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A new sense of smell
When Mai next opened her eyes, she shot up in relief.
"Oh it was just a dream," she said to herself as she grabbed her head, standing up she felt a bit weird. She gasped as she noticed her surroundings.
"How'd I get out here?" she asked herself, she was sitting outside of the mansion they had been asked to investigate. She didn't remember going outside, she stepped forward.
"Ow!" she cried, looking down to see what she stepped on she gasped, she was lying in rubble, and judging from the patterns she could see on the rubble, it was the alter from before.
"It wasn't a dream? But how?" she asked as she continued to look at the destroyed alter, how did she survive and how did she get out here. She shrugged and decided not to question why fate had saved her. She brought her hand up and began licking the point where it hurt. Her eyes snapped open as an almighty screech came out of her.
"A paw!?" she cried looking at her hand erm... Paw. She began frantically looking herself over, her body was covered in fur as white as snow. Feeling her head she felt her ears on top of her head rather than on the side of her head.
"AHHHHHHHH I'M A DOG!!!!" she screeched before she started running around in circles. She stopped as she noticed something, "I Have a Tail!" she fell flat on her stomach using her front paws to cover her eyes as she cried. Once her crying had subsided Mai picked herself up, determined to reverse whatever spell she was put under, but for that she was going to need help.
Mai ran back towards the mansion, she wiggled her nose as many different smells assaulted it. "Yes the doors open!" she thought to herself as she entered the mansion. "Boy everything sure looks big," she snuck into the mansion trying to avoid detection, she wasn't sure if the owners would appreciate a stray dog walking into their home.
She wasn't sure what she was going to do, after all she couldn't just show up and say hi I'm a dog. That would be ridiculous. She stopped as a strong scent of tea filled her nose, she sniffed again, "Green tea, Naru!" he was close by, she could smell him the only problem was that she could smell someone else as well, though the scent seemed similar to her own new scent.
She started running down the halls, she had to see Naru. She turned round the corner. "Yes there he is," she thought to herself, and sure enough there he was.
"Where is she? She should have been back ages ago," Naru said in annoyance, Mai froze.
"He's worried about me, I have to tell him!" she thought to herself before she came bounding up to Naru.
Naru stopped as he heard someone come up behind him. He put a glare on his face, expecting whoever it was to be Mai. He was surprised when he saw that it was in fact a white wolf.
Mai froze as she saw the glare Naru wore, "He must really have wanted that tea," she thought before shaking her head and bouncing over to the boy. "Wow so tall, I can't wait to see Lin-san hehehe" she thought still getting used to being small.
Naru looked at the creature with little interest, being a scientist he wasn't stupid enough to pet the wolf cub, though briefly he thought that couldn't be said for the others. "Mai especially," he waited for the wolf to leave but was surprised as the young wolf came close and began pawing at his trousers.
"Naru help me! I went into this room..." explained Mai though all Naru could hear were the barks, whines and yips of a wolf cub. His brow furrowed wolves, young or not should not act so.....Tame around humans. "And then I woke up with fur and paws!" cried Mai finishing her whine. Naru bent down and cautiously put his hand on the wolf's head. "Naru what are you doing?" she asked.
"Where did you come from? Are you the wolf we're meant to beware?" he asked her looking into her brown eyes.
"What? Naru! It's me Mai! Wait wolf?" it was then that it dawned on her, "He can't understand what I'm saying," she thought before letting out a whine that sounded to Naru like this, 'why me? Why is it always me?'
"Naru get away from the wolf!" a voice shouted down the hall startling Mai. It was Lin and he was not looking happy. Mai whined before cowering behind one of Naru's legs. At this Lin raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think this wolf is harmful Lin," Naru said looking at his assistant.
"Even so Naru it is a wolf," Lin commented as Naru bent down to pick up the cub. He lifted her leg, earning a shriek of embarrassment from Mai.
"She is of no danger to us," he said as he walked over to Lin with the wolf cub in his arms.
Mai was certain that the others would be able to see her blush, even with the amount of fur on her, the man she loved had just lifted her leg up to check whether she was male or female, he had practically now seen her naked, she pulled her ears down at the thought and whined in embarrassment, earning odd looks from both Naru and Lin.
Naru carried the small white cub back into the base room only to be pounced upon by Ayako.
"Aw look at the cute little puppy," she cried fawning of the wolf cub hugging it to her bosom. Even Masako smiled at the sight of the small creature.
"That's strange, what's a white wolf doing here?" Bou-san asked taking a closer look at the small wolf.
"A wolf?" Ayako asked loosening her grip a bit to take a better look for herself.
"That's right Matsuzaki-san. That little cub you are fawning over is a blood thirsty animal," Yasuhara said evilly trying to scare the older woman.
"This little thing? But it's so cute!" Ayako yelled pulling Mai back into killer hug, Mai whined as a sweat drop appeared on her head.
"Could this be the wolf the messages were warning us about?" John asked petting the cubs head. Mai barked at being considered a danger to her friends until she remember the real wolf that attacked her before. Jumping out of Ayako's grasp she began barking at the group.
"Guy there's a wolf on the loose a real wolf! He's the one you're meant to beware!" she barked trying to get them to understand. The group watched her bark, hearts forming in Ayako and Masako's eyes as the pair seemed to fall in love with the pretty dog.
"We're not sure but it would be for the best if we kept our eye in her," Naru said answering John's question. Mai felt tears sting at her eyes, none of them could understand her, was she going to be stuck as a dog for the rest of her life. She fell to the floor with a plop, once again covering her ears with her paws as she began to cry. She yelped in surprise when Naru of all people picked her up. It seems the boy had a soft spot for animals. He took a seat on the couch between Masako and Lin bringing the cub over with him.
"We should give her a name," Ayako suggested with excitement.
"Yeah, how about Killer?" Bou-san suggested only to be whacked round the head with Ayako's purse. "Geez it was just a joke," he said nursing the bump Ayako had given him, mumbling a not really under his breath.
"What about Yuki?" John said from his spot.
"Yuki hm? No I want a more original name," Ayako said, her hand holding her chin.
"Ayako you cannot keep her," Bou-san joked only to earn himself another lump on the head courtesy of Ayako and her big red purse. Mai couldn't help but laugh at the couple from her seat on Naru's lap, snuggling into the handsome boy.
The door to the base opened allowing Harold the butler and most loyal of the workers in the mansion to enter the room, a grim look on his face.
"Mister Shibuya, I'm afraid we found an item we believed belonged to your young female friend," he said indicating to the phone he held in his hand. This caused everyone in the room to pale; in the butler's hands was Mai's pink phone that they had gotten her for her Christmas. Naru jumped out of his seat, knocking Mai to the floor.
"Where did you find that?" he asked coldly. The butler paid no attention to Naru's tone and instead turned to leave the room, expecting the group to follow, they did.