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Ch. 3: NEVER Bring a Fox to School

After a cold shower - to wake myself up - I blow dry and straighten my long brown hair (with a body towel around my figure), I put on my undergarments, put on my school uniform, and lastly put on matching make-up.

Coming out of my bathroom, I look for the small 4-tailed artic fox. "Hm. I wonder where he could have gone." Looking around my neat room, I see no trace of the unique fox. Shrugging off the feeling that he wasn't the average fox I walk down the stairs and into the kitchen, smelling the pancakes, bacon, and orange juice.

"Sure does smell good in here!!" I enter the kitchen with a happy/tired smile. But as I sat down in my regular seat at the table, Rebecca looks at my shoulder strangely.

"Kitsune, why do you have I an artic fox on your shoulder?" she points at my shoulder with her fork. I turn my head slightly and as bright as the August sun, there stood the tiny 4-tailed fox on my shoulder. I raise one of my eyebrow's curious as to how I didn't feel him there. Shrugging it off, I eat my blueberry-pancakes and occasionally give Kokitsune some bacon.

My grandmother – also, known as Granny- looks at the fox with irritation while washing her plates. "I don't like that fox here, but seeing that the poor thing is injured he may stay. But if I find any fox surprises, he'll be out of here faster then Mark is when he calls me an 'old hag'." Both Rebecca and I chuckle at our friend's reaction when he got kicked out of our home, LITERALLY!! Looking at the green lights that belong to the clock on the stove, it read 6:50am. Our school doesn't start until 7:30am. Better start leaving now.

After putting our dishes away, we go to get our school bags and begin our way out of the door. "GLORIA!! Aren't you forgetting something?" I hear Granny's voice. Looking back over my shoulder – with curiosity shinning in my eyes – she points to my shoulder. "The fox?"

"Oh yeah! I knew he was still on my shoulder!" Placing Kokitsune on the grassy earth I take off to meet my sister. "Neko, wait up!!" I yell at her while shaking my hand in the air.

"Hurry up!" she shouts back.


Once I caught up with Rebecca, we began to talk about our dreams last night. "So, Kitsune, what did you dream about?"

Rebecca just got done one of her strange-nightmare dream, now it's my turn to tell her. "Well- UAAA!!" A sudden force causes the both of us to jerk forward.

"How are my two favorite girls doing this fine Friday morning?" The black haired-green eyed goof asks the both us, with his muscular arms draped around our shoulders. "We're doing fine, Mark, thanks for asking. But, I don't think Gloria is all that well this morning." Rebecca answers for me, begins how my response is a bear like yawn.

Both of my soul-siblings look at me, with concern shining in the unique colored eyes. "Hey, Glow?" I look up at my male friend, tired as can be. "How late did you stay up last night?"

"I don't know," I rub my right palm underneath my right eye. "Maybe around midnight." To prove my point I let out another beastly yawn.

"Sheesh!! You weren't kidding when you said you're 'A creature of the night'!"

"Ookami, why aren't you driving your motorcycle this morning?" I plop my tired head on his shoulder.

"What, can't a guy walk and talk with his two favorite girls?" To prove that he 'cares' for us, Mark – other known as Ookami among us -, pinched our cheeks making cooing sounds. Slapping his manly hands away, all three of us speed walk towards our school.

Once inside the courtyard we see the many students, all genders wearing their uniforms. Us girls are wearing a white sailor shirt that has black trimming around the neck area, cuffs, and around the bottom of the shirt with puffy sleeves, we have tan mini skirts that has the same black trimming around the bottom, black stocking that have a white trimmings and form a white bow, and lastly we're wearing black dress shoes.
The guys are wearing a simple black jumpsuit with 'gold' buttons and trimmings and black shoes.

"I hate uniforms." All of us say at the same time, with a heavy sigh following afterwards. We make fast haste to get to our homerooms – which we all have together.

