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From Ghoulies And Beasties
File Eight: Werewolf
The next day was simple and calm, Ichigo had gone out early in the morning before Rukia woke up to get her some art supplies and they spent the day in the hotel room going between sketchbooks and coloring books, albeit that Ichigo did it reluctantly... but it was pretty much the only way to keep Rukia resting, the day had passed by quickly enough and by the next morning the Soul Reapers and their dragon were off to Seattle Washington, though by this point, Rukia had requested that Ichigo rent a car to get around the city instead of the usual cabs and occasional buses, though wen he asked why she didn't answer, "It has something to do with whatever it is we're hunting doesn't it?" he guessed as the two pulled out of the car dealership, "You guessed crorectly," she replied with a smile, petting Draco who was sitting calmly in her lap and occasionally looking out the window, "What is it? A metal monster?" he asked with a snort, "No, I think you'll actually like this one," "Why?" she shrugged, "Seems up your ally," "So what is it then?" he huffed, "A werewolf," Ichigo stopped the car as they came up to a red light, "You're kidding right? PLEASE tell me you're kidding!" "No, I'm not kidding, and keep your eyes on the road," she instructed, he closed his eyes for a breif moment and rubbed them tiredly, "A werewolf.... how in the name of all that is good are we going to hunt a WEREWOLF?" he huffed as the car took off again, luckily he was pretty good at reading directions and had asked their cab driver on the way to the car dealership how they'd get to their hotel, he now had the directions written on a napkin, "Simple, we drive out into the woods tonight and find one like anything else," she replied with a shrug, he groaned, "First of all how are we going to tell the diffrence between a werewolf and a normal wolf? And second of all how are you so sure we'll find one tonight?" he asked, "Well, for one thing a werewolf's reistsu will be vastly diffrent than that of any ordinairy wolf, much closer to that of a human in fact, if not completely diffrent, and I'm not SURE we'll find one tonight, but tonight IS a full moon so I'm hoping there's atleast SOME creedence to that legend," she replied simply, he sighed, 'Why am I not surprsied?' he wondered, "So what if there's no werewolf out tonight?" "We wait like anything else, but since werewolves aren't really things that have a paticular habitat if there isn't one found in the next week we'll go some place else to look," "....Uh-huh...." he muttered as he pulled up to the Fairmount Olympic Hotel, Rukia put Draco in her backpack and got out of the car as Ichigo turned off the engine, "So why did I need to rent a car for this? I mean unless we're going to turn into road kill," he mused, walking into the hotel, "You'll have to wait until later to see," she replied as he went to check in, huffing as he did, she looked around the beautifull lobby and sighed lightly, 'It's so beautifull and historic... like an old Victorian mansion... Ichio's wife sure will be lucky.. if Ichigo books a hotel like this for just an overnight stay I can't imagine wat he'll do for his honeymoon....' she thought, shaking her head slightly, 'I need to keep my mind on my work so I don't get distracted again..... but I can't help but think like this....' she leaned lightly against one of the tables and sighed, looking at the floor, "I'm in too deep...." she muttered, "In too deep of what?" she heard, looking up and seeing Ichigo in front of her, "I forgot our bags, you go on up to the room if you want, I'll get them," he offered, handing her the room key, she shook her head, "No I'll help," she offered, following him outside

