Band of Five Attributes (Re-Written)

by Dragonborne Fox

Chapter LXVII- Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!

Previous ChapterNext Chapter

“Ugh, where are they? It’s nearly noon, they should be up by now…” Rekka groaned, his face connecting with the table he and the others--save Yuuki, who was not present--sat around in short order.

“Last night, I heard...intriguing noises. I checked their rooms, and both beds were empty.” Nagare sighed, rolling his eyes.

“I can see where this is going…” Tenmei murmured, trying to not glare at the pegasus.

“It’s what you’re alluding to, sadly.” Nagare sighed again, shooting the earth pony a glance. “So, naturally, I went to the bathroom door and found it locked. The noises came from there. I had to go outside the house and fly to the damn window just to see what the hell was going on.” He added, closing his eyes.

“Was the window locked?” Koto asked, brow arched.

“I waited until I was sure they passed out before trying the window. It’s not locked.” The pegasus answered.

Raki looked at Nagare. “Now I see why you had Yuuki go find a rooster.” She murmured, her words eliciting a nod from the pegasus. “It’s just a matter of when she comes back with the bird or not.”

“What were they doing in the bathroom?” Mimu inquired, finding herself quickly getting wide-eyed, red-faced stares from the adults present.

Koto then exchanged a glance with Rekka, a hoof pointed at the pixie-winged filly. “Um...should we bother answering that?” She asked, ears on her skull.

“Oh god no. Kaguya’d have our heads if we even began telling her…about that.” Rekka murmured, his pupils shrinking. Sweat now dotted his face in droplets, and he shook a bit.

“I wanna know!” Mimu pouted, once more drawing attention to herself.

“So do I!” Mimi cried.

Tenmei bit his lip, the memory of the accident with Nurse Redheart running through his mind. An awkward silence hung in the room as the two fillies waited for some kind of answer from the adults.

“I’m baaack!” Yuuki called as she entered through the front door, a beautiful rooster perched happily upon her backside. She smiled as she strode in, but the smile faded once she noticed the wide-eyed, flustered looks of her fellow adults. “Okay...what happened?” She asked, brow arched.

“We wanna know what Kaguya and Takashi did in the bathroom!” Mimu answered, and in that instant, Yuuki felt her heart sink. Her jaw dropped open, and her eyes went wide.

“...Eeeh?!” The purple pegasus half-shrieked, completely dumbstruck at this point.

“My sentiments exactly!” Nagare agreed with a nod of his head. “That was pretty much our response to the question.”

“Where in the name of all things holy do I even begin?” Raki inquired, her face redder than the others.

Koto threw her forelegs in the air. “I have no earthly idea!” She cried.

“Help me…” Tenmei murmured, leaning back a little bit like he was slowly trying to escape the fillies.

Nagare shielded himself with his wings. “I’m afraid…” He murmured.

Yuuki sighed. “I’ll go ahead and put the bird in the bathroom…” She murmured, flapping her wings and grasping the rooster in her front hooves. She went out the door and flew to the window, using a back leg to carefully open the glass pane without breaking it. The pegasus deposited the bird in the bathroom as soon as the pane was wide enough for the feat before using her front hooves to slam it back shut. She then flew to the door and went inside the house, closing said door soon after that.

“What did they do in the bathroom?” Mimi asked.

Rekka glared at her, slamming his front hooves on the table while minding the hurt foreleg. “Something little fillies like yourself shouldn’t do or worry about!” He cried. “Now quit asking!”

“Okay…” Mimi sighed in disappointment, ears flat on her skull.

“Besides, you’ll know when you’re older.” Tenmei added, shuddering with scrunched eyes as if disgusted.

The rooster began exploring the bathroom inch by inch, eventually jumping up on the rim of the bathtub to find two sleeping ponies within, one on top the other. It hopped on Kaguya’s back in short order, but she didn’t stir. It leaned to her ear and proceeded to let out its wake-up call, causing the mare to shriek in surprise and sit up in a heartbeat. The rooster flew off of her in response to the heart attack it gave her, hiding away behind the toilet shortly thereafter.

Kaguya glanced around hastily, her mane a mess. Much of it clung to her face and neck, and her eyes were wide with shock. “W-What was that?!” She cried, her heart beating a mile a minute in her chest. Upon seeing that she was alone with the still-snoozing Takashi, she took some deep breaths and settled herself back at the bottom of the tub to go back to sleep.

The rooster waited until Kaguya was settled down before jumping on the rim of the tub, then down next to Takashi’s ear. Letting out the cry and quickly jumping out before hiding again, it watched from behind the toilet as Takashi sat up screeching like a filly. Because he was underneath Kaguya when this happened, she was awoken again.

“W-Who let a rooster in the house?!” The stallion cried, looking around frantically.

“Y-You sure that’s what it was?” Kaguya asked, heaving in panic. She too glanced around hastily.

“Positive! I don’t know about you, but that sounded like a rooster to me!” Takashi replied, cringing slightly. It was then they heard someone hastily knocking on the door, and both ponies turned to that door.

“W-Who is it?” Kaguya asked, still feeling panicked.

“Koto, and I have to use the bathroom really bad! Could you please open this door before I make a mess?!” Answered the pony on the other side.

Takashi sighed, getting out of the tub and going to the door to unlock it. As soon as he unlocked and then opened it, Koto bolted past him without any care in the world. The two elder ponies quickly left the bathroom to let the unicorn have some much-needed privacy, making sure to close the door behind them as they went.

“Good thing it’s a Saturday…” Takashi murmured, sighing.

“After she’s done with her business, we’re bathing.” Kaguya whispered, which earned a nod from her companion. “And finding out who put the damn...bird in the bathroom.” A few moments passed, and as the two waited, a flush had sounded before the unicorn finally trotted out of the bathroom looking relieved. Upon her back was the rooster that looked at the white-pelted ponies and proceeded to cock-a-doodle-doo at them again with a smug grin on its beak.

“That’s one cocky bird…” Takashi murmured, sighing again.

“I’m still wondering how he broke in…” Kaguya said, trotting into the bathroom with the stallion following suit. A quick shower, no more than fifteen minutes, came after that, and when the two were dry the first thing they did was head downstairs to see everyone else waiting for them, save Mimi and Mimu who trotted past them as the white ponies went down.

“I still can’t believe they asked that question...honestly, what the hell do I make of it?” Tenmei asked.

Rekka looked at the earth pony and shrugged. “We were at that stage too. Remember when we were kids?” He asked.

“Hmm...point taken.” Tenmei replied with a nod.

Koto chuckled. “Let’s just be glad we didn’t tell them what sex was.” She said.

“Or the fact we had it.” Rekka stated, a big grin on his face.

“Excuse you?” Kaguya asked, looking at the unicorn with an arched brow.

“What was that?” Takashi asked, also looking at Rekka who was by now breaking out in a sweat, realizing what he just blurted out with the two head honchos of the house present.

“I watched you two all night. You’ve no room to talk.” Nagare said bluntly, looking at the adults with a smug grin adorning his face.

Kaguya and Takashi slowly looked towards the pegasus, jaws ajar and eyes wide. “WHAT?” They said in unison.

“You heard me.” Nagare replied, still smiling. “And do you know what the ironic thing is about this very conversation we’re having?”

“What?” The elders asked, brows arched.

Nagare’s smirk only widened. A wing spread, the feathers pointing at Rekka. “I got told the exact same thing once--by the one who shot his mouth off a minute ago.” He said.


Author's Note

I wonder how this conversation will end.

~Dragon

Next Chapter