Chapter One, Kitsune Lost
"Damn it, where is he?"
"The signal's getting stronger. I think he's in that house over there."
"How much of a match is it?"
"38%. That's the most we've gotten all week, we'd better go after it."
"Where exactly is he in there?"
"Second floor. Farthest window to the right."
"You fools stay here, I'll get him."
"Be careful, it's the middle of the night we don't want to wake anyone up."
"Hn."
A dark figure flitted up to the balcony of the second floor of the house on 28 April street. He slowly opened the window Yusuke had specified and cautiously stepped inside.
CRASH!
Hiei swore silently. What the hell was this thing? It looked like some sort of cage, what kind of idiot would put a cage next to a window?
He listened carefully, apparently the crash hadn't woken anyone. He heard some soft breathing, someone was asleep in a bed to his left. He walked slowly towards it, ready for the slightest sound of its occupant stirring.
Suddenly he felt something move against his ankle. He spun around sharply, his hand on the hilt of his kantana.
There wasn't anyone behind him but there was still a slight tickling at his ankle. He looked down and saw a small rabbit that was sniffing at him. Well that explained the cage. It must have been allowed to go in and out of it at will.
Hiei shook himself, he was wasting time. He went over to the bed and examined the figure in it. It was too dark to see much of him but he looked about the right age. He gently picked up the boy and brought him outside where the others were waiting. By some miracle he didn't wake up.
"Is this him?"
Yusuke pointed the scanner at the sleeping boy. "38%, that's him alright."
"Great, now we can go back to the motel and get some sleep." The carrot- top yawned to illustrate his point.
The others nodded and climbed into the cheap car they had "barrowed," soon speeding off into the night.
Hiei looked down at the still-sleeping boy. 'Are you him?' he wondered, 'have we finally found you, Kurama?'
"Damn it, where is he?"
"The signal's getting stronger. I think he's in that house over there."
"How much of a match is it?"
"38%. That's the most we've gotten all week, we'd better go after it."
"Where exactly is he in there?"
"Second floor. Farthest window to the right."
"You fools stay here, I'll get him."
"Be careful, it's the middle of the night we don't want to wake anyone up."
"Hn."
A dark figure flitted up to the balcony of the second floor of the house on 28 April street. He slowly opened the window Yusuke had specified and cautiously stepped inside.
CRASH!
Hiei swore silently. What the hell was this thing? It looked like some sort of cage, what kind of idiot would put a cage next to a window?
He listened carefully, apparently the crash hadn't woken anyone. He heard some soft breathing, someone was asleep in a bed to his left. He walked slowly towards it, ready for the slightest sound of its occupant stirring.
Suddenly he felt something move against his ankle. He spun around sharply, his hand on the hilt of his kantana.
There wasn't anyone behind him but there was still a slight tickling at his ankle. He looked down and saw a small rabbit that was sniffing at him. Well that explained the cage. It must have been allowed to go in and out of it at will.
Hiei shook himself, he was wasting time. He went over to the bed and examined the figure in it. It was too dark to see much of him but he looked about the right age. He gently picked up the boy and brought him outside where the others were waiting. By some miracle he didn't wake up.
"Is this him?"
Yusuke pointed the scanner at the sleeping boy. "38%, that's him alright."
"Great, now we can go back to the motel and get some sleep." The carrot- top yawned to illustrate his point.
The others nodded and climbed into the cheap car they had "barrowed," soon speeding off into the night.
Hiei looked down at the still-sleeping boy. 'Are you him?' he wondered, 'have we finally found you, Kurama?'