Want more? Then here's part 2!
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"....Joey?" Seto couldn't believe his eyes. There was Joey stand right there not more than 4 feet in front of him. He was even wearing his blue & white t-shirt and dog tags for gosh sakes. Hands were in his blue jean pockets while leaning in his usual half slouched tough guy stance and honey brown eyes gazing back into hard royal blue. Seto moved towards him as if in a trance but D held a delicate hand in front of him breaking the trance instantly.
"I'm sorry Mr. Kaiba but that is not your former friend Joey. It is a wolf." Said D.
"Nani?" said Seto thinking that the Count was crazy when he decided to have a second look. Once he did he gasped. The Joey had stepped more into the light and Seto then saw the two furry triangle shaped ears on top of the Joey's head as they peak through the thick blond locks. As Seto's sight scanned more downward he saw that the Joey had taken it's hands from it's pockets but they weren't hands...they were paws. Paw like any way. Shaped like a human hand yet they were covered in silvery fur with semi thick pads on the palms and thick black claws for fingernails. Seto looked lower and saw that the feet were indeed paws but with thicker and sharper looking black claws sticking out. Something silver behind the Joey caught Seto eye and took him a second too see that it was a tail.
"Wha...what is this?" Seto half asked half demanded. The Count smiled as he walked over to the Joeywolf and stood beside it. The Joeywolf either didn't mind D's presences near him or else it just ignored him as it's gaze was set firmly on Seto. To Seto the Joey doppelganger was using Joey's not happy but still listening expression. One that Joey had used on Seto, almost too often in the past.
"Mr. Kaiba as I said before what you see before you is not your deceased lover but a wolf. A very special kind of wolf." Said D fondly as he rubbed the back of the Joeywolf's left ear. The moody listening expression was soon replaced with a look of pleasure as the Joeywolf closed it's eyes and leaned closer to D. Seto couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy before anger took it's place.
"What fuck kind of sick game are you playing Count?!" Seto yelled. The Count stopped rubbing the Joeywolf's ear as it snapped it's head in attention to Seto's voice and bared his teeth while growling in warning. Seto lost some of his anger seeing that familiar expression again only this time he noted it came with sharp looking teeth.
"I'm not playing any games Mr. Kaiba. This is a pet shop not a game shop. We only sell animals here." Said the Count as he petted the Joeywolf's head trying to calm him down. Joey wolf soon stopped growling and turned back to the Count and flattened his ears to be petted better. "Our motto is to sell LOVE, DREAMS, and HAPPYNESS. And I think that this animal qualifies all those terms just for you Mr. Kaiba." Said the Count as he stopped petting, which Joeywolf whimpered about for a second before looking in the direction the Count was looking in. Directly at Seto. "Would you like to take him?"
Seto felt his heart leap as soon as the Count said those words. His heart was screaming 'YES DARN IT! YES!' while his mind was saying 'THIS IS NUTS! IT'S JUST HALUTIONATIONS OR MORE OF THAT MAGIC CRAP! GET OUT OF HERE WHILE THE GETTINGS GOOD!' Seto had been known to think more with his head then his heart but before he could answer the Joeywolf started to walk towards him. Once it was half an inch from Seto he leaned slightly closer and took a deep breath, inhaling Seto's scent. It opened it's eyes with sort of a confused expression before it began to slowly circle Seto as if examine him.
"This breed prefers to pick it's owner rather than the owner pick "it"." Said the Count. Finally the Joeywolf stopped circling once it reached Seto's face again. He looked deep into Seto's eyes as it leaned closer then before, lips almost touching when it suddenly changed direction and gave Seto a small lick on the cheek. Seto jumped back afterwards with his hand flying up to his damp left cheek and let out a breath he hadn't realized that he had been holding. The Joeywolf smiled a closed lipped smile before turning to D and gave a nod of satisfaction.
"It seems he likes you Mr. Kaiba. Will you take him home with you then?" asked D as Seto could only stare at the doppelganger in wonder before muttering "I'll take him."
Seto was sitting in his limo watching the Joeywolf sleeping as the driver headed back to the Kaiba mansion. Seto could hardly take his eyes off the creature sleeping soundly before him as the promise he made to the Count played over and over in his mind.
