Author note: Sorry if I'm late, but overall, I'm hoping that continuing this fanfic will breathe me a new fresh air of creativity so that I can continue my original projects of animation and comic by finishing this series and in hopes to recover myself some creativity and drive to work on my stuff. In regards to this series, I'd like to make mention that for the entirety of this fanfic, it will continue where the original author left off but it will be modified by me onwards for chapters after Chapter 5 but I also plan on changing certain stuff from previous chapters from the original fanfic to make it align with the Housepets! webcomic continuity and in hopes not to interfere much to it. Without a further delay, enjoy reading!
Chapter 7 (Chapter 2 in my takeover writing)
As Kenji is being interrogated, the 3 Celestials take the time to discuss and negotiate matters to deal and handle Kenji's possible anomalous nature in Babylon Gardens and discussing if should Bahamut put Kenji in Heaven within a suspended animation to ensure that he won't be a probable threat or if he should be held behind bars for the meantime. Either option, Kenji hearing their discussion, which they seem to have forgotten of his presence on the huge table, continues onward.
"So, with the probability that indeed our Game is gonna get interrupted due to this 'anomaly' within our proximity, I suggest that we have Bahamut expell him from our Game's universe." Pete said, nonchalantly with Dragon gasping, replying "Which I will not allow! Even if he is an anomaly for the Game's flow and it's entirety of function, we shouldn't be so cruel to even eject him out, let alone expell him so abruptly!!! His entire fibre of being would be torn and extinguished, ripping him from tear to tear in the endless voids of nothingness! We're not monstrous like those Demons!"
Kitsune, on the sideline hearing with muse while sitting comfortably while reading a manga, eyeing the discussion between the 2 siblings, interjected "So, if there isn't any agreed consensus of the matter in regards to Kenji's anomalous presence into Babylon Gardens, allow me to interject with a proposal to have Kenji under strict watch by Bahamut himself! Knowing the length of trouble we'd be in if we try anything that could end up harming Kenji or even jeopardizing our Game, or worse, Babylon Gardens safety, it's best to have the Big guy handle it, plus we don't need to report all the time to him about Kenji's activities and have the big man monitor Kenji directly!"
Kenji, who has been sidelined throughout their discussion for sometime, sitting in a chair fitting of his size with a table fitting for him as well, courtesy to Kitsune being the polite host, sit there with pure confusion with mix of emotions. On one hand, he's a nervous wreck, worrying that if Darius knew of this, he might have already replaced Kenji with someone else, worse is that Sasha would be left alone without him. In an effort to not let himself be pushed aside, Kenji stood up with his index finger up and asked "Allow me to interrupt? I can't help but notice that you guys are so preoccupied with your "meeting" that you'd seem to have forgotten that I can hear you here clearly and loudly, also, good to know that the options that the 2 of you guys suggested involved me being in a suspended animation in Heaven, while the other, kicked out from the universe and ultimately ripped to pieces by the black endless void of nothingness, which both are no different to one another. Now perhaps may I ask of who's Bahamut?"
Kenji's question was met with a boop on his nose by Kitsune, who then promptly faced him directly and replied "Well then Kenji, Bahamut is our boss you see! Essentially he's similar to humans understanding of the God that most human religions put themselves to believe. No need to worry about him, he's a real charmer you know?" As if on cue, in the white empty void that they're all in, a door seemingly a part of the void suddenly opened, and enters Bahamut, to which all the 3 Celestial were met with a face of surprise, seeing Bahamut leaving his station overseeing the cycle of the world's continous existence.
"Glad to know you decided a decision for me despite the lack of any paperwork to be made to notify me of troubles back in Babylon Gardens, Kitsune, Dragon, Pete." All three were all nervous, something that Kenji didn't expect to see from supposed Demigods but then again, what Kitsune told him of who Bahamut is, he can see why. The towering Dragon with dark brown scales adorning himself with some sort of visor headgear with some sort of cloth covering his shoulders like those of Greek debaters or philosophers used to wear in clad purple. His physique certainly amazes Kenji with him having a much more pronounced muscular build and a menacing aura with his wings spread out menacingly.
