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Quite some time has passed since Yasei and Asami raided the Leroy Mansion and thus finally acquired a proper catalyst. Hustling their acquirement of a proper bond and an artifact for Asami's powers, since then had indeed proven to be more of a precaution... as they had never once been attacked by any other handler, so far.

His life had thus proceeded normally so far, even though the death of the CEO and the whole board of directors indeed had brought quite some changes to their workplace... until Yoru appeared yet again! He made the young man a rather strange offer... and before he knew it, yet another handler makes his appearance, answering a question Yasei had long forgotten he even had!

_ A Brother's Bond _

Giving an exhausted gasp, Yasei loosened his tie, as he left his workplace utterly exhausted.

Following the CEO's and the whole board of director's death, quite a few high ranking staff-members had been promoted and almost the complete chain of command had changed. Obviously, someone had to take this now empty places, which led to a few more promotions, wheres those promoted ones... thus had to hire new staff, for there old places. Yasei too was one of those lucky ones... even though he, would not quite call it lucky...!

`I SWEAR... if I have to listen to even one more of those sops, I'll kick the next of em right out of the window!´, Yasei lamented to Asami while leaving the building... which he too had to change. On the good side, he had discovered a more or less hidden passage, these last days. It almost directly led through a small alleyway, he could summon his canine companion without anybody noticing, before leading to his usual way home again.

Even though they were in no immediate danger, they still had trained their new abilities quite a lot, now enabling them to merge without even thinking about it... and do so way faster too. The summoning they had mastered, was an especially neat trick, as Yasei only needed to form a portal-like disk with Asami's energy, to be able to quickly merge with the canine or... well summon her. The pick of the whole summoning thereby was, they could use it with there artifact too, allowing them to easily call it forth whenever they needed it, without having to carry it around.

Reaching said passage, finally in the clear, a small, flaming red portal of energy formed next to the young man, Asami jumping out of it, with practiced graze. With a quiet laugh, the canine tried to finally appease her master, who still was ranting about the applicants for all the new jobs... complaining some of them couldn't even distinguish jargon for different animation processes.

Like that they at least were distracted of there little excursion, to Leroy Jean-Killian's mansion, which they indeed did survive unscathed in the end. Some guy had stated, he had seen a suspicious guy, near the phone lines maintenance terminal, yet couldn't describe him any closer.

One of the hotel clerks told about some guy with a sports bag, who had suddenly vanished without a trace, the next day.

A few people talked about a strange fisherman and his dog, leaving one of the places, one of the dumpster fire had been found.

A few even talked about a strange guy, leafing a train with his dog, went to the toilet... and as he left suddenly had completely different clothes, as dog apparently had vanished into thin air.

Yet that last one was just a story on the internet, soon going kinda viral, turning into a story of a madman, devouring his dog in the restroom and throwing away his stained clothes, before leaving the station in his under ware, as if nothing had happened.

In the end, as maybe unnecessarily complicated it may have been... Yasei's strategy with the different changes of clothes had worked out... at least one way or the other.

`... but still! one of them even thought himself a genius which had to get the job, because he had so far made like a dozen bootleg games! Pokemon... Super Mario... Sonic... Bomber-man... and I don't know what else. Makes a bit of a copy of an already existing game, gives it a bit of a new story and calls it a new, original game! More like a proof of lack of imagination!´, The two were still continuing there earlier discussion, having used up all of the time it took them to get home, like that.

`Well... giving something old a new spin does not quite sound like lack of imagination to me though...´, Asami responded thought-provokingly.

`You think? I'd rather let some original animations or something like that, count as proof of having usable skills, but...´, Yasei replied thoughtful, as he pushed open the door to their apartment.

`Hey... would you be where you are now, if the guy interviewing you for your first time, had been as strict, as you are now?´

"Well... probably... when I was there age, I had programmed a successor to an old game I liked, but never got a continuation! Sure... the graphics were worse as the originals... but it was an original game at least...!"

Asami, kicking the door shut behind her, with her hind paw, just gave a low sigh, before stating: "Just don't be too judgmental... everybody deserves a chance after all!"

Giving a low sigh himself, Yasei finally gave in, as he dropped his keys in its bowl, with a quiet clang, before stating: "FINE... but not for the bootlegger! Those are worth than pirates to me!"

"Pirates? What do pirates have to do with this?"

"AH... never mind... I'll see what I'll do!"

"So do I...!", The canine reminded him... before suddenly gripping him on the waste of his pants, "... an now follo... I kno jus se sing tu ged you on uder souhts!"

"Wow... wow... careful! That one is brand new... you should know, you...-"

"- SHUSH!", The female interrupted her master dismissive, continuing to drag him towards the bedroom.

Letting go of him right in front of the bed, Yasei immediately checked his pants in panic, thus not noticing how Asami took a run-up on the quiet... well.. until he did notice... as it was already too late.

"Please no...!", The young man asked quietly, a pleading look on his face.

Yet the red-furred bitch just gave him a devilish grin, stating with a playful growl: "PLEASE YES...!"

In a quick step, closing on Yasei, the female energetically jumped at her master, pushing him down on the bed alongside her. Laying on top of him like that, she gave him a sultry smile, asking seductively: "Well hello there... come here often?"

Returning her look for quite a while, whereas she this time didn't even blink, the young man took a deep breath, before exhaling in a long sigh, finally responding: "Can't say I do... but a sweet little puppy like you, surely can show me the ropes around here, huh?"

Giving a little moan, as her master indeed went along with her little play, the female responded: "Oh... I sure can... just stick with me and you'll be quite alright, handsome. More than alright... I'd dare say...!"

"I'll put my trust in you, puppy-dog!"

"Oh... good-good... in this case... be a dear and lose this annoying jacket and shirt...!", The canine said in a husky moan, taking a deep sniff of the human's smell, her nose mere inches away of his neck.

Asami thus stepped on the bed, for him to get undressed, all the while licking his cheeks and neck tenderly. Yasei quickly got rid of his jacket and shirt, as ordered, before the canine already pushed him back on his bed. Continuing to tenderly lick his body, the female slowly made her way downwards. Licking his chin gently, down his neck... until she reached his upper body... starting to lick his broad chest, in long strokes, it did not take her long till she reached his nipples.

Licking the small nubs of flesh, she was just too aware they weren't as sensitive as a female's... yet her master's quiet moan, let her know all too well, he at least wasn't not enjoying it. Like that teasing Yasei's nipples a bit longer, she finally gave him a long, sensual lick, following the middle of his rib-cage, before starting to work her way even lower. Gently nibbling on the human's skin, the canine worked her way down to his crotch... while starting to stroke his cock teasingly, through the fabric of his pants.

