The Little Fox Prince
by Cresent Star
The Little Fox Prince
Disclaimer: All the characters belong to Yoshihiro Togashi-sama. You've got
another thing coming if you think sueing me is worth it. Note: Namikata Kaoru
deserves a little recognition for help and ideas. Doumo arigatou!
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Once upon a time, there lived
a very bratty, very bad tempered bastard of a prince called Hiei. This prince
was really spoilt in one of the worst ways imaginable -- he got what he wanted
all the time, as long as he asked for it. He was fond of willful destruction of
public property, but his parents, Yomi and Mukuro, never told him this was
wrong.
Let's say that Prince Hiei
was bored one fine day. To quell his boredom, he would go out and kill
whomsoever happened to have the guts to piss him off. These people were rare, so
he ended up killing whom he pleased more often than not.
It was one such day that
found Prince Hiei playing with someone's disembodied head near a deep pond. He
was so busy trying to figure out where its face had once been that he failed to
notice he was being watched by a pair of sly, golden eyes.
He was about to return to the
palace so he could show his latest 'trophy' to his parents when an accidental
kick sent the decomposing head skittering across the grass and into the pond. He
growled in dismay, cursing his bad luck in all the colours of the rainbow.
Just then, a five-tailed
silver fox bounded out from behind a cluster of bushes, yipping happily.
"Say," began the
fox, "if I get that er, plaything back for you, will you let me follow you
home and be your companion?"
Hiei considered this for a
while. He really wanted to let his parents see the head, but he couldn't get
into the water as he couldn't swim. Besides, he hated water and liked getting it
on him even less.
"Hn. Alright," he
said.
"Really? And I get to
eat with you and everything?" the fox asked.
"Yeah, yeah,
whatever..."
"That's a promise?"
"YES! Now why don't you
just get the damned head back for me?!" Prince Hiei snapped, though he
really had no intention of keeping his promise.
"Okay. Remember what you
said, " the fox barked, diving into the water. Minutes later, the silver
fox resurfaced with the yucky, dripping head in his mouth. He spat it out
quickly and turned back to the pool to rinse his mouth out with generous amounts
of water.
"Bleah! That tasted
awful!"
"Hey, you were the one
who wanted to help."
"Yeah, but it was worth
it," the fox mumbled. It was, unfortunately, all he could say before he got
booted back into the water.
"WHY YOU LITTLE--"
the fox snarled, clawing to the surface of the vile water. He looked around.
"Hey, where'd he go?"
** ** **
Yomi and Mukuro were pleased
to learn of their son's latest addition to his 'hunting trophies', so in order
to celebrate, they had the palace chef cook up something extra special with the
body that came with it.
Just as they were about to
begin their meal, there was a knock on the dining room door.
Yomi ordered Hiei to go see
who it was since he was too lazy to do it himself. Hiei did so, but with bad
grace. He opened the door to find the silver fox sitting there, wagging all of
its five tails furiously.
"Hi! Remember m-"
Hiei slammed the door shut in
the fox's face, then stomped back to the dining table and sat down hard.
"Hiei, who was it?"
Mukuro asked, as if she were really even half concerned.
"Nobody important."
"If it was nobody
important, you wouldn't have slammed the door to the extent of nearly taking it
off its hinges." Yomi pointed out.
Hiei finally told his parents
of how he met the fox and how he had promised the fox companionship if he
retrieved the head. Yomi was angry at Hiei because he had broken his promise, so
he told him firmly (meaning, with threats of no killing for a week) that he
should let the fox in.
Hiei went back to the open
the door, cursing himself blue. The fox was still sitting there, wagging all of
its five tails.
"Get in."
"Gee, thanks!" the
fox yipped. It bounded in gracefully and sat itself down on the empty space
beside Hiei. It then started digging into the food that was on his new friend's
plate without permission. Hiei was about to get himself another hunting trophy
when Yomi stopped him.
