Author's Note: Hello everyone, thanks for taking a glance at this. I just wanted to note that this was co-written by the lovely ArmordaRay whom I follow/favorite. If you want to check out more stories by us, she has some on her profile too.

He couldn't believe his eyes when he pushed open the big door to Mukuro's bedchamber loathing the idea that he was going to have to actually conduct a meeting with her, in here. This was probably the worst place in the entire structure to have a meeting. He had so many other things that he would rather be doing than walking all the way back here that it was annoying. He couldn't even run in it because the damn thing would practically short circuit if he beat on it that hard with his feet. He needed to move gently.

So, when he finally pushed open the door to her room, and saw her completely naked, he was a little over peeved. "Mukuro, what the hell are you doing? This is supposed to be a Border Patrol meeting about creating stationary posts."

"We are having a meeting about stationary posts." Mukuro offered.

"Well it looks like you're ready for a bath."

"Oh this? I just thought we'd have a more, casual, dress attire."

"That's not casual, that's nude."

"It's comfortable," Mukuro smirked and sat lounging on her bed. "So Hiei, what are your opinions of who we should put in the eighth region?"

"With you lounging around like a damn slut I don't want to answer you."

"That's too bad because we need to have this meeting and you, are clearly the one holding things up."

"I think Ashi should be in the eighth region for sure."

"On what grounds?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why him?"

"He's been showing good progress, I think he'd like the change."

"But this would be going into a stationary position. After being put on an outpost, there might not be much change."

"No, but I think he's ready for it." Hiei ran a hand through his hair and turned his back to the woman.

"Hiei, is something the matter?"

"No."

"Then why don't you come sit down?"

"I don't want to sit down."

"Well why not? You should be seated for meetings."

"And you should be dressed for them too!" He snapped loudly.

"I am dressed." She flicked the bit of cloth on her robotic eye.

"You're stark naked."

"Oh Hiei, you don't have to be embarrassed by my nudity. You're going to see a lot more of it after all."

Hiei shifted to look at her, "What?"

"When you finally accept my invitation," She patted the bed next to her, giving her best alluring smile.

"No Mukuro."

"For now, perhaps. Who would you suggest for the Klouse region?"

"No, not ever. I'm not lying beside you. I thought I made that clear a long time ago."

"You'll give in eventually. I'm your superior, you'll get more power sleeping with me than fighting me."

"Tch, in your wildest dreams Mukuro. I'd rather be weaker than sleep with you and become more powerful."

"That makes no sense Hiei. You'll come around to my way of thinking soon. Just give it time."

"No, I won't. Stop trying to make yourself feel better, it's never going to happen so you might as well just stop now before you hurt yourself.

"I'm not trying to hurt myself Hiei. I want you as my bed-mate. I want you with me, here, by my side."

"Sorry, it's not happening." Hiei snapped.

Mukuro tutted her tongue and shook her head, "Who do we want in the other regions?"

Hiei sighed, "I'll have this meeting with you when you're ready to be an actual leader Mukuro, and not some whore." With that, he turned tail and hurried from the room, evacuating to his room.

It didn't take long for Mukuro to come storming after him, her energy enraged, and by the time Hiei got to his room, he didn't stop leaving. He just, grabbed his cloak, and headed out his skylight hatch.

When he finally stopped running, he was panting, opening the window to a familiar bedroom, "Fox?"

"Hm?" Kurama was just wrapped in a towel, his body glistening with water. He had another one drying his hair in squeezing circles trying to pull out the liquid there.

Hiei nearly stopped on the window sill when he saw Kurama practically naked as well. Kurama, however, wasn't attempting to seduce him, he just happened to have gotten out of the shower. Hiei could tell he was preoccupied with drying off rather than his guest as he wandered to the dresser and pulled out underwear and pants. "Uh, I'm crashing here for a little while."

"What's up Hiei?" Kurama asked as he shuffled into his boxers and pulled his pants on.

"The-uh, the usual. Mukuro's being a horny bitch."

