Bakeneko Hazuki ch12: Secret Multiplication

p1
>What gives,
>Sora?

>What did I do to...
>...Ah.

>I've even up in this form...

>Subaru...!?
>Turned into a human...?
>But...that form is...

>>How does Sora react to the now human Subaru...!?

p2
>Crossdressing!

>Even if Onee-chan finds you, if you're dressed as a girl
>I can just about pass you off as "a friend who ran away from home".
>It'll be no big deal if you're found...
>Look, you.

>What exactly is the problem
>with a female dressing up as a girl?

p4
>EH!?
>Subaru... You're a girl...?
>I totally thought you were a guy...
>...

>That's more surprising
>than you turning into a human...

>Sora-chan!
>I heard a yell... Did something happen!?

p5
>...Sorry, for not knocking.
>Are you feeling okay...?
>What should I do...?

>Do I try and pass her off
>as a runaway friend like I said just now...?

>She'll probably say "let's call her parents", though...
>I need to make the first move...

>...Onee-chan!!

>Actually, this girl here...
>Nyan
>Oh!
>A kitty!

p6
>How cute~
>So you were hiding her, huh?
>Y-Yeah.
>She was injured so picked her up...

>Could we keep her for a while?
>Her name is Nya-... Subaru.
>It is your house, Sora-chan.
>Of course!
>Let's look after her together~

>I should prepare some dinner for Subaru-chan~

>...So you can switch forms at will?
>Pretty much.

>However...

p7
>I transformed while I was sleeping
>because I let my guard down.
>...I need to be careful.

>...Let's go.
>Your Onee-chan... Hazuki has given us the okay.
>No need to sneak around anymore, is there?

>Yeah...
>"Can other bakenekos change between human and cat forms too?"
>"How long have bakenekos existed anyway?"

>There's a lot of things I want to ask...
>but Subaru will get suspicious if I ask too many questions...

p8
>I can't let Subaru found out there's a bakeneko inside Hazuki-onee-chan.
>On the other hand, I can't let either Onee-chan or Neko know that Subaru is a bakeneko!!

>I want to make Subaru my ally but
>for now, I have to maintain these secrets...

>Oh right, Subaru.
>Don't talk in front of Onee-chan, okay?

>Funya~ (Yeah, I know!)

p9
>Nya~ (Hm? Something's coming from behind...)
>Subaru's up so high~!!
>?

>?
>?
>Hey...
>Let's talk over there...

>...You want me
>to hide my ears and tail even at home?
>Yeah... erm...

>...It's practise so you don't accidentally bring them out outside like the other day...
>Why should I do that, brat?

>...Please.
>...Don't you
>want to be with me forever?

p10
>Hmph!
>If you're gonna petition yourself that far, then I guess I have no choice!!
>I'll hide them if I have to!
>It's all so I can kill you, brat!!

>Coming~

>In order to make sure Subaru doesn't find out about Neko...
>I should also hide that Onee-chan's hometown is "Mutsushi Village"...
>the village where Neko was sealed away.

>Sora-chan~ I got some luggage sent over from Mutsushi Village~
>My good old hometown of Mutsushi Village!

p11
>I-I can pass that off as a similar name...
>It says BAKENEKO manjuu.
>It's just like the BAKENEKO village renewal project.

>I'll put these in the cupboard~

>Quite the coincidence.
>That bakeneko Hazuki mentioned just now
>is the very "Hazuki" I'm searching for.

>I-I gues so.
>Well... the founder who sealed her is dead
>so her trail is unknown...

>Eh... Sealed?
>I thought it was passed down from child to grandchild?
>"I was sealed in Hayama's bloodline from hundreds of years..."
>...That's just a guess, though...

p12
>When the host dies, it moves inside to "someone from the bloodline".
>It doesn't stop with children or grandchildren.
>If it can't move to a descendant, it will leap to another blood relative.

>Then... she could be literally anywhere in the world?
>...? Yeah.

>But... now I'm sensing her...
>in this town.

>~~~
>I'm tired...

>...

p13
>...Subaru-chan.
>Went on a little outing, huh?
>Welcome back.

>Are you injuries okay?
>Nya~....
>...I wonder if you're tired.

>Fufu...
>Sora-chan's sleeping face is cute but
>Subaru-chan's is pretty cute too<3

>...
>Subaru's back home.
>Subaru... is also asleep right now...
>...

>Subaru turns into a human when she's asleep...!!
>Onee-chan's gonna find out!!!

p14
>...
>Huh?

>Sora-chan.
>Good morning.

>Subaru-chan's asleep so
>shh.

>...So sleeping doesn't automatically trigger a change.
>O-Okay.
>She did say she transforms when she drops her guard, didn't she...

>If it were me being held by Onee-chan while I slept...
>with all the fluffiness and warmth to be had,
>I'd totally transform.
>Ufufu...
>Sora-chan...?

p15
>Ah... I'll handle Subaru.
>I'll take her back to my room.
>Really? Please do.

>...
>Phew...

>Things have gotten three times as hectic
>but she does have a cute sleeping face.

>...
>It's like I have a little sister...

>"...If it were me"
>"being held by Onee-chan while I slept"

p16-17
>with all the fluffiness
>and warmth to be had,

>I'd definitely transform.

p16
>S-Subaru?
>....

>Sora-chan!? What's wrong!?
>I-I thought I was about to drop Subaru... Sh-She's okay!
>Nyan~

>Why do you only transform when you're sleeping while being held by me?
>....Who knows~
>No idea~

>>She does know but... it's a secret! See you next time!