Ashley crossed her arms.

"Shio Sakaki, 100th dan street fighter. Master of Karate and Master of Kenichi Shirahama, history's strongest deciple. Yeah, I know who you are and I'm not afraid of you. Got it?" Ashley said, once again unleashing her scary glare at the grown, powerful man. He flinched and gulped quietly.

"Uh, yeah. I got it. No worries, I'll make sure not to hurt her. And I'll make her strong too," he said. Ashley nodded.

"Good." Then she turned around and spoke to Akisame. "So, is she okay to go home now? Or does she need more bandages?" Allie turned her attention towards Akisame now.

"She should be fine. I've already healed all the major scrapes. But Shio, are you sure you can handle taking on two disciples at once?" Akisame said, looking at Sakaki at the end of his sentence.

"I think I can handle it. It might be a little difficult since I have to go back to the basics with Haley while teaching difficult things to Kenichi, but I'm sure I can manage," he said.

"Wait a second. Ashley, why did you-" Haley began. Ashley stopped her with a hand.

"Ask me that later, Haley. Right now we need to make sure you are fine to go home," Ashley said. Haley pouted but agreed.

"Well, like I said, she's fine to go home," Akisame said. Ashley and Allie nodded.

"Okay. Well, Haley. You heard him. Let's get you home," Ashley said.

"Along with the groceries," Allie added. Ashley looked at her strangely.

"Groceries?" she asked. Allie nodded towards a stainless steel countertop which had a few bags of groceries on top. Ashley mouthed 'oh'.

"Wait!" Haley said, running towards the groceries and searching through them. Then she turned around and glared at Sakaki once more.

"What is it?" Allie asked.

"Yeah, what's up?" Ashley asked. They both walked towards Haley.

"Him," Haley said, pointing at Sakaki. "He took the two bottles of sake that I was supposed to buy for the masters!" Allie and Ashley glared at him as well.

"You are not making a good first impression, Shio Sakaki," Ashley said.

"Yeah, not a good one at all," Allie agreed.

"Shio. Did you steal this poor girl's sake?" Akisame asked. Sakaki didn't answer.

"Well, I didn't steal it. I just used it as payment for me bringing her here," he said. Akisame sighed. He pulled out a wallet and gave some money to Haley.

"Here. I hope this can cover the cost of however many sake bottles he took from you," he said.

"Um, I only bought two so yeah, this will cover it," Haley said.

"But you might just want to give it to Allie. I'm going to take Haley and the rest of the groceries home right now. Allie, you can go to the store since you are over 21," Ashley said. Allie nodded and Akisame gave the money to her.

"So I guess I'll meet you two back at the dojo," Allie said. Ashley and Haley nodded. They walked out the door and Allie was about to follow them when she felt a hand hold her back. She looked over her shoulder to see Akisame's hand on her shoulder and him looking at her. "What's up, Akisame?"

"Would you mind if I tagged along? There's something at the store I would like to get that I forgot to ask Shio to get for me," Akisame said.

"Uh, sure. I don't mind," she said. He nodded.

"I'll be back in a while. Kenichi, since you're home already why don't you and Sakaki start your training? And don't forget, if I hear him say you complained, we will do 50 laps around the city," he said. Kenichi flinched and then started to whine.

"50 laps? But last time it was only 20!" he yelled. Akisame laughed.

"Ah, how do the young have so much energy? Shio, make sure he works hard today," Akisame said. Sakaki smirked.

"Will do," Sakaki said.

"You devils!" Kenichi yelled, collapsing onto one of the beds.

"Come on you wimp! It's time to start training!" Sakaki said. He grabbed Kenichi by his collar and dragged him out of there.

"Someone save me!" Kenichi cried.

"Um, will he be okay?" Allie asked Akisame.

"Hm? Oh, yes that boy will be just fine. He's been through tough training like this every day," Akisame said. Allie laughed nervously.

"I see," she muttered.

"Um, Doc?" a voice behind them said. They turned around and saw a kind of tall guy with blue hair pulled into a pony tail. His knuckles were bandaged up.

"Are you a boxer or something?" Allie asked. The guy nodded and smirked.

"You bet! And some day, I'll get back in the ring and become a professional boxer! Just like I've always dreamed to be!" he said.

"Yes, yes. Takeda, you are here for your monthly appointment, am I right?" Akisame said. Takeda nodded.

"Yeah."

"Would you mind watching Kenichi train for a while? I have some urgent business I need to take care of," Akisame said. Takeda nodded.

"Sure! No problem!" Takeda said. He walked out the door along with an alien looking guy with green hair and a blonde girl. Allie could tell just by her aura that she was a martial artist, and a good one at that.

"So, Allie. Shall we head to the store?" Akisame said. Allie nodded.

"Yeah, sure. Let's go!" Allie said. They walked out of the clinic and Akisame told his assistant to tell any other clients that he will be back in no more than 2 and a half hours.

Does he really think we'll be out for that long? Allie thought. She dismissed any negative thoughts for this guy though since he did help Haley for no charge, and he is paying for the sake that Sakaki stole.

"So, Allie. Where is your dojo?" Akisame asked as they walked out the door of Ryouzanpaku.

"Uh, it's quite a ways from here. I'd say if a normal person would walk it, it'd take them a good 3 hours," Allie said. One of his weirdly shaped eyebrows raised up in surprise.

"Why do you use a normal person as an example?" he asked.

"Well, I don't really know. It just felt easier to compare since everyone's speed is different when practicing martial arts. But everyone pretty much knows how fast someone who doesn't practice it is so I guess you can compare it easier," Allie said, trying to explain her example. Akisame put a hand on his chin and thought about it.

"Yes. I guess that is a good way to explain something. So if a martial artist like myself would run it, then it would probably only take me 30 minutes, right?" he said. Allie nodded.

"Yeah."

"Wow, that is quite a bit a ways. How long did it take for you to run here?"Akisame asked.

"I would say about 45 minutes. Not much longer than it would take for you to run it," Allie said, thinking about the time. Akisame nodded.

"Then you are in no way a normal person," he said. Allie felt a sweat drop form on the back of her head once again.

Was that supposed to be an insult or compliment? She thought.

"Um, thanks?" Allie said, in an unsure voice. He nodded and they continued to walk on. Allie didn't know why they just didn't run to the store, and save a lot time. An uncomfortable silence fell upon them.

"Allie," Akisame suddenly said. Allie almost jumped at the suddenness of his voice.

"Um, yes?" she asked.

"What was that girl talking about?" he asked. Allie didn't like where this was going. She sighed and prepared for a long talk.