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On a lovely afternoon, Shoukaku and Zuikaku walk around the Sakura Empire town, looking for places to eat. Zuikaku rubs her tummy with a cute groan.
"Ohhh...so hungryyyyy..." the brunette whines. "Training my butt off really took a lot out of me..."
"You shouldn't have overdid it, Zuikaku~" Shoukaku says with a weak smile. "But as promised, I shall take you somewhere where there's plenty of good food~"
"How about an all you can eat thing?"
"We did that last week," Shoukaku says.
"Come on! That restaurant was the bomb!"
"Try something new for a change, okay?" Shoukaku says.
"If you say so, Shoukaku-nee..."
The Crane sisters walk further down until they see a little maid cafe with a cute fox on top of it, holding a sign that says, "Kitsune Maid Cafe". Shoukaku puts a finger to her chin, grinning.
"Hmmm...hey, Zuikaku, how about this place?" the beautiful older sister points to the sign.
"This?" Zuikaku looks up. "Oh, never heard of that place. Kitsune? Must be rare."
The 5th carrier division head up to the cafe, a sign with a picture of Akagi in chibi form was plastered on the door, right next to the cafe's menu. Zuikaku looked on blinking at the picture, confused by it. But Shoukaku...well she was going red in the face, biting her lip to hold in laughter.
"Uh...sister...are you alrig-" Zuikaku was interrupted as Shoukaku started laughing HARD, literally doubling over holding her stomach as her body shook with laughter.
"No...no... way... NO way SHES working here...in a MAID cafe?!" Shoukaku exclaimed between fits of laughter. Zuikaku rolled her eyes, turning to leave she grabbed Shoukaku's arm, which snapped her out of it.
"Wait! Sisteeeeer! I wanna see this!" Shoukaku whined, holding the door as Zuikaku tried to drag her away.
"No you're not starting drama with Akagi AGAIN, lets just go somewhere else." The brunette carrier argued.
"No please! Let me see her in that outfit please! I REALLY want to see it! Shes humilated me enough times, I DESERVE this!" Shoukaku pleaded, before literally putting her hands together and kneeling before her little sister. She even put on the stereotypical 'big cute anime eyes' just for effect. "Please~?"
Zuikaku groaned, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "Fine...but please don't start anything OK?" She sighed.
The two sisters head inside. And speak of the devil, the one that's going to greet them is...
"Welcome back, Mistresses~" Akagi bows at the waist. "A table for....two..." when she looks up, she sees Shoukaku and Zuikaku together. "You...what are you two doing here?"
"I told you it's not gonna work!" Zuikaku says in a hushed tone.
Shoukaku holds her hand up to shush her little sis. "Yes, table for two, please." The white haired Crane sister looks up and down at Akagi's maid outfit and oh, boy. It looks so sexy. The short maid dress, the thigh high stockings that hug her thick thighs and black high heels.
"Umm....sure..." Akagi grabs two menus. "Right this way...."
She leads them to a booth for two and sets the menus down. Shoukaku grabs a menu and opens it to casually read.
"I'll be back with drinks," Akagi says.
**Kitchen**
"Why, why, why, WHY does she have to be here!?" Akagi shouts as she pounds a table. "Out of ALL kansen, SHE has to be here!"
"Well, this cafe isn't exclusive to kitsunes-nya," Akashi says.
"Akashi, get out of here," Akagi says. "I'm not in the mood right now."
"You greeted those customers-nya," the cat girl says. "YOU should serve and treat them nicely."
"What?! You can't be serious!" Akagi exclaimed. "Have Shinano serve them!"
"Shinano is serving the Mutzuki destroyers at table 4 nya." Akashi said with a shrug. "Kaga is on break, and Musashi is doing the cooking, so YOU need to do it nya." Akagi's eye twitched in frustration, she felt her tails start to bristle up, and her hands balled into fists.
"Oh this can't be happening..." The brown kitsune stated in a dark tone. "I thought that snow-headed bitch hated small cafes...OW!"
A small 'thwack' rang out in the kitchen, as Akagi was bonked on the head, she wheeled around and saw Musashi standing there in a long, black maid outfit of her own, though it had more of a kimono styling compared to Akagi's more traditional maid outfit.
"No swearing while on duty, or i'll wash your mouth out with soap myself." The older fox warned firmly, holding up her finger like she was scolding a child. Akagi puffed her cheeks in annoyance and huffed.
