To say that the masters were busy mulling over what they had found out about Ichigo and her past a few days ago was an understatement. Almost as if saying that Apachai and Shigure had suddenly decided to attach themselves to the girl and spend their every waking moment in her presence, was.
Sakaki was pissed- and not in his usual way. This was something...darker. More oppressive. And significantly fucking scarier than his usual anger.
Which was why he wasn't allowed to train Kenichi at the moment.
No one wanted the kid to really die during his training this time. Especially at the karate master's hands. The boy would probably be so traumatized afterwards that he'd run screaming at the sight of the man. Just like he had with Apachai when he'd accidentally killed him that one time during training.
Akisame was merely quieter than usual. As was Kensei, whom had shockingly decided out of the blue to put his...perverted ways aside for the moment and actually behave for once.
And the elder...well, he sort of up and disappeared the same morning that they finished watching the last video, and no one really knew where the man had gone. Much less how long he'd be MIA for.
The only relatively normal ones at the moment were the kids. Though they hadn't been unaffected by what Ichigo had revealed to them either.
Kenichi had made a habit of walking up to Ichigo and randomly hugging her every time he saw her now. And Miu had made a habit of asking her to help her with some cooking recipes that she had never tried before.
The other girl of course, balked at the idea of stepping into the kitchen again. Especially since she didn't know if it was part of the master's evil plan to make her cook for them again or not. And she was naturally suspicious given their prior behavior when it came to her cooking.
But after looking around at the men/woman she sighed and decided that maybe Miu asking for help was a good thing. After all, everyone was acting weird.
Well, weirder than they apparently were on a normal day anyways. So naturally, it was only a matter of time before someone finally snapped. Everyone had thought that it would be Kenichi given the fact that he was Ichigo's blood kin however he surprised them by not snapping.
No. It was Sakaki this time who finally snapped.
And when he did- he accidentally- or however accidentally a rage fueled martial arts master who was ever so slightly drunk could be- sent a tree crashing through the kitchen wall and could have wound up seriously hurting both Miu and Ichigo if not for the fact that both girls possessed more than incredible reflexes.
As it was, the second that Sakaki realized what he'd done he started swearing whereas the other masters all gaped in shock. Except for Apachai and Shigure.
Apachai was panicking because both girls were in there and he couldn't tell if they were okay or not. while Shigure pulled out one of her swords and looked at the karate master as if she were going to skin him alive.
Finally managing to shake themselves out of their funk, both Kensei and Akisame ran over to see if they could find the girls. After all, they could be trapped or unconscious.
Or something, much, much worse.
And while both of them could more or less take care of themselves- Ichigo was still in a bad way because of her health at the moment. Any injury that she sustained no matter how big or small could take years off of the girl's life!
And if she had just gotten injured, Kenichi would literally tear someone's head off once he found out.
"Ichigo! Miu! Are the two of you alright?" Kensei called out worriedly as they frantically tried to remove the tree.
There was a heartbeat or so of silence, causing their anxiety to spike significantly- mental images of one or both girls being skewered alive on a tree branch dancing through their worried minds- before they could hear Miu coughing as she slowly crawled her way forward through the branches.
Visibly slumping forward a little bit to rest his hands on his knee's, Kensei's relief was a palpable thing. Akisame supposed that he'd react the same way if he had just a little bit less control on his emotions. Still...he was relieved that Miu was okay.
But he was still worried about Ichigo since she hadn't bothered to answer him or Akisame any.
"Miu," The man said as he reached out and took hold of the blonde's upper arm and helped her up and then began to steer her away from the scene while Akisame stayed behind to see if he could find the other girl. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine," The girl said in a slightly dazed tone. "Ichigo pushed me out of the way before the tree crashed through the wall..." She paused for a moment, suddenly realizing that the other girl wasn't present and then begun to freak out.
"Oh god! Ichigo! Is she okay?" She started to run back towards the house, but he kept a firm grip on her and merely shook his head no.
"Stay here, Miu. Akisame and I will find her." Kensei said firmly as he helped the protesting girl sit down a few feet away from the house and then waved Apachai over to keep an eye on her since he had been crying in distress up until this point.
Not just because of what Sakaki had done, but because Shigure had one of her knives out and was chasing after the karate master all around the yard, threatening to skin him alive if either girl was hurt. Luckily Apachai quickly fell silent when he realized he was being called over and hurried over to Miu's side, and was distracted enough to rush over and check her over for himself.
Which was good since it meant that he and Miu would keep each other busy for now.
By the time he had returned to help, Akisame had not only found Ichigo but was also helping her get outside the same way that Miu had.
"Are you alright?" He asked in a low, urgent tone once he had her out into the open and was helping her to her feet. "Is your chest hurting any?"
"I'm alright." She said as she slowly tried to extract herself from his grasp. However the man was holding onto her so tightly that it wasn't hard for her to tell that his hands were shaking a little bit. "The tree mostly startled me."
She assured him as she took a moment to wave at Miu and Apachai with a slightly forced smile on her face so that they wouldn't worry anymore than they already had. After that she looked around the yard to try and find Sakaki and noticed that Shigure had him trapped in a tree.
She started to pull herself away from Akisame, but the man quickly snatched her arm causing her to jerk her head around to look at him. "Don't. Just let Shigure keep him there for a bit. I need to take you to the clinic and double check everything, just to be on the safe side."
"But- Hey!" She shouted in protest as she suddenly felt herself being scooped up in the man's arms.
"No buts. This is happening." Akisame said firmly, tightening his grip on her body a tad when she tried to squirm. Effectively stopping her before she could even get far enough to force him to drop her, before slumping over in his arms and pouting.
