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A Caged Fox
Chapter 1: Meeting the Cooper
I waved goodbye to my father before scampering off on my own into the park. Winter had just hit and snow littered the ground, thinly blanketing the city of Paris in clean, white snow. I pulled my jacket hood down, giving me a chance to peer around the seemingly empty park, as I searched for another child to play with. I didn't wander too far off, still staying within eyesight of my father, but wandered about, trying to find someone to accompany me. Being an only child, boredom easily set in for me. So, following in the line of my father and the rest of my ancestors, I was a thief…in training. However, I could steal things all the time so playing a simply game of hide and seek with another child boosted my spirits. I trotted along the park pathway, keeping an eye out for anyone. After a good ten minutes of searching, I eventually found two children, about my age, sitting near the swing set and slide alone. The two children, appearing to be brother and sister, were solid black foxes and looked to be just as bored as I was. Their uniquely colored purple hair fluttered in the slight breeze, eventually making them shiver with the wind. Desperately wanting a companion to play with, I figured that going over to talk to them couldn't hurt. I kicked at the snow, not quite sure on how to just simply invite myself over there to play with them, hoping they'd look over and invite me over.
To my delight, the brother looked over after a while, waving as he did so. I responded with my own wave, giving a half smile as I did so. With his wave, his sister turned in my direction, staring me down with a rather cold glare. From the looks of it, she seemed to be a bit distant and cold, but she had a pretty face. Like the other black fox, her purple hair contrasted against both her fur and the snow surrounding her, but it made her unique. Her brother motioned me over with a wave of his paw, signaling to me to join the two of them in the snow. The two siblings were in the process of building a snowman; already having the base constructed with the middle piece in the works. I trotted over to their location, happy to see that I might have a new pair of friends. The foxes stood, dusting the snow from their jackets and pants as I came to a stop, finally coming into speaking distance.
"Do you want to help us build the snowman?" the boy asked with a friendly smile. His sister on the other hand, wasn't too happy with my presence. She slapped his jacket, giving him a glare and crossing her arms across her chest.
"Sure," I said after glancing to the girl across from me, "If it's okay with your sister." She black furred female glanced to me, looking me up and down before giving a nod.
"I'm Sly, by the way," I said as the three of us sat down in the snow, "Sly Cooper." The girl kept her eyes away from me, simply adding more snow to the snowman that was being built.
"I'm Tomoya Furukama," the male said with another smile, "and this is my twin, Nagisa." They had…different…names than what I was used to, but it's not like my own name was that normal either. It was obvious that they weren't from Paris, but they might have been from another country…maybe Japan.
"So," I started after I had begun to place snow onto the snowman, "What are you two doing out here alone?" Nagisa glanced up to me, her eyebrows knitting together.
"We could ask you the same question," Tomoya glared at his sister, thumping her upper arm at her comment. She glanced to her brother, taking a calming breath before speaking again, "We're waiting for our dad to get back from the store. Then we're going to go visit our grandparents in the city for Christmas." I nodded, looking to the young female.
"Do you two live in the city? Or out of town?" Nagisa brushed her hair from her face and looked at me as well, her expression seeming to soften.
"We're not from Paris," she said as we continued to pack snow onto the snowman, "After we visit our grandparents, we're going back to Japan with our dad."
"Japan? That's pretty far away." The three of us laughed and talked about random things for the rest of the time we were together. We worked together and built on the snowman, eventually getting the middle piece and head onto the body. Tomoya had scampered off briefly to find some sticks for the arms and nose. We had just started putting the rocks on the snowman's head for the eyes and mouth when I heard someone call for Tomoya and Nagisa. I glanced to where the voice had come from, seeing an adult coming towards us, looking like my two new friends. I could only assume that he was their dad once Nagisa had gone running to the man, hugging his legs. The man glanced to me, smiling and holding up his paw in the process as a gesture of hello. I waved back, smiling as well. Nagisa started walking away with her dad, her brother following behind them. Tomoya turned back briefly, waving goodbye as he left with his sister and father.
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"Sly, Sly!" Bentley's voice snapped me from my thoughts, bringing it back to his seemingly endless slideshow presentation, "Are you even paying attention?" I chuckled at my friend, leaning back in my chair while placing my arms behind my head.
"Of course, Bentley, how could I not pay attention during one of your brilliant slideshows?" he shot me an annoyed glance before shoving his glasses back on his nose.
"This is serious, Sly! This is a big heist and if you don't pull your part off exactly as I planned, it could be a bust! Police will be everywhere and we can't afford you getting arrested during this heist!"
"Calm down, Bentley," I said after propping my feet on our table, glancing to my reptile friend, "Have I ever let you down before?" he scoffed, returning to his slideshow, his voice making me zone out again. I'd been thinking about Nagisa and Tomoya a lot recently; thinking back to our brief encounter in the park all those years ago. Tomo seemed to be like the protective brother typing, willing to do anything to protect his sister. His sister Nagi, however, seemed to be more distant; a little cold with a rough outside; much like Carmelita. I wasn't quite sure why I'd been thinking about them recently, but perhaps that I'd see them again soon…get a chance to reconnect and possibly form a friendship. With that thought left in my mind, I stood, stretching in the process. Bentley's slideshow had finally ended and now it was time for us to put our heist into action. If we could pull this off successfully…then it would be one of our biggest heists in a long while.