The Wild

Bunny Love

Hatochiisai & Mally-chan

YAOI WARNING

Disclaimer: We do not own Yugioh. If we did, it would not be for public television.

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Chapter 10

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The picnic went off without a hitch. Everyone sat around and enjoyed a wonderful lunch. Marik got to play with his squeaky and run with Bakura, Malik, Ryou and Otogi, and eventually treed himself, but they managed to get him down okay. Ryou enjoyed basking in the sun and getting tummy rubs from Pegasus and playing with the bunnies. And as the sun went down, they finally returned to the Bed & Breakfast. And when they got there, they found the black rabbit, the female skunk and lioness playing in the grass, and four birds sitting up on the roof. And lo and behold... one of them was a female of Yami's breed...

"Wow... and I thought you were one of a kind. Wierd, huh?" Seto said. Yami however was grinning like an idiot, and staring like one too. He cooed and chirped and perked up, his wings already beginning to flare, showing off colors previously reserved for Seto exclusively. He laughed softly, obviously mesmerized by the female bird of the same breed.

Seto blinked and looked back and forth between the male and female bird. "Whoa, hey! Waitaminnit!!! I thought you said you were OVER the whole... Ultraviolet color thing!!!" He blurted.

Yami laughed like a love struck idiot. "I love her...” he mumbled practically drooling he was so stuck.

"WHAT?!" Seto yelped, attracting the attention of the four birds on the roof. They all perked up and began chittering to each other. The female bird however, only had eyes for Yami. Of course, she PRETENDED that she wasn't interested. He had to impress her first...

Yami was up in an instant, flapping over to the girl and landing with... a little less grace than he'd ever allow, while in his right mind. He cooed and flared his wings for her, the feathers quivering. "Hello..." he murmured dazedly. "I... think I love you...” he added.

"Well... if it isn't the great Seto Kaiba... and his... pet love?" A voice said, and Seto turned to see a tall blonde woman on the patio near the house working on her laptop. She looked at Seto. "Jealous?"

Seto bristled slightly and walked over to her. "He's an idiot. And he's not my pet either, he's... he's a stupid bird who can't control himself...” He grumbled, glaring at Yami's back. Then he blinked. "Oh, ummm.. Sorry. Yes, I'm Seto Kaiba. And you are?" He asked, trying to be polite but was unable to keep his glare off of Yami for long.

"My name is Jenette." She cooed grinning. "I know how you feel, but think of it this way... is he causing you any physical harm or trouble at the moment?" She said leaning close and snickering. "I don’t know if it's just... the breed of bird, or the girl... but I find the bird troublesome... crowing every morning to give me heart attacks... stirring up trouble...”

Seto stared at Jennette. "Really? Yami, too! No matter what I do! Did... did she try to migrate when winter rolled around? And did she go nuts to build a nest in the Spring?" Seto asked, a slight smile on his face.

"Yup." She said calmly. "She's very particular about her appearance as well... spends hours preening and primping." She chuckled opening her laptop once more. "Care to do a little… business? You look lonesome without a laptop. It's almost a crime." She added offering the treasured piece of technology.

Seto's eyes widened. "Y-Yeah! I tried to pack mine, but... Yami caught me and took it and put it into and bag and hung it from the chandelier in the front hall!"

Jenette smirked. "I got mine packed because I wrapped it in ultraviolet green wrapping... her favorite color." she said proudly. "Human beats animal again." she added triumphantly.

Seto laughed. "So she could only stare at it in amazement?" He asked.

"Yup. She may be able to fly now, but she's really lost control over that ultraviolet green." Jenette chuckled. "Melody always kicks herself when she figures out what happened... How about yours?"

"OH yeah." Seto laughed. "I can't wait for Yami to snap out of it and realize how STUPID he looks doing THAT!!!" He pointed at Yami who was perched on the roof basically... doing a mating dance. And he looked as stupid as could be. Seto grinned. "God... I wish I had my video camera... He looks SO DUMB!!!"

Jenette chuckled. "Melody doesn't do that as much anymore... but he must have a lot of green coloration... for her to be staring like a horny schoolgirl." She teased. "So, does he get the better of you often?" she asked curiously, watching as Seto began his ritual of business.

"Absolutely. Every damn time." He said while typing away feverishly. "And he rubs it in my face. You know... he's Yami Mouto, known as the King of Games in Japan. Undefeated. And he likes to take that into every aspect of his life... Tell me... does your bird have alot of ultraviolet blue? That's Yami's favorite color."

Jenette nodded. "She does. She tries to get the better of me, but once I figured out her weakness, she cant do it anymore." She added proudly. "Whenever she starts stirring up trouble, I just toss something a bird likes at her. Toys... ultraviolet green things... this breed of bird goes absolutely crazy over grapes." she added chuckling. "Any of those things, and she forgets what she was doing and focuses on the 'treat'."

