Bird
by: apocalipticoblivion
CHAPTER FOUR
D smiled at the excited bird, it had been a long while since he saw any of his pets this happy. It was kind of a relief.
But, considering what great lengths his father had done to give him to his son... Well, he wouldn't dwell on that for very long.
Omi smiled as he finished looking through the basket. Yohji had started to look through D and Leon's book with Ran. They looked up every now and then.
"Hey, Count? Is this you?" Yohji asked, pointing at a picture. D rose from his spot and walked around the table to examine the picture.
"No, Yohji. That is my grandfather, Sofu D." he said with a laugh, he knew how much he had resembled his grandfather. "And that, is my father, D." D added with another laugh.
"Wow! You look just alike!" Ran ezclaimed.
"No, no they don't. They just favor each other!" Omi said from where he sat. "Plus, they have different smells..."
Leon raised an eyebrow, "Really now?"
"Yes, D smells faintly like roses. Papa D smells like lilies, and Sofu D... well I don't really remember what he smells like at all......" Omi said, making a face. "Probably something just as nice though..."
"You've been listening to the twins too much, Omi-chan." D said with a smile, "I don't smell like anything at all!"
Omi raised his head again, "I have not and you do too smell!"
Leon laughed, "You say it's like a bad thing, Omittichi..." a smile crossed his face, "I happen to think that he smells very nice."
"Thank you, Detective Orcot." D said with a laugh, "You have some visitors." he addressed pointing to the stairs.
"Omi-chan...." came the short whine as two red blurs dashed over and under the table. Omi was pounced on by two men larger than D. "We've missed you!! While we were away on business you had just disappeared, it scared us!!"
Omi laughed at the two who were licking his face. "I know, I'm sorry. But, I have a family now!" he added happily.
"WE were your family!" the one with wavy hair exclaimed.
"I know, Rhelex..."
"But, you left us anyway!" the other exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, Hacker." Omi said, pushing away from the two saying, "Stop licking me! It tickles!!" He walked over to hug Ken. "These are my new owners!"
Rhelex growled, "Those mongrels?!" he waltzed over to D with a pleading face. "Can we kill them and take Omi home?"
"No, sadly... My father wouldn't be very proud of us if we did." D said with a solemn look, gazing at the large fox.
"I thought that 'Rhelex and Hacker' were foxes?" Ran asked with a raised eyebrow. "They look as human as Omi does."
"That's where you're wrong," Leon said, he waved Hacker over. "Turn around, Hack." He lifted the back of his short kimono to reveal a big bushy tail tucked in between his legs. "Uncover your ears."
Leon pulled the tail through the hole in the back of the short garment. He noticed that D had done the same with Rhelex, who was purring. "There, foxes."
Rhelex unhappily walked over to Ken, Omi had backed away. He bent to the brunette's eye level and breathed deeply. His pale hand crept around the brunette's neck and pulled it back; Rhelex's fangs were bared, but they retracted. He ran his tongue along his neck and up his face. The crimson haired fox pulled back and smacked his lips. "Gah, what horrible perfume you wear."
"W-what?! I don't---"
But he was cut off by an angry glare from Hacker, who repeated the same thing with the brunette that his brother had done.
Rhelex did the same with Ran. "You.. you smell like roses." he moved closer and breathed deeply, before licking his neck. "No perfume.... you're completely natural. I like this one, Hacker."
Rhelex moved towards Yohji with a growl as he backed away. "Don't move Yohji-kun!" Omi called out, "They can compete with the cheetahs!!"
Yohji stopped quickly, allowing Rhelex and Hacker to finish what they started. But the two pulled back, coughing. "Gah, you reek."
"What?! I do NOT!" Yohji yelled.
"We're okay with the red-head." Hacker said happily, "He tastes nice. Not to mention he smells wonderful!" he said, hugging Omi.
"Why'd you do that?" Yohji asked.
"It's either that, or sticking their noses in your crotch like dogs." Leon said with a laugh, "That'd be a sight!!"
The twins gasped and threw a shocked look at Leon, "We would never do that!!.... Well, maybe to the red-head. But, still he smells nice. Unlike you and your filthy little man-perfume!"
"Like you smell any better!" Leon shouted, standing up.
"We do smell better!" Hacker exclaimed.
Omi laughed, "Sorry, Leon-kun... But, their right. You do smell weird." he said turning a cute shade of red. But, not as red as the twins hair.
"Is everyone against me?!" he called out.
"I think you smell lovely." D said with a smile as he hugged Leon around the neck. "Not to worry, we can make you smell to their approval with time." he said to the three men sitting in the chair. Well to the two on either side of Ran.
"But, I don't want to change my smell!" Yohji said.
"You're going to have to, Sugar-plum." Hacker said, falling onto Ran's lap with a smile. He curled up, like a cat.
"No fair, Hacker!" Rhelex whined, "Hogging him all to yourself!"
"Go over and 'hog' D." Hacker said with a wave.
Rhelex smiled and D sat in his chair, allowing Rhelex to sit on him. A purring sound echoed throughout the large room, the twins were purring at the smell of roses. "So, why are you two here?" D asked, gazing at the two foxes.
"We followed your car. Also, because we wanted to see Omi-chan again." Rhelex mumbled, purring louder when D started to pet him.
"That's nice." D said with a small smile. "It's wonderful to see such beautiful creatures... ah 'playing' together."
Leon coughed, "Yeah, wonderful."
"What crawled up your butt and died?" Hacker asked, raising an eyebrow towards the detective. "Jealous that Rhelex gets more attention from D than you do?"
"Shut up, you stupid dog." Leon hissed.
"Awww, that's cute." D said with a smile, "Come here, Leon. I'll give you attention too." D waved his hand for Leon to go over to him, "I won't bite you... hard."
Leon had been thinking about going over, but he reclined the offer with the shake of his head. "No."
"Okay, You'll get your attention back at the petshop." D said with a slight nod and a bigger smile. "Come now, we must go. We've probably over stayed our welcome. Rhelex, Hacker... Leon."
The three mentioned got up rather sadly. "Okay, D-kun, Leon-kun, Rhelex and Hacker. I'll see you later." Omi said happily.
Each of the four placed a kiss on the bird's head, well the twins also gave him a lick each. But, still it meant a lot to the small animal. "We'll visit again, Omi-chan. Maybe we'll bring Luc?"
Lucreziachin, Luc for short, was the leader of the 'big' cats. He was exactly like Omi and the twins. They couldn't transform into their animal forms unless they really had to, but he looked like normal a human for the rest of the time.
"Oh, no. Please don't. I'll visit you all when I have time, I promise!" Omi said, kissing the two on each cheek. "I promise!"
"Okay, Omittichi." Hacker said, smiling. "We won't bring him, but expect a visit every now and then."
"I will," Omi said as he walked the four out. "Thank you for the basket. It means a lot to me."
As they said their goodbyes, Omi felt a strange longing to go back to sleep. So, he told his three owners where he was going to bed.
END CHAPTER FOUR
A/N: R&R!!