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Now….
Chapter Three
Deep within the suburbs of San Francisco, in a small place of Chinatown there was a shop.
A petshop that sold any sort of pet to whatever the person desired.
Unique, rare, unusual, mysteries and filled with wonder, granting the wishes of whatever they wanted.
Love…dreams…hope…desire…
But the people would have to follow the rules listed in the contract, which never happen much in some of the previous owners' case before in the past and they met…unfortunate demises.
Well let's just see what is now inside Count D's shop now shall we?
Count D stirred from his sleep as he saw the time on the clock and moved out of his lover's embrace and went to dress then get ready to start another day with his shop before waking everyone for their morning meals.
He went to open the gate and post the sign 'Open' on the door before heading to wake his lover and their children.
"Come now, I believe it's time everyone got up. T-Chan, go and wake the girls! I'll go get Leon and have him help me with the boys, you know how those two are at times."
The goat man nodded and did a circle with his index and thumb, "Right-O Count!"
And went to head to the far side of the shop to where the many doors of the shop content, seeing other pets wake up and getting ready for the day as well.
He walked passed them and reached to one where symbol of two birds, phoenixes showed on the door.
"Yo Desiree, Leona, time to get up!" He waited impatiently and knocked harder. "Yo wake up!"
Desiree Orcot laid on the bed, half asleep and barely up as she heard constant knocking on the door and T-chan's voice yelling for them to get up. Slowly Desiree sat up and looked at the small antique gold clock by her nightstand.
It said 6:45 but knew that it was always five minutes behind knowing she had exactly an hour and forty-five minutes to get ready. "Man I cannot believe summer is already over. Where has all that time gone…"
She was pulling her arm, hearing a small pop and then turn to see if her sister was waking up. She noticed across the room to her vast annoyance that Leona wasn't.
Drool trailing down the side of her face and the raspy sounds of her snoring echo in their bedroom.
A vein was popping on top of Desiree's forehead and she clenched one hand close to her face, feeling her long nails bite into her palm.
If there was one thing she couldn't stand it was her sister's endless snoring. "SNORE…." Desiree definitely didn't need this at this time of morning.
Why couldn't we have separated bedrooms, she thought to herself as she picked up the kimono robe from her chair.
Sure, their bedroom was big just like their parent's room and their little brothers. The room was furnished with ornate decoration and both of the sister had their own side of the room with their own stuff from what furniture they like to whatever trinkets that were theirs.
Why doesn't father understand that my desire for my own room is that too much!
She went to her rosewood desk and drawing out a book from one of the drawers. A little notebook marked 'Desiree Desires', her diary where she wrote whatever she truly desired within its pages. She turned a couple pages and stopped where she had labeled 'Desire list'. Then she took a plume feather pen and started scribbling in the list. So far she had about two written in that section.
She wanted the first to …'be ah let's save that for later' and the second…
TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE HER SISTER STOP SNORING SO LOUD!
She scribbled this quick note immediately before slamming the diary shut then stuffing it back in her drawers.
She turn to glare once more at her sleeping sister. She must've gotten it from their Dad!
Well if she is like 'Dad' then there was only one way to wake her up then…An evil smile appeared on her face, her thoughts traced in sinister idea of what she had plan as she walked to the door and open to see the furry goat-tiger Totestsu sitting on the floor scratching behind his ear.
"Morning T-chan," She said sweetly, patting him on the head, "I need you to do me a favor as only it seem my sister can't get up now and you're the only one I can count on to wake up Miss Sleeping beauty."
She picked up the goat in her arms and placed him on the blankets and whispered to him, "You know what to do…"
She then walked away from the two to the connected bathroom next to Leona's side. She locked the door and went to the shower stall and went to turn the water cool. She then undressed and step in so that she wouldn't have to hear her sister's screaming or cursing when she found a goat biting her leg.
She would have to deal with later but right now a cold shower was all she needed.
"AHIIIIIII! YEEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!"
The sudden loud cry of Leona Orcot woke up all the animals that were still sleeping, and Count D and Leon who were setting breakfast for the two girls while the five year old twin boys started crying when the two sisters, Leona and Desiree walked in.
Well Leona limping as she was holding her leg and shouting at Desiree while Desiree was carrying T-chan in her arms.
