Kamikaze was now staring at none other than the main person that she was needing to see in order to apologize.

"Uh…" Yusei nervously uttered from his mouth as if he tried to form his jumbled thoughts to comprehensive sentence structures.

"I just wanted to apologize for what happened earlier." The two simultaneously apologizes, which causes a weird and awkward moment to develop between the two.

Kami was stifling a laugh with her right hand before speaking up again, "Are you doing anything right now?"

He was caught off-guard at the question, "No. I haven't been doing anything lately besides preparing for this duel."

"Ah good then. Do you want to go out? Just the two of us…alone?" She suggests in a hopeful tone toward the young man.

"Where are we going then?" The raven haired male probes about the location of their date.

"I mean…where do you want to go?"

"I already took you to downtown Neo Domino, Sakura Amusement Park, the beach, and to the Geisha Restaurant." The young woman listed off all the location that they visited together.

"You do have a point there. You're quite the tour guide." He compliments her on her knowledge of Neo Domino.

The red head's face flushes pink for the first time in a long time as she briefly covers her mouth, cuts her eyes away from his, and whispers a "Thank you."

Yusei merely nods his head up and down before he verbalizes, "I trust your judgment. It hasn't let us down so far."

His statement earned a smile on her now pink tinted face, "Why don't you wait here for a minute? I can find you some clothes so you can look nice for our date and to call someone."

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Kazekage gently places the dirty dishes in the sink while Sage cleans up the plate of assorted cookies and his cup of tea.

"So do you think he followed your instructions and went upstairs to apologize to Kami?" Kaze was inquistively asking the boy after squirting colorful liquid in the running water.

"If the boy is willing to heed my advice then he's smart enough to follow my instructions." He assesses Yusei's personality to her.

"You have that much faith in him?!" She shockingly challenges as she starts to clean the dishes.

The silver haired boy raises an eyebrow at the younger woman when he assumes, 'She's hinting at something…'

"I should be the one asking you that question about my disciple...Akihito."

"I've noticed that he has taken a particular shine to you, which is quite rare might I add." Sage redirects the subject of their conversation.

The red head unknowingly halts in the middle of her chore and releases a sigh, which causes her to ease her shoulders, "As he does to every other woman that he works with! Besides, he's annoyingly persistent."

Her statement earns a chuckle from him before he replies with, "If it provides you any type of comfort or relief then I will tell you a little secret about Akihito."

"Once he has his eyes set on someone, he doesn't waiver in his attention nor affection. You're quite the lucky girl, Kazekage!" The silver haired boy expresses in a very serious tone.

The young woman did not respond to his statement instead she resumes her duties, which causes a smirk to appear on Sage's face since he figures that he struck a chord.

Kazekage's face was a bright red color as she furiously scrubs at imaginary dirt on an already clean plate. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"So will you heed my advice too?" The tot grilled the young girl in the same manner as he addressed Yusei.

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"So what's normally done at these welcoming home events?" Mau enquiringly questions.

He takes a seat on the couch while Stacy searches the inside of her closet and produces a suitcase.

"I don't know how everyone else does their family get togethers but the Sluppopers is an event within itself." She was claiming before moving further inside of the closet.

"On the very first day, we rest and regroup before the day's activities. We have a big brunch with the entire family then we participate in our annual family activities."

"The last day is ond big party." The blonde broke down the specific activities that are conducted during the week.

The red head clasps his hands together and excitingly proclaims, "Sounds like a lot of fun to me."

"That's what you think, my entire family has Type A personalities!"

"Everyone feels the need to be on top or in charge, which can tranforms a joyous event to a nasty little brawl of being braggadocious." The young eoman adds in when she removes a long flowing dress and begin to look over it.

'Yeah, I think I will wear this to the brunch and that other outfit for activity day. That'll work just fine.'

Mau observes in silent joy about the special care that his girlfriend takes in her looks even if it means that she was only going to be around her own family.

"Is there something wrong?" She halts with an inquisitive look on her face with a couple of pairs of jeans in her fists.

The musician shakes his head, which causes his red tendrils to move left and right, "Oh it's nothing…I just zoned out. I should start packing my bag too if I want to go!"

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"Akihito," Tamaki calls out to his close friend.

"What is it now?" Akihito was wondering in a tone of annoyance after breaking his concentration away from inspecting his weapon.

"There's no more errands that I need for you to run today." He comments once he enters inside of the conference room.

His gray eyes peek up in his direction, clears his throat, and responds, "So does that mean I have the rest of the night off?"

The brunette merely nods his head before he speaks, "I need you back here at the normal time so you can start on the daily rounds for the gifts."

His facial expression showed disdain, "Ah come on Tama-san…I thought you were trying to get rid of them all! Not keep them around."

"I can't just throw all the Gifts away after my family worked so hard to get this company up and running. Besides, it keeps you employed and paid handsomely." Tamaki explains his reason as to why he still has Gifts.

