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Hungry pets

I sat on the chair waiting for Lei while she's in the shower, I can hear her singing, I wait for her to finish her shower and come play with me, "wonder what the others are doing?" I ask myself, I glance at the extra bed that sat next to Lei's, "they said someone will be sharing a room with Lei, I wonder who could it be?"

I heard scratching from the door.

Curious whatcould itbe I leapt down from the chair and moved to the door, I heard a loud sniffing that sounded like an adult dog, but much bigger, "whose there?" I ask standing some way from the door in case someone might break it down, like the people I saw in those action movies Lei watched with me.

I heard the scratching noise again, "is there any food in there?" I heard a curious voice which is rather loud but young as well, "no, there's none," I heard a thud, probably sitting down, "I'm hungry," it pronounces, I wondered what is he, "are you a pet?" wondering dose he have a owner.

I heard him answer, "yes, Bass," I recall the gorilla like man who was called "daddy" by Tina; I sat down and wondered what I could do, "ummm…." He asks for a moment then went silent, "yes?" I asks hearing it sound very unconfident, "could you let me in?"

I wondered why would he ask such a thing, "Bass shut the door and forgot to leave me in," I thought about it for a moment, "guess it'll be OK," I ran to the showers door when I heard the door open and saw Lei wrap in a white towel which stops at her knees, "what is it Foon?"

She asks when she saw me walk up to her with my pleading eyes, something I know wou-ld get Lei's attention, I back track to the door and scratch at it, "do you want to go?" she asks wondering do I need the loo, "hey scratch the door when I scratch," I call out.

I scratch the door again, a few moments later he scratched from the outside, "got a friend outside?" she asks puzzled, I ran back to her and stood behind her leg then push her forward with my nose, "OK, OK, I'll open the door for you then," she half laughs.

She took hold of the handle and open the door, I stood at the door and watch it open to see a large furry animal staring at me with small black eyes, it looked similar to some of the dog but it's face is broader,"oh my god, a bear cub!" Lei scream in panic.

She scramble back into the room and slam the shower door, I stood there wondering why she was so alarmed, despite meeting someone that's bigger than me, I didn't felt one bit scared, "scary, am I?" I heard him asks me, I sat down, "from the way you're talking you don't sound all that scary," he smiles, half scared, "shy, aren't you?"

He nods putting his paw on his head, probably embarrassed by something, "so what's your name?" he looks into the room to the shower door, I could hear Lei saying, "calm down it's ONLY a bear cub," probably seeing a bear cub isn't a every day thing, "Yony" he replies.

I could still hear Lei saying, "I'll run out and scream at it to scare it, yeah that's what I'll do," I thought it's best if I got Lei to calm down, "don't run off or anything when my owner comes running out," Yony smiles, "don't worry I had my owner make me listen to twenty motor bikes running past me when they saw me running to meet him," I didn't know what a motorbike is.

Standing before the door leading to the showers I scratch on the door few a few seconds, "get away!" she screams thinking I'm Yony, I whimper for a while and scratch the door hoping she'll know it's me, finally she open the door.

She wore a pair of blue jeans and a white shirt, "is he still here Foon?" I roll my eyes and walk back to Yony, "she seem pretty scared of bears," I glance back to see her peaking through the shower door at us, "come on Yony she's probably just scared to see a bear."

He didn't seem ready to move, "come on!" I shout running behind him and pushing him with my nose, he didn't budge, "I'm scared," he replies, I stop and ran round to the front, "come on she's scared of you too," he looks up at Lei who shrink away when Yony stared at her.

He rose, "OK…" he tells me walking towards Lei, I accompanied him by his side and watch Lei seem ready to bolt into the shower room again.

She didn't and finally we stood in front of her, she stare at me while I wag my tale in excitement, Yony stared at her scared she might hit him, she hesitantly reach out, I watch as she stroke Yony on the nose, he licked her hand and giggled, "there you see she's not going to hit you," Yony smiles and nuzzle her hand.

She seems a little scared still but seem to be really enjoying the bears licking at her hand, after a few moments she step out of the door and knelt down, "you have a collar," she spoke to us, I watch her hand run a finger round the brown collar round the bear cubs neck, "Yony,"

I look to Yony, "Bass's pet?" she asks sounding half surprised, "I'm hungry," Yony said again, I heard a low rumble which came from him, "you're hungry hmmm?" Lei asks understanding what the sound meant, Yony nods, "well it's about dinner time so I'll order something for all of us."