"You-you why did you have to put freakin' T-Chan in my bed! I hate it when that goat's in my bed and he bites me! Why does he bite me!"
Desiree was walking away from her sister, refreshed from the morning shower and dressed as she held T-chan, petting him and whispered what a good Totestsu he was.
Hehe….that will teach Leona to snore and sleep in when everyone else was up.
She turn and gave her sister a slight hurt look.
"Why sister, how can you blame on me, you were too busy snoring so loud not to hear T-chan giving you a 'good morning nip'. Seriously though Leona, unless you find a way to cut those 'disgruntle morning sounds' you make, T-chan will be accompanying every morning to give you a personal 'wake up' call! Maybe have him give you 'good morning kisses' instead."
"You wouldn't dare! EW! No way in Hell I would kiss that goat! That's disgusting!" Desiree and Leona glared at one another before their dad, Leon decided to call the fight off.
"Yo chill you two, no fighting at breakfast. You guys gotta hurry and eat and stuff before your Uncle Chris comes to take you to school." He stood between the girls and looked at Leona with a questioned look. "And why are you still in your PJs Leona?"
Leona looked at herself and realized that she still was indeed in her long nightshirt while Desiree was already showered and dressed.
"Crap!" She ran back to their room for what could be a miraculously five minute 'get-ready' system. This was always like Leona when summer was over and school was about to start. "It never changes…" Desiree said as she turned to look at their father, D. "Are you sure she really my twin sister?"
D gave an understanding sigh as he turn to stare at her. "I'm afraid so Desiree."
Both D and Desiree gave an silent sigh. Things in this family was so strange to be even consider that they were blood related to each other.
Especially if you had two guys for parents.
After Leona showered and got dressed as well she headed back to the table and glared at Desiree across from her with 'I-hate-you!' stare and Desiree's 'Well-that-makes-two-of-us!' sent back.
"Hey c'mon eat before your breakfast turn cold!"
Both girls 'hmph' and took their places at the table, while D came in holding the two small boys after their crying session.
D smiled his uncanny smile at his daughters. The two girls were so much different from one another you wouldn't think they were sisters at all with the way they went at each other.
They were as contrast to being like night and day. Like him and Leon.
Desiree was every much like Count D.
Long ebony black hair as dark as the midnight sky with shadows of dark blue whenever the light hit at the right angle. Falling past her shoulders, cut in layer where at times she had in back up and in front fall into her eyes.
Her eyes, one purple and one gold and have the cool calm elegant suave attitude that she air.
Her sense in style was a little different from D's however as she didn't wear the tradition kimono that he wore but wore a satin sapphire Chinese shirt with gold stitching and black silk pants.
Leona was very much like Leon with her unruly long sun kiss hair tied back in a short ponytail. Blue eyes that shined mischief and moodiness with the unfazed fire of a fighter.
And just very much like Leon, she had the cocky attitude to boot that she always tend to blow in anyone's face and annoy to have them fire back at with equal tension. Which was usual Desiree.
Her attire of wearing shredded jeans and rock stars or obtrusions words on her shirts mean she was in the very much rebellion stage against her parents.
It was almost like seeing female versions of D and Leon and though that may seem true, both girls were very different in more ways than they just seem.
Strangely enough Desiree wasn't too much like her ancestors on D's side for revenge on people. She didn't seem too keen on the whole 'doom humanity' though.
She wanted something, something undesirable that it was hard to tell what it was and D felt unsure that he would ever find out from his child.
Leona, on the other hand, had a sort of gangster streak going on for her instead of trying follow in Leon's footstep into being a police officer for her future career.
Maybe that was more or less the reason why Leona caused so much trouble at all the other schools before with all the fighting and cursing at teachers and the list went on and rested within her school record.
He sighed, I hope Leona doesn't decide to do anything stupid at this new school with Desiree, this is becoming quite upsetting that Leona does these things.
Desiree was very much the exact opposite as she was a perfect student, top in all her class and seemingly have quite a popular standard with both sexes.
But whenever Leona had to go to a different school she had asked to transfer as well.
D and Leon had once confronted her and they had asked why and she said, 'It didn't exactly have what I desire…'
And D seem to understand a little bit of what she was saying while Leon looked confused and D had to explain to his lover of what it was.
