A/N: First off, TTS means Train To Survive, its an abbreviation of it that i came up with.
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Train To Survive Part Seven: Years to Come
"Nee-san... do you think Ichika will be alright over there?"
With a voice lacing with worry, Madoka suspiciously continued to watch and analyse her and Chifuyu's surroundings as they pushed forward. Chifuyu's expression resembled that of a blank expression as she also kept her eyes peeled on the unexpected to happen.
"He will be fine, that I am very sure of. What I am more concerned about is us getting through whatever hidden beast lays within the darkness."
Chifuyu looked over her shoulder as her senses told her something was lurking behind her. Chifuyu nodded it off as her senses being overridden. Chifuyu did not like the feeling of being on her toes at it made her feel uncomfortable.
"What did Aunt Nobume send us walking into? This place gives me the creeps... I mean have you seen a place like this before. I have not..." Madoka narrowed her eyes as she peered over Chifuyu's shoulder to see what was in front of the pair.
All Madoka and Chifuyu could see was the ever-growing darkness looming in front of them as they continued to walk deeper and deeper within it. The feeling of having to be mindful of every step they took, did not sit well Madoka as it made her feel uneasy to continue.
"Probably because she's been around for a long time and is mother's servant, she had access to everything imaginable within the reach of us Orimura's."
Madoka couldn't help but nod as she agreed with Chifuyu's explanation, although there was some grey areas, Madoka knew not to question it as their family was known to be able to pull off the most extreme things imaginable.
"My senses are all over the place here... Nobume could of give us more to go off of when she explained what we were walking into." Chifuyu sighed as she knew that her and Madoka were in a disadvantage in a battle.
"Let's hope this turns into something simple like expanding the amount of [Jaaku Reiki] we can produce in an attack."
Chifuyu snorted when she realised that the chances of getting the type of training Madoka suggested, were almost zero percent. Chifuyu paid attention to the dripping water coming from the ceiling above.
Madoka held her hand out as she caught a few drops of water from the ceiling.
"Water?"
Madoka raised her eyebrows as she wondered where the drips of water were coming from. Chifuyu nodded before walking ahead, deeper into the darkness.
"Odd, might a source above."
Madoka picked up her pace as she wanted to catch up to her big sister before she disappeared from her vision. The rotting decay of items in the cave as Madoka and Chifuyu walked past became apparent. The green moss was evident as the moss covered the cracks in the walls. Skeleton remains were littered deeper, Madoka analysed that the bones from skeletons that had died in the cave, had been here for a long time.
Madoka's eyes caught the essence of what appeared to be writing in the wall's surrounding them, stopping entirely, Chifuyu noticed and turned her attention around to meet the eyes of her younger sister before Madoka pointed towards the writing. Raising her eyebrows, Chifuyu crossed her arms as she walked back slightly to check what Madoka was alluding to.
Chifuyu crossing her arms under her breasts made her skin more visible, wearing a light blue Yukata whilst Madoka wore a dark grey yukata unlike her elder sister. Chifuyu noticed the writing on the wall extended across into the abyss, exactly where her and Madoka were heading into.
'They lurk everywhere, they are here, there and everywhere... sometimes it's your family, sometimes it's the person you hate the most... sometimes it uses the person you care about the most.'
Whilst the writing appeared to be very vague when alluding to what it was talking about, Chifuyu and Madoka knew exactly what to expect now, although the two were unsure how to contest against what lay in front in their way.
"This writing is clearly from a time when we were not even born to know what this place holds exactly... I would not fear the worse as this is probably from a time where our family wasn't as strong as our family is today."
Chifuyu concluded before relieving Madoka of any worries of potential enemies lurking within their way.
"Now let's be on our way, no more getting side-tracked."
"Right..."
Chifuyu brushed past Madoka as she continued to head deeper into the darkness of the cave, the gnaw feeling of being in such a mysterious place was enough to make Madoka to be continuously on edge. Although as for being the oldest and the most experienced, Chifuyu was now beginning to settle in with her surroundings as she felt herself begin to let her guard down slightly, not entirely.
Although the two sisters' journey to get to wherever they were supposed to be was starting to feel like they had been searching for hours, when it truly hadn't been as long as she thought.
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On instinct, Chifuyu and Madoka drew their swords as they began to tread lightly. Shivers were sent up Madoka's spine as she could feel the hollow echo from the manic person laughing continuing to allude her and Chifuyu. Biting her lip, Madoka tried to shake off any fears as she walked slowly with caution, behind her elder sister.
"What the hell was that?!" Madoka whispered as she did not know there was other life within the hollow cave.
"Dammit... Nobume never told me that there was going to be other people down here... why would there be anyway?" Chifuyu gritted her teeth as it did not make sense to her entirely. The two girls did not halter, instead chose to continue to move forward.
'This doesn't make sense, Nobume would have warned us at the very least... either that or she knew what lay in here and wanted us to see for ourselves, no... she made it vaguely known about everything we were walking into. This must be something else.'
Accepting that she did not know all of the details, Chifuyu knew she was going in blind; it was something that she was used to by now. Madoka on the other hand was very used to being completely oblivious to everything happening
"This place is something we do not fully understand yet, because it's something we do not understand, do not be making any sort of rash decisions... we do not want things to get worse than they could be." Chifuyu put emphasis on the 'could be'. Madoka nodded in response as she watched Chifuyu's eyes.
'Nee-san's eyes are completely stone cold, it's like she doesn't feel anything at all... or is that something she wants me to believe?'
"I know nee-san, you do not need to worry about me, after all I do not make rash decisions." Madoka tightened the grip of her sword. Biting her lip, Madoka felt a wave of cold air brush against her skin.
"Hmmm... I beg to differ."
Chifuyu scratched her forehead as she could think of multiple examples.
"When have I made a rash decision?" Madoka challenged her elder sisters claims.
"When you decided to bring Ichika to Kyoto, the living ground of our family's den, you know exactly what they would have done if they sank their claws into Ichika deep enough." Chufuyu brought up a recalling memory that made Madoka think about, although Madoka knew that Chifuyu's claim was not entirely true.
