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Part 138

A smile crept across the other boys face once more.
"I would be more worried about Bear..."

"He's going to get a welcome like no other, the key to a good introduction is to remain calm. Showing fear or nervousness will mean a bad introduction. Interference is necessary only when it gets too violent." B grinned mischievously and gently and playfully nibbled at his ear lobe.

"Do you think they will fight?" Without realizing it the panda was leaning into his friends playful nipping, encouraging him all the more.

B stopped his attentions momentarily to reply.
"Talmut will assert his Alpha status, that's a given." He licked at the lobe before playfully nipping at it more.

"But I can't see Bear ever being submissive..." The dark eyed raven just couldn't picture his pet's behavior at the sight of a whole new pack of dogs...

"He's not even Alpha in our little trio. He's not going to have a reason to fight back. He'd have no choice but to obey." Feeling playful, he wrestled the older down and continued to gently nibble and nip at his elder's ear, tugging it gently.

L let out a little yelp when pushed to the ground, but quickly started laughing lightly and trying to wrestle the now much stronger Beyond to the ground. He wasn't sure when, but somewhere along the lines the ruby eyed boy had grown far stronger than he was when until this point he was both stronger and faster.

The younger raven knew all his friend's moves and techniques, but for the sake of play, he feigned weakness before quickly reversing their positions again, pinning the older and grinning widely, once again attacking his ear gently.

The struggle was for once very one sided and 'Lawli' couldn't help but wonder how it had gotten to this point.
"Beyond..." the elder huffed out, panting lightly now.
"When d-did t-this happen?"

"Hrm?" He let go of his friend's ear and tilted his head in that very un-human way and nibbled on an index finger.
"What do you mean Lawli?"

"When was it you became stronger then me?" It was almost a whisper. This new discovery wasn't upsetting to L in the least, in fact he liked that his friend had become strong after being so feeble and ill his entire life. This was something he just never imagined would happen.

"I... don't really know to be honest... I guess that I've been eating a lot more and exercising... That improves muscle mass somewhat." It was also rather true that between his illnesses and now, he'd gained weight, but the difference was subtle enough to the untrained eye to not be noticed.

L raised his unpinned hand to his lip thoughtfully. Was this a good thing or a bad thing? Perhaps it was neither...

The younger grinned and rolled them over, letting his friend be on top for a while. He leaned up and again attacked the lobe softly.

The dark eyed raven gave a soft moan just as Watari walked in with A and a very wary Bear in toe.

B let go and looked towards the source of the sound. Little tingles went down his spine at the soft moan, but knowing that continuing would be unwise. Instead, he gave a soft kiss to the cheek before edging the older off him.
"They finally arrive," he breathed.

A quick look up at A caused the dark eyed raven to sigh loudly. The blonde girl was wearing one of Beyond's tops and a pair of his own jeans, neither of which fit her at all. The little shaking mouse was still sitting on her shoulder and all in all the girl before them had not changed a bit.

Red eyes looked their sister up and down before he too let out a sigh of disapproval.
"A, I missed you and you know I love you, but why are you still wearing our clothes?" He rolled over and went into a squat, eying her curiously.

"Yes hello to you to." A huffed, putting her hands on her hips.
"It just so happens that your clothes are more comfortable then the stuff they buy for the girls at Wammy's and seeing as how I saved both of your asses and gave you a dog, borrowing your clothes is the very least you could do for me!"

"You can order your own clothes from the local stores now that you have the funds, you know? You will not be restricted by what the orphanage supplies." He stood up then to give their sister a hug anyways.
"All that aside, It's good too see you again, A." He smiled and ruffled her hair playfully.

As L got up to hug his sister as well he gave them both a warm smile.
"I brought all your pets with me. Watari is just getting the others from the car." She chirped before her expression saddened.
"How could you leave me in that hell hole alone though? It's totally unfair!"

"Watari decided to take us in properly. We're legally his kids. He made the decision while we were over there. We figured you were too busy and that you couldn't make it with us. We'll still be going down there for the classes we need."

"It's still not fair... I'll miss you both!"
"We'll miss you to A, but you can come and visit us on the weekends when you have time."

"You know you're always welcome here. You're our sister regardless, alright? Let's not make this any more awkward though. Come in and visit us. I have some sketches I want to give you A during our time in Japan."

The blonde's grin widened then and she hopped over the little childproof gate and into the lounge room, seeing the puppies at last.
"Oh look! They're so cute!"

"They have no names, yet, but I've been mentally naming them 'Koji', 'Rue' and 'Angel'. Watari has been breeding them for a long time." He then remembered Bear and walked to their canine companion and placed a hand over his head for a few seconds before scratching his ears.
"It's good too see you again, buddy!"

Bear wagged his tail and barked once happily, trying to get through the childproof gate to see the dark eyed raven and the little puppies.
"Hello again Bear," L greeted, causing all the more excitement.

B looked as the puppies all scrambled to the gate, letting out excited yips and barks. It was safe to say that it was not very quiet for some time.
"I have to ask, but how did you get Bear in here? I assume that Talmut and the others were locked in the kennels?"

"Who and who?" The young blonde tilted her head to the side and brought a thumb to her lip in a gesture similar to L's own.

Hearing this confirmed it as much to B. Watari speaking solidified this fact.
"Well yes. I received a memo that Talmut and the others were in fact sent to the local academy for training or training assistance. As of now, no dogs are guarding the property. Hopefully that will be resolved soon enough."

"Don't you feel a little... uneasy without them? They are what keeps trespassers at bay after all..." The dark eyed boy had grown so used to seeing the guard dogs there that this place just didn't seem the same without them.
"Hey! What are you talking about? What has this got to do with Bear?"

"I confess, it's not as comfortable without them, as I prefer to at least have Talmut and Lune on hand." B listened to A's questions and spoke up then.
"Watari's guard dogs are going to want to see the newcomer. If we don't do a proper introduction, there could be trouble. I want to avoid that. Watari has a pack of about 9 guard dogs, all German Shepards. Talmut is the Alpha male of Watari's pack."