Ever since she was young, Karuri Takumi was said to be the heir to the Takumi shrine. She's the next in her line but her father is not pleased. Hirito Takumi is the current ruler of the shrine. For many generations, the heirs have only been males. The family was one of the original families to help settle and create Domino city. As years went on, the city grew,and the more it grew the more the traditional ways are forgotten. But Hirito did not like that. The pathetic service of giving love charms and scrolls to school girls in love was to his liking. He wanted them to go back to their roots. And what other way than with his daughter.
She was not an only child, she had a twin sister, Erika, and a little sister, K.C, short for Karin Carlyne. Hirito was also not pleased that his children were all girls. He would be cruel to them but not as much if his wife, Momoka, was around. It's 2016, the twins are now 15 and K.C is 8. It's weeks before Karuri goes to Duel Academy with a blessing from her father that her mother help convince him. News has spread of Judai Yuki having returned to Duel Academy after saving his friends from another dimension. They have mention that the East Academy champion, Amon, still cannot be found. But for now they presume he is dead.
There is a boat about to arrive at Domino Pier. It's coming from Duel Academy. On board is Austin O'Brien, Jim Crocodile Cook, and Johan Anderson. They would have to wait a few hours for their own boat or flight to their Academies. They decided that since they have time they would go and check out the city some more. There were many places for the boys to see and visit. They visited Domino City Square, the Domino City Museum, the brand new Millennium Hall. It's been about 2 hours and had about 2 hours left. They decided it was a good time for a break, so they went to a cafe.
"Hey, how about we go to Kaiba Land?" Said a very excited Johan. "Have either if you been there?"
"There's no way we can cover it in 2 hours, mate." Jim gave a piece of his food to his crocodile friend Karen. "It's a huge place. Makes you wonder why he built such a place."
Austin looked at his Australian friend. "He's practically one of the sacred families of Domino at this point."
"Sacred families of Domino?" Jim raised an eyebrow at him.
Johan looked up from his map he was looking at. "You haven't heard of them Jim?" Jim shook his head. "The sacred families are the families that started out Domino. They gave everything to start Domino. But since so many years pass people kinda forget their own traditions. But if you see one of the members of the family, be careful, some of them aren't too kind. They kinda got too much power in their head. So if you see one bow in respect."
"So who are the sacred families?" Jim looked at both Austin and Johan. Johan looked like he was going to say something but as expected he forgot who the families where. Jim still couldn't believe his friend doesn't remember the families names.
Austin sighed at his friends lack of memory. "There's the Arata Clan, they specialize in rice and rice treats for the city, the Fujimoto Clan, they are specialist on herbs and plants, and then there's the Takumi Clan. They are artisans. They create pottery and are masters in sword fighting and kendo. They run a shrine and sell charms and scrolls."
Johan puts his hands together. "I got it! Let's go to the shrine!" They look at him as his sudden suggestion. "What? It's the only place that won't take a long time to get to and visit. It's better than Kaiba Land…" Austin and Jim knew he was right. It's the perfect place to visit before they leave. So they paid for their meal and left to to shrine that was on a hill.
The hill was a covered in bright green grass, surrounded by beautiful bright pink cherry blossom trees. The wind was blowing gently that some flower petals blew away from the tree. Johan and the others look at the place. There were many school girls looking for love scrolls. Many were from Domino High and Domino University. Jim whistled in amazement while Austin just looked around. But Johan wasn't really looking at the group of girls. He was looking at the shrine maiden. The girl with the long black hair in a white and red hakama. She was the only thing he concentrated on. She was helping all the girls get their respective scrolls. And then she looked up to see the three guys. She gave a small smile the them and returned to giving the girls what they want. For some reason, Johan knew he won't forget this day.