Rekka, Serena's Irish Setter pup, nuzzles Mikina and then he sits up straight as his mistress walks in. She was worried and he didn't like it one bit. He walks over to her and nuzzles her legs. Serena smiles, " Yes, you are like my human Rekka. "

She bends down and picks him up, " Go play with Korin and Tenku, they need someone to keep them in line. "

Serena goes over to Mikina and plays tug with her, Rowen watches her closely, she wasn't allowing the female pup to sense her distress. Rekka had because he spent more time with her. Rowen had yet to meet Kongo and Suiko, but he hoped he would. He kneels down and plays with the pup as well, Serena wanted to re-socialize her, so being around more non-threatening people would help with that goal. Mikina sighs away from him temporarily and then she starts to warm up to him. " Yer a beautiful girl an' ya know it, huh. " Rowen says to her.

Mikina yips at this and Serena smiles, " I need all the help I can get to help her get re-socialized. I'll appreciate any help you can give me with my dogs, Rowen. I can't let Darien take this from me. I worked long and hard to build this business, I'm finally starting to get a reputation. "

" Darien will not take this from you. None of yer friends will let 'im. If ya think Ryo's gonna let 'im get away wit' terrorizin' ya, ya bett'ah think agin. " Rowen says.

Serena smiles, she knew Rowen was right about that. She leaves Rowen playing with Mikina and heads outside to release Kongo and Suiko. The Irish Water Spaniel and the St. Bernard both look at her, they too were pups and she lets them join Rekka, Tenku, and Korin. Suiko and Kongo needed some exercise as well. Serena tosses the ball for them and soon they were jockeying to see who could get the ball first.

She left them playing and went over to the rough collie pups and picks up the male, Racer's Blizzard, " All right, Blizzard, time for you to learn some new commands. Sit. "

Blizzard sits and looks at his new mistress, " Suwari. "

Blizzard stands up and looks at her confused. Serena smiles at this and looks at the pup, " Sit. "

She rewards him and gets ready to teach him that sit and suwari were the same thing. Once that has been accomplished she moves on to the other commands and pulls Dazz out to refresh her memory. Dazz had a little trouble remembering Taizai meant stay, but other than that she did exceedingly well. Serena works the fetch command with them in Japanese and that one they caught on to extremely fast. She had to make sure that her dogs were all well trained, which was why she had a trainer. She still had to call one of her breeder friends to see if there was a suitable male for her mama. She definitely needed to find a mate for her mama.

She looks through the contacts on her cell phone and smiles as she dials up Annette Martinez, " Rena, what are you doing calling me? "

" 'Nette, I need a male adult border collie. I have a mama and news pups at the vet's, the father of her pups is dead, you can call my vet for the paperwork and see if you can find a good match. " Serena says.

" So, you're expanding your business, huh? " Annette asks her.

" Yeah, I have a pair of rough collie pups as well, but I just couldn't leave the mother and her pups behind. " Serena says.

" I'll get back to you, okay. "

" Arigato, 'Nette. " Serena says and hangs up.

" Hey, boss lady. "

Serena turns to look at Gia Fortenelli, her groomer, " What's up, Gia? "

" Well, one of the stock male black labs is giving me problems about being brushed. "

Serena rolls her eyes, " That would be Rajura, one good eye, right? "

" Yeah, why? " Gia asks her.

" Just tell him in a commanding tone this, Watashi iu ka-kun to doresu o hatasu yo ni shiro! "

Gia blinks, " Watashi iu ka-kun to doresu o hatasu yo ni shiro, what does that mean? "

" It means do as I say or I play dress up with you. " Serena says.

Gia blinks at this, " Seriously, that's how you get him to behave for you? "

" Only thing that works with Rajura. " Serena says.

Once Gia has walked off a voice says from behind Serena, " You do realize that Dais will have your head, right? "

" Nah, hurting me would piss Rekka no Ryo off. " Serena retorts.

Sekmet shakes his head at this, " You are something else, I'm amazed at what you were able to do with this place. "

" This is something I'm good at that I love. " Serena says softly, after Luna she hadn't been able to look at another cat ever again.

" I can see that. " Sekmet says, " Where's Tenku? "

" The pup or the human? " Serena quips.

" The human, the pup is with the Irish Water spaniel, the St. Bernard, the Irish Setter, and the golden lab. You really did miss all of us, didn't you? " Sekmet says.

" Hai, I did. Ro's playing with Mikina right now. " Serena says as she puts her rough collie pups back in their kennel.

" Mikina? "

" A Dalmatian pup I had just sold not long ago to this couple that was murdered, I'm trying to re-socialize her, Rowen's helping. She's a littermate to Tenku. " Serena replies.

Sekmet nods at this, he'd heard of the Takeda murder, " I'll go join Rowen then. "

" Gotcha, but you're not staying here. "

" Time guardian has a place not far from here, I walked over. " Sekmet replies.

" Cool, I have more work to do with my pups and dogs, maybe I'll introduce you to Naaza before you leave. " Serena says, walking off, Topaz, her black lab at her heels.

Sekmet groans, he should have known she had a dog named Naaza if she had one named Rajura. She was annoying and lovable all at once, he could easily see why Wildfire had fallen for her. She was definitely one of a kind. Serena heads for her adult dachshunds and whistles in three short bursts. A dog with a hunter green and red collar comes running, " Naaza, janpu. "

The wire coated little guys jumps his fence and Serena rewards him with two treats. She pulls a rope out of subspace and plays with him while she looks over her adult dachshunds with a critical eye, she'd have to have Dr. Maris out again tomorrow, Delia was lethargic. She makes notes on all the dogs she'd need checked out on her palm pilot. She didn't have enough crates to take them all in so she'd need Dr. Maris to make another house call, though he still needed to update all the rabies shots. He'd been in the middle of that when Macinda had been attacked by that kusotarre.

Nick Stokes is currently taking another look at the crime scene when he is knocked out from behind and Darien smirks, " This was too damn easy. She'll come to me when she knows I have a hostage. "

Darien leaves his cell phone behind as he hauls Nick out of there, the veteran CSI didn't cause him too many problems. Soon enough his coworkers would realize that he was missing and start a search for him, from what he understood CSI Stokes had been kidnapped before, he'd been buried alive, well this time Darien was going to get more creative with what he did with Mr. Stokes. Nick was going to curse himself for being an idiot when he woke up in a cement room where water was just trickling in.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, CSI, or Ronin Warriors.