Biography of a fox #1
Hyosube Loxely
Hyosube Loxely was born in old Japan around 1500 AD as son of a local merchant and his wife. The birth itself went smooth and Hyosube was declared male as soon they spotted the small sheath on hir body.
As hir father's offspring and successor shi had to learn about the rough day of market business along with reading, writing and the important basics of numeracy.
Since most other kids within the neighbourhood were offspring of local collocated and lower samurai families shi also had easy access to swordsmanship by playing and romping with the other kids during the bit of leisure time shi got.
Time went on and Hyosube hit the age of 12 while hir parents slowly gave hir even more responsibilities to take care of around the household and store.
One day when Hyosube returned home at the late evening shi found hir home demolished.
Driven by fear about hir parent's health shi run inside the house without hesitation.
Hir senses were numb from the shock and overwhelming mixture of feelings as the only thing on hir mind was to find out about hir parents fate.
Shi has been shaken to the core as shi faced a pool of blood and hir parents dead bodies in the middle of the once lovely decorated living room.
Revealing this scene shi sank to hir knees and let out a loud cry full of pain and despair. Hir ears fold back against the back of hir head and hir tail lay without movement on the ground. Being absent during the crime has saved hir life but from this day on shi felt left alone in a world shi no longer saw hirself as a part of.
After about 3 days shi was found by strangers and brought to the nearby Shinto shrine for adoption. Hir body was already weak and shi must have been close to starving but the pictures in hir mind prevented all kinds of thoughts and actions from hir freezing hir at the place.
The priests were delighted to welcome such a young and talented fox to their small coalition but before shi was allowed to stay there were a few rituals shi had to go through.
The leading priest led Hyosube to the bath chamber and prepared the spiritual and physical cleaning. Shi was placed in front of the tub and slid out of hir cloths very slow. Since shi wore a thick kimono most of hir life nobody saw it but over time hir body slowly formed smooth lines of a soon to grow female chest.
As soon as shi exposed hir whole body in front of the priest and the cleaning ritual was about to begin the man did not only see the slender form of hir small breasts, but also what was behind hir sheath and sack after short.
The world did not know about hermaphrodites and shi was called a demon or the devils brute.
Barely given time to dress shi was thrown out of the shrine because of the priests fear that shi might bring disaster to the shrine and everyone else around hir.
Hyosube was left alone but hir will to survive was a strong one.
Hir home was destroyed and hir family dead so there was nowhere to return to.
In order to stay alive shi had to earn money or food by helping out at stores or on rice fields.
Over time hir breasts grew large and shi could no longer pretend to be male.
Shi observed the women and geisha on the streets and tried to adjust to female behaviour and appearance.
Due to hir female hormones hir face turned into a soft and feminine one just as hir shape did.
Hir hair grew long and a natural shine was added to hir smooth black fur.
Hyosube turned 17 and began to enjoy hir new female life. Shi tricked people and became a little tease. After hir change of lifestyle shi worked as a waitress in noodle or sake houses.
For a while hir life went on in order and shi almost forgot about the pain of hir past.
One day a drunken customer started a fight with hir when he tried to get into hir undies.
The rough fight started at hir working place but soon grew out onto the street.
What began as simple brawling turned into an armed fight with wooden sticks and whatever they found around. Luckily Hyosube played and trained with the samurai successors during hir youth or this fight had ended early for hir.
The stranger was drunk but still incredibly strong. He tried to fool and trick hir to gain the upper hand and might have managed if he had not been affected by the alcohol.
The longer the fight went on the harder Hyosube found hirself handle the ongoing attacks. Shi got hit several times before hir body was knocked onto the ground. Just at the moment when the guy leaned over hir to give hir a final hit someone tackled him down and took him out.
Hir survivor was dressed in black and took care of the stranger before he came over and leaned over hir. With a dirty grin he smiled down onto hir while shi slowly was about to lose consciousness. The last things shi remembered before shi passed out were a few words.
"Not bad for a little lady. I think we could take advantage of those skills and all the pretty talent shall not be wasted at such a place."
When shi finally woke up about 5 hours later hir legs and arms were tied together. The world around hir was all dark but as far as shi could tell shi was not wearing a blindfold. A door at the opposite side of the room opened and bright light spread over the floor when a black shadow appeared in the door frame and slowly stepped towards hir.
Hyosube was helped onto hir feet and brought to a much larger room. On their way through the small catacomb floors they turned around corners many times until shi could no longer tell in what direction they went.
The destination room was a high and round one with seats on the left and right side and a small door on the opposite end of the entrance.
The person led hir through the small door into the room behind. Two more people were waiting for them. After a while it has been obvious that they meant no harm to Hyosube. Instead they offered hir a opportunity shi could not decline from where shi was.
Hyosube was taken into the lines of a small clan of ninja that appeared to be allies of the
Iga- clan. Shi was not new to fighting tactics and knew rough fighting basics from hir youth but that was far from being enough to fulfil hir duty for hir new family. This is what the ninja became to hir and how everyone treated each other.
Hir education took 2 years and shi was barely given any responsibilities. After that shi was sent on hir first missions along with three other ninja who basically had to support and keep an eye on hir.
At the age of 20 Hyosube slowly became a full member of the clan and was a much liked person. Besides basic missions in black suits shi also worked as actress or geisha to obtain important information.
One day most of them were sent onto a very difficult and important mission. It was said that there was a dark mage hiding in a swamp area close to Edo and causing diseases and curses.
They searched for long and when they finally found him there was a strong aura covering the place and blocking out most of their senses. A rough battle flamed up containing flying shuriken, blazing thunder and all kinds of odds. Elder ninja used some of their ninjutsu and tried to protect their teammates while fighting back the mage.
Countless ninja lost their life and Hyosube was hardly able to keep up with the fight when shi tried to sneak up on the mage while he was busy.
Just at the moment Hyosube was about to try hir assassination of the mage some of the elder ninja tried some ninjutsu against him.
The mage tried to reflect their spells and added his own when Hir sword hit the mage and they ended up in a bright light and whirls of colors and elements.
Hyosube was thrown from side to side and pulled deeper into the spiral when shi was about to lose consciousness. Fully outworn shi opened hir eyes and let out a sigh of confusion and dizziness.
Shi looked around and found hirself in all alone in a forest. There was no need to hurry so shi lay down and slept before considering any steps. Hir sleep was a deep and dreamless one. When the sun was about to sink towards the horizon and the shadows grew longer hir body was shaken.
Two hands held tight around hir shoulders and carefully tried to wake hir up.
Hyosube opened hir eyes just in time to see a little kitten in jeans and sweater smiling up to hir. Shi rubs hir eyes and takes another look but the image does not change.
Whenever shi opens hir eyes again shi always finds a little kitten kneeling in front of hir. Shi finally accepts the view that is offered to hir and keeps hir eyes open.
Smiling down on Hyosube the kitten is glad about her success in waking hir up and welcomes hir with a simple "Hi there~" to the 21st century.
~End part 1~