Chapter 4

Night fell onto the city as Bathym walked through the currently empty park as he throw a small bag of coins into the air before it fell back into his right hand. He continued to do this for quite some time while he turned his head and looked down at his tail while he commented with glee, "We sure did get a good amount of coin tonight didn't we, Tail-chan? And I betcha we'll do even better tomorrow night." The body part in question looked up at the wolf beastman and showed its red eyes as it moved that body part up and down thereby agreeing with him. Seeing this prompted a grin to spread across the grayish pink furred wolf's face before he added, "Yup. And now it's time for a night out on the town. I just wonder if there's any way things could get even better?"

Once those words had left his mouth, Bathym found himself coming to a dead stop as his right ear twitched when he heard a voice off in the distance as it sang, "You are the oceans gray waves."

"Ooohhh! I wonder who's singing? By the sounds of it, it seems to be coming from the lake." The demon wolf pointed out as he began to walk in the voice's direction. But while he walked towards the lake he heard his tail make some odd noises which prompted Bathym to look back at his tail. Once he did this he titled his head to the side and added in a question, "What's wrong Tail-chan? Don't you want to found out who has that beautiful voice? Maybe if we're lucky it's another performer. Wouldn't that be nice?"

The beastman watched his tail as it just stood in place for a few seconds before moving on its own. Seeing this caused Bathym to grin as he announced with excitement, "Good, good. Now let's go to the lake!" After he said this the demon wolf ran to the lake. And with his great speed it didn't take that long to get there. Once he was there he stood up against a nearby tree and looked out from behind it.

Upon doing this the grayish pink furred canine saw a young woman with fare skin who had long light blue hair. Along with this he saw the woman had a head piece of some sort that had the look of a tiara, but also had some clothe on it that covered a little bit of her hair on the top of her head. He then proceeded to look at her outfit and saw that it was a dress of some kind that was mostly white on the outside with some blue as well. Sadly the demon wolf was so preoccupied at staring at her that he didn't realize he had stepped on a small twig. Doing this caused the young woman to quickly turn around in surprise as she gasped and then called out, "Who's there?"

When she did this Bathym saw that the inner part of the dress was light blue. Not only that, but he could clearly see one of her legs was bare along with her feet which caused him to stick out his tongue a little as he thought, "Oh my, she seems to have a lovely sense of fashion." When he moved his gaze up to her face he saw her golden eyes as they looked around in a attempt to find him. While he saw her do this he saw something shimmer out of the corner of his eyes. And when he looked he saw a pendent with a blue gem at the end of it. He grinned yet again as he added out loud to himself, "And she appears to know her jewelry too. I think I'm going to to talk to her." Bathym let out a soft chuckle as he tied his small bag of coins against one of the straps that was around his waist. And once he knew it was secured he decided to make his move.

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Azura looked from left to right in worry as she called out, "I know you are still there. So I'll ask you only once more to show yourself."

"Sure, sure. I just hope you're ready for me." The voice happily commented before the young woman heard footsteps heading her way.

The light blue haired woman watched as the figure came into view. Once this took place she let out a gasp as to what she saw. Standing a few feet away from her was another wolf beastman who had grayish pink fur that covered his entire body including his long hair that went down to his shoulder blades. To her surprise though Azura noticed some small horns on the top of his head which confused her a bit as she asked herself, "What in the world is this creature that stands before me? He looks like another beastman. However, with those two small horns on his head he somewhat looks like a..."

"Hey, everything alright? You aren't left speechless by my amazing physique are you?" The horned wolf asked before he raised his right arm and gave it a hard flex.

Seeing this caused the young woman to look at something else so she did not to fall for whatever game it was the stranger might be trying to play. When she did though she found herself becoming flustered upon seeing that the wolf had on very little clothing giving her a view of his large muscled chest and six pack abdomen muscles. In fact the only thing he seemed to be wearing that was actually clothing was some sort of undergarment that was covering his front private area, she also saw some strap like material that went over various parts of his body, and finally some arm and leg gauntlets that covered both of his hands and feet...for the most part.

Azura swallowed a lump in her throat as she had never really met anyone who dared to dress quite like this before. But when she looked back up at the anthro wolf's face she saw no ill will in his blue eyes. This calmed her nerves a little as she told him, "Please forgive me for staring at you like that. I...I've just never seen anyone like you before."

The singer was quite relieved when she saw the wolf give her a hearty laugh before he remarked, "It's no problem really since I'm used to people staring at me. Anyway though I HAVE to ask you something. Were you the one who I heard singing a few minutes ago? Because if you were I must say you have a wonderful voice."

Hearing this brought a smile to Azura's face as she replied, "Thank you. However, I just realized we never introduced ourselves. I am Azura."

"Azura, huh? That's a nice name. Well then Azura, my name is Bathym. And if you're wondering why I look the way I do than the answer is simple. It's because you see I'm a demon." Bathym cheerfully stated after which he struck a pose. Hearing this however, caused the young woman to become cautious as she took a step back. She soon realized that the demon had saw her do this as he added, "But I assure you there is nothing to worry about. I mean you no harm. Besides why would I want to hurt a fellow performer, or anyone for that matter."

The word performer had caught the woman off guard a bit as she asked, "You are a performer? What do you do exactly? I can't really see you singing like I do. Do you perhaps dance?"

A grin spread across the demon's face as he winked at her and answered back, "Well I guess you could say I dance. But to be more exact I take part in matches for an underground arena. Maybe next time I see you I'll take you there sometime." Azura wasn't sure if she should accept or turn down the offer because before she could say anything she heard an odd noise from behind Bathym. And then to your utter disbelief she saw the demon wolf's tail move on it's own while he still had that same grin on his face. After this happened she heard him let out a sigh before he turned his back to her. Once he did this the singer saw him look back at her from over his shoulder before he winked at her for a second time and told her, "Well as much as I would love to learn more about you, Azura. It seems that Tail-chan thinks I've spent enough time here for tonight. So until next time."

To her surprise she saw the wolf demon blow her a kiss as he began to walk away. When he did this though Azura looked down and saw that Bathym's backside was for the most part in full view expect for the middle part of it that was covered up by a single strap. She then found herself blushing as she thought to herself, "Does he truly walk around the city dressed like that? He must have a lot of confidence to be able to do something so unusual." Her flustered expression quickly disappeared when she saw his tail move until the end of it was pointing right at her. She then saw two glowing red eyes open which caused her blood to freeze in fear. Once Bathym was gone Azura took in some deep breathes of air as she asked herself, "What in the world was that on his tail? Was that what he called Tail-chan? It seemed to be moving like it had a will of it's own. I wonder why one demon would let another demon possess a part of his body? What does he hope to gain by doing such a thing?"