Authors note: I haven't updated in months…. D'oh, anyway happy New Year.
Unforgiven Wolf (formally Unforgiven Gamer)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Dead Or Alive characters, they belong to Team ninja/ Temco, all the pets feature in this fic are mine and probably a few of the ACC's.
The Calm Before The Storm
I gnaw on the chicken legs I've been given by Lei, my sister shared my meal, she kept complaining about me having a larger share, I pointed out she had something to eat when I saw her, she sulks in response by pawing my food whenever she can, as if begging me to give her some of mine.
Kaiyou held a sugar cube in his paws, he's currently trying to lick it all on his own, he stole it from Ayane cup of coffee when she ordered one, I can still hear her grumbling about Kaiyou stealing her sugar without asking, while her pet didn't seem to care of his actions.
Yony is dinging on the rest of the chicken that Lei had ordered, I watch the bear cub easily break the bones and devour all the juices and meat expertly ensuring that none is wasted, Miko is sitting on the table above me feasting on a dish of cheeses that's bigger than her!
I can hear the owners above speaking while the both my paws is slowly broken down, "were you planning on starving the pets Lei?" I hear the woman called Helena asks, I listen while I started on the second chicken leg, "of course not" I heard her quickly reply, probably blushing in been accused of starving us.
My sister grab the end of the bone I'm chewing and try to put it away from me, I knew she want to play a game when she growls playfully, we deicide to play tug of war since we both held the both in our jaws, I began pulling on my end as well, I growl loudly as I try to pull it harder, my sister growl as well as she try to pull it away from me.
The owners are looking below the table where we're playing, wondering what's all the noise about when they heard our growl no doubt, "those two are really going at it," Tina sounds like she's enjoying our game, I manage to wretch the bone out of my sisters mouth with a hard heave.
She lost her grip on the bone and fell on her back, she turns to see me triumphantly holding the bone in my mouth, she cry that she lost by lying on the floor and looking very miserable, I watch her while she stare at me teary that she lost the bone, and probably trying to get me to give her the bone.
It work like a charm, so I drop the bone in front of her, she smiles and began to gnaw on the bone, I heard a few "awww" from some of the humans, no doubt seeing my action as cute, "what a gentlemen," Helena praise for my action.
Looking up I saw Lei stare at me with a sweet smile, I didn't feel so bad about giving up my bone now, she reach down and pat me on the head, "ladies comes first Foon," I sat there and enjoy her patting my head, but still felt cheated out of my bone which I won fair and square.
Yony gave a mighty burp, I could smell the awful stench of the chicken and other smells mingled with it, I saw my sister shake her head to get rid of the smell, I did the same feeling a little nausea from the powerful mixture.
Above I heard some of them gasp or a flinch from their legs of shock, surprisingly Lei and Tina didn't flinch when they heard the burp from Yony, "what is that!" Helena demands, none of them had seen Yony because he hid next to the wall so Tina and Lei could only see him, that is out of the owners.
I can hear Tina laughs hysterically, "what's so funny?" I can hear Kaiyou's owner hiss, I'm wondering why she's so angry, Kaiyou quickly filled me in, "she pride herself in not been scared," that would explain why she seem so angry, but I find it rather stupid that she would be angry about something like that.
Lei picked me up and carried me out from underneath the table, she place me on the table, they all stare at me as if I did it, I felt uncomfortable from their stares of disbelieve, "he did that enormous burp?" Ayane asks looking surprised as the others, beside Tina whose trying to keep a straight face.
I squirm wanting to be out of the sight of their focused gaze, "of course, why did you think I called him Foon, or Kaze in your language?" Jann Lee stare at me, he gave a thoughtful look, he's probably guessing is Lei telling the truth, "you do have a knack for naming things," was it praise or a insult I'm not sure, Lei took it well by thanking him.
The Chinese man shrugs, Miko came up, I must be imaging it, but I thought Miko seemed bigger than she was five minutes ago.
