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The courtyard of the old Buddhist temple appears in the same way as it would have when it was still in use by human monks. Instead of altering it beyond all recognition, the kitsune have instead decided to restore it to the way that it must have once looked. The courtyard is open to the elements, and is accessible from the mountain via three gates. The first gate, the main gate, appears at first glance to be a small building itself. It is a steep roofed structure, with thick walls to either side of the gate itself, which faces south. A short flight of carved stone stairs leads up to the main gate from outside the temple.

The two other gates are smaller (but still possess the same angled roofs) and are located at the sides of the temple. The path from the eastern gate leads to a large, ancient-looking forest a short distance away. The western gate leads to immaculately maintained gardens, obviously also belonging to the Nogitsune temple.

In the centre of the courtyard there is a great bronze bell, green with age and sheltered by a roof over it. There are no walls under the roof; simple but sturdy wooden beams support the roof at each corner.

There are three actual buildings located within the temple courtyard. One is a three storied pagoda, and this is usually the first aspect of the temple to be seen when one is travelling to it. There are also two lower buildings. The largest of the two is located prominently within the courtyard, directly behind the main gate and the courtyard bell. This is the main hall of the temple. Off to one side, a smaller structure is located. This was once a lecture hall, however, the kitsune have now converted it to suit their own purposes.

He was getting the hang of this illusion thing. Kisho gave a squeal of delight, began to run and promptly fell over. The illusion he could manage but there were certain aspects that he couldn't quite get the hang of. Like hands and feet. They were just so awkward. And speaking. Although he'd picked up a couple of words, it wasn't as if he actually understood what he was saying. Reverting back to his kitsune form, Kisho scratched behind his ear. Then he yawned, and snuggled back into his little area in the temple. It was a lovely place just to rest, as long as he wasn't found and kicked out.

Hearing something outside, Kisho trundled over to the doorway. With delight he noticed that it was nearing twilight, and then it would be onto night; his favourite time of day. The young kit yawned and looked around, noticing the female fairly quickly. Oh, how delightful! Always inquisitive and welcoming he instantly bounded across courtyard, enjoying the easiness of his movements compared to when he was a human look alike. Soon he skidded up to Yae, yipping in delight over this and that.

Kisho paraded in front of her, rolling back and forth, yipping and jumping; all with boundless energy. There was always someone to meet or somewhere to explore, which made his life great! He was the type of kit with an optimistic personality, a desire to make friends and make the most of life. A characteristic that was remarkably endearing. Although, he could definitely be annoying at times. He couldn't help but get into everywhere, knocking things over in the process. There were also the tricks. The darting out and moving things when the adult kitsune turned around, leaving them utterly confused, and the chillies in the food. Oh yes, he was an interesting little guy.

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The little female kit had not been expecting anyone else to be within the vicinity of the temple courtyard at this hour, much lest respond to her call the way Kisho was right now. Yae froze in place and blinked in silence at the sight of the male kit alternating between strutting to and fro in front of her, rolling and jumping, unsure as to how she should react to all these.

Her innate nature was telling her to turn tail and run. Seek out another venue which possessed the familiarity that she felt at peace with. However, her rational side was totally against that, seeing as Kisho was another kit like herself and couldn't possibly mean her any harm.

So Yae settled for a small step backward from her current position instead, amber orbs that were much larger to be normal darting this way and that as she tried to bite back the terrified yip that was threatening to erupt forth from her maw any moment...

Sensing Kisho's distraction, Ren looked up to see him giving Yae those moony eyes again, bleh!

Rolling his eyes he popped back into his human form. He stuck out his tongue, which was accompanied by a mocking little grin. With a flick of his fingers he created a blazing flame in front of each eye. His tongue lolled out further, and Ren launched into a burst of exaggerated panting.

He liked to call that mime 'The enflamed lover', not that he had much understanding of what it meant. Girl things made no sense to him. For all he lacked in speech, he made up for in body language. The guardians liked to joke that he'd be the next great kabuki.

Abandoning his harmless jest, Ren jumped to his feet and slunk over the sniff at the female kit. He offered a suave grin, but seeing nothing particularly interesting about the female, went back to practicing his artful little flames.

He didn't understand at all what was supposed to be so special about females! But Ren did wonder how they kept their fur so glossy...


Ooc: I just imagined Kisho with flaming love in his eyes *snicker*. Yeah this was a weird post (Ren has a short attention span!>.<). But I do love the idea of Kabuki!Ren. (I hope this actually made some sense)