Marco didn"t expected that question…Marco: ...What?
Tamamo: Oh? So you have nine tails AND can talk? Then this will make the conversation easier, I want to know if you have seen a brown haired kid with red eyes, he is a traveler that I am looking for, he doesn"t carry any weapon and he"s called Marco.
Marco: "...Did… Did she not recognize me? This… This is fantastic!"
Marco was elated that he chosen to use the Nine Tailed Cub System before coming in the desert, and started to think really fast about a solution.
Marco: "Maybe I could say I don"t know where he is… No, she may find out that I lied and be suspicious, she is still one of the 6 Ancestors…"
Tamamo: Hey, why you aren"t answering me?
Marco: Shhh, I am trying to concentrate.
Tamamo: Oh… Ok.
Then she put Marco down, even if Tamamo is one of the Heavenly Knights and one of the 6 Ancestors, she is still a kitsune, so in a kitsune"s point of view, Tamamo and Marco are almost at the same level of importance since he has 9 tails now, even if he is not a monster.
It would be a different matter if Tamamo knew that the cub was Marco, but she didn"t so everything is alright.
Marco: "Where was I… Oh, then I could just say the "Truth", so I would not be discovered, she probably knows that I am here for Gnome from Alice, so it will be useless saying that I am leaving..." ...I think I seen him somewhere…
Tamamo: Oh? Where?
Marco: I think I seen a kid with those same details going towards the pyramids… I don"t know if he wants to really go there or he is lost, but that is the direction.
Tamamo hesitated for some seconds before nodding, like Marco said, she tried to see if he lied, but she didn"t seen anything wrong with him.
Technically he didn"t lied, he will go there to pick the Yellow Orb, he is just going first to Sabasa Kingdom to rest a bit. Tamamo smiled and said.
Tamamo: Thank you… Do you have a name?
When she asked those words, Marco froze in his place, he just looked at Tamamo"s big green eyes with slitted pupils with a bit of fear.
Marco: "What the f.u.c.k should I do?!"
Seeing Marco not answering, Tamamo a.s.sumed that he didn"t have one so she just said with a sweet smile.
Tamamo: Well, from your voice I think you are a male… What do you think about Kurama?
Marco: ...Huh?
Tamamo: Yes, Kurama, do you like the name?
Marco: ...Yeah… I just didn"t expected it… "That"s a big coincidence since this form is took from him after the Sage of the Six Paths divided the Ten-Tails…"
Tamamo: Alright, then I will take my leave, I hope you visit the kitsune village one day, it is at east of Yamatai, I will be sure to welcome you personally since you are like me.
Marco: ...Like… You?
Tamamo: Mh? You didn"t knew? Maybe no one still taught you… More tails you have more power you have, both in strength and in status, since you are a nine tailed fox like me, you have a status similar to mine even if you are not a monster.
Marco: Ohhh…
Tamamo: Then, bye Kurama.
Then Tamamo disappeared from the place, from the cloud of sand there was on her place, she probably rushed away instead of teleporting. Marco looked around before grabbing the backpack and walking towards Sentora again while sighing in relief.
Marco: "Thanks G.o.d she didn"t found out… It could end really bad…"
And it was like that, that Marco wasn"t raped until death, from his point of view…
Some minutes later, he found some strange things, clothes, luggages, and some other things were in the middle of the desert.
Marco: "It must be the Genie…"
Then, he found something shining in the ground, he walked near it and found an expensive lamp, then he frowned and looked at his paws.
Marco: "How do I even do this… Oh right, I can rub the lamp with my tails."
Then he used one of his tails to rub the lamp, and then purple smoke came out from the lamp, which slowly compacted and shown a dark skinned woman wearing only white pants and a strange hat, it was the Lamp Genie.
Lamp Genie: I was called… I shall grant you o- Huh?
The Lamp Genie opened her eyes but didn"t found anyone nearby.
Marco: I am down there….
The Lamp Genie looked down and found Marco as a nine tailed fox cub, she had a curious face and floated down.
Lamp Genie: An animal? And a nine-tailed fox too… Never seen one… Well, there are many things unknown in the world… So, why did you call me out?
Marco: Can you point me the way to Sabasa Kingdom? I"m lost.
Lamp Genie: Oh, it"s there.
The Lamp Genie pointed to a direction, and Marco nodded before saying.
Marco: Then bye, and thank you for helping me.
Lamp Genie: Wait a second…
Marco just looked at her curiously.
Lamp Genie: If you had a wish, what would you wish for?
Marco: ... If I had the possibility to wish for anything… Then I would have wished to rewind the time…
The monster was surprised from his wish and asked.
Lamp Genie: Why?
Marco: ...I did some wrong things… Which I could fix a few of them only by having the power I currently have… "I could have saved my father… Even if I couldn"t help my mom I could try more things… I could have not killed Gabriel… I… I could not have said those things to Alice…"
Lamp Genie: Then… Good luck on your journey, little fox.
Then she got back on the lamp, and Marco sighed before picking up the lamp and walking away, towards Sabasa, soon hopefully he would reach the place.
[Meanwhile]
In another part of the desert, you could see a golden blur going around, as if searching for something. The blur was Tamamo and she had a frown on her face.
Tamamo: C"mon… Where is he?! He should be here… Or maybe he really got lost…
Tamamo was still searching for Marco, but she didn"t found him yet, either he already reached destination, he got lost somewhere, he got picked up from some monsters, which is not possible with his strength, or he died somewhere of hunger or thirst.
It seems like she didn"t thought that the nine tailed fox was Marco, because she remembered that Marco had 3 tails the last time, and maybe he could have 4 of them now, but she didn"t believed that he could pa.s.s on 9 tails immediately, even if with a price to pay.
So, she continued to search for him in the desert, she would not injure him like she wanted before Alice"s orders, since she ordered that, Tamamo will not attack him for revenge even if she is still angry about it.
[SPECIAL QUESTS]
1st. Kick Gabriel"s a.s.s
2nd. Achieve coexistence between Monsters and Humans
3rd. Kill Illias
4th. Return to Lucifina"s grave
5th. Visit every places in Illias Continent, Sentora and h.e.l.lgondo
6th. Slap Lazarus" face