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 August 25 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.

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"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.

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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!"

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Hellhound just kept behaving like a dog more than a normal person as she waited patiently, teased by the scent floating around while her attention was soon on all of the activity going around. Clearly, the humans didn't come there to see her but it was still the very first time that so many of them were around and not to fight her. The ones eyeing her caused her to be distracted for a moment but other than that, the hound was watching quietly as she tried to understand this side of the human world. At the very least, when meals were served, she visually understood that, like her, humans came to taste food as well. By their reactions that were soon heard around her, it sounded like the food was really good, too.

Hikaru then came to set a bowl of food in front of her. Not something she probably ever ate, considering her main source of food was meat caught in the wild and only cooked by her own hell fire. This was another level, something only humans could possibly achieve with their cooking alchemy. The idea that this could possibly taste better than anything she ever ate made her salivate. When Akemi sat down close to her, her head turned to her for a bit, before she was told to eat. With a nod, Hellhound leaned closer and started picking the meat at first then dug deeper for some more food, eating like a dog for the most but gently for cleanliness. Her wagging tail was telling enough of how much she enjoyed it.

[Balthier]

The girls from earlier seated near Hellhound, watched her as she ate... enthusiastically, eventual covering their mouths to giggle quietly, but not able to look away. Akemi smiled gently, "I hope you like it, do the flavors agree with you?"

Hikaru watched Hellhound eat with an approving smile, turning soon, to finish plates of spicy yakisoba. Topping off the dish with a few fresh sliced vegetables on top of noodles and sautéed chicken. He soon served a plate each to Akemi and Hellhound, but had to turn back and prepare more and the smell of the food, and the novelty of Hellhound eating there drew more and more costomers. Akemi dantily said, "Thank you for the food," before she began to eat. Slowly at first, but soon she was also eating fairly quickly.

Outside across the street, the rival restraunt owner, watched, glaring. Going outside to see what the commotion at the Beef Bowl was. Standing hands on hips the man, saw a crowd going in and saw Hellhound inside eating. Thinking the Beef Bowl got some kind of mascot for attention, he stewed, angry. Made a phone call, and within 10 minutes, a young woman, looking like she's in her early 20s, dress in a rather revealing cat outfit, began holding a sign and twirling, attempting to draw customers as a few people on the street took notice.

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Hellhound stopped eating to nod to Akemi, whatever the question meant. For the beast girl, she had eaten worse before so a quality meal like this did well test her tastes. For what it was, she enjoyed what she was eating. The amount of humans coming around didn't even bother her. She was used to approach them anyway, as long as they didn't try anything against her. As Akemi started eating, the hound just continued eating her own meal, a bit non-humanly but that's all she knew. When she was finally done, she put the bowl away and wiped her mouth clean, finally giving a thank you for the food as well, now that she able to talk. Her behavior was very doggy but at least she wasn't burning things with fire.

As Hellhound looked around, her eyes finally took notice of one strange person outside who was not like other ones. Humans had their ways to dress that made them human compared to the hound who only dressed as much as she was comfortable. What she wore now was an exception but still pretty light, like she liked it. This one human however was dressed like another animal and a skimpy one at that. With a sign in her hand, one hellhound couldn't quite read, she looked like one of those mascots or whatever Akemi had mentioned. Giving her a poke, the hound looked at her. "I think one weird human is doing something outside... Is she one of the mascots you talked about?", Hellhound asked curiously.

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Akemi stopped and looked over her shoulder. Nodding to the Hound, "Yes, that's the rival restaurant's mascot. See how she tries to draw attention?" As she talked the girl in the cat outfit twirled and moved her sign, with neon LED lights in an almost hypnotic pattern. Her hips with an exaggerated sway as she walked back and forth. She was drawing more looks and attention by the minute. Suddenly music started and she did a little dance, energetic, and ending in a defiant stand facing the Beef Bowl, looking right at Akemi and Hellhound as the Cat Cafe across the street was nkw drawing at least as much customers as the Beef Bowl, if not more, and people on the street held up their cameras to stream video of the dancing cat girl.

"She certainly is energetic." She might have added, and cute, but didn't think that was appropriate. The smell of teriyaki and curry filled the Beef Bowl as Akemi finished eating. Akemi's father looking at the customers flocking across the street with a glare. 

Unknown to all, the catgirl was weaving a subtle charm. Witchcraft, and was enticing customers with mlre than just her looks, but with arts of magic, most black. 

