Red Strings on Their Pinkies

Fandom: Nurarihyon no Mago

Series: Yakuza Brothers

Rating: T/15+

Genre: Romance/Humor

Pairing: Nura Rihan/Nura Wakana, Nura Rihan/Yamabuki Otome

Summary: Yakuza Brothers Series.The most complicated thing of being a Casanova was… being easy to fall in love with the right people. It was how Rihan met Otome and Wakana, and how Rikuo was born to be the half brother of Rikuou.


Disclaimer: Nuramago isn't mine. Or else… every hot guys inside would be gay XD

Warning: Het (the first time I make het pairing as the main characters… I hope I do it right), AU (in the Yakuza Brothers Universe), oOC (just a little bit of Rihan-sama~—I love daddy Rihan the lady killer! XDDD), shounen ai (just hints of Gyuuki/Rihan), foul language and violence (well, it's in yakuza universe so…), etc…

A/N: I don't know why… but I'm so intrigued by the history of Rihan and Wakana, so… *sighs*. I actually wanted Rihan-sama for myself, but… how sweet would it be to make the story between them…. Jeez, why am I babbling? Ignore my ramble. Please just read~


Red Strings on Their Pinkies—A Special Story of My Brother is Oyabun!

(A Yakuza Brothers Series)

Part 1


Don't you know…? Every person in this planet is connected to each other by an invisible string.

Each of the strings represents a special connection, families, lovers, friends, even enemies. And there should be only one red string connecting two people on their pinkies as the fated ones.

However, sometimes… there's a special someone that has more than one red strings… either because that someone isn't capable for finding 'the one' or because that someone has been fated to be with more than one person.

This is a story of that someone… who is categorized as the later…who then becomes a father of two fated boys that's connected so strongly by not only a familial bond, but also a red string of the fated ones'…


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


Twenty years ago… five years before Nura Rikuou and Rikuo were born in this universe….

A tall very handsome man, with fair skin and flowing long black hair tied only in the lower part, wearing blue-black striped kinagashi, stretched his body up while yawning after he just woke up from his slumber.

He blinked his light golden-amber colored eye several times while stroking the other eyelid with the back of his hand. He had a very nice nap, apparently, as he sighed contently with a small satisfied smile on his face.

"Time to play~!" he said with a delightful grin before he went down from a branch of oak tree inside a park.

In an instant after his feet hit the ground gracefully, a mass of women in the park looked up from their activities and…

"KYAAAAA! RIHAN-SAMAAAAA!"

"RIHAN-SAMA, MY LOOOVE!"

"PLEASE LOOK AT MEEEEE, RIHAN-SAMAAA!"

"RIHAN-SAMA! I LOVE YOOOOOU!"

Massive screams were heard simultaneously and in unison from the entire spaces and corners inside the park.

That very hot nineteen year old young man, Nura Rihan, blinked again twice before setting his very charming, very sexy smile. "Hello, beautiful ladies," he greeted them with a face so radiant that the scream of his name began to escalate to the deafening level.

"KYAAAAA! RIHAN-SAMAAA!"

"I'D DIE FOR YOOOOOU!"

"I'D DIVORCE MY HUSBAND FOR YOOOU!"

"STEP ASIDE, BITCH! RIHAN-SAMA IS MINE!"

"NO! HE'S MINE!"

"RIHAN-SAMAAAAA!"

Rihan just smiled more and waved at them really friendly that most of the girls passed out while squealing in fantasy delight and moaning from the overdose of Rihan's manly charm. Some even spurted nosebleed while fainting comically.

A young man, with a face and a body that rivaled Rihan, and hair looking so silky, straight, long and jet-black, that had just came out from behind the oak tree, looked at the man in front of him and the devastation he had caused, with his reddish-amber eyes, an odd expression, and a bead of sweat on his cheek. "What the hell are you doing, Rihan?" he asked with a deep baritone voice that sounded gruff.

"Oh, Ume-chan, you're here?" Rihan turned his face at the slightly older man behind him and winked at him teasingly.

"Can you stop calling me like that? I hate that nickname. Sounds so girly…," the man looked really irritated at him.

"Oh no, Ume-chan's angry expression is scary," Rihan laughed lightly at the annoyed man, his tone still teasing.

"How come I have to babysit you in my day off? It's just so not fair," the older man that was called Ume-chan by Rihan, in the complete name of Gyuuki Umewakamaru, grumbled under his breath with a vein popping out on his temple.

"Isn't it okay? You just got a time to monopolize me for all day long, Ume…," Rihan paused when Gyuuki glared at him heatedly, "-okay… Gyuuki," he corrected his name calling then, not wanting to elicit more hostility from the cranky man, and grinned.

"Why do I want to spend my precious day off with you when what you're going to do is playing around enticing women here and there and making them faint with your charm?" Gyuuki huffed and began to walk away.

"Aw~ come on, don't be so grumpy, Gyuuki. I know you love me best, but I still have to look for a mate, for my family's sake," Rihan followed Gyuuki's steps and walked beside him while those remaining girls who somehow got away from his deadly charm were squealing at him and Gyuuki hysterically.

"You mean our family, right? Don't forget. I and my family will always be by your side. After all, I've exchanged sakazuki (1) with the First and with you as well," Gyuuki said seriously.

"I know," Rihan smiled fondly at his loyal sworn 'brother'.

"If you're just looking for a mate, why don't you look for it inside our family? There are plenty of attractive women there," Gyuuki said with inquiring expression. He didn't know why Rihan was so insistent in looking women outside.

Surely, Rihan was very handsome and charming. He was like celebrities around the neighborhood because of his teasing and chauvinist personality and numerous amounts of women (single and or married) would wear their hearts on their sleeves and throw themselves at Rihan's feet for just a bit of his attention. The young man was quite a Casanova. Every woman that looked at him would blush and everyone he was engaged in conversation with would be enticed by his intelligence.

Well, it wasn't like he was sleeping around with different women every night, he just liked seducing them, making them fall for him, but then always keeping them at arm length. Enough to make those women love Rihan with all of their hearts, but not enough to bond a special relationship with him, this guy was quite a sinner and a lady killer.

"Hm… maybe I'm just looking for the right person. There must be 'the one' for me… somewhere," Rihan said with a joyful smile while continuing his comfortable walk with Gyuuki. The man who was two years older than Rihan just sighed in defeat.


