Sorry it took so long, but I was working on a few other things. Anyway, here's the next chapter, requested by Luna Shadows, of Valkyrie's New Pet! Also just to let you know, only another chapter or two left of this story unless I have more requests. Review please!

Scorch and Valkyrie were walking around the park, Valkyrie had a fire-proof tennis ball in one hand and hurled it as far away as possible. Scorch's eyes went huge.

"BALL!" He went chasing after it, splashing through a fountain as Valkyrie laughed.

"Well if it ain't Miss Cain, out for a little stroll are you?"

Valkyrie whirled around and saw Billy-Ray Sanguine sauntering up behind her.

She tensed. "Sanguine, what do you want?"

"What? I can't just go out for a walk?"

"No, because you only go out to kill someone or do your employer's errands."

Sanguine gave a little shrug. "What can I say, I like killing. Now what I am here for, is you."

Valkyrie sighed. "Of course. But you're going to have to go through him to get me."

Sanguine turned and saw Scorch standing behind him, a yellow tennis ball in his mouth. He laughed. "A dog? Little darlin' I hope you realize that no matter how big a dog may be they can't beat me."

"Well, he isn't any ordinary dog. In fact, he isn't even a dog," Valkyrie grinned. 'This was going to be fun.'

Sanguine's confident grin drooped. "What is he then?"

Valkyrie's smile widened. "Why don't you find out?"

Sanguine turned again just in time to see Scorch's eyes turn black and red, his claws grew longer and his fangs curl over a foot under his jaw. The stripe down his back was suddenly on fire and the star in a circle symbol appeared on his forehead in blood red. "Step. Away. From. The girl. Now." Scorch's voice even made Valkyrie freeze up in fear. She knew that Hellhound's voices would change when they were in full-out mode but she hadn't realized that they changed so drastically. Her eyes flickered to Sanguine, who had begun to tremble in fear.

Then he straightened up and said in a strained voice, "you don't scare me, even if you are a Hellhound."

Scorch snarled and took a step forward. "One chance. That's all you're getting."

Sanguine thought for a few moments. "Well sorry, but I need the girl so, why don't we just fight this out."

"Fine with me."

Sanguine lunged forward, his straight razor going for Scorch's throat. And then Scorch wasn't there.

Before he could fully comprehend what had happened, he felt something smash into his side like a bulldozer, throwing him well over seven yards away from his original position. He stood up just in time to see fire flare up around him, trapping him in a circle of flames.

Sanguine stumbled forward as the fire nipped at his heels, driving him forward. He looked up and cursed as he saw the flames part like eager servants as Scorch slunk into the circle.

Scorch snarled and leaped into the air, Sanguine was slammed backwards into the ground so hard he felt the Earth crumbling beneath him. He looked up right into the eyes of the angry Hellhound standing straddling him, his hind legs on either side of him and his forepaws on his chest, those giant claws digging into him. Sanguine's breath was coming in uneven, ragged gasps. Scorch's weight was proving not letting him breathe correctly.

Scorch reared back, his jaw opening, fangs reflecting the firelight, ready to end Sanguine's life.

Sanguine squeezed his eyelids shut, ready for those fangs to sink into his throat and tear him in half.

"Scorch, stop."

Sanguine opened his eyes and saw Scorch drop back to all fours, his mouth closing once again and looking back at Valkyrie who was watching them from the other side of the fire circle. "Don't kill him, he's too amusing to kill."

Scorch nodded then turned back to Sanguine and leaned in close, his eyes boring into his sockets. "If you ever try to harm Valkyrie in any way again, I swear I will tear you apart limb from limb and I will very much enjoy it. Understand?"

Sanguine gave a quick little nod and Scorch let him up.

The flames extinguished, leaving scorched ground in its place and he watched as the terrifying Hellhound once again turned into a slightly bigger than normal dog, in a second and once and step over to grab the tennis ball in his mouth.

Sanguine stood up on shaky legs and watched Valkyrie take the not at all slobbery ball from Scorch. "Good boy Scorchie, next time I want you to bite him in the butt. It'll be fun to watch him squeal like a pig."

Scorch snickered and the two walked away, leaving a shocked Sanguine to seriously wonder what went wrong.

'Probably when I said that we should fight it out.'