"Ichigo we have to do something about Draco," Rukia said suddenly as Ichigo flipped channels on their TV, "Why do you say that?" "He's depressed! I think he's bored," "He isn't bored," he grumbeled back, "Really?" "Really," "Then why is he eating the carpet?" Ichigo looked down and sure enough, there was Draco, trying to pull up the carpet, "DRACO! Bad dragon!" he shouted as he scooped up the little reptile, "Ichigo we have to get him something to do, especially wile we're gone," "Like?" "Like toys! The poor child needs some toys to entertain himself with! And maybe we should leave a TV or radio on in the room wile we're gone so he doesn't get upset," he sighed, "Rukia-" "Come on Ichigo, we can't just keep doing this to him," he looked at the little dragon and sighed, "Well what kind of toys?" she shrugged, "All sorts of things, sqweaky toys, plushies, puzzles, anything a dog or small child may play with, I especially want to get him some things that make him think, since we aren't around enough to teach him ourselves all the time he needs a few teaching toys to help his intellegence," she replied simply, he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, "Alright.... alright fine," he muttered, she perked up immediatly and grinned, "Excellent! Let's not waste time then!" she said with a smile as she rolled off of the bed, "Hold it, who said anything about you coming along?" "W-What?" she muttered, "YOU are still on bed rest Rukia, or did you forget?" he replied with a frown as he crossed his arms over his chest, "WHAT?! Ichigo you lunatic!" she snapped, he shrugged, "Sorry," she huffed, "Test me then," she demanded, "Ru-" "Test me!" she commanded, crossing her arms over her chest, he sighed and reluctantly took a cotton swab and the little tube for her test out of his luggage, "Fine, open your mouth," he muttered, swiping her cheek with the swab and putting it in the vile, "How long do you think it'll take?" she asked, he shrugged, "I dunno, generally Soul Society has pretty crappy technology so I-" "It's green! I'm free! I'm free!" she shouted in glee as she jumped up and down on the bed, having peered over his shoulder to see the strip on the glass turn green, he sighed, "Fine, if you REALLY think you can-" "I handle it~~~" "....SO...... Petsmart or Toys R' Us?"

~+~

"Oh Ichigo look at this! It's so adorable!!" Rukia screamed as she held up a long, pink, plush dog toy with a sqweaker in it; the tag called the toy "Bobo", "No Rukia, absolutely not! Draco is NOT having ANY pink toys, he's a BOY," she huffed, "Oh Ichigo don't you think you're being a little stiff? So what if he has a pink toy here and there? I didn't have any toys when I was a kid but if I did they probbably would have been blue, I don't care much for pink," "...I thought you liked pink..." "Yeah.... but not as much as purple and blue," she said he shook his head, "Well that's diffrent and we aren't talking about you, besides he isn't here shopping with us now is he? You can't go giving a boy a PINK toy during infancy and expect that he won't get confused," "What's there to be confused about? I say let him gender-identify himself and we should have no say in it," Ichigo slapped himself in the head, "He is way too young for us to be having this conversation.... look, here's the same toy in blue, can't we just get him this?" he asked, holding up a blue version of the "Bobo", she sighed, "Fine fine, I liked this one because it sqweaks better but go ahead," she muttered, "Thank you," he muttered, but just before he could put it in the cart- "Ichigo, a compromise?" she asked, holding up a much smaller version of the toy in red, "It's red, it's got a good sqweaker, and it's smaller so he can play with it more easily," she said, he sighed, "Fine... compromise..." he muttered, watching her throw the toy in the car,t he reached over to one of the shelves and took a tube of tennis balls from it to put in the cart as well, "Ichigo, don't feel compelled to get too much here, we're going to the toy store across the street next," Rukia said as she tossed a pack of pastel colored, fleece plush toys shaped like dog bones into the cart, "WHAT?! Since when!?" "I told you that didn't I? Draco is not a dog Ichigo but he isn't a child either, we'll have to experiment for a wile and see wich toys he likes more before we know where to shop for him from now on," she said strictly, "But..." "OH! Ichigo look at this little elephant toy! Isn't it just DARLING?! And ooh.... it's eco freindly!" he groaned and just watched on as the cart filled up with Soul Society knew what and Rukia's hands flew at the speed of light... amoung toys she got blankets, food bowls, a harness, a leash, a pet carrier (he didn't know why when they had a stroller) and even a shirt... for the dragon.... ofcourse he didn't mind the price, Soul Society was paying and what would they know? It was the pain he was worried about, "Rukia how do you expect us to pack all this into our suit cases?" he asked, she thought on that for a moment, "You are absolutely right Ichigo, Draco needs his own suit case," she said, reaching up to the top shelf and grabbing a leopord print duffle bag, Ichigo slapped himself in the head, "Rukia between our hunting equipment and our clothes and stuff we'll end up with sixty bags by the time you're through! Go easy huh? You forget I'M the one carrying all this around and we're lucky that our baggage hasn't been lost at the airport yet! That's PROBBABLY because most of it is on board with us but I digress..." he muttered, she sighed lightly, "You're right... you're right... I went a little crazy... sorry," she muttered, he sighed, "It's alright... I understand...." he muttered as she started slowly removing things from the cart, he started then to wonder when exactly she had put in the puppets.... "Your first I'm guessing," said the cashier cheerfully as she started ringing up their purchases, and ofcourse Rukia over-enthusiastically agreed to that, "Do you plan to have more?" she asked, "Oh absolutely!! I want atleast another two or three dogs for one thing and I'd love a cat or two and a BUNCH of rabbits, oh I just LOVE rabbits!! Maybe even a ferret," she mused, Ichigo gulped, one baby dragon was enough thank you he didn't want his life to be turned into Animal Planet Uncut.... "Have a GREAT day!" said the cashier as the two strolled out to the car and Rukia started loading their bags, "I want to get to the toy store soon Ichigo, on the way here I noticed this ADORABLE little sleeping lamb in the window!" 'So this is what Rukia is like as a mother...' he mused as she went on and on about some stupid soundnig toy lamb wile mindlessly loading the trunk, 'I sure hope she has plenty of money wen she has kids or they'll starve in turn for her buying them toys.... what am I saying? She's a Kuchiki, she'll have money...' he mused, watching her shut the trunk and walk around to the front of the car, STILL yammering on about  that lamb, 'I won't even be able to keep up... the kids will favour her for sure....' he mused, not even realizing the implications of his latest thoughts...

