This is a side story that I thought I would try out it takes place right before Rai messes everything up. Hopefully you like it…this was sort of spur of the moment. ^^
Nomi Furo(Flea Bath)
"Ack!" I smack the back of my neck feeling as though something bit me. Looking at my hand there's nothing there. There's another twinge on my arm and again I try squishing it but again there's nothing there. By now I've caught the attention of the pack of wolves living with me as I can feel them stare at me. Is it my imagination…? Maybe it's just a coinciden-
"Yeep!" this time I feel it on my scalp and scratch my scalp to remove what ever is biting me. I stand from my chair red faced with surprise.
"What the hell are you doing?" Eduardo asks annoyed, "Why do you keep freaking out like that?"
"I keep feeling as if something is biting me or something."
"Sure it's not your imagination?"
"Yeah you can be a bit dorky." Nathan agrees with the one eyed wolf.
"No! It's not! I'm telling you something is-Yeek!" again I smack myself on the hand this time and see a little speck land on the table. Hm? What is that?
I get closer to the table and see a tiny little insect dead on the table. A flea? "EW!" I flick it off the table.
"What was it?" my attention goes to Christopher
"A flea…I might have picked it up from one of the animals in the forest." *Shiver* "I hate fleas the little buggers creep me out… I mean how can something so small cause so much trouble?" Then a thought occurs to me. "…and if there's one flee…that means there are others somewhere else… Kuso! Naze watashi ni? (Damnit, why me?)" Realizing what I need to do I take out a piece of paper and pen and write down ingredients I need to buy for a flea problem. Let's see…apple cider, salt…baking soda…I'll need to heat up some water when I get back. Um… (A.N. apparently this is an actual home remedy that someone came up with. here is the site if you want to check it out. . ?topicid=293)
I tense seeing the arm resting on the table from behind me but make no effort to stop them. They each crowd around looking at my list. Thomas poke his head out from under the table in front of my to look at the list.
"What do you need that stuff for Miss Reisaki?"
"To get rid of fleas. It's a remedy Bachan came up with."
"That's supposed to get rid of fleas? How?"
"I don't know Russle; but it works. Bachan used it all the time when we got fleas in the house. All she would do is wash everything down with this mixture and the fleas would be gone. It's good for flea baths too. Sometimes we would get them in our hair and Bachan would use this mix to wash them out with a bath."
"Seems like pretty powerful stuff." Morgan laughs.
"I hate baths." Nathan says with a seriously disgusted look on his face.
"Why do you take baths anyway; you're just going to get dirty again in a few hours." Russell says from my shoulder.
"You all feel that way?" I ask and they all nod in unison. Even Christopher the decent one in the group nods his head as well. "You lot are such babies about the weirdest things…" Standing I pluck the list from the table and go to grab my shoulder bag and a few gold coins.
"Ok you guys watch the place while I'm gone; I'll leave the door open if you want to go out." I say to the group now of wolves. Eduardo sits in the corner scratching his back hard with his hind leg. Sensing me he stops and glares,
"What are you staring at?"
"Looks like you got a case of dry skin." I laugh.
"Leave me a lone; no one asked you."
"Fine, fine. I was just teasing. You can never take a joke about anything…anyway if you like I can try finding something…to…" he glares at me almost asking: are you serious? Do you really think I need anything like that? "…never mind. Bye!" I leave and head out for Naka village. It takes me a moment before I'm able to find the first item on my list but as soon as I find that it's easy to find the rest. Once I finish buying what I need I have a bit more money and use it to buy the guys some very fresh pork. They seem to really like it a lot. Much more than chicken and it seems to rival that of the deer meat I give them or they hunt for. After buying a slab for each of them it's about sunset. Knowing those guys they'll be waiting for me outside the village as usual when I come home at night. Sure enough just as I though once I'm outside the village Thomas is the first to greet me, tail wagging as he jumps on me. Along with him Nathan and Russell came along too. Russell sees the paper wrapping of the butcher and gets excited immediately and sniffs the contents. I pull away right away.
"Uh-uh. Not until we get with the others."
"What is it though Miss Reisaki?" I gently push Thomas off me so he's back on all fours and begin walking.
"You'll see." I wink playfully. Out of the corner of my eye I spot Nathan trying to scratch his head with a paw before rolling around in the dirt. "You got dry skin too?"