Adjusting my left shoulder, my bag feels a tad bit heavier than it did this morning. "You okay, Kitsune?" I look at the sky blue eyes of my best friend (and sister) Rebecca. "Yeah, its just my bag… feels like it gained a few pounds…" I hand her my bag for her to feel how heavy it is. Moving up and down she gets her thoughtful look on her face. "Hmmm… maybe to got into the refrigerator last night and had some of that chocolate cake. Or was that someone else…" her piercing eyes met mine. I force a fox like grin. "Wasn't me, for sure."

Lying to her is so damn hard, plus she knows when I'm lying or not… which really sucks. "Hm-hum." She continues to stare at me. "ALRIGHT!! ARLEADY!! I HAD SOME OF THE CHOCOLATE CAKE!! JUST STOP WITH THE EYES IT BURNS!!" I cover my chocolate brown eyes so I won't be able to see her piercing sky ones. Rebecca gives off a toothy cat smile, seeing how she won.

"DID I HEAR CHOCOLATE CAKE?!" Mark's muscular arm wraps around my shoulders and he looks around with wild eyes. "Relax, Ookami. We were talking about last night." Rebecca and I say at the same time, giving off our own unique smiles. "Awww, man I'm hungry!" whined a teenage 'wolf demon'. I shrug off his arm and place my fists on my hips. "Pft! Grow up, Ookami!" I just he him growl and Rebecca chuckle at our childish behavior.

Man, why is my bag so fricken' heavy?! I fix my shoulder, yet again. Note to self: No more chocolate goodies before bed. Mark and me are now on our way to Earth Science. "So, Glow, ready for the tests today?" Mark asks with this laid-back expression.

"WHAT?! TESTS?!" My eyes are about the size of saucers. "Yeah, the ones for every marking period. Didn't you know that?" he's only answer is a sad groan and some anime tears coming out. "Guess not."

Entering our Earth Science teacher's classroom I await my inescapable doom. Sitting down in my assigned seat I let out a groan, while I placed my forehead on the desk. "I knew that there was something, that I had to do." I bang my head on my desk until I start to feel like I'll pass out, making me stop.

The bell rings, signaling the students should be in their classroom, while I'm rubbing my forehead. "Alright! Ladies and gents! Take out a number two pencil and with you don't have one sign one out, Slackers." Our science teacher enters the room with a bunch of tests, scrap paper, and scantrons. This test is going to be brutal.

With sad puppy-dog eyes I take the test once its past out. I really hope that I don't fail this test. I thought with a sad sigh. The sound of pencils filling in the thin rectangles, and erases erasing their pervious answers fill my ears.
There are thirty-two, plus the Open-Ended, questions on this test and I'm only on number twenty. Okay, who was the one that said the Earth revolves around the sun? … … C) Galileo? I fill in the rectangle little apprehensive about my answer, but anything is better than nothing.
Fifteen minutes pasted by, and I'm now on the Open-Ended. 'Give 5 reasons why is it important to learn more about our universe.' I give my best answer to this demand.

After I finished the nerve-racking test I hand it in to the teacher. On time the bell rings telling that first period is OVER, but nine more to go. "Hurry up, Glow!" Mark says while he waits by the door. "I'm coming, Ookami!" I pick up my heavy book bag and walk over to him. "Next stop, art." Both of us say and walk towards the art room.

Seeing Rebecca in the doorway I run up to meet her. "So, Kitsune, how do you think you did on your science test." I let out a stressed groan taking my seat in between Neko and Ookami. "I rather not jinks myself, Neko. And…" Rebecca and Mark's attention turns to me. "THANKS FOR TELLING ME THAT WE HAVE TESTS TODAY!!" I yell at them both. "YOU'RE WELCOME!!" they yell back and because they were both on either side of me, my eardrums begin to hurt. "Owie." I rub my swore ears.

"Students, continue to work on your paintings." That is a simple order, so many go to their stations and work on what they're different paintings.

Picking up my bag I go to my station. I'm working on a portrait with Rebecca, Mark, and me in it. Each of us is doing our own personal things; Mark is training with an ancient katana, Rebecca is studying ancient Japan scripts, and I'm healing an injured ten-year-old boy. All of us dressed in Feudal Era outfits.
Neko and Ookami won't tell me what they're working on, but I told them. "Crapy friends." I state to no one and continue to work.

