Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Enigma ❯ Turn around ( Chapter 1 )

Hello folks…Just a warning, this has absolutely nothing to do with Tea Time, With Sugar on Top or Cherry Bomb. As a matter of fact it does follow the ending of the series. I will finish the Tea Time arc and all it incarnations, but I thought I would try my hand at this. Let me know what you think.

Prologue: Enigma

Turn Around

Sofu D looked at his grandson and felt the bitter pang of regret. He had forced the child to leave, after he knew him to be in love with the mortal. They had never admitted it, but it was there as plain as the moon for all to see. With each breath Count D tried not to think of the time that was passing rapidly on earth. Sofu sighed, could he really condemn his beloved grandson to an eternity of regret? He had never allowed himself to show much affection for his grandson, in this form anyway. Sofu almost smiled as an idea struck him.

Count D stood at the bow of the grand ship and watched the earth move further away. In the distance he imagined he could see Leon getting on his life, forgetting about him. As he must, D thought firmly. Why should he care? Mortals were noting but a brief passing in a Kami's great life over the passage of time. Count D felt a soft flutter above his ear; he turned as he always did to greet Q-Chan. His smile faded, "Grandfather," D sighed and turned his gaze back to the earth. A baby's cry startled him from his reverie and he went to cuddle the small baby, now his responsibility.

There was nothing for it. Sofu sighed and went to the helm of the ship. Count D barely felt the subtle shifting of the ship as his Grandfather headed back to earth. Count D was so engrossed in feeding the little purple eyed treasure that he was quite startled to look up and see the Earth looming in front of them. They were going back…but. "Grandfather?" Count D stood and walked over to watch as Sofu landed where the pet shop used to be.

Sofu place his hand on Count D's shoulder. "This time, child, you have a chance to do as you wish. Follow your heart, even if it does chase the dreams of a mortal." Sofu allowed his grandson off the ship along with the animals that wished to accompany him. D took the baby as well, for he had grown, in such a short amount of time, to care for him deeply. In the blink of an eye, the pet shop was as if it had never been destroyed. D looked at the calendar on the wall, it was Christmas again. So many months had passed in such a short amount of time. Count D saw his grandfather off and went about setting the shop in order to re-open the next day.

Won't the dear detective be surprised? Count D thought as he settled down with a cup of tea. If he set up shop as usual it would not take too long before…BANG…

BANG…CRASH. Count D soothed Chibi D as the loud noises startled the poor child into a fit of wailing. He was cuddling the baby when his door broke in and there stood the very blond, very pissed Leon Orcot.

"What the HELL is going on? Every damn day for the past few months I have come here and there was nothing but a condemned building, but now I come by and here it is, Count D's Pet Shop, as if nothing has changed. No one remembers you being gone, but Howell is still dead…" Leon marched forward and prepared to grab Count D's Cheongsam. It was then that his eyes lighted on the small bundle that wailed in his arms.

"Tea Detective?" Count D asked calmly as Chibi D settled down once Leon had ceased to shout. "I suppose and explanation is in order." Count D placed Chibi D in his bassinet and sat demurely on his chair and watched Leon to see what he would do. Leon sat and glared at Count D; he accepted the tea and fell into the old routine as if it had never been disrupted. "Simply put, I have returned, Grandfather thought it was best." D smirked as he recalled his grandfather's parting words. Was it true, did Leon love him…Well, he thought, a Kami had nothing but time, and time would definitely reveal all.