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[h3]And also the qt Sakura who has some 'splain'n to do[/h3]
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[url=https://youtu.be/txt-Qu0FRyk]"It's past your bedtime!"[/url]

[color=888888]— Emily[/color]
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It had been a long, hard-fought night, thought Sakura as she dodged the third drowsy sedan driver in a row, zipping past to her destination in her mighty… and yet stupidly pink ride. Besides him, the little rodent-like bastard was clinging to her with its grabby paws, yet his expression remained neutral and eerie all the way towards Emily’s home.

As if a child caught doing something naughty, Sakura shut down the motorbike a bit ahead of entering the flat, and parking it nearby, tried to tiptoe as silently as possible into the flat. He did not want to disturb her host’s sleep, after all. Lots of awkward questions. Unfortunately for her, things did not go as planned. Sakura would feel a hand on her shoulder, which then forced her to turn around. She was then embraced.

[color=turquoise]“Oh, I was so worried about you!”[/color] Emily cried. The relief in her voice betrayed the high likelihood she never got a wink of sleep or rest while she awaited the girl’s return. Pushing Sakura to arm’s length and holding her shoulder, she inspected the girl’s face for any traces of serious damage. [color=turquoise]“What happened to you?”[/color]

“I...unclogged some pipes. Yeah. That’s about it. For some cash.” Sakura said, bracing herself for the inevitable.

“She formidably attended her duties in vanquishing the horror at the pool.” Umukamui chided in. Sometimes Sakura wondered if these weird fluffy things had a sadistic streak on a regular basis.

The concern on her face evaporated in an instant and was replaced by an indignant glare. [color=turquoise]"You were fighting a horror all this time, while I stayed up searching for you?"[/color] Her eye even seemed to twitch. The fire girl stood up. [color=turquoise]"I wasn't told anything. You just didn't show up without a word about being late, so it's only natural I would worry, right?"[/color]

Jonald, who was prowling around nearby, pondered adding to the conversation. While Emily had a sour attitude with him, he rarely saw her worked up like, and certainly not with other magical girls. "Were you not entrusted with her care? You have nobody to blame but yourself." the Puchuu told Emily. He was entertained, but in all honesty, he wasn't sure why Emily was yelling at a girl for doing her job. 

Emily glared at Jonald momentarily, before turning back to Sakura. [color=turquoise]"Why didn't you tell me?"[/color]

Sakura looked at Emily. “I can’t abuse your kindness, Emily. But I’m more of a stray alley cat than a lil’ girl prim and proper. You’d probably want to escort me, or whatever the reason and I’d drag you down or something.” Sakura admitted. “But hey, it worked out alright… I had a swiss knife girl with me… well except that bit about a girl’s face being melted off to the bone. That was… revolting. Fourth most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen.”

[color=turquoise]“It’s not a chore to me,”[/color] she replied, shaking her head. [color=turquoise]“I just want to help you until you’re entirely familiar with this abrupt change in your situation because I know it isn’t exactly easy,”[/color] her face turned a bit pale when Sakura mentioned the melted face. [color=turquoise]“And if you’re off dealing with that sort of stuff, then all the more reason to be with you!”[/color]
She sighed. [color=turquoise]“I do get that you aren’t a child, looks notwithstanding. But I’d rather die than leave a sister to fend for herself.”[/color] 

“And it’s a good attitude to have, Emily. But still, I couldn’t expose a teenager at something that looks straight out of an 18+ hentai. What if you were defiled forever? Even if you want to look after me, you still have shreds of innocence.”

[i]You haven’t bashed someone’s skull for a month’s salary just because he ran off his mouth.[/i] Sakura grimaced, swallowing words with a pained expression. 

“It’ll be okay, I will inform you next time. Still, I will need help related to other things…” Sakura added. “I need … toiletries. And a shower. Yuck.” The younger girl protested.

“That girl, Jonald, has completely vaporized an horror offshoot with a single killing blow, within less of a month existing. I dare say, her… battle instinct is definitely abnormal.” Umukamui added, this time to the other Puuchu. “I believe we might be able to… shorten the training considerably.”

Jonald nodded. “Then that is excellent,” he nodded. “Off to a running start, it would seem. Much better than a certain girl who wet herself the first time she saw a monster.” 

Emily’s face twitched. She even had to take a deep breath in and out. But she did not otherwise respond to that rat. Looking at Sakura, she continued. [color=turquoise]“Teenager? I’m quite a bit older than that, too,”[/color] she told the girl. However true this statement may be, it became hard to trust when she then asked, [color=turquoise]“What is hentai?”[/color] But she then shook her head. [color=turquoise]“Well, that’s not important. Lets get you inside and tended to, and then I want you to tell me about what happened,”[/color] she turned around and started towards her place. [color=turquoise]“In detail, that is.”[/color]

Sakura sighed. Oh well, at least she didn’t hit her on the back of the head. Explaining was cheap.