~* Kasumi's POV *~

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" I screamed, covering my fox ears tightly.

Tomoe sighed in annoyance, "Kasumi, stop being so stubborn."

"I can't' hear you! Lalalalalalala!"

How did we end up like this? Well, long story short, I woke up in the dungeon of the Dragon King's palace with Tomoe much to my inconvenience. His stupid actions are becoming such a pain in the ass. Why do I have to suffer with him? Just because I'm his sister, doesn't mean they can do this to me as well!

"Don't you want to hear what happened to Ami?" my brother shouted over me. I snapped my head towards him, eyes wide. I never did know what happened to her. I slowly uncovered my ears.

"Oh, now you're listening?" my brother asked sarcastically. I glared at him in return, "Just tell me what happened to her."

The dim lights that were the only source of brightness down here suddenly went out, engulfing us in complete darkness. I squeaked in fear, grabbing the nearest thing near me. Of course it was Tomoe...

I clenched onto his kimono tightly, burying my face in his chest. He knew why I was scared of the dark and what had happened. My brother let out a sigh and patted my head comfortably, awkwardly wrapping his arm around my trembling body.

"You still haven't gotten over it?" he asked softly.

I whispered shakily in reply, "How could I?"

Tomoe sighed and stroked my fox ears. I purred in reply, not being able to control the animal part of me. It really does suck whenever you have demon fox instincts.

"You were only seven years old when it happened," Tomoe said quietly. I nodded, letting him continue.

"It was almost midnight, the full moon was out, and it was breezy outside. You were outside, playing with your toys while I was inside, sleeping. Another yokai attacked and I still regret not being able to do anything. He kidnapped you, tortured you in complete darkness. You couldn't even fight back because he did it with no light, not allowing you to see anything. What a pathetic creature he was."

I hummed in agreement, "And of course, my big brother came to the rescue."

Tomoe scoffed, "Like I had a choice. You would have killed me if I didn't come."

I smirked, "True."

There was a moment of silence. We were still huddled together, no source of light visible. Why did the lights go out in the first place?

"I saved her," he suddenly stated. I raised my head to look at him, his slitted purple eyes visible in the dark.

"Ami, I rescued her because Nanami begged me too. I couldn't refuse a command from my mistress."

My eyes widened in surprise. I really didn't think he had the guts to do it. Does this mean he really does care about Nanami?

Of course he doesn't. He just did it because of the God's sacred binding words, making him follow her commands no matter what, the rational side of me interjected yet some part of me hoped, ever so slightly, that he somehow cherished her... no matter how small.

"By the way, just because I am speaking to you doesn't mean I forgive you," I muttered defiantly. He nodded while combing his fingers through my hair softly. It was times like this, where Tomoe would comfort me, brought so many memories from when we were little. I always wondered what had happened to our once strong relationship. It became weaker when... I....

I met Kurama Shinjirou..?

The door slammed open in the darkness, a flame flickering through the room. We stood up cautiously as one of the guards made their way towards us. The sword with a dark aura in his hand made me feel slightly uneasy, knowing that if we get hurt we wouldn't heal as easily thanks to the yokai repelling power the weapon had.

"Finally caught you damn fox demons," the fish looking guard cursed, "Suits you right, after what you did to our Dragon King!"

I growled and threw my hands up in frustration, "Like I said before! How the hell do I have anything to do with this?"

"You are his sister, his blood! You have everything do to with him!" he glared heatedly.

Seething with fury, I argued back, growing angrier by the second, "It's not my fault! Burn him, torture him, I don't care! Punish him but not me! I didn't do anything to upset your oh-so-loving King!"

"Thanks for your kindness, sister dearest," Tomoe said sarcastically. I threw him a mocking smile, which just made him scoff.

"Shut up, prisoner!" the guard yelled.

Finally having enough of his blabbering, a blue flame ignited in my hand before I threw it at him, burning him into ashes. He didn't even have time to scream as I killed him. Eh, whatever, he was getting on my nerves.

Not even a second later, an alarm was set off as guards started to surround us, screaming of how we had just killed their precious comrade. I sighed in annoyance, not wanting to have to deal with these fish weirdos.

"Nice going, Kasumi. Thanks to your unsettling temper, you alerted the whole palace," Tomoe glowered, looking annoyed as he saw the number of guards increasing.

"Oops?"

~*~

Twenty fishes dead, threw oysters annihilated and five sea slugs destroyed later, Tomoe and I were starting to grow weary of how many creatures we had to fight to escape. I dodged a flying sword and took out two guards by smashing their heads together.

"Tomoe, this is getting boring," I whined childishly as I threw a fox fire towards a now dead someone, "Can you stop messing around so we can escape?"

My brother was having way too much fun for his own good. He looked like he was having a blast as he literally blasted the guards away.

He glanced towards me and smirked, "Five more minutes, I promise!"

I huffed in annoyance, not liking his childish behavior. He acted like this was merely a game to him. My brother was always the sadistic yokai I have to admit but sometimes he takes things too far... especially when it comes to humans.

The door swung open revealing the one and only Dragon King. The last guard standing was killed in front of his eyes (or one eye since my sibling had taken the other) as Tomoe lit him up on fire, burning him into nothing.

"It's been a while, Dragon King," Tomoe said with a taunting smile.

The so called king replied back briskly, "Indeed it has."

I smirked and held my fan over my face, the only thing visible was my piercing eyes.

"I am Kasumi, this idiot's sister but I presume you already knew that."

"Who the hell are you calling an idiot?!"

He diverted his attention to me, "Yes, you are the famous fox demon that had taken out villages effortlessly after you had your heart broken. Am I correct?"

I froze at the mention of my horrible actions. I guess I had tried to forget about that but it always comes back to bite me in the ass. Looking down, my bangs concealing my eyes that were on the verge of tears, I clenched by fist angrily. The mockery laced into his voice just made me seethe with pure hatred. How dare he act like he knows me? Who does he think he is!

Snapping my head towards him, my eyes were slitted like a demon as I snarled at him. He flinched away but stood his ground. Trying to act tough in front of a two powerful fox yokais? Big mistake.

"Mind your own damn business!"

I lunged towards him, claws extended.

"No, Kasumi! Watch out!" I heard Tomoe shout.

I hadn't noticed the weapon the Dragon King had hidden in his cloak but when I did, it was too late. He had revealed the sword and held it in front of him before I could react.

Splat!

Unbearable pain spread throughout my body. The sword must have had yokai repelling magic. My shocked eyes looked down towards my stomach, only to see a long blade had pierced right through my skin. Blood had splattered everywhere. A choked scream left my lips as the Dragon King yanked his sword back painfully making me collapse to the ground.

"Kasumi!" Tomoe panicked.

"Now for the final blow," the Dragon King raised his sword, ready to thrust it towards me. From the corner of my eye, I saw Tomoe running towards me hastily. You won't make it in time, idiot.

The sword was thrown towards me. My eyes flew shut as I awaited the fatal blow. Nothing happened.

A pained grunt was heard as well as the sickening sound of flesh tearing apart. My eyes flew open, recognizing that voice immediately. Why is he here?

Midnight black tengu wings were wrapped protectively around me as a familiar face looked down at me in relief. A shocked gasp escaped my lips as I stared at his breath taking grey eyes. The sword had pierced him instead of me. How did he get here? I watched in horror as he fell onto my lap unconscious, engraved with a deadly wound. No way... this cannot be happening.

"Kurama..?"