"Uh huh, the usual." Kurama raised an eyebrow, "Well, Hiei, like always, you're welcome to stay here."

"I know what I said Fox, you don't need to repeat it!" Hiei couldn't help snapping at him. He really wanted to beat Mukuro into the ground for what she'd pulled, forcing him into a confrontation like that, with her nude and him, well, he was uncomfortable with all of it. He just wanted her to get off his back and now the fox was repeating him. He kicked off his boots and tossed his cloak aside.

"God Hiei, calm down. I'll make you some hot chocolate in a minute, just let me finish drying off."

"I don't come here just for your sweet stuff!" He couldn't help it. The fox always made him feel embarrassed when he commented on his sweet tooth, and the fox knew it too. He poked fun at him about it more often than not, but it was true. He was there for Kurama, not just, a place to stay, or something delicious, or a friend, he wanted Kurama's advice.

Kurama sighed and pulled a shirt on, buttoning it up and nodding, "Alright, I'm almost done." He ran his fingers through his hair and sat down heavily on his bed, picking his towel back up to pat at his bangs, his shoulders sagging a little.

Hiei sighed in tandem with the fox and shook his head. He crossed to the dresser and picked up the Fox's brush settling down behind him, starting to work on the tangles of the fox's red locks. "It's just, frustrating when she is constantly coming onto me and I have to work with her still. I can't avoid her, and I can't tell her to stop because I've done that and she hasn't."

"Maybe punch her through the wall? I'd do it for you Hiei."

"I've done something similar, but she didn't fly anywhere. I'm not strong enough from an inert moment and if I give her a chance, she defends. She's on edge around me after my first attempt."

"Good, just keep trying Hiei," Kurama sighed and closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.

"It's not going to work Fox. I have kept trying, but it hasn't done shit. She's gotten stronger, I think because she's attracted to me."

"Ugh, great." Kurama sighed, "Well, maybe," he frowned, "Let me think about that for a few minutes Hiei."

Hiei frowned and leaned to the side to see Kurama's face. The fox was not looking that thoughtful. Usually if he had advice it wasn't something Hiei had to wait for. Also, Hiei caught sight of the little wet footprints from the bathroom to the dresser and realized the fox usually was already dressed when he left the bathroom. This time, he dressed in the bedroom, where his window was always open for Hiei to come. It didn't make much sense, and making sense was the name of Kurama's cup of tea.

"Maybe get someone to pretend to be your girlfriend or boyfriend. I'd suggest a fake girlfriend over a boyfriend though." Kurama offered quietly.

"Why?"

"It'll show her that you're really not interested in her at all."

"But if it was a guy, then I could show her I'm not interested in women, period."

"But with a woman you show her you're not interested in her as a woman," Kurama sighed heavily, "Does that make sense Hiei?"

"Yeah, but there's only one person I can think of who I'd ever want to put that much faith in as a potential person for a relationship, even a fake one."

"Who Hiei?"

"You. Your acting skills are impeccable and we get along. I trust you."

Kurama smiled, "Thank you Hiei, that makes me feel better."

"Feel better? What's going on?" Hiei finished brushing out the back of the fox's hair and handed him the brush taking a seat on his computer chair.

"I've had a rough day." Kurama collapsed onto his back and brought his legs up onto the bed, wrapping his arms around his stomach, "Someone knew I was a demon."

"Oh," Hiei came back over to the bed and sat beside him as support. "Did they, break your cover?" It took Hiei a couple minutes to figure out the right words, but he knew he got them right because it felt right. He just didn't understand how cover could be broken when the fox was always in sight.

"Not entirely but they freaked out pretty bad. He told everyone, so the word is out, and I replaced him pretty quickly."

"Does Shiori know?"

"She knows, but I don't know if she believes it or not."

"Fox, I know you don't want to but now might be the right time to admit everything to her."

"No Hiei, I don't want to."

