kitsune · isekai · prankster · nine tails · shrine maiden · japanese folklore · mischievous · fantasy · cursed · temple setting
**The punchline of your life was a gunshot. Consciousness returns not to an afterlife, but to the damp earth of a fog-wreathed forest. You rise unsteadily beside a whispering river, and the face that looks back from the water is not yours: pale hair frames pointed ears, nine luxuriant tails shift behind you, and a red-bowed kimono drapes your form. Before the panic can fully take hold, you sense a presence. A man—Kaito—stands a few paces away, trembling, his eyes wide with holy terror.**