Pet Shop Of Horrors Fan Fiction ❯ Heart of the Totetsu ❯ An unfortunet encounter ( Chapter 5 )

Authors Note: Well thanks to finals in college and two jobs it took me a bit longer to get around to writing a chapter five. But finals are done and I've got a break! And time to write this next chapter. Ummm… don't own pet shop of horrors or its characters… I only own Kiarina, and a few other random people I might throw in. Oh and James, I own him too. But anyway… here is chapter five!

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About two weeks had passed since Kiarina had first arrived. She managed to rent a car without trouble and drove around frequently enjoying her free time, when she had it, enjoying her visit. One of the places she liked to visit often was D's pet shop. She felt strange just stopping by at first since she wasn't buying anything, but D and the others reassured her that she was welcome to simply stop by anytime. She had made some good friends with some of the strange people there, though she no longer thought of them as strange, that was simply how they dressed and she thought that was cool. D especially began enjoying Kiarina's visits when she started bringing round some of the sweets she had cooked at home for them to try. She told D that sweets were one of the few things she could cook, when it came to dinner it usually had to be something that just needed heating up or take out, but D told her not to worry and that being able to cook tasty sweets were more important. One Thursday afternoon Kiarina had decided to take a walk through a local park. She smiled as she walked down the foot path looking around while her mind was elsewhere.

"Hey Kiarina! Hey!" she heard a voice call out cheerfully from behind her. Hm? She thought to herself, hang on that's not… turning around she saw a boy about her age trotting up to her quickly while waving his arm frantically above him in an effort to get her attention. He was barely taller than her with brown hair in a bowl cut and brown eyes. He wore a pair of blue jeans, a black shirt and a dark blue jacket. All the clothes looked too big for his small wiry frame. She forced a small friendly smile as she waved back.

"Hi James, what are you doing here?" she said in a friendly voice. He stopped just a few feet in front of her and grinned at her.

"Oh just enjoying a nice day… oh you mean why am I not in Cali? Oh right…" Kiarina snorted in her mind, of course I meant Cali why would I mean here in the park, despite her thoughts she still managed to keep a friendly smile and nod.

"Ah yes well my Aikido tournament seems to be being held in the same city as your fencing, isn't that great?" he asked flashing her another grin. Oh that's just bloody fantastic, she thought to herself.

"Of course." She simply said. She believed just because she didn't like the guy didn't mean she had to be mean to him, however she did shift her feet to point away from him as if she simply wanted to keep walking because she had somewhere to get to.

"Lets walk and talk shall we?" he said as he started to walk in the direction he had seen her going in before. She gave a mental sigh before following as she thought of excuses to leave without making it possible for him to offer to come with.

"So tell me Kiarina, have a boy friend yet?" he asked as he turned his head to look at her.

"No I don't." she said simply eyes forward.

"Aw I would've thought that a sweet, cute little thing like you would have a great boy friend right now." He said in a sweet flirting voice. Oh gods, she thought, don't you dare start.

"How's your girlfriend doing?" she asked James trying to change the subject and remind him that he was already taken.

"Oh she's doing well I guess" he said sounding uninterested.

"But back to you how are you doing? Enjoying everything before the tournament gets underway?"

"Yep." She said giving a small nod, her mind still working on how to get away.

"Well I hate to leave you but I have to be off." She said turning to smile at him

"Aw really, why? I've got nothing to do for the rest of the day why don't I tag along? I'm sure a big strong guy like me can help with your plans in some way." He said smiling at her hopefully. She almost laughed out right. Big? Strong? He was barely taller than her! And he certainly didn't look strong or have any muscles on his thin arms. Plus she knew he wasn't kidding, he did think he was big and strong. While she had never seen him lift anything big or heavy or fight or anything… she was still sure she'd seen twigs that looked stronger than him. She had a hard time thinking of some one with a bigger ego than James.

