http://banditfox.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] banditfox.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] tampered2007-06-27 02:51 pm

Log: Complete

When: June 27, afternoon
Rating: Everyone!
Characters: Kurama [[livejournal.com profile] banditfox] and Kuronoe [[livejournal.com profile] nobamboopls]
Summary: Two thieves. One cafe. Over a thousand years of catching up to do.
Log:

Shiori's arrival had been startling and worrisome. As much as Kurama missed her, he'd have been happier if she remained safely at home rather than trapped in the City. The difficulties of maintaining his secret aside, this was no place for a human woman of Shiori's giving nature. Now, with Kuronoe's arrival just a day later, the kitsune was feeling a little overwhelmed. He made his apologies to the other residents of his apartment for his abrupt departure, and set out for Cafe Juliet for the second time in as many days, knowing that his friends would protect his mother in his absence.

To all appearances, Kuronoe was real this time, not an illusion designed to throw Kurama off balance. It was still painful to think of the day Kuronoe had died. Everything had changed after that. Kurama had continued his work, but he became colder, more calculating, and more ruthless. What he'd done to Yomi was proof of that. After Kuronoe had died, Kurama had had no patience for partners who needlessly risked themselves.

Out of consideration for Kuronoe, the kitsune took his youko form before he reached the cafe. He knew that it would be more difficult for the bat youkai to recognize him as a human. When he finally stepped through the doors and saw his old partner, he didn't know how to approach--with anger, with joy, or with guilt--so instead he just waited, off to one side so other patrons could come and go. It was Kuronoe's turn to react.