Fox Fire.

[Dark Seraph]

Huli Jing was not having a good time.

Ever since that orange lump had been re elected, the business world was lurching like a wounded beast, her trade was in textiles, food stuff and pharmaceuticals from China and with the racist pig dog in charge.... But that was not her only problem.

Lady Nogistune was moving in on her, the Japanese power house was sniping out small business, building a foot hold in her homeland... And it was not like she could openly confront her over it, Huli was old, old enough to still be bitter with the British over the opium trade... But Lady Nogi? She was down right Primeval, possibly dating back to the time of the gods, she had political and financial power that dwarved her.

Sighing, the fox girl pulls her glasses off and head butts her desk.

There was a creak as the door to her office opened, her personal assistant Hu was coming in, carrying a tea tray, the smell of green tea and yaks butter going far to lighten her mood. He knew her well, but then he had been born to this position, like his father before him and his grandfather before him, for centuries Hu's family had served her and she was quite thankful for the loyalty.

As he put down the tray, she smiled at took her tea cup, inhaling deeply of its aroma before sipping. "Tell me some good news Hu, I could use it."

He pulled out a table and tapped away. "Quite good news my lady, something... Or to be more precise, someone has joined the Infamous and is taking up lady Nogi's time and energy."

This was good news. "Tell me Hu, who is this thorn in her side?"

Hu handed over the tablet. "Her name is Iuchi Teohanya, from southern Japan. Her clan specialises in horse breeding, her own family are magic users, specialising in spirit magic... But she seems to use Manoa Tuskia, blood magic."

She takes the tablet and brings up a photo. "What the hell? That tan... That garish make up... That bleached blond hair, is this a joke?" She asked Hu.

He bowed. "It seems she is part of Japan's "Gyaru" culture, think the American Valley Girl, but Japanese."

Huli taps her chin. "And this... Clown, is eating into Lady Nogi's time?"

"It would appear so ma'am."

Huli smiled, some breathing room at last. "I want to indirectly support this woman, can you arrange that?"

Hu nods. "It will be done."

She smiled and steepeled her fingers, a happy new years to her.

[Dark Seraph]

Huli was relaxing in her office, the smell of incense Buri g in a small shrine off to one side as she went over the days dealing, again she had butted heads with the minister of employment in China, he wanted to start bringing clock work salvaged from Praetoria into the Chinese work force, falling to see how that would in turn lead to mass unemployment.... She needed to curse his stupid greedy ass, not a heart attack...  Maybe liver failure?

As she mused on that, there was a knock at the door, raising an eyebrow she called out. "Yes Hu?"

He entered the room and bowed to her. "My lady, you have a visitor.... One Iuchi Teohanya."

Huli sat up, placing her hands on the desk. "I thought I told you to support her from the shadows? What in the hell's is she doing here?"

Hu bowed again. "It seems she is smarter than we gave her credit for, she was able to back trace the donations."

The fox let out a small breath if green flame, this... Raised problems. "Bring her in, let's see if we can do damage control."

Hu exited the room, returning shortly with Teohanya, Huli getting her first good look at the woman. She was stocky, putting her in mind of a Mongol rather than Japanese, the fake tan turned her skin a sort of orange brown while her hair was a horrid bleach job, almost painfully blond and she wore some sort of grey make up around her eyes.... But it was her clothes that was the oldest, Huli was expecting the normal Gyaru get up , but instead she was wearing semi traditional males clothing for a Japanese noble.

The image was shattered when she spoke. "OMG, your office is like, totes cute miss Jing, looks almost like a throne room."

Huli's eye twitched, this was going to be an interesting meeting. "Ni hoa Miss Teohanya, what ever do I owe the pleasure of your company?"

"Oh call me Teo, most do." She sat neatly across from her and smiles. "I came to pay thanks to my benefactor of course."

"And how, prey tell, did you know it was me?"

The Gyaru smiled. "Well my family works in horses, so we have to meticulously check all connections cuz like, the Yakuza, so I ran my donations through the same channels and your name popped up, not sure why you wanted to be a secret."

