San: Voice Says To Draw Two Tails

Tadashi's eyes shot wide open as thunder roared from the outside. He could hear it clearer here then he could in his own bedroom. Tadashi took a second to breath in and out, and was trying to calm himself down. He sighed as the memories from before the sun set came back to him. His aunt would be worried sick, and she probably already was.

He laid back on his pillow and took a deep breath. He checked the time on his phone and saw that it was about two in the morning. Figuring he wasn't going to get back to sleep if he tried, Tadashi decided to take a walk outside. It probably wasn't the best idea, but he could at least try to get some reception further up the mountain. He checked out of the hotel and sighed again as he walked up the mountain.

Since it was so early in the morning, Aunt Cass would most likely be asleep by now, and it wouldn't be polite to wake her up, he realized. He hated upsetting her, but he wanted her knowing that he was safe and that he hadn't gotten into any trouble. He stopped for a second and looked up at the full moon. It was being covered up by some clouds, and it looked like it would rain soon. He would have to hurry before it started.

More thunder roared and Tadashi couldn't help but flinch at it. Up in the mountains, thunder was loud, and it blasted without a warning. Tadashi looked down at his phone in apprehension and sighed. He scrolled through his contact list and found his aunt. He put the phone up to his ear, and waited, but he received no answer. He sighed again.

"Maybe I'm not far enough up the mountain." He thought aloud.

He sighed and started walking higher up. As he kept walking, he tried calling his aunt numerous times, but she never answered. There must not be any reception in that area, so Tadashi moved on. The thunder roared again and Tadashi flinched. He didn't know how much more of listening to that thunder he could take. He looked back at his phone but he had no bars. He couldn't call anyone.

"This is just great." Tadashi muttered to himself, longing for his nice warm hotel room bed. Still, he walked on.

There had to be some reception a bit farther up the mountain, right? Tadashi walked while staring straight at the phone in front of him, not even bothering to pay attention to where he was headed or what was in his way. He grew frustrated and stopped to put his phone down, but once he took the phone away from his sight, he noticed a temple in front of him, connected by a bridge. He was caught staring at it for some time, until the rain started pouring out of nowhere.

Tadashi immediately ran to the temple and stood underneath the roof as a shelter from the rain. Meanwhile, inside the temple, the fox boy from the painting appeared in the middle of the floor, and his nose went to work.

"I can smell someone outside the temple." He said, and his nose led him to the door.

He peaked outside and saw Tadashi standing there, staring at his phone. When Tadashi looked at it again, he noticed that the battery was almost dead. "Great, I guess I'll have to hurry."

He tried calling his aunt a few more times, but none of those times were lucky for him. He tried calling her one last time. "Aunt Cass, are you there?"

The Kitsune raised an eyebrow. "I wonder what he's doing out here so late."

Tadashi's eyes widened as he heard the voice through his phone. "Oh good, I got reception." Tadashi said, relieved.

He was about to hang up and call his aunt. "Wait, no, don't hang up yet."

Tadashi blinked at the voice. "I can't stay and chat right now, my phone is about to die."

Tadashi took his hat off to wipe sweat off his forehead. "Hmm, dark colored hair, brown eyes and not too bad looking, especially without the hat."

Tadashi's eyes widened. "How did you know I was wearing a hat?"

The voice breathed on the other end. "Because I'm watching you."

Tadashi figured that now would be a good time to hang up, but when he looked at his phone again, it was already dead. Tadashi's eyes were still widened and he poked the screen of his phone. It didn't turn on again. Tadashi nervously put the phone back up to his ear.

"Hello?" He asked nervously.

"Come inside." The voice on the other end said.

The temple doors swung open, startling Tadashi. He looked at the dark insides of the temple and was debating on whether or not he should enter or run. Eventually, he decided to enter, for reasons he wasn't sure of. The fox boy stood near the doors, watching as Tadashi entered further and further into the temple.

"See that painting?" The fox boy asked.

Tadashi looked to the picture at the back of the temple and nervously nodded. "Yeah, the picture of the lady and the dog."

The fox boy squinted his eyes in annoyance. "It's a fox."

Tadashi stuttered. "Oh, uh, right, sorry."

The fox boy's annoyance subsided. "I need you to draw two tails on the fox."

Tadashi looked closer and noticed that the fox didn't have any tails. "I can't do that, vandalism is illegal."

The fox boy's eyes gleamed a bright blue. "Do it!"

That was enough to send him running towards the painting with a pen in hand. Slowly but carefully, Tadashi started drawing one of the two tails. As he was drawing however, the sound of a dog barking started to reverberate through the area. The fox boy's eyes widened. "Hurry!"

Tadashi could hear the barking as well, and was struggling to finish. After the first tail had finished, he had accidently marked a stray dot on the fox. The head of the temple and some of the hotel staff, including the dog, was coming after them, the fox boy could smell. It was then that Tadashi had finished drawing the second tail. The temple door blew open and the fox boy's eyes gleamed a light blue like the color of moonlight, and he stared straight at Tadashi, with Tadashi staring right back.

Wasting no time, Tadashi bolted out of the temple and into the forest. The staff and the dog ran into the temple, only to find it empty. The head of the temple, upon taking a closer look at the painting, discovered that the fox has disappeared.

Meanwhile, Tadashi ran through the forest, not caring where he was going. He just wanted to get away from whatever ghost or apparition that was making him do all these crazy things. Since he wasn't paying attention, Tadashi didn't see the loose patch of ground up ahead, and he fell down and started rolling down the hill.

He eventually stopped rolling as he rolled back first onto a rock hard ground, having had so much pain inflicted upon him. He couldn't stay awake any longer. The only thing he saw before he blacked out, was a shadow seeming to be looking down on him, wondering whether or not it should help him.