"good point... although if you think I was the one to entice Ichika to going to Kyoto then you are very mistaken... nee-san." Madoka her point be known to her elder sister as she stood her ground with her statement at hand.
"You could have at least tried to convince him to not go to that hell hole, it could have potentially caused us massive problems." Chifuyu scoffed as she looked over her shoulder towards her little sister, the thought of Ichika going back to Kyoto, irritated Chifuyu to no end.
"You don't think I didn't try nee-san? You know exactly the type of man Ichika is..."
Madoka made her point. Chifuyu let out a sigh as she knew it was true, even though she did not want to admit her little sister was right.
"Good point..."
Chifuyu wiped her forehead as she tried to erase any thoughts of her brother lingering in her head, although Chifuyu found it harder than she expected it to be. Her mind would wonder back to her brother and the situation at hand, out of boredom.
"You might not entirely want to believe what I have to say but I truly believe that for Ichika to learn... he needs to take matters in his own hands, which means he needs to do things himself, he's not a child any more nee-san, you can't baby him through these situations anymore." Madoka added as she ended her point at that.
"I wish Ichika was a child still, at least then I could blind him from seeing what could happen in the future, I feel powerless in this situation..." Chifuyu admitted the thoughts and feelings that had been on her mind for quite a while. Madoka nodded in response as she could understand her big sister's trouble.
"I... I... I know the feeling... Do not tell Ichika this b-but... I-I'd anything for him!"
Chifuyu turned her head in curiosity as she raised her eyebrows at the questionable actions that were being done by her little sister. Madoka's cheeks began to become a tint of red as she began to blush deeply.
'HOW EMBARASSING! HOW CAN ANYONE JUST ADMIT THEIR FEELINGS LIKE THAT!?'
Madoka screamed at herself within her thoughts, she couldn't comprehend what she just said and wanted to take it all back immediately. Chifuyu smirked as she watched her little sister wave her hands in her face, Madoka tried to convince Chifuyu otherwise but Chifuyu had already caught on by now.
Chifuyu raised her eyebrows and tilted her eyes.
"I-I-I-It's N-Not L-like that nee-san!" Madoka tried to and continued to try to convince her sister that there was, indeed, a misunderstanding between the two.
"Hmmm... It's too late to deny it now, you have already come clean about it now." Chifuyu crossed her arms and turned her attention back on the task at hand, Madoka continued to follow behind as she watched her elder sisters' expression.
"I told you! It is not like that! Unlike you and the other whores who are my sisters, I am not and will not be in love with Ichika! At any point!" Chifuyu wasn't having Madoka's explanation, she already knew her little sister was not being honest with her feelings.
"Yeah, you're not fooling anyone, even Ichika if he was here would know that you are flat out lying Madoka." Chifuyu turned to her little sister for a few moments with a dead pan look. Madoka let out a sigh of defeat when she realized that there was no possible way of her convincing her elder sister.
"Hmmm... but aren't you and the other's also in love with Ichika as well?" Madoka tried to turn it back on Chifuyu, rather than have the spotlight be on her.
"So, what if I am?" Chifuyu answered vaguely.
"EH?! You're just going to come out and admit it like that?!" Madoka exclaimed with shock lacing within her tone, she expected her elder sister to try something.
"Yup, got no reason to hide it, why would I in the first place?" Chifuyu barely paid any attention to her younger sister as she could have sworn, she sensed a presence approaching, or they were approaching a presence.
"You win... I cannot argue with that logic..." Madoka sank defeatedly as she knew she wasn't going to win with her words alone.
"Exactly, well if you are done whining about that issue already, we have something bigger in the way..." Chifuyu narrowed her eyes as the darkness in-front of her began to lift and erode, giving Madoka a view of what they were about to enter.
"What's happening?"
Madoka peered over her sisters' shoulder as she noticed the surroundings of the place the two had walked into. What Madoka saw was enough to leave her with an astonished look spread across her face. Chifuyu wore a surprised expression as she took her surroundings in also.
Chifuyu and Madoka stood at an edge of a cave in the wall of a massive crave with a floating platform which held a perfectly looked after house that had a waterfall that continued to drip into the abyss below them, the massive crevice left darkness below them that was nauseating for Chifuyu and Madoka to look at. It was enough to send shivers down both of the girl's spine, as the two felt like they were being watched by the abyss.
The house on the floating island within the massive crevice held colourful green grass as the house and everything surrounding it looked intact and vibrant of life. Chifuyu and Madoka could not believe how beautiful the shrine like house appeared to be.
Moss appeared to be on the walls of crevice as it showed signs of collapse at any moment, although Chifuyu's eyes were caught by the obvious sight of there being other entrances and exits within the walls. Chifuyu assumed that they entrance was not the only one available to take.
'I assume this place is able to exist through some sort of [Jaaku Reiki] lingering in the air and keeping it alive and well.'
Madoka stood back and let out a breath as she regained and turned to watch her nee-san, who shortly turned to face her soon after.
"Nee-san? Shall we check this place out? Considering this is obviously a calling for us to check it out, we should just in case we are missing something out." Madoka pointed out to Chifuyu whom was currently deep in thought.
"Yes... let's just hope that there isn't something in the way..." Chifuyu turned her attention towards the shrine like house in-front of the two sisters.
A few moments later, Chifuyu leaped across with all her might gathering into her jump, Chifuyu made the jump to the house with relative ease with Madoka following in her trail.
'What have you got in store for us... Nobume? I know there is more to this puzzle than you are leading on.'
Somewhere within the mountains of Kyoto, Sougo Orimura used one of the infamous training grounds as he relentlessly swung at the training dummies without any sort of jurisdiction. He put every ounce of power and belief by each attack as he continued to use any strength and [Jaaku Reiki] in his attacks. Sougo held no mercy within his attacks as he continued nonstop, the angry teenager used his to train whilst it was dark out.
