Day and Night in one: Solaris Moon's origins

Solaris: So I don't have to say it in further chapters of this story, here's the disclaimer: I don't own YYH. Read on!
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Part two: The little thief
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"So, how was the dinner?" Yusuke asked.

"Youko succeeded in embarrassing her, and she still stayed. He actually was very polite, it's just his questions were of the prying variety. And then he kissed her. I'm still not over that." Kurama sighed.

"I know full well you two are only small talking to hide your worry that baka-sama will somehow screw up this mission. I'm keeping watch and he's doing just fine. Now drink your stupid coffee and shut up. I'm just waiting for him to mess up." Hiei said, his jagan glowing under the bandana.

"That's not very kind." Kurama said chidingly.

"Of course not, that's Hiei." Yusuke joked.
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Meanwhile in the vault, a feminine figure in tight fitting clothing examined a precious gemstone, an emerald, then snatched it in her red painted fingernails. In a split second, the emerald appeared to be back on it's pedestal, but it was in the girl's hands. Forgetting the rope she had used to get inside in the first place, she walked away, humming jauntily. Unfortunately, she triggered a pressure sensitive pad, which set off an alarm.

"Shoot!" the girl hissed as she ran blindly away from the noise. As she rounded a corner, she ran smack into a male figure, who grabbed the wrist holding the gem. The pressure of his grip forced her to drop the gem into his other open palm.

"I don't believe it, he caught her!" another person on the roof gasped at the same time as Hiei. The boys and the other figure ran to see the scene. The other person got to it first. "Dorobo no Ame-San!"the other feminine figure cried. Kuwabara slipped the emerald into his pocket and caught the wrist of the other girl. Both were clad in black, had kerchiefs over their heads and shawls around their waists.

"Nice going, Dorobo no Yasei-San." the first girl growled. Just then the boys got there.

"Can't believe I'm saying this, but good job, Kuwabara." Yusuke said in shock.

"Nothing to it." he smiled smugly.

"Yeah, sure. The first one ran smack into you and the second charged in blindly. You're right, nothing to it." Hiei remarked cattily, then declared, "I'll get the second one. Kurama, get the first one." As the two boys held the girls' arms behind their backs, one could be heard to growl, and Kurama realized it was his girl. Kuwabara replaced the emerald and then returned to the group.

"Now let's unmask these ladies." Kurama declared. Hiei pulled the mask off his girl first, and to everyone's surprise, fox ears popped up. "Hey! That's Solaris's muse, Foxglove! So if that's Foxglove..." Kurama thought, then carefully untied the other girl's kerchief, praying his suspicions were wrong. Familiar fox ears popped up and Kurama blinked several times before it registered that it was Solaris Moon.

"Ladies, I hate to say this, but you're under arrest." Yusuke said in shock.

"You'll never take us alive, coppers!" Foxglove shouted. Solaris placed her head on her muse's shoulder, since her hands were being bound behind her back by her kerchief.

"Foxglove, it's over. They caught us, and I won't resort to suicide to escape, I don't care what Joshi taught us." she said softly, in a totally different tone than at the earlier dinner, a more sad tone.
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Later that night, Kurama sat outside the room Solaris was in to hear her questioning. After a while, he heard her shout at her interrogator, "Look, if you really want to keep that emerald safe, you'll have to arrest the whole Makai Actor's Company! All of them are thieves, and Foxglove and I had to join! We were starving to death, dammit!" Then he heard a soft, "Sorry, I didn't mean to curse." Typical Solaris. Then he heard a shatter. "DON'T TOUCH MY TAIL!" Kurama barged in just then to relieve the frightened spirit. Solaris turned away from him.

"Solaris, I'm sure you know what's going to happen."

"Yeah, I know. I've known all along. I told Joshi that he needed to go legit, but no. He says that only losers are legit. Well, who's the loser in this situation?" she said in what seemed an angered tone.

