As walked down stairs to the royal kitchen I saw the chef was fast asleep. I slipped by him and entered the kitchen. Grabbed a glass of milk and heard footsteps coming from the stairs.
I ducked down and glanced to the side of the dining room table. A young man walked into the kitchen and stopped to examine the area. he scanned the kitchen and stopped at the table.
"Shit" I whispered realizing I had left the milk jug sitting on top of the table.
"Kit I know you're here, stop hiding and come out" just as he said that I felt a presence behind me, I froze and turned my head to see my older brother right behind me. Transformed into his Kitsuné form. He was a tall blonde haired blue eyed man with broad shoulders and strong arms and legs, in his Kitsuné form his hair turned from blonde to a brilliant gold color and his eyes changed to a midnight blue with bright red towards the Iris.
I jumped out from behind the table and got ready to fight.
"You know you should not be here without the chief here" My brother said.
"But he is here" I replied. "yes but he's asleep".
"And your point is he's still here." "You and your technicalities"
As he charged in with his paw. I easily blocked his strike and countered it with my own hitting him dead in his chest the force from my punch made a loud thud. My brother was sent flying and landed on his four feet he looked at me "very good Kit, your learning."
I scanned my brother trying to predict his next move.
My brother was a skilled fighter and one of the few who could wield an ancient power. a power that lets him transform into a beast. He had the ability to transform into a Kitsuné an ancient and magical fox; he was a Kyuubi. Kitsuné are the most powerful beast… A fully mastered Kitsuné has nine tails, my brother has seven. He is close to becoming a master Kitsuné. I however do not share the same ability as my brother. Even though the ability is passed down from bloodline, there are a few who never come into power. I was one of those. Normal Kyuubi show signs of their power by age ten. I am now thirteen and have shown no real magical abilities. Me and my brother have sparring matches every chance we get. This has sharpened my senses and reflexes passed that of a normal human. I was tall and skinny, thirteen year old boy with black hair with crimson red tips that went down passed my eyes, I had deep red eyes that turned crimson towards the iris. I always had my hair covering my left eye, I had a strong lower body, I was quick, sneaky and could move around easily undetected. may not be able to transform into a Kitsuné, but my brother and father have seen signs that I have the blood in my veins. It's just a matter of being able to call on the power that lies within myself.
My brother crouched down ready for another attack. He opened his mouth and started to charge his Kikigyuki, his signature attack. His Kikigyuki was an energy ball formed from his aura. It's a fire based attack able to burn through anything it touches… I saw the gleam in his eyes. I knew he was about to launch it at my feet to create a smokescreen to block my vision so he can get close to me as soon as he launched I jumped to the side to avoid the after effects and…
"Checkmate kit" I heard a voice coming from behind me I turned to see my brother charging another one of his Kikigyuki point blank at my back. No way I would be able to dodge that. I laughed. "So close this time" I said
"Hahaha not bad. little brother" Axel said as he transformed back into his human form.
"Kit, Axel! What the hell do you two think you're doing!" We looked to the doorway to see Sukikono standing there Sukikono was our father, and the current king of Inari. He was a tall build man approximately six-one and had muscles everywhere, he had that authoritarian look to him for sure.
We looked around and saw the kitchen was a complete mess. Me and my brother then looked to each other, "Busted." we said together laughing.
"Dad we were training" Axel said. "In the kitchen?" Sukikono asked
"I saw Kit coming out of his room earlier and decided to follow him He let his guard down when he went to grab some milk, and I caught him by surprise. I went to throw a punch and he blocked it and after that we were just having fun" Axel said
"Hehehe I guess we got a little carried away. Sorry father" I said bowing my head.
"Very well but you two will be cleaning this mess up as punishment."
"Yes sir." me and my brother said.
"And Axel" he looked at my brother. No using your kyuubi to help you either."
"Sir." My brother said.
As soon as our father left me and Axel I grabbed a broom and started to sweep the mess we made on the floor. When we came to the spot where Axel shot his Kikigyuki at my feet we stopped. "
How are we supposed to fix that" I asked.
"Father said no kyuubi magic." My brother headed to the storage closet and grabbed an arm full of wooden planks, a box of nails, and two hammers. I looked at him. gah this is going to be a pain!
As we got to work taking off the charred planks of wood and replacing them I noticed that a bunch of them had turned to ash. "Man your kikigyuki is strong, No doubt you will make a great king."
"huh… oh right. I'm going to be king today." His voice trailed off lost in his thoughts.
"And I'm going to finally become Prince." I said with glee "yeah that's right, congratulations Kit, me and you will be running this kingdom now. That's a lot of responsibility, are you sure we're ready?"
"Hell yeah we're ready, plus we'll still have farther to help us when we need" "True," He said.
"Stil, that dream though." I said quietly.
"What's that" Axel said.
"Oh nothing, I'm just talking to myself." That dream seemed way too real. Could it be. getting lost in my thoughts
"I'm gonna go get more wood kit" Axel said
"huh, oh, ok I'll finish up with what we got, Hurry back" I said.
As he left, I started to dust the ashes off the planks of wood.
"He's not ready." A voice came from the hallway.
"Yes but he's coming of age." another voice said.
"But he hasn't been able to wield his Kyuubi yet."
"Not yet he can't but he has it in his blood."
"Well we will have to see, We will have to give him the test, if he really does have the kyuubi in him then the test will draw it out."
"Yes you're right, We will wait until after the coronation."
"Sir"
Just then I saw my father walk by. He looked in the kitchen and winked at me. I froze, They are going to do a test on me to awaken my Kyuubi?
As my father walked away Axel walked in from the other end carrying a bunch of wood planks. "This should be enough, let's get started" He said.