Fokiri Village

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Kai slept peacefully until morning.  

[marixe alcyone]

In the morning, Rajei transformed back into a human girl, still curled up by Kai.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Kai gently hugged her as he slept.  

[marixe alcyone]

Rajei, still asleep, moved one of her hands to Kai's head and started petting his hair. "Kyuu," she said, clenching that hand into a tiny, childlike fist.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Kai woke up when he felt her hand. He looked down at her and blushed.  

[marixe alcyone]

Rajei sensed him wake and opened her eyes slowly. She whimpered a little, since she hadn't wanted to wake up. Then she felt his hair and she blushed furiously, leaping back off the bed. "I-I'm sorry," she said, bowing.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"I-It's okay. It's no big deal," Kai said and sat up, "I-I'm the one who put you there in the first place. I'm sorry."  

[marixe alcyone]

"Y-your hair is soft," Rajei said, turned away from him.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Kai glanced away as well, "Your fur is soft too..." He said.  

[marixe alcyone]

Rajei put a hand over where her heart was. The outlines of her tails had begun the restoration process, but it hurt her. "Did you see...?" she asked Kai, asking him if he'd seen where her two tails had been.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

Kai nodded, "I did."  

[marixe alcyone]

"Do you want to know how...?" Rajei asked him. "How I lost them?" She thought that since they were bonded, he should know.  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"If you don't feel comfortable telling me then you don't have to," Kai said.  

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"They were drunk, I think," Rajei said quietly. "He started hitting me until I was too weak and I was forced to transform. Someone else pinned me down and he took a knife...the onyx knife that burns me...and pressed it into my tail. He stabbed through the one and then turned the blade..." She trailed off. "The other one I bit off to save myself. When I was escaping, it was caught on something and I was running out of time...I turned and bit through it and then I ran."  

[UkyoKuonji2004]

"Will they come back?" Kai asked in concern.