Desiree and Leona may seem to be cut off from the same cloth but they knew that even if that were true, that it was impossible as well.
They were special in more ways imaginable and they were the only ones out of everyone in this world and only are them.
Leon took his place next to D and smiled at his lover. Almost seventeen years have passed since Leon had found himself in love with this mysterious man.
Sure it would have made things interesting if it had been a woman, but D was more than any other person on this planet. He was so different to everything yet still tried to become a part, even though he doesn't dare admit it.
Leon had found that there had been one thing D wanted, out of anything, was he, him alone.
He closed his eyes and recalled that time long ago…
"Yo D what's up?" D looked up and then to his clock. "Seem like my clock is being slow once again or is it my imagination or are you early?"
"Nope just early…" He then looked everywhere around the place and laying eyes on everything.
All but Count D.
How was he gonna tell him? Sure it had been strange at first when it started, this intimate attraction that Leon was having for D.
The way there were butterflies in his stomach when D looked at him with his unique and utterly strange smile.
The feeling that to capture D was more the other way as D had him caught with his heart.
Ok now was the time to see how D felt about him. Jill told him to act suave and be smooth.
He swallowed hard and then said, "So…um, D how's business, selling killer pets to unsuspecting victims?"
Opps! Great he said the opposite of what he wanted to say. Smooth, yeah real smooth Romeo! Jill would have probably bashed him over the head if she had heard him ask that.
D didn't look to surprise, in fact, his face didn't really change its solemn expression. The only hint of annoyance was the short sigh that D exhaled at his 'dear detective' for his endless tactic of his asking.
If only he changed them…to say something more enthralling, more touched, to make D have the sparks that fired inside his heart over his proud detective. The detective was certainly a fine specimen that he had ever met.
Too proud and stubborn like a mule, yet was brave, pride, lion-hearted when it came to caviling justice.
And just as D came to one sudden realization, he founded himself in love with his dear detective.
"Well no as you saw nothing as to another client of mine hasn't been flashed on the news and no reports to your crime labs indicating of an another tragedian." He looked to see Leon standing still by the door and motioned for him to come in.
"Please come in dear detective, I don't wish for the gate to lay open all day or another customer might come and you'll only be standing in their way to get in."
Leon walked in and D noticed that he was walking different, his steps becoming less stomping and his shoulder not very slumped as always as he grumpily come into the shop.
Was it just him or did it seem Leon was nervous? Leon placed a box on the table and D smelling the discreet aroma of one of the many dessert he loved. "Oh dessert how wonderful, it will certainly go well with tea. Care to join me for some?"
"Um yeah sure…" Leon said as he looked distracted at the wall. D looked but saw nothing there. Leon was acting strange and not angry as he would usually be.
When D set the tray and pour them each a cup, he looked over at Leon and decided to see what was bothering him.
"My dear detective is there something on your mind? Something that you might perhaps like to speak about?" He asked watching as Leon pulled out a pack of cigarettes and drawing his lighter trying to light the cigarette in vain attempt.
Leon turned and saw D's gaze and then saw that the moment of opportunity was on him.
Well all or nothing. He took a deep breath and said, "You ever have a feeling for somebody and feel that you are unsure how that person would feel if you're certain that they might return your feelings as you would for them."
D blinked surprised, this had been on Leon's mind. He had affection for someone, a woman maybe Jill or some woman he was currently dating. Maybe he was finding it hard to tell that woman and came to D for advice. Which was unlikely since D had never been in love before with anyone in his life.
Until now. D's heart seem to sink as he thought of Leon being with some woman, smiling and laughing and loving every minute being with her.
Well as he could see that Leon was asking for advice from him as a friend, he might as well do as any friend should then.
"Have you told this person how you feel then?" Leon shook his head. "Then tell them, tell them otherwise you might never get a chance to say how you really feel and how they—"
His words were cut off as Leon went over to him and pressed his lips against D's.
D was shocked, surprised, confused at this suddenness of the detective. But he felt at least relax as he intimate inside the kiss and return it with equal passion and allowing the detective to roam inside his mouth.
That kiss seem to last forever in D's mind, their tongues dancing to one another before they had to pull back and stare at one another, breathless.