When some customers finished their meals at the Cat Cafe, they left looking tired, almost as if something had drained each and every one of them, compared to the smiles and full bellies of those leaving the Beef Bowl.

Edited September 25 by Balthier

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Hellhound frowned as she was watching what effect it was doing on others affected by it. Energetic AND cute, even if the latter was not mentioned loudly, the hound could still mentally agree with Akemi about it. Her eyes locked into that human, imagining what she could do to her but without being a bad girl about it. She had forgotten many of the rules that they had talked about but rule number 1, she was not to burn anything nor anyone. Her fire would be kept for show or for attacking an actual enemy. NO HUMANS until she had to. Besides, it would burn her cute new clothes bought to her by Akemi and she didn't want that. "She's doing something... I can feel it, Akemi...", she muttered, about to move.

Even if she was stupid by human standards, Hellhound could see something wrong with the fact that people didn't look better AFTER eating. The hound always felt better and ready to fight a giant after she was done eating. Were they poisoned or much worse...? She had ways to drain her victims, too. Fun ways, in fact... Just like the one she had left in the burning town after making her come. This looked like a threat to humans in her book, not that she suddenly cared about them this much but she did promise to be a good girl. "We need to stop her, Akemi... I think she's playing with them and not in good ways. Hellhound knows because eating makes me feel better, not like this." she let her friend know about it.

Before she could wait for an answer, the hound dashed outside like she had a will to fight but she did nothing of such, only pointing toward the girl with her clawed finger. "Stop what you're doing to these humans...! Using magic is cheating and you're hurting them!", she shouted, not afraid to call her out on the spot. "If you want to play with anyone, play with me...!", she then challenged the girl, not doing all that much to hide her shapes under her light clothes. If she did play with her that way, she probably would not mind and even have fun with it but she would wait to see what that catgirl would do before she got any funny ideas. She had to be a good girl, that was her currently goal. Not disappoint Akemi.

[Balthier]

Akemi looked hard out the Window as the Hound made her statements. Something, indeed, didn't look right upon further observation. The people didn't just look tired, they look drained. "I think you're..." Hellhound was up before she could say right. Akemi watched the Hound dash outside, while her own sensibilities usually called for a more... restrained investigation approach, it was clear Hellhound was still acting on her gut without such reservations. 

Akemi covered her mouth in surprise a moment, before she jumped up. Delayed but attempting to catch up to Hellhound, afraid this would quickly spiral out of control. She caught up, putting a guarded hand on Hound's arm, silently urging caution in the middle of the sidewalk, as they looked across the street. Hellhound's shouting did stop people in their tracks, and many were looking now. Cars driving by now sped up and away. "Careful, we don't want to jeopardize the people or my dad's restaurant." Akemi said under her breath. Still she was surprised how well Hound was acting even with this situation. She might make a great guard/attack dog yet.

The catgirl, meanwhile, did look surprised to see Hellhound. But the surprise was only momentary, it soon faded to just the slightest of smiles. "Whatever do you mean, magic?" Feigning ignorance. She looked back behind the girls to the Beef Bowl. "Hikaru should keep his dog on a leash. I'd hate to see her run over."

The girl in the catgirl outfit, lowered her neon sign, and black claws seemly grew out of her right fingers. She stood at her full height, not that tall, but good posture, chest out in defiance, and a hand on her hip, which was thrust to the side.

Akemi spoke quietly in the Hound's ear, "You're sure? They're using magic?"

 

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Hellhound finally stopped from going further when Akemi intervened, her ears dropping a bit as she wondered if she misbehaved. A look around showed that humans probably were scared of her at the very least confused about the situation. She did look beastly after all. But soon after, the catgirl seemed to double down on her evil plans. Or at least, to Hellhound, denying the evidence right in front of her was an insult but so far, it was not the worst she could have said by pretending that no magic was involved. Her next words rubbed the hound the wrong way, calling her a dog and not in a nice way. It felt like she was insulting her but she was too dumb to really understand the last part. She still didn't like it...

The claws triggered Hellhound's defense, though... Moving her pawed but very sharply clawed feet, she stood in a fighting stance but otherwise did not move an inch too far unless Akemi was in danger or gave her the signal to attack freely. The hound didn't like this girl, not at all... She was mean and she looked like she wanted to play rough, which she could very well have fun with but now was the time to be a good girl, not a beast scaring humans. Therefore, no fire was involved just yet... From appearances, she just looked like an charcoal skinned dog girl with fiery eyes, possibly from eye lenses. As Akemi whispered the question to her, she turned her head, looking hesitant but soon nodded, feeling certain.

