"I was playing with a dog when I tripped on a pebble and fell into the river."
It was straightforward of Rokuro in explaining her injury to the members of the Insect Magistrate, with the exception of Mugai.
For that time, Koikawa, Hibachi and Ichinotani found the youngest of the twin to be very stupid while Jinbei found it to be a misfortune and pitied the girl.
"Why is your names Yuichi-dono and Rokuro-dono?" Jinbei asked.
The twins looked at each other in confusion and tilted their head. Jinbei understood the gesture.
"I mean if Yuichi-dono means the first son then wouldn't Rokuro-dono's name be something meaning second son? And also, the names are for males."
The members were surprised. They didn't expect the naïve Jinbei to ask such sensible question. And the question at that was very interesting.
"It was because it took my mother six minutes to give birth to me." Rokuro answered.
It made sense. Roku in her name means six.
"And I heard that when she gave birth to us, it was very slow," Yuichi threw out a flashy smile, "Since I was first born (though it took me a long time) I was named Yuichi."
Koikawa, Jinbei and Ichinotani nodded at the logical answer. But it still does not answer why they were named with names for boys though…
"Aren't you dissatisfied of your name?" Hibachi bluntly asked.
Then a sad smile broke on Yuichi's face and a solemn expression painted on the youngest face, making the atmosphere tense. It had puzzled the Insect Magistrate members. They didn't make any eye contact with the members.
"We're satisfied with them," – Yuichi paused momentarily – "Because that's the only thing our mother gave us before she…"
"– Died." Rokuro finished off for her sister.
Koikawa, Jinbei and Ichinotani shot daggers at Hibachi. Hibachi felt the weight of the atmosphere. Matsunohara couldn't think of any ideas to shatter the bad atmosphere. Then the awkward silence was broken.
"Oh and we have a message from the Lady!" Yuichi said cheerfully.
Everyone stared at them, blinking, except for Matsunohara. The members (again, excluding Matsunohara) did not know who the Lady was.
'What a way to break it…' Matsunohara couldn't help but admire her just a tad bit.
Yuichi turned to her sister, made eye contact and both nodded. Then with a cheery countdown of three to one from Yuichi, they spoke together in perfect sync.
"Dear Insect Magistrate, I shall leave my cute little pets in your care until my arrival within three days' time on the day you have received my sweet pets. P.S: If I find that my cute pets are injured and do not enjoytheir time in your care, seppuku is the only option to atone for the sin."
And that was the end of the message. Yuichi was smiling sweetly with sparkles all round her while her sister merely observed the surrounding. It had shocked the four fighters and left Matsunohara heaving a very long and deep sigh.