Then Leon said, "I love you D. I don't know how you did it but I fallen for you and can't stop thinking of you every chance I get. You're always there, smiling that smile, your eyes beautiful, and…" D placed one finger on his lips to silent him.
"I get it and same goes for you my Dear Detective, my Leon." And soon there was more kissing and then later on D locked the place up early and the two headed in the back to D's bedroom, locking the door.
Later moans could be heard and love lifting in the air as the night embraced the two lovers.
Leon smirked over his cup of coffee, that was the best thing to have ever happened to them and before they knew it, D became pregnant with Desiree and Leona.
How it was possible boggled the poor detective's mind. He then heard crying and turn to see Leon and D junior fighting as they tossed food at one another from their seats. He picked up Leon Jr. and did his best to calm his son.
Man that had been a total surprised when a few weeks after he and D became official a couple D had sickness in the morning and his stomach blotting faster.
Leon was worrying that something was wrong with D. When he visit, he constantly heard water flushing from the bathroom in the late morning and then saw that D's clothes were becoming tight on him and a small swell appearing on the man's stomach.
D was shocked as he wondered what this phenomenon was.
While Leon insisted that D should go check at a doctor, D refused saying that there was 'something' in him that he wasn't sure what, but that it was important, something that had to be kept secret between them.
Leon then gave in and he still continue to watch over D carefully whenever he wasn't being called for duty.
But that day…the day where it finally happened, happened.
Leon came back from a bank robbery and was hoping to see if D was feeling any better. When he made it to the gate, he found it locked.
"D, you in there?" He started hitting the gate, trying to grab D's attention. When no one was answering, he was starting to panic. He pounded the door faster.
"D can you hear me, D open up! Are you alright!"
No shit he ain't if he isn't unlocking the gate and coming to him. There was one thing to do. He back himself away and then ran full force at it, knocking it to the floor with himself. He jumped back to his feet and started calling out for D.
"D where are you!" He thought of heading to the bedroom, maybe he was worse than he had though. He headed to the back to where D's room was and tried to open the door but it too was lock.
Damn, what the Hell. He back away and then started hitting the door like the gate, trying to break it down. The door didn't seem wanted to give but soon he could hear the wood breaking and then just as he was about to give it one more shot, the door open and a cloak figure step in the doorframe.
Leon recognized that figure from before. It was D's grandfather, the one that use to be a bat, Q-chan.
D's grandfather looked very much annoyed as he survey the damage that was being done to his door.
"If you could please reframe from making all that noise with breaking my property, I would be humble as I can get back to what I'm doing."
Before the guy could leave, Leon grabbed his arms and turned him around. "Where's D! Where is he, what are you doing to him!"
A sudden cry broke the air and Leon rushed into the room to find D lying on the bed, his belly cut and vines sprouting from the opening.
"What the Hell! D!" He rushed over to D's side and grabbed his hand. Oh man what was going on. "D can you hear me?"
D blinked his eyes slowly and turn his head to see Leon's blue eyes gazing at him. "Le-Leon….I was fine this morning…then pain…then grandfather showed up…saying it…it's time."
"It's time? What the hell does that mean!" Did D's gramp mean that D was gonna die. "No way in Hell am I letting you die on me! You hear!" He gripped D's hand tight and D gave another cry of pain.
D's grandfather walked over to him. Leon glared at him. He ignore him. "Relax, relax, you're almost there. Just a few more breaths."
"Hey if you're letting D die then forget it, there's no way in Hell I'm gonna—" D's old man looked at him.
"Do not be so arrogant. D's not dying, he's giving birth, life. As strange as it may be to you to think that with D's body, our blood carries the trait to bring new life when dying—"
"SO D DYING!" D's grandpa rolled his eyes, "No as I was saying, dying and when another being's cells form enter and create the new being from within. Never had this happened with two of the same sex but I suppose due to our kinds DNA structure, it was able to modify your's and D's and create this inside his body.
So chances for D to die are slim but I rather make sure to take precaution, this is an unstable process, so I may need your help. I'm going to make the cut bigger and you are going to stick your hands in and—"
"WHAT! Stick my hands in D's stomach!" D's grandpa nodded and then brought out a knife that was already covered in blood and he watched reluctantly as he made the wound bigger and spread it open for Leon to see something in there.
