Sapphire Vixen

Author's Note-

Sun: Hiii! Sorry for the cliffhanger last time! Oh, by the way, when Sapphire turns human-like, her ears kinda look like Inuyasha's. Yeah, how they pop out of his head, behind his sliver hair? Yeah, kinda like that. Except her is scarlet, withblack tips.In this chapter, you'll know why she has those ears popping out of head, and why someone was choking her.

Sapphire: Yes. Now I would like my neck back, if you don't mind.

Peanuts: Squee! ( On with the story )

Chapter 7: A Sensitive Past

Kai's Point of View-

Dream-

It was dark, and I was running...

I was...chasing somebody...a girl. With long, silvery-white hair...a white dress...big, white wings were on her back...

The feathers on her white wings were the only source of light...

She was fading away...and I ran faster...

I caught up, and grabbed her wrist just before it went dark-

Dream-

I woke up, my face wet with sweat. I breathed deeply, and I found out I had actually grabbed something.

I opened my eyes. My left hand was holding Sapphire's throat.

I let go immediately.

Her face had turned slightly red. My hand had made red marks on her neck.

"I'm sorry." I said. I didn't mean to hurt her. But the dream had seemed so real...

Sapphire's Point of View-

His hand was shaky when he had held on to my throat.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry." he said, worried.

"I-i'm...I"m okay. Were you having a nightmare?" I asked, then he nodded once.

His face didn't seem red anymore. He sat up, yawned, and rubbed his eyes.

"You don't seem to have a fever anymore. Your face isn't red."

I placed my paw-glove on his forehead. He became red once again.

"Or maybe, it's not...your face is red again." I said.

"N-no...I-i'm fine...I just want to go outside." he, said, quickly, pushing away my hand.

"You can't...It will rain soon."

"What? It's sunny outside."

As if to prove him wrong, dark clouds started to cover the sun and the light-blue sky. A few seconds later, rain hit the window.

He stared at me. And before he could say anything, I stood, and walked over to the door.

"I will be downstairs if you need me." I said, and left.

I walked towards the living room, where everybody else was gathered, still laughing at Ray. He had his face down, his bangs covering his red face.

I felt myself redden too for a moment, then I walked into the living room. Everybody stopped laughing as soon as they saw me enter. They all quickly left the room, leaving only me and Ray. I let out a low growl that only I could hear.

In Kai's Room...

Kai's Point of View-

/ How did she know it was going to rain? /

I changed into my everyday clothes, and went to the living room, searching for Sapphire. I was determined to find out what that girl kept from us so much.

I found her standing next to the window. Ray was there also, a tinge of pink was visible on his cheeks.

He saw me, and quickly left the room.

"Sapphire?"

She turned to look at me.

"Yes?"

I glanced at the ears on her head.

"Why do you have two ears on top of your head?"

Her scarlet ears drooped a little.

"I'm not all human, Kai-kun. I'm only half." she said, her ears drooping even more.

I didn't believe her.

I walked over to her, and stopped in front of her. I lifted my hand, and pulled on her left scarlet ear.

A loud scream was heard. I covered my own normal ears.

/ I guess she wasn't kidding. /

She rubbed her ear, which was now drooped, and made small whimpering sounds.

/ Maybe I did hurt her...wait, why should I even care? /

I leaned on the wall opposite of hers. Big watery light-blue eyes stared back at me. Then they narrowed in anger.

"Don't do that! My ears are sensitive!" she yelled at me, glaring.

The rest of the team came running in. Obviously they had heard the scream.

They looked at her watery eyes, and glared back at me.

Then Hilary spoke up.

"What did you do to her, Kai? You better have not hurt her!" She yelled in my face.

I just smirked. Sapphire was determined to not to let the tears fall. I saw her as she quickly wiped her eyes.

"I-" I started to say, but I was cut off.

"He didn't do anything. It's okay, Hilary." Sapphire said, then she gave everyone a smile.

Everybody smiled back. Ray smiled, reddening, then looked away.

Everybody seemed to like her a lot. Especially when she smiled.She made everyone happy, andit was hard to ignore her happy face and warm smile.

Then everybody else left, leaving only Sapphire and I the only one in the room. Her smile quickly faded as soon as they had gone through the door.

The rain seemed to slow down, but tiny drops of water still hit the window. I watched her as she walked out the door.

Normal Point of View-

Sapphire rubbed her ear.

Her left scarlet ear hurt badly. The whole left side of her head was in ached, and her ear seemed to burn up with pain.

The droplets of water soaked her fur clothes, and she was cold, but she didn't care. She still loved the rain.

