Haruka sneezes; Erin snickers as she sweeps more dust her way.
"Erin you bastard stop doing that on purpose." Haruka hits Erin with the broom; Erin hit back the two beginning a broom war. Michiru and Setsuna walk in and roll their eyes.
"Children stop fighting...." the both stop and Haruka pouts.
"But she was sweeping dust at me."
"I am suppose to sweep Haruka why else would I have a broom...." Setsuna glares the pair,
"Don't make me bring Hotaru in to watch you two." Both the women grumble going back to sweeping.
After 2 to 3 hours of cleaning, the pair filthy, Erin covered in sot from the chimney, spider webs all over Haruka from the basement Michiru and Setsuna drag the pair outside and hose them down. Erin and Haruka grumble about them doing it on purpose they could have taken shower. The town has perfect timing, which is kind of creepy. They all walk up to the house to help the group move their things in. Setsuna and Michiru run around the house telling everyone where the furniture goes, Erin and Haruka are stuck up packing the boxes.
A Haruka groan as she pulls out this large folder slightly shorter than her at four feet height and 2 wide, stumbles backwards. Erin grunts when Haruka bumps into her. Haruka curses as the folder falls papers coming out.
"Ah man Sets is going to kill me..." Erin raises an eyebrow going over to the folder.
"Hey Haruka come look at these..." Haruka raises an eyebrow going over to Erin.
"I have seen some of these dresses on those air head models..."
"What is Setsuna doing with them?"
"I don't know but these others look pretty cool...." Haruka and Erin look at the draws as they put them all back in the folder. "Why do they have to be so big?" Erin shakes her head helping Haruka place it in the far corner.
"I don't maybe to show fine details, like zooming up on a block to see the rocker arms and valves" Haruka shrugs.
"Maybe come on lets take the boxes..."
"Hey Haruka..." Erin elbows Haruka.
"What?"
"I got an idea, take a large flattened cardboard box." Erin holds up a large box. "Set it on the stairs...." Haruka grins, "Hurry up before Setsuna and Michiru find out"
"Count of three...."Haruka counts, " 1...2...3!!" the pair push themselves down the stairs, laughing they fly by Setsuna and Michiru who were walking towards the landing on the 2nd floor.
"What the hell was that?"
"I think...." Michiru walks on the landing of the second floor. "That was our clean up crew riding down the stairs like 5 year olds on cardboard boxes...." Setsuna and Michiru look at each other and sigh heavily as they walk down the stairs.
The pair slides to a slowly spinning laughing like crazy.
"I have not done that in years..." Erin snickers laying back on the cardboard.
"I know it is stupid but...." Haruka grins. "It is still fun no matter how old you get." The pair continue the laugh till they stop idly spinning, they pair look to see a set of feet.
"Ah bullocks...." Both Erin and Haruka stand up and get off the cardboard.
"What is wrong with you two?" Erin looks at Haruka then make to the two women.
"What is not wrong would be a shorter list" Haruka elbows Erin and laughs.
"Why did you do that? Erin what happened to your study this study that attitude?" Erin smiles broadly at the pair.
"Work is work love, when I am cleansing house it require a great amount of knowledge, concentration and skill." Erin shrugs. " I am a little more laid back...."Erin scratches the back of her head" kind of more playfully."
"Yeah Erin is right she normally is a sarcastic genius that loves doing just about anything. And it is sexually playful." Erin growls and goes to grab Haruka but Haruka ducks and runs off.
"She is right, I was attempting to say in a less crude..."Erin takes a deep breath" when my equipment gets here I will build us some help anyway."
Setsuna and Michiru raise an eyebrow, Haruka comes jogging back up to the group.
"Build help?"
"Oh I forgot to tell you Erin does this on the side." Erin gives Haruka a funny look.
"How could you forget that "Erin pauses looking at Haruka then Michiru" Never mind I know why..."Haruka sticks her tongue out at Erin "save it for Michiru" Haruka snorts
"Will one of you two tell us already?" Erin looks at Haruka.
"Your job..." Erin sighs.
"I kind of maybe...build custom cars from the ground up..." Michiru and Setsuna stare at each other, reaching out and pinch each other.
"Ow"
"Ow, you are not kidding?" Erin shakes her head no.
"Ruka here races F1 cars using my company as a sponsor."
"Sweet heart..."
"Hmm yes angel."
