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Several Weeks Later One A Flight To Japan…

Whisper was bored.

He had exhausted his yoyo, his gameboy, his slinky, hell, even his paper back copy of 'A Caress of Twilight', the second book of the Meredith Gentry series by L.K. Hamilton! It's really kind of sad when a kitsune loses interest in violent politics and detailed written porn.

But that's beside the point. The point is: Whisper was bored. He prayed to Inari for deliverance, which was granted…kind of.

As Irony would have it (And taking into account Irony and Inari's physical manifestation were seated right behind Whisper, trying unsuccessfully to smother their giggles behind a Dragon Knights Manga) Whisper was seated in a window seat, and blocking him in was a morbidly obese man Whisper had dubbed 'Da Blob'.

Around the time Whisper started praying, a sleeping 'Da Blob', still covered in the crumbs of his last meal, started tilting in Whispers direction.

Half and hour later, a traumatized Whisper was rescued by a sympathetic Attendant who had noticed the keening sounds coming from the 'empty' seat next to one of the ahem larger passengers, which was strange considering the flight for this class was booked out.

Two and a half hours later and a seat swap with a sympathetic muscular businessman who had noticed the problem, Whisper got off the flying death trap and swore he was never getting on another one unless absolutely necessary.

Another 37 minutes later, Whisper's host family still hadn't turned up, so he was involving himself with a complex cat's cradle, a rubrics cube and puzzle box lay completed on the seat next to him.

"Yo! You Hari?" Whisper acknowledged the mangling of his human name with a "Hai. Just a sec."

Whisper finished the cat's cradle and looked up to study the kid in front of him. And smirked.

This guy had style.

This guy, who could only be his host family's only child at 12 and a half, Sebastian, had a slender but well built form, standing at 5'5, was clad in a form-fitting navy blue T-shirt with SECURITY written in bold yellow, faded blue jeans cut-offs and…what appeared to be gum boots, a transparent raincoat and sporting a pink umbrella depicting yellow ruber duckies. A glance outside confirmed a bright and sunny day.

The face was pale and triangular with a mop of pale metallic blue tipped in royal purple and shaped into a rather trendy fly-away pageboy cut. The face was eye-catching on its own, even without the huge palest green eyes lined in kohl. And that wasn't even taking into account the multiple silver studs gracing the ears of the teen, and the numerous silver pendants and black cords around his neck and wrists.

All this Whisper took in with a glance and was stored away for reference. The mildly unbalanced and totally hyper grin the teen was giving him was making Suichi nervous, judging from the strangled sounds of a dying chicken he was making. Youko snickered.

"You're Sebastian Niwa?"

The teen beamed even brighter. "Nope! I'm the Tooth Fairy."

Whisper's smirk widened. "Then where's the three pounds you owe me for those last few teeth I lost? I was planning on investing that money in my bid for world domination entitlements."

Sebastian threw his head back and let loose a loud semi-insane bark-like laugh. He shoved his hand under Whisper's nose, who took the proffered hand and turned it over as if looking for something.

Whisper gave the teen a look of mock-exasperation. "You honestly expect me to go with someone I don't know? You're supposed to at least offer candy and a ride to get that response."

The other boy collapsed to the floor cackling. When he finally settled down, he bounced to his feet and bowed. "Call me Seb. Sorry we're late. The Oldies are out trying to find a car park. We would have gotten here sooner if we hadn't stopped to help this old granny who decided to cark it on the crossing." Seb picked up bags and led Whisper out of the airport without pausing for breath while acting like the wounded party in the tale. "I told my folks to just leave her there since she so obviously planned the whole thing out, but nooo, we just had to stop and see if she was alright, then we had to wait for the people to come and taking her away, and then they had the nerve to ask me to pick up her groceries. But, hey, at least I got something out of it." The two ground to a halt in the pick up area and Seb waved a packet of pocky at the 'younger' boy, who had a weird smile combining amused disbelief and a 'what-the-hell?' look on his face.

Whisper raised an eyebrow at Seb, who grinned. "What? You honestly think I'd steal from the recently deceased? Hell no! These have probably been in my pants since the last time I wore them who knows how long ago. Eeww saw eeww dun wan any?" Seb asked with his mouth full, offering Whisper the packet. Whisper shook his head with a grimace.

Seb shrugged and looked around, muttering, "Where in the name of hell's basement are they? Hang of a sec." This last was said to Whisper as the Hyper Drive Boy pulled out his mobile. "Hello, Mummsiness. Where are you?...Yes, I got him. Cute little ankle biter." Whisper snorted. "So where are you? 'Cause there's this weird mime standing in the corner over there and he keeps giving me funny looks. Between you and me, I think he plans to molest me and then you'll have to spend tens of thousands of yen a month to pay for therapy, but in the end it will all be for nothing because I'll end up being killed in a freak sky-diving 'accident' and-Huh?" Seb looked at his phone. "She hung up on me. How insensitive. I feel so alone. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO WHEN A MOTHER ABANDONS HER CHILD!" This last was screamed to the heavens from a kneeling position.

Whisper poked is foster-brother in the ribs at the climax, producing a loud squeak from the other boy. Seb bounced up indignantly and made as if to yell at Whisper, but was distracted by the bane of all parent's existence.

Seb's eyes got huge and starry as he stared through a shop window at the devil's gift to children. Seb squealed.

"PIXIE STICKS!"

'I think I'm in love.' Youko muttered to his counterparts. Whisper was inclined to agree.

This kid had everything a kitsune found attractive. He was interesting, gorgeous, had a killer fashion sense, quirky sense of humour and he was decidedly odd. Whisper had already been half-infatuated before Seb had even opened his mouth.

Suichi sighed in his little notch in the back of Whisper's memory bank. It was turning into Kuronue all over again.

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