"Fine...lets get this over with..." She sighed, before grabbing a clipboard and heading out the kitchen. The brown fox woman scanned the dining floor and saw Shoukaku watching her come out with a smug expression, while Zuikaku just leaned on her hand, trying not to get involved.
"Your drinks," Akagi says as *calmly* as *possible*. She slides Shoukaku's drink while handing Zuikaku her own. She takes out her pen and paper. "What can I get you for today? Have you decided on your orders?"
"An omelet with ketchup," Shoukaku says. "And same thing for Zuikaku."
"Aw, come on!" Zuikaku says. "Hey, hey! I just want the fried hot wings with ranch dressing and some fries please!"
"Going big on the calories, huh, Zuikaku...?" Shoukaku deadpans.
"And what about you!?" Zuikaku says.
Akagi sighs and jots down the order. "Anything else?"
"Ohhh, how about this for dessert~" Shoukaku points to a chocolate and vanilla ice cream sundae.
"Desserts can come later," Akagi says.
"Oh~? But I'm the customer and I'm ordering what I want~" Shoukaku says. "Unless YOU want some. I do not mind sharing~"
"That's not what I...!" Akagi sighs heavily. Shoukaku is really getting on her nerves. "Fine, fine..." She jots it down and puts it back in her pocket. "Coming right up. You better eat all of it, you hear me?"
"Unless we share some,' Shoukaku says. "Maids serve their masters. And I would like to request you to share it with me if I'm unable to finish~"
Akagi groans and face palms herself. "I'm going to take a breather. I'm just...not gonna say anything. Not gonna say anything..."
"Your panties are showing~!" Shoukaku calls out.
"THEY ARE NOT SHOWIIIING!!" Akagi shouts from the other side of the door.
**Later**
Zuikaku eyes her sister while the both of them wait for their meal. "Shoukaku-nee, I told you not to start anything."
"What? This is exactly what I want~" Shoukaku says. "Akagi needs to get out of her facade and show how cute she is~"
"You're doing a hell of a job doing it..." Zuikaku says.
The doors open and Akagi arrives with a trolley full of the food Shoukaku and Zuikaku ordered. Akagi serves Zuikaku her food first and then Shoukaku's. The dessert is placed in the middle.
"Please, enjoy," Akagi says.
"Oh, you forgot something," Shoukaku points to the omlette. "You need to write something on here~"
"Oh, like what?" Akagi says.
Shoukaku pretended to think for a moment, before smiling up at Akagi. "'Mistress', I want you to write that with the ketchup~" Akagi rolled her eyes before grabbing the ketchup bottle.
"Fine." Akagi started to draw some letters on the omelette, she was just finishing the first S in 'Mistress' when she got an evil idea, she stopped drawing for a second, and played it off like the bottle was stuck.
"Why have you stopped?" Shoukaku asked, her smirk fading as she watched Akagi 'struggle' with the bottle. Akagi now had a smirk of her own, before shaking the bottle.
"Apologises ma'am, looks like this bottle is defective, allow me to just..." Akagi then 'accidentally' squeezed the bottle too hard, and a jet of ketchup squirted all over the front Shoukaku's chest, making her scream in shock, and bolt to her feet.
"My Kimono! You...you did that on purpose!" Shoukaku growled, pointing at a now sniggering Akagi.
"Oh my, that looks like quite a mess~" Akagi chuckled quietly. "I better get some kitchen towels, I'll be right back~" the kitsune cooed happily, before sauntering away with a smirk on her face. Zuikaku just shook her head disapprovingly.
"I warned you..." She muttered, before tucking in to her own meal.
*kitchen*
Akashi and Musashi had both heard the commotion at the crane sister's table, and looked on with slack jaws as Akagi strutted back into the kitchen with a noticable spring in her step, she stopped when she realised Musashi was standing in front of her with her arms on her hips.
"Just what do you think you are you doing you careless girl?" Musashi hissed, bending down and pointing at Akagi's face, but that just made Akagi mad again.
"She started it!" The brown fox shot back, growling up at the older fox woman. "Relax I came back here to get some stuff to clean her up, just let me have this."
"Ohhhh, no," Musashi says, grabbing the towels from Akagi. "I'll clean this up. But you just hurt a customer. And for that-"
"Let me do it-nya," Akashi says and hops toward the brown fox. "For being so rude to the customers, not only do you have to apologize, but you also have to keep on that maid outfit and serve that customer for the rest of the day."
