I was trapped and alone in the city of San Francisco. This was a bad place for me to be. I'm a spirit fox, full of magic.

I am a spirit fox, called Kitsune in most circles. I have six tails personally. I'm not the most powerful, but I do alright.

I was quite startled, as you might imagine, when the strange demonic human stepped on my tail.

"Nyah!" I cried and leapt into the nearest light pole.

The demon caught me in his strong hands and swept me into his arms.

"Are you hurt?" Rhetorical question. He must assume I was a regular fox, as I had glamoured quickly and looked normal. "You have quite an interesting power, don't you?"

He clutched me close. He tapped my hoshi. "Don't worry. I'm not going to enslave you by taking your hoshi. It's your soul right?"

He bandaged my tail. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you."

I do not understand humans. Or demons. Or whatever this creature was. A little of both.

He put me in a very soft satchel to rest.

I clutched my hoshi to my chest. I had been captured!

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Cole didn't know why he had protected the small creature. He told himself it was because Kitsune had more power over Luck than leprechauns. They could grant fortune and power beyond a demon's dreams.

But that was not the case.

He also knew she had a human form. For some reason he was eager to see her in human form!

He grit his teeth.

Enchanted. He had to be enchanted. She was a fairy fox after all.

But...

He looked down at her curled up in the pillows in his apartment. She had made a den in his bed.

He reached out and pushed some Konpeito to her. She seemed to like Japanese candy.

He couldn't get her to eat anything else.

She lapped up the water dish.

Cole sighed. She still wasn't letting down her guard at all. Her green eyes looked up at him. So intelligent, so full of magic and good fortune.

He could use some good fortune.

But if he was honest with himself; he wanted to keep her around because she was...special.