A tourist visiting a shrine gets more than what he expected as the shrines inhabitants seemed to be a bit special.

The story

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The shrine was a beautiful place. It was kept in a pristine condition, taken care by the Shrine maidens, with a small river flowing through it and a large forest surrounding it. The sound of nature and animals was a common sight here as foxes and birds ran and flew around in the peaceful serenity being fed by the shrine maidens and people that were visiting and paying their respects to the shrine. A tourist walked in taking a few pictures of the scenery slightly in awe of how beautiful it was watching some of the trees leaves crunch underneath them as they walked around. They would seem to take a few moments to pray at the shrine throwing a few coins inside of the donation box and even before that he had done a Chozuya as he would see a fox run past, tripping him over and making him fall back onto the ground although in more a playful manner than a sinister one.

The man would laugh a little bit from the silliness of the situation as the fox would slowly get closer and closer to the man sniffing and looking at him as it seemed that the fox was just curious about the man. The man hesitantly would reach over and slowly try to pet the fox as at first it slightly recoiled moving away from the hand as the man would carefully stop moving but then it got curious again sniffing and then allowing the human to stroke the soft fur on top of its head. “I’ve never really seen animals like this before… well wild animals that trust humans this well.” He talked to himself as it was oddly quiet and had turned a little darker almost like clouds or night fall had just happened.


He was sure there were other tourists and even the Miko’s at the shrine taking care of it and even the sounds of the forest were gone as well. It was almost like everyone vanished in a matter of seconds. The fox had started to curl up on the man’s lap as he was unable to pull his hand away from the foxes fur almost like it was super glued to it. The man tried his hardest to move away bit by bit but every time he did it got harder and harder to move almost like something was restricting his movements.

The area around him didn’t change it’s peaceful serenity though it had gotten darker as the lanterns at the side of the road were lit up with an ominous blue flame flickering leaving an ominous and eerie glow to the area it lit up. Animals were slowly gathering around the man to watch what was going to happen very soon, various foxes, deers and birds were just watching as the moon overhead seemed to light a small circular area near the man. The man already panicking and freaking out mentally unable to move tried his hardest to squirm to do anything to try and get out of this mystical and confusing situation as he tried to yell out but nothing happened he couldn’t even move his mouth. He could only watch in confusion as the moonlight started to get closer and closer until it was on top of him and the fox almost gave a magical spotlight to the scene that was going to unfold.

An odd ripple of the world seemed to happen as the world shifted around them just a little bit some of the animals transformed and changed into various beings and monsters hiding in a new form to fit in with the modern day, kappa, kitsune, nekomata and all various kinds of Yokai were watching the birth of a new Yokai. The man was in an awe-like state as he saw the various beings that he believed to be fictional or of myth as he would feel something odd as the fox was sinking oddly or melting into his hand and legs merging somewhat into his body as he started to hear a new voice in his mind telling him comforting words to calm down and that he’ll become a part of something much greater.

This is what started his transformation as he would already start to feel his face start to push out larger into almost what seemed to be a foxes muzzle, the bones reshaping as his tongue slightly lulled out from the pressure that was forming around his face as that grew longer his teeth starting to become sharper and longer as a soft orange fur started to grow on his muzzle tickling his face a little, making him sneeze a few times from the odd sensation. His nose flattened out turning more black and leathery. His hands would move to touch it with awe and shock as his ears pulled into the side of his head leaving him temporarily deaf as they would move to the top of his head becoming pointed and furred as his hearing improved almost tenfold. He would give a soft blink as he would feel the fur go slowly down his neck giving it a more lithe but still male figure as he would feel his shoulder shrink a little bit his clothing changing to match his new changing body a white and red yukata was forming around his changing body as his arms were next to transform.

The orange fur would spread over his arms making them lose some of his muscles as they would itch a little bit but as he scratched the fur he was stopped as he saw his hands start to shift and change. His nails would be replaced with dark black claws that were surprisingly sharp and he was slightly glad he didn’t scratch his new growing fur as his hands started to feel odd padded like parts on his palms almost like the paw pads on an animal but oddly humanised allowing him to still grip and hold onto things. The sleeves of the Yukata would spread down his arms as he would notice it was soft and silken and very high quality. The human would then feel his spine start to straighten out giving him a much better posture as he would notice there was a hole just above where his tail bone was. He would gasp feeling his spinal column grow bit by bit as a pair of tails slowly creeped through the hole starting off small then growing into larger much more bushy tails as the fur almost exploded on to it. It was a completely new sensation as they started to sway against his will as he wasn’t used to controlling them yet.

Lastly was the humans legs and feet his shoes had turned into Geta, as a white fabric sock seemed to be styled for foxes were wrapped around it tightly. The orange fur spread down his legs as he felt the speed and power that they were able to produce oddly he was gaining new memories of the fox spirit that had merged with him bit by bit as he would feel his feet start to grow out becoming a little bit pudgier as his claws started to grow inplace of his nails as his ankles started to raise up growing longer as he would start realising he had digitigrade paws just similar to a foxes. He would wiggle the three soft paw toes a little bit out of curiosity to see how they reacted but was amazed at his new changed form. It was definitely a new and interesting experience but it wasn’t over yet as he felt a rush of power fill him as his body started to shift again. He would feel the fur starting to recede into his body as it would leave smooth as porcelain skin, his claws would pull in being replaced with nails yet again, his digitigrade feet losing his paw like state returning back to human as his muzzle would almost feel like it was squeezing back as he would feel his human face return causing him to blink a few times as he still felt the sharp teeth, the ears and the tails as well still in full view of everyone around him.

The ex human would look around at the world around him and the newly changed shrine he felt connected to it somehow like he was the protector and carer of this place as he would stand up and walk over carefully lighting every candle on the shrine and kneeled carefully on the ground and started to pray for the safety and care for the patrons of the shrine as it was his new duty to watch over them.