"WHAT!?" Akagi shouts. "No, no, no! That's insane! What kind of punishment is that!? Shoukaku was the one who was teasing the hell out of me!"
"But you were the one who purposefully spilled ketchup all over her," Musashi says.
Akagi cannot believe it. She has to serve Shoukaku for the whole day? In this maid outfit?
"Do you have any idea how many customers I had to deal with today?" Akagi says.
"No excuses-nya," Akashi says. "Now then, you only have an hour until your shift is over. Help Musashi clean up and then apologize to your customers and promise them a free meal the next time they come to the restaurant."
Akagi felt her soul leave her body at being outnumbered like this, but relented. She headed back out onto the restaurant floor with Musashi.
"My apologises for my coworker here, she has something to offer you as penance." Musashi announced, handing Shoukaku a towel to clean off the worst of the ketchup. Akagi didn't say anything at first, but Musashi loudly cleared her throat, before pushing Akagi forward.
"Uh...Akashi would like to offer you a free meal on your next visit as compensation for my actions." Akagi stated blandly, Musashi discreetly elbowed her, non-verbally telling her to keep going. "Ouch...and...I...I offer...my services...for the rest of the day." Akagi finished through gritted teeth, sounding like it physically pained her to say that sentence. Shoukaku gasped in surprise, before giggling.
"Oh wow! Akagi as my own maid? Zuikaku pinch me! I must be dreaming!" Shoukaku beamed happily, the ketchup stain all but forgotten about. Zuikaku just sighed indifferently.
"I just wanted to try the food here..." She sighed.
After getting situated, Akagi leaves for the kitchen, but not before turning her head to see Shoukaku winking and giving her a blow kiss. Akagi blushes and rushes inside the kitchen.
Zuikaku turns to her sister as she eats the last hot wing. "What are you going to do for the rest of the day now that Akagi is going to be your maid?"
Shoukaku puts a finger to her chin. "I can think of a few things. But...I'm not that kind of person. I'll just tease her a little bit, nothing too serious."
"I'm not gonna be part of it," Zuikaku says. "This is your problem, so you fix it."
"Oh, I am fixing it~" Shoukaku says. "Akagi needs to do her part~"
"If you say so, Sis..." Zuikaku says.
By the time the hour is up, Akagi walks up to Shoukaku and Zuikaku just as they are about to leave the door.
"H-hey..." Akagi says with a blush. "I'm supposed to..."
"Yeah, you're welcome to walk beside me~" Shoukaku says. "Stay close now, my dear Maid~"
"Y-yes...Mistresss..." Akagi says with gritted teeth. She links arms with the kimono wearing Crane sister.
Akagi groans, hoping that tomorrow, she'll snuggle with Kaga or have a nice talk with Shinano to listen to her soft, whisper voice to get her relaxed.
As the three of them start to leave, Zuikaku turned in a different direction. "I'm going to head to Takao's place for the night, you two do...whatever it is you're doing." She announced, before waving and sprinting off without giving Shoukaku and Akagi a chance to speak.
"Huh, her loss, well come along Akagi, you've got work to do~" Shoukaku announced with chuckle, holding Akagi's hand, and leading her back to her dorm room. The kitsune maid rolled her eyes again, but allowed herself to be pulled along.
*At Shoukaku's dorm*
Akagi looked around in mild surprise, the bedroom Shoukaku wanted her to clean wasn't exactly neat and tidy, but it wasn't like it would take a whole team a maids a week to tidy it up. (Not like most of the destroyer dorms anyway)
"OK...uh...this doesn't look too bad..." Akagi admitted, her initial annoyance deflating somewhat at the apparent low difficulty of her task.
"What, you thought I was going to make you unclog the toilet or something? I'm not THAT mean." Shoukaku stated with a small smile, before patting Akagi's back. "Now I want this room all tidied up and brushed clean, I'm going to practice my flute, have fun~!"
Shoukaku then left Akagi to it, picking out a new Kimono to replace the one that got ketchup on it, once Akagi started her work, Shoukaku then threw her old Kimono into Akagi's chest, forcing her to grab it. Scrunching up her face as she touched the old ketchup stain.
"Since YOU got it dirty, YOU can also wash it." Shoukaku then added, before leaving the room.
Akagi tries to suppress a groan. But she needs to remain dignified as Shoukaku’s maid. “As you wish, Mistress.”
