DISCLAIMER:
The characters belong to Sai Yukino and Kairi Yura, Kadokawa Shoten,
Madhouse Studios, etc., i.e., not me.
I'm just borrowing them for a
while to spin a tale.
This
Flash Fic was written for the
Week 1 Prompt: Beginnings.
Word Count: 300 Words. I won
joint first place in that challenge.
Gifts and
Motives
By firewolf
May 2008
@>;-'-
"She's what?" Kouyuu
stared from the white wolf pup, deposited on his lap, to his uncle.
"Your guard dog--wolf."
Shouka corrected himself smoothly as he thought
of the original accompanying message.
'I did not raise Kouyuu for
the Kou's nor for the Ran's, disinherited
or not.'
"Your father heard about your
refusal of a bodyguard."
Kouyuu spluttered in outrage.
Having Seiran and Shuuei constantly
hovering was annoying enough, but this--? He looked dubiously at the
cute pup staring adoringly up at him.
"Shiro!" Little white ears
perked to attention as the pup turned
towards Shouka.
"Guard." The tiny wolf
instantly adopted a stance of alertness, its
eyes sweeping the area to scan their surroundings for enemies.
In spite of himself, Kouyuu
was impressed. More so when the pup started
growling before the humans noticed the approach of visitors.
Shouka lifted a foot to
casually block the pup from attacking the Prime
Minister and his guards. "Friend, Shiro. Stand down."
Yuushun started laughing as
he watched the wolf pup return to his aide
and put its paws on his knees. Predictably, Kouyuu wasn't resistant to
the pup's blatant request for affection.
"It appears your position as
attention and affection seeker has been
usurped." Seiran smiled teasingly at the frowning Shuuei.
"Reishin-dono sent *this* to
guard his son?" Shuuei wasn't impressed.
"At least she'll be quiet and
less disruptive than some others." Kouyuu
shot back before giving Shiro a last scratch and pushing her off his
lap.
Wolf pup and demoted general
immediately started sizing each other up.
Still, her action of approaching and pissing on Shuuei's boots
surprised them all.
Shouka, Seiren and Yuushun
observed the laughing Kouyuu, the yelling
Shuuei and the totally unrepentant pup, and exchanged meaningful
glances. This looked like the beginning of an interesting relationship.
~owari~