Omake Chapter 1-D: Kanako

[Kwokinator]

Kwok smiled.

One bomb defused...

"So," she spoke up, walking back into the kitchen. "Can I help?"

[Bean Bandit]

Shinobu managed a tentative smile. "Ano...I'm almost finished, Kanako-san...could you make sure the table is set properly?" she offered.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok winced at hearing himself/herself addressed as Kanako.

"Okay," she replied, then walked over to the table and checked to see if it was set properly or if something needs to be fixed.

[Bean Bandit]

The table was set...in the sense that there were dishes on it, and other eating utensils. However, they were not arrayed in a manner conducive to eating, in that several plates were upside down, and/or placed on areas that would be difficult to eat from.

It appeared that Sara and Suu had gotten caught up in something as they had been setting the table...

[Kwokinator]

Kwok sighed.

"Ah well..."

She proceeded to re-arrange the dishes and utensils so that they would be easy to use for eating.

"Alright," she called out. "I'm done... I think."

[Bean Bandit]

Shinobu brought out a boiling pot just as Kanako finished with the table.

"Oh! Arigatou, Kanako-san!" Shinobu beamed, setting the pot on the table.

[Kwokinator]

"No problem, Shinobu-chan," Kwok smiled back, wincing inwardly again at the name.

I'll have to get used to that...

"Should we go call everyone here now?"

[Bean Bandit]

Shinobu smiled and shook her head. "No, we just wait...Kitsune-san and Motoko-sempai get upset if we interrupt their morning routine...Besides, they-"

Shinobu's explanation was cut off by a rather pretty, if dissheveled young woman with short dirty honey-blonde hair and a foxlike expression stumbling into the room, rubbing her eyes, she was clad only in an extra-large men's shirt, and the motion of it revealed a pair of black panties underneath when she bent at the waist. A faint smell of sake followed her into the room. "Gah....Morning too early..." she mumbled, grabbing a glass of water and an asprin.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok silently adjusted her gaze to look away from the accidental panty flash.

"Well, I guess one of them just woke up... to their 'morning routine'..." she sweatdropped.

[Bean Bandit]

No sooner had the words left Kanako's mouth, than a tall, willowy girl with midnight hair tied back in a ponytail and dressed in a gi and hakama entered the kitchen from the door to the porch.

"Good morning." she greeted Shinobu politely, and Kanako warily, before giving the third girl a disgusted look, and sitting down beside her at the breakfast table...

[Kwokinator]

Well she's probably harder to convince than Shinobu and Kaolla...

Kwok bowed politely to Motoko.

"Good morning," she greeted the kendoka with a smile.

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko raised both eyebrows, and blinked slightly at the change in Kanako's manner.

"..."

Shinobu, noticing the tension, continued to set the table, blushing slightly as she hurried from the room for the rest of breakfast. Just then, Naru entered the dining room.

"Good morning! I...Kitsune, are you hung over again?" she demanded, wrinkling her nose slightly as the faint odor of sake reached her.

Mitsune Konno looked up at Naru, a pitiful look on her face. "Not so loud!" she begged weakly.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok turned around to face the newcomer.

"Good morning, Naru!" she said with a smile.

"Are you angry at me or something, Motoko?" she asked, turning back to face the kendoka.

[Bean Bandit]

Motoko blinked and frowned. "You have the audacity to-!"
Naru closed the distance between her and Motoko in a blur, and clamped her hand over the kendo girl's mouth.
"Kanako-chan's changed, Motoko..." she whispered in the black haired girls ear. "I'm sure she didn't mean it, Kanako-chan..."

[Kwokinator]

"Yeah, uhh..." Kwok nodded. "I've changed completely, Motoko."

Change in more ways than one too...

"Will you forgive me?"