Seto laughed. "I give Yami little puzzles with treats in them. He can NEVER turn down a puz-- HEY!! That bastard!! I'll fire him!!!" He shouted at the laptop screen.

Jenette laughed. "I see... has he figured out he can mimic other people's voices yet? Melody figured that out about a week ago... THAT'S a pain. She's constantly trying to get the better of me by mimicing me over the phone. Or scaring the life out of little children in our neighborhood...”

Seto's eyes widened. "They can... do that? Oh shit... oh for Go'ds sake, don't tell Yami that! PLEASE!!!"

"Oh? Is he that troublesome?" Jenette asked, noticing the two birds had settled on the roof and were now lovingly preening eachother.

"Yes." Seto said. "I don't what I'd do if he started to mimic people...” He hit the enter key, then smiled. "Ah... There. Thank you."

"Not a problem... what do you say we meet at mealtimes, and share this laptop?" Jenette offered smiling. "It'll give us a chance to laugh at our birds, and chat like grownups." she added. "Besides, my vet said that meeting another of her species might be good for Melody... and it's so rare that you find another bird hybrid, much less one of the same breed and opposite sex...”

"It's rare to find bird hybrids anyway. Unless you count when they all escaped and flew south and met up in Australia for a Winter Bird Beach Party that lasted over a month...” Seto bitched. "You know, he VANISHED!!!! I had no idea where is he was and a week later I got a postcard! Saying he flew south! And then he REFUSED to come home unless I brought him home myself! I flew to Australia and he wouldn't come home! It took me two MONTHS to get him home!!! I'm thinking that I may have to clip his wings this winter...”

Jenette chuckled. "ah ah... I already solved my little... winter excursion problem." She said calmly. "I own a summer home in Austrailia. When winter rolls around I let her fly south, IF she agrees to wear her collar, take her cellphone and travel with a buddy." she said calmly.

"She's her own person, and I cant stop nature... but I wont let her travel so far alone... maybe we could have our birds buddy up at winter for the trip?" she offered smiling.

Seto blinked. "Ummm... I dunno...” He said slowly. "I really worry about him... see... he's been kidnapped before and... I really don't like him away from me. And, well...” He sighed. "I'd really miss him...”

"You know, I wouldn't allow Melody off to the summer house if I wasn't pleased with the guard there... plus there's a videophone. You could call him every day. Perhaps after this trip, I could set up a meeting with you there. You could inspect the place yourself." she added chuckling.

Seto sighed and thought about it. "I'll... talk to Yami about it...” He said, watching Yami and Melody perch up next to each other on the roof and doze. He smiled slightly.

Jenette chuckled and took out her camera, snapping a few pics of Melody and Yami dozing together. "four by six or eight by ten?" She asked grinning.

Meanwhile, up on the roof, the other birds were inspecting Yami. The other female was a young quetzal with brilliant emerald plumage, and the boys were obviously twins. One was a scarlet macaw, and the other was a Blue and Gold macaw.

"Who's your new friend, Melody?" The blue macaw asked, tracing a finger down Yami's chest.

Yami puffed up slightly and backed away. "Uh, Yami... thanks." He said smiling awkwardly.

"Hey... You're a nice looking...” The scarlet macaw snickered. "Cock...” And he nuzzled Yami's ear from behind. "Nice tail feathers... I'm Dante...” He cooed in Yami's ear. "This is my brother... Dmitri...” the blue macaw showed off his plumage and nuzzled up to Yami. Yami chirped shaking his head, trying his best to avert his eyes.

"Wow... poor Yami...” The Quetzal giggled, and Melody laughed with her.

"This'll be one hell of a vacation, Isabel!" She cried, and they both fell into gales of laughter.

In the meantime, Malik and Bakura were staring at the very sexy, very naked female skunk.

Malik snickered slightly. "Well looky here...” he whispered in Bakura's ear, smirking.
Bakura simply stood and stared. And stared. And stared. Marik blinked and walked over.

"Whatcha lookin… Oh. Oh! Ohhh... heheheheh..." He snickered. "Good luck, Malik." He teased, and went looking for Ryou who had gone off after Scamp and Hunter who had chased each other away. Again.

Malik snickered and whistled, beginning to head up to the porch. "Have fun." He said snickering.

The girl skunk's ears flicked and she lifted her head, giving Bakura a nice view of clevage. "Well... mmm you're a welcome little snack...” she purred, her tail flicking.

Bakura still stared, mouth open. ".... ubbuh...” He stammered, his tail starting to automatically poof up to show off for this attractive young female. Poor Bakura had never known another skunk before... much less a female...