"No…just a really bad itch I can't GET." I place the basket and meat down next to him and help him out. After helping him relieve his displeasure he takes the basket and carries it for me. Once home I waste no time in mixing the remedy up. Thomas and Christopher watch me intensely as I take each ingredient and measure it out. As the water heats up I explain what's about to happen,
"So listen you guys may have to stay outside for a while."
"Because of the fleas?" Morgan concludes; I nod.
"It will take a while to cover the entire house and wash everything in here with the remedy. So you'll have to stay out of the house for a while."
"How long is a while?"
"I don't know Russell maybe two…three hours."
"That long?"
"Well yes Eduardo, that long. Medicine doesn't just work with a snap of the finger…it takes time before it stars working. When I took flea baths Bachan had me stay in the remedy bath for at least thirty minutes, sometimes an hour depending on how bad the infestation was."
"Is that why you bought a lot of that stuff; it looked like there was more than you needed."
"Well Morgan if there was one thing Bachan taught me is was that it's better to have too much of what you need rather than too little. Now outside you guys; I'll let you know when you can come back in."
"We could help you miss Reisaki. That way it won't take so long and you won't be so tired." Thomas smiles boyishly at his idea.
"Well next time maybe. Right now I'm already in the mind set to get to it and not stop until it's finally done. If you help me I think I might end up snapping on one of you for no reason. So not this time. But thanks though." Thomas' ears go down,
"Oh...ok."
"But I think I might have something that will keep you guys all interested and entertained for a while." They all seem to look at me intently as I walk back inside and become even more excited when come back out with the meat I got from the butcher still wrapped up in the paper. They all lick their lips or switch their weight from one side to the other as I dangle the package at my side. "I know you guys are my friends but it's nice to spoil you guys like dogs every once in a while. I mean I did find you guys as wolves to begin with." I set down the package and untie the string from around it and take out a big thick slab of a pork chop. That really sets them off, tails wagging and everything. Russell is trying his hardest not to storm up here and take it from me.
"Here you go." I toss the pork chop out by them and Eduardo and Russell both grab it and start a violent tug of war both trying to claw at the other. "Hey, Hey, Hey!" they both look at me, "Stop that I got enough for everyone to have their own." I look at Russell, "Drop it and you can have your own ok."
"Why do I have to drop it?"
"Because you would be the one to actually would talk and drop it. Now here." I toss him a pork chop before I pass the rest out to the others. "Alright, now to get to work… please take those outside so I can get started." One by one they each head out and I begin working. Rolling up my sleeves I begin in the kitchen washing the pots and pans and other dishes I have. Next I mop the floors leaving it all white for the time being along with the walls and other furnishings in the kitchen. The only time I stop is to take a breath, sneeze because of the remedy, or wipe my forehead of sweat. It takes some time to finish the kitchen before I finally move on into the other rooms scrubbing down every inch or the rooms. As I continue to clean there's one instance when I have to shoo the others back outside.
"Miss Reisaki are you ok? You've been in here for a-"
"Bakku ima soto! Watashi wa gaishutsu suru yō ni iwanakatta?!(Back outside now; I thought I told you to stay out)" shouting at them stuns them so much they all stand there. "Oops…sorry…I did say that I would snap though right?"
"Wow…did your grandma teach you that." The one eyed wolf asks with a smug look on his face.
"Well I LIVED with her I was bound pick up something or other from her. She would snap on me for no reason too when I bothered her in the middle of something like this."
"It's a little weird…considering it's you."
"Hey…! Nathan what does that mean?" I whine.
"The way it sounded."
"So rude…" they all laugh at my pouting, "That's it! No more pork for all of you!" I watch as they all tense, "Just kidding."
"Don't kid about that." they seem to understand that I'm too focused to actually stop at all and head back outside. As soon as I finish with the house it's well into the night and I'm exhausted. Before bed though I take a long soak in the remedy as well. I nearly doze off in that. As I head back inside for my bedroom the others are waiting for me.
"You smell funny…" Nathan says as I sit on the bed.
"Too tired to even respond… I'm going to sleep." As I lay down the others take their usual spots around me while Thomas hides under the covers again.
"How do you sleep under there?"
"It's nice and warm miss Reisaki. I like it under here."
"Well suit yourself…" I yawn as big as I can before plopping down on my pillow with a soft thud. Pulling the covers up to my shoulders half asleep I take a deep breath. I look up outside seeing the stars. Finding the moon facing me I realize just how long I had been disinfecting everything. It has to be at least one in the morning. I can understand why they came to interrupt me. Snuggling up closer to Christopher I finally fall asleep.