She climbed a tall tree, and sat on one of it's branches. She whimpered again as a leaf brushed against her ear. It hurt so bad.

Kai saw her close her eyes, and lean back against the tree trunk through the window.

Kai rolled his eyes, and left to thebathroom, andsearched into the medicine cabinetforbandages and a special cream that treated bruises, then walked outside.

Sapphire's ear still burned with pain, and she felt tears starting to pour out of her eyes again. She closed her eyes to keep her tears from falling. She refused to let them fall.

Kai walked slowly towards the tree she was sitting in. Her eyes were still closed, and probably hadn't heard him yet.

The rain had stopped, and the sun slowly reappeared. They both felt a warm wind.

She hadn't heard him. She was concentrated too much on the pain of her ear and head, she didn't listen to any other sound but the wind.

"Sapphire?"

She almost fell out of the tree. She opened her eyes, and looked down. He was there. She looked at him angrily, and let out a low growl. Then leaned back against the tree trunk once more.

His eyes narrowed in anger. He had come to help her heal and apologize. Instead, she glared at him, and ignored him!

He kicked the tree, but she didn't even move. She smirked.

Kai picked up an acorn from the ground, and tossed it at her. It hit her shoulder.

/ It's just an acorn. Calm down. / she thought.

She didn't move, and ignored the fact that he had hit her with an acorn. He tossed many more acorns, but she kept sitting in the branch, leaning against the tree, ignoring him.

That's when he couldn't take it anymore. He had never been this angry. He had always been the calm one, the one who always kept his cool. But he couldn't take it, so he threw an acorn...at her ear.

He regretted this right after. Another loud scream was heard. Birds flew out of the trees, and squirrels hid.

She fell out of the tree, and landed face-down on the floor. She looked up at him.

"What did you do that for!" she yelled at him, teary-eyed again.

He sat cross-legged beside her, picked her up, and sat her close to him. He pulled her against him, so that her head rested on his lap. She looked up at him in confusion.

"I'm sorry." he muttered. He rubbed the cream he had brought with him on her ear.

"It's okay." she mumbled back. A warm breeze picked up again, and toyed with Sapphire's red hair.

They both avoided looking each other in the eye. All was silent except for the birds chirping and the wind.

He bandaged her drooping ear carefully, trying not to hurt her anymore.

Kai's Point of View-

I wrapped the bandages on her ear, avoiding to hurt her.

Her eyes were still watery, but she still refused to let them fall.

She closed her eyes, but tiny, sparkling tears were visible at the corners of her eyes. I finished tieing up her scarlet ear, and then I petted it.

She opened her eyes, blinked a few times, adjusting to the sun's light again and to make her tears disappear. She looked up at me with sad eyes. I saw her as her light-blue eyes closed again. I took a few strands of the red hair that had flown into her face and held them in my hand.

Sapphire's Point of View-

It felt nice being here. The warm wind...his soft fingers...

Then I felt his hand stroke my cheek. His fingers felt warm agains my skin, and I felt myself smile. I leaned against him.

I felt him pet my other ear, and with his other hand, pulled me closer to him. I felt warm and safe.

Something I hadn't felt in a long time.

Because of Father...and then Mother...then him...he hurt me...he used me...then I ran away...then I was alone...then the dog, then...Kai...

So much has happened. Yet I'm still in the same spot, suffering.

Then I felt Kai's fingers touch my lips. I opened my eyes, and I felt myself redden. He smiled.

This was the first time I had seen him smile. My face reddened more, but I closed my eyes again.

I had nothing to smile about. My life this past 14 years had been nothing but hell.

"Sapphire?" he spoke to me in a soft voice. I opened my eyes.

Kai's Point of View-

"You still haven't answered my question." I said, looking down at her.

She slowly opened her eyes, and looked up at me.

She looked beautiful there, looking at me with her light-blue eyes, halfway open.

/ Beautiful? Never thought of her like that... /

She slowly sat up. She sat cross-legged next to me, and leaned back against the tree trunk. She closed her eyes again, and the warm wind played with her hair again. The sun had started to set, and the sky had a tinge of red.

/ Like her hair... /

Then she began her story.

"A long time ago...I had a great-great-great grandmother. Her name was Topaz. A man-he was asorcerer- had fallen in love with her. He pleaded her to be his wife, but she refused. She was not in love with him. She was already bethroted to another man, and she was deeply in love with him. He became angered, and cursed her. Cursed her with an old spell, which everybody had forgotten the cure for."

She was infused with a fox, and her genes changed. Her husband, seeing her as a fox, left her. She was a Firefox...a human that can turn into a human-shaped fox at will."