I barked my agreement when she said she'll order something, my tiny stomach growled as well in agreement, "OK Foon keep your fur on, OK," she swirl her finger over my head making me feel more hungry by the minute as my mouth water at the thought of the food she might order for me.

A knock came from the door, "who is it?" Lei calls out, my nose twitched as I sniff the scent of the man behind the door, sweat and alcohol I can smell, my nose felt a little warm as well which made me shake my head to clear the strange feeling.

"It's me," came a ruff voice which was low but sounded intimidating, Lei instantly became stiff, she only do this if she's expecting a fight with someone, she approach the door, her eyes narrowed, she open the door with no warmth I usually see when she greets someone.

It seem she's acting defensive, that the persons beyond the door intend to do her harm, I bare my fangs when I thought that, she stood back to stare at the man standing at the door entrance, tanned darkly, he wore a suit of black and shirt.

He stares at her with some dissatisfaction, he glance to me, I snarl thinking he might hit Lei, "just like you baring your fangs with no intention of hurting people," he spoke, to me or to her I wasn't sure, "came here to insult me?" she asks bitterly.

Yony hid away from sight, "no, I was wondering why you signed up to the tournament again?" I walked cautiously forward and watch her consider answering him, "I'll tell you when we meet in the arena," he didn't say any more on the matter, "Do you want to come down for dinner?"

This surprised her, she seem shocked by the invitation all of a sudden, "maybe…" she replies uncertain, he stare down at me, "I understand you have to feed him," Yony peeked out, "you even have a bear cub?" the man asks a little startled by Yony as well.

Lei glance back to Yony, "the bear's Bass," the man shrugs, "I was mistaken," the hard look while he stare down at Lei made my fur stand on ends, "I'll come down in five minutes," she replies quickly, she stare down at me for a moment, I felt calm for that one moment.

The man turns on his heels, "then I'll be down stairs eating," he didn't wait for another answer and left the door, I peek out of the door to see him walking down towards the elevator at the far end of the corridor, "should we go Foon?" I heard Lei asks me directly.

I look up and wondered do she want to go, her eyes gave me the senses that she wouldn't mind, she seems calmer after her left, I look at the ground and through should I make the decision to go or not, "I'm hungry," Yony mummers from behind the bed.

Hearing his complaint made my stomach growl for food, "guess your stomach chose for us," she tells me and knelt down to pat me on the head lightly, I close my eyes and enjoy her hand patting me for a few brief seconds, "what should I wear?" she asks herself while she rises and walk to the wardrobe.

Five minutes later I'm sitting on the floor watching Lei study herself in the mirror while she went through all her clothes, I wondered why she had so many clothes, "is she done yet?" Yony asks for the eighth time, "Hmmm should I wear this?" I heard Lei asks into the mirror of herself.

She wore the red Chinese dress with a golden dragon design sown into it, the golden dragon appeared to be rising from the bottom of right hand side of the dress and ended at Lei left shoulder, "Nah," she toss the red Chinese dress to bed with the other eight other clothes.

Yony stare at me wondering will she be finished, I put my head down between my paws hoping she'll be ready, or else his stomach is going to growl all night long.

Lei fumes at herself, "come on… think" she stare hard at herself in the large mirror which stood taller than her and reach the floor allowing me to see my reflection if I wanted to, her hair done into the two pig tails, "I know," she finally announces, taking the left pigtail she undo it and repeat the process with the right.

She put the two golden hoops down on the table and threw her hair back; I watch her turn and glance at her reflection, with her hair let down, "perfect," she proclaims smiling at herself, "isn't she forgetting something?" Yony asks.

I nodded, "what is she going to wear?" I add thinking she'll take another five minutes to choose a dress, my worries vanish when she picked up the first dress she had tried on, the blue Chinese dress is exactly the same as the red one, but the red one didn't have its neck part reach a little touching the middle of Lei's neck.

Lei told me it feels like she has a choker round her neck when she slips on the blue dress, she explain to me what a choker is when I stare at her quizzically sometime ago, one of the competitors also wear something like a choker round her neck.

Lei stare at herself in the mirror while I watch, she smiles happily, "OK I'm done," she turns to me as I sat up when she said she's ready, "oh almost forgot," she ran over to the bathroom and rummage through her purse, "were is it… I know I put it in here."

I wondered what she brought me, "maybe a ball for me to play" happily running to Lei side and stand on my hind legs, she smiles when she saw me, "oh you're excited hmm?" I bark my reply, "you'll love this surprise," from the purse she brought a black ribbon.

