UNEDITED~
Quote: "Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate and their pack. Yet both have been hounded, harassed and falsely imputed to be devouring and devious, overly aggressive, of less value than those who are their detractors."

~Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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"Ill rush to the first person who comes along and rob everything they have!" declared a starving Atsushi.

"Someone is coming this way." Ashley hears. Zoom a motorcycle past fast.

"Well, that was mission impossible. I can't catch him on an empty stomach... Next!"

"I pretty sure not even a full stomach cause then you'll puke you idiot." Ashley smack him in the head.

"Ouch!" Yelp the white hair boy.

"One, Two, Three, Four!" Yelled out a group of military training.

"I doubt military policed be carrying their wallets during training. But, the next person who comes along ... for sure! I've got this!" Atsushi says with a fist pump.

"I need a life." Says gloomy Ashley while lying on the grass.

Atsushi quickly spins around the other way only to see a pair of legs in the river behind him. He sweat drop. Ashley just stares dumbfounded.

"I can't possibly count him. Yeah, I'll pass, please." Atsushi says while, sweating.

"We need to save him . . ." Ashley says standing up.

At the end they both save the person.

"You were floating down the river... are you okay? "Asked Ashley worried.

"I've made it....... Damn." Complained the man.

"Damn?!" Did he just say 'damn'? Thought Atsushi.

"Are you the one who interrupted my submersion?" Asked the man.

"Ha.....ha......um." Ashley stumbled on her words nervously.

The man has mildly wavy, short dark brown hair and narrow dark brown eyes. His bangs frame his face, while some are gathered at the center of his forehead. He is quite tall and slim in physique.

For his attire, He's wearing a long tan trench coat over a black vest and a striped dress shirt that is light blue in hue. He has a bolo tie around his collar, which is held by a brown ribbon and a turquoise pendant. He also dons beige pants, dark brown shoes, and has bandages wrapped around his neck and forearms.

"I was trying to help. . . Huh? Submersion?" Repeated Atsushi confused.

"What's that submersion?" Asked Ashley to the stranger. Turning her face sideway like a confused puppy.

"You don't know what I mean by that? I was trying to commit suicide." Said the stranger looking at us.

"What the-!"

"S-Suicide?!" Yelled out Atsushi cutting out Ashley.

"That's right. I was trying to kill myself. But you had to interfere . . ." Said the stranger lecturing both teens. "Still my priority is to commit a clean suicide without a burden to anyone. Yet I did trouble you, so the fault lies with me at this point. I should apologize in some way.-"

*growls stomach*

"Are you hungry, boy and girl?" Asked the stranger surprised.

"Well . . ." Atsushi was saying but, Ashley race it first.

"We haven't eaten in several days. . ." Ashley said gloomy.

*growls stomach again but, this time the stranger*

"How odd I'm hungry too." Says the stranger.

"Then . . ." Atsushi and Ashley had eyes sparkling.

"By the way, the river seems to have taken my wallet." He said showing his empty pockets.

"You've got to be kidding . . ." Both teens complained.

"There you are, blockhead!" Another voice yell out towards they were.

"Oh, hey. Nice work, Kunikida-kun." Said the stranger waving the man in the other side of the river.

"Nice work? And, just who caused all this work, you suicidal maniac?! I've had enough of you disrupting my schedule!" The other stranger with glasses yells out.

This 'Kunikida' is a tall and slim young man with dirty blonde hair and sharp yellow eyes. His bangs are parted to the right and has rather neat, but spiky hair that ends in a long ponytail.

His attire of a beige vest over a black long-sleeved dress shirt, a red ribbon tied into a bow around the collar, beige pants and plain brown shoes.

"Oh right! I have a great idea. He's a colleague of mine from work. Let's have him treat you to a meal."

"Are you even listening to me?!" The glasses man yelled angrily.

"What are your names?" Asked the stranger we first met.

"Huh, oh Nakajime . . . Atsushi."

"Mines Ashley O'Conner!"

"Well, come along, Ashley-chan and Atsushi-kun! What would you like to eat?" He asks again.

"Um . . . Well, if it's not too much trouble . . ." Said Ashley with shaking hands a little.

"Oh, there's no need to hold back!" Chirped the bandage man.

