A/N: Made minor corrections to this chapter
An Assassin's Night Off
Conversations and various equipment being set up around the entertainment parts of the Shopping District can be heard. Crates full of vegetation and various fruits were set down around the more business based parts of the same district, booths being set up around the crates as they prepare for the upcoming festival that was to happen. Entertainers, Musicians, Business-mammals, local farmers, local residents, and even the occasional pilgrim began to gather around the district like concert goers arriving to a massive arena. The district may have been packed, but it wasn't usually packed in a caliber as high as this. In such cases, this meant only one thing: A festival was going on, and one festival in particular was in the process of being set up for later tonight.
The Kawasabus Harvest Festival was a festival that occurred during the middle of October to celebrate the Japanese-themed community's harvest for this year. The harvest this year was surprisingly much larger than all of the other harvests that occurred in the previous years before this one, since rainy weather has been occurring throughout most of spring and summer combined. Although the largest harvest by far, the number of crops weren't the only things that increased this year.
Local authorities and various groups of the Neo-Shogunate began to gather around numerous parts of the district l in large numbers. In fact, at the Neo-Shinsengumi Headquarters a few blocks away from the shopping district, many members, along with allied clans, gather within the building in large groups, some of which enter the training grounds in order to prepare for any possible alterations tonight. As for some of the others, they spread themselves around the three story building to chat with the others regarding tonight or to, at the very least, check up on them.
Outside, a small group of Neo-Shinsengumi were gathered near the side entrance of the building. The group of three consisted of Saito Hajime, Toshizo Hijikata, and Okita Soji. Both the timber and arctic wolves were standing on their feet-paws while the folf was sitting on one of the stair steps. Saito was an arctic wolf with long, raven black hair tied back with a similarly colored ponytail, with only four forelock bangs ticking out in a similar to cockroach antennae. Okita was a folf bearing light gray and white fur, with black fur on the forearms and legs, along with brown mostly tied back hair. As for Hijikata, however, he was brown, gray, and white furred timber wolf bearing raven black hair like Saito's, yet bore a similar hairdo like Okita's. Hijikata looks towards the leaders of both the first and third factions with a stern look on his face, Okita being leader of the first and Saito being leader of the third.
"Miyabe and the Orimaku Clan are in Kawasabus. The Ishin-Mirkwood Clan are amassing provisions", Hijikata began, the faint sounds of other Neo-Shinsengumi and some members of allied clans training inside the training grounds being heard from the windows nearby. "The man we executed confessed there will be a large number of extremists coming into town tonight. The number of weapons we found in the downtown area were too small to cause much trouble, but we believe they may have another base of operations somewhere in town", the timber wolf claimed calmly. "I'll organize an inspection of the neo-kiheitai tonight. There we'll find our meeting", he concluded before Saito closes his eyes in a calm, stern manner.
"I sense a conspiracy", Saito claimed, with the timber wolf giving a nod towards the arctic wolf in response.
"Most definitely! I sense the Ishin-Mirkwood clan is planning something", Hijikata replied before Okita suddenly stands onto his feet-paws and turns his attention towards Saito.
"Wait, isn't Thrandeer Katzuma the leader of the Ishin-Mirkwood clan?" Okita asked with a curious tone in his voice.
"Yes", Saito answered before he and Okita turn their attention towards the timber wolf.
"I'll go ahead and meet with Kondo Isami", Hijikata said to the two leaders before turning away from them and began walking away from the building itself. The wolf's eyes turn to face the arctic wolf next to him after a thought began to course his mind regarding the timber wolf himself.
"Saito, how much assistance can we expect from Mr. Hijikata?" Okita asked with a curious tone of voice.
"For a serious situation such as this, he's willing to call on the Neo-Shinsengumi", Saito answered, the door opening almost as soon as he finished speaking, the mammal walking out of the building and heading away from headquarters.
"Do you… think the assassin will attend this meeting?" Okita asked with a similar tone as before, yet with a very small hint of nervousness in it. Saito merely crosses his arms and continues to look at the same direction where Hijikata went.
"It's doubtful", Saito answered almost bluntly. "Assassins are generally kept far from the inner workings of the clan. If they were to appear, what would you be prepared to do about it, Okita?" the wolf asked, the folf turning towards his direction after hearing the question.
"I would do what I was trained to do, of course", Okita answered, closing his eyes for a moment before reopening them a few seconds later. "I am a tenshin rishin after all", the folf added before turning his head towards the right, facing the arctic wolf nearby. "What would you do?" he asked, noticing the wolf closing his eyes and letting out a slight chuckle.
"A stupid question, fool", Saito answered before reopening his eyes and forming a soft, firm frown on his face. "The Kawasabus Harvest Festival has begun, and the town will be filled with residents, farmers, pilgrims, and various other travelers. It's the perfect time for a disturbance. The terror of this night is inescapable", he added before turning to face his fellow faction leader. "Lets go check on the other Neo-Shinsengumi members and make sure they are properly trained for tonight", he suggested, the folf giving an understanding nod before the wolf starts walking to the side entrance, pulling the doors open and heading inside. Okita quickly follows shortly after and heads inside, following Saito to check with the other members and to ensure they are ready for tonight. Whatever it was they were planning tonight, no one but the Neo-Shinsengumi knew….
On the Road
The roads, for the most part, were pretty much quiet throughout the countryside of Kawasabus, Ohio, with nothing but the howls of the wind and the rustling of leaves filling the quiet vacancy of sounds. Every once in a while, tires and running motors would add to the vacancy of sound as well. And in this particular case, Matt's car would be the one to add to the sound vacancy.
Speaking of Matt's car, both Matt Wilde and Jenny Bunni were currently driving through the countryside roads in order to get to the Kawasabus Shrine Inn near the business side of the shopping district. Matt had gotten a call from Thrandeer and a text message from Katagai roughly several minutes ago, requesting the fox to get to the hotel regarding a particular 'mess' he made. He was originally gonna come alone, but upon hearing the pleas of a saddened bunny, after nearly getting raped by the three predators Matt had killed, he invited the rabbit to come along with him to keep her company. Even if he was keeping her company, however, he knew the rabbit had herself curled into a ball, her head resting on her knees and her arms wrapped around her legs. Can he blame her? Definitely not.
The two mammals pull up to an X-shaped crossroad right as the light signal turns red, the fox pressing the breaks gently to come to a slow stop. He turns towards Jenny to check up on her, a saddened look still remaining on her face.
"You alright, Jenny?" Matt asked, snapping the rabbit out of her trance before turning to face the fox. However, she merely nods before turning away from him.
