"...And, that's pretty much how it happened," Kurama concluded.
Now even Hiei looked somewhat interested.
"Wait," said Kuwabara suddenly. "You said you started the thing with locks out of boredom, right? So, what made you actually start being a thief? I mean, when did you say, 'Hey, I could get rich this way?'"
"That's a good question... but it didn't really work out that way. It was a rather quick, casual decision, now that I think about it."
"Do tell," said Yusuke.
"Well, it all started on an overly sunny afternoon..."
---
Youko Kurama whistled as he worked on the lock. He was in some rich guy's basement, in front of a large, heavily guarded vault. At least, it USED to be heavily guarded. The actual guards were kind of sleeping at the moment, courtesy of one of the kitsune's plant's dust spores, or something like that. I don't really know how it did so, but the point is that it made anyone that breathed in the fumes or whatever hit the proverbial sack.
It was getting harder and harder to find decent locks. Like most legendary-anythings, Kurama had started small; the first time he ever picked a lock was actually simply when he had lost a key, and it grew from there. Then, just for fun, he had picked every lock he could find. After a while, any lock he got his hands on was quickly dissembled, so he moved on to bigger things; the sort of things that one would expect to find in a rich guy's basement. So there he was.
This particular seal was a somewhat complex combination lock with nine digits. Youko smiled to himself as his sensitive ears heard the telltale click that signified he had cracked the code. Still whistling, he pulled it off, and was about to put it back on and walk away satisfied, when he started to wonder. What was in that vault that had so recently been heavily guarded? Being the curious kitsune that he was, he decided to take a look.
What he found was lots and lots of very shiny gold.
Kurama's first thought was, "That's a lot of gold."
His second thought was, "This guy is LOADED."
His third thought was, "Surely he won't miss a little."
And so, Youko Kurama's thieving career began.
---
Yusuke blinked. "That's it?"
"That's it."
A/N: That's it! Oh, and yes, the bit at the end of the previous chapter was a reference to Lord of the Rings. ...Where did you get Mary Poppins...?
Now even Hiei looked somewhat interested.
"Wait," said Kuwabara suddenly. "You said you started the thing with locks out of boredom, right? So, what made you actually start being a thief? I mean, when did you say, 'Hey, I could get rich this way?'"
"That's a good question... but it didn't really work out that way. It was a rather quick, casual decision, now that I think about it."
"Do tell," said Yusuke.
"Well, it all started on an overly sunny afternoon..."
---
Youko Kurama whistled as he worked on the lock. He was in some rich guy's basement, in front of a large, heavily guarded vault. At least, it USED to be heavily guarded. The actual guards were kind of sleeping at the moment, courtesy of one of the kitsune's plant's dust spores, or something like that. I don't really know how it did so, but the point is that it made anyone that breathed in the fumes or whatever hit the proverbial sack.
It was getting harder and harder to find decent locks. Like most legendary-anythings, Kurama had started small; the first time he ever picked a lock was actually simply when he had lost a key, and it grew from there. Then, just for fun, he had picked every lock he could find. After a while, any lock he got his hands on was quickly dissembled, so he moved on to bigger things; the sort of things that one would expect to find in a rich guy's basement. So there he was.
This particular seal was a somewhat complex combination lock with nine digits. Youko smiled to himself as his sensitive ears heard the telltale click that signified he had cracked the code. Still whistling, he pulled it off, and was about to put it back on and walk away satisfied, when he started to wonder. What was in that vault that had so recently been heavily guarded? Being the curious kitsune that he was, he decided to take a look.
What he found was lots and lots of very shiny gold.
Kurama's first thought was, "That's a lot of gold."
His second thought was, "This guy is LOADED."
His third thought was, "Surely he won't miss a little."
And so, Youko Kurama's thieving career began.
---
Yusuke blinked. "That's it?"
"That's it."
A/N: That's it! Oh, and yes, the bit at the end of the previous chapter was a reference to Lord of the Rings. ...Where did you get Mary Poppins...?
