Awakening Beast. (Hellhound's Entry)

[Balthier]

Akemi watched her put something on, it seemed to work.

"Yes I think that style really suits you. Practical and... cute."

Akemi reached out and patted the Hound's head reassuringly. Then rubbed her hair side to side, before straightening it back out by petting her. Akemi noted how the clothing hugged the Hound. 

"Yeah, this will work." She put the rest in the trunk and And got back in the car. Time seemed to fly the rest of the trip as she got to Yokohama. The building more frequentand  bigger and bigger, more and more people too, until they were in the city proper.

Akemi let the Hound stay out the Window, big city folk more accustomed to seeing an oddity. Plus with the convention in town, the big one across the Bay in Tokyo, many thought Hellhound was a cosplayer. A cosplayer with a really tight shirt, and she drew many looks. At a stop light, a car full of young men, rolled their windows down as well, and looked at Hellhound, "Hey girl! Looking good! You going to the convention?" Looking for any excuse to talk to the Hound, as the seconds at thw stoplight ticked away.

 

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As Hellhound felt like she had done good, even getting a rewarding headpat for it, her tail started wagging gently. Perhaps she was a bit too naive or innocent on that one side of things but she was still a happy puppy. "Hellhound is Prac... teecal? Oh but I know what cute means. Cute is good. I like being cute.", she replied to Akemi. The rubbing was the best and it very noticeably calmed her. Once they were ready to leave. Just like before, the hound would sit in a way to look outside but at least her butt was not left for all to see this time. Still, very pettable if one desired to do so. Her tail slowly calmed down to become more relaxed as they continued the path to the big city. Hellhound's gaze was entirely focused on outside.

In the city itself, the citizen looked like normal humans but dressed a little more modern than what she had seen in most village. The city was more active as well. Many more cars were on the streets as well, those one carrying other humans around. As they finally stopped at a stop light, having no idea why they had done so, she simply didn't question it and looked around instead, only to be surprised by that other car stopping near theirs. Being told that she looked good made her smile but the word that made her ears perk up was 'convention'. At first, she looked up in thought then tilted her head before she looked back to Akemi. "Convention! Someone talked about it... A demon said they'd go there.", she told to Akemi.

Whether it was betraying a demon or not, she didn't care. Her memory was suddenly remembering the word and the place she wanted to go but was told to back off from. Magical girls including the one who had first defeated her were to be found there, at least at the time the demon left for it. She couldn't really tell how long that was ago, though. "It's the place where Hellhound wanted to go to but they told me that I can't because humans would not like me...", she said with her ears dropping, even though she knew fully well why she wanted to go. With Akemi, though, things had changed a bit. "Should we tell humans...?", she asked, if only to mess with demons, ignoring the men in the cars who talked to her, for now.

[Balthier]

"A demon... is going to the convention!?"

Akemi zeroed in on every word from that point. "What demon is going? I think that would be a bad idea for them. There are so many defenders there, unless they are confident to take on whole teams by themselves at once?"

Akemi nodded as she listened, and started driving again when the light turned green. "I assume they think the humans would dislike you, because they think the human would assume you are a pawn for the demon's. There are a lot of magical girls and knights there. As well as a lot of civilians, it's not a place to fight, but even if it was, I wouldn't recommend walking into a 10s, possibly a hundred possible enemies."

After some minutes, she finally pulled up to her father's restraunt and parked. Akemi looked over at her new friend. "It sounds like they either didn't trust you, or they may have been looking out for your best interest. Maybe both. There is a time and place for fights. The convention is not it. Thty said... it is a great way to get attention, if one can be a good girl. It's all about how you act and present yourself. A dangerous stray? Or an attack dog the whole community can love."

She watch Hellhound's face. Being truthful with her, and trying to judge her reaction. The convention didn't sound like a good idea, but she would let the Hounds know feom her perspective what it was about. She hoped she remembered their conversation from earlier...

Opening the car door, the smell of food, savory sauces and sweet meats, filled the air.