"He-hey there Bahamut! Heyyyyy boss, um...I-I-I didn't expected you'd to come in to our office! Had we known we'd readied you some treats and sweets!" said Kitsune with absolute nervous sweat and fear in his expression, the look of a 9-5 office job worker whose face would be filled with terror if their paperwork were left unattended and were caught slacking in a busy day in office. Bahamut, who was stoic and expressionless, then eyed the three Celestials, then lastly stared down to Kenji.
"So, you must be the 'anomaly' my underlings spoke of, why, isn't that one magnificent armor you have there, quite frankly, I'm amazed to see such craftsmanship that beautiful." Kenji now felt that nervousness that Kitsune and the others felt, however, knowing what's at stake, he cleared his throat and composed himself and replied "Well sir, umm, can I call you sir? Sir Bahamut?" "Yes, you may call me sir, proceed." Kenji took the invitation and politely spoke "Sir Bahamut, with all due respect if what was said by your underlings were to be true, I ask of you, humbly, please, don't take me away from Babylon Gardens! I have so much at stake to consider, especially with Sasha whom now I am taking care of at the moment! Please, I beg of you, do not take me away from Babylon Gardens!!!"
Bahamut, who was stoic and expressionless, shockingly drew a smile, then proceeded to snap his fingers. The empty white void that they're in then transform and turned into some sort of huge room, wooden panels and carvings and a desk set in the middle with beautiful carvings and tons of paperwork laid bare, the three Celestial also being summoned into this room, with Kenji set upon the table mentioned earlier near it's edge. Bahamut proceeded to then snap his fingers again and 3 chairs that fitted the Celestials were manifested, to which the three promptly sat.
"In all of my lifetime of living, your begging is certainly amusing to me, Kenji. Rarely do I get that much respect or proper greet from someone, especially of a mortal such as you. Please, do not worry, I'm not planning on removing you, not yet, at least, I'm not that heartless!" Kenji huffed a sigh of relief. Bahamut proceeded to then hand a folder to Kenji. "In there, there will be a small list and schedule to help you be notified of when Spirit Dragon's avatar will come to evaluate you and assess whether you should be examined for further analysis to figure out your nature of anomalies or if we must lock you up. The choice is yours to make but make no mistake that if you chose to not be cooperative, we will see to it that you will never see Babylon Gardens again."
Bahamut's words rang clear to Kenji as he then proceed to hold onto said folder and in his position sitting across Bahamut and between the other 3 Celestial Beings, Kenji then raised his hand to asked Bahamut something. "So, all I have to do is to continuously be evaluated by Tarot to be ensured not to be a threat?" asked the Beauceron to the purple dragon. Bahamut's posture then shifted to a more laid back position and a hand under his chin, then he opened his mouth to speak. "Well that should be all you have to do and in those times, depending on how the progress goes, she may or may not need assistance for this process so I authorised for her to ask assistance from Spirit Dragon and her pupil, Sabrina."
The reply was taken well and understood by the brown Beauceron and as Kenji processed this information and was about to ask another question, Bahamut stopped him with a gesture and said, "Oh, and do please have a nice sleep and don't fall out from that couch now Kenji."
The next thing that Kenji felt was he was falling and then hit the ground with a muffled thud. Kenji felt as if he was free falling only to realize he somehow had returned back to the Sandwich's residence back in the living room, which he had fallen from the couch that he slept on. "Why do I have a feeling this is gonna be normal to happen in the next few weeks or months to come?" As Kenji lift his own body up to sleep back on the couch, a nearby wood forest lies amongst the trees, a figure rest perched atop cloaked in the darkness of the night. The figure seems to be holding a binocular in hand and was spying the Sandwich residence from afar.
"I certainly would think so Kenji, and it's gonna be a long time for you be here and thanks for taking the brunt of my end of business Kenji" spoke the figure to himself. As he then stand from his position, then proceed to jump off from the high branches, his figure was much more visible and a much more noticeable feature seen on him. The figure seems to have half human and half animal features, a tail visible at his behind. The mysterious stranger figure towers at 8 feet tall, taller than the average human. The stranger also seems to wear a hood adorned with patches of foreign origins and markings, but the most prominent feature is the head of the stranger. The entire body with the exception of the head is all human, yet the head is the head of a dark wolf. The stranger also sports cargo jeans with gun holsters around his body.
