A Fox Thief?!

By Solaris Moon

Summary: When Kurama, Hiei, Yusuke, and Kuwabara go to a nearby kareoke place, they hear a red haired girl with brown eyes sing. Her voice draws them to her, and Kurama feels that he knows her from somewhere. The next visit he makes to Reikai, he asks Koenma who she is. Will romance bloom? Or is this one sided love doomed from the start? Read and find out.

Solaris: Hi! Foxglove has finally gotten something to eat, but she's still as disagreeable as ever. If she gets too out of hand, I'm tying her up until I write the next chapter.

Foxglove: Oh, save me from her crummy threats.

Solaris: Foxglove…*glares*

Kurama: Uh… On with the fic! Solaris doesn't own YYH. Be grateful she doesn't…

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"Hey, is anyone else bored?" Yusuke asked one evening. The girls were out of town at Botan's place in Reikai. Some sleepover.

"Well, to put it bluntly, yes." Kurama sighed.

"Hey! There's a new kareoke place nearby, let's go there!" Kuwabara shouted (a/n: As if he does anything else. Sorry to all Kuwabara fans for my bashing!)

"Ka-re-oke?" Hiei said, sounding out each syllable. "What is that?"

"You'll see when we get there, then." Kurama said as he grabbed his jacket, since it was early autumn, and night.

~Later~

"I'm thinking that we may have had a better time staying home." Hiei said. He obviously thought that everyone who had come up to sing had an awful voice.

"Oh, Hiei, it isn't that bad." Yusuke sighed.

"Yeah, shrimp, it could be worse." laughed Kuwabara loudly. Suddenly, the lights dimmed and a voice sounded on the loudspeaker.

"Please welcome our next contestant, who has asked that her name not be given. She favors a nickname. Please welcome… the Unknown Kitsune!" The voice stopped as a tall redhead with brilliant brown eyes wearing a purple and black dress stepped onstage. Her striking appearance was heightened by the ruby red rose tucked behind one ear, which drew attention to the curly waves of her hair. She stepped quietly up to the microphone, her face displaying a quiet knowledge of the world and worldly matters. Kurama stared at the female figure that graced the stage in that Tokyo kareoke place. He felt he knew her from somewhere, but he couldn't place where.

"Hey, does she seem like a fox to you?" Hiei asked. Kurama nodded just as the music struck up and the girl began to sing.

"Watashi no kokoro ni…" Her voice was brilliant and bright, a sound reminiscent of the sirens of myth, a forlorn and beautiful sound. All Kurama (and the rest of the YuYu crew for that matter) could do was sit and listen. And watch, her stage presence was commanding.

The song ended and she took one small bow, as the clapping sounded, a deafening chorus of thunder, and left the stage. Kurama left the others on some pretense and followed the stunning redhead. "Excuse me, miss! Miss!" he called. The redhead turned around and tripped. Kurama rushed over to her. "Miss, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you trip."

he said as he helped her to her feet. She pushed her hair back behind her ear and smiled weakly.

"Oh, it's not your fault. It's these heels, not to mention my natural klutziness. Oh, but I lost my rose! Oh, no!" she mourned. Kurama pulled a rose like hers from under his hair.

"Here. Since I made you lose your rose," he said as he gave her the rose. She tucked it behind her ear and smiled again. "Shall we sit?"

"Yeah, that'd be nice. Thank you, uh… I don't believe I caught your name," she said as she took the seat offered to her.

"Shuichi Minamino. I just wanted to say that you did a great job singing. I never caught your name either," he said, not wanting to pry into her business.

"Well, it's…" she began to say, then looked at her watch. "Oh, I have to go! I'm sorry. Goodbye!" she called as she ran to the door.

"Miss! Can't I call a taxi or something?" Kurama yelled, but it was too late. The mysterious beauty had slipped from his grasp. He rejoined the group, a little downhearted from his missed chance to know beauty.

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Solaris: Well, I did end up having to tie Foxglove up, but I got some work done, thank God.

Foxglove: MMFMUFUMUX!!!

Solaris: Nope. Not until the end of the next chapter.

Kurama: Oh, brother. Please Read and Review! No flames, please!

Solaris: Yeah, after that incident with the fire department, I have no desire to even hear a smoke alarm in a movie go off.