This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus together

~This is the thoughts of others~

Lotus Makes a New Friend - Even Animals Are Oddly Colored!

Summer break was drawing to an end, that is why Lotus was out in the city doing some exploring. She wasn't going to spend her last free day of the summer laying about around the house, especially since she spent most of her summer with Ethan and Violet, the two woman having modeled dozens of summer outfits. She was happy to help but man was it tiring.

Speaking of outfits Lotus was wearing some loose tan capris with a bow belt and a loose white blouse that had a deep v-neck. Due to the summer heat she had her hair pulled up into a messy bun.

Currently, Lotus was passing by a few boutiques and clothing stores. She didn't give a second glance at the clothing stores. Ethan made all the outfits for her and her sister, so there was no need to do any shopping in those types of stores. No, Lotus's target today was the local Pop Culture store where they sell the best Collectibles and Manga.

"~Unhand me!~"

Lotus paused in her venture when she heard someone's outcry of thoughts.

"Huh?"

"~I said unhand me you fiends!~"

"~Man he won't quit squirming!~" A second persons thoughts sounded

"Is a foreigner getting mugged?"

Using her psychic powers Lotus was able to locate the source of the thoughts finding herself at the entrance of an alleyway. She peeked into the narrow area spotting three young men huddled together.

"What are they doing? I don't see anyone being hurt."

"Man this thing is weird," One guy with a nose ring said

"What is it again?" A guy with a green buzz cut asked

"I don't know, I heard some people keep them as pets," A guy wearing white sunglasses answered

"Pets? Wait do they have-?!"

The guy wearing sunglasses shook his arm up and down, and she heard a sharp growl like wail.

"~Scoundrels release me!~"

Lotus's eyes widened and she finally realized where the distressed voice was coming from. "It wasn't a person who was being hurt it was an animal!"

Lotus didn't take very kindly to those who preyed on others it didn't matter if it was a person or an animal something like this she wouldn't stand for.

Lotus stepped into the entrance of the alleyway. "Hey let go of that…." Lotus blinked seeing the animal Sunglasses was holding. "Is that a blue ferret?"

Indeed being held upside down by its tail was a periwinkle blue ferret.

"Let go of that oddly colored ferret!" Lotus shouted pointing at the guys.

The three guys paused looking confused then they smirked as they took in Lotus. All having rather unpleasant and inappropriate thoughts about Lotus, which can not and should not be repeated.

Nose Ring stepped forward, "Hey cutie what brings you around here?"

Lotus narrowed her eyes glaring at him. "It doesn't matter why I'm here. I want you to let go of that animal."

"What? This thing?" Sunglasses held up the ferret shaking it some more.

"~That hurts you cretin!~" The animal flailed back and forth obviously trying to get out of the guys hold.

"Hey stop that you're hurting him!" Lotus shouted

Buzzcut smirked laughing, "It's just some dumb animal what does it matter what we do to it?"

"It still feels pain, doesn't it! What your doing is just cruel!" Lotus said

"Hey hey hey," Nose Ring stepped forward putting his hands up. "No need to get all angry cutie. How about we just ditch this raggedy thing in one of these trash cans here and we can all go get something to eat. Our treat."

"Like I'd even go anywhere with you three."

Lotus looks at one of the trashcan's in the alleyway and takes one of the lids off.

"What are you gonna do with that?" Sunglasses smirked

"Let's hope this works."

Lotus flung the trash can lid like a discus and it flew right by one of the guys' heads.

"Ha, you mis-!"

*CRASH*

Buzzcut was promptly cut off as a loud crash exploded from behind him and his friends. The three punks slowly turned around and they all paled. Sticking out of the brick wall was the trashcan lid Lotus had thrown. The guys slowly turned back to Lotus who looked confused.

On the inside, Lotus was sweat dropping at what she had done. "Guess I put a bit too much psychic energy into that one. But those guys don't need to know that."

"Huh looks like I missed," Lotus said

"WHAT!?" The three guys yelled

"That could have been my face!" Buzzcut yelled

"This chick is insane!" Nose ring yelled

"No stupid animal is worth getting my teeth smashed in! I just got my braces off!" Sunglasses yelled

The three guys ran out of the alleyway and Sunglasses threw the ferret on his way. Lotus dove onto the dirty ground catching the animal. She stood up holding it close to her.

"Don't worry now, I got you." She said using telepathy to talk to the animal.

"~You have my deepest thanks, I am eternally indebted to you…~" The ferret thought back.

Lotus smiled and gave a small giggle. "Who knew I'd spend my last day of summer vacation rescuing a blue ferret with a British accent."

The front door to the Yamaguchi household opens and Lotus walked in.

"Little Lotus welcome home!" Ethan cried running to Lotus. He was about to give the pink haired girl a hug but something sprung out of Lotus's arms and latched onto Ethan's hand. The ferret had leapt out of Lotus's arms in order to sink its teeth into Ethan's hand.

It took a second for Ethan to register what had happened but once the pain set in he freaked out.

"Ahhhh! Get him off! Get him off!" Ethan screamed swinging his arm trying to shake the furry creature off.

"Ethan calm down! Sir Henry let him go that's my brother!" Lotus said

The ferret unlatched itself from Ethan and scampered over to Lotus, who picked him back up.

"Lotus quick get rid of that dangerous thing before it hurts you!" Ethan shouted cradling his hand.