She chuckled softly, clicking her tongue. "Are you always this articulate?" she asked, sitting up and beginning to fix her hair, showing off quite a few lovely novelties... T n' A.

Malik chuckled again. "Go ahead Bakura, Kheti and I had ours, it's only fair." he said calmly, flicking his ears and laying down.

"W-Whah?" Bakura yelped, jerking out of his daze and staring at his mate. Malik snickered and winked as a curious Sugar dart around the porch, sniffing. Bakura gulped and slowly turned back to stare at the female skunk.

"Well? You just gonna stand there?" the female skunk cooed, flicking her tail again and laying back down comfortably.

"Ahh... n-no... sorry!" Bakura squeaked, then winced and cleared his throat. "No... sorry...” He repeated, hesitantly approaching, eyes darting around as he sniffed the air, cautiously checking for the presence of another male...

"So... you have a name to go with that lovely tail you've got there?" she purred at him, smirking seductively.

Bakura blinked and blushed a bit, then lifted his tail even more. "I, uh... I'm Bakura." He said. "And you are?"

"I'll bet ya that in ten minutes, he won't even remember his own mate's name." Zaine snickered to Inogawa, then looked over his shoulder as Pegasus appeared with Precious, talking to Rem. "Hey! Psst! C'mere, quick! Look what Bakura found!!" Pegasus and Rem looked.

"Oh my...” Pegasus grinned.

"My friends call me Ivy…" The female cooed, lifting her tail invitingly. "How nice to meet you... Bakura." she breathed, her tail waving slightly in invitation. “Come join me… the grass is soft…”

Bakura blinked, then grinned. "Why not? It's what I came up here for." And he flopped down next to her.

Rem giggled softly. "Aww... that's so cute...” she cooed, looking at Malik, who seemed thoroughly amused.

Ivy purred at Bakura and let her tail run up his body. "You... from around here?" she breathed in his ear, her green eyes glittering mischievously.

Bakura smirked and rolled onto his side, propping his head up on his hand and peering at her. "Around here? Nope." He snickered.

She cooed, licking his cheek. "Perhaps... from Spain? Or maybe... Greece?" she flicked her ears. "Or... perhaps from Japan...” she said snickering and grinning. "I like Oriental men..."

And without another word, she grabbed his neck and pulled him into a DAMN sexy kiss.

Rem coughed and began shooing the on looking males away. "Ok... um... we should leave now."

Zaine grinned pouted. "Damn he's lucky...” he mumbled but left with Rem.

Bakura's eyes widened and he squeaked. After a bit, the kiss ended.

"... Japan." He gasped, staring at her. "I... I'm from Japan...” He suddenly wished that he had kept his shorts on...

She grinned, sitting up and crawling towards him, in all her curvatious glory. "I can tell...” she whispered, leaning down to nibble his ear. "Japanese men are hot... and you're sooooo hot..." she hissed, flicking her tail.

Malik shook his head. Hormones in the air, the scent of sex...ahh now THIS was a vacation...

Suddenly, something went flying through the air.

"NO FUCK! NO FUCK!!! DADDY NO FUCK!!" Came the unmistakable battle cry. "DADDY FUCK MALIK!!! DADDY FUCK MALIK!!!" And Spunky went flying through the air, landing on the female's head. "BITCH!!!"

The girl laughed softly and plucked him off. "Ohh how adorable...” she cooed to Spunky, looking him over. "What's a handsome little gentleman like you doing? Protecting daddy?" she said smiling at Bakura and kissing him once more, before pulling away to examine Spunky. "Aww you're such a darling little guy... I bet you're a real ladies man hmm?" she said tickling him.

Malik laughed. "Ohhh! And daddy's baby just RUINED daddy's chances!" he called, amusedly.

Bakura looked back at Malik.

"Oh, har-dee-har-harr...” He drawled, then looked back at Ivy. "I... I'm sorry... I didn't know he was up here... Ummm... this is Spunky...”

She licked Spunky's cheek. "What a Spunky little guy he is indeed." she said grinning. "You've got the right stuff little guy. I bet ol' Tachi would love you... he LOVES rabbits...”

And it just so happened that Ryou and his chase had been stopped by said person, or better stated, Hybrid. Tachi was a pale skinned, black haired, black rabbit hybrid, obviously made as tediously as Ryou had been. His fur was silken, his eyes an amused brown.

Ryou had abandoned his Scamp-chasing, when Tachi began chasing him! Both bunnies smelling the hormones of the other.

"MASTER!" Ryou wailed, whizzing past his master, Tachi hot on his heels. "HEEEEELLLLP!" he wailed,

Tachi snickered and flicked his ears. "Aww don’t be SHY! I just wanna get friendly with you." He purred in amusement.