"I guess so…" Jenny answered softly following a soft sigh escaping her mouth. It wasn't as bad as it was when they were at her house, but that didn't mean the event didn't affect her in anyway, because it still did a bit. Perhaps the fox could think of something to help lighten the mood or at least keep her mind off of what happened? Now that the vulpine thought about it, he knew exactly what to talk about, and it was time to keep his end of the promise he made to her.
"Jenny, you remember the promise I made you a couple weeks back?" Matt asked, snapping Jenny out of her trance again before giving a nod to him.
"Yeah, I remember", Jenny recalled, moving her feet-paws off of the seat and placing them onto the floorboard.
"Alright, its about time I fulfilled the promise I gave you", Matt replied before turning towards the rabbit with a calm look on his face, the same look that can be considered his signature expression. "What would you like to know?" he asked the rabbit, the bunny's eyes widening softly upon recognizing what he meant. Her eyelids lower a bit and turns away from him, unsure of what to ask about his occupation. But one common question was enough to start any subject off.
"Well…" Jenny began, pausing only for a moment to turn towards the fox. "How long have you've been working with the Ishin-Mirkwood clan?" she asked with a softly curious tone in her voice. The fox nods regarding the question before turning towards the front, the light turning green and causing the fox to press on the gas right after noticing.
"I've joined the clan since December 15th, 2005, several days after I left my master, Hiko Seijuro, to try and help the innocents here", Matt answered, his eyes focusing on the road ahead of him as he spoke. Jenny's eyes remain fixed upon the fox next to her before briefly looking away to think of another question to ask. "Though I didn't realize the matters here were more focused on political matters with the Neo-Shogunate and all, instead of ruthless mammal slaughter like I had originally thought…"
"I see", Jenny replied before another question about his past pops into her head, her eyes fixing themselves towards Matt. "And have you been assassinating people since you joined?"
"Not exactly", Matt answered. "Although I joined in December of 2005, I didn't get involved with the assassination business until I made my first kill in July of 2006", the fox explained calmly, taking a right on another road and passes a sign saying 'Shopping District, about 40 miles' in the process. There was no doubt they would be there within the next twenty to thirty minutes depending on how fast he drove and assuming there wouldn't be any traffic on the way. Keeping this in mind, Jenny knew she can ask the questions she wanted to ask him.
"How many have you killed since you first started?" Jenny asked, now curious and slightly frightened at the thought of how many he might've killed to this point in time. Seconds after she asked, the fox presses the brakes to the car upon arriving to a red light and slightly turns his head towards her, his jade green eyes gazing directly towards the rabbit next to him. He faces the front a second later, facing the front after discovering the light just turned green.
"I can't say for sure on how many I've killed at this point", Matt answered calmly before letting a soft sigh escape his muzzle, his eyes remaining focused on the road ahead of him. "But if I were to guess, I'd have to say I've assassinated over three hundred fifty mammals", he added. As soon as the number of assassinations was said, her eyes widen with shock from how many he's killed.
"Over three hundred fifty assassinations?!" Jenny exclaimed with a shocked tone, not only from the number of how many mammals he killed, but with a realization that suddenly dawned inside of her head. "Then you're Battousai the Animal Slayer?!", she exclaimed a second time, the vulpine giving a calm nod in response.
"Yes", Matt answered, approaching a Y-shaped junction up ahead and takes a left, the direction in which would lead them to the shopping district. Jenny was starting to get a bit uncomfortable and almost terrified after having asked him such questions about his occupation, especially after realizing who he actually was. She turns away from him as her body began to shake a bit out of fear. But her fears and discomfort fade calmly when she felt Matt place his right hand-paw on her left shoulder, causing the bunny to turn towards him with a curious expression on her face. "Is everything alright, Jenny?" he asked, gently pulling over on the right side of the road and placing the car to a stop, turning his head towards the rabbit and his eyes gazing towards hers. At first, she didn't know how to answer, being uncomfortable and slightly frightened about realizing he was the Battousai. But after looking into his eyes, along with the calmly concerned, sincere tone of voice he carried, her fears and discomfort within an instant.
"Yeah, I'm alright… just a bit more surprised than usual is all", Jenny answered with a nod, which honestly was true. She knew he had killed before, but never expecting him to having killed such a high number of people along with being the Battousai as well. Matt turns his attention towards the road ahead of him and began to pull out, but the rabbit places her left hand-paw onto his his right and stops him from what he was doing, turning to face her with a curious expression. "Let me see your scar", she said to him, the fox cocking a slightly curious brow towards her, but nonetheless nods and turns his head to the right a bit. The bunny examines the scar for a moment before moving her right hand-paw towards it, her right index and middle fingers moving down parallel to the slash mark on his face. "Who gave you this?" she asked, moving her right hand-paw back and leaning back against the chair. Matt turns back to face the road and continues driving towards their destination.
"John Bellwether", Matt answered, which Jenny's eyes widen a bit towards the fox as soon as the name was mentioned.
"Governor of Ohio's Neo-Shogunate party and Founder/CEO of Bellwether Enterprises?" Jenny asked, the fox giving her a nod in response.
"Yes… just before I assassinated him for his political corruption", Matt answered, the bunny now looking at him with a shocked look on her face. She now knew he was the one who killed Ohio's Governor along with the CEO/Founder of Bellwether Enterprises. The rabbit didn't want to press the matter any longer, but there was one more question she wanted to ask the fox.
"Matt, have you… have you ever thought about quitting the assassination business?" Jenny asked with a curious, slightly concerned tone of voice.
"Many times, actually", Matt answered calmly. "For about a year now, I've been debating on retiring from the business and try to live a peaceful life…. Yet something told me my swordsmanship is still needed. I can't say on why just yet… its just an odd feeling I have", he explained following a soft sigh. "Jenny, I know everything I've just told you must've been shocking to hear, and I have a feeling you're probably scared of me. I don't blame you whatsoever", he said calmly, with the rabbit turning away from the fox and looking down towards the floorboard with her right hand-paw placed over her chest.
"I am a bit frightened by hearing all of this, I won't lie to you there", Jenny admitted, her eyes closing halfway for a prolonged moment before turning to face the vulpine. "But I'm glad you told me everything, Matt, and for saving me. I'm really am", she added, a soft, hardly noticeable smile forming on her face. "Thanks for keeping your promise… and for keeping me company", she finished, the fox giving her a nod before softly smiling, which was hardly noticeable.