Out of the corner of my chocolate colored eyes, my bag begins to move from side to side. "What the…" I place down the paintbrush and palettes. Sitting on my knees I unzip my yellow bag, but when it was half way unzipped a white flash ran out. "What the HELL?!" I fall back on my rear from the shock. "Miss Arishima, you would-" the girls screaming and holding down their skirts cut off the art teacher.

I walk over to Rebecca's side keeping out of the way of the teacher's broom. "Neko, what is that thing?" I point to the white zipping dash. "How should I know, Kitsune? You brought it in here… didn't you?" she looks up at me for an answer, her answer… a shake of the head 'no'. "Well than this can't be good."

The zigzagging blur stops. "K-Ko-Kokitsune?" Kokitsune runs towards me now!! "NO!! KOKITSUNE!! DON'T!!"

BAM!! CRASH!!"DAMN-IT!!" I was standing in front of the many colorful buckets of paint, but Kokitsune jumped right into me. The force was so great that it sent both of us tumbling into all of them. Allowing the both of us kitsunes to be dressed in different colored paints.

"Kitsune/Glow, are you all right?!" Through the bucket that fell on my head I could hear my friends' concerned voices, as well as the other students' laughter. I move the bucket of navy blue paint above my right eye, being careful not to get any paint in my sad looking eye. "Come on, Glow, take my hand." I see Mark's hand in my face, looking up I see that he has a sympathetic look in his eyes. Not wanting to look further weak in front of the whole class I push his friendly gesture away, get up myself, take the bucket of paint fully off my head, dust off the imaginary dust of my different painted colored skirt, and walking out of the art room back straight with shoulders back and my chocolate eyes closed.

"Mrs. Guan-yin may I…" Our teacher slowly nods her head. "Arigatou." Rebecca bows slightly and runs out of the room, followed by Mark.

I'm in the girl's bathroom, doing my best to wash the paint out of my hair and off my skin before it dries. Kokitsune, I guess who's feeling rather guilty, is sitting on the floor staring at me – my back turned to him. "Gloria?" Turning my head slightly I see Rebecca's concerned face. "Hai? What is it, Neko?" I give her one of my many smiles. With a heavy sigh Rebecca asks what can she do to help me right now. "Ummm… could you wash Kokitsune – I mean if he'll let you of course – while I wash my hair and scrub my skin?" We both look down at Kokitsune he looks at Rebecca with golden eyes, almost like he's analyzing her. Kokitsune stands on his all fours and turns to her nodding his head. Rebecca slowly picks up his messy furry body up and places him in one of the sinks.
We both resume washing me my hair and skin, and Rebecca Kokitsune's fur.

Two soft, but loud, knocks come from the girl's bathroom door. "I'm coming in now!" Mark's masculine voice can be heard on the other end of the door. He comes in, but is covering his green eyes with one of his hands. "Are there any other girls in here, besides you two?" Both Rebecca and I look around – for me it's rather hard to do – and give him a 'No.' together. He moves his ring finger and middle finger so that we see one of his emerald eyes go to the left and to the right.

Seeing that the coast is clear, Mark crosses him strong arms over his well-defined chest (for an 18-year-old). "Hey, Glow?" "Yeah, Ookami?" I look up from drying my hair, underneath the 'hand blow-dryer'. "If you want to… you could… uhh… barrow my spare jumpsuit."

For some unknown reason I see a pink coloring on his face. "Hm? … Sure, Ookami! That would be wonderful!" I give him a grateful smile. "Hehe, alright I'll be right back you two-" "THREE!!" "WHATEVER!!" Mark walks out of the door leaving the three of us in the pink girl's room.

"OW!! WHAT THE HELL, FUJIWARA!?" Someone yells from the halls. "MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUISNESS, HOKKAIDO!!" Mark replies.

He comes back in with a spare black jumpsuit at hand. "Baka, sophomores. OH! Kitsune-chan! Here you are!" Handing me the extra jumpsuit Mark gives us one of his goofy 'I didn't do a damn thing' grin. "Mark, we all know that you punched Hokkaido but I hate him too so I'll let this pass." "As will I, Mark." Rebecca says.