Feeling the cock of her human slowly harden under her teasing paw, just as much as she felt Yasei twitch ever so slightly, on every playful bite of her's, she finally hooked the dull claws of her paw under the waistband of his pant and under ware. Finding herself in quite a little fight to get them down, she, in the end, found herself face to face with her price, as she finally reached her master's crotch.

"OH...? That for me? Aw... you shouldn't have...!", Asami asked teasingly, gently petting the length of her master's twitching cock, with her soft paw-pads. Moving his pants out of the way a bit further, she carefully grabbed it with her teeth, as to not really damage the brand new clothes after all.

Finally having moved the disruptive piece of cloth little later, she finally eyed the young man's rock hard member with an appreciative moan.

"You know... you seem like you have quite a lot of pent up strain...", The female mused, gently sweeping over the length of the human member, with one of her paw-pads... tip to base, before proclaiming emphatically, "... but don't worry pretty... I have just the thing for you."

"Just the thing...?", Yasei asked in mock ignorance, before gasping out in relish, as she gave his dick a long, savory lick, "OH MY GOD... that's indeed just it...!"

"Well... then lean back and enjoy, big boy...!", Asami declared, with an eager moan, moving his member towards her maw with one paw, while lovingly massaging the human's balls with the other.

Yasei gave a low moan, as the female once again teasingly licked his glans, lazily massaging the base of his member with the paw on his cock, while massaging his jewels under the warm, soft paw-pads of her other paw. Giving a labored moan, the young man meekly thrust towards the teasing maw of the canine... severely held back in this, by the fact that the canine lay straight atop of his leg, her already damp pussy, rubbing against it weakly.

"Oh god... please... stop teasing!", Yasei pleaded in role, gasping weekly under the canine's teasing of his tip.

"Stop teasing...? Teasing... am I?", The female asked innocently, before stating, after a long lick, over his eagerly twitching member, "Well... I guess I shall comply... after all you asked so nicely... pretty boy."

Leaning forward a bit more, the female finally started to slowly bury the hard peace of men flesh, in her hot snout, sensually massaging it with her long, soft canine tongue.

"Oh god, YES... please... more...!", The young man pleaded in a low moan, body trembling weekly, as his member slowly disappeared deeper in the female's wet snout.

Slowly turning her head in a spinning motion, Asami engulfed more and more of the male's member inside of her maw, massaging it lovingly, as she coiled her tongue around her master's shaft. Continuing to knead the human's large balls, under her soft paw, the canines silky fur tickled the sensitive orbs weekly, having the young man twitch unwittingly, with every gentle touch.

Finally burying Yasei's member deep in her throat, she closed her chaps around the hard member eagerly sucking it, like a young would suck a teat... pushing her master's member against the top of her maw, while on the lower side caressing it with her soft tongue. Ever so slightly turning her head to one direction or the other, she savored the taste of her master and the little squirts of pre his member already offered her... before placing both of her paws to each side of his member. Sitting up a bit the female finally started to really go to work on the needy member, of her master, slowly moving it in and out of her mouth, her tongue yet again massaging all around the human member in her maw.

Moaning heartily, the human grabbed the paws beside his member, starting to gently massage their toes and soft paw-pads, closing his eyes dreamily, as the female went to town on his member. Giving weak moans, every once in a while, at the sensations of the hot and wet maw around his dick... his member already drenched in the saliva of the canine... he inevitably gave a sulky growl, as he could suddenly feel his cock slip free into cold air once more.

"Aw... don't worry handsome...", Asami assured him, in a lewd moan, "... I got something way better to keep you warm...!"

"Oh...? I'm all ears pretty puppy...!", Yasei responded in a husky moan, watching as the female slowly climbed over him.

"You'll just have to give me a little hand here... and I'll promise you the ride of your life...!"

"Oh... you don't have to ask me twice on that...!"

The young eagerly helping the female align herself to his throbbing member, he pointed his cock, towards her damp pussy, as she soon enough, slowly impaled herself on his hard member.

Giving a lewd moan, as the human cock slowly speared her open, feeling the hard member massaging her innermost flesh, in the most sensual of ways, Asami gave a happy little huff. As she felt Yasei's balls touch their backside, closing her eyes in relish of the intimate feeling... grinding her hot, dripping vulva over his balls. The female enjoyed the sensation a few seconds... how her master's crotch, massaged her clit between his and her own bodies, before finally opening her contentedly closed eyes once again, locking eyes with the young man.

"You know... what you did earlier... was rather nice...", She explained, inspecting one of her paws musingly before gently pressing it against his face, placing it more or less over his mouth, "If you like my paws that much... why not give them a bit more attention, while I in return give you some more attention?"

"O... wis pleasua...", Yasei responded, from under her paw, slightly muffled by her tender paw pads, before following the canines idea.

Gently licking the female's soft and delicate paw-pad, catching it between his lips and gently massaging it between them, he gave a lustful moan, as Asami started to slowly ride him. Feeling the warm and soft paw-pads of the female under his lips... on virtually half his face... he had to admit: he enjoyed this way more than he had ever expected! It made the hot folds of the canine, massaging his rock hard member, in the very best of ways, even more enjoyable.

His hands still more or less lifeless on each side of his body, Yasei had to say... as his favorite canine just bumped on top of him, just doing however she pleased... doing near to nothing never had been more pleasurable! Seeing the canine, riding his dick in a most sensual dance of intermingled flesh... the flesh of her vulva elongated in the lewdest kind of ways, whenever she raised her sexy rump off of his own... having to do little more but to enjoy, weirdly made their lovemaking even more enjoyable.

The soft, hot flesh of her pussy, educing a lustful moan against Asami's paw... the young man's eyes never seemed to find a fix. The interplay of her aroused genitalia... the erect nipples of the female, just barely peaking through her fur... the soft and delicate paw right on top of his face. All this plus the overall exotic sex appeal of the beautiful canine... topping it all of with the sheer pleasure coursing through his body provided Yasei with a literal overflow of sexual stimulation.

Pushing her paw against her master's tongue, her other paw firmly placed on his chest, Asami was little more but utterly content with herself and the world. Hilting her master's throbbing member, in her hungry depths... again and again, just about piercing her to the very depths of her being... being allowed to do however she pleased, as her male panted in lust below her, Asami was pretty much overwhelmed in their lovemaking.

Riding her master in a steadily increasing speed, the canine soon could feel her orgasm slowly approaching, her needy pussy hugging eagerly against the human's cock, greedily sucking his member for all of it's worth. Like that, the canine soon started to pant heavily, trying her utmost best to coax an orgasm out of her master... her whole body shivering in lust.

