Chapter Five

Ryushen walked up to the glass door that was stationed at the back of the house. He knocked on
it twice, and waited for a response. Soon a tall woman with dark green hair wearing casual
looking clothes, her eyes were of the same color as his. Ryushen responded back to her, " I was
told by a elderly person. That a young man, who that normally lives in this house, could help me
in my current situation. Is that correct?" She asked him with a concerned look on her face, "
Hmm. Could you tell me the elder's name? " He nodded and then answer, " His name was
Katsuhito. By the way my name is Ryushen. " She let a smile escape from her face, " Mine is
Kiyone, How may the Masakis' help you today? " He spoke to her, " Well I am in need of a
place to stay for awhile. I have no clue where I am and I don't know anyone in these areas. Could
I stay here for the mean time? " Kiyone looks at him oddly, " Ugh.. It's not my choice to say if
you can stay here or not. Your going to have to ask Nobukiyo, if you can stay since it is his
house! " He wondered about something for a moment. Then he slightly shook his head, and ask
her another question, " Is this Nobukiyo home? " Kiyone answered him the answer he didn't
want to hear, " No " but she continued, " He won't be home for another hour or so, but you can
come in and have a bite with me. Doesn't that sound like a good idea?" As he thought about it, he
moved his focus away from the woman's eyes; downward toward the rest of her figure. After a
moment passed, he looked back into her tantalizing eyes. " Well, I don't know, maybe it wouldn't
hurt. " he said. Kiyone butted in breaking his state of thought, " Well have you reached a
decision yet? " He answered with a flare in his tone, " Yes, I think it would be wise for me to
take you on that offer. " He raised his eyebrows with a devilish smile on his face, as he spoke in
a deep voice, " What do you got to offer? " Then both of them laughed at the joke, " Well do
come in, and I'll show you the stock." she said trying not to laugh. She grabbed Ryushen's hand
and walked through the open doorway, she pulled on his hand making him follow her. She led
him to the kitchen and let his hand go, he leaned up against the counter as Kiyone looked at him.
" Well what do you want to eat? " He responded back, " Hmm... are you hunger? " She shook her
head, " No. I ate little while ago, so I'll be fine for a couple of hours." His eyebrows' rose as he
keyed in on the hours part, he looked down at his stomach. It made a slight growling noise, he
thought to himself, " Ah man, I am so hungry. I could eat a horse, a whole horse. But I don't
want her to see me as a pig, so I'll have to wait till when she is ready to eat. But that is going to
be a while, a well I could use this to train my will power over discomfort. " He answered her
from earlier, " I'm not so hungry either, let's do something fun ok? " She nodded agreeing with
him. He went on, " Hmm... What do you and the others' do for fun around here? " She thought
for a moment, quickly she came up with a idea, she looked around seeing if a certain some one
was nearby. She thought it was safe and told Ryushen, " There's many things we do for fun: first
thing we do is watch the television, but usually that gets boring, unless a good soap opera is on;
next thing we do is go out and relax in the onsen, that is so... comfy specially when you are
stressed; sometimes we play cards if it is too late to go to the onsen; there are some board games
inside the study room, but no one wants to play them anymore, Mihoshi kept losing the pieces;
sometimes we have Washu rigged the living room into a old fashion movie theater. That is about
it!" He thought about the choices to himself, " Jees! Snoresville, you think that these people
would be much more funnier, especially this gorgeous woman. You think she would know some
really fun stuff to do." He spoke aloud, " Hmm.. Tough Choice, I guess we could watch the tube.
" She shrugged, " Ok. " Ryushen put his hand out, and signaled to her, " Lead the way! My
darling " Kiyone looked at him oddly, " What did you say? " Oh I said, Lead the way! " She
answered back, " Oh ok. Then " She turned away and walked toward the door way, and left the
room. He spoke to himself, " Oh my darling, I have only just met you, but it feels like I have
known you my entire life. It my be destiny, Yes It is our destiny for you and I to go on the most
amazing adventure ever, then we shall detour for our trip and have some kids. We'll watch them
grow up, then we will continue our trip, bringing our children along we'll teach them everything
we know. Ah it will be a great adventure. " She gives a shout, " Ryushen, what's keeping you.
