Chapter 1: A Fox's Heart
#1 of Animus Mutatio
Chapter 1: A Fox's Heart
Disclaimer: This story is a fictional account that contains materials
of an adult and homosexual nature. If you are not legally permitted to
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A small drop of dew pelted my nose. This stirred me from my seemingly
eternal slumbering. With a wriggle of my nose, I ridded myself of the
remaining water. A youthful voice called.
"Who might you be?" Opening my eyes, the rays of dazzling, brilliant
light blinded me. Quickly I seal them back hiding them once more from the
foreign glint of the sun. I moaned as I sat up to face the voice. Again
I open my eyes to the outside world. My vision was a little blurry, but
rapidly focused. Holding my head so that my left hand cupped over the
matching eye; I scanned the area for the speaker. To my surprise, I
found myself in a gorgeous meadow. Flowers of every color bloomed about the
ground in a ransom order. Three-quarters of the way into my turn, I
discovered the person how had spoken to me. Gasping at the sight, I
dropped my hand and drew back. This being had fur all over his body and
looked much like a fox in his appearance. The tips of his triangular ears
were black that merged with the darkest tangerine color I had ever seen.
About his crown were several brown spikes of hair, messy in ever
meaning of the word. His intense green oculars almost jumped out at me as his
silky white under fur was fluffed up in a quirky way.
"Why are you so surprised little one?"
"I've never seen one such as you!" He gave this quizzical look to me,
and then opened his fang filled mouth to reply.
"Have you never gazed at yourself before?" He lifted his paw and
pointed behind me. I turned to see what he was pointing to. Sparkling in the
sunlight was a pool of water. His words echoed in my mind, 'Have you
never gazed at yourself before?' I couldn't remember a time I had ever
liked hearing anything that started that way. The water sat right there
in front of me, but I was reluctant to see. For that moment, time lost
its flow... seconds ticked by like years. All I needed to do was go to
the water's edge and this plaguing would cease. I could stand it no
more! I finally broke down and crawled on hands and knees, solely focusing
on the lagoon before me. Timidly, I peered into the pond's reflecting
shine.
"IMPOSSIBLE!! I'm a monster!" Smaller in size, lighter colored orange
fur, but other than that... I looked exactly like him. Then the gravity
of my words hit, and I rose my voice to speak, still looking to the
water at myself. "Oh! I'm sorry, I did mean it the way it sounded. It's
just this isn't how I remembered myself."
"Then how do you remember yourself? What were you before? Heck! What's
your name even!?"
"That's easy I was... uh... I mean... to say..." NOW my mind drew a
blank. "I had the answer a moment ago." He chuckled as I stumbled over my
words.
"Well, how about my third question? Do you at least know your name?" I
blushed from sheer embarrassment. I could feel my white fur turn red.
Noticing my uneasiness, he stopped laughing as his face changed
demeanor. "You honestly don't know, do you?" I averted my gaze, keeping quiet.
"I guess I owe you an apology, I had no idea."
"It's okay," I spoke in a soft whisper.
Standing tall, he approached me. I could finally see him as he truly
was, his body well kept, something you'd expect of a trainer. If I had to
make a rough guess, he must have been at least 5 foot, and perhaps 7
inches tall. I studied him further, unable to determine his age, but
'bout his waist sat a loin cloth, savage attire; don't get me wrong... it
was well kept for his only article of clothing. A bit fear started to
take its grip. I had no clue of what to do, but I guess he could see my
fear and offered a smile and a gentle pet on my head. He strolled into
the pond and kneeled down in the water waist deep. He breathed in, and
then submerged his form into the depths. After a short second, he flung
his body back, sprinkling water everywhere. His eyes were closed and
his face skyward. For a while he stayed like that. Time passed, and
eventual he opened his eyes and stood up. Water still dripping from his fur,
he turned and faced me. "Now, so not to forget the formalities, I'm
Tsumi and for the time being you'll beeeeeeeee.... Rask! Well, at least
until you remember yours. When I introduce you to my clan, you'll need a
name."
"Your clan!? You mean there's more of you... er... us?"
"Quiet a few," he smirked and winked at me. His cute smile calmed my
apprehension. "Now, before we head to my village, you have to do
something." Oh great! He wants something from me, I thought. Just then he
sauntered over to me and took a hold of my wrist with his cold, wet paw. His
touch was so gentle and caring, never aggressive. With a light tug, he
guided me into the pool. Strangely, I followed him as if I had no will,
but it's not like I could have done much anyway. His paw encircled my
entire wrist, and if he wanted, he could have crushed it. "Were you
watching what I was doing earlier?" I looked away and blushed; I didn't
want to admit that I had been staring at him. "Are you listening?" I
jumped a bit as his sudden remark drew me back to reality.
"Oh!? I'm sorry," I paused for a second before continuing, "Yes, I was
watching."
"Good! Now, listen closely. I want you to do the exact same thing!"