"Oh no that's alright I've just got to go to" she paused for the briefest moment as she thought up something "Take my rental car back then I'm going to find out where the fencing tournament is going to be taking place so I can see what its like. Nothing special really." James made an `hmmm' sound as he seemed to contemplate this while trying to seem interested at the same time.

"That's a good idea about checking out the tournament place, I think I'll check out where mines going to be so I can tell you, then you can come watch and cheer me on!"

"Well then I must be off," she began to turn to walk away bet before she could take a step away from him he stepped in front of her

"Don't I get a hug first?" he asked. Before she could answer he wrapped his arms around her hugging her close before releasing her.

"Till I see you again." He said grinning as he turned and walked away.

"Bye."  She called back before turning to walk away at a quick pace trying to resist the urge to try and wipe his touch off of her. He was always the same each time she ran into him, so full of himself. When he had told her about his girl friend it had sounded like he was saying she should be lucky to have him and then he flirted with her. At first she thought he wasn't serious but after a while it had become obvious that he wasn't joking. She hadn't been paying much attention to where she was going so quickly, and when she did finally decide to look up to see where her feet had decided to take her she found that she had just reached the outskirts of Chinatown. She smiled gratefully; a visit to the Count was just what she needed. A talk with the people there and some of the Counts soothing tea's and she'd feel a lot better. She walked down the streets as if she had done so her whole life, finding the shortest rout while still looking at all the passing shops with interest. As she got to the shop she opened the door and looked around and called out loudly,
          &nb sp; "Hey Count D, hey everyone!" she smiled as her friends came and greeted her eagerly along with the other people who seemed to be out today. It was last week when she found out that there was a back part to the store that seemed to go on forever where even more people stayed. Some never left their rooms in the back while others came up to the front from time to time.

"Hello Kiarina, it's nice to see you on this fine day, would you like some tea?" D offered with a smile "I also have a nice mousse cake that was just made today."

"That would be great" she said in between greetings and asking how everyone was "actually I don't mean to sound picky but you wouldn't happen to have any calming tea?" she asked as she followed the Count while others also followed her still talking to her as she turned and kept talking to them after she had asked. D had found it interesting how Kiarina seemed to manage to talk to one person while hearing the reply of someone else she was talking to and then turn to talk to them like one big group conversation where Kiarina seemed to be in the middle receiving it all and somehow talk to almost anyone who was talking around her at once.

"Why yes I'm sure I do, I'll pour you a cup." D said as he looked over the labels on the tea packets before selecting one and placed it in a kettle of hot water. Pouring a cup he took it over to Kiarina, who was now seated on the couch, she took the cup gratefully.

"Thanks Count I really appreciate it." She took a long sip before lowering the cup from her lips to take a breath.

"My you were ether thirsty or," he paused for a moment as he sat down on the couch on the other side of the table picking up his own cup as he looked at her a small knowing smile on his lips. "Something happened for you to need some calming tea." The way he spoke it Kiarina felt like he knew it was the latter. Even though she'd come in smiling and happy, which she was now she was surrounded by friends and away from James. She gave a small shudder as she looked down at her tea frowning slightly.

"What's with the sour look?" T-Chan asked as he sat down on the other side of the couch that Kiarina was sitting on, his voice teasing as he grinned at her. She gave a small sigh accompanied by a shrug which surprised T-Chan a bit. Usually she'd grin at him, make some comment or smile or crack some joke back at him.

"Just had a bump in my good day I guess…" she said before taking a sip of her tea.

"A bump in your day?" D asked looking at her with mild curiosity before turning to pay attention to the cake he was about to cut.

"Now what is it that could've happened for you to go all sulky all of a sudden?" T-Chan asked still grinning at her purposefully looking to start a tumble. Sometimes when she visited she and T-Chan would get into a mock fight of sorts. She'd come in and T-Chan might tackle her trying to get revenge for whatever trick she used last time to try and end the last mock fight. Kiarina narrowed her eyes slightly.

"I ran into someone who I think has to be one of the most unlikable people I've ever met or known." She said her voice sounding strange as she remembered.

