Hey, guys, yes I am posting a new fic and for now I'm not sure what I want the pairings to be. I'm not going to put up a voting contest like my other fic, but I will allow for suggestions. And if I do end up pairing your suggestions whatever they might be, I will give whoever gave the suggestions some recognition. So, anyway, my new fic takes place mainly in the human world. Kagome, who has finished with the jewel runs into Kuronue and Yoko one night and takes them back to her shrine. I hope you guys like this.

Chapter 1

Encounters of the Human Kind

"This is so boring," Complained a bored silver kitsune, who was lazying about in his fortress, amidst piles of jewels and gold that would make any person, demon or human alike, drool with envy. Yoko lazily picked up a stack of solid gold coins and started sifting through them as if they were nearly worthless.

"You call this boring?" Another, solid deep baritone voice answered. "You call sitting amongst riches and stacks of gold that would make any king jealous, boring?"

"Okay, so maybe it's not boring, per say, Kuronue, but it certainly gets a little old. I mean sure, we've gone after most treasures and wonderous things that demon world has to offer...yet at times I feel a little...stuck."

"Stuck?" Kuronue raised his eyebrows, then narrowed them at his old friend and thieving partner. "You're not thinking about quitting on me, are you?"

"No, no that's not what I'm saying."

"I'm not following."

"What I'm saying is that I want something exciting to happen, something out of the ordinary, something that will take us on another adventure," Kurama explained getting up and beginning to pace the room, furrowing his silver eyebrows.

"Hmm," Kuronue murmured. "So what are you suggesting? And stop that, you're making me dizzy."

Kurama growled but stopped his mad pacing to sit on the couch once again. "I just, I want to get out of here for a little bit."

For a few minutes both friends sat in thoughtful silence...until. "Ah ha!" Yoko cried sitting up suddenly, startling Kuronue so bad he almost fell off his arm chair.

"Kami, Yoko, don't do that," he gasped.

"Let's go to Ningenkai."

Kuronue blinked and then blinked again. "You want to go to human world"

"What part of that didn't you get, Kuronue," Kurama growled. "I want to go to Ningenkai."

Kuronue just gaped. "You? The great bandit of Makia, wants to spend his time running around in a world populated by smelly humans? ARE YOU SICK?!" he cried.

"And just what is so wrong about it? We've never been there before, and know practically nothing about Ningenkai. But we've been practically everywhere in the Makai, so why don't we go see if we can't find something entertaining to do?"

Kurama was standing with his arms crossed in front of his chest, his eyes shining with gold intensity.

"You're serious about this," Kuronue finally uttered.

Kurama narrowed his eyes at his partner. "Of course I am. When I say I want an adventure in Ningenkai, I mean it."

They stood staring at each other until Kuronue finally sighed. "Well, if we're going to be going to meet some humans, we're going to first have to find a way to blend in. We can't go walking around looking like this in broad daylight."

"You mean, you're coming with me?" Kurama asked.

"Sure, why not. I could use a little time off and I have to admit this actually sounds intriguing," Kuronue answered truthfully. "Besides some one has to come along and make sure you stay out of trouble," he replied with a teasing glint in his eyes.

Kurama grinned back, his demons fangs creeping up over his bottom lip. "Come on, I bet we can find a spell in one of our books that might come in handy," he said, before turning and beginning to rummage through their mounds of treasure in search of a spell book.

A few hours later, two figures made their way outside their home to prepare for their departure. It was the dead of night as the two silently went about their preparations, before both disappeared without a trace.

When they reappeared again, it was down an alleyway, darkened by shadows and hidden from the moon. As silent and graceful as ever, both made their way out of the dark alley before stepping out into a deserted street. "Well, here we are," Kuronue commented. "In Ningenkai....with humans, looking like humans." He glanced down at himself frowning slightly. "Well at least we still look like ourselves."

"Speak for your self," Kurama grumbled from his side. Indeed, Kuronue still looked much like himself, but without the wings and pointed ears. He still had dark purple eyes and long black hair, which was held back in a long pony tail. He was without his hat at the moment, as Kurama had persuaded him to forgo his trademark. But Kurama looked a lot different. Instead of his usually silky silver hair and golden eyes, he now had long red hair and emerald green eyes.

"Let me just remind you, old friend, that this was your decision. You're the one who wanted to come here in the first place," Kuronue warned.

"I know, I know," Kurama grumbled then he perked up. "But hey, we're here. Let's find something exciting to do."

"Hm, like what?" Kuronue asked curiously.

"I've got it!" Kurama stopped in his tracks and held a finger in the air. "Let's steal something!"

Kuronue fell over before regaining his composure. But before he could comment a sound that sounded oddly like glad breaking, shattered the silence of night.

"What was that?" Kuronue asked, turning to look at his partner. Well, it would have been his partner, had Yoko not run off in the direction the sound had come from. Rolling his eyes, Kuronue hurriedly caught up with his friend. "Yoko, where are we going?"

Kurama's eyes sparkled with mischief. "We're going to find us our adventure!"

They ran a few blocks without noticing anyone or anything that had caused the sound and Kurama started to get a little saddened until he spotted a dark figure out of the corner of his eye, running fast towards them. Kuronue had the good sense to jump out of the way, seeing as how the person approaching them looked to be running full speed and wouldn't be stopping any time soon. Unfortunately, Kurama wasn't so lucky. And as luck would have him, he barely had enough time to breathe as he was suddenly barreled into by a black clad individual.

Arms and legs flew everywhere as Kuronue winced and looked on as his best friend got the shit kicked out of him. When they finally stopped rolling and lay still, the black clad individual lay underneath his friend. Kuronue took a step forwards in an attempt to help his friend, when the sounds of cursing stopped him in his tracks. And it wasn't coming from Kurama.

"Let me up, you big buffoon!" A beautiful husky voice spoke, attempting to push Yoko off, but Kurama just lay there in a dazed trance. "Hey, you baka, let me up!" Kurama finally noticed where he was and leaped to his feet. Then his eyes narrowed at this....human? Well, in that get-up he certainly couldn't tell. The man was covered head to toe in black, even his face was covered so only his blue eyes peered out. Kurama stopped his observation when it looked like the human was about to dart off.

Suddenly the sound of sirens rang through the night and the stranger started to swear again. "If I get caught for this, I'll make sure to find you and skin you alive," the human growled before attempting to dart away.

Kurama and Kuronue were curious about the human's statement and decided to follow him. Using their demon speed they quickly caught up and ran parallel with him. Behind them the sirens were getting louder. They ran until the sirens became distant and the human had slowed down considerably. Finally he stopped and before Kurama could move he was upon him. "Who are you, demon, and why are you following me?" he demanded. But both demons were too stunned to speak and only then did they finally realize what they were dealing with.

A woman? Kuronue thought confused.

A woman? Yoko pondered amused.

"A woman?!" they both cried. The woman raised an eyebrow before gasping and reaching for the hood of her cape. She gasped. "Oh no!"

I think I'll stop there and create another chapter. So please read and respond and tell me what you think. Anyway, I just want to thank my reviewers for any of my other fics. I hope if you read Queen of Thieves, that you'll like this story, as well as another new one I just posted up. Thanks for all your support.

Ja ne,

Kura-Kun's-lovr