"You and Erin are "the" Haruka Tenou and Erin Raghnall?" Erin and Haruka look at each other.
" What do you mean "the"" they both do the quote hand gesture.
"I believe we are asking then famous pair, the driver..." Setsuna motions to Haruka. "And the genius master mechanic, that built the car" Setsuna points to Erin.
"Yeah..." both of them answer.
"Oh my god..." both Michiru and Setsuna faint.
"Ah shit I think we killed them Erin..." Erin snorts, smacking Haruka.
"Come on lets wake them up..." Erin picks up Setsuna then puts her over her shoulder and smacks Haruka harder. "I thought they knew?" Haruka shrugs as the pair walks into the kitchen.
"Me too I told them I was Haruka Tenou, you told them your name too I don't understand..."Erin grabs two cups out of a cabinet hands one to Haruka, the pair fill them with water and throw it on the two women who wake up spitting out a small bit of water.
"Hey they are not dead see told you Ruka..." Haruka snorts and elbows Erin.
"Hey you are so damn ugly though you could have killed them."
"Can't you come up with anything better then that?"
"Ah.... excuse me?" The pair looks over at women.
"Yes?"
"The thing you said in the hallway.... is that true..." Erin sighs and elbows Haruka as she reaches back to grab her wallet. The two hold them out for Michiru and Setsuna.
"You are not joking." Erin and Haruka put their wallets away.
"We are confuse we told you our names when you called us love."
"You did not freak, so we thought cool, they are ok with it. Michiru aren't you an up and come violinist anyway? Sets I have seen some of those designs of yours on run ways...." Setsuna gives Haruka an odd look.
"She drooped the folder..."
"Yes but up and come does equal the same as you two...."
"We are normal people...." Erin growls getting annoyed. "What makes us so special you freaked out?"
"Well you two are known world wide, neither of you have lost anything you entered and you make more then the whole country of Japan in a 1 month." Erin looks over at Haruka.
"Because everyone knows us? We go around a lot of places but I do not know everyone..." Haruka hits Erin in the back of the head.
"No she means we are famous everyone knows who we are, you know when those guys with cameras and video records trying to shove their way through the membrane you put up for every race?"
"Yeah..."
"All that stuff gets put in magazine, on TVs in books, that is why we are famous, our picture, name hell even voice is everywhere in the world."
"Ok so.... basically hey are treating me the total opposite then my parents?"
"Yes, they all like you and want to see you, not that you let them. You are like a stray dog, you get close but not close enough to pet."
"Yeah yeah I am some crazy hermit. I still don't understand them" Erin sticks her tongue out. "They stilling horrible confuse on how they act the way they talk or wear"
"You two act like nothing has changed..." They both turn and give her an odd look.
"Why would they change?"
"You are not worried about people finding you up here and harass you?" Erin snorts.
"No I have robotic guard dogs, and all sort of traps for security around my house."
"Yeah but this is not your house..." Haruka sighs and pinches her nose.
"I hate having to translate ye old and moldy...she is saying she going to makes those bots and security for this house to."
"Hey sorry if I do go bar hopping with those glow ring of yours..." Haruka glares.
"Maybe you would get laid more..."
"Arg why does everything lead to sex with you? I was never this bad."
"You didn't know about it till you were 15 then you had Meave...." Erin grunts.
"So I don't understand people, I like my old way habits not going to change them just because I don't speak the lingo or whatever the hell it is you are talking about."
"Excuse me you two..." Erin and Haruka look over at Setsuna.
"Aye..."
"You always like this?" Erin shrugs looking over at Haruka.
"Nah not really she just makes fun of me because I think logically and do not understand why people say things like "what's up" Up is up what the hell are they asking me for?" Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna laugh, Erin snorts.
"You really did not leave your lab or garage much in the last 28 years have you?" Erin shakes her head no.
"Maybe.... 15 times, this being one of them..." Hotaru walks up and pulls on Setsuna's arm.
"Mom the towns people wants us to come down to the festival..." Michiru and Setsuna look confused at Erin and Haruka.
"When someone new comes to live in the town they throw a festival to greet them and give them good fortune."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it is a small old village, guess that is why Erin fit in so easily...." Erin snorts, smacks Haruka then Erin walks towards the door and heads down the hill.
"Erin where are you going?"
"The festival where else..." Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru look at Haruka who just shrugs and follows Erin's lead.