'Those stupid prodigies... how are they worthy to be counted as a higher branch of Orimura...? Whilst us 'lower branch of Orimura's' are laughed at... made to look like weaklings... how did you allow something so idiotic to happen... father?'
Sougo scoffed as he thought about his father and his idiotic actions, Sougo's father was known to be the Shogo Orimura, the man that was known to be in love with the matriarchs that currently lead the Orimura clan. Izanami, Shiori, Shizuka and Minazuki, Shogo's relentless attempts at trying to win over the four's hearts ended in complete failure. Sougo scoffed at the thought of his father getting embarrassed by the father of the current heir. Izanagi Orimura.
'How the hell did you let such an idiotic man win against you... he was the living embodiment of what an Orimura should not be... yet you let him win? Why? What makes him so special? Heck rumours has it that his son is somewhere in the normal world. How does the father of someone so useless that they live outside the compounds of the clan, beat one of the best prospects known to an Orimura?'
Sougo seethed at the thought of his father whom was known to be an interesting prospect to most Orimura's, before he died. Sougo almost felt the burning need to even the score's, although he was not sure if it would be a wise move to do so. Sougo stood still with a face full of sweat as he looked at the mannequin in-front of him and imagined his worst fears resided within the mannequin. His Yukata drenched and a tired expression was plastered across his face, although his blood red eyes remained.
'How did you do It father? How did you bounce back from a defeat so agonizing like losing to someone who was considered so innocent at the time? How did you live knowing that you were never going to be as good as the former Patriarch?'
Sougo continued to seethe in rage as he knew his bucket load of questions were never going to be truly answered, now that his father was no longer in the land of the living. Closing his eyes, Sougo tried to calm himself down as the thought of his and his father's name being tarnished even more than it was. Sougo since he was a child had gotten a lot of doubts by other Orimura's who questioned his abilities as an Orimura. Later on, after his father's death, Sougo learned that the doubts came from his father's failure.
Sougo was very keen to not let history repeat once again, the idea of it haunted Sougo when thinking about it. Sougo got dragged out of his thoughts as felt a very familiar presence enter the combat grounds that he was currently training in, he smirked when he realised who exactly the aura was coming from.
'I see she wanted to stop by, how odd.'
Sougo laughed lightly when he turned his attention to the trees to the left of him, the aura of someone he knew was practically oozing from the bushes, Sougo knew that the person had been and still currently was watching him train.
"You know you can come out right? I'm done training for now."
"Was I making my presence too obvious? I wanted to watch from the shadows a bit longer as you train."
The woman with vibrant red hair and dark grey eyes walked from behind the bushes as she approached Sougo with an evil grin plastered across her face. Sougo inwardly groaned as he loathed to speak to the woman approaching him. Although Sougo tried to keep his annoyed expression from showing, the woman quickly picked up on it and tilted her head.
"Sougo I am your mother, I will visit, talk and watch you whenever I please, I will have you know." the woman made an agitated expression as her son's expression made her feel unwelcomed by him. Sougo rolled his eyes and turned around to look back at the Mannequins behind him.
"Alright Reina... I get it." Sougo complied with his mother who became even more annoyed by him calling her by name instead of what most would expect he would call his mother.
"You are forbidden from using my name Sougo, call me mom instead." Reina Orimura demanded her son to call her 'mom' instead of her first name. Sougo was also becoming annoyed by his mother's sudden appearance and antics, she was up to.
"Fine, Fine! What do you want mom? Why are you even here? Shouldn't you be babysitting Uncle Zetsubo's children or something?" Sougo asked with little attention being payed to his mother. Sougo's mind was somewhere else instead.
"No, they are old enough to be doing their own thing and you know it; I was just growing bored, so I figured I'd check on my son to amuse my own bored mind." Reina explained to her son plainly as she could without giving attention to anything, she was doing prior.
"I see, well can you leave now? I want to resume training." Sougo turned to his mother with narrowed eyes as she thought about it.
"No, I want to see how your training has progressed and know what has been on your mind, you were training extra hard you know." Reina pointed out to her only son as she watched him with a smirk and with slight glowing red eyes.
"Yes, I am aware I have been training harder than usual." Sougo knew what his mother was talking about already.
"So... Any reason in particular?" Reina narrowed her eyes as her son turned her back on her as he picked up his sword that was lay on the ground. The mother monitored her son's every action.
"No." Sougo answered shortly.
"Want to tell me what's on your mind?" Reina asked her son with a sweet tone lacing within her voice. Sougo let out a sigh in response.
"You aren't going to leave unless I tell you... right?" Sougo already knew how his mother was going to answer, he had prepared to let his mother know what was on his mind as soon as she arrived.
"Pretty much." Reina Orimura added simply as she spoke earnestly to her son whilst remaining eye contact with her son, Sougo averted his eyes for a few moments as he let out a breath.
"Well... since the others have been bringing up my father since his anniversary... I wanted to know how he could live with himself knowing that such a despicable Patriarch beat him back then?" Sougo asked the question out loud which made Reina's expression become that of a serious one, thinking about it, her mind traced back to the moment it all began.
The thought of her deceased husband being beaten by Izanagi Orimura left a bitter taste in her mouth as she was still left angry from that day, Reina Orimura had witnessed the fight between Izanagi and Shogo when it had occurred, she was not the only one attendance at the time, she remembered the amazed expressions of Izanagi Orimura's sisters.
"Your father huh? He never truly recovered from that loss if I'm being completely honest..." Reina scratched her cheek as she stared at the ground with a serious expression, Reina's mind wandered and thought about her husband, Shogo Orimura whom was currently deceased at the current time. Sougo nodded in response as he kept his eyes on his mother.
"I see... I was always had the impression that he had long recovered from it and was thriving since the loss, that's what I was aware of at least." Sougo admitted as his mind was casted back to the memories of his father training before his untimely death during the collapse.
