Disclaimer: not mine, not mine, not mine.
A/N: again, things in s are when the character is speaking Japanese. Go crazy.
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Kakyuu clutched the folds of her dress up firmly, not wanting to get any dust from the road on the very expensive favorite gown. "This place sucks," she observed to her puppy parade, three would-be lights prancing dutifully after her.
The puppies, however, seemed to disagree with that statement. Canine DNA was possibly taking over senshi DNA, because they didn't seem that concerned with protecting her, more with rolling on the dirt road. Of course, looking around at the desolate expanse, Kakyuu noted that there was nothing to be protected from.
On the other hand, it was more than amusing to watch her trusted guardians, some of the most important people on her planet, reduced to gibbering puppies. It was especially amusing watching the usual stoic Taiki frolicing even more than the others.
Miss Tenoh's house loomed before them, large, imposing, somewhat dilapidated in that country style. Kakyuu marched up onto the rickety wooden porch and banged on the doorframe. "Tenoh-san?" she called out. "Ohayo, Haruka-san--"
Her greeting was cut off when the door flew open and she was facing the fiery navy eyes of one Tenoh Haruka.
Or it would have been Haruka, if she hadn't been dressed in a peasant dress sort of thing, her hair longer than Kakyuu thought Haruka ever would've dared wearing, and pulled back into a bun that was tight enough to cut off circulation to the brain. "The Chiba girl," Haruka sneered, and it took Kakyuu a second to realize that Endymion's --Mamoru's-- last name was Chiba, and since they were 'related'...
"Hai, hai," Kakyuu said.
Haruka glared at her. "Don't you 'hi' me," she said. "Why on earth are you banging on my door at this early in the morning? Not all of us live on a farm and wake up with the pigs, you know," she said, putting extra emphasis on 'pigs' to indicate her apparent distaste for Kakyuu's whole family.
Puppy-Seiya yapped suddenly, and Kakyuu, surprised that she recognized the barks of the Lights, glanced over her shoulder to smile at the puppies, wrestling on the porch. Puppy-Yaten lost the brawl, and tumbled awkwardly down the stairs, looking confused by otherwise okay. Kakyuu bit back laughter.
"Those damn dogs!" Haruka roared, so loudly that Kakyuu blinked and all three puppies dropped their game to gaze up at the humans. "I told you to keep them off of my property, you stupid girl!" she said.
At the insult against their master, the puppies bristled, and Seiya went so far as to bear his teeth and growl at the sky senshi. Haruka bared her teeth right back, disappearing inside for a few seconds only to return with a broom, which she used to swat at the Sailor StarPuppies. Taiki yipped in quick succession, and Kakyuu recognized the pattern to be his henshin phrase. For a few seconds, she looked on in awe, wondering if it would actually work.
Of course it didn't. Time didn't even stand still, because as Taiki was struggling to access his powers, Haruka was swinging her arm down, soon thereafter hitting him smartly with her broom. It wasn't a factor of strength, but size, as the business end of the room simply had more surface area than the puppy, and Taiki went skidding across the porch a few feet.
Kakyuu gasped, scooped the puppies up into her arms, which caused her to drop the basket she'd been holding, spilling cookies all over the porch. She made no move to collect them, only glaring at Haruka, furious that the outer senshi would be so unnecessarily violent. "You're a witch," she sneered, double checking she had all three dogs, then storming down the dirt road.
When Haruka's house was just a speck in the distance, as Kakyuu's own house was, she settled herself in the thin grass by the side of the road and surveyed the damage. "Are any of you hurt?"
Three puppies inspected themselves then shook their heads rapidly. "Oh, good." Kakyuu made a face. "I really, really hate it here," she said. "I want to go home. I want to go *anywhere* but here."
She allowed another moment for self-pity, then she trooped off towards the Chiba country estate, three puppies in tow, remarkably lost in dog-happiness again.
As she approached the farmhouse, Usagi ran out on the porch, wringing her hands. "Oh, thank God, Kakyuu, there you are."
Kakyuu blinked at the would-be queen, nonplussed. "You told me to go to Haru--to Miss Tenoh's," she corrected herself quickly. "To bring her cookies."
For a moment Usagi was distracted from her worried expression, and looked at Kakyuu's empty hands. "Where's the basket?"
"I left it as a consolation prize," Kakyuu said darkly, but Usagi took no notice of her tone, and once again began to fret.
"Oh, bad news, Kakyuu, bad bad news," she said, pacing.
"Bad news?" Kakyuu repeated. "Youma? Daimon?"
Now it was Usagi's turn to stare blankly. "Pardon?"
Kakyuu shook her head. "Nevermind."
"Oh, Kakyuu, dear, there's a tornado coming. And soon."
Kakyuu looked around and noticed the winds were picking up and the sky was getting dark. "Shimatta," she repeated as the weight of it sunk in on her. She'd never been on the receiving end of any of Sailorjupiter's cyclone-type attacks, but she knew enough to know that they weren't particularly pleasant.
If Usagi had heard Kakyuu swear again, she didn't seem to care. "Go around back and check to see that the animals are boarded up, would you dear? Then hurry inside!" Usagi waved Kakyuu on, then proceeded to try and usher the dogs inside. They stood their ground admirably, considering their diminuitive size.
"They go where I go," Kakyuu insisted stubbornly.
"Just hurry, dear," Usagi said, running back inside.
"Did I mention this place sucks royally?" Kakyuu asked her guardians, hitching up her skirt once again and crossing the dusty farm while the wind raged around her.