Shoukaku giggles and gives a flirty wave before turning on her heel to leave. Her beautiful hair fluttering at the movement. Akagi stares at Shoukaku’s back before going to work.
So far, Akagi has done a good job at her maid duty. She washed Shoukaku’s clothing well, tidied up the bedroom like she was asked and is now sweeping the floor in the living room where Shoukaku is practicing her flute.
Akagi turns around to reach for the spot under the table. Her skirt rises and it shows her black panties. Shoukaku stares at it for a while, but still proceeds to practice.
When Akagi turns her head, she catches Shoukaku staring.
“Do you MIND?” Akagi says with a frown.
Shoukaku just smirks and shrugs.
"You're the one who bent over just now pervert~" the snow haired carrier teased.
"Excuse me?! Why you lit-"
"Now now, none of that my cute little maid, besides you're still putting on a show~" Shoukaku pointed out. Akagi gasped and straightened up quickly, blushing at having not acted sooner.
"Oh don't act so embarrassed, we both know you LOVE to show off your body, isn't that why you started wearing that in the first place?" Shoukaku asked, her smirk getting wider. Akagi could feel her blood boiling with each word, a mix of anger and embarrassment washed over her as she struggled to come up with a counter-argument. Unable to think straight she finally just said:
"Do... you required anything else done...mistress?" Akagi hissed, Shoukaku thought for a moment, before coming up with an idea.
"Prepare a bath for us miss Akagi, we both need to relax after a long day, don't you agree?" Shoukaku commanded with a small giggle.
Akagi's eyes went wide in shock, unable to believe what she just heard. "Say what now? I'm not sure I heard you..."
"Oh you heard me correctly Akagi, we're BOTH taking this bath, go run it please~" Shoukaku stated again, Akagi walked away, leaving the brush where it was as she headed to the bathroom.
"She can't be serious surely...right?" Akagi muttered to herself, turning the taps on to the right settings. She also dumped a small amount of bubble solution into the tub to produce a large amount of bubbles, not sure if Shoukaku liked them, but she didn't care anymore.
"Make sure its nice and warm! Trust me you'll want it that way!" Shoukaku called from the living room. Akagi just rolled her eyes, waiting for the water to fill the tub to the correct height, all she could think about was the choices she had made throughout her life, leading up to this moment, preparing a bath for one of her biggest rivals in a stupid maid outfit.
Once that is done, she straightens up and heads toward the living room.
“Um…the bath is ready, Mistress,” The fox woman says.
Shoukaku smiles and puts her flute away in the case. She stands up, walks up to Akagi and pets her on the head, scratching her fox ears as well.
“That’s a good little foxy~” She coos. “You’re so good~”
Akagi blushes heavily. Is she really trying to get on her nerves?
“Come,” Shoukaku says. “We need to undress and wash up.”
Both kansen head toward the bathroom to help each other undress and put them in the basket to wash them later. First, Shoukaku sits on the stool, hands folded on her lap.
"Wash me first, please~" Shoukaku says. "And then I will do you next~"
"O-okay," Akagi replies.
She grabs some shampoo and starts to wash Shoukaku's hair. They feel so smooth and silky in her fingers as she washes the hair thoroughly.
"Not gonna lie but...your hair is just so soft," Akagi says.
"Why, thank you~" Shoukaku replies, her eyes closed with a serene smile on her face. "I'm very glad to hear that from you~"
Akagi blushes and starts washing every strand of hair until it is nice and soft.
"I'm going to rinse it now," Akagi says, holding a small bucket.
"Go easy on me now~" Shoukaku says.
"S-sure..." Akagi nods.
The fox woman gently pours the water on the Crane sister's head, washing all the suds away.
Shoukaku sighs with bliss and then turns to the fox woman. "Alright, your turn~"
Akagi nods and proceeds to sit down on the stool. Shoukaku applies the shampoo on Akagi's hair.
"Be careful with the ears," Akagi says.
"Of course." Shoukaku says kindly, no joking behind her tone as carefully washes Akagi's long brown hair, careful to avoid hurting her sensitive ears. "Anyone ever told you these ears make you look adorable~?" Shoukaku lightly teased. Akagi was about to retort, but gasped as the crane girl lightly brushed the back of her ear.
"K-kya! C-careful you...you...haa~!" Akagi couldn't help but purr at the sensation of her ear being stroked so sensually, her body vibrating with the noise, much to Shoukaku's amusement.
