Tsuki laughed as she got out of the water, glaring at the four little kids before turning her eyes on Karunā who was trying hard not to giggle.
"Oh so you think it's funny?" the woman growled suddenly using her powers to cause the teen to slip into the water.
Yaten laughed from well away from the water, the light hearted and playful atmosphere causing her to be able to relax even if she wasn't too keen on getting wet.
"Hey Parapara….aim the water toward her!" Tsuki whispered, earning a questioning look even though the little girl soon started to giggle and did just that, drenching her other mother completely.
Yaten gasped as the cold rushed into her though she only glared lightly at the group before glaring a bit harder at Tsuki—who was giggling—before sending a ball of energy into the dark haired senshi, knocking her back into the water.
"I know you put her up to that!" she called, her tone playful as she came over to the group and splashed Parapara as Tsuki climbed out of the water, a Lilly pad clinging to her hair.
"I'm going to get you!" she growled before chasing her lover.
Karunā watched them and laughed as the two women acted much like teenagers, despite how serious that she saw them before.
"Hey Karunā, want to play mud ball?" Junjun questioned, earning a laugh from the teen.
They were practically princesses and yet they wanted to play something like that?
The teen wondered as she asked "Are you sure that your moms won't mind?"
Both women laughed as they came back over, Yaten putting her hands on the teen's shoulders.
"You're kid's….The only seriousness you guys really need is trying to avoid getting grounded." She retorted, reminding Karunā how down to earth that they were and how opened that they seemed.
"Come on…please?" Vesves stated earning a sigh from the teen.
"Fine." Karunā gave in, letting them drag her off to the lake's embankment.
Yaten laughed and put an arm around Tsuki before sighing
"I think you need to talk to her as soon as she gets back from the past….for the past weeks you guys have become really close….even if she is a bit aloof. I know you hate listening in on people's thoughts because you can't choose what to see and not see but I think you should. " the silver haired woman stated, earning a sigh.
"Alright. But I looked into the little girl that came in here's mind. What I saw was what pissed me off so much. It seems like most of the dark kingdom….or whatever the hell we were reincarnated as became violent." Tsuki replied, relaxing against Yaten before passing the memories over to her, causing her to shudder.
"Tsuki….you were not that bad. You got violent when you'd sneak into bars as a teen and get drunk but honestly you never were that harsh." Yaten reminded her then added with a laugh "you fought Haruka both times if you remember…Setsuna was so mad at the both of you for weeks!"
Tsuki blushed as she remembered that.
"Yeah and I think that was the only time that either her or dad actually punished either of us for fighting. I'm just glad that Dad let Setsuna deal with me, I think I'd had been scared to death if it had been him." She recalled, earning a chuckle.
"Both of his kids were drunk, got in a bar brawl and got hauled into jail. You'd be mad too." Yaten stated, earning a chuckle.
"If it were me I'd had probably grounded us for months." Tsuki stated.
"Honestly Setsuna knew how hard to be on you just like Daichi knew how hard to be on Haruka." Yaten stated then added "Setsuna was a good role model for you. I know that you love the girls and that Setsuna was the one who taught you how to be a parent because you kept Daichi at an arm's length."
Tsuki nodded and glanced at the playing girls.
"I still have an issue with men. It's not as bad as when I was young but it's still there." Tsuki admitted then added "even if Dad would never actually hurt me."
"Momma! Look!" Cerecere called, earning looks from both women who instantly burst into laughter because Cerecere had managed to engulf Karunā into vines and hung upside down.
"Put her down Ceres." Tsuki laughed, just as Karunā burned her way out of the mess, falling to the ground.
"I've got it." The teen laughed suddenly pulling Cerecere into a playful headlock, messing up her hair.
Tsuki grinned at this and shook her head at their antics.
"Here kids…get remotely cleaned off…we'll stop for ice cream on our way home."
On the way home Tsuki noticed that Karunā was taking up the back of the group, so she drew back until she was walking beside of her.
"What you doing back here?" she asked, earning a sigh
"Well…you've put up with me enough today. You need time with your family." Karunā stated, earning a light nudge.
"What are you talking about? I was with my family today."
Karunā felt hope rise in her chest at the comment though she shook it away. After all, it didn't mean anything.
Tsuki sighed as she sat down and put a hand on Karunā's shoulder.
"When are you heading out on your mission?" she asked, her tone almost loving and gentle.
"Well…I…I was hoping to do so by tomorrow or the day. I want to get it done so that I can actually be a help." Karunā stated, glancing away with a blush.
"I'll pack the things you'll need. But I warn you….The Tsuki back then won't be like me, I was harsh when I was younger because I was having issues." The dark senshi warned, earning a sigh.
"You can't be worse than my foster parents were. I'm sure that even then you wouldn't burn me."
Tsuki rubbed Karunā shoulder at that.
"No, I was never that cruel…nor would be. But I want to warn you there's a chance you'll find the past Tsuki drunk, that's when I was violent." She warned, only to get a look.
"I can handle it...I know how you are….You could have hurt me when I attacked you but you didn't even arrest me. You took me in as a student! You even let me near your family! I don't care how you were before, I know people change!"
Yaten smirked as she imagined the teen continuing that statement with the hidden in her tone.
"Please be careful though." Tsuki advised, watching as Karunā's eyes glistened slightly.
"I will." Karunā stated determination painting her tone before she added something that Tsuki couldn't hear.