The Keyblade of the Fox 4

A/N: Sry people that took so long. I've been trying to load this story for six days and apparently Fanfiction doesn't like my laptop so here it is.

Destiny watched her young Master sleep. Now he looked so innocent as he slept soundly. You would never believe that he was the bitter kid that she saw before. Deciding that he didn't need a cold she got up carefully mindful of his head as she moved out from underneath him. He landed on the soft moss and didn't stir. Changing into her humanoid form she carefully picked the boy up. Never in her life would she allow her emotions to get in the way but something about this boy disarmed her. The demon couldn't decide if it was a good thing or a bad thing. To get attached to a Master was dangerous because she never knew when they would turn on her. Though there was something about Sora that made her believe she could really trust him. She stopped suddenly scenting the air. Darkness clung heavily around them. Sora muttered something before snuggling against her closer. It was a familiar dark scent, but she couldn't place it. Until she remembered something;

Flashback

Ugly looking dogs snapped at her from a distance. Her hands were bound above her head.

"Do as I say or these heartless are going to try and take your heart and you'll probably become a Nobody."

Hades's dark voice washed over her ear. A shiver ran through her body. She hated this god with everything that she had. The chains around her hands vanished allowing her to drop in a heap on the ground. The heartless dogs moved towards her. Their disgusting breath washed over her. Drool dripped from their slightly agape mouths. Light growls escaped them. A threatening yet weak growl escaped her throat. The dogs looked at her in confusion for a moment before continuing their advance.

End flashback

She shook her head to clear the vision. So Hades wanted his slave back. The god would just have to work for her. The familiar stamping of the dog's feet as they moved closer made her back up a bit. A growl rumbled in her chest. Sora came to at the sound of the growl.

"Something wrong?" he asked sleepily.

"Hades," she growled softly. "Heartless."

"Heartless?!"

He struggled to get out of her grasp, but she wouldn't let him go. "Destiny put me down, and I'll fight them."

She growled again as she put him down. Sora got into his familiar stance this time with Star Seeker in his hands. The Keyblade was ready to do battle. Destiny growled again as her fingers flexed and her seemingly human nails became sharp and claw like. Sora watched in wrapped fascination as she shifted into her beast form. An unlike fox howl escaped her. Her eyes were a different color now. Instead of a brilliant amethyst it was a dangerous red.

"Destiny?"

"They won't hurt you," she growled.

Her voice was deeper and thick. Her hackles were raised and her teeth were bared as at least six heartless jumped from the bushes. Two of them were the bat heartless and the other four were the dog like heartless. The demon didn't even wait for Sora she leapt amongst the group of heartless and began to tear into them with her teeth and claws. The Keyblade wielder was stunned into not moving. So in shock that he never saw the heartless dog leap for him until a black streak sailed past him and tumbled a few feet and landed with the enraged fox leaning over it. Her teeth bared dangerously at the creatures. The heartless dog whimpered before it vanished in a heap of smoke under her claws. The heart floated up towards the sky. There weren't any heartless left as she sat down on her haunches. Her ears were laid back as if she had done something wrong.

"Destiny were did you learn to fight like that?" Sora asked in disbelief.

"It's natural instinct."

"Wow that was awesome."

"I…"

Destiny didn't know what to say to that. No one had ever complimented her animalistic way of fighting before. Her previous masters hated it and therefore they forced her to use human weapons instead of her natural demon weapons. They even forbade her from using the flames that all kitsunes had the ability to wield. Humans referred to that ability as kitsune magic, which reminded her of the fact that Axel could wield fire. For a moment she wondered if the red head was a kitsune in one life or another.

"Not many masters approve of the way I fight."

"Why?"

"To animalistic and they fail to realize that's partially what I am."

"So how did they expect you to fight?"

"In a manner suiting a human."

"But you're a demon right? Shouldn't you fight the way your instinct tells you to?"

"It's not that simple Sora. They were trying to wean the fox out of me and the only thing that was happening was it was making me angry."

Sora approached her without hesitation. The Keyblade vanished as his hand came up and rubbed gently behind her ears. Destiny leaned into the scratches.

"You're more than an animal you're my friend."

Destiny jerked away from his hand and backed up. She shook herself bodily. Those words touched her and yet again hurt her.

"Sora in order for those words to be believable I'd have to trust you and I can't afford to trust you."

"Why?"

She could hear the hurt in his voice.

"Because the last master I trusted tried to murder me."

"I wouldn't…"

"Because I fell in love."

"With who?"

"Someone else besides him."

Sora was startled at that fact. He never thought he could hear a tale of such cruelty towards someone else. Destiny didn't want to tell him anymore than that. He knew to much as it was. Masters tried to gain her trust and in the end turned it on her. Even the man that she fell for ended up turning on her because she was a demon.

"Come Master," Destiny began.

"Destiny," Sora started with a playful tone in his voice.

"Come on Sora its getting late."

She grew a little bit and presented her back to him. Sora smiled that goofy smile and hauled himself up on her back. The boy laughed happily as they ran through the fading sun light through the woods. It was like that fight with the heartless had never happened and Sora wasn't still the bitter teen that Destiny had first met. Astride her back was the happy kid that she had watched from afar for the longest time. She had even stayed in the chambers where he was put to sleep awaiting the day where he would be needed again. They ran until they were standing in front of Sora's home. Destiny followed him inside and up to his room.

"Destiny, you can sleep in here if you want," Sora started even though he knew it might be painful for her.

Sora watched her shrink to the side of a Great Dane and curl up on the floor underneath the window. The teen frowned and dragged a blanket from his bed and walked over to her side and draped the blanket over her form. Her ears twitched and nothing more happened. Sora touched her ears before going to the bathroom to change into his shorts and t-shirt for bed. Before long he was sound asleep in his bed.

Destiny woke from her sound sleep to the sound of whimpering. Her head came up and her vision was still sharp in the darkness. Her ears twitched trying to figure out what was going on. She got up. The blanket slid to the ground as she moved towards Sora's bed. The boy was thrashing in his sleep. With a heavy sigh she climbed up on the bed and curled up beside him. Sora immediately stilled and snuggled up against her. His fingers buried in her fur. She didn't even wince as his hands fisted in her fur. She stayed up until he was peacefully asleep again before she laid her head down to sleep.