Sapphire Vixen
--By SunFireVixen--
Vixen: -runs around in circles- Short Chapter! Sorrysorrysorrysorry! XD
High school is harder than I thought, that's why My Guardian Angel won't be updated until I actually start on the nextchapter and finish. That's why... -takes deep breath- Sorrysorrysorrysorry!
This story's up to Chapter 37, so we're all safe for four more weeks. -raises four fingers-
Aquamarine: Can I talk now?
Vixen: No. You took my spot for two weeks... -pout-
My legs burn of running, my arms hurt of carrying stupid algebra/science/english/world studies text books, I hate wearing shorts in p.e. class, and now i'm whining, so let's all actually start reading the chapter now. -toothy grin-
Chapter 33: A Vixen's Trust
The next day, around midday, they visited Sapphire, who hid in the covers.
"Are you doing better, Sapphire?" Max asked, worried. They sat on her bed, and Sapphire peeked out, sleepily.
They gasped. The pointy ears they had seen before peeked out from behind the bangs of her silver-gold hair. Her eyes were a dark blood red.
She sat up on her bed. She stared sleepily at them, and let out a small yawn, revealing two small pointy teeth again. She looked very odd, yet cute.
Kai smiled at the ears that he had pulled on before. For some reason, he wanted to touch them. His self-control and pride were the ones that kept him from doing that in front of everybody. He decided to touch them later.
She rubbed her eyes with small fists, and then they all froze. Sapphire slowly took her hands away from her face, and looked down at fox paws. She held up her paws, and wiggled the small black claws that stuck out.
The fur was scarlet, and the bottoms of the paws were black, like if she had stepped in a puddle of black ink. Hilary took one of her paws and giggled.
"They are so cute!" Hilary said, and then poking one of Sapphire's fox ears lightly.
Sapphire growled at her, and hid behind the covers again. She felt so sleepy.
They all stood up, and looked down at the curled up ball under the covers.
"We'll come back to visit you tomorrow, Saph." Kenny said, smiling. Max nodded in agreement. One by one, they exited through the door. One of them still held on to the doorknob.
He closed it and locked it. Sapphire must have heard the noise, and turned over to her other side. He approached Sapphire's bed slowly, and her ears twitched. She opened her eyes only to meet amethyst ones. A deep blush appeared on her face. Kai leaned over Sapphire from the side of her bed.
"What are you doing?" Sapphire asked, peeking from behind the covers, so only her paws clutching the thin fabric and her blood-red eyes, silver-gold hair and fox ears were visible.
Kai leaned down and rubbed at one of her fox ears. Sapphire let out a small squeak. He smirked, and laid soft kisses on her neck. He passed his hands through her silver-gold hair, and Sapphire grasped his navy-blue sleeveless jacket with her fox-paws. The small claws made small holes in his jacket.
Kai pressed his lips against hers, and he felt her small pointy teeth as he explored her small mouth.
As they separated, Sapphire's blush had grown to a brilliant scarlet. Kai sat on the floor next to her bed. Then she gasped, and hid behind the covers, pushing his away.
Kai sat up, and stared down at her as she curled up into a ball under the covers again.
"What's wrong?" Kai asked, trying to pull the covers away from her. She shook her head, and clutched them tighter. She held the covers with her claws, and finally they ripped, and Kai stared down at her, his eyes wide.
Under her nightgown peeked scarlet fluff with black at the tip.
She had grown a tail.
Kai smirked, and her blush deepened when he grabbed her tail. She let out a small squeak, and pulled her tail away from him.
"Don't do that!" Sapphire said, sitting up and holding her knees up to her chest and placing her head on her knees, her tail moving in between her feet. Kai smiled and held her in his arms. Her blush deepened as he bent down to bite at one of her scarlet ears.
She buried her face into his chest. She let out another cute yawn, and he gently put her down onto the pillows.
He fixed his scarf as he stood. He kissed her on her lips gently before leaving and closing the door behind him.
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The rest of the week, Sapphire spent all day and night in bed, most of the time taking very long naps.
Throughout the week, the tail had disappeared and reappeared, and her eyes would change from a dark blood red to deep amber. Once, her nose had become black like a fox's, she refused to uncover her face.
Another time, her human ears disappeared, and long fox ears had taken its place. She hid them behind her hair, which had slowly turned a scarlet red with small spots of black.
On the day before she would change back, Kai and the rest stood around her, as she slept, her fox ears twitching at any noise that reached them. The full moon in the dark navy-blue sky shined brightly.
It was near midnight, and Max slept soundly, leaning against Tyson.
Riza, strangely, was not there. Sapphire yawned as her fox ears and fangs disappeared. Her hair changed back to her silver-gold, and her small human hands took its right place. Sapphire's face reddened as she felt the tail disappear once again. She stepped out of bed, her legs weak of lack of use for a whole week.
At the top of the stairs, the elegant grandfather clock ticked.
"11:59..."
Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock...
The grandfather clock chimed, and small lights swirled around Sapphire. She closed her eyes.
Her wings tore through the thin fabric of her nightgown, and Hilary covered Max and Tyson's eyes with her hands, and led them outside, to avoid them seeing anything. Her wings ripped through the material, and feathers zoomed around her as she slowly floated upwards into the air.
Her head low, her wings unfolded themselves, and she covered herself with her arms. Kai, red in the face, pulled at the bed sheets, and offered them to Sapphire, trying not to look at her.
However, her eyes were closed, and her head low, so he could only see her back and the pure white wings sticking out. His eyes widened and focused at the scar.
He felt a jerk behind him, and then he could only see white.
Hilary had come back, and pulled at his scarf, then covered his face him with it. She took the bed sheet and gave it to Sapphire, and she opened her eyes and took the sheet, and quickly covered her small body.
Kai, who now had turned around, focused his stare at the floor, his eyes wide.
Sapphire floated back into the ground, and after she had touched the ground, she was engulfed by white light. She grew bigger, and two fox ears grew back.
When she finished, Sapphire was gone. In her place, stood the Firefox they had met less than two months ago, with the same scarlet and black fur, fox face, and human-shaped body, clutching the sheet, her head low.
She let go off the sheet, and fell into a pile at her feet. She slowly looked up at them with Sapphire's eyes, now perfectly round. The tufts at the sides of her face and pointed black nose were there too.
Hilary smiled. The firefox switched her stare at the floor. Her silver mane shined brightly. She put her two arms up, and she stared at the long gloves that reappeared on her arms, covering some of her paws.
She closed her eyes for a moment, and then looked at Kai, who still did not turn around, but stared at the ground, his face covered by his bangs.
"Do you feel better?" Hilary asked, stepping closer. Sapphire stared down at her paws and wiggled the black claws. She nodded, avoiding her stare.
"I want to be alone now," Sapphire said quietly, looking down at the ground.
Hilary nodded, and dragged Kai with her.
Outside, Kai continued to stare at the ground as everybody else walked away.
At last, Kai looked up at Sapphire's bedroom door, and the light turned off inside.
He smiled. In her transformation, Kai had seen her scar.
And it had begun to close.
His scarf whipped behind him as he walked out of Sapphire's mansion, into the cold wind outside. A smile appeared on his face, one that no one could see.
Her scar was healing.
He looked up at the night sky, and his smile grew wider.
She trusted him.
He stuffed his hands into his pockets, and walked alone through the night.
Most important, she loved him…