(November 15th, 2006)
*Occult research club*
Shiro was once again being held by the armpits, but instead of wearing a face of annoyance, he had a face full of nervousness.
The thing was, the person holding him was not Gasper this time.
NOPE,
It was a girl with short white hair and black cat hairpins.
It was his master, Koneko Toujou!
On the outside, it looked like she was just looking at a cat calmly with cool golden eyes, but from what Shiro could feel through his familiar bond with her was that she was PISSED.
Even if her face didn't portray it, her eyes felt like they were shooting lasers into his skull.
"Where have you been..." Koneko said through their telepathic link.
"I have been in the club room all day today." Shiro told her with a completely straight face.
Hearing the thought sent to her, Koneko's eyes darkened, and her grip tightened a bit.
"You know that's not what I meant. I'm talking about your daily escapades to who knows where…the ones you've been taking off to for the past couple of months now."
She began glaring at him even more intensely.
Shiro, seeing that, started sweating bullets. "Oh, you know, I saw this pretty fine pussy cat, and I just had to shoot my shot."
After realizing what he just said, he knew he was cooked.
'IS THAT REALLY THE BEST I COULD COME UP WITH, AND SINCE WHEN HAVE I TALKED LIKE THIS!... Maybe spending so much time with Gasper is doing bad things to my brain.'
Koneko, hearing that, just deadpanned at the attempt to lie.
"So… you were chasing a cat for months?"
He didn't even dare say yes,
'I BLAME GASPER!!!! I wouldn't be in this mess if he wasn't so boring right now! Ever since the encounter with the stray it's always "I have to train" or "I can't, I'm studying." UUUH! He's been in his room for days… and every day, without fail, he never lets go of that stupid green steel ball, muttering to himself "If you have the will, then do it." It's absolutely boring! …And don't even get me started on the POSES he practices in front of the mirror! He looks ridiculous! Like i mean when would one even nee-'
He felt Koneko's grip increase with every passing second.
'Oh right…I should probably say something.'
"Ok, I'll spill... the truth is..."
"I HAVE A SON!" he said with the most serious face you will ever see on a cat
Koneko froze, not expecting that at all.".....I see."
She tilted her head, and as her brain processed the information it had just received, 'A son?'
Then she regained her bearings, her eyebrow twitching. 'Does he really think I'm that stupid?'
"Yeah, right."
Hearing that, Shiro kept going, "It's true! I caught up to the cat I was chasing and saved her from a moving truck, and she was all like, 'OH~ Shiro-kun, you're so hunky and… hunky, please share my tuna with me!' And I was all like, 'NICE~' and one thing led to another, and we had, like, a whole litter of kittens! I even have a favorite, his name is uhhhh, Ga-DIO! Yeah, it was DIO!"
Koneko, done with his lies, put him down on his four legs. Shadows darkened her eyes as she said aloud, "Then take me to them."
Hearing that, Shiro immediately responded, "Let's not be rash."
"Take. Me. To. Them." she said in a tone colder than ice.
Seeing she was not going to give up on this, "Alright then just foll-" Shiro immediately broke out into a run and jumped for an open window, "-you'll never catch me alive!"
Reacting to his quick movements, she dashed to the window, her arms outstretched, about to catch him, but he slipped through her fingers and ran along the edges of the building, making a quick escape.
She stayed leaning on the window, watching him leave, and her eyes looked… hurt?
Rias, sitting on the other side of the room, was just watching this unfold before her, unsure of what to say.
She raised her hand to cover her mouth as she cleared her throat, taking a second to compose a sentence. "Are you… okay, Koneko?"
Koneko turned away from the window and faced Rias, her expression showing nothing. "I'm fine."
Seeing this, Rias could only sigh softly and think, 'Oh, boy.'
*****
Shiro was walking along the side of the building, heading toward the one that was the culprit of this mess.
'STUPID GASPER, STUPID STUDYING, AND HIS STUPID GREEN BALL. You know what, I'll show him what's what. He can't study if he has his eyes clawed out!'
Reaching Gasper's window, he saw Gasper sitting cross-legged with his back to him. He jumped through the window, and scattered across the room were papers, filled to the brim with anatomy, but not just of humans, but vampires and devils as well.
CRUNCH!
Looking down to see what he stepped on, he saw a paper, it was a drawing labeling each muscle in the arm it also included the function of each muscle.
He just looked at it, annoyed. He had seen pictures that looked the same one too many times this past week alone. He did not need to see it anymore.
Making his way to Gasper, he passed a whiteboard that had IF YOU HAVE THE WILL, THEN DO IT written on it, covering the whole board, with a bunch of rectangles surrounding it, all about the same size.
Shiro just ignored it and continued to sneak up on Gasper, but before he could get any closer, his senses called out to him to stop.
And before he knew it, Gasper, the same one who had just been sitting cross-legged on the ground, was in the air, spinning like a tabletop.
He was sent flying right into his whiteboard.
BAM!
Shiro just watched, flabbergasted, and looked back to see what had caused it.
But all he saw…
Was a green steel ball, but the crazy thing is that his eyes were clearly playing tricks on him because he could swear it was spinning.
He blinked a couple times to see if it would go away.
but it was still there.
Seeing it, Shiro could only think, 'Holy balls!'
"UHHHH!" Gasper got up from the mess he had just caused. "Fuck thaaat hurt!"
Gasper dropped his head into his hands fighting off a headache 'What could have gone wrong? Did I apply the spin to my muscles wrong? Or was my spin off maybe?'
He then lifted his head from his hands and saw Shirou.
"Oh… hey, what's up, Shirou-" he said as he raised his hand.
FEEEEW!
And the steel ball that had just been on the ground shot up into his hand!
Then Gasper noticed his expression and followed his line of sight, gaining a smug smirk.
"What, surprised? I told you I'd make it 'Spin' one day, didn't I?"
He then dropped his smile and looked around the room, full of papers and books stacked on each other.
'Wow, I didn't realize how much mess I made.'
He then walked up to Shirou and grabbed him by the nape, jolting him awake from his stupor.
Gasper then gained a smile.
"Well, don't feel like cleaning-"
He then threw Shirou into the air. "MRRRAW!"
The clothes he was wearing changed, with sky-blue pants and a dark-blue raincoat replacing what he had before. In his hand, a white mask appeared with a rainbow along the bottom, and in his other hand, an umbrella appeared.
Shirou then perfectly landed on his right shoulder.
Shirou thought, 'This guy is asking for it!' and lunged at Gasper, ready to scratch his face as planned before, but-
CLINK!
All he hit was the mask that Gasper had put on before Shirou could reach his face.
Seeing this, Gasper let out a sweet sigh and said, "Okay, maybe that was a bit harsh of me to do."
As he said that, he leaped out the window and looked at Shirou.
"How about I make it up to you? We'll go get some sushi… but first, I want to get some real training in."
FLAP
His wings popped out as he was about to take off.
Shirou looked at his new outfit and gave a questioning meow.
Already knowing his tone, Gasper said, "Why this outfit? Well, the news lady said it was going to rain later today, so I thought, why not catch the rainbow?"
Shirou, in response, only deadpanned, and dug his claws into Gasper's shoulder.
Gasper, feeling that, said, "HEY! don't mess with the fit."
And then he took off.
WHOOSH!
←–TO BE CONTINUED—