Panting heavily himself, under the canine's literal onslaught, Yasei soon eagerly thrust against each and every movement of the canine. Asami's body slamming against his own... her puffy pussy pressing hard against his groin, it did not take the young man much longer, until finally breaking loose in the canine with an eager moan. The female coming soon after him, with a lewd moan of her self, she pressed herself hard against her master's body, as his cock eagerly shot his potent seed deep inside of her depths.

A few seconds later, after he had given the female all he had, Yasei finally pulled her close to his chest, hugging her close in a silent laugh.

"Well, aren't you turning into quite the naughty little puppy?", Yasei asked playfully, roughing up the fur on Asami's head, as he hugged his bitch close... who just gave a little, protesting squeal on the sudden attack.

"Hey... don't... STOP IT...!", The female scolded him sulkily, explaining meekly, "As I said... just wanted to get your mind off of things..."

"Well... and you did pretty much succeed, sweetie...", Her master acknowledged in a quiet laugh, ruffling her fur lovingly... doing so just as much trying to fix at least a part of the damage he had done seconds ago.

"Good...", Was the female's only quiet response this time, as she shyly licked the young man's chin, before snuggling her head to his neck, with a content sigh.

"Naw... Is puppy tired?", Yasei asked teasingly at first... yet shortly afterward realizing the contradiction in his knowledge about his 'puppy', asking curiously, "SO... I thought you had said you didn't need to sleep?"

"Didn't realize this last week...?", Asami responded tiredly, "When having a proper pact... we get stronger... don't need no food no more... but become more like a normal animal... the longer... we stay with master..."

Looking at the canine in utter confusion, not because of the new information, but because she suddenly had fallen asleep mid speaking, he gave a little sigh. Tenderly petting the sleeping canine, he was nearly mesmerized, by the slow movement, of her rising and falling jest and the peaceful look on the canine's face.

Watching the weakly twitching paws of the canine, snuggling up even closer to him, as she slept... a thought crossed his mind, especially as he did not feel tired at all. Could it be... Asami was taking on all his exhaustion and stress, as they were merged? Musing about this, he once again lowered his eyes, to the peaceful canine, before giving a quiet sigh.

"My sweet, little puppy...", He mumbled more to himself, as he gently caressed Asami's head.

"... ov u so much...", The female suddenly responded, in her sleep... pushing her paws stronger against her master's jest, where Yasei was more or less sure, she could clearly feel his strong heartbeat.

Giving a quiet, happy sigh, he gently lay his arm around Asami's body, getting some shut-eye himself too, feeling utterly at peace, at the feel of the soft fur close to his body and the feel of his partner's warm and peaceful breath upon his skin.

At the end sleeping for almost an hour, after all, Yasei woke at about 5 p.m.

His work now starting at 6 a.m. with a fixed nine hours of work-time... this little break, Asami almost forced upon him, had indeed worked wonders in the end.

Like that carefully standing up, as to not wake his canine companion, he covered Asami in her blanket - an especially soft one, almost resembling short fur in its texture, which she had picked out on her shopping day the other week - before quietly leaving the room. Going into the kitchen, he did ask himself, why Asami had wanted this blanket, as she literally was 'that hot' anyways, through her elemental powers... as it really was kinda beyond him.

Sleeping with the canine at night, he almost did not need any blanket at all, resulting from the warmth radiating off of the canine... yet she wanted to still be warmer?

"Well... if she likes it...", He just uttered to himself in the end, before starting to fix dinner for himself.

A few minutes later - done with preparing some fried rice - Yasei filled Asami's bowl with dog food, making sure the canine could hear the clatter back in their bedroom, before putting some of the food he prepared for himself, atop of the dog food. Over the course of this last week, he had learned, Asami evidently liked his cooking and as he knew human food did not do any damage to his furry partner... he had started to share some of his food her.

It was not a minute later he heard the clatter of Asami's claws on the floor.

"OH... dinner... FINALLY!", The young man could hear the canine proclaim, before she stormed into the kitchen, ramming the bedroom door open, how she did so often, before running straight past him, directly attacking her food right away, mumbling something about 'so good' through her mouth full of food.

"Well... you can be glad the door is opening outwards...", Yasei just stated in a low sigh, having followed the approach of the canine with his eyes, before now taking his seat and tackle his own food.

Only a few seconds later... Asami suddenly jumped at the table, front paws on the table top, before placing her bowl on it.

"What...?"

"What... what? You don't want my company?", The female responded in an almost hurt tone, "You are sitting on the table too, so..."

"Well... guess you can sit with me...?", Yasei responded, slightly irritated, pulling a chair closer for Asami, to her chosen seat, before explaining, "Guess it is no problem as long as it's only the two of us... but if we have guests or something..."

"... I'll be a good girl and stay on the floor...!", Asami responded devotedly, before jumping on the chair her master had prepped for her... and yet again tackling her food in a wolfish hunger.

In the end, just giving a dismissive shrug of his shoulders, the young man returned to his own meal... feeling a tiny sting of guilt, about him more or less doubting Asami's devotion.

Finishing their meal in their new seating arrangement, it took Asami mere minutes to finish her meal... and mere seconds, until she started eyeing the remains of Yasei's serving hungrily.

"NO! ... it's mine!", The young man finally stated, before wolfing down his food, demonstratively banging his plate on the table... before starting to cough heavily, as he had definitely swallowed all that food way to hastily!

Twisting her chaps in terror, Asami hastily searched the kitchen with her eyes, before her eyes found the lower row of the kitchen cupboard. Hastily opening two doors, where she knew Yasei had stored his drinks, she brought him one of the large beverages.

Her master hastily gulping down almost half of the 1,5-liter bottle, Asami stated in a scolding tone: "I told you... you need something to drink with your food! If not for... well... drinking, at least for cases just like that!"

"Still won't give my food to you, just cause you give me puppy-eyes!"

Narrowing her eyes to slits, the female gave a sore huff, averting her eyes, as she stated sulkily: "Well... I know somebody who'll definitely won't get any sex tonight...!"

"FINE... wait-wait-wait-wait-wait... HEY! Why? Those are two totally different topics!", Yasei complained in a resentful tone, "... I even let you sit at the table... usually, no dog is allowed to sit on the table...!"

Just giving another indifferent snort, Asami - totally ignoring her master - disappeared into the living room, stating in a tone, like she was talking to herself: "I'm bored... I think I want to watch some Netflix...!"

Looking at their dishes, before looking in the direction in which the red-furred bitch disappeared, Yasei gave an annoyed growl.

