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! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So what did you think of it? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Just send your comments to cresent_star@hotmail.com Ja ne!