~+~

"Aww look Ichigo! He's so smart!" Rukia cooed as Draco ran across the floor of the hotel room and plopped the tennis ball he had just chased into her lap, "Uh-huh, he's real bright," Ichigo muttered back, chomping down on another french fry, being that they had to leave right after sunset they had ordered dinner early although it had been a pain for Ichigo to pry Rukia away from all the new toys and feed her... ironically enough Draco sprang out of the new toys and into the food dish as soon as the smell of dinner hit his nose, and that special two-in-one water and food dish that Rukia inisited on buying seemed to have Draco's attention too... personally, Rukia just liked taking the little rubber lid off the bowl and then putting it on again... Ichigo assumed that had she had a family as a child, she would have been incredably easy to entertain and her parents would not have busted the bank on toys, in fact, she probbably would have been one of those kids that gets a new bike for her birthday but would rather play with the box..... although, looking around at the room he realized that her downfall would be dolls and stuffed animals.... "I'm telling you Ichigo it's the most inventive thing," she mused, pouring some fresh water into Draco's new water dish and taking his food dish into the bathroom to wash it, "Oh yeah Rukia, no one's ever thought of making a food dish just small enough to fit inside a water dish and then putting a lid on it before," he replied sarcastically, "That isn't the inventive thing, the lid is so flexable!" she mused, he sighed and stared out the window, 'Sunset.... perfect...' he mused, ever since they got back to the hotel room Rukia had been cooing and oggling over Draco and how smart he was and how much fun his new toys were and frankly Ichigo felt a little jipped... "Watch him fetch Ichigo!" Rukia cried happily, tossing one of the tennis balls across the room as Draco ran after it, he sighed, "It's around sunset Rukia, we need to go," he replied, "Oh... ok.... I guess it's time for bed then..." she mused as she picked up Draco and put him in his basinet, "Ichigo did you do your scent bear?" "....Scent... bear?" he asked, she groaned, "YES, I bought two teddy bears, a pink one and a blue one, I rubbed my scent on the pink one now YOU need to do the blue one," "...First of all that sounds really disgusting... and second of all why would I do that?" "It's a technique used for infants and new pets, the primairy caretaker rubs his or her scent on something like a toy or a blanket or even a peice of clothing and then give it to the baby, it's a method of comfort for sleeping or when the parent has to leave," she explained, showing him by grabbing the pink teddy bear out of Draco's basinet, rubbing it on her arm, and putting it back, Ichigo stared for a moment and sighed, seearching around for the blue bear, "You know Rukia, if the way you take care of this dragon is ANY indication of how you're going to take care of a baby-" "I'll be really overbearing?" she guessed, he shook his head and gave the blue teddy bear to Draco, "No, you'll be perfect,"

