Chapter Four: The purpose

Story by Fangor Lycra on SoFurry

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#4 of Tails of Fate


{People search for there purpose in life sometimes until the day they die. Before Tony met Jasmine, he was doing just that, trying to figure out what his role on this planet is supposed to be. When he met Jasmine, he thought he found his purpose; he thought that fate brought Jasmine and himself together and lives a happy life together.}

{Well if he only knew how wrong he was, because he soon will find out his true purpose; and it will be revealed to him in a way he would have never guessed. He will finally know what he is supposed to do in his life, and how to get to that point.}

{You see once a Kitsune is born they will be given there purpose on what they are supposed to achieve while they are a Kitsune. The reason is, being a Kitsune is a privilege not a right, and you need to fulfill your purpose before you can pass on to the next life. The purpose will be given to them the first time they fall asleep and as you recall we left Tony and Jasmine on the bed passed out.}

{Little does Tony know, but his purpose far exceeds any other Kitsune currently living or has lived ten fold. The only other Kitsune whose purpose is almost as great as his in achieving that purpose; Jasmine thought that purpose for her was to find the one that would fulfill the prophecy and save her world. But her purpose is much, much more important then that, and she's about to find that out as well.}

When I open my eyes I expect to see Jasmine underneath me with the bed sheets in tatters; but instead all I see is white, like I just entered a blinding snowstorm. I blink a few times to make sure that what I am seeing is really there. When the whiteness does not go away I put my paw on the white ground to gain stability. Once I feel that I have enough stability and have my paw firmly on what I think is the ground, I slowly get to one knee and get up to my feet.

Once I am up I turn a whole 360 degrees on my heels, the scenery doesn't change at all, just whiteness where I can't even determine what's the floor, what's the wall and finally where the ceiling begins. After a few minutes of looking around I hear a feminine voice call out to me, when I turn around towards where the voice came from, all I see is a star like substance. "Welcome Tony, I've been expecting you."

I blink more and ask the star "Where am I and how do you know my name."

It replies "you are inside your mind and dreams, but until you see everything that I want to show you, you will be stuck inside your mind. When it is all over you will wake up and Jasmine will tell you what to do next. As for knowing your name; I have been keeping a close eye on you, ever since you and Jasmine met."

"Wait... Keeping an eye on me? Are you god? And what does Jasmine have to do with all of this?"

The star just chuckles at me and then starts to fade away. "You will find out soon enough my son; I will show you all that I can to help you understand your purpose more fully, rather then tell them to you. I find that is more of an effective way."

"Wait" I yell out to it... but its too late, the star completely fades away; the whiteness the starts turning grey, then black and finally pitch black.

"You hear any news from the other furs if they have found the one yet?" a familiar voice asks to an unknown person.

Everything then comes back into focus. I see Jasmines house in the background a car on the driveway along with Jasmine and... Wait is that her husband?

"No there has been no word from anyone, and I fear that the end is coming closer with every pass of the sun. The bad thing about it is we are no closer to finding the chosen then we were 7 years ago."

Wait a minute I think, 7 years ago was when the furs started showing up on earth... does that mean there looking for me? Am I the chosen one there talking about? If so why me?

"Anyway" the husband says "are you sure you don't want to join us at the circus? You deserve as much of a brake as I do."

"No it's alright" Jasmine says "I'm too exhausted to go out today. You and the kids have a good time; I'll be waiting for you when you return."

I then realize that this is the day the accident happened. I look over at the car and see there children already inside the car all fastened up. I run up to the both of them with my arms flailing in the air saying don't go or you'll die!!!" but they don't hear me, and when I reach them I just fall through them as if I was a ghost. "Noooooooooo!!! I yell.

"You three have a good time and bring me back something from the circus alright?" She says looking into the car, the children then reply back to there mother "Yes mommy" they say happily. She then turns back to him and says take care of yourself, were not the only ones looking for the chosen one, the dark forces are as well."

"I know Hun, but I can take care of myself, and the circus is only blocks away, so there isn't much of a chance of an accident." He smiles and gives Jasmine a kiss good bye.

"I love you David" Jasmine says

"And I love you too Jasmine." He then moves over to the car, grabs the door handle, opens the door and climbs inside.

David then closes the door behind him, puts his seatbelt on, turns on the ignition and backs the car out of the driveway and onto the street.

"Take care of your selves" Jasmine yells out to them. They all wave there hands good bye and finally drive away.

The next thing I know I am in the passenger seat of the car; I look over at David and see a nice big smile on his face, wow what a beautiful day this turned out to be he thinks nothing can ruin it.

"Are you ready to see the elephant's kids?"

Both of them reply in unison "yes!!!"

At that moment they reach a green light, the light that would be there demise; a truck comes baring down the road full speed toward the car and when it reaches the same light, except for him it was red, he broadsides the car with David in it and kills all three instantly.

"No!!!" I yell out, tears pouring out the sides of my eyes and then down my cheeks... but wait I'm still alive... how is this possible?

The next thing I know, right when the truck hit us I found myself sitting in the passenger seat of the truck and beside the killer of David and his kids. What I see is a Kitsune, but unlike the other normal kitsunes, this one has pitch black fur which could only mean that he is a part of the evil forces they were talking about back on the driveway.

I then hear him laugh evilly and say "my boss will be proud, three more weaklings are gone" He smirks and in a split second he disappears.

