The new demon world King, Enki, had instituted an era of peace. With this new era, he had one law for everyone to follow and that was to respect human kind. He had patrols in certain areas to pick up humans who had somehow found their way and bring them back to the human world. The barrier between the two worlds had been taken down. Koenma had impeached his father with evidence of crimes his father was committing.

Before the next Demon King Tournament, the news had spread to demons everywhere as well as the humans. The Worlds were slowly merging. A small floral shop ran by demons were excited by the news and allowed some of their plants known in the other worlds to be sold to the humans. Since the news, many people visited the shop daily and loyal customers who were there before hand increased their interest. One loyal customer was Yu Kaito, one of the psychics, who visited and questioned about the plants as much as he could. It was not uncommon for some humans to acquire certain plants that came from the other worlds. Most of the plants sold to the humans were safe, the ones who knew the secret password were allowed to get the more dangerous plants. Yu Kaito was trying his best to figure out that password. The owner of the floral shop would allow him once a day at guessing. He still has not guessed the right password.

The floral shop was run by a young woman who looked around Kaito's age with her three brothers. The three brothers were raccoon demons but she looked human. The brothers were not her real siblings but were adopted. They were protective over her, especially when other men were around. She was more protective of them then they believed.

On one of the nights walking home from work, Kurama saw two of the raccoon demon brothers. They were around the same age as his human form. They were not evil of what he could sense, but Kurama was curious how others were living and getting along with humans.

"We can go home now if we wanted to," one of them was talking. "Home. I can't wait. This place doesn't suit us. We can finally see if the rumors are true. It's nice that we intermingle with humans now more openly but nothing is like home. The air back there and the freedom. We should hurry home now."

"Yeah, we can go home, I wonder if our home is still there," the other spoke. "We can even enter the tournament."

"I hope so," the two headed down a different street. "Do you think she will come with us?"

Yu Kaito called Kurama, but called him by his human name. He was on his way to the floral shop until he noticed an old friend, Kurama.

"It's been a long time," Kurama greeted him.

"It has, how is the demon world?" Yu Kaito asked him.

"Still of full of demons," Kurama still looked to where the two demons were headed. He caught a brief glance of a young woman who met up with them. The two demons greeted her and stood on either side of her as they walked away.

"You don't have to worry about them," Yu Kaito informed him. "They're not harmful. They run a florist shop. I get some of my plants there. You should visit some time. You will be intrigued by their selection and knowledge. And soon I will also know the password to get into their secret collection that is not sold to humans."

Kurama chuckled. "I don't think that's possible. They could change it every week."

"She doesn't," Yu Kaito was confident. "I just have to do more research."

The two of them chatted some more before heading their separate ways. Yu Kaito gave him the name of the florist shop. Kurama asked Yusuke if he had heard of the florist shop before.

"Yeah, I've heard about it," Yusuke answered him over the phone. "I've gotten a couple of flower bouquets there."

"And you didn't notice anything strange?" Kurama prodded him.

"Nah, just that they have lots of choices, I couldn't choose but thanks to one of the workers there, she helped chose flowers for both mom and Keiko," Yusuke scratched his head. "You know come to think about it. That girl was different and so were some of the plants. Her brothers were all similar but she was the only one who stuck out. Maybe she was adopted."

Kurama sighed. "They are raccoon demons."

"I know, I was just messing with you," Yusuke laughed. "I could sense all of them as D class except the girl. I could only read as human."

"That's what I have suspected as well," Kurama looked outside. "You should stop by there and look over that place one more time. I am going to the Spirit world."

"Huh? Hey, I thought I was the detective," Yusuke joked around before hanging up.

The next day, Yusuke walked by the florist shop. Outside the shop was the young woman who helped him. She glanced at him with her green eyes. Her hair was a pale blonde and pulled back in a bun. She crouched down to place prearranged flower bouquets in the posts. She had noticed Yusuke walking towards her.

"Hello, back again?" she looked up to see Yusuke. She greeted him with a closed smile.

He was about to greet her when he saw three young men glaring at him through the window. It was her brothers.

"Don't worry about them," she rose up. "What can I help you with for today?"

