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A recap

Seimei and Nisei walked towards the infirmary. They turned into the pristine cream and white room. One of the beds was surrounded by doctors and nurses. They couldn't see the patient. Soubi was standing and staring at them all working.

'Seimei you don't think that's-' Nisei said gesturing to the bed, daring not to finish his sentence.

Seimei became completely enraged. He grabbed Soubi by the back of collar and yanked him back harshly. Soubi fell hard onto his back. Seimei clambered on top of him and struck him again and again. Soubi did nothing but let his face swing from side to side each time his face was met with a fist. He didn't even need to grit his teeth. He couldn't feel pain anyway at this time. Nisei pushed against Seimei trying to stop him.

'Seimei stop you have both misunderstood.'

Both ignored him. Soubi felt weightless and let his mind drift from the place he was.

Sensei and several doctors fought to break them apart.

'No wait you have misunderstood please stop and let me explain' they tried individually to talk to Seimei as others pulled him. Each hoping that they next can be more persuasive. Only one succeeded.

'Seimei please stop?'

The Beginning Of The End

Seimei's grip loosened on Soubi's neck but he didn't let go.

'Seimei?' The voice said again far weaker.

Seimei looked up and saw Ritsuka standing shakily on one leg with an IV drip stand in one hand. His other hand held out and quivering. His face was thin. His eyes were dark. He had many bandages covering all his injuries. His leg was encased with heavy looking thick plaster. He grasped the IV stand tighter to hold his shaking body upright.

'Ritsuka? ' Seimei asked in disbelief.

Ritsuka managed a small smile. Seimei let go of Soubi, stood up slowly and closed the gap between him and his brother. Tears in his eyes he carefully and tenderly wrapped his arms around his baby brother and cried in relief. Soubi sat up. His face full of shock and yet he was still relieved and overwhelmed with happiness.

'Ritsuka...y-y-you are okay?' he stammered close to tears himself.

Ritsuka chuckled.

'The best fighter in our world brought to tears. Come now Soubi cheer up'

Soubi couldn't help but laugh. Never had he shown weakness like that before. He stood up and took Ritsuka's hand.

'I promise you Ritsuka, I will find the twin pair that did this and end them. We will end this feud once and for all so we can at last settle down and live a calm happy life.'

Ritsuka smiled again.

'I would like that but first I need to recover. Thank you all for saving me.'

Nisei shrugged.

'No biggie, we need you here to boss us around and keep us in check ey' he said winking.

Seimei nodded and stood by Nisei's side. Ritsuka coughed weakly. Soubi helped Ritsuka hop back to his bed before lifting him up into it. Ritsuka thanked him and smiled before falling quickly back to sleep. Soubi sat in the chair beside the bed and fell asleep from the exhaustion from the last few days. Seimei looked at Nisei and gestured his head to follow.

'Come Nisei, I am tired too.'

Nisei obediently followed his master.

Ritsuka took several months to recover enough to walk without crutches again but needed to take it easy until his leg strengthened again. Soubi, Seimei and Nisei and grown uncomfortable sitting still while someone clearly had a vendetta against them. They wanted to get moving for safety. They feared that if they stayed somewhere too long they would be found by the twin pair. At the same time they felt safer at the academy where there are a large amount of fighters. It would be foolish for anyone to attack within the academy, but Seimei knew all too well that it isn't difficult or impossible to do.

Seimei had met with Sensei and the security team in private to help them improve the security. He told them how he was able to get through all the locks when he had broken in several years beforehand. They uncovered a fatal flaw in the security system and quickly worked to fix it but in doing so had to switch the security systems for a few hours. Seimei was acting more and more paranoid throughout the shut off time. It only takes a few minutes of the security being down, to be able to get into the academy. Nisei sensed his anxiety and asked what was wrong but Seimei shook it off.

'Ritsuka you need to go to physiotherapy' Soubi said soothingly.

'But I don't want to, I feel weak, stupid and I feel fine.' he moaned.

'Ritsuka you still can't walk without a limp. Your physiotherapist said you aren't strong enough to go out or battle yet'

'I am as strong as I need to be' he said stubbornly

'Ritsuka. What if the weakness in your leg causes trouble in battle? You know the pairs we are likely to come against now will not hold back, they will hurt you Ritsuka.' Soubi said harshly.

He felt bad for being so aggressive against Ritsuka but he didn't want to put him at risk at all when they were ready to set out again. The harshness paid off and Ritsuka submitted.

'Get my crutches for me?' he grumbled.

Soubi handed over his crutches and Ritsuka slotted them under his arms. Slow at first, he made his way to the physiotherapy room.

Seimei and Nisei helped with finding where to go next in finding the twinned pair. Too frequently would they come back empty ended. Finally, they had found some kind of lead to follow. They had been watching out for suspicious pairs. One had been found. Seimei seemed more than convinced that this pair was either in with the twins or at least have associated with them and will know where to find them.

Within a few weeks, Ritsuka would be strong enough to leave and their new war will begin.