By Sesshoru

I remember the first time that I met her. She was ordinary, plain, boring and most of all... human. Not my type of girl at all, but that all changed when we were both transported to Gaia. When I awoke from my daze after falling for what seemed like forever, I awoke to the most beautiful sight I'd ever seen. I wasn't sure if it was the bump I'd probably received on the head, or the fox ears and tail that were protruding out of her body, but it didn't matter to me, she was beautiful. From that moment on I made a vow to myself never to leave her. Everything seemed like it was going to be great until I found out about him... Sabin, a jackass with a split personality. Vile, disgusting and not fit for a sweet, generous and beautiful vixen such as Kamiki. I wish he hadn't fallen down the hole with us, things would've been much better.

I lay bare naked in a tree as the sun shone through the leaves, watching Gavin in the distance, seeing that he was up to his usual tricks such as pulling on Kamiki's straps and tugging Sabin's hair.

Each time Gavin got a hold on Kamiki's clothing, it looked like it was everything she could do to keep from popping out of her top. I of course had a simple solution to Gavin's antics, just stop wearing clothes. They were only a pain in my opinion anyway. She'd be much more beautiful without a bunch of rags covering her body. I never got the big deal about wearing clothes in public, but it just seemed to be one of the ways people did things.

One of my ears perked up as I heard the call of my name. I leapt from the tree and landed softly on the ground. My feet padded along the ground, running towards the familiar sounds. The smile that spread across my face when I saw Kamiki was short lived when Sabin appeared right after her. Just once I wish I could be in her company without that... thing, whatever he was.

Kamiki smiled and waved an arm, while Sabin seemed to be standing there, pouting. It was obvious he wasn't the one who called me over. I averted my attention back to Kamiki. "Yes, Miss Kamiki?"

She seemed distracted for a few seconds before she began to speak, looking somewhat lower than my face. For a bit of fun, I wrapped my tail around my waist, covering up any parts that might be considered inappropriate for public view. Her face turned to that of disappointment and focused her beautiful violet eyes on mine. From behind her face I could see Sabin glaring, disgusted at the games his lover and I usually ended up engaging in. Kamiki cleared her throat before speaking. "Sabin's offered to look over Gavin while I go into town, I was wondering if you wanted to come along?"

Sabin's eyes went wide and darted straight towards me, giving the meanest glare. If looks could kill, damn. I was taking a wild guess in that he hadn't agreed to that part of Kamiki's plans. He muttered a few words. All I could make out was "Untrustworthy little bastard child..." I took those words with the same offense as any other time when Sabin decided to speak to me. I shrugged it off and concentrated once again on Kamiki. "Yes, Kamiki, I'd love to go to the marketplace. I've got some things that I need to get anyway."

I was about to turn around to go and fetch some clothes when Gavin yanked hard on my tail, pulling it away from my front. Kamiki instantly went wide eyed and my first reaction was to cover up using my hands. Gavin fell back laughing hysterically, while I stood there blushing. It was strange; That was the first time I'd ever gotten embarrassed about having any of my body parts shown in public view. I turned away from Gavin as he gave me a sly smirk. I turned my nose up at the kniving child and went to get something from from my small collection of clothes.

Hidden in a small patch of trees was a box of clothes that I had been collecting since I came to this place. I threw on a shirt and a pair of pants and walked back to where Kamiki was standing. She clapped her hands with her tail wagging behind her. "That's so cute!"

I looked down towards the ground and blushed. I didn't much like being called cute, but coming from Kamiki, anything was acceptable. Except maybe the name pet, which Sabin often referred to me, just to get on my nerves. "Thanks, Kamiki."

She smiled wider and pulled my arm, dragging me to the marketplace, yelling back at Sabin. "We'll be back in a couple hours!"

A couple hours, who was this girl kidding? She'd be there for half he day picking out clothes and trying on the most expensive jewelry she could find. Oh well, I wasn't about to complain considering I was going to be spending the whole day with the heavenly vixen. The fact that she was just holding my hand, even if it was in haste, was enough to make my fur tingle. Yes, this would be well worth having to come back to Sabin and Gavin in the evening.

Kamiki yanked and pulled on every body part she could find, dragging me from booth to booth, looking for the perfect accessory, the perfect bra, the perfect shirt, the perfect anything really. When she finally did find something she liked, she would try to haggle some ridiculous price. Luckily for her, most of the guys were distracted by her cleavage and caved instantly. (Except for one guy who gave her a run for her money, thus leading me to believe that he must have been gay...)

I stood, looking at a venders wares nearby, when Kamiki suddenly popped up out of nowhere with a rather extravagant collar in hand. She gave the cutest look I had ever seen before. Her eyes seemed to sparkle and dazzle with excitement and also seemed to reflect a bit of mischievous intent. "Try it on, please?"

I look wearily at the collar, knowing it would represent my most hated nickname, but for obvious reasons, I was finding it extremely hard to say no to her. If it made her this happy, why not suffer just a little bit of humiliation? I smiled and nodded, taking the collar from her hand, examining it. It had some rather fine, polished jewels such as saffires and rubies. I took a closer look at to collar and engraved in a spacing between the jewels was the name "Simon." I sighed and let a smile creep onto my face. I slipped the collar on and muttered on under my breath, "You'd better not be thinking of telling Sabin about this..."

She grinned and tugged on one of my ears. "Just put it on and be nice about it, like a good little fox."

The things I did for her. Oh well, whipped or not, I found this kind of thing enjoyable to a point. I latched the collar firmly around my neck and raised my head high, showing the engraved letters off proudly. Kamiki squealed with satisfaction. "That's so pretty!

