"Eugh," Kurama made a face, half embarrassed, half just plain ill. "That's actually kind of embarrassing. Inari... er, requested it. She... he... well, Inari wanted me to work as a fox again. Conniving omniscient thing managed to back me into a corner and accept full duties of a ranking kitsune a little over six months ago. Before the next year is up, I'll be an earth-bound kyuubi acting as Inari's personal envoy." The only good part of this arrangement, in Kurama's reckoning, was that he only had to work four weeks out of the year, and the rest of the time he was allowed to stay at Hogwarts (mostly) unmolested.
"Inari... doesn't like my human shape," he finished lamely. That was an extreme understatement. But, once his probationary first year of service ended, he could change shape as he pleased. That, at the very least, was one freedom allotted a nine-tailed fox.
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Date: 2009-10-19 05:05 pm (UTC)"Inari... doesn't like my human shape," he finished lamely. That was an extreme understatement. But, once his probationary first year of service ended, he could change shape as he pleased. That, at the very least, was one freedom allotted a nine-tailed fox.