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Angel: To whom are you speaking?
The readers.
Ryu: Bro you should have guessed that.
Angel: Oh, right. He rubs the back of his head. Sorry.
Ryu: It's all right.
I guess I should introduce you two to the readers.
Angel: Hi, I'm Angel-kun and this is Ryu-kun. He waves both his hands in the air happily.
Ryu: We are Sass's muses. At least temporary muses while her Muses in training Leki and Dane (See other stories about them) take a small break.
Angel: They've summoned us through five point star portal. We hope to be loads of help and to have a lot of fun. Angel runs around my bedroom and almost runs into my shelf.
Angel-kun, please be careful.
Ryu: Don't you know that there is no running in houses? He smacks Angel on the back of the head.
Guess you all can tell who is the calmer of the two and who is the hyperactive of the two right?
Ryu: As if that is hard to tell. He picks up his Dark Hunter book and starts reading.
Angel: I'm going to go find my dictionary and read it again. He runs off to my closet, returns with a Sesame Street dictionary, and sits on my bed next to Ryu.
Don't ask me why a twenty-two year old muse is reading a children's dictionary book. It keeps him calm.
So why don't we start the chapter then?
The first chapter was most about Shikara. That is so that you are able to understand the type of character she is.
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The way things are.
It had been at least a few weeks since they've last stayed at an Inn. Since they never stayed in one place for to, long they didn't usually waste their money staying in one. These rare kind of stays were only for when Kyo needed to relax and Shikara needed to buy food and other supplies before they leave again. Kyo was in a Sake shop drinking and Shikara, who is under age and therefore not allowed in places like that, is now alone to wonder the street. She didn't mind this to much. After all every teenage daughter need to take a break from family.
While having a drink Kyo noticed a female who was dancing on a small stage. The girl had long purple flowing hair and light purple eyes. She was doing a dance with two Japanese Hand fans. The movements were very smooth and artistic in away. It was as if she was painting a picture with her fans as the brushes, her body as the paint, and the stage as her paper. While nearly all the other males in the place were practically drooling over this beauty, Kyo just shrugged her off and continued to enjoy his drink.
While Kyo was inside having to be around drooling fools, Shikara was out buying supplies. She had her own mini fan club boys and some men following her. They were calling out to her and even whistling.
"Hey cutie where you heading?" One dark haired man asked. This man looked to be in his late teens, early twenties. He was dressed in brown pants and a tan faded (And torn in some places) shirt.
"None of your business, moron," Shikara replied as she did not look at him or stop at all.
The man put his arm around her. "Come on babe, no need to be like that."
"Take it off before I cut it off," Shikara's tone is low and it almost sounded like she was growling. Her crimson eyes looked like they were on fire by the way she was glaring at the man and the way the sunlight reflected off them.
The man did not listen. In fact he laughed. "Hey fellows, this woman has some untamed fire in her." The group of people laughed. Shikara brought her hand down to her sword very slowly. "Hey, how about I tame your flames?" The man got real close to her face.
"I wouldn't attempt it my friend," A young man who looked to be about twenty- two years of age was leaning against a post. HE had on red hakama pants and a white Gi top with the sleeves cut off. "She won't think twice about giving you a new hair cut. She'll even take your head for free." Shikara along with the group of man looked at the man who had spoken. This man has red hair that was should length and red brown eyes. "And if she doesn't kill you then her father will," the man said.
"Who are you to be threatening us?" One male said.
"Don't you know you are out numbered?" Another man said.
"If you want me to leave then you will have to make me," the young male said.
The male had removed his arm from around Shikara's shoulders, along with the others he charged at the red head.
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Kyo was only half way finished with his drink when the young woman came and sat next to him. "It's been awhile hasn't it Kyo?" she asked.
"What do you want Ayaka?" Kyo asked.
"Why is it that whenever we see each other you always think I want something?' Ayaka asked, as she acted hurt. "I just happen to work here. If anyone should be asking anything, it should be me asking you something like that.
"So, Benitora does let his children out of his sights from time to time," Kyo said.
"Ha-ha" Ayaka replied. "You forget? I am the same age as Shikara and-- " Ayaka paused. She and Kyo knew what name she was about to say so she changed subjects. "There's going to be another tournament coming up in about three weeks."
Kyo took another sip of his sake. "So…"
"So, I was thinking that from what father has told me it has been a long time since you have been in one. Therefore, I thought it would be a nice change of things to join in this one."
Kyo put his cup down and sighed. He remembered the last time he was conned into joining a tournament by Yukimura. He fought Benitora in a match at that time. That match ended with Benitora winning and yet being disqualified for using an actual blade.
