Hey, guys, I haven't forgot about the story it's just that a lot of things has been coming up, so if there is a big gap between chapters I'll make sure to try and make the chapters as long as possible.

~Exo-Pen

Chapter 2: New Day

Katsuro woke up to Riley tugging on his arm. It was barely past midnight.

"Hmm...?" Katsuro groaned, "What is it, boy?" Katsuro's eyes quickly widened as he saw three strange shadows on the hallway wall quickly start to approach his location. Katsuro quickly slid into a hole in the wall.

"Riley, hide!", he whispered. Riley instinctively ran underneath a recliner which was directly up against a corner.

"Come out, child.", a feminine voice called out.

Shit, he thought, they found me. Katsuro's eyes dartedaround the room to look for an exit. Too late, the three mysterious figures had already entered the apartment.

"You might as well come on out, kid." a gruff, masculine voice spoke,

"If you come out now, we won't make your death as painful."

"Oh, come now, there would be no fun if we didn't make him suffer." another male voice spoke, sounding as if he were a snake that had gained the ability to speak.

"Oh, you're going to make us search for you...?" the woman spoke. There was no response. "Ah, such a shame, then.", she spoke, and with that she lifted her arm and formed a spear of pure light and flung it at the wall Katsuro was hiding in. Luckily, it missed his face by a couple of inches,

Whew, he thought, that was a little too close for comfort. He noticed something, the spear began to glow brighter and brighter.

Ah, no, he thought and braced for the explosion. There was a loud explosive blast that made the floor rumble and made the floor beneath Katsuro give way. During the explosion Katsuro was thrown against the wall.

"...Ah... Damn, that hurts..." he groaned, Katsuro stood up shakily and looked up to realize that the floor below him had collapsed and he'd fell down a floor. "Matsuhida.", the musclar man called to Katsuro,

"If you want your mutt back, you know where to find us." A bright, shining light then enveloped the trio as they teleported away, Riley along with them.

"Wha...? Riley!? No!" Katsuro exclaimed, What do I do?! I can't take them all on...

Later that night Katsuro had gathered some things that he'd needed to save his beloved pet, his best friend, his family...

"We'll be back soon, Katsuro!" said his mother.

"'K, Bye, Mom..." Replied a saddened, eight year old Katsuro.

"Aw... Don't be like that, Katsuro."

"Well, how come you have to leave all the time?"

"Well, honey, your father and I have to... Have some... Important business to attend to. But we'll make some time for you in the future, okay?"

"Ok..." he sighed.

His mother's face grew concerned as she saw the sad expression on his face as she and his father walked out the door.

...

"We're back!" Katsuro's mother said as she burst in through the door.

"Yay!" Katsuro yelled as he ran to hug his mother only to be stopped by a box in his way,

"Mom, what's with the box?" he asked.

"Well...", she giggled,

"The box is for you, son." His father answered.

"Wha, for me...?"

"Mh-hmm!" his mother smiled as she handed the medium size box to Katsuro. Katsuro grabbed the box and nearly fell over from the weight shifting around in the box.

"Whoa! What's in this box?!"

He gingerly placed the box on the floor, careful not to break anything that might happen to be inside. He carefully lifted the lid as a small brown and black head, with big ears came out to greet him.

Katsuro gasped,

"A dog?! You got me a dog?!"

"A German Shepard to be exact, son." His dad smiled.

"How old is she?!" Katsuro asked quickly.

"HE is two months old." His mother chuckled.

"And look, sweety!" His mother said, pointing, indicating to the collar on the puppy's neck. There was a circular, metallic locket beside a blank name tag. Katsuro opened it, inside were two pictures, on the left was a picture of his mother showing off a bright smile, on the right was a picture of his dad flashing a devilish smirk. On the back of the locket, it read, "Though we may not always be there, we will always treasure our time with you and when we are away we will always think of you, we love you. - Mom and Dad"

Katsuro stood up to hug his parents,

"Thank you Mom and Dad! I love this present!"

"Now, when we're gone you will have him to keep you company." Said his mother.

"So, what're you gonna call him?" His father questioned.

"Hmm...

...

... Riley!"

So, what do you guys think? Reviews are always greatly appreciated, and if there is something wrong, (grammar, punctuation) instead of writing hate comments/reviews/mail, help me get better!

~Exo-Pen

(Edit: This one also got updated and got rid of all those atrocious commas directly after the quotation marks.)