A/N: GUYS. WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE FOR THE NEW GAME. IT'S MARCH 26th. AND IT'S BEING RELEASED IN ENGLISH FOR THE ASIAN MARKET. I NEED MORE MONEY NOW.

Kazuto got into a basic kendo stance and raised his shinai as he stood a few meters from his sister, Sugu doing the same but she radiated more confidence than he did. He eyed the shinai in her hands, hoping that it didn't bruise him up too much.

"Would you stop making that face? I'm not going to maim you."

"So you say…"

"Do you WANT me to maim you?" she asked as she glared at him though the helmet. He stiffened slightly and chuckled nervously.

"O-Of course not! I'm your big brother, remember!? You wouldn't want one less family member! Would you!?" he asked with a slightly panicky tone. Sugu rolled her eyes and started to check for openings.

"I'll think about it…"

"I don't like that answer." he said as he saw that she was preparing to strike. He moved to block the strike with his own shinai but was surprised to feel a hit on his side. He groaned slightly as he took a few steps as the blow pushed him sideways.

"Wow this thing is fast!" Sugu said as she moved it a few more times, "I guess buying this thing was worth it!"

"Good for you, now STOP BRUISING ME!" he said as he moved back to where he was standing. They heard the door to the dojo open and they turned their head to see their mom with a cup of tea in hand.

"Nice to see that the bickering is still the same even after all these years!" she said as she sat down on the side to observe them.

"The same? You mean when we were little Sugu still beat me up!?" Kazuto exclaimed as heard his mother.

"It was a miracle when you weren't arguing about Suguha hitting you!" their mom said as she drank some of her tea, Sugu laughing at this while Kazuto hung his head slightly.

"How many times did Sugu maim me?"

"I did not maim you and I never will!" Sugu said before pouting slightly.

"Hmm… Maybe once…"

"What!?" Sugu said with a shocked look on her face, apparent even with her headgear still on.

"It was when both of you were really little and just learning kendo!" Midori said as she sipped her tea again.

Middle of March, 2017. Kirigaya Household.

Sugu and Kazuto had just learned how to put on their headgear from their grandfather and were now learning the one of the basic stances of kendo. Both of them got the hang of it fast but when their grandfather asked them to try a mock fight to practice the different movements in it.

"Onii-chan, we won't get hurt practicing, will we?" Sugu asked as she raised her shinai, grunting a bit at the effort it took to raise it.

"I think we'll be okay. We've got protective gear on after all! And I don't think grandfather would want us to get hurt either." He said as he raised his own shinai. Sugu nodded slightly and stood away from him as the mock fight was about to begin. They both bowed to one another as instructed by their grandfather and jumped in straight to exchanging blows. Kazuto defending with his shinai as Sugu gave her all to manage one strike on her older brother. He was defending well so far but Sugu was starting to overpower him as she added more strikes.

"H-Hey! Sugu ease up a bit would you!?" he said as he was barely managing to block her shinai. Sugu didn't hear his words as she kept on pressing her attack, their grandfather's teachings fresh in her mind as she kept on throwing more strikes at her brother.

"Good! Suguha you learned well!" their grandfather said as he praised his granddaughter, "Kazuto, you need to raise you defense and learn to counterattack!"

'What does it look like I'm trying to do!?' he thought to himself as he avoided another strike. The next strike, he dodged and was about to strike Sugu back with his shinai but she moved her shinai faster and hit him on the head with it. Kazuto took a step back as he felt the blow on his headgear vibrate slightly.

'I know I wanted to hit him but I didn't want to hit him THAT hard!' Sugu thought as Kazuto fell backwards on the floor, his shinai clattering next to him.

"O-Onii-chan, are you okay?" she said as she knelt down and helped him take off his headgear. Their grandfather came over but let Sugu take off his headgear. Kazuto just rubbed his forehead as soon as the gear was taken off.

"Sugu you hit too hard." he said as he looked up at her with a slight smile on his face. Sugu sighed as she saw that she didn't really hurt her brother.

"So I didn't REALLY maim you!" Sugu said as she sat next to her mother, drinking tea that Midori had brought in.

"Maybe not in that moment…" Kazuto said as he gulped down his tea, Sugu hitting his back at the same time making him choke on his tea. Their mother started to laugh as Kazuto was coughing and Sugu was pouting. Kazuto quickly drank some more tea to stop the coughing fit.

"So Kazuto…" Midori began as she got a mischievous look in her eyes.

"Y-Yes?" he said as he finally managed to breathe correctly.

"When are you going to bring Asuna-chan to dinner?" She said in a nonchalant tone, almost making Kazuto choke on his tea again while Sugu laughed.

"W-Why the sudden question?"

Midori shrugged before answering, "just wanted see your reaction. But she should still come over more."

"It depends on when she can come since her family has plans… Besides, how come you don't ask Sugu?"

"Why would I ask Sugu?" Midori asked, making it apparent that Sugu hadn't told her about her boyfriend. Kazuto smirked and opened his mouth to tell her, only to get his mouth covered by Sugu instead.

"O-Onii-chan doesn't know what he's saying! Y-You should go to bed soon!" Sugu said as she pushed Kazuto, telling him silently to shut up.

"Sugu, I believe we are having a talk later." Midori said as she looked at her daughter.

A/N: Okay, I'm going to sleep now.