Chapter 2
Maid Service
Kasumi arrives home and slumps on the couch as Momiji hears her and comes running toward the living room.
"Oh, hey, Kasumi-chan," she says. "Welcome back. I, um, didn't notice you were here until now."
Kasumi lets out a sigh and turns to her side.
"Hey…is something the matter?" Momiji asks. She walks closer to the ginger. "Did something hapI9 6pen during your walk?"
"Well…one, I think I made a new friend while I was window shopping," Kasumi replies. "Her name is Nozomi Kaminashi. We just talked briefly and she left."
"Okay…but that doesn't explain why you're acting this way when you came in."
Kasumi thinks hard about this. Should she tell her about the mysterious women who suddenly kissed her out of the blue? What will Momiji or her other girlfriends think? She can't let them think she's already cheating on them. Though, it's bothering her for quite a while since she got back. She sits up and looks at the shrine maiden.
"What I'm about to tell you…it might be a shock…even for me…." The ginger looks down at the floor for a moment, but Momiji tips her chin to her level, giving her a gentle smile.
"You can tell me, Kasumi-chan," she says softly. "You know I won't bite."
The ginger hesitates as she shares a gaze with the gentle shrine maiden. Then, the reassuring expression on Momiji finally convinces her.
"What happened was…" Kasumi began when she gets cut off by a scream.
"MAI, GET BACK HERE!" Ayane shouts. "LET ME TEACH THOSE KNOCKERS A LESSON!"
"Please have mercy, Ayane-chan!" The brunette whimpers as she runs into the living room and hides under the table, curling up into a ball and putting her hands on her head. "What did my breasts ever do to you!?"
"All they did was make me so irritated with those things jiggling in front of my face all the time!" Ayane takes a step closer with her hands doing a groping gesture. "Now stay still and let me have those utters!"
Thankfully, Momiji is able to grab Ayane by the wrist and yank her away from the brunette.
"What did I tell you, Ayane-chan?" she says sternly. "You shouldn't have any problem with Mai-chan's breasts just because they're big. You're busty too, so get over it."
Ayane lets out a huff and throws down her hands as she turns to the brunette. "I'm sorry, Mai. I really need to control myself."
Mai comes out from under the table. "Thanks. You're really starting to scare me."
Momiji smiles, nodding at the two and turns back toward the ginger. "Now then…Kasumi, what were you saying?"
"Oh, Onee-chan is back?" Ayane says. "I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there!"
Kasumi sighs. "Well…while I was on my walk, I made a new friend named Nozomi Kaminashi. But…there was this woman I also met. I don't know…she looked like she was in her early 20's and she has a beautiful face. And those eyes…those violet eyes of hers…" An image of the raven haired woman appears on her mind and she shakes her head roughly. "Oh, no! Why did I think about her!?"
Ayane furrows her eyebrows. "Did she do anything to you?"
"U-ummmmm, well…she…she…all she did was try to kiss me…"
"WHAT!?" All three girls say in unison.
The ginger nods. "It's true! I tried to push her away, but I felt as if my body refused to move. Like I had no will power to even try."
Momiji rubs her chin in thought. "Hmmmmmm…she is some mysterious woman alright. But we don't know the full details, so searching for her will be pointless."
Ayane groans as she throws her hands up in the air. "That's just brilliant. Just when I was ready to hunt her down and kick her butt!"
Mai waves her hands back and forth. "W-wait, Ayane-chan! I don't think we have to beat her up just because she tried to make a move on her…"
"Do you have any better ideas?" Ayane says, turning towards the brunette with her hands on her hips.
Mai bites her lip while turning away and sighs. "No…."
"Girls," Kasumi says. "Listen, I will never fall in love with that woman just because she kissed me. My heart is set on all three of you and it's going to stay that way. You all know I wouldn't cheat on all of you."
Momiji smiles and kisses her on the cheek. "No. We do know that, Kasumi-chan. We love you just as you love us. And nothing can change that."
Mai takes her turn to kiss Kasumi's other cheek. "But…know that we will always protect you from harm. No one should hurt you in any way."
