juu go sho

the tournament

A phone call from the school, said that they still wanted the students be strong and fit, so they said there would be a tournament after the school is finished by winter.

"What happened?" Kawaru woke up. "I think it's because you gave too much of your blood and power to us," Saori stated. "And for doing so, you've lost much spirit power, you should be at least 40 percent less," Maki stated. "Sorry," Kawaru sat up on his bed. "We should be sorry," Maki said. "Where's Yuki?" Kawaru asked. "She went out to by grocery, she thought you'd be hungry when you wake up," Maki explained. "How long was I out?" Kawaru asked. "3 days," Rin sighed. "What! Don't tell me that everyone stayed here day to night, for THREE days?" Kawaru asked. No one spoke. "I'm sorry," Kawaru apologized. Rin walked up to Kawaru and held his hands and said, "Don't worry about it, we all had sleep also," Rin said. "Yup, sleep," Maki winked. "What happened when I was knocked out?" Kawaru asked. "Rin?" Rin didn't say anything. "Maki?" Maki didn't say anything. "Sao-Chan, you tell me!" Kawaru ordered. "Well, we all got to sleep with you except for Rin, and we helped you wash your back, and things," Saori blushed. "WHAT? You didn't have to do things like that," Kawaru blushed. "It was scary, Yuki forced us," Maki explained. "Why?" Kawaru asked. "She said if you wanted to be with him, you have to do all those things, or I'll be with him and do it for him…" Maki replied. "Of course we wanted to be with you also," Saori added. Kawaru blushed. Rin, Maki and Saori smiled.

Yuki came back afterwards. When she saw Kawaru awaked, she ran to him and jumped on him and started kissed him. "NANI!" Maki yelled. "Yuki-San?" Rin said. Rin was surprised she did that. Saori was also surprised, but Maki was the most surprised. Maki was the only one that never gave a lip lock with Kawaru. Yuki then hugged him. Kawaru blushed, but he was choking since Yuki was holding him too tightly. "Yuki-Chan, you're killing me. Can't breathe, can't breathe," he repeated. "Sorry, I'm just so happy you're awake," Yuki smiled. "I'll make you the best obento ever!" Yuki exclaimed. "Yuki-San was worried about you the most," Rin blushed. "No, no it's not that I'm jealous or anything," she added. "Heh, thank you, everyone…" Kawaru smiled.

Yuki went over to the stove and sink. She started to get the food ready then to cook it. "There's one more thing, Kawa-Kun…" Maki said. "What is it?" Kawaru asked. "Well, there's going to be a tournament. The school wants us to train, and self study since the school is out. The school should be up by winter, so that's when we're having the tournament. We have only 1 to 2 months to prepare," Maki explained. "Kawaru, you have to gain back your spirit power, ki power, and mana power, that you gave to us," Rin blushed. "I understand," Kawaru nodded. "But it's all thanks to you that we're the ones who gotten stronger," Yuki turned around and smiled. "So we've all decided to train you for two months, we're going to the mountain and camp there, just by the town and the hot springs," Saori said. "You guys really planned this didn't you? I wonder if you rehearsed what to say. It goes like a combination," Kawaru laughed. The girls all blushed. "Anyways, do you need anything, Kawa-Kun?" Maki asked. "Nope, nothing now. I'm happy, and I can't wait till the tournament, I want to win," Kawaru looked confident.

"There's one more thing," Rin stated. "What is it?" Kawaru asked. "There's going to be 6 winners, from first place to sixth place. And who ever are the top 6 will represent the school during the summer for the final tournament…" Rin exclaimed. "Is that so, I guess all five of us can do it, let do our best," Kawaru smiled. "Yup," Maki replied. "Of course," Saori said. "Anything you want, Kawa-Chan," Yuki replied. "Yeah," Rin replied. Then Kawaru's stomach growled. "But first, I must eat," Kawaru laughed. "It's going to be done soon, everyone," Yuki said.

"Let's go to the hot springs tomorrow, and when we get there we can get some rest. After that we can train," Maki smiled. "That's right," Saori added. "Okay then," Kawaru replied.

After they finished supper, they all went to sleep early so they can get to the hot springs earlier. Kawaru slept on his bed, Rin was leaning on the bed sitting down sleeping. Saori leaned on the wall end of the bed. Yuki placed her arm on top of the table and her head on top of it. Maki was leaning on the bed also, she couldn't sleep though. Rin woke up since she noticed her going on Kawaru's bed. "Kawa-Kun," Maki woke Kawaru up. "What's wrong?" Kawaru yawned. "I can't sleep," Maki stated. "Why not?" Kawaru asked. Maki hugged him. "I have to tell you something," Maki hesitated. "What is it?" Kawaru asked. "I have… My brother..." Maki shook her head. "Huh?" Kawaru was confused. "Never mind, it's nothing… Can I stay here?" Maki asked. "Sure," Kawaru replied.

Rin bit her lip, because she was jealous. Rin dropped a tear, and whispered, "Kawaru…" Kawaru was still awake, since Maki was hugging him tightly. "Sorry Rin," he whispered. Rin was shock, but she didn't turn around. She was shock that Kawaru heard what she said. Kawaru moved his hand and patted on Rin's head. Rin blushed.

