Tsuki groaned as she sat up, only hearing a group of giggles come from the other side of the room.
"Brats." She chuckled, picking up the frog that hopped unto her pillow before levitating it out of the cracked window.
"Momma said to wake you up!" Parapara admitted earning a light glare.
"I reckon she told the frog too?" the shadow senshi snorted, lightly throwing a pillow in their direction before getting out of bed.
This only earned more laughter from the children; who rushed out of the room.
Chuckling Tsuki quickly changed out of her pajamas and headed toward the dining area, only to feel someone jump onto her back.
"Oof….Vesta, I'm getting too old for this." She chuckled, only to earn a laugh.
"You're not old!" Cerecere argued, taking her mother's hand.
Yaten snickered at that and grinned up at Tsuki.
"She's an old hag!" the starlight joked, earning a light glare from her wife who just nudged her.
"Look who's talking Miss Rock star."
After breakfast Tsuki headed outside, noting that Karunā had not been at breakfast. However to her surprise she found the teen standing waist deep in the water of the nearby lake, fire coming from her hands and mouth as she moved gracefully through the water.
The girl's tank top and shorts revealed the small scars that decorated her skin. Though what stood out most was the stark redness that ran from her hands up to her forearms.
"How about you stop threatening the fish and come to the coliseum? If mars and Uranus doesn't destroy it then you won't." the shadow senshi called, earning a surprised look.
"What if I hurt someone?"
Karunā's voice was so small that Tsuki had trouble to hear it.
"You won't….and if it'll make you feel better I'll help you gain control." The dark warrior retorted, earning a shocked look.
"But your family…." The tan skinned girl began, earning a smirk.
"The quartet will be going shopping with their aunts and Pluto-sama; and Yaten is working at the animal shelter today." Tsuki answered, smirking.
Karunā glanced down, shuffling slightly in place.
"I don't want to come between family." She muttered, earning a sigh.
"You won't. Come on, let's go."
Suddenly a voice called out
"Who's the kid?"
The way that Karunā went rigid and went into combat position while a pink haired figure back flipped out of the tree overhead.
"Hawk….Must you always manage to scare people to death?" Tsuki grumbled, though she was smiling at her old friend.
"Sorry. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it in the letters but we finally decided on human names." he stated, earning a laugh.
"Please tell me that they are semi normal." Eclipse laughed, earning a confused look from Karunā.
"Relax…I'm Taka now. Basically it means Hawk." He retorted, just as a large tiger jumped from the garden wall, pinning Tsuki to the ground.
"Dammit fat ass, get off of me!" Tsuki growled, surprising the almost panicked Karunā.
"Seriously….Must you two act like children?" Taka/Hawks eye groaned.
The tiger stepped back, then in a flash of light there stood a young man with striking green eyes.
"Oh shut up birdbrain." He growled before helping Tsuki up and pulling her into a hug.
"Where's Fisheye?" Tsuki asked, pulling away though the men only exchanged looks.
"Sakana and Danny are who knows where doing who knows what." Tora/Tiger-eye stated with a shudder.
"Karunā, I want you to meet two of my closest friends. Tiger's eye can manipulate fire as well." Tsuki stated suddenly, with the young man turning and bowing toward Karunā.
"Nice to meet you miss." He stated, causing her to blush.
"Same back." The teen muttered, much to everyone else's amusement.
'I think she has a crush Tiger.' Tsuki said telekinetically earning a grin from the man who had become like her older brother.
'Hey it's not like Serenity and most of your friends didn't have a crush on your sister for the longest time. It's a kid thing.' Tora/tiger's eye thought back, earning a smirk.
"Come on Karunā, we'd better get going. You two are welcomed to come along." The princess of darkness stated, trying to hide her amusement.
"Sure. We were wanting to show you a bit of what our new performance was going to be." Taka/Hawks eye replied with a shrug.
Karunā watched wide eyed as the two men flawlessly performed flips through the air, the pink haired one manipulating wind to move Tiger's eye's fire into shapes. Their movements were like a dance, surprising the young teen.
"What are they?" Karunā finally asked, earning a smirk.
"they were animals…Though they turned human. They're like brothers…including their…uhm…sister." Tsuki responded, earning a confused look.
"What's wrong with their sister?" Karunā asked, earning a chuckle.
"Nothing's wrong with her….well except she can be whiny as hell." The shadow senshi retorted, earning a look from Hawks eye.
"What do you mean can be? She is whiny! She's a frickin' crybaby!" he responded.
Tsuki only laughed at that and leaned heavily on the railing that rain around seating area.
Karunā was surprised at how relaxed everyone was. It was well known that the palace was a huge complex of different buildings that were designed to keep the planet safe. This coliseum was the newest thing that had been built and served multiple proposes.
"I had no idea fire could be used like that….as something of beauty." The fifteen year old said after a while, earning a smile.
"Honesty I would rather influence fire than darkness….well at least until I learned how to use it as something else." Eclipse admitted.
"yeah but shadows can't hurt anyone." Karunā argued, earning a smirk.
"oh really? Let me show you something….Tiger! Spar with me a bit!" She called, hopping over the railing.
Karunā watched in awe as Eclipse and the former tiger charged at each other, the former using the darkness of the building to build up her power. She was so caught up in watching them that Karunā wasn't self-conscious about her hands being burned, even with Hawks eye/Taka standing beside her.
"Why don't you and the four chimpanzee's join us in our next performance?" Tiger's eye asked, earning a smirk.
"I might. Just do me a favor and don't let them know you called them that. The last time Vesta lit your pants on fire." Tsuki snickered.