The Bloody Moon

Chapter 2 - The 4th Fox

I woke up with my head pounding. I looked around and Splinter was standing in front of my bed looking at me.

- Sensei! What the hell, you scared me.

- Sorry. I was waiting for you to wake up.

- Well I am awake now. Yesterday happened?

- Unfortunately, yes. - I took a deep breath and tried to put my thoughts together. - What should I do?

- Well we need to find them.

- And then what? - I said irritated, already knowing what he's about to say-
I am not going to train them.

- Loraine, the percentage of crime has increased tremendously since then. - I looked at sensei almost crying.

- You know I can't.

- You can' t fight with them but you can train them. They are your tales and you have to teach them. - my thought broke me, I started crying - Look at me. You don't have to fight. Four foxes are out there, you know that more than that can not fight together. We have a complet.

- Are you trying to cheer me up?

- Yes. 

- It works. - Splinter hugged me and I was still sobbing into his arm. - So how do we find them?

- They can't be people that you don't know. Maybe let's start with searching for those who you thought or talked to yesterday.

- So you are saying that maybe me thinking about curtin people yesterday has turned them into kitsunes?

- Yes. - Then I realized who those people were.

- I know where to find one of them. But how am I supposed to make him believe in my words.

- You are the blue fox. 

I went to the safe and opened the goblet with my katana and mask. Looking at them hurt me. I didn't use them in three years. I put on the mask and took the katana into my hand. Rising it up made me change into full kitsune. I took my last deep breath before leaving my house and then I jumped out of the window. I felt the breeze and freedom when I was running on top of the buildings. The feeling that made me happy once now made me cry. I was doing everything against my own will, completely forgetting about a promise I made myself 4 years ago. Focusing on my thoughts made the  run shorter. I finally made my step on top of Kai's apartment building. I jumped onto his balcony, thank God the doors were opened. It wasn't my first time at his apartment, I did visit him occasionally, when I was drunk, and happened to forget my keyes, he then let me sleep on the couch.  

- Kai? - I carefully walked farther into his apartment. Then I saw him. Kai was standing in the bathroom all freaked out, looking into the mirror and talking to himself.

- You...do not...have a tail. Do you hear me? You don't have a tail, it's all a hallucination. Yeah, hallucination, probably from food poisoning. - he then turned and saw me - And Blue Fox is not standing in your apartment. - he continued to walk out of the bathroom pretending he didn't see me. But he stopped. He turned on his foot, opened his mouth and then screamed and whispered at the same time. - What the hell is Blue Fox doing in my apartment?!

- Kai.

- She knows my name. - he jumped on the couch.

- Can you calm down.

- But she died. No the others died, she's alive. - He was acting like a child so I covered his mouth with my hand.

- Kai, this is real. I am here and you do have a tail.