"Alright, lady and gents, I gonna go change." I walk into one of the stalls. I begin to take off my school uniform but something hits me like a ton of bricks. I stand on the toilet (with the lid down) looking at my two friends. "Don't you guys have tests, too?" They both give me their signature animal smiles.

"Kitsune, my grades are all fine so I can afford a few bad grades today." Rebecca states with one of her own cat grin/smiles. "And me… well… its just me, ya' know Kitsune?" Mark gives me a wolfish grin and a wink.

I give both a cheery laugh I jump back down into the stall. After striping down and out of the different colored skin like clothing, I toss them over the door. "In COMING!!" "WAHHH!!" I hear the splattering of the wet painted clothes hit Mark in the face.

"Honestly, Mark, you have to watch were Kitsune throws her stuff." Becky replies to Mark's idiotic actions. I hear Mark sigh, knowing that arguing with her… and when I'm pissed no sense in staying by my side for a few hours… or days.

Once the oversized jump suit is on my body, I realize just how big Mark is. Hip gangster. I let out a little chuckle at the thought of Mark doing some gangster moves on the streets.

Coming out of the stall I suddenly feel a small semi wet ball of fluff. "Gomen, Kitsune, but thought it would be better if Kokitsune didn't go under the dryer."

"That's fine, Neko." I hug Kokitsune, slightly drying him off. "Even though he might sink afterwards, he can still sleep with me. Hm!"

Walking out of the girl's room we see… no one at all. "How many times did that bell ring anyway?" Rebecca asks no one unparticular. Mark and I shrug our shoulders. "Well, judging by the clock its… period… 5/6!! OH MAN, WE GOTTA RUN!!" All four of us dash to our 5/6 classes; Mark goes to gym, while Rebecca, Kokitsune, and I head for Mathematics.

The day could've gone better for me. For one I could the student population snickering, giggling, chuckling, and whispering behind my back. Second, the teachers would lecher me about bringing in an animal to class. And lastly… I GOT DETENTION!! For bringing in a fox, wearing the boy's uniform, and destruction of school property.

"This is lame." I state to myself. "First, detention of the year and its because of the three lamest things." With a heavy sigh I head towards the school wanting to tell Becky that I'll be here for at least four more hours.

"What Detention!?" After I showed them the baby blue sheet of paper their jaws dropped, rather shocked that I'd got detention. "But you're not supposed to get detention, you're the good girl!" Mark grabs my shoulders and shakes me back and forth. "BE-ck-y ma-ke him sto-op, PLEASE!!"

"Aren't my friends mature?" Becky asks herself. She grabs Mark's upper arm and drags him away saying something like he's so immature or irresponsible, either way he's both.

I enter the empty school building with a heavy sigh and with Kokitsune by my side. "Well, there's a first time for everything." Going towards the room for people like Mark, I see Mrs. Guan-yin. "Miss Arishima, what are you doing down here?" With a confused look I state that I'm going to the detention room.

"Oh, no, no, no. Your punishment is not down here to be spent with those students, but to clean the art room." Right now my face is shocked. Mrs. Guan-yin lets out what I think is a giggle. "Come, I'll show you the damage down."

"Oh, man! This will take HOURS to CLEAN!!" I whine. The art teacher places her hand on my shoulder. "Good luck, Miss Arishima." With she left to go home, like I wish I could do right now. But sadly I cannot do that until my four hours of torture have ended.

Walking around the large art room with the cleaning supplies at hand, I think of where to start. Kokitsune has a big fluffily yellow sponge in him mouth. "Kokitsune, where do you think we should start?" He prances off towards where the very colorful, and messy, wall is. "So start off big and work our way down?" Kokitsune gives a nod and a fox grin, with the sponge still in his mouth. "Alright, lets get to it to do it." I roll up Mark's spare black uniform sleeves and tie the baggy pants with some rope that I found in here.

