Hey guys I'm back! Yes I know it's been forever since I've updated anything but frankly I was having too much fun with other things. Also I've just got my report card from school. Since I got 1 C I can not use the computer for anything other than research and typing my fics so expect more updates soon unless I find something to do outside of the house.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Techniques/extremely loud shouting"

Last time

Yami stared at the smoking mass of rock in shock. "My apartment…burnt down?"

The police officer he was talking to nodded "Hai, apparently someone threw a fire bomb into it when everyone was away. Luckily no one was hurt."

Miu, Kenichi and the others just stared at pile of rocks that was formerly their new friend's home.

Miu patted him on the back weary of his possible counter attacks "Anou…if you want you can stay at my place, we always welcome guests, but…"

Yami who had looked up alarmed tensed at the 'but…' "What do you mean by 'but…'?"

Miu smile nervously as did Kenichi "You might die if you aren't careful."

Yami shrugged his shoulders, as he shook her hand in thanks "I think I'll take the risk of death over my house any day."

Kenichi looked away and silently thought 'If only he knew what he is getting into.'

Meet the masters

After Kenichi, Miu and Yami bid farewell to their friends Yami followed the two to the Ryouzanpaku dojo.

Yami whistled when he saw it "Nice place you got here Miu-san, perfect for a martial artist." Slowly Yami walked up to the overly large doors and tapped them.

He smiled "sturdy, heavy doors to make sure only the strong and nimble can come in uninvited."

Miu and Kenichi stared in wonder as Yami continued to study the door

Whispering into Miu's ear Kenichi quietly asked "Why do you think our door interests him so much?"

Miu simply shrugged her shoulders before she coughed to get Yami's attention "Yami-san shall we go inside so you can meet the Masters of the Ryouzanpaku?"

Yami smiled at her "Sure thing I'm excited to meet your sensei Kenichi."

Kenichi looked away 'I don't know about that.' But nonetheless Kenichi and Miu opened the door and walked in followed by Yami.

Miu placed a finger on her chin in thought "At this time everyone is probably in the dojo doing whatever they want." Kenichi nodded his head in agreement.

Yami smiled in all honesty he was excited to meet everyone, why he didn't know, but right now that didn't matter to him.

When Miu opened the sliding door he was hit full on by the aura that all of the masters seemed to emit. Instinctively Yami jumped up and held himself above the doorway ready to fight.

Kensei and Akisame smirked after noticing the guest and his reaction to their combined auras.

'Nice reaction, get high up and prepare for the worst when faced with a group of high level fighters' Kensei thought to himself as he kept an eye on Yami who stared at everyone waiting for something to happen.

Miu sighed "Yami-san come down no one is going to attack you; they always have these auras around them."

Sakaki laughed, good naturedly "Oi Miu that's not true, if we did Kenichi would've fainted every time he walked into the dojo" Kenichi blushed and looked away.

The Elder laughed as well while licking the lollipop he had in his hand "Well now, Miu-Chan why don't you introduce us to your new friend?"

Miu nodded as Yami dropped from his spot next to her "This is Kagirinai Yami-san a transfer student at our school. The apartment he was going to move into burned down and I offered to let him stay here as a tenant."

Yami bowed politely "Nice to meet you all, I hope we can get along"

Shigure blinked a few times and placed her fist in her palm "I recognize… you"

Yami glanced at her nervously getting a bad feeling in the pit of his gut "You do? I don't know maybe you passed me on the streets?"

The other's doubted it 'Shigure only remembers the faces of people who are interesting' was the collective thought of the Ryouzanpaku members.

Shigure quickly moved closer to Yami to get a better look at him "Iie you were at a martial arts tournament I… participated in"

Apachai waved his arms around happily "Apa! Apa! Yami must be very skilled to have caught Shigure's eye Apa."

Shigure shook her head "He wasn't a…competitor. It was women…only"

Akisame rubbed his mustache thoughtfully "Then, Shigure, how did young Yami-kun catch your interests?"

Shigure sat down in the formal position and glanced at Yami "I forget his reasons…but he had nice…movements, when he escaped the…arena."

Kenichi nodded his head knowingly but looked up after thinking of something "By the way Shigure-san, did you win that competition?"

Yami leaned in to hear her answer as Shigure noticed she tensed "Hai I won…it was…difficult"

TAP! TAP! TAP!

Everyone looked towards the noise to see that Yami had run away. Laughing the Elder took a deep breath "YOU THINK YOU CAN RUN AWAY!!!!!!" with that all of the masters began the chase.

Kensei was the first one to catch up to Yami "It's no use boy you won't get away."

Yami grunted as he suddenly changed direction towards the forest in the backyard. Kensei stopped and stared at the dust cloud following Yami "My word he's got a good pair of legs on him" he smirked as he continued to pursue him.

In the forest Yami paused to catch his breath "Didn't think I would run into one of the winners from Okaa-san's crazy competitions"

"APA!" Yami looked up at the sudden shout and dived out of the way as Apachai came flying in, his fists flying at insane speeds. Apachai never let up and continued to launch a barrage of attacks on Yami who desperately tried to either block or dodge as he was being pushed back towards the dojo.

When everyone else caught sight of the two they were surprised how well Yami was doing at evading Apachai's attacks.

Suddenly Apachai launched a knee at Yami's face, but Yami jumped up and used Apachai's knee as a spring board to get up onto the roof.

