The origin of the Nine-tails Part 3
That night the vixen allowed Kyuubi to do something that no other had ever done. For you see, she wasn't the first vixen that he had taken an interest in. But she was the first to defend him and even care enough about him to nurse his broken body back to health. No other had ever done this, and he was now more attached to the vixen than before.
That night was not only the night that Kyuubi found his mate at last, it was also the same night he would become 200 years old! (That's right; Kyuubi was 199 when Shukaku attacked.)
That night he and the vixen both gained a second tail. This would make them true fox demons! But Kyuubi only knew that he would officially become a kitsune, he never imagined that he had finally found his mate.
Up until now, Kyuubi had been a lonely and powerful fox. He thought he would never find a mate and would die alone. For you see, every time Kyuubi tried to find a mate before this, either Shukaku would kill the fox or she would choose another younger suitor.
The next day, Kyuubi was healed completely body and soul. Whenever a kitsune gains their second tail they are able to heal any wounds they had received while they were normal foxes. However this didn't apply to wounds of the heart. Kyuubi's life of loneliness had finally come to an end.
Shukaku on the other hand, would forever remain alone. He was one of the Tailed Beasts and was near immortal because of it.
When the morning came on the second day after they had become kitsune, Kyuubi and his mate arrived at his den. It was spacious and empty until now. But in a few months time, it would be filled with his first born kit. He and his mate would have many kits for at least 1,000 years until the tragedy that befell them.
During that time, he became Lord of the forests. He no longer had to deal with his arch-enemy Shukaku. His kits which had grown stronger as the years progressed were able to humiliate the evil raccoon on their own!
This was also the same time that the Ruler of the territory was decided. All of the Tailed beasts battled to see who would rule over which nation. One would rule the ocean, one would rule the desert, one would rule the forests and the rest would rule over various other places.
When the battle for the remaining positions was about to commence, there were only two Beasts remaining. The winner would control the forests and the loser would gain the desert.
Kyuubi glared at his mortal enemy Shukaku. This battle would prove once and for all who was stronger. Ironically they both agreed on the terms before their battle began. But to keep the battle between them, they both agreed that if any of the other Tailed Beasts tried to intervene then they would both attack the fool.
The battle raged for days with neither side winning or losing. It seemed that Shukaku would win until Kyuubi pulled his last trick on his enemy. And this trick would not only settle the battle, it would enrage Shukaku considerably!
The trick Kyuubi pulled was none other than the same thing he had done to his foe that day when Shukaku tried to attack his mate. Shukaku admitted defeat, and Kyuubi was delighted. He had finally banished the foul beast to another part of the globe, far away from his family.
Things settled down quite a bit after Shukaku left. It seemed things would stir up again after the humans first settled in his territory, but Kyuubi let it slide after the leader agreed to leave the forest alone. (In other words, so long as he left Kyuubi and his family alone, Kyuubi would leave them alone.)
This agreement worked surprisingly well until…
TO BE CONTINUED…