Setsuna watches Erin as she lies back on a near by rock, watching Haruka dance with some of the other women. She looks over at Michiru who is laughing watching Haruka as well.
"This is insane, I can see why Erin ran, and she did not want to destroy a village like this..." Two of the other villagers walk over and take Setsuna and Michiru's hand.
"Come lets dance..." The man points over to Erin, who is getting pulled to the dance much like Haruka already is. "Little one is ok she is with the other young kids." Setsuna looks over at Hotaru playing with the other group of children with a wise old woman watching. The pair gets in up dancing with the rest of the group.
A man grinds his back teeth as he looks below through his binoculars He stands at 6'7, still very fit from the navy, the jaw he is grinding has a 5 o click shadow. The man absolutely instant he sees Setsuna and Erin kissing, he breaks his binoculars, his brown eyes narrowing.
"There is not fucking way that freak is going to touch my Setsuna again."
Hotaru walks over to the couch where Erin is sleeping, she pulls on her sleeve, the older woman opening an eye looking over at her.
"Hello love, what can I do for you?"
"I need to go to school, why did you not sleep in the same bed as mom?" Erin grunts getting up, popping her back as stretches.
` "She did not tell me I could, I am respecting your mom's space." Erin stands on complete swaying for a moment from the position change. "Let me get my keys, you have had something to eat right?" Hotaru nods, Erin smiles running a hand through her hair what little she has, she grabs her car keys.
"Erin..." Erin turns back towards the smaller girl as they head to the door.
"Aye love?"
"Ah...." Erin opens the door to her car letting Hotaru get in.
"You want me to walk you in?"
"If you could, everyone knows you around here...." Erin chuckles getting in herself starting the car.
"Yes, but everyone knowing you can is always be a good thing. It is why they all know you that is the important part..." Erin starts the car, heading down the driveway towards the town.
Haruka yawns and stretches as she walks down the stairs.
"I wish we had festivals like that every day, that was fun never seen Erin dance didn't think she would now how to...."Michiru looks up as Haruka comes into the kitchen with a smile.
"Now Ruka don't tell me I wore you out last night..." Haruka glares at Michiru kissing her on the cheek.
"You wish you feel asleep..." Michiru blushes goes back to cooking breakfast.
"Hey where is the old dirt bag anyway?" Michiru shrugs setting a plate in front of Haruka. "Thank you"
"I don't know I saw her grab her car keys, I think she is taking Hotaru to school."
"Ah poor Hotaru got to deal with Erin that long..." Haruka chuckles over her cup of coffee, glancing up as Setsuna walks in. "Erin wear you out that bad Sets?" Setsuna glares at Haruka., grumbling
"I wish, she slept on the couch..." Haruka raises an eyebrow.
"Did you just say I wish?" Setsuna turns almost purple and covers her face.
"Oh my god..." Michiru smiles at Setsuna. "I have never heard you say that in your life..." Setsuna goes over to get coffee trying to keep from looking at the pair.
"I am just tired...." Haruka and Michiru look at each other as the other woman, as Setsuna sits down with her coffee.
"Ah come on Setsuna split it, Erin is taking Hotaru to school she is not going to be back anytime soon."
"I am tired that is all..." Setsuna tries to shrink behind her coffee.
"Sets you realizes this is a good thing right?"
"How is it good? Me thinking like a horny teenage girl?'
"Means you have gotten over all your issues." Setsuna raises an eyebrow.
"Issues?" Haruka and Michiru look shocked, Michiru getting up, looking around Setsuna's neck and back. "Michiru what are you doing?"
"I am trying to see if you where body snatched or altered in the middle of the night." Haruka laughs
"Maybe she hit her head..."
"Michiru..."
"You don't remember be unsure about being in love with a woman, or fear of being touched because of Steven?" Setsuna looks at the pair over her coffee.
"Yes, I love Erin regardless of her gender, no reason to pretend. I stood up face to face with a goddess, there is not way I would do that for a woman I don't love. I normally very quiet." Haruka and Michiru blink at each other.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Setsuna sets down her coffee to pay attention to her breakfast.
"I did not think it mattered you guys wanted me to admit I loved her. Which I do, I know, Erin and Hotaru know. I did not think you would care, as for the physical barriers, over the last 4 days as big and strong as Erin is and as many times as we have been alone. She had plenty of opportunity to try some thing. Steven..." Setsuna chuckles. "After standing up to Meave seems like and ant now..." Michiru and Haruka stare at Setsuna in silence for a moment then Michiru hugs her almost knocking her out of the chair.
