It was during a night of the full moon, a blood moon to be specific.
After finishing up infiltrating a mansion, Kaito, wearing all black, sees an injured fox.
This fox's silver colored fur and silver eyes were gorgeous, but its leg was injured…and being the heartful person he is, couldn't just ignore it. So he took it home.
The fox recovered quickly, but chaos ensued as soon as it did.
It doesn't try to catch the doves as it's more interested in watching Kaito…and eating fried chicken.
Mostly, the fox protects Kaito from the witch…and Aoko for some reason.
"Maybe they just don't like you, Ahoko," Kaito shrugs as he pets the fox, calming down its growls until they completely stop.
Hakuba is somehow completely fine. The fox likes him a lot for some reason. Kaito raises an eyebrow, "Really?"
The fox chirps as they let Hakuba pet them.
It has been to the secret room, having followed Kaito inside.
On heists, the fox follows KID, joining him on occasion or just watching over him with the moon. He doesn't mind all that much.
"If you're going to stay, I should really give you a name…" Kaito comments, absentmindedly playing with a coin, "Hm~... how about Tsuki? Since you like the moon so much."
"Kon!"
"Or Kumo?"
"Kon!"
"... Kumori then?"
"Kon kon!"
"Kumori it is."
"Next question…" Kaito hums as the fox seems to be intelligent enough to understand him, "Are you an Inari?"
The fox just looks blankly at him.
"OK...then at least a zenko?"
The fox raises an eyebrow at him, 'Really?'
"...you're a nogitsune, aren't you?" he deadpans.
"Kon!" the fox barks.
Kaito sighs in defeat, "Just...please don't kill or curse anyone?"
The fox considers it for a moment before nodding...and pawing at the karaage.
Kaito snorts, "Alright, alright. More karaage for you."
"Kon!"
Later, after a warning from the witch…
Kaito sighs, looking completely done with the world, "...I changed my mind. Please don't kill or curse anyone important to me."
"Kon!" Kumori nods.
KID is locked up in a jail cell… but is dead the next day.
"No… nononono! I didn't mean for this to happen! Is this… because he got caught?"
"Unfortunately, yes," Hakuba sighs, "Because he got caught, he was killed by someone as a result. Possibly another criminal, or KID's enemies."
"But-but-..."
"Don't you get it? No one gets hurt during KID heists exceptKID himself. You would still hate him even if he died protecting you, right?" Akako chimes in.
"Isn't this what you wanted?" They asked.
"I…I…" Aoko's tears shed.
"No!" Aoko gasps, waking up.
At school, Aoko doesn't complain about KID at all.
"What's wrong?"
"...just a nightmare. No big deal," Aoko smiles, but looks like she hardly slept last night.
'That dang fox!' Kaito thinks to himself, suspecting Kumori to have given her that nightmare.
Shortly afterwards, Kaito came home to see that Kumori had completely disappeared, only leaving a protection charm behind.
Sighing, Kaito pockets the charm, keeping it on him, even during heists, since it felt like Kumori, that mysterious nogitsune, was watching over him.