"Its not a problem, Jenny. I look out for my friends and allied assassins as often as I can", Matt replied, pulling up to a red light and gently pressing on the brakes, stopping at the cross walk and turning towards Jenny. "I'm glad you came along as well. Its not often I'm around the company of other classmates as well, especially with someone I can consider a close friend", he added, the bunny's ears perking up upon hearing his words. Did he literally consider her as a close friend to him? The light turns green moments later, the bunny turning to face the fox for a moment before turning away from him with a soft, hardly noticeable blush forming on her face.
The rest of the drive there was relatively quiet, with the exception of rock and metal music being played on the radio. The closer the two got to the shopping district, the heavier the traffic became. At first, it was manageable, but once they arrive to the shopping district itself, the two mammals notice the heavy traffic up ahead with widened eyes. Cars and various other vehicles were lined up in front of each other, packed against each other almost like a crowded line at an amusement park. God, this was definitely not Matt's day at all….
Hell, although traffic was moving gradually, the fox texts Thrandeer they would most likely be much later than expected due to traffic. But now that Matt thought about it, hey knew the reason why the shopping district would be packed right now. The Kawasabus Harvest Festival! How could he have forgotten such a thing?
Fortunately for him, he manages to spot an unoccupied street a block ahead, which he can use to take a right on to get to the Inn a lot quicker. It took roughly about five minutes to get to the end of the block, but the wait was well worth it. He takes a right on the unoccupied street and quickly drives towards the parking garage roughly two blocks away from the heavily traffic infested roads, which was practically like a damn parking lot due to the others hardly moving. Since that seemed to be the case, they were most likely heading towards the massive field to make preparations for the concert venue, food and entertainment booths.
Entering the parking lot as they did, the fox drives to one of the available spots on the first floor of the three story parking garage before killing the ignition to the car. Both he and Jenny step out of the car and began walking towards the hotel about a block away from the hotel, the fox locking his car with the press of a button. Matt grabs his phone a couple minutes later and sends a text message to Thrandeer, letting him know that he and Jenny had arrived to the district and were approaching the front doors of the hotel.
They pass through the front doors of the hotel and start making their way directly towards the elevator hastily, waving towards Amaya on the way before pressing the up button on the elevator. The doors open a second later and allows the two to enter quickly, pressing on the button leading to the fourth floor, the floor where Thrandeer's penthouse was located. The doors close and the elevator ascends to the fourth floor above, taking only about five seconds to get to the floor they needed to go to. The doors open and the two mammals walk out of there, turning to the left and heading towards the doors leading to Thrandeer's penthouse. But as they drew closer, the two notice Iizuka approaching them with his hand-paws inside of his hakama pants pockets.
"Not like you to be late, Matt", but its better late than never I suppose, Iizuka began, a soft shrug escaping the fox's muzzle. "Thrandeer's not in the best of moods after that 'mess' you've made in the woods earlier".
"That doesn't surprise me, but thanks for the heads up", Matt replied before walking away from the tanuki, wrapping his right arm around Jenny's waist gently. It wasn't out of affection like a boyfriend would with his girlfriend, but that of protection a male friend would provide for a female friend. Iizuka heads for the elevator to continue about with his business, while both Matt and Jenny enter the sanctuary of Thrandeer himself, preparing themselves for the meeting that was about to come.
As soon as they entered, the two mammals notice both Katagai standing behind the couch Thrandeer was sitting on, both of which were looking directly at the two. And based on the cold expressions they bore, NONE of them were happy about Matt's actions, not one bit! The fox had already expected them to bear such looks as it is, but as for the level where the upcoming conversation would lead, they were about to find out.
"Have a seat", Thrandeer gestured, his hand-paws moving towards the sofa on the other side of the coffee table. Seems to be the calm before the storm, both Matt and Jenny thought, but both knew it wouldn't last much longer. The fox and rabbit walk to the other couch and climb onto it, both of them taking a seat on the leather cushions and looking directly at the buck sitting on the other couch. "I'm sure you know why you're here, Matt" he said to the fox with a calm tone, a dark frown forming on his face.
"Yeah…" Matt replied calmly with a nod. "Now then, shall I begin explaining what happened, or-"
"Dammit, Matt!" Thrandeer growled angrily while simultaneously slamming his left fist onto the table. "Do you realize how much trouble you've caused after that little, no, big 'mess' you've MADE?!" the deer growled with the same tone, leaning his torso towards the fox as he spoke. Although Jenny was leaning back against the couch when Thrandeer was leaning forward towards Matt with a pair of wide eyes, the fox remained unfazed by the clan leader's angered behavior.
"I'm well aware of that, Thrandeer", Matt replied calmly, crossing his arms and giving the buck a calm glare. "But if those pricks didn't try raping Jenny over here, none of this would've-"
"THAT DOESN'T MATTER, GOD DAMMIT! DON'T YOU REALIZE THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION YOU'VE CAUSED BY SINGLE HANDEDLY KILLING THOSE TEENAGERS?!" Thrandeer shouted from the top of his lungs, his eyes open wide and furrowed towards the fox in front of him. Matt wasn't surprised the meeting grew to a heated level like this, but he wasn't gonna take any of his shit right now, especially with after what happened earlier. The fox quickly stands up from his seat and looks directly towards the deer in front of him with a frown on his face.
"I told you I'm well aware of how much trouble I've caused, Thrandeer! But do you think I was gonna stand by and let those sick fucks have their fun with her like that?! I DON'T THINK SO!" Matt shouted almost defiantly from the top of his lungs.
"Don't you DARE speak to Thrandeer like that, you mutt, or you will be dealt with by my blade accordingly!" Katagai growled furiously in response to the fox's aggression and points his right finger towards the fox accusingly.
"Oh yeah? You're more than welcome to try it, buddy! I'll put you in the fucking ground before you draw your GOD DAMN SWORD!" Matt exclaimed, grabbing a hold of his own sword and began to pull it out, with the large bear grabbing his own and preparing to pull his own blade out. However, Thrandeer steps in front of the bear much like Jenny grabs a hold of Matt's sheathed sword, making the fox turn towards her in response. His furious expression immediately softens at the sight of Jenny's terrified expression, the rabbit shaking her he head pleadingly with tears threatening to drip down her face at any moment.
Matt's eyes widen a bit from seeing her pleading expression, especially with seeing her eyes watering with tears preparing to stream down her face. The fox closes his eyes and nods softly, sitting back down onto the couch to calm himself down. Thrandeer and Katagai turn to Jenny and notice this quickly, the bear backing down immediately and the deer closing his eyes, taking slow, deep breaths through his nose as an attempt to calm himself down. It took a good twenty seconds for the buck to calm himself down before reopening his eyes and fixing them towards the fox.