A/N: again, things in s are when the character is speaking Japanese. Go crazy.
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Kakyuu clutched the folds of her dress up firmly, not wanting to get any dust from the road on the very expensive favorite gown. "This place sucks," she observed to her puppy parade, three would-be lights prancing dutifully after her.
The puppies, however, seemed to disagree with that statement. Canine DNA was possibly taking over senshi DNA, because they didn't seem that concerned with protecting her, more with rolling on the dirt road. Of course, looking around at the desolate expanse, Kakyuu noted that there was nothing to be protected from.
On the other hand, it was more than amusing to watch her trusted guardians, some of the most important people on her planet, reduced to gibbering puppies. It was especially amusing watching the usual stoic Taiki frolicing even more than the others.
Miss Tenoh's house loomed before them, large, imposing, somewhat dilapidated in that country style. Kakyuu marched up onto the rickety wooden porch and banged on the doorframe. "Tenoh-san?" she called out. "Ohayo, Haruka-san--"
Her greeting was cut off when the door flew open and she was facing the fiery navy eyes of one Tenoh Haruka.
Or it would have been Haruka, if she hadn't been dressed in a peasant dress sort of thing, her hair longer than Kakyuu thought Haruka ever would've dared wearing, and pulled back into a bun that was tight enough to cut off circulation to the brain. "The Chiba girl," Haruka sneered, and it took Kakyuu a second to realize that Endymion's --Mamoru's-- last name was Chiba, and since they were 'related'...
"Hai, hai," Kakyuu said.
Haruka glared at her. "Don't you 'hi' me," she said. "Why on earth are you banging on my door at this early in the morning? Not all of us live on a farm and wake up with the pigs, you know," she said, putting extra emphasis on 'pigs' to indicate her apparent distaste for Kakyuu's whole family.
Puppy-Seiya yapped suddenly, and Kakyuu, surprised that she recognized the barks of the Lights, glanced over her shoulder to smile at the puppies, wrestling on the porch. Puppy-Yaten lost the brawl, and tumbled awkwardly down the stairs, looking confused by otherwise okay. Kakyuu bit back laughter.
"Those damn dogs!" Haruka roared, so loudly that Kakyuu blinked and all three puppies dropped their game to gaze up at the humans. "I told you to keep them off of my property, you stupid girl!" she said.
At the insult against their master, the puppies bristled, and Seiya went so far as to bear his teeth and growl at the sky senshi. Haruka bared her teeth right back, disappearing inside for a few seconds only to return with a broom, which she used to swat at the Sailor StarPuppies. Taiki yipped in quick succession, and Kakyuu recognized the pattern to be his henshin phrase. For a few seconds, she looked on in awe, wondering if it would actually work.
Of course it didn't. Time didn't even stand still, because as Taiki was struggling to access his powers, Haruka was swinging her arm down, soon thereafter hitting him smartly with her broom. It wasn't a factor of strength, but size, as the business end of the room simply had more surface area than the puppy, and Taiki went skidding across the porch a few feet.
Kakyuu gasped, scooped the puppies up into her arms, which caused her to drop the basket she'd been holding, spilling cookies all over the porch. She made no move to collect them, only glaring at Haruka, furious that the outer senshi would be so unnecessarily violent. "You're a witch," she sneered, double checking she had all three dogs, then storming down the dirt road.
When Haruka's house was just a speck in the distance, as Kakyuu's own house was, she settled herself in the thin grass by the side of the road and surveyed the damage. "Are any of you hurt?"
Three puppies inspected themselves then shook their heads rapidly. "Oh, good." Kakyuu made a face. "I really, really hate it here," she said. "I want to go home. I want to go *anywhere* but here."
She allowed another moment for self-pity, then she trooped off towards the Chiba country estate, three puppies in tow, remarkably lost in dog-happiness again.
As she approached the farmhouse, Usagi ran out on the porch, wringing her hands. "Oh, thank God, Kakyuu, there you are."
Kakyuu blinked at the would-be queen, nonplussed. "You told me to go to Haru--to Miss Tenoh's," she corrected herself quickly. "To bring her cookies."
For a moment Usagi was distracted from her worried expression, and looked at Kakyuu's empty hands. "Where's the basket?"
"I left it as a consolation prize," Kakyuu said darkly, but Usagi took no notice of her tone, and once again began to fret.
"Oh, bad news, Kakyuu, bad bad news," she said, pacing.
"Bad news?" Kakyuu repeated. "Youma? Daimon?"
Now it was Usagi's turn to stare blankly. "Pardon?"
Kakyuu shook her head. "Nevermind."
"Oh, Kakyuu, dear, there's a tornado coming. And soon."
Kakyuu looked around and noticed the winds were picking up and the sky was getting dark. "Shimatta," she repeated as the weight of it sunk in on her. She'd never been on the receiving end of any of Sailorjupiter's cyclone-type attacks, but she knew enough to know that they weren't particularly pleasant.
If Usagi had heard Kakyuu swear again, she didn't seem to care. "Go around back and check to see that the animals are boarded up, would you dear? Then hurry inside!" Usagi waved Kakyuu on, then proceeded to try and usher the dogs inside. They stood their ground admirably, considering their diminuitive size.
"They go where I go," Kakyuu insisted stubbornly.
"Just hurry, dear," Usagi said, running back inside.
"Did I mention this place sucks royally?" Kakyuu asked her guardians, hitching up her skirt once again and crossing the dusty farm while the wind raged around her.