It was such a lovely day, that Takara wanted to get out and enjoy it.  A stroll around the park would be quite nice.  She had been so busy with studying, lately that it seemed to be a rare moment to be able to enjoy some of the simpler things in life.  Some of those things could include anything from watching her favorite kung fu movies, to taking a trip to St. Spica's campus to visit her favorite samurai.  As a matter of fact, getting in touch with Haruka seemed like a pretty good idea.  The blonde had a merry skip to her step as she traveled through the park.

Her hands were clasped behind her back and she was still dressed in her Miator uniform.  Classes had just wrapped up for the day and she was pretty sure that Haruka would be free, as well.  A prospect that delighted her to no end.  Eagerly, she fished out her phone to get work on a text to find the answer to that very pressing question.  As she did so, a notification appeared.  The fates had aligned and she was presented with a new message from the dark haired girl.  A greeting and a picture.

The picture, as it turned out, was a photo of Haruka donning a maid outfit.  Takara halted in her tracks as she stared and the picture.  Was she imagining things?  She held her phone closer, as a blush colored her cheeks.  That was exactly what it was!  The normally very serious looking Haruka looked about as adorable as Takara figured she would in such a costume.  A happy sigh left the blonde as she held a hand to her cheek.  She could already imagine how Haruka would act as a maid, wandering around a dorm room and keeping things tidy.  As she stood still, Takara was also quite unaware of what was going on around her

Quite unbeknownst to the kung fu practitioner, another student of combat arts  was lurking in Maiden Park, just waiting for her chance to debut her latest gimmick.  Of course Chifu had a good number already but it was always fun to come up with new ones and see just how people reacted to them.  Sometimes she wondered if people realized all of them were the same person, but ultimately she didn't care as long as the gimmick got over.  Over in a big way like Yule Cat and the Doctor of Idonomics had.  Now that she'd established some of them she really needed to come up with one or two more so that she had one for every day of the week!  And today she had chosen to wear a long black pleated skirt with a seifuku blouse and a leather jacket.  Her hair was up in a wild looking ponytail and she leaned up against a bench waiting for someone to show.  Someone she could get a promo going with.. and then a blonde appeared and started texting or something.  Good enough!

Hitting the play button on her ever-present music player, the crash of glass shattering sounded before a completely bizarre theme sounded out from the tiny speakers.  Loud enough to warrant attention and be pretty annoying at the same time.  With a confident stride she marched up to the girl who probably didn't even realize that Chifu had been around before the entrance.  Grinning like someone who was spoiling for a fight, Chifu placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder in order to get her attention.  It was there for just a moment before she quickly removed it and sized the newest girl up.  Small-ish, but pretty cute all in all.  Definitely a face in this situation which meant that Chifu would need to get her real heel side going.  That took another moment of concentration before she thought of some lines which would be more suitable for her amazing new creation.

"You!  You realize who I am?  Do you know who's standing in front of you girl?" she demanded as the music stopped suddenly, "While you're just playin' around with your phone and makin' googly eyes at whatever message you just got, the Tokyo CheetahSnake came into the park.  I'm not the kind of person you just ignore.  You better apologize or I'll open a jar of whip-ants on you..."

Then she smirked and added, "And that's the bottom dollar, 'cause Chifu 2:14 says so!"

The loud and sudden intrusion of music was almost enough to pry Takara's attention away from the cuteness of Haruka.  What really managed to get a hold of her, however, was when someone actually got a hold of her.  The hand came down on her shoulder and Takara flurried into action.  Fortunately, she did not actually strike out and hit the girl.  That would have been very bad and she had been doing so well at not making any sudden strikes against her classmates, lately.  It really would put a damper on her day if she went and did something like that.

But, as she tried to rein herself back, the other girl had been talking to her.  A strange girl, who was dressing in a bit of a peculiar fashion.  That was no uniform to any campus she had ever seen, before.  Was she new?  Did she need help being shown around campus?  That seemed like a logical answer...but, she didn't sound like she was asking for directions.  Actually, she sounded rather aggressive.  But, why would someone want to start a fight?

"Eh?" she replied, "Um, 2:14-san, I'm sorry, but I don't think I understand what's going on."

Of course, Takara was still in the stance she had assumed, when she was first touched by the strange girl.  Foot lifted and at the ready to kick.  One hand was held low, while the other remained steady, above her head.  That hand was also currently holding her phone, which still had the picture of Haruka on the screen.  And Takara was presently unaware of all of this.

Oh this was perfect!  The face was playing her role to the fore, assuming a ready stance immediately after expressing her surprise.  This was just the setting for a confrontation between two foes that would excite the world and set up a major feud which could entertain for weeks on end.  Judging by the girl's posture she knew what she was doing and clearly was capable despite her surprise and unawareness of the threat which a Tokyo Cheetahsnake would pose.  All Chifu had to do was launch into another catch phrase and she'd be set up for a throwdown right on the spot.  That is, if she could think of anything to say in character.  You didn't break kayfabe regardless of how odd something was but she found herself unable to think of anything else that her character would say.  Her lips twitched at the thought of a few words but nothing came out of her mouth as she thought it all over.  Maybe this gimmick wasn't ready to see the light of day just yet.. time for quick action!  Chifu reached up and let her her down with one hand while prying the tab which kept her skirt on loose.  As her skirt fell to the ground a pair of spandex shorts were visible which bore a logo of a cat's eye behind a candy cane.  Above the candy cane was the word 'YULE' and below was the word 'CAT'; each hip had this marking.  With extra flair she threw off her jacekt and blouse, revealing it was a singlet rather than just shorts.  From her fallen jacket she pulled a pair of cat ears on a headband and slapped them onto her head.  With a big grin she pointed at the girl and launched into a totally different character.

"That's the point, blondie!  You didn't even realize that you were in the presence of the most electrifying girl in Spica's halls!  The Yuletide Monster!  The Holiday Horror!  The Christmas Nightmare!  The one.. the only... the YUUUUUUUUULE CAAAAAAAAAAT!!!" Chifu announced, then flexed her muscles, "Jealous much?  Or does the Yule Cat sense that you are a capable figher wishing to test her might against the Yule Cat? "

What was going on here?  Takara blinked in disbelief as the girl looked like she was about to say something, but chose another option, instead.  That other option being to simply fling pieces of clothing off.  Right here!  In the open!  The blonde haired girl blushed a deep red.  She was certainly unprepared for this.  Now she really wished she had Ubu or Haruka around to help her get out of this very odd situation.  Because if anyone could make a situation normal, it was certainly Ubu and Haruka.

However, the dark haired girl had yet another outfit underneath the one she was getting rid of.  Re-identifying herself as something called a "Yule Cat".  And testing out her skills?  Was she crazy?  That was an easy way for somebody to get hurt.  She cleared her throat and gave a shake of her head, "I'm very sorry." she said, "But, I don't think you know what you're asking.  I don't want to accidentally hurt you, 2:1-...I mean...Cat-san."

She was lucky that she didn't accidentally throw a punch or a kick at their first encounter.  Takara certainly didn't want any repeats of the encounter she had with the boy her parents wanted her to marry.  And so far, her time at Astraea Hill had been fairly fight-free!  Nary a nose was broken in the nearly two years she had been attending St. Miator.  It would be a shame to have to reset that counter back to zero.