Erin parks the car humming to her, getting out to open Hotaru's door.
"Thank you" Erin smiles and ruffles Hotaru's hair, the girl glaring at Erin.
"Yes you are welcome love, so I guess the office first huh?"
"Yes..." Erin keeps humming to herself walking along with, not noticing the looks and mumbling, Hotaru on the other hand does and is confused. Erin opens the office door for Hotaru. "Erin is there any reason someone would talk about you or stare and look at you?" Erin raises an eyebrow.
"Other then the way I look?" Hotaru nods yes,smiling a the woman who comes to the desk,
"Hello you must be Hotaru Meioh, Meioh isn't she that new designer?"
"Huh would explain that folder of pictures..."
"Erin!?"
"Yeah?"
"You are back?
"Yeah cleansed the Kayou place and I am with, little one's mom, Haruka is there too."
"Well Miss Hotaru you are very lucky today is parents day...."
"Parent's day?"
"Yes it is where you get to bring your parents in, they all speak in the auditorium in about an hour...." Hotaru looks up at Erin.
"Erin...." Erin licks her bottom lip.
"You want me to go get you mom?"
"As long as you do not run off...." Erin sighs heavily.
"You are to much like your mother. " Erin looks up at the Secretary. "If I bring her back in an hour you will not count her late right?" The woman smiles at the pair.
"Of course not, it is her first day and she didn't know. Just don't get distracted Tos." Erin snorts and grumbles Hotaru giggles, the pair heading back to the car.
"Setsuna you are all most 100 % different then you used to be when it comes to love and sex." Setsuna continues to eat her breakfast with out a word watching to two. "Setsuna it is like before you ever met that ass Steven." Setsuna stops eating and looks over at Michiru.
"Michiru...."
"Setsuna just humor me ok? Hotaru is 10 years old you where with Steven when she was born, for last 9 years this man as been following you around making your life hell. Destroying all your confidence and making any type of intimate contact painful for you right?"
"Yes...." Haruka collects the plates then places them in the sink.
"We spend 4 days just 4 days with these two women...." Haruka looks up when Michiru pulls her over. "They have made those last 9 years disappear. You are acting like Steven does not exist." Setsuna continues to eat just looking at Michiru and Haruka quietly.
"Michi I think.... she is so happy she does not know how to react maybe...."
"No I am a little worried, I told Erin I want to go slow, after yesterday I can barely keep myself from slamming her against a wall. I do not want her to think it is some kind of twisted act." Michiru looks over at Haruka."
"Why yesterday?"
"Seeing the strength her and Haruka had, they choose to use it for good purpose. The amount of damage Erin took for people she barely knows and not to mention is intentional did no summon Meave because she did no want her to bother me."
"Yeah so?"
"Reminded me not everyone in the world is an ass like Steven and that Erin of all people would rather kill herself then be that way. Erin is the Yin to Steven's Yang." Michiru turns as she looks at Haruka.
"Well what do you think?"
"I think.... Erin will not care just explain it she will listen. Even through she looks like a calm quiet collected gentleman. When it comes to that act...she does not hold back."
"What changed your mind about sex with Erin anyway?"
"Ironically Meave, knowing Erin turned down an long time old lover to be with me. It made me realize this woman genuinely loves me. She has done nothing then support and comfort me. So I had nothing to fear..."
Hotaru is still giggling when Erin gets in the car and heads back towards the house.
"Oh hush you..."
"Why did that Lady call you Tos? I know why your friends in the circle did it."
"Ah... some people call me Tos, not really a big issue." Hotaru grins and leans against Erin.
"I am glad you stayed..." Erin looks over at Hotaru with a raised eyebrow, smiles softly continuing her way along the road.
"I am glad I stayed too little one, your dragon has been playing nice right?" Hotaru smiles.
"Yes, mom does not like him because he keeps me up late playing." Erin chuckles,
"Yes he is very young, but the more you have him the better you will be at handling the big guys like me and Haruka."
"Did Haruka have a little dragon?
"Aye from 6 to.... ah 17 I believe.
"Was he a problem too?" Erin smiles as she pulls into the driveway of the large manor.
