Grimmjow had already informed Nikki that he was returning and bringing new friends. Rayne was excited, but also nervous. Before Grimmjow, he alienated himself from everyone, but his ex. He just never felt the need to have friends since they'd just use him. But if Grimmjow, the asshole, has friends, they can't be horrible people.
xXx
Rayne stood completely still in the doorway, not knowing what to do at all. He recognized Nikki, since he used to buy candy from his store. Whenever he was there, Nikki was leaving. They greeted each other, but that was it. He also recognized Angel as well. He didn't seem to like Rayne all that much. What seemed to shock the young man the most, was Kurai and Alec. They were just like Ichigo, but something haunted him. Why did they have ears and a tail? I mean, it was cute, but why? What happened to them. "Yo! Rayne."
Rayne snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Grimmjow. "You already know Ich. This is Kurai, Alec, Angel, Shiro, Murci, and Nikki." Grimmjow introduced. "I remember you. You came to my store a lot." Rayne looked at Angel and nods. "What happened? You stopped coming." Angel sat next to Shiro, who slept on his shoulder. "Well, my reason for going there is gone." Rayne answered nonchalantly. "I assume you aren't the one consuming the product."
Rayne scratched the back of his head. "No. I don't eat a lot of sweets, actually."
"How unfortunate." The conversation ended with Angel. Nikki walked over to Rayne. "I'm glad you were able to get Grimmjow out of his….mood. I thank you for that." Nao climbed out of Rayne's arms and sat on his head. Nikki shook Rayne's hand as Grimmjow rolled his eyes. "I…didn't do much really."
"I'm sure you did enough to snap him out of it." Nikki insisted. Grimmjow scoffed before sneaking over to Ichigo, who was concentrating on his chess game with Kurai. He smiled mischievously as an idea came to mind. "Whose your friends?" Nikki scratched behind both foxes' ears. "I found Silv on the balcony. Nao was at the front door."
"I see." Nikki looked at Silv suspiciously. "He reminds me of someone."
"Really, who?" Rayne asked curiously. "You think he's like the others?"
"Yes. I think your friend is choosing to hide in this form. For some reason." Nikki answered. "He'll reveal himself when he wants to."
Rayne pouted at the claim as Nikki walked back into the living room. "Your room is third door on the-" Nikki was interrupted when they heard a screech. They turn in time to see A flash of orange jump high into the air and on the shelf. He hissed at Grimmjow. "What did you do?!" Murci asked peeking around the corner. Grimmjow smirked and shrugged. "Just wanted to play. He freaked out. I only grabbed the base of his tail. Maybe accidently stepped on it as well." He admitted while looking at the irritated neko. "My bad, Ich."
Ichigo huffed and leaned back against the wall, with folded arms, not moving. Kurai frowned, knowing he just lost his game partner. "Come on down and play, kitty. I ain't gonna hurt ya." He tried to coerce the man down, but calling him kitty pissed him off even more. "Don't insult the boy, Grimmjow." Angel ordered. "I ain't insult, Berry." Grimmjow countered. "Kitty? He's still human." Murci defended the insulted neko. "What you want me to say, I'm sorry?"
"He wouldn't be upset with you." Angel answered. Rayne shook his head and headed upstairs as they argued back and forth about his decisions. Nao hopped back in his Rayne's arms as they head to his assigned room. Rayne sighed and walked over to the bed. He turned his back to it and fell back on the bed. He scratched the back of Nao's ears. "Are you like those three downstairs?" He asked the black tipped fox.
Nao crawled over to Rayne's face and licked his cheek. Rayne chuckled and turned on his side. Nao tumbled off and landed next to his face. Then something rubbed against his stomach. He looked down and there was Silv, right next to Nao. "There you are. Got tired of the argument too?"
Silv rubbed his nose against Rayne's face. "Alright you two. I'm taking a shower."