Everything then turns black again, but this time nothing happens afterward, just tears streaming down my face. "Why?! Why them?" I then place my muzzle into my paws.

"Tony if they did not die, we would have never found you."

The star the returns and lights up the darkness... "It was fate... now that you know who you are, you will now find out your purpose.

"Fate?! You call fate tree family members dieing and leaving there mother and wife Widowed?! That's not fate! That's murder!!!!"

My eyes start to flicker with a passion running through my body; the eyes seem to look like they have fire inside of them. The anger continues to grow inside of me the fire now spreading to my whole body, looking like I am on fire but not getting burned. This as I would later find out is my aura which is like no others.

"Good" she says "you learn quickly, and since you don't have much time to prepare its good that you're starting to learn now"

I look up at her, the aura still emitting strongly off my body, leaving sparks in the air every few times. "Prepare? Prepare for what exactly?"

She doesn't respond but instead starts to fade away just like she did once before. After the final glow dissipates, blackness surrounds me once more.

"There coming!!" Screams of hundreds of furs can be heard as well as the sounds of feet running around in a panic state. The darkness starts to dissipate and, coming into focus I see a small Village of about 50 huts. Approaching this village is ten Kitsune furs, all with the same black fur as the one in the transport truck.

Among the chaos I look around the village and in the middle of all the huts I see one hut in particular which is a bit taller then the rest, most likely the chief of the village lives in that one. Surrounding the Village on three sides is forest land, as far as the eye can see.

Running around the village is furs of all different kinds of species; from anthro mice to dragons... yes even dragons are afraid of these Kitsunes, but why? What makes them so afraid of them? My question was answered when for one moment the village was there, the next minute the village was in ruins with bodies splayed all over the ground. What a massacre I thought, I then see the same 10 Kitsunes that entered the village the only ones left standing.

"Another weak village lies in ruins" one of the kitsunes says "This is getting way to easy, isn't there any challenges left that would remotely entertain us?" another Kitsune says.

Seeing and hearing this enrages me even further, now the ground below me starts to scorch up from my aura getting angrier and angrier every passing second.

"Because they are ruthless creatures who only care about death and destruction, they think that this is all just a game and have no regrets about what they do. The leader is even worse, he is 10 times stronger then all ten of those Kitsunes, and twice as ruthless, he won't think twice about his decisions and would be able to kill you before you can breathe one single breathe in front of him.

"So you're saying that when I'm ready I will be able to take someone on who could destroy this world? But... I'm still new to all of this I need time to get ready"

"Unfortunately Tony time is of the essence and by the looks of things you've learned a lot already, you just need to channel your energy and use it for good use, as for him destroying the world, he can do much more then just destroy this world. If he is not stopped, he can take over the whole universe, gaining strength with every passing day."

"Why me? What makes me so special? There must be others just qualified as I am..."

"Only someone with a pure heart and good intentions can be the chosen one, and what you did to save Jasmine Showed us that you are the chosen one. Do you want to know the real reason why she dug her claws into your hand? It was a chemical any other person without a pure heart would have died within minutes of her injecting it, but you survived which means you are the one."

"You mean Jasmine would have killed me? Why didn't she tell me! I'm sorry but this is a lot to take in right now"

Before she could say anything the ten dark Kitsunes disappear. "We need to go" the star says.

One moment I am standing on the edge of the destroyed village, the next I am at the mouth of an enormous cave, just as I arrive I see the exact same dark Kitsune that ran over Jasmines family enter the cave.

"Let's follow" she says. So I walk into the cave, as I start to look around I see candles lit all over the walls and ground to light the way. The passageway leads to a curtain covering a doorway. Once I go beyond the curtain I see the Kitsune with another by himself looking at a pile of papers on a table.

The kitsune who is called "the leader" is like no other kitsune I have ever seen before. His eyes are a piercing blood red colour; the hair on top of his head is long and flowing streak black all the way down to his hips. His muzzle is like every other fury... but his top teeth come out of the muzzle down to his chin; giving him a cheetah look to him.

Most of his body is much like any other Kitsune, except both of his hand claws and foot claws extend 6 inches away from the tips of his fingers and toes.

His tails... there are 11 of them... this makes no sense, I still don't know how both Jasmine and this Kitsune both defy the laws of being a kitsune where the maximum amount of tails a Kitsune can have is 9...

Finally I notice his height; he's not very tall but taller then most average Kitsunes at a height of 6 foot 4.

"I've got good news sir" The leader looks up at the kitsune from all of the papers. "You killed the family?" Richmanta asks.

"Yes sir, I didn't get a good look inside the car after the accident, but before it I saw the male and his two children... Oh wait the wife wasn't with them..."

"She what?!" His eyes then shine with fire and his aura flares away from his body, striking the kitsune, incinerating him instantly.

I gasp when I see this "Wow... he's powerful"

The Kitsune then looks at me as if he heard, but instead another Kitsune walks through my body.

"Tomorrow night, after sundown, I want that Kitsune DEAD!!!"

"Yes sir, I will get my best men on it." With that the kitsune disappears and leaves the leader behind.

"That fool... He could have doomed us all."

"Oh shit" I say "this is not good." I look at the star beside me.

"You don't have much time; you now know your purpose. In one hour it will be sundown and those ten kitsunes will be on your doorstep. If you and Jasmine aren't ready it will be the end for us all." I then gulp and nod.

"You will have a present waiting for you when you wake up."