"No I had a big yard..." Hotaru smiles as she jumps from the car and enters the house.
"MOM!!"
Setsuna jumps almost spilling coffee on herself,
"Hotaru you should not do that sweetheart, what if mom was on a ladder, what if she jumps in surprise and she could get hurt herself." Hotaru trots into the kitchen and grins.
"Sorry Erin..." Erin chuckles.
"It is ok with me I have a thick head, morning love..." Erin raises an eyebrow looking at the group. "What?" Erin looks over her self and clothes. "I got something on me...."
"No....why is Hotaru...."
"It is parent's day at school..."
"She wants you to come...." Setsuna looks at the young girl then Erin.
"What about Erin?" Erin groans
"I promised I would not run off if we came to get you...." Setsuna smiles down at Hotaru.
"That's my girl, let me get dressed..." Erin snorts.
"Great, now I got Ruka Setsuna, Hotaru," Erin looks over at Michiru. "I am going to assume you too...."
"Erin...." Erin looks a raise an eyebrow, looking over her shoulder farther into the home.
"Aye?"
"You are taller then me come get this down..." Erin grumbles about getting ladders and jogs towards Setsuna's room.
Haruka looks down at Hotaru.
"So you are doing ok? School ok? No one being mean?"
"No, lot of people whisper and look at Erin-papa through." Haruka and Michiru look at each other.
"Well Haruka and Erin papa are very well known people."
"You trying to say Erin and Haruka papa are famous?"
"Yes sweetheart that does not change who we are though, we going to be the same person, it is others who act differently around us."
" Ok, I don't want you or Erin papa to change." Haruka smiles, scooping up the small child putting her on her shoulder.
"You are very smart just like your mom you know that?" Hotaru giggles.
"Erin-papa says that all the time."
Erin knocks on Setsuna's door before slowly opening it to a nude Setsuna; Erin closes the door and instantly turns to face it.
"Sorry..." Setsuna just smiles before grabs Erin's hand.
"Relax it is ok, I need that box up there the red one...." Erin raises an eyebrow but walks over easily taking the box down.
"I will try to get a ladder for you, ok?" Setsuna chuckles, and sets the box on the bed.
"Erin can I ask you something...." Erin stops at the door.
"Aye of course"
"Um remember how we had talk about taking it slow for those various reasons?" Erin raises an eyebrow.
"Aye..."
"What if those where not there anymore?" Erin chuckles briefly.
"Then they are not there, I do not care the speed of the relationship, just that it is true and lasts." Setsuna stares at Erin's back for a moment, gathering her thoughts.
"So if we came back from Hotaru's parent's day and throw you on the bed and rip your clothes off, you won't think it was some kind of act to get something from you?" Setsuna touches Erin's hand turning the other woman around now that Setsuna is dressed Erin smiles at Setsuna and kisses her forehead.
" I would be one very lucky son of a bitch. Setsuna I love you, I trust that any reason you base a decision on is with good intent." Setsuna smiles, puts her arms around Erin's neck and kisses her deeply.
Michiru leans back looking at the clock on the kitchen wall.
"I think someone should check on Setsuna and Erin don't want to make you late to school Hotaru sweetie..." Hotaru smiles grabbing her backpack and heads to Setsuna's room, Michiru looks over at Haruka,
"You think Setsuna is talking to Erin?"
"Yeah that, or screwing her..." Michiru smacks Haruka who just grins. "Ah come on Michiru relax, what you planning to do today?"
"I don't know, I want to practice, but it Setsuna's gone I have no one to play piano" Haruka smiles.
"Yes you do Michi, I have been playing since I was four I maybe able to keep up." Michiru smiles and hugs Haruka, before lightly tabbing Haruka on the nose.
"You have been hiding things from me."
"Have not, they just never came up before" Haruka laughs as Michiru makes a face.
"Haruka Tenou, you are just..."
"Unpredictable...."
"No....annoying..." Michiru sticks her tongue out and runs away. Haruka rolls her eyes going after the smaller woman.
Erin is surprised as Setsuna's tongue slides into her mouth, battling with hers. Setsuna presses her body against Erin's, one hand in Erin's hair the other, slipping under Erin's shirt. Erin groans into Setsuna's mouth as Setsuna racks her fingernails along Erin's ribs; Erin wraps an arm around Setsuna's waist, the other sliding up Setsuna's inner tight. Setsuna breaks the kiss releasing a lustful moan. Erin slowly kisses down Setsuna's neck nipping at her collarbone.