Pegasus stared after the fluffy white and black tails. "Oh... oh, THIS I gotta SEE!!!" He gasped, and followed with his camera.

"Come on! You didn't even tell me your name!!" Tachi called, quickly gaining on the smaller male.

Ryou whined loudly, rounding another corner, barreling past Syrus and Mokuba, who were, until that moment, trying to make a fire in the ire pit to roast marshmallows.

Syrus shrieked and was trying to leap up into Mokuba's arms as the two bunnies shot past. "Th-that cant be SAFE!" he whined loudly, flopping to the floor as Pegasus ran past. Syrus whined. "I need a vacation from this vacation...” he whimpered, clutching his chest. "I'll die!"

"Almost there...” Tachi was chanting, his eyes fixed on Ryou's tail. "Almost... HAH!!" He leapt and tackled Ryou to the grass. The pair rolled for a ways, then stopped, Tachi sitting on Ryou. "I gotcha...” He chuckled, looking over Ryou, his tail flicking in the excitement of his victory.

Ryou stared up at him shocked. He was speechless, confused, and curious all at once. Since when had there been good looking male rabbits other than him!? Since when did they start chasing him?!

He whimpered loudly and squirmed. "Massssterrrr!" he whined shaking his head.

But the only response from Pegasus was the clicking of his camera and chittering from Precious.

"Hey...” Tachi cooed, slowly leaning down over Ryou, clad only in a pair of black speedoes. "What's your name?"

Ryou whined more. "get off!" he whined "I... I have to t-to... u-um...go to my room a-and not come out again... u-until the vacation's over!" he whimpered pathetically, squirming again, trying to escape the closeness of this foreign bunny.

But Tachi just ran his fingers through his own hair as he stared down at his prize. "My room is quite close... we can go there and... not come out until the vacation's over...” He suggested, slowly bracing his hands on either side of Ryou's head.

Ryou whimpered staring up at Tachi with wide eyes. "MARRRRIIIIKKK!!" he whined shoving Tachi slightly. "MARIK! MARIK!"

"No. I'm Tachi." Tachi chuckled, leaning down until he was only inches from Ryou. "And... you are?"

"Mine...” Came a low growl. Tachi froze and his eyes widened. He slowly looked up to a pair of clawed paws, then moved up tan arms and finally found himself staring at a set of sharp teeth.

"JESUS!!!" He screamed, and threw himself backwards off of Ryou. Marik roared and Tachi whirled and fled in a panic. Marik watched him go, then snorted and quickly covered Ryou with sniffings to make sure that Tachi's scent wasn’t all over him. Then he began to rub his own cheeks all over Ryou's body, territorially covering the boy with his own scent.

Ryou whimpered softly and nuzzled Marik, relaxing. "My hero...” he whispered licking his cheek. "Stupid Master wasn't any help at ALL!" he huffed glaring at Pegasus, who was still taking pictures and snickering.

Ryou nuzzled up to Marik and sighed happily. "Thank you Marik...” he cooed cuddling into him, thankful he'd been spared from a molestation.

Marik growled again and continued marking Ryou with the scent glands in his cheeks. Pegasus laughed.

"Marik... You are too funny. Awww... did Ryou not like the handsome bunny? He sure seemed to like YOU!" The Millionaire teased, but held up his hands and backed away at a growl from Marik, who was now holding Ryou and grooming him.

Ryou cooed contently and nuzzled into Marik's arms. "ahh... now THIS is living...” he giggled licking at Marik as he groomed him. "My big tough mate...” he mumbled nuzzling into his arms and closing his eyes contently.

It wasn't long before another roar was heard, snapping Ryou out of his reverie. Marik was tackled from behind and Ryou found himself tumbling across the grass, and right back to a waiting Tachi's feet.

A lioness pinned Marik to the ground, belly up. She blinked at him curiously, and began sniffing him. Ryou stared at Tachi, shocked, before looking back to Marik, then back to Tachi.

Tachi grinned. "Ah... Thank you, Kumani." He turned to Ryou. "Now then... where were? Ah... yes...” He quickly pinned Ryou again. "Care to tell me your name now, my little bunny?"

Marik in the meantime was staring up at the lioness in shock. Complete and utter shock. Other than Ceiridwyn and Boadeccia, he had never seen a lioness before. And he had CERTAINLY never been this CLOSE to one!!!

Ryou squirmed to get away. "Stop it! Let me go!" he whimpered, staring up at Tachi with... similar shock.

Kumani sniffed Marik more. "Well hello... you're pretty big...” she purred laying on him to keep him pinned, and beginning to groom him lovingly. "What's your name big fella?" she cooed smiling in a friendly manner. "I'm Kumani...”