"Yes and no, your idiotic father's loss to Izanagi Orimura was his rebirth but his everlasting death at the same time, your father was always known to be the biggest up and coming prospect before he thought the former patriarch, he was going to be used as the sign that us, whom are considered 'weaker Orimura' are just as strong as the leaders and the prodigies of the clan at the time." Reina remembered her husband's potential being talked about countless times.
"And then he lost embarrassingly... right?" Sougo already knew the next part. Reina nodded before she looked back at the ground with a sullen expression.
"Unfortunately, Izanagi Orimura, the man that beat your father was unlike anything any of us have ever encountered before, it was almost scary how powerful that man could have been." Reina remembered the power that Izanagi held at the time. She also could tell why the matriarchs loved Izanagi so much.
"Doesn't he have a son?" Sougo thought about the patriarch's son, Reina narrowed her eyes at her son as she could tell what he was thinking.
"Yes, he does, Ichika Orimura is his name, from what I have gathered from the meetings with the leaders of the clan, he currently resides in that trash known as the world out there." Reina scoffed at the thought of the world outside the clan. Sougo already knew about Ichika Orimura's location in the outside world.
"I already know about that, he's as good as trash out there and yet those stupid leaders of our clan want to bring him back at one point." The thought of it annoyed Sougo to no end, Reina felt her son's anger and understood why.
"I agree... believe me my son, if I had the power and the strength to beat those whores that is the leaders of our clan... I would in a heartbeat..." Reina knew that her beating the leaders was practically impossible, she could only hope It came to be true.
"I know you would mother... I would murder Ichika Orimura if I saw him." Sougo answered simply as he felt his mother's overwhelming [Jaaku Reiki] that he was used to. Reina giggled at her son's certain tone behind his voice. She had no doubts whatsoever.
"How about this? We make our hopes and dreams into reality one day?" Reina smiled wickedly at her son as she asked her with an evil tone lacing within her throat.
"Oh? I cannot reject that mother... I'm in..." Sougo's eyes glowed blood red as his [Jaaku Reiki] clashed with his mother's.
"Excellent... oh! I have an idea... how about I tell you a bit of information about the type of fighter the heir is? Could be useful information in the future... Ufufufufufu!" Reina giggled evilly as she imagined her son embarrassing the heir.
"How did you acquire such information? And aren't you concerned about history repeating itself?" Sougo had a bit of self-doubt for a few moments as he asked his mother. Reina tilted her head in response.
"Hmmmm... history repeating itself? Why would I be worried about that? You are already aware of the costs if you fail right? Besides... you have had better training than that stupid heir, Ichika Orimura right now would not stand a chance... that I'm certain." Reina spoke confidently of her son's ability to win against the heir. Sougo found a renewed confidence as she heard his mother's praise.
"I promise not to fail you... mother..." Sougo made a promise to his mother as he smiled at her.
"I know you will not, ufufufufu!" Reina smiled softly at her son as the two continued to stare at each other with warm gazes.
"So about that information you got on the heir?"
"Ah yes, let's leave this place and we can discuss about the heir." Reina turned her attention towards the exit of the grounds the two stood on, Reina signalled her son to follow as the two left in a hurry as they made their way home.
The grounds that Sougo trained on were left destroyed with massive holes in different areas of the grounds, although it appeared to slowly begin to heal any damage that was created over time, although it could never fix the everlasting feeling of silence left within the old training ground that Sougo used personally.
[Flashback begins]
Years before...
In the mountains of Kyoto, currently Izanagi Orimura, resided in one of the many mansions spread throughout the clan's territory within the mountain. Izanagi wore a smile on his face as he made his way out of his bedroom after getting out a bed, Izanagi looked lively as his aura that surrounded him became vibrant and full of life, the amazingly big mansion was built specifically for Izanagi as a request from Miyuki Orimura, none other than his mother and the current matriarch alongside Izanagi's father, the patriarch, none other than Tatsuya Orimura.
'I wonder what my nee-san's are doing? I hope they are not causing trouble again... they did promise me that they would keep it to a minimal after all...'
Izanagi smiled at his servants as he walked past in the hallways, Izanagi's innocent yet charming smile made the maids in particular, begin to gush over the young man. The teenager had his mind set on finding his sisters who he presumed would be on his way to see him anyway, Izanagi could feel the many aura's of [Jaaku Reiki] standing outside his mansion as he walked ever so closer towards the exit. Many thoughts raced across the young Izanagi Orimura's mind as he already had quite a bit he had been thinking about.
'I hope dad isn't causing any more problems again... he already has caused enough in the past and recently... what am I saying? Mom will put a stop to his madness if he does do anything unpredictable.'
Izanagi knew the type of person his father was, that meant that he could give an accurate guess on what his father could have in mind at the meeting that was taking place at the moment, although Izanami, Shizuka, Minazuki, Shiori and Izanagi did not have to attend the meeting today due to reasons his father would not discuss. Izanagi chucked it down to being a meeting about the future of the clan, he understood if that was the case. For now, Izanagi did not know.
"Izanagi!"
As Izanagi approached the exit of the mansion he was residing in currently, Izanagi heard someone shout who he recognised, it was none other than one of his big sisters, Shiori Orimura. Izanagi took a left as he approached the final stretch in the hallway, Izanami, Shiori, Minazuki and Shizuka came into Izanagi's site as they stood patiently at the front door of the mansion, the four wore soft smiles as they waited for their younger brother at the door.
"Izanagi! There you are!" Shiori exclaimed as she moved at quick speed and hugged her little brother whilst she enjoyed his comfort very much.
"Hey Nee-san, what's up? You are in quite a chipper mood today?" Izanagi was slightly surprised by his sister's clinginess; the other three sisters approached the two as they parted ways from the hug.
"Hmm! I am now that you're here! Ufufufufu!" Shiori smiled brightly at her younger brother before turning to her sisters who made eye contact with the blonde teenager for a few moments before turning to Izanagi.
"Oi Shiori, no hogging Izanagi all to yourself." Minazuki said before brushing a few loose strands of red hair behind her ear and quickly hugging Izanagi herself.
