Wolves
This story is rated PG-13 for sexual situations
Chapter 16 - Hair
It was nearly midnight before Aara had a chance to search out her first male. She found him sitting on his balcony, propped on the ledge, draped in the blanket from his bed, staring at the moon.
"I thought only wolves were fascinated by the moon." She said, walking to his side.
"Oh, foxes also like the moon. Especially the crescent moon, wolves tend to like a full moon better." Kurama answered.
She looked up at the sliver of silver in the sky. "Why the crescent?"
Kurama laughed lightly, "Because someone has stolen so much of it!"
Aara joined his laughter. She loved to see her Fox happy. He was usually so serious, as if he always had the weight of the world on his shoulders. People who didn't know him that well did not see past the false smile to the ancient eyes, but she did. She knew her Fox better than anyone.
"Thank you for solving our problems. I'm not sure if it is Fox cunning or your human bodies' intelligence, but you always find the answer."
"Is Kiba alright?"
"Yes, he seems content with the outcome. Of course, he would have preferred to have Kamara at his side, but I think he could see how much she loved Tekku. How did I not sense that?"
"They kept their secret well. I think only Hiya knew at the beginning, and I only found out because Hiei saw Tekku jumping off of Kamara's balcony early one morning."
"Well, I'm still amazed that they got away with it for so long." Aara said, and then turned to her Fox. "So, ready for bed?"
"Ah, yes, you will be pressed for time tonight, getting such a late start. Who's next?"
"Tonight belongs to you alone."
Kurama stared at her for a second, and then a wide smile spread across his face. And power began to pour from him. A few moments later, Youko Kurama sat on the balcony instead of the human Kurama. He threw aside the blanket and stood up naked, all 6 foot, 5 inches of glistening silver and white. His golden eyes twinkled mischievously and he flicked his long white tail.
"Oh, no! Not the tail!" Aara said with a laugh as he picked her up and carried her to his bed. "Can I braid it?"
Before she left in the next morning, Kamara went to see Kaiba to get a final check out and also to thank him. She found him bending over a strange metal object, his long purple hair loose around his shoulders. She never realized how good looking he was before; he was usually hooded and robed. No wonder Rin was so happy! She coughed softly and he looked up.
"Hello, Kamara. All set to go home?"
"Yes, I wanted to thank you."
"I didn't do anything."
"Well, I think you did and I am grateful. Did you need to check me out or something?"
"No, and Kaede can do the progress examinations when you are a little further along. Ask her to give you some herbs to take for morning sickness and others for vitamins."
"Thank you, I will. May I ask what that is?" Kamara said, pointing to the metal device.
"It is a microscope. You can see things that are invisible to the human eye with it. Let me show you." He plucked out a strand of his own hair and placed it under the microscope. Kamara looked into eyepiece while Kaiba focused it and suddenly it was no longer round and plain, but filled with grooves and layers.
"This is incredible! What are you doing with it?"
"Well, right now I'm checking out a sheep. A few heads of sheep from one of the farmers in the area got into something and I am trying to figure out what it is so we can prevent any future mishaps."
"I don't follow you."
"I am examining the blood of the animal, and also the wool, to see if there is anything unusual. If there is, I can use different potions to find out what it is."
"So if the animal was poisoned by some weed or something, you can tell what kind of poison it was?"
"Something like that. For very complex things, I send the samples to a lab in Human World. Kurama has contacts with some of his former classmates. The advantage of being in what he calls 'the nerd group.' I'm not sure exactly what that means, but a lot of his classmates ended up as scientists and doctors."
"Kaiba, if I brought you some hair, could you examine it and see if it contains poison?"
"Well, yes, but…"
"I'll be right back!" Kamara said and flew out of the room. She ran down the stairs and then went straight to Hiya's room, but it was vacant. She returned to her own room and enlisted Tekku's help in finding the girl. After a short while, they found her, practicing her swordsmanship with her uncle in the west garden.
"Hiya!" Kamara said, running up to the girl.
"Kamara, what's wrong? You aren't leaving already are you? I wanted to say goodbye…"
"No, it's not that. You've got to lend me your locket."
"What?" Hiya said, clutching at the locket and its precious contents. "Why?"
Quickly Kamara explained what she had just learned from Kaiba. "He can find out if Touya was poisoned from the hair in your locket!"
Hiya looked at the locket. "You mean that I might have my proof after all. That's it's been hanging around my neck all this time?"
"It just might be. Let's go and ask Kaiba." Kamara said, pulling the girl toward the Castle.
Soon the whole group, Kamara, Hiya, Tekku and Hiei, stood around Kaiba as he looked at the hair under his microscope. Finally he raised his head, "Well, I just can't tell with my tools. Kurama would need to take the sample to his Human lab friends when he goes there next time."
"And when is that going to be?" Hiya demanded.
"I have no idea. You have to talk to Kurama."
"Are you talking about the group that he used to go to school with?" Hiei asked. Kaiba nodded. "I know them. I met them when I was in the Human World with Kurama. I can take the hair to their lab. I'll just have Kurama write me a letter explaining what needs to be done."
Hiya threw her arms around her uncle. "Thank you, Uncle Hiei, thank you."
Kaiba placed a few of the hairs in a glass bottle and sealed it carefully; the rest he returned to the locket and gave it back to Hiya. He gave the bottle to Hiei along with some written instructions. Hiei went to find Kurama.
"I can't believe I will finally find out the truth." Hiya said and then hugged Kamara tightly. "Thank you! Thank you so much!"