Chapter 3 ~ Love

Three whole years had passed since Kurama and the young girl Yuki became friends and the Demon Fox couldn´t believe how much she changed him. Not only that the loneliness inside of him became less, no, even his destructiveness and his hatred weren´t so present anymore. The last time he destroyed a Village or attacked anything else was months ago, but honestly, he didn´t miss it.

Also he got more used now to his Human form, but just because his black-haired friend would probably be afraid of his real appearance. A part of him wished that she could also accept him when he had his real look, but was this even possible? Wouldn´t she hate him then or be afraid of him?

One day, it had already been autumn, Kurama was on the way to meet his little Sister and had to smile when he thought about the time they already shared together. Though they maybe didn´t do that much things, due to the fact that he didn´t like to be in public, it was most likely the most beautiful time he ever had. Yuki gave him a feeling of safety and she cared for him more than anybody ever did. Yes, she was somebody special for him and he would´ve done everything to make the young girl happy.

All of a sudden he heard something, it sounded like cries for help. As he recognized that the voice belonged to his little Sister, he immediately ran there to save her. When he arrived, she was threatened by some robbers, one of them pressing her roughly against the tree. As he then drew a Kunai and held it on her throat, it was enough for Kurama and he made himself perceivable. Lightly enraged he then said:

"Let go of her immediately!"

Yuki couldn´t tell how happy she was to see her big Brother, who came to save her. Both of the robbers now chuckled and replied:

"Why should we?"

"I´ll kill you if you don´t!"

They smirked at each other and kicked the poor girl now brutally in her belly, making her fall to the ground and breathing pretty hard. Seeing his beloved Sister get hurt made Kurama become totally enraged and he felt how he slowly lost the control about himself. His red Chakra became visible, his teeth became sharper as well as his nails and the crimson red eyes of his glared with pure hate at those men. Without any hesitation he attacked them, while they were very afraid only of his presence. The Demon Fox then ended both´s life by cutting through their throats with his long nails and had then a satisfied smirk on his face.

He then remembered that Yuki had been hurt and looked down to her, but what he then saw made him shiver a little bit. The way she looked at him, with pure fear, was something he always had been afraid of. Looking at his bloody hands and at the corpses of those two men, he realized that he finally showed her his cruel side. The side of him which he never wanted her to see, because he was afraid she could hate him then.

Taking a few steps back, his nails and teeth turned back to normal and he glanced apologizing at Yuki.

"I´m sorry…"

He leaned on a tree and let himself down, still looking with sorrow at the young girl. After Yuki calmed down from her shock, she crawled towards her orange-haired friend and embraced him tightly. Confused he looked at her, but returned then the hug.

"Kurama what happened to you?"

Her eyes were filled with tears, while the Demon Fox tried to avoid eye contact with her.

"I- I just wanted to save you…"

"But that wasn´t you who stood there! Your appearance had changed and your presence made me feel afraid! Please tell me what happened!"

Being unsure about what he should tell her, he decided that it was time to tell her the truth.

"Yuki, there´s a part of me you don´t know about, but I´m afraid that if you´d know about it that you´ll hate me…"

His crimson eyes met her ice blue ones and she slightly smiled at him.

"I could never hate you big Brother, because I love you too much…"

After she said that it was for Kurama as if time had stood still for a moment. Did she really say she loved him?

He laid his arms tightly around her, feeling his heart beating very fast and a smile appearing on his face as he whispered:

"I love you too…"

Then he stood up, taking Yuki up on his back and jumped from tree to tree through the Forest. He searched for a place where he could show her who he really was and found then a large meadow.

"Please don´t be afraid, alright?"

"I promise!"

The black-haired girl stood now far away from her beloved Brother and watched with wide eyes what he wanted to do. Kurama closed his eyes and just a moment later he turned into his Demon Fox form. Yuki couldn´t believe what she saw and gasped in shock, while Kurama then leaned carefully down to her so that his face was now directly in front of her.

Carefully she laid her hand on him, stroking him and in the end cuddling on him. For her he was still the same, even though his appearance changed so drastic.

"I love you Kurama, I always will…"

A/N: Sorry for the late Update, but I´ve been busy with my other Stories as well. There will be most likely one more Chapter until the Story ends :) Please leave me a little Review!]