Disclaimer: the only thing I own are the clothes my back, the money in my account, and the sad knowledge of knowing this will never happen.


In a large dojo name Ryozanpaku, six Master's were relaxing while waiting for a certain someone to come home.

"Miu sure is late getting here, I wonder what taking her so long?" Akisame Koetsuji wonder out loud as he sit drinking some tea in the main hall, he was a man of above-average height and messy brown hair and was wearing a hakama. Despite his seemingly small physique, he also had a small and well-groomed mustache with unique yet dull and nearly colorless pupils in his eyes.

"Who... knows. Miu will come back... when she ready." Shigure Kosaka spoke sitting next to him, she was a fairly tall and beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous-figure and well-endowed breasts. She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail, peach skin, and light purple eyes. She was wearing a purple choker around her neck and dresses in a small pink kimono with long purple stocking and sandals.

Holding a cup of tea, Shigures left eye twitch a little and reach inside her to kimono to quickly pull out two throwing stars before flicking them at the opening in the dojo door. A yep of surprise was heard from someone.

"SHIGURE! You broke my camera and ruin my hat!" shouted a short man middle-aged man with a long pointed out Chinese mustache. He was wearing typical Chinese clothing used in martial arts with a hat to cover the bald part of his head but said now had a large cut don the middle and he was holding a broken camera.

"Then next time... you use that camera, don't point it at me." Shigure replied sipping her tea but then tense when she saw Kensei Ma grin.

"That fine because I have already taken quite a few pictures for myself!" he laugh holding up five pictures in each hand of Shigure's loin cloth, but suddenly started to sweat drop at the killing aura said person began releasing! "Kensei... Ma!"


Else where, outside the dojo Miu walk up to it with Kenichi, Ellen, Mizunuma, and Izuma behind. Miu still couldn't believe that Apachi and Shigure had not be playing around when they said they had disciple's, but no matter how she look at it Kenichi and Ellen fighting style pretty much scream I was taught by the youngest Master's at Ryozanpaku.

"So this is it huh? I always wonder what type of place Apachi-shishou stay at... it looks older than I thought it would." Kenichi spoke as Izuma look at him while pushing her glasses up, after seeing what he could do and learning he was a Martial Artist she was surprise. Even though they were in the same club Izuma hadn't known this about him and wanted to see just what type of person his master was, Kenichi didn't know it but Izuma kind of had a crush on him and wanted to know more about him.

"Who care about the building, just can't wait to see Shigure-sensei again." Ellen cheer pretty much bouncing on her feet an excitement, Miu couldn't help but smile at the girl please that Shigure was so close with someone outside the dojo. Mizunuma on the other hand just take everything in while thinking (This is my chance, if even a little girl can become so strong, then so can I!) Mizunuma thought with detention. Miu had mention that beside Kenichi's and Ellen's Master's, her grandfather train her and beside him there was three other Master's at the dojo as well!

"I'll get one of the remaining Master's to train me and pay back those punks who used to pick on me!" Mizunuma whisper to himself as Miu walk up to the dojo door, with an open palm Miu push the doors open with ease and walk inside with the other's.

"Hey everyone, I'm back and guess what I-" Miu was cut off when they saw Kensei jump over the top of the dojo and land on the ground unharmed while keeping his hat on.

"Shigure, don't you think your going a bit over broad!" Kensei call as a female shadow leap over the top with her arm's held out causing Ellen to smile widely.

"YAY! It Shigure-sensei!" she cheer as the woman throw several throwing stars at Kensei but then sweat drop at see the students down below and hope Miu could stop them as Kensei ran away.

"KYAAA!" Izuma cried when Kenichi stop a shuriken from hitting her in the face then caught another two heading for his chest, Ellen easily caught two in each hand that nearly hit her while grinning like this was a game, and Miu manage to catch two just in inch from her face with her right hand and the last one that almost hit Mizunuma with her left, said look like he was about to pass out from fright (What kind of dojo is this!?) he thought shaking like a leaf.

"Sorry about that Miu... I was trying... to get Kensei and- Ellen!?" Shigure gasp surprise to see the little girl standing next to Miu, Ellen happy to hear her name drop the shurikens and race to Shigure jumping into her arm's!

