A/N: Cats!! My cat is driving me nuts!!! Every time I sit down at the
computer he sits at the bottom of chair mewing pitifully until I pick him
up and put him in my lap. Then he'll walk around my lap for a while before
settling down. Then he'll stand up again and walk all over my desk an my
keyboard messing up my typing and getting In my way and trying to catch the
cursor through the computer screen. He's gonna drive me nuts!!!
Kaida Okami - The Beginning
Chapter Twelve
Kaida Toorima?
"No. No no no no no no no no!" Yelled Kaida. "No shopping. None." She said. Keiko sighed and continued to drag her along the street by her shirt collar.
"Come on now Kaida." She chided. "Shopping is fun!" Kaida glared at her from over her shoulder but said nothing. The market place was alive with all manner of people. They where everywhere, yelling, shopping,...stealing.
"Come back here you thief!!" cried one demon from his stall, pointing at the same young boy Kaida had run into earlier. The boy turned around and stuck his tongue out at the man, taking a bite out of the stole apple in his hand, and efficiently, tripping over Kaida's dragging feet. The boy fell flat on his face at Kaida's feet. Kaida looked down at him in amusement.
"Not exactly the luckiest kid in the world are you?" she asked him rhetorically. Kaida glance back at the stall and saw the shopkeeper get out of his booth and walk towards them, three bulky body guards at his side. She looked at the boy out of the corner of her eye.
"You do know that they'll cut of at least one of your fingers if they catch you?" she said. The boy paled as the shopkeeper drew closer. Kaida twisted out of Keiko's grasp expertly and stood up. She smiled reassuringly at the boy and bent down to whisper in his ear.
"Don't worry." She said quietly. "And stay right here." With that, she flitted off into the crowd leaving Keiko, Botan, Yukina and the rest to wonder where she had gone. A sudden commotion in the shop nearest to the approaching shopkeeper caught their attention. The shopkeeper stopped and looked to the shop to see a young wolf demon with flowing white hair sitting on the roof of the stall sorting through many different items. Stolen items. She held out a large diamond necklace that was now missing form the shopkeepers stall. She looked down at him.
"This is a lovely necklace." She said in a conversation tone. "I'm sure it must be worth a lot." The shopkeeper turned to her and paled.
"Give me that! You stinking thief!!" he roared from the bazaar floor. Kaida looked down at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Now is that anyway to treat a celebrity?" she asked lightly, still examining the necklace.
"Celebrity?" snorted the shopkeeper disbelievingly. "How are you a celebrity?" Kaida smiled.
"come now, I'm sure you've heard of me." She said down to him. "What was they where always calling me, oh yeah," she pause and looked at him from now narrowed, stormy eyes. " Kaida Toorima, wasn't it?" The shop keeper froze and looked closer at her. He gasped in realization. Kaida Toorima, the Phantom Thief?! She couldn't be back! She had died! He was shaken out of his thoughts when Kaida jumped from the stall roof to land a few feet in front of him. She held out the necklace so it sparkled as the sun glinted off the gold and jewel.
"So, what where you saying?" she asked. "Something about wanting this back?" The shopkeeper shook his head violently and started to slowly back away. Kaida laughed as he turned and ran, along with his body guards. Kaida looked around the square to see everyone was still staring at her.
"Hey!" she barked. "Take a picture!" They all jumped and went back to what it was that they where doing before Kaida had made her grand entrance. Keiko and the others ran up to her, fallowed by the boy who was looking at her like she was a god. Kaida noticed.
"Don't look at me like that." She said, placing the necklace into his hand. His eyes widened and he looked at Kaida with wonder. She turned him around and pushed him forward gently.
"Get going, before someone else comes." Kaida ordered. The boy ran off a ways but stopped and looked back at her.
"Hey lady," he called back.
"Hm?" answered Kaida boredly.
"Are you really Toorima?" he asked. Kaida grinned.
"You bet I am." She said to him. The boy grinned and took off into the crowd. Leaving her alone with a bunch of very confused Ningens and two demons.
"question." Said Yusuke, sticking his hand up into the air like he was
in class. "What the heck was all that about. And who is Toorima?" Kaida grinned again.
"Toorima was the name I took when I started to become a more popular thief. I dealt in shadows so a lot of rumors where spread about me. I became almost as much of a legend as Yoko did." She said.
"But I thought Toorima had died." Said Kurama. "She was supposed to have been caught by bounty hunters."
"My death was highly exaggerated." She said evasively. Hiei glanced at her for a moment before turning back to the crowd where he saw approaching spirit officials.
"Friends of yours?" he said to Kaida, motioning to the officials. Kaida swore and changed back to her human form promptly.
"I suggest leaving." Said Kaida. "Now."
"But that means no shopping!" whined Botan.
