This chapter may seem like it's random, but trust me it's not.

Village of Silence

It was sunrise in the small Village of Silence. At this time the Ishikawa family was training outside in their garden. The sun was hitting their backs as they commenced their daily exercise. It lasted for two harsh hours.

"That was a great session." A young woman around seventeen said. She had short black hair and clear grey eyes.

"Yeah, it was." Another responded, the same age. She was drying her face and neck with a towel, her chestnut hair tied back in a ponytail. She smiled, her brown eyes shining and making her friend smile in return.

"You seem very upbeat today. What's the deal?" She asked.

"I get to see my older brother today!" Her friend looked at her surprised.

"You sure you can handle him? Everyone says he's…" She paused.

"I don't care." The girl sighed a little harshly. A small pause before she kept talking. "Can you believe that the only memory I have of him is a photograph?" She said in a low voice and with a little smile.

"What?! My last memory of him was when I saw him at the age of thirteen. I've never seen him since, but I can't believe that you can't even remember your own brother!" She shook her head in disbelief.

"Well, the doctors say that from the trauma from a hit I sustained in one of my missions I'm unable to remember some things from my past." The girl's voice became quiet and sad.

"Oh….I forgot about that. I'm glad you remember me Yuuki!" Her friend smiled brightly and lay a hand on shoulder. She looked at her cousin and smiled in return. Yuuki put the towel into the hamper and smiled looking into the mirror at herself.

"But maybe when I see him I'll remember!" She glanced over at the girl. "What do you think, Michi-chan?"

"Anything's possible, Yuuki! Come let's get you dressed!" Michi grabbed her cousin's arm and tugged her towards the bath house beyond the small changing room.

"Oh, great." Yuuki whispered to herself displeased at what was to come.

After, a lukewarm bath both girls dressed into their morning kimonos.

"I hate dressing myself like some doll!" Yuuki complained and shifted around uncomfortably as she knelt in front of her cousin. Michi rolled her eyes as she took hold of her face and started brushing on the makeup.

"You gotta look pretty for your brother." She said distracted by trying to get the strokes nice and neat.

"Yeah. Don't put so much!" Yuuki yelled, seeing Michi reach down to get makeup too many times for her. She reached for a white cloth and rubbed some of the color off.

"You're hopeless!" Her cousin said, slumping her shoulders down in a defeated position. When both were done they headed towards the dining room to eat breakfast.

"Takehiko-sama, are you sure you want to see her now?" A young man with dark hair and fair skin bowed in front of another, twenty-two years old.

"Yes!" He said with a low serious tone and his posture straight. He had long indigo hair covering half of his face leaving an icy blue eye looking down at the man in front of him. "It's time." He grinned. "Katsu-kun, bring Yuuki-chan to me." The young man nodded and left the room leaving Takehiko alone in the fairly large room. He sighed, the grin disappearing and sadness shadowing his face.

Yuuki and Michi were on their way to Takehiko's room when Katsu stopped them. His face brightened matching the sunny summer morning around them.

"Yuuki-chan! I was just about to get you." Both girls smiled greatly at him.

"Cousin Katsu-kun, you've gotten stronger?" Michi asked teasingly, examining his physique. He blushed.

"Don't be foolish, Michi-chan, I haven't changed." Yuuki rolled her eyes with a smile.

"Well, can I see my brother?" She was beginning to get anxious. Katsu looked at her with a grimacing glare and nodded.

"Right! Come with me." Yuuki noticed, but didn't say anything. He walked ahead, Michi following behind. "Michi you can't come. Sorry." He glanced over at her grinning slyly. She stopped, frowning and stuck out her tongue at him.

"Baka!" He shook his head and continued.

Takehiko was looking out at the courtyard outside of his room in a daze when a knock made him look at his door. He straightened himself.

"Come in." His deep voice resonated. Katsu appeared with Yuuki behind him. Both sat in front of him and bowed. Takehiko motioned for Katsu to leave. "You can stop bowing." He directed towards the girl. She looked up at him and smiled awkwardly.

"Oh, sorry." Her eyes shifted down at the floor uncomfortably.

"Don't apologize." He bluntly said while he examined her face. "Barely any makeup, her hair and clothing messy, and some scratch marks from training." He thought to himself.

"Are you happy to see me?" He asked her. Her eyes quickly lit up and looked up at him. She smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I am. I thought you'd never ask to see me after a month of my return." He smiled faintly at her response.

"Clueless fool." He murmured. Yuuki had heard him and thought for a moment.

"Could he be so hard to deal with?" She pressed her lips together and tried to say something to make the air lighter.

"I was wondering if you wanted to take a walk in the garden or…" She was cut off.

"Train." He stated ending her sentence. She looked at him more delighted.

"That'd be great!" She smiled making him smile more than before, but still not a lot.

"Good. Get rid of those rags and go put on something decent." He waved his hand making her get up from the floor hurriedly, bowing as she left.

Fifteen minutes had passed and Yuuki was back with a plain gray shirt and black pants wearing sandals. Her chestnut hair tied back like before and all the makeup wiped off. Takehiko, himself was wearing something similar with his hair tied in a ponytail as well.

He stepped out into the courtyard located right outside the room. His sister positioned herself to fight. He did the same. Yuuki, becoming impatient, flung a right punch towards his face, but he blocked with his left arm and counterattacked with a right hook to her torso. She immediately blocked smiling at him. They pushed off each other a few away. Yuuki bent down and tried to kick his legs off the floor, but he jumped up and side kicked her in the face instead. The impact made her tumble off to the right. To regain control she rolled and stood up from the floor, but before she was able to straighten her beck completely she felt another strong blow to her stomach.

Air left her lungs and an aching sickening pain. Her back hit the dirt with a loud thump.

"Ugh…" Not even a second later her brother was on top of her with her two arms caught in his hands. They were trapped behind her back and she was unable to move.

Yuuki was defeated.

"That training you get doesn't work." He plainly said. Smoothly, he got off Yuuki and helped her up from the floor.

"Then you should teach me." His sister responded, straining somewhat from the blow to her stomach.

"Hmph." He looked away with his dull expression. They stepped into his room again. Seeing that he was not going to do anything else, she made her way to the door, but his voice stopped her.

"Come here the same time you go to train with the others and I'll teach you." Yuuki smiled and nodded.

"I will!" She left excitedly leaving him alone again. He stared at her a little baffled and then disappeared behind a sliding door at the back of the room.

AH! Okay. I'm really sorry for people who have so patiently waited for this story. I bet you guys weren't even waiting anyways because I haven't even posted in so long! I'm alive. Major writer's block. Don't you just hate those? Anyway, constructive ctritiscism always welcome. I've gotten my insperation back and hope to be posting the next chapter soon, like in one or two weeks. If you guys feel the need to rush me just PM me. I don't mind it at all.