The young man eventually nods his head in agreement before he begrudgingly agrees with his boss, "You do have a point there."

"A good businessman always keep some assets stashed away for a rainy day fund." He chimed in before he narrowed his eyes on his close friend.

Akihito shots his hands up and declares, "Alright fine! I'll take my leave before you drill more business lingo in my head."

This earns a smile on the brunette when he thinks, 'I knew I would get you out of here.'

"See you tomorrow Tama-san!" He declares while he raises his hand up in a manner of "see-you-later".

The purple haired male presses the down arrow on the elevator, slides his hands inside of his pockets, closes his eyes, whistles a tone, and repeatedly rocks back and forward on his heels.

It was then that he was feeling his cellphone vibrating in his pocket, removing the device, checking the callerID, and answering it.

The "ding" of the elevator was heard after the young man hung up the phone and stepped inside and headed down to the lobby floor.

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Nova was completely laid out on the couch while Rex now occupied the loveseat before she verbalized, "Do you have the day off tomorrow?"

He leans his head forward to stare at her with a look of confusion on his face when he questions, "Now, why do you ask?"

"Oh I just thought that…" The red head momentarily pauses in the middle of her sentence as if she hesitates to finish her sentence.

"Is there something wrong?" The male questions once he hears the hesitation that was present in her tone.

Her green eyes divert sideways before she rotates her head in his direction and suggests, "I could hang out with you."

"Hang out?" The older man clarifies after he listens to her statement.

"More like spend some quality time with one another." She softly added in with her face still turned away from shyness.

"I will have to check my schedule. But tomorrow shouldn't really be as hectic as it was today." Rex mentioned because he was thoroughly surprised at Nova's current action.

As if gaining a sense of confidence, she was slowly facing him before ofreeing, "Can I treat you to lunch then?"

He knew that if he did not accept the gesture then it might derails her progression to a better self.

So he ultimately decides to agree to the suggestion. "Sure…there's no harm in that."

Nova quickly sits forward, claps her hands together, and exclaims with delight "Yay! I get to spend some more time with Rex."

'She's made a definite change ever since she's been seeing that therapist.' Rex mentally noted with a sense of reassurance.

"I know the perfect place to go." She was claiming before jack knifing off of the couch and walking toward his personal bedroom.

'This just may be the turnaround she needs to make in her life.'

'I just wish that Kamikaze could trust her mother again just as I was able to.'

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The sound of a doorbell ringing was instantly catching Kazekage and Sage's attention.

They both sat up from their seated position on the couch and directed their attention to the door.

"Are you expecting someone?" He queries to the teen, who wears a confuse expression present on her face.

Before she could even supply an answer to the tot's question, Kamikaze's voice and footsteps were heard, "It's alright. I got it!"

Another set of footsteps was heard as well until they realized that Yusei scaled down the staircase.

"My, my, my, now don't you look just spiffy?" Kaze teasingly compliments him.

The raven haired male was clad in a black blazer with leather straps on the shoulder area, a white t-shirt, dark washed denim jeans with a pair of black boots.

The silver haired boy even included high pitch wolf whistles for added dramatic effect.

The young man only nods his head along with a polite murmur of a "Thank you".

It was at that moment did they watch Kamikaze slowly strolls back to the living room area, which allows them to see what she has on.

Kamikaze was clad in a one sleeve knee-length rose pink dress with a floral décor on the left side and a long ribbon tied around her waist that reached her hem.

Kami wore laced black stiletto pumps, which added three more inches to her original height.

Her entire red hair was swooped to the left styled in spiral curls which revealed dangling sparkly black diamond shape with a wrist bracelet.

"I know it was sort of last minute favor but I'm glad that you were still able to make it." She expresses in a tone of appreciation.

"Yeah, I have a date tonight." The young woman explains to the voice.

The conversation prompts Kazekage and Sage to glimpse over at Yusei, who just so happen to rotate his head out of their gaze.

His reaction caused a smile to appear on the tot's face before he leaned over and whispered to her, "I'm glad he finally asked her out."

Kaze found herself in agreement since she thought that they would make an adorable couple ever since she saw them together.

"Me too! Me too!" She cheerfully replies with a similar wide smile that was now on her face.

"No, you haven't met him yet. Trust me, he's a good kid." The young woman explains to the person.

The sound of her heels clicking against the floor was meaning that she was coming closer and closer.

"Shush!" The two excitingly uttered to each other as if they were children who just whispered one of their biggest secrets to each another.

"They're both in here." Kamikaze speaks up to the person behind her while Sage and Kazekage attempt to figure out who it is she was talking to.

The person finally steps from behind Kami and off to the side as both of their eyes grow wide and gasps escape their mouths.

"No way..."

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Author's Note:

Major editing revisions 06.19.17