As Mayako started down the cat spirit she had no idea that her anger was causing her fourth tail to form, she didn't notice it until she felt the sudden spike in her Spiritual Energy, then out of the corner of her eye she saw it, the fourth tail swaying back and forth with the previous three "Oh shit!" she cursed this is what she was trying to avoid. The cat spirit snickered "I see your having a bit of a problem there" Mayako glared at the cat spirit "Did you know about this?" the cat spirit shook his head "No,but I think I like it, I can feel your Spiritual Energy increasing" the cat spirit had an amlost pleasured smile on his face."I like a strong girl" Mayako clicked her tounge in disgust just then Mayako could feel her mind start to slip, "No..." she whimpered she held her head, "No...please, not again!" she started to shake her head "I don't want this!" being in this situation again, made Mayako remebre the other times this had happened.

Remembering all what she did, 'Monster', the word echoed in her head "No..." again the word echoed in her head, "No,no,no, no!" she cried as she violently shook her head the cat spirit was a bit disturbed by this, "Whats going on?" suddenly, Mayako started screaming really loudly, the scream soon turned into a monstrous roar. At that moment, Mayako slipped away and was replaced her eyes glowed a bright white, her voice had a deep malestation to it, "You" came from her mouth and she looked straight at the cat spirit. The cat spirit seemed a bit surprised at the sudden change in his target, "She's different somehow..." he started right into her glowing white eyes he scowled and started to sweat, "If I'm not careful, I could die" the cat spirit took a cautious stance. Mayako didn't move, "What is she waiting for?" he waited a bit longer yet, Mayako still didn't move or try to attack him he swallowed hard, something was off about the fox girl "Well, if you won't come at me" he went into an attack stance, "I'll come at you".

The cat spirit took a single step forward, and Mayako vanished, the cat spirit gasped in shock "Where'd she go?" just then before he could do anything something slammed into him, as he crashed to the ground he caught a glimpse of what hit him, it shocked him greatly as he saw Mayako and he had just been struck with her tail. The cat spirit hopped up off the ground, he had an aching pain in his side, he winced as he touched it "Ow,I think that broke something" he looked at Mayako who was growling lowly "I think this just got harder" he took a deep breathe and walked towards Mayako who growled as he approached "Alright, shall we start round two?" he cracked his knuckled.

 In a instant he vanished, "Your fast, but lets see if you can match my speed" he started running around Mayako looking for his approtune moment to launch an attack, when he saw it he grinned and rushed in, to his dismay, he was meet with Mayako's tail again, this time it slammed into his stomach the force was so hard and fast that he almost vomited. He flew back and smacked into a tree, he staggered up from the ground but feel to one knee he hacked and wheezed, "Man, that knocked the wind out of me" he got control of his breathing "Okay, your playing hard I see, then so shall I" with that the cat spirit released his full power.

A wave of Spiritual Energy exploded from him, "Alright, round three" he smirked Mayako didn't seem to be detered by his increase in strength at all, in fact, it looked like she was excited about it, "Here goes" the cat spirit vanished and like before he started running around Mayako "If you tought I was fast before, you haven't seen anything yet" he taunted there was no one faster then him. But that theroy was blown away, as he saw Mayako, keeping up with him, "What the!?" he gasped he thought he was hallucinating, Mayako was fallowing him each step or move he made "This can't be happening!" this couldn't be real, someone was actually keeping up with him. He growled, he threw a punch, Mayako wrapped her tail around his arm and she picked him up and slammed him into the ground, the cat spirit groaned in pain yet he got back up he had blood dripping from his mouth, he wipped it and snickered "That, all you got?" he gave a weak smirk. He vanished again, and just like before Mayako was keeping up with him "Try this!" he started throwing punches and kicks, he also added some claw strikes he thought he'd get at least one attack in but, Mayako was dodging everything, not only that, but her blows were finding their mark.

The cat spirit received a kick to the abdomen, he got a right hook to the cheek, he got a tail slammed into his side, if his ribs weren't broken from that, then the second kick to his side must have he hacked up blood, his body was wracked with pain "If this continues, I'm dead" he thought as he recieved a direct punch to his face which sent him sailing to the ground. He weakly got up from the ground, "This chick's a monster, thats for sure" at that moment, inside her subconcious Mayako had finally come to, she looked around with a shocked expression "No! Not this place again!" this was the last place she wanted to be, she looked behind her and she stared at her newly formed fourth tail, "Godamnit!" she growled "Kurookami!" she shouted "I'm here kid!" came his voice "Show me whats going on outside!" she heard an acknowledging grunt. The screen like object flashed open, Mayako gritted her teeth, she knew she would see this, her, with a grin on her face taking in the pleasure of fighting and beating on someone, she looked and saw that the cat spirit was in bad shape, he was holding his side and had blood dripping from his mouth.

"Damn, this is what I didn't want to happen!" she slammed a fist into the screen, "I let my emotions get the better of me" she slammed her fist a second time, "I've got to stop myself!" she started preperations to expell the excess Spiritual Energy "No kid! Don't do that!" came Kurookami's voice "What why!?" she looked at the screen if she didn't do something she was going to kill the cat spirit, that's something she wanted to avoid entirely. "If you expell the excess Spiritual Energy it will leave you vunerable!" Mayako clicked her tounge, Kurookami was right, if she'd release the excess Spiritual Energy it would leave her in a weak state, and that would allow the cat spirit to capture her. "Then what do I do then!?" she shouted "What other option do I have!?" Kurookami sighed "You, have to gain control of yourself" Mayako's eyes went wide, "You mean, take control of myself with the increased Spiritual Energy?" an affirmative grunt came from Kurookami, "Your nuts!" Mayako shouted "The reason I'm in this situation is because I can't control the vast increase in power!" Kurookami sighed.

"You have to, it's the only way so that you don't get captured" Mayako clenched her fists, "I'm scared,what if I can't control myself, and end up killing him?" a third sigh came from Kurookami, "You can do it kid, believe in yourself!" Mayako thought for a bit, could she really take control of herself with such vast power, she remebered all the times something like this had happened, how she was powerless to stop herself. She had the same situation going on in front of her, she didn't want to feel powerless anymore, "Alright, I'll do it, I'm tired of being usless" she heard Kurookami laugh "Good, you know what to do" Mayako nodded, "Listen up body, I want control back" Mayako steeled herself. "I won't let you do what you want any longer" she gritted her teeth "Now, listen to me, give me control again!" nothing happened at first but then Mayako shouted, "Give me my body back!" then she felt a familliar jolt. She smirked, the next thing she knew she was looking at the cat spirit through her own eyes, the cat spirit seemed to notice the change in Mayako as he smirked.

He wipped a drip of blood from his face, "I see your back" Mayako smirked "Sorry about that" she looked at her hands, she felt the vast amount of Spiritual Energy flowing through her, "So, this is what it feels like" she whispered, she never felt so much power coursing through her she clenched her fists and smiled, "Alright, shall we continue where we left off?" she got into a fighting stance the cat spirit chuckled, "Yes, I'd like that" he smirked and got into his fighting stance. Mayako and the cat spirit stared each other down, then something unexpected happened, the huge amount of Spiritual Energy coming from the cat spirit vanished, Mayako gave a confused look "What are you doing?" the cat spirit smiled Mayako gasped as she saw him raise his hands, "I give up" Mayako stood there flabergasted, "What!?" she shouted the cat spirit gave a weak chuckle, what was going on now? [Ch.15 END]