"We like to eat tea on rice . . ." Both said at the same time. The bandage guy started laughing while, to confused idiots stared at him. And, angry glasses dude stared behind him.

"So a boy and girl on the brink of starvation wants to eat tea on rice? Very well, let's have Kunikida-kun treat you to with 30 bowls of that for each!"

"Don't get all generous with my money, Dazai!"

"Dazai?"

"Yeah, that's my name. I am Dazai. Dazai Osume." Said the man looking at us as the air around him appeared moving his curly hair around and his clothes. Mm, I wonder if the wind does the same will it make me look attractive too? Ashley thought in her thinking bubble.

•In the Restaurant•

"You're unbelievable. Who goes 'that's a nice river' and jumps into it in the middle of a job?! Thanks to you, look! Look how off-schedule we are now!" yelled a frustrated Kunikida.

"You sure like your schedules, Kunikida-kun." Dazai mumbled.

"This isn't a schedule! This is ideal! My guide in life! And, nowhere in this book is it written that my work partner is a suicidal maniac! Shut up! Nowhere on my projected expenses page will have you find written that I will buy a million bowl of tea on rice for a snot-nosed brats!" Kept complaining.

"Gomensai." Said now a teary Ashley.

"*munch*munch*munch*" Atsushi spokes?

"It had to be Kunikida-kun." Dazai said looking at Kunikida. Kunikida twitched at what happened.

"Like I said, it's a job!" Said Kunikida trying to make it better.

"*much*munch*munch*" Atsushi spoke again?

"Our job today? It involves the military." Kunikida answers.

"How are you two communicating, actually? Asked a surprised Dazai. While, Ashley just Aw at the glasses man.

"I'm so full. I don't want to see another bowl of this for at least 10 years." Atsushi said happily patting hi full stomach.

"Thank you guys!" Chirped Ashley.

"Why, you . . . How dare you be so shameless after eating my dime?" Kunikida said pissed off still.

"You're a real lifesaver. After leaving the orphanage and coming to Yokohama, We had nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. I thought we'd die of starvation." Atsushi said comforted way.

"You're both from an orphanage?" Asked Dazai.

"Putting it one way, yes. But, they kicked us out." Ashley said smiling sad.

"That's some non-profit there." Dazai said.

"Hey, Dazai! We're not some philanthropists going around helping brats down on their luck, okay? Let's get back to the job at hand." Said Kunikida raising his ideal book. Ashley sweat drop. He really is obsessed with that book, I don't even know him that long. And, already get it. Thought Ashley.

"That reminds me, you said earlier that your current job involves the military. What is you're line of work?" Atsushi asked.

"Oh, were just private investigators." Answers Dazai.

"Private investigators . . .?" Asked Ashley.

"That's not to say we only handle lost pets and alleged extramarital affairs. Perhaps you've heard of the Armed Detective Agency, an organization with individuals possessing supernatural powers? "Kunikida explained.

"What?" Said a surprised Atsushi.

"Oh~" Was only Ashley said remembering that stories she have heard.

"Check out that nice beam up there. Don't analyze whether you can hang yourself in a fandom teahouse we just stumbled info!" Kunikida said.

"Don't get me wrong. We're talking the hanging health method. "Dazai said.

"What's that about?" Kunikida asked.

"What you don't know?! It's so good for shoulders cramps!"

"What?! Such a thing exists?!" Kunikida yelled surprised.

"Hey, write this all down!" Chirped Dazai.

"Hanging . . . health . . . method . . ." Kunikida started mumbling while writing it down.

"I'm messing with you." Said a happily chirping Dazai. Kunikida snapped his pen in half. Then, slamming his ideal book in the table. Grabbing Dazai by the neck. And, started straggling him. While, Dazai enjoys it.

"My partner gets himself washed up by a river, and 2 brats on deaths door just stuffs themselves with no shame. My schedule for the day was just perfect, but I have to start from square one!" Kunikida yells.

"So, about your job today . . ." Started talking a startle Ashley.

"Ill ensure that the job will be completed on schedule, if nothing else! YEAH?!" Screams Kunikida. Scaring a poor Atsushi.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have asked! Right your jobs are classified!" Ashley say trying to switch the conversation.

"Not for today. We're looking for a certain tiger on behest of the military. It hasn't attacked or devour anyone but, has damaged many warehouses and farm produce." Informed Kunikida. That moment *clash* Atsushi was on the floor panicking.