Yusuke scratched the back of his head. "I need flowers but for a different occasion. You wouldn't happen to have something for a dear friend."

"I do," she smiled and started to ask him questions about the occasion.

Meanwhile, Kurama came upon Koenma bashing and cursing a box.

"Ugh, Lord Koenma, sir, is everything alright?" Kurama asked him.

"No, nothing is alright," Koenma spoke with the pacifier in his mouth. "The lock on the box is broken along with all the other locks. My traps could probably be passed by Kurama while he's sleeping. This isn't good. All the valuables in my vaults are going to get stolen if word got out about this."

"Is that so, then I must try it in my sleep," Kurama chuckled.

Koenma tensed and turned around. "Oh, it's you Kurama." He gave out a nervous chuckle. "Hope you keep that secret to yourself. Botan, are you there?"

"Yes, Lord Koenma?" Botan came into the room.

"Have you gotten a word from our locksmith yet?" He paced back and forth.

"That's the thing, Lord Koenma, she's missing," Botan gave the bad news. "And has been for a while now." She handed him the file. "I don't know why you didn't bring her up sooner. We could have found her years ago."

"Missing! This isn't good," Koenma kept pacing back and forth. "I need someone to find her! And Quick! Ask Yusuke if he's doing anything! Oh, Kurama, what can I do for you?" Botan was about to leave. "Wait, Botan. You don't need to get Yusuke I need you for a different job. I need you to go through all of her connections to see if they have anything on her." Botan nodded and went on that task.

"Maybe I can help you," Kurama responded. "I was here wanting to get records on a group of raccoon demons harboring a human but it looks like it could wait."

"A human with demons hmmm?" Koenma was surprised. "If it's a raccoon family, they must have need the child for something. They're gatherers and like to collect. This child must have been something they sought after. They even could have kidnapped the child from the parents and raised it themselves. This is interesting. I'll look into it after I find my locksmith."

"Who is your locksmith?" Kurama asked. "It isn't some ogre, is it?"

"If she heard you call her an ogre oh she would be furious," Koenma explained. "No one, not even demon or spirit can break through her traps or pick through her locks. I don't even think you, the great Kurama, a master thief could get by."

"Is that a challenge?" Kurama raised his eyebrows.

"When we find her, we could test that out, then if it is, she will have to work on it and make sure someone like you can't even break through," Koenma sat upon his throne.

"You keep saying her? Who is the locksmith exactly?" Kurama wanted to know.

"Oh, it's Hoshimi, a fox demon like you," Koenma thought about her. His eyes became far off as he was remembering her. "Ahhh!" He had a smile on his face. "She's lovely."

"Um, Koenma?" Kurama felt a bit awkward.

"Huh? Oh!" Koenma shook his head out of the memory. He opened the file. "Looks like she had gone missing right after you had been hunted by one of the SDF. It says her last vault she made was the one you had gotten caught at. I could see the reason why she had gone missing."

"Why is that?" Kurama was reading the file as well.

"She's afraid of you," Koenma stared at him. "She isn't missing. If I know her, and I know her well, Hoshimi must have went into deep hiding more so than she normally does or has been captured."

Kurama made the connections while reading through the file. "She has been on the run from other demons for most of her life. Her disappearance has correlation to me getting caught from a failed attempt at stealing. She must be afraid that I will take revenge on her. But the vault I was in was easy, I had just made some mistakes."

"Yes, it would have appeared so, but if you try to tamper while Hoshimi build's her vault they can destruct on their own," Koenma mentioned. "It is very likely that she is afraid, could be guilt ridden for what she had done. Hoshimi was one of the first high S class demons I have ever met face to face that didn't want to kill me. She can be oblivious from time to time but she is also very honorable. I would like you to find her. Just make sure you keep your yoko form hidden from her. She can be very flighty, but try to stay on her good side. Not many demons have survived when she became annoyed and there have been no remains or traces of demons found when she wants to fight."

"She's sounds like an interesting woman," Kurama looked at the picture of her.

"Oh that she is," Koenma looked at the picture as well. "That drawing doesn't do her justice. You might as well get the rest of the group on board. She could be anywhere."