Thieving Hearts
By TimeAndLife21
She was once quite the detached and harsh demoness that have been through hell and back. Though she had toned herself down over the years that she had been in the human world. Rather than becoming cruel and falling into madness, she somehow became a better being for herself and those around her. Of course, that could be a bit of an exaggeration.
She had been in the human world for a while now. The last time she was in the Makai had been too long for her at least, perhaps 200 years to be exact. Of course, she wondered about the people from her past and how they were holding up. Right now, She was moving back to her home. She was in Hokkaido taking care of some demonic anomalies that have been disturbing the peace there as well as her hunting for ancient relics that have been lost in history. Now she was at the Train station waiting for her train to take her back to Tokyo.
Why was she there? To do the Spirit world's dirty work of course.
It really shouldn't surprise her that she was one of a few demons that worked for the spirit world. But she was pretty much under their strict watch, given her past.
Her human form, which is a young woman the age of 15 (why she looks like one will be explained later) has white hair, black eyes, and pale skin. She wore large red cat-eye glasses that sat on the bridge of her nose and she was 5'6 and ¾ tall. She was now packing her things to go back home. Back home to be with her old friend that had been sticking out for her in the past 50 years.
Had it really been that long since she had seen her? A couple of years away from her friend felt like a blink of an eye for her.
She felt a vibration in her pocket, so she took out a compact out and opened it up. There she saw the face of young Lord Koenma of the Spirit world.
"Ah! Hikari. I was hoping to catch you before you started moving. How was Hokkaido?" The young lord asked.
"It was fine. Just a few troubling demons that were easily taken care of. I got a relic out of it too." She smiled.
"A relic? What Kind of relic?" Koenma Asked.
"They are called Holy Devout Beads. Last I saw one of these was when I was at one of the temples in Kyoto." She spoke. "But I'm fairly sure these are the real deal."
"Well we would have to put them to good use then." Koenma nodded. "I'm glad to see that your search has been successful."
This was why she liked the young lord. Hikari, with her interesting and pillaging/thieving past, she could find many things that would either sell onto the black market or even be useful in a fight. In her case, she would have it for safe keeping, In the Spirit World's case, they would lock said artifacts away. But Koenma managed to persuade his father to allow her to use one said artifact that she has had since she was a young cabin girl on the Makai seas.
It was an interesting object that her mentor had given her. Told her that it was an old goddess' battle instrument that he had found in the human world. He never had a use for it, but Hikari could wield it like it was an extension of her body. It was a large round stone that looked like an oversized yen coin.
In its dormant form, she would have have it tied to a simple hemp string and it would be tied around her right wrist. When she would use it in a fight, it would enlarge To the size of a car tire and it would be surrounded by flames. To which, she would be unharmed by.
"I have it around my wrist." She said bringing her left wrist up to show the young lord. The beads were teardrop shaped and was a bright yellow color. If you looked close enough, you could see a deep orange light inside of each of the beads.
"I wonder how you can use them." Koenma questioned, then shook his head. "Anyways, I have managed to get you into a high school. It is Meiou Private High and it is where the best and brightest minds go."
"You think I'm bright?" Hikari mocked.
"You managed to sneak through the kekkai barrier and live in the human world for years without setting off our radar." Koenma deadpanned.
Hikari smiled brightly.
"Good to know that I'm not rusty." she replied. "What's the job?"
"Just keep an eye out for anything strange. One of our ogres reported that there was a slight increase of Spirit energy in the surrounding area. It's probably nothing. But you can't be too sure." The young lord spoke.
"You're right." she spoke as she looked out the station window.
"Anything you want me to keep an eye out for?" She asked.
"Not necessarily. Just be on guard and report anything suspicious. I'll call for the next meeting." He spoke before waving his hand in farewell and the transmission stopped.
She sighed and looked at the clock. She felt like time had slowed down for her. Not that it bothered her. But in this mortal form, it felt like her dormant powers were slowly coming back.
The Train came into the station and she grabbed her bag and boarded the rain as quick as she could.
She found a quiet compartment and closed the door. She took out a soft pillow from her carry-on bag and fluffed it up. She placed it down on the seat and laid down. Sighing in contentment for a break. She closed her eyes. She became lost in forgotten memories.
It was a full blown party. The Den as it was called was one of many hideouts that the Thieves use. This particular party was quite rambunctious. Drunken singing, alcohol spilling from kegs, jugs, and other containers that it was brought into. It was a great celebration that lasted four days, bordering on five. Another great heist was successful.
In the midst of the crowd, there were three beings in the center of it all. One was a bat demon who was laughing out loud at a wolf demoness who was sporting a rather disgusted look and threw what looked like a string of pearls to a fox demon.
"Ugh! How wretched!" She stuck out her tongue in disgust.
