Bleach Fan Fiction / Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Warrior ❯ The Pet Shop of Horrors ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

By: Takato

“Frill-necked lizards, Mexican salamanders, and human-faced fish are all mad! And by mad, I mean they are not pets or toys! Silent Warrior is coming after you, in the name of the Phoenix!”

Silent Warrior

Episode 5

TJ is dreaming about being Silent Warrior and having Youkais chasing after him. As he gets cornered, Yellow LightStar comes by and rescues him.

“I'll always be by your side,” she says to him.

She starts to say something else, but Silent Warrior can't hear her.

“Can you speak up, I can't hear you,” he says.

She keeps on talking, and Silent Warrior gets annoyed. TJ finally wakes up to realize he's still hearing the sound from the dream. It's the sound of someone screaming. TJ runs down the hall to Prince's room, where the screaming is coming from. Prometheus is sleeping on Prince's bed, but the screaming wakes him up, just in time to find Prince about to throw a pillow at him. He throws the pillow and TJ opens the door, only to get hit by it himself.

“What are you yelling about?” TJ asks.

“That weird looking baby lion thing,” he responds.

“Oh yeah, you're not a big fan of cats are you?”

TJ then picks up Prometheus and starts waving him in front of his face. Prince screams some more and their parents yell for them to knock it off.

The Pet Shop of Horrors

“Can we keep Prometheus as a pet?” TJ asks, watching him eat from a bowl on the floor at breakfast.

“No way; we don't' need that lion kitten thing around the mansion,” Prince yells.

“But mom, he would be great to have around; I could use a companion!”

“TJ, the house is full of people, and you have your brothers,” Henri starts.

“But only Prince here actually lives with us. My older brother is always out on missions. Plus, Prometheus here isn't an ordinary animal. He's a lion that somehow was miniaturized, probably in some evil science experiment, but he could protect us with his lion like abilities from burglars.”

“Any burglar who came to this house would be in for it.”

“You two work it out amongst yourselves,” Krystalyn replies.

On the way to school, TJ is talking with Prometheus about what happened the night before.

“Why were you on Prince's bed anyways?” TJ asks.

“Well, I had been up all night trying to find out more information on where the Chosen One might be, and I was too tired to go all the way down the hall to your room, so I jumped into his,” Prometheus answers.

“You should try to get friendly with him, Promeeth.”

While TJ is at school, Prometheus decides to roam the city. On his tour, he passes by a pet shop and sees a little kitten lick a little girl.

“Maybe I could try that with young Princeton,” he thinks.

* * *

“Goliath, what is going on?” King Mithos asks.

“Majesty, I have a plan in motion right now for collecting energy,” Goliath replies.

* * *

Back at the school, TJ and Melvin are talking about Prince and Prometheus.

“Prince is really afraid of cats,” TJ explains. “When he was young, a giant cat creature attacked him and bit his arm. Ever since then, he's been afraid.”

“I was bitten by an alligator once,” Melvin says.

“No you weren't, you were pinched by my alligator skin hand bag,” Marcy corrects. “Hey TJ, why did your folks name him Prince? Kind of an odd first name.”

“His real name is Princeton, but when I was younger I couldn't pronounce it, so I called him Prince,” TJ explains. “Ever since, it's kind of stuck with me.”

At Prince's school, Prometheus is waiting for him to come out. As the bell rings, he sees Prince and goes up to him. He jumps up on his shoulder and tries to lick him, but Prince freaks out, so he runs away.

“I know the perfect pet for you,” his friend Marissa says to him.

The two of them go down to a pet shop in the downtown district. When they step inside, they notice the sweet smell of perfume.

“Why does it smell so nice in here and not like a barn?” he asks.

“That's because these pets give off a pleasant aroma,” Marissa explains. “They are called Shaneera, and they each have a different smell.”

Prince stops to look at one and it gazes deeply into his eyes, hypnotizing him. A woman then comes out from the back room.

“I want this one,” Prince says to her.

“That one is a good choice,” the lady says. “You guys don't have to pay right now, you can pay later.”

The two take their own Shaneera, and go home, forgetting about everything else.

“I failed at making amends with young Princeton,” Prometheus announces to TJ. “You know, I don't have to be a pet, I can just be around in secret.”

“Don't give up so easily,” TJ suggests.

Prince then walks into TJ's room with his pet. Prometheus sees this as his chance to try again, so he goes up to him and starts purring and rubbing against his leg. Prince kicks him away and tells TJ to get rid of it or else.

“Wow, what was that all about?” TJ wonders. “Sorry he kicked you, are you alright?”

“I'm fine I guess,” Prometheus answers.

Krystalyn then calls the two down for their afternoon snack. At the table, Prince brings the Shaneera with him.

“I've decided to keep this as a pet,” he says.

“Why don't you keep both that and Prometheus?” Krystalyn asks.