"Oh... I'll show you who's gonna get what...!", He stated in a low grunt, tramping into the living room, where Asami was just about to jump onto the couch.

"Oh... already done with the dishes?", The female asked innocently and obviously confused, apparently not at all having expected a real retaliation of her master.

Picking her off of the floor, so she was belly to belly with him, he carried her to the next wall, almost slamming her into said.

"Hey... I was just kidding... I would never... Yasei...?", She tried to excuse herself, while her master already pulled down his pants, exposing his half-hardened cock, before burying it deep in her canine snatch unceremoniously.

Uttering a sharp gasp, as her master penetrated her roughly like that, she gave a low squeal, as he suddenly started pounding away at her roughly.

His member slowly hardening fully, inside of her hot folds, she soon gave yet another gasp... her tongue lolling out, as Yasei fucked her in hard, rough thrusts.

Slamming away roughly on the canine, like that, he asked himself why he hadn't done this earlier. The canine whimpering submissively, as he slammed home into her hot depths, as his balls smashed against her but... he would never have thought he would enjoy something like that. Humping away at her hot pussy, the young man grabbed the female firmly, below her rump to steady her, his hands buried deep in her soft fur, as he kept slamming home hard, in the female's hot depth.

Not too long later, he finally came deep buried in the canine, Asami giving a log gasp, as he came deep inside of her, finally remaining buried deep within her hot folds.

"So... still going on with this rebellious notion...?", Yasei finally stated in a strict tone, down off his revenge trip now, finding himself to rather like this rough play.

Asami averted her eyes musingly for a few seconds, before stating with a sultry smirk: "Well... I was just about to jump on the couch... without asking permission...!"

"OH? ... you really did...? Well... we can't have that now, can we...?"

Ignoring the fact he wasn't even 'ready' yet again, Yasei threw the female on the couch. Unceremoniously grabbing one of her hind-legs the young man once again started to rut his bitch hard... as rough as his more or less limp cock allowed.

Wasting almost a whole hour like that, as they both kept finding one reason after another for Asami 'needing punishment'. One reason soon becoming more silly as the prior, they, in the end, lay splayed out on the couch, Yasei having the female once again pulled close to himself... both panting heavily.

"Well... that was interesting...!", Asami finally assessed, looking over the room, which was more or less speckled with her lust and Yasei's seed.

"Yeah... rather unexpected development...", The young man agreed, still panting heavily, his balls more or less feeling like two empty leather sacs, dangling between his legs, "... and I guess your right... I won't have sex tonight... or anytime soon... not after all that 'punishment' you required."

Giving a quiet laugh, her eyes fell to the door, the canine curiously asking: "SO... the dishes...?"

"NAH... let's watch some Netflix instead! Can do the dishes sometime before bedtime...!"

Looking at the young man surprised, as he had told her, he tried to always do his dishes immediately, to prevent exactly what happened right now. Surely enough Asami agrees to Yasei's proposal, with a last look towards the room door, shrugging her shoulders unblinking.

A few minutes later, they had - after a short search - found an interactive movie, where one picked out the decisions for the main character, thus advancing the plot in multiple different ways.

Bandersnatch, was its name... different choices, leading to different endings... and for good measure, the main character slowly became aware of earlier tries and slowly went more and more crazy about it!

Finding the idea interesting they gave the whole thing a try. In their first ending they received, agreeing to have Bandersnatch - the videogame the main character was developing throughout the movie - developed in the game studio, he had managed to pursue in helping him developing and publishing it... ending in another 'aware' character telling them they picked the wrong path!

"What...?", They both asked in unison, watching the end, being Bandersnatch... ending as a big flop, the main character deciding to start over, just like that... and it indeed starting over.

"Well... that was unexpected...!", Yasei thereat stated, clearly taken by surprise, how it was a bad decision, to have a complex videogame, developed, by a bigger team of developers, "So... next try?"

"Next try."

Giving it yet another go, they decided to develop it alone - obviously - finding themselves on a path to learning all about how the main character had some real deep shit going on with his psyche... his psychiatrist, deciding to drug him even more, they going along... and ending in a mediocre ending?

Apparently, the drugs, had him slack of halfway through development, giving his 'Bandersnatch' a 3 out of 5 rating... having him start over yet again.

Just looking at Asami in clear confusion, she just stated with a nod: "NEXT...!"

Having the main char growing even more aware and thus even more crazy... or more or less haunted, they got in an even weirder scenario!

The second 'aware' character, more or less told their protagonist, his whole live was just a game, proving this by going on a high up balcony, declaring one of em shall jump, to proof his thesis, by showing him how they would be totally fine, as soon as they met in his 'next try'. The two of them decided to let the other guy jump... suddenly his wife came in and obviously breaking out in panic, as she saw her significant other, lay dead on the parking lot, several stories below.

. . . and even more suddenly they were attacked by a Bandersnatch-ish monster... and it was restart time yet again!

This time not even Asami found any words, the both thus continuing on to the next part.

Next getting caught up in a mix of weird brainwashing conspiracy... his therapist suddenly went all mortal combat on him, as he told her, he - as the two of them had more or less told him - was just a character in a movie and his therapist thus conducted his whole life as being too boring, to be a movie. Like that concluding it was too boring they ended in said sudden fight, as a way to make his life more interesting to watch, if it really was a movie. Asami and Yasei choose to run from there crazy shrink... yet they could not flee, as the window was not opening!

Instead, the main character suddenly found himself on a film set, the director of the movie asking him, what he was trying to do. This was the fighting scene, she had explained, thus the window wasn't supposed to open. As all of this whole deal got weirder and weirder, like that, they all to soon got there next restart!

"Seriously...?!?", Both asked simultaneously, just going on as to see what crazy developments they would find themselves in next!

Next up they suddenly had to kill, or not to kill, the main character's father... able to prevent that... suddenly finding the protagonist climb through a mirror, to the day before his mother died, trying to get back a plushy he had that time, in an attempt to prevent his mother to have to take a later train, on which she would die.

YET... whatever decision: she died in the railway crash and it was 'trying once more' again.

Yasei this time not even reacting to their result, they tried the second password, not giving them there plushy... but files... suddenly revealing him as a subject of the PAC - program and control - program, the other aware dude had told him about... having him kill his father... or not father after all and not to soon bringing the next reset.

After all this weirdness, just changing one quick glare, Yasei finally asked dryly: "Down with daddy?"

"Down he goes...!", Asami just confirmed unmoved, thus once more in the 'I'M NOT IN CONTROL - kill dad or don't kill dad' scenario.

