Chapter 15 (Wrote this during the midterm and I still have the nasty taste in my mouth.)

It was election month and Kuri wasn't happy. 'I hate elections.' she said.

Count D asked, "Why?"

'The ads are a pain in the ass, not all politician tell the truth, and I swear if I hear slanders one more time, I'm going to destroy the TV we have.'

Count D said, "Do that and you'll have to pay for it."

Soon 2 men came into the shop. Kuri recognized them and got up. 'Speak of the devil, here's a politician.'

The man she was talking about name Roger Stanford went to her. "Hello. I'm Roger Standford. If I rely on your vote I can become the next president."

Kuri gave him the Italian f**** you and left. Count D sweat-dropped. "Please forgive her. She's not fond of election years."

Roger said, "It's alright. I'm used to it."

Next thing they knew was that there was a commotion outside the shop. "I already told you I don't have the pet you're looking for." said Count D. Leon saw this and went to the shop before things gets ugly making Roger and his assistant Kelly leaving.

After they left, Leon and Count D went back inside the shop. "What was that all about?" asked Leon.

Count D said, "A politician I should've thrown out sooner. I can see why Kuri hates election year."

Leon said, "Well you got a good excuse this time. He's from a long line of politicians and he's known as the black sheep of the family."

Kuri said, 'Hope I won't get in trouble for throwing him out.'

Leon said, "I doubt there will be a media swarm out there. Well how is Kuri? It's been a good 2 or 3 months since the accident."

Count D said, "She's doing fine, but every now and then she has to use the cane."

Leon said, "She might have to use it permamently. Oh and I hear from Chris you haven't been on a date with her yet."

Count D blushed. "Who has time to date when you have a shop to run?"

Leon asked, "Did you forget that the flying rat with you is your grandpa?"

Soon Q-chan turned into his real form again. "He's right you know. Why go out with her for a while?"

Count D groans. "Alright but on my terms and when I find it alright." he said.

"Deal." they said.

The next day, Kuri and Count D were tending to the animals when they saw Kelly and a woman who was Roger's wife. Kuri went to Count D and tugged his sleeve. Count D saw them. "Hello there. I see you didn't bring Roger with you this time." he said.

Kelly said, "Yeah I want to apologies for that. Oh I brought here his wife. I was hoping maybe we can sell an pet if you have what we needed."

As Count D saw her all the animals were starting to make noises and even though no one else heard this particular sound Kuri did. It was a weird kind of growling but somehow she knew what animal it was coming from. 'Oh no. Not again.'

Count D said, "Of course. If you may please bring your representative here tomorrow I'll sell you the pet you want."

Kelly said, "Thank you." And the 2 left.

Kuri ran or limp to Count D. 'You're not really going to sell them the animal are you? You know it's the reason why we have wars.' she said.

Count D said, "I didn't choose him, the Kirin did."

Kuri couldn't believe what she was hearing and ran to the room where this Kirin was. She opened the door and said, 'Please I beg you. No more bloodshed. The world can't take it anymore. Heck the world is still recovering with the old wars and are in new ones. Please no more.' She heard the roar again and looked down in despair.

The next day Roger and Kelly were at the shop again. Kuri was in her room crying. Count D went to her and hugged her. "You know not all Kirins are bad, maybe this one won't require sacrifices." he said.

Kuri hugged him back. 'I hope so D. I hope so.' As the 2 men waited they soon saw Count D. Kuri left. She didn't want any part of this.

Roger asked, "Hey where's your assistant Kuri?"

Count D answered, "She's not feeling well at the moment so she's having the day off. Now please follow me. I'll take you to the animal you wish to have." The 2 men followed him until they arrived at some fancy double doors. Count D opened them and bowed. The men looked at him strange and then looked ahead. There sitting on a throne was a small child.

"You got to be kidding me. This is the Kirin my great-grandfather was talking about?" said Roger.

"If I wasn't a nice guy I would report you to the police for this."

Then Count D started to persuade the men. First was Roger, "But mister president, if you don't how will you no longer be the black sheep? You can have everything you wanted and more." Then he went to Kelly, "And you, your dreams will come true. Your most treasured desires to come to light. You don't want to pass this up now do you?" Then in a trance the men signed the contract and took the child away. Count D was looking though all the contracts that were in his family that sell Kirins. His grandfather did the same. "You know the only one I regret is sell the one to Hitler's wife. Makes me wonder if the war wouldn't have happened if I didn't tell it."

Count D said, "Wonder if this one will be my regret too. But like I said before maybe this Kirin will be different."

Later that evening, Kuri and Count D were having dinner when they heard on the news about a crash on a highway. Apparently, the same limo Roger and Kelly were, crashed into a bus full of kids before it was knocked down by a rockslide. Roger survived but Kelly didn't. As Kuri looked at the TV screen she saw that Roger looked a bit different. Then she looked into his eyes and realized something. 'That's not Roger.' she said.

Count D smiled. "No it isn't. The master of the Kirin wasn't Roger but Kelly and it granted him his greatest wish." The 2 saw that 'Roger' was holding his wife like a true husband should, unlike before, and saw she was really happy. "You must of unhardened the Kirin's heart Kuri. Normally it would take a city to pay his payment all he needed was one."

Kuri cried again but this time it was happy tears and she was smiling. 'Thank goodness.'