"Now... this... is what I call a tea party."

Shizuru commented as she sipped her tea in the garden; Completely in bliss as compared to her surroundings...

"Apologize to Kono-chan at once! Himemiya!"

"Just in case you did not understand... she tried to kill me with her cooking!"

"That's nonsense! I have been eating Kono-chan's cooking for over a few decades already! If it is really that bad, would I still be here?"

"You are saying that because she is your wife!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be the same if I say that your Himeko tried to kill me with her cooking too?"

"HEY! Take that back Sakurazaki!"

...and it goes on and on.

It is already a wonder that Shizuru can still quietly sip her green tea with ease amidst all the slash beams, the punching, the kicking, the flying boulders in random directions and most importantly, the bickering. Natsuki, just dodged any flying obstacles coming her way as she approached her scheming wife with a bottle of mayonnaise – Natsuki's bottle of mayonnaise.

"Shizuru..." Natsuki cupped her wife's shoulder while trying not to pop any of her veins, "You knew that Chikane hates mayonnaise all along from Himeko didn't you?"

"I just wanted to entertain myself you know?" Shizuru retorted in a flat tone.

Natsuki gave herself a facepalm.

"I should've known better than to have you make friends with that Yukari Yakumo..."

Shizuru gave a cute, but devilish chuckle as she continued with her "show", and as a large boulder came in her way...

"...Kiyohime."

One of the hydra's serpentine heads just reached out for a bush and threw out something from the bush, the thing rammed and shattered the boulder immediately on impact; and that "thing" was Duran, which is sleeping in the bush when it was thrown randomly.

"Shizuru...! Are you trying to murder Duran?"

"I could not bear to throw you now... unless there is any reason to."

Before Natsuki could exclaim any further, a falling rock from the boulder earlier knocked her out.

Shizuru continued to sip her tea, gazing up at the sky, with two shadows randomly clashing into each other.