Oz Bezarius carefully scanned the broad selection of the pet store. Would a pet really make satisfy Alice? Her birthday was in a couple of days, and Break suggested getting her a pet of her own to take care of. "Maybe that will teach her to be a little more responsible," He had said. But now, Oz was having some serious doubts. A terrible vision passed through his head of Alice feeding a puppy five pounds of meatloaf or chaining it to a bike-rack. If anything, he felt bad for the animal that would be unlucky enough to become slave driving, meat-loving Alice's pet, but Break had insisted. Oz wandered around the pet store, and he heard several loud barks. The shopkeeper yelled and cursed as a huge German shepherd began terrorizing a couple of kindergarteners. It was black and reddish-brown and almost Oz's height. It was perfect! That dog acted so much like Alice that he was sure that they'd get along. He hurried up to the shopkeeper. "Excuse me, how much for this dog?" He stopped yelling at the dog and looked at Oz. "You want to buy him?" He nodded. "Are you sure? He's always causing trouble, you know. If you want to take him, that's fine with me, but-" "Good to know! How much is he?" He gave Oz an odd look, but him the price. Oz paid the shopkeeper and looked at the German shepherd. "Let's go meet you owner, big guy."
"He's… quite big, isn't he?" Break said as he watched the German shepherd run around the mansion, panting. Oz could tell that he was already thinking about all the fur that he would have to clean up. He couldn't say anything, though, because he was the one who had suggested it in the first place. "I know, but can't you just tell that he and Alice will get along?" Oz said. Break backed away as the huge dog started growling at him. "Well, they… do seem to have the same kind of atmosphere." He pounced on him and attempted to take his lollipop. A few seconds later, the dog was cowering behind the couch, with two huge lumps on his forehead. "Don't hurt Alice's birthday present, Break." Oz complained. "Where is Alice, anyway?" He thought. "Well, I think she was be sleeping upstairs, but I'd be amazed if she actually slept through that just now." Sure enough, the noise woke her up, and she wasn't very happy. "Be quiet, you stupid clown! I'm trying to take a nap here!" She screamed from the upstairs balcony. Break glanced at the furry lump peeking from underneath the table. Oz smiled imagining her reaction. "Alice, I've bought you a birthday present a little early. Want to come and see?" That got her attention. In no time, she was down in the living room where Oz and break were.
"Oh, servant, you shouldn't have!" Oz giggled. Yeah, right! If he had forgotten, she would have killed him for it. "So, where is the present?" The dog barked, and came out from under the table as if to say, "I'm right here!" Alice's eyes widened. The dog and Alice stared at each other for a couple of seconds. "It's…" Her face broke out into a huge grin, her eyes shining. "It's… It's… so CUTE!" She ran to the dog and hugged… well, more like almost strangled the poor thing to death. The whole time, she was screaming, "OH MY GOD! WHAT IS THIS THING? IT'S SO CUTE! CAN I KEEP IT? PLEASE?" So Alice did have a girly side, Oz thought. Well, he was glad she liked the present.
The next day, Oz woke up to a lot of noise. He went down to the kitchen, and saw that the maids were shaking with anger, trying to clean up a mess. It was pretty much the same for almost every other room in the house. Sharon was repeatedly whacking Break in the face with her paper fan of death. "YOU IDIOT! YOU LET THEM DO WHAT? GIVING ALICE A DOG, ARE YOU INSANE?" Then Sharon whirled around and glared at Oz. "YOU!" Whoa, not good. She kicked him in the face, then started whacking him with her paper fan as well. "A DOG? YOU BOUGHT HER A GIANT GERMAN SHEPHARD, BAKA! THIS MESS WILL TAKE HOURS TO CLEAN UP! YOU'RE RESPOSIBLE FOR THIS, OZ BEZARIUS!" With the last word, she punched Oz in the gut so hard that he went falling down the staircase. Déjà vu, He thought. Oz fell all the way to the first floor, and ended up at Alice's feet. His head was spinning. Sharon wasn't done, though. She came running down the stairs, paper fan ready. She ran right past Oz and raised the fan to attack the German shepherd. Alice got in the way. "Hey, just what do you think you're doing?" Alice screamed. Then her tone softened, and she gave Sharon her best puppy-dog impression. "Sharon Onee-sama, please forgive him… Little Akio was just playing around. Weren't you, Aki?" She cooed as she stroked the dog's head. She even named it, thought Oz. It's going to be near impossible to get rid of it now… The fire in Sharon's eyes settled down as she realized it as well. She put away the fan. "Fine… you can keep the dog for now, Miss Alice, but let me be clear; you are the one responsible for any trouble this dog causes." Alice gave her a confident grin. "Don't worry, Onee-sama. Akio isn't all bad." She kneeled, and the dog gave her a huge, wet lick on the face. Alice giggled. "He just needs a little… training, that's all."