Munto was completely fed up. It was already afternoon and Rui still had not answered his summons.

Fine then, if Rui would not come to him, he would go to Rui. With that decided, Munto headed off in the direction of the General's chambers. Upon arrival, Munto slammed his fist into the door. It did not take long for Rui to answer.

"Ah, Lord Munto, what brings you here?" Rui looked as though he just got out of bed. His hair was ruffled and he wasn't wearing his shirt. Munto was confused. It was afternoon, and his General wasn't dressed yet? That was unheard of; Rui was usually the one who told Munto to put on something more formal for meeting and other gatherings. Temporarily pushing aside his confusion about Rui's appearance, Munto spoke "An explanation; you left yesterday's evening meeting twenty minutes early, and you did not attend this morning's meeting either."

Rui scratched the back of his head. "Well," he began, "I had some…ah… things I needed to attend to."

"That is not an explanation." Munto stated, crossing his arms and tapping his foot.

"Well, its just―"

"Rui! This isn't working!" A voice called from behind the Magical Kingdom's general. Munto blinked in surprise.

"Was that Ichiko?" He questioned. Rui ignored his king.

"What isn't working?" Rui asked turning, allowing Munto to see into his chambers. The sight surprised him.

Walking into Munto's line of sight was Ichiko. Her hair was ruffled and she was wearing Rui's shirt! Thank the Heavens it reached her mid-thigh. But now Munto was wondering what, in the name of all the Heavens, was Ichiko doing wearing his general's shirt!? And it looked like that was ALL she was wearing! Ichiko glared as soon as she saw the Magical King. Munto looked at her, his confusion more evident as he took in her appearance. With a muttered "red jerk", she turned to Rui.

"It looks good on you," Rui commented. Ichiko rolled her eyes and folded her arms.

"Don't try to change the subject, Rui," She scowled.

"What?" Rui asked innocently.

"It's not working." She repeated.

"Why's that?" Rui asked.

"Because it isn't," she stated.

"Why not?" He asked.

"You're a general, figure it out," was her response.

"You never complained before," Rui said bluntly.

"Yeah, well it never lasted as long before." Ichiko put her hands on her hips. Munto was very confused at this point.

"But you were gone for four weeks!" was Rui's answer.

Ichiko growled out, "That doesn't mean we can have sex till morning!" Munto looked like he had been slapped in the face. "I feel like a bus ran over me!" she huffed.

"You liked it though." Rui stated. "And Lord Munto would have done the same if Yumemi was gone for that long! Wouldn't you, Lord Munto?" Munto stared at Rui openly.

"It doesn't matter what he would do!" Ichiko said indigently.

"I can make it feel better." Rui grinned.

"It that a fact?"

"Yes, it is." Rui turned around to ask Munto to leave, but was greeted with an empty hallway. "Where's Lord Munto?"

"I don't know and I could care less." Ichiko said, heading for the bedroom. "I need to get back to my room and go tell Yumemi I'm back."

"Hey," Rui said closing the door, "I thought I was going to make you feel better."

"You think you can handle that? I doubt you can handle more sex." Ichiko stopped and looked around for her duffle bag.

"I'm offended you don't think I can handle you." Rui said from behind her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her up.

"Hey! No, stop it! Put me down!" Ichiko giggled when he placed her on the bed and crawled over her. "You are such a rascal!"

"You know you like me that way." He grinned

"Yeah, I guess." She shrugged.

"You're very beautiful this afternoon."

"Shut up and kiss me already."

And he did. Yumemi didn't find out about Ichiko's arrival until the next morning.