…
Stirring I find myself scratching my leg under the covers. I try to relax and go back to sleep. But once again my leg is bothering me.
"Thomas…stop tickling my foot." Seeing as how he was the one under the covers I assume it's him.
"Um…Miss Reisaki I'm over here." I realize that the bed is not as full and empty of the normal group of men I normally wake up too every day. My eyes shoot open and I see six wolves sitting in front of me in a line waiting for me to get up. With every muscle tensing I spring out of the bed and look at it. There's tiny specks jumping around all over; and it's not just the mattress. The whole bed including the covers and pillow inside and out are covered with fleas. I swallow hard and look down at my night clothes. Tiny specks jump around on me as well. With everything becoming clear I think I can even feel them in my hair.
"Reisaki, are you ok?" at the moment I'm not sure who asked me that.
"Fleas…Fleas…in my…in my bed…and on my…my clothes…"
"Is she ok?"
"she's talking about those fleas again…"
"I don't even think she can hear us right now."
I don't get it. I scrubbed this place from top to bottom. How can there still be fleas? This is insane….and their BITING ME!
"IIIIIIIII need a lake...!" I say scurrying away to the closes body of water I can submerge myself in and jump right into a nearby pond. Even the wild animals come to take a look to see what it is that I am doing. Under water holding my breath, I scrub and scratch my scalp along with the other parts of my body. Finally satisfied I come up for air and see a black wolf staring at me with a concerned look.
"Are you ok?" Christopher asks.
"My house is infested by fleas an I don't know why…other than that I'm fine."
"Then why did you jump into a pond…?"
"To DROWN the little buggers…" I say and pull myself out of the pond. The others wait near by looking at me with interest. Noticing Eduardo wanting to say something I snap on him and say, "Say one word and I'll throttle you in your sleep so hard you won't wake up again!" the others follow as I storm off to.
I just finished changing into some safe clothes and stand in the opening to my bedroom. I just don't get it…I cleaned this place from head to toe… how did they survive? I have never seen Bachan's remedy fail. They were all over the bed! How did it happen? I know I stripped the bed down and even washed all the other beddings to make sure. So how did they get in here? That mixture should have killed them…hm? I see Christopher scratching himself as best he can to reach a place on his back. He's trying so hard that he's almost going around in a circle. My eyes widen, remembering that two other wolves were scratching themselves just as much,
Wait a second… don't tell me…
"Hey Christopher, can you come here a second. Eduardo, Nathan you too." I inspect Christopher first looking at the top of his head first. It doesn't take me long to find small flecks hopping around.
"Why are you pulling so hard?"
"Sorry am I hurting you?"
"No, it just makes me wonder." As I move down his back I find more and more of the little buggers jumping around on him.
"Next." Christopher moves out of the way and I inspect Nathan in between his shoulders and find more of the fleas on him. "…Alright…Eduardo" I don't even have to look under the fur they're jumping on the surface. With half the group covered in fleas I could only assume that the others had the same epidemic. Well I'm not that surprised considering they've been in the wild for how long now?
*Deep sigh*
"What is it Reisaki?" Morgan trots over seeing the look on my face.
"Well…I found out how the fleas got in the house…"
"Really how?"
"You lot." I say flatly.
"Huh?" they all ask in unison.
"Mh-hm, you're ALL covered in fleas. From head to toe and that's how they not only got in the house but also in the bed last night…after all my hard work."
"S-sorry miss Reisaki."
"So that's why I've been itching a lot lately." Russell says.
"well with you guys going out into the forest all the time and everything; I'm not too surprised that you guys have fleas. It was bound to happen sooner or later. It also explains why Bachan's remedy didn't actually work."
"Well I don't see the problem I feel just fine."
"Morgan…you are scratching yourself this very second as we speak." I point to his hind leg for reference.
"Ah…hahahahaha well it's not a big deal."
"Not a big deal? Do you guys even know what fleas can do to a person let alone dogs…wild ones included." They all remain silent as I list off everything I remember Bachan telling me. "Some of the stuff can even cause death too… they can be really dangerous."
"So then what are we supposed to do about them?"
"Right I'm not jumping into a pond like you mistress." Eduardo teases me as I walk into the kitchen and take out the remaining ingredients from the night before. I place the baking soda on the table with a mighty thunk. "What's that for?"
