Walking past Goro, who was sitting and sulking by the front gate entrance to the brothel grounds, Tasuki set Kouji against the front wall of the brothel. He scans the scene around him. He was searching for anything to help wake up his friend. The only he saw was a troff filled with water by the porch. A wicked smile came across Tasuki's face as he put the two and two together. He quickly picked up his friend up like how he had him. As he walked over to the troff, he talked with him.

"Hey Kouji, you look like ya could use a nice refreshing bath. Now I want ya to stop me if I'm wrong now."

Tasuki reached the troff and stood there for a couple of seconds. He placed his right foot on the edge. With his friend still unconscious, Tasuki formed an evil grin across his face. He quickly threw his friend into the water. He rested his forearms on his knee as he watched his friend. The evil grin never left his face. Kouji slowly started to stir from under the water. Within a minute Kouji shot straight up, and gasped for air. Both his hands gripped at the side of the troff while he glared Tasuki down, still gasping. Tasuki held his sides as he laughed at his soaking wet friend. Kouji slowly rose from the troff. Tasuki laughed for a few seconds longer until he saw that his friend's glare went unchanged.

"Don't tell me yer because you got wet. I told ya to stop me if I was wrong but ya never did"

Kouji jumped out from the troff a landed on top of Tasuki. His fists gripped at Tasuki's collar. Tasuki grasped at Kouji's wrists trying to pull his hands off.

"KOUJI! I was only fooling around with ya! Take it easy man!"

Kouji unclasped his right hand and raised it into the air. Tasuki closed his eyes and waited for the impact of his friend's fist into his face. Kouji then gently patted the side of Tasuki's face.

"You fall for it every year."

Kouji jumped off Tasuki and started to laugh loudly. Tasuki glared up at Kouji. Pushing himself off the ground onto Kouji, Knocking him onto the ground. The two wrestled on the ground which caused a few of the girls to poke their heads out of the window. The girls giggled down at the boys rolling in the dirt and fighting.

Chi and Tamika were at the back door, headed toward the bathing house, when they heard all the laughing and fighting. Both girls brushed it off, they didn't have time to stop and see who was making all the noise.

Tamika and Chi stepped into the dimly lit bathing house. Tamika guarded the entrance while chi undid the top half of her kimono and sat on a small bench. She kept her back to Tamika as she brushed out her hair with a heavy sigh. She set the brush on the ground by her feet and looked at the dark liquid in the small pitcher. Tamika could feel the sad tension build up around them.

"Want some help? I helped my mom dye her hair once for a costume party. Of course dyeing all of your hair instead of streaks of color should be easier. Right?"

A small smile formed on Chi's face as she could only image what Tamika was talking about and how silly her mother must have looked. She then would start to pour the dye on to her hair and would brush it through.

"Thank you Tamika, but I think I will do it."

"Your loss my friend."

Both girls started to laugh. While Chi continued to dye her hair, Tamika took a better look around the bathhouse. She saw that their clothes had been folded in little cubbies by her. She saw her school uniform and underwear, a quickly grabbed for them. She moved away from the entrance and took off the kimono she was wearing and put her school uniform on. She saw that the buttons on her white top buttons had been popped off. Frowning she still put it on and figure she would fix it later. Once her jacket was on she put back on her kimono. Chi was done with dying her hair and was wrapping it up into a bun to let the dye soak into her hair. Chi then would cover the front of her and face Tamika. Tamika would go back to the entrance and peak through the curtain that protected them from the outside. She scanned the grounds as chi started to talk behind her.

"What are you planning to get us out of here?"

Tamika kept scanning the ground to see if there was any other way out other then the front gate that was guarded by Goro. Her eyes narrowed as she watched him wave at the girls on the top floor. She softly snorted out air through her nose in disgust and turns her attention back over to Chi. Letting the curtain fall back where it was she leaned against the wall.

"I don't know exactly yet. All I know is we cannot be here for much longer. I did not like the look in her eyes when she found out I was a virgin. All I know is keep close of distance to me as you can and do not let a man take you anywhere. Don't need to lose you once I get a plan together."

Tamika closed her eyes and tilted her head back to the wall. Chi nodded as she played with a string that was coming undone from kimono. Her eyes started to water as the thought of her family came to mind.

"Tamika…what if Goro goes after my family. You heard that girl talking' back in the room... I can't leave knowing that my family will be in danger if I leave here."

Tamika looked at her friend and felt the guilt rise up to her throat. She forgot Chi was from this world. She had a family here. Tamika looked back out the window towards Goro. He was the only problem with any of the plans she made. She knew the mistress would be easy to get around. The mistress could not see past all of the money she would make off Tamika's virginity, to see any kind of plan of escape being formed. Her eyes scanned the walls and saw that some thick vines had grown against and into the wall as she spoke to Chi.

"I am going to be honest Chi. I don't know if he will or won't go after your family. I'm sorry."

Tamika figured if she could not get past Goro then the vines would have to be a plan B. At this point, the vines looked more like a plan A then anything. She could have made a run for it now but it is dangerous to run away in the day light. Nighttime could at least cloak her from Goro. Chi did not like the answer that came from Tamika but knew she was being honest. There really was no guarantee that her family would be safe. She turned her back towards Tamika and began to fill a bucket of water in front of her. Tilting her head she un did the bun and rinsed her hair out. The dye stained her fingers and the floor by her feet. She did her best to keep the dye form her clothes but small spots still managed to land on her. Once she was sure all of the dye was gone from her hair, she twisted her hair to ring out the excess water. She spoke somewhat softly to Tamika.

"Could you hand me a cloth so I don't get my clothes wet. I will go sit out in the sun to let my hair dry."

Tamika grabbed a green cloth and walked over to Chi. Handing the cloth to Chi she watched as Chi wrapped her hair up then tied up the top of her Kimono once again. Tamika followed Chi out of the bathhouse and to the west side of the brothel. Tamika's eyes widened as she saw Chi's hair went from a golden blonde to a dark black. Tamika's face look as though she was about to cry. She placed a hand over her lips as the tears began to swell up in her eyes. Not begin able to hold back her tears she cover he face and let herself cry. It was Chi's turn to have her eyes pop out of her had as she went to Tamika and gently hugged her. Not sure how she should comfort Tamika, she started to rub at her back.

"Don't cry Tamika…"

Chi felt her tears swell up in her eyes as she tried to finish her sentence. She already missed her blonde hair. So what if it was a bad omen these days. It was HER hair. Both Kouji and Tasuki's ear picked up the sound of girls crying and started to head off in the direction of the noise. They were about to round the corner until a familiar voice stopped them both.

"Where are you going, ya know"