Alone.
Jade thought of the word. It rolled around on his tongue. Alone. He hated that word.
Jade has always been alone. Well, not always. He had a sister, Kuybi. She was his best friend. She loved him, and took care of him after his mother was killed by a ninja, who cut off her tails, and sold them. He wanted to cry when he thought of that.
His mother was all demon. Jade had always been made fun of. He was kicked, poked, and had rocks thrown at him, from the other kids. They always yelled, "HALF-BREED, HALF-BREED!"
He had asked his mother once, "Mom. What's a half-breed?" his mother had told him that, as his mother was all demon, his father had been a human. He was a ninja from the leaf clan. She told Jade that he was the leader of the clan, the third Hokage, as the humans would call it. He had taken care of him and his mother, until one day he disappeared. Jades mother had said that Human and Kitsunes didn't live in peace.
Jade had been upset, but his mother had met a nice man of the Kitsune race, and got married. They had his little sister, Kuybi, and he was happy. Then the humans invaded his village. They killed everyone; cut off their tails, and sold them. Jade and Kuybi had barley escaped with their lives.
Jade took care of Kuybi. He fed her, bathed her, and taught her all she knew. Jade had hoped that she didn't remember about what had happened to their family, and their clan. She didn't forget.
Kuybi had held a grudge against humans. One day, Jade had been watching her wail she hunted for food. A human was hunting also, and Kuybi had seen him. She didn't think twice about attacking him, and almost killing him.
From that day on, Kuybi refused to take the form of a human. If Jade hid his ears, and tails, she wouldn't speak to him. Jade gave up on trying to change her.
One day, when Jade was four, in human years, 17 in his own, Kuybi had attacked the leaf village. Jade couldn't do anything until it was too late. She had disappeared before his eyes. Jade knew she had to have died, so he went into, what the humans called, the Forest of Death. He hid for thirteen years.
Alone. That's what he was.
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Now Jade looked at the boy in front of him. He smelled like Kuybi. Jade was frightened, but didn't run. The boy was awake now, looking at him. "Why did you say Sister?" the boy asked.
"You smell like my younger sister." Jade said.
"Oh, um…" the boy said, "And who is that? Another Fox?"
"Not a half-breed like me," Jade said. He cringed when he said that word. "She was a full Kitsune."
"There are more of you?" the boy asked.
Jade shook his head. "No. my sister is dead." A tear ran down his face.
The boy looked at Jade. His eyes were full of care, "What was her name?" he asked.
"Kuybi."