"What's wrong Atsushi-kun?" Asks Dazai.

"We'll be leaving now. Goodbye." Said Atsushi crawling away.

"Already?" Says Ashley standing up the chair.

"No you stay with them." Atsushi orders.

"What?" Questions Ashley a little hurt.

"Wait brat? You know something, don't you? And, what's up with leaving your friend here, with us?" Questions Kunikida grabbing Atsushi by the collar.

"No one can't take it on!" Yelled a panicking Atsushi.

"You know the man-eating tiger?" Asks Kunikida.

"Is that true, Sushi?" Ashley talked worried.

"It's after me. It almost killed me! If it's been seen around here, I have to run, now!"

"Brat, you'll either pay for the food with your arm or by telling us everything."

"Sushi!" Call out a scared Ashley.

"Now, now, Kunikida-kun. Whether you try asking questions, it becomes interrogation. The CEO's talking to you about this. And . . . What do you know about this tiger?" Says Dazai standing up from his chair and kneeling down beside him.

"Our orphanage was trashed by that tiger. It ravaged everything we had. But, the orphanage was already on a short budget. That's when they kicked me out, but before they could take me out. Ashley came to defend me. But, she ended up being kicked out with me for defending with me."

"Well, that's tragic." Simply said Dazai.

"So, boy, what's this talk about the tiger almost killing you?" Kunikida asks.

"Indeed you've never mention this to me before." Ashley says patting Atsushi back going around in circles to comfort him.

"The tiger always shows up wherever I go." Atsushi confesses.

"No wonder you're always rushing me to hurry up." Ashely states.

"I'm sure it came to the city for me." Atsushi says.

"When was the last time you swathe tiger?" Asks Dazai listening very closely.

"In Tsurumi if I remember well . . . 4 days ago."

"It's true it says it here correctly." Kunikida says.

"Atsushi-kun, are you free?" Asks Dazai. Why do I have a bad feel about his? Says Atsushi to himself.

"Since, you're being targeted by the tiger. He can be good use in order to capture the tiger." Declares Dazai.

"Eh!?" Both teens reaction.

"Please, help us!" Sparkled Dazai.

"No way! Kunikida-kun, please go back to the agency and give this too the president." Dazai says handing a paper to Kunikida.

"Hey, don't tell me you plan to catch the tiger all by the 3 of you? We should first confirm whether his information is accurate." Kunikida says.

"It's fine." Dazai says simply.

"I'm not doing this, okay?!"

"What I can't let Sushi die!" Say Ashley waving her arms around.

~ (Skip time brought to by Ashley throwing a tantrums) ~

*Snores*

Ashley quickly felled asleep drooling on Atsushi lap.

"Dazai-san, what are you reading?"

"A good book. Besides, I already know everything that happens in this book. (Aka a book of a Complete Guide to Suicide)." Dazai says without looking up his book.

"Why are you reading it, then?" Atsushi sweat drops.

"A good book is always good, no matter how many times you've already read it."

"Will the tiger really show up here?"

"It will. Don't worry. Even if it shows up, it's no match for me."

"You really are confident. I'm kind of jealous. All I was a good-for-nothing for everyone except Ashley. She never left me or call me that. She's the only one that accepted me." Atsushi say smiling a little watching the sleeping Ashley on his lap peacefully.

"Since, when have you been together?" Dazai says looking up his book now.

"Long time, She was first in the orphanage then me. She always defended me and played with me. She pretty much follows me everywhere I go. I know I might've hurt her back there at restaurant what I said about leaving her with you guys. I thought it would be a opportunity to her be safe. She's important to me."

"I see."

"Maybe I'm better off being eaten by the tiger. Yeah, then she wouldn't have to be running with me for safety." Says Atsushi holding Ashley tighter to his chest.

"Well, then I think it'll be soon."

"What?"

~ (Skip time brought to by Atsushi already on his tiger formed) ~

"Ugh, what's all the noise coming from?" As Ashely standing from the cold floor? "Ugh, my head hurts." As Ashley turns around to see the Man Eating Tiger running towards Dazai.

"DAZAI!" In that moment everything around there glowed aqua blue. Standing between the white tiger and Dazai was a black wolf.

*ROUR*GROWL*

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