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"Doesn't look like it'll last much longer," Shuichi stated, looking at the nearly bright clear sky that was barely tainted with red. "I bet you five dollars that it'll be over before noon."
Splinter looked over at his friend. "I know the way you are with bets," he replied. "Betting against you is going to make me an idiot since you always seem to win them. But I'm still curious as to why Aoshi just called us to him. I mean, the Red Sun is almost over, there is no reason why you would want to leave this city, so why call us to him?"
"I'm curious myself," Shuichi said. "Aoshi has always made it a habit to leave the city sometimes when the Red Sun is over." Shuichi sighed heavily, glancing in a random direction. "I really don't want to leave this place. What about you?"
"I got a joint here," Splinter stated. "I can't exactly leave it. I could probably get someone else to take care of it, but still. What about your place?"
Shuichi shrugged. "It depends if Aoshi's thought through everything, then I'll decide what I should do about everything." Shuichi kept looking around. "You want to know something? This is the only city where I've ever felt at home. Any idea why that is?"
"Don't ask me. I don't have a clue about the way your mind works. You are the mastermind of everything!"
"I'm not that smart," Shuichi stated with a small laugh.
"Hey guys!" someone behind them yelled out, making both Shuichi and Splinter turn around. They saw another fox demon, but not a red-head. He had silvery hair tinted with blue that was plainly seen if the sun hit his head just right. His eyes blended in with his hair a little too well. They were a bright blue that almost seemed silver. Most would think this guy was blind, but he can see more then anyone would think. "What's up?"
"What do you want, Aisu?" Shuichi asked the silver-haired fox with a deadly tone.
"What?" he replied. "Can't I just come see you two on your way?"
"Not since I know Aoshi sent you," Shuichi stated as he turned around and continued to walk away.
"Damn, Ice Heart, what's up with you?" Aisu asked. "You've seemed a little moody lately. Aoshi finally knocked you up or something?"
"You and your mind," Shuichi mumbled under his breath, but Aisu heard him anyway.
"Come on, from one ice to another," Aisu said, catching up to the two in front of him until her stood in front of Shuichi. "Tell me what's going on."
"One: it's only 'one ice to another' if we are both full ice. You're full ice fox, I'm only half. Two: make me tell you and I'll think about it."
"You got quite the mouth, you little runt," Aisu snarled.
"Come off it," Splinter growled back. "You're just jealous of Ice Heart because you like Aoshi, but Aoshi likes Ice Heart more then you. You might have been his favorite then, but Ice Heart's his favorite now. Get over it!"
"Why don't you just shut the fuck up, Splinter!" Aisu snapped. "This doesn't concern you!"
"If it concerns my best friend, then it concerns me!" Splinter snapped back.
"Knock it off," Shuichi said in a bored tone. "You two are starting to give me a headache."
"Sorry, Ice," Splinter said. He sometimes just called Shuichi 'Ice' instead of 'Ice Heart'.
Aisu didn't seem to think the same as Splinter. "Why don't you make me?" Aisu said in a baiting tone. But Shuichi wasn't one to take the bait that easily. He usually acted like he did. Shuichi fixed his eyes into a glare as he curled his hand into a fist before punching Aisu in the face, knocking him to the ground. Wiping the blood that was dripping out of his mouth, the silver-haired fox stood and was about to punch Shuichi back, but Splinter caught his fist. He swung his hand and hit Aisu in the stomach, knocking the wind out of the taller fox. Aisu knelt on the ground.
"Know your place," Splinter said. "And be glad that I'm a little more merciful then Aoshi." He let go of Aisu's fist before he and Shuichi walked off.
"You really didn't have to do that," Shuichi said to his friend. "Now he's going to come after you as well."
"Ch, I would rather that happen then stand by and allow him to strike you," Splinter replied.
Shuichi slowly shook his head and he chuckled lightly. "I don't know whether to call you the greatest friend in the world, or a complete and total idiot." Splinter looked at Shuichi before both fox demons broke into laughter. "I mean it!" Shuichi stated once he had his laughter under a little control. He gave his friend a playful punch on his shoulder. "But thanks for defending me."
"In your condition, you need defending," Splinter stated as he pulled a cigarette out of the pack in his pocket and put it in his mouth, lighting it once the cigarette met his lips.
Shuichi gave him a surprised look. "How did you know? I don't think I told you."
"You didn't," Splinter replied. "But I'm a fox. Same as you. I can smell it in your scent. Aoshi might not catch it very easily, though. Guy has no sense of smell."
"He does," Shuichi stated. "But he just chooses to breathe in my scent before any other. He's obsessed, that's what he is. Hey, give me a smoke, man." Splinter gave Shuichi a cigarette, which Shuichi didn't think twice about lighting before he placed it on his lips. "Thanks. I've been needing one lately."
