Kitsuna beamed happily as Ren bopped her nose affectionately and she saw his face break into a proud smile she would have not thought it possible for him to wear. She trotted around him, picking her paws up high with each step with happiness tails wagging back and forth however something did quite feel right the weight was wrong. They had reached a small fast moving stream now and Kitsuna dipped her head down to it, she was tired that last show of power had drained her and she drunk greedily from the stream, ignoring everything else but her immediate thirst. However she was disturbed midway through by Ren using his power to scoop up a large quantity of water which he then proceeded to pour over her head, soaking her through. 

"Tell us little one, how would you battle with your opposite? Especially since you’re so soaked." Kitsuna look up at him from under her sopping wet fur and she gasped as she looked at him for the first time since they had walked to the stream. His fur had changed colour slightly from its normal colours to a different, more bluish hue but what scared her the most was that familiar and the unwelcome glint in Ren’s eyes the change she associated with the demons influence. What had he said, tell us, us? There should only be one Ren coming through or had the demon started to slip to bonds that Ren had used to bind it in his mind. 

Kitsuna reacted instinctively leaping about a foot backwards from Ren, her hackles raised along her back and her face held a look of horror in it. Despite being drenched through her power activated without thought, starting by raising her internal body heat so she began to steam as the water dried on her.

“Ren … Is that you or is it him? What’s happened to you?” Her voice held the slight tremble of a growl as her heat continued to grow, she was now dry from her soaking and her temperature was still soaring as the air around began to shimmer with a heat haze. Digging her claws into the ground Kitsuna was honestly readying herself to flee as she had no intention of facing the demon again. While she had been honest when she said that she trusted Ren, the demon she did not. "Ren?" She said again, her voice soft but clear.