Her owner, Kasumi, picked her up looking alarmed, "Miko, you're going to die if you get any more fatter," the field mouse looks up at Kasumi in anger by the look of it's tail twitching, "it's your fault for ordering so much food for me an…" her owner stroked her to silence any more insult be thrown at her, even if she didn't know it.
They still believing I did it when they look back to Lei, "come on that puppy couldn't had burped that loud," Helena look underneath the table again, she probably double checking to ensure Lei and Tina isn't trying to fool them.
My sister wonders out of from underneath the table and stares up to me, "what's happening?" Fred blurted in English for her to know what is happening, "stupid, stupid, Yony hiding next to Lei," this confuse them even further, everyone look at the parrot perched upon the shoulder of Tina for answers, he turn back to his cracker to make it seem he didn't said it at all.
Kasumi stare at the parrot then look to Lei whose trying desperately to hold back a laugh, "Lei" she asks in a way it made it sound like she's the one responsible for something, the others turn eyes to Lei, Yony stood up on his hind legs and manage to stand as high as the seated Lei.
Everyone stare disbelief, the people in the next table seeing Yony stumble to their feet in terror "don't tell me you adopted another pet already?" Ayane asks seemingly unable to believe a bear would be able to hide from them that well, Yony stare at me, "did I do something wrong?" he asked half scared.
A waiter drop the food in his plate when Yony look round, "down Yony," the parrot instructs, the bear cub sunk back down underneath the table like some sea monster from a movie I saw once.
Some of the guest seem nervous as they reseat themselves, "he's my dad's pet," Tina finally explains unable to keep it back any longer from the confused looks on their faces, no doubt a moment where you wish you had a camera.
I jump off Lei lap and onto the table, "they all too shocked by Yony to notice us now," Kaiyou tells me after he left his owners arms, I had to agree as some of them try to come with terms of the bear cub appearance.
Looking over the edge of the table I watch my sister stand on her hind legs, "come on big brother I want to be on top of the table too," she whimpers, I look round the table, "try and get Lei to bring you up."
She did as I said and began to pester Lei by whimpering at her feet for a few minutes, "Far wants you," Tina points out when she heard the whimpering from my sister, Lei look down as my sister gave a begging look, she picked her up and stroke her a few times.
My sister lay on Lei's lap forgetting that she wanted to sit on the table with me, "come here Far," I heard the bouncer call out to my sister, I watch her ears flick up when she heard his command, she happily obeys.
Jumping off my owners lap she walk straight across the table to her master and sat before him on the table, he smiles and pats her on the head, "that's a good girl," everyone have now got over the surprise of Yony and resume eating or talking, Lei pouts, "scared I'll take your puppy away?" Jann looks quizzical at her, as if she asks a question which didn't made much sense, "I wanted to pet her as well," he replies, Lei look a little guilty in her quick accusation.
Before any of us could say anything else, "ladies and gentlemen," I heard someone speak above me, everyone looked up to see the speakers that that position round the entire hall are projecting the speakers voice, as to where the speaker is I'm unsure.
I listen to the announcement, "welcome to the second tournament of Dead Or Alive," I recall the name of the tournament is the same as the first one that Lei attended before she took me in, "thank you for attending this tournament, as a observer or a fighter, I' am happy to have you here to witness this grand tournament," some people smile, others look grim.
Kaiyou and Miko didn't made a sound, neither did any of us as we continue to listen, "I' am glad to announce we have a even larger amount of participators than last time, so we have decided to have a tag team battle until we have eight tag teams left," this sound like they have a lot of people for this year.
I wonder how long will this tournament take, "since we are going to start tag team battles we are allowing for you to choose your partners," Jann Lee look to Lei, I never understood what past between them when they stare at each other for that moment.
The announcement continues, "You can register who you are partnered with at the registration desk at the front of the hotel, we'll be closing the desk for registration in two days, so please register before then or you will not participate in the tournament."
