/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>relaxing at home, late at night
>just starting to get ready for bed
>hear a scratching and rummaging from outside
>did those damn raccoons come back?
>grab a broom and get ready to drive them off, sighing
>open the back door and flick on the lights, they don't reach that far
>just at the very edge of the light's range though you can see one of the trash cans, clearly disturbed but not tipped over
>whatever was digging in the trash stopped, but you don't think it's run away
>you grab your phone and switch on the flashlight
>like a deer in headlights, there's a filthy young woman dressed in rags staring at you with a chunk of stale bread in her mouth and an apple core in her free hand
>she doesn't move an inch, though she flushes bright red with the light on her
>then you notice something in her dirty grey hair
>it's matted and messy, but even in the low light it looks like... ears? just poking out the top?
>one of them twitches
>yeah, there are two scruffy red-brown ears on the top of her head
>very slowly she begins turning to run away, eyes still locked on the broom in your hand
>as she turns you get a good long look at what has to be a long, fluffy grey tail standing at her back
>suddenly it adds up with her long, angular eyes, her skinny frame and that odd, low stance she has
>she's a gray fox girl, no doubt about it
>aren't foxes supposed to be rich or powerful or something? or is that just the ones in zipangu?
>what are those called? Nari? Yuko?
>she looks really worn out, her feet are caked with black dirt and her whole body is trembling as she turns and gets ready to bolt
>"I-I'm sorry." she stutters with a slight southern drawl, looking back and forth between you and the trash bag she tore open.
>her tail tucks between her legs and she doesn't move
>it doesn't look like miss American Kitsune is going to make a move until you do