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


Rihan's adventures in looking for the right woman continued, not only in his town, but to the neighborhood towns and regions as well. Even though he was the Second Head of Nura Gumi, he didn't really like the idea of him being confined in one place and always under the watch of his own family. He was still young after all and still liked playing around.

Well, until he made a mess of being stalked by the wife of a mob's boss that was.

"Oops."

Rihan had no idea the woman belonged to Hyakumon Gatari Gumi, a fellow yakuza family in Kanto region, one of Rihan's playground. He was just trying to be polite to a woman. He never realized that the woman was a little loose in the head, and from that one contact (he didn't even sleep with her), she followed him everywhere.

Well, she used her husband's subordinates to follow him around. It seemed she had no idea he was the heir of Nura Gumi's head.

Hyakumon Gatari Gumi was based in Tokyo, one of the big yakuza families that refused the alliance with Nura Gumi whose base was in Ukiyo-e. Their leader, Sanmoto, was quite a piece of work. He liked to play with human's lives and truthfully, Rihan hated their guts.

Yet, Rihan hadn't intended to pick a fight with them. It just happened because he tried to safe a beautiful girl from being harassed by them.

Actually, the girl got harassed because the mob's wife was jealous of her beauty… and because Rihan was so protective of her. It wasn't Rihan's fault if he was friendly to women, right?

Well, the girl was indeed really beautiful. Long silky black hair and black pearly eyes… she was like a modern day Yamato Nadeshiko.

Rihan was in love with her at first sight.

Her name was Yamabuki Otome. She was a noblewoman from Nagoya, two years older than him, but she looked really young. She was a very talented national Ikebana artist whose name was so famous in traditional flower arranging world. It seemed she still had a family connection with people that lived in Nagoya Castle and her Ikebana works were very coveted and popular in Nagoya and places around Japan.

So…, Rihan saved her from Sanmoto's wife and the wife ran crying to her husband with grudge towards Rihan and Yamabuki. And as precaution of facing vengeance, Rihan promised to protect her.

Well, Rihan actually went to Yamabuki's family and asked her to marry him. Apparently, Yamabuki was also in love with him that she agreed on the spot. Her family though… wasn't that cooperative.

Rihan was kicked out of the noble house and was asked not to get close to Yamabuki Otome again.

Well, Rihan never thought it would be easy to get his hand on that total beauty, but Rihan was a Nura who was famous for their stubborn personality. He wouldn't give up that easily. After all, he and Yamabuki were connected to each other by a red string. She was 'the one' that Rihan was looking for all this time.

Rihan then went home, got scolded by his dad and Gyuuki for playing outside too much, and then declared that he had found his 'wife'. Well, wife-wannabe to be precise.

"Seriously?" Gyuuki looked at Rihan with skeptical expression. "It's not just your one night love, is it?"

"Of course not, Ume-chan. What do you think I am? I never spread my seeds around unnecessarily to enjoy my life, you know," Rihan pouted at him.

"I never said that. And stop that Ume-chan calling! Haven't I told you?" Gyuuki stretched Rihan's cheeks in annoyance while Rihan was trying not to moan in pain because of the rough treatment from the older man.

"Ow…, Gyuuki, you're so violent…!" Rihan stroked his painful cheeks, making a face at Gyuuki.

"Jeez…, moreover, Rihan, you're always easy if it's about a woman, right, Shodaime?" Gyuuki sighed before he looked at Rihan's father who stared at his son with an amused smirk on his face.

"So… what kind of woman is she? A daughter of other Yakuza Family?" Nurarihyon asked, his silver-golden hair illuminated by the light inside the room.

"You wish. No, of course not, she's a noblewoman from Nagoya," Rihan had perked again after mentioning her and now winked at his father with cheery expression.

There was a brief silence befalling inside the room before Nurarihyon cracked a laugh. "A-a noble…," and he laughed so hard he almost fell from his seat, while Gyuuki was only sipping his tea from his cup, sighing again for having to accompany these two idiots of father and son.

"What's so funny?" Rihan asked then, a little confused.

"Ha… I can't believe this… you… with a noblewoman?" Nurarihyon shook his head. "What in the world gave you an idea you could land a hand on a noblewoman, Rihan? What made you think she could handle your playing nature, hmm?" he asked his son with challenging look.

"How rude," Rihan pouted again but this time at his dad, "I maybe a player, but I worship a true love relationship. You can ask Ume-chan here. I'd never claim a girlfriend if I didn't love her with all of my heart," he said sincerely.

"I told you not to call me like that," Gyuuki glared at Rihan in irritation, but he was tired of getting worked up by his teasing so he ignored him after that.

"Well, I don't really care of what you're doing outside as long as you're not picking a fight with another family…," Nurarihyon chuckled again and sipped his sake.

"Ah, about that…," Rihan grinned sheepishly.

"Huh?" Nurarihyon and Gyuuki looked dumbfounded.


0oo—Rihan x Yamabuki—oo0


"Hyakumon… Gatari Gumi?" Gyuuki widened his eyes, looking very surprised. "Hey, hey… that was a giant group of yakuza family in Tokyo! What the hell were you doing messing around with them?" the reddish-amber eyed older man stared at Rihan in mortified look, while Nurarihyon was speechless.

"Well, it wasn't exactly my fault. I didn't know that lady was the mob's wife, and I didn't really pay her much attention after that. She was the one who stalked me and used her husband's power to hurt the girl that I had an interaction with. She got to be stopped. I never thought that she would run to her husband and make me her and his enemy after that," Rihan explained. "Besides, I couldn't let them hurt my future 'wife', right?"

"Buh… hahahaha!" Nurarihyon laughed again. "Oh man… blood is a scary thing, huh? Never thought that you'll go so far for a woman but… like father like son…. You're really my child, Rihan," he continued laughing merrily.

"What is he talking about?" Rihan asked Gyuuki, totally lost in his dad's senseless words.

"He's talking about his personal experience… with your mother, Youhime-sama," Gyuuki answered dutifully.

"Huh?" Rihan made another confused face.

"I also had to fight a very strong yakuza family to get Youhime… ha, being a popular man is difficult," Nurarihyon chuckled while remembering his own romantic-saga twenty years ago.

"I don't really care about your romantic story with mom, but… Hyakumon Gatari Gumi hasn't identified me as a Nura, Dad. It's just the matter of time, though…," Rihan then said seriously.