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Akemi was caught in a moment of hesitation. First off, if magic was being used, and the customers looked this drained, this couldn't be good. Second she didn't want to reveal her magical girl form here in public. Third she didn't want trouble by her father's restraunt. 

There was a smug look on the girl in the catsuits face, and something about the way she carried herself, and stuck her chest out, almost flaunting it at them, Akemi disliked. Her hand on Hellhound's arm tighten. 

Catsuit girl (Neko) smirked, "Oh ho! Is the little doggy afraid of the black cat?"

With a completely unnecessary, or so Akemi thought, backwards summersault. Her body suit not quite succeeding it keeping her assests for jiggling as she settled into a fighting pose with claws out. Neko girl looked over a shoulder a second, apparently considering if fighting in front of the Cat Cafe would be a good thing for her purposes. Thinking better of if, she kicked the neon sign, which exploded in a bright blinding light, using it as cover as Akemi and the rest of fhe street reflexively shielded their eyes. Neko ran across the street in a flash of speed, very quickly tapped Hellhound on her chest, saying "Tag, you're it." Just as fast she was gone, with a long jump, then running down the street. 

"This could be our chance, if you follow her, I'll catch up later!" Akemi slipped a bracelet with an air tag like device over Hellhound wrist. "Go get her!"

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Hellhound kept an eye on the catgirl who tried to provoke her. She had to remain a good girl... That's what she had promised. She still wondered what the cat planned to do against the two of them if they were to fight. A somersault? Then what? Hellhound could do this too. Her sharp eyes stayed on her, teasing her to do a little more than just fight. The unexpected occurred, though. That neon sign that was kicked to explode managed to blind the normally dark lurking beast girl, forcing her to shield her eyes as well. The speed then made her ears twitch as she felt her approach but she could not do much at that very second. Still, she only felt a tap on her chest when she could look, before the catgirl ran away.

Blinking for a second, it was like she was inviting Hellhound to a challenge. Her pride absolutely made her feel like taking her on and Akemi seemed to approve. Grinning happily, the hound switched herself into hunter mode. The game was on. She was not sure what the bracelet that was put on her arm was but she was given the order to go for it. All bets were off. Kicking the ground with her paw and her claws, Hellhound dashed after the catgirl. She was already fast by nature but she couldn't tell how fast she would reach to the catgirl, especially if she might use magic to cheat. Still, she didn't plan to let it slide easily, following her scent if her eyes were not locked onto her, her whole body racing after the girl.

Edited October 1 by Warning

[Balthier]

Neko lead Hellhound on a wild chase through the streets, exploding through crowds of people and bounding through traffic, only narrowly avoiding getting hit, and causing some minor fender benders. The catsuit girl dodged and ran through the city. Through a maze of tall building and unfamiliar smells, until the cat girl ran effortlessly up a large ferris wheel right in the middle of town. 

The smell of mineral water and hotsprings filled fhe area, and a sign off in the distance proclaiming the nearest building the Yokohama Manyo Club. People looked out of windows, and lounge in outdoor hot springs, looking at the Neko running up the ferris wheel. Some voice shouted, there was commotion, fromboth men and women at the club, as they feared something usual was happening, but curious enough to watch from a distance.

The catsuit girl rested a moment at the top of the ferris wheel, trying lay low, eyes searching until she found Hellhound, presumably chasing her. She watched staying quiet, teying to hide and see what would happen. She only cursed the people looking in her direction might help give her away. Though they started to turn their excitement towards Hellhound as she came closer.

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Hellhound rushed after her, only braking her speed once she saw the wheel clearly but didn't take too long before she dashed once more. Whatever this weird wheel was, it could be climbed. And so, she ignored any people around and leaped high. Not high enough to reach the top but easily bypassed a few cabins or bench to land on one, instantly leaping again while using her sense to not hit anything or anyone. If she saw anyone close enough, she quickly waved at them with a smile before she made her way as high as she could. Unless the catgirl moved, she was coming extremely fast and leapt without hesitation at the last jump to pounce at the catgirl right off the ferris wheel if she had the time for it.

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If Hellhound hit her mark, she held onto her while flying off the air and not letting go but as insane as she was, the hound made sure to flip with her, on her back. The landing would be rough but the girl would not be hurt much. She could then finish her fight with her if she was in state to do it. Maybe knock her out temporary to teach her some beastly manners. With the speed she had put to pounce, the distance she flew probably was far enough to not be in sight of anyone else, if on a roof or on the ground somewhere. She would lock the girl into her grasp until she couldn't anymore, though. Whatever surface she hit would make her cry out and probably tear whatever clothes she was wearing apart.