She was a rather pretty thing. A slender and toned body from life on the sea did well for her. She was wearing a rather intricate and flowing kimono. It had a long slit up the left side and showed the pale skin underneath. It was red, green and blue. With Kanji characters that was sewn onto the collar. She had long wavy charcoal hair, and part of it was up in a high bun, and from the top of her head was two furry wolf ears; she had a long black tail to go with it as it was peeking from the bottom of her kimono. Her wide and light violet-blue eyes flashed in slight amusement and irritation, her heart shaped face twisted in mock disgust.
"Now, now, Hikari-hime, you were the one who insisted on wearing one of the spoils." The bat demon chuckled as he stood up and tossed an arm around her shoulders.
The Bat demon was taller than Hikari by about a foot or so, he wore black boots and pants with a sleeveless black vest shirt and leather straps up his forearms. He wore a blood red pendent on a thin black chain that he never takes off and a strange looking hat that he wears upon his head. His deep purple eyes glinted mischievously as his eyes roamed up and down Hikari's body. His long black hair was pulled up in a high ponytail. His bat wings were spread open wide behind before he comically pulled the wolf demoness flush against his body.
"And besides, you looked beautiful with them on! How dare you take them off before I could?" He spoke lecherously before trying to steal a kiss from the beauty against him.
Of course, before he could get far, she stomped onto his foot, mind you, she was once a cutthroat and somewhat honorable Pirate captain, she has no room for perversion and males(and even females) to come onto her. The Bat demon was no exception.
He let out a surprised yelp before one of the thieves decided to get on all fours behind the Bat Demon, and Hikari pushed him over. This resulted for the Bat demon to be tangled in limbs as he fell to the floor.
Laughter erupted around Hikari and she gave the male on the floor a grin.
"Sorry, Kuronue, pearls may be my choice of gem, but not even you are allowed to take them off of me." She chuckled before she sat next to the fox demon who had watched the commotion in front of him.
The fox demon was quite handsome, that was for sure. He had a bit of a pointed face, but that was to be expected of his kind, his golden eyes slid over to her and he gave a rather sly smile. His white hair gleamed in the dimmed light and his fox ears twitched in amusement. He was wearing white clothing; white hakama pants, a sleeveless shirt, and white fighting slippers. He leaned back on the giant cushions and shook his head.
"Shame on you Kuronue, you know for a fact that Hikari doesn't really belong to anyone." He chuckled deeply.
"That's because she has you wrapped around her fingers Kurama, don't try and deny it." Kuronue pointed an accusing finger at the fox demon.
"There is no such thing." Kurama frowned before he stiffened in his seat as he felt his tail being pulled.
He snapped his neck towards the female in question. She had threaded her hands through the fur of his tail and had a mischievous grin on her face.
"You have a soft spot for me, you old fox." She laughed before untangling her hands from his tail.
"For a sweet young thing like yourself? No. I merely have you around to keep a close eye on our valuables." He said as he reached out a clawed hand and flicked her ear.
She shook her head and bared her teeth a little.
"Hey!" She said before Kurama threw a pillow at her face.
The rest of the thieves who witnessed the interaction laughed. There was still a betting pool on who would win over who. Some of the thieves believed that the three leaders (Kurama, Kuronue, and Hikari) were in a threesome, others believed that Hikari was brought to the fold after the life of being a Pirate Captain on the Makai Seas to become Kurama's mate, and the third party of thieves betted that Kuronue was in the midst of courting Hikari but would have to go through Kurama first.
The trio managed to catch wind of said betting pool and decided to screw with the minds of their comrades. It was quite fun to see certain reactions and the bets would change every moon or so.
The party was winding down as finally the dawn of the fifth day was approaching. Many thieves retired to their bedrooms finally and Hikari bid goodbye to both Kuronue and Kurama before going to her room. She would have a lot of counting to do after she woke up. The heist was not a large as most of the ones they would plan, but still a hefty size. She came to a red wooden door and entered. The room was covered with tapestries (She quite favored ones that featured the sea and ships that would be featured inside) and fabrics of the richest and finest kind. Colors of purple, blue, and silver were everywhere.
Her bed was a large square 2 foot deep pit filled with silk sheets and pillows. She twirled around a bit, shedding the top layer of her kimono, revealing thinner clothing that was underneath, A blue and purple short kimono that she would typically sleep in, before she flopped down into the pit of fluffy and soft pillows and burrowed herself into the sheets.
She grabbed a soft pillow and placed it underneath her head and was ready to fall asleep until she heard her door open. She didn't need to open her eyes to see who it was. The scent of flora tickled her nose as she felt a dip in her bed as someone slipped into the sheets behind her.
She let out a huff of disbelief.
"Really? You could choose any room you wish and you choose mine?" She stretched out against the hard masculine body that she recognized by feel and touch alone.
She felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand as the warmth of his breath ghosted over the area. She then felt arms wrap around her protectively and a nose digging into her neck.
"You know why." She heard Kurama's voice growl. "It's my turn tonight."
"What? Don't trust your comrades?" She said opening her eyes before she turned around in the arms that encircled her and pressed her hands onto the hard chest in front of her.
"I wouldn't trust them with my own mother. These thieves are nothing like your crew." His voice rumbled.
"At least I kept my crew in line." She sighed. "I can take care of myself."
Hikari huffed in frustration.
"I joined you because you wanted someone to be able to sell, trade, and keep an eye on your spoils and loot." She looked up at the face of the king of thieves.
He was looking down at her with an eyebrow raised.
"Don't give me that look. I'm not weak. You should know that." She growled at him.
She hated being underestimated. She may be only 800 years old, but she was being treated like a cub that needed to be protected. She was long past being a child that needed protected.
She felt rumbling chuckles from the fox demon that was looking at her fondly.
"That may be true, but you are fairly young to my standard. I do believe you called me 'old fox'." He smiled.
"Ha! I'm the youngest pirate captain to ever sail the 8 treacherous Makai seas. You have been a thief for how many years?" She bit back.
"Too many to keep track of…" he deadpanned.
"Looks like your age is catching up to you." She giggled.
She felt fingers digging into her side and had squirmed to get away from Kurama's clutches.
"Who are your to call me old, little one?" He said as he continued his assault on her.
She let out a stream of giggles before he stopped a couple minutes later.
"Give up yet, Kari-hime?" He smiled down at her.
"Hmph, if you keep this up, the others will make another bet." She chuckles before she cuddled into him.
"Oh? And what kind of bet would that be?" He indulged her.
"Your age is in the way of your love for me, you couldn't bear to be with such a young demoness like me." She mocked. "If you don't make your move on me soon, Kuronue will sweep me off my feet."
She laughed at the twisted expression that he made.
"Ah, it is true. An old fox like me couldn't have the energy to even be with you." He played along.
"I knew it. Perhaps it'll take too much time for you to even get it up. Well, I should take my chances with Kuronue. He's much more spry than you." She said as she attempted to get out of his arms, but she failed as he tightens his grip around her.
"I'll show you spry." He purred as he rubbed his nose into her hair, and pressing his hands and fingers onto the sensitive spots on her back, especially close to the base of her tail.
As he was doing so, she growled back and threaded her hands into his hair close to his ears. She rubbed them slowly as Kurama's ministrations drove her to drowsiness.
Both of them were much too tired to try any other arousing tricks on each other. The party was one of their bigger parties, usually these kinds of parties would last for days on end. So they were close to the point of falling asleep.
So they left their hands where they were and Hikari was humming a soft yet haunting lullaby. Accompanied by Kurama's slow heartbeat, the fox and the wolf fell into sleep.
Hikari opened her eyes as she heard the announcement that she had reached the destination of her choosing. She grabbed her bag and took her leave to pop off of the train and headed north. She didn't take a bus, for where she was going was slightly more remote.
She may look like a young girl with an air of innocence around her. But she was far from that. Unfortunately, working for the Spirit World had its repercussions. Given the fact that she manage to stay undetected from their radar for about 150 years, she was caught not long after the Dark Tournament that she was part of in 1940. She thought the that more surprising aspect of it was that fact that she was part of a human team instead.
The Spirit world caught up to her after that. And It was hell fighting the SDF off. She had admittedly did nothing wrong save for stealing jewelry and pretending (or rather acting) to be a wolf goddess who protected the innocent and smote the wicked. That stopped around the turn of the century in the 1900s. She pretty much kept to herself and acted and disguised herself as a human once the western influences started to come in.
She was working in a Geisha House in the later thirties when a young 22 year old woman found her walking back to the Geisha house. She wore a red, green, and white chinese fighting outfit and her bright pink hair was pulled back in a tight braid.
"You are not human." she had stated.
Hikari looked down at the shorter woman and chuckled.
"And you carry a lot of spiritual energy. What would such a girl like you want with me?" She smiled back as she covered her mouth with the sleeve of her yukata.
What started off as pure speculation, became a budding friendship between the young fighter, Genkai as she had come to know her by, and the ex-pirate/thief. They had been invited along with three other people to participate (more like forced) into the fighting tournament.
Hikari was less than pleased when she was involved. They had won the tournament, but at the cost of their team becoming ripped apart. Two of their teammates (one of which was Genkai's fling/lover sadly) became demons and hadn't seen them since the tournament, one became crazed and insane and placed in an asylum. Hikari and Genkai were the only ones who stuck together after the tournament ended.
And then the Spirit World came after her.