"Yeah, your ass is too popular. They just ask the girls around and those women will immediately point their fingers at this house," Gyuuki said sarcastically in total exasperation.

"Gyuuki… you're so cruel to me. Is that how to treat the person you love most?" Rihan pouted and looked at Gyuuki with a kicked puppy expression and Gyuuki visibly blushed at that and at hearing Rihan's teasing words.

"Ah…? Idiot! I never said something like that!" Gyuuki countered loudly with red face. Either from embarrassment or from fury, Rihan wasn't sure, but Gyuuki made a very interesting expression, so Rihan was quite amused.

"Silence! You two…, so noisy!" Nurarihyon berated the youngsters, sweat dropping. "Anyway, what about the girl's family, Rihan? Sanmoto and his wife aside, you have to get an approval from this girl's parents… Who is her name again?"

"Yamabuki Otome," Rihan said with a grin again. His face shone in excitement as he spoke about her.

"The national Ikebana artist… from Nagoya?" Gyuuki asked, totally familiar with the name because he loved watching traditional flower arranging tournament, and Yamabuki's name was often mentioned there.

"You know her, Gyuuki?" Rihan turned at Gyuuki with sparkling eyes.

"Well, who doesn't? I meant… she often appears on television, like a celebrity in Ikebana world," Gyuuki said while looking away.

"Oh… she's so popular… and she said yes when I proposed! How lucky I am," Rihan said happily.

"Wait, you already proposed?" Nurarihyon looked surprised.

"Yep, though her family totally oppose the idea," Rihan grinned care freely at that.

"Idiot, if she's a noblewoman like you said, you've got to use gold to buy her out from the leeches they called the family," Nurarihyon said with mocking tone.

"It's not a feudal era anymore, Dad. That won't work," Rihan said, sweat dropping. "Well, if the family knew who I really was back then, they probably would give me Yamabuki in a blink of an eye though," he chuckled playfully.

"Then why didn't you tell them?" Gyuuki asked again.

"Hum… I was curious if Yamabuki would accept me just like that without knowing my background family, and how she will react after she knows…," Rihan put his weight on his palm while looking up at the ceiling.

"A test, huh?" Gyuuki asked seriously. "What if she got scared and ran away after she knew?"

"That's IMPOSSIBLE," Rihan smiled cheerily without doubt in his expression and voice. "Because… we're in love and directly connected by a red string," he continued while bringing his pinky up. "Besides, she already said 'yes' just like I informed you earlier."

"You're surprisingly romantic despite being a womanizer," Gyuuki said with a defeated sigh. "So… she passed the preliminary test, huh?"

"Yep, with flying color even… finally I've found my true love," Rihan was still smiling contentedly.

"Okay then," Nurarihyon said suddenly, earning attention from both Rihan and Gyuuki. "If you're so confident and sure with your choice… go for it with a DON. We'll send a cavalry with you to propose once again. This time to the family, okay, Rihan?" the father smiled at the child.

"Will do definitely, Dad," Rihan grinned in spirit. "You'll come with me, Gyuuki?" he then turned at his sworn brother expectantly and Gyuuki had to sigh again at him.

"Fine…," Gyuuki said with a somber smile.

"That's my beloved brother," Rihan hugged the older man's arm with a happy smile.


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


"Nu… Nura Gumi?" Yamabuki's father was as pale as a day moon when Rihan came once again to his house.

"Yes, my full name is Nura Rihan, the Nidaime of Nura Gumi. I hereby politely came once again to ask your daughter to marry me. Well, she already said yes, but… how about you, father?" Rihan asked with a very friendly sweet smile that it looked much more threatening than the scary people tagging along behind him.

"Eh… Um…!" The father looked really scared and he was sweating profoundly while Yamabuki was looking at Rihan with shy, blushing face.

"Father," Yamabuki then called his dad and spoke to the older man softly. "I want to be this man's wife," she said with happy look.

"You sure, Otome?" the father looked at her with worried expression. His face screamed 'COERCION!' to the world though he didn't shout it out loud. Rihan just chuckled amusedly at his horror expression.

"Yes, father…, he's my destiny," Yamabuki then stood slowly and walked to the front door to meet Rihan.

"Yamabu—um, I meant Otome…, I'll take you home with me," Rihan said, already changing the name calling to be more casual, offering his hand with a very gentle smile that everyone blushed seeing him, even his subordinates. Gyuuki had to cough to hide his embarrassment.

"Yes…!" Yamabuki Otome smiled gently as well and took his hand in total happiness before both lovebirds kissed blissfully.

And then… Rihan and Otome got married a short time later. Rihan was 19, and Otome was 21. The wedding party wasn't big, but all the girls that adored Rihan cried all night long after attending the party, so it was pretty noisy.

Rihan and Otome led a very happy life as a married couple for four years. Nurarihyon was also really fond of her because she looked almost like his beautiful late wife, Youhime. She was a good and faithful wife and Rihan was more than happy staying at home a lot more now, except when he had business with the fellow yakuza families, of course.

Well, until Hyakumon Gatari Gumi suddenly launched their attack to Nura's territory though.

"Ouch… I already forgot about them," Rihan said, slightly troubled.

"It's not a laughing matter. Are you an idiot?" Gyuuki sighed again in exasperation. His sworn brother was really carefree. Well, he led the family so splendidly though, so Gyuuki didn't really complain so much now.

"Well… they didn't look like about to do anything, you know? It's been four years and nothing. I thought they already got over the incident in Nagoya," Rihan scratched his head slightly. "Anyway… we've just got to exterminate them, right?" he then smiled sweetly at the idea.

"How can you say so frightening thing like that with that innocent face of yours?" Gyuuki looked at Rihan ridiculously, sweat dropping from his cheek.

"Hum… that's my good point, right?" Rihan chuckled amusedly then.

"It's creepy. I still don't get why Otome-san agreed to marry you," Gyuuki replied again with disbelieving expression.

"Because we're in love with each other as the fated ones," Rihan replied back easily.

"Whatever. So… what are we going to do after this?" Gyuuki asked him to command a move to stop the attack from Hyakumon Gatari Gumi.

"Well… as expected of course. Let's get all out and destroy the enemy in old fashion way."

Rihan then asked Nurarihyon if he could take all his subordinates and Gyuuki to launch a counter attack. A duel between families with yakuza honor.

"Do as you please. But don't forget…," Nurarihyon said then.