One smack with a heavy, glass ashtray later the deed was done... leafing em with burying... or dismembering him, the main char - more or less - actually asking them, what to do... their choice on dismembering him, in the hope of him, disposing of the body, without anybody ever finding it, having him retort in a disgusted: "Seriously...?"

Yet... quite contrary to any logic... having killed his dad and at peace with the fact of having his decisions met for him, suddenly more or less finding enlightenment, finishing his 'Bandersnatch' in a way there were but a few endings, instead of infinite possibilities, resulting in the game turning out as a big success.

Exhibiting his dead dad's decapitated head on his wardrobe on the other hand, as expected, later resulted in him being convicted and the game being banned immediately afterward... the movie suddenly continuing through another developer's eye!

Having rediscovered it, she decided to make it in an interactive movie, which she was eventually asked, if she was developing it for Netflix... her having this info immediately concealed, as being a secret.

On her own development of 'Bandersnatch' she too found herself in utter confusion, resulting in the same option they had declined with the other guy, a lot of times... destroying her computer!

"Well... I guess she has not yet done so much... so... down it goes!", Was the final conclusion they arrived to, resulting in a rather rough meeting of a keyboard and a monitor.

"... and another try...!", They commented there next restart in a more or less annoyed manner.

This time burying the father... but having the other aware programmer sent to check on him... 'Bandersnatch' never appeared, as somehow suddenly the police arrived a few seconds of the movie later and he found himself behind bars.

Finally apparently having reached the very last possible ending, the main character behind bars, still as nuts as a Snickers and the credits rolling. A while later the both of them once more exchanged a long look, before finally concluding: "Well... that certainly was weird... but not to bad I'd say...?"

"Yeah... I'd say it just verifies my thought of all of you humans being weird...!"

"HEY!"

"You aren't weird of course...", Asami hastily corrected her accusation, giving her master an innocent smile.

"Of course... OH SHIT!", Having a look at the clock, he found it already being way past 6:30 p.m., "Oh great... sensei is gonna kill me!"

"SO... can we go to the park than?"

Giving Asami an unnerved look, Yasei stated with a sigh, accompanied with a weak shake of his head: "OH... why am I not surprised... like at all?"

A slightly annoyed Yasei walking right beside her... or rather she walking right beside him, just as he had told her, Asami followed their way to the park, tail wagging gently, yet excitedly. Their stick firmly gripped between her jaws, she followed beside her master, keeping an eye at him with a skeptical look.

The park was almost in sight as she asked: `SO... I know you are kinda pissed about missing your Iaido lesson today, but... is there something else on your mind?´

Having thought to have quite a good check on keeping the thoughts, he did not want Asami to see, hidden away, in the furthest specks of his minds, the young man gave a quiet sigh. Did not seem to work as perfect as he thought it would yet, huh?

Well... are you really sure about this reckoning thing of your's?´, Yasei finally asked doubtfully,I mean... all I could see the effect, of this reckoning of your's, to be is giving over twenty-five or over fifty-year-old supernatural pets, which like to get screwed?´

HEY... so I'm just your magic - pet - fuck toy?!´, Asami asked wide-eyed, sounding really hurt... her master thus hastily answering:NO! No-no-no-no-no...! That's not what I meant... you are my partner... my best friend... my soulmate after all! How should I be as superficial, as to see you just like a cute little sex toy?! NO... what I mean... I haven't seen any changes in our world so far... except for you, Naomi and Masaru of course...!´

Looking at Yasei skeptically she carefully put their stick down, before nudging his hand, as to put it on her head. Cooperating with a skeptical look on his face, her master put his hand on her snout, giving her a wary look, as he waited what the red-furred bitch was up to.

"So... let me ask you one thing...", The canine said unsmilingly.

"Ehr... okay... what?", Yasei finally asked, now indeed curious after all.

"Well... you see...", she started innocently... before suddenly burying her teeth in Yasei's hand.

Almost half of his hand and most of his fingers disappearing in Asami's mouth like that, before she let go again, her master pulled his hurting hand close to himself hurriedly. Looking at his drool covered fingers and the little, slightly bleeding bite-marks in shock, he stated in utter disbelieve: "HEY... what was that for? THAT FREAKING HURT, damn it!"

An aloof look on her face, Asami proclaimed sorely: "See...! THAT was real... I AM real... as real as something ever will... so why don't you believe what I told you...!"

Weekly shaking his still aching hand, Yasei stated sulkily: "I know that you are real... but I don't see anything, that would lead anybody to assume any walls, between any realities, breaking apart!"

Picking their stick up once more, starting to walk towards the park again, the canine continued talking a little while later: `Well obviously...! You are bonded with me... but that still does not give a handler the ability to perceive cracks in reality!´

The female stopped her speech once more, pausing in thought, before suddenly raising her ears excitedly, as she thought to have found a proper example, her master could relate too: `All those animations of yours... if I remember correctly, those are based on some graticule, on which the final texture is applied?´

`Ehr... yeah... kinda, why?´

`Now... imagine you being a gamer... even if clipping through walls and what not, should there be some errors with this grid, they couldn't see it... but you, as a programmer could make it visible to you and check it for errors.´

`Okay... so you want to say you Yokai, can more or less see the world as we do... but in addition you can perceive the very fabric of reality too, allowing you to see the damages this 'reckoning' of your's has or hasn't done already?´

"YEK...!", The canine confirmed, through her mouth full of stick, her tail wagging excitedly.

Okay... well... guess I keep, keeping an eye on the damages, through the reckoning, your job then...?´, Yasei explained, with an unsure laugh,Especially since I don't ... want to be... bitten again...???´

His words came too a sudden, slow halt... as the young handler's eyes fell upon the shrine, atop the small hill, in the middle of the park.

"Is noch me sich time...!", Asami immediately clarified, as she too saw the shiny shrine.

Once again the shrine was brightly lit... like being illuminated by non-existent spotlights. This time around though... the light seemed... silver...blue...ish?

"Oh great... first I miss my Tuesday Iaido lesson and now THIS!", Yasei stated with an annoyed growl, "Better not be yet another unknown handler!"

"OH hello there... so nice to see you! Glad you were able to join us!", The two of them were welcomed by an all to familiar voice... at least for Yasei, it was familiar.

On top of the statue, supposedly depicting Asami, set Yoru... wearing his full 'ninja-gear', Naomi on his shoulder like always... her tail twitching lazily, as she kept an eye on her visitors.

"Yoru... Naomi...!", Yasei just greeted the other pair, of handler and Yokai snippy.