Marik squirmed beneath her while Tachi made his move and kissed Ryou. "M-Meeroow?" Marik squeaked, eyes wide. Pegasus turned and ran, seizing Rem from her place on the porch swing where she was chatting with Inogawa and Hinaru and pulling her back to where Ryou and Marik were.

"You have GOT to see this!" He pulled her around the corner of the building. "LOOK!!"

Rem squeaked delightedly. "Oh Marik! You've made a friend!" She said proudly. "Oh I'm so PROUD!"

Kumani purred and nuzzled Marik. "I know where there's some really...delicious cream... want to share some with me?" she offered smirking. "Or Maybe a nice juicey steak is... more your taste?"

Marik blinked a few times. "W... whah? Who... ARE you?!" He blurted. "WHAT are you?!" His mind had blown a fuse and he had no clue what was happening. Tachi in the meantime was subjecting Ryou to a mind blowing kiss and groping.

Ryou whimpered squirming. He gasped for breath when Tachi pulled back, stunned into silence, his ears quivering and his breathing was soft pants. This was different... in a curiously and sinfully good way... He whined softly and squirmed to get away, blushing darkly.

Kumani purred and licked Marik's cheek once more. "I'm a lioness, my name's Kumani, and I just invited you to come join me for cream, or steak. Would you mind joining me?" she asked once more.

Marik blinked. "L-L-Lioness?!" He gasped. "I, uh... I... Umm.." Her first question finally registered. "I'm... Marik."

"Mmmm... sexy little thing... come on... tell me your name... please?" Tachi asked Ryou.

Pegasus looked at Rem. "Well, this is interesting... what do you think?"

Rem chuckled. "Let them have their fun... I doubt either of them have ever met another of their same species who was... interested...” She said smiling. "It might be just the relaxing addition to this vacation that'll help ease their own relationship...”

Ryou whimpered at Tachi once more, his ears falling back. "R-Ryou...” he said biting his lip and whimpering softly once more.

Kumani nuzzled Marik. "Cream? Steak? Coming?" She asked once more licking up his cheek.

"I, I, I..." Marik stammered, then slowly turned his head to find Ryou. And when he saw Tachi kissing him, he growled and slipped out from under Kumani, charging Tachi with a roar. The black rabbit shot up five feet into the air and landed about four feet away from Ryou.

"KUMANI!!!" He squealed, flattening himself to the floor in fright.

Kumani tackled Marik once more and chewed his ear lovingly. "C'mon... lets go... I have some... fun chew toys...” she whispered in Marik's ear temptingly.

Ryou took this oppertunity to get up shakily and dart away from Tachi, hoping to find shelter this time from the... curiously attractive bunny.

"Maooo!!!" Marik called after Ryou, and roared angrily as Tachi smirked and went after Ryou. "MURRRROOW!!!" He struggled to go after them. Pegasus blinked and looked at Rem for her input.

Rem shook her head. "Let them be." She said laughing.

Kumani purred at Marik. "Relax... Tachi's just curious...” she cooed sniffing him over again, giving him ample oppertunity to sniff back. "So... about that... cream or steak?" she offered once more, flicking her tail as she inspected him. "You're one tough sexy lion aren't you?"

Once Ryou and Tachi both were out of sight, they were out of mind, and Marik turned, beginning to shyly sniff this female. He approached her submissively, cautiously sniffing at her and giving a few soft mewls like a curious cub. Pegasus sighed and frowned.

"I think his time with Constantine is still affecting him...” He said softly. "I mean... wouldn't he insitinctively approach a female trying to show his strength and dominance?"

Rem nodded. "He'll be ok." She said calmly.

Kumani licked Marik's cheek. "You don’t have to act shy around me big guy... wanna play tugofwar?" she said tugging him to the front of the Bed & Breakfast where a chewy rope toy was lying, offering him one end. "Lets see how tough you are!" She added playfully.

Marik mewed and batted at the rope toy, looking to see how she would react. He was hesitant about touching another lion's toy... he didn't want to be beaten...

Kumani giggled and tugged it away, before letting him bat at it again. "C'mon! bite it and lets tug!" she said tail lashing eagerly. "I've been wanting to tug this toy since I got it! No one will tug with me!" she said flicking her ears. "C'mon! lets tug!"

Tachi in the mean time had chased Ryou around to the side of the house and tackled him, promptly beginning to grope him. Ryou gasped sharply and squirmed. "Stop!" he yelped shoving Tachi despite his quivering ears and breath. "M-Marik said!"

"Marik's not here...” Tachi gasped, beginning to... well... hump Ryou like a horny rabbit. "Kumani will keep him well out of the way...”

