Akane went to her room and inspected her figure, not exactly a tower of self-confidence but appraising herself honestly. She knew she was a little less chesty than her two sisters, but she was pretty taut and lithe and not exactly lacking in that regard herself. She liked putting a little decorative band on her tail, compared to the bow Kasumi favored or the various accessories Nabiki used.
Her claws were trimmed back, that way she didn't puncture her own palm when making a fist, and her right ear had three simple unadorned earrings evenly spaced below the point. Which, if you were up on Tribal lore, meant that she had gone through one of the Tribal rites and was now a full member of the Nekomimi tribe and no longer considered a kit.
She smiled and rummaged around in her top dresser drawer to pull out a collar. Japanese humans had a lot of rituals and so did Nekomimi. Kuno, being an idiot, kept trying to put a dog collar on her. This was a more proper Nekomimi collar, a flexible soft band that nonetheless had some armor value - protecting the soft area of the neck. It ALSO denoted her as "claimed" - well, maybe eventually. Originally with the Tribals it had been a piece of armor.
It wasn't like she hated boys after all. Some were definitely idiots, and some had an affliction that her mother had explained to her. Human males apparently hit puberty and a large number of them suddenly had such unhealthy levels of sex-related hormones running through their system that rational thought shut down at times. Unless the individuals were truly obnoxious, Akane had a certain degree of pity for them. It wouldn't keep her from pounding them off into oblivion if they pressed too far, but if they kept their distance it was just a sad thing that their minds were frequently shut down like that.
Not that human girls or Tribal boys were entirely free of that effect. Or, for that matter, Tribal girls. They might not talk about it - but there were certain periods where hormones and urges ran high and other times it was relatively low.
Akane blushed as her fingers twiddled with the collar. THAT boy, her fiancee, had set off a rush of sensations within her.
Yet she was a Chinese Amazon otaku, and she knew the Laws, and while she wanted to gauge her strength and skill against someone who'd apparently practiced the fighting arts for a long time - there was the disadvantage his fear put him under plus the potential consequences.
Sighing and shaking her head at the odd situation, Akane realized she probably could set him straight about just some friendly sparring and that would cover THAT end of things. With this stupid phobia though - she wouldn't be able to see that full potential if he was fighting her or any other Tribal.
Life could be just SO unfair at times.
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