"Ts... ts... ts... ts... and here we go again with the manners...", The fellow handler answered, wagging his finger reproachful, in his exaggerated 'it's all just a game to me' tone, "... and here we went through the trouble, of using up all this magical power, just to invite you up here...!"

Tickling Naomi's chin playfully, he explained in his patronizing tone: "You know... Naomi's magic is really fascinating... it allows complete control of anybody's visual and auditory senses... thus creating the most fabulous kinds of illusions, so one fancies! I just had to wait here, envision the effect of my magic... and as we had already made sure, you were in our reach, YOU did all the rest. Or should I rather say your mind? As it is actually exactly that which gives our magic form. We decide what its effect is supposed to be... and your subconscious is doing all the rest. Forming whatever kind of perception, which would lead you to perceive exactly what we want you too...!"

"OH? You must be quite confident, to explain your magic to us, just like that?", Yasei responded dryly, extending one hand to his side, before forming a small portal, having their catalyst fall right in his hand.

Grabbing its sheath on the uppermost part, he pushed the blade out of it, with his thump pushing at the lower part of the katana's tsuba. Exposing a small part of the blade like that, which started to glow in a cherry red tone seconds later, the young man asked, clearly skeptical: "SO... what do you want this time? Telling me this park looks like a tiger enclosure too you, before murdering all its visitors the other day?"

"What? You know... this is quite an accusation you're pulling there, big guy... better have some proof for your statements..."

"Who else has a monster cat as a monster but you?!", Yasei this time interrupted the man in black dryly.

"HUH... well... guess that indeed is a kind of valid argument, huh?", Yoru responded agreeably surprised, "... but who will believe, my little kitty-cat could maul a grown human?"

Naomi gave an innocent wink before her handler continued: "BUT... to get to the point: I told you about our magic because I CAN...!"

Suddenly feeling his vision blurring, all his surroundings suddenly looked like some kind of 2D picture... the trees, which he knew were at least twenty feet away, appearing just as close to him as Asami, obviously standing mere inches away from him.

The world suddenly returning back to normal, the two realized, Yoru and his partner suddenly stood right in front of them!

Giving the swords knob a sturdy slap, thus shoving it right back into its sheet, the black-haired just proclaimed clearly unimpressed: "... and 'I can', because I have way more experience with my powers, compared to you two!"

Patting the young man's cheek, like one might do to a little child, Yoru explained dryly: "But now, be a good boy and listen what big bro Yoru has to tell you!"

Snatching after the other guy's arm, Yasei caught nothing but thin air, the young man instead, once more, a few steps away from him.

"You know... you are not appreciating what you have been given! Just trying to continue your everyday life... just like nothing has happened, am I right? Just waiting for the reckoning your partner predicted to come, as you try to go on with your everyday life, huh?", He explained, with a disgusted growl, Naomi baring her teeth disapprovingly, "You have been granted the powers of a god... yet you are just playing house with your doggy! Katherine at least uses her powers for some good, whereas . . . NO...! I don't want to take this surprise from you...!"

Stepping a few steps further away, Yoru suddenly grabbed his free hand and placed a mask in it... having Yasei realize, in an annoyed growl, how he had been tricked once more, as the other handler apparently had him perceive an approach, as him going away instead.

"Here... a little present! In it is a little letter too! Written on it is a certain location.", He explained, now apparently really stepping back a few steps, "It's a little something I have organized, over the course of the last few months! Keeps all those pseudo-gangster busy and gives people like us an opportunity to train and make some money! You should really check it out!"

"WHAT? Check what out?", Asami asked, same parts irritated, as she was aggravated... just to find the two gone once more. Vanished into nothingness, like Yasei had the pleasure to experience a few times now.

". . . What the fuck was this, just now?!", Yasei finally stated, examining the mask Yoru had given him.

It was of the same making as the one he wore himself... even though this - for Yasei - was more in the design of a demons maw, like the samurais used to wear way back.

"Well... at least he has taste...?", He finally had to acknowledge, giving a low sigh, before letting both - mask and letter - disappear in his pockets for now.

Yasei for his part, completely stripped of any enthusiasm to play with Asami, as he for once still was suspicious of that Yoru guy still hanging around, he let himself sink down to the floor, right where he stood. Looking at the guard lion's statue like that, he tilted his head ever so slightly, asking musingly: "SO... He knew Katherine... and apparently, he knows about your brother's handler too... either he is a genius in this, or we really have quite a shitload more to learn, about these abilities of our's...!"

Having hoped he would still be willing to go down to the park, as soon as they were sure this sicko was gone for sure, Asami now put the stick down next to her master, with a sad look in her face... before taking a deep breath and letting it go in a long sigh.

"Well... I guess he did have quite a while longer, to get to grips with his abilities... if he indeed has been with Naomi longer, as you are with me.", The female finally stated reflective, "What about your abilities with our artifact anyways?"

"Ehr... we have found that portal-ish trick... that was quite a success wasn't it?"

"Yeah, sure... but... he is perfectly at grip with their magic... so much so, it almost feels like they are literal warping reality itself. Plus... it surely will be really hard to manage to dodge it, as his ability enables him control over the two most important senses a warrior has."

"WAIT A SECOND... it would probably take us forever to master our fire element, to a degree where we could best him only using that... but we still have that...!"

"We still have what? OH... right... our enhanced perception, when we are merged!"

"YES! I, after all, had said to more or less train that for combat, in the very beginning!"

"Yes... YES! So we did and we more or less mastered it, so... using this we should be able to see through his illusions...-"

"- ... but I still don't quite think he is a slug when it comes to combat prows, so... should we really check out... well, whatever kind of 'training' he has advertised us just now?"

"Well guess it could be helpful... but as far as I know you, you'll first want to finish your work for this week, won't you?", Asami concluded their plans, giving her master a curious look, her head slightly tilted.

"Yeah... I'd like too... but... I don't know! Maybe he is right? Maybe I really am slacking off... taking this all too lightly? Yoru so far just views us as some sort of plaything... but what if we met another handler... one who may be even more experienced than Yoru, but with an even deeper... killing intent?", Yasei asked, more talking to himself, "We could be thrown in a battle royal of all handler tomorrow, as far as we know, so... I don't want to die in the first place... but more importantly: I would never want to leave you, if at all possible!"

"NO... no Yasei... you're doing great...!", The red-furred bitch proclaimed encouragingly, visibly touched by her master's words, "You know... whatever you want to do... I'm with you! Want to fight? I'M IN! Wanna run to the end of the world? Where's our luggage, as I'm ready to go! Want to murder all other handler...-"

"- YEAH... yeah... I know what you mean... and I'm really happy I have somebody as loyal as you on my side!", The young man interrupted the Yokai, "Someone as loyal... loving... full of joy... and as utterly unbiased as you... my puppy girl...!"

