CRUNCH!!!
Inuyasha grinned cruelly as he felt the man�s body flatten under his paw. The megawolf took a moment to grind the warm remains into a gory mush with his toes before turning attention to the other terrified men in the warehouse corner.
�One down seven to go.� The furious wolf announced pointing to the flattened corpse behind him, �Who wants it next?�
�Please Inuyasha we can make some sort of deal here... You can have anything you want� Just let me go�� One of the horrified men pleaded.
�Ah Mr. Parker so nice of you to volunteer. Don�t worry you�ll be giving me exactly what I want.�
Inuyasha quickly swung his paw over and picked up the next victim between his bloody toes. After finding a clean spot on the floor the megawolf dropped him onto the cold concrete. With a cruel grin Inuyasha swung one of his paws over the screaming man and began to lower it.
Suddenly one of the warehouse doors swung open and a figure appeared from outside, �INUYASHA STOP!�
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TWO DAYS EARLIER�
�I swear Tisha he�s just a mean old bastard. You know he calls me Bunny Boy!�
�Well most people don�t like their bosses. Besides your ears do kind of make you look like the Easter Bunny.� The young Chinese women replied with a giggle.
�It�s more than the nickname Tisha. Yesterday when I went to turn in the� Ahhhhh� Wait� Right there� That�s the spot� Ahhhhhh�.� Inuyasha replied with a loud sigh as his head fell back on the couch pillow.
�Oh my poor baby. You have so much built up tension. Oh and here goes another knot for me work out.�
�Ahhhhhh� My god! Where did you learn how to do that? It feels incredible! And I haven�t been this relaxed in� Well I�ve never been this relaxed.� Inuyasha moaned.
�It�s not that hard. The sole of your foot has a lot of pressure points, you just have to know where and how to apply the pressure.� Tisha replied and began gently rubbing lotion into the wolf�s leathery footpads.
�Well I don�t care how it works just keep it up. I�ve had a hard day� I mean week� Actually I�ve had a long YEAR at work. I really need this.�
�Don�t worry baby it�s not hard to find pressure points on your paws, they�re huge!�
�You know what they say about guys with big feet Tisha.� Inuyasha replied slyly.
�Oh you�re so bad Inuyasha!� Tisha replied and continued to pamper her boyfriend�s paws.
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RING� RING� RING�
Slowly Inuyasha lifted his arm off the couch and picked up the phone, �Hello��
�Inuyasha it�s Tony from work. Listen the boss wants you to come in for a meeting.�
�A meeting? Damn it Tony it�s my only day off this week. Can�t it wait?� Inuyasha pleaded.
�Sorry but he insisted. If it�s any consolation he�s called in the rest of the team working on the project.�
�Alright. I�ll be in as soon as I get a shower.� Inuyasha replied and hung up the phone.
Slowly the wolf climbed off the couch and got up. Despite the unpleasant wakeup call Inuyasha felt like a million bucks. Tisha rubbed his paws for hours last night before he dosed off. She must have let herself out afterwards. He didn�t know what he ever did to deserve a girlfriend like that.
However as he walked towards the bathroom the young wolf noticed his computer was on. It struck him as odd since he didn�t recall using it the night before. Well it didn�t matter now, time to get to work�
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�Someone broke into the SA7 project files last night.� Mr. Parker announced while tossing a computer printout on the conference table, �The Information Security people think that someone accessed one of your workstations last night.�
�Sir what makes them think it was one of our workstations?� Peterson, the material�s specialist, asked.
Parker walked right over and got into Peterson�s face, �Because only the people working on SA7 project can access the data. The Security people think that one of you didn�t log off your workstation last night. Lucky for you whoever broke into the files corrupted the login data so we don�t know whose computer it was.�
Parker walked back up to the front of the room before continuing, �Listen people I can�t emphasize enough the importance of this project. SA7 could be the next breakthrough in energy supply. Hell in time it may even replace petroleum altogether. But if our competitors get a hold of the data before we can perfect it��
�But sir we all know to log off of our computers before going home�� Inuyasha injected.
�Yes I know you have all gotten the training Bunny Boy but one of you screwed up! So from this day forward if I catch any of you forgetting to log off at the end of the day you can pack up your desk!� Parker barked and stormed out of the room.
