Author's Note: This is just going to be a short chapter for Valentine's Day. This chapter doesn't have too much to do with the story, but it does a little bit. The next chapter will continue the story, but this chapter is important at the end!

January seemed to go by so fast. It was already the day before Valentines day. Girls at school were giving the boys at school chocolates today because Valentines day was on Sunday. I walked into school and slowly walked to my locker. As I got ready to put my stuff in my locker I looked inside. It was packed with wrapped chocolates. I sighed. I looked around for a garbage can. The only one near me was already filled with chocolates. Great. I closed my locker. I guess I'm just going to have to carry my things with me. I walked back to class.

The day seemed to go by slowly. By the time school was over I felt like I had been stuck in there for a year. When I walked outside I noticed a tall figure standing by the gate. He walked closer . I saw his light brown hair and goofy smile.

"Hey Kit! Long time no see!" Tadashi exclaimed as he came over to hug me. Before he had the chance I stuck my hand out and he shook it sadly." I haven't seen you in like seven months and all I get is a hand shake?"

"Hey you're lucky you even got that." I joked. "What are you doing here anyways?"

"Well I thought that it would be a good idea to see some mean, cranky girl at this high school. You haven't seen her any were have you?" I laughed. "No I skipped school so we could spend some together."

"You could have waited until after school to come visit me." I said.

"Oh, you thought that I came to visit. Ahaha, no. I'm kidnapping you." He said with a serious look on his face. I laughed.

"Alright just let me drop my stuff off and let Hatori know where I'm going." I started to walk away.

"Where are you going." He asked. I looked at him and he pointed to the car. I walked over and got in. He had just turned sixteen last week. I gave him the directions to get to the house and we drove there talking the whole way.

"Hatori I'm home! Just wait right there." I said to Tadashi. I walked inside and dropped my things off in my room. I walked out and saw Hatori reading the newspaper a chair. I walked out the door and grabbed Tadashi. I pulled him inside. Hatori looked up.

"Who's this?" He asked.

"This is my friend Tadashi." I said.

"Hello, sir. I was wondering if it was alright if I took Kitsune back to our hometown for the rest of the day?" Tadashi asked.

"Go ahead. Just don't bring her back to late." Hatori replied nonchalantly.

"Thank you sir." Tadashi said. He bowed and tugged on my arm. He pulled me back to the car. When we sat down I turned to him.

"So, where are we going?" I asked as he turned the car on.

"I don't know yet." He said.

"So you skipped school to come get me and you don't even know were we're going!?" He nodded his head. We drove back to our hometown and after a while of just sitting in the car he started it up again. I looked over at him. "I have something for you at my house."

"Ooh, what did you get me?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Can't tell you." He said. I frowned. We drove back to his house in silence.

When we got there Tadashi hopped out of the car and ran inside. I looked out the window. This neighborhood had changed a lot. There weren't any kids playing outside, instead there were dirt filled lots waiting to be covered. There didn't seem to be anyone outside walking around. I turned my head away. I heard the car door open. Tadashi sat back down and started the car up. He handed me a wrapped box.

"Don't open it yet." He said. I looked over at him and nodded my head. "I need to talk to you."

"Okay, what do you need to tell me?" I asked.

" A lot of things. But this one is really important." Tadashi said. "Remember the playground that we use to always go to?"

"Yeah, what about it?" I asked.

"This may be the chance you get to see it." He said, staring straight forward.

"What do you mean?"

"They're tearing the playground down and building a new store there." He said. My eyes widened. "That's why I'm taking you there."

I didn't know what to say. I looked back out the window. That was the one place place were I didn't have to worry about the curse. I crossed my legs and shook my foot. We drove in silence.

We walked over to the swings. I clutched the present. We didn't try to start up a conversation. I sat down on a swing and swung back and forth. Tadashi did the same. After a while he broke the silence.

"You can open the present now." He said laughing. It wasn't his normal laugh though. I tore off the wrapping paper and opened the box. Inside was a silver locket. I picked it up and opened it. Inside was the picture of Tadashi and I at the first school festival we went to together. He was smiling with his usual grin and I was standing there smiling awkwardly. I smiled, then laughed, and then I felt a hot tear stream down my cheek. I wiped it away quickly. I didn't know why I was crying. "Hey, you're not suppose to crying."

"I-I'm not. " I lied. Tadashi turned over to me. He took his thumb, brushed the tear away, and then placed both hands on my shoulder. He leaned forward. "No,don't!"

"One little kiss wont hurt." He said. He leaned in closer. I tried pushing him away, but I couldn't. His lips touched mine. The kiss was soft and gentle. I felt weird and all of a sudden I was on the ground. I looked down. I saw two little black paws. I looked up at Tadashi and his eyes widened. "What the hell happened?!"

"P-please don't freak out." I pleaded. Tadashi looked at me, struck with fear. He nodded his head. "I can explain."

I told him the legend and why I turned into an animal. Tadashi was dumbstruck. After a few minutes told him to close his eyes. I turned back into a human and put my clothes back on. I told him to open them.

"Kitsune." He said.

"Look I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I was afraid to be alone again. I understand if you don't want to hang around me again." I said. I was breathing heavily. Tadashi looked at me and laughed.

"I'm pretty sure that if you could put up with me all of these years then I can accept a little thing like this." I looked at him. I can't believe that he could accept something like this. He grabbed my arm and pulled me back to the car. "Come on! I promised that I wouldn't bring you back too late!"

It looks like my wish finally came true.