Hugging the canine - Asami now seemingly almost about to cry - close to his side, he buried his face in her long neck fur, finally stating: "I don't know how I of all people, deserved a companion like you, but... thank's for reminding me...", He broke away from Asami with this words, placing his head once again, so they were looking eye-to-eye, giving the canine a confident smile as he announced, "Thanks for reminding me: As long as I have you, I am unstoppable...! No... what am I saying... as long as we have each other WE are unstoppable."

The females face brightening at this thought, she agreed, nodding eagerly, with a wolfish smile: "YEAH... whatever we do... nobody can stop us, as long as we believe in each other!"

"OH... my oh my... somebody is mushy today...!", Yasei responded at the canines words, with a quiet laugh, picking up their stick, before stating, "WELL... guess burning off a bit of energy, should be in favor of our plans... don't you think?"

Just barking eagerly, tail wagging excitedly, her eyes locked on the stick in her master's hands, Asami oh too quickly agreed to this proposition.

"Well... in this case: FETCH!", The young man proclaimed with a quiet laugh, energetically throwing their stick down the way, towards the park.

As Asami immediately run off, as swift as an arrow, Yasei followed seconds later, giving a quiet laugh at the canines enthusiasm.

Almost two hours of hunting and fetch games later, Yasei set on - more or less - his favorite bench, near the forest... close to the shrine. A few days ago, he had even wondered if that may be, because it was where he met Asami and thus was drawn to it... but had soon dismissed this thought. And even if that would have been the reason, for his choice of seating accommodation... it was kind of a sweet thought, so he had no longer bothered with it.

In any case... neither did he bother with it now, as he was way too exhausted. His furry companion, in the end, had oh to literally run him down, up and down the entire parked, like a dozen times...! The young man gasping for breath, as he slouched on the bank, he still could see Asami, mere feet away from him, prancing on the spot, almost reminding him of a horse... or a boxer.

"Hey... you ever out of energy...?", He finally asked the Yokai, still wheezing heavily.

"NOPE... not after that nap and good dinner!", The female answered, tail wagging happily, before finally running over to her master.

Sitting right in front of him, front-paws on his lap and her chin bedded upon her paws, she explained cheerfully: "I told you...! I need no food so every bit of extra nourishment can keep me going for quite some time."

"HUH... interesting... so, me sharing my food with you, has more or less an effect like I would be doping you?"

Looking up at her master in confusion, Asami responded after a quick thought: "I think so... whatever energy I need, I get from your body, so... yeah... sharing your food with me, would give me even more energy, even beyond what I need!"

"Hm... so I have to take care when and how much I feed you, so it won't keep you up all night... like with a little kid?"

"HEY... I'm no little puppy!", The canine responded sulkily, her master just responding, with a quiet, little laugh.

"OH... yeah... how could I forget... your a wise... dear... old L-"

"NO!!! No-no-no-no-no-no-no...!!! Little puppy is quite alright!"

"Guessed that much...", Yasei responded with a little smirk, sticking his tongue out in outlines, earning a sulky little huff of his canine companion.

Giving another short laugh, he gently petted Asami's head, the canine closing one eye in relish, yet still flashing her other, still half-opened eye, at him sulkily.

"Well... come on sweetie... let's go home, daddy needs some sleep!"

"DADDY?"

"What, something the matter granny?", Her master responded innocently, earning an oh too fast response of his Yokai companion.

"NO...! Everything's alright, daddy...!"

"Hey... me saying that to my doggie companion, is cute... but you calling me daddy, is just creepy...!"

Asami now sticking her tongue out openly, Yasei gave a quite, little, annoyed huff, before once again clasping the leash on the canine's collar, to set out on their way back home.

Spending the rest of the day, with some more training on the rooftop, before going to bed at around midnight, the rest of their day was not really eventful, having the next morning come all too soon.

Yasei still gave Asami her share of food for breakfast, as he had concluded it could be helpful, for Asami to have some energy to spare, as she could share it with him, in there merged form. Not to mention it would more or less give them kind of a little trump card, should they one day really get into any prolonged battles or something alike.

The mask and letter with the address to... whatever, from Yoru, they had tucked away for the moment, leaving it as a topic for... at least Saturday. No matter what he would decide in the end, he had given the past seven years to this job, so he at least wanted to finish this work weak in peace, before going to any crazy... whatever that one-eyed maniac had planned for them.

Like this going about his work like he always did... he suddenly met a different problem.

"PLEASE YAS...!", Yuma suddenly assaulted him out of nowhere during his lunch break, with an oh too clearly begging tone, "Please Yasei... I know... I've only been here for little more than two years... and I'm always barely on time at best... but I'm still giving this my all here, Yas... I SWEAR!"

"So... okay? I believe you... I guess... but what's the point?", The young man asked his friend, evidently confused, as his muscular friend hadn't uttered a single word about what he was begging him for yet.

"Please, Yas... Shinkai-san...", He pleaded, to Yasei's surprise even using his surname, "Please... can you put in a good word for me, with the new board of directors? In my department there is but one promotion pending... and word is I am one of the three last candidates. PLEASE... Shinkai-san! All those other guys see me for nothing more but a musclebound idiot... but you... you know I am a devoted man... even if I am sometimes slacking off a bit... there was never a day I didn't do my very best at my job!"

"Hey... hey... settle down Yu... I'm sure they wouldn't make a decision as important as that, based on some frivolity..."

"PLEASE... when I applied here I already only was lucky, as the guy they wanted to hire instead of me, was poached by another, bigger company... please Shinkai-san... you are here for... well at least as long as I remember..." - "SEVEN YEARS... it has been seven years now!" - "Oh... sure... sorry, but SEE! Even more proof!"

"Prove for what?"

"You have been here for over three times as long as me... and as this wave of promotions started, you were one of the first ones to move up... so, please... I'll never ask you for anything ever again... just... please?"

"I take it you won't ever scrounge meals from me, by having me pay for you cause 'you forgot your wallet' than?"

"Wait... what... why should...-"

"- ... SORRY SIR... but in this case, we have no deal!"

"OKAY... okay... I swear! I'll never ever again pretend to have 'forgotten my wallet', only because I'm broke again!"

"Oh really...?"

"Yes... yes... I'll even pay you everything back, if you want, as soon as my student loan is paid off!"