"Shigure-sensei! I finally found you!" Ellen shouted with joy as Shigure look down stun to see the girl but then gave a soft smile before picking her up.

"It good to see you again, Ellen." Shigure said warmly hugging her back, Kenichi, Miu, Mizunuma, and Izuma couldn't help but notice how the two look like a mother holding her child for the first time after being gone for so long.

"Hey what with all the racket, did Shigure finally kill Kensei?" a large man said walking from around the dojo, a tall and largely muscled tan-skinned man. He has short eggplant-colored hair with a longer strand hanging over his face with a long scar that runs horizontally across the bridge of his nose. He was shirtless while wearing a brown leather jacket and blue jeans with bandages wrapped around his forearms. Next to him was a man just as large as him who Kenichi recognize immediately.

"Apachi-shishou!" Kenichi exclaimed happy to seeing the giant Thai who blink at seeing Kenichi but then look over joy.

"KENICHI! You came to Ryozapaku!" Apachi yell suddenly appearing behind them much to Mizunuma and Izuma shock before sweeping Kenichi off the ground and throwing him in the air like a hacky sack even as Kenichi protest.

"This is Kenichi's Master!?" Izuma gasp at the towering man who was tossing Kenichi around like a rag doll.

"Well no denying it now, these two are most certainly their disciple's." Miu sigh but then smile at how happy Shigure and Apachi was, at that moment Miu heard someone call her name and turn to see her grandfather standing next to Akisame, Sakaki, and Kensei waving for her to come over. she quickly wonder over to them with Mizunuma and Izuma who thought it best to stay close to her while Kenichi and Ellen.

"Hey Miu, it not like you to bring friends over, who are those two and how come Apachi and Shigure seem to know them?" Sakaki ask drinking a bottle of beer, all of them raise an eye brow at the nerves smile Miu gave them.

"Remember when Shigure and Apachi both left for a long time and when they came back said they had been off training their new students?" Miu ask before slowly pointing at Ellen chatting away with Shigure and Kenichi still being throw in the air by Apachi while yelling to put him down. Kensei and Sakaki's jaw drop at realizing what Miu was saying while Aksame and the Elder both just stare with a blank look on their faces but on the inside they were just as shock.

"You have got to be kidding! Apachi had a disciple who live through his training!" Sakaki exclaimed.

"Yeah and your telling me Shigure had her own one this whole time? I thought she was just mixing things up again when she said she take a job to train a girl who became her disciple." Kensei added.


Walking into abandon warehouse was a blond her girl that could easily be mistaken for a boy. She was tall and had a lean build with distinctively long blonde hair. She was wearing a white button-up shirt, dark pants, and a long blue coat that reaches down to just above her ankles. coming into the main hall she was surprise to see Kisara smashing bricks throw at her with her boots.

"Kisara-sama! I thought you headed home already." she said walking up to the beautiful young girl of average height. She had fair skin, full lips, and strikingly bright green eyes with a slender frame and fairly small breast, and curvy hips. She also has a well-defined butt and long, muscularly toned legs . She has shiny, red hair which and a wears green cap on. She wore a short t-shirt with an A-shirt underneath showing. The jeans she was wearing are torn on the left side while mostly torn off from the thigh down on the right side.

"Shiratori! I was just getting some extra training in, but why did you come back, I let you off for the day remember?" Kisara replied jumping in the air and crushing another brick with a kick.

"I know but I was planing on make a reminder for myself about something, however since your still here I'll tell you now." Shiratori said catching Kisara's attention, telling her underlings to pause on throwing the bricks Kisara grab a towel and take a seat on her chair.

"Is that so, you find something interesting?" Kisara ask getting comfortable.

"Yes I recently saw two students sparing outside your school today, they both seem to be quite strong and may make nice recruit's." Shiratori said causing Kisara to perk up at this.

"Go on." Kisara urge.

"The first was a girl name Fūrinji Miu, she seem quite skill and move through the air like a bird." Kisara tap her chin at hearing this, (Miu huh, I think I heard the other kids talking about her.) Kisara thought as Shiratori went on.

"The second was a boy name Shirahama Kenichi and he..." Kisara's mind trail off to Shiratori's talking at the mention of his name and was blinking at the girl not sure if she heard right.

