Sapphire Vixen

Chapter 3: Friend...or Foe?

Kai's Point of View-

Kai jumped off the tree quietly, avoiding to scare the thing in the bushes.

He walked over to Rei, and as he looked at his eyes, Kai figured he had known there was something there too. The pupils in his eyes had become slits, and he was making a low growling sound.

"Rei," he whispered to him.

Rei's eyes became normal again, and he turned to Kai.

"Yes?" he answered.

"You feel it, too?"

He seemed surprised for a moment, and he nodded. Kai whispered my plan to Rei; theywere to approach from behind it, then make it come out the other side.

They followed the plan, and as they neared the bush the red-eared thing was hiding in, they pounced on it.They landed on the floor, kissing the dirt.

Unfortunately, the thing had heard their conversation. They stood again, and looked for the thing.

Then after a while, Kai became bored and he closed his eyes and crossed his arms. As he leaned on a tree, it shook a little, and he opened one eye. Something had fallen to the ground.

The two boys stared at it. It was a drop of blood.

They looked up at the tree, and it was there.

She looked exactly like a fox- but much bigger, about wolf-sized, and as tall as a human.

It had a human-shaped body, and it had a scarlet coat. A black, thick line ran vertically across her body from her nose to her middle. She had a thick, silver mane on her neck that ended somewhere in her chest. She had light-blue, circular-shaped eyes. The colors of her fur on her feet were silvery-white like her mane, and the bottom of her paws were covered in black fur. She wore two long, black gloves that stretched to her shoulders, covering her arms. A scarlet tail with a black tip flicked behind her.

She was crouching on a tree above them. She looked at them pitifully with her light-blue eyes. Then she stared at Kai with narrowed eyes. A low growl escaped from her throat.

Then she changed seating position: legs hanging from the tree branch, elbows on her knees, and her head resting on her paws. She showed a bored expression on her fox face.

She had cuts on her face, 4 long, deep scratches on her stomach, wounds on her arms and paws, and what seemed a broken left ankle. But she didn't show any signs of hurt or pain on her face. A drop of blood traveled down her foot, and then down to the floor.

"Hey, come down here. You look like you need help." Rei said, in a soft voice to the Fox-like animal.

She just lifted her right paw, which had cuts on it too, and started licking it, ignoring the two boys below her. The wound she licked slowly started to close...

Kai, angry and annoyed, kicked the tree, and it shook dangerously. He caught her attention, and she jumped down, afraid of falling. She stood on her hind legs, like a human, and still did not show any pain from the wounds on her left leg.

She walked straight towards Kai. She held her right paw in front of his face, threatening to scratch him. Her claws were enormous, black, and long. But he didn't back away, or show any fear.

"Don't tempt me, human." she growled, in a low voice.

She then glanced at the other boy. She took her paw away from the silver-eyed boy. She sniffed the air around Rei. Her light-blue eyes widened.

"You...you are a-"

"Yes, I know. Nice to meet you- I'm Rei… That's Kai." he said, cutting her off, and then nodded towards Kai, but he just leaned back on the tree once more, closed his eyes, and crossed his arms. Rei just smiled, showing small pointed teeth at the corner of his mouth.

"I'm-" She started to say, but suddenly, she started to sniff the air. She looked up at the sky. She had a terrified look on her face.

Kai opened his eyes, and stared at her as if she was insane.

She quickly jumped behind a tree, hidden from view. Moments later, a bright light surrounded the tree, and the shadow of the fox-like creature started to change. The light disappeared, and a second or two later, two ears popped out from behind the tree. There were the same ears that belonged to the fox-like animal.

But the face that followed didn't match. Her face was human.

Her hair was scarlet, just like the fox's fur, and it was very long. Then two almond-shaped eyes, a nose, and a mouth appeared. She looked like a human girl now.

Well…If it wasn't for the scarlet fox ears that popped out of her head, she'd look normal.

She stepped out, and they could see she was human-shaped and wearing very unusual clothes. She still had the same cuts, bruises, and wounds from the fox-shaped animal.

She narrowed her eyes in anger at Kai, but halfway, her eyes closed, and she started to fall backwards, with a sad look on her face. Kai caught her just before she fell to the floor, and then picked her up in his arms. She was extremely light.

The two boys ran back, Kai carrying the girl.

One thought ran through her mind- 'I hate you all, humans...'