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Missing her, Hellhound panic tried to grab something but instead flew off on her own, painfully landing on whatever surface she was flying toward. The landing hurt a lot, getting a cry out of her but she looked around and toward where she last saw the catgirl, feeling dizzy and not quite happy. Her clothes probably were torn upon landing but she did not care if her charcoal skin showed to any other people IF anyone even saw her where she was. Even if she wanted to dash back after her, her leg was now giving a throbbing pain but she was not the kind to give up, still forcing herself to move back toward the ferris wheel or wherever the catgirl had gone to this time, if relying on her scent was an option.

Edited October 2 by Warning

[Balthier]

The Neko was caught by Hellhounds pounce, and the two went flying off the top of the ferris wheel. As Hellhound maneuvered, selflessly attempting to shield the girl in order not to kill her as they fell, the Neko took on a slightly altered appearance, still cute, but with her claws out, the cat ears of the costume had fallen away, only to be replaced by the real thing. It was at this point Hellhound realized ahe had a Neko demon in herhands, who was only too happy to go along and try to make sure Hellhound broke her fall. She smiled wickedly as her large, soft breasts pushed against Hellhounds own as they fell together.

When they landed on the club rooftop nearby, as luck would have it they landed in pool of the nearby Manyo Club. The splash was spectacular, water flew in all directions, and even then they still hit the bottom pretty hard. The cat demon was dazed even though she had mostly managed to land on her feet, though Hellhound had ruined her perfect landing.

"What a vile mut you are..."

The neko demon said as she staggered to her feet, rips in her skin tight back bodysuit now. She hissed as water from the splash rained back down on them. The cat demon launched into an agile attack, trying to trip the Hound.

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Hellhound had a moment to have a glimpse of her actual enemy but she was now stuck with her, having falsely assumed that she was a human. After she had landed in the pool, all the hound felt was the solid floor almost crushing her with it being a little worse after this neko demon pushed against her. The water almost instantly reacted with her but with the speed of her landing and how they made a big splash, only what was coming back had the time to be affected by Hellhound's raising heat. She was down for a bit and dizzy but still tried to get back on her feet. The water around her either grew warmer or the small drops falling from above evaporated. Her clothes were ruined... Again... Akemi might be upset...

With how fast the catgirl was and how she was herself the one almost knocked out from the impact, the move to try and trip her wasn't too hard to achieve, having her fall in the water again with a cry out. As it was, she was still trying to get up though and even used her claws to slash and strike toward her. She just needed enough time to get her bearing back. The water would get warmed but not too hot or unbearable. Still, she could still be drowned if the water decided to fill the pool once again. Water was not her domain. Fire was... She could evaporate water but that was on specific conditions. For now, she tried to struggle to get her stand back against this feline demon. The hound knew that she was a bad girl...

[Balthier]

Claws extended in a desperate, wide arc, the cat-girl was already moving. A flash of dark, silky hair and a smirk was all the hound would see before a clean, powerful kick sent the hound back down into the sloshing, warming water with an audible, indignant cry.

The pool was still churning from their mutual impact, the water level rebounding slightly to cover the hound's struggling body once more. Seizing the momentary advantage, the Neko demon pressed her attack, moving with a practiced, predatory grace. She stepped directly onto the Hellhound's midsection, planting the sole of her boot right on the curve between Hellhound's legs. It wasn't a crushing weight, but it was enough—a solid, unyielding pressure to pin the stunned hound beneath the surface tension of the water.

She kept her other leg straight, the perfect line of her thigh and calf—smooth, unmarred, and impossibly pale against the dark, disturbed water—holding her balance. She leaned in, her voice a low, purring mockery that cut through the sound of the evaporating droplets.

"Trying to run so soon, little puppy? That's not very sporting," she cooed, a playful venom in her tone. "Did you really think I was just some delicate, little human? My, my... you hounds are even duller than the stories say. Look at you. All that fierce heat, and yet you're drowning in a puddle. You’re lucky this is little more than bathwater. Now, hold still. I haven't even had a chance to properly admire the mess you've made of your clothes yet."
She pressed down a fraction harder with her foot, feeling the muscle and bone beneath her sole, a clear message of dominance in the slight increase of pressure.

"Bad dogs need to be kept on a very short leash, don't they? And this is my favorite kind of trap."