Me: and here is a brand new chapter! It is a time skip, just 2 remind every1! enjoy!
Disclaimer: is Arashi alive? Is Kyuubi unsealed? Is there yaoi around every corner? … I rest my case.
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"What?" Arashi asked in disbelief. Kyuubi was sitting on the window sill, staring out into the village with a blank expression on his face. Arashi was sitting on the bed, looking towards the kitsune with a confused look in his eyes, eyes wide in shock, and mouth opened just a gap. "Kyuubi, what did you just say?"
The kitsune sighed. "Arashi, we can't keep this up," the red-head replied.
"We've been doing fine so far!" Arashi started to argue. "We've been together for an entire year! Why do you think we can't keep this up?" Kyuubi stayed silent. "Kyuubi, look at me!" Slowly, the fox's gaze shifted to Arashi, but only to the reflection. The blond could see that. "If this has anything to do with the fact that human-demon relationships are forbidden-"
"It has nothing to do with that," Kyuubi blankly stated.
"Then why do you want to leave?"
"I don't," Kyuubi replied, looking over to the blond human. "There are some things about demons I never told you about because you wouldn't understand them."
"Tell me now, Kyuubi," Arashi said, glaring towards the fox. "Tell me so I can understand why you want to leave."
"I don't want to leave you, Arashi!" Kyuubi growled. "But in this matter, I have no other choice!"
"Then why won't you tell me why?"
"Damn it, Arashi! It's something you wouldn't understand!" Kyuubi yelled, jumping to his feet. Arashi gasped from the sudden outburst. Kyuubi, seeing the shock in the human's eyes, took a few deep breaths to calm himself before slowly walking over to the bed, sitting down at the opposite end from Arashi. He sighed gently before looking over to the blond teen. "Arashi, this really is something you won't understand as easily as everything else I told you about demons."
Arashi shook his head. "You can't know that unless you tell me," he argued. "Please, Kyuu. Tell me why you're leaving. Please." The kitsune looked over at Arashi, seeing the torment that he was causing the younger human. Without a second thought, he moved closer to the blond before pressing his lips to Arashi's. When he moved away, he sighed slightly.
"Alright, but it won't be that easy to understand," the red-head finally caved in. "Not to humans." Arashi waited patiently. With a second sigh, Kyuubi lowered his gaze to the floor. "I didn't tell you before because I didn't really think anything of it. I didn't think that we would still be in this kind of relationship after this long. I thought we would have thought it to be too awkward, too difficult, to keep us this way. So I never told you." The blond teen stayed silent, waiting for Kyuubi to make his point.
"Look," he sighed. "There are things that separate demons from each other. Other then species, breed, or sex. Some demons, both male and females can get pregnant."
"You're always seme, so I don't see a problem with that," Arashi said with a small laugh.
Kyuubi just shook his head. "I'm not done." Arashi went silent once again. "That's some breeds of demons. Other breeds, only the females get pregnant. And the rest, well… that's a bit different. My breed of fox are a part of those demons." He sighed silently, looking from the floor to Arashi out of the corner of his eyes, then back to the floor. "The breed of demon I was talking about, the third kind, females get pregnant and the males don't. But the males can impregnate males of other kinds of demons or even humans, even males demons that aren't able to become pregnant. If they are dominated by a male demon that can impregnate other males, then it wouldn't matter."
"So your breed of fox are the third kind of demon, right?" Arashi asked, wanting to make sure he was keeping up. Kyuubi nodded. "And just by having sex with you and you being the seme, I could get pregnant, right? I mean, you said that those kind of demons can even get a human male knocked up." Kyuubi nodded again. "Then why haven't I got pregnant so far? Maybe I'm-"
"You're able to," Kyuubi broke in. "You just haven't been mature enough." Arashi looked as though he was about to say something, but Kyuubi stopped him. "What I mean is that your body isn't mature enough to handle a kit. Nobody, even demon males built for carrying kits, can get pregnant until they are mature enough, which is usually when they are eighteen. You turn eighteen in just a month, Arashi."