"I know, but if you don't, and whomever this next person is comes in and confirms it, she's going to wonder why you didn't just tell her. You know how accepting she is. She's always been accepting. She's going to accept this too, but it'll be easier on both of you if you admit it to her rather than making her find out through someone else."

"I don't think she'll believe someone else, I'm her son Hiei. She gave birth to me. She has no reason to believe I'm demon."

"Even after the newspaper?"

"Of course."

"Even after all the weird things you've done over the years?"

"Hiei, you were in the paper as an alien."

"I know, what do you think I'm talking about? You've got to consider that these things are going to stack up some time Kurama."

"She doesn't think you're an alien Hiei."

"You're not the telepath Kurama, I am. Now I'm not saying I've used my Jagan on your mother, but I know the limits of misperception when there are multiple people saying the same thing. Shiori's not a dumb woman, after the third case she's going to start wondering how it might have been possible, and from there, it's just a matter of asking someone who is a demon. There are demons crawling around Human World Kurama, eventually one of them is going to spill the beans and you're going to be on the receiving end of her questions."

"Why would she trust the word of a random stranger Hiei? Why?"

"Because she'd give them nothing to lie about. She wouldn't ask them about you, she'd ask them how it could be possible for a human-born person to be a demon."

"I'm not going to tell her yet Hiei."

Hiei sighed, "Fine, but you should figure out what you're going to say when you have to."

Kurama nodded and rolled to rest his head in Hiei's lap, closing his eyes as he curled up into a ball, "I'll have to think about that."

"Yeah," Hiei played with Kurama's hair keeping his idle hands busy.

Kurama sat at his desk, attempting to make everything as neat as possible even though he'd already done it twenty times. He kept pushing the monitor of his computer to one side more, moving his stapler, paper clips, and other human devices around. It was the only thing the Fox could think of to help his troubled mind, and when he heard the knock at his door he froze like a deer in headlights. He took a deep breath, feeling his muscles tense up as he fixed everything very quickly to the way it had first been and nodded, "Come in!"

The first person to enter was the security guard at the front desk. He had behind him a woman with a considerably strong energy signature, and from the silhouette, he could tell she was a demon. She had ears. Not just any ears either, glistening ears. They shimmered like gold, glowing yellow. "Mr. Minamino, this is Kane, she's the new Technologies Specialist Hakun Corp has sent over to work with our department."

They stepped into his office and he got a better look at the girl. She had a fire-red tail, but bright gold ears, and long blonde or gold hair. He couldn't really tell. All he knew was she was a mix of colors, a spirit fox, and staring right at him with a smile.

He felt his cheeks burn as he got to his feet and tugged the hem of his jacket down, "It's nice to meet you, ah, Ms. Kane?"

"If you'd like a last name I'm from the Lee tribe. You can use that. I prefer to be called Kane though." She offered her hand, palm up to the light so he could see she had no sedative or concealed weapon in it.

"Alright then, Ms. Kane it is," he chuckled nervously and took her hand, giving it a hearty shake, "I'm Shuichi Minamino."

"Mr. Zekrom was telling me you would be introducing me around the building?" Kane shook his hand firmly and let go focusing on the security man who waited with a hand propped on his walkie talkie.

"Yes, I will be walking you around and introducing you to everyone." He nodded and folded his hands in front of himself, "It's good to get a feel for things in a place as large as this."

"And what is your position here Mr. Minamino?" She sounded uncertain of his name.

"I'm the Customer Service Operator, a bit of a manager." He smiled.

"I see," She nodded.

"Mr. Zekrom, I thank you for showing her here," Kurama smiled at the man and nodded.

He nodded back, "Of course Mr. Minamino. If you need anything you know where I'll be." He left after that.

"Before we begin, are there any outstanding questions?"

"About what exactly?" Kane asked skeptically.

"About anything really," He shrugged.

"The building layout is pretty straight forward. I'm here to help improve technology, and encourage energy development in technology use to better preserve the batteries humans are using. For that I have to show up daily at my place of work by eight."

