The spy
A/N: Have two little stories at one day! Mostly because tomorrow I'm working on 12th chapter of Forest Spirit and don't want to get more distracted than I usually am.

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A young man was sitting on a bench in a city park, pretending to read a newspaper. He was wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket, a cap covering his head. He was on a spying mission and he prided himself to be an excellent spy.

Higurashi, his pretty girl, was hiding something from him, he was sure of it. She had told him today at school she was going to visit an aunt, leaving just after the last bell.

And now she was standing under a lamp, obviously waiting for someone. Hojo had followed her home and then here. She was oblivious to his presence, the boy was an excellent spy after all, able to follow everyone without drawing attention to his person. He hid a smile behind his newspaper. The girl turned for a moment to her huge yellow bag back, looking for something in it and taking off a baseball cap.

Higurashi suddenly smiled widely and waved her hand to someone. Hojo frowned as he saw a tall boy in traditional clotches run to her side. Was his pretty girl seeing someone else? Was she going on a date with this quite handsome, but odd looking guy in bright red?

"Oi!" he called to the schoolgirl as he leapt above a bench to stand beside her. "Ready?"

"Almost," Higurashi smiled brightly and stood on her tiptoes to put the baseball cap on top of the boy's head. It fit perfectly, covering a pair of white dog ears. The boy had strangely pale hair, way too long for a normal schoolboy. Hojo noticed he had a sword tucked in his obi As she was adjusting the cap she rested one hand on his chest, steadying herself. "Here."

"Good," the white-haired boy said and picked up her bag pack as if it weighted nothing. "So which way is it?"

"There," Higurashi pointed to the North. "My aunt's house is only a few kilometers away. We should hurry, she told me the mononoke's hidding in her basement." The boy nodded and pulled her to his chest before leaping to the roof of a small building on the other side of the alley. With a squeal Higurashi wrapped her arms around his neck before the white haired boy ran across the rooftop and jumped up next two stores to land on top of an another buiding.

Hojo folded his newspaper, his work here was done.

It seemed Higurashi haven't lied to him about visiting her aunt. This time.