Max & Nia: Beach 1

Max is walking alongside Yoko Littner on the beach one morning when suddenly a familiar scent drifts through the air. Max stops and sniffs the wind, the fur over his eyes raising in surprise. Miles away down the beach is Nia Teppelin! Max begins panting and barking loudly, running past Yoko. "Max? Huh? What?" the tomboyish redhead asks.

Max runs back to Yoko and starts stomping his feet, barking and trying to tell her to follow behind. Then the big sheepdog turns and bounds off at high-speed down the beach. Alarmed, Yoko chases after him as she calls "Maaaaaaaax!"

Meanwhile, Scuttle the seagull gives a wolf-whistle at Nia. "You look great, kid." he remarked, "You look sensational!"

"Heeheehee! Thanks, Scuttle!" Nia replied, smiling and wrapping her arms in her hair as she strikes a sexy pose. Just then, loud barking is heard. Nia is shocked and turns to see Max appear from around a corner, bounding down the dunes, panting excitedly when he sees Nia, nostrils flaring as he took in her scent. He continues to run straight toward her.

Panicking, Nia begins running away, stumbling along with Max giving chase. Nia running just makes the dog even more excited to catch her, and he stays hot on her heels. She runs around a large rock, but Max intercepts her by running around the other way. Nia frantically turns around and runs some more before climbing up on top of the rock. She looks down at the barking Max, who jumps at her, making her draw back, startled.

Max places his large front paws on the rock and, slobber dripping from his tongue, jumps up and licks Nia right in the face. This big, slobbery lick immediately makes Nia break into a huge grin, as she recognizes the dog now. Nia giggles as she turns her head away and brushes the hair out of her face before putting a hand to her wet cheek as she grins fondly at Max, who licks his lips at the taste of her skin.

"Max!" Yoko called as she rounded the corner, prompting the dog to bound toward her. Nia's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open in surprise at seeing the attractive tomboy arrive on the scene, her hand slipping away from her cheek.

"Max! What's gotten into you, fella?" Yoko asked the exuberantly barking sheepdog, until her eyes locked onto Nia on the rock. "Oh!" she gasped, "Oh, I see..."

As Yoko approached, Nia hastily began smoothing her hair out, hoping to make a good first impression. "You're...Nia, right?" Yoko asked, "Are you OK?"

Nia nodded her head. Yoko grinned as she rubbed Max's head, with the dog licking her cheek repeatedly in response. "I'm sorry if this knucklehead scared you - he's harmless, really!"

"Oh, I know!" Nia replied with a smile, "He's very sweet."

Max tore away from Yoko and started licking Nia's face again, making the girl squeal in surprise and subsequently laugh in delight. "Heheh! Looks like he thinks the same about you." Yoko remarked with a coy smirk, "He went wild the minute he smelled you on the breeze, so he must be able to tell that you're something special."

Nia blushed fiercely at this comment, while Max stopped licking her and just stood panting at her for a while. "Y-you really think so?" she asked.

"Of course!" Yoko said as she walked closer, lifting an eyebrow as she saw Max lick his lips in between panting. "He thinks you taste great too! You've also got a melodious voice, and dat figure!" The tomboy put two fingers in her mouth and gave a sharp wolf-whistle, stomping a foot on the ground as she did.

Hearing his own thoughts on Nia vocalized this way, Max gave a loud bark and pressed his paws against Nia's shoulders. The girl gave a yelp as she fell off the rock, the dog diving after her and slamming his tongue down on her entire face, dragging up it and spraying a waterfall of slobber on her in the process. He followed this up by fervently licking every inch of exposed skin that he could. Nia laughed hysterically as this happened to her, while Yoko laughed as she watched it, thinking about how adorable Nia looked.