"The solution to our problem is simple. In order to get rid of the fleas we have to stop them at their source…meaning you lot." I point a finger at them.
"I don't get it."
"To put it simply Russell you all need baths; and long ones at that." They exchange looks among themselves while shifting uncomfortably.
"Er…"
"You mean we'd…?"
"Actually have to get in the water…"
"I don't wanna!"
"Isn't there another way Mistress." With the dominant air about me as the Beast tamer at the moment I pull out a chair and sit crossing my legs. The gesture seems to make them all tense. "Oh don't worry, I'm not going to force you..." their tails wag with relief, "However you do have a choice here. One you can take a bath and make this easier on all of you by riding yourselves of the fleas or two you can stay outside…away from me, the comfy bed, the fresh meat, and any other perks that come with me being your master." I smile but I'm dead serious.
"You- you're bluffing!" the alpha shouts
"Try me." I smirk devilishly. There's a long pause before they all go over to the corner and huddle together talking it over. Some of them raise their head looking back over at me as the try talking it over.
Hmm…actually I could use the day to set things up for tomorrow…hehe. I hate being mean but it's for their own good. I stand and slide the door open to the outside.
"It would seem you guys need the night to think about this…so here you go." They all blink realizing that I'm dead serious about this. "Look it's nothing personal I honestly don't mind the bath thing so long as you don't stink up the place(which you seem to do just fine) but I'd rather not have fleas in my house. I'm sure you all understand right?"
"Y-you're seriously going to put us out for the night."
"You're the ones forcing me to do it Eduardo."
"But… we don't want to be away from you…" Christopher looks as though he may start crying,
"Then will you take a bath?"
"Over my dead body!"
"Does Eduardo speak for everyone?" there's no protest and my hand is forced.
"Very well…out." I point outside. A few of them place their ears back as they walk out. Morgan tries to open his mouth, "Not one word." With that he shuts his mouth and heads outside. I look at the smiling, "Have a good night." And I shut the door on them. From that point on I spent the rest of the day figuring out ways to go about this problem.
…
I return a with a basket full of items I plan on using in my plan that I have formulated. I left early in the morning to make it back by mid day. The guys wait for me outside and greet me as always. The only difference is for the past few days they've been sleeping outside since they have fleas. And I was able to use the rest of the remedy to clean my room again. honestly I can tell it's been torture for them, even Eduardo, to be outside rather than inside with me. I'll admit I've missed their presence in the house as well… but I refuse to let the buggers in my house.
Russell tries to follow me inside the house and I stop him,
"Uh-uh."
"Oh come on! It's been three days…"
"Has your mind changed about the bath at all?"
"Well…no…"
"Then I'm afraid you still have to stay outside; that goes for the rest of you." They all give me sad puppy dog eyes, "well I did warn you that you would be out here until you got cleaned up didn't I." I can't help but look at them sympathetically, I start my plan luring them in, "Alright…alright…I'll let you all back in okay. Just stop looking at me like that." They all wag their tails, "But I need you all to wait out here for a bit longer ok? I'll let you in but there's something I have to do before I let you in." they understand and wait for me to let them back in. as I close the door behind me I try not to giggle.
…
"There that should do it…" I take one last look at what I have set up making sure everything is in place. I'm surprised they didn't come in with all the noise. They must be a bit scared that I'll keep them outside.
I take a key out from my pocket and go around and lock the windows cutting off any escapes before heading for the front door. Keeping the key hidden I open the door keeping the tiny lock on it hidden, "Ok you guys you can come back in now." The waste no time coming back inside and as soon as the last of them enters I slam the door shut and lock the door and place the key in my pocket before meeting the six surprised faces of the wolves.
"What are you doing Reisaki?" Nathan asks first.
"You know I have to admit I'm surprised you lot fell for that; I mean this whole time I've been making a big deal about the fleas and then I suddenly let you back in…you didn't think there was something strange about that?"
"Crap…"
"She tricked us."
"Oh and by the way I wouldn't bother with the windows they're all locked as well as the door and they aren't opening openning until we get rid of the fleas." I walk over to the big wooden basin I filled with the remedy. Along with a few other items I plan on using to catch them. "Now then boys you have one of two options. The first is the easy way. You can each quietly step into the tub and get it over with and we can get back to normal. Or there's the hard way, in which I have come up with specific ways of catching all of you one by one and personally DRAG YOU into the tub. Now what shall it be?" without a second thought they each try to make a hasty exit out of the kitchen; I leap forward and manage to grab ahold of Thomas first, "Gotcha!"