And she was doing just that. After a bit more encouragement, Marik had finally taken hold of the rope and was tugging with all his might.

“I’m gonna win!” She told Marik.

"NoooyerNOT!!!" Marik growled, when the front door opened.

"Kumani!" Came a gasp, and a startled Marik yowled and let go of the rope and zipped into some bushes, sending poor Kumani tumbling backwards.

Kumani yelped and looked up. "Aww I was having fun!" she whined pouting.

A woman stood there giving Kumani a scathing look, but her eyes were smiling. And finally, she did too. She walked over to Kumani and pet her. "Kumani, did you find a friend?!" She laughed.

Kumani nodded giggling slightly. "He's a little shy, but isn't he just the cutest thing ever?" she said peering into the bushes, her tail lashing. "Marik... c'mon out... I want you to meet my mistress." she cooed licking his cheeks. "She's nice I promise."

Marik blinked and shivered, but then slowly emerged, looking up at the woman, shyly.

"Oh my... Kumani, you found a male lion!!!" She gasped, and slowly knelt seeing how shy he was. She offered him her hand. "Hey there...” She cooed, and Marik slowly drew closer and sniffed the hand. He lowered his head slightly as she began to pet him, but soon purred softly.

Kumani grinned. "He's one cute little fella... I was thinking of sharing dinner with him." She added pawing at Marik's flicking tail. "Is that alright with you?" she asked finally catching the furry tuft.

"Of course dear... but... we should probably find his owner."

"You mean... caretaker?" Marik asked, and the woman blinked.

"Care... Oh! You're from Japan too?" Marik nodded. "I see. Laws haven't been passed for Hybrid Rights here in Europe. At least not yet. But yes. We'll go talk with your caretakers. Where are they?"

"Ummm... last I saw she was, ummm... There she is! On the porch!" Marik said, pointing at Rem.

"Okay, honey." The woman said. "Kumani, come on.”

Kumani trotted alongside Marik and grinned when he hopped up into Rem's lap, the woman gasping in surprise.

"Oh Marik! Hello! How are you and your little friend doing?" she asked, scratching his ears. "Are you having fun?"

"Mama!" Marik purred loudly, rubbing his cheek against Rem's. "Oohh... What's that?" He asked, sniffing at her drink. Zaine laughed and pushed the lion away from Rem's Irish Cream coffee.

"Not for lions." He said, scratching Marik's ears.

"Hi." Kumani's mistress said, offering her hand to Rem. "I'm Emiko Hideki. Are you this lion's owner?"

Rem laughed. "I'm afraid not, I'm his caretaker however...” Rem said shaking Emiko's hand. "He hasn't caused any trouble has he?" She asked looking at Marik, who was once again happily tugging war with Kumani.

"Actually, I just came out looking for my Kumani and found them playing like that... Kumani must be delighted... the only lions she's met have always had another lioness by their side... does your lion have a female?" Emiko asked.

Rem blinked. "Um... no he doesn't." she said as Zaine choked on his own coffee. "Why?"

"Just wondering." Emiko said. "Poor Kumani has never been able to play with other lions and lionesses because they're already mated. The lionesses won't let her near their mates, because they think she's trying to steal them. And she's so small for a lioness... she's never made any friends of her own kind. I'd like to think she finally has a chance to have her own friend." She smiled and watched Marik tug fiercely on the rope. "What's his name?"

Rem laughed. "That's just Marik. He's a sweet hearted kitten. He loves a good game... playing with another lion might do him some good... you see he'd been tortured by another male lion." she said softly, so Marik couldn't hear. "So he's still a little frightened of his own kind."

Emiko's eyes widened. "What?!" She gasped. "Tortured?! Oh the poor thing... I was wondering... when I came found them, he ran into some bushes with the most frightened look, and was shaking when we coaxed him out... he does seem very gentle and non-aggressive for a male lion...” She watched Marik drop the rope and playfully tackle Kumani.

Rem smiled softly at that. "He's always been taunted and teased because he's smaller than other males... when he first came to me, he was so malnourished... he looked near death. Skin and bones. The other hybrids teased him... then when he finally grew up and healthy again they stopped… then he met Ryou...”

She laughed softly as Marik playfully tugged Kumani's ear. "Marik sweetie, why don’t you give us a big strong roar? I bet Kumani'd love to hear how powerful you are."

"Mao?" Marik asked, turning and looking at Rem. Inogawa, Hinaru and Zaine all laughed.

"Oh, REALLY powerful roar, there, Marik!" Zaine howled, grinning.

Oh course at that exact moment, Ryou whizzed by again, whimpering and whining. "MARIK! HELP!" he wailed, Tachi once again hot on his tail, in a number of ways. "HEEEELLLLP!"