"Solaris, there are other options. It all depends on your history. Is this your first offense? What of MAC?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah, it's our first offense. MAC has a history. It's why we don't stay in one place for long. In the year and three months we've been here, we've moved on fast. If he packed up and left now, you could intercept him pretty fast. Those tents are heavy." Solaris said, still turned away from Kurama, sitting on her legs in the chair, her long-since-unbound hands under her chin and her ears down in disgrace. Kurama walked over to her to find her crying. "Joshi always said that legit was for losers. Well, who's the losers now, the wanna be legit foxes or the thieves?" Solaris sobbed. Kurama wiped away her tears and pulled her out of the chair and to her feet. He let her cry into his shoulder, looking to the ceiling and wishing that it hadn't been Solaris. She was too interesting to be banished to the Makai again forever. Gingerly, he wrapped his arms around her back as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"As soon as we found out about MAC, we wanted to leave, but Joshi wouldn't let us. He threatened hit men if we left. He said we'd never have it as good without him, that we'd die fast." she sobbed. Kurama had never seen a fox demon in tears like this. "We didn't want to die. Survival instincts kicked into overdrive." Just then, two ogres burst in, Koenma following them. They pulled Solaris away, tears still streaming down her face. She reached out for Kurama, like a small child for a parent or a beloved toy. "Kurama!" she cried. Koenma had to hold him back himself; luckily he was in teen form.

"Solaris!" Kurama called, reaching out for her. For a second, their fingers brushed, and somehow Kurama was hit with such a wave of pain and sorrow that he could hardly breathe. Then she was dragged away.

"What's wrong with you, Kurama? She's a thief!" Koenma scolded.

"So was Youko and you still trust him. It was their first offense. The director of MAC threatened them. They wanted to leave, but they wanted to live. He would have sent hit men after them!" Kurama said as he pulled free.

"It's a spell, snap out of it!" Koenma said. Kurama pointed to the damp patch on his shoulder.

"Those are her tears she shed. Is that a spell?"

"She's an actress! They're good with the water works!"

"Not them. Foxglove said that if a crying scene was required, she had to mince onions or something to get Solaris to cry on cue. Another good thing about their ward to prevent jagan mind reading; it kept in all smells." Hiei said.

"Hey, where are Yusuke and Kuwabara?" Koenma asked.

"Had to get home. The baka almost passed out. And Solaris wants to talk to Kurama."

"Oh. Kurama, go talk to her. Tell her I'm making my decision." Koenma said. Kurama did. Solaris was sitting by herself, still crying silently.

"Solaris..." Kurama said. She rushed to the bars looking like a puppy in a pound. She was small enough to reach through the bars and the bars were just wide enough for Kurama to reach through. The two foxes sank to their knees.

"Kurama, I didn't even succeed, I can't get punished badly, can I? They separated me and Foxglove, so I haven't even got my muse!" she cried, her tears flowing.

"Koenma is deciding now. I'm sure it won't be bad. Uh, when our fingers brushed earlier..."

"Sorry! I didn't mean for it to happen!"

"No, it's just... I somehow felt what you felt for a minute. I'm just wondering if you could feel what I felt."

"No. Maybe if we join hands..." Solaris suggested. Kurama pulled back a hand just as she did, and the two locked fingers. He tried his best to feel hopeful. "I feel fear... a little hope, but strong fear. Maybe it's just really strong emotions." she said.

"Must be. I can tell that you're terrified. Don't worry, Solaris. It'll be okay." Kurama said as Solaris let her head sink against the bars of her cell. "I hope..."
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Solaris: -Typing rapidly, the sounds of an old cartoon in the background. Kurama walks in, and read over her shoulder-

Kurama: Solaris, are you sure you should be writing this stuff? It might give the readers the wrong idea about the friends only relationship between the two.

Solaris: Can't you just stop insinuating stuff about my writing? I've explained all this stuff several times.

Kurama: And another thing, must you have the television going in the background?

Solaris: Yes. Gives me inspiration sometimes, and provides noise so I don't die of boredom. I have to have at least two things going when I type or write: my brain and some form of noise. Now go be a dear and get me a soda. Or make sure that Hiei doesn't kill Foxglove for kicking his butt at SA2B.
(Translations:
Dorobo no Ame-San:Miss Rain Theif
Dorobo no Yasei-San:Miss Wild Thief)