Like a pod of some seed or something. He swallowed and tried his best to keep his own lunch in as he placed his hand in and pulled the thing out.
EW! It was cold and felt slimy feeling around in another person's stomach. He wonder how a morgue person did this without throwing up after.
Just as he brought the pod to surface in the open, the thing open with a crack etching down from the middle and then a small wailing was heard from inside. Leon was for a moment taken aback as he saw the little child sitting in there, and grabbing it out of it's shell and holding it in his arm.
"Better give me the child while you get the other."
"There's another! Oh man…"
This was not something he enjoy doing. Sticking a hand in a guy's stomach and pulling out kids. He handed the child to him and then stuck his hand in and pulled the second pod and finding the second kid in his arms now.
When he looked back in D's stomach to see if there were anymore, the vines around D's stomach was pulling back and bringing the flesh back together on D's chest. The only thing to remain them that it actually happen was where the dry blood and almost fainted scar line down D's chest.
Finally D was breathing normal and covered in slick sweat before he looked to Leon seeing the child cradled in his arms. "Is that our…"
"Yeah I guess D. Never thought huh? Congrats you're a father, er…mother or whatever." D then turn to see his grandfather holding the other child and then having it given to him.
"They're both fine girls you have my grandson. Both have you in them I can see." He then stood up and slowly walked out of the room.
"Until we meet again, and Leon please take care of my grandson and my great-granddaughters. If anything befalls their heads, I will personally hunt you to the ends of the earth and feed you to my pets." Then disappeared.
Leon blinked and said, "Kay that was freaky…" He then felt something gripping his finger and looked to see the little girl gumming his finger. He smiled as he saw how cute she was.
Dark hair wet on top her head, and mesmerizing eyes like D. The child in D's arms was blond with blue eyes and she did start making soft noises and sucked at his skin. For milk.
"Of course little ones, I think it's time to give them nutrient." So he made a couple of small scratches on his chest with his nails and let them feed. D asked for the other child to be in his arms and Leon did and he watched as D made small cuts on his nipples and watched as the children went to them and feed off the cuts.
Leon watch surprised but then he guess it was the only thing close to milk if this was the case. He sat down and leaned back in his chair and watched as D tenderly stroked the newborns' short wispy hair. As they stopped feeding and fell asleep, he gently moved them to the other side of him.
D yawned slowly and looked affectively at his lover.
"Surprised to see you as a father then?" Leon shrugged, "Yeah guess both of us will have to take responsibility to take care of them."
"Well you might need more if you're thinking of taking our daughters to that apartment of yours with all that filth lying around and exposing them to such an environment, then I refused—"
"Chill I won't do such a thing, if you like I could stay here with you, if you wanted me to that is?"
"Then by all means just a few rules I'll tell you after my nap…" D yawned and then looked at the two girls pooled on him. He stared at them both.
"Hey D thought of any names to call them?"
"How about I name one and you name the other?" Leon nodded. "Sure."
And he picked up the dark hair child and look at her. "How about we call this girl 'Desiree' she does look a lot like you and should have the 'D' stand for something at least."
"An excellent name, and I think we call her Leona after her own daddy." Desiree and Leona cooed in their new parent's arms and Leon carried the two babies to the bathroom to clean them up and leave his love to get some sleep.
Leon and D were both watching as Leona and Desiree were fighting over the last piece of toast. Before any fist could go flying, a clang of the iron gate opening and closing and then a familiar male voice called out, "Hey everybody I'm here. Sorry I'm late we kinda had a late night and well we got up cranky and left my fiancée to take her nap and…"
All six heads at the table turn to see a young blond man that looked remarkable like Leon except with short hair and in a suit.
"Uncle Chris!" Both Desiree and Leona cried as they went to hug their uncle. He hugged them back and when the girls pulled back, Leon stood up and asked, "So how was your visit to our aunt and uncle and Sam, everybody fine? How did things go when you took your fiancée over to meet them in Seattle?"
"Yeah, I mean it was kinda of a hard experience when me and Shuko, Junrei and Kanan went to see them with discussing the wedding plan and stuff. I think bringing my fiancée over to meet them wasn't a very good idea."