“I don't want that thing as a pet.”

Prince then goes off to his room and puts his pet on his desk. He then just stares at it, lost in a daze.

* * *

The next day, TJ is getting ready for school, when he notices that he hasn't heard or seen Prince get up and ready.

“Come on bro, you're going to be late for school,” he yells at his door.

“I'm not going to school today,” he replies.

Ignoring Prince's brash tone, TJ rushes off for school. At school, a lot of people have brought Shaneeras in with them to class.

“What's with all the weird dog looking pet things?” TJ asks Melvin in homeroom.

“They've become really popular,” Melvin tells him.

Mr. Karr then walks in and TJ tells everyone to put them away before he complains. During the announcements, one of the girls cries that she can't take it anymore, and pulls out her Shaneera. Other students notice this and start pulling theirs out too. Mr. Karr notices the students not paying attention, and demands they put the pets away. Annoyed with the students ignoring his demands, he gets up and goes to one student. The boy pushes him away, sending him back into a desk, and tells him to mind his own business. The students then get up and walk out of the classroom.

“Where are people getting these things from?” TJ asks Melvin after school.

“There's this shop in the downtown district that carries them,” he answers.

“I think I'm going to check it out, you want to come with me?”

“Sorry T, I would but I have my kick boxing class tonight. Don't forget about the weekly night football practice tonight.”

TJ says he won't, and decides he's going to go to the pet store anyways. On his way, he runs into Ashley.

“Why do you always appear in front of me?” TJ asks.

“You know, I could ask you the same thing,” she responds. “Are you going to buy a Shaneera?”

“I don't know, why do you ask?”

“I ask because I don't think any pet deserves to have you torturing it.”

TJ gets mad and storms into the pet store, ignoring Ashley. Prometheus then walks in behind him.

“TJ, don't look into their eyes,” he warns.

TJ asks him why and looks into the eyes of one. Immediately he is hypnotized and picks the Shaneera up and walks out with it.

“I think you should return that,” Prometheus says, chasing after him.

“I think you should stay away before I blast you out of here,” TJ responds. “I hate you.”

As they are walking, a little girl comes by on a tricycle. She's in TJ's way, so he knocks her off her tricycle, and out of his way, and keeps going. Astonished by TJ's blatant act of insolence for other people, Prometheus jumps in front of him and uses some type of beam from his white diamond symbol to knock the Shaneera out of his hands. TJ is then returned to normal.

“We've got to get home and get Prince,” TJ says, coming to his senses.

The two race to the house, and find Prince still in his room with the Shaneera. TJ attempts to grab the thing from him, but Prince puts up a fight. TJ gets fed up and smacks him, but Prince just knocks him back and runs off with it.

“We need to go after him,” Prometheus says.

“I think I know where he might be headed. Phoenix Transform!”

* * *

At the pet shop, kids from all over the city have gathered to be with the pet shop owner.

“Excellent my little ones, now take these Shaneera and spread them over the city!” she commands.

Before they can move, the dagger strikes and they all look to see Silent Warrior standing in the doorway.

“How dare you use little kids to do your own dirty work for you. How sad it is for grown demons to need to use human children to get the job done. I am Silent Warrior, and in the name of justice, I will thwart your wrongs.”

The store owner then shows her true demon self, Big Shaneera, and commands the children to attack Silent Warrior. The kids then turn into monsters and begin to chase after him.

“I can't attack these children, they don't know what they're doing,” he complains. “Shouldn't Yellow LightStar be coming to stop them?”

“You shouldn't depend on others to do your job for you,” Prometheus scolds. “Attack them with your flaming fist.”

“I can't, Prince is one of these kids!”

“Don't use it like an attack then, use it as a heat wave.”

“This fist of mine is glowing bright! Phoenix Fire Heat Might!”

His attack sends a heat wave to the kids, turning them back to normal people. Angry at him, Big Shaneera starts to chase Silent Warrior himself. Silent Warrior runs out of the building, but Big Shaneera catches him with her tail. Prometheus bites the tail and it cries out in pain.

“That's the weak spot, the tail! This hand of mine is now burning red! Fist of the Phoenix flare!”

Silent Warrior attacks and the Youkai is defeated. He is about to change back into TJ, when Prince comes out of the building.

“Wait, Terrific T: DW,” he calls out. “I'm a huge fan of yours!”

“I'm not Terrific T, I'm Silent Warrior,” Silent Warrior corrects.

“Oh, well you were way cool in there, taking out the bad guy like that. I want an autograph.”

“Ok, I'll give you one, on one condition. You see this cat-lion creature? He is my companion and I want you to be nice to him ok?”

“I'll b nice to him I promise.”

“Good, now don't tell anyone I told you that.”

* * *

The next morning at breakfast, Prince is being extremely nice to Prometheus.

“Don't worry, I won't tell anyone our secret,” he says to him.