Chapter 13 - Meeting the foxes (1/2)

After it was approved that the Shiba family would be visiting Kyoto both Miyuki and Kurumi started packing for their trip to Kyoto. They were very excited as it would be their first time going on a trip and were unable to contain their excitement. While they both were doing the packing Tatsuya was reading some doc.u.ments and contracts. He had finally decided to build his own restaurant and was reviewing the contracts and other doc.u.ments before signing it. He had decided to start the work as soon as possible after coming back from Kyoto.

Finally the day for their trip to Kyoto came and all three of them, yes three even Kurumi was in her human form as she too wanted to enjoy the trip. They waited for the train and when the train arrived they all took their seats.

During their journey many guys came and tried to hit on Kurumi. Some perverts even tried to hit on Miyuki as well but were all nearly pissing themselves as Tatsuya gave all of them a death glare.

Seeing him like that both the girls shifted on their seats and leaned over his shoulder. Seeing the girl's action Tatsuya sighed and wrapped his arms around them.

When the train arrived at Kyoto they came out and met with the people who came to escort him to the hotel. After reaching the hotel they were given their room keys and he got one doublebed room just like he had requested. The hotel also had an onsen which they all enjoyed thoroughly and after enjoying they all crashed onto their beds as Tatsuya had to go for the meeting the next day.

The meeting was very boring but still Tatsuya remained attentive during the whole meeting. After the meeting was over Tatsuya bid farewell to the others and arrived at the hotel where he found Miyuki and Kurumi already prepared for going ou sightseeing.

Seeing that how excited both of them were Tatsuya hurriedly went inside the room to change his clothes and came out.

They were walking around the city with both Miyuki and Kurumi dragging Tatsuya. Seeing both of them like that Tatsuya only gave them a wry smile. The people who saw the three of them even though they were envious of Tatsuya were still pitying him.

While they were enjoying the town suddenly Tatsuya heard someone crying he looked around but saw that no one was there. He tried to focus to find the direction of the sound. Seeing Tatsuya the girls stopped on their tracks and were trying to notice what Tatsuya was doing.

Once Tatsuya found the direction of the sound Tatsuya started following it and the two girls who were still confused but still followed him. After walking some distance Kurumi too heard the voice and now knew what Tatsuya was doing and told about it to Miyuki.

They kept on walking and the volume kept on increasing. They reached the source of voice and found a small girl probably four years old with blonde hair and shrine maiden clothes crying and kept on mumbling ”okaa-san”

They approached the girl and Tatsuya crouched down to her level and patted her shoulder to get her attention.The girl who was crying looked up and saw a boy looking at her.

Tatsuya looked at the girl with a small smile and asked, ”what happened?” even though he knew she most probably had lost her mother in the crowd but still he knew that asking her about it would make her fell a bit relieved.

The girl sniffed and said, ”I cannot find okaa-san” and started crying again. Tatsuya took out his handkerchief and wiped her tears. He patted her head and asked in a calm and kind voice, ”how about we help you find your mother?”

Hearing this the girl stopped for a while and stared at Tatsuya who was looking at her with a kind expression on his face.

Tatsuya who was looking at the girl was thinking, 'I didn't expected to meet her this soon.” He had already sensed it and it looked like the two behind him had sensed it too. The girl was none other than the youkai princess Kunou a nine tailed fox. Kurumi who sensed her was looking at her curiously as it was her first time meeting a nine tailed fox other than her.