"Look, I understand you were trying to do the right thing by saving Jenny from those predators, but the last thing we need right now is the local authorities or the Neo-Shogunate groups on our asses, especially after the murders you've just single handedly committed", Thrandeer claimed before taking a seat on the couch he sat on, placing his hand-paws onto his lap. "Now would one of you tell me what happened that led to this alteration?" he asked calmly despite still being furious about the incident happening. Matt was about to speak, but the bunny places her right hand-paw onto his left shoulder and nods at him, her eyes soon fixing themselves towards the Ishin-Mirkwood clan leader.
"Thrandeer, maybe its better if I explained the situation", Jenny began with a much calmer tone of voice, pausing momentarily in order to use her left forearm to gently wife her watery eyes dry.
"Very well", Thrandeer replied with an understanding nod, getting the impression that she may possibly receive more in-depth information from the bunny herself. "Go ahead".
"This whole mess started when Matt was trying to approach me during lunch hour, around the time when Shane, Derrick, and Marcus attacked him out of nowhere", Jenny began, trying her best to recall the events that had transpired with as much detail as possible. "I tried to break up the fight by stepping in front of Matt, but one of the predators tried to attack me with the use of their claws. Fortunately, Matt had pulled me back before the fight began to progress at an unexpected level", she continued following a soft sigh escaping her lips. "Both parties took a few blows, but the fight ended once our Principal came into the student lounging area with a few police officers arriving shortly after the alteration had ended. Matt got off a bit easier than the three predators who started the alteration, which those three had been arrested by the police sometime after hearing the accounts", the bunny claimed.
"And these were the same mammals he's killed?" Thrandeer asked.
"Yes, but there's more to the story", Jenny replied. "Sometime after I got out of school, I chose to walk home instead of taking the bus home, because I didn't want to deal with a bunch of other rowdy students on the bus", she claimed. "Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of the three predators following me until I tried to take a shortcut home. But to try and keep it short, I tried running from them, even fighting back as best I could… but then…" the rabbit tried to continue, but telling the story began to get harder for her to tell with each detail she tried to recall. Tears began to form at the corners of her eyes, threatening to drip down the sides of her cheeks at any moment. But with a raised hand-paw from the deer, along with an understanding nod, she closes her mouth and rubs her left forearm over her eyes gently.
"You needn't tell us anymore, Jenny. We pretty much know the rest", Thrandeer replied with a soft frown on his face, though the frown was directed towards Matt himself.
"Thank you", Jenny responded with a thankful tone, albeit calmly. "But, there is one thing I do wanna say about all of this", she began, with all three men turning towards the bunny with calm looks on their face, Thrandeer's frown having being replaced with a curious expression. "Regardless to the deadly caliber of Matt's swordsmanship and how he handled the situation, if it wasn't for him showing up when he did, then without a doubt I would've been violated or possibly killed by those three", the rabbit finished before turning towards Matt, his eyes fixed upon hers and a slight, faintly noticeable blush forming on his face. "Thank you again, Matt", she thanked the fox, making him turn his head towards the right a bit and rub the back of it with the corresponding hand-paw.
"Don't worry about it, Jenny. I'm just glad I heard your cries while I was driving", Matt replied, both Katagai and Thrandeer watching the two converse with one another with calm looks on their face. While Katagai was still pissed towards the fox, Thrandeer wasn't as pissed as he was moments before. Though now that the topic of the three deaths had concluded, that did remind the fox about something and quickly turns to face the clan leader. "Though speaking of the three deaths, are there any other assignments for me, Thrandeer?" the fox asked, his tone being curious and moving his right hand-paw inside of his pants pocket. The deer lets out a soft chuckle before closing his eyes, moving his head left and right a couple of times before replying.
"Take the night off, Matt", Thrandeer replied calmly before reopening his eyes. "You've done plenty of work for the clan over the past few years without taking a break, not to mention the best thing you can do right now is try and lay low for a few days after the unexpected 'mess' you've created", the deer claimed, leaning back against the sofa before forming a soft smirk on his face. "Plus, I think it would be a good idea for you to take the bunny out on a date and give her a good time", and as soon as the fox heard that comment, his eyes widen with unexpected surprise along with a furious, highly noticeable blush forming on his face.
"Thrandeer!" Matt yelled with an embarrassed tone of voice, not having expected the clan leader to suggest such a thing. Jenny was practically silent about the whole thing, though like Matt, she was blushing furiously at the suggestion. Though despite not expecting it, a night out did seem rather nice at least after dealing with a series of unexpected, repulsive events.
"Don't be so sensitive, Matt. But I do advise you to get out of your blood stained clothes before taking your girl out anywhere", Thrandeer replied, the fox looking down towards his clothes before shrugging softly. Standing up as he did, his eyes remaining focused towards the fox and rabbit. "Meeting dismissed", and with this, the fox and rabbit nod with understanding before they, too, stand up off the couch and walk towards the sliding door. But right as Matt opens the door, the buck takes a step forward and looks directly towards the bunny below. "Jenny", he said before noticing the bunny turning to face him with a curious look at first. However, she smiles softly before giving him a nod, understanding what he was referring to.
Matt opens the door and turns to face both Jenny and Thrandeer with a curious expression. When he did that, Jenny turns to face him and wraps her arms around his right arm. The fox nods and leads the rabbit out of the room, the bunny closing the sliding door behind them as they left.
"I'm counting on you, Jenny", Thrandeer thought before turning away from the door, focusing his attention to the other matters at hand. "Now I must contact the others and let them know the meeting will be taking place at the Koromachi Bar on the other side of town tonight", the buck thought before taking a seat on the couch and grabbing his phone from the coffee table. "I've done everything I've could to stop Miyabe from reeking further havoc across Kawasabus, but it seems our ties have been cut. Now we must make plans to stop this madness before everything goes straight to hell", the deer thought again before typing up the message regarding the meeting, telling the other members where it was to take place and time in which it would occur. With the press of a button, the message gets sent to all of the clan members immediately and informing them of the location. The survival of the clan now rests in the hands of fate…
Matt's residence, About an hour later
Pure, relaxing bliss was what the fox was currently feeling inside of the shower stall inside of his bathroom, feeling the hot sprinkles of water hitting most parts of his body. His slim, but well muscular built body relaxed heavily at the sensation, a sigh of relief exiting the fox's body contently as he continues to shower. His mind was clear of everything that had occurred throughout the day, no thoughts of the alteration, the deadly assassination he committed, the close alteration inside the penthouse, just pure, relaxation. After he and Jenny left the Kawasabus Shrine Inn about an hour ago, Matt drove to his residence with Jenny to get himself cleaned up. Besides, last thing he needs is to be seen in public wearing clothes stained with the blood of the three predators he killed earlier today. Once he had arrived to his place with Jenny, the first thing he did was headed straight to the shower with a towel in hand.
