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Kari's POV

"That's your Master?!" Yuuna gasped looking at the intimidating woman staring us down before suddenly letting off an aura of her energy "What did you do to Matora?!"

"Yuuna wait!" I warned her.

"So, her name's Matora huh?" Master growled "She said something about me looking for a fight and charged at me! Me looking for a fight, what the hell's that supposed to mean?!"

Not long after that the others arrived through Karura's portal and Koyuzu used her power to hid the damage to the inn for now.

"Wow Kari you got tall!" Master rubbed my head "Still pretty flat though."

"Stop that." I pouted.

"So, you're Fumito's master?" Oboro asked "So you are a Yatahagane?"

"I am." Master said "The Sixth Yatahagane, Makyouin Ouga."

"Why did you come here?" Yuuna asked.

"Well to see my apprentice of course." She laughed "She's even cuter than last time!"

"How did you two meet?!" Hibari yelled.

"What kind of training did you two do?!" Karura asked.

"I'm also curious about Fumito's past…" Sagiri hummed.

"You certainly surrounded yourself with a lot of cute girls." Master looked at me.

"S-So." I pouted "They're cute, isn't that every girl's dream to live in an inn surrounded by hot chicks?!"

"You priorities are still all screwed up!" She hissed "You're still too concerned about who's pants you can get into!"

"What's the big deal, and you make me sound like some pervert." I huffed

"So you wanna know about Kari's past huh, I guess I could tell you." Master Ouga nodded.

"How about we go inside first." Nakai-san suggested.

We went inside and relaxed in the main hall while Karura patched up Matora.

"So 100 years ago I got turned into a ghost when I almost died." Master explained "I was still purging evil spirits when I met Kari. I was luring an evil spirt when she jumped in trying to save me and got her soul eaten."

"AHH!" Yuuna yelled.

"I'm still here so clearly you know I'll be fine." I sighed "I only tried to save her cause it would be rude to let a pretty lady get attacked."

"I blew the spirit away and then stuffed her soul back into her body." Master explained.

"You were revived from the dead?" Sagiri asked.

"Well I wasn't technically dead yet." I shrugged.

"She then got possessed by a bunch of ghosts while I observed her so I decided to train her so she could defend herself from spirits." Master said.

"You just picked a Yatahagane disciple like that?!" Hibari yelped.

"She refused at first but eventually she came around." Master laughed "I beat her up and teased her a bunch till she was able to get me back and grab my boobs."

"So, you're the reason she's a pervert!" Hibari yelled.

"No, I was like that before I met Master." I nodded "That's part of why the training worked, I had to grab those puppies!"

"Why are you so freely admitting that?!"

"Eventually a bunch more stuff happened and we saved the world from Garandou." Master said.

"You just skipped half the story!"

"I'll explain." I sighed

Garandou was a massive evil spirit the size of a planet and we teamed up with a bunch more strong people like a wolf man to kill it.

"You saved the world?!" Chisaki gasped.

"What is this story?!" Yuuna added.

"After that well that brings us to know." I hummed "So why are you here Master, you were supposed to have passed on."

"Not passing on?" Chisaki asked.

"A spirit with regrets can't go to the afterlife." Nakai-san said "But once they do you can't come back, save for some rare things like summoning techniques."

"It's simpler than that." Master said "I'm still here cause Garandou isn't dead."

"What but I thought Fumito-Dono beat it." Karura said.

"It's still in this world?" Oboro asked.

"Yes." Master nodded "Most evil spirits that collect souls hide them in their body or under the feet, somewhere that won't arouse suspicion from spirit hunters like the Chuuma ninja. Garandou is a giant evil spirit so the real spirit was actually on earth, the thing we fought and destroyed was its soul collection hidden thousands of kilometers away. So in other words I came here today to kick the ass of the real Garandou who's been pretending to live as a normal spirit."

"Hmm?" Everyone seemed rather confused.

"I don't like what you're implying." I glared at her a bit.

"I'm here to destroy the spirit of Tenko Genryuusai over there." She pointed.

"Hmm…me?" Yuuna blinked.

"Yuuna was already living at the inn when Garandou was fought." I pointed out.

"Exactly I was already dispatched here as well." Sagiri added.

"So Yuuna is a Tenko." Karura spoke up "One of the three great families? That would explain how she was able to handle the ceremony spell from the wedding."

