Arita tapped his foot as he stood with his back against a tree, "Can't believe I have to wait here while a gorgeous women is changing" Arita looked into the wooded area behind him, Mayako had walked in there stating she was going to change her clothes and for Arita to wait where he stood. It had been at least seven minutes since Mayako had walked into the wooded area to change, "What is taking her so long?" Arita grumbled, he moved away from the tree and crossed his arms "Does it really take this long to change clothes?" Arita was a bit worried, "I guess it's okay to go and see if she's alright" with that he started off into the wooded area. Arita let his senses guide him, he could smell Mayako's scent the further he went into the woods, "Hey, Mayako, where are you?" he called and he got no response.

Arita grumbled, what was the girl doing, "Hey! Mayako! Your not dead somehow are you?" again Arita got no response, "Come on! Say something! If I go back to your father, and I say your possibly missing or dead he'll kill me!" Arita shuddered at that thought, Mayako's father made it very clear that Mayako was to be kept alive and safe as long as she needed to stay on the run. Arita hadn't know fear until the day he met Mayako's father, and he thought his father was scary, Mayako's took the prize for scareist father, just thinking about what Mayako's father, a nine-tailed fox, would do to him, that made him call out loudly "Mayako! If your not dead then answer me! I don't want to die I haven't had sex yet!" then, as Arita stepped into a clearing he stopped in his track.

Arita swallowed hard, the sight before him was a feast for his eyes, before him stood a half naked Mayako, dripping wet, she was just pulling on a fresh pair of jeans, when she noticed Arita standing and staring at her, his face bright red, Mayako just blanky stared back. Arita's eyes looked Mayako down, you wouldn't be able to tell from the way Mayako wore her clothes but Mayako had a real feminine figure, she had nice curves that Arita's eyes glided along, her waist was nice a slender and her stomach was flat and toned, that was probably from her training. Arita's eyes flowed to the top of Mayako's body which was just as exquisite as her bottom part, her arms were nice and slender with a bit of muscle defintion, Mayako's chest wasn't huge, but, she did have very big breasts. Arita swallowed hard, seeing Mayako's breasts contained in her bra made him get hot, and the water slowly tricking down from them made something of his grow.

Arita soone locked eyes with Mayako, her amber eyes were mesmerizing to Arita, they were like a blazing sun, and her pale skin made them pop out even more, and her long black hair went well with her eyes and skin color, Arita could see droplets of water rolling down from Mayako's wet hair. Mayako's ears twitched a bit, Arita shuddered, he didn't need to think about it, he knew he was in trouble, "What do you think your doind here?" Arita stammered a bit, "Well, It was taking so long for you to come back and I thought something bad might have happened, so I decided to come and check on you" Arita laughed nervously, he rubbed the back of his head deep down he was hoping and praying with all his might that Mayako would forgive him and belive him. Mayako sighed, "Sorry, I found a lake when I came here to change, I couldn't help myself" Arita was dumbfounded, "What? Why do you have that look on your face?" Arita chuckled.

"So, your not mad?" Mayako raised an eyebrow, "Why would I be mad? You just wanted to see if anything happened to me right?" Arita smirked, he nodded he sighed in relief, he couldn't belive how lucky he was. With that Arita turned and started to walk back the way he came, "Come back after your finished alright" Mayako agreed with a hum and she went back to finishing getting dressed, as Arita walked back from where he came his face was burning red. He still couldn't get the image of Mayako's semi nude body out his head, "Man, that was an eyeful" when Arita had first seen Mayako he noticed how much of a beauty she was but, after seeing her they way he had just now made her beauty skyrocket, Arita chuckled, he felt like the luckest cat alive.

Arita made it back to where he had been standing for the past seven minutes, he had his back against the tree and his arms were folded in front of his chest he didn't wait as long as the first time as after a minute passed her heard the sound of footsteps coming from the wooded area. He chuckled, he turned and looked and sure enough Mayako was walking towards him in a fresh suit of clothes and her duffle bag strapped to her back, Arita stepped away from the tree and faced Mayako "Looks like you done finally" Mayako huffed. She stepped out into the light and Arita got a look at was she was wearing, he nearly had a heart attack, Mayako was wearing a tank top that was very tight around her chest, Arita could see clearly how big they were, and it was partcially wet and Arita could see some of Mayako's bra.

He looked down, and saw that she was wearing a pair of shorts, her pale slender legs flowed from the pant legs like water, Mayako could see that Arita was looking her up and down, "What's the matter? Is this too much for you?" she gave a teasing smirk, Arita grumbled, Mayako was making fun of him. He cracked a smile, "Wow, your looking really sexy there Miss on The Run" Mayako grumbled. Arita chuckled, "Whats the matter? That get under your skin?" Mayako stared daggers at Arita she then smirked, "Your a really horny cat aren't you?" Arita raised an eyebrow, he then saw Mayako was looking down, he fallowed her line of sight and blushed with embarassment. He quickly put his hands over his crotch, he sighed, Mayako laughed "Your so easy to read!" Arita grumbled, "Can we just get back on our way?" Mayako chuckled, "Aw, is the kitty a sore loser?" Arita groaned, "Lets just get going already" with that he walked off, Mayako giggled "He so is" Arita shouted back, "I'm going to leave you behind!" Mayako gasped, she looked Arita was a good ways ahead of her "Wa-wait for me!" she cried as she ran to catch up to him.

This is how it had gotten between the two of them, after a week of traveling together the two of them had forged a friendship, the two of them trained together, they ate together, they did almost everything together, at first Mayako wasn't really keen on having Arita with her, but, now after being with him for a week she felt he wasn't so bad to have around. She chuckled to herself, and also in that time she had found it was fun to tease Arita, she'd tease him whenever she saw a chance, but, she'd always get a taste of her own medicine as Arita would tease her right back. All in all, the two had really formed a strong bond with each other in the week they had been together, it somtimes had Mayako thinking about times with her older siblings, like when she use to play with Yone before she started her training when she was younger, or how she would fallow Keishi wherever he went when he was home.

As thoughts of her siblings swam through her head a frown formed on her face, Mayako had never once stopped wondering about her siblings, what they were doing, and their wellbeing were on her mind, she thought of Yone, was her older sister taking her departure hard, or was she somehow coping with it. Then her thoughts drifted to Keishi, she recollected the time she heard Keishi say that he liked her, she also recollected when he told her he wasn't her blood related brother, that made Mayako wonder, what kind of life would she have had, if her first black tail hadn't appeared, if she had been a regular fox spirit. Would she be at home spending time with her siblings, going to school with Yone, would she and Keishi be lovers? all these thoughts and more swirled around Mayako's head. Mayako looked back at the four black tails flowing behind her and wondered, what would her life be right now, if she weren't a demon fox spirit and she wasn't on the run from the Elder Council. [Ch.18 END]