The next morning, everyone woke up. They each waited for the bathroom. When they were all done, they did some luggage. After that they all walked to the marketing place. They walked until they reached the end of marketing place to take a bus. "This is going to take along time, especially when we get to the town, the shuttle busses take forever to get up…" Yuki sighed. "It's all good," Kawaru replied. They all sat in the back. There were 6 seats, Kawaru set in the middle, Yuki and Maki set on the right side of Kawaru, Saori and Rin sat on the right side.

Little as they know, someone was following them. "Ani-Ue, he's here somewhere," Maki whispered. "What?" Kawaru looked. "Huh? Nothing," Maki replied.

Maki's thoughts. I wonder what is he doing near me. My promise to him… I said I just wanted to see Kawaru, but I stayed for at least a whole month…

Since Forbidden Island has many mountains the road is longer apart to make safer trips, so it takes a while to transport from the marketing place to the town. When they arrived at the town, they got off the bus and started stretching. "That was pretty long," Kawaru cried. "I'll help you," Maki went over to him and hugged him tightly. Yuki buffed her face and she pulled Maki apart from Kawaru, and Yuki started to hug him. "That was mean," Maki stated. Yuki stuck her tongue out. "So now where are we going?" Kawaru asked. "I guess we have to walk to the town shuttle bus station. It's this way," Maki pointed. They advance down towards the station. The person following them cracked his knuckles.

When the shuttle bus came, they all give the ticket they bought and entered. They all sat in the back again. "I never went to the hot springs before," Kawaru said. "I went there a few times, counting last time," Yuki said. "Look you're the only guy out of our group," Maki stated. "I'm going to be lonely," Kawaru cried. "If they let me in the men's bath, I'll go with you," Rin blushed. Kawaru blushed. "Thanks, but then all the guys would be staring at you, don't worry about it. It was just a joke," Kawaru laughed. "No this is serious," Saori said. "We can't let my, Ten Sai, be lonely," she added. "Saori-San is right," Yuki said. "Let's think about it when we get there, in a few hours…" Kawaru said. "For now, I just want to think about developing my own techniques; I can feel my spirit power, ki power, and mana power increasing again. But if I don't use it, the power goes to a waste, and I don't want to waste any power. I want to develop a technique that can help me synthesize my power," he added. "That's something smart," Rin praised. "Well you can think that, we'll just help you train anyways," Saori smiled. "Anything for Kawa-Chan," Yuki said. "Yup," Maki smiled. "One month at the hot spring and mountain, how about the money?" Kawaru reminded. "Uhh, I didn't bring much Yuki looked the other way. "Sorry, I only have 9251 yen… (About 85 US dollars)" she added. "That's not going to be enough for a month there… I have only 7653 yen… (About 70 US dollars) Sorry," Maki cried. "I have exactly 10,000 yen, (That is exactly 450 US dollars)" Saori apologized. "That still isn't enough that's only about 17,000 yen… I have about I have about 1.5 man yen with me… (Exactly 10,000 US dollars)" Kawaru whispered. All there eyes dropped. "Where did you get so much?" Yuki asked. "My parents left me a lot of money," Kawaru stuck his tongue out. "Well, I only have about 30,000 yen… (Exactly 270 dollars)" Rin stated. "It might be enough, if it's not well just help out the hot spring at the same time," Kawaru laughed. Yuki smashed Kawaru's head with her fist. "Ow, that hurts," Kawaru cried. "Don't make jokes like that," Yuki ordered. "Well I guess we have enough it's about 12,000 yen…" Rin stated. "That's right," Saori nodded.

When they arrived at the hot spring hotel, Kawaru went in to the lobby and started to discuss what to do. "How many rooms do we want," Kawaru asked. "ONE!" They all screamed. "Why?" Kawaru asked. "Because if it costs too much, we can't pay it… And we all slept in your room before so it's okay," Yuki explained. "Okay, okay…" Kawaru made a sour face. "What's with them?" Kawaru thought. Kawaru walked to the desk. "How may I help you?" the lady asked. "We want to get 1 room," Kawaru stated. "How many people?" the lady asked. "5 people," Kawaru replied. "How long would you stay?" she asked. "About 28 days," Kawaru replied. She started to calculate how much it would cost. "That'll be about 8,500 yen," the lady stated. "Okay," Kawaru gave her the money. "Remember we give free hot springs, massage, and a sauna. Enjoy yourselves," the lady smiled. "Thank you very much," Kawaru bowed.

Kawaru walked back to the girls. "Well we had enough money to pay, and we still have some left over. We can use that to buy us food," Kawaru laughed. "We apologize, since we haven't thought of the money," they all apologized. "It's okay, that's why I'm here," Kawaru laughed. "Let's bring our luggage to the room," Kawaru said. So they brought it to the room, when they opened it, it was pretty big and beautiful. Kawaru, Rin, and Saori's eyes were stuck towards the room.

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