Giving a quiet say, I asked Asami: `Well... we can't leave a bro hanging, can we?´

The canine almost crying, at the thought, how big, muscular Yuma, was just a poor, indebted guy, like so many others, so far he sometimes couldn't even afford to eat, the canine oh too eagerly agreed, even egging him on to help his old buddy out.

`SHEESH... okay... okay... I see what I can do... even though I'm pretty sure, what's most disturbing you is the fact he may not be able to eat his fill whenever he wants!´

`HEY... nobody should be starving...!´

`OH... believe me... this guy, sure as hell is not starving... his diet probably is even more thought through than mine could ever be...! But sure... let's help him out!´

"OKAY... okay... I'll try to write you a letter of recommendation, but I can't do any more than that... nor can I promise you it will really work out like you hope for it...!", Yasei finally agreed reluctantly... Yu immediately jumping at him, to hug him close... and almost suffocating him in the process.

"Thanks, Yas... you're a real friend...!"

"Yas...?"

Hastily breaking away from his friend, bowing deeply, Yuma stated: "Thank you very much Shinkai-san, I deeply appreciate your patronage!"

Giving a quiet laugh, returning his attention to his lunch, he suddenly stated, scratching his cheek absent-minded, where Yuma's had touched him earlier: "But man... you really should do something about your skin! Not that I'm one of those fanatics, or would even care that much about it... but your skin, feels as rough as sandpaper...!"

"So what...? You even sure you yourself are okay? Cause you feel like your burning up! Like having a fever or something...!"

"OH... Nah... I'm totally fine... don't worry about it!"

Yasei hastily stifled this discussion, as said 'fever' was one of the signs of his and Asami's merge they couldn't hide, no matter what. SURE... he sure as hell would never suspect anything - especially not him being a handler - but still... better not have him think anything weird, having himself end in some weird clinical examinations, or something like that, to find out why he was 'so hot', even though he was perfectly healthy.

Having prepared Yuma's recommendation as promised, their week ended without any further incidents. Yasei did select the applicants more lenient, still resulting in him having just one more candidate for the management to choose, as they had employment to offer.

Finishing this week of work more or less in peace, even though he probably now was on the list of enemies of quite a few wannabe pseudo-programmers - yes he didn't even count the ones he refused as pseudo-programmers - but still... he had chosen the best candidates for the job, so the rest should GiT GuD and get lost!

On Friday leaving the building like he had made a habit of the last week, he was just passing through the small passageway, where he always summoned Asami... as Yuma suddenly more or less tackled him.

"YAS! Thanks, man... you really saved my ass with your letter!", The muscleman proclaimed, pulling Yasei close to him with one of his arms around the young man's shoulder, "With your letter, I asked a few of the other long-time staff and could get the help of a few more, of the better-known staff members to help me out too!"

"Ehr... thanks I guess...?", Yasei stated, a little irritated, about how Yuma had used him more or less as a bargaining chip, to get even more helper on his boat, "... but more importantly: You got the job then?"

"Well... not exactly...", His friend responded bashfully, "Now it apparently is only us too... like me and somebody with the baking of the old CEO's son. Apparently, he is in his good books... and so... it'll be all decided in a meeting tomorrow... just like with those other applicants you have recommended."

"Oh... is that so... well... good luck then...?"

"OH... Yasei... one more thing: what about that meeting?"

"What meeting?", Yasei retorted dumbfounded... even Asami had no clue what he was talking about.

"Well... that meeting with your baby-girl of course!"

"OH... you mean... with my dog..."

"YEAH... with your bitch... what else would I be talking about?", Yuma responded confused, and seemingly a bit sore, about how Yasei had forgotten this promise of his, "SO... what about it? Got time... maybe even right now if you're free? Would keep your evening open, if you would want me gone before dinner?"

Exchanging a quick thought with his canine companion, Yasei agreed with a silent sigh: "SURE... why not?"

Like that, Yuma accompanying him along his commuting trip home, they soon started talking about there hobbies, especially there martial arts... having Yasei outright shout out in agony, at this thought.

"OH GOD... don't mention that! I missed Tuesday's lesson, cause I fooled around with my dog for too long. Sensei had me fight every single member of the dojo, present at that time, as a penalty. EVERYONE... the one below me - considering there training time - just as much as those above me. OH... and not to mention he himself acting as final boss! I'm still black and blue all over...!"

"Ouch...! But you see... that's why I'm never perfectly on time. Rather a bit tardy and still getting the same training, as trying to be overly perfect and get punished like that, for not playing your role-model role properly."

"Hey... I defeated everyone... except sensei... so get off of my case, would you kindly?"

Quite impressed for a second, another second later Yu broke out into laughter, changing to another one of his favorite topics: training! Seriously, sometimes he felt like two old ladies exchanging cooking tips when talking about their training methods with Yuma.

Finally arriving at home quite a while later, Yasei waved Yuma through, to his living room, asking him to wait for a second, while he got his dog.

Like that disappearing into their bedroom for a while, to summon Asami, the canine shook her whole body once, even her paws, to get some feeling back into her body, before stating in a wary manner: "Don't you dare call me an o-... o-... YOU KNOW WHAT..."

"Sure... why would I...?", The young man answered with a quiet laugh, tenderly caressing the canines head, "Why would I do something so mean to my puppy-dog, after all?"

Her tail soon wagging happily again, at this pledge, the female eagerly followed her master... just to immediately disappear in an inferno of flames, as she took her lion-dog form.

"I KNEW IT!", The lion-dog bitch proclaimed scandalized, as Yuma just stared at her wide-eyed.

Yasei himself too, staring at his partner in shock, it took him quite a while before he realized... YUMA WAS STARING AT ASAMI TOO!

"WHAT THE HELL? You can see her?!", The handler shouted outraged, pointing at Asami, looking at his two years friend in disbelieve.

"Well... you know... Yas... how should I know... I mean..."

Mid-sentence giving up on explaining himself, he just raised one of his hands, his palm facing away from him. Seconds later a portal, looking like a swirling sandstorm formed in front of the young man, a giant lion-like creature, stepping out of it, examining the other human with a proud demeanor.

Even though the statues only were rough portrayals, showing how the humans had imagined the two of them... but this big, lion-like creature, without a doubt, had to be Asami's brother Katsuo!

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SO... and that's that... Part III is done too ;3 hope the surprise considering Katsuo's handler... well was a proper surprise ^^' well... on that note: hope ya'all enjoyed part III of Rise of the Yokai and look forward too the next part

part IV will see a few unexpected revelations about Yaseis friend Yuma, just as much as quiet a disturbing revelation, about what Yoru and his feline companion, had cooked up to 'keep all those pseudo-gangster in check and give people like them a chance for some training'