"I'm sorry Shiratori, but did you say his name was... Kenichi?"


Sometime later after everyone had calm down they all went to the dojo hall and were sitting cross leg style with tea in front of them.

"Now that everything's been taken care of I believe some introduction are in order." said the Elder, a towering fair-skinned man with blue-eyes and blond hair . His hair reach to his mid-back and also sports a chest-length beard, macho mustache, and strands forming a thick antenna-like shape hanging in front of his face. Despite his clear advanced age, he has largely muscular and well-defined built with a few wrinkles.

"Eh right, I'm Shirahama Kenichi. Apachi's disciple up until a little over a year ago, please to make your acquaintance." Kenichi said bowing, Kensei and Sakaki's manage to keep their face from twitching at confirming the Master, student relationship between Apachi and Kenichi but were still shock no matter how many times they heard it.

"Hoho, so you are the disciple Apachi told us so much about, you sure are a polite young man." Fūrinji Hayato spoke as Apachi smile proud to have the others meet his disciple. Ellen who was sitting by Shigure spoke next.

"And my name is Ellen Johnson, Shigure-sensei came to America on a job to help me get ready to learn about Japanese culture but ended teaching me about swords and weapons as well." Ellen explain as the other listen in on the little girl.

"It was supposed to be only a week but after my father saw how well we were getting along he pay to have her stay and keep training me for the next three months!" almost everyone's eye's widen when they remember Shigure leaving for a little over three months and came back saying she had been oversea teaching a young girl name Ellen who had became her disciple. They were even more surprise when Shigure handed Miu 25,000 American dollars from the long job.

"Doing that time Shigure-sensei taught me five techniques and I've kept up in training in them since than." Ellen continue but then look up at Shigure with stars in her eye's.

"But now that I'm in Japan, my father said it okay to continue learning under Shigure-sensei!" other then Apachi the member's of Ryozanpaku were stun at how happy the girl was at just seeing Shigure again, Shigure on the other hand? Her smile faultier a little at the girl, it was something only Akisame notice.

"Hey Kenichi-san, from the way things seem... you and Ellen-chan clearly mat each other before today, right?" Miu ask but it was Apachi answer.

"Kenichi and Apachi ran into Shigure while she was training Ellen just before Apachi and Shigure return to Ryozanpaku." Apachi told Miu but then a thought hit Sakaki.

"Come to think of it, you left Ryozanpaku for a few years, you never did tell us where you went doing that time." Sakaki spoke, the people at Ryozanpaku were never one to pry into others lives but with everything that was coming out of the wood works he really want to know now.

"Aw, you must be talking about our training journey." Kenichi said peeking their interest.

"When I first ask Apachi to become my Master I needed to get my mother and father's permission first. They were a bit, on the ropes, at first about Apachi-shishou teaching me but they got use to him after a while."

"HA! It be a surprise if they weren't " Sakaki said knowing the 28 year old Master could go over broad.

"Well after training me for about six months, Apachi-shishou ask my parents if he could take me on a training journey! I mom agree because she trusted Apachi-shishou but it take a whole day before my dad gave in.

"Eh wait a second... Apachi had left Ryozanpaku for five years but kept sending back large funds to Ryozanpaku. Are you telling me that, the whole time he was actually training you.

"Apap! Apachi wanted to be like the Elder when he was traveling around with Miu. So Apachi take his disciple on training journey too! Doing that time Apachi and Kenichi take on a lot of missions, Kenichi's mother had taught Apachi a lot of things like how to count and use money, and how to use the mailing system."

"So Apachi was about to send some of the money he made back to Ryozanpaku!" Apachi told them, this time the only members of the dojo his mouth didn't drop was the elder and Shigure as everyone stare in shock at what they were told, they had been wondering where he was getting the money to send back but to hear that it was doing the training journey was mind blowing.

Unknown to all but Akisame it was because Apachi helping out the dojo that made Shigure go looking for a job as she felt left out being the only one to not bring money in, that was when she ran into a new paper ad about Ellen needing someone to teach her how to speak Japanese culture.

As all of this was going on Izuma and Mizunuma could only look on expressionless, they had known that Kenichi, Ellen, and Miu had been train my Master but this was more than they thought possible, Kenichi had been on a five year training journey!? And from the sound of it so had Miu but her's may have been longer! Just how much had these two been through!?