Marik blinked and his ears shot up, then with a deafening roar, took chase. Emiko jumped. "Oh!!! TACHI!!!" She cried. "That's my rabbit!!!"

"That's MARIK'S rabbit!!" Zaine blurted, and everyone abandoned their drinks and chased the hybrids.

"MARIK!! MARIK, NO!!!" Hinaru screamed after the lion. "DOWN!!"

"Kumani! Stop him!!" Emiko commanded. "TACHI, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!"

Kumani roared and was after Marik like a shot, the entire procession chasing Tachi and Marik, who were both chasing poor Ryou, who was scared out of his mind at this point. He whimpered as the 'parade' thundered past Yami and Melody and the other three birds who both squawked and puffed up, looking caught between scared and shocked. .

They rounded the house and Ryou once again ran past Mokuba and Syrus, who yet again leapt up into Mokuba's arms and panted in fright, clutching his chest. "That's IT! I'm going to the room! I'm going to have a heart attack!" he wailed.

Yugi yelped as Ryou literally ran him down, and he scrambled to get out of the way after being trampled twice more, by Tachi, and Marik. "Oh for god's sake!" he squeaked, being kicked out of the way by a rushing Kumani, and slamming into the side of the B&B.

Ryou ran under Pegasus' legs, who was standing innocently minding his own business, and trampled Bakura and Ivy, managing to safely hop over Malik.

"Holy SHIT!" Malik yelped, scrambling out of the way before the crazy procession trampled over him like half of them had over Bakura.

Ryou then rounded a corner and ran smack into Otogi, and this time fell over with the screaming panther. Tachi tackled Ryou, Marik tackled Tachi, Kumani tackled Marik, and so on and so forth.

By the time the whole dog pile was finished, poor Otogi and Ryou were crushed. "GET OFF!" they whined, Ryou squirming and choking to breathe.

Otogi growled. " MY GOD I HAVE WHIPLASH AND A BROKEN SPINE!" he wailed clawing at anything near him, trying to disperse the vast amount of weight crushing him.

Ryou yelped dodging between claws and horny bunny paws. "HELP!"

"Ow!! OW!!! KNOCK IT OFF DICE BOY!!!" Marik yowled, bapping Otogi on the head. "Mamaaaaaaa!!!"

"Awww... why'd you run, Ryou?" Tachi cooed.

"Friends of yours?" Bakura asked Ivy as they looked on.

Ryou whimpered, yelping. "STOP THAT!" he shrieked turning red. "Don’t touch that!"

Otogi hissed and began clawing more. "GET OFF DAMNIT! Someone's foot is jammed somewhere it doesn't need to ---EEK! who the hell is groping me?!" he said puffing up. "Oh GOD!" Five birds shuffled around the edge of the roof until they were at a good vantage point and all watched in amusement.

Kumani tugged at Marik, trying to pull him off of the pile. "Marik c'mon get off!"

"MAO!!!" Marik yelped, and finally got off with Kumani. Tachi got off of Ryou and Ryou got off of Otogi. Marik took the opportunity to roar in Tachi's face, leaving the black rabbit with ringing ears.

Ryou sniffled and crawled underneath Marik, rubbing against him, shaking like a leaf. "Marik...” he whimpered sniffling.

Kumani blinked and tackled Marik off of Ryou and sniffed at him. "Why're you picking on the poor rabbits?!" she growled. "They're just having a little fun!"

Ryou shrieked and took off once more around the house as Tachi neared him.

"He's trying to molest my MATE!!!" Marik howled. Tachi skidded to a stop and turned, eyes wide and mouth open and everyone grew quiet and stared after Ryou's tail, then looked down at Marik once Ryou darted out of sight.

Rem coughed. "That... was why the other lions... treated him so badly." Rem said softly.

Kumani whimpered softly and backed off of Marik, looking heartbroken. "Oh... I'm sorry..." she mumbled, ears drooping she crawled back to Emiko.

Emiko pet Kumani and Marik huddled on the ground, looking around anxiously. Everyone was staring at him! Did he do something?! He flattened himself to the ground and hid his face, waiting for someone to start yelling at him... Tachi blinked, the turned and scampered off after Ryou.

Rem knelt and patted Marik's head. "Shhh it's ok Marik... Kumani was just disappointed." she cooed gathering him into her arms and hugging. "She's got the same problem you have... lions make fun of her for being small...” she whispered in his ear. "She thought you were big and strong... and wanted to mate with you." she said scratching his ears.

Marik stared up at Rem, eyes wide. And he blushed. "She... wanted to... WHAT?!" He blurted, and Emiko laughed, kneeling.