"~This one is loud.~"

"Ethan its okay he was just a little startled that's all. This here is Sir Henry." Lotus gave the ferret a scratch on the head. "I rescued him earlier today."

"Rescued?" Ethan pondered out loud.

Lotus told Ethan the story of how she had saved Sir Henry from some rather unsavory individuals.

"Little Lotus are you okay!? Your not hurt are you!? I can't believe you were cornered by some ferocious beast and neither I nor Violet were there to defend you!" Ethan cried

"I think he's missing the whole reason why I told him that story."

Ethan pulled Lotus into a tight hug, "If you need to we can take you to the hospital! Or do you need therapy I know your fragile innocent mind must be scarred from just being in the mere presence of those not good vandals!"

"I'm not made of glass you know and I do workout. I don't need any of those things, those guys didn't even touch me."

Lotus just relaxed in Ethan's hold allowing him to fret and worry over her to his heart's content. It may be a bit annoying but it showed he cared. Lotus was just worried how Violet would react when she got home and she told her about what happened today.

After Ethan finally let go of Lotus she stepped back before gesturing to the ferret. " I wanted to keep Sir Henry here. I think he would make a nice addition to the family. What do you think?" Lotus asked

Ethan stared at Lotus then smiled. "Oh, how could I say no to Lotus when she did such a heroic deed to save this creature!"

"~He is extremely loud.~"

Sir Henry wiggled out of Lotus's hold and made his way up her arms laying across her neck like a scarf.

Ethan gave a small chuckle watching the two. "The shade of blue of his fur goes well with your hair. He makes the perfect accessory."

Lotus laughed. "You think so? Looks like you may be included in my winter wear, Sir Henry."

"Sir Henry? How did you come up with that name?" Ethan asked Lotus.

"Oh, I didn't come up with it. It's his name, he told me," Lotus said

"You can talk to animals now!?" Ethan exclaimed. "Little Lotus gets more and more amazing each day."

"Well I don't exactly talk to animals but I use telepathy. I can hear their thoughts and transfer mine thoughts to them so we can understand one another," Lotus said

"Still little Lotus is amazing!" Ethan said

Lotus gave a smile playfully rolling her eyes.

Suddenly Ethan gasped as if remembering something important before he started crying.

"What's wrong? Does the bite still hurt?" Lotus asked

Ethan shook his head no.

"Then why are you crying?" Lotus asked

"Little Lotus called me her brother! I'm so happy!" Ethan cried

"You...are so ridiculous."

"~This is truly enjoyable~"

Lotus smiled as she sat on her knees giving Sir Henry a bath. Sir Henry gave a purring like noise as Lotus scrubbed his fur with shampoo getting out all the dirt.

"OK time to rinse off." Lotus grabbed a small basin of water and slowly poured some warm water on Sir Henry rinsing out all the suds.

"There isn't that much better?"

"~Very. I have not had a proper wash in quite some time.~"

Lotus giggled liking the way Sir Henry talked, it was so proper and formal.

*SLAM*

"Lotus!"

The bathroom door was kicked open and Lotus screamed as Sir Henry jumped, the two startled.

"Ahhh!"

Both Lotus and Sir Henry slipped in water falling over themselves onto the bathroom tile.

"Lotus!"

A very worried and frantic Violet stood in the doorway, behind her was Ethan. Violet ran to her little sister pulling her into a bone-crushing hug.

"So what Ethan told me was true! You risked your life going against three dangerous deadly men who were out to taint your innocence to unselfishly rescue a poor defenseless wounded creature?!" Violet cried

Lotus looked at Ethan. "What the heck did you tell her?!"

"Lotus I want you to give me an accurate description of what those punks looked like!" Violet said

"Uhm I'm afraid to ask why."

"How come?" Lotus nervously asked her sister.

A dark aura surrounded Violet as a cold chill ran through the room. "So I can hunt down and destroy those who dare to lay a single finger on my cute little sister. They must pay!"

"Please don't!"

"Ethan get me my pervert dismemberer!" Violet shouted

Ethan gave his fiancee a salute. "Can do my love!"

"DON'T!"

After some difficult convincing, Lotus was able to calm down her sister enough that she wasn't going to run out of the house on a mission to totally annihilate three guys. But Violet's thoughts still raged and Lotus could hear all the horrible things her sister had in store for the guys if she ever got her hands on them.

Lotus sighed after slipping into her pajamas.

"Today sure was eventful," Lotus looked over her shoulder seeing a cute Sir Henry curled up on her floor. "But I don't regret it."

Lotus smiled as she grabbed a large pillow and fluffed it up before putting it in a basket.

"We don't have any pet beds so I hope this will do for now," Lotus said

Sir Henry approached the put together sleeping area and put his paws into the soft cushion of the pillow.

"~This more than sufficient enough. Thank you, young Mistress~"

"You know you don't have to call me that."

"~But what else would I call the young lady who came to my rescue?~ "

The blue ferret thought that with such seriousness Lotus had to hold back her laughs.

"Here," Lotus pulled out a small blanket big enough to cover the basket. "I even got you a small blanket in case you get cold."

"~Much obliged~"

Lotus laid the blanket on top of the basket and Sir Henry crawled in burying himself under the soft and warm embrace of the blanket.

Lotus smiled before turning off her lights and lying down in her bed.

"Goodnight Sir Henry."

"~Goodnight young Mistress.~"