Ayane sits next to her sister and drapes her arms around her, crimson orbs staring into the ginger's auburn ones. "We're ninjas, yes. But we will never let you get hurt by some creep. We all love you, Onee-chan."
The ginger smiles at all of her three girlfriends. "You're all the best."
It is then that all of them hug each other at the same time. Kasumi is happy that they care about her very much.
**Next Day**
Kasumi is at the supermarket where she usually goes to for shopping. She volunteered to go when no one else would, although Momiji offered to go with her, but the ginger assured her that she'll be okay on her own and that she should take care of the house. Momiji agreed and Kasumi left the house immediately. So far, the ginger has gotten everything from the list she made before she left the house. However, she feels she needs to have a look around some more to see if she is forgetting anything. After all, she's been there for about 10 minutes already. She pushes the cart to each aisle and looks around, but she can't think of anything that she will add to the cart. She lets out a soft sigh and starts to head towards the check out line when she hears a familiar voice.
"Kasumi-chan~!" Nozomi calls.
The ginger turns her attention to the dark bluenette who is waving at her about 5 feet away who is holding a small basket of food. Kasumi brightens and hurries over towards her.
"Nozomi-chan!" she says. "I didn't think you would actually come here to see me!"
Nozomi chuckles. "Well…we were kinda low on food and I had to volunteer to do the shopping aince none of my girlfriends were willing."
"Oh my gosh! The exact same thing happened to me this morning!"
"Heh, what a coincidence~"
Both girls laugh and casually walk through the store towards the check out line. The lines were long, so Nozomi takes this chance to speak up.
"Hey, Kasumi-chan?" she says. "I know we just met and all but…would it be alright if…we hung out some time? I want ta meet all your girlfriends, too."
Kasumi gasps in surprise. "Really~? Is that okay with you? I mean…all four of us meeting all four of you would be…a bit much…"
Nozomi chuckles again. "Nah, I don't mind~! Besides, I want to get to know you better!"
The ginger thinks for a moment and then nods in approval. "Alright! I'll let my friends know and give you a heads up."
"Excellent! It's a date~! Thank you so much!" The dark bluenette takes out a small notebook and pen and immediately jots down her phone number. She then rips it out and hands it to Kasumi. "There ya go! My number!"
Kasumi takes the paper. "Oh, here's my number. May I borrow that notebook, please?"
"Certainly~!"
Kasumi thanks her as she jots down her number and hands it to her. "And there you go."
"Ah, thank you so much, Kasumi-chan! This is going to be awesome! I know it!"
The ginger sweat drops as she looks around. "Yes, b-but can you keep your voice a bit low? People are staring…"
Nozomi looks over Kasumi's shoulder and sees that she's right. She laughs nervously while rubbing the back of her head. After that, the girls pay for their items and exit the market with bags in hand.
"Okay, I'll be heading out now," Nozomi says. "I'll see you later!"
"Same here!" Kasumi says. "I'll let you know when it's confirmed with my girlfriends."
"Sure thing! Bye!" Nozomi waves to her as she leaves.
Kasumi waves back as the dark bluenette walks away. She lets out a soft sigh, realizing how things turned out after they just met yesterday. Nozomi is really a energetic girl, so she can be quite a handful. Still, she is excited about them hanging out together with their girlfriends. She starts to head back home when she notices something straight ahead. Something limping on the sidewalk. She gasps as she runs toward the figure and it turns out to be an injured white crane. But…what would a crane be doing in Japan anyways? For what she knows, she barely saw any bird like this from where she lived. However, that is not important right now as she needs to help this poor crane. Its leg looks bruised and Kasumi gasps upon noticing it.
"Oh, you poor thing…" she says softly. She picks it up tenderly and gently pets it. "It's okay, it's okay. Here, I just have the thing that will take care of that wound." She sets the crane down, digs into her bag to pull out a small first aid kit that Momiji gave her. She puts some disinfectant on the wound and then gently wraps some white bandage around it. The crane looks up at the ginger as she finishes putting it on and then gently pets it. "There you go, little one. That should make it feel better."