"Really? Who? What was there name? What happened?" some of the people around her started asking curious as cats wanting to know what kind of a person could've managed to have gotten Kiarina upset like this. She usually was always smiling and laughing even when they could sense she felt otherwise, for her to show something other than her usual cheerfulness was new. Even if she'd just had a tumble with T-Chan and walked away with some scratches and bruises she simply smiled and laughed. Kiarina told them about James, giving them a description of what he looked like and what had happened along with why she didn't like him. D nodded as he listened, passing out cake, tea, and treats at the same time. Casting a glance at T-Chan, D noticed T-Chan with a deep frown on his face; he even could have sworn he had heard the Tetsu growl softly when Kiarina said how James had hugged her.

"So he is a weed?" a woman with short orange hair, pointy ears and short sleeveless dress that went up around her neck asked. Kiarina chuckled.
          & nbsp; "No he just looks like one. He's really lanky; he's supposed to be taking this weight training course at college so he doesn't have to take the other required classes."

"So he's all brawn and no brain? And no real brawn…?" the woman asked slightly confused.

"Exactly, and top it all off with a ton of martial arts classes and an ego that will cause him to float away one of these days…"

"So he's all brawn… or he tries to be all brawn and no brain?" D asked as he took a large bite out of a particularly large slice of mousse cake.

"Yep, he got both short ends of the stick I suppose you could say…" This comment drew laughter from those listening around her. Turning to talk to T-Chan Kiarina noticed he had gotten up and left without her noticing. Slightly disappointed in his silent departure she continued to talk with everyone a bit longer enjoying their company and the mousse cake.

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          &nb sp; T-Chan watched as Kiarina left waving and calling goodbye to everyone. She walked past his hiding spot not seeing him there. A few moments after Kiarina left he noticed Count D checking his usual hiding spots for him. Curious as to why the Count was looking for him he got out of his hiding spot and walked over to D hands stuffed in his pockets. As he walked over D looked up and gave his usual smile.

"Ah there you are T-Chan, you just missed Kiarina leaving you know," he said in a casual voice. T-Chan gave a small nod frowning slightly not sure where D was going with this.

"Tell me T-Chan, what do you think of Kiarina?" he asked looking at T-Chan the corner of his smile tweaking into a small smirk. T-Chan didn't reply right away. After a moment he said;
            ; "Well she's not bad as far as humans go, and she's nothing like her uncle Leon which is good for her…"
           ;  "That's not quite what I meant T-Chan." D said softly cutting him off "I meant…what do you think of her?" he asked looking at him his eyes glinting with inquisitively. T-Chan growled glaring at D.
            "Don't even start thinking that way. I'm a Totetsu, and she's a human… a human Count! You know, one of the creatures on the top of my food list?" he said his voice a threatening snarl.

"Come now T-Chan, you know in my shop just because two people are of different species doesn't mean their dreams cannot be fulfilled…"
          ;   "Cut the crap Count, I'm not one of your bloody customers. What makes you think that human girl is my dream anyway… she's more one of the ingredients on one my recipes." Not wanting to hear any more of D's thoughts on the matter T-Chan walked off huffing. As he walked his mind ran back over the conversation. It was true what he had said, she was a human and he was a Totetsu, he'd eaten and served humans before and Count D knew it. Yet as he thought he felt a small twinge in his heart. Aw come on… he thought to himself, it's not like she's anything special. She's just someone to talk to, like a bunch of others in the shop. Just because I like to talk and spar with her, doesn't mean I like her. With that decided T-Chan walked outside onto the streets of china town deciding a prowl along the darkening back streets was a good idea.

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Authors Note: Yay! The end of chapter five! Again thanks for the reviews and I apologize for any occness, but then again the only way for there to be no occ would be if I was the writer of pet shop of horrors and I am still sadly not the author :( ah well :). I hope this chapter wasn't too long or short. I appreciate any reviews `cause they motivate me and help me put up more chapters! I also like to know how I'm going and if people are getting a good idea of the characters I create, well that's enough blah-blah-blah from me… till the next chapter!