"No unnecessary killing. Got it," Rihan said with a sure smile and Gyuuki was beside him the entire time, accompanying him even to the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Sanmoto Gumi was planning something hideously devious. They knew that they wouldn't be able to beat Nura Gumi's forces head on, so they tried to look for their weakness.

And the wife of Sanmoto knew exactly what it was being an acquaintance of Nura Gumi's Nidaime once.

"It's that bitch Yamabuki Otome! Find and capture her! And we'll get Nura Rihan's head!"


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


So this was what happened after that.

Yamabuki Otome was working as a flower arranging teacher in a Private Art Senior High School in Ukiyo-e. At the same day as the battle between Nura Gumi and Hyakumon Gatari Gumi, she was suddenly chased around by some men from Hyakumon Gatari Gumi when she was walking home from the school where she was working.

"I'm not going to come with you!" Otome said sternly as she ran away from those men. She didn't want to be a stone that dragged her husband's feet when he was trying to protect his family. She'd rather die than to be a weakness and a burden for Nura Gumi.

Even though Yamabuki Otome was just a woman, she was the wife of the Nura Gumi's Second Head. She had her family's pride to protect.

However, even though she resisted with all of her strength, she was still losing when her opponents were stronger men. Even though she tried to outrun them, her physical capabilities were far from them. In the desperate moment, where she was cornered in a dead ended alley, and was about to get attacked, someone suddenly appeared and stood up with spread arms between Otome and the gangster.

"You insolents! Don't you dare think I will let you lay a finger on my master's single hair!"

Otome and her attackers were really surprised when they heard the voice. It was a high, soprano voice that belonged to a school girl with long pigtailed dark brown hair in white-blue sailor uniform. Otome recognized the uniform from the school where she was working.

"What's with this brat!"

"You wanna get beaten up too, little missy?"

"You…! It's dangerous…!" Otome said worriedly. She couldn't let those men hurt her precious student.

"It's okay, Yamabuki Otome-sama," the girl in front of Otome then turned slightly to look at her with a smile. "It's been awhile since the last time I saw you. You look so much prettier now, My Lady."

"You…!" Otome widened her eyes, covering her mouth in a total surprise at seeing the girl.


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


In the battle of Nura Gumi v.s. Hyakumon Gatari Gumi…, the fight seemed unfair, heavy on one side. In the face of the mighty Nura Gumi plus Gyuuki Gumi and Hihi Gumi, Hyakumon Gatari Gumi was like a kitten fighting a lion. Even though their members were outnumbering Nura's alliances, the qualities were far too much apart.

Skillful fighters were all in Nura Gumi, easily defeating the quantities that knew nothing about fighting, while one or four of Hyakumon Gatari Gumi's skillful fighters were nothing compared to Rihan's fighting abilities.

Rihan was gunning down Sanmoto's head and the fatty pig was hiding behind a very skillful young fighter who looked like almost still a teen. The young man couldn't be older than eighteen, with black-bluish hair and eyes and unusual long rope and clothes. He looked more like a monk in training. Yet, the boy's skill in handling a lot of secret weapons were outstanding. He was agile and strong as well, like a pro.

Rihan felt it was such a shame to waste a human resource as potent as this young man. Moreover…, wasting him for a pig like Sanmoto?

Rihan smirked. Not in million years.

Rihan defeated the boy with minimum injuries, but enough to make him stay still on the ground. He put his katana on the boy's throat. "You… tell me your name," Rihan said with glinting golden-amber eyes.

The young man bellow him was panting heavily and looked completely cornered. It seemed he was ready to die as he told Rihan who he was. "Hyakumon Gatari Gumi… Kurotabou…," the boy didn't falter one bit. He looked at Rihan's eyes with so much bravery that Rihan had to smile at him.

"I like you," Rihan said with a satisfied expression, startling the young man. "Discard your former family name, Kurotabou. Pledge your loyalty to me. I want your skill to strengthen my family," he said with so much expectation and pride that for a moment, Kurotabou looked amazed by this young leader of Nura Gumi.

But then, it was just for a split second before he realized what it meant. "You want me… to betray my family?" he asked with fire blazing in his black-bluish eyes. "How shallow do you think my pride and loyalty, Nura Gumi's Nidaime!" Kurotabou shouted loudly in anger before launching another attack despite being in unfavorable position.

Rihan chuckled while dodging and deflecting the multiple weapons attack. "I like you even more. Your loyalty which isn't deterred by anything…! That's a quality I want in my family. Why don't you think it over, Kurotabou? Join my troop and I will never betray you… like what Sanmoto is doing right now," he said while pointing behind the young man.

Kurotabou was surprised and turned over slightly only to be greeted by his pale faced boss pointing a gun at him and Rihan. "Keep fighting, Kurotabou! Who do you think save you from dying of starvation! Be my shield to kill that Bastard Nura Rihan!" he shouted in maniacal expression.

"Sanmoto…sama?" Kurotabou looked appalled by his boss crazed look.

"See…? A guy, who only thinks about himself like that, doesn't even have pride to fight his own fight… is not worth your loyalty, not even in the slightest," Rihan said with a serious disgusted look at Sanmoto.

Kurotabou's faith in his own boss was wavering. He looked mortified with all of this. "Sanmoto-sama is… my savior…," he mumbled lowly with widened eyes and trembling voice, trying to get his confidence back.

"What are you doing, Kurotabou! Hurry up and kill him! I don't care if you die trying! Just cut him into pieces!" Sanmoto screamed, his pistol mouth was dangerously wavering unstably.

"I see… but the fact that he's using you for his own benefit without caring about your feelings and life is also a fact," Rihan said while reaching his hand at Kurotabou's head.

Kurotabou was caught off guard. "What are you—!" He widened his eyes in a shocked look when he realized that Rihan was stroking his hair caringly.

"You actually don't like killing… do you?" Rihan asked while looking at Kurotabou's eyes sympathetically.

"Ah…!" Kurotabou looked at Rihan in a very surprised look, as if asking 'why does this man know?'

Rihan smiled small at him. "If you come to my place…," he then pulled the younger man to him.

"Kurotabou!" Sanmoto yelled so loudly and pulled the trigger accidentally.

Kurotabou shut his eyes, getting ready to feel the piercing pain that would follow the bang of the gun, but he opened his eyes in surprise as he didn't feel anything but the hold from Rihan on his shoulders. "Ah…?" he looked confused for a moment before realizing that Rihan had taken a bullet for him.