I saw some people look annoyed that another condition has been added, for them to find a partner in two days time or else they cannot enter the tournament.
By the far end of the hall I saw someone who looks faimiliar, I couldn't tell from where I sat but I'm sure I saw him, he sat next to a man whose talking to him.
The prize is declared, "the prize money is twenty million," I heard whispers of excitement from some people, "only one lucky winner will receive the prize," I could feel the tension in Lei's hand building while her hand rest upon my back, "thank you for listening I'm looking forward to your fights."
Silence descended upon us, "twenty million?" asks one person from another table astonished, I wonder how much is twenty million dollars, I didn't think any more of the matter, "so we have to find a partner," I heard Tina spoke up, she sound unhappy for a moment.
Looking round I saw all of them have lower their gaze to the table, none of them made eye contact with one another, Ayane is the only one that didn't look worried, she snorted, "I pity the fool who fights me," conversation in the dining hall resume.
Lei smiles when she heard Ayane spoke without any fear, "that's from the A team," we began to laugh at Ayane, she cross her arms looking annoyed, "but why have tag teams?" some of us wonder as well, "probably to cull the weakest from us," Helena speculates, the others nod, "hopefully one of us will win," I heard the auburn woman spoke softly.
Tina slap a hand on the back of her, "come on perk up the tournament means nothing than a good time beating men that been drooling," the humour didn't seem to lighten Kasumi mood one bit, I saw a look of malice cross Ayane eyes, "you should concentrate on finding a partner whose as weak as you are," before any of us could say a word she left the table.
Kaiyou looks to Ayane, "she probably returning to her room," what she said made her sound very cold, "I'll stick around since there's no point in following her back to bed so soon," Helena rub her hand on the back of Kasumi in assurance, no doubt what the lavender woman said have made an impact upon her.
I lay down, Kaiyou watch Miko struggle to climb up his back, "now whose fault was it to eat that much cheese?" the ferret berate, "oh shut up," the field mouse retorts, she's breathing hard when she finally reach the top of Kaiyou's head.
Far came back to my side, seeing me lie down she lie down next to me, "what's this tournament about?" she asks me having little idea what's it about, I shrug, "I don't know," Fred explains it to us, "the tournament is about two people fighting until one of them gives up or beaten unconscious."
Tina gave a angry look to Fred, when he spoke to us he squawk loudly which upset everyone, "pipe down Fred, or else you won't get any sugar crackers," the parrot went silent by the threat Tina made, "my that's one way to quieten him down," came the praise of Helena.
The tournament sound bad to me, "Why would people fight other people?" my sister had the same thought about it too, "I don't want Jann to fight," she whispers in fear, Kaiyou sighs, "it's for good reasons," the field mouse added her opinion as well, "everyone has their reason, be it money, fame or something else entirely different."
I feel so young when they talk to me of the reason why their owners are fighting one another, but I felt it's wrong to fight someone unless it's a worthy cause, like finding my sister whose nestle next to me happily.
At that moment my nose caught the scent of someone, I smelt this scent today already, the scent of blood like Ayane, but this is more intense as if the person whose scent belong to had killed countless people, plus another scent which is very faint, a smell which is wrong, that shouldn't even exist to be smelled.
It's hard to explain it I meant but it felt like if you look at an apple but it's got a mouth and its eating you rather than you eating it, I shook this feeling off and look up to the direction of the smell coming from, I saw the person who emanate the smell is walking towards our table.
It's the man from this afternoon when I met Tsubasa, now it came back to me as I recall him sitting at another table talking to another person, he wore a black tuxedo with a back bow tie, compare to his earlier clothes he looked less scary.
He step up to our table, "wow that's one nice suit Hayabusa," my master compliments, Tina nods, "my, my you look like you're ready to pick someone up for a dance," Tina teases as she look to auburn woman who seem very uncomfortable at that moment.
