The Yamamoto Estate

[aesthetic frisson]

Ryo sighed quietly as he rocked back on his heels, leaning his head back as he stared up at the ceiling. Were they just supposed to wait for the guy to wake up or what? He looked back down when Seishiro mumbled something, and his tail twitched behind him, the spiked collar around the appendage clanking quietly, "What did he say? Who the hell is Haruka?" He asked Rose, arching an eyebrow as he flipped his black bangs out of his eyes. He hoped that the little silver haired boy didn't freak out again, and stayed where he was. It seemed like the kid was actually really worried about Seishiro.  

[Queen Kei of the wolves]

Rose looks at Ryou "I dont know....something to do with his past i think"  

[kawaakari dreams]

((@ June -- Uwaahh! >W< you know No. 6 too? Best thing ever!))

Reina sat at the table, surprisingly quiet for once, as he worried at his lip, squirming with a little frown tugging at his lips. He really hoped that Seishiro was alright, but he heard the older male from the other room and he became anxious. It wasn't fair that he had to sit here like some disciplined cub. Sighing quietly, the boy rested his arms on the table and waited for permission to move.  

[aesthetic frisson]

[[Yeah, yeah I do! I'm surprised you know it, as not a lot of people do. Great anime though, but the ending bugged me.]]

Ryo felt a slight grimace tug at the corners of his lips. His past? Hm, interesting. Shaking his hair out of his eyes, the neko's ears twitched and he rested his hands on his hips. So, would they just have to wait for Seishiro to wake up? Waiting wasn't really something that Ryo was good at doing, but he guessed if it came down to it, he could.

But, he wondered about the small boy sitting in the kitchen. His ears curved towards the kitchen, detecting the chair's creaks as the kid moved around, and sighed. "Hey, Rose. Do you think that the kid is gonna be alright in the kitchen alone? Or should we call him in here? He sounds a little nervous, but I don't wanna have him freaking out -- or worse, crying." He said to the angel, tucking one of his hands into his pocket.  

[kawaakari dreams]

 

[Queen Kei of the wolves]

Rose looks at him "The kid'll be fine" She mutters
(Sorry O.o)  

[aesthetic frisson]

Ryo hesitated, for once a small frown tugging at the corners of his lips. "You sure?" He inquired as he leaned over Seishiro. He didn't want the kid to burst into hysterics or some odd crap like that. They had enough on their plate as it is and dealing with a tiger cub wailing and crying wouldn't make the load any lighter.  

[Queen Kei of the wolves]

Rose looks at him "Im sure" she replies as she stands up  

[Otawolf4]

(I am so sorry for making you all wait so long for a reply! I kind of haven't been able to type without my hands cramping up for more than a few months now,and even typing this hurts...B-But,I'll give it my best shot! cat_sweatdrop )

"Haruka!" Seishiro yipped,tossing the overwhelming sense of dread in order to enjoy the comforting feeling of being held like,well,a pet."It's been so long!" He was already reminiscing about every wonderful moment he'd experienced simply by being held in Haruka's arms."Someone looks happy,don't you boy?" Haruka smiled,her dark eyes shining brilliantly as her long hair was tousled by the soft summer breeze,"You just so cute! Now,let's go get some food,okay?" It was as if this dream was finally turning out all right."Now be a good boy and give me your fur,Seishiro."

Those words caused the fox's blood to run cold,and for a moment,it was a struggle to breathe."W-What?" He whimpered,"D-did you just---" Before Seishiro could finish speaking,he felt a horrible pain spreading across his left side as the scenery changed dramatically.They were no long standing in the sunshine of a bright summer's day.They were now in a dark room,lit only by the moonlight being filtered in from a screened window.Seishiro wasn't even a tiny fox anymore;although he still had the tail,ears,claws and fangs of a fox,he was for the,most part,in human form.As he hurriedly looked around in confusion,he quickly discovered the cause of the ever growing pain in his side---a long,thin knife."Do I need to ask again?" A more adult version of Haruka sneered,grabbing Seishiro by the ear,"Or will you finally give up?" She was holding up another knife,clearly determined to slit the fox's throat.Rather than show defiance,Seishiro sighed.Of course this was how things would turn out."I get it already." Seishiro moaned,"I can't forget this. Now can we just move this along so I can wake up already?""Of course not."Haruka giggled,"We haven't gotten to the good part yet."

Yet again,Seishiro had to remind himself to breathe.The dreams never talked back to him like this.They always followed his memories to the letter,without even the slightest hitch.For this to happen--"Bye!" He yelped,running out of the room,ignoring the knife in his side that dug just a bit deeper with each step."Come back!" Haruka howled,her face morphing into what could only be called a demonic grin,"We're not done yet!" As she chased after him in a seemingly endless hallway,she slowly transformed into a giant,raging fox.It howled and snarled as it's nine tails lashed out to destroy the walls around it,it's sliver fur shining in the powerful aura that surrounded it.Running as fast as he could,Seishiro could only just stay out of it's reach.More importantly,the more he ran,the more the scene changed.Now he was back in the same village where he had found Haruka---with on key difference.The village was burning to the ground,the villagers fleeing and screaming for their lives. "Remember this?" The fox that used to be Haruka cackled,using it's tails to fling helpless villagers into the air as though they were paper dolls,"Well,Seishiro?" "Stop it!" Seishiro screamed,trying to run as quickly as possible"Just leave them alone!" "Ah,but you were the one who did this."The fox grinned,"I'm just following your example." It paused for a moment,allowing a little distance to come between it and Seishiro.Once he was a little distance away,it charged at full speed,scooping up Seishiro in it's fangs."Goodbye."It cooed,snapping it's fangs shut.