Hotaru knocks on the door the pair is leaning against.
"Mom ...papa. We need to go or I will be late." Erin smiles against Setsuna's neck.
"Aye love we will meet you by the car.
"Ok" Hotaru chirps heading down stairs, Setsuna laughs putting her head against Erin's chest
"I am sorry I forgot..." Erin kisses Setsuna softly; opening the door before breaking the kiss and with a grin picks Setsuna up and carries. "Erin!! What are you?" Hotaru giggles at Setsuna's expression as Erin carries her to the car. Erin laughs, setting Setsuna down before opening the car door.
"You are silly papa..." Erin smiles as she gets into the car.
"Yea I try. Hey wait did you call me papa?"
Haruka quietly jogs around the house.
"Man it just had to be a big mansion?" Haruka look around then pauses hearing the light notes of a violin drift from a near by room. Haruka slowly opens the door and sees Michiru. Haruka silently slips into the room sitting at the piano She listens to Michiru's melody and after a few moments joins. The pair plays together their notes dancing and weaving among another time seeming to stop for the pair. Michiru lowers her violin smiling over at Haruka.
"That was beautiful..."
"I had a breath taking muse...." Michiru blushes walking over before sitting on top of the piano.
"Haruka when that stuff happened with your family..." Haruka frowns slightly.
"It hurt and I miss them, but to tell you the truth Erin has treated me better then I ever remember them treating, I was always in their way, no one would play with me also sent me to another family member." Michiru frowns, placing a hand on Haruka's cheek. Haruka smiles when she looks up at the violinist. "I hate to admit this but I am actually happy they are gone, never would lived with Erin or met you." Michiru leans forward kissing Haruka softly.
Erin sighs as she pulls back up to the school, opening the door for Setsuna and Hotaru, she shuts the door and leans back against the car as Setsuna and Hotaru walk to the door.
"Papa what are you doing?" Setsuna turns around and puts her arm in front of her chest.
"Erin...."
"What I said I would not run, not go in."
"Papa please..." Erin looks over at Hotaru for a moment.
"Ok, but you have to do something for me." Setsuna raises an eyebrow vaguely concerned on where this is going.
"Ok...."
"Why are you calling me papa? Erin or Erin papa I can understand but papa..." Setsuna looks over at Hotaru as well also curious for an answer.
"I don't know, I first saw you I was scared of you and called you Erin, then when I saw how happy you made mom and she made you I called you Erin papa. I just feel like you are is all." Erin looks down at the small girl and chuckles.
"You two are going to be the death of me..." Erin chuckles heading into the building with the pair.
"You were the one riding cardboard boxes down the stairs yesterday..." Erin chuckles, Hotaru giving her a funny look.
"You did papa?"
"Yeah it is fun to me no matter if I am 5 or 28." Setsuna pushes Erin slightly with her shoulder.
Haruka smiles down at the woman, and chuckles slightly.
"I still to this day, do not know why she saved me..."
"She saw a younger version of herself, that your family blew you off like hers did her." Haruka raises an eyebrow looking at the woman carefully.
"Where did you come up with that?"
"Erin told me and Setsuna when they were trying to get at an understand for the relationship."
"She that is why she was in her room. How did Erin's parents blow her off?" Michiru pauses and chews on her bottom lip.
"Her dad was abusive, beat and raped her mother, made her watch sometimes so she knows what the punishment is. Erin came home to dad and some friends' gangbanging mom. She lost it some guy named Ragnork came and killed them all."
"Ragnork? I have never seen him."
"She said he was pure hate and spite, her mom kicked her out calling her demon child, then shot herself."
"Her mom kicked her out of the street then killed herself after Erin saved her?"
"Yes, Erin never socialized as a kid she was scared of upsetting her dad."
"Ah damn now I feel like a real ass for making fun of her, calling her a hermit and stuff when I was growing up." Michiru smiles and kisses Haruka's forehead.
"Even if you did mock her, at least she had a friend, Erin probably did not tell you because she did not want you worrying yourself."
"Yeah, I just feel bad I never would have done it if I knew, does kind of explain why she just stared at me, it is creepy she looks like she is looking through you, stealing your soul without you know..." Haruka shutters, Michiru smiles and grabs Haruka's hand heading down the stairs.