She was given two choices. One: she would be executed for being in the human world or Two: she would be under Spirit World's supervision and work for them.
She didn't like either choices, but she had to choose one. So, she resigned to work for them.
The downfall was that she had to take a human form. It was a rather painful process. The Spirit King was the one who sealed her demon energy within herself and strange red markings appeared on her body. She recognized the markings vaguely but she dismissed it. They disappeared after her powers were sealed off and she was left in a tiny body of a small child. Which severely pissed her off. Luckily for her, it didn't hinder her abilities to use her weapons and other such abilities that she had learned over the years.
Which brings her to the present. Seeing that Koenma has been overseeing her work progress for the past five years instead of one of the SDFs, she would rather have the young toddler like lord than them.
She followed a cobblestone path that went on for about a mile or so before she was lead to a Miwa Torii gate that guarded the entrance to a flight of stairs. She heaved a sigh of relief as she walked through the gate and went up the stairs. She could feel herself relax and unwind as she felt the natural and holy energies of the forest seem to penetrate the air. It felt more like home that the Makai ever did.
By the time she reached the top of the stairs she came across the entrance to the Temple. She had missed this place. Who would have thought that the nostalgia of being here would hit her? She walked through the grounds that was familiar to her and she entered the place she considered home.
She walked through the halls, picking up scents along the way. The scent of cigarette smoke, lotus tea, and the ozone like smell of spiritual energy was welcoming. As she came to her old room, she opened up the doors.
It was just as she left it.
The bed was low to the floor and silk pillows and sheets were made like a nest to her. A large vanity complete with mirror was still on the west side of the room where she left it. If she were to open the closet, the variety of kimonos and other such clothing would be there as well. The red wood dresser would hold her street clothes and other unmentionables.
By her bed was a small side dresser that held certain jewelries that she had accumulated over the years. She smirked to herself before reaching into her little purse and took out a bracelet with rubies dotted along the chain. She managed to filch it off of a rich woman on the subway who was talking to her friend speaking of her elderly husband who was close to passing away and gave her the bracelet to remember him by. Then she proceeded to say that the geezer should hurry up and die already so that she could have his money.
Needless to say, she hasn't lost her touch when it came to taking things off of people when they weren't looking. That and Hikari believed in Karma.
She tossed the bracelet into one of the drawers and shut it. Taking a deep sigh, she dropped her bag and flopped onto her bed.
"Well, look what the mangy cat dragged in." She heard a gravelly voice speak out.
Hikari raised her head and turned to to see a short old woman with cynical brown eyes and pink-grey wavy hair. She still wore the same red, green, and white fighting outfit that she wore for everyday use.
"Ugh, I'm too tired to have a verbal spar with you, Genkai. I just got back from Hokkaido." Hikari yawned.
"Too bad. I've been waiting for you to come back for a while." She spoke as she stepped into the room and came nearer to her bed.
"What? Missed me that much? I didn't know you cared." Hikari smirked before she felt a flick to the forehead.
"Hmph, your sarcasm astounds me." she smirked back.
"Well I'm home now, I don't think you have to worry about me going anywhere else for a while. Though, apparently I will be going to school here in a couple of weeks." Hikari said as she took off her glasses and placed them onto the bedside drawer.
"How fun." Genkai deadpanned.
"Oh yeah. I'll be going to Meiou High School. But it's mostly to keep an eye out in the surrounding areas." Hikari yawned. "Other than that, I'm planning on relaxing."
"Don't get too comfortable. We start our routines tomorrow." Genkai chuckled.
"Oh. I plan on it. Are we climbing up the mountain?" Hikari asked.
"If you are up to the challenge." Genkai shot back.
"Please, If I can handle the mountains back in the Makai, I can handle the mountains here." Hikari shot a glare at her oldest friend.
"We shall see. I will see you in the morning Hikari." Genkai said as she turned away from her. "And welcome back home."
Hikari would have wagged her tail in delight if she had it. It was good to be back home again.
TAL21: Ah, so here's the new reboot of Thieving Hearts. This story will be a bit more mature than it was on the Teen plus rating. Which pretty much means implied sexual content to some sexual content, a bit more blood and gore, certain types of abuse (Such as neglect, physical, emotional, and verbal.) swearing that is much on a different scale (I still draw the line at the F-word, you won't be seeing it in this story), and a bit of drug usage (But seriously, DON'T DO DRUGS KIDS!). So like I said, this reboot will feature a lot of different stuff and it will be freaking awesome. I will also include flashbacks from, Kurama's and Hikari's time together in the Makai as well and they do hold some significance in the story though it won't drift away too much from cannon. And yes, i'm pulling some punches on Kurama and Hikari's ages too. It is so much fun to play around with that. XD ONWARD TO QUESTION TIME!
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