Prologue

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  • Dedicated to Toby, may he rest in pieces
                                    

The stronghold was disappearing. Turning into petals. She slammed into the door. It fell down. "Mother?" she called. No answer. Up the flights of stairs she went. She saw dead demons all around. Amaterasu had been here. As she neared the final bridge, she saw him. Toby.

The cursed scrap of paper was covered in holy flowers. That could only mean......

"Oh, Toby!" She fell on her haunches, looking at the paper. "Toby....."

He took care of her when NInetails wasn't around. He showed her the ways of the challenges he gave people as gatekeeper. Now he was gone.

But now was no time for grieving. The petals were closing in fast. She had to get to the upper deck. Up she raced. As she neared it, she saw a body. It was shaped like a foxes'. "Oh no...." she trailed off.

It was the body of her mother, Ninetails.

The beautiful demon fox was stripped of her glory. She now was just a tired, old fox with a missing eye.

Her daughter collapsed by her. "Mother..." she began to cry.

Then, the petals took the stronghold. She fell into the water. She tried to swim, but the water took her, and the world went black.

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