Chapter 8: A New Adversary
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It had been a year since Jine left. Risako had been getting ill easier and Ann was starting to worry. Their brother, Andrew, was coming for a visit to Kyoto and he was bringing a friend, so everybody was cleaning up around the house and restaurant. Poor Anthony was scared to death. He was afraid that is eldest, most successful son had a woman friend. Risako and Ann weren't helping things much for the love lives of the other kids. Risako was depressed and Ann-chan was a single mother and things like that didn't look good on their record or Anthony's.
"Risako!! Get out of bed!!" Her mother yelled, "You aren't going sleep your life away until Jine gets back!"
"No Mother," Ann said scooting her out of the way, "You do it like this. RISAKO!!! IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR LAZY ASS OUT OF BED BEFORE I COUNT TO TEN I'M GONNA COME IN THE AND BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU!!!!!!"
"Ann, was that necessary?" Her mother didn't look happy.
"It is when you are dealing with someone like Risako. She's depressed and she needs to get over it. How much mourning can one person do?"
"Don't tell her that. She'll take it as a challenge." Their mother sighed.
After they all joined in the kitchen, Risako started fixing breakfast while Ann cleaned the tables. Risako liked cooking. It helped calm her down.
"Family! I'm home!" Andrew yelled.
Andi and Tetsu ran up to him and hugged him. Although Tetsu and Andrew had never been formally introduced, Ann told him to run up and hug his leg. By the time everyone got into the dining room Ann and Andrew were already fighting.
"So you finally had your kid? And you're pregnant again?!" he yelled.
"Shhhh!!! I was trying to make it a little less obvious."
"Aha! There is my son! I haven't seen you in four years! What have you been doing?" Anthony exclaimed.
"Well, I've been doing a little traveling. I finally got to see America. I see why you like it so much." he smiled.
"Oh and where is this 'traveling buddy' that you were talking about?" Ann said to try to twit her father.
"You must mean my partner." Andrew quickly added. Those words made Anthony cringe.
Soon after Anthony got done cringing, a tall dark haired man walked in with a bag of gifts.
"Dad, this is my partner." Andrew said. Anthony passed out. Ann and Risako laughed.
"Okay....So Risako, where is Jine?" He said non-sarcastically.
"He joined the Shinsengumi. I haven't seen him in a year." she said coldly.
"Aww, that's a shame. Oops! How rude of me! I need to introduce you to Tasuke. Family, this is Tasuke. Tasuke, this is my family. The one on the ground is my dad Anthony, the one fanning him is my mom Tsura, the youngest girl is my sister Andrea, the kid next to her is my nephew Tetsu, the tallest woman there is my older sister Ann-chan, the little blue-eyed wonder beside her is Risako, and the boy beside Risako is Iwa, the youngest son."
"Hello! I hope I will be able to get to know you better. Especially you, Risako." he grinned, "You seem like a remarkable person." he reached over and kissed her hand.
"Feh. I don't have the time for men right now." she said as she quickly jerked her hand away.
"My, my, my. I guess I'l just have to work on breaking the ice."
"Hang around too much and you'll break something alright. Most likely it wont be ice." Risako glared.
"You'll have to excuse her. She's been in a one sided relationship since she was 13. She's going through a tough time."
"Cram it up your ass, Andrew! Jine loves me! He's just been busy! It's not easy being a swordsman! At least he doesn't have a sissy job like going around the world selling tofu to little old ladies!"
"Jine doesn't love you! He never has! He just loves the fact that you get him free meals and have sex with him! Since he hasn't been with you he's probably picked up a whole slew of whores! and my job is harder than it looks! It at least requires a little bit of brains! All you need to be a swordsman is one arm!" Andrew yelled.
"Fuck off! I'm leaving! I know exactly how Jine does and does not feel for me!" she stormed off.
"Andrew, you can be a real bastard sometimes!" Ann yelled as she went to console her sister.
"I'll never understand her." Andrew shook his head.
"You may not, but I hope to one day. I'll make that woman my wife." Tasuke smiled.
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