About twenty minutes after he got in the shower, the fox turns the hot water off and shakes his body rapidly, spraying most of the water onto the glass walls of the shower stall. With his fur much drier than it was seconds before, he steps out of the stall and grabs his towel from the rack, using it to rapidly dry off his fur from head to toe. The fox wraps the same towel around his waist in a low rise before walking towards the sink, grabbing his fur dryer and switching it on at a medium setting. Holding it with his left hand-paw as he did, the fox began drying the right side of the body starting with his right arm and slowly working his way down.
While Matt was drying himself off thoroughly with the fur dryer, Jenny was currently sitting on the couch browsing through the channels on his HDTV, seeing what in all was on at this time. By far, nothing of interest was airing on TV, particularly on channels like CBS, AMC, MTV, or even the Food Network. With a bored shrug, she turns the channel to the FOX Network places her thumb on the power button on the remote and aims it towards the TV. She was about to turn the TV off… that is until the breaking news suddenly came on with a shocking news report, one she knew was inevitable to happen.
"We interrupt this news report to bring you our top story for tonight", The male news anchor, a cross fox well within his forties, said before turning towards the female cheetah next to him, whom was roughly somewhere within her late twenties to early thirties. "Anne".
"Thank you, Tim", Anne, the female news reporter, replied before turning towards the camera filming them, to the audience members who are watching. "Around 3:45 pm today, three missing mammals reports were filed for eighteen year old Derrick Mathias, seventeen year old Marcus Howling, and seventeen year old Shane Shepherdson. They were reported missing sometime after having been released from the Kawasabus Police Department after a school alteration with another unidentified student", she reported, the bunny now watching with a mixture of curiosity and unexpected shock as the faces of the missing mammals appear on the left side of the TV. "We are currently unsure of their current whereabouts, but it is believed they may have ran away from home after having been released or were kidnapped by an unknown organization. Although unsure of the organization, it is possible one of the samurai extremist groups might've been involved in their disappearances", the cheetah claimed, the faces of the missing mammals disappearing before centering the camera towards the cheetah. "We will bring you more once we-" and those were the last words Anne spoke before the rabbit turns the TV off at the sound of the bathroom door opening, her attention towards the direction where the bathroom was located, And what she saw was much more surprising than the news report she heard.
The rabbit saw the fox exiting the shower in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist, obviously having forgotten to bring clothes with him when he showered. She obviously knew Matt had a good amount of muscle definition on his body, but she didn't expect him to have a muscular built almost similar to a natural bodybuilder. And holy hell, did he look good with such a body, his abs being heavily chiseled much like the definition of his arms and chest. While the size of his muscles were just a bit smaller than a natural bodybuilder's own, they were just as defined thanks to the fox only having about five to six percent body fat on him. Now that she saw how well sculpted his body was, despite having a slightly thick amount of fur on his body, her face was practically burning up heavily to the point where her face reddened rather noticeably.
Matt grabs a hold of the sliding door handle and pulls it to the right, preparing to enter his room with the intention to get himself a clean pair of clothes. He was about to enter his bedroom, but stopped upon noticing the bunny looking directly at him with her face flustered rather heavily.
"Is everything alright, Jen?" Matt asked, snapping the rabbit out of her trance before quickly turning away from him quickly.
"Yeah, everything's fine!" Jenny exclaimed rather quickly with an embarrassed tone in her voice, her face still heavily flustered. The fox cocks a curious brow towards her before shrugs calmly, entering his bedroom and shutting the door behind her. Her breathing grew slightly heavier, her hand-paws move towards the left sight of her chest, and her heart was pounding hard inside of her chest. "Holy crap, I knew his body was defined and all, but I didn't think his body was THAT defined!" she exclaimed inside of her mind, clutching her chest where her beating her was located. A few minutes pass and the sound of the sliding door opening causes the rabbit's ears to flicker, making her turn towards the direction where Matt's room was at. And what she saw was something she didn't expect, or not necessarily anyways.
Matt Wilde was now standing just outside of his bedroom with a pair of clean clothes on him, ones she didn't expect him to wear. The shirt he wore was a black, tight fitting sleeveless shirt with a silver skull sewn on the left chest area, the bottom of the shirt being tucked into his pants. Over the shirt, the fox wore a sleeveless, similarly fitting hoodie that was slightly darker than the color of his shirt, with the hems and hoodie strings being a dark red color. Dark sanded blue slim bootcut jeans were worn over his legs, the waistline being a low rise. A few holes were seen on his pants, particularly on the upper part of his right thigh, lower part of his left thigh, and his right knee. The leg openings covered his black open toe combat boots almost to their entirety. Black samurai bracers were worn on his forearms, covering the forearms entirely along with the back of his black cloth fingerless gloved hand-paws. Lastly, two swords were attached to the left side of his pants, one being a katana bearing a twenty six inch blade and the other being a wakizashi, which bore a shorter, sixteen inch blade.
Although the choice of clothing had caught her attention, something else managed to catch her attention just the same. In his possession were the bloodied clothes he had worn after killing Derrick, Shane, and Marcus. He holds onto his clothes with one hand-paw and walks towards the closet where the washer and dryer was located, opening the washer door with his free hand-paw and throwing the clothes inside. He grabs the detergent from the top shelf and opens the cap, pouring some of it inside the washer before closing both the bottled detergent and the washer.
While the fox was busy getting the washer going, the bunny stands up from the couch and began walking towards the fox. Her blush not as apparent as it was before, but nevertheless was still there. But as her eyes remained fixed on his choice of outfit, she couldn't help but giggle with a grin on her face.
"You really must be into the whole modern samurai fashion, aren't you?" Jenny asked, the fox starting the washer before rubbing the back of his forehead, his expression being sheepish.
"You could say that", Matt replied before a grin began to form on his face, moving both hand-paws towards his obliques. "Though now that you mention it, I'm starting to think you're growing an attraction towards modern samurais like myself", he claimed with a playful tone of voice, winking at the rabbit before watching her becoming heavily flustered again.
