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I could feel myself shaking with anticipation from the backyard as Shuichi closed the front door. I let out a chorus of barks and leaps for joy at the thought of finally being alone for more than an hour. For the past three weeks that fox had managed to scare me shitless more than once with his little nightly visits. But now I can have a break from him and discuss another plan with that crazy tree, because this one wasn't going well. I walk to the side of the house and stop a few yards away from the fence. Taking a running start, I leap over the fence and land gracefully on the other side. Now, I think looking around, time to find Fuka. I walk down the street at a slow trot looking left and right. Where the heck could she have gone?
"Saski!" A vaguely familiar voice yells from behind me. Why does that voice sound so familiar? I turn around only to be tackled to the ground and covered in wet slobbery doggy kisses. That smell, I'd know that smell from anywhere. I grab the floppy black ear of Scamp and pull. He yelps and drags himself off of me.
"Told you so!" Yells the unmistakable voice of Hirro. I flip over and stand up grinning as Hirro and Gramps makes their way over to Me and Scamp.
"Long time, no see, princesss." I growl at Hirro. Gramps walks up to me and licks my muzzle affectionatly.
"It's good to see you again." He rumbles. I rub my head against his.
"You too." Scamp jumps up and down in uncontainable exctiement.
"We have to tell you something!" Scamp yelps when Hirro grabs him by the scruff of the neck and yanks backwards, sending him into a sitting position.
"Sit down and be quiet." Hirro growls annoyed at his hyperness. He glares at me.
"That man has been feeding him junk food for the past week and a half. The second you went missing he started spoiling the idiotic puppy more." He growls at me. I slowly back up and hide behind Gramps laughing nervously. Gramps chuckles.
"I can't help what Riu feeds you guys." I say slightly hurt that Hirro would blame me for this. It's not like I could control the food. Scamp crawls over to me and Gramps wagging his tail as hard as he could. He crawls under Gramps and turns around to poke his head out from between my front paws.
"I don't get why you're complaining Hirro." Scamps says grinning at him from under me. "It's a lot better than the garbage we used to eat." I giggle a little as does Hirro, except he snorts his laugh.
"No pun intended little one?" Gramps asks. Scamp looks up at him confused.
"Pun?" I shake my head at his cluelessness. An idea suddenly pops into my head. Stepping over Scamp I walk back down the street to the fox's house. Hirro and the others follow me to the way the fence.
"What are you doing?" Hirro asks sitting down. I look over my shoulder at them and grin.
"Do you guys smell anyhting? Anything at all?" They look at each other before sniffing the ground and the air around them. Scamp wlaks over to the fence and leans up on it, sniffing the area behind it. Hirro looks bored after a few minutes and shrugs his shoulders.
"Not me." Gramps sniff a blade of grass in front of him before lying down.
"I don't smell anything either, of course, my nose ain't what it used to be." He looks at me apologetically. I smile at him.
"It's allright, Gramps." I look back at Scamp as he examines the gate even more thoroughly.
"Scamp what about you?" I ask. Hirro shakes his head at Scamp's furious sniffing.
"If you're not careful kid, you'll rubb your nose raw." Hirro says lying down next to Gramps. Scamp looks over at Hirro horrorified.
"Really?" Scamp asks. Gramp nods his head, before laying it down on his paws and dozing off. Hirro looks down at him sadly. I lie down a few feet of away.
"He's been doing that more and more often." He informs me staring down at Gramps. He looks back up at me with sad, pitiful eyes. Walking over and lying next to me he rests his head on my shoulder.
"He doesn't have much time."I lay my head down with Hirro's on top.
"I don't think he does, either." Hirro sighs heavily before lifting his head and looking over my shoulder as Scamp walks over to us.
"I couldn't find anything." Scamp says slightly defeated. I smile at him fondly.
"That's ok, neither did Hirro or Gramps." I comfort him.
"Really?" He asks hopeful. Hirro sighs again before rolling over on to his side.
"Yes, kid. So Saski what was the reason you wanted us to sniff around?" Hirro asks rolling around in the dirt.
"This house reaks of fox." Hirro flips back over and looks at me in shock.
"It does?!" Scamp yells excitedly. Hirro glares at me and Scamp.
"No it doesn't Saski." Hirro growls as I walk past him. Pausing at Gramp's side I look back at the house with a little prick of fear.
"Yes, it does." I bend down and nudge Gramps awake. He lifts his head.
"Gramps it's time to go back home?" He looks up at me tiredly and nods his head.
"Allright." He says standing up on shaky legs. I walk beside him letting him lean against me.
