Jin folded his arms over his chest as he took a seat by the fire, plucking one of the staked fish from the fireside. Mugen stood up, and moved to the fire, standing right beside Jin, glaring down at him. Fuu stood up, and followed suit to Mugen. Jin glanced up, chewing slowly the bit of fish in his mouth, looking from one angered face to the other. Finally he swallowed,
"Can I help either of you?" He asked. Fuu hit her knees beside him,
"J-Jin! We thought you were dead!" She said softly. Mugen nodded,
"Yeah! How the hell are you just going to waltz in here, take over MY battle, and then not say a word about where've you been…" He snarled. Jin shrugged,
"I didn't realize I had to check in with you two…" He said. Fuu reached into her sleeve and pulled out the crumpled paper,
"Look at what we found Jin!" She said softly. Jin took the paper from her, and looked over it in the firelight. His eyebrows furrowed,
"I've seen something like this before…Mugen…check that religious fiend over there…" He said softly. Mugen rolled his eyes,
"I didn't realize I had to take orders from you." He said, letting a smug smile cross his face. Fuu sighed and stood up,
"For goodness sake guys…you two didn't change at all…" She said. She knelt beside the dead Christian, and sifted through his pockets. Finally she produced a crumpled piece of paper, and moved back beside the firelight, seated next to Jin. She smoothed out the paper,
"Three heretics…Fuu, Jin, and Mugen, are responsible for the death of the Christian Revolution leader Seizo Kasumi. Listed below are there descriptions, should you like to avenge your leader, and extract the wrath of an angry God upon them…" She read. She furrowed her eyebrows,
"Murder of Seizo Kasumi? That's insane! He was my father!" She said, crumpling the paper in her fist angrily. Jin placed a hand on her shoulder,
"When Yusuke Yukete burned my dojo to the ground, I also found a similar message. But it said that I was out to murder all of the Dojo Sensei's, the way I murdered my own. I'm supposing that a higher up organization is feeding the information, and provoking these attacks on us…" He said softly. Mugen raised an eyebrow,
"Then why was it posted that he killed you?" He asked. Jin shrugged,
"I was asleep in the Dojo at the time…he probably figured that I didn't make it out in enough time to live….the message I found was on the ground, half-charred. He must have thrown in into the flames in an attempt to burn the evidence." He said softly. Fuu furrowed her eyebrows,
"Who would be after us? As far as I know…we didn't do anything that drastically wrong…" She said thoughtfully. Mugen looked over at her,
"Don't you remember when we finally reached Ikitsuki Island, and those men were there waiting for us?" He asked. Fuu rolled her eyes,
"Yeah, but that's because you put one in a wheelchair, and ruined the lives of the other two. They had vendettas against you." She said obviously. Jin nodded,
"Fuu did stage a good question…who would be after us…and why?" He said thoughtfully, staring into the firelight.