"Matt!" Jenny yelled with a similar tone of voice before playfully swatting his abs, several hearty chuckles escaping the fox's muzzle before giving his arms a good stretch.
"Seems I've proven my case", Matt said with a playful wink, his expression soon calming down while retaining a soft smile on his face. "Do you have any ideas on where you wanna go?" he asked curiously. But before the rabbit could answer, however, her stomach began to growl almost loudly before a comical grin started forming on the fox's face.
"I think that might answer part of your question", Jenny replied with a slightly embarrassed tone of voice, a few similarly toned chuckles escaping her mouth shortly after. "Though now that food's being talked about, I happen to know a good Japanese-themed restaurant/club in the downtown area, the Kazuki-Mai Nightclub", she claimed, the fox nodding once at the mentioning of the name.
"I've heard of the place. Iizuka and some of the other Ishin-Mirkwood clan members told me they served good food and played good music", Matt replied right as the bunny places her hand-paws behind her back, a soft grin forming on her face.
"Mmhmm, and If I'm not mistaken, Eighties night is tonight, so practically nothing but music from the Eighties will be playing tonight", Jenny claimed following a giggle, noticing Matt's ears perking up at the mentioning of the type of music that would be playing tonight. "So what do ya say? Does the Kazuki-Mai Nightclub sound good?" she asked, a tender grin forming on the fox's muzzle.
"Sounds good to me, Jen", Matt replied with a smirk on his face before walking towards the living room, grabbing his keys from the coffee table along with his wallet as well. Placing the keys in his right pocket and his wallet in the corresponding back pocket, the fox looks to the bunny and moves his head towards himself, gesturing her to follow him out the door. With a smirk on his muzzle, the fox walks towards the door and opens it widely, holding it open for his companion and watches the rabbit pass by him.
"Such a gentle fox", Jenny said to the fox following a tender wink.
"Such a sexy bunny" Matt replied following a playful wink, earning him a similarly toned swat to his right thigh. Several chuckles escape the back of his muzzle before following her out the door, closing the door behind him and locking it quickly. With his home now secured, the fox and bunny head to the car and quickly drive towards the downtown area, their destination being the Kazuki-Mai Nightclub.
Kazuki-Mai Nightclub, about thirty minutes later
Loud music from the 1980s was blasting through the Band PA sound systems inside of the Nightclub, many of the mammals inside dressed in similar themed clothing for the most part as well. After all, it was Eighties night at the Kazuki-Mai Nightclub in downtown Kawasabus, and the night has just begun. Smoke covers the multicolored lighted dance floor thanks to the use of a smoke machine, giving the dance floor a cloudy effect. And now that the club was opened, business began to pack like flies gathering around the light.
Shortly after business opened at the nightclub, Jenny and Matt arrive to the club and enter the building, paying the entry fee as they went inside. Both of them find a booth near the dance floor and grab a hold of the menus on the table, looking over them closely at the types of food they served. A few minutes after looking over the menus and deciding on what they've wanted, a female waitress, particularly a female gazelle well within her mid twenties, approaches the booth with a bottle of sake at hand. The two tell the waitress what they wanted to eat and thank her for her services before pouring themselves a small shot glass of sake each. The fox raises his glass up and takes a drink of the alcoholic beverage in one swig. But after drinking a shot of the beverage, he looks down at the glass with a look of surprise on his face.
"This sake…. It, it tastes good again", Matt said calmly with a surprised look on his face, not expecting the alcoholic beverage to have a sweeter taste to it. The last time he had it, it tasted like blood. But this time it didn't, and he didn't know why….
"Its probably because of the festival going on", Jenny claimed before grabbing a hold of the glass bottle of sake with her right hand-paw, the fox moving his cup and letting the bunny pour him a drink. After pouring him another shot of the beverage, the fox moves the shot glass towards his muzzle before drinking the alcoholic drink with one swig.
"Perhaps", Matt replied calmly before taking a glance around the area from his seat, watching some of the people gathering around the dance floor and dancing to the music from the glory days of the eighties. "So how many times have you been to this place?" he asked curiously while turning towards the bunny.
"I've been here a few times", Jenny answered, lifting the shot glass towards her mouth and drinking the alcoholic beverage in one swig, placing the shot glass on the hardwood table with a loud 'thud'. "I came alone the first time I came here back in the summer. I came back to this place a couple more times with Stu and Judy Hopps shortly after they moved here from Bunnyburrow", the bunny continued, the fox looking at her and nodding towards the female.
"I see", Matt replied calmly, yet bore a soft, barely noticeable smile on his face. The song that played on the radio ends shortly after the fox's reply. He turns towards the DJ, a golden-blonde and dark brown furred lion, and watches him switching songs with a click of a mouse. With a flicker of his ears, he catches sound of a familiar, funky bass riff began to play through the Band PA sound system. He grins softly at the familiar music, but Jenny starts grinning widely with widening eyes.
"Oh my god, I haven't heard Rick James in months!" Jenny exclaimed almost loudly before suddenly hopping off of her seat and rushing towards Matt. "C'mon!" she exclaimed, grabbing the fox's right forearm and pulling him towards the cloudy dance floor.
"Whoa!" Matt exclaimed with a surprised tone, not expecting his muscular four foot self to be pulled towards the dance floor by a two foot five inch tall rabbit. Not that he was complaining, though, especially with Rick James' 'Give it to me' was playing on the sound system.
They reach the heart of the dance floor within a matter of seconds, and the rabbit was already dancing to the rhythm of the music. Her hips sway side to side in correlation to the beats of the bass of the drums. Oh how did that ass shake before his very eyes, not to mention how the lighting reflected off of those skintight leather pants of hers, allowing the fox to see every luscious curve of her hips. Her arms slowly move to the back of her head and under her mostly tied back hair, the rabbit's hand-paws pulling her hair upward and making her shiny, silky, dark blonde and brown mixed hair spread apart momentarily before flopping back against her back. Her hand-paws move upward and spread away from each other, grabbing her own hips and circling them around the sides of her booty. The rabbit lowers herself close to the ground while shaking her ass to the bass of the music, her knees bending forward in relation to her movements. She didn't stay bent down, however, for she raises her ass up and trails her hand-paws up to the top of her hips, leaning her upper body back after her booty was raised.
While the bunny had been dancing in front of the rabbit, the fox was unsure of how to dance to the music, since he's never attended any nightclubs up until now. His tail did say otherwise, however, swaying side to side in synch with the bass of the drums. With a nervous smile, he began tapping his left foot in synchronization with the bass beats and clapping with the snare beats. It was a cheesy start for him, but nevertheless a descent start. Jenny giggles a couple times at the sight and began moving towards him, her hips continuing to sway side to side with the beat of the bass drums.
