1Chapter 2
Angels & Rabbits
Later on that day Ritso was finally walking around. He felt better now than he had yesterday. Recollecting what happened on the deck with Daisuke made his head ache, but the thought did not wish to leave him be. He felt humiliated by the fact that he had been rescued by those two. But he was grateful to be alive. He whistled as he walked down one of the corridors. The smell of herbal bath water littered the air. Suddenly he stopped, his nose twitched, he scented something unusual.
There, darting around, avoiding the feet of the hurrying patients, was a fury rabbit like creature. It had large, round, red eyes. Its teeth were unusually sharp for a rabbit, but were hidden by its fuzzy cuteness. Ritso could not take the temptation any longer. He dived at the creature, snatching it up from the ground. It squealed, a trying to free itself from his grip.
"Mmmm," Ritso smirked, "Maybe I'll eat you." The rabbit squirmed even more. "Nay," he smiled, "I'll just keep you as a pet." He walked on down the hall with his squirming little prize and headed for his quarters.
Satoshi wandered down through the passages, overseeing that all work was being done, correctly. He knew that he had to continue his route, but all he really wanted at that moment in time was a nice hot soak in one of the many baths. The baths, however, in business hours were for the customer's use.
He sighed in frustration, "Tonight I'm reserving one of those baths."
As he forced himself back onto his usual route when he spotted Ritso sneaking something with him, it was white and fluffy. Within seconds he remembered what the little thing was. It was a white rabbit-like creature owned by Daisuke. He began to follow Ritso but something stopped him in his tracks.
'Why do I care about that little pest? It is just a stupid little rodent, and for another thing, Daisuke doesn't even remember the little creature. So, why?' Satoshi thought to himself, 'But when he does remember, and it's dead...Damn it all! I'm going to hate myself for this later'
He trudged down the hall, following the wolf through the maze of halls until Ritso made a sharp turn to the left and disappeared behind one of the many doors. Satoshi paused for a moment wondering where he could have gone. Noticing one of the many servants coming his way, he waited patiently to spring his trap. The servant calmly walked up to him, smiled and began to continue on.
Like the snap of a mouse trap, Satoshi had the servant pinned against the wall. His eyes bore down into the spirit, warning not pull any fast ones.
"Wha...what did I do wrong? Master Sato?" The servant stuttered, sweat dribbling down his cheek.
Fangs seemed apparent to the spirit as Satoshi spoke,"I'm going to ask you once, and only once. Where is Ritso?" The servant glared deep into the hikari's eyes with suspicion. Raising himself off the wall, forcing Satoshi against the wall on the other side pinning him there in the same manner.
"What do you want with the Master Ritso?" It snarled.
Satoshi sneered, "I need to ask him something, and it's none of your business. Now could you please release me? I can't breath." The spirit backed off, leaving Satoshi to fall to his knees.
"Well why didn't you just say so," It smiled, "His room is the third one on the left." Satoshi nodded and wandered down to the room. The servant turned away disgusted.
"Something has to be done about that hikari. So help me die..."
Leaning up against the wall, he silently, slid the door open a crack. Peeking into the dark room he could see what lay inside. Ritso had placed the rabbit into a small cage while he lay there admiring his prize.