Conflict.

Just as any event that offers any kind of spectacle, and that is also open to the general public, the Martial Arts with Weapons Demonstration that one of Nagano's Dojos organized, gathered a considerable amount of people, both local and from other places, that was eager to watch the development of the event.

The general sentiment on town was rather cheerful; local population decided to take a little advantage of the current event and was offering all sort of things that ranged from a man selling posters of the champions of one or another discipline to the old lady selling plushies dressed with samurai traditional robes and that were sporting what looked suspiciously like little Katanas, Naginatas, Wakisashis and Tantos that not only were really curious but also were absolutely cute.

Little by little you could also see how the bus station was slowly bringing both tourists and participants for the event, some already with a destination in mind, and some that arrived to Nagano with nothing but what they had on their backs, and that were usually approached by people offering their decreasing hotels services.

Among those that had a previously planned destination, were a small redhead and a brown haired young man several inches taller than the girl. Both of them were carrying really big luggage that was clearly not of the average kind, because If you looked closely, you could see the outline of a pair of Spades in there.

With a confident stride, they both started their way towards an Inn that was half way between the station and the Gymnasium where the demonstration was to be held, and once there, they proceeded to go to the counter where they were to show their reservation number and get their assigned rooms.

When they got there however, they noticed how a long black haired man was discussing rather agitatedly with one of the two people behind the counter. It stroke Satoru as Odd, but let it slip in favour of getting the other's person attention so he could get their rooms as soon as possible. They were really looking forward to taking a look around town.

Then again, that was the moment he understood why the other man was visibly upset.

It seemed that someone messed up the reservation plans when they were made, creating a conflict between the requests of both the black haired man's family and the one from the Shidou siblings. Both of them requested the same kind of rooms, both of them asked for two and it seemed that their solicitudes were made with only a couple of minutes in between.

The Hotel was now at full capacity, they were unable to redirect any of them to another place as everything was sold out and in the meanwhile, both families were still waiting for a solution to be given.

Sighing in annoyance, Satoru thought that perhaps he could get a compromise between both parties, but before approaching the other man with his idea, he decided to run it with Hikaru first.

Hikaru listened with rapt attention the details of their current predicament, and after giving the Hotel staff an annoyed look, she told her brother that she did not mind to share a room with him, and that the other family could have the other room.

Satoru approached the other man, who presented himself as Soll Zagato, telling him how he was willing to share a room with his sister so they could pick the other one. After a brief exchange between them and the person at the counter, they were able to pick a key each and go on their way already.

Something made Hikaru turn around and see the long haired man again, mostly out of curiosity on him but also too see where he was going. The last thing she was able to see of him was how he got beside a blond woman and another younger man, with short black hair that was clearly related to him.

She was not sure why that other man stole her attention so completely with only a glance in his direction.

And if her incomplete soul-mate melody kept playing on loop inside her head for the rest of the day… well that was nobody's business anyway.