Ryu listened to them arguing. It was of course about her. Her mother was saying that she should have taken Ryu and moved far away so that she wouldn't have gotten mixed up in the Clan. In fact that's what she was planning on doing.

Ryu exited the closet shocking them all.

"I wont go." she stated and felt Hiro cling to her leg. "You can't make me and even if you do it's too late. I have a power. I'm involved whether you want me to be or not. Kaito may not understand what I'm saying but you do, mother." Her mother had paled at her words. "You're right this is dangerous. I understand that so I will not hold it against you if you and Kaito take Hiro away to America or wherever. I don't want you getting hurt on my account."

"What are you talking about?" Kaito demanded.

"Should I tell him the truth, mother?" Ryu wondered. "Should I tell him why you really left father?"

"No, I don't want him and Hiro involved!" she cried. "Fine you can stay here with your father. I'm taking Hiro and leaving."

"NO!" Hiro bawled. "You not take me from Ryu-Tan!" he clung as tightly as he could to her legs. "I stay with Ryu-Tan!"

"It is too dangerous, Hiro." mom said, picking him up. He reached for Ryu who just stared at her mother. "I guess this is goodbye then."

"Like I care." Ryu snapped. "I'm surprised it took you this long to abandon me. After all I know how much you and Kaito hate me thanks to my power. "

"I don't hate you, Ryuki." mom sighed. "I'm..."

"I don't need to hear your lies." Ryu said cutting her off.

Ryuzaki sighed this wasn't how he'd wanted this to go.

"Now that this is settled come, Ryuki, we must train you to control your sword."

Ki Channeling- 1

Ryu used the Rising Dragon Breathing technique while channeling Ki into Kurou no tatsu while she went through her paces.

"She doesn't hate you, Ryuki." Ryuzaki said, keeping a close eye on his daughter. "She's afraid of you and what you may one day become. She knows the Abyss she knew about it when we married, she knew about the Clan and what it really is for awhile she accepted it." Ryu stayed focused she was already drenched in sweat. " On the day we were coming home after finding out about you we stopped at a bookstore on the way back we were attacked by members of The Shadow. I fought them off but she was hurt and almost lost you. She'd never seen me use my powers before, she'd never seen me use Clan techniques or my sword. She was paralyzed with shock and fear. She's not strong like us, my little dragon. She left shortly after a few months later we were divorced. She saw a very bad side of me that night and she fears that you will turn out like me."

"How is that a bad a thing?" Ryu finally asked. "I want to be like you, father. Strong, brave, unafraid..."

"I have been afraid every day for the last sixteen years." Ryuzaki chuckled. "Afraid that I will loose you and your mother. I still love her, little dragon and I know that she still loves me."

Ryu was confused by hearing that.

"Have you told her yet, uncle?" Aki had entered the room and was watching.

"Not yet." Ryuzaki sighed. "Ryuki as you know you are heiress of this clan..."

"So you set up a match meeting?" Ryu wondered. "It was only a matter of time I suppose. You going to find me a suitable partner so that we may have strong children right?"

"That's correct." Ryuzaki chuckled with a fond smile on his face. "I believe I've already found one. The third son of the Setting Son clan..."

"Reiki Hinori." Ryu replied, "He sits next to me in class. He must have already been informed because he kept looking at me during class today. It was rather annoying."

Ryuzaki chuckled.

"You are a very beautiful girl I'm sure most boys look at you."

"No not really." Ryu replied continuing her training this was getting hard. "They tend to stay away from me because of my temper and lets face it most guys don't like girls that can kick the shit out of them."

Ryuzaki laughed and Aki scoffed.

"We are doing an information exchange." Ryuzaki informed. "We give them some copies of our Clan Techniques and they do the same. You'll meet your Fiance at that time. Which is in two hours please go show and put on the kimono that is laid out for you, little dragon."

Ryu walked into the main meeting room wearing a black kimono with cherry blossoms on it. Conversation stopped and everyone stared. Reiki was almost drooling.

"I apologize for being late, father, Kaito stopped me."

She sat on the pillow between her father and grandfather and served her fiance and herself tea. She didn't know why he was staring so much. So she was in a kimono so what? it wasn't like she was cute or anything. She listened to the conversation and watched the exchange of scrolls on Clan techniques. She was itching to get her hands on some of those to see if she could learn them with this new power of hers.

But before she could do that...