"I still don't see what the big deal is," Arashi stated, tucking one of his knees into his chest. "So what? I turn eighteen, you and me get active, and I end up pregnant."
"Human males don't get pregnant," Kyuubi pointed out. "And who knows how your village will react if they find out you are carrying the child of a demon? They would try to harm you, maybe even kill the kit before it's born. I don't want to risk that. Besides, I doubt you're even ready to handle a young one."
"I am," Arashi stated.
"You think you are, but I think you're not."
"Kyuubi, I can handle a kid. And it'll be yours, so what's the big deal?"
"Arashi, you're only saying you want a kit because it will make me stay. No. Not right now. Not until you're sure you're ready."
"I am sure!" Arashi yelled, glaring at the kitsune.
"No you're not," Kyuubi argued back. "You say you are, but deep down, you have no clue what you would do with a kit. In your mind, a kit means I stay. That's all you're thinking about right now, ways for me to stay with you." Arashi lowered his head slightly, knowing it was the truth. The kitsune licked his lips for a second before pulling Arashi's head up with his finer. "We can't handle this, Arashi. Not right now. When you are ready, you can find me easily."
"How?" Arashi asked, trying to fight back tears. "You're going away."
"I'll keep the mind link open so we can still talk to each other," Kyuubi said with a soft smile, kissing away a small droplet of water that slipped from Arashi's blue eyes. "And when you are ready and if you want to, you can always find me near the spot where we used to meet when you were just a kit yourself."
Arashi nodded slightly before Kyuubi placed a deep passionate kiss on his lips. He pulled away after a second, then rose to his feet and headed towards the window. Arashi quickly grabbed his shirt, making the fox turn and look at him. "You're not leaving now, are you?" Arashi asked in a pleading voice.
"It would be easier on the both of us if I left now," Kyuubi replied.
"At least spend one more night here," the blond said in a slight begging tone. "Please? Just one more night?"
"You and I both know where this 'one night' will lead to," the kitsune said. "It would be easier on the both of us if we didn't."
He started to pull away, but Arashi just gripped the shirt tighter. "Kyuubi, please! Stay. Just for one more night." The kitsune lost all his will-power not to look at the blond teen behind him. Slowly, he turned his head and looked at Arashi. The teen looked as though he was about to cry, but was fighting back the tears and chewing on his bottom lip to help him.
"Alright," Kyuubi softly said, walking back to the bed. "But I won't be here in the morning. You can expect that."
"Can I just give you a proper good-bye?" Arashi meekly asked before the fox smirked and nodded.
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Arashi's blue eyes blinked open the next morning, his arm outstretched, searching for a body next to him. He jumped up, but regretted it since he was aching all over. He didn't see Kyuubi next to him like the fox usually was. Then he remembered the conversation they had last night. He couldn't hold his tears back anymore.
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"It was best to leave that human while you still could," a small gray fox said, looking up to the top of a tree, where Kyuubi sat, one arm resting on his bent knee. "After all, who knows how he would handle a bunch of demons coming after you two and your kit if they caught word of that blond carrying?"
"They wouldn't," Kyuubi said in a blank tone. "Never would. And never will."
"If he still wishes to bear you young after a year or two," the fox stated, licking at its paws.
"Whether he wants to or not, it's up to him."
The gray fox gave a small hum. "No wonder he loves you so much," it commented. "So unselfish."
Kyuubi just snorted slightly. "Don't you have somewhere to be other then in my business, Tai?" the red-head asked.
"I get the point," Tai sighed, getting up on all fours before running off. "Leave you alone!" he added as he ran.
The kitsune sighed slightly, not removing his gaze from the direction of Konoha. "It's the way things have to be," he said to himself. "For now, at least."
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Me: short and sad. Review!