The Red Hand

This takes place sometime before Akagi left for Enoris.

"Would Ms. Kitty like some more tea?" Alice asked the well-dressed and fluffy Catkagi.

"Thank you, mew." Akagi said with a mew and a big smile as she was given another cup of tea. She was having a tea party with Miji and Alice, and as part of it, they'd gotten her to dress up a bit. The Demon was presently wearing a black dress that looked like a cross between a stereotypical goth loli outfit and a circus ringmaster's uniform. The two had pleaded for her to let them make her adorable, and she wasn't going to say no to the two kids, especially when they pled with puppy eyes.

"I didn't think the kitty could get cuter, but somehow she did!" Miji was practically bursting at the seams with joy, and it was taking everything she had to not leap out of her chair and tackle the kitty to the floor and snuggle her.

{Heh-Heh. Sister is busy with work, so the kitty is all ours! Ours!} (Miji)

"I know! Mama's cuteness levels never seem to hit a ceiling! We shall endeavor to make her so cute that all shall bow before her adorableness!" Alice giggled as she took a bite of a cookie. “The kitty's cuteness should be spread around the world!”

{By force if necessary!} (Alice)

"I just want to be pet and loved by all, mew. I think the world would be a better place if everyone just floofed me and fed me treats, mew." Akagi commented as Floofy brought a new plate of sweets to the table. They'd elected to hold the tea party in the greenhouse, largely because it was out of the way, and the two bears were acting as butlers of sorts.

"All hail the floof!" Miji giggled as she reached over and pet Akagi's ears. "Sister says that kind of thing all the time, and she's right! Fluff is the best!"

"Rightly so." Alice nodded as she picked up Floofy and squeezed the stuffed bear between her arms. "Fluff and cuteness is the most important thing in the world, isn't that right Floofy?" The bear could not speak but seemed to agree with her words. "Now, if only we could get Hishya to agree."

"The Lizard is a lost cause, mew. She will never admit that cute is justice, mew." Akagi said as she took a sip of tea. “Hishya is anti-cute, mew!”

"But I seen her play with the kitty before!" Miji said, beliving that Hishya was a liar. "She likes your ears! I seen her rub them, and she was smiling and laughing!"

{She liked the kitty, I know it! She will try to steal you away!} (Miji)

"I'm pretty sure that Hishya will take the secret that she likes the kitty to her grave." Alice snickered. "It would probably kill her pride to admit that the one she fears the most is so adorable." She figured that Hishya would never openly admit to enjoying playing with Catkagi, nor would Kana ever let her live it down.

"I've been trying so hard to show her that I'm not just spoopy, mew. But it may take time to break through to her, mew." Akagi said. “Am good kitty, right?” She asked with a bit of shyness on her face.

"Kitty is good kitty!" Miji declared that Akagi was the best kitty in the world and that nothing could possibly be bad about her. "Hishya should stop being mean to the kitty!" She puffed up her cheeks.

{If she won't admit that the kitty is amazing, then she should give her to me instead of playing with her! That could be my kitty time! Sister already steals away too much, and so do Kana and Mika!} (Miji)

"Perhaps we should reeducate her? We could show her just how great the kitty is." Alice said with a massive smirk.

"You could subject her to non-stop cat videos, mew!" Akagi agreed. "Mika has taken plenty of them, and there are clips of me doing all sorts of cute things, mew!" The blue-haired girl's social media had exploded with Catkagi videos, and she was now among the most subscribed-to content creators in the world.

{Maybe I could even steal a few more socks? She seems to like that.} (Akagi)

"My favorite was the sock chase!" Miji squeaked, seemingly reading Akagi's mind. "Kana was so angry, and she made a really funny face!"

{The kitty needs to steal mine!} (Miji)

"That one was good, and I loved the part where she 'corned' you only to forget that you could just phase through the wall and get away." Alice laughed as she recalled Akagi hiss before vanishing through the wall like a ghost.

"The look on her face was one of shock, dumbfounded, and wanting to smack herself silly, mew. Kana was always a bit dim witted about the stupidest of things some times." Akagi snickered as she was smacked on the back of the head by the sister in question.

*CRACK*

"MEW! Halp! Kitty aboose, mew!" Akagi cried in pain as she ran over and hid behind Alice. “I have been struck with great force, mew!”

"That's what you get for talking about people behind their backs!" Hishya smirked. The two had entered the greenhouse moments prior and caught a bit of the prior discussion.

{And also, the fucking reeducation threat is scary since Akagi could actually fucking do it. I'm... I'm gonna wake up one day as a devotee of the kitty, aren't I?} (Hishya)

"Why hit?!? Am kitty, mew!" Akagi pretended to cry. “Why harm such an innocent creature, mew?”

{In what reality are you innocent?!?} (Kana x Hishya)

"No! Don't hurt the kitty!" (Alice x Miji)

"You people and your kitty..." Kana sighed as her eyes turned to Akagi. "And you, Ms. Kitty, don't cower over there like a baby and hide behind your own daughter. What kind of mom does that?" She found it ridiculous, but also something that Akagi would do.

"The kitty kind?" Akagi titled her head cutely.

"Don't worry, Mama. I'll protect you!" Alice hopped out of her chair and summoned a bunch of floating ghost swords, pointing them at Hishya and Kana. “They shall feel my wrath! All who harm the kitty will be slain.”

{Why did Akagi teach her that move?} (Hishya)

"Get them, Alice! Make them apologize for hurting the kitty's feelings!" Miji cheered on her friend, demanding retribution and justice for the kitty.

{No one hurts the kitty!} (Miji)

"I shall make you both repent!" Alice's eyes burned brightly. “Prepare to feel a pain greater than you ever imagined possible!”