"No! Miss Reisaki please!"
"Up we go…" I pick him up as easily as I did the first time I met him and carry him to the tub,
"NOOO, Please Miss Reisaki! Don't!" I drop him in with a big splash into the tub. Soaking wet he looks up at me with his ears back, "Aw…but why?"
"I'm sorry for being rough with you Thomas; I'll try to be quick ok?" I try showing him that I mean no harm by petting him. Although he gets the message he still doesn't like it at all. Taking a bucket I fill it with the water in the tub and pour it over him before scrubbing him all over. As I pour more water over him I see the dead fleas floating all around him. "…Actually miss Reisaki, I don't really feel itchy anymore…"
"See told you it works…" I pour water over him one more time before I let him out of the tub and strain the water clean of the dead fleas. I watch him for a moment as Thomas shakes himself dry, "One down…five to go." I turn back to a shivering Thomas, "You stay put and no funny business." With that I take a plate full of various meats that I know a certain wolf will not be able to resist. I lay it in the hallway and hide myself in a dark room where I'll be able to trap him at. Within a few minutes I hear paws trotting on the floor and Russell comes into view. He looks this way and that before gobbling up the meat. I wait a few seconds to let him think he's safe before jumping out behind him.
"Bath time Russell!"
"Crap!" he tries squeezing past me but I manage to grab hold of his tail and hold on tight. He drags me a few feat before I dig my heels into the floor and stop him completely. Of course as I take him back to the kitchen he fights me every step of the way. "Guah! Let go! Let go! I'm not getting in there!"
"Don't be such a baby Russell…it's not that…that bad!"
"Get off me!" he tries tripping me up by changing into a human but I just grab hold of his feet. He actually made it a lot easier for me by losing the claws. "No…! Nononononnonononononoooooooooooo!" Finally I get him in the tub, "Damn it that's cold!"
"Don't be such a baby! Now sit still already!" it takes me a minute before I'm able to get him to stay. He finally tires out and changes back to a wolf and sits there allowing me to clean him up. Honestly dealing with Russell I felt more like a mother trying to get her child to take a bath and I gained a newfound respect for any mother who had to deal with a child like Russell. Although I can tell he doesn't want to admit it, he looks relieved that he isn't itching so much now. "Look at the water Russell." He looks down seeing all the dead fleas floating, "Not so bad now was it…"
"…Can I get out now?"
"Yes you can; go wait over there in the sun with Thomas please." He does so without any protest and shakes of the excess water flinging it on Thomas,
"Hey, I'm warm now; please don't do that Russell!"
"Shut up runt; and move over…I'm freezing over here."
"Play nice you two…" I say before I go looking for Christopher. I figured I should get the easier ones done first. I look in a few rooms before realizing that it would be easier to find him a different way. I don't want to but I'm going to have to use your kind nature against you Christopher…I'll be sure to apologize about that later. Again I hide in a room out of sight making sure that no other wolf I in here with me before I shout,
"Christopher, help me! Eduardo's being mean to me!" I somehow manage to make it sound as if I'm actually crying seeing as how Eduardo has somehow managed to do that once or twice. It doesn't take long before I hear Christopher's padded feat running on the floor,
"Eduardo how many times have I told you-!" the second he steps into the room I grab him by the scruff of his neck. His muscles tense before he relaxes with an exasperated sigh, "I thought you were actually in trouble."
"I know…I'm sorry."
"Very clever though…" he says with a smile,
"I'm not proud of it though." instead of struggling he walks calmly back with me although I still hold onto him to make sure he doesn't run off. He quietly surrenders and gets in the tub. He actually seems to be fine for the time being but I can tell he's a bit uncomfortable with it. But because he doesn't fight back he takes the shortest amount of time to clean up. "Alright done."
"Phew…thank you." He jumps out and shakes the water off, "I have to admit that was quick."
"Well because you didn't fight back as much. You can warm up in the sun over there with the others." Christopher trots off over to the sun peaking through the window, "Sorry I tricked you."
"It's ok." Alright three down…three to go. Now who should I go after first…? Morgan.
Although they all might be the hardest at least I know Morgan won't be as hard as the other two. Especially if I can trick him into the tub with what I have planned. I pick up my little secret for Morgan; the others watch with much interest as I hide it behind me. I place a finger to my lips silencing any outbursts they might have before heading out to look for Morgan. It doesn't take me long to find him.