Grabbing his left hand-paw with her right, she wraps her left arm around some of his back before the fox places his right hand-paw behind her lower back. The bunny bends her knees forward slightly and starts shaking her ass to the rhythm of the music, her eyes half lidded and looking directly towards Matt's own set of eyes. The fox starts moving his feet-paws side to side while swaying his entire body in synch with the movements of his feet-paws, the rabbit following the movements in synchronization. It was like their minds were connected with each other, like as if they knew the moves they would make next. Their bodies to turn gradually around together with each others movements, Matt moving to the left with Jenny following his movements. Both of their hearts were pounding inside of their chests, their faces were slightly flustered, and the body heat began to rise in their bodies.
After making a ninety degree turn together, the rabbit began to do something the fox least expected. Jenny turns her body around and presses her back against him, her booty pressing against his crotch. She attempts to wrap her left arm around the back of his neck, but only her corresponding hand-paw could reach the left side of Matt's neck. But that didn't matter to her one bit. She loved how his neck fur felt in the grip of her left hand-paw, brushing her fingers through the softness of his slightly thickening fur. My god, how the fox felt so soft, she didn't know except for the fact she loved it.
Matt's face began burning right as soon as he felt her ass pressing against his crotch, especially when she was moving her booty side to side in rhythm to the beats of the drum bass. But he didn't care one bit about his rising body temperature. In fact, he embraced it with pride. Leaning his upper body forward a bit, he lowers his head enough to where the tip of his nose was nearly touching the rabbit's left cheek. His eyes close and his hand-paws simultaneously move towards the sides of her hips, rubbing her hips slowly in a circular pattern. Jenny sways her hips side to side tenderly when she felt the fox's hand-paws circling the sides of her hips. They almost felt intimate, but she didn't care at all. She was liking what he was doing, and she encourages him to continue by stroking his neck fur in a similar fashion.
Matt's hand-paws began to trail slowly up and down the sides of her thighs, the rabbit continuing to sway her ass side to side enough to where it was grinding against his crotch. Jenny leans back against his body a bit and turns her head to the left, her eyes focusing on the predator's head with nearly fast breaths escaping her mouth. This had to be one of the most intimate moments, possibly the most intimate moment she's been with any male before, and she didn't wanna stop. No, she wanted more! The bunny turns around and suddenly jumps onto him, her legs wrapping around his waist and her arms around his neck tightly enough to keep a secure hold on him. Matt was taken by surprise by the sudden action, but he was not complaining one bit. In fact, he was loving what the bunny was doing. He tenderly grabs a gentle hold of her thighs as his jade green eyes look directly towards her sapphire blue eyes, both pairs of eyes glowing in the tender floor lighting below them. Hot, panting breaths escape their mouths as their eyes remain locked in a tender gaze.
During the time their eyes were locked against one another, the Rick James tune concludes and the song, 'Burning to the Third Degree' by Tahnee Cain & The Tryanglz began to play through the loud speaker system. After about fifteen seconds of staring at each other's gaze, and into the song of course, the bunny releases her arms from his neck and leans back, her upper body lowering enough to where her upper body and his were close to making a ninety degree angle. Her DD-cup breasts were pointing directly upward, looking firm and perky to the eyes. Matt's pants began to tighten around the crotch area slightly, but not enough to make it noticeable to the rabbit. He soon found himself leaning forward towards her torso and gave her upper abdominal region a tender kiss, the rabbit blushing almost heavily due to not having expecting the fox to perform such an action. But she wasn't resisting his intimate actions at all, she in fact welcomed it. A soft, nearly inaudible moan escapes her mouth before her hand-paws move to the fox's head, grabbing a tender hold of his cheeks and stroking the fur gently.
While both the fox and rabbit continue to dance at the dance floor, Stu Hopps and his daughter, Judy, enter the club and began to look around for any empty tables. Stu was practically dressed in a pair of blue denim overalls with a green plaid flannel shirt underneath, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. Judy, on the other hand, was wearing a red flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows, along with a pair of black pair of skinny bootcut fitting denim jeans. They both find table roughly twenty yards from the dance floor and walk towards the table, taking a seat on the seats provided. A male wolf approaches the two bunnies and asked them what kind of beverages they wanted, both wanting a glass of water to quench their thirst. The wolf jots down their orders on the notepad before walking away to grab their beverages.
"Man, today's been nothing but hectic", Stu began with a loud sigh. "First lack of business because of the harvest festival preparations Then those modern day samurai mammals are scaring off potential customers by walking the streets with a pair of swords on their left sides. Now I'm hearing some crazy rumors about some extremists causing trouble around town or something like that", the fatherly rabbit continued before leaning forward and placing his head on his right hand-paw. "I don't know if its just me or of this town is full of wisecracks", he added before shaking his head softly.
"I'm not even sure, Dad", Judy replied with a shrug. "Either way, I'm too starving to think properly at the moment", she claimed before leaning back against her chair and looking towards her right, looking at the large numbers of mammals dancing on the dance floor. But what she saw made her eyes widen with genuine surprise. "Wait, is that Jenny… dancing with that fox she met a few weeks back?!" she asked with a surprised tone, starting to smile at the intimate dancing the two were doing in the middle of the dance floor. Stu's ears raise at this and quickly looks towards his left, thus noticing their co-worker dancing with a fox of sort.
"Wait a second, isn't that the same fox you told me that had an alteration with those three missing predators at school today?" Stu asked.
"Yeah, Jenny told me about the fight in seventh period earlier today", Judy replied with a nod. "She told me they attacked him out of nowhere during lunch hour" she continued.
"And now it looks like she's getting rather intimate with that fox", Stu said almost bitterly. "I don't think I like this one bit…. Something tells me he's nothing but trouble", he claimed, making Judy snap her attention towards him with a slight frown on her face.
"Why is that?" Judy asked calmly with a pair of furrowed brows.
"Well for one thing I don't trust foxes after what Gideon did to ya at the farm fair eight years ago. Second, he's carrying two swords on him as we speak", Stu pointed out, pointing at the direction of the katana and wakizashi swords in Matt's possession. Judy turns towards the fox for a moment before letting out a calm sigh and turning to face her father again.
"Dad, there isn't a need to discriminate foxes based from personal experiences. Second, isn't it common for mammals to carry swords openly around Kawasabus?" Judy asked with a curious tone, yet her sight frown remained on her face. "Besides, he could probably be carrying them for self defense with a lot of murders happening in the town and whatnot", she concluded before turning back towards Matt and Jenny at the dance floor.