Huli sighed another stream of green flame flicked last her lips. "Because you have been getting cosy with a business rival my dear."

"Oh lady Nogi? She totes cool, older than like my granny, but amazing, she taught me so much.... But I thought fixes stuck together?"

"That may be true in the wild, but lady Nogistune and I come from vastly different worlds, she is a Japanese Kitsunie, I am a Chinese Hu-li Jing, we may act polite to each other in public.... But in private we would fight like animals and I would not bet on me to come out on top."

"Oh wow, I like, had no idea, I never really studied the old spirits."

"No, you are like I." Huli unbuttoned her cuff and rolled up her sleeve, amoung her tattoos from her time in the tongs, was countless scars on her inner wrist. "We are both practitioners of blood magic, I believe you call it Maho Tsuki?"

Teo blushed and rolled up her own sleeve, showing off her own collection of wrist scars. "It's like, not bad, I use it to heal and protect, not harm like some." She said defensively.

Huli nodded. "You know Teo, I think we can perhaps make something together, maybe a more open union against a common foe.... I could open the American market for your clan mayhapse?"

Teo looked shocked. "Like... For realises?"

"Yes... For "realises"." The fox sighed.

[Dark Seraph]

Huli got Lusca.

[Dark Seraph]

Huli blinked awake and let out a long groan, her head felt like Lu Bu just parked his legendary steed on her forehead, rolling over, she grabs at the bedside table blindly before getting her phone. "Hu? I need meat, greasy meat... And aspirin." She managed to croak.

"Very well my lady, and your guest?" He responded.

Guest? She turned on the bed side lamp and looked around. Laying on her belly, buck naked was Bobcat, the events of last night surfacing in her kind like logs in a swamp.

After helping Mr G and his fellow Praetorian refugees set up in St Martial, Bobcat suggested the celebrate, so the two of them hit the town, drinking, gambling, dancing, kissing... Then Bobcat offered to show what her tongue could do....

Huli sighed. "Fried fish for her, make it snappy." She hung up and lay back down on the bed, the other woman yawning and crawling onto Huli. "Morning." The Catwoman said, kissing her tenderly.

Huli pressed herself up on her elbow, dislodging Bobcat, who gave a huff. "Yes, morning.... Last night was..."

Bobcat streaches her arms over her head, putting on quite a display. "Wasn't it lovely?" She purred.

Huli was saved from answering as the door opened, a maid shuffling in, eyes cast down as she brought  a tray to the bedside table, two plates, one with bacon and sausage, the other with fresh fried fish, along with two glasses of water and aspirin. The maid shuffled out as Huli downed the aspirin and gulped a mouth full of water.

Bobcat reached over, hooking the fish with her claw and pulling it towards herself. "I could get used to this."

Huli raised an eyebrow as she took her own plate. "Could you now?"

Bobcat gave a cute little kitten face. "You wouldn't kick me out? All I have is that dinky wearhouse, I am homeless and destitute...." She then reaches over and strokes the fox's cheek. "There are advantages to having me as a lover.'

Huli eat her food like a ravenous animal, not caring for niceties at the moment. "Didn't you kill your last lover?" She said between mouthfuls.

The transformation in Bobcats face was instantaneous, from cute pawing kitten to feral beast. "Steven! I gave him everything, did everything he asked for! And how did that asshole repay me? Threw me to the wolves! Gutting him was too good, should of hamstring him and left him for the mob." Her face changes back to the kitten look. "But I would never do that to you Huli."

Finishing her meal, Huli out her plate to one side.... How long had it been since she had taken a lover? The sixties? The seventies? And from what she read, Bobcat was very easy to care for, attention and money.....

With a grin, the fox rolls the cat onto her back, straddling her waste. "You showed me what a cat can do.... Now you see what a fix can do." She growls as she ducks in, lightly biting Bobcats neck, earning a meowing moan.

This should be fun.