Karunā woke up to find a dog sitting beside her bed, tail wagging rapidly.
When the hell did they have a dog?
She wondered as she got up and walked toward the door, followed closely by the dog.
"Can you put that thing outside?" Tsuki grumbled gruffly, earning a sigh from Haruka.
"She's a kid….Let her take care of the dog if you don't want to. Hotaru loves it…..you can't just haul it off or something." Haruka sighed, earning a nod.
"I know…I wouldn't hurt it. But just having that beast around reminds me of my failure as a mom." Tsuki stated with a sigh, resting her head into her hands.
"Tsuki….If….If I may…..They don't blame you. I don't know what's going on but I know that they love you a lot. Those girls blame themselves just as much as you do but they wanted to move on…they want a stable family and you do provide that for them!"
Karunā stated, earning a shocked look.
"I doubt that kid…I'm a fucking mess."
Karunā just rolled her eyes at that
"Actually no, you just cuss too much."
Michiru and Haruka both burst into laughter then though Tsuki only glared.
"Okay little miss feisty pants…eat your breakfast and shut the hell up."
The teen's tone was almost playful, though Karunā obeyed with a small laugh.
"You're okay for a secretive brat…..then again….we all have things we'd rather not talk about."
After breakfast Tsuki got up and stretched.
"Hey Sets, I'm going to go train….Tell Dad where I'll be if he asks!" She called, earning a nod from Setsuna who was helping Haruka do the dishes.
"Can I come? Please?" Karunā asked, earning a smirk.
"If you think you can keep up shrimp." She replied.
The pair made their way up the steep terrain of the mountainside, with Tsuki having to stop every now and then to help Karunā back to her feet.
"Why do you where your hair over your eye? Is it to hide the scar?" The fifteen year old asked, earning a sigh.
"I look like a thug with all my scars." Tsuki retorted, then chuckled and added "I already scared one kid off at Rei's temple."
Karunā flinched at the words and glanced down at her covered arms and hands, remembering how she was covered in scars.
"Do you think scars makes a person ugly?" she asked, earning a chuckle in response.
"No…true beauty is on the inside. Plus each scar has a story…like the one on my eye was because I fought to protect someone I love while the ones on my arms are either because of self harm or a suicide attempt. You might not always be proud of 'em but they represent a part of who you are or were. It's like they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
Karunā glanced down at her hands again then slowly pulled off her right glove.
"Even grotesque scars like this?" she whispered, just loud enough for Tsuki to hear.
Tsuki's eyes widened when she saw the stark red contrast against the girl's flawless tan skin then noticed the small silvery scars on her forearms.
"What happened?"
Karunā glanced down and braced herself for an insult.
"My foster dad….but my powers turned them into something that increases my power." She answered, only to feel a hand rub over the rough surface.
"These scars are a part of you….in your time I'm sure they are used to Eclipse's battle scars. You have no reason to be ashamed of your body….scars or not." Tsuki replied then added "why don't you show me what you can do? One on one spar?"