Sakaki and Akisame both jumped up after him and trapped him between them "Just give up gaki!" Sakaki shouted at him.

Akisame nodded "Sakaki makes a good point Yami-kun you can't escape"

Yami snarled as he searched for a way out, he found none as everyone else came up to the roof and surrounded him.

Yami cursed "No choice" he muttered and reached into his pockets

Shigure acted fast and launched the chain portion of her kusarigama to stop Yami; however he dodged and threw what was in his hands onto the roof tiles.

"Smoke screen" Kensei muttered

With a swipe of their hands the smoke was gone and Yami was nowhere to be seen.

Suddenly they heard the unmistakable laughter of the elder who walked back into the dojo where everyone joined him.

He was holding Yami by his shirt collar

"Now Yami-kun why were you running?" the elder asked with a gleam in his eyes

Yami sighed in defeat "Fine, fine I'll tell you!"

He was set down and everyone sat around him "You see my Okaa-san is always trying to match me up with someone and I would always refuse whoever she set me up with. So one day she decided that she would hold competitions to decide who would earn the right to marry me," he shuddered "Of course she would always tie me up and display me as the 'prize' however I would always escape before the competition ended. In the end my Okaa-san made it a final challenge to the winners of her competitions if they could catch me and show her proof that they did they would get to marry me."

Kenichi just sighed in sympathy for the poor boy 'Must be tough' everyone else had similar thoughts.

Miu decided to ask a question that had been bothering her "Can't you just refuse to marry whoever she tries to match you up with."

Yami grimaced "Not anymore, you see back when this first started I was pretty cocky about my evasion skills so I thought that no one would be able to catch me unless I wanted them to. So I made a promise…"

Flashback

"Alright Okaa-san I accept this challenge, if any of your winners catch me I will marry them."

Yami's mother smirked "Do you swear it?"

Yami smirked arrogantly "Yeah I swear on my honor as a warrior."

Flashback end

The elder laughed "So that's what happened eh?"

Shigure seemed to grin as the elder continued "Since Shigure-san won one of your Okaa-san's competitions, which means if Shigure catches you and proves that she did it you are honor bound to marry her, and thus you ran for it. Am I correct?"

Yami sighed again "Hai"

The elder turned to Shigure and smiled "What do you think Shigure-san, you want him?"

Kenichi and Miu sputtered in surprise "Ojii-sama you can't make someone do something they don't want to!" Miu shouted in annoyance

Fortunately Shigure also thought the same way "Marriage should be a mutual…agreement" as soon as the words left her mouth Yami let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

Yami smiled brightly "Thank you for being so understanding Shigure-san" then all of a sudden he collapsed…into Shigure's arms.

Yami sighed "Crap my body couldn't handle all of the stress mixed in with the chase; normally I just get away and can catch my breath."

"Apa, Apa You two look real cute together" Yami blushed brightly and tried to sit up only to fall back into Shigure's arms.

Kensei smiled "Apachai is right, you two look like a real couple like that" he pulled out his camera and took a picture

Both froze as they realized what Kensei had in his hands "Oi delete that picture do you realize what will happen if you show that to my Okaa-san?"

Kensei smiled "Just in case you two hook up." Yami blushed heavily as he realized exactly what they looked like right now.

"Ugh fine just keep that somewhere out of sight please" Kensei smiled and gave him the thumbs up

Miu gasped as she realized something "Oh please forgive me Yami-san I forgot to introduce everyone to you"

She pointed everyone out as she introduced them "Sakaki Shio, 100th Dan (self proclaimed) in Karate." Sakaki waved as he downed a bottle of beer

"Apachai Hopachai, the Death god of underground Muay Thai" Apachai waved energetically

"Ma Kensei, Master of all forms of Chinese Kenpo, he's also a pervert despite having a wife and daughter" Kensei looked depressed as Miu finished speaking

"Kouetsuji Akisame, Jujutsu philosopher" Akisame smiled as he rubbed his mustache.

"Kousaka Shigure, weapons master" Shigure nodded her head

"My Jii-sama Fuurinji Hayato, the invincible superman who has never lost a fight" the elder waved merrily.

"Shirahama Kenichi, the Ryouzanpaku's first official disciple" Kenichi waved embarrassed.

"And finally myself Fuurinji Miu, martial artist trained by Ojii-sama from a young age"

Yami smiled "Nice to meet you all…now I think I'm at my limit, good night" he slumped in Shigure's arms asleep.

Kenichi looked outside noticing how dark it actually was "I guess that chase lasted longer than I thought it's already dark out"

Miu gasped "Oh no I haven't cooked dinner yet!" she ran into the kitchen and quickly started preparing a meal.

Meanwhile everyone else went back to doing whatever they were doing except for Akisame and Kenichi who went outside to train.

Shigure however realized that she didn't know where to put the sleeping Yami, picking him up she walked into the kitchen.

"Miu, where should I put him?" she gestured to Yami

Miu looked up from her cooking to ponder for a moment "I think there's and unused guest room next to your room Shigure-san lay him there"

Shigure nodded and walked towards the room. Checking the room next to her own she nodded, 'Usable' with that thought in mind she pulled out a futon and laid Yami on it and covered him with the blanket.

With a final glance at his sleeping form she closed the door and walked back to the dinning room for dinner

END

How was it? R&R please

Hai – Yes