"Come lets do something out side don't need all this mopping about."
Erin yawns leaning back against a wall-watching parents talk, happily staying hidden in the dark corner. Setsuna walks over and looks at the woman.
"Erin, why are you hiding?"
"Ah...just waiting for you to finish love..." Setsuna raises an eyebrow.
"Me to finish? You really think I am not going to drag you out there with me."
"I was hoping so yea..." Setsuna shakes her head, grabs Erin's wrist pulling her over by Hotaru.
"You are so anti-social I swear, I know you don't fit in but you are here with me and Hotaru. We are not going to let anything happen to you." Erin looks over at the pair then sighs, relaxing her tensed shoulders.
"Aye you are right but you have a nice respectable job, I hunt ghost..." Setsuna elbows Erin.
"Oh no you are not playing that card Erin...." Erin sighs looks down at the poor scared Hotaru; Erin with a smile picks up Hotaru puts her on her shoulder.
"It is ok Hotaru we will deal with it together deal...? " Hotaru nods hugging Erin's neck the older woman laughing. The principal walks over to the group and smiles.
"Hello, I am told Hotaru here is new?"
"Aye, got settled yesterday, you weren't at the festival?"
"Yes of course I was I just wanted to put a face with a name is all..."
"Tos?" Erin groans and snorts.
"Yes it is I..." The woman looks over at Setsuna, to Erin to Hotaru back to Setsuna.
"Miss Meioh I don't know how you did it but you manage to tie down the most allusive "bachelor" in town."
"Thank you seems the Kayou house turned out to a blessing not a curse." Erin snorts grumbles Hotaru ruffling her Hair, the tall woman looking of at the small girl.
"Fine now we are even..."
Michiru opens the door and freezes, Haruka laughing stops and raises an eyebrow.
"Michiru..." Haruka walks next to Michiru and raises an eyebrow, There stands Steven a few inches taller then Haruka, very fit muscular frame, short buzz cut red hair and brown eyes. Steven walks forward to grab Michiru but Haruka knocks him away.
"Where is she?" Haruka looks confused for a moment then glares.
"Leave now."
"Where is she!" Haruka laughs at the man, Steven swings at Haruka who ducks then punches him hard in the stomach, Steve stumbles back a few feet.
"Leave you Missing link, she is not here which is lucky for you. If brother saw you." Steven sneers.
"Brother? You mean that freak?" Haruka gets red with anger No no Haruka remember Erin said no matter how mad you get keep a cool head so you don't make bad decisions.
"Freak? Sorry buddy only freak I see is your pathetic ass." Steven charges at Haruka again this time taking a lower approach, Haruka side steps and trips the man who slides across the floor. "Hey floor wax stuck..." Michiru breaks from her trance and giggles
"Haruka you ok?" Haruka laughs.
"Yes I am fine he is just a giant...oomph." Steven tackles Haruka the pair tumbling out into the driveway. Haruka gets out of the hold and kicks Steven in the face. "Ah come on you are just making yourself look worse."
"You are fucking idiots, Setsuna and her pathetic roommate are all piece of useless trash, being in a porn would be like college for them." Haruka quirks an eyebrow, looks at the man.
"Porno? So what you are the instructor? Of all the insults you choose they aren't good enough to be in a porn?" Haruka shakes her head "Christ due you should say something like your intelligence makes an on celled ameba look like Einstein..." Steven stands confused for a moment, Haruka burst out laugh. "Damn you really are the missing link...." Steven charges again, Haruka again avoiding the man.
Setsuna pats Erin's forearm as they head back to the house Hotaru happily skipping behind.
"See you worry to much..." Erin unlocks the car open the door for Setsuna and Hotaru, and then raises an eyebrow as she sees Tuscan.
"Tuscan?"
"Yes, I came to tell you, you need to go get your shovel...." Erin's eyes narrow and she gets in the car.
"Thanks Tuscan..." Erin starts the car heading out to the road quickly shifting gears and getting back to Setsuna's house to see David attempting to hit Haruka.
"Haruka how many times have I said don't play with your food..." Haruka laughs Erin walking towards David, Setsuna and Hotaru standing next to Michiru.
"There you are freak..." Erin sighs and rolls her eyes.
