The Dog And The Cat
By: Sissy
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Chapter 3: And the dog keeps searching
Hisoka served Tsuzuki many servings of pancakes, while he, himself, ate very little. Though, he was drinking quite a lot of milk.
"Do you like milk 'Soka-chan?" Tsuzuki asked as Hisoka served himself a fourth cup
"I told you, my name isn't 'Soka-chan, and I guess I do like milk" Hisoka said with a very neutral face
"…" Tsuzuki remained quiet during the whole thing
"…" and Hisoka as well
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"Meow" Tsuzuki woke up with Hisoka's now natural wake up call
"Morning Hisoka" Tsuzuki smiled softly at the black cat
Hisoka had been staying, now, at Tsuzuki's house for the past 2 weeks, though the cat would usually, very frequently too; disappear for long periods of times. And Tsuzuki was worried Hisoka did stuff to hurt himself.
Tsuzuki on the other hand, went to work like always and if he had the time, would search for the real Hisoka to no avail.
"*yawn* So sleepy" Tsuzuki muttered, rubbing his face
"Meow" Hisoka sorta looked at Tsuzuki with an annoyed face then got off the bed and ran out of the room
"… *sigh* Can't get him to stay with me for more than five minutes" Tsuzuki sighed again
Tsuzuki had thought the cat would trust him by now, but Hisoka always ran from the room and Tsuzuki would never find him until he got back from work. And that was just when they got off on a good start in the morning.
Tsuzuki yawned again before he got out of bed and changed clothes.
"…" Tsuzuki headed downstairs and made breakfast.
Since Tsuzuki, as poor Hisoka (the cat duh!) found out a few days ago, couldn't cook well (at least Tsuzuki thought it tasted good), he left Hisoka a clean saucer with milk on the counter (Tsuzuki found out as well that Hisoka didn't like his food).
"I hope I find him soon" Tsuzuki said to himself and Hisoka, who heard him, went upstairs
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Tsuzuki arrived to his work place.
"Hmmm…*stretch* It's already going to be winter. ^_^" Tsuzuki said happily as he sat on his desk
"Yeah, it's better than looking at cherry blossoms all year long" a man with long curly bright yellow hair and a long white lab coat said
"I'm sooo glad Tatsumi was able to convince Enma to let us have a department on Earth, aren't you Watari?" Tsuzuki asked the genki [happy] scientist
"Of course!!! And thanks to my genius, anyone who enters hear will soon forget about it after they leave, except the faculty" Watari said happily
Tsuzuki and Watari talked happily amongst each other, soon being joined by other members of the office.
"Ok people! Back to work!" Tatsumi ordered them and they all went to work
"Huh?" Tsuzuki found a folder on his desk, "Now what could this be?" Tsuzuki opened the folder and after reading it he gasped, 'WHAT?! "Soka-chan's been killing more demons this past 2 weeks?! But why is he doing this?!'
Tsuzuki ran to Konoe's office, slamming the door open. Tatsumi and Watari were in there as well.
"Kaicho! What's the meaning of this?!" Tsuzuki asked, quickly slamming the folder open on Konoe's desk
"… Where did you get this?" Konoe asked him
"It was in my desk" Tsuzuki answered as Watari checked what it was
"Ah!" Watari yelled as soon as he saw the contents, "I gave that to Wakaba and told her to take it to the office. I knew I should've told her to give it to Tatsumi" Watari muttered and received piercing glares from Tatsumi and Konoe
"I know that you two were given this assignment, but I don't know why you didn't tell me. And why you haven't done anything about him" Tsuzuki said, asking them
"…We thought you might not like it, seeing as Kurosaki-san is very young. And we did try to stop him but when ever we got close to him he always disappears" Tatsumi said
"*sighs* You won't get close to him like that" Tsuzuki said without knowing it, then quickly shut his mouth with his hands
"What are you talking about?" Tatsumi asked
"Well… I met him once… Two weeks ago, in fact…and it sorta slipped out of him that he was an empath. I think it was because he felt I was worried about him" Tsuzuki said nervously
"You've been trying to find him, haven't you Tsuzuki?" Watari asked and Tsuzuki nodded
"*sigh* I don't know what I'm supposed to do to you" Tatsumi sighed
"Can I join the investigation?" Tsuzuki asked and Konoe nodded
"Since you were so free, why didn't you at least finish all those reports you owe me Tsuzuki-san?" Tatsumi asked and Tsuzuki froze
"Now, now Tatsumi. Don't scare him so much" Watari calmed Tatsumi and the three males left the office
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"You said this is where you usually see him?"
