Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Heart of the Totetsu ❯ Meeting T-chan and D ( Chapter 3 )

Authors note: Nope, still don't own Pet Shop of Horrors! This is my third chapter. Its longer and hopefully more interesting than the first two, hope you enjoy^_^

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Turning around Kiarina came face to face with a young man who looked to be about her age who looked just as strangely dressed as the other people she saw in the shop. Taking him in a quick glance she saw he was bare foot and wore a pair of long fabric pants that were a dark rusty iron in color. He wore a simple light orange open tunic with no shirt under it. His hair was long and slightly wild, and was the color of red and pink streaks. The thing she found the most interesting about his appearance was the two golden-yellow sheep like horns coming from his head. And his eyes… he must be wearing contacts, she thought to herself, for his eyes were like golden cat eyes.

He leaned over slightly to bring his eyes level to hers, his face now only a few inches away, a mischievous grin on his face "Don't worry too much though I'm sure you'll taste just fine in my stew."

Stew? She thought to herself, what the heck is this guy talking about? She wondered to herself. Not too sure if she liked his idea of her being turned into a stew or not or to take him seriously for that matter, she decided to mirror him, something she usually did when she wasn't sure what to do in a conversation she didn't like. She gave the same mischievous grin as she leaned one inch closer to him "well now I'm sorry Mr. Lector but I'm afraid I'm not that tasty with carrots and potatoes, I might be alright with parsnip and some Italian salad dressing but that's about it I think." He looked at her blankly, taken by surprise he just stood there looking at her kinda dumbfounded. She gave a small smile before she turned and walked away from him to look at the rest of the shop to see if she could find where the animals might be.

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T-chan just stood there for a moment watching her walk away. Ok she can obviously see me, he thought, but what the hell was she talking about parsnip and salad dressing for?? How would she know what she tasted like? He wondered to himself as he walked off to a different part of the shop where she wasn't muttering inaudibly to himself.

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Seeing the girl walk in D smiled and walked over to her "welcome young lady to my pet shop, my name is Count D. Is there any animal in particular that you are looking for?" he asked kindly as Q-chan fluttered over to rest on D's shoulder. Kiarina smiled at D "actually I saw my uncle Leon come in here just a moment ago, and I wanted to come in and take a look at the animals you have here rather than wait in the car." D blinked looking curious for a moment then smiled in recollection

"Ah yes you must be Kiarina, Leon told me about you when he stopped by earlier." Kiarina hid a blank look, Leon hadn't mentioned this man before, but then again he probably hadn't filled her in on everything that had happened since she spoke, maybe he just hadn't gotten to telling her about D yet. As D waved his hand around motioning to all the other people there he asked "So what do you think? I have a wide variety of different animals here…" Kiarina looked around to where the Count was motioning to see if she could spot the animals he was talking about

"Ummm… I'm sorry but all I see are people dressed as animals… are you animals behind them or…." She said trailing off at the end as she looked around. She can see them? The count looked at her surprised.

"They're all interesting costumes though, lots of detail." She said as she looked them over with marvel. The count was about to say something more but was cut short by Leon coming back from using the phone.

"Hey thanks for letting me use your phone count, I'm surprised you even had one among all these antiques." He said walking over to the count grinning at his comment. Noticing Kiarina there the smile quickly fell from his face. "Kiarina… what are you doing in here?" he asked seemingly slightly worried. D frowned slightly, it seemed that Leon hadn't intended on letting Kiarina know anything about him or his shop. That stung D a bit, but he said nothing.

"Well I wanted to see what kind of animals where in the shop, you know how much I love animals…" Leon nodded but still looked slightly worried which confused Kiarina. Why is he worried? Is there something wrong about this shop?

"Anyway let's go wait for the mechanic outside, they said they were sending someone right away…"

"Umm… ok." Kiarina said a bit disappointed. She smiled and waved to D "It was nice meeting you." She said cheerfully.

"It was nice to meet you too Kiarina, perhaps you will stop by again and stay for tea?" he asked placing his hands in his sleeves he gave a small polite bow.

"Oh that would be great …"

"Yes ok let's go now." Leon said sounding slightly irritated. He took Kiarina's wrist to make sure she followed instead of lingering behind. D frowned at Leon's actions. He opened his mouth as if to say something but then closed it deciding against it knowing it wouldn't do any good for the moment. As Kiarina gave D one last wave good bye she looked around the shop again to see if she could spot any animals before she left. All she noticed was a pair of golden cat eyes watching her leave. Knowing it was the boy who talked to her when she first entered she grinned and gave a small mock bow before turning to follow her uncle out the door.

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T-chan left his hiding spot to walk over to D growling. "Something on your mind T-chan?" D asked as he offered him a tray of chocolate truffles. T-chan shook his head at the offered treats.

"That human girl was strange." he said with a slight growl still in his throat.

"Why do you say that?" D asked curiously, popping one of the truffles into his mouth.

"When she came in I said she'd taste good in a stew." He gave a slight grin while D frowned.

"Now T-chan that wasn't very nice…"

"And she said that she didn't think she'd taste good in a stew but with parsnip and Italian salad dressing!" D stared at him for a moment then burst out laughing. "What's so funny?!" T-chan demanded as the count rested both hands across his stomach holding it as he continued laughing.

"Oh my dear T-chan," D managed between giggles. "It seems you've been outdone."

"What?!?" He asked sounding outraged. Outdone by a human?! And a female at that! T-chan stormed off bristling leaving D to laugh. Walking over to the couch he curled underneath it to try and sleep hoping to shut out the counts laughter at him. Who's Mr. Lector? He thought to himself before he fell asleep, that's what she called me… I wonder why…? Not being able to think of an answer he simply fell asleep deciding that he'd simply ask D in the morning.

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They arrived at her apartment at around ten at night. By now jet lag was hitting Kiarina hard; she barely managed her backpack and a suit case to the elevator. Entering her new apartment she simply dumped her stuff in the living room and motioned Leon to do the same with the suitcase he was carrying. Yawning widely she looked about her apartment with dead tired eyes.

"I suggest you get some sleep." Leon said smiling giving her a light push in the direction of the bedroom just incase she decided to just fall on the sofa rather than take the few extra steps to the bed. She nodded

"Yeah that sounds good. Thank you for coming to get me again Uncle Leon and for helping me up with my stuff…" she said tiredly as she hugged him.

"No prob." He said returning her hug, "Now get to sleep… you must be exhausted, you said you didn't get a chance to sleep on the flight, so go make up for it and sleep in tomorrow." Kiarina grinned.

"Alright Leon, I'll see you tomorrow or something." She said as she turned and walked towards the bedroom as Leon called goodnight to her before leaving closing and locking the door behind him. She pulled off her boots and threw herself onto the beg hugging one of the pillows close. She was too tired for pajamas. As she closed her eyes, she saw the face of the golden cat eyed man from the store. I wonder what his name is… she wondered, he seemed a bit odd but he did look kinda cute even with the horns. She gave a small grin as she fell asleep thinking about him and if he would be there the next time she visited the shop.

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Ok I think I've gone from too short to too long… I'm sorry! ::bows apologetically::: as for T-Chan's description I got it from a pic I found on the net. If this isn't how he looks please tell me, or if you want the link to the pic please tell me and I'll send it to you. Oh as for the stars that keep showing up * I use them when changing POV. But I'm not sure I'm doing it right… sorry I'm trying I'm sure I'll get it right eventually… until then please R&R!