Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in this story they belong respectfully to Haruichi Furudate.
Warning: Themes of shounen-ai/yaoi/homosexual relationships and whatever, you know all that good stuff, fluffy and also some mild OOC-ness… and timeskip's… If any of this bothers you then you have the option of not reading.
Music: "Passage" by Miyano Mamoru
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Stupid Kuroo for his brash personality and moving them to the Miyagi prefecture for work. Stupid Kuroo for being inconsiderate of how he'd feel being far away from the conveniences of Tokyo and shame on himself for allowing the modern society to spoil him rotten, Kenma thought to himself with a heavy sigh.
It was unfair. And even worse was practically having to do the grunt of Kuroo's dirty work while he was off working at his new job since living off their savings for the assignment they were given was out of the question. At least according to Kuroo that is. With Kuroo's plans for another source of income (next to his occupation as an exorcist), it left Kenma with a lot of time on his hands during the day, for the most part. The joy of having their apartment to himself and playing video games for hours on end sounded heavenly but at the same time, he was also expected to do his share of their investigation while his master was away.
And so the moment Kuroo headed out for his new job, Kenma slipped away with a mission to survey their surrounding area. Padding around town in his feline form, it allowed Kenma to move freely without having to interact with anyone whatsoever. Children especially were his main concerns and upon seeing them, even from a considerable distance made Kenma high tail it out of sight and into the nearest bush to hide.
Kids are so mean, Kenma thought, lying in wait until they were finally gone. When he poked his head out from the brush, golden eyes looking around carefully, he hopped out and shook the leaves from his fur before proceeding forward.
Although the town wasn't as vast and deep as Tokyo, it was still a gold mine full of nooks and crannies for a creature his size. Not including the surrounding woodlands, the area had quite a bit to offer and in Kenma's opinion was the perfect place for youkai who wanted to stick close to home in the forest while still having access to the human side. He still couldn't determine the youkai population though (not including the small fry he'd already seen flittering about), and while he was disgruntled by that, he knew there was still time. It was going to be their longest assignment yet from Director Nekomata after all and as Kuroo always said, why rush?
After spending a few hours going up and down alleys, browsing the neighborhoods and charting out as much of the town as possible, Kenma was just about ready to drop from the exhaustion. Boy did his stamina suck, he groaned internally, finally settling himself down outside of a convenient store.
Yawning widely, Kenma began to shake his head vigorously, hoping the movement would help in waking him up, if only a little, however even that didn't seem to work and he sighed again. Lying flat down on his belly, he watched cars and people pass him by. The locals were hardly bothered by his presence. Most were nice enough to leave him alone but when a group of elementary school boys came out from the store after eying him earlier before going inside, Kenma instantly regretted not leaving as soon as he saw them now that they had him trapped within a circle.
"Here kitty, kitty, kitty…"
"We're not going to hurt you."
"Just hold still okay."
"The bullets won't kill him will it?"
"It's just a toy bb gun, the most it can do is blind him in the eyeball."
"That's if you aim it there."
Kenma looked around frantically for an opening but escaping was proving to be impossible the more the human circle around him shrank. He could change into his larger form if he wanted but without Kuroo's permission and the fact that he was out in the open made it completely out of the question if he didn't want to face the consequences. Releasing a threatening yowl at the human in front of him, Kenma felt a hand graze his bottom from behind him and he instantly hissed from the contact. Whirling around, his tail stood up, fur standing at all ends and he immediately swiped an open paw at the perpetrator, his claws glinting.
"That's one mad pussy cat!" One of them laughed.
There were so many of them, Kenma thought. He didn't know which kid to pounce on first. Still making spitting noises, it was just his bad luck that one of them managed to successfully capture him by the scruff of his neck.
"Gotcha!"
Once in their clutches, Kenma braced himself as one of them aimed the toy gun at him.
"Hey, let that cat go you brats!" A voice cried, making Kenma's desperate struggle to get free stop suddenly at his rescuer's arrival.
The first thing Kenma saw was a shock of bright orange hair and glaring brown eyes. Much to his disappointment though, his savior came in the form of a rather small teenager, if not barely a foot or two taller than his assailants. It was quite the sad sight if he were to be honest.
Thankfully, he wasn't alone and a bald, yet taller looking young male ended up joining him. "Oi, you brats better put the cat down in ten seconds or else I'll eat you up alive!"
And that seemed to do the trick because no sooner did the baldy show up; the kids dropped him and ran screaming. Disoriented from being released from their clutches so suddenly, Kenma shifted in place, doing his best not to fall forward face first. In front of him, the smaller teen finally approached him, kneeling down before cradling him gently in his arms.
The teen grinned widely down at Kenma. "You're safe now kitty!" He said, reaching a hand out to stroke the side of his face gently.
Kenma instantly moved into the hand, purring comfortably as he closed his eyes and enjoyed the other's touch. It was certainly unexpected but definitely not unwelcomed.
"Looks like he doesn't have a collar!" The other teen said. "Think he's a stray?"
"If he is, I wouldn't mind keeping him!" The shorter one replied. "What do you say? Do you want to come home with me?!" He asked excitedly, his smile so bright and warm that Kenma couldn't help himself from meowing softly in response. "I'll take that as a yes!"