Come in and join me " He responds back, " I'm on my way! " Ryushen smiled as he continue
talking to himself, " It is like we are already married. I cannot wait for that day when you will be
mine and mine alone... " He follows Kiyone foot steps and sees her sitting in the living room on
the couch, leaning against the arm with her right arm holding up her head, and the remote in her
left hand. " She looks at him as he entered the room, " What kept you so long? " He blushed
slightly, and spurted out random words, " Um.. I was. talking about you.. No I wasn't I was
umm... reading a brochure I found on the counter top. Yea that its I found it there" She eyed him,
then laughed little bit, " Your funny you know that. Why don't you join me down here, ok? " She
set the remote on the coffee stand, then she patted the area next to her. He walked over next to
her and let himself drop onto the couch. He smiled happily on the inside, but on the outside he
barely showed any positive emotion, he had a depressed look on his face as he eyes observed the
television. An ad for help wanted at a local restaurant was playing on the screen. Kiyone looked
at Ryushen for a moment, she sighed wondering why he could be so depressed for, " Maybe he
doesn't want to be with me, maybe he doesn't like me at all. But I sure do like him a lot, he is so
cute reminds me of a little boy who is just getting their first dog. But he looks right now, if that
dog had died or something. Maybe I could do something to cheer him up, she looked back at the
television as the commercials ended and the soap opera was back on. "Oh Dave, you mustn't
Father doesn't approve of our being together" said Marsha. " That doesn't matter to me Marsha,
I'll do anything to be with you" replied David. "Dave, it makes me so happy to hear you say that.
Please Kiss me, this might be the last time we are going to be together" said with exhausted
voice. As the two fish like creatures inched closer and closer to each other's lips. Ryushen thinks
to himself, "Oh come on, this is so extremely lame, I bet there is something better on to watch
than this dribble. If it had a little more 'big badda boom' then it would be more enjoyable or at
minium some developing characters, but this is weak the characters are always the same." The
two lovers reach inches from each others' face when suddenly, angelic voice screeched out. "Hi
Kiyone, Whatca doing?" said the voice. She responded, " Quiet Mihoshi, I'm watching this
show." Ryushen turned around in time, to see her walk along the side of the couch, and over to
the love seat. He said to himself, "Mihoshi eh." Her eyes are glued to the tube as she sees the
main characters just about to kiss. He stares at her doing her measurements in his mind. On the
outside he still maintains his dull looks, but on the inside his mind is racing scanning her
measurements. *You could say he is acting one of the author's favorite anime characters Kintaro
Owe From Golden Boy* He shakes his head as he regains focus of what he is doing. He looks
around room, to his surprise he discovers that soap opera had ended. Kiyone had a disgusted
look on her face as her partner ask her some questions. He got up for a moment, and looked at
the two young ladies. "Would you two ladies prefer something to drink?" He asked. Both of
them looked at him, Kiyone stood up with a generous expression, " No, let us get you something.
You are our guest in this house, and we would feel bad if you wouldn't let us." Mihoshi butted
in, " Us, Who is us..." Kiyone grabbed the blonde woman by the hand and dragged her toward
the kitchen. She stopped and looked back at Ryushen, "Wait you didn't tell me what you want
to drink," she asked. "A glass of hot tea, if you wouldn't mind to much," He replied. She nodded
and entered the kitchen with Mihoshi behind her. He sits back down on the couch and watches
the infomercials' on the tv. He picks up the remote off the coffee table and looks at it. He speaks
to himself as he is puzzled by the device, " What of remote is this thing?" He press a button and
the tv fizzled out. "That is a bad thing, right?" he said with a worry tone.

End of Chapter Five