Standing a small ladder I scrap and sponge the dried paint off. Kokitsune is helping with the lower area, by scratching off the paint with his claws. "Hey, be careful Kokitsune! Don't over do it, okay." He continues with his job, ignoring my voice. "Alright, but when we get back home I'm going to check those wounds of yours." Kokitsune gives me some kind of snort.

The wall of colorful paint is back to its white wall of glory; I just wasted a two hours figuring that I could have just repainted the wall white. The other stuff was easy to clean… but portrait is another story. "Those damn bastards and bitches." I growl out. My once, almost, finished painting is now has black paint on it. "Grrr… if people didn't think of as the kind-hearted- UHH I just hate them!!" I ruffle my long hair in irritation. "WAIT THIS CAN STILL WORK!!" I grasp the sides of the 'ruined' painting. "All I have to do is paint this whole thing black and make it appear to be night! I still remember what and how they were doing their activities! This is going to be great!!" I let out a gasp. "I can even use silver glitter for the stars and the Moon's glow!" I squeal at my newfound idea. "And because I finished with the cleaning I can get started-"

Feeling a clawed paw, claw my leg I look down at Kokitsune. He nods his head towards the circular wall clock. "OH SHEEP!! THE BUS!!" Picking up Kokitsune by the scruff of his snow colored neck, I take him under my left arm and find the bus that is going down my street.

Luckily I found the giant yellow bus just in time. But, the ride was all fuzzy, for I fell asleep. But the licking sensation from something brought me out of my sleeping form. Looking around I see that I'm the only one left on the bus, and that Kokitsune licked me to make me wake-up.
Walking off the yellow bus, that has our school's name on both sides, I thank Mr. Tony.

"Jeez, every time I walk down this thing it gives me the creeps." I rub my arms, to calm the goose bumps that rose. This driveway – at night – gives me the creeps. The trees look like they're laughing at whatever walks through here, their branches feel like they're reaching down to you and wanting to bring you in the forest to do God knows what, and no light shines through the branches and leaves at the top (making it feel all the more demonic creepy).
Feeling the adrenalin kick in I break out into a run, Kokitsune running by my side.

Slamming the door open and close I pant out of breath, my chocolate as big as saucers. Hearing the door's slamming Rebecca comes and sees that it's only me. "GLORIA'S HERE!!" She shouts to the ceiling.

The sound of running feet comes from my room. In a flash my face is in (as much as I hate to say it) my Grandmother's cleavage. "OH, my sweet, sweet, sweet, little Kitsune!!" Grandma moves from side to side bringing me along for the ride. "Are you okay?! Did those delinquents harm you?! Did you get any tattoos, body piercing, OH please tell me you didn't get lose your virginity?!" I move my arms around in a frantic motion. Thankfully, Becky is here to save me. "Grandma, don't worry. Kitsune, most likely had to clean the art room she and Kokitsune messed up."
Thank God, Rebecca was born! And bless her kind and knowing soul!

"Is that true, Gloria?" I nod my head, still in my Grandmother's chest. "OH!! Well than," she takes me out and I gasp in the fresh clean air. "That changes everything! Your dinner is in the fridge and Kokitsune's is in there, too." She lets out a yawn. "Now, if you two young ladies will excuse me I'm going to go to bed. Keep it down."

She retires for the night, while me, Becky, and Kokitsune are still wide-awake. Must be an old person thing.

I reheated Kokitsune's and my dinner, which is absolutely delicious!! "So, Kitsune, how was your 'detention'?" I guess she couldn't help but give me one of those sarcastic smiles of hers. I sigh in irritation. "Other than what? Cleaning the whole art room, thinking that I had to spend four hours with demented people, or finding that my painting is ruined?" Rebecca gasps when she hears the painting that I've worked so hard on is now ruined.

"What-How-Why-When…"

"In order? My painting is ruined, someone ruined with black paint, don't know why, sometime after I left." She looks down, thinking why someone would do such a cruel deed. "But, don't worry, Neko! I know how to fix!" I give her one of my kitsune grins; she looks back up and gives me one of her neko smiles.