It all went downhill from there... or uphill, I wasn't really sure. I think the slight humiliation was worth all the attention I was getting from Kamiki. She had me try on numerous articles of clothing, bracelets and some of the oddest things I'd ever seen. By the time she was done with me, in addition to my new collar, I was wearing three bracelets; one gold, two silver as well as some rather revealing pants. I seemed to have lost my shirt somewhere in the process. Kamiki had tossed it, calling it a 'dirty old rag' and said it would be very appropriate to walk around with my shirt off. I didn't argue, happy to be rid of just one piece of clothing. Somewhere along the way she even managed to find me a tail ring. I found it uncomfortable at first, but I grew used to it as time went on.

The more we shopped, the more I thought she was buying more clothes for me than she was for herself. At the end of the two hours that she said she would for, I felt like a living display case for clothes. I felt that it was a shame that society had made the body more of a fashion statement than a natural beauty, but all the same, Kamiki looked better than she ever had wearing all the things she had bought today.

Kamiki noticed my gaze and giggled a little bit, blushing. She winked and bounded off into another part of the market. I stood there a little dumbfounded, not quite sure what was going on. We had just spent at least five hours buying anything that glittered and she still wanted to buy more? I followed close behind her, trying not to lose site her as she weaved in and out of the crowd almost gracefully. Once in a while, just to keep up to her, I had to bound over several people, nearly wiping out into several nearby vendors. Just when I was about to give up, tired of having to swerve out of the way of every single cart, person, and thing imaginable, the market ended and opened up to a wide open field. Kamiki stood right in the middle of the field, looking back expectantly at the marketplace.

My tail swished, I was glad she had finally stopped moving. Who knew the girl had so much stamina? I jogged to where she was, huffing lightly. When I stopped, I nearly collapsed, deciding it was due time for a rest. She giggled and bent down, smiling and looking me in the eye. "A little tired are we?"

Panting a little, I looked up at her and smirked. "No... not at all."

"Good." Her smile turned devious and she took off again, running into a thick patch of trees. Not wanting to loose sight of her, I got up and quickly followed. Through endless ducking and weaving through low branches and thick tree stumps, Kamiki somehow effortlessly dodged them all, giving me quite a hard time trying to keep up with her. Eventually the trees parted, leading to a smaller opening, protected by a veil of trees. Panting, I made my way to the center. This time, I collapsed onto the ground, laying almost face first in the dirt. My body began changing back into its original form, face changing to muzzle and arms and legs shrinking and becoming those of a fox. Clothes and accessories became loose and fell off into a small pile on the ground. I lay there, tongue hanging out, tail limp, trying to regain my breath. Kamiki came from out of the trees and walked over, picking me up and turning me over on my back.

She cradled me and scratched behind my ear, talking to me in a sort of baby voice that more or less made me feel embarrassed and kind of stupid. "Hey there, little Simon, are you tired?"

If foxes could blush, I'd be beet red. Since I couldn't talk in my fox form, I let out a meek little yip and nuzzled Kamiki's chest. She smiled and ruffled the top of my head a little bit. "If you turn human, I've got something to show you." She winked and giggled, then placed me down on the ground.

I had regained a bit of my energy, so turning back wouldn't be so hard. My nose shortened into my face and my ears moved more to the side of my head. Arms and legs lengthened into more human limbs and lost most of their fur. I stood up on two legs as the last part of the transformation ended.

Kamiki clapped her hands and did a few jumps up and down. She seemed to much enjoy when I turned into my Anthro form. I was still panting slightly, not quite back to normal after that long sprint. Mustering a grin, I looked her in the eye and shot her a cocky smile. "What did you drag me all the way out here for?"

She gave the same devious smirk that I had seen so many times before and motioned me closer with a finger. I moved forward slightly. With each step she seemed to blush more and more. Soon, we were almost nose to nose, my face was hot from the tension. She seemed to be hesitating, so I put all inhibitions aside and grabbed her and engaged in the kiss of my dreams. Her lips were warm, soft, divine. That kiss couldn't have lasted long enough, but long enough to live one of my many fantasies with Kamiki. I gave way to the need for air and broke off the kiss.

She smiled more and giggled. "Well, that wasn't what I was expecting, but..." she paused and winked, "It was nice." She reached behind her back and pulled out a necklace, laced with silver and small gems, with a small design of a fox head hanging from the bottom. She held it out and gave me a more sincere smile. "Simon, I know you don't like clothes or anything of the sort, but I hope you'll wear this."

I took it and returned her smile without hesitating to put it on. A light blush came over my face once more, now out of embarrassment. I directed my look towards the ground, subtly looking up at her, trying to hide the redness in my face. She smiled and began to adjust the necklace, then ran her thumb over the charm. "It's enchanted, it will shrink and expand according to your size, so you won't have to worry about losing it when you transform."

I laughed a little and looked back at the pile of clothes that I had lost when I had gone fox due to exhaustion. Wanting to be sure that it would do what she said it would, I began to revert back to my fox form. My body parts began to change once again, making them anatomically correct to be that of a fox. The necklace shifted and links dissolved into one another, shrinking to fit the size of my neck. In celebration of my cherrished gift from Kamiki, I yipped and ran a circle, jumping into a backflip, twitching my tail happily from left to right. Kamiki smiled and placed a hand under my chest and lifted me off the ground, allowing me to rest in her arms. She picked up the heap of clothes and started walking back to where Gavin and Sabin sat waiting, all the while scratching the top of my head. "Sabin may be my lover Simon, but you'll always be my little fox..."