"Are you trying to help her or not?!" I said "Cause everything you're saying is making it worse."

"Yuuna-san isn't an evil spirit!" Chisaki said "You have no proof!"

"They have the same spirit ripple." Master said simply "I've done plenty of checking. Spirit Ripples are like fingerprints they can't be changed."

"Kari you've got the normal life you wanted." Master stood up "We were supposed to be done with Garandou but to think she was living in the same room as you, how funny."

"HMM!" Yuuna yelped when Master grabbed her by the front of her collar "I don't understand…"

"HMPH!" I reached out and grabbed Master's wrist "What exactly do you think you're doing?"

"My job, sending an evil spirit to hell." She said.

"Well I can't just let you do that, did you think I'd stand by and do nothing?" I asked.

"It's been what, two and a half years?" Master hummed "You've probably kept up with your training. HYA!"

She back handed me and sent me flying through a wall.

Damn she's still strong as hell!

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"Kari-San!" Yuuna yelled.

"As you are now you can't fight me." Ouga said as she sent her student flying.

"HMPH!" Oboro teleported behind her making a void appear.

"She blew Fumito away in an instant. She's a monster I'll have to send her to the other side of the world." The sword woman thought.

"Haa…" Ouga sighed and snapped her fingers and Oboro's teleportation technique vanished "Pointless."

She then swiped her hand and blasted away projectile attacks from Yaya, Hibari and Sagiri.

"I don't know what you're planning to do, but if you get in my way, I'll show no mercy." The Yatahagane said.

"She blew through the spirit armor with one swing!" Sagiri yelled getting blasted back "But it distracted her."

"She's gone." Ouga growled seeing that Karura had teleported most of the others away "Blink for one second and it's suddenly just you three. You must have used Spirit Communication to relay a play."

"We hatched it when we realized you wanted Yuuna." Sagiri said "You came with a bang and repelled Kari Fumito, this was all we could do."

"You've got wits." Ouga said "You Chuuma Ninjas are here letting Garandou escape."

"Yuuna-chan isn't evil." Hibari pouted "She's our friend and rival for Kari-chan."

"Even if Yuuna and Garandou are related it's not what Yuuna wants." Sagiri said.

"Yaya won't let you get in the way." The cat girl growled.

"So you people think you can stop me." Ouga sighed "Let me make this clear, unlike Kari who's just a medium, I'm better, your techniques are useless against me, anything from Luck Manipulation to talismans, they're useless."

"That military uniform you wear, it's Spirit Armor isn't it?" Sagiri asked.

"That's right, it can not only cancel techniques it reduces damage from spirit attacks and techniques." Ouga said adjusting her gloves "You Ninja's stole a similar technique long ago, what you call spirit armor is a protection technique for the weak, what I have is an empowering skill that makes the strong stronger! You may have let Tenko Genryuusai escape but once I beat you, I'll find her easily."

Suddenly a portal appeared before her, a horn sticking out and charging an attack.

"What?!" she yelled getting blasted away.

"Made it in time." Oboro stepped out of her portal with another figure.

"I don't really know who you are and I don't really care." Nonko licked her lips and threw a bottle to the side "But Yuuna-chan is family so…"

The Oni woman's skin turned a deep pink and her eyes darkened to black with green irises.

"Ten Liter Mode!" Nonko licked her lips.

"It's been a while since I fought a Yoinozaka." Ouga smirked.

The two started fighting, energy blasts going off like mad.

"Where did Tenko Genryuusai run off to?" Ouga asked "IF you don't what's the point of fighting?"

"Why would I tell you?" Nonko asked "The second I do you'll just go after her and leave me. I'm gonna beat you ass so bad you won't even think of attacking Yuuna again."

"Give it your best shot." Ouga smirked.

Elsewhere

"I see…" Karura hummed "Nonko-dono drank ten liters and began fighting Ouga-dono."

"Ten bottles!" Chisaki gasped.

"Kari-dono is out cold but she's safe." The bird like girl said "Sagiri and the others are headed to help her."

"Your clairvoyance is amazing!" Koyuzu clapped.

"A Yatahagane Ouga-Dono, a Yoinozaka Nonko-Dono…" Karura said "There's a battle brewing between the three families."

"I hope Nonko-san is okay." Nakai said "She normally draws manga all day she hasn't fought a long time."