Helena smiles, "could it be this young lady here?" I watch from where I' am to Miko's owner, her face is crimson, I can see her hands fidgeting as she tries to ignore the man behind her, Kaiyou begins to laugh hysterically, "if only Ayane was here with a camera," I wasn't sure was it all that funny, but then again seeing her like this was rather funny.
My sister laughs as well, "she's blushing as bright as a tomato!" I wasn't sure why she's so red, "probably it's hot," I thought, "may I join you?" he asks politely, avoiding the question of why he's there, "sure there's a seat next to Kasumi," the auburn woman look down at her hands, as if there is some dirt under one of finger nails.
Ryu didn't seem to notice her, or how she reacted while he's present, it would seem that he didn't care about her reaction to his presences, "so are you entering the tournament for the money?" Tina asks, Ryu looks to her with a blank expression, my nose twitch as I can detect something about the man's mood when he spoke, "yes," obviously he's lying.
My sister twitch her ears, she must had known that he's lying as well, "this is quite a gathering," he points out, I wondered is he referring to people seated in our table or us the pets, "yeah it's quite a gathering as you can see," Helena spoke while she points to us, confirming my thought.
Ryu look to me then to the others, who are hiding underneath the table, "two puppies, a Ferret, a mouse, a bear cub, a fully grown dog and a parrot," Lei lists for Ryu, "talk about different taste," some of them smiles, "what kind of pet do you own Ryu?" Tina asks.
The others look to him wanting an answer to Tina's question, the man didn't seem interest in answering the question, "he has a falcon name Tsubasa," Kasumi answers softly, scared the man beside her would shout at her for telling them, Ryu seem to notice her for the first time and stare at her hard with his emerald eyes.
I can smell the sweat from her as she tries not to look nervous at all under the gaze of Ryu, "wow that's one exotic pet," Lei spoke in awe, Ryu turns his eyes away from the nervous woman, she breathes a sigh of relief when he turns away.
The others nod, beside brunette, Kaiyou rolls his eyes, "they all think that Tsubasa is his pet," I guess what he means is that Tsubasa chose to follow Ryu, I wonder if he would explain it to them that he don't owe the falcon.
He didn't seem interest in correcting them in their assumption, "I'm hungry," my sister's whines, I'm not sure how much my sister ate before I came and disturb her meal, probably small, but still it made me feel she's a little spoiled for her own good.
Miko perched upon Kaiyou's head, she seems half asleep, her owner had notice as well, "I should return to my room," reaching out she pick Miko from Kaiyou's head, the ferret smiles when she pats him on the head, "thanks for looking after Miko."
She departs from the table and made her way to the exit, we all watch her until she leaves the room through the double doors, "come on Ryu spill it, you like her don't you?" Tina demands, the moment they saw Kasumi is through the doors, Fred shook his head, "here we go again," he squawks quietly.
I listen, interest in what the reply is given to the question Tina has raised, "it is not of your concern," he replies, at that moment his emotions were unreadable, my sister looked at me for guidance when she couldn't guess what his emotions are.
Kaiyou watch as the others look to one another, probably wondering is he saying he likes her or he don't like not, "why so evasive of the question?" Helena questions, the others nods in agreement, "I' am only a friend," he replies.
This only made them more interested, "you're her best friend, right?" Lei inquire, I watch the man remain compose, he didn't seem afraid to answer nor eager, "in a way," he replies truthfully, it made my head spin whether he's her friend or more.
I could see Lei look hopelessly confused, her eyes looking to Ryu then to the others for help in trying to understand what is Ryu trying to say, "an interesting relationship you have with her Mr Hayabusa," Helena seem to understand what he's trying to tell them, "dose she mean anything to you?"
