"Why did you come back?" Yahiko asked, impatiently.
Katsumi stared at Yahiko and narrowed her eyes. She turned away and looked at Akane and smiled.
"How have you been, Katsumi?" Akane asked, "I haven't seen you since we headed in different paths."
Katsumi laughed and replied, "Well, I---"
"Hey!" Yahiko interrupted, "You haven't answered my question, Katsumi! Why did you come back?"
Katsumi and Akane faced Yahiko. Katsumi sighed and looked down. Akane looked away.
"They're coming," Katsumi said, lowly.
"Who's coming?" Yahiko asked, "Who?"
"The Obintea o-bin-te-ya Tribe," Akane finished.
"The what?" Yahiko said, confused.
Kamiya Kasshin-Ryu's Training Hall:
"They're a team of strong people. Different varieties," Kenshin explained, sipping his tea, calmly.
"Why are you being so calm?" Akane said, surprised.
"Yeah, Kenshin, this is a mysterious team," Katsumi said, "We have no information on them."
"We don't need it," Kenshin said, calmly.
"But Kenshin, you said, you always have to know your enemy and at this point you don't!" Kaoru said, spilling her cup of tea.
"Oro?" Kenshin said, a question mark floating above his head, "I did?"
"I can't believe you!" Kaoru said, whacking Kenshin on the head with her fist.
"Then, Akane, Katsumi, you heard of them, do you know much about them?" Kenshin asked, staring at Katsumi and Akane.
"Um… well, the information we know is that they all came from Fukushima," Katsumi said, sipping her tea.
"And that we all trained under one ruler for 20 years and destroyed their own town and travel to different places in Japan," Akane added.
"Who is this ruler?" Sano asked, taking a bite of his rice ball.
"We don't know," Katsumi answered, shaking her head side-to-side.
"Why would they destroy their own town?" Kaoru asked, looking at Katsumi and then, to Akane.
"To erase their evidence," Akane replied, looking up at Kaoru.
"They don't want to be traced and be caught with their violent acts," Katsumi explained.
"So, that's why you came back?" Yahiko asked, sadly.
Katsumi looked over at him and nodded. Yahiko looked down. Akane gave a strange look.
