InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Feudal Fairytale Ficlets ❯ Fox ( Chapter 16 )

A/N: True Inuyasha connoisseurs will have caught the reference to the show within the text, which is Souten confusing Shippou to be something other than a fox. It's like a running joke in the series. Everything is called a raccoon, when it really is a fox, badger, or weasel. I don't ever see Miroku's raccoon friend Hachi getting called a badger. Botan absolutely adores Souten, the cute Thunder Demon who challenges Shippou to a duel. I like Souten's little red pet dragon, who is consequently called a flying snake by Inuyasha. Identity crises abound.

 

 

Witty Disclaimer: We don't own Inuyasha; however we are capable of stealing hairs and making Shikigami counterparts, complete with fun-noodle swords.

 

Fox

 

Thunderheads swooped down from the heights, growling and thickening until the very trees seemed bent under their weight. Bolts of fire and light danced through the sky, casting feather-light shadows in the darkness.

 

It was some of her best work.

 

Jyaki tickled her spine—she would have a fight on her hands soon. Why else would a demon approach so steadily and yet so hesitatingly?

 

She sniffed experimentally. Raccoon? Badger?

 

“Oi.”

 

She turned.

 

Surely an attacker wouldn't grin like that.

 

“Nice work, Souten-sama, but I wish you'd either call it off or let me come in and get dry.”

 

Fox.