Hi guys. While I wait for a few ideas on how to put Kotoha and Takeru together, I decided to write a chapter talking about what Kotoha is doing while Takeru is visting Chiaki and Aoi. Enjoy. Please remember, I do not own Samurai Sentai Shinkenger or any of the characters. And for the sake of my inability to speak much Japanese, I am writing this in English.


Kotoha woke up, feeling the bright sunlight over her face. Blinking to get the sleep out of her eyes, she wandered over to her mirror, and looked in it. Her hair was really messy, and she looked like she had just got out of bed, which, she had, so it was excusable. Her sister poked her head in the door. "Oh, Kotoha. You're awake. Breakfast is waiting for you downstairs when you're ready." Kotoha nodded, and her sister left. Mitsuba had steadily recovered after she'd come back from the Shiba mansion, and she was now practically back to full health. She sometimes still had moments of sickness, and sometimes a brief stint of extreme weakness an coughing, but that was as worst as it got.

Kotoha quickly stripped and jumped in the shower, letting the warm water run over her. She stood there for a while, then jumped out, dried off and got dressed. Kotoha had taken to wearing skirts, with a white shirt, and a yellow cardigan. This was her standard outfit for most days, and she did so happily. As she retrieved and put on her clothes, a certain person came into her mind. Tono-sama. Ever since they had all left the Shiba house, Kotoha had not been able to stop thinking about Tono-sama. A blush came to her face as she thought about him, his strong muscles, his calm demeanor, his . . .

Kotoha stopped herself. "Kotoha. Stop thinking about Tono-sama like that. You know you and him cannot be together", she gently scolded herself. She felt a little sad. But just then, the smell of breakfast hit her senses, and her stomach growled. Kotoha giggled, and then headed downstairs. Her sister was in the kitchen, and a bowl of steaming rice, next to a steamed fish. "Nee-san arigatou", said Kotoha excitedly. Mitsuba turned around and smiled. "Kotoha, good morning. And you're welcome."

Kotoha took the food to the dining area and sat down. "Itadakimasu", she said, before digging in. As she ate, Mitsuba sat down in front of her. "How are you?", she asked. "Good, though I'm missing my friends a bit." replied Kotoha between bites. Mitsuba smiled. "Well, it has been 5 years." she said. Kotoha smiled sadly. "Well, I need to go into town", Mitsuba said, "I don't know what you plan to do today, okay?"

Kotoha nodded, and Mitsuba left. Going back up to her room, she grabbed her shodophone and began looking at pictures. For some reason, her fingers kept gravitating towards pictures of Takeru. Him in the Neko cat pose, him at her birthday party. She had so many of him, and she kept wanting to look at pictures of him. A blush came over her face as she found a picture she hadn't seen before, obvious taken by someone else: A picture of him cradling her head after she had had her soul taken by Utakasane. She looked up in the mirror, and saw her cheeks were a bright pink.

Kotoha shut her Shodophone, and stood up. She had had no plans for today, but she decided to go and train a bit. She donned a training uniform and headed out.

~2 hours later~

Kotoha stopped training. She was hot and tired and sweaty. The sun was high in the sky. She headed inside, and took another shower, letting the water removed all the sweat from her body. She got back into her normal clothes, and wandered into the kitchen, looking for a bite to eat. She pulled out a pack of instant ramen, and heated up some water, before putting in the noodles. Then she wandered away, for a while, but coming back quickly. She poured the noodles into a bowl, then sat down to eat. A nostalgic memory came to mind when Takeru had taken her and the team to ramen after the final battle with Doukoku.

She ate quickly, and then wnet back to her room. She grabbed a letter which a dove had delivered to her the previous night. It had been from Takeru. "I am coming to visit soon. Will be there day after tomorrow. Shiba Takeru", was all that was written there. Kotoha felt yet another blush come to her face. Tono-sama was coming tomorrow? Kotoha could feel her face getting warm. She started to talk to herself.

"I love Tono-sama, but I can't. I like him, like as a Tono-sama, but I can't love him, because he is Tono-sama. But . . . " Kotoha trailed off, thinking about her Tono-sama. She closed her eyes, and imagined him kissing her, his warm lips pressed to hers. Kotoha mentally slapped herself. "Kotoha, stop thinking about Tono-sama like that. You know you and him can't be together."

Kotoha smiled. She walked into the living room and sat on the couch, lying down. She turned on the TV, but began to fall asleep, her eyelids drooping. then her world went black.

Kotoha's Dream

Kotoha was in Takeru's arms, and they were embracing each other passionately. Takeru leant down and kissed her, and Kotoha felt his warm lips touch hers. She blushed and kissed him back. For a moment, they both kissed passionately. Then Takeru, still kissing her tightly, took his hand and worked it under her shirt. He began to finger her stomach, and at that moment, a white flash covered the scene,

Real World

Kotoha woke up panting. She could feel her cheeks burning, and she giggled a little. It was dusk out, and Kotoha could hear hear her sister in the kitchen. She couldn't wait for Takeru to arrive. Maybe she could share her feelings with him? She could only dream, but the little yellow samurai knew that one thing was for certain: She was in love with her tono-sama.


And so ends a filler chapter for my story. Again, please leave a review, and tell me how you would like Takeru to confess his feelings fro Kotoha and vice versa. Until then, See you next time?