"Uh huh," He nodded, "Well, if you don't have any questions-"

"I do have one actually. Why am I with a Customer Service Manager rather than the manager of the department I'll be working with?"

"I'm the son of Mr. Hatanaka, so I tend to do these kind of things, it's one of my side jobs if you will."

She nodded, "Alright. Will I be meeting him today?"

"My step-father?"

"Yes, of course."

"We will probably run into him," He smiled, "Are you ready to begin?"

"Yes." She pulled open the door for him.

Kurama took a deep breath and made his way out, waiting for her in the hall. The two met several people down the hall briefly before they moved on to a different part of the building. He made a point of showing her the specifics of the layout, and they slowly made their way down a long hall, "My younger step-brother works in this area. You'll probably run into him, he's sort of the social butterfly of the place, he knows everything and anything."

"You have a younger brother as well as both parents?"

"My biological father is dead." Kurama offered.

"Oh, I see. So step-father means something else? What does the 'step' mean?"

"He's not actually related to me, he just married my biological mother."

"I see. So your younger brother isn't actually your blood brother, he's just the son of your step-father?"

"Yes, exactly." Kurama nodded, "Speak of the devil," he chuckled as they came upon the younger man.

Kokota grinned as he came up slouching in his business suit, "Well if it isn't Mr. Aaaah! Kurama! Out on another tour."

Kurama's face fell, "Kokota, you know how I feel about that."

"Yes, I know, I know, but I've got to check if it's true. I mean, how rad would that be to have an older brother who can make people scream on sight?"

Kurama rolled his eyes, "This is Ms. Kane."

"Nice to meet you. So, Ms. Kane," he air quoted, "Is my brother a demon?"

"He is not. If he were a demon he wouldn't have a heart-beat and he does."

Kurama caught his sigh of relief in his throat and nodded.

"Seriously? Demons don't have hearts?"

"Oh no, we have hearts," Kane tapped where her heart was, "but they beat much slower than humans because our blood pressure is regulated by our energy rather than our heartbeat and oxygen levels."

"About once every five minutes." Kurama offered before he blinked a few times and laughed nervously, "I heard that from a story I read once."

"Yes, it's true." Kane confirmed.

"So, I'm not a demon. Besides, isn't it more rad to have a super amazing human older brother?"

"Eh, I'm not so sure about that. I was looking forward to telling all my friends that my brother was a demon for real."

Kane opened her mouth to comment, but shut it again and watched Kurama.

"Honestly Kokota, I don't know why you're so fascinated by this."

"Well if you were, then we could've had a demon working here for years."

"I'm not a demon."

"In what cases would I have to speak with you Mr. Hatanaka?" Kane asked interrupting their bickering to get back on focus.

"Oh! Well with your position I'll need to work with you to understand the currency system and develop a billing method between the two companies. I'll come steal you when it's least convenient and give you back when everything's done. Don't worry. I'll be an absolute nuisance."

Kurama laughed, "No hitting on the older demon ladies." He teased.

Kane frowned, glancing between the two of them. "Alright."

Kokota laughed as well and grinned, "Yeah yeah, sexual harassment, I understand."

"What is..." Kane frowned and looked to Kurama.

"Hitting on? It's sort of coming on to someone, and certain young men have a bad habit-"

"Coming on someone? As in ejaculating on their skin?"

Kurama flushed a bright red, "No! No, no, as in hardcore flirting."

"Hard core, so they have, stiff core muscles while wooing people?" She patted her stomach. Kokota laughed and clapped his leg as he did so.

He just stared at her, unamused, "No."

"And what is Sexual Harassment?"

"Like if I were to suddenly start touching you, or flirting with you and not really caring to stop when you asked me to."

"What a strange concept." Kane studied him.

"Only I tend to touch Kokota, Mother, and Father, but that's because we're family. It's unwanted sexual attention, so if someone tells you to stop doing something, and you don't, it's harassment."