The two foxes watch Rayne head to the bathroom. In a flash, Silv ran into the bathroom, before the door closed. Nao's ears drooped as he was once again left alone. Nao lowered its head on the closest pillow and watched the door.
xXx
Silv sat on the bathroom sink watching Rayne strip down, unbeknownst to the brunette. Silv slowly opened its eyes as Rayne stepped into the shower and pulled the curtain closed. Silv was able to get a near perfect view of the physically fit male scrubbing his body clean. Just as Silv hopped off the sink, loud music echoed throughout the bathroom. "Shit.." Rayne grumbled before turning off the shower. Silv hopped onto the back of the toilet and Rayne opened the curtain. To Silv's disappointment, Ryane walked out wearing a white towel around his waist. Silv watched Rayne search through his clothes for the source of the noise. Once he found his phone, he threw his head back in irritation. He sat in the middle of the floor.
Rayne answered the phone. "Yes, Amille?" He answered. Luckily with Silv's enhanced hearing, he heard everything. "Rayne, my beautiful Greek god, why are you resigning from my company?" A calm feminine voice asked. Rayne furrowed his eyebrows. "What? What do you mean? I didn't resign. I left a voicemail saying that I got Grim to come back next week." He explained. He heard a sigh on the other side of the phone. "Amille, you're….you don't believe that do you?"
"It's….hard not to. Your signature is at the bottom."
"That could've easily been forged." Rayne argued, almost yelling into the phone. "Calm down, Rayne." Amille ordered. Rayne couldn't help but panic at the current situation. To him, it was sounding like his boss was agreeing to let him go. He couldn't leave, he needed the job desperately. He used his free hand to grip his hair. Amille sighed again. 'Where are you, Rayne? We need to speak in person."
"I'm at gah!" Rayne jumped as Silv brushed against his thigh." Rayne moved the phone from his ear. "Silv, what the hell?" Silv jumped into Rayne's lap and looked up at him. "Rayne? Rayne?" Amille called out to him. Rayne rolled his eyes and put the phone back to his ear. "I'll meet you somewhere." Once Rayne gave her an address, stating that he would meet with her in two hours, he went back to his shower.
Soon, Silv's body began to grow. The fur sheds and disintegrated. Long fingers grip the edge of sink, using it as leverage to push the body up.
Rayne stood under the water rinsing the soap off his body. He heard the quiet scraping of the curtain rings moving across the rail. He stopped cleaning his body and looked toward the curtain. He turned to the naked figure standing in the way. "What the-" The stranger tackled him onto the slippery floor.
xXx
As Nao slept soundly, he heard a crash from the bathroom. His ear perked up immediately. When another crash sounded, Nao immediately shot out of bed and straight for the bathroom door. He whimpered and scratched at the door, begging Rayne to let him in. When there was no chance of that, he hopped into the chair directly next to the door. Once he landed on the arm chair, he stood on his hind legs and used his paws to turn the knob. Once the door opened, Nao squeezed through the crack. He saw Rayne lying on his back with his right wrist, high above his head, tied to one of the shower handles. His free hand clawed at his attacker's arm, as their hand started closing Rayne's airway.
Nao internally panicked as his master was losing life quickly. Nao needed to act fast.
xXx
Rayne was losing consciousness fast and the air was being constricted. His body started to numb and he finally lost feeling in his free hand. His eyes slowly began to close as he lost the will to fight back. Just as he was about to take his final breath, his attacker was tackled off of him. He heard a loud thud and he finally took a deep breath. His chest burned as he greedily took in as much air as possible. He coughed and wheezed, fighting for composure as well as sight.
Once he was okay, he sat up, only for his head to collide with something hard. "Ow! Dammit!" He yelled as the force pushed him back on the wet floor. He turned on his side and rubbed his forehead. "The hell, man." He grumbled and a hand gently shook him. Once the headache went away, he turned his head to see long silver strands with black tips caressing his leg. He followed the strands to look at the head they were attached to. The face was pale with a small amount of plush to the cheeks. Worried silver eyes look down at him. "Wha-?"