I give a beastly yawn and stretch my arms above my head, once I'm in my 'pimped out' room. "Man! Those tests today were brutal!" Collapsing on my bed I sigh in contentment. "All I want to do right now is sleep, and not wake-up." I close my eyes with a smile on my face, ready for the Sand Man to take me away. But as some cruel twist of fate, Kokitsune beings to lick my face, again. "Hmm? Kokitsune, what is it?" My eyes are half way open, tired with sleep. The silver-four-tailed fox paws Mark's school uniform. I smile gently seeing the look in his golden eyes. "What? You don't like the smell of Mark on me?" My smile widens when Kokitsune buffs his furry-bandaged chest. WAIT!! Bandages?! "Gomen, Kokitsune! Come here, let me check your wounds." I pick Kokitsune up and hold him as if he were a baby.

Grabbing nearby succors and carefully cut the bandages, so I could see if Kokitsune's wound worsened through the day's events. "N-Nani?"

Kokitsune's wounds are completely healed! But how can this be? I softly run my fingers across Kokitsune's belly, studying if his wounds are truly gone… and they are. "That's odd." I look over his small body, than my chocolate eyes land on his four tails. "Must be something to do with those four tails ours. Hm. Oh, well. I'm going to go take a shower."

I place Kokitsune on my bed and walk towards my dresser. Picking up my red paw print pajamas, white socks, and underwear; the sleeves and legs (of the pajamas) are both long, sleeping up here by you can get chilly.

The hot water relaxes very muscle and joint in my body. Unlike my room my bathroom is really bright, perfect wake-up call. Many different scented shampoos, conditioners, soaps, and candles in here.

The walls have yellow painting and white tiles, the floor is matching but bigger tiles, the cabins has white wood but glass doors and silver handles, the counters are some kind of white smooth stone, a sheer laced white curtain covers the one window, golden handles holding white fluffily towels, a clean mirror is above the sink, and the shower/bathtub is clean white and the curtain that shields me from other's view is white as well but has trimmings of foxes running around and roses on it. All and all the two rooms are very different!

Turning off the nice water, I walk out and put a towel around my body and dripping wet dark chocolate hair. Wiping some of the steam on the mirror I see that my face gained a red like color to the cheeks, due to the heat of the water. While putting on my pajamas, I hear scratching at the wooden door.

"In a minute, Kokitsune." I brush my hair free of any tangles that might've been created, while during my shower.

Opening the door to the dark bedroom, Kokitsune stumbles at my feet. "Awww, Kokitsune!" I pick up his small baby-like-body and snuggle with. "You are just SO KAWAII!!" I help but laugh when I hear him purring.

Going underneath the warmth of the covers and my head hits the softness of my dark pillow I fall asleep instantly.

Why is my shower running? Ugh, must be Becky or something. I tiredly get out of my bed and sluggishly walk towards the ruined dark wood door. Opening the door I'm slightly blinded from the brightness of it all. "Neko, why are you taking a shower in my room?" Becky's responds is an oddly sounding 'Uhhh…' almost like someone is trying to sound too girly. "Whatever. I'm to tired, just remember to put everything back in their proper place." My hand is on the golden doorknob when I hear Becky's odd sounding voice. Maybe she's going through puberty again.

"Ummm… K-Kitsune, where's the rose scented shampoo and conditioner?" I yawn and stand on the closed white toilet and open one of the cabinets pulling out, what looks like, the rose scented stuff. "Here you are, Becky." She lets out a 'Thank-you' and grumble something back, that even I can't understand.

To lazy to under the covers, I just flop down on the bed. Please!! Just let me sleep, damn-it!! If I sleep soundly throughout the rest of the night I'll-I'll…I'll GO OUT ON A DATE… WITH A GUY!! KOKITSUNE EVEN!! JUST PLEASE LET ME SLEEP!!

Slowly after that promise that only the Sand Man and one with much more power than anyone I know poses, I fall asleep into my dream wonderland… … wanting to meet the kitsune Youko again.

Note:
Kokitsune means small fox demon. (I got that from the Internet.)