"Yeah, I'll get you some paperwork on it that you'll have to sign for us before we can officially hire you and that explains all of that." Kokota waved her off.

"And security can deal with extreme situations of sexual harassment." Kurama offered.

"Those men at the door were very weak though. Even Mr. Hatanaka here has stronger spiritual energy than they did."

Kurama shook his head, "They are trained to take care of tense situations."

"I'm not sure I understand, but I'm sure you have work to do, and you too Mr. Hatanaka, so let's continue on?"

"Yes," Kurama nodded and patted Kokota on the shoulder as he passed him, "Be good!"

"Aye, aye, Kurama." Kokota grinned wildly and darted off before Kurama could snag him.

Kurama sighed heavily and barked, "My name is Shuichi!" He shook his head and led Kane down the hall to two offices close to each other. He glanced in one and smiled, "Father."

"Ah! Shuichi, good morning. Is this the new recruit?" The old pot-bellied man stood and came around the desk holding out his hand warmly.

"Yes, Ms. Kane."

"Mr. Hatanaka, it is nice to finally meet you in person." She smiled and shook his hand warmly. She stepped up from Kurama's side and he could see her tail swishing more of a happy twitch than a wag.

"It's nice to meet you too Kane. I've been eager to get my eyes on you for a while." He winked at her and they laughed.

"Same," she winked back.

Kurama rolled his eyes, "Father, I was wondering if you could talk to Kokota about the 'Kurama' thing." He requested quietly.

"Nonsense, nonsense," Kazuya waved him off. "Your brother deserves to poke some fun at you and it just happens to be the same nickname that your friends have for you, just leave it be."

"Father, it's making me uncomfortable."

"Then find something to make him uncomfortable back. You're too tight-necked Shuichi, you've got to learn to take a joke."

"Speaking of, that man who saw him was positively petrified by the time he got back. He never really managed to fill me in."

"It doesn't matter." Kurama sighed.

"Well, when Toui brought Taka into Shuichi's office, he just, screamed, pointed, and continued to scream. He kept saying 'it's him, it's him, it's Kurama, it's Youko Kurama' and freaking out until Shuichi, apparently, got up and started approaching him to try to calm him down, and then he bolted."

"Toui the security guard?"

Kazuya nodded. "The very same."

"I see. He must have thought that your son was a spirit fox like I am because of his red hair and soft features."

"At least he didn't call me a female," Kurama chuckled.

"Well you could've been," Kane chuckled. "I mean, if you were actually a spirit fox, you could've picked."

"That's odd," Kurama frowned, "I think I'd choose male though."

"Yeah?" Kane took a deep breath and sighed in relief. "Well, I'm glad to finally have a familiar voice." She patted Kazuya's hand, "I think I just have your lovely wife to meet, the one who I've heard so much about, and then I can head back to the lab."

"She's the next office over. I'm surprised she didn't come over." Kurama mused.

"You're surprised who didn't come over?" An older woman with grey long hair leaned against the office door watching Kane and Kazuya closely. "So you're the woman who's been stealing my husband's heart." It was playful but chiding all the same.

Kane's eyes lit up, "My, my, I see why you say male is better Mr. Minamino."

"Hey," Kurama grumbled, "Don't insult Mother," he approached her and offered his arms to the woman.

"Oh she's gorgeous, I'd change genders to have her on my arm." Kane beat him to it, with a grin.

Shiori laughed and smacked at Kane's arm familiarly before taking it and swaying into the room to her husband. Kane released her to the man and smiled softly, "It's nice to finally meet you Mrs. Minamino-Hatanaka."

"God this is awkward." Kurama sighed heavily.

"Oh don't be like that Shuichi, she's just being complimentary. Kane has been our main liaison from their company since we started this project. She's the Head Technician over there. Originally we weren't supposed to have her come until much later in the program when our technicians were nearly caught up. She was sending over an assistant tech which is who you met yesterday, but when that went so poorly, well, why did you come yourself?"

