While Motoko and Kaeda continued to swordplay, Daisuke snuck away from everyone and walked into the dining room. Daisuke took out his notepad and his quill.

Journal Entry 1011.

Today all members of the Hinata House have returned, well, not completely. Some are still not here. Mother doesn't wish to visit her bastard child, me. I'm stifled. Through maintaining the Hinata House, to watching its residents, to provide a future, to fuck complete strangers, I am behind schedule. Project Zena is no near completion. I'm in hefty amount of debt. University was the wrong choice, and will just further my debt. I feel like I'm being hit by a freight train constantly. All those yakking noises in my head, all those new dead weight showing up at my door. I wish I could lobotomize them all. But lobotomy would be the same as snipping the current residents. And snipping the current landlord would be snipping the predecessors-leaving no one to man the helm. If Project Zena is to flourish my dimwitted cousin Ian must learn to control his nut sack. Ergo, I will train him.

Daisuke smelled an exotic perfume in the air. Daisuke only knew two people who wore it. Sure enough as Daisuke turned around he saw Amalla Su, Su's forty-five year sister. She hadn't aged a year since she was twenty-five except a few wrinkles. Like her sister, Amalla is off an Indian appearance with tanned skin and silver hair tied back in a high ponytail. A princess of her country, Amalla dresses in native Pararakelse garb and possesses the same tomboyish nature as Kaolla, although not as intense or energetic.

" Amalla. How lovely...unexpected."

" You're looking much darker than usual, Daisuke" Amalla said.

" I don't suppose you're here for the reunion. It is for Hinata House residents only and you never stayed in Hinata House."

" What you say is emotionally provocative. All I'm here for is to see my darling niece Kimza."

" Kimza?"

" She has more time in this house then I requested. She's grown up now and has to return to Molmol to rule as our future quee."

" What about your sister? Weren't you the one who pressured her to return twenty-one years ago? And what about your husband Lamba?"

" He's dead. He died in the heat. Too much sun went through his brain."

" I'm sorry to hear that. You have my condolences."

" What condolences? You don't have a heart, Daisuke."

" I do have a heart. I just don't feel any sympathy for anyone."

" Bring Kimza back to me. In our kingdom she will be protected by soldiers."

" OF course you have soldiers, but none of them can cleanse water and will be dead in two days."

" Our soldiers are the strongest renegade. One of your soldiers alone can kill one hundred of your Japanese soldiers."

" What you can accomplish with swords and machines I can accomplish with quills and ravens. Kimza is staying with us."

" Ahhhgggg!"

Daisuke and Amalla heard a scream outside. Daisuke quickly dashed towards the front door. Daisuke reached the outside. Every house resident was circled around someone. It didn't look good. Daisuke moved to the circle of residents and pushed them away...Below he saw Ian with a sword impaled through his chest.