"The storage…really?"
"It seemed like a good idea at the time."
"uh-huh…so are you going to come quietly?"
"I'm not getting in that tub."
"Really? Is that a fact? I', sure Thomas, Russell and Christopher can prove you wrong…they're in the other room drying off as we speak."
"S-so?"
"Listen Morgan…we can do this the easy way or the hard way…either way…YOU ARE GETTING IN THAT TUB."
"Nope, no way. I'm not getting wet. You can look at me with that death glare all you want but I'm not falling for it. You're too nice of a person to be that dark."
"Yeah you're right…I am too nice." From behind my back I produce a very skimpy lacy bra that I know he won't be able to resist. I remembered that the bar last time I found him with that in his mouth. The thought it was a chew toy but of course he didn't know better. The scent on it seemed to appeal to him before so I went the extra mile this time soaking the bra in a scent that he wouldn't be able to resist. Seeing him with that bra in his mouth that one time made me think he liked women…a lot back when he was human. "Then how about this…? a peace offering…"
"Oh…what's that?"
"Some I know you can't resist."
"It smells nice."
"Yeah it does doesn't it? you know I have plenty of these for you; call it a sorry gift for being so mean."
"hey you know you still haven't told me what that thing is anyway."
"Oh I haven't? well it's something that us females wear under our clothes…"
"Oh…"
"Hey Morgan…"
"Yeah…" he suddenly trips falling face first into the tub; he comes up for air looking at me in a daze. I smirk at him and place the bra in the trash, "You…" I take a bucket of water and pour it over his head before patting him on the head.
"Gotcha…"
"Damn it…" knowing that I'm not going to let him out of the tub he sits still as I wash him down. There were plenty of fleas on his head and I take my time to make sure I got all of them before moving downward on his back. As I continue to wash Morgan I hear padded footsteps come into the kitchen pausing I look up to see Nathan.
"Took you long enough…" I say.
"What are you talking about?" Russell asks.
"I was thinking you would be the last one I had to wash off Nathan but I guess you wised up sooner than I thought."
"You put your plan to catch me into action as soon as you started with Thomas…not bad. You're a lot smarter than what I give you credit for."
"Wait what plan?" Thomas asks
"She knew Nathan was most likely going to see through any ploy she came up with to catch him personally like she did us…so she used us to get Nathan to come out." Christopher explains how I waited out for Nathan to come to me.
"Yeah…she knew if I saw her catch enough of you guys that I would come of my own free will."
"Why's that?" Russell asks
"Too much of a hassle for her to come after me especially if I don't fall for it." Morgan shakes of the excess water from his coat and goes to sit in the sun with the others.
"Well at least I can say I don't itch anymore." Morgan laughs.
"That's the other reason I came out of hiding."
"Other reason?" I ask Nathan as he steps up to get his bath.
"I'm tired of these fleas making me itch so much." With that he jumps into the water and sits there waiting for me to start. "I'd rather take a bath than deal with these bugs anymore." With that I start washing him. I honestly thought Nathan would be the last one to wash. But I guess it only took four examples to get him to see things my way. It turns out that Eduardo is going to be the hardest…the fighter. I dump one more bucket of water onto Nathan before I let him out.
"Feel better?" I ask him.
"I'd rather be cold than itchy…"
"Aw you're making it sound like the better of two negatives."
"Don't push it…I still don't like baths."
"Mmm…duly noted." Alright that's five of them…now I just need to take care of the last one…and knowing Eduardo he's going to fight me every step of the way. Better brace yourself Reisaki…
I take a deep breath and grab hold of what I need to use in order to catch Eduardo. I have a pretty good idea as to where he is and enter my bedroom. There he stands there ready to fight. He growls slightly; I lean against the doorway,
"I know asking you is a waste of time because all you'll say is over my dead body."
"Good then leave me alone."
"I can't do that…even if I have to fight you every step of the way, you're getting in that tub."
"Big talk coming from you. Somehow I don't believe it." I roll my sleeves up and get ready,
"Then I'll prove it to you." As I walk over to him I take the rope I have from over my shoulder and unwrap it. I make the first move lunging at him and grabbing ahold of him.
"Get off of me!" he trashes around sending me under him and dragging me on the floor as he tries to shake me off. "I'm not taking a bath!"