"I didn't know what the situation was, and I wanted to make sure that there wasn't some bloodthirsty monster in your midst who was going to cause trouble for our company cooperation." Kane shrugged, "I'm the strongest on my team, so if there was a problem, I could probably deal with it, so I came myself."

Kurama slipped to lean against the doorframe.

"And what's your conclusion?" Shiori giggled.

"No bloodthirsty monster, just, a very, well organized business, with lots of protection in place."

"That's good," Kurama smiled.

"Very. So, I do have quite a bit of work to do with your team, which I really should get moving on. We're burning daylight, so I'll go join them and do some hardcore catching up, and hit on all the difficult points quickly before another company makes a come on our idea."

"So you're going to be catching up with your stomach muscles tensed?" Kurama teased Kane.

Kane smirked and her tail swished lazily, "Why yes. I am. Your scientists are all pretty weak right now, they're going to need to strengthen up their spirit energy in order to properly test this, unless, you happen to know someone who would make a good test subject, maybe you?"

Kurama laughed, "Don't be ridiculous. I wouldn't make a good test subject."

"Aww, look at them, they're flirting."

"In geekeneese," Kazuya chuckled.

Kurama rolled his eyes, "I would make a good test subject for some things, but that particular subject."

"Regardless of how it happened, you have strong spirit energy, Mr. Minamino, but I have to agree. You're a bit too strong to simulate the test subjects we need."

"Good, I wouldn't want to do it anyways." He smirked.

"Can we go and meet the science team again so I can get to work with them?"

"Of course," Kurama stepped away from the doorframe and took a moment to hug Shiori tightly.

"It was very nice to meet you in person Kane. Don't be a stranger. Give me a call or come visit if you need anything." Kazuya shook Kane's hand before letting her leave, and as Kurama said goodbye to Kazuya, Shiori said goodbye to Kane. Kurama delivered her to the scientists, stuck around for a little bit of the explanations, and then left after she was settling into an exercise with them to test the sensitivities needed for equipment.

Kurama didn't talk to her again for a week. At first it was relief the Fox felt and he managed to get a night of sleep snuggled next to Hiei, and then the stark realization hit him that she probably knew who he was. He didn't sleep after that thought came to mind, and it didn't help that Hiei left that night to go hire an assistant. So he gathered his losses and spent a few hours sitting on the edge of the tub with the water going as he mulled over how it would change his human life if Shiori actually believed everything. In the end, he went to bed a wet, drippy mess. The shower didn't help him sleep.

Kane talked to him like he was a demon. He didn't know how obvious it was to anyone else, but she threw out the name of her tribe like he'd understood what it meant, and he did. She inquired to him rather than the other humans the day he'd walked her around, and that was understandable, but it still made his mind race. And he knew, he knew she was not that stupid not to know what some of the things were that he'd explained to her. If she was, he'd have to fire her when her stupidity finally showed through. So either she was really that stupid and he was too blind to see it, or she was playing with him, like a real fox.

He had to know for sure. If she was just playing with him, and he only now noticed, it was because he'd dismissed it as playing when it happened, which just further confirmed that he was what she thought. Either that, or he was a very low key human, but then there was the discussion about his energy, so why was it that she had said he was human? She had said it without hesitation, even mentioned his heart, which indicated a clear method to scientifically prove it was true, and it was, but, not on an energy level. It was only true biologically, and then, only in his functions, not performance.

When dawn finally came he dragged himself out of bed and managed to get dressed and tame his hair. He sighed heavily and found his suitcase and jacket. On the way, he couldn't help but wonder if Hiei had found what he was looking for, but he tucked the thought away as he came to the building. It seemed darker today. He pulled open the door and stepped inside. The secretary wasn't at her desk, but an off-hand security agent was. It was the weekend agent. Kurama sighed heavily, realizing his mistake, but continued on, and slowly made his way down to the lab where he felt Kane's energy signature.