"Hmmm... Izanagi..." Shizuka rubbed her tired eyes and wrapped her arm around her brother's arm as his hand was now pressed against Shizuka's ever growing bust.
"Hmmmmm... No fair you two." Izanami hugged Izanagi from behind as the poor teenager wore a surprised expression, the boy slightly blushed when he realised what was going on.
'Oh no... Not this again! Please nee-san's! Anything but this right now! There's servants watching at the moment!'
Izanagi smiled awkwardly at one of servants who wore a surprised expression before scattering away in shock. Izanagi sighed in defeat as he knew there was no way of escaping his elder sister's grasp.
"Hmmm... Izanagi you're so warm..." Shizuka placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes with a smile on her face. Minazuki saw her sister nuzzling into her younger brother and she did the same.
"Hmmmm! Nee-sans! What are you doing?" Izanagi closed one of his eyes as he felt the soft sensation of his big sisters' breasts being placed on him.
"Hmmm... Being intimate with you? Is that so bad?" Minazuki opened her right eye as she looked at her younger brother. Shiori who was watching the situation unfold, began to make a small smile as she realized how vocal her little brother had become.
'You used to be so shy when you were a child... and now? You're so charismatic... It's so cute!'
Shiori gushed over her little brother as she quickly hugged her brother from the front, Izanami hugged him from behind whilst the other two hugged him from the sides, Izanagi felt like he was going to suffocate any moment. The four big sisters were slightly taller than him as they were much older than Izanagi, Izanami being twenty-one years old, Shizuka was twenty years old, Minazuki was nineteen years old whilst Shiori was now eighteen years old.
Izanagi Orimura, the future patriarch of the Orimura clan, the son to Miyuki and Tatsuya Orimura, was currently fifteen years old.
"Nee-sans, can you please let me go now? I want to start the day now." Izanagi pleaded with his elder sisters as his face was pressed into Shiori's breasts, the four sisters just about heard Izanagi's question before complying with their younger brother.
"""" Fine...""""
The four sisters slowly let go of their brother as they allowed him his space and time to regain his composure. Izanagi caught his breath as he struggled to breathe with his sister's bodies surrounding him, leaving him with little oxygen to get to him.
Taking a step back, Izanagi noticed his sisters wearing Orimura specialised outfit, fit with tactical boots to go alongside it and black tactical trousers with knifes on display. Izanami in particular wore a grin with her hair tied up in a bobble that stopped her hair getting in the way of her, Shiori and Shizuka also did wore the same attire. Minazuki allowed her hair to flow instead.
"What were you going to do today? Izanagi?" Shiori asked with curiosity lacing in her tone, she knew her brother did not have to attend meetings due to reason their parents wouldn't tell them yet.
"Hmmm... I'm not too sure yet? I didn't have anything in particular to do yet..." Izanagi chuckled awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head, his actions were found to be adorable by his elder doting sisters that stood in-front of him.
"Why not something fun? Let's read, little brother."
Shizuka tried to convince her brother to think about reading with her, it got Izanagi reading, the three other sisters took Shizuka's offering to their younger brother as an opportunity for Shizuka to 'get ahead'.
"That sounds like fun, let me join you!"
"And me!"
"Don't forget about me!"
Izanami, Minazuki and Shiori all said one after another, the three didn't want to risk Shizuka trying something with their little brother. Shizuka made a deadpan look at her three other sisters who also looked at her with a narrowed look.
'But I wanted it to be just me and Izanagi...'
Shizuka sulked secretly like a child in her mind, she did not want to give her sisters any leverage to hold on her. Shizuka refrained from showing any emotion. Although, Shizuka was well aware that they caught on by now.
"Hmmm but nee-sans, it's a sunny day out there!" Izanagi pushed past his sisters and opened the two big doors to show how beautiful the day was currently, looking back his sisters, Izanagi tilted his head.
"See? Why don't we spend the day out here for once? Then we can all read together!" Izanagi continued with a smile spread across his face, his sisters found his smile hit close to home as they found themselves having no choice.
"I don't see why not?" The four sisters looked at each other as they tried to see if any of them had an issue with Izanagi's idea. Soon, the four knew none had an issue with it and gestured Izanagi to lead them out.
"Great! We can finally relax for once!" Izanagi said as they stepped out of the mansion and into the garden of the mansion.
"Like hell you can."
Izanagi and the four sisters heard the response from the unknown person that lingered in-front of them, Izanami pulled her sword out as she prepared for a battle, the four sisters also did the same whilst Izanagi's expression quickly changed to a serious one as he narrowed his eyes to whoever was in their way. the four sister's aura became apparent as their [Jaaku Reiki] began reigning over them, creating a thing line of [Jaaku Reiki] over them, like a coat.
Izanagi began to feel the sinking feeling that everything was about to go horribly wrong. Although with his four sisters protecting him, Izanagi did not feel scared one bit. Izanagi could feel the oozing aura of [Jaaku Reiki] coming from the mystery person who interrupted them from starting their day. Not only that but, Izanagi knew they were not alone, it dawned on Izanagi that he could recognise the familiar aura.
"You dare interrupt our day with our little brother!? Reveal yourself at once!" Izanami demanded with raging lacing within her throat. The three nodded in response as they felt as equally angry as the eldest sister.
"Happily, that little 'brother' will meet his end today after all."
Walking around from the shadows of the garden, the sisters and Izanagi were not surprised to meet the cold expression of Shogo Orimura. Although he wore a cold expression, Izanagi could tell his cousin was very much angry, better yet, his anger was directed at him. This left Izanagi confused on what he did.
"What do you want? We do not bother you so... why do you think you can bother us?" Izanagi directed his question towards Shogo whom was staring him down. The four sisters stood on guard as they waited for the other boy to respond.
"You do not deserve to be the future leader of this clan that we all serve under, today I will beat you and show your parents who really deserves to be the future leader." Shogo answered simply as he tightened the grip of his sword, his pupils turned redder which did not go unnoticed by the five. Although Shogo stood by with his own 'backup'.