"Whatever we do, let's eat now."

Edited May 12 by Balthier

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Hellhound nodded to the first question but then to the next, she tried to think hard about it, almost to the point of giving herself a headache, "I don't know... But he was with bunnyman. I think they were going to spy on the convention.", she said, referring to the rabbit demon she had met in hell. Her memory was a bit foggy from back then but it was not like she cared at that moment. Whatever demons or humans did was not her problem. "Lot of enemies there, then... Okay, I'll stay away.", she said, concluding that if she could take on a village, a main base of magic humans might not be the best place to try anything funny. If they were so powerful anyway, they probably could handle that one demon... Probably...?

After Akemi finally parked and explained to her the way she could choose to behave, Hellhound paused, thinking about how she could be a good girl. Being dangerous to human was not it but an "attack dog the whole community can love", sounded like a nice party of headpats and food. The thought made her tail wag a bit again. "Okay, Hellhound will be a good girl.", she promised, hoping the humans would also behave. Once finally outside the car, the smell made her instantly curious, "Ooh, food... I am hungry, now. Whatever this is, it smells good.", she said in reaction to the scent. Not even thinking of where she was or people looking at her, all she could think about was new kind of food that she might taste.

[Balthier]

Akemi paused as she closed the door. A bunnyman... that sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. She was sure she had heard of a rabbit demon once, but couldn't remember where. She was confident no demon would be suicidal enough to go to the convention though. She did feel relieved Hellhound wasn't interested in going, that potentially could have went south fast.

Her father's restraunt stood before them. Large glass windows let one see inside, to tables and a long bar with stools that had many customers eating bowls of ramen and soba. The sign out front said, Beef Bowl, and it had a little cartoonish cow smiling and holding up a bowl of ramen. 

 

Akemi opened the door to walk inside, 2 customers exiting gave weird looks to Hellhound as they exited, then hurried along their way. 

"Irasshaimase!" Was heard from behind the counter as Akemi led the way in. "Akemi!" Her father greeted her with a broad smile as she walked in. He was a middle aged Japanese man, short hair with a well trimmed pencil mustache. He wore a somewhat traditional ramen chef's shirt with rolled up sleeves, and sported a white headband tied in the back. 

Akemi smiled back at him as she approached the counter. "Hello dad. This... is my new friend." She said as she gestured to Hellhound.

Her father looked up and down Hellhound. "That an impressive cosplay! I've never seen anything so realistic! And her muscule definition, is that real!? Did you meet at the convention?"

Akemi made a face. "Well, actually..."

Edited 20 hours ago by Balthier

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Hellhound followed Akemi with her beastly attitude, not really noticing the odd design choices of the place even if she probably had seen the animal itself in the wild somewhere. To her, this was part of how odd she found humans to be, not really considering or realizing that she might be the odd one. The two customers that left made her look at them with a smile like nothing was wrong but as they left rather quickly, the hound returned her attention to Akemi and the place that they walked in. For a moment, Hellhound eyed at what kind of place she found herself but the man approaching attracted her attention the most soon enough. Rare were times like this were humans just behaved normally around her.

Upon being introduced as friend, the beast girl's tail wagged while she gave a smile. "Hi...!", she answered shortly as a greeting, not knowing the manners to have. The father seemed to be praising her and this only fed her pride more as she played the part to display herself and even flex some to show off. When the question about the convention came up, Hellhound's eyes turned to Akemi for a second then went back to the man when she didn't really give an answer. "I was told not to go to the convention. I met Akemi outside and we played before we took a bath and rested. I'm Hellhound...!", she said a bit excitedly but otherwise tried to remain calm and behaved, as she promised to be a good girl, after all.

Despite her clothes and everything, it was difficult to hide her swaying tail which was pretty long or her fur, paws and claws. Above all, her skin was dark grey and probably nothing like any other humans, added to her fiery colored eyes or her ears. While many of these traits could be cosplayed, she might not be able to avoid suspicions for very long. What probably did not help was the way she behaved. If she tried to be a good girl, it didn't take long before she sat on the floor to relax for now with her legs forming a W close to her butt. Without realizing, she was behaving like a dog waiting patiently, trying to detect the scent of food roaming around the restaurant. The hunger was making Hellhound eager.

