my own concoction. I'm new to this, so don't expect much. (How could you not? You're human... Damn your stereotypes and expectations.)

Once upon a little time, in a place not so very far away.
The likes of which you cannot know were sent to frolick and play.
And once upon this little time, a fox was brought to light.
He had no idea what desire there was in his opponent of the upcoming fight.

His moves so graceful, his attacks so sleek, his anger shining in his eyes.
Fighting so relentlessly under the cover of his human guise.
I, of course, could see right through this little charade he had.
Not that I wanted to, you see, as his form was not so bad.

From the tips of his toes, to the top of his head, so very beautiful.
Though, he happened to be abhorred by me to deepest parts of his soul.
Pity as it was I continued, because such a thing has always been...
Heh...like you could possibly understand. You're just human.

The tale comes to an end, and the fox leaves my careful gaze.
Damn the plant, and the blood loss too, as I drift into a weakened daze.
But this shall not stop me, no, as I have much too much on my mind.
This is only a setback, you see, and I shan't run far behind.

Anyone commenting on poor quality or lack of creativity will get blown up. Promptly. Trust me. There's nowhere you can hide, and I'll be damned if you're fast enough to run from me. Humans... Pathetic creatures.

Of course, you probably already know that, don't you? You create your little cities and hide within them, clustering yourselves together in a way that makes you easily susceptible to large-scale assaults from—who else?—your own species. Like I said, pathetic. And the greater majority of the demon race would agree. After all, we have better defenses on our cities.

But, despite all the weak impulses and weaker emotional connections, my dear fox became one of you. Somewhat sad, but I can't complain about his physical form. Doubtless, he's one of the more beautiful ones involved in your degenerate societies. Add physical attractiveness to the intelligence of a demon fox, toss it with charm and good manners—which most of your kind needs to learn—and he's going to end up being one of the more prosperous of your kind. Not surprising. In the least. That is the advantage of being a demon. We're smarter, wiser, better-looking, and all around closer to absolute perfection...though, I have to admit that Kurama's come closer than most. He's adorable, isn't he?

Don't answer that. If you dare, I'll kill you. He's mine, damn it! I don't care what he says. He's mine. I staked my claim when I first set my hands on him. You've never lived in the demon realm. You wouldn't understand. It's the principle of the matter. Let me try to think of a facsimile you're idiotic human world has conjured up. I hate doing this. Your societies are so subsufficient...

"Dibs"? Is that the word? Damn, I hate human world languages. Too many slang terms.

Your useless word play set aside, Kurama's mine. I don't give a damn about what anyone says or does. ...well, I don't care about what anyone says, but if someone, anyone other than me, goes near my fox, they're getting a crash course in spontaneous combustion. No exceptions. Of course, I wouldn't be inclined to complain if he... Never mind. None of you need to know what I want from him. This is, however, something you could comprehend, no matter that I hate to admit that human brain capacity is that broad...where some humans are concerned anyway. I absolutely refuse to believe that all humans can understand what I'm speaking of. With your drugs and alcohol, and your species having children born completely lacking a brain—very literally, as well as figuratively, I might add—there's no way in the three realms that all of you are quite so intelligent.

Last I heard, no demon was ever born without a brain. We've been known to be missing limbs, but that's the fault of the damned doctors not knowing how to perform a semi-decent Caesarean section. ...meaning that some demons have detachable limbs. Kind of disgusting. Of course, it wouldn't be so much if Kurama had detachable limbs. Perhaps that can be arranged. Then again, normally said limbs are lame and only there for the sake of being there. Wouldn't want to disable my fox, now would I? That would hinder our fun. Not that you'd understand.

Returning to the bad manners of you humans, do you realize how improper it is to step on someone's foot and not apologize? I'd kill all the people in this god-awful city if it wasn't for Koenma. Or not. That would alert my poor fox. Ah, there is he. If it wasn't for these arrogant humans in my way, there to witness whatever endeavor I make to grab him and go, I'd have him already. Now do you see why you humans are so aggravating? Not just your manners, your lack of refinement, your ignorance, your weakness, and all the other setbacks you inevitably have just because you are human, but you also obstruct my path. And, just for that, damn you. I hope you all get eaten by a chimei-teki na aibu.

But of course, you're human, so you won't understand what I'm talking about. Chimei-teki na aibu, which you couldn't comprehend, being human as you are, is a plant. This plant, from the demon realm obviously, is one that I doubt even my fox has heard of. It's rare and exclusive and very dangerous. If you know anything at all about me, I guess you can see why I like it so much. This plant, versatile and resilient, lives in the deeper parts of dank places, appreciating stone walls to cling to. As one that knows of my family's castle can assume, I have a few in my basement. They are carnivorous, as you can guess from me hoping you die by one, and squeeze their victims to death before swallowing them whole. Of course, I wouldn't feed you to my plants. Being human, you'd probably give them indigestion.

Back to the more important of the subjects, Kurama's right ahead of me. Less than a meter away. I reach out for him, but the damn humans are in the way. People are staring at me now. No, I am not infected with frotteurism! ...just sexual sadism, but is that so wrong?

My fingers brush through his hair and he turns around and gives a wide emerald gaze to me. In his futile attempt to run away—though he must have known this crowded street, full of useless humans, would stop him—he proved to be not quite as graceful as he'd previously displayed and fell into the road. My eyes widened as a car ran by, the tire crushing his chest and ensuring his death. Damn it.

And that clinches it. You humans suck!

i'll have to stick these this author's notes things at the bottom, since the top is...cluttered. Hope you liked. i'm always looking for new requests. i have five chapters written total so far...though, i still haven't finished the third one, i may have to skip it.

Thanks! Nyte Kit (i have your chapter written), Aika-chan, and miyako14.

Frotteurism is gaining sexual stimulation by brushing up against unconsenting people. i heard that it happens a lot in Japanese subways. (i think that's all...)

All right, then. i'll see you all later.

11:45 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time. U.S. Wednesday, August 31, 2005.

Owakare.

Chiisai Mu.
Little Nothing.