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Chapter 7

Following the officer's advice, Feliciano left the station and headed straight for where his older brother and younger brother worked. It was a small Mediterranean restaurant, where his older brother Lovino and their childhood friend Antonio worked as chiefs and his younger brother Sebo worked as a bus boy. When he reached the kitchen to greet them however, he was shocked to find that they also had ears and tails. But what Feliciano found even more bizarre was the older man standing in the middle of the room, smiling happily at him as if he knew Feliciano from a long time ago.

The man was not exactly old looking, older than the three plus Feli but not elderly, but had the aura of someone much older than he let on. He had brown hair the color of Lovino's, and friendly brown eyes which at times glinted of less friendly ideas. Curious, Feliciano asked, "Hi guys, and who is he?"

"As I was just telling your brother's, you can call me your grandpa or Romulus; whichever you prefer. It had been so long since I saw you three, I wanted to know how you were doing so I decided to visit," Romulus answered while getting up to give the youngster a hug.

"He's already been here a couple days and has even decided to stay for a while, but you would have already known that if you still worked here," Lovino snorted.

"Now, now, Lovi. You should be happy that your brother has gotten in good with someone like the Mayor," Antonio replied happily, causing Romulus to look with even more pleasure towards Feliciano.

"So I was right to pick you," Romulus muttered to himself, only to speak up louder and ask Feliciano, "Tell me Feli, what do you think of this Mayor? Is he a good person? Would you like him to stay with you and be friends with your friends?"

"Vee, Ludwig is a really good guy. Sometimes I feel like he protects me better than my brothers and our friends could combined. It kind of reminds me of how things were when I was little and spent a lot of time with Elizabeta and Mr. Edelstein," Feliciano answered to happily to notice two people who looked like Elizabeta and Roderick's ears prick in the back room.

Romulus simply smiled at this and asked, "I that case, why don't you invite him over here for the full moon. Then he can join our little group forever."

"I don't know, he gets kind of angry if I get in the way of his work," Feliciano answered thoughtfully. As much as he would like for Ludwig to join them, he really did not want him to be angry when he did so.

"Then what do you say I go and convince him to come over, si?" Romulus decided, talking to Feliciano as if he was a small child. The youth did not seem to mind, however, and agreed to the idea. With this said, Romulus began to leave for the back door, only to then turn to the others and say, "Lovi, you still need to find a guest. I think that little Japanese boy would work well for you. And Sebo don't forget to feed your guest, he's still a little whelp so he'll need his strength for the transformation more than the others. Antonio…keep up whatever it is you were doing. Bye kids, be good!"

The group waved goodbye as the door closed and the man left. After he left, Feliciano turned to Lovino and asked, "Vee, he was weird. So what is going on anyways?"

"Never mind, just suit up to work if you plan on staying here for now," Lovino answered while throwing a shirt and apron at his brother. With this done, things went back into a shaky normal.

"Hey dude, that new comic book came out today, right? You totally have to still have a copy of it for me," Alfred chattered away happily as he walked down the shopping district with his friend Kiku after eating together for a quick dinner. Kiku was a much quieter person who owned a small comic book and overall geek store. Not that Alfred and the rest of Kiku's other patrons minded, it was one of the things that allowed the two of them to be friends.

"Of course. Why don't we head back and I can get it for you," Kiku answered with a slight smile.

"Really, dude, you rock! But wait, isn't your store closed already? I mean, it's almost nine," Alfred commented.

"It's alright, it's on the way anyways," Kiku persisted.

In a couple of minutes, the two of them reached the store and Kiku was about to unlock the front door when he realized that it was unlocked. Cautiously, Kiku creaked the door open and flipped the lights on, revealing to the two of them Lovino sitting casually on the glass counter guarding Kiku's more valuable items.

The intruder scowled when he saw that Kiku was not alone, only to then turn to Kiku and say, "Hey, Kiku, you gotta come with me now."

Concerned, Kiku took a step farther from the boy and began to inch towards his samurai set which he kept incase something like this happened. Alfred on the other hand took a couple steps towards Lovino and said, "What the hell are you doing here? Get out intruder before I arrest you!"

Lovino gave a smirk at this and knelt down low. Before either Kiku or Alfred knew what happened, Lovino lunged towards Kiku and grabbed the man around the neck with more strength than any of them expected. Lovino thought about this for a moment, only to then laugh and say, "This must be what that old guy was talking about. And if this is happening to me now, I can't wait to find out how strong I'll be tomorrow after I become a full werewolf! Too bad I have to use you, acquaintance, but crappy orders are still orders."

Alfred blinked at the term werewolf, only to snap out his momentary daze and try to save Kiku all too late. He had absolutely no idea why the werewolves would want Kiku, but if anyone could help him get his friend back from something supernatural he knew it would have to be Arthur. With this in mind, he called Arthur and told him to meet back at the station. Hopefully he could help and perhaps the other werewolf they caught could prove useful.

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