As the room cleared Stacey, the project�s record keeper, tapped Inuyasha on the shoulder, �Don�t let Parker get under your skin Inuyasha. He�s responsible for the most important project in the history of this company. Everything that happens falls on him and he likes to pass the blame along down the chain.�
�You�re right Stacey.� The wolf replied with a smile, �But that�s not what�s really bothering me. How did this hacker get into the building? And how did he know that one of us left a machine logged in?�
�Who knows. Maybe it was an inside job. Besides I saw the report. Whoever it was didn�t get away with anything but some communication logs.�
�Thanks Stacey.�
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After climbing out of the shower Inuyasha threw on a pair of shorts and went into the living room. The exhausted wolf stretched out on the couch and grabbed a pillow off the floor. Just as he was about to dose off the sound of the front door opening caught his attention.
�Inuyasha are you home hon?�
�Yeah Tisha I�m in the living room.�
Tisha walked into the room and kissed her boyfriend on the forehead. The young lady then sat down and placed Inuyasha�s feet in her lap. A moment later the wolf started to relax as she started to massage his paw pads.
�You know if you keep doing that you�re going to spoil me.� Inuyasha announced sarcastically.
�Well you let me worry about that baby.� She replied and continued rubbing, �Tell me about you day.�
�My day�� Inuyasha replied, �Well it totally sucked!�
�Why? What happened?�
�Someone broke into the project database last night and stole some communication logs. Parker was pissed. He had us spend the rest of the day checking our files to make sure nothing else was missing.�
�Well he couldn�t blame you for that?�
�Actually he blamed the entire team. The computer geeks said that the hacker used one of our workstations to break into the database. Parker thinks one of us forgot to log off last night. All I know is it wasn�t me.�
�Oh Inuyasha I can�t wait until this project is over and you can get assigned to another team. This Parker fellow sounds like a real jerk.�
�Well that isn�t even the worst part of it. On my last evaluation��
RING� RING� RING�
Reluctantly Inuyasha got off the couch and answered the phone. It was Stacey from work. She had just called to tell him that the team was to meet at the warehouse they were using to work on SA7. Parker wanted to have a meeting there.
�Damn it!� The wolf growled and slammed the phone.
�What�s wrong baby?� Tisha asked in a soft concerned voice.
�The boss wants to meet at the warehouse tomorrow. I hate going out there. It takes 3 hours of driving in farm country just to reach it. And the whole thing is in the middle of nowhere! I can�t wait until this project is over.�
�Oh my poor Inuyasha�� Tisha said, walked over, and started to play with Inuyasha�s chest fur. �Well maybe there�s something we could do tonight to take you mind off of work.�
Inuyasha growled playfully and picked up Tisha in his arms. They rubbed noses and giggled a little as he carried her away to the bedroom.
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�Well people after almost 8 months of hard work it looks like we finally did it.� Mr. Parker announced, �Last night we had the first successful test of SA7. Today we are going to share those finding with a few of the people that helped finance this endeavor.�
Right on key 7 mysterious men appeared from a dark corner of the warehouse. Inuyasha and the rest of his team had never seen them before. And there was something about them that didn�t seem quite right.
After taking a moment to speak with the men Parker turned back to his team and announced �Mohammad if you would do the honor of starting the SA7 converter.�
�Yes sir.� The young engineer replied.
Almost immediately the room seemed to fill with energy as the machine in the middle of the warehouse started churning out electricity. The whole SA7 team let out a victorious cheer as the fruits of their labor materialized.
�Now the power consumption rate has to be closely monitored.� Mohammad explained, �If the energy is converter too fast this sample of SA7 could explode with enough force to destroy most of the building. However several safeties have been programmed into the computer to prevent that.�
�Very good Mohammad.� One of the investors announced and produced a pistol from his jacket. �But I�m sorry to say you�ll never see this wonderful new weapon used for power generation.�
�Wait a second! This wasn�t part of our deal. No one was supposed to be hurt.� Parker announced in shock.
�We�re changing the deal Parker. But if you have any problems with that just keep this in mind. We only need one member of your team to produce SA7 and it doesn�t have to be you.�
�You�ll never get away with this!� Someone shouted out of desperation.