Flash back
"In order for you to have this animal you must sign this contract and follow these three terms of agreement. 1. You must not show him directly to anyone. 2. You must feed him fresh raw or lightly cooked meat. 3. You must never doubt his loyalty to you or your little brother. You must especially remember the third." Said the Count as he handed Seto a pen and Seto signed his name. "Thank you. Please enjoy and take care of your pet. I'm very sure that he will take care or "you"." Said D as Seto took the Joeywolf's hand and lead him out of the pet shop and into a black limozine.
Flashback ends
Seto wondered about the strange arrangement as well as the weird payment. 20 boxes of Madame Madeline's Death by chocolate éclairs with a gallon of vanilla ice cream.
What a weirdo. Hope he's not a distant cousin of Pegasus. Thought Seto as visions of chibi-Pegasus running around with Funny Bunny trying to escape Gruff Gruff the Hound. He shivered and quickly shook the thoughts from his mind. Still what does the D stand for anyway? Dracula, Demon, Delusion, Denial, Devil, Dragon, Disguise, Desire, Dream? Thought Seto as the driver finally pulled up the gateway. As soon as they stopped in front of the mansion Seto stepped out himself not waiting for Aldridge to get out to let him out. Seto waved off his questions on helping him and told him to take the rest of the day off.
As soon as Seto was sure Aldridge wasn't looking he slowly reached out to jostle the Joeywolf awake. Seto hesitated for a second before his index finger lightly brushed the Joey's right arm. The Joey moved slightly causing Seto to jerk his hand away.
"I saw sir. Is everything alright back there?" asked Aldridge from behind the tinted glass.
"It's alright Aldridge. It's just my guest is harder to wake than I expected." Said Seto as he bit his lip and reached for the Joey again. This time though with more bravery. Instead of a finger he reached with his whole hand and placed it on the Joey like figure's right shoulder and gave him a small yet firm shake.
One minuet Seto was leaning over the Joey and next he found himself pinned down on his seat with something pricking his shoulders. When Seto opened his eyes he saw the Joey snarling over him before it suddenly stopped and released it's grip on Seto's shoulders. It backed away and sat back down with it's ears lowered and a expression of 'I'm sorry' was all over his face before he began to whimper in apology.
Seto released the breath that he had not known that he was holding yet again before Aldridge's voice soon cut in.
"Sir! Sir are you alright sir?! Please answer me!"
"I'm alright Aldridge. I just almost made a very stupid mistake." Said Seto firmly as he returned his gaze to the now whimpering Joeywolf. It's eyes were now downcast and Seto was almost willing to bet that it's tail was almost between it's legs. "Enough of that now." Said Seto as warmly as he would allow to someone other that Mokuba. He reached out his hand again but had barely touched a few golden locks before the Joey jerked it's whole head away as if it were somewhere between scared and confused. Seto blinked before trying again but a little more gentle as his hand lightly brushed the top locks and bangs. The Joey didn't move this time and let Seto's fingers continue their journey until the reached his right ear. At first Seto just traced the outline of the ear before he began to softly rub the tip of the ear. The Joey gave a soft yip before turning to look at Seto face to face. The Joey slowly smiled as it closed it's honey brown eyes and lowered it head waiting to be petted which Seto was happy to oblige.
"It's okay." He whispered as he ruffled the Joey's hair. "I'm not mad at you." He said with a smile before stopping and reaching to get out the limo. The Joey's eyes shot opened as the rubbing sensation stopped and it turned it's head looking for his master till he saw him standing outside the noisy box thing and standing before a large shiny cave that most humans lived in. "Come on pup. It's time to see your new home." Seto's speech was soon regretted when the Joey wolf suddenly snarled and snorted as if it had been insulted. "Alright. Wolf then." The Joey wolf then gave a satisfied smirk that said 'Now that's more I like it'. Just like Joey used to do. Without a moment's hesitation the Joey wolf began to climb on all fours out of the limo and stood upright after he had exited the vehicle.
"Follow me...wolf." Said Seto as he walked up the 8 stairs and pulled out a key. He opened it up and was about to walk in when he noticed the Joey take a step back from the house. "It's okay. Come in." said Seto as he stepped inside. The Joey gave the house a distrustful look before deciding to listen to his master and walked up the strange uneven stony mountain that lead to the human cave. Once inside the wolf's eyes widened in wonder. It was so overwhelmed by the sheer size that he almost didn't heat his master lock the door. It's ears pricked at the sound of the lock yet he made no move.
"You can explore the place if you want. None of the servants are here till Wednesday." The Joey wolf nodded before he lifted his nose to the air and began to explore the new scents of his master's house.
To be continued..............................................................