"AAAHHHHH!" Seishiro screamed as he woke up,feeling a horrible pain emanating from his spine.For some reason,he was upside down,in the hallway,and against the wall.What had happened was as follow:

His body,still reacting from his dreams tried to run from the danger it's mind was currently in.So,getting up from the sofa in the living room,it dashed down the hall,mumbling something or other about the "Giant scary fox.".Unfortunately,without his mind at the helm,the fox's body had no sense of direction or balance,causing it to make a wrong turn down the hall,slip on the newly polished floors,and tumble head over heels until crashing into the far wall spine-first with a loud smack.The pain caused by this was,of course,enough to wake Seishiro up.But even finding himself back in reality wasn't enough to calm the poor fox down.He was still breathing rapidly with tears in his eyes as he frantically began to pat himself down in an attempt to check if he was still in one piece. It was clear that drinking that tea was the worst possible thing he could've done.  

[Queen Kei of the wolves]

Rose almost screams when Seishiro's body got up and started running so she runs after him and catches him as he wakes so he dosent do further damadge to himself "Seishiro!" She exlaims as she looked at him worried  

[aesthetic frisson]

Ryo blinked, eyes widening only slightly in surprise when suddenly, Seishiro's body started to thrash around on the couch and, in merely seconds, the male stood up and practically sprinted from his laying position on the couch. Bad dream? Sighing quietly, Ryo stood up and instead of going after Rose and Seishiro, he went the opposite direction. Surely Reina had been sitting for too long now, and the boy had listened quite well to him, as the small boy was still perched on the chair. With a small click of his tongue, Ryo reached over and grabbed hold of the boy's shirt, tugging lightly, "Come on, Seishiro's woken up. I don't want you to misbehave, so hush and stay by me. We want to give him a breather." The neko murmured, ears twitching as he lead Reina to where Rose was, with Seishiro in her arms. Damn. Is he alright? He looks pale." He arched an eyebrow and sighed, pushing his bangs back with his hand.  

[Otawolf4]

"Rose!" Seishiro gasped,reaching out to her like a downing man reaches out to a life preserver.He had yet to calm down even slightly,and it took every fiber of his being to hold back the tears of both joy at realizing that he was back in reality,and of pure,uncontrollable fear thanks to what could only be called the nightmare he just had.He was already trying his best to take some deep breaths,but it was had to avoid hyperventilating."No more tea." He shuddered,clinging to Rose,"No more tea..." At this point he could barely focus on just how much he must have worried everyone by passing out in the first place,and even if he could focus,the fox wouldn't have known where to begin apologizing for it.It was a miracle that he was only on the edge of having a breakdown,and he didn't look like he'd be okay any time soon.

((Agh,that post sucked. emotion_facepalm ))  

[Queen Kei of the wolves]

Rose gives no reply to Ryo as she nods to Seishiro allowing him to hold onto her as she replies "No more tea"  

[kawaakari dreams]

Reina had been staring down at his hands for quite a while, sighing and slumping down until his chin rested against the top of the table. It felt like he had been sitting here forever. He had listened quite well and was being well-behaved. Good boys were supposed to be rewarded, right? The thought was childish, but Reina seemed to believe it. But... Then why was he still sitting here alone? He heard Ryo and Rose talking and huffed again, furrowing his eyebrows and biting down on his lower lip. He wanted to go! The young tiger squirmed in his seat and pressed his lips together, sighing quietly under his breath as he clsoed his eyes. When wil he be allowed to leave?

He was broken out of his thoughts when a piercing yell rang out from the living room and echoed into the kitchen, and Reina instinctively snapped his head up with a quiet yelp. His eyes looked around the room in a quick haste and he spun in his chair to face the doorway, a concerned look on the silver haired boy's face. Was that Seishiro? Reina worried his lip between his teeth and looked up when Ryo entered the kitchen again. He was about to speak, but he was taken from the chair and walked towards Seishiro and Rose, 'I guess it really was Seishiro that screamed.' he thought with a small frown as they stopped. Reina looked up at Ryo and shifted uneasily, "But this is all my fault. If I would have just asked Seishiro which teas were alright or not, none of this would have happened. And he would be like... like that." He gestured with a hand towards Seishiro, who was clinging onto Rose for dear life. It was his doing that put Seishiro in such a state, and that had Reina swallowing hard and dropping his head to stare at the ground.  

[Otawolf4]

Time seemed to stretch on endlessly as Seishiro struggled to calm himself down,his eyes shut tight as he took one deep breath at a time.It was hard to quell the fear that this was all another dream.The fox simply didn't know if he could handle another dream---Actually,he knew that another dream would be the end of him.Especially if said dream felt as real as Rose did.On any other occasion,Seishiro would've blushed at the idea of grabbing Rose and holding her like this,but right now it was necessary.She was the only anchor to reality within reach,and as horrible as that sounded,it was true.

However,as time passed by,she was no longer Seishiro's only link to reality.Even with his eyes closed,he could tell that two others where nearby.And as soon as he could hear them speak,he knew who they were: Ryo and Reina.If his friends were here---he included Ryo as a friend despite barely knowing the boy (although he didn't exactly know Rose and Reina that well anyway) this had to be real,right? "If this is a dream--" He shut that thought out of his mind.It was too horrible to think about.Instead,he focused on slowly opening his eyes,and taking a look around. The fox was immediately aware of just how much he worried everyone,as they shared a look of general concern on their faces."I--I--" He stammered,finally letting go of Rose and fixing himself into a sitting position---which wasn't easy seeing as how his legs where still up the wall,"I'm sorry everyone."