~ Foxen Serenade ~

[KiT]

Kit jumped down from the high tree branch, which he had used as a bed the night before. Leaves fell from the shifted branch, swirling around him as he dropped down from his perch.

“Where to go today.. Perhaps a human village. Yes, those creatures are always good for a laugh,” Kit said to himself with a small laugh. “But first things first…”

Kit felt that primal, instinctive feeling from within, overtaking his thoughts and eating away at his mind.. and stomach. He was hungry. Kit perked his ears at the sound of constant motion, heard clearly by his adept kitsune ears over the peaceful silence of the glade. It was a stream, and Kit did his “hunger math.” “Stream + Hunger = Fish.”<br>
As the source of rushing water came into view, Kit contemplated how he would get his meal. While he could rush in and grab one out of the water with his uncommon celerity, he would rather take a more original approach.

“I could catch them like a human. Haha, ya right. Me, sitting for hours, waiting for fish to come to me? It’s a wonder that those humans have ever tasted a fish in their lives.”<br>
Then he got an idea which brought a big grin to his face. He reached into his pouch and withdrew a foxtail with a blue dragon whisker binding and tossed it into the stream. It was pushed downstream by the current for a bit, and then it started to glow, and the morphic light took shape as a large water golem. As Kit had predicted, the fish began swimming into the golem, as they believed that the water golem was part of their free range habitat. Kit made a motion with his paw, and the golem slowly walked onto the dry land with Kit’s future meal swimming around its body. Kit quickly counted up his well-earned prizes. “Six fish and one… frog?” ^_^;

Being in tune with the natural world all his life, Kit knew not to waste, so he reached his paws into the golem’s chest, quickly procuring the two largest fish, and then ordered the golem to place the rest back in the stream.

Kit then concentrated his own foxfire energy to create a blue flame within a circle of rocks he had set up (Only you can prevent forest fires ^_^). He then set wet branches, which held the skewered fish, into the ground, at an angle so the fish would be cooked over the entrancing blue flames. As they cooked, he went to collect his fox tail, which had reverted from its aquatic giant form. As Kit’s hunger grew, the scent of fresh cooked fish became an aroma of desire. Kit quickly took both fish off of the fire, keeping them a bit raw for his own personal tastes. He left the fire burning for warmth and sank his fangs into the side of a fish. “Oh ya, this certainly beats the human way. Silly humans, fish are for Kit.”<br>

[S'apphyre]

After finishing off her small meal, the neko efficiently uses the mouse fur for a new pouch, sewed together with one of the many needles and sturdy thread she bought from a blacksmith living in the hot volcanic area. Just as she is about to search for the main course of her meal, a tasty whiff of cooked fish wafts through the air. Her nose twitches in delight, and she goes off silently, striding toward the origin of the smell (follow your nose wherever it goes....). She takes up her spear in hand, and her slim and light bow and arrows are strapped onto her back. Deciding that her weapons may get in the way of hunting, she uses a little of the 'useful magic of forest beings' and waves them into disappearance, keeping them in a little 'personal space' where she could retrieve them later. Now then, for concentrating on that delicious fish.

The panther neko stands still, her pupils narrowing into sly and sharp cat eyes. With a glance over the kitsune bending over the circle of fire, Kylara decides he is no threat. In fact, maybe she would have fish instead of the bird she had been planning to have.

Walking over, her green eyes sparkle with curiousity. She might have seen him a few times before living in this forest all her life, but not very much anyways. Neko were highly individualistic. Kylara heads toward a section of plentiful fish and a few yards away from the other eating creature. Waving her left hand a little, she brings back her spear, and she just sits by the bank a little to enjoy the water. Breathing in the fresh air, she debates how to make her catch today. Hmmm...suddenly, her right hand shoots into the water a little to the right of the shimmering fish. Ah yes, refraction of light is definitely known. Her clawed hand comes up with a wriggling and trapped fish. Taking it gently, the cat carefully cuts part of it to end its life painlessly. She looks and purrs at the promise of its taste. She glances over at the kitsune again and grins before striding up to him with a friendly grin.
Hey, my name's Kylara, a neko of these woods. Can I use the fire you built for my fish too?
She was perfectly capable of making her own, but company was always nice at a meal.

(ooc: mwahaha, i added a little cereal commercial in too. look at her picture please! i like it. )

[KiT]

Kit looked up at the neko with a slight grin. He had misjudged her scent.

*A Neko? And here I thought that scent was a tanuki (raccoon)*
“I’m Kit, and you can use the fire if you want. Don’t mind its coloration, it’s just foxfire. I like how you caught the fish. You nekos are known for speed, but that was still quite a show”<br>
Kit smiled up at the neko with fish bits around his mouth (if it doesn’t get all over the place, it doesn’t belong in your face). Kit wasn’t used to the company of nekos. He knew them to usually be reserved and withdrawn. Many anthros had a tendency to have a haughty exterior, but Kit had always been different. He didn’t really set goals or expectations, so he was more open to whatever came his way.