"Perhaps…" Stu replied calmly. Although he'd wanted to continue the conversation, now was not the time and place. "Either way, after we eat, we gotta deliver the crops to New Otsu tonight, and last I checked it was a good four hour drive", he claimed with a shrug, noticing the wolf approaching the two bunnies with two glasses of water gripped in his hand-paws. The waiter places the water glasses in front of them before the bunnies thank them, asking them for a few minutes to look over the menu before the wolf leaves the table.
With the two bunnies looking over the vegetation portion of the menus, Matt and Jenny continue to dance to the music playing over the radio. The song finishes and another one began to play over the sound system, this one in particular bringing in plenty of spice into the mix. Gloria Estefan's 'Conga' began playing through the speakers and causing the dancers on the dance floor to become more… spicy. Jenny removes her legs off of Matt's waist and steps onto the lighted dance floor, the fox placing his right hand-paw onto the lower part of her back and his left holding her right. Their bodies began swaying in synchronization to the rhythm of the music, Jenny's ass shaking sharply to the loud snares of the electronic drum.
Their bodies continue to heat with every move they made, with bits of sweat forming on their foreheads. Their hearts pounded hard inside of their chest, and their faces fluster heavier with the dancing becoming more and more intense by the second. Jenny suddenly releases her hold on the fox's back and his hand-paw before leaning back against his hand-paw, her long hair nearly touching the ground from her actions. Matt follows suit by leaning forward and gently nipping her neck with his front teeth, a pleasuring sensation pulsating through her body and causing her to lean her head back. A soft moan even escapes her mouth and intensifies quite a bit when Matt slowly runs his right hand-paw from the lower part of her back down towards her left ass cheek. Pleasuring shivers ran down her spine much to the point a second, slightly louder moan escaped the rabbit's mouth. She usually would've smacked anybody who ran their hand-paws down her ass, but in Matt's case… she enjoyed it, especially with the spicy eighties tune playing over the radio. Besides, how could that NOT work for this case?
As the Gloria Estefan song continues to play and the two continue to dance to the music's tempo, a pair of notable figures began to exit the place through the front door. The two figures were Thrandeer and Katagai, who had come to the club sometime before Matt and Jenny had arrived to the place. Both mammals had just finished eating dinner at the club and were at the front paying for their food. But right as Thrandeer and Katagai pull out their wallets and hand the cashiers the money, they notice both the bunny and the fox dancing at the heart of the cloudy, lighted dance floor. And seeing such an intimate sight definitely brought a grin on the buck's face, though Katagai's remained neutral, especially with what happened nearly a couple hours ago.
"I didn't know Matt had it in him", Katagai commented with a neutral tone along with a slight frown. But despite his facial features, deep down he had to admit he was impressed with how well he was dancing with the rabbit, even how intimate he was dancing as well. The clan leader merely chuckles towards the sight before turning to face the bear next to him.
"Its not surprising, honestly", Thrandeer claimed before briefly turning away from him and handing the appropriate amount of money to the cashiers, then turns back to face the bear. "After all, foxes are naturally sly and cunning mammals. But under the right circumstances, they definitely have the right touch to treat a woman, no matter the species", he explained with a chuckle, turning to face the dancing pair and watches Jenny jumping onto Matt, her legs wrapping around her waist right when she did.
"Perhaps…" Katagai shrugged before handing the money he owed to the cashiers and places his wallet inside of this hakama pants pocket.
"Besides, I think allowing Matt to enjoy himself for once may do him some good", Thrandeer claimed while turning to face the exit next to the entrance. "Come, we must head back to the hotel. I need to give Miyabe and call and have a nice little chat with him", the buck said calmly, but with a hint of seriousness to his voice before walking towards the exit and passing through the wooden doors.
"Understood", Katagai replied, following the buck outside and passing through the doors as well.
Shortly after the two had left, the song started coming to a close, and half of the dancers began walking back towards their tables to relax or take a breather. It wouldn't be long before both Matt and Jenny follow suit, the rabbit removing her legs from his waist and stepping onto the floor. Although the dancing ceased between the two, the tender moment between them did not. Matt gently wraps his muscular arms around the bunny in a tender hug, Jenny wrapping hers around his back and her breasts pressing against his chiseled abs.
"I never knew you had it in you, Matt. You danced so exquisitely", Jenny said softly, the left side of her face resting on his built chest. Matt's left hand-paw moves to the back of her head and began stroking her hair gently.
"We foxes are full of surprises, I suppose", Matt replied with a soft grin, resting the underside of his jaw on top of her head gently. "But there is one thing though", he began, moving his head off of her before the rabbit looks up to the fox curiously.
"What would that be?" Jenny asked.
"That I've had the most fun I've ever had in years…" Matt answered right as he moves his left hand-paw onto her right cheek, stroking her cheek with his thumb. "Thank you, Jenny, for giving me the best night of my life", the fox thanked her with a genuine tone, the rabbit looking up to him with a pair of surprised eyes. Surprised as she was at first, she began to smile softly and nods at him, She grabs a hold of his head and tip toes up to his right cheek, planting a soft kiss onto his cheek. Matt was not expecting this at all, a pair of wide eyes and a heavy blush proving that point rather obviously. He closes his eyes and gently tightens the hug, his heart pounding in his chest almost rapidly. He was completely content where he was standing, let alone what had transpired. From the day he had lost his mother, to becoming a highly renowned assassin, to this point in time, he truly felt serene for the first time in years.
"Don't mention it, Matt", Jenny replied softly with a soft smile on her face, resting her head against his chest and beginning to rub his neck tuft slowly. Her eyes close and soon the two began to slow dance to Breathe's 'How can I fall' playing over the sound system, many of the remaining dancers following shortly after they began dancing. Matt could honestly stay at that same spot for an eternity if he could, with the bunny wrapped in his arms and the fox in hers. The smell of food, however, invades his nostrils enough to make his nose twitch, and his stomach growl lightly. Both of them began to giggle right after his stomach growled.
"Looks like our food's ready", Matt commented with a light chuckle, looking behind him and noticing the gazelle waitress returning to their booth with their orders at hand. The fox looks at the bunny with a grin before the two nod at each other, the two turning towards the booth and began walking to their table. Matt's left arm and Jenny's right remain embraced around their waists in genuine friendship, a bond that was perhaps much stronger than both of them realize. Regardless of the bloodshed had happened earlier that day, tonight definitely has been the best night of their lives.