Kurama was sitting in the woods reflecting on a time he could control plants easily. He had given up his demon side and really hasn't touched another plant. He still loved flowers and nature but now that he's moving on with his human life he saw no need for such trivial things. Every so often Hiei would come to visit him and they would swap stories about the dark tournament. Every so often he would still call Kurama fox.
Hiei had a habit of people watching to see what they were up to. Mainly he watched them for rogue demons and when he found some he send them back to the demon world.
"Hiei, have you thought about taking a mate? "You aren't getting any younger you know" Kurama often teased him about this. He wanted to see Hiei happy and hope the little fire demon would take either another demon to mate with or a human. But, we all know how much Hiei despises human, and other demons for that matter. Why would he dare take one of them as his mate? He didn't find it worth his time.
"No, not interested in any one now or-" Hiei said cutting himself off. Just once he might be wrong about finding that special someone.
He saw a human girl with long hair braided down to her lower back. Kurama followed Hiei's gaze. "She goes to Meiou..I believe she is a second or third year student" he told him. "But I could be wrong"
"Age?" Hiei asked. "Around fifteen to sixteen...Hiei, now is NOT the time to fall for her...She's not legal for a human to mate with anyone" He told him quietly.
She is about five foot. A few inches taller than Hiei. She has long black hair that is as black as oil, eyes as brown as chestnuts. She is toned but not horribly skinny which Hiei liked. She was looking for a place to hide from her abuser.
Hiei jumped down from the tree. Kurama went to her. "Hello miss, we have a perfect hiding spot, but you have to trust us a little and know we will not hurt you" he told her and she nodded.
Hiei put his arm around her waist and jumped into the tree. She clung to him as he did so. He held her close to him and put his finger to his lips to keep her quiet, as not to be discovered. She nodded and closed her eyes, oh how she hated heights...but she felt strangely safe with this stranger. She felt he would protect her and not hurt her.
Kurama looked up and recognized her from school and knew she had been abused. She obviously wasn't a good liar when the whole school knew she was being abused . Kurama pretended to read his book. He could hear the guy bellowing for the girl. The guy came upon the wood. "CATARINA! Come back here!" he screamed for her. Kurama looked up from his book very annoyed with the guy making a big fuss.
Catarina stood stiff in the tree with Hiei holding her. 'Calm down' he mouthed. She nodded again.
"You sir, are quite loud" he said.
"Shut up punk, I'm looking for my little bitch" he said looking past Kurama and into the woods.
"A girl about five foot, black hair and brown eyes?" Kurama questioned.
"Yes, that's her, where is she?" he demanded. "I'll show you" he told the guy.
'Okay Hiei, get her out of here' Kurama told him through mind link. Hiei watched them leave and took her to an abandoned house further away. He set her down and she started sneezing.
"You're safe now" he told her. "Are you alright?"
She looked around and continued to sneeze. "I can't stay here" she told him.
"You want to get yourself killed?!" he asked a little annoyed.
She shook her head. "Too much dust, I'm horribly allergic" she said.
He picked her up again and moved her to another place deeper in the woods.
"Thanks" she told him. He nodded to her.
Kurama came back without the guy and smiled at her.
"W-where is he?" she questioned.
"Arrested..I led him to the police station and explained to them what was going on with you, Catarina" He told her.
She looked between them. "Thank you both so much...my name is Catarina Ito" she told them.
"I'm Suichi Minamino and this is Hiei" Kurama said introducing them.
She looking at him. "Minamino-kun! I thought it was you! Thank you both so much, you don't know what this means to me!" she said happily.
'Fox, I think I found the one' Hiei told him through mind link.
Kurama smiled to himself. His 'friend' had found the one he wanted to be with for the rest of their lives. He is very happy for Hiei, he only hoped that Catarina wouldn't reject him.