Kit closed his eyes and telepathically fed more energy into the blue flames, making them rise and deepen in hue. While he had been taught not to abuse his powers, he enjoyed using the gifts he was naturally given. In any case, if he ran out of magical energy, he had his Kitsune Dao (Chinese Broadsword) to take care of problems.

“So are you headed anywhere in particular miss Kylara?”<br>
Kit repeated that name in his mind. *Kylara* Where had he heard that name before? (cough <Sango’s cat> cough>) He shrugged off the question for now and went back to chatting with his newfound acquaintance.


(ooc: so is this commercial thing gonna become a tradition? ;D you get KiT points if you can guess what commercial mine came from)

[Kit]

[glow=blue,2,300]The five friends chanced apon thier campfire.
Waa! Gin-kun! Look! A kitsune like us!
Yume giggles and pokes her friend.
Yume-chan! what was that for?
Gin rubbed the abused side. Yume sticks out her tongue as she neared the fire.
Yume-chan! Gin-kun! Wait for me!
A girl that looks about 12 runs after the two. Another girl, but this one a teenager, flies after them on a sword, and another one, the same age as the one before, sweeps after them on silver wings.
Hai Hia! kiyo-chan!
The 12-year-old girl laughed as she caught up with Gin and Yume.
Let's wait for Kit-neesan and Kaze-neesan!
The other two nods as they look back at the one on a floating sword and the one with wings.
Kitiara arrives and looks at KiT and Kylara.
Um...sorry for interupting.
She bows and pulls at the sleeve of her shirt. [/glow]

[S'apphyre]

The neko would have sputtered and stuck her tongue out if she had been able to read KiT's mind, but alas, she was no mind reader. Luckily for KiT that is.

Taking a long bone out of her pouch, Kylara smiles in thanks and casually stabs the dead fish onto it (like marshmellows). She lies back as she spins the fish patiently; since the kitsune had raised the blue fire though, it should finish cooking quickly. Then she remembers KiT's question and smiles apologetically. Nope, I've lived here all my life, and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon. I like my home as it is. There seems to be no reason to move to me. What about you? Are you on a journey?
Just then, she spies the kitsunes and co. coming along quickly, and she grins. The more, the merrier as they say (haha, now I'm using cliches instead). Flicking her cat ears around, Kylara waves a greeting.
Hallo, all! Would you like to join us for lunch?
She glances at all of them with a playful glitter in her leaf green eyes. She usually lives alone, but that doesn't mean she dislikes company. This many creatures and personalities together held promise for a lot of fun. Either that, or mischeif. Yes, this neko is welcome to both.

Too absorbed in her thinking and watching the others curiously, she happens to look at her fish...previously, a fish. Now, a big fiery fireball on a stick.
OH NO! MY LUNCH!
The neko blows it out then examines the remains. A black blob. Kylara sighs.
I guess I'll have to catch another one then.
Inwardly chiding herself for her uncharacteristic forgetfulness, she wonders where all her neko sharpness and grace had gone for a moment. Then a saying pops to her head.

"Curiousity killed the cat."

Smiling wryly, she shakes those words out of her head. That cat in the saying probably died of hunger.

(ooc: Kylara is the name of Sango's cat? seriously? i actually stole the name from a book about dragons....i've never watched inuyasha before. well, once, but sango wasn't in it. oh yes, i was a tv couch hog before. that line sounds familiar...is it carl's junior? )

[Kit]

ooc: Sango's cat's name is Kirara. what book? was it.... dragon kyn, or one of that series?

[glow=blue,2,300]The group laughs, Kamikaze gently wafted the wind around in her amusement. The kitsune danced over.
HAI HAI
Kitiara looked at her playful friends and also glided over.
Hello, I'm Kitiara, the one on the sword is Kamikaze, the kitsunes are Gin and Yume, and the shapeshifter is Kiyoimaru
[/glow]

[S'apphyre]

The neko smiles laughingly and watches the newcomers with interest.
I am K-
Kylara's sparkling leaf green eyes turn into a sharp glittering emerald for a second, with cat pupils instead of the usual round ones. Her open manner changes, and she crouches on a smooth boulder in a catlike position, with her hands near her eversosoft fawn boots. But she wasn't thinking about shoes at this time. There was someone else in the forest.

(ooc: actually, i stole the names of my other characters too. those are from that series. Kylara is from a different one by anne mcaffrey. )

[Aisling]

The usagi watched from the shadows, grinning to herself as she saw the neko bristle. She'd meant to make noise. She wanted to be noticed. She was hungry, had had no water for days, and was feeling reckless.

Aisling raised her glaive defensively and crouched, ready to attack if needed. She twiched a golden, black tipped ear, listening for movement behind her. Just in case. She hated to be attacked from behind.

