"That's a mean machine," she said admiringly as she got out of the car. Makoto walked up and
grinned.
"I never figured you for a car buff, Minako," she said. "Yeah, that's Yoshi's baby. It's even
faster than it looks. Yoshi, he's handy with machines."
"Oh," Minako murmured as Usagi and Rei pried themselves from the backseat. "Good with
his hands, then?"
"Trust you to find some sexual innuendo in that," Rei
grumbled, stretching the kinks out. Minako took a moment to surreptitiously check out the other
girl's butt as she bent over.
Yep. Still fabulous.
Minako," Usagi breathed.
"Mmmm?" Minako replied, glancing down without breaking her pose.
"Don't be alarmed," Usagi said with an impish gleam in her eye, "but I think there's every
possibility that you might be a shameless hussy."
Rei watched the cab driver pull away, the driver giving them one more incredulous glance in
his mirror before roaring down the road and out of sight. Well, she couldn't blame him, she
supposed.
It certainly had been an interesting ride.
Ranko had squirmed and crawled around between them, refusing to settle down in her odd
feline state. And, of course, Minako had felt compelled to tell the driver that Ranko was their sex
toy and was merely role playing.
Ranko rose on all fours
and followed her, brushing lightly against Rei's leg as she investigated her new surroundings.
Minako made an exasperated sound.
"Made yourself a friend, huh?" the blonde asked.
"Jealous?" Rei shot back.
"If she's your cat, just see that she doesn't pee on my floors," Minako said.
"What's that noise?" Artemis asked. "Hey, is she ... purring?"
"Yeah, she does that," Minako told him. "It's kind of wild, huh?" They watched as Rei
stroked the girl with slow, soothing motions, gradually bringing the ward up in her free hand.
"That a girl," she crooned as Ranko cocked her head lazily. "Just relax ..." Picking her
moment, she reached out and planted the end of the ward directly on Ranko's forehead. Not
knowing what the reaction might be, she hopped back quickly, watching Ranko to see what effect
her ward would have.
She didn't have long to wait.
Ranko sat bolt upright, the long strip of red paper covered with arcane black characters
dangling in her face. She shook her head violently, but the end of the ward remained firmly stuck
to her forehead. Ranko made a confused blert, then rose up on her legs and began batting at the
ward with her hands. She spun in place, pawing madly, then ran on all fours across the room,
sliding into the far wall. Rebounding neatly, the red-head began flailing again and finally
managing to snag the flapping ward.
Eventually succeeding in tearing the ward free, Ranko batted it around in mid-air before it
could hit the ground, propelling it across the room. Merrily, she gave chase, pouncing on it and
once again sending it skittering around on the gleaming wood. Finally she landed squarely on it,
grabbing the offending ward in her mouth and giving it a good shaking before falling down and
rolling onto her back, limbs waving. At that point she froze with the ward still clasped in her
teeth, rolling her eyes to look at Rei.
"I'm guessing spirit possession is right out," Minako said.
"Good guess," Rei sighed
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