She beared herlove's child, and from then on, only female infants were born. They each were stuck with the same spell. They all married their kind, Firefoxes, never a human, because the fear they had of being left alone. That is, until my grandmother had a child...my mother." she said.

She shook when the words 'mother' left her mouth.

I sat next to her, leaning against the tree, and pulled her next to me. She let out a smallgasp, and opened her eyes. She looked up at me for a moment, then closed her eyes again, leaning against my shoulder.

"My mother married a human. She was a Firefox. He never knew. And then I was born. Since my father was human, and my mother was a Firefox, I became half of each. The human part of me doesn't let me control my Firefox form. That's why at midnight, I turn into a Firefox. At noon, I change again, to this, like you see me now. Human-like, but with my Firefox's form's ears. I can't hide, no matter what form I am in." she said quietly. She was shaking, and I held her tightly.

"I have a feeling you are not telling me everything." I said. She shook more, and I could tell I was right. I held her hand, and she looked up at me.

"I am. But I can't tell you." she said, and stood up. I still held her hand, she looked back at me. She stared at me sadly for a moment, then she walked away, separating us.

I saw her as she entered back into the house.

Inside...

Sapphire's Point of View-

I walked towards my room. I closed the door behind me, and laid down on my bed. I glanced at the clock.

'7:49'

/ You are an idiot, Sapphire. /

/ Shut up. /

/ You were caught off guard. I forbid you to tell him anymore. /

/ You can't forbid me anything. /

/ You're right. But I can still control you. /

/ You wouldn't dare. Emerald...don't you dare. Or- /

/ Or what? I may not have a body...but I still have you. I can take over whenever I want. All it requires is strength. Something you will never have. /

/ Don't. You'll just hurt somebody. /

/ You mean...him? Kai? /

My eyes widened. I remembered how he had touched my cheek. how he had smiled at me. I will protect him so that he keeps on smiling. So he will never be like me, or end with the same fate. I wouldn't let her.

/ Don't do it. Please, don't. /

/ Heh...You are so pathetic. Don't be. Do you want to die...like your mother? Left...like your grandmother? /

/ I...no. I don't...but- /

/ Then let me take over...let me protect you. Let me scare away everything that scares you. In return, you will never have to face fear. Never have to face rejection. Never have to face what those humans call...love. Because in the end, you'll end up the same way...miserable. /

/ That's not true... /

/ Yes it is, child. So either fight by yourself and lose, or let me protect you, and win. /

/ No! I won't let you. /

/ Heh-heh...It's too late, child. You already have given me what I needed from you...your fear...your...doubt. /

It was already 9 in the night, and I just layed there, in my bed, as the darkness took me in...and carried my soul away in it's arms. I couldn't feel my body anymore, except the dark and the cold, and Emerald slowly taking over my body. She cackled evilly, then smirked at me. I was chained in the dark, and I couldn't move.

I saw her as she took over, and I was slowly swallowed by the darkness.

Author's Note-

Sun: Oooh! Finally...this proves that Sapphire isn't actually insane, but someone else is inside her head...

Sapphire: Great. Just great. You just proved them that I am actually really insane.

Sun: Oh...hee-hee...wait, everybody thinks you're off your rocker! That you've lost your marbles! ( skips around the room, laughing )

Sapphire: ( starts choking Sun )

Peanuts: Squee! ( Now for your preview! )

Suddenly, I woke up to some crashing noises.

I jumped out of bed, and ran towards the noise...which seemed to come from Sapphire's room.

...

I opened the door, and found Sapphire in her Firefox form, tearing up her bed covers with her sharp teeth.

The walls were scratched, the curtains were torn off it's hangings, the window was broken, and her bed looked like it had been thrown into the wall, tearing up the white wallpaper.

She looked up at me. Even in the dark, I could see the color of her eyes. And they weren't the normal light-blue.

They were a dark green, with a tinge of red. Her coat was no longer scarlet on black, instead, it was a dark black on a deep red, almost like blood.

This wasn't Sapphire. She wouldn't act like this...Or would she? She did keep alot to herself...

Then she walked towards me, with a smirk on her fox-like face.

Her black claws grew longer, and she stopped in front of me. She lifted her paw above her head, ready to strike.

I just stood there, looking up at her, unable to move, unable to think...trying to imagine she wasn't really going to kill me...

Sun: Will she really kill him? Well, not even I know! Because I haven't even started on chapter 8 yet! ( runs away from raging reviewers )

Sapphire: WHAT? ( grabs Sun's throat tightly again )

Peanuts: Squee...squeek! (Until next time...Byeee!)