phantom-thief-kid:

Kaito looked back for a moment. So his human was following him. That was all well and good, so long as he kept quiet and out of the prey’s field of vision. He stalked around, crouching low and sneaking around trees. There were a few deer and he wanted to get one.

Hakuba recognized the shift in posture and gait. The lion was hunting. He hung back, keeping his eyes on the beast, He didn’t want to get too close and risk upsetting KidLion, but there was no way that he was just going to let him wild. The area had wildlife, sure, but there were also people on occasion. It wouldn’t do for him to attack a human. Not at all. 

So, while observing, he began devising plans. 

phantom-thief-kid:

He looked around. Interesting tone change and it was unexpected, though not really startling. Kaito yawned, his tail twitching back and forth.

Speaking of hunger, his stomach grumbled. He wandered off, heading for the park. Whether or not his human would follow him was up to him. So long as he didn’t scare off the prey animals lurking about and didn’t try eating first from the kill, Kaito didn’t care.

“H-hey! Don’t just walk away from me!" 

Typical of that damned thief. Hakuba got to his feet and went after, keeping his pace measured and careful. "Was it something I said?”

Okay, clearly the lion was somehow Kaito, Kaito, but a lion, who didn’t seem interested in listening to human languages. With him wandering off, that meant that the lion had other things to be doing. And this, like most things, worried Hakuba. But a lion loose in Japan was not a good thing for anyone, Kaito and his bizarre immortality tricks, or otherwise. 

So he followed after. 

phantom-thief-kid:

Aside from the bright red irises, the lion would look rather healthy. He gave the human a lick across the face, then sat down. He licked his paw, then bit around the ring. Yes, the ring was annoying, but the biting made it worse, as it didn’t break the metal. He went back to licking it.

Fear did come from the human (the smell was noticeable), but he was keeping it under control and didn’t run, unlike prey. KID set his paw down and yawned, then rubbed his head against Hakuba again. A quiet purr issued from his chest.

The red eyes had Hakuba concerned. Brown eyes he’d heard on a lion, but these were unnatural. They were like- 

Hakuba’s thoughts were quickly interrupted by the lick across the face that tumbled him onto his backside. “Gah!” The sound was one of surprise more than anything, The head rub, the purring, got a broad smile from the normally reserved detective. He was relaxed. Somehow.  "Oof. What’re you doing, huh? Just a big, lost kitty, you are. And, oi, what’s wrong with your paw?“

He didn’t dare mess with the animal’s paws, but he did look, brows furrowing. Was the lion wearing… a ring?

phantom-thief-kid:

Meanwhile, said lion stretched again and yawned. Strange. That human wasn’t running or yelling like the others. He padded over quickly.

This one would’ve been easy prey, but his smell threw KID off. He didn’t mind it, but it was vaguely familiar. Though he supposed he could use the trick of old, shapeshifting into a form this one liked as a lure to rip him apart, there was a little bit in the back of his mind that was telling him this was a mate instead of either prey or a competitor. (A bit of the human side was bleeding over.)

He rubbed his head against the human’s hand. He really wasn’t all that hungry. He could wait a bit and humans were a fellow predator. No need to upset one of the friendlier of them.

That… That was not what the detective had been expecting.  

Hakuba let the lion rub on him, carefully keeping his hand still, touching only what was put before him. Was he nervous? Yes, very. But there was no reason to panic. Animals this big and powerful exuded confidence; showing fear like that would only be insulting. 

“Ah… hello,” he said, taking a moment to look around them. Okay, so, every other sane person was staying away. Back to the lion. It was certainly friendly enough. “You’ve been tamed, eh love? Where do you belong, hm?”

He put his phone away and brought his other hand over, shifting to crouch down, nice and slow. He wanted to check the lion’s eyes, ears, nose, mouth if he could, make sure it was healthy-looking.