~+~

"Alrighty, here we are," Rukia said as Ichigo parked in the woods, "So now we just sit here and wait to see a big dog?" "No, wolves howl, since tonight is a full moon there's most likely to be atleast a little howling," Ichigo sighed and leaned back, "So then... I guess that means I can't turn the radio on if we're waiting to hear a werewolf howl huh?" he muttered, "That's right," she replied, he sighed, "Ofcourse..." he muttered, leaning back in his seat and wistling quietly, "I can't believe it's taking Soul Society so long to find another captain..." he muttered, "It's only been a little over a week Ichigo, and finding a captain is very difficult, very serious buisness," "I know, I just hope they hurry up," he muttered, she tilted her head, "Why? You aren't having a good time?" "...I'm in the middle of the woods in Washington, in Soul Society knows WHAT town.... sitting in a rental car with no radio on waiting for a WEREWOLF to howl... does it SOUND like I'm having a bang-up time?" "I mean in general," he sighed, "I mean... I'm still new at this Rukia, you have expereince on feild assignments and being away from your freinds and family for a long time and you already believe in what we're hunting, it's all new to me, if you had asked me two weeks ago if Bigfoot was real I would've asked you wich Insane Asylum you just walked out of and why they were letting you run free," he mused, leaning forward and sighing, she nodded slowly, unbuckling her seat belt and putting one hand on his back, "You're right, I'm sorry, sometimes I forget how diffrent all of this is for you," he nodded slowly and they sat in silence for a moment before she lightly smacked the back of his head, "OW! Hey what was that for?!" "Now pull yourself together! You may be new to all this but you aren't a rookie, werewolves are fast and strong and SMART, catching one won't be nearly as easy as spotting one," he sighed quietly and smiled at her, "Yeah, guess I was just having a moment of stupiditity," "You've got that right," she said with a smile as she leaned back and propped her feet up on the dash, just then Rukia heard a noise and jerked forward, "Rukia? Wa-" "PIG!" "What?!" next thing Ichigo new Rukia had flung open the car door and slammed it shut again, and the next thing he new there was a baby pig in the car... "Rukia why?!" Ichigo cried, "Aw it's ok baby, Mommy's got you," Rukia cooed to the pig, lightly petting the shaking animal, "So now you call yourself Mommy for just.. any reason huh?" "Fool! Don't you know wh at this means?!" ".....That someone wanted that pig to be bacon...?" ofcourse he expected to be slapped in the face for that "insensitive" comment, "NO! It means something was hunting this poor little thing considering how shaken she is, and more over, it-" before Rukia could finish her sentence there was a loud howl, Rukia popped a gikon in her mouth and jumped out the open window of the car, "Ichigo let's go! Chappy, close the window and don't you DARE let that pig out of your sight!" she demanded, "Yes Lady Rukia!" said Chappy, "I can't believe who you're trusting to watch the pig," Ichigo mused as he too exited his gigai and followed her through the woods, "Well what choice do I have?" "Speaking of wich Rukia I do hope you don't plan on KEEPING the baby pig," "Ichigo that was a potbellied pig, a baby too," "Meaning?" "Meanig domestic?" "So...?" "SO she probbably already has an owner, we'll hang up posters and stuff tommorrow and she can stay with us until then," he groaned, had she forgotten that they weren't supposed to have pets at the hotel? And they already had a baby dragon? "There!" Rukia screamed, pointing forward to a large, brown creature, the next thing he knew Rukia was shouting a Kido spell and the animal collapsed to the ground, "Ichigo, go get the car," she demanded, "No way! I'm not leaving you alone with one of these things ever again!" he replied, she sighed as they landed beside the werewolf, "Fine, then I'LL go get the car and I'll try to drive it here," she offered, he stared at her for a very long moment, "I'll get the car..." he muttered, "That's what I thought," she replied as he flashstepped through the woods again, she looked down at the werewolf before her and saw bright, golden eyes, but very... sad... golden eyes... she had never seen sadness before, not since she started this mission, anger yes, even fear occasionally, but this creature was genuienly sad... almost like this werewolf thought.. KNEW... he was going to die... she crouched down in front of him and stared into his golden eyes for a moment, "...Can you understand me?" she wispered, in response, the werewolf raised his head from the ground as much as he could and gently licked her cheek, "You can, can't you?" she wispered, instantly feeling like a horrible person for trapping this poor creature, poor PERSON, like some.. some ... BEAST... "Hey Rukia!" she heard, looking up and seeing that Ichigo had arrived in the car, "So what's the deal? Road kill?" he guessed, she shook her head, "Help me get him in the car," "WHAT?!? Now we're KIDNAPPING?!" "We'll put him back where we found him," she said with a fake pout as she stood up, he groaned and got out of the car, Rukia then got in her gigai and got out of the car as well, making sure the pig was still inside however, they both lifted up the huge wolf and put him in the back, covering him with a blanket all except for his head, and shut the door, on their way back to the hotel, or atleast they were for roughly ten minutes until they saw a young woman running down the side of the road signaling them to pull over... instantly thinking the worst, they had to act casual, "Can we help you?" Rukia asked as she rolled dow her window, "Y-Yeah have you seen a baby pig anywhere around here?" Rukia blinked, "Oh, is she your's?" she asked, holding up the black and pink pig, the woman gasped, "ROSIE!!" she screamed, hugging the little pig, who oinked happily, "Thank you both so much!" she cried, waving with her free hand and running away, "....That was close,"

