Kitsune was pacing back and forth in her cage, her eyes on the dark ground, taking note of all of the fragile human bones strewn about her cage as she walked, stepping on some of the remains, causing them to snap and crack under her feet as she walked. She looked up and smiled faintly in the darkness, the slight action pulling her lips back from her fangs, as she looked, seeing through the other's eyes.

Feeling the other looking back at her from outside of her cage, checking to make sure thats he stayed locked in her prison.

Her wolf looked so stunned. So confounded and confused.

She couldn't blame him. Really she couldn't after all she felt that way every time she stared the other in the eyes.

Ah, the other, she was such an extrodinary and enigmatic creature. So warm, so kind, with boundless compassion, yet so very cruel. Her nature almost as dark and maleviolent as Kitsune's own. Yet that dark nature was held so tightly leashed that it had split her soul into pieces. Giving Kitsune free reign, and her freedom for several years. But not without a price.

Because the other was cunning.

So cunning that she had out smarted Kitsune and bound her to her promise for all eternity. Until the world itself was nothing more than a barren waste land. Because the other knew that Kitsune's heart was consumed by wrath, and hatred, she had tricked her into giving her word that for as long as she lived, she would serve the other. And only the other.

Naru appeared outside of her cage for a moment and Kitsune stopped her pacing. Do you need me? She asked curiously, wondering if her confrontation with Wolf had damaged her mind further. Naru looked her over for a second before answering.

No. I just wanted to check on you because you seem anxious.

Kitsune arched a brow at her and gave her a fanged smile. Do I? She asked because she hadn't been aware that she was capable of feeling anxious, yet if her master had picked up on it then it must be true. How odd. She had never been able to feel things until she had met Naru.

Not because of her promise. No.

It was because of Naru herself.

She was unusual for a human. Her heart, her mind, her ability, and soul were like a demon's. Exactly like a demon's. Yet she was so warm. Pulsing with light and warmth as great as the sun's. She could be cold, she could be cruel, she could be violent. She could let her anger, her rage, and her need for blood rule her. Could let herself become drunk with the natural power that she possessed, yet she refrained.

Setting herself apart from both demons and human's by proveing herself to be something more.

To Kitsune, this puzzling female, this demon in human flesh and form, was as close to a god as she would ever get. And because Naru was so much like a god in her eyes, she loved her, longed to please her, and make her happy.

Naru knew this, she could have used it against Kitsune at any time, yet she asked for nothing except for Kitunse's company. Because Naru loved Kitsune. Because she longed to please Kitsune and make her happy.

And that is why they worked so well together.

But unlike Kitsune, Naru was human, weak, fragile.

And she needed to be watched. Protected. And seen for the great and precious treasure that she was. Kitsune knew that a few would notice right away, just how different Naru was. And she knew that some would seek to destroy her for that difference. But Wolf-

Would grow to love her even more because of it.

And that was why she wanted, with all her demon heart, as black, and cold, and steeped in sin as it was; for Wolf to love Naru and take care of her.