"Awfully bad timing for you to sneak up on me there Wolfred, you know I can smell you." said the stranger. Behind him a few trees, another cloaked hooded figure revealed itself from the shadows, sporting a similar outfit yet outfitted with several differences than the first stranger such as sporting a full sleeve hoody with matching cargo jeans, wearing shin high combat boots. The new stranger also towers at the height around 7 feet tall. "How long have you been standing there Wolfred? an hour or two?" asks the stranger. "Try all day, hunting your dirty fuck face you bastard!" replied Wolfred with ferocity. "Knowing you, some people might have already been altered or influenced by you, Xaltiec. I'm not letting you have your way here after what happened back in the 'Network' a whole."
Xaltiec, the stalking stranger that stalked Kenji, then faces Wolfred. As both individuals moved forward, they reveal themselves even clearer in the moonlit sky. Xaltiec sports lots of scars and stitches on his face and his sleeveless coat hoodie, and on his arms are multiple counts of scars and even some fresh wounds. His hands covered by a tactical fingerless glove and his black wolf head sports a huge mane of sorts that gave off the illusion of long hair and has braids and strands of hair coming down the right middle into a midsection hair.
"Come on Wolfred, you know they call me Axel, Alex or even X, so why persist on calling me that dog ass old and ancient name??" replied Xaltiec with a nasty smile with a small laughter slipping his muzzle. "Because you are the curse now and you chose the path of destruction, I can't allow you to reign free with terror, harming people along the way whilst dragging my name down with you." replied Wolfred in response with a tint of hate and disgust to Xaltiec.
Wolfred, having also comes forward and is much more visible to be seen under the moonlight, also sports similar hair style except the mane is much more lesser and sports braids on his side burns with decorations similar to some African cultures or South American ones. Wolfred, readying himself in a fighting stance to a hand-to-hand combat, urges Xaltiec with a 'come here' motion and the two then start brawling. The first punch was delivered by Wolfred to Xaltiec's right chest but Xaltiec tanked the hit and proceeded to grab hold of Wolfred's arm and throw him off of him. As Wolfred regain his composure, Xaltiec readied and kicked Wolfred in a lunge and twist himself, attempting to drop kick Wolfred with his left heel of his boots. Wolfred evaded at the last second and regained posture and proceeded to land swift punches to Xaltiec's body and as he punches Xaltiec, Wolfred then swiftly moved an inch to pose himself to do a grab hold on Xaltiec between his shoulder blades and locking Xaltiec in a chokehold, and as Wolfred pinned Xaltiec down, a pitching sound like a whistling siren can be heard across the woods, prompting Xaltiec to then lift his legs and spin his body and flipped Wolfred off his body, essentially escaping the grab that Wolfred put him in.
As Xaltiec regain his position, he then relaxes his posture and fished out a thin glass-like object and once he flicked it open, it turns on and looked like a thin sheet of glass that resembles a high tech gadget phone. He immediately talks to it, and as Wolfred stood down in a daze, as he regained composure, Xaltiec then turned to Wolfred and said "Sorry to cut our reunion short old friend, but it seems like I've been summoned and I'm in a short time away to deal with urgent business, but surely you know we'll continue this next time, don't you old friend?"
Xaltiec proceeded to run at high speed into the darkness of the forest and leaving Wolfred behind, tired down by their small confrontation. As the sight of Xaltiec left his view from the depth of the forest, Wolfred proceeded to then get up slowly in a kneeling position and fished out a similar phone glass object and talked into it.
"You better start giving me answers when I'm back in the morning, Della!" and with a flick on the phone, he then run through the forest and vanishes as he enters the woods.
This one had some tweaking made to fit a narrative I've got going on to the story. As for who's Wolfred and Xaltiec, they're from my personal "stuff" so to speak but best way to sum it up, they're just a couple of djinn from another reality essentially.
so if youre interested more about the story i planned please do comment and give me your best criticism about it. it helps me to improve my writing.