"Hey you ok?" Hirro asks coming on the other side of him. Gramps chuckles at our worry.
"You two worry to much. These bones are just getting old, that's all." Scamp runs infront zig-zagging leaft and right. Gramps looks at him happily as we make our way to Riu's apartment.
"Ah, how I miss the days when I could do that." He muses as we arrive at the stairs. I look up them worriedly and then back at Gramps.
"Wait here with him." I whisper to Hirro, before racing up the stairs to paw, whine and howl at Riu's door. It swings open and standing there was a completely shirtless Riu.
"What the-?" He asks looking down at me. I look up at him pleadingly. Please follow me. Sprinting off with him behind me we arrive to find Gramps on the ground breathing heavily. Riu kneels next to him, running his hand over Gramp's body.
"It's almost your time ain't it, old fella?" Gramps turns his head to lick Riu's fingers. Scamp nuzzles under Riu's arm and lies next to Gramps. Hirro sits behind them looking away. I watch as Riu pushes Scamp away, and wraps his arms around Gramp's throat and middle. He walks up stairs with Scamp following him carrying the hundred something pound dog with ease. I walk over to Hirro and nudge him. He looks at me with empty eyes, before walking up the stairs and into Riu's apartment where Gramps was snoring on the couch. Oh, thank god. I sigh with releif. I look over at the shaking Hirro.
"Hirro?" I ask. He continues to shake,but then he falls over on the ground and rolls around with laughing releif.
"Gramps you old codger! You had me scared to death!" Hirro yells finally settling down. I grin at Hirro, looking over at Gramps I see him smile in his sleep. Scamp jumps up on the couch and snuggles into Gramp's side. Riu smiles down at the pair. The door bell echoes through the house. Riu frowns. I guess he wasn't expescting anyone. He walks to the door, but stops. Growling he flings the door open to reveal a very shocked Shuichi. Riu looks shocked himself at seeing Shuichi. Shuichi's eyes immediatly seek me out from behind Riu.
"Um...excuse me but I think you have our dog." Shuichi says in a calm polite manner. Riu looks back at me but smiles sadly. He looks at Shuichi and nods his head.
"Come here girl." He calls kneeling down. I step back away from both of them. My ears flatten against my head. Riu's eyes zero in on something behind. I turn around to find Scamp looking at us happily. I could see Riu's eyes shining with the same idea I had. I race into the living room, grabbing Scamp.
"Do you guys think Scamp deserves a home?" I ask. Gramps raises his head and smiles at me, his answer clear on his face. He looks at Hirro and they both nod.
"Yes, Scamp deserves every oportunity to live a normal." Hirro says looking at the very confused Scamp.
"What do you think Scamp?" I ask. Scamp's face brightens as it dawns on him.
"Of course I want to have a home, but what about you guys?" He looks at our smiling face. I walk up to him and lick his face affectionatly. Scamp looks down sadly.
"I'll miss you guys though." He whimpers. I laugh nudging him.
"We'll come visit you any chance we get." He smiles up at me. "Not just that, you know when I was missing for a few weeks?" He nods his head. "I lived with this family you're going to and they have a little boy." Gramps chuckles at Scamp's thumping tail.
"Say your goodbyes, puppy." Riu says from the doorway. We all turn around to see a very pleased Riu. I sigh at Shuichi's happy expression. This guy really hates me. Scamp crawls over to Shuichi, being very submisive. Shuichi kneels down and rubs Scamp's ears. Scamp rolls over asking for a belly rub. Shuichi smiles down atthe exuhberent puppy. He never rubbed my belly like that, I grumble. I hear chuckle from above me. I look up to see Riu kneel down next to me.
"Don't worry," He says. "I'll rub your belly." He ruffles my head. I snap at his hand playfully. I hear another chuckle. I look over at Shuichi's smiling face. He smirks at me, but not the cinicall way like at his house. I grin at him happily, completly forgetting the past wrongs. Maybe, on neutral terratory, we can be friends. Scamp jumps up and licks Shuichi's face.
"Scamp." I warn. He crouches down in apology, wagging his tail appeasingly. Shuichi reaches over and pets my head, before slipping the leash backwards over Scamp's head. I look after him blinking in surprise. A chorus of howls break from the apartment door as Shuichi leads Scamp away. He'll be ok. He'll be ok. I chant in my head. Riu looks down at me looking almost content. Kneeling down next to me he rests his hand on top of my head.
"I've already lost Saski. I refuse to lose you." He says standing up and walking back into the apartment. I look back at Shuichi and Scamp's retreating forms. You'll find her, I think with a smile, turning to go into the apartment. You'll find her real soon.