[Balthier]

"Nice to meet you, I'm Hikaru," Akemi's father nodded along, puzzled only by the word play, but his gave didn't show it. "You went to the baths together before putting on the costume?" He walked from behind the counter as Hellhound sat, surprising him. He wanted to inspect her "Costume" closely. Truth of the matter, he had always liked dogs. He looked at her closely. Akemi leaned over and whispered in her father's ear.

As she did seem group of girls in their early 20s turned from their food when one indicated Hellhound with a nod. All four of them stood up and crowded around Akemi's father and Hellhound. "Ohmygawd your do cute," the first girl said, as the others said similar things, one reaching out to touch her hair, that turned into a cautious head pat.

Akemi pulled her father away, a moment whispering in his ear as the girls heaped praise on Hellhound. Hikaru's eyes went wide as Akemi explained what the Hound really was. Still his eyes kept a softness when they looked at her. A sympathetic look, it seemed, but also of burning curiosity. Hikaru approached Hellhound and gently took her arm, encouraging her to stand up, trying to get her to sit at a table or at the counter. "Come, please have a seat, I'll fix you some food."

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Hellhound tilted her head, not really understanding the question she was asked. The only costume she had were the clothes she was wearing, thanks to Akemi. Before she could realize, her ears twitched as the girls approached toward her. Instead of reacting aggressively, she just sat there calmly and smiled. Humans rarely approached her like this so that situation was new for her. Normally, humans always were cautious around her, even children. Even if they touched her, they didn't normally just come and praise her. With that headpat, her tail started wagging a little more as she moved her head closer to the patting hand, thoroughly enjoying it. Being a good girl was not so bad so far, with what she got from it.

When Hikaru finally approached her again, her gaze turned to him with a pleased smiled. As he gave signs for her to stand up, Hellhound played along for now and followed. The mention of food got her a little excited but she tried to remind herself to behave, first calming her own tail as much as possible. She obeyed for now and sat down on one of the seat that looked comfortable for her butt then moved her tail closer to herself so it wasn't in the way. "Food sounds good... Hellhound is hungry...", she said with a slight whimper of excitement but pain as her belly demanded to be fed. Her eyes turned to the girls if they were still around but mostly only looked at them curiously or otherwise around, being quiet.

[Balthier]

Akemi, fixing her hair back cutely, and rolling up her sleeves, decided to help her father, who went behind the counter to the cooking area. With a skill that only comes from years of working together, the two worked side by side moving differently, but in such synchronization that it looked like a dance. Rice, meat, spices, sauces all coming together and making a truly mouth watering aroma. Even more people outside caught the smell as they walked by and felt compelled to to come in. Akemi's skirt swaying as she moved in the kitchen, that was behind the counter, in full view of the customers. The girls that had been around Hellhound returned to their meals by keep eyeing her with smiles.

The college age employee at the register, deftly took to orders and relayed them to Hikaru and Akemi, as the team worked with flawless skill. In what seemed like a short time, Hikaru had prepared all the ordered food, plus a lot of extra for Akemi and Hellhound, with Akemi's help. Savory rice dishes, spicy noodles and ramen where all served up.

Sounds of appreciation filled the restaurant around Hellhound, as people ate. Hikaru set an extra large Beef Bowl special in front of Hellhound, which consisted of tender juicy beef on a bed of rice, with his house special, home made teriyaki sauce. "I hope this is to your liking." He said with a friendly smile, soon back to preparing a spicy chicken and noodle dish for Hellhound and Akemi. He truly found joy in cooking good food for people. Even more for his daughter and her friend. 

Akemi sat next to Hellhound, waiting for her food, and leaned closer to the Hound. "Go ahead, try it!"