"""..."""
Shogo's backup did not speak, instead they let Shogo do the speaking whilst they merely monitored the situation behind Shogo, Izanami and the three sisters found Shogo's reasoning's for him being here to be laughable.
"Have you ever considered that I'm the heir for a reason?" Izanagi showed confidence in his own ability to lead and to fight, his sisters nodded in response as they knew what he was alluding to.
"You are expected to become the best of us all... yet you are someone that an Orimura should never be... you are no Orimura after all, merely a poser amongst us." Shogo said with venom lacing in his tone, his hatred for Izanagi coming through with no hesitation.
Izanami, Shizuka, Minazuki and Shiori all placed their swords around Izanagi as they prepared for Shogo to attack any moment, Izanagi waved his sisters off as he felt slightly enraged by his cousin's comments, Izanagi's left eye glowed a bright red for a few moments whilst his right eye also glowed a pure white. The anger that was being boiled up in Izanagi made his skin shiver as his lip twitched with irritation.
'The nerve of them... I just wanted to hang out with my nee-san's... not them... they always seem to try to anger me...'
Izanagi glared at Shogo as he made his point known that he did not want to be bothered right now, Shogo smirked stared at Izanagi with longing hatred growing in his eyes. Izanagi gritted his teeth slightly.
"Nee-san's I can handle myself..." Izanagi brushed past his sisters as he stood in-front of them and closer towards the Shogo.
"You know, Izanami, Shizuka, Minazuki and Shiori, it isn't too late to join me against this fool." Shogo looked at the four sisters individually, Shogo gestured for them to join him.
Instead, the four sisters looked at him with a mix of emotions, those were Hatred and disgust. Shogo could feel their hatred for him staring into his soul. He winced at that slightly as he had wanted the four for so long.
"No matter, there's always time to convert you into joining me, you will after all."
Shogo's confidence was very high which became clear to those watching. Izanagi rolled his eyes in response, which seemed to annoy Shogo to no end.
"What? Your sister's would-be fitting women for me, after all you are still too young and a garbage Orimura." Shogo insulted Izanagi which left his sister's more agitated that his name was being thrown in the mud.
"Unlike you, power and women are two things I do not chase, its rather annoying to see your repeated attempts in trying to win over my sisters when they are clearly interested in me." Izanagi narrowed his eyes at his older cousin, Shogo could tell that the younger boy was taunting him without meaning to.
"What are you saying?! You are much better than me?!" Shogo shouted with an enraged tone behind his voice. Izanagi could not feel an ounce of fear that left him scared to face Shogo, instead he found it almost laughable.
"I used to be quite dense to these types of things, you know... then I looked at the bigger picture, I will not be taken for a fool no longer." Izanagi's eyes began to glow with [Jaaku Reiki] and [Jusunia Reiki] in his eyes.
"Your dead..." Shogo summoned his sword as he prepared to fight Izanagi with all of his might.
"Yeah, yeah... whatever..." Izanagi rolled his eyes before drawing his own sword to fight, Izanagi turned around to face his sisters as they watched with a serious expression. "Relax nee-sans, I've already won this battle! I won it once he came here today! You will see what I mean soon enough!"
Izanagi turned back around to face Shogo before a thin layer of both of his aura's began crowding around his body in perfect harmony.
"Prepare to die, trash."
"Orimura-ryu Ougi: Aki!"
(BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!)
Izanagi and Shogo collided as the two fought with all of their might on this beautiful day. Both of their aura's clashing as the two tried their best to beat each other and prove once and for all, who was the superior out of the two. It did not take long for everyone spectating to see who the superior within the fight was.
[Flashback Ends]
"GUH!"
"Shut up Iris!"
"What? I can't hear you! I think I might go deaf at this point!"
Currently, the teachers of the IS Academy trained with Shiori Orimura, one of the many matriarchs of the Orimura clan. After forcing the several teacher's to slowly make their way towards the castle weeks ago whilst forcing unimaginable pressure on their bodies, Shiori decided to revisit that type of training as she made the teachers go through the same process once again, although this time, the teachers in question were slowly getting used to feeling that they had been in for a second time now.
Watching from a distance, Shiori waited patiently as she waited for her students to reach the end of today's training, during the last few weeks, Shiori saw very good results in the teacher's training's as their bodies began to get used to the training's the toughest of Orimura's went through. Shiori made a note of that particular result as she wanted to up the tempo in the next dance of their training, Shiori knew she wouldn't be able to do it quite yet, so she set it as a target for another time.
'I must say, these ladies have quite a bit of potential... I am rather impressed, if they had the abilities of an Orimura... no I dare say they could be a force to be reckoned with?'
Shiori thought about their potential with her own family's unique power, although Shiori perhaps did not want to admit it, she knew the teachers were already powerful enough to handle some of the lesser Orimura's. The thought got her excited as she could imagine the potential of the teachers with [Jaaku Reiki] or [Reiki] itself.
'Well other than those war diva's... they are the closest thing to rivalling us Orimura's... not too sure whether if that's a good or a bad thing.'
Shiori did not consider the war diva's or any normal person to be the rival herself and her family, although she knew the power behind the war diva's, she did not take too much notice of their presences since they rescued Izanagi from their clutches, Shiori predicted that she wouldn't take too much notice of them unless something drastic happens from now.
'Well, they have progressed quite well if I say, maybe we start a new type of training? The ladies here have yet to be fully aware of their surroundings.'
"Well, if it makes you feel better! I'm personally starting to get used to this training! Although it makes wants to give up!" Satella shouted as she leaded the race with the other teachers following in pursuit. Shiori who was using her incredible hearing, she heard what the busty teacher said and nodded as she agreed with her.
"Definitely! One thing that keeps me going is the thought of losing to you ladies! Hell would freeze over before I ever come last!" Natasha shouted to the other teachers as she was in second place behind Satella. Natalia, Iris, Serafina followed her from behind in toe with each other.