"A promise is a
promise."
Hiei growled, unwillingly
sheathing his katana at the same time.
"This is great
stuff!" the fox exclaimed, chomping away merrily, "What is it?"
Hiei got a sudden, wicked
grin. "Do you remember the head you helped me get back?"
"Ugh, yeah! It was
gross!"
"This is the rest of
it."
At this, the fox stopped
eating, turned a most peculiar shade of silvery green and was sick over the side
of the table.
"That wasn't very
nice," Mukuro reprimanded mildly.
Hiei just smirked.
** ** **
That night, whilst Hiei was
getting ready for bed, the fox crept into his room on silent paws. "What
the hell are you doing here?"
The fox looked at him with
big, shimmering eyes, "Can I sleep here?"
"No!"
"I'll tell your
parents," the fox said softly, in his best 'snitch' voice. Hiei swore
coarse enough to cause earache.
"Okay... just stay in
the corner!"
The fox's ears drooped as he
padded to a dark corner of the room where it was supposed to spend the night,
its tail hanging.
Hiei had climbed into bed and
was about to doze of when he became aware of a soft whimpering sound.
"Shut up, you!"
"I want to sleep near
you!" the fox whined.
"F*** this! Get over
here and sleep beside bed."
The fox trotted over. It
turned around a couple of times and lay down with a soft 'thump'. A few minutes
later, it was on its feet again, pawing the bed sheets pathetically.
"NOW what do you
want????"
"I want to sleep on your
pillow. It's cold here!"
"Argh!
(*^&*%^$$%%^^!!!??%*^$#^!!"
"I'll tell your
parents," came the soft warning again.
Hiei had little choice but to
lift the furball onto his pillow. He had to get some sleep or he would never be
able to carry out the next day's hunting activities.
All of a sudden, the silver
fox got up from the pillow and pounced on Hiei, using its paws to pin him down.
Paws that were slowly turning into a pair of human hands! In place of the kawaii
silver fox, there was an even more kawaii redheaded young man with twinkling
green eyes. A very gorgeous, very desirable and very... naked young man.
Hiei gaped.
The redhead flipped his long
hair over his shoulder provocatively and said, "Since you were so kind as
to let me come home with you--"
"I didn't! You
*followed* me home!"
"No big deal," the
red head shrugged, "Anyway, I'm Prince Kurama, of uhh... a faraway land!
Yeah... that's right..... I got stuck in my fox form by accident and they said
only the friendship of a certain bratty, bad tempered bastard of a prince could
change me back."
"Who's 'they'?"
"That's not
important." Kurama declared in a sultry tone, running a finger down the
center of Hiei's chest. "Now as I was saying, since you were so kind as to
let me follow you home, I think I should reward you..."
Hiei figured he had nothing
to lose except sleep.
** ** **
The next morning, Mukuro
rapped loudly on Hiei's door in order to wake him.
"Hiei? Hiei, you bum,
wake up!"
No answer. Not even a
"Just five more bloody minutes Mom...".
"Hiei!!!"
The silence repeated itself.
Finally, Mukuro just gave up
and broke open the door. She gasped. She was *SO* happy that Hiei had finally
bedded one of the kingdom's young maidens! They had obviously not awakened to
the summons due to the exhaustion of the night before... Mukuro giggled. Her
happiness lasted until Kurama shifted position slightly, causing the sheets to
slip down to his waist.
Calmly, Mukuro backed out and
closed the door. She then turned and screamed.
"YOMI!!!!!!!!!!"
** ** **
Yomi and Mukuro were shocked
to the marrow to find their virgin son deflowered by a mysterious youko prince
'from a faraway land'. They thus had no choice but to marry Hiei off to Kurama.
Neither of the latter pair
were too upset about that arrangement.
During the wedding however,
some of the guests could have sworn that Yomi and Mukuro were crying tears of
happiness as the young men exchanged vows.
And they all lived happily
ever after!
The End
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