Black Wolf of The Guardian Stone

Chapter 7

As he walked into the shop he was greeted by the light sweet smell of flowers and the soft sound of the bamboo wind chime that was by the door.

"Hello there Little Gray, how are you this afternoon," said a soft gentle voice behind a shelf of gardening tools.

"Oh hello, there Ms. Leana. I'm doing fine what about you" he replied as women wearing a white apron over a light blue dress and short curly blonde hair came out from behind the shelf.

"Oh that's good to hear, and I'm doing quite fine as well thank you for asking little Gray" Ms. Leana replied with a happy smile.

"You can set that right in the back, Little Gray," she said pointing to the door of the storage room.

"yes, ma'am" he replied.

Then with a slightly annoyed tone he said "Also can you not call me Little Gray please, it's bad enough that Christa calls me that"

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to annoy you it's just that I think that the name really suits you" she apologizes while she starts to put things away.

"But if you don't like being called that...." She says as she turns to look at Tony with a curious look.

"Why do you let Christa keep calling you that," she asked him.

He sets down the box on a metal shelf in the storage room. He is about to answer when the Undertaker walks into the shop.

"hello there Undertaker, I'm starting to close up my shop for the day. But if you need anything I can get it for you." She says as she greets him.

"hello there Ms. Leana, thank you for the kind offer but I just came by to check to see how you are doing" he replies to her.

"Oh I'm doing quite all right, thank you for asking," she says to him.

She steps closer to the Undertaker with a smile and says softly and with a slightly seductive tone says to him.

"are you going to accept my offer?"

The Undertaker's face goes a bit red. He looks around quickly and spots Tony.

"ah there you are young master, I came to tell you that that gang is at your house again and they haven't left yet," he said to him as he gently pushed Ms. Leana away from him, avoiding her question.

"again. Ugh, I'm getting sick and tired of those Bonzo the hell does he wan this time." Tony asked in a very annoyed voice.

"probably wants payback from when you kicked two of his member's asses" Christa answered as she comes out of nowhere.

"where were you, and how do you know about that?" Tony asked her with a questioning look on his face.

"I was in the bathroom, and do you really want to know how I know about that" she replied to him.

She tosses a small leather pouch to the Undertaker. He catches it with a smile and puts it in his coat pocket.

"that's what you asked for, what are you going to use that stuff for anyway," Christa asks the Undertaker in a bored voice.

"thank you young one, and it's just a little something for some repairs that I need to make" the Undertaker replies with a smile.

"well if that's all. Christa and Little Gray, would you mind waiting outside at the front for a minute." She says to both Tony and Christa.

"The Undertaker and I need to have a little chat," she says with a smile that gives Tony and Christa chills.

"sure..." they both say as they go to the door and let themselves out.

"Young master Bonzo may want to have more than words with you this time" the Undertaker calls from the flower shop to them.

The door closes and a few seconds go by. Then suddenly the shop shudders as if hit by an earthquake. They can hear the Undertaker's voice as if he is running for his life.

"now Leana now's not the time for this, NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR THIS." He yells as they hear what seems like a battle inside the shop and something crashing into the floor.

Then all goes silent, after a few moments the door opens and the Undertaker comes out a bit shaken and weak-kneed breathing a bit heavily. Ms. Leana comes out behind him still with a smile on her face as she takes off the apron and locks the door to the shop. Both Tony and Christa with slightly scared looks on their faces. They both knew that it was better not to ask what had just happened.

"well... I'm going to go home now" Tony said as Ms. Leana finished locking the door.

"Ok well have a good afternoon Little Gray," she said to him as she put the apron into her bag.

"I'll be heading back to the graveyard to make sure that everything is as it should be," said the Undertaker now fully recovered from his little 'chat' with Ms. Leana.

"well I have to go pick up my little sister from her friends' house so I'll be seeing you guys later," Christa said as she took off her gloves and put them into her pants pocket.

"you want me to go with you," Tony asked her.

She looks up at him and pushes her hair back out of her face "Nah I'll be fine" She turns around and walks away and waves goodbye with the back of her hand.

"well, I guess I'll be going now. Have a good evening" Tony says to both the Undertaker and Ms. Leana.

"you to" they both reply.

Tony turns the corner and begins to head back home. Dreading what he has to look forward to when he gets back.