She knelt down and loop the ribbon round my neck then tie it, I couldn't see what she's doing, "there, come here Foon," she stood up and walk to the mirror, gesturing for me to come to her, obediently I walk to the mirror and stare at my own reflection at the mirror.

I stare at myself in the mirror and saw nothing unusual, my grey fur is clean and soft, my tail is wagging in delight while part of my mind went to the food, I look to my collar and saw the ribbon has been tied into a bow, I recall this looks similar to the bow that man had around his neck.

I wonder what so special about the bow, "you look so cute Foon with that bow tie on you," she scoops me up and cuddles me in front of the mirror, I lean back and licked her cheek as a "thank you," for buying me the bow tie.

Yony stare at the elevator, "I can't go in," he tells me, "why?" I ask curious, he look away, probably embarrassed, "I'm too heavy," he finally tells me when he turns, I stare at him, "no you're not," I tell him seeing no indication he's that heavy.

When the elevator door opens Lei step in, she turns and stare at me and Yony, "come on," I walk into the elevator and sat down while Yony stare at the carpet in front of him, "come on Yony," I call, he looks up and gave a low growl which I guess is a sigh, "don't scare me like that," Lei shouts when Yony had growled.

Yony seem hurt by her words, "she's still afraid of you Yony, she probably thought you were angry when you gave that low growl," he didn't reply and walk to the elevator on all fours, when he put two of his feet into the elevator I heard a horrible buzzing.

Looking up Lei sighs loudly, "I guess elevators weren't made to carry bear cubs," Yony step off, he seem really depressed, I leapt out, "if we can't take the lift we'll just take the stairs," I tell the bear cub, he glance at me, "but you'll your owner is waiting for you in the lift," he protested.

Lei seeing me stand next to Yony step out of the elevator as well, "I guess it can't hurt to walk down four flights of stairs," she gave me one her dazzling smiles, Yony look up and smiles, "come on Yony Lei is going to walk with us down the stairs."

We reach the bottom floor after the decent from the four flight of stairs, "you two don't wonder off now," Lei warns wagging a finger at me, I knew exactly what it meant, "if you wonder off I'm not going to feed you," is what it meant.

I obey knowing that she'll be worried if I wonder off without telling him, after we reach the bottom floor where the lobby is we turned left and proceed to the double red doors, my nose twitch when I caught the scent of wonderful food been served behind those doors.

My mouth began to water at the thought of having food, "Yo Lei," I heard someone shout, I caught the smell of straw and perfume which made my nose water a little, "Hey Tina," Lei calls out, I turn to see the wrestler is wearing a red tank top with a black sleeveless jacket and a pair of blue jeans with black boots.

I saw Lei stare in disbelief at Tina, the way Lei looks made her appear it's ready to pop out, "what?" Tina asks wondering what Lei is staring at, "that isn't formal!" Lei partly shouts drawing a few peoples attention, Tina wave her hand, "piss posh, I didn't have anything formal anyway when I got here."

I watch Lei shakes her head, "I could had worn my… suit," Lei face turns red, I thought she was angry but when I saw her shake her head and rolls her eyes did I know she was merely embarrassed, "don't remind me," she replies to Tina.

This made me curious, when she saw me staring at her questionably she wave her hand away in a gesture that said, "don't even ask," so I sat back down and look to Tina, I just notice something is perching on her shoulder.

The creature is a bird of some kind, similar to Tsubasa but more brightly colour with a large yellow beak, "wark, the suit is mighty fine," it spoke in a strange way, "a parrot?" Lei asks when she also notice, "yeah, his names Fred," the parrot whistles, "the names Fred," it whistles again, "how do you do?"

I heard Lei laughs, "what?" the wrestler asks, Lei shook her head while she tries to stop herself laughing, "no wonder he like him, he's a parrot that tries to charm all the pretty ladies," the wrestler laughs as well understanding what she meant.

Fred stares at me, "damn, your owner is hot," he spoke, not in the strange human voice, to me and Yony, "seen her without anything on her?" he asks me, I blush at what he meant, "Come on kid spill the beans is she really hot without anything on?" Yony slumps his head, "hey Yony did Bass forgot you again?" Fred asks.

Yony nods, "that's one disobedient owner if I eve saw one," Fred made it sound Bass is Yony's pet, "lets go before our pets decided to go without us," my owner spoke up when she saw me glance to the double doors, "lets, I'm starving," Tina has my vote on that matter as we walk through the double doors into the dinning room.