"I will protect you," Rihan said with unwavering gentle smile.

Kurotabou's eyes were really wide and his face was slightly blushing in Rihan's hold.

"Rihan!" Gyuuki who heard the exploding of the gun looked around frantically until he spotted Rihan and the boy he was fighting earlier just few meters near emergency exit. He also saw that the Nidaime was hurt on his arm by the stupid gun in Sanmoto's hand. "You bastard—!" Gyuuki saw red as he left his unconscious opponent and went to kill the Hyakumon Gatari Gumi's head.

And before Rihan could stop his sworn brother, Gyuuki already slashed Sanmoto with his katana. "Aaah! Hey, Gyuuki! That guy was my prey!" Rihan protested heatedly at the older man.

"Don't say something stupid. You even got hurt by amateur's shot…!" Gyuuki glared at Rihan, mighty pissed off, while inspecting the gunshot wound on his arm worriedly.

"What? It's nothing, just a grace of a bullet," Rihan said with an annoyed huff.

"I-I'm sorry… it was my fault," Kurotabou said with a pale face.

"Ah?" Gyuuki then looked at the guilty faced boy. "What's with the kid?" he asked Rihan with questioning look.

"This is Kurotabou," Rihan curved his hand on the boy's neck and pulled the boy back so close to him. "My family's newest member," he grinned happily at Gyuuki who stared at him ridiculously.

"What the hell of nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you just fight him a moment ago?" Gyuuki looked skeptical.

"Yes, yes, but I like him!" Rihan ruffled the boy's hair. "I want him in my family," he continued with a wide grin.

Gyuuki sighed long at the irresponsible words and looked at the boy again to ask for his consent. "You're sure okay about this? You can absolutely turn it down, you know? We don't coerce people into joining our group," he said gruffly.

"Ah… Nidaime saved my life…," Kurotabou then looked at the golden-amber eyed man and blushed slightly again. "I… I'd like to join you…," he spoke so quietly that both Rihan and Gyuuki almost couldn't hear it.

"That's great!" Rihan smiled widely while hugging the flushing boy and Gyuuki just massaged his temples because of a sudden headache.

Another victim fell for Rihan's charm, apparently.


0oo—Rihan x Otome—oo0


When Rihan and his family came back to the house, the news came to him.

"What did you say? Yamabuki Otome is missing?" Rihan widened his eyes in shock.

"What's the meaning of this? Haven't we defeated Hyakumon Gatari Gumi!" Gyuuki looked enraged.

"Earlier, when we tried to contact her working place, they said she already left school before dusk…! But she hasn't come home yet until past midnight! She's never done something like this before… staying so late outside, but we couldn't reach and find her anywhere!"

"Ah, jeez…! Who in the hell would kidnap my beloved wife!" Rihan scratched his head curtly.

"Ah, um…," Kurotabou tried to gain attention from the others, but they were too busy panicking to notice his gesture, so he had to cough hard to steal their focus to him. "I… I heard the Sanmoto Lady spoke to some men…to abduct Nidaime's wife… because she thought the wife was your weakness…," he said.

"Damn! We let our guard down!" Rihan instantly understood, slapping his forehead with his palm. "The real head pulling string behind the existence of Hyakumon Gatari Gumi… is actually that evil woman! Gaaah, so infuriating! It's the first time I actually feel like hitting a female!" he gritted his teeth quite angrily with this turn of event.

"I… I know where those guys would move…," Kurotabou said again.

"Bring me there, Kurotabou!" Rihan ordered, seriously pissed off at himself for not setting a precaution for this.

"Wait a sec! Rihan, you're injured!" Gyuuki opposed.

"I will not forgive people who hurt my family! Let alone my woman!" Rihan replied stubbornly and pulled Kurotabou to show him the way.

"At least bring some people with you!" Gyuuki then fetched some of their subordinates and then went away once again to follow Rihan out.

"It should be around here…," Kurotabou looked around as they arrived in the quieter neighborhood. Otome always took this path when she walked home. Those men already followed her around for some times. If they wanted to attack her, it should be right around that place.

Kurotabou then found some cigarette butts on the ground and was convinced that indeed, those men were waiting for her here before attacking. He saw the shoeprints on the dirty ground and pointed to the way where those guys chased after smaller shoeprints that probably belonged to Otome. "That way," he said with sure expression.

"You're a good tracker as well, Kuro. I like you double even more," Rihan smirked proudly, making Kurotabou blush again.

"No…, it's nothing…," the boy said rather shyly.

"Let's go!" Rihan then set his serious face and led his men to follow him.

When they arrived at the place where those men tried to corner and attack Otome, they were surprised that someone was already fighting them.

"Hyaaah!" and that someone was actually a school girl, probably not older than sixteen, moving gracefully with a long blunt staff on her hands. Even though she was fighting, she looked more like dancing while hitting those men who looked completely having a hard time fighting her despite being larger in physic and number her.

Rihan was speechless as that school girl hit her last opponent and the big guy went down.

"That's what you got from trying to attack a defenseless woman," she said sternly while stuffing one end of the staff on the ground beside her with satisfied look.

"A defenseless woman?" Rihan couldn't help saying while widening his eyes.

The girl was alerted once again and now pointed her staff at Rihan's group direction. "Who is it? Are you friends of those men?" she asked while narrowing her eyes.

"Ah, Wakana-chan, no…!" Otome was about to stop the school girl she called Wakana-chan, but she already surged forward to attack Rihan who was caught off guard, not being able to dodge, and could only took the attack with his healthy hand and caught the staff.

"Oops!" he gushed while holding the staff still with widening eyes.

"Rihan-sama!" Otome shouted, looking worried.

The girl seemed reacting to the shout and released the staff before backing down. "Rihan…sama?" and she looked a little bit mortified at hearing the name.

"Err… yes?" Rihan replied the call with a confused look.

"Ah…! I'm very sorry!" the girl bowed lowly suddenly. "I thought you were one of the men that wanted to hurt Yamabuki Otome-sama," she looked up slightly to look at Rihan with a guilty expression. "I didn't realize you're her husband because of the darkness…," she continued with worried look now. "Are… are you okay?" she asked then while looking at Rihan's face closely

"Eh, um… err…," Rihan blushed slightly as he saw the cute little girl's face close up. Her eyes were very clear and sweet like caramel chocolate. "I-I'm okay…," he said, rather stuttering.

"Thank God…," she sighed and smiled slightly with a relieved look.

