“May I ask why I found a wolf roaming around my bedroom?” the redhead asked, a look of anger flickering in his green eyes.
Yusuke and Kuwabara stared at Kurama blankly. Hiei tried his hardest to keep the same look in his eyes that he had maintained since he was put on his probation. Dead and blank. He stared at the sleeping pup in the former kitsune’s arms.
“Is it dead?” Yusuke asked. “It ain’t moving.”
“No. She’s sleeping. Tearing my things apart must have tired her out.”
D***... Hiei thought. The one day the fox doesn’t leave his door closed... Hopefully, he’ll mention giving her to Yukina then...
A little whine sounded out as the silver fur ball moved. Tiny white teeth were visible as she yawned and opened her eyes. She looked at the three standing in front of her captor and whimpered when she saw the Fire Apparition. She struggled to get down, causing Kurama to tighten his grip.
“Which one of you was keeping the wolf here?” Kurama asked, looking back and forth from Yusuke to Kuwabara. He felt he wouldn’t have to worry about Hiei. Knowing that the demon was having trouble tolerating most humans, he wouldn’t go out of his way to hide and raise an animal, right?
The pup whimpered again, louder this time, and struggled more and more to get down. Eventually she stopped moving and sighed. She kept staring at Hiei with big, pathetic blue eyes.
“If none of you are going to talk, I’m going to have to- Ow!” he dropped the pup and held his wrist. She hit the ground and whined loudly before standing up and shaking off.
No. Stay there, stay there, Hiei thought. He found it harder to maintain the blank look on his face as the pup looked up and toddled over to him. She sat at his feet and her little tail swished back and forth. Her tongue hung out of the side of her mouth and she tilted her head to the side as she whined up at him. The Fire Apparition made no movement and looked up from the wolf and towards Kurama.
“You, Hiei?” the redhead asked, his eyes widening. The demon nodded and didn’t pay any attention to his other two teammates, who were staring at him with confusion in their eyes.
“Hiei, you know the danger of keeping a wild animal in the house. You were present for Yusuke’s and Kuwabara’s lectures. Why did you hide the wolf, and how long have you had it?”
“For a few days. I went for a walk one night and caught the scent of blood, followed it, and saw her. I thought she was dead so I used my sword to start digging a hole to bury her in, and when I got pretty far, she whimpered. I thought she was going to die anyway, so I just took her here to at least try and help before she died. I don’t know why. Anyway, she survived. I was planning on asking Yukina to take her.”
“Holy c***,” Yusuke started, “Hiei spoke more than two whole words!”
The demon growled and punched the human’s shoulder rather hard. Yusuke yelped and pushed Kuwabara in between himself and the inhuman being. Kurama sighed. I had better end this now. Without a word, he walked in front of Hiei, stooped down, and picked the wolf pup up. He walked towards the front door.
“Where are you going with her?” Hiei asked without turning around.
“The only sensible thing right now. She won’t survive in the wild, and because she has the scent of us on her, she’ll be killed or kicked out of the pack to die of starvation. Plus, she can’t be adopted into a home. I have no choice but to take her to the animal shelter and have her euthanized,” the fox replied. After that, he walked out of the team’s house.
“Hiei, you’re just going to let him euthanize the wolf you went out of your way to care for and hide for a few days?” Kuwabara asked.
“What does that word even mean?” Hiei asked. Why am I getting a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach? Why does this feel like something bad?
“Hiei, ‘euthanasia’ is the term used for when a veterinarian or shelter worker injects a fluid into an animal that makes them go to sleep, and then die,” Yusuke explained. “He’s taking her to get killed.”
Hiei froze.