"Wha-? Why?"
"You have to have done this rite to get a hearing, let alone enter the
village. There are special cases, but why risk it."
"I don't understand..."
"This pond is a special place. At least once a year, we must travel
here and bathe in its waters for spiritual cleansing. Not to mention it's
said that a wish made here will come true..." He paused and looked to
me, letting go of my paw
"Now little Rask. Bend down into the water so that it is waist deep,
then clasp your hands in front of your chest. If you have a wish, make it
now. Plunge your body into the water, and then catapult it backwards.
Then finally speak this: 'Dues ex Spiritus! Accipio meus Amaturio.'"
Giving him a slight nod of understanding, I performed his ritual, and when
the wish came up, I prayed with all my heart. Please, let me remember
who I was. With that done, I finished up, make every move flawlessly. I
looked to Tsumi, and he snickered softly as he gazed down at me with
half sealed eyes. Then he lifted his paw and ran his fingers through my
hair.
"Come on, I can take you back to the village now..."
"Lead the way," I shouted with vigor, I was in fact eager to see others
of... our kind now.
"Don't be in such a rush; we're going to take it slow. You don't look
like you're up for something at 100% yet." I nodded in agreement, I felt
fine, but he had been a fox-person longer than I had, so he'd know what
a sick one would look like. I stood and pivoted fully towards the
vulpine, a smile about my muzzle. He once again took my paw, and from there
he led me into the forest. The trail was kept clear and orderly, much
that was expected for a sacred place. My eyes wandered off to the
distance, taking in the beauty of the luxuriant greenery, but unknown to me
at the moment, Tsumi was taking my beauty in with his own hues. When I
finally looked forward, I caught a glimpse of his stares, and I cocked
my head softly to the side, offering a smile to the fox.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Not at all little one... Just keeping my eyes on you." I turned a
bright shade of red as looked down to the ground.
"You don't have to. I'm fine really..."
"Ya say that now, but you may have suffered from a serious injury. Who
knows what might have caused you to lose your memories." I was
flattered that he had cared so much for me, a complete stranger. It's amazing
the power of someone's heart. "Well, here we are..." I looked about the
small circular clearing, my brow arching softly.
"Where exactly is here?"
"This is just a rest stop from the older ones of the village, there are
three. This is the first one on the way back, and it'll be getting late
soon, so we'll camp here." Gazing skyward, I was shocked to see that we
had been walking for quite a bit of time, I'd totally lost track of its
passing. He strolled closer to the field and to what appeared to be a
fire-pit, picking up pieces of wood as he walked. I followed timidly
after him, but I kept a few paces behind him, unsure of what I could do to
help. Bowing into the pit with the lumber, he orderly placed it down in
crossing patterns. He looked softly over his shoulder at me with a
gentle smile and summoned me closer with his head. I took baby-steps
towards him as he turned back forward. Lifting his paws over the wood, he
began to chant softly in a tongue I had never heard before. A supple
luminescence arose in-between his mitts; its warmth crackled for a moment as
a spark of fire surged upward from the logs in the pit. Astonished at
what happened, I lurched backwards, my mouth dropping open and eyes
shifting from him to the fire and back to him. A toothy grin appeared as he
gave me wink.
"How did you do that?" I kind of chuckled as I spoke, still a little
surprised at this display of power. He shot his eyes towards me in a
playful manner; he was quite smug about his trick. Waving a single paw over
the flame, it was extinguished. I did a double take and quirked a brow
to him, it was obvious he was enjoying this.
"Okay, I had my fun. All things of the world have an element spirit and
can manifest it. You, the lumber, me, we all have it, and we can tap
into the other spirits around."
"I don't understand? What do you mean?"
"Perhaps if I showed you then you'd understand. Kneel down closer to
the pit." I shrugged and did as I was told. Bending down to my knees,
arms by my side, and eyes looking to Tsumi, I waited for the next part of
my instruction. He gathered a few more branches and added them to the
pile before he got on his knees behind me. He was extra cautious to be
careful of my tail as he proceeded to come closer and press his chest
against my back. He reached over my shoulders and took a hold of my
wrists, lifting my arms out over the pile. I felt my throat dry out, and I
tensed up instantly. "Relax little Rask! You're far too drawn. Take a
deep breath." His words worth quite soothing, and I couldn't help myself;
I did exactly what he said. My chest expanded as I inhaled through my
nose. "Now exhale and close your eyes." Puckering my lips, I pushed out
the extra stored airs and sealed my hues shut. "Good, very good. Next,
I want you open your mind, listen to the area around you." My ears
perked up and I slowly shifted to focus on the vicinity about me.
"I hear birds..." I whispered. He replied in an even softer, very
encouraging tone.
"Good, what else?" I tightened my eye lips extending the tips of my
ears to their limits.
"There are some squirrels, I think, the wind, and..." It was so
rhythmical. Bum-pump, bum-pump, bum-pump.