"Bingo." Said Kaida, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara at the same time. As they ran back to the hotel, happy despite their interrupted shopping, Kaida glanced at her companions.
I cant keep this up. She thought. I have to avoid my past as much as possible. It would put to many of my pack in danger.
Kaida Okami - The Beginning
Chapter Twelve
Kaida Toorima?
"No. No no no no no no no no!" Yelled Kaida. "No shopping. None." She said. Keiko sighed and continued to drag her along the street by her shirt collar.
"Come on now Kaida." She chided. "Shopping is fun!" Kaida glared at her from over her shoulder but said nothing. The market place was alive with all manner of people. They where everywhere, yelling, shopping,...stealing.
"Come back here you thief!!" cried one demon from his stall, pointing at the same young boy Kaida had run into earlier. The boy turned around and stuck his tongue out at the man, taking a bite out of the stole apple in his hand, and efficiently, tripping over Kaida's dragging feet. The boy fell flat on his face at Kaida's feet. Kaida looked down at him in amusement.
"Not exactly the luckiest kid in the world are you?" she asked him rhetorically. Kaida glance back at the stall and saw the shopkeeper get out of his booth and walk towards them, three bulky body guards at his side. She looked at the boy out of the corner of her eye.
"You do know that they'll cut of at least one of your fingers if they catch you?" she said. The boy paled as the shopkeeper drew closer. Kaida twisted out of Keiko's grasp expertly and stood up. She smiled reassuringly at the boy and bent down to whisper in his ear.
"Don't worry." She said quietly. "And stay right here." With that, she flitted off into the crowd leaving Keiko, Botan, Yukina and the rest to wonder where she had gone. A sudden commotion in the shop nearest to the approaching shopkeeper caught their attention. The shopkeeper stopped and looked to the shop to see a young wolf demon with flowing white hair sitting on the roof of the stall sorting through many different items. Stolen items. She held out a large diamond necklace that was now missing form the shopkeepers stall. She looked down at him.
"This is a lovely necklace." She said in a conversation tone. "I'm sure it must be worth a lot." The shopkeeper turned to her and paled.
"Give me that! You stinking thief!!" he roared from the bazaar floor. Kaida looked down at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Now is that anyway to treat a celebrity?" she asked lightly, still examining the necklace.
"Celebrity?" snorted the shopkeeper disbelievingly. "How are you a celebrity?" Kaida smiled.
"come now, I'm sure you've heard of me." She said down to him. "What was they where always calling me, oh yeah," she pause and looked at him from now narrowed, stormy eyes. " Kaida Toorima, wasn't it?" The shop keeper froze and looked closer at her. He gasped in realization. Kaida Toorima, the Phantom Thief?! She couldn't be back! She had died! He was shaken out of his thoughts when Kaida jumped from the stall roof to land a few feet in front of him. She held out the necklace so it sparkled as the sun glinted off the gold and jewel.
"So, what where you saying?" she asked. "Something about wanting this back?" The shopkeeper shook his head violently and started to slowly back away. Kaida laughed as he turned and ran, along with his body guards. Kaida looked around the square to see everyone was still staring at her.
"Hey!" she barked. "Take a picture!" They all jumped and went back to what it was that they where doing before Kaida had made her grand entrance. Keiko and the others ran up to her, fallowed by the boy who was looking at her like she was a god. Kaida noticed.
"Don't look at me like that." She said, placing the necklace into his hand. His eyes widened and he looked at Kaida with wonder. She turned him around and pushed him forward gently.
"Get going, before someone else comes." Kaida ordered. The boy ran off a ways but stopped and looked back at her.
"Hey lady," he called back.
"Hm?" answered Kaida boredly.
"Are you really Toorima?" he asked. Kaida grinned.
"You bet I am." She said to him. The boy grinned and took off into the crowd. Leaving her alone with a bunch of very confused Ningens and two demons.
"question." Said Yusuke, sticking his hand up into the air like he was
in class. "What the heck was all that about. And who is Toorima?" Kaida grinned again.
"Toorima was the name I took when I started to become a more popular thief. I dealt in shadows so a lot of rumors where spread about me. I became almost as much of a legend as Yoko did." She said.
"But I thought Toorima had died." Said Kurama. "She was supposed to have been caught by bounty hunters."
"My death was highly exaggerated." She said evasively. Hiei glanced at her for a moment before turning back to the crowd where he saw approaching spirit officials.
"Friends of yours?" he said to Kaida, motioning to the officials. Kaida swore and changed back to her human form promptly.
"I suggest leaving." Said Kaida. "Now."
"But that means no shopping!" whined Botan.
"Bingo." Said Kaida, Yusuke, Hiei, Kurama and Kuwabara at the same time. As they ran back to the hotel, happy despite their interrupted shopping, Kaida glanced at her companions.
I cant keep this up. She thought. I have to avoid my past as much as possible. It would put to many of my pack in danger.