The Fox Goddess

"Of course not, how could I forget something that important? You get my point anyway, just be very careful while I'm gone, and I'm very serious on this. I wouldn't be so hard on you if Katsumi or Yumie were here since they will protect you, or even Kurokami. But since we are alone here, I need to be strict." Yuki said with all seriousness as she looked at Fumiko straight into her eyes she was clear about her message, she shouldn't do anything reckless that would put her life in danger as there is no one to protect her.

Yuki knows that there is no way for her to make Fumiko stay inside the house where she can at least guarantee her safety since people are just going to assume that the people there don't like to go out. Even though she almost died with her spar against Daryl, she still gained a lot. Like some vital information about this place as well as its true Power, with her knowing that there are people like that in their surroundings, she cannot afford to make reckless moves, especially for someone like Skadi who was even more terrifying.

"Yes, I understand. Don't worry Yuki, I won't make things hard for you, I will definitely stay inside this house like you told me and will only go out once you are home." Fumiko answered which put a smile on Yuki's face and in response she put her hand behind her head before pulling her in closer for a kiss.

"Thank you and I'm sorry if things have to be like this." Yuki apologized to Fumiko for being in this kind of situation, but Fumiko simply chuckled as if she was saying that she shouldn't worry about it as she completely understood why they had to be like this. Just like that the two cuddled until they fell asleep.

The morning then came and Fumiko woke up to see that Yuki was already gone by her side, she thought that she had already left which made her a little bit sad because she could have left after saying goodbye to her, but some things just won't change that easily. Yuki still left without saying goodbye to her, though she was already used to it, things were different for her because they were now in a relationship, but she couldn't really blame her because that was just the type of person Yuki was.

Doing her normal morning routine, she went inside the bathroom to wash her face, but while she was walking, her mind was in another place as she was completely thinking about Yuki. Because of that she didn't notice that someone was inside the bathroom, she only noticed when she finally was done washing her face that she saw someone in the mirror. It was Yuki who just finished taking a bath.

"AHHH! You scared me! I thought you left already…" Her scream shocked Yuki because she didn't expect her to react like that when she saw her, so she thought that Fumiko just couldn't believe that she was seeing her after she took a bath. Though she has already seen it quite a few times already.

"Why are you so shocked? I just took a bath, surely you didn't think that I was gone already, and because you were sad, you mindlessly walked inside without even noticing that someone was taking a shower, right?" Yuki read Fumiko like a piece of paper, she basically knew what she was thinking and doing.

"I… Ah- Yes, I thought that you were gone already, I was just sad that you didn't even take the time to say goodbye to me and just left." Fumiko just sighed and gave up as there was no use in trying to escape her situation as Yuki simply read her like an open book.

"Silly you, maybe in the past I would have done that. But now… no. Things are different now, so I'll change of course. Anyway, now that you are here, I'll say my goodbye to you now, go downstairs after you finish cleaning up, I already cooked breakfast, so be fast or else it will get cold. I won't be joining you now as I'm running late, I'm sorry." Yuki said as she finished drying her hair using a hairdryer that was powered by Magic and left to go change clothes.

"I… alright and thank you… Thank you for at least saying one more farewell for me before you officially go, it meant a lot to me." Fumiko said and left in a hurry and since she was already done with her business, she left very fast out of embarrassment. She doesn't want to be teased by Yuki for being so cute because it is just embarrassing for her even though it warms her heart to have that kind of interaction with Yuki.

"No problem, I owe it to all of you after all…" Yuki smiled as she continued with what she was doing and when she was finally done, the gentle smile on her face faded as she opened the window and shot up to the sky. Now that she said goodbye, Yuki needed to find a place to do her Ranking Up, she didn't want to do it inside her house because it might accidentally do something bad.

After flying for a while, she was already so far away that she can't no longer see Soulside Town, she was now flying on top of a massive ocean which made her irritated because there was nothing for her to use as a place to cover while she does her Ranking Up. Even though it was in a Trial Form, Yuki felt like her physical body would be completely open while her Soul leaves her body. At least that is what she thinks.

"Fuck it, I'm just going to dive straight into this ocean. I don't care anymore." Yuki was left with no more choice after already trying to fly in all different locations and failing to see something good, she dove straight into the deepest part of the ocean that she possibly could and made a Castle made out of Ice. This will serve as her place of staying for now and she made it big so that she can have all the space that she needs.

"Alright… everything is set up already. Now, Fubuki I want to Rank Up now, give me the Trial that I need to do." Yuki took a deep breath before clicking the accept Trial button in her System Window. It took a couple of seconds for Fubuki to process everything before finally giving Yuki all the Trials that she needed to do Yuki was skeptical about it because normally it would be instant, at least that was when it was related to her Mothers, but her leveling and ranking System is already out of their hands. So either it was another person or the System itself that was working, but Yuki didn't care for all of that now. She was focused on one thing only and that was to perfect all the Trials.

Ding!

[For the host to Rank Up to the next Rank, she needs to complete all the following Trials below. Be warned, failing even just a little could result in the host being reverted to level one, she must have perfect grades in all Trials to Rank Up.]

Manifesting Skills: Trial 1 - The host must make 2 Origin Skills with the requirements: No backlash, one for each element that the host has, has a range of 20m, and can target multiple enemies (100).

Combat Mastery: Trial 2 - The host needs to defeat 2 Enemies that she had once defeated already while being only at level 100. The choice of enemies: Jin (Unknown God) Grand Priest (Orginal Body and Powers), God (Mortal Realm), and Grandil (Previous Sin of Wrath)

Demonic Heart: Trial 3 - The host must defeat the thing that she fears the most. To clear this, the host must simply subdue or kill her Demonic Heart that strains the host's emotions.