Ookami- Don't know what to call this…an OC overload? (What? I need to make names for all the random pets…) Either way, read first before you judge it please.
Disclaimer- Do you people seriously think I own Petshop of Horrors? If I did my name would be Matsuri Akino instead of Mangetsu Ookami.
Note- This takes place during Shin Petshop of Horrors (the sequel to the original Petshop stories) and after chapter 5, it doesn't make any difference in the story other than the fact that Leon is gone and we have this new guy named Lau (or Rau) Wu Fei (but D-sama calls him Taizu)
-Chapter one-
In Japan there is the Shinjuku, Kabuki-Chou region.
In this place there is a new building called the 'Neo-Chinatown' that contains over 50 Chinese restaurants, stores that sell Chinese clothing, stores that sell items directly imported from China, theaters featuring classic Chinese operas, Chinese style massages…clothing, food and entertainment all in one building.
It was a place to get a taste of Chinatown all while being inside where there's air conditioning, like a mall but the inside was made to look like an alley in Shanghai.
Here, in a corner of the 13th floor there is a shop with the sign outside with Kanji reading 'Flavored Things' although the actual meaning was 'Petshop'
It was into this establishment that a certain young heir to the manager and boss of the Neo-Chinatown stormed into once more (as if it were a daily routine) to complain to the owner.
"Count D today I'll finally have your shop closed down!"
(Gee…doesn't he remind you of someone?)
Count D looked up from his teacup. A slightly annoyed look crossed his face.
"Again Taizu?"
The Asian man sat on one of the Count's many sofas and glared at him while picking up a nearby teacup.
"You're selling prostitutes and slave-trading in here and I'll get some proof someday and have you kicked out of my Neo-Chinatown!"
Count D merely raised an eyebrow before continuing to stir his tea to cool it. The door opening and a young girl stepping through broke the awkward silence. She was around 12 years of age and had straight black hair pulled back into a neat little bun at the top of her head.
"Um…"
Count D stood up and bowed. "Hello, welcome to Count D's pet shop, here you will find anything from dogs and cats to animals that just scrape past the Washington Treaty."
Taizu snorted into his teacup. Scraped indeed.
"Um…you…do you have any kitsune?"
Count D blinked as Taizu nearly spat out his tea and Ten-chan peeked out from the back room. The look on the nine-tail's face was that of surprise and curiosity.
"Well…yes we do have many different foxes miss."
The girl shook her head.
"I want a kitsune! Just like the one Kantaro has in Tactics!"
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"Or maybe like Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho!"
Count D felt a headache forming as Taizu laughed quietly in his little corner. Ten-chan had also begun cracking up. The fox was enjoying this. It wasn't often you'd see the Count worked up these days.
"Well…perhaps you'd like to look in our back rooms to see if you find something to your liking?"
The girl nodded enthusiastically as Taizu got up and placed his cup down.
"I'm coming too."
Count D waved a hand dismissively at the manager. "Do what you wish."
As the group of three went to the backroom the pets were running around and spreading messages amongst themselves.
'It's the Count! He's here with customers!'
A door seemed to jump out at them among the many stairs and hallways. It was red and gold with designs of multi-tailed beings running in a place filled with clouds. It was this door that D pushed open and ushered the girl and the man in.
The first thing that met their eyes was…
"Yo Count! A customer wanting a hot little thing like us?"
Ten-chan was dressed as punkish as ever with his black shirt with the bottom torn and belts criss-crossing everywhere across his slim body. His white hair was once more done up in a long braid that trailed almost to the ground even with him sitting in one of D's many sofas.
Somehow, even with that unusual position with his head tilted mischievously he managed to look sexy. In other places across the area were the other occupants of this particular room. A feminine looking boy with long white hair that turned black at the tops was rolling his eyes at the 9-tail's undignified statement.
The feminine looking boy went up to the group and bowed.
"Hello there. Please forgive Ten-san other there, he's always like this, I'm Taro pleased to meet you. We've heard that this little lady here wished for a kitsune?"
Taizu broke out of his shock and began pointing at the people in the room. Aside from Taro and Ten-chan there were many others as well but they seemed to be ignoring them for the most part.
"T-t-t-this is the proof I need! You're selling people!"
D resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "My dear Taizu, these are animals, they're kitsune, just as my customer wanted."
Taro was taking the girl's hand and leading her around to meet the other foxes and Taizu spotted a bushy white tail peeking through from under the boy's odd clothes. He backed up and hit the wall before sliding down.
"Th-there's a tail…"
Count D sighed almost sadly.
"Why yes, for some reason Ten-chan's the only kitsune here who's capable of hiding his tail efficiently…"
"That's not the point! You mean to tell me that these are real kitsune?"
"Well I do need to satisfy my customers…"
The girl, who'd introduced herself to the pets as Mina, was now trying to get a small kit to talk to her. The kit was young, resembling a human 5 year old and trembling as he tried to make himself as small as he possibly could.
"Hey…don't be afraid…please?"
Taro watched the two before crouching down and picking the shivering kit up.
"Now, now Rinku please don't be so afraid of Mina-san here, she seems very nice."
The kit (who we now know was named Rinku) opened his turquoise colored eyes and looked hesitantly at Mina who was patiently waiting for him to open up to her.
Rinku was tiny, standing at full height he was no more than three feet tall and made smaller by his habit of shrinking into himself. His hair was mostly white except for the two lines of black on his bangs. His fox ears seemed to be in an eternal droop.
That was the thing about Rinku, where Ten-chan and Taro had humanish but pointed ears, Rinku really had his fox ears. His tail was also different from a normal kitsune's. his tail was long and skinny like a lion's.
Mina waited and finally Rinku allowed her to hold him. she was smiling as she nuzzled him. "You're so cute…"
"Oh, Rin-chan there is very shy, the fact that he's letting you hold him says much for you. You must be a very kind person." D said as he walked over to the now bonding duo (or should that be trio since Taro's still there?)
Mina smiled. Then she looked a little sad.
"Why's Rinku so shy?"
"Oh…a hunter out for fur and thrill shot and killed his mother I'm afraid…"
"Oh you poor thing…don't worry, I'll take good care of you…"
"Oh…would your parents mind?"
"I don't have a mother either, she was shot too…and then my daddy left me so I live with my big brother and he says that any pet is fine as long as I take good care of it!"
D smiled, as did Taro who also sensed the sincerity in the girl's words.
"Well then, I'll just need you to sign this contract…it has three clauses that I'll need you to read over carefully and please remember that in the case any of these agreements are broken this shop will not be held responsible for what happens."
Taizu was currently in a staring contest with a blonde female kitsune who had on a pair of goggles on her head and was looking as if she wanted to rip his head off for something insulting he'd said.
D saved him by dragging him off as the girl finished signing the contract and paying for her new pet. As the girl left the shop hugging a bundle that contained what looked to everyone like a baby fox, D smiled fondly.
As soon as the door closed Taizu began pointing like a maniac and shouting out words that seemed to be made of syllables more than anything as he continued his symptoms of shock.
In fact, D was almost ready to strangle the man when the door opened again. He immediately smiled sweetly and bowed to the customer.
"Welcome to Count D's pet shop. Here we sell anything from the regular everyday pets to creatures that just barley make it past the Washington Treaty."
Taizu simply moaned and stated that he needed to lie down.
-End Chapter-
Ookami- THERE WILL BE A PLOTLINE COMING UP! KINDLY WAIT FOR IT I BEG OF YOU!