"It's okay, Kumani... You know... Marik's caretaker said that other lions are mean to him, too. Because he's smaller than other males. Like you. They would tease him and one lion even would beat him up...” She said, petting Kumani. "You two have a lot in common. You can be best friends. And did you see? His best friend is a bunny, too! Just like you!!!"

Ryou whizzed back, from the opposite direction, having lapped the house, trampling over Marik and hopping into Pegasus' arms, clinging. "HELP!" HE squeaked, watching as Tachi trampled Marik and hopped into Pegasus' arms as well, knocking the poor millionaire over.

Marik blinked and glared at Tachi. "Will you STOP THAT?!" He roared, and went after Tachi, who squealed and ran. Marik chased him a few yards, then stopped and went back to Ryou, sniffing him over. Bakura looked at Ivy, baffled.

Ivy giggled. "He's a little bit of a playboy... Tachi." She explained. "He's a REAL bunny... always horny."

Ryou whimpered and nuzzled Marik. "He's trying to get into my trunks!" he pouted, clutching his swimming trunks protectively.

Pegasus groaned and sat up. "My butt...” He wailed, rubbing it, and Marik snickered at that, then turned to Ryou and growled.

"You... SMELL LIKE HIM!!!" And then he knocked Ryou flat on his back and went nuts, rubbing on Ryou and trying to cover Tachi's scent with his own. Again.

Ryou squirmed madly. "Stop it stop it! I don’t want anymore rubbing today!" he whimpered, shoving Marik slightly, squished between his two lovers uncomfortably. "MASTER HELP!" he whined, squirming against his master, in a rather... embarrasingly pleasing way.

Rem giggled and shook her head.

Marik whined. "but you SMELL like him!!" He cried, stamping a paw.

"Marik. He asked you to stop." Hinaru said calmly, and Marik whined but backed off.

Ryou sat up, shaking himself off. He whimpered and flopped onto his side, panting harshly. "So... tired...” he whined.

Pegasus chuckled. "I think that we should send them on a walk to burn off energy.” He said, and the other owners loudly agreed.

And so they sent the group on a walk, making them promise to stay together. Marik wrapped an arm around Ryou and showed his teeth to Tachi, who squeaked and hid behind Kumani. Yami walked along with Dante, Dmitri, Melody and Isabel and Malik and Bakura walked with Ivy.

Ryou nuzzled into Marik's side, his ears back. "I don’t know... I'd rather sleep... it's cold and creepy out here at night...” he mumbled softly, for indeed night had fallen during the hectic chase.

Yami grumbled slightly, wings puffing up to keep him warm. This was NOT his favorite temperature. "I didn't even want to come!"

"Awww... don't be a spoil sport...” Dante cooed.

"Yeah... we'll preen together when we get back." Dmitri giggled.

"Calm down, Ryou. The air is nice." Marik said, breathing in.

"Hey... Bakura suddenly said. "Do you all see that light in the woods? It... looks like a... fire...”

Ryou pulled back slightly, ears back and bristling. "L-lets go somewhere else...” he whimpered softly, his rabbit instincts of sensing danger going insane. "Please?"

Yami puffed more. "Fire is good... it's warmer than this night air is. Stupid Scotts and their cold nights." he grumbled wrapping his wings around himself like a makeshift blanket. He was a tropical bird...not some hardy 'I like the cold' bird. "I'm no Penguin"

Marik frowned. "Ryou, if there's a fire, we should make sure it's being tended to. What if it's a forest fire? We'd have to alert the authorities."

"I ain't goin first." Bakura blurted, and Tachi squeaked and hid behind Kumani. Marik sighed and rolled his eyes when no one made a move.

"Fine. I'LL go first." He said, and marched towards the light, sniffing.

Ryou tugged Marik's tail. "Marik... please don’t! Lets just leave!" he whimpered, ears bristling and standing straight up, twitching as though he were listening for their impending doom. "Please!"

"Hey! Leggo my tail!" Marik whined, and pressed onward. Tachi squeaked and took the opportunity to latch onto Ryou. The group slowly followed Marik, and when the emerged from the trees, they were stunned into silence. Several hooded figures stood in a circle around a stone altar surrounded by torches, chanting. Their chanting stopped, and they turned and stared at the large group of hybrids. A startled woman in the center of the circle dropped a chalice full of some liquid, and there was a sudden red flash and a shockwave that put out all of the torches and knocked everyone flat on their back and into unconsiousness.

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Come one, come all! AKon the Anime convention is coming to Dallas, TX!!!

And yours truly will be there!!!

I’m goin in costume, too! I’ll be Fei Long from The Finder Series.

Mally-chan will be there with me as Xelloss from Slayers.

Hope to see you there!!!

Please review!!!