Rihan was quite captivated with the girl's natural expression for a moment before he remembered why he was there in the first place. "Oh, Otome!" he then quickly looked around and spotted his wife far behind the girl. He quickly approached her and then hugged her tightly. "Thank god…, you're okay…," he said, sighing in relief while stroking Otome's soft cheek.

"Yes…," Otome blushed while smiling happily. "Ah…, but it's all thanks to that girl over there. She saved me when I was cornered," she then turned her face at the school girl with a grateful smile.

"Not at all, it's a normal thing to do," the girl smiled cheerily at Rihan and Otome. "After all, Yamabuki Otome-sama is my lady!" she added surely.

"Eh…?" Rihan looked completely dumbfounded, as well as Gyuuki and his other subordinates.

"My name is Nura Wakana. I'm a bodyguard specially placed to protect Yamabuki Otome-sama from any danger!" she introduced herself confidently and with a very innocent jolly smile.

There was a brief silence enveloping the alley before "EEEEH! A NURA!" everyone shouted, eyes as wide as saucers, the guys dropped their jaws and Otome covered her mouth in total surprise.

Wakana just set a pose "Tee-hee," while thrusting her tongue out cutely in a sheepish smile.


0oo—Rihan x Wakana—oo0


"What's the meaning of this, Dad?" Rihan demanded at Nurarihyon with a total confused look while pointing at Wakana who stood merrily beside him.

"Oh, you've met Wakana, I see," Nurarihyon smiled at Wakana and motioned her to sit beside him.

"Papa!" Wakana happily obliged and sat beside Nurarihyon who immediately ruffled her hair gently.

"Pa-… PAPA!" Rihan was shocked even more at that, as well as Gyuuki and Otome who were also there.

"Wakana is… the youngest daughter of Nura Akihisa, one of my innumerable cousins who actually supported the lifestyle I chose, unlike the others who were too chickened by yakuza's life and chose to stay away from and shunned me. He and his entire family were killed in a boat accident ten years ago where all my relatives were onboard… and I thought everyone was gone, but this girl here… she actually swam to the shore despite her injury and being still so young," Nurarihyon started his story. "I'd been looking for her for my entire life because she was the only one who wasn't found in the remaining of the shipwreck. I'd just found her, and I took her back to be part of our family again." He smiled fondly at Wakana who were still smiling happily.

"But… how come she never looked for use before this…?" Rihan was still a little bit skeptical with all of this.

"Ah… about that…," Otome suddenly spoke out, earning everyone's attention. "My family and I found her, unconscious on the beach, and we brought her to the hospital and took care of her until she was healthy again… but because she lost her memory, we couldn't identify her and since then, she was practicing at our house to be a traditional dancer…," she said, filling the information. "I never knew you were a Nura, Wakana-chan…," she continued while looking at Wakana bewilderedly. It was kind of scary how small the world was for making Wakana end up on her family when she was destined to be the wife of Nura Gumi's second head who turned out to be Wakana's real family.

"I didn't know that either until some days ago, Yamabuki Otome-sama," Wakana smiled solemnly at Otome now. "I came here from Nagoya to look for you… since that day you were taken away by Rihan-sama… we never heard from you again. Your father is very worried and I miss you… so… I came here to find you. But, instead of finding you…, Papa here found me first," Wakana turned at Nurarihyon with a small grateful smile. "He instantly knew I was the daughter of my father because I look so much like him," she held the older man's hand now. "He showed me some pictures… of me and my biological family… and I remembered everything…," she closed her eyes with a poignant look now. "Finally… I know who I was…! My real full name… the life I'd forgotten… I know everything now…!"

"Wakana-chan…," Otome looked at her with sympathetic look.

"I'm really lucky to have followed you here, Yamabuki Otome-sama. You bring me back to my family… I'm so grateful! I've adored you since the first time I saw you in that hospital…! You're so beautiful and graceful and I love your angelic face when you're working with flowers! Aah… Yamabuki Otome-sama, I'm your number one fan! And it's been my dream to protect you from any danger all this time, that's why; after finding you, I… I attend the school where Yamabuki Otome-sama is teaching to secretly guard you!" Wakana now was sitting in front of Yamabuki and was holding her hands in spirit.

This girl… a stalker?—Rihan and Gyuuki couldn't help thinking with ridiculous expression while Otome chuckled slightly, sweat dropping. Nurarihyon was laughing at the girl's spirit.

"I… I see…, so we actually still have a far familial connection, huh?" Rihan then looked at Wakana curiously.

"Yes, Rihan-sama. We're second generation of cousin," Wakana smiled jovially at Rihan and the man huffed in a pleased look.

"Cheery and energetic girl, huh…? I like you already," Rihan said while grinning teasingly.

"Eh…?" Wakana blushed prettily at that and Rihan laughed.

"So cuuute!" he said while smiling childishly.

"Rihan-sama! Please don't tease me like that!" Wakana protested a little in annoyance, but she was still blushing in embarrassment.

"Hah… he's just gotten a new toy to play with," Gyuuki said while sighing in defeat.

Otome giggled heartily in response. "Just like a brother and a sister, huh?" she said while watching how Rihan and Wakana interacted.

"So… I'll be in your care from now on! Please to meet you!" Wakana tilted her head aside while introducing herself once again to the entire family this time as a greeting.


0oo—Rihan x Wakana—oo0


Rihan was walking around the park under a momiji tree to get fresh air after the meeting with the other families alliance's heads when something small fell on top of his head. "Huh?" he took the thing which turned out to be a small red purse and stared at it for a moment before looking up.

Rihan could only blink as he saw a person up there, on the tree branch stretching an arm to grab something. Long dark chocolate pigtailed hair and white-blue sailor uniform was so familiar that Rihan couldn't guess it wrong. "Wakana-chan?" he called her name then, surprising the school girl.

"Ah, Rihan-sama?" Then she looked down at him. "W-what are you doing there?" It seemed she was also conscious of their position because she wore a skirt, and from his position, Rihan could easily see what was under that skirt.

Rihan chuckled thinking about it. "That's what I want to ask," he said with an amused look. "What are you doing up there? It's dangerous climbing a tree with a skirt," he continued while snickering.

"Ah! Please don't look up!" Wakana blushed hard at that, and then hurriedly closed off her legs around the branch to block the view from bellow. "I-I just want to pick the first red leaf of this momiji this year…," she said, still trying to reach the leaf.