After arriving at the hotel the two went up to their room and Ichigo exited his gigai to go down and get the werewolf, and everytime Ichigo thought of that word he wondered more and more how and why he was in this situation, Rukia had gotten her samples from the wolf and released the Kido she had on him but instead of releasing him like Ichigo thought she would she explained that she wanted to ask the werewolf some questions.... so it was the next morning when things really got hairy...

~+~

Dark brown eyes opened up and stared at the ceiling, then started to look over the room, "Ah so you're finally awake," he heard, turning his head to see Rukia staring at him from beside the bed, "W-Who are you?! Where am I?!" the man shouted as he sat up in the large bed, "Calm down, we don't want to hurt you, just talk to you," she said with a smile, "...Talk about what?" he asked in reply, "What's your name?" she asked, "...Taylor," he finally said, she nodded once, "I'm Rukia, and that's Ichigo," she said, pointing across the room to Ichigo, who stuck his head out of the bathroom with his toothbrush still in his mouth, "So what..? Are you two scientists or hunters or something?" he asked, "A little of both, but all we want are to ask some questions," "Yeah, we already have your DNA," Ichigo chuckled as he finished rinsing his mouth out and walked back into the room in only his pajama pants, "Why do you need it?" he asked with a frown, "You have a right to be suspecious, but have you ever heard of Soul Reapers before?" the black-haired man stared for a few moments and shook his head, "No," he replied, Rukia reached under the bed and pulled out her sketchbook, "You see Taylor, there are good spirits and bad spirits," she said as she flipped it open, "Uh Rukia, save the poor man the long speech," Ichigo said with a huff as he took her book from her, "I'll put it simply, we're pretty much angels of death in American terms," Ichigo said as he closed the book and set it on the floor, "So I'm dead?" "NO," Rukia said with a huff, "Ichigo and I are on a special assignment, you see our databases are a little... outdated on exactly what species are and aren't still around, so we were sent to investigate some of the more... rare... species-" "Monsters, like Bigfoot, Chupacabras, YOU," Ichigo calirified, Rukia huffed, "Not that we're implying you're a monster," she said as she glared at Ichigo, "We just need a little information to make our lives easier," Ichigo said, "So... wait.... if you're angels shouldn't you be dead?" "Yeah, we are," he answered, "Then how can I see you?" "We're using artificial bodies," Rukia replied, "And how do I know you aren't going to disect me?" he asked, "Trust me, if we were going to disect you you would already be dead and on your way to the afterlife," Ichigo replied, "In fact we have a deal with the lead scientist not to do any killing or live experiments," Rukia said with a smile, "Scientist? So you angels have scientists?" "I have an idea, how about we play a game?" Rukia said suddenly, "For every question you answer for us we'll answer one for you, ok?" she asked, Taylor nodded slowly, "Good, now Ichigo you go get this man some pants," "From where?" "The closet..?" "MY pants?!" "Ichigo," she said warningly, he huffed and started trudging to the closet as Rukia sat down on the edge of the bed beside Taylor with a clipboard and a pen, "Can you shapeshift at will?" she asked, "Yes; angels have scientists?" she checked a box of her chart and nodded, "We aren't really 'angels', we don't have wings and play harps like humans think," "Then why-" "Uh-uh~ my turn," she sang, he huffed and leaned back, "When you shapeshift are you of sound mind?" "Yeah, so why do you call yourselves angels if you aren't?" he replied, "'Angel' is a loose, English term, in Japanese we're called Shinigami, litterally Death Gods or Soul Reapers, but not many people understand what those are," she replied, he nodded slowly, "Here," Ichigo said, tossing the man a pair of sweat pants, just at that moment Rukia heard Draco start to chirp signaling he had woken up, "Ohh... I have to go get the baby..." she muttered as she got up and handed the chart and pen to Ichigo, "Um... alright... can you shapeshift into more than just a wolf?" he asked as Taylor put his new pants on, "Nope, anything that changes into more than one thing is a Shapeshifter, were-creatures are stuck with one animal," he replied, "Oh..." Ichigo muttered, "SO... you and that girl, Rukia.. are you two a couple?" he asked, Ichigo sighed, "Really? You have limited questions and you ask THAT?" "I'm curious about what kinds of relationships your kind has," Ichigo grumbeled something under his breath and leaned against the wall, "Sort of..." "Well either you are or you aren't," "It's complicated, for the purpous of this assignment we're undercover as being married so humans don't get suspecious about our traveling and stuff, but in reality... it's sort of complicated... we're more than just freinds but...." "But you're not together, right?" "Yeah..." "But you have a baby?" he sighed, "No we-" at that moment Rukia walked out into the room with Draco, causing Taylor to scream, "DINASOUR!!!" he shouted, making Draco cry quietly and snuggle closer to Rukia due to the noise, "He's not a dinasour, he's a dragon," Rukia replied, "And he's freindly so don't be scared," Ichigo said with a smile as he reached down and stroked Draco's head, Taylor still looked utterly horrified, "ANYWAY," Ichigo huffed, handing Rukia her forms and receiving Draco in return, "SO what kind of effect does the moon have on you?"