He look at Helena with some admiration, probably because she seem to understand what he thinks of Kasumi "it's complicated at best, but she is someone I've sworn to protect" he replies, he sound truthful in what he's stating, "or maybe I'm completely wrong," I just gave up trying to figure it out, I heard my sister thump her tail in annoyance to the complication of their relationship.
Kaiyou shrugs, "complicated indeed," he went on, "but then again he's going out with my owner," he adds, I look up interested, "and I can tell you they not just friends," this made me wonder do he hate Kasumi if he's with Ayane.
Yony stare at us, "are they in love?" he questions us, I couldn't answer for him, the ferret didn't try to answer either.
I wish I could understand what is the relationship between Ayane, Kasumi and Ryu is, it's like an itch that's in a hard to reach place, "lets not talk about it, my heads beginning to spin," Lei tells them all feeling more and more lost as they continue to debate the subject.
Tina nods in agreement, "makes me want to take some aspirins," Helena shrugs, "young love," she mummers, Jann Lee kept his arms crossed, "whatever the case you're going to fight her if she's your opponent right?" the bouncer asks.
Ryu remain silent, his remain expressionless making it hard to tell what is he thinking, "I hate to play against you in poker," the female wrestler comments, "that poker face of yours is too hard to read," Jann Lee sighs, "if we were playing poker I would have lost already, I quit," Far stood up when her owner stood up.
He scoops up my sister, "bye Brother!" she calls out as her owner carried her out of the dining hall, "shall we call it a day?" Helena asks to the rest of us, I felt tired and need sleep, "let's hit the sack," Tina agrees, she stood up with Fred standing on her shoulder.
Kaiyou sat there for a few moments, "mind if I sleep in your owner's room?" I look to Lei, "sure, it all depends upon your owners reaction and mine," the ferret thought about it for a moment, "I'm sure I can get mine to say yes," I smile knowing that he can persuade her very easily, as I can persuade mine.
Lei stretch her arms, "I need my beauty sleep," Lei tells no one in particular, I watch Tina walk away from us then turns, "see you in the morning," she calls out, Lei and Helena reply the same to Tina as she left the dining hall.
Yony ambled out from his hiding place, "I want to sleep," he complains to me for some odd reason as if I'm his parent, "we'll get some sleep once we get back up to Lei's room," he yawns, I can see the row upon row of sharp teeth in his mouth while he yawns, "he's not staying in your room, is he Lei?" Helena asks politely when she saw the bear cub move behind Lei's chair.
My owner glance back to Yony and shrugs, "if Bass is still in his room I'll return him," Helena raise an eye brow, "and if not?" she asks wondering what alternative might there be, I watch Lei smiles, "he'll sleep in my room," Kaiyou leapt onto Lei's dress from behind and climb up to her shoulder.
This startled her for a moment until she felt the ferret muzzle her cheek, "hey cut it out," she complains, not making any effort to stop Kaiyou or remove him from where he is, "looks like he likes you," I wanted some attention, so I began whimpering.
Helena knelt down and pat me on the head, I let her and loved every second of it, "looks like my pet is enjoying himself as well," Lei points out, Kaiyou watch me while he's perched upon my owners shoulder, "hey that's my owner you're stealing," Jock playfully barks.
His owner didn't forget about him and pat him on the head as well, "now, don't be jealous because I'm patting him, after all he reminds me when I got you as a puppy" Jock didn't protest one bit while she stroke his head.
Ryu remain seated as we all leave, I glance back to him and wonder what he's thinking when I saw the man he sat with during the announcement, he didn't look my way so I didn't see what he look like, but I saw his hair is black and is rather long.
It's tied into a low pony tail as it reach just below his neck, "who is he?" I wonder as I strain my ears to listen to what they say, "complications with them is the worse thing, isn't it old friend," he spoke cheerfully, Ryu glance to him, "you make it sound like its my fault," the man pats Ryu on the back, "it is if you're dating one of them."
I wanted to listen longer but heard Lei call me, with one last look to them I turn and ran after my owner.
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