"Okay… for what?" Rihan was a little confused of why she wanted to pick the first red leaf.

"Red is a lucky color. I thought I'll pick it and put it in Otome-sama's ikebana that will be put in the main house today, so the Nura Gumi will be safe and prosper this year as well," Wakana smiled happily with childish look and once again, Rihan was mesmerized by the girl's natural loveliness.

Rihan couldn't help smiling as well. The girl's smile was contagious and she was just so cute. "I'd love to have that first leaf as well, then," Rihan said gently.

Wakana looked at the older man with a soft blush again. Indeed, Rihan's smile was really charming. "Then… I'll pick it for you if I see another leaf!"

Wakana grinned before moving again slightly, stretching her hand more to reach and finally she got her hand on the first leaf. "Got it!" she squealed delightfully in spirit that she forgot to hold on something as the gravity suddenly pulled her body down and her legs' hold was slipped. "Ah...?"

"Wakana-chan!" Rihan shouted worriedly as the girl was falling down and readily extended both of his hands to catch her fall. Luckily, he was strong enough when the impact of gravity and the girl's weight hit him. He thought his hands would fall off though, so he went down with her.

"Ow, ow, ow… ouch…!" Rihan moaned painfully while Wakana's head was on Rihan's chest.

"Eh? Kyaaa! I'm so sorry, Rihan-sama! A-are you okay?" she suddenly looked up in panicky as she realized she had fallen on top of Rihan, while trying to check his body for any visible injuries.

Rihan laughed lightly at the girl's tousled and disheveled appearance with leafs all over her hair and uniform. "Hahaha… being pinned down by a very cute girl makes me happy," he said with a teasing grin.

"Ah…! Kyaaa! Rihan-sama you pervert!" Wakana hit his chest and was frantically trying to run away with very red face.

"Ahaha, wait, wait…, don't run away while panicking, Wakana-chan… I was just teasing you," Rihan said while still laughing his hand was on the girl's small slender waist, holding her. "You're okay, right? Any injury?" he asked the softly.

"Ah…no…, I meant yes, I'm fine," Wakana looked awestruck as well for a moment by Rihan's very gentle expression before she suddenly shook her head, seeming realizing something. "Jeez, how could you do this…? Teasing me all the time when you've already got a very beautiful wife like Yamabuki Otome-sama…!" she looked annoyed now, but she was pouting and her face was so pink. She looked incredibly cute like that. Rihan couldn't help it. She was just really interesting.

"Yeah… sorry, Otome is indeed very beautiful and I love her very much… but Wakana-chan is a lovely lady too, so I can't help it," Rihan said with sheepish grin.

Wakana looked troubled for a second and then spoke slowly, "Otome-sama… really loves Rihan sama. I know this well… because she used to talking about Rihan-sama before both of you were married, even now when we're having the girls' night. She'd tell me that Rihan-sama was the gentlest, most fascinating and most charming man ever… and she'd become really lively despite her usual quiet self," she looked afar as if seeing the memory playing before her. "She'd glow… smile happily and become even prettier…, the most beautiful person I've ever known…! I'd like to be like her someday…!" she sighed dreamily now, seeming totally in love with her idea about the perfect woman, Yamabuki Otome.

Well, Rihan couldn't blame her for adoring his wife though. Otome was indeed the most beautiful person in the world. He was really the luckiest man on earth for having her as his wife.

But…— Rihan thought inwardly. Something is… missing….

"What's wrong, Rihan-sama?" Wakana asked because Rihan suddenly became very quiet.

"Huh?" Rihan was brought back from his train of thought and blinked once. "Oh, nothing… I just thought Wakana-chan is so cute when she's being dreamy like that," he said while smiling teasingly at her again, making the much younger school girl flush appealingly more.

"Rihan-sama!" Wakana scolded him for being so bold and a teaser, while Rihan just chuckled and laughed at seeing her bewildered embarrassed expression.


0oo—Rihan x Wakana—oo0


"Am I… weird or something?" Rihan suddenly asked out of the blue after his sword training season with Gyuuki in the dojo near Nura Gumi's main house. They were resting on the patio where they could see the entire front yard of the house.

Gyuuki was silent for a moment, staring oddly at his sworn brother before asking back in disbelieving look, "You just realized that?"

"Gyuuki…, you're so rude," Rihan pouted at him with an annoyed look. "I was being serious," he said, rather indignantly.

"Who said I was joking?" Gyuuki raised his visible eyebrow.

"That's even ruder. You've been really cold to me lately, Gyuuki," Rihan looked at Gyuuki with kicked puppy expression again and Gyuuki had to groan at that. Rihan was very sly for making that kind of face. He could never resist that expression and Rihan knew it very well and used it against him.

"I know, I know, jeez… what do you want to talk about, Rihan?" Gyuuki asked in exasperation.

"Hm… it's about my hunger," Rihan said with unreadable look.

"What… you're hungry or something?" Gyuuki made a ridiculous expression at his sworn brother.

"No…, it's not that kind of hunger…. It's kinda a bit weird. I already have everything I think I want. A position where I can protect our family, a strength that makes me a number one Yakuza Head in Tohoku throughout a tip of Kansai, loyal family members and alliances, a wife that's so beautiful and faithful and even my destined love…, and yet I kinda still feel that something is missing. It's not enough… I need something more… but I don't exactly know what it is…," Rihan looked up at the sky.

"Being greedy are we?" Gyuuki said with a look.

"Yeah… I know greed will get me nothing but trouble. I don't even know what's missing in my life… but I can't help it. It just feels that way… not enough," Rihan sighed long. "What is it… actually?"

"A kid?"

A girly voice replied his question from behind, surprising Rihan and Gyuuki as well as the both men turned over so fast they thought their necks snapped.

"Wa-Wakana-chan!" Rihan widened his eyes as he saw the girl.

"Wakana-san…," Gyuuki also looked at her in a stunned look.

"Something feels missing in your perfect life, right? Even after everything you got… that must be a 'child'!" Wakana said with a confident smile. "Family is not complete without children playing around in the garden," she said while raising her forefinger like a teacher. "That's my teacher told me at school."

"Ah…, that's it!" Rihan looked like just being given an enlightening. "A kid…! My child with Otome! Aaah, thank you very much Wakana-chan! I could kiss you!" he rose suddenly and hugged the girl cheerily, surprising her and making her blush again before he released her to hurriedly run to the main house while shouting his wife's name enthusiastically.