"Yes? Anything more?" I swallowed a bit as I canted my head and opened
my mouth, readying myself to speak.
"A heart... No! Two," I opened my eyes and looked over my shoulder to
him, "Yours and mine." He smiled and nodded plain and simply.
"Shhhh... Close your eyes again. Try to channel these things, focus
them into a force before you."
"But how?"
"Shhh." I sighed, turning back around to the lumber. With one more deep
breath, I again closed my hues and tried to do what seemed to be
impossible for me. "Don't answer, just follow. What do you want to do?" I
want to light the fire. "Can you sense the things of your space?" No! This
is silly! I can't do this. I couldn't feel anything but his touch. "You
must open your mind, let your soul do the touching." This isn't
getting... Hmm? It hit me with a sudden force. Even with my eyes, I could make
out the outline of the objects. I started to laugh loudly, and looking
about with my 'soul' as Tsumi put it. It was amazing, the trees were
yellow and the birds were this shade of green. Looking down to myself, I
noticed that my body color was blue, but Tsumi's was red. Then his
voice was whisper into my ear, "tell the spirits what you want, focus to
them." I gave a thought of the twigs bursting to flames, just as I had
seen them do before. A golden sphere appeared before me, shining brightly
like a star. Within this sphere, red sparkles started to materialize,
growing in number and intensity. Shifting the focal point to the lumber,
I directly willed the spirits to ignite it, and sure enough, the
crackling roars of fire rang in my ear. I quickly opened my eyes and smiled,
as the blaze grew higher. My vulpine friend loosened his grasp and
moved to the opposite side of the pyre. "That was excellent! You're
absolutely an astounding person."
"Well, I had help there!" We both laughed for a while, filling the air
with sound of joy. A little while later, he yawned and lay down,
stretching out every part of his body. His paw fell to his hips and untied
the straps and gently removed his loin cloth, putting it closer to the
fire. With an arch of my brow, I scratched my temple. Okay...? He must
not mind getting undressed in front of others?
"Well, Little Rask, It's been a day, but it is about time we slept.
We'll need to make sure to hit the second rest stop before dark tomorrow."
He gave a brisk nod before yawning once more and drooping about his
eyes. I chuckled softly to myself and took after his example, laying about
the ground and falling swiftly into slumber.
Later that night, I felt the fire got out. I opened my eyes to the
sound of a low growl behind me. Looking over my shoulder, I gazed into the
night; the still glowing embers helped me to see that the snarling was
come from Tsumi. Smiling with a bit of relief, I started to turn back
around when he moaned again. I spun back around as he opened his legs
wide. Being the point of movement, I, of course, focused on his lower
area. He groaned as he petted his lower region. Until this moment, I
hadn't really paid much notice to it, but he had a sheath for his member. I
don't know why I couldn't stop staring at it; I just found it
mesmerizing. As I continued to watch, I noticed something further. His husk, it
was swollen. Quirking my brow, I flashed a deep tint of cherry. WHAT am
I do!? Before I could divert my gaze, his enlarged scabbard surprised
me once more; a large bulge started expanding in the midsection. It was
something like a knot. Damn you Rask! Turn around! This isn't right. I
finally broke my lock, and turn back forward. I was so embarrassed;
this wasn't something I was used to. Closing my eyes didn't help, I could
still see it in my mind. I swallowed and exhaled several times, trying
to clear my head. But time passed and finally I slipped into dreamless
slumber.
"Rask... Lil Rask, Wake up..." A soft paw nudged my shoulder and my
eyes began to open. It didn't even seem that I was asleep for that long.
"Good morning Rask! Ready to go?" His emerald oculus shone so bright, it
was sickening how he could be so cheery early in the morning. Groaning,
I rolled back over and tried to go back to sleep. "Haha! Oh no, you
don't!" Suddenly I found myself lifted into the air, and my belly resting
on his shoulder. My face thudded against that furry back of his.
"Come on, let me sleep..."
"If you can sleep while I carry you that's fine." I grunted and half
closed my hues. He then secured the back of my knees with one arm, and a
moment later I found a hand upon my rear end. My eyes quickly shot open
and in a nervous voice, I stuttered out a jumbled thought.
"Oh, huh... well, you don't, uh. You don't need to do that, I'll walk."
He smirked as narrowed his vision to me in an impish way and started to
walk with me still in his arms. "Come on, let me down!"
"Sorry, when you snooze, you have to suffer the consequences." I
grumbled as he continued to carry me down the path. I was helpless to do
anything, because the more I struggled, the tighter his hold got. I finally
just went slack and let him haul me. He's enjoying this far too much.
"Good boy, ya've learned that I always get my way." He burst into
laughter and strode off, his manus still upon my posterior. It was a wee bit
weird, but I kind of enjoyed the attention, but nevertheless there was
something in my mind telling me that, 'he's a guy, it not suppose to be
like that.'