The Chaos Chronicles/ Chapter Thirty-Eight

Zoe reveals what she really is to Omega Squad.
==Included Characters==
Thorn the Fox
Kyle the Squirrel
Rose the Hedgehog
Honey the Cat
Quartz the Dog
Cocoa the Dog
Nails the Bat
Zoe the Fox
Mr. Yako
Gwendolyn
==Chapter Thirty-Eight: Kitsune==
"What do you want to tell us?" Thorn asked.
Zoe took a deep breath.
"I'm not really a fox." Zoe said. "Well...I am...but not."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm a kitsune." Zoe told them.
"What's a kitsune?" Kyle asked.
"A kitsune is a shapeshifter. I can change shape into a human woman, my fox form, and my kitsune form." Zoe said. "This is the form I prefer. It reminds me of my life before I became a kitsune."
"My name used to be Zoe Zenko. I became a kitsune when my mother...at least, I think she was my mother, Inari, brought me to a sacred place. It was an island where a beautiful, green emerald was in the center. I was bathed in the water surrounding it, and a part of me changed. I became more powerful...more intelligent. I'm immortal, but not in the way you might expect. I can die when I fall in battle." Zoe said.
"Oh..." Thorn said.
"The only way I can stay in a form for longer than a day is with this." Zoe said, holding up a bracelet made of reeds.
"Would you mind showing us your true form?" Nails asked.
Zoe nodded, and removed the bracelet.
Her hair came out of a ponytail and flowed down. Her fur turned a reddish brown, and eight tails sprang out behind her.
"You're beautiful!" Rose told her.
"Thank you..." Zoe muttered.
"Normally, a kitsune starts off with one tail. Then, a kitsune gains a tail for a new piece of knowledge they earn." Zoe said. "I started with one, and then gained another for learning how to fight, heal, and hack. I also gained knowledge of my magical abilities."
"You can use magic?" Thorn asked.
"All kitsune can." Zoe said.
"Remember when you said you were about to 'go Reaper', Honey?" Zoe asked.
"Yeah." Honey said.
"There is no way any of us should have survived that. But I used magic to force Thorn and the other cadets out of the hangar. And I created a boundary around you, Quartz, and I." Zoe said.
"You saved us..." Quartz said.
"Thank you." Thorn told her, smiling.
"That's five tails. How'd you get the others?" Cocoa asked.
"Cocoa!" Rose scolded.
"It's alright." Zoe said. "I gained my other tails through the knowledge you all told me. About Nightshade. About the Jinn. About the Hellhound."
"Wait...how did you know about the Space Colony Ark?" Rose asked.
"I'm older than I look." Zoe said. "I can shapeshift into a human as well. I was working for Professor Gerald on the Ark. He taught me how to hack into things. I left the Ark before G.U.N. aborted Project Shadow."
"There's something else."
"What?" Quartz asked.
"I didn't notice it at first, but Mr. Yako has the same reed bracelet as I do." Zoe said.
"You're right!" Nails exclaimed.
"I noticed it when he organized the blood drive." Nails said.
"Wait, he organized the blood drive, not Commander Tower?" Cocoa asked.
"No," Nails said. "It was Mr. Yako. He never did say what he was planning to do with all of your blood, though. He donated the rest to the Central City hospital."
"Does that mean...Mr. Yako is a kitsune?!" Kyle exclaimed.
"We have to find out." Thorn said.
Zoe put her bracelet back on.
Thorn, Kyle, Rose, Honey, Quartz, Cocoa, and Zoe went to Mr. Yako's classroom.
He was writing about ancient Japanese folklore.
"Ah, hello Omega Squad. What can I help you with?" Mr. Yako asked.
"We were wondering what you've done with all our blood." Thorn said.
"I talked to my dad, and he said there were seven vials missing." Kyle said.
"Oh, well..." Mr. Yako said.
"I'm sorry, kids." Mr. Yako held up his hand. The door slammed shut and locked.
He held up his hands. Red energy surged between them. He aimed  the red energy at them.
Zoe held up her hand and a shield of yellow energy formed around them.
"Well, well. It seems we have a kitsune in our midst." he said.
"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.
"You're not a kitsune?" Rose asked.
Mr. Yako laughed.
"No, of course I am not a kitsune! I am Nogitsune." he said. "Nogitsune Yako."
He removed his reed bracelet. His ash gray fur became pale white, and he had nine tails.
"Nine tails?!" Cocoa exclaimed.
"A fully realized kitsune, or should I say, nogitsune, changes color when they achieve nine tails." Zoe explained.
Yako put the reed bracelet back on and shapeshifted into an elderly human male.
The window crashed open. A figure flew into the room.
It was the leader of the Mors Atra.
"You're working with them?!" Thorn exclaimed.
Yako smirked.
"My liege, we must return to Metropolis." Gwendolyn said.
"Yes, yes." Yako said.
Gwendolyn grabbed Yako's arm and teleported away.
"We have to go after them!" Zoe yelled.
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