25. First Dream of the New Year Yukari

**Well shit**

**Here's Yukari's dream! Yay! After lots of waiting**

**I don't own anything.**

Yukari stood up from the barstool and straightened her brown vest. She looked worse for wear in dark, dirty pants and a gray shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. The gold, star shaped badge pinned to her vest glared briefly against the burning lantern on the bar's countertop.

"Thanks, partner." She said, pushing her empty glass away.

The bartender, a barely four foot four Chiyo nodded. "I'll put it on the sheriff's bill."

Yukari picked up her hat and lightly bowed her head to the young girl. She strolled out of the bar and into the dusty street. It was just after noon and there wasn't one lingering gang member in sight…

The sheriff tipped her hat at the general store clerk. Osaka, in a modest dress that reached down to her ankles, curtsied back. She continued through her town, wondering if Sakaki had made it back from her trip to the city. She really needed her best deputy back. Her second deputy was a bonehead and about to get on her last nerve.

She stepped onto the porch of her office and took in a breath. Lord, give her patience.

As she pushed open the door, a hyper deputy raised a shotgun at her. "STOP WHERE YOU-" Tomo lowered the gun, "Oh, sorry boss."

She propped her gun up against the wall and went back to sweeping the office and jointed jail cell. Yukari shook her head at Tomo and turned to her desk. Sakaki sat in the light of the lamp doing paperwork.

"Yukari-sama," She spoke up, "There's two missing dog cases that I would like to investigate."

Yukari waved her hand. "Don't we have something more important like a kidnapping or a murder or-"

"There's a bounty out for Koyomi the Killer."

Tomo gasped, "Yomi of Diet Ranch?"

"The same one…" Sakaki answered quietly.

"Perfect." Yukari slung her rifle over her shoulder so it rested on her back. "Let's go catch her."

"There's one woman being held captive by her…" Sakaki read off the bounty flyer, she nearly gulped upon reading the name.

Sensing her deputy's hesitation, Yukari asked "Full report?"

"Miss Kurosawa of Azuma Ranch…"

Yukari felt her determination flare to dangerous levels. If Sakaki dared to look closer, she was sure there would be fire burning in the sheriff's eyes. It was on.

After riding thousands of miles across the desert in a matter of seconds, they arrived at Yomi's hideout.

"She was last spotted here, Yukari-sama."

Yukari jumped off her black stallion and stealthily ran to the nearest boulder, her two deputies following close. In the distance they could see a small ranch house surrounded by a short fence.

"Her right hand man, Kagura, is playing look out." Tomo whispered, pointing to the girl sitting on top of the roof. Her legs dangled over the edge.

"Okay," Yukari grabbed the gun off her back, "Let's rock this."

Her deputies nodded and together the three of them charged from behind the boulder. Kagura wouldn't have noticed if Tomo and Yukari hadn't been yelling the whole time they ran towards her. Because they were, she hopped off the roof landing perfectly.

Kagura ran towards the fence and ducked behind it as lasers flew past her head.

"Tell Koyomi to give me Nyamo back!" Yukari screamed into the wind as she wildly fired at the crouched figure.

"What are you talking about?!" Kaugra shouted over the fires from her own shot gun.

Yukari growled a slung her shotgun over her shoulder. She dodged the lasers masterfully and reached for the rope hanging from her belt. With plenty of experience, she swung the lasso over her head.

"Last chance, Kagura!"

The tan and dirty accomplice growled, "You'll never catch me!"

Two seconds later, Kagura was writhing on the ground trying to get her arms unpinned from her side. "Dammit!" She squirmed on the ground as Tomo hog tied her.

Sakaki frowned at the harsh treatment and decided she would stay to watch the "prisoner." Yukari had a feeling that Kagura would be long gone when they returned, but she was focused on rescuing Nyamo.

She kicked open the door to the ranch house and was surprised to see Koyomi laying out on the couch. Her Nyamo sat in the chair closest to the fireplace and had been reading a book out loud.

"Uhh?" Yukari tried to make sense of the lack of danger Minamo was in.

"NO ONE MOVE." Tomo yelled, that seemed to wake everyone up to the real situation.

Koyomi rolled off the couch and ducked behind the arm chair, "Yukari! What are you doing here? This is out of your jurisdiction!"

"Nyamo!" Yukari pointed her gun in Koyomi's direction, "I'm here to rescue you, come on!"

Minamo just gave her a look like she was stupid. Before the rancher woman could call her a dumbass, a floating orange cat carrying a tray with tea entered the room. Upon seeing Yukari and Tomo with guns pointed at Koyomi, the cat let the tray crash to the ground.

"WHAT IS THIS?!" His voice shook the house like an earthquake. Yukari stared in horror as the cat turned purple and then bright red. "IT'S TEA TIME."

Yukari bolted awake with an inhuman noise escaping her lips. It woke up her lover, who groaned and sat up.

"Am I _ever_ going to get some sleep, Yukari?" She huffed. Minamo had been taking care of a heavily drunken Yukari all night, "What is it now?"

"I had _that dream_."

Tequila always made her dream of Westerns. "Just… Go back to sleep please."