"I'm impress Apachi, taking on a disciple is hard enough but actually taking them on a training journey is quite an impressive!" the Elder spoke causing Apachi to blush at the praise but then a certain light appear in his eye's that Kenichi had come to fear when ever he saw it in his Master's.

"However now that you have something of a back story on them... I'd like to see just what level of skill Kenichi-kun is currently at!" the Elder commented getting the others Master to grinned interested as well.

"Yeah he was train by Apachi for several years for he should be at a reasonable high level, right?" Sakaki stated and Kenichi began to sweat bullets as he remember that while Apachi may have gong ease on him as a smell child as Kenichi got older Apachi started holding back less and less to the point that Apachi had to learn how to control his strength other wise he just send Kenichi flying every time they train.

"Yeah, Kenichi has become real strong under Apachi's watch, Apachi thinks Kenichi can take on just about anyone at the disciple class!" Apachi thoughtlessly boosted about Kenichi and making said person want to tell his Master to shut up but then the Elder stood up over shadowing Kenichi and seeming to be glaring down at him with a menacing grin.

"In that case, Kenichi! YOU! Will face Miu!" the Elder said calming down in a split second then gesturing to his granddaughter and causing Kenichi to let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in.

"That fine, it will be nice to be able to train with someone my own age for once." Miu stated with a smile and Kenichi return it.

"Yeah, after Apachi brought me back home, other than training on my own I haven't been able to find a real challenge since than." Kenichi replied as he and Miu stood up, Izuma was startled by this.

"Wait, are you two planing on fighting, but why now? Friends shouldn't-" she was cut off when Mizunuma put his hand on her shoulder shaking his head for her to stop, (The first fight was just them getting to know one another better, but now their going at it for real!) Mizunuma thought wanting to see just what they could really do.

Walking outside Kenichi and Miu take their place's across each other, Mizunuma and Izuma were seated on the back doors stares with Akisame and Kensei, Sakaki was lean on a banister next to Apachi while Shigure sat on the roof with Ellen in her lap, and lastly the Elder stood in between Kenichi and Miu. The former then did a flip in the air slipping out of her clothing now only wearing a purple spandex Kenichi had unbutton his school jacket and taken it off before doing the same with the button up, Izuma blush at seeing the well define body Kenichi was sporting as to them he look like a builder.

"Look like Apachi's train has done him some good." Akisame said impress with Kenichi's build, Miu smile widen even more at seeing this and take a fighting stands as Kenichi enter the Tang Guard Muay stands.

"Tang Guard Muay, eh? Not bad, well let the watch... BEGAIN!" the Elder declare causing Miu to shoot at Kenichi by jumping in med air "Fūrinji Benikawasemi!" Miu yell launching a fast and powerful kick from mid-air to Kenichi's head but he shot off the ground too "Gemon Tepii!" Kenichi shouted with a flying knee! their attacks clash creating a smell shock wave and the battle began!


Back at Kisara's HQ, Kisara's mind was racing at hearing Kenichi's name, "It can't be the same guy right, there no way something like me meeting the boy from back then would happen so soon..." Kisara mutter over and over again trying to keep herself from getting her hopes up. Shiratori was rather confusion as to what was wrong, she was sure Kisara would be happy but for some reason that didn't seem to be the case.

"Kisara-sama." a mono tone voice said from the door way, everyone look to see Saijo Tsukuba heading their way. Reaching Kisara he stop and bow.

"Kisara-sama, following your orders I found someone who may be of use to you." he stated then reach into the pocket of his shirt and pull out a photo then handed it to Kisara, when the red head and Shiratori saw who was on it they gasp in disbelieve.

"His name is Shirahama-"

"Kenichi..." Kisara finish surprising him as she stare at the photo with wide eye's at seeing her old friend again, it was clear now to Shiratori that Kisara knew the boy in some way but how she didn't know.

"Kisara-sama, is something wrong?" Tsukuba ask but she said nothing and just kept staring at the photo for a full minute. It was at the moment a dark smirk over came her face and Kisara's eye narrow.

"So Kenichi after all this time we found one another again... I wonder just how strong you have become..."


To Be Continue.