"Should I go back?" Yuuna wondered.

"What's your plan?" Karura asked "Get dragged to hell by Makyouin Ouga?"

"But I don't have any memories of my old life." Yuuna said "So if she's right and I really am Garandou-san…"

"Yuuna-san…" Chisaki frowned.

"Cut that crap out." Karura said "If you'd just pass on that'd make my life easier, but Kari-dono clearly values you and she'd be distraught if you vanished. I don't want to see her looking sad! I'm sure you're thinking the same! Ouga will keep gunning for Yuuna, so if you want this to stop, then you must confirm who you are!"

"The preparations are ready." Karura's guards said.

"Good I will take my leave." The high-class girl said before turning to her bird "Sazutsuki I'll leave the girls to you."

"…I will confirm my identity!" Yuuna said with determination.

"We'll help too!" Koyuzu cheered.

"According to Kari's Master I might be one of the Tenko so does anyone know where to ask about that?" Yuuna asked.

"The Tenko family is highly secretive." The little bird "Tokyo is the place they tend to be seen most."

"Tokyo Kitsune…" Koyuzu hummed "Ah, maybe Mirai-chan knows something!"

"That's the friend you made right?" Yuuna asked "But Tokyo is pretty far."

"We can't just drive." Nakai-san said.

"Leave that to me." The bird made a portal appear "There we go. I'll do what I can like Karura-sama asked.

"Please be safe Kari-san…" Yuuna headed into the portal.

Elsewhere

"Ha…ha…ha…" Nonko laid on the beach panting, her shirt was torn leaving her in a tattered swimsuit.

"The Yoinozaka get stronger the more they drink." Ouga floated above the water "Seems like there's a difference for each milestone reached. Three years ago during the fight with Garandou there were some strong Yoinozaka then, you know how many bottles their strongest had? One Hundred. Ten against someone with Spirit Armor like mine, you won't even lay a hand on me. Actually you're not using armor at all, why?"

"Every Yoinozaka has their own armor." Nonko stood up on shaky legs "Mine makes me blush, but yeah I guess I shouldn't be so picky."

"You have an ace up your sleeve?" Ouga asked.

"Seems like they're ready." Nonko sighed "But this was the only option so…"

"Hmm?" Ouga looked around "That smell it's…booze?"

Ouga looked up and saw a twister of swirling sake hanging in midair.

"That's alcohol!"

"You seem surprised." Karura appeared flying above with Oboro in a portal under her "I had my staff find all the Onigoroshi they could get, and Oboro used her speed to uncork them."

"Nice job!" Nonko smirked.

"But you won't have time to drink it all." Ouga said.

"You must have never seen me drink." Nonko held a hand up and every drop of liquor was absorbed through her palm.

"Oh that's right some of them can do that." The Master sighed "Convert booze into energy outside the body."

The whirlwind of energy cleared and Nonko was now standing there in a deep purple armor that covered her legs up to9 the thighs, her crotch, her breasts and her arms. The armor was rather revealing and showed off her abundant bosom but she didn't seem to mind.

"Ahhh…" she sighed as her hair looked more white than pink "Thousand Liter Mode!"

"One thousand bottles?"

"Hmm." Nonko raised a finger and energy collected on the tip "Buzz off!"

She pointed an a massive energy beam shot out and engulfed Ouga in it.

"That's Arahabaki's true power?!" Karura yelled "What the hell is Matora doing challenging you?!"

"Makouyin?" Oboro looked.

"HMPH!" The woman was still standing, arms crossed over her chest, her outfit all torn up and showing the underside of her soft tits as well as her panties.

"She endured it!"

"But her armor is ripped in half." Oboro said.

"HAAA!" Ouga shifted her remaining armor so that she was now in a crop top and booty shorts with the same military motif.

"Her armor is back." Hiougi gasped "But the design is different."

"That won't be enough to beat me." Ouga floated down "But you're strong that's for sure, I've never seen a Yoinozaka take a Thousand Liters before. You said you didn't want to do this, why?"

"Well isn't it obvious?" Nonko sighed "If you don't drink it it's not tasty."

"You're interesting." Ouga smirked.

AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

Sorry the sex is kinda missing, it's hard to fit it in with the tension right now. But once this battle portion of the arc is over it's gonna pop off.

Pick Up- Chapter 122

Till Next Time!