Ryu got up early and met Hiro, Ryuzaki and Aki for morning training.

"Go to bed, Hiro." She said, instantly.

"No." He said, "I'm training with Ryu-Tan till I have to leave."

Ryu sighed.

"Fine, but just do as much as you can don't push yourself to hard and I'm not teaching you Ki."

Aki and Ryuzaki watched Hiro pout both wondering if learning Ki was something the boy wanted. They all began stretching out. It was clear Hiro did this often as he went through the motions easily. Then morning training began.

Ryu was just starting sword training the final part of her morning training when she wondered if she was going to get this Morning Training Quest everyday. Not that she minded it would go a long way to help her leveling up and getting stronger. She looked at Hiro he hadn't been able to do a lot of the training but he'd done his best. She finished a little earlier today so she gave Hiro a massage to help ease the pain then sent him to shower and get ready for school. She quickly did the same and went to breakfast.

It was an intense affair from the moment Hiro began talking about morning Training with Ryu-Tan.

"Do not worry, mother," Ryu said, "I refused flat out to teach him Ki though he has repeatedly begged me to do so. I would like it if you would find a nice dojo for him to study at when you move to America. He has a real talent for the Martial Arts and it would be a pity to waste that."

Kaito was not pleased he wanted his son to be an office worker just like him not a Martial Artist.

"Do you think I could win tournaments like you, Ryu-Tan?" Hiro asked bouncing on his legs that he was sitting on.

"With a little more training you could enter the children's tournament next week and win with no problem." Ryu replied. Hiro lit up. "I'm entering the Highschool version of that Tournament and so is Rei-Kun though he doubts he'll make it to the Semi-finals. Rei-Kun said his sister is entering the Children's tournament..."

"Rika-tan is entering!" Hiro looked really excited now. "Then I'm entering too! I can't wait to tell Rika-Tan at school today! She's my girlfriend did you know that, Ryu-Tan?"

"i remember you saying you had a girlfriend and talking a lot about Rika-san but no I did not put the two together and I did not know she was of the Hinori Clan."

"Yep, she is she's really pretty too!" Hiro babbled.

Ryuzaki felt sorry for the boy. It was clear he had feelings for this Rika Hinori even at such a young age and here he would be moving away from her.

After breakfast Ryu put Hiro on her back in the yard.

"Are you going to carry him the whole way?" Kaito wondered. "As part of your training?"

"I'm going to Flash to school so it wont take that long." Ryu replied.

"You can use Dragon Flash?" Ryuzaki asked with a smile.

"I'm learning it." Ryu answered. "It's not even at level 2 yet so I have a long way to go but I figure with morning training this is the best way to get to school on time and surprisingly Hiro doesn't get sick from it."

"You have no ill side-effects using it?" Ryuzaki wondered. "You don't get hurt?"

"I read that if my Vitality or VIT isn't high enough I could get hurt but my VIT is on par with my DEX or Dexterity which the skill is dependent on so no I don't get hurt. I'll need to raise both a great deal to ultimately master the skill." Ryu explained. "We can talk more after school."

"Dragon Flash!"

She flashed away running as fast as she could. Kaito was stunned.

"Is this one of those...Ki techniques?" He grunted.

"Well, yes, dear it is." Mother said, It was half lie and half truth.

Ryu sped to a stop right in front of Rei who was waiting he grinned at her as she set Hiro down. Hiro and Rika were hugging instantly.

"That's now how I get to school but I bet my dad would love me to learn our Flash technique." Rei chuckled.

They walked the kids to class then went towards their own.

"May...I..." Rei blushed and looked around.

"May you what?" Ryu asked, "Kiss me hello? No." Rei blushed worse. "Hold my hand as you walk me to class? I don't see why not."

Rei nodded and slid his hand into hers. This is what he'd wanted to ask he was glad she'd given him permission.

People stared at them as they walked toward their class and their class stared when they arrived. The desks were suddenly two person desks so Ryu and Rei sat together at the one where Ryu would normally sit. Ryu was ofcourse next to the window.

"What is going on here?" The class president demanded having marched over to them. It was then that Ryu noticed the fathers and older brothers in the room. She watched her father and Rei's father enter and gave hers a glare. She also remembered that Reiki was actually a very popular guy because of his good looks and personality. "Why are you hold Rei-Kun's hand?!"

"Because I'm his wife." Ryu replied in an emotionless voice.

Rei went crimson and the grils in the room were outraged.

"Ryu-Chan means we're engaged to be married." Rei quickly corrected. "So it's only natural that we hold hands isn't it?"

The outrage and crying continued until the bell rang. Ryu found the whole thing rather annoying. Rei seemed to find it exhausting.

Once Art started they were set to work with Clay again.

"You really like Dragons don't you?" Rei teased seeing the line of perfect clay dragons on the desk.

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"I guess so." She replied, "What are you trying to make?"

"Art really isn't my subject." Rei blushed and looked down at the vaguely human looking clay in front of him. "I don't have a talent at it like you do."

"I'm sure you're talented in something else." Ryu replied.

"Not really." He mumbled. "I mean I'm good at school and sports but I don't really have a talent for anything. I'm good at it because I work hard."

"Everyone has a talent in something." Ryu replied. "That's what my father says. Mine just happens to be Art and my mother isn't thrilled by that at all. She wanted me to be good at Music."

"Well, then I guess my Talent is Healing." Rei thought.

Rei's father was frowning hard. Hating that his son had just told her that. How dare he show her that he was weak she would demand a new match!

"That's a noble skill." Ryu said, nodding. "But I prefer fighting honestly, you know my anger issues and all that."

Rei chuckled at that. They chatted quietly while they worked. Ryu producing wonderful chibi dragons over and over again while Rei tried and failed to make a girl out of clay. Ryu got praised for her work, a lot, and Rei got encouraged not to give up.

"Oh, Kuzuryu-san, I need that painting by Friday." the teacher replied.

"I'm sorry, things have been a little hectic I'll have it turned in by then it shouldn't take too long." Ryu replied.

The day seemed to go on forever before it was finally the last class of the day. Ryu stole the ball from the other team and dribbled down field making sure she controlled it with her feet. She moved around with it dodging other players. She looked for an opening and kicked the ball as hard as she could towards the goal. Rei was nearby he would get to it and send it the rest of the way. Sure enough that's exactly what happened and their team won the match.

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Ryu didn't really care that they'd won or that she'd actually helped them win she hated gym class but until the current Club President of the Martial Arts club let her in she was stuck here.

She showered, dressed and then met with Rei, his father, and Ryuzaki outside the gym. They went to pick up Hiro and Riza. Riza was very upset.

"Hiro-Tan is moving!" She bawled into her daddy's chest.

Hiro was clinging to Ryu.

"I don't want to but daddy is making me, Riza-Tan." He told her again for the hundredth time that day. "I want to stay with Ryu-Tan and Riza-Tan but daddy says we gotta move to America."

Riza continued to cry and not even an Ice Cream would make her stop. They all ended up back at the Kuzuryu Clan house.