"It's actually nothing special. I went for a walk outside the city walls to the wilds." Ace started. "Lemme guess that was when you left randomly and I didn't see you for a week." Harley said. "Yeah. Anyway I just kinda walked out in to the woods for some fucking reason, I don't even know myself." Ace began to tell the story.
Ace walked down the steep hillside, using the trees as platforms to safely navigate down. He looked both directions, left and right, and saw how he was surrounded by nothing but nature. He walked a little further, pushing through the brush, and he stood before a creek. He jumped down to a flat rock and took out his canteen. The waters of the wilds here were so far from civilization that they were good enough to drink. As he filled his canteen he heard a stick snap. He looked up to see a massive black bear lumbering towards the creek to drink. He waved towards it for giggles and the bear just looked at him, snorted, and drank from the water. Ace was wearing a black pair of cargo pants and a black shirt.
In his backpack he had basic survival items. Fire started, compass, food, etc. He had no idea why he wanted to come here. He kept going down into the valley. By the time he reached the bottom of the valley it was night time and he had set up camp. He made a fire and was in the center of a clearing. He sat down and was eating some food when he heard a twig snap from the north. He turned around and pulled out his knife. He stared into the dark abyss, searching for the slightest movement. Another twig snapped from the east, then the west, then the south.
Ace though he was either outnumbered or a very fast creature was stalking him. He though it had to be small creature to move this fast. He was proved wrong when an entire tree was thrown at him. He barley dodged as another was thrown at him. The two trees snuffed his fire and soon darkness enveloped everything. He couldn't see anything. As he watched the darkness he swore he saw a flash of something, like a fang. He readied himself as moonlight started to spread through the valley and lit up him and whatever else just enough to see. A massive nine tailed fox stood before him. Teeth bearing, growling, red eyes full of hatred and lust for destruction.
It started to growl but it was weak and then it spit up some type of liquid. Ace was confused by this and upon closer inspection he realized it was wounded. He sheathed both of his knifes. He cautiously took a step forward then another and another. The kyuubi was growling at him and spitting up a dark substance. It slammed a few of its tails on the ground, an intimidation technique. Ace took another step and was even more confused to realize that there was fear in its eyes. As he got closer, it spit up more of liquid and it landed on Ace's arm. It started to burn and Ace quickly began to try and brush it off.
From what it felt like touching his arm, Ace thought that the fox must be in serious pain if that is coming from inside him. Ace closed the final distance and gently laid his hand on the nose of the Kyuubi and it growled back. The almost black liquid dripped out of the Kyuubi's mouth. Ace held his breath and slowly reached his hand in the Kyuubi's mouth. The liquid started to burn and Ace quickly felt around for something out of place. Although it wasn't like he knew what was out of place in a giant nine tailed fox's mouth. As he felt around he looked up to see the large Kyuubi staring at him. It was weird because from a distance the eyes were a solid orange with the pupil being a yellowish color. In the eye of the fox was a thin layer of black smoke.
He found something that felt like a ball and he tried to grab it. It was covered with the black liquid and was very slippery. He grabbed it with both hands and pulled at it and it didn't budge. He pulled at it again and ripped it from the mouth. He lost grip of it and it flew over him and towards the fire pit. It landed on the embers and bubbled and burnt out.
He looked back at the fox and was started to see it on the ground, weak and panting. It began speaking to him. "Fleshy one. I… thank thee for ceasing my pain. What is thy title?" The fox asked. "Title?" Ace asked. "Name. What is thy name? I wish to thank thee by title." The fox said. "I don't have a name. I go by Ace." Ace said. "Mortal one. Ace, I thank thee for freeing me. I have one last request. I do not want to die. I grant upon thee a vessel. In it is my being. Apply it to a catalyst that I may inhabit. So that I may live on…" The fox spoke before withering away to skin, bone, then ash. The only thing that was left of the skeleton was the skull.
Ace picked up the skull, which was surprisingly more lightweight than he though and he carried it all the way back to the city. He had to slip up the fire escape because, well he came back from a trip to the forest with a giant skull. He was going to find something to fulfill the fox's dying wish. The only reason actually Ace was going to find something was because it was a giant mythical fox and he thought he'd get a reward. He set the skull down on the table and went to bed.