"Hey speaking of our future aunts where are they?" Leona question. Before Chris had time to answer a loud banshee like yell came from out front. Chris sighed and said,"Here she comes now." And just as those words escape his lips, a tall exotic dark haired woman dressed in a red kimono ran towards him and lunged at him.
"HOW DARE YOU CHRISTOPHER ORCOT LEAVE ME WAITING IN THAT GODDAMN FREAKIN' APARTMENT WHEN I SPECIFACALLY TOLD YOU I WANTED TO COME IN AND SAY HI TOO! BUT NO WE HAD TO SEE YOUR FAMILY BACK IN SEATTLE AND ARRIVE HOME LATE. THAT NO GOOD FAMILY, I SWEAR IF I EVER SEE THEM AGAIN, I WILL NOT RESIST TO HAVE BLOODSHED ON THEM! BLOODSHED I TELL YOU!"
Everyone stared as Kanan that had taken over the body started hurting her fiancé.
Everyone including the animals were sweatdropping at the scene.
Leon watched then turn to D. "If this keeps up, we have to have a funeral in place for the wedding."
D nodded and then watched as Kanan was being replaced by a crying woman, Junrei and got off Chris, wailing while hugging his body, "Oh darling, I'm sorry. I'm ever so sorry for what happen. You're family is the kindest people we ever met and Kanan didn't really mean what she said, it's just, it just—"
WAHHHH!
Leona and Desiree wondered how long the waterworks would be going on before either they needed to make a ark for all the animals to board or when…
Finally, the more reasonable, kind loving Shuko took over and wiped the tears out of her eyes.
"Sorry about that, it's just all this crazy stuff going on that making us feel like having a nervous breakdown. I mean the upcoming wedding, meeting Chris family for the first time, I mean it isn't easy for the four of us I mean with having to think a lot of the wedding and then there's the baby…"
Everyone stared in surprise and shocked as the words left Shuko's mouth. What? Did they hear right, did they hear that Chris and Shuko, Kanna and Junrei were going to have a baby!
"You're pregnant already!" Leona and Desiree said at the same time.
"I cannot believe how fast my little Honlon has grown into such a mature soon-to-be mother dragon…My stars it seem only yesterday that you and your sisters hatched from your egg on Christmas." D said as tears pour from his eyes and holding the Honlon woman like she was his other daughter.
"Oh man way a go Chris!" Leon patted his brother on the back while D congaed the two. "Well I guess you two will have to set the date earlier huh? I mean the bride mustn't look too big on her wedding day."
"WHAT! ARE YOU SAYING I'M GONNA BE FAT YOU DUMBASS!" Kanna shrieked at Leon while D tried to restraint her from killing the Count's lover.
Chris looked a little sheepish as he placed one hand behind his head. "Yeah and I think I'm gonna have to worry about the mood swings then if they coming often."
"YOU BETTER WATCH YOURSELF BUSTER! CAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SLEPT WITH ME DOESN'T MEAN—Oh Chris sorry about Kanan I mean I'm excited about the baby but I was afraid that I ruined the wedding night before we—Now now, calm down Junrei, Kanan, no need to worry just let's think about the other things we must handle. Like the wedding reception and the guest we have to invite. Chris' family is being invite and so is D and Desiree, Leona and L.J. and D.J here. And what others, who else should we invite?"
"How about the rest of us animals!" T-Chan said to her as he tapped his foot annoyed, Pon-chan giggled and said, "Can I be your flower girl then?"
"Well we have to think on that, but oh we need to find some people to come too? D, you will help us, won't you?" Shuko gave him a puppy eyes stare and D knew he couldn't turn away from those kinds of stares.
"Yes my dear, I will help—"
"Yes D thank you, thank you so much!" All three dragons said as they pounced on him and gave a really really tight bear hug. D looked ready to burst as he said, "Shuko, Kanna, Junrei…choking, need air…"
Leona, Desiree and Chris watched this for a second before Chris looked at his watch. "Whoa, look at the time, you girls better hurry cause it's almost time you two!"
"Oh yeah!" Desiree and Leona grabbed their things and said bye to D and Leon and to their brothers.
"Bye we'll see you guys later!" And the three headed up the stairs to where Chris' car was waiting and headed to their new school.