"Yes. It appears he usually hangs around these parts, so says the demons around here" Tatsumi said
They had gone to a low district of the city. Not one of the nicest places, considering demons lurked around here. And some were just there because they didn't have a home.
Tsuzuki, Tatsumi and Watari, who was out of his coat, entered a pub and each sat on a chair in front of the bar.
"Have you seen this child?" Tatsumi asked the bartender of about 50, showing him a photo of Hisoka
"Tha' ki'? Su'e. He come' a lot. Usu'ly he jus' as' whe'e the bos' is. Wan' som' thin' ou' of hi'm, I thinc" the bartender told them and Tsuzuki and Watari sweatdropped
"Do you know what that something is?" Tatsumi asked
"Nop" the bartender replied
"Is your boss here?"
"No'. He wen' ou' to ta'e a wal'"
"I see. Thank you very much" Tatsumi putted the photo in is trench coat then left with Tsuzuki and Watari
"What now?" Watari asked curiously
"Now we-"
"I heard youse were looking for that kid that comes here every so often" they turned around to see a man with dark black hair and piercing red eyes
"And who may you be?" Tatsumi kindly asked
"Just call me Jack. And the kid. He's more downtown than here. You should hurry up and save him or he'll get into trouble with the demons, shinigami-san" Jack said and disappeared
"Tatsumi?" Tsuzuki called his secretary friend
"We should go" Tatsumi said and they ran
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After searching nearly more than an hour, Tsuzuki and the rest decided to take a break
"I wonder were he could've gone?" Watari asked leaning to a wall
"We have to find him" Tatsumi said standing next to Watari
"…" Tsuzuki gazed around the place from the floor until his amethyst eyes found what they were looking for, "Hisoka!" Tsuzuki stood up and ran
"Tsuzuki-san!" Tatsumi and Watari followed Tsuzuki
Hisoka sensed Tsuzuki rapidly approaching then began to run away.
"Hisoka!!!" Tsuzuki didn't give up
"*huff**huff*" Hisoka looked behind and saw Tsuzuki almost catching up to him
"Hisoka!!!" Tsuzuki called again
"You fool!!! Why are you chasing me?!" Hisoka yelled
"Why are you running away?!" Tsuzuki called
"…" Hisoka looked down, blushing.
Without either of them knowing it, they were headed towards Tsuzuki's house
"Hisoka!!!" Tsuzuki still didn't give up, and neither did Tatsumi or Watari
"…" Hisoka turned on a corner and when Tsuzuki turned as well, Hisoka was gone
"Wha-? How did he-?" Tsuzuki was speechless
"Drats! He did it again!" Watari yelled annoyed
"Now I know why you can't catch him" Tsuzuki sighed
"We'll have to go back" Tatsumi said
"Um… Did anyone notice we're right in front of Tsuzuki's house?" Watari asked and Tsuzuki and Tatsumi sweatdropped
"Let me guess. You let him stay at your house" Tatsumi said
"Two weeks ago!" Tsuzuki reminded him
"Meow" Tsuzuki and the rest looked in front of them and saw Hisoka kitty at the end of the street
"It's Hisoka" Tsuzuki said and Watari was shocked
"The boy can turn into a cat?!" and Hisoka fainted
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TBC…
Sissy: Done! And replies to the reviews:
PoPo: Sorry, but I just thought it be more interesting that way
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Meritite: I'm trying my best! *ducks from all the tomatoes thrown at her by Kody and Ryu* I know it looks kinda corny, but trust me, I won't let it be like that. Thanks for the advice, it's just that I usually don't like to put the translations in the end 'cause then people are like, up and down, up and down, looking at the translation and I thought it'd be more fun like this. I hope you forgive me. Fruit Baskets… I wasn't really going for that, but thanks for pointing it out.
Sissy: That's all. I hope people keep reviewing; it gives me great happiness that people are interested in this. ^_^
Kody: And the quick responses were a big shock to you weren't they?
Sissy: Yeah, I was like "Whoa! So fast?"
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