[Kit]

[glow=blue,2,300]The rash kitsune's jump up when the neko bristled, both ready for attack. Kiyoimaru looked up from the dracling and changed into a teenage girl, holding a 'giant meat cleaver.'
Who is it?
Kamikaze and Kitiara look around, Kamikaze instinctively setting up a barrier of wind around the three younger ones. Kitiara walked over to where the Usagi was hiding.
Hello?[/glow]

[KiT]

(ooc: geez this came in late ^_^; )

Kit looked around at the group. While kitsune usually upheld strict individuality and stayed alone or with a mate, Kit certainly didn’t mind company. He looked up at the odd jumble of energetic creatures and couldn’t help but smile.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Kit” and here he bowed his head in a respectful fashion. “Help yourself to some fish”

Kit looked around and filled his senses with their scents. That was something he liked to get about people. It was generally hard to find out a person’s true personality or in-depth history on the first meeting, but the main scent would usually always be the main scent and actually revealed a bit of a person’s core personality.

The two kitsune had a similar scent. While they both had their own unique scents, they still had the scent of kitsune blood. Kit smiled at this cause it reminded him that they were still children and hadn’t perfected masking their blood scents. The shapeshifter.. Now there was an interesting character. Not much of a central scent on that one. She smelled like a little bit of everybody else and then a scent that was changing by second. It was scent of purity though. Kitiara, the angel, had the expected scent though. She smelled like the mist from DiamondStar mountain. Also a scent of purity. The wind user’s scent was the most surprising. It was… almost empty. It surprised him that somebody would still have the power to sneak up on him. But he didn’t like being overconfident anyway, and this served as a reason for him to continue training.

And then there was the “other” scent. He knew that this was wrong, but it did make him rather.. hungry. An usagi. More fun for the party.

[S'apphyre]

The neko interestedly glances around at everyone again, her leaf green eyes still holding a bit of that predatory and sharp look. Her attention had not become fierce from the usagi. No, Kylara had left the other to stay and hide as long as she pleased. There had been no worries there, for she had made sure of that. Probably, the older kitsune had noticed and remained silent? Neko and kitsune noses were both keen.

She snaps out of her thoughts, a smile still lingering on her lips as she laughs to herself. Then she remembers her fish. The neko looks exasperatedly at the burnt remains, and she shakes her head while pretending to curse. She hates wasting. The forest is abundant, but that is no reason to become careless. Ears twitching, she sticks her tongue and and laughs. More fish.
Anyone want me to catch some, as long as I'm there? It wouldn't be a problem at all.
She looks at them all with catlike smile. This is fun.

[KiT]

Kit raises a paw to calm the others.

" Don't worry, it's not hurting anybody "

He turns back to the two kitsune, who he assumed were younger from their forms, but it's always hard to tell with shapeshifting creatures.

"How would you like to increase the flame of the fire, while I help miss Kylara catch more fish?"

As he walked off to the stream, he began transforming into a orange-feathered hawk and flew over the stream in a circular motion. Every few moments, he'd dive down, skimming the river and tossing up fish onto the grassy banks.

[S'apphyre]

Strolling to the river, Kylara puts a palm over the top of the clear, soothing water. After relishing for a bit, the neko sways her tail idly and begins her catching ritual. Claws sharp, her slender fingers move rapidly for her prey. That done, she looks over at a few flopping fish and quickly goes over to end their suffocating. No animal cruelty here, right? She calls out to the kitsune.
I think we've more than enough!
Taking out a furred drawstring bag (it used to be a mouse) and opening it, she takes out a small folded square and unties the string around it. It spreads into a bag of sorts, made of a type of leather. She uses all of her prey.
Softening her nails to human length, she gathers the fish inside the waterproof bag (it would not stain her pouch). Then she heads to the fire after waving to the hawk to come down.
The neko flicks her ears and look at the trees out of the corner of her eyes once again. After fishing, her pupils had gone to normal, but they become feline sharp again.
Come out now, and get some fish.
There was a silence before a sound of rustling came. Then silence again. Shaking her head, Kylara just heads back to the fire again. She would make him come out somehow.

[Kit]

[glow=blue,2,300]

The two kitsunes grin.
No prob!
Gin pointed at the fire. It was one of the things that he had first mastered. The flame soared high, while Yume shakes her head and pushes down, the flames reduced to a moderate level, good for cooking.

[/glow]

[Hikari]

(ooc:not sure how i can be in 2 places at once, even after reading the suggestions....oh well )

Hikari and his golems walked along through the forest, making as much noise as possible. After all, I can just put up a barrier if i run into trouble... Dispite the noise they made, stomping and breaking rocks and crashing through brush, Hikari heard the sound of a river, and the ripple-splash sounds of someone catching fish with their hands. Why would anyone want to catch fish with their hands when you could just magic some fast growing plants? he thought to himself as he silenced the noise his group was making and made his way towards the river with the silence of a cave moth.