The crane carefully stands back up on its two feet. It then looks back up at the ginger and flaps its wings. Kasumi giggles.
"Oh, good! I'm so glad….huh?" She sees the crane glowing white for some reason and it gets brighter and brighter, nearly blinding the ginger. She puts one hand over her face as a visor to keep herself from getting blinded. When the glowing stops, the crane is no longer there, but a girl as busty as her, taking a knee takes its place. She is has short black hair with black eyes and dressed in a revealing maid outfit. It has no skirt, but under the apron, it has a black one piece and she is also wearing black thigh high socks with red-black sandals. On her hands are bridal gauntlets with long black sleeves over her arms and around her neck is a black choker.
Kasumi can only stare at the girl where the crane used to be. The girl slowly lifts up her head, sees the ginger's astonished expression and then she plunges herself towards her, both their breasts being squished with one another and the girl rubbing her face against Kasumi's.
"Ohhhhh, thank you, thank you, thank you~!" the girl says cheerfully. "You're a lifesaver! Oh, you're just too kind~!"
"U-u-ummmm..." Kasumi is trying to process all that happened at least a minute ago, but the fact that this crane had transformer into a girl is just the most surprising to her. "I-I'm sorry, but….y-you were just a crane…just a second ago…"
"Oh, yeah. That." The girl says. "I guess I was so injured that I couldn't hold in my true form any longer." She hugs the ginger tighter. "But now that you saved me, I can go back to my human form!"
"H-hey, can you let go….p-please!? Can't….breathe!"
The black haired girl lets go and laughs nervously. "Sorry…I got a bit carried away. But anyways, since you saved my life…" She takes a knee. "I am ready to serve you…as my new master."
Kasumi sweat drops as her eye brow twitches in confusion. "E-eh!? M-Master!? Wait a minute….I don't understand…"
The girl stands back up and takes both of the ginger's hands in hers. "Please, Mistress. It's the least I can do after you saved me. I'll do anything to repay your kindness!"
Kasumi can only stare at the girl with a nervous smile, afraid of what her girlfriends might think.
**Later**
"Uhhhhh….Onee-chan…what on earth….did you bring home?" Ayane asks.
Kasumi can only keep her nervous smile in place as the girl stands next to her. "Girls…this might be a little strange but…I just bought a magical crane that transforms into a human."
The girl bows. "Hello. My name is Iroha. I will be serving Kasumi-sama as my new Mistress~!"
Momiji smiles. "Your new mistress, huh? And you saved this little one's life, you said?"
Kasumi nods. "Th-that's correct…"
Mai waves at her and jumps in to shake hands with the maid. "Oh, my gosh! Kasumi-chan brought in an actual maid here! This is awesome!"
Ayane slumps on the couch and turns on the television. "Huh, maybe it's not that bad. We have a maid here now, so we can do whatever we want."
"I-I'm sorry, but I only serve Kasumi-sama."
Ayane jumps up from the couch. "Huh!? Why not!?"
"She's the one who saved my life," Iroha says, gesturing toward herself. "I will do anything to repay her kindness."
Ayane shakes her head in dismay and then walks away. "I'm out."
Kasumi laughs nervously. "I'm sorry, girls, but I had no other choice but to hire her on the spot. She also looked very lonely, so that's another reason why I brought her here."
Momiji pets the ginger with her usual gentle smile. "Hey, it's okay. You did the right thing. That's all that matters."
Kasumi smiles at the shrine maiden. It may take a while to get used to have a maid around, but from what Momiji said, Kasumi feels that she regrets nothing. Saving Iroha is more than enough.
A/N: Welp…I would like to give a big thanks to Major Mike Powell for giving me these AWESOME ideas~! They were perfect to write the second chapter~!
Secondly, Scarlet-kun, if you did not guess from the story, "Kasumi's Punishment", it was the Iroha reference. Kasumi was wearing Iroha's outfit. Hehe~
Long and detailed reviews please! Thank you~