Both people who watched Rihan leave were slightly dumbfounded, being left alone in the dojo just like that.

"Rihan-sama is… really an eccentric person isn't he?" Wakana chuckled while trying to hide her embarrassment for being hugged like that in front of Gyuuki.

"That's because of his chronic disease," Gyuuki said, sweat dropping a little.

"A… disease?" Wakana looked surprised and slightly confused.

"Yes… he's kind of… you know, a playboy, before she met Otome-san," Gyuuki sighed. "He played around a lot, that's why he thinks it's normal to make a close physical contact to other people. Sometimes he forgot that not all people are as accepting as he is, and he doesn't really think when he invades other people's personal spaces," now Gyuuki looked rather annoyed while rambling.

Wakana giggled seeing Gyuuki's look.

"It's not funny…," Gyuuki grumbled in annoyance.

"No, well… I think Gyuuki-sama is very impressive, being so close to Rihan-sama all the time and still can think sensibly," Wakana said with a small understanding smile.

Gyuuki was astounded for a moment before asking. "What… do you mean?" in a slightly bewildered look.

Wakana looked at the wooden floor and smile meaningfully. "Gyuuki-sama… actually loves Rihan sama very much as well, huh?" she said slowly, not looking at Gyuuki's shocked expression. "I know… because Gyuuki-sama… looks at Rihan-sama in a special kind of gaze. Whenever Rihan-sama is around, there will be that light in Gyuuki-sama's eyes and Gyuuki-sama will be more… expressive," she smiled now, totally accepting.

Gyuuki was silent for a minute or two, honestly couldn't think of anything to respond to something like this. He didn't know what to say… when his biggest secret was poured out on his face by a school girl who was almost ten years younger than him. Well, he could comment on one thing, though.

"That's a very… remarkable observation skill you have… for you being able to tell how I look at Rihan…," Gyuuki said with astonished look. "And I'm quite proud of my expressionless skill," he continued, slightly insensate.

"Not like that… it's just always so clear to me…," Wakana said while looking at Gyuuki solemnly.

"And the point of you mentioning this to me now is…?" Gyuuki didn't know why she brought this up. He was fine with his one-sided feeling and he never intended to tell Rihan about it. Rihan was his sworn brother, and he was satisfied with it because between two men, no bond could be closer than that.

"Ah… it's not because I have a problem with it or something like that," Wakana hurriedly raised both of her hands meaning no harm. "I'm just… quite impressed that you actually can always maintain a cool face when he gets so close to you…, I meant… I tried to act cool too, but my expression just gave up whenever he teased me…," she blushed again, embarrassed for admitting that she was quite bothered by Rihan's supposedly 'harmless' flirting.

"Wakana-san… impossible, are you…?" Gyuuki looked at the girl in disbelieving expression.

"Ah, I know, it's kind of wrong because he's married and everything, but… I really can't help it. Rihan-sama is… very loveable. It's impossible not to love him…!" Wakana blushed even harder admitting her own crush to the older man.

"Hey-hey… isn't this bad? I meant… there's Otome-san as well…," Gyuuki had just realized that he just got involved in something so complicated. Wakana was still sixteen, a high school student, and she was in love with a yakuza boss who was seven years older than her. Moreover, he was married to a very beautiful faithful wife and now probably he and the said wife were trying to have a kid.

What's the point of telling me all of this?—Gyuuki thought with pale face. It wasn't like he could help her or anything.

"It isn't that bad. It's just a simple crush," Wakana said with a sheepish smile. "I guess I just… need someone to hear about this, so I don't have to bottle up this inside my heart by myself. I'm completely aware that this feeling won't go anywhere, and I will never betray Yamabuki Otome-sama's trust. I really like Otome-sama… and I always want her to be happy," she added sincerely with a very accepting smile.

"Wakana-san…," Gyuuki was quite impressed with the resolution and the dedication reflected in Wakana's eyes. She was completely serious with her oath and he was… kinda mesmerized by her strong look. "Let's… fight the battle together," he unconsciously said it.

"Yes!" Wakana smiled cheerily now, completely optimistic. "I hope you can teach me how to play it cool," she giggled and reached her hand at Gyuuki's sleeve innocently.

"Sure I can…," Gyuuki chuckled at her, and both were chatting quite lively with each other.

Meanwhile… from inside the house, Rihan was looking at the two people, his sworn brother and Wakana, with unreadable expression.

"What's wrong, Rihan-sama?" Otome who was holding her teacup asked because Rihan suddenly halted his words and was spacing out looking outside the window.

"Eh?" Rihan hurriedly turned his attention back to her as well. "Ah… no, it's nothing. I'm just looking at the birds…," he was quiet again, suddenly feeling not so good, but it seemed, Otome didn't notice as she spoke again.

"I also want to have kids running around the yard, Rihan-sama…," she smiled at Rihan with happy look.

"Then… let's have a kid or two," Rihan smiled while holding Otome's hand gently.

End of Part 1

Tbc…


Notes:

1)Sakazuki: is the term used for a pledge of loyalty made over an exchange of wine or sake. This pledge is taken very seriously, and is akin to a blood pledge, linking fellow yakuza of different families. A 50-50 portion division gives equal footing to both parties, and is considered a sakazuki of sworn brothers (for Rihan and Gyuuki). A 70-30 portion division is a pledge of fealty between a boss and his subordinates (for Nurarihyon and Gyuuki), and requires a great amount of trust on the part of both parties (copy-paste from Wikipedia with some adjustment)

About Red Strings on Their Pinkies (Part 1): Damn it…! I can' finish this story in a chapter! XO I didn't intend to make it as complicated as this, but… the plot just played on itself and when I realized… it already got over my word limit! I had to stop here first and posted it because it turned out to be too freaking long and I hadn't even reached the climax yet… *sighs* Sorry… the real problem of Rihan/Wakana will arise in part 2 and (hopefully) will be the last part of this story. This is what happened when I try to make something outside my forte… het pairing really is complicated *dizzy*. I intended to make this a one-shoot… but plot bunny is very nasty when it forces author to mix it together and formulate it to be a complicated story…

Ah… but I hope you enjoy reading this, though… I'll update this as soon as I can after I update My Brother is Oyabun! Saa, please drop something… tell me what you think of this fantasy on mine about Rihan and Wakana and Yamabuki Otome in this story…, okay? I'll be waiting!