�Oh don�t worry about that. All we have to do is set that little reactor to overload and BOOM! And the best part is that once they finally figured out what happened the authorities will think it was an accident.�
�They�re right you jerk.� Inuyasha growled, �You�re NOT going to get away with this.�
�Oh and what are you going to do about it wolf man? Parker start the�� The man started to say but stopped and gasped.
Inuyasha just grinned ear to ear as he began to rapidly grow. 10ft, 20ft, 40ft, 60ft. and finally topping out at a 100ft. Luckily the warehouse�s tall ceiling was large enough to accommodate the wolf�s new size but his ears ending up knocking down a few lights. Although the rest of the SA7 team was able to run for cover the 8 investor found themselves trapped in a corner by the megawolf.
�What am I going to do about it? I�ll show you�� Inuyasha growled and lifted his paw high into the air.
�Please don�t� NOOOOOO!!!!!!�
CRUNCH!!!
Inuyasha grinned cruelly as he felt the man�s body flatten under his paw. The megawolf took a moment to grind the warm remains into a gory mush with his toes before turning attention to the other terrified men in the warehouse corner.
�One down seven to go.� The furious wolf announced pointing to the flattened corpse behind him, �Who wants it next?�
�Please Inuyasha we can make some sort of deal here... You can have anything you want� Just let me go�� One of the horrified men pleaded.
�Ah Mr. Parker so nice of you to volunteer. Don�t worry you�ll be giving me exactly what I want.�
Inuyasha quickly swung his paw over and picked up the next victim between his bloody toes. After finding a clean spot on the floor the megawolf dropped him onto the cold concrete. With a cruel grin Inuyasha swung one of his paws over the screaming man and began to lower it.
Suddenly one of the warehouse doors swung open and a figure appeared from outside, �INUYASHA STOP!�
�TISHA???�
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As Inuyasha lay in the open field staring up at the sky, surrounded by police, he thought of how it was going to be time to start over again. The only thing that was even keeping him there was�
�Inuyasha?�
The megawolf looked down and gently picked up the young woman, placing her on his chest. It took her a few minutes to get comfortable amongst the sea of fur but she seemed to manage.
�So you�re a cop?� He asked somewhat disappointed.
�Not exactly.� She replied softly, �Actually I�m an agent with the Justice Agency. I was sent in to investigate a tip we received that Parker was planning to sell SA7 to terrorists disguised as investors. Turns out the tip was right and now Mr. Parker is going to be spending some time behind bars.�
�Well if you think I�m going to jail too��
�Oh don�t be silly.� She replied giving his chest fur a playful tug, �Considering what was about to happen in there the police are classifying what you did Justifiable Homicide.�
�Oh come on� I�m a giant wolf. You don�t think they�ll just leave me alone now?�
�What do you think you�re the ONLY size changing macro around?� She replied sarcastically. �The authorities will leave you alone as long as you don�t terrorize the city. Do you think you can handle that?�
�O�.K� And what about what we had Tisha?�
�Actually my real name is Ching Lang.� She replied with a smile, �My only orders were to get a password for the project from your home PC and find out as much as possible about Parker.�
�So the time we spent together, the sex, meant nothing to you???� Inuyasha replied dismayed.
Ching Lang got up and walked over to Inuyasha�s muzzle. She started to stroke it gently and smiled.
�There are some things I don�t do for work. Anything we had was real wolfy. However now I have to go out of the country and hunt down the rest of the ones who planned this. But I won�t be gone forever and when I get back� Well I�m planning on looking up my favorite bunny� Ching Lang replied and kissed the gigantic muzzle in front of her,
Carefully Inuyasha scoped her up and placed the young lady on the ground. He wasn�t sure if Ching Lang was telling the truth or not. Perhaps it didn�t matter. All that did matter is that she was leaving him. Maybe just for a while, maybe forever.
Pushing any regrets he had to the side, the megawolf got up and started for home. In the morning it would be time to look for a new job and perhaps a new town. But tonight he was going to find himself a bar and curl up with a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Acknowledgements:
- Inuyasha is copyrighted to his player. Used with permission.