Kurama would expect no less, almost anticipating the fire apparition to clarify that he had been feeding them at one point, which was why he brought it up. Although if he had, the spirit fox would have thought that would come up before now, with their earlier conversation about Hiei's frustration over the plants that had failed to thrive in his absence. Surely, he would have mentioned that at least he had kept these alive. Regardless, he's certain whatever remained fed on the wildlife and low level demons too slow to evade them, Kurama naturally didn't waste time on plants that couldn't hold their own.

Still, his focus is not the forest or the plants that Hiei's concerned about. It is the lack of deserving the fire apparition is struggling with, clearly to this day. His own frustration that nothing he'd done in nearly a century together had helped and - if anything - may have actually made the situation worse. Not that this was about him.

He glances back as Hiei pauses to greet one of them, smirking faintly. “Don't get too distracted, Hiei.” They weren't stopping here. Whether the fire demon follows right away or not, the fox continues on with a single focus, using his energy to part a clear path to his true destination, close enough to the Demon plants and Dark Forest to be concealed from unwanted guests, but separate all the same.

An otherwise empty field of flowers, most of which a fairly distinct variety of purple.