"We are also here today to finalize the marriage contract between Ryuki Kuzuryu and Reiki Hinori." Reiki's father said.

"I accept." Ryuki replied as was her duty. She could feel her Clan relax was Reiki really someone who could lead this clan? Was he strong enough? Did he have what it took? He was only the Middle son after all. In her Clan the Eldest son always got the most attention and best training. That was until she'd come along. "I look forward to getting to know you, Hinori-san."

"Please call me my name." Reiki asked.

"Very well, Reiki-san." Ryu agreed, it was the least she could do for him. "Then you must call me Ryu. It's only fair. I call you by your name you must call me by mine."

"Of course." Reiki beamed. "Ryu-Chan."

Ryu bowed her head respectfully.

Right now Ryu was cursing herself and this stupid match meeting. She was walking around the grounds with Reiki. Both were silent lost in there own thoughts but this was supposed to be showing him around the Clan.

"I probably interrupted your training by coming here today didn't I?" Reiki finally spoke. She glanced over at him. He was a foot and a half taller than her at least. "I wasn't supposed to come today. My dad wanted me to stay at home because he wasn't sure if your father had told you about this yet." He blushed. "and maybe because I wanted to see you outside of school." Ryu was getting a weird feeling. "So I guess since we're engaged I can get up enough courage to say this now..." He stopped them under a cherry blossom tree. "Ryu-Chan, I really like you and have for a very long time now. Ever since I first saw you on the first day of Kindergarten but I'm coward and couldn't tell you..."

"A confession?" Ryu thought to herself. "I've never gotten one of these before. What am I supposed to do?"

"I will try to return your feelings." Ryu replied.

"I understand." Reiki laughed rubbing the back of his head.

A skill has been created!

Killer Intent-1

It quickly leveled up.

"Huh?" Ryu spun trying to figure out where it was coming from. Her eyes landed on a pissed off Aki who was glaring at Reiki as he approached. "What's with the Killer Intent, Aki-san?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Aki replied calmly.

"Then how do you explain these?" she pointed at the various screens that told her she was gaining levels for KI.

"Explain what?" Aki asked, "I don't see anything."

Ryu sighed.

"It's my power and it says you're blasting Killer Intent. It's leveled up from level 1 to level 10 already cool it!" Ryu snapped. "Or I'll get Kurou no tatsu and make you."

Aki took a few calming breathes and looked at her.

"I didn't expect you to accept." Aki sighed. "You shouldn't have! You shouldn't have accepted this outsider! You should have married within the clan! You shouldn't have followed in your father's footsteps!"

Ryu was surprised. Then it clicked.

"Marry within the clan? Marry whom exactly? You? Do you really think that I would give you the chance to Rule this Clan? I don't think so, Aki-san, you are not on my list nor my radar."

Aki lashed out and hit her.

"DRAGON FIST!"

Blood flew out of Aki's mouth as Ryu's fist hit him hard in the stomach people were running towards them now from both clans. Ryu twisted her fist and heard several ribs break. She then stepped aside and let him fall to the ground. Smoke rose off of her fist. She flexed it a few times making sure she hadn't done damage. She saw Reiki getting yelled at by his father for not protecting her.

"Thank you for not interfering, Rei-Kun." Reiki blushed. "I do like handling things like this on my own."

"It's just you don't strike me as a girl who needs protecting." Reiki replied.

"Quite right." She replied. "I would like to apologize on behalf of my Clan for my cousin's rude behavior." She bowed to the Setting Sun Clan. "It was most inappropriate."

Ryuzaki was glad to see that his daughter was taking this seriously but a little worried on how she was acting. He could tell that Reiki Hinori was concerned as well. Regardless the boy bowed back.

"It's really okay." Reiki replied. "May I heal you?"

Ryu was shocked by the request but nodded. She stiffened as his fingers brushed her cheek the one she'd been hit on.

You're wound has been Healed!

"Is that your power then?" she wondered. "You're a healer?"

"Er...it's just a Clan Technique that I'm really good at." Reiki replied nervously. "That was a cool Dragon Fist by the way."

"It's one of our Clan's basic techniques." Ryu replied.

"I mean it looked powerful that's all."

Ryu nodded at least they were having a conversation now. She wasn't the only one relaxing at the fact that they were interacting so well with each other either. Somehow they continued their walk around and she got asked out on a proper date. After they both looked at the calendars on their phones they set the Date for the following Saturday after school as they were both busy until then.

That night Ryu fell into futon exhausted.