Thanks theria (.) net and roninwarrior heaven (.) com for info on the characters families. It would have taken me longer to make up names, or look through FF for the names.

When Touma finally woke up, the apartment was quiet. He reached for a shirt, but found none. He instantly assumed it was a prank when he had to walk around in only his boxers. He laid down by the stair case to listen for anyone familiar talking. The other three were chatting away about something in the customer area.

"Phsst!" Touma called, trying to get Ryo's attention.

"Hold on, Touma's awake." Ryo said, getting up.

"Ryo, where'd my clothes go?" Touma asked from atop of the stairs.

"That's a good question. You should ask Shu's younger brother Yun."

"Where's Yun?"

"School."

"Can I borrow some of yours?" Touma pleaded.

"Yeah."

Ryo laughed as he heard Tenku run away. The rejoined the other two. They were arm wrestling again. Both of their faces were red from fighting for a good minute.

"Rock… can't … lose to… water." Shu forced out.

"Stubborn ox… just give up… already."

Shu started to cry out when he watched his hand get closer to the table.

"No…no…dammit!" he let out.

"Yes! Water is officially the strongest warrior!" Shin jumped up, and then stuck a 'royal' pose included with a fake English accent, "I am king. You all will bow to Mori Shin, bearer of Suiko."

Ryo covered his face as Shu sighed.

"Wait until we fight in armor." Shu said.

"No, overconfident Shin doesn't really work does it?" he added, embarrassed.

"No Shin. We like nice quiet Shin who kept Shu in line." Ryo answered before Shu.

"I thought it was wonderful. Shin's finally becoming a man." Touma said coming out from the back of the restaurant.

"Hey."

"Touma's wearing the Milk Ball shirt." Shu laughed, "We finally got him into it."

"Haha. You guys win. Just leaves the King over here the only one who hasn't worn it."

"And you won't get to see me in it. I have to be back in Sendai tomorrow." Shin grinned.

"I'm driving back to your mother's alone, aren't I?" Touma mumbled.

Mama Rei Fuan soon came out from the back, "Okay, we're open now. Shu, take your friends out before they scare away people."

"So now what?" Shu asked.

"Shin's got to go back to work soon, I'm free tomorrow." Touma started.

"I have classes tonight." Ryo added.

"So now we all take the day to return back to where we need to be." Touma finished.

"Yay for Mondays." Ryo sighed, "Alright then. I'll see everyone later I suppose."

"Right, until next time." Shin added.

Only Touma stood outside of the restaurant. He had to wait to get his own clothes back.

"Well automobile, I guess you need a rear window now."

It didn't take long to find himself in a helicopter again. Shin and his two other counterparts were flying out to rescue a rich couple from their sinking ship. Apparently they had just bought it and had hit something on the way out to sea. Fog had started to appear as well as a cold wind. Shin constantly checked one of his pockets for Suiko. Having the orb with him, made him more daring than most. He was becoming known for just jumping from the helicopter.

"One minute." The pilot called over the radio.

Shin and the other diver were putting their white helmets on, and double checking their equipment.

"They're right there." The other diver, Ichiro, pointed out.

The woman was waving a flashlight from a yellow raft. The husband wasn't with her.

"Jumping in Shin?" Ichiro asked.

"Yes." He said putting goggles on. He then jumped.

"Remind me to ask him if he has any other sisters." The flight engineer, Shiro, said.

"Why's that?"

"So I can avoid marrying into the Mori family."

The water hit him like needles. It hurt, but he knew he had to ignore it all. Finding the man was important, and he didn't have a whole lot of time. He came up near the raft.

"Ma'am, where was he the last time you saw him?"

"Shiro was grabbing the raft. I couldn't help him up." She cried.

Looking down through the water, Shin still couldn't see anything. He dove under and kept going. Why the man didn't wear a life vest, he didn't know. His job just got harder.

Luckily for the man, Shin wasn't going to give up. Bubbles were floating up towards him, and at the end was the man. Grabbing him by the shirt, Shin started upward. By the time he was near the top, the woman was being lifted into the helicopter. Shin was shivering, as he tried to get the guy into the raft. Uncomfortably, he brought the guy in close hoping to warm the man up and attached the man to his harness. The line soon came back down, and the two were able to get back to the helicopter.

"He's out cold." Shin said as he boarded.

Ichiro, having more energy, started to reciprocate the man.

"Thank you." The woman said to Shin, and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.

"Eh, no problem ma'am." Shin replied, blushing.

Shin soon found himself in a hospital. He had a blanket over his uniform and warm tea in his hand. He volunteered to stay until the woman's husband was awake. What he didn't want was to run into was a one each Date Yayoi.

"Still in Sendai I see, Mr. Mori." She said.

"Yes, I'm thawing out from a swim." He said, hiding behind his cup.

"You are trying to funny, aren't you?"

"No. The water was cold."

"You should come by tonight for dinner if you are not busy."

"You keep asking, and I'll have to decline again. Sorry." Shin said, standing up, "Ugh, thanks for the tea and blankets. I should be heading back to the harbor now."

"I'm still waiting for that date, boy-chama." She called out on purpose.

For that comment, he stopped, turned and winked as innocently as he could manage. He tried not to laugh out loud walking away.

The next few months went by without too many events. His extreme actions earned him the promotion to Leading Seaman.

It was his next action that made others trust his instincts.