"Clearly you haven't heard about 'slow and steady wins the race!'. I could easily outlast you girls in these circumstances, any day!" Serafina boasted with confidence that the girls picked up on. Natasha and Natalia rolled their eyes in response.
"Sure, you could! I would rather die than let you outlast me in this hell training we are being put through!" Iris gritted her teeth as she struggled to take steps, her will power kept her going as she refused to lose to her colleagues and friends.
"We've heard this before ladies! I suggest we actually back it up one of these days with the training already..." Natalia and the other teachers began to see the exit in-front of them as they approached the end of their training.
"We're almost there!"
Satella turned her head slightly as she let her friends know about the exit up ahead. The teachers nodded in response. The teachers were currently feeling the pressure as they had to walk up a tilted hill slightly.
'She's really putting us through the paces with this training... when I think it's the end, she puts us through back into the deep end... you really know how to make feel like I should give up... don't you Shiori Orimura?'
Satella laughed to herself as she realised that Shiori knew her and the teacher's behind her so well, unbeknownst to Satella, Shiori who was watching from a distance, knew exactly what Satella was thinking and responded by a smirk spreading across her face.
'You are not exactly hard to read, Satella Montgomery Hansenberg. In fact, I would consider you to be an open book when it comes to who you are. I've had to read harder characters, like that mysterious father of mine, of course.'
Shiori continued to watch the girls from a distance as she realised that they were getting ever so closer to the ending of their training for the day. Shiori let out a breath before realising she had better get a move on and wait at the exit. Without wasting any more time, Shiori quickly disappeared from the naked eye as she made her way towards the teachers.
"WE'RE ALMOST THERE!"
"WE KNOW!"
"OH, SHUT UP ALREADY!"
The group of teachers were mere metres away as they were knocking on the door of the exit, each step caused more pressure on the ladies with equal amount of pain spreading throughout their bodies. Their bones continued to shake as they trembled their way towards the finish line, Shiori who was a distance away earlier, was already standing at the finish line whilst waiting for the teachers to finish up.
"Shiori? I didn't see you up here..." Satella said whilst making eye contact with the busty blonde in-front of her. Shiori nodded and gestured for the girl to continue to get to the exit line, after all, Satella was mere steps away from the finish line.
"Ahhhh... does the training end here today? I don't think I could take anymore after this... especially after this training and this morning's training." Iris said after Satella stepped over the finish line to finish her training for the day.
"I was wondering the same thing... you sure have been putting us through harder training than I think we have ever been through..." Natasha said as she also stepped over the finishing line, feeling the relentless pressure she had felt for some time, leave her without a worry.
"Of course, you are free to relax today, however I have something to mention before you ladies go and relax for the time being." Shiori waited for the other teachers to cross the finish line before she would continue.
"Please elaborate on what you have to tell us." Satella wiped the sweat that was beaming on her forehead before giving the blonde her full attention. The other teacher's nodded in response to Satella as they waited patiently for her to continue.
"First thing I should mention ladies, is that your friend Maya Yamada will be joining the training, she's currently getting settled in for the remainder of time you are training for." Shiori answered simply as she awaited the teachers to ask her an array of questions.
"She's joining us…Why now of all times?"
"That's great! Although I do wonder why she didn't join us in the first place?"
"Yes, I agree, she had her reasons for staying back so why is she joining now of all times?"
Natasha, Iris and Satella asked the matriarch a series of questions as they were curious to find out why Maya was joining them now.
"Now, now, If I remember correctly, Tabane mentioned to me that Maya had to deal with something in the IS academy so she would join late." Shiori's mind casted back to a previous conversation she had with Tabane Shinonono. Satella nodded and crossed her arms in response as she made eye contact with Shiori.
"Is there anything you need to tell us? You sounded like you had more to share." Satella raised her eyebrows as her curiosity began to grow, Shiori nodded as she wasn't quite finished yet.
"Training will take a different approach from tomorrow; I will not elaborate too much on that matter but... be prepared to train like an a true Orimura." Shiori put emphasis on the word Orimura, her eyes told the teacher's that the training they were going to be put through were nothing to overlook.
"""" Will do!"""
The teacher's spoke out at the same time, Shiori smiled brightly at the teacher's before rubbing the temple of her forehead.
"Well, I suppose we should get you girls back." Shiori said before she summoned her sword which she was going to use to cut a hole through space and time. The teachers made a confused look as they did not understand what their teacher was doing.
(SLASH) (SLASH)
Before the teacher's knew it, a hole appeared in-front of them and Shiori Orimura, their jaws dropped as they could not fathom what just happened in-front of them. Shiori smirked as she realised the teachers wore a shocked expression.
""""EHHHHHHHHHH?!"""
"..."
With her head hung low, Sakura leaned against the wall whilst wearing a sullen expression, her demeanour seemed completely off for the blue haired girl who seemed to approach Sakura. Noticing her younger friend was not in the best of moods, Sakura twirled her waist length pink hair around her fingers as she continued to stare at the ground. Tatenashi decided to change her approach when it came to Sakura and the particular situation she was entering.
'Clearly she isn't feeling too great... I should refrain from adding to it, although I do need to talk to her about that...'
Tatenashi approached Sakura as the younger girl was too deep into her thoughts to notice her sudden appearance. The look that Sakura wore was all too well known for Tatenashi, she had worn the same expression in the past. Shaking her head, she felt the desire to help the younger girl out. Although she was clueless where to start with her friend.
"Sakura?"
Tatenashi tilted her head slightly to try to get the attention the younger girl. Sakura did not hear her calling out to her, it took Tatenashi to gently shake her to get the pink haired girl out of her thoughts.
"Eh? Senpai? What are you doing here? I thought you would be heading back to your training by now?" Sakura raised her eyebrows at the blue haired friend that she knew so well.
"Well, I talked to Ayaka about a few things before whilst you and the other two were training together, I made my mind up to have a little conversation with you, I noticed there was something oddly off with you." Tatenashi smiled slightly at the younger girl as she looked towards the training ground next to them.