"What happened to the pack I gave you a few days ago?" Shuichi shrugged. All Splinter did was sigh as he shook his head. "You might be strong, but you are still irresponsible. Think you can handle a kit?"
"I can handle a kit," Shuichi replied. "I just hope I don't lose it before it's born. I really hope I don't lose it. Hey, when are you gonna get one?"
"One: don't really plan on one any time soon. Two: haven't found the right guy yet. Three: even if I do, and I'm the uke, not gonna happen!" Shuichi laughed. "What? I don't want any kits right now! I'm surprised you got one. A half demon, too. Oh well. Nothing I can do or say about it."
"Just don't tell Aoshi," Shuichi said when he regained his calmness. "Who knows how he would react. If it was his, he might not act very violent, but it's not his. This kit is, like you said, a half-demon. Meaning Aoshi's going to know that I've been seeing my human behind him back. I don't even know how long I've been carrying this kit. It might have been before the Red Sun, maybe when I told Yuki about everything. I don't really know. Granny Ai can't tell how long someone's been carrying a kit."
"So Granny Ai was the one who told ya?"
"Pretty much," Shuichi replied with a small shrug of his shoulders as the ash fell from the tip of his cigarette. "You wouldn't believe my reaction to it. Though I think Yuki acted more surprised then I did. Especially when I told him the kit was his and not Aoshi's. I think that just shocked even more then he already was. What surprised me was that even when he can't stand me that well, he actually went out into the rain to look for me. I don't understand humans. I don't think I ever will."
"What are you talking about?" Splinter asked, giving the hybrid fox a confused look.
"Yuki can't stand me the well, but he's pretty overprotective about me," Shuichi said. "Like with Taki from the band ASK."
"I remember that. Aoshi was the one who killed those thugs. Me and another fox from the gang, I forgot which one. I think it was Taro. Anyway, we got to have fun with the corpses."
"So you two were the ones who wrote on the wall?" Shuichi asked.
Splinter nodded. "Aoshi didn't do anything to that guy Taki. But he let the rest of the gang torture that guy. Had fun, too. As soon as Taro and I were done with those two humans that Aoshi said we could have fun with, we went back to the others and had some fun beating Taki up. No one -and I mean no one!- hurts my buddy and gets away with it without being punished by me!"
"And I thought Aoshi was overprotective," Shuichi mumbled, but Splinter heard him clearly. The older fox swung his arm around Shuichi's neck, grinning his face off like he was a maniac or something. Shuichi returned the smile as he slipped Splinter's arm off of his neck. "You know that if Aoshi sees you doing that, he's going to get wrong ideas."
"Ah, Aoshi knows that I only love you as a friend!" Splinter stated. "Either that, or a little brother that I can give noogies to!" The blood fox started to rub his knuckle on Shuichi's scalp, hard.
"Splinter!" Shuichi yelled out playfully, struggling to get out of Splinter's grip. "Come on, man! Let go! I mean it! I'll freeze your foot and you know I will! I can freeze your entire body if I want to! Final warning! Let me go!"
The red-head eventually released his hold on the younger fox, who was rubbing his head while glaring at the older fox demon. "What?" Splinter asked innocently as he shrugged his shoulders. All the hybrid fox did was sigh heavily as he shook his head slowly. "Admit it, you are enjoying the love!" Shuichi burst out laughing, but soon quit when he saw other familiar foxes outside of the club.
"You sure you have no idea what's going on?" Shuichi asked the fox next to him. Splinter shook his head, saying that he had no clue as well. Shuichi approached one of the fox demons at the door. "Hey, what's going on? Why did Aoshi call everyone here?"
The fox smirked. "It's a surprise," he stated before stepping to the side, allowing Shuichi and Splinter to enter the club. Inside, all the foxes in Aoshi's gang were there, all wearing identical smirk on the faces. Splinter, being the taller fox demon in the club, went wide-eyed at what he saw over the heads of the other foxes. Shuichi sent him a curious look.
"You aren't going to like who is beyond this crowd," Splinter whispered into Ice Heart's fox ear. Shuichi gave Splinter a shocked look before he made his way through the crowd of fox demons.
When he made it through the crowd, he didn't like seeing who was there, handcuffed to a couple of steel pipes.
Me: and I will leave u 2 guess on who is there. I hope u enjoyed the chapter. Now I shall give me normal speech. –clears throat before reading from a script- "Review this chapter or I shall never update this story again. That, and u will have 2 deal with a crying Dragon Ruler 06." Dang, not much of a speech.