{I can imagine a lot. In fact, I've felt a lot of pain so...} (Hishya)

"Are you just okay with her pointing those things at Kana?" Hishya asked as she stepped in between the Kana and Alice for safety. "They won't hurt me, but Kana is a different story. She's squishy."

{Really?} (Kana)

"Don't worry, mew. If she dies, I can just revive her, mew." Akagi shrugged as she waived off the concern. “Kana will be brought back no matter what, mew.”

"As one of your sycophants, sure..." Hishya rolled her eyes. "What, do you want your sister to squeal about the kitty all day like the other wackos here do?"

{Though... She kinda already does that in her own way...} (Hishya)

"Maybe, mew..." Akagi looked away, embarrassed.

"Oh no you don't!" Kana exclaimed. "We need me around here to keep things in order! Lest the Cult start doing even more insane things."

{It's potlucks and games right now, but that quickly turns to blood sacrifices to the Demon Lord really quick! I need to keep things at least somewhat sane around here, so no Cultist Kana!} (Kana)

"Repent for your evil deeds or become one with the kitty!" Alice declared. "Make your choice, Aunt Kana!"

"Yeah!" Miji cheered as she threw some punches and kicks at the air. “I'll beat you up otherwise! Pow! Pow!”

"A-Aunt..." Kana froze at the horrifying word sent toward her.

"Pfff..." Hishya choked on her own spit from laughing. "Oh... My..."

"Say one more word, and I will shove you in a doghouse and put a leash on you." Kana growled at her, still laughing, girlfriend.

{Onee-chan will be the least of your concerns when I'm done with you, Lizard.} (Kana)

"I thought Hishya was a Dragon, not a pup?" Miji tilted her head, not understanding some of the context. "So why would we put her in a doghouse?"

"You'll understand when you're older." Alice said as she sighed.

{Why do you understand these things?!? Aren't you like 16? Oh, wait...} (Hishya)

"???" Miji didn't understand and just went with it. "Bad doggy! Meh!"

"Yeah, Hishya. You're a bad dog." Kana smirked. "Perhaps you need some negative reinforcement?"

{Oh no, now Scary Kana is here...} (Hishya)

"Alright, Alright. Cool the dominatrix schtick, Kana." Hishya pat her girlfriend on the head. "No need to let your dark side out around the kids." She said, wanting her to save that for special alone time anyway.

{That's it, I'm breaking out the descaler.} (Kana)

"Yeah, Kana. Keep your degeneracy away from these two pure adorable creatures, mew!" Akagi protested her depraved ways. “And me too, mew! Don't corrupt me, mew!”

{You are the literally worst when it comes to that stuff, you and Yumi both. ) (Kana)

"Oh, hush you! Says the kitty who-" Kana paused, not wanting to continue this in front of Miji. "You know what you do!" She pointed at Akagi. “You know!”

"Mew? Whatever could you mean, mew?" Akagi tilted her head while giving an innocent smile. "Kitty is always good and pure, mew. Kitty would never aid one in indulging in their darkest desires, mew."

{Do I even... No I don't...} (Hishya)

"If you are 'good and pure' I don't even want to imagine what a truly evil creature is." Hishya commented. “It would probably be something horrifying.”

"I could show, mew?" Akagi said, ready to go evil kitty if that was what they wanted.

"NO! Don't take that as an invitation to do something crazy!" Hishya immediately regretted her word choice. "Stay the nice kitty, don't break out the Demon."

{I don't need a dose of trauma today, thank you very much!} (Hishya)

"But Demon is fun?" Akagi put her finger to her lips, smirking. "Maybe we bring out Demon Kitty, mew?"

"Hurray for Demon kitty!" Miji cheered.

{Don't cheer for it, Miji...} (Hishya)

"Mama should just take over the world as the kitty and sit atop a mighty skull throne." Alice nodded. "The blood of her many enemies will run like rivers below it."

{Should I be worried about Alice? Yeah, I probably should, but its far too late, isn't it?} (Kana)

"MEW!" Akagi mewd in agreement. “Mew for the mew throne!”

"Good job, Hishya. You singlehandedly doomed the world, thanks..." Kana sighed. “All my hard work is about to go down the drain because you ran your mouth.”

"I take no responsibility for the stupidity of Akagi." Hishya threw her hands up and decided to be done with the situation. "If she wants to go be crazy, then I'm not even going to try and top her at this point."

{Fuck it, I don't care anymore.} (Hishya)

"Kitty, can I have a big castle with lots of puppies and kitties when you take over?" Miji asked. "And also lots of sweets and a big bed for us to take naps in!"

"Of course, mew!" Akagi nodded. "I'll even some unicorns too, mew!"

"Yeah!" Miji cheered as she giggled. "Me and the kitty will play happily with no one to stop us!"

{Yumi will 100% interrupt that alone time...} (Kana)

"Thanks to Hishya, the world will be a fluffier place!" Alice smiled as she snapped her fingers and dismissed the floating swords. "You've done us a great favor by awakening Mama's desire to be kitty overlord."

"At... Why am I not even doubting that she would do something like this..." Hishya sighed. "But can we just please not?"

"Hmmm..." Akagi thought about it. "Perhaps if you two give me enough pets, I may reconsider unleashing a worldwide fluffy crusade of love and huggies."

"Why..." Hishya groaned. “Why am I not surprised...”

"Don't worry, I'll give enough for both of us." Kana said as she walked over and scratched Akagi's ears. "You really do act like a spoiled child sometimes, you know that?"

"Only because you enable me, mew." Akagi snickered.

"Don't remind me..." Kana rolled her eyes, knowing that she'd played right into Akagi's kitty hands.