"What do you mean senpai? I didn't feel like I was off in today's training at all." Sakura tilted her head and raised her eyebrows in confusion, her light pink eyes wandered from Tatenashi to the hems of her yukata as she readjusted her attire.
Tatenashi took what Sakura said into account. She recognised the longing look that Sakura wore in her eyes as she trained relentlessly with the other two, earlier on.
"There could be a chance I'm wrong, but I have a feeling you are missing something?" Tatenashi refused to make eye contact as she stared at the night sky above the two. Sakura gulped and adjusted her hair.
"Missing something... to be honest senpai... I'm not too sure about my own feeling's myself... I find myself... not right at this point in time?" Sakura wore the sullen look she had before Tatenashi approached her, although she did not want to admit it, Sakura knew she was not at her best at the current time.
"Well maybe we can both learn a few things of this conversation, but I think we have a lot in common that even you do not realise." Tatenashi made a small smile towards Sakura as she made eye contact with the younger girl.
"Maybe you are right, thinking about it senpai, our routes in life are similar if you think about it." Sakura giggled slightly as she found it oddly funny to know how similar they are. Tatenashi grinned like a Cheshire cat and nodded in response.
"We are very similar indeed, although there are a few things I wanted to talk to you about, one of them being Ichika actually." Tatenashi brought her senpai into the conversation which made her curious to know why exactly.
"What has Ichika-senpai done? Or did you want to talk about him in general?" Sakura wore an interested expression on her face as she was growing more curious to know what Tatenashi had to say.
"I wanted to talk about Ichika-kun because he helped me with some of my own issues actually... I say this because you might be able to learn a few things from my story so far." Tatenashi made a sweet smile to the younger girl as she patted her on the head before turning towards the sky once again, this time, Tatenashi watched one of stars pass by.
"Please elaborate." Sakura replied before leaning her head on the wall behind her.
"Well, as you know I haven't had the best relationship with my little sister Kanzashi... our relationship a while ago now, was quite... distasteful? We never got on for that period of time. I think Ichika-kun spotted it and unknowingly started to mend the bridge which is getting better over time... not fixed yet, but getting there..."
Tatenashi began to think about her relationship with her little sister as she looked towards the sky, Sakura couldn't help but think about her own family, back home. Her relationship with her younger sister, was complicated to say at the very least.
"Ichika-kun helped me realize that since my relationship with my sister had become estranged... I became lonely unknowingly, I owe Ichika-kun quite a bit as he changed a few things around me, for the better, might I add." Tatenashi paused for a few moments as she secretly thanked Ichika in her mind whilst wearing a smile.
"Ah I see, are you still in the middle or repairing your relationship with your sister, senpai?" an interested expression spread throughout Sakura's face as she found herself comparing Tatenashi's situation to her own.
"Yes, these types of things take quite a while to fix... It must be nice for those who have good relationship with their families... admittedly, I am quite jealous of those actually." Tatenashi thought about her mother, sister and those back her clan, that she cared for so dearly.
"I have to admit also Tatenashi-senpai... I am the same too... I see the other's having a good relationship with their parents and it makes me wonder where it went wrong for my situation." Sakura confessed to Tatenashi, she nodded in response as she understood the pain the younger girl was going through.
"Although me and my mom have quite a... strained relationship, I still love her as much as it seems like I don't at times. Being the heir to my clan means that I have to learn off of my mom and at the moment I cannot do that." Sakura nodded as she understood.
"I see... senpai."
Sakura took everything Tatenashi said into account.
"I want you to know that it's okay to miss your family, it's fine to want to fix any broken relationships that may be left unbroken for now, but more importantly, do not forget what makes you the person you are." Tatenashi giggled as she watched her younger friend. Sakura after taking her Tatenashi's words in, felt a new resurgence of confidence flowing within her.
'I see now... we do not grow as people unless we understand the problems that are in-front of us...thank you, Tatenashi senpai!'
Sakura bowed at Tatenashi who now wore a confused expression on her face as she didn't understand why her kouhai was bowing. The feeling of wanting to train once again began to give Sakura more reason to stay up later than usual. Sakura found herself feeling at peace for the first time in quite a while, it was a strange feeling for her, and she did not know how to deal with the feeling quite yet.
"Erm Sakura? Why are you bowing to me?" the elder girl asked the younger one, clearly still confused at her actions.
"I wanted to thank you for this conversation, you might not realise it, but this conversation taught me a lot!" Sakura bowed once again, Tatenashi made a wry expression as she waved off Sakura's thank you gesture.
"It's fine! You don't have to thank me; it was something that taught us both to realise that everything isn't as it appears." Tatenashi grinned like a Cheshire cat as she crossed her arms, Sakura picked her training weapon and let out a breath.
"Still, I do really appreciate it senpai, I'm going to train a bit extra then call it a night I think?" Sakura put her fingers to her lips as she thought. Tatenashi nodded in response and leaned her head against the wall behind her. Sakura with a bright smile on her face, made her way in-front of Tatenashi and walked onto the soil of the training ground she had become so used to.
"Oh? You are going to do some extra training? I'll watch for a while before I head back myself... I will probably be forced to catch up when I arrive back." Tatenashi giggled nervously as she imagined going through the tough training once again.
"I understand... senpai!" Sakura continued to swing with flawless technique behind her attacks, Sakura imagined an opponent in-front of her at all times. Tatenashi watched with an impressed expression on her face.
'I've got to give it to the girl, she never gives up until she achieves perfection... she's rather impressive, I wonder what she thinks of Sakura's training so far?'
Tatenashi was alluding to the woman that was teaching Sakura and the other girls at the moment. Although the thought did not stay on her mind for too long as she continued to watch Sakura train with the moon shining over them, being the only light source, they had. Eventually after a few minutes, Tatenashi's mind couldn't help but wonder what their future looked like.
After all, these thoughts only happen when it became dark outside.