When he got to the lab, she had the door locked to the private lab they'd set up for her testing, and he had to knock to get her to open it. She did so once she had a chance to check and see who it was. "Mr. Minamino," She stepped back allowing him into the room and went back to fiddling with a tracker which picked up small spikes in spirit energy that was attached to a light. Despite being pointed at a mouse, it wasn't going off.

"I'd like to ask you a couple of important questions," Kurama closed the door, leaning against it.

Her ears flipped back, "What is it?" She gently massaged her energy into the wires as she manipulated them in the tiny machine with tweezers.

"Do you know what I am?"

"Yes." Kane glanced up as the light flickered a little bit, then went out once the mouse, not a foot away, startled to the other side of it's small cage.

"Do you know who I am?"

"I wasn't sure before I came, but yes." The light went off again despite the mouse not moving and Kane looked up at him. "Mr. Minamino."

Kurama nodded and felt the tension leave his shoulders, and pulled his energy back in tightly, "You won't tell anyone." It was supposed to be a question.

"No. I have no intentions of compromising my work with The Hatanaka Corporation. Your family has created the most technologically advanced systems with the best ability to cultivate an interdimensional design for things like telephones, broadcasting, radio, and internet. These technologies would greatly improve the connectivity of Demon World if they were widely available and humans are constantly in surplus." She went back to tinkering with the sensor. "I just have to be in a stable, energy low environment to create a sensor sensitive enough to..." she fiddled with a wire, "pick up close low readings, and react to them. So far that's challenging. Your labbies dislike the idea of testing on them. Luckily, this mouse has about the same amount of energy as their arm."

"Huh, well," Kurama sighed, "I'll be going to write a few emails."

"That's all I get? A huh? It took me three days to figure out how to quantify the amount of energy in a human limb and all I get is huh." She was muttering to herself, her tail flipping as she focused in on her mechanism again.

"What would you like, Vixen?" Kurama clamped a hand over his mouth. He did not.

"Oh, I don't know, Mr. Minamino. Maybe an edict to help my testing with some fingers that aren't practically radioactive with energy. Surely you can order one person to assist me. Maybe that cute little youngster, the one who comes up with sexual harassment charges." She paused and leaned to one hip holding the tweezers away. "That really is an ingenious idea by the way, sexual harassment." She smiled up at him, "I haven't had a single man feel me up since I've been here. It's marvelous."

"Yeah, well, humans have moral codes." Kurama shrugged, "I can ask Kokota to briefly assist you, uh, yes."

"Well demons do too, 'the strong are smart' is definitely a moral code and not a nature's law. We believe the man is the best who is the strongest," she focused back in on her machine again, her tail swishing about lazily, brushing her leg as it flicked, "but in reality, a lot of weak people are just as smart as the strong, and a lot of strong people are just as dumb as the weak."

"That's true." Kurama nodded and rubbed his head, "Well, congratulations on your finds Ms. Kane, and I'll ask Kokota to help you."

"Thank you. I should have this ready in a day or two. I'm just, tampering with the design. I want to build a simple light switch that will be operated by an energy battery rather than lithium, or electricity to test the capacities that could have in powering devices."

"Thank you." Kurama smiled, "I'll be going now, I have a lot of work to do."

"Oh, I suppose I shouldn't talk your ear off, huh?" She laughed, "Alright, I'll release you. Hey, you wouldn't happen to have, something I could, talk things over with, would you? At home I would use my cat, but she didn't stay close enough during the travel, and I don't think the office would've approved anyway." She came over to him and leaned on a desk by the door watching him closely.

"We have telephones."

"No, no, I don't need a person on the other end, just, something with a face. It doesn't have to understand, I just, need something to bounce ideas. Something to explain things to. A thing, not a person."

"The mouse?"

She shrugged, "I suppose. Thank you Mr. Minamino," She smiled and went back to her work flicking down a magnifier and picking up a different tool. This one was not of human origin.

"Have a nice day Ms. Kane."

"You too."

Kurama left quickly, and once he was out of the room he let out a long sigh and relaxed as he made his way up to his office.