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"Miss Seija, It's been quite a while." he bowed, before turning to Biten "Miss Biten, that was an exceptionally stupid move."

"Agreed." Yachie murmured, biting harder on her pipe. "And I don't see a man on your side Miss Wicked Hermit."

"Tis different when one has already been a mother I suppose?" Seiga said with a smirk.

"Enough of this farce." Konngara coldly stated as the Swords-woman stepped into the ring. "The Amanojaku is right, if you want something, you fight for it and take it. Everything else is a mere illusion."

And after that, all hell broke loose among the bitches. Seiga started gloating about how many men she's turned down in her life(probably all just hermit prospects, let's be honest), Son Biten began asking everyone about their favorite positions, Konngara sat bitterly in the mess she stepped into, rarely popping out some stoic one-liner, Yachie couldn't get a word in edge-wise after her last embrassement, and even some of the HSE staff was starting to join in on the conversation.

A pretty good, chaotic outcome considering it only took me giving the fox some honest advice. At least that was until...

"Pretty." Chen, who had apparently been eavesdropping on the conversation said. And we all turned to look.

It was Takane and she was drop-dead gorgeous. Instead of her usual work wear or camo, she instead wore a bright green yukata, her silken hair was tied up into a bun on her head, exposing the nap of her neck, subtle makeup brought out her feminine features in a way that'd make you feel dumb for not having noticed them before, and her expression was serene and well-adjusted.

Not one of us could speak, instead we all stared in stunned silence.

"Oh, what are all of you doing crowding the halls like this?" She asked.

"Boss uhh," One of the Yamawaro was the first bold enough to speak up. "Where are you off to?" She asked.

Everyone leaned in to hear the answer.

"Sorry, I know how this must seem, but I swear it's formal business. You see, I'm off to propose marriage, swear I won't be long." She said, bowing slightly before making her leave.

The instant she left the building, the entire crowd of woman became incredibly self conscious. White wolves checked their complextion in the reflection of their broad swords, Yamawaro began sniffing themselves and making for the locker rooms, Yachie adjusted her poise to be a little more girlish, even Konngara un-crossed her arms, Seiga looked like she was frozen, unable to process what had just happened, and I just toyed with my hair a little, split ends again shit...

"Ran! Ran! Can you show Flannie and I how to apply make-up?" Chen asked the vulpine, hopping up and done in excitement.

The fox promised to later and the cat, as well as everyone else, silently began to shuffle back to their duties, until once again it was just me and Ole' Nine Tails.

"I guess you asked the wrong Youkai." I shrugged, gesturing off in the direction Takane had left.

"No, I think you were just perfect, thank you Seija. If you ever need anything, just ask." She replied, bowing to me with her hands crossed in her sleeves.

"Bah, blow it out your ass and go lay some bite marks on that lover of your's why don't you?" I answered with a middle finger. "Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go make sure what's mine isn't mingling with the help."

That big, leashed, horny, annoying calculating, varmint might well be a double agent, but who cares? Hell, my kids'll probably be older then her's, so we can start a multi-generational bullying tradition! And they say Amanojaku can't think long term...

There's not many images of Takane being girly. Sad, but her cute face/hair combined with her rough outfit is part of her charm I suppose! I hope you've enjoyed this episode of Yakumo Empire: Girl Talk and hope you'll forgive any mis-characterizations, I know I touched on a bunch here.