He then heard shuffling next to him and then a hand grabbed a fistful of hair. Instinctively, he grabs the wrist of the attacker. The stranger in front of him jumps forward and wraps their arms around his waist. His supposed savior was kicked in the face. The hold loosened and he was forced into a wall, hitting his head. Rayne was dragged further into the still running water. From their shadows on the wall, he could see his attacker holding a sharp object above him. A long blade held right above his heart.
His eyes widened as the blade struck down, but it stopped an inch before his heart. He took a deep breath and looked up. The hand holding the blade was stopped in midair, by a white ribbon. He followed the ribbon to his savior, holding the ribbon tightly. "You?"
His head suddenly hit the floor and the hand holding the blade, disappeared along with the weapon. The ribbon lands across his chest. He sat up while rubbing the back of his head. "Ow." He groaned. The stranger sat directly in front of Rayne. "Thanks….for saving me." He thanked the quiet young man, who only tilted his head. It was an awkward silence between the two. "Who are you?" Rayne asked. Ears slowly poked out from his head. The naked stranger moved his bushy black tipped white tail from behind. Rayne watched it sway back and forth. "Nao?" Said savior used his tail to cover his genitals while smiling awkwardly. "So you were one of them." He stated as the hybrid moved closer to him.
Rayne held his hand up to stop the kit. Nao stopped and pouted at Rayne. Rayne turned to shut off the water and then looked at Nao. He scratched his head trying to figure out how to go about this ordeal. He figured out that if this was Nao, the other had to be Silv. But why was he trying to kill Rayne? Was that his plan in the first place?" Rayne's mind reeled with unanswered questions. Then a thought came to mind. "What time is it?" He crawled out of the shower and reached for his phone. "Shit!" He yelled, looking at the time. He scrambled to his feet and ran out the bathroom door.
Not sure if he was supposed to stay there, Nao peeked through the bathroom doorway. He watched Rayne struggle to get dressed. When he was finally done, he looked at Nao. "You stay here." He ordered. Nao frowned and shook his head no, not wanting to leave his master to be harmed and maybe killed this time. "Yes." He fired back, but Nao still shook his head no.
Rayne huffed. "Now look, Na-" He stopped when there was a knock on the door. When he answered the door, Alec sat on the floor, standing in the doorway. He looked from Rayne to the naked Nao. "Oh, its you, uh, Alec right?"
Alec nods while looking at Rayne. "Listen..uh…can you watch Nao for me?" Rayne gestured to the naked kitsune, who frowned. 'It seems like he doesn't want to leave you.' Alec signed to him. Rayne huffed. 'I came up here to see if you were okay. I heard noises.' He signed. Alec explained. Rayne scratched the back of his head. "Yeah…..Silv attacked me and…." Rayne trailed off and looked at Nao. "Nao saved me." He answered and turned back to Alec. 'Did you ever think that Nao doesn't want anything to hurt you, especially since your attacker is still out there?' Alec suggested. Rayne paused and looked at Nao in deep thought. Is that true? He thought to himself and turned back to Alec. 'Obviously we're not normal, so I suggest taking Nao with you.'
Rayne frowned and rolled his eyes. "Seriously?"
Alec nods. 'I'll let him borrow some clothes.' With that said, Alec walked down the hallway and came back with a trash bag. Rayne raised an eyebrow at the young man, who set the bag down. 'I don't like the color white or blue. Let me know if alterations need to be made.' He signed before waving goodbye to Nao and leaving.
"Dammit." He muttered before pulling the bag inside. He quickly searched through the bag for suitable clothes. "Here." Rayne tossed the clothes over. Nao caught them with ease. "Hurry up and put them on. I'm going to be late. Rayne sat down in a nearby seat with his fist against his cheek.