"Yes you are!" I get back in my feet and manage to grab him by the scruff of his neck, "Even if I have to pull your fur out along the way you're getting in that….TUB! Ah!?" just as I said I stumble back a bit and land on my behind, in my hand I hold a bit of Eduardo's fur. We glare at each other as I stand,
"Sore wa soreda. Watashi wa anata ga akuma ōkami sore o eyou to shite iru sutekina koto owarida... Anata wa ima IKU! (that's it. i'm done being nice you are going to get it you devil wolf...you go now.)" Again I lunge at him and take hold of the rope I had dropped at one point or another. All the while I still screech at him in the ancient Yamato language.
"You can harp at me all you want to I'm not going!"
"Damare! Watashi wa anata ga okonatte iru to nobe, anata ga shiyou to shite iru! (shut up! i said you're going; You are going!)" finally I get the rope around his neck like a leash and begin pulling on it.
"Get this rope off me!"
"No you had this coming!" it takes a good amount of time before I'm able to drag him out of the room. And back into the kitchen. Near the tub I had a hook ready and grounded into the wall ready to hold onto Eduardo. I'm able to get him close enough to where he's standing outside the tub but try not to choke him. While he fights against the rope I take a moment to catch my breath. "You are the most stubborn out of all of them. you know that? You might as well stop struggling you're not going to get out of that harness, Bachan showed be how to do that specifically."
"I'm not getting in that tub!" I walk up to him and fold my arms.
"Sorry Eduardo but I think you are." I pick him up and place him in the tub. He manages to take me with him seeing as how the rope somehow got ahold of me but as soon as I sense him trying to get out of the tub I grab hold of all the strength I can and fight him back into the tub. With all the splashing and thrashing there's no need for me to pour water on his head, "Ow- Stop clawing me!"
"Get off me and I will! While you're at it take the damn rope off too!"
"No!" I dunk him under the water for good measure and let him back up.
"Are you trying to kill me?!"
"No just the fleas although I have to say this is a nice little payback!" I dunk him under one more time before letting him up. Finally after I make sure he's been in long enough I untie him and let him rush out of the tub. I still stand in the tub catching my breath still soaking wet from the brawl I had with him. I look down at the water and see all the dead fleas,
"There no more fleas…"
"fleas…yeah you know you could have drowned me."
"That was never my intention…I only put you under the water for a few seconds. Serves you right considering how much of a bully you are." Eduardo shakes the excess water off before glaring at me. "You can be mad at me all you want…I warned you I would fight you the whole way f I had to."
"Mad…no not mad, I'm actually quite impressed." Impressed? How is it that I manage to impress him? "You followed through with what you said. I honestly thought you would have given up."
"I'm not as weak as you make me out to be you know." I step out of the tub, "Alright I think I've tortured you all long enough. Time to open the door for you." A hand grips my wrist firmly and I turn to see Eduardo staring at me, his hair damp, "What?"
"You know mistress you look like you have fleas on you too."
"What?"
"yeah I see them too right her Reisaki." Christopher touches the back of my neck.
"Yeah here too."
"I see one! I see one!"
"Looks like you got some here too." Yeeeee…! Too much…! They're doing this on purpose I know that but this is just mean! They know I'm not used to them switching forms like this too!
I manage to pull y arm away back away from them.
"N-now wait just a minute what are you guys doing? Come on this isn't funny…!"
"You're the one that needs a bath Reisaki." Scared of the sly looks on their faces I back away and feel myself trip on something. "Yeek!" I land with a big splash in the tub again; my hair lands in front of my face covering my vision. As soon as I move it out of the way six wolves stare at me their tails wagging. "Oh hah hah…very funny."
After fixing the place up I make them something special considering I put them through all that. After I eat something I immediately head to bed. The others follow behind me and take their places they usually have. Thomas once again hides under the covers and I let the covers fall over him.
"Hey Miss Reiski?"
"Mh-hm?"
"Do you think tomorrow we can go to the village with you?" I can sense the excitement as some of them wag their tails.
"well…I guess so long as you guys behave yourselves."
"Really?"
"Yeah consider it a sorry for today."
"Hey what about the Butcher shop are you going there tomorrow too?"
"Yes Eduardo…but none of us are going if we don't get any sleep." With that everyone settles down and we finally fall asleep under a peaceful starry night.
(End)
Phew…well that took longer than I thought it would anyway I hope you guys like this little side story^^ let me know what you think it may make a difference as to whether or not of I make more side stories of not.