Monster
"Geez, what's with this guy?" Finral asked nobody as he explored the hideout alone, well, almost alone. "Why does he need me to know where his room is? I get why I would need to know where the bathroom is, but his bed room? If he thinks I'm going to open a portal for him every time he needs to go to his room or something, he's got another thing coming. And what's with this hideout? Everything seems so... unorganized... The kitchen was on the third floor and the dining room was on the second! Shouldn't they be on the same floor? Come to think of it, shouldn't they be right next door to each other? Or connected in some way? Where am I even at anyway? This hall is so dark."
Just then he heard a low growling sound coming from farther down the hall.
"W-what was that?!"
The growling continued.
"A-a-alright big scary monster... I-I-I-I think I-I'm just going to leave now..."
Another growl much louder then the others.
"B-bye~!" He said jumping threw a portal as fast as he could.
"Whoa! What's the matter?" Yami said when Finral jumped out of the portal and ran into him.
"G-g-growling... D-d-dark... M-m-monster..." He quickly stammered.
"Whoa, whoa. Slow down. What monster?"
Finral took a deep breath and started over, "Why the heck is there a monster IN THE HIDEOUT?!"
"Again, what monster?"
"THE ONE IN THAT DARK HALL!"
"Which dark hall?
"THE ONE WITH ALL THE GROWLING!"
"Oh. So you did find your way to the basement," he laughed.
"T-that was the basement?"
"Yup."
"And that growling was the 'pets' you spoke of?"
"Yup."
"So there's no monster?"
"Nope."
"Can I ask you something? Again."
"I thought this whole conversation was you asking me something."
"I think you know what I mean." I hope.
"Sure. What is it?"
"HOW BIG ARE THESE PETS!"
"Can you open a portal back to the basement?"
"I can. But I don't think I will."
"And why not?"
"Because you're 'pets' are terrifying."
"Open a damn portal," Yami said, his aura going dark.
"O-okay." Scary, he thought opening the portal.
Finral cautiously followed Yami threw the portal, hiding behind him as they walked.
"Would you knock that off? They're completely harmless," Yami said to him when he stopped in front of the giant iron-bar doors and Finral refused to step out from behind Yami.
"Nope! You said they eat people!"
"I did not. I said they think of new people as their dinner."
"That's the same thing!"
"They'll stop once they get to know you," he replied reaching up to pet one of them.
"They won't get the chance to if I'm in THEIR STOMACH!"
"Shut up," Yami said grabbing Finral by his new Black Bulls' robe and forced him to stop hiding.
"WHAT THE HECK! THEY'RE FREAKIN HUGE! ...But... kind of cute..."
"Glad you think so because from now on you're feeding them."
"WHAT?!" YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
"They get fed once in the morning and again in the evening. You better be kind to my adorable little pets or I'll have to kill ya."
"Huh?!" Little!
"I found them on my way back from a mission when they were babies. Their parents were killed by some nobles who where out hunting magical beasts for fun."
"N-not all nobles are like that," Finral said softly after a moment of silence.
"I Know that. Your father said you're a noble didn't he?"
"Y-yes, Sir."
"Hey, now. I'm only twenty-two. You don't need to be so formal. 'Yami' is fine. Now feed these guys and get to bed. We've got a mission tomorrow."
"W-what kind of mission?"
"I'm taking you everywhere I know I'll need to be at some point. Then when we're done I'm going gambling. After that, you're taking us home. Then I'll never have to fly anywhere again."
"YOU DID ONLY LET ME ON YOUR SQAUD BECAUSE YOU'RE LAZY, DIDN'T YOU?!"
"I got no idea what you're talking about Kid," Yami replied as he walked away.
"MY NAME'S FINRAL!"