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While Kyo had to deal with questions from Benitora's daughter, Shikara and the red head had their own troubles. What started with just eight people bothering Shikara had added up to twenty-four people fighting them.
"Damn Souji Tokugawa you are bad luck!" Shikara said. She ran her blade through another one.
Souji shot three daggers and took out three men. "Give me a break. Like I knew that this was going to happen." One guy punched Souji and two others struck Shikara. Both went flying backwards. They hit each other's backs so they did not fall. "Besides aren't you supposed to be some bad ass fighter?"
"Do I look like my father?" Shikara struck another male and another hit again by some other male.
"Give me a break you come right from his genes and you can't handle something like this?" Souji asked.
"What about you?" She asked as she jumped up into the air.
"What about me?" Souji asked as he also jumped up into the air.
Shikara removed one of her large shurikens from behind her back. She swung it and the shuriken opened up. It flew in a boom-a-rang motion, chopping off two males' heads. "Don't you descend from a warrior's genes as well?" She caught her shuriken and threw it again before landing in the mess of the fight again.
"I do but I am after all the slacker of the family," Souji replied. He threw out more daggers. However, only three hit their intended targets and killed them. He landed back on the ground.
"Meaning what? That you are lazy?" Shikara asked.
"No, meaning I act like Yukimura and flirt with the girls and only fight when I want to," Souji said. "Crap! I'm all out." Souji had reached into his pocket only to find he was out of daggers.
"You're dead now!" The dark haired man said as he caught Shikara's blade while another caught her shuriken.
'Damn not good,' Shikara thought.
'Give me a break will yah?' Souji thought.
The remaining group of men was closing in when suddenly fog started to appear. It was getting thicker and thicker. Suddenly there were screams and sounds of flesh ripping and blood gushing. The sounds seemed to go un answered as it echoed down the street. In just a few moments, everything was silent again. The fog was not lifting but there is three more people standing next to Souji and Shikara.
"Okay Yukimura, thanks for the help. You can make this fog go away anytime now," Shikara said.
Yukimura laughed. "Saizo that is enough now,"
As the fog cleared, Shikara and Souji were now face to face with Yukimura, Sasuke, and Saizo.
"Man, you can be scary," Souji, said. He ran his fingers through his red hair.
"Sorry about that. Nevertheless, you two looked like you ran into a little bad luck. Right, Souji?" Yukimura loved to tease others Aside from trying to pick up women teasing others was his way of having fun.
"Give me a break! I am not the bringer of bad luck!" Souji said.
Yukimura laughed. 'It is good that I didn't kill his father. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to have so much fun with his kids,' he thought happily to himself.
Sasuke looked up to his master with the same look that he always gives whenever Yukimura thinks he is being funny.
Saizo had his normal worried look as he surveyed what was going on. 'My lord, I really wish that you wouldn't act like this. Our enemies might see you so relaxed and think that they can get the jump on you,'
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An hour later.
Ayaka followed Kyo out of the Sake shop and is now following him down the dirt road to the hotel.
"Please?" She asked.
"No," Kyo replied in a tone that was trying to tell the girl that he was getting annoyed and that if she wanted to keep her head attached then she should stop asking. No one can blame him after all; Ayaka hasn't stopped asking him the same thing.
Even when they reached the room he and his daughter paid for Ayaka still would not let it go.
"Look all, I am saying is that you two have been traveling a long time and I bet that you could use the money," the young female said.
"I already gave you my answer woman now leave me be."
"You should reconsider, Kyo." Kyo stopped; the way his hand is on the door and the fact that the door's half-open and half close had made it seem like he was frozen in place. He cursed himself as he turned to face the man that owned that annoying voice.
"What do you want Yukimura?" The tension that seemed to radiate from between the two, made Shikara feel like she could cut the air with a knife and serve it as food on a plate.
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There, this one is finished. Leans back in my chair and relaxes.
Angel seems to pop out of no where right behind me.
Angel: Oh YAY! Food made completely of tension.
AHHHH!! I jump almost ten feet into the air before landing back in my chair.
ANGEL-KUN!
Angel rubs the back of his head.
Angel: Sorry Sass-kun.
Ryu: Don't worry, you'll get used to him popping up out of nowhere.
Yeah? Well, I wish that he wouldn't. Angel--
See's that he has vanished again.
Where did he go?
Suddenly a crash is heard from the kitchen. Ryu lets out a small sigh as he turned the page in his book.
Ryu: Give you three guesses as to where he is.
Oh-no, Ryu-kun please close things up here. ANGEL-KUN!!
I go running off into the kitchen. Ryu places the book mark in his book.
Ryu: Please read and review this story. It would help us a lot. Thank you.
Ryu then leaves to come and help me.
