Nine-tailed Fox

The enemy type is a demon! Be careful, the readings are off the chart!

Fou-foou!

Roger. Let's go, Master! You be careful too, Tamamo!

Right, right. Sure thing, Shieldy!

Shieldy!?

Whew... That was tough.

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...Is something wrong, Tamamo?

Oh no, it's nothing! Come on, let's finish off the last of them!

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Fou!

...Oh, that's Tamamo. What's she doing in a place like this?

Sigh...

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Master... I'm sorry. You've caught me at an embarrassing moment.

Actually... No, I'm sure you've already noticed. It's about my body.

Your body? W-What does she mean, Senpai!?

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I'm sure even Shieldy's noticed, but lately, I've been slowing you down.

What did you do, Senpai?! ...Wait, slowing us down? You, Tamamo?

Indeed... You see, for some reason, I cannot fully use my powers.

It doesn't feel like you're holding back...

No, I can feel that I am. It's my body, after all.

A long time ago, you see, I had nine fluffy tails and would go around...

...causing havoc everywhere. The follies of youth, you understand

I'll spare you the details, but eventually I became deeply, deeply repentant.

I sealed away eight of my evil tails... and became a weak, one-tailed fox.

The famous story of the nine-tailed fox. I've never heard that she lost her tails, though.

I'd like to be stronger so that I can be of use to you, Master, but...

Is there a problem?

Yes, when I get stronger, I get more tails. But you see...

When I get more tails, I become a very different sort of creature than I am now...

Yes, I kind of... I become a great demon strong enough to destroy the multiverse.

Y-You get that strong?

Yes. Understand that this isn't an exaggeration. I become a great demon...

...that is an avatar of the apocalypse itself.

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The thought of you seeing me like that makes me scared to grow more tails...

But if I can't be useful to you, I'm just a fluffy fox, shrine maiden...

...and the cause of this Holy Grail War is a threat enough to rival my nine-tail self...

I'm not sure what to do.

A battle with your past, huh?

Sorry guys. I hate to interrupt, but there's another monster... A big one!

It's bigger than that demon enemy!

Fou!

Senpai, leave this to me and get Tamamo!

If I could get back at least one more tail, that monster would be nothing...

Aah, I hate myself for having so much hidden power!

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I know, I know... You're just about to get sick of m... MIKON!?

M-Master!? W-What did you say?

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What!? So Master, even if I get all nine tails back, and even if I think...

"Wow, this is ridiculous," you'll still treat me like you did before?

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I can't believe it! I came to this world by pure chance, and to think the Master I've contracted with out of some sense of fate...

...Would possess such a handsome soul! Oh, but it's not as good as the man I'm destined to be with.

Okay, now I'm really fired up! I'm even more serious about this! Yeah!

Even if something terrible happens, you can quell my negative energy, scold me, and exorcise me!

...U-Um, so what exactly are you doing?

Shieldy, I'm sorry for worrying you! From this moment, I am reborn

A reborn Tamamo-no-Mae! That's right! I am the New Tamamotchi, at your service!

Come, come, come, come, come, Master! Come watch the cute little Casko-chan's big moment on stage!

Come now! Those afar, hear my sound! Those nearby, be charmed!

I am the guardian of the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, the bearer of luck from the Kunluns!

A mirror of water reflecting the golden sun's rays! Behold the Eightfold Blessing!

Mmm! Tamamo W I N S! I feel so good! So good!

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Oh, my tails? That's right... To get another tail back...

I need another 500 billion experience points or so? So I'll just have one for now.

Huh? Then all that stuff about you growing your tails back...

Oh, I'm just a worrywart, you know? I'm the type who worries about the future.

But I'm okay now. With my Master's trust, I'm invincible.

Honestly, I didn't see anything different between that last battle and the one before it...

That's right... What was all that stuff she was talking about?

They do say the mind rules the body, right?

Fooou?

This fleeting world is but a moment's dream, just as the lives of men are but morning dew...

But my contract with you is firmer than the Sesshouseki. I will serve you with all my soul, Master!