It didn't take too long for Rukia to finish asking the necicairy questions and release Taylor, who opted to leave through the window and walk home, especially after Ichigo informed him that he was free to keep his pants... wich left Ichigo and Rukia alone with Draco, having breakfast as Rukia sent off the samples and forms to Soul Society, "I'll tell you this much, I don't envy you two," Toshiro mused as he waited for the samples to transfer from Rukia's station to his, "I do, however, have to ask, what's it like investigating these things?" he asked curiously, "A pain," Ichgio answered immediatly as he took a bite of his pancakes, "FASCINATING!" Rukia giggled back, Toshiro shrugged, now having received the information and sending their next file over, "Well again, I don't envy you," he muttered, "So where are we off to now Toshiro?" Ichigo asked, Toshiro sighed, "I told you for the zillionth time, it's Captain Hitsguaya to you!" "Not for long..." he chuckled, Toshiro sighed, "Whatever... I hope you like rainy weather, you're off to Scottland tommorrow morning,"
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Writing On The Wall
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-YES, ... Washington... I applaud anyone who caught the Twilight refrence
-I hate it when my dog tries to eat the carpet... but I'm not sure if that's boredom... :XD:
-I think it's stupid to call pink a "girl's color" personally, I don't know that scene evolved, it started out being Rukia wanting to get Draco that toy and turned into whatever this is :XD: And no, Ichigo is not bashing anything, but hey, he's a first time father.. thing... he doesn't know any better :XD:
-Well, alright, I admit, Rukia's baby craziness is partly taking on my own, I'll walk into a toy store and will immediatly start cooing over baby toys and day dreaming over what my kids will be like :XD:
-This is the bowl Rukia is talking to [link] I absolutely love it :D
-I... don't know why I decidede on a pig... :XD: I also don't know if you need a permit to own one in Washington, I tried looking it up but I couldn't find any information on it...
-Jacob Black, the werewolf from Twilight wich takes place in Washington, is played by Taylor Lautner, thus the name "Taylor"


Crazy Cryptids
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-It's questionable weather or not werewolves are concious during their wolf states, but in the case of my writing, I say they are :)

-I'm just going to say that werewolves, being that they have such heightened senses, can atleast sense spirits, if not see and hear them completely
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... God, why did I see the Twilight coming? .____.