"Okay, what is going on?" Ana inquired.
She was sitting straight back in a chair, wincing a bit. The mews were gathered in the living room. Well, they were missing Taykoe and Ahsim and Ariha was in her mew form.
"Wait, why are you still transformed?" Hachi asked.
"I haven't had time to go upstairs yet to get dressed," Ariha replied.
"What?" Hachi asked.
Ariha just crossed her arms with a satisfied smirk, casting a slow gaze at Kei. He smirked back at her.
"Ugh, I don't want to know," Ana declared.
Haru looked at his watch and then at Misha.
"Keiichi should be back now," he declared, standing.
He motioned for the mews to follow him and then led them upstairs. They didn't stop on the second floor though. Haru led them to the roof in time for them to see Keiichi emerge with Ahsim in his arms from the clouds.
" You made Keiichi a mew?" Ariha asked.
"Are you mad?" Haru inquired timidly.
"Not really," Ariha admitted.
"Then yes, I made Keiichi a mew."
Keiichi landed, the white wings folding against his back.
"Captain!" he greeted with a mock salute in Haru's direction.
He grinned at Ariha. She smiled and hugged him. Ahsim managed to duck under her arm to avoid being crushed.
"What's this for?" he asked.
"For being the bastard you are," she whispered. "I know what you did."
Keiichi risked a glare at Kei and smiled, hugging Ariha tightly.
"I know what you did too," he mumbled. "I better not get any godchildren."
He pulled back, holding Ariha at arms length. His eyes narrowed and for once he looked serious.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing," Ariha said, eye darting away from his face.
Keiichi shrugged.
"Whatever," he muttered, walking inside.
Kei joined Ariha as the rest flooded inside.
"Is everything okay?" he asked.
Ariha crossed her arms, shaking her hair over her shoulder.
"Yeah, I just…I have mixed feeling about him being a mew," she admitted.
It was a lie and for a second she worried that he saw through it because of the way he was staring at her. Kei smiled a bit.
"Of course," he said, following the others in.
Ariha watched him go before turning back to the view of the city.
"I've got a bad feeling about tonight," she mumbled.
"Keiko! You are absolutely soaked!" Arisa exclaimed, a well hidden taunt in her voice.
Keiko merely slid into the car, peeling off her wet clothes. She saw the driver's eyes looking at her in the rearview mirror and gave him a hard glare, making him drop his eyes. Arisa chuckled darkly.
"Don't be so glum. I have the proof I need."
"Proof?" Keiko asked, peeling of her pantyhose.
Arisa rolled her eyes. Few women would be able to sit almost completely naked and wet in the backseat of a car which made Keiko a rarity indeed. It did not make her less of an imbecile.
"Allow me to explain. My sister and Keiichi are like this," Arisa began, crossing her fingers. "He is a mew. I highly doubt he could have kept that from her. In fact, I believe that Ariha is also a mew."
"But, Miss Arisa, what if she's not?" Keiko inquired.
Arisa smiled.
"Well then she must know he is and we can arrest her on the grounds that she is an accessory to treason," she said.
She sat back in her seat, satisfied with herself. Keiko smiled.
"You simply do think of everything, don't you?" she asked.
Arisa shrugged as if she was modest.
"All it takes is one phone call."
Keiko's smile grew. This is where she came in. Reaching into her wet clothes, she pulled out her phone.
"Keito, darling. We have a mew we need you to pick up. As well as a few terrorists," she said.
"Ana, why are your panties in my basket?" Hachi asked, flinging herself against the banister.
She looked down at Ana who was lounging on the couch in the living room.
"Ugh, must you whine now. I just got comfortable and don't really want to get up," Ana grumbled.
"I will whine all I want! No, wait. It's not whining! It's putting my foot down! Now explain why your panties are in my basket?!" Hachi ordered.
Ana granted her a slow smile, like a cat who'd just caught a mouse.
"Hachi, I'll answer that when you come down here and ask me when you're within reaching distance."
"I am perfectly fine up here!" Hachi retorted, masking her fear.
Ana put her hands behind her head.
"That's what I thought," she muttered, closing her eyes and settling in for a nap.
It was then the front door was kicked open. Hachi screamed instinctively as dozens of armor clad men stormed in.
"Oh hell no!" Ana declared, rolling off the couch.
A handful of men went for her while the others stormed through the rest of the house. Hachi ran down the hall, headed for her room. Kei was out of his room in a heartbeat.
"Hachi, what's wrong?" he asked.
She ran for him.
"They've come to take Ana away!" she cried.
Right then, a man appeared, blocking Hachi from Kei.
"Keito," Kei said under his breath.
Keito glared at Kei.
"Never did I believe any student of mine would ever turn his back on not only his country but the very people who helped him in his time of need," Keito snarled.
Ariha's head peeked over Kei's shoulder.
"Miss Arisa?" he asked.
His eyes narrowed.
"No, you're not Miss Arisa."
"That's right," Ariha said.
She stepped from behind Kei, approaching Keito to Kei's obvious displeasure.
"What is this all about?" she asked.
In one move, Keito got behind her, wrapping his arm around her throat. He glanced at Kei.
"You know as well as I how fast I can snap a neck. And she's got a pretty delicate one which I'm sure you're well aware of," he said.
Kei glared at him before he withdrew a knife from his pocket. Hachi watched him do so, shocked. That shock mounted when she was grabbed from behind and dragged downstairs. The armored men had captured the twins, Haru and Keiichi and had managed to subdue Ana.
"Sir," they said as Keito walked into the living room.
Then came the sound of applause.
"Nicely done, Keito."
"Thank you, Miss Keiko," Keito said to the half naked woman walking in.
"And I thought I'd seen everything," Keiichi mumbled.
Arisa walked in behind Keiko.
"Hello everyone."
She looked at Ariha.
"Hello sister dear. Miss me?"
"Yeah, like I miss having an axe in my back," Ariha growled.
Arisa just smiled.
"Anytime."
She nodded at Keiko.
"Take them away!" Keiko ordered.