"A tiny amount of shampoo now, don't move too much~" Shoukaku cooed, before gently pressing a small amount of hair-wash on the back of Akagi's fox ears, still being careful not to hurt them.
"Mmh...that...feels nice~" Akagi admitted, still purring under Shoukaku's ministrations.
After a few minutes more of this, Shoukaku rinsed Akagi off. Once both were dry enough to redress, Shoukuku threw a red night gown at her.
"Uh...whats this?" Akagi asked.
"What you're wearing to bed tonight, you don't want to sleep in that maid outfit do you?" Shoukaku asked with a giggle.
Akagi examines the nightgown and notices that it comes with red thigh high stockings. The fox woman looks up at Shoukaku who is already getting ready to put hers on.
"Shou-I mean, Mistress, this is a little..."
"What? ARe you nervous~?" Shoukaku says as she puts her stockings on. "Come on, it's not so bad."
"I'm your maid and they are not supposed to sleep with their masters," Akagi says. "Or at least that's what I read, anyways. "
"Well, did Belfast-san ever go against that rule~?" Shoukaku says. "Now that I think about it, she kinda broke it many times. She doesn't care if she's Enty's maid or not. SHe's still a person. And you are, too~"
"But...but...uuuuu...!" Akagi whines and her fox ears droop down.
The sight of it makes Shokaku giggle. "Come now. I want to see you wear it. Time's wasting~"
Akagi blushes and looks down at the red nightgown. She sighs and puts it on as told. Once that's done, Shoukaku takes a good look. The nightgown fits Akagi perfectly, despite her large breasts almost being exposed. Her stockings hug her thick thighs. Shoukaku eyes her up and down and licks her lips.
"Oh, yes~" Shoukaku says. "That's the stuff."
"C-can you not...?" Akagi says.
Shoukaku sits at the edge of the bed and pats her lap. "Sit with me, Akagi~"
Akagi nods and sits on Shoukaku's lap, getting herself comfortable. Shoukaku rubs her hands on Akagi's wide hips and then her exposed thighs, brushing the skirt up a little to expose a little more, making Akagi whine a little.
"Shoukaku...!" Akagi squeaks.
The white haired crane giggles and looks up at the fox woman. "Goodness, this was the most fun I had all day~"
Akagi glares at the white crane sister. "Hey...what's your game anyway? I know it's not because I'm wearing that maid outfit."
Shoukaku sighs, dropping all her playfulness for a moment as she looked up at Akagi more seriously.
"Alright...I had my fun, could you sit next to me for a minute...please?" The crane girl asked more politely. Akagi raised an eyebrow, but decided to comply, sliding off Shoukaku's lap and onto the bed next to her.
"What is your deal? This is so...out of the ordinary for you." Akagi pointed out, more confused than annoyed now.
"Akagi, all joking aside, you really are VERY pretty, without really trying, and thats always annoyed me." Shoukaku explained. "But I've realised recently...why should I be annoyed when I could just...be with you myself?"
"Be with me?" Akagi asked in puzzlement.
"Yeah, more specifically I've want to touch your tails, are they really as fluffy as everyone say they are?" Shoukaku asked eagerly. Akagi blushed at such a blunt question, but rolled her eyes.
"Y-Yes...they are REALLY fluffy." She replied in a deadpan tone.
"Akagi...one last command as your mistress: Let me cuddle you in bed tonight." Shoukaku then ordered, gesturing to the bed. "I'll keep my hands above your waist, and I won't touch your chest, just nice, wholesome, platonic cuddles, with lots of floof, I promise thats all I want." Akagi blushed even deeper at that idea, but didn't shy away from it this time.
"That...doesn't sound so bad..." She admitted, but then pointed at Shoukaku with a frown. "But no pulling on my tails and no stroking the wrong way! That hurts!" She then insisted.
"Oh of course! That sounds fair." Shoukaku replied with a giggle. "Now come here already you foxy cutie~" Before Akagi could react, Shoukaku pulled her into a kiss, In her shock, all nine of her tails suddenly straightened up in surprise for a few seconds, but then she found herself melting into the kiss.
The two of them locked lips for a few seconds, before pulling back from each other, gazing lovingly into the other's eyes.
"What are we doing?" Akagi asked breathlessly.
"Something I've wanted to do for a while now: burying the hatchet..." Shoukaku replied, before kissing Akagi again, this time Akagi eagerly kissed her back, and the two of them slowly fell into the bed.