"Once just once can't someone come up with something other then freak?" Haruka laughs leaning against the fountain in the center of the drive as Steven charges towards, Erin who has her arms across her chest. David tries to punch Erin but she catches his fist and starts to close her hand,
"Ah fuck how can a stick like you be this strong?"
Erin scoffs as his bones begin spilt and break in his hand, walking backwards Steven shrinking in pain from her grip. "I am only going to say this one time so listen carefully." Erin kicks Steven onto the ground, standing on his chest as she glares down at him.
"If you leave now it will be on your own power if you don't I think you are about a large size for a body bag." Erin slowly takes her foot off the man who stands up heading to his car. Erin watches him, before looking over her shoulder. "Haruka go get the old school security, something is not right...." Haruka nods, pulling the three other women inside.
"Haruka what..." Haruka walks over to a near by wall opens the cabinet, she pulls out a shotgun and magnum. "Haruka?!?!"
"I man that follows Setsuna for 9 years is not going to give up that easily. He is either getting a weapon or is going to use his car as a weapon..." Haruka heads back out side tossing the magnum to Erin. They both load their guns watching Steven.
"Those damn son of bitches I show them what a real man would do...." Steven pulls out a high power semi-automatic rifle he chambers the gun and turns around heading back. "Your ass is mine Setsuna is mine...."Erin smirks.
"I assure you boy as many times as I have been over every inch of that woman's body there is nothing that remotely says she is yours." David growls and pulls his gun pointing it at Erin, Erin glances over at Haruka who nods and pulls out the shotgun. "Now... be a smart man and put the gun down I am feeling charitable today..." David laughs as he chambers the clip.
"You wish, I will fucking kill you before I let you touch Setsuna, she may be a whore....." Everyone jumps as there is a gun shot, Michiru runs out to check Haruka for wounds, she has none the all pale running over towards Erin. The smoke clears Erin is hold out her revolver, Steven standing with his rifle. Erin lowers her gun, Steven drops the gun falls to his knees the face first in the dirt.
"Sorry Haruka he called her a...." Haruka pats Erin on the shoulder.
"No worries Erin, if you wouldn't have I would. He was a dead man as soon as he chambered the rifle." Setsuna and Michiru walk over to Steven's body, the approach carefully making sure he does not reach out and grab them. Haruka takes the gun from Erin who nods walking over to the women.
"You two ok?"
"Yes, Erin..."
"I am sorry I have no tolerance for anyone to speak ill of any woman..." Erin flips Steven over with her boot onto his back. "Not much of a looker but then again never liked men...." Haruka jogs up to the group, Erin looking over her shoulder. "He didn't hurt you did he?"
"Nah he tackled me that is about it, so what are we going to do..."Erin scratches her jaw thinking. Setsuna slowly looks up at Michiru.
"He is dead... dead.... no more calls no more PIs not more threaten letters..."
"You are not upset or remorseful for at all mom?"
"Hotaru, Steven did a lot of bad things to mom you are to young to remember, She wanted him to stop, but he would not."
"So papa had to shoot him?"
"Unfortunately he would not listen to anyone."
"Alright I will go down town and grab the corner and chief, make sure Michi and Sets ok...." Erin nods walking over to the group, watching Haruka taking Steven's car down to town.
"May I suggest we go inside? Sit down tea, coffee, hot coca something, you are going to hit shock soon and start to shake..."Erin scoops up Hotaru, taking the other two's hands leading the back to the house.
As soon as the door closes Steven's spirit raises cursing the woman heading for the house, but hits a rather large scaly road block.
"What the hell are you?" The group encloses on the man, leaving him nowhere to go, glaring with anger at Steven. "What the hell is this? Where did you all come from? Who the fuck are you?"
"You attacked Tosdach's lover...you may be dead on the mortal plane, but we can still torture your soul, over and over again." Steven backs up his hands up defensively till he bumps into something furry and warm, fire coming from his mouth. Steven turns around, there is Ragnork standing 20 feet, the body of a werewolf, breath and strength of a dragon. Ragnork looks over at Tuscan.
"Yes Ragnork that is your new chew toy...." Ragnork grabs Steven sinking his claw deep into Steven's shoulder, the man screaming as they pair disappear.
"Tuscan you think Erin will be mad when she finds out..." Tuscan looks over at the large man, his long black hair covering his face.
"I don't Magnum I really don't know but I don't think it will be a problem, besides it was fun either way" The group smiles at another fading as Haruka returns with the chief and pathologist.
