Ikki Tousen - Eternal Evolution Part II

by MakeBelieve0914

This is Part Two of Ikki Tousen Eternal Evolution. Let's follow Kaji and the gang as they deal with the fallout from all of the issues from Part One including Sousou's increased aggression, Seuq's meddling and Rikaku's quest to save Chinkyuu. On top of that, new enemies are also lurking from behind the scenes ready to throw the fragile world into chaos.

5. Horizons

CHAPTER FIVE: Horizons

Chou'un is awoken by her phone buzzing. It has received the text and she reads it. "Oh no. Ciro! Kaji!" She then immediately gets out of bed and gets dressed in her Seito garb and heads downstairs where she runs into Murasame and Anna sitting in Kouhiko's front room. She greets them. "Hey Anna." She then quickly takes pause with seeing her old master. "Master?" She then recollects herself and heads towards the door. "Um, anyways I've got to go now, so I'll catch up later."

Murasame then walks towards Chou'un and speaks as well. "And where are ya off to, Chou'un?"

Chou'un then stops and answers her. "Ciro, excuse me. I mean Kouhiko is in trouble."

Murasame then nods her head and somewhat smirks at her. "Yeah, I figured as much. Hah, you've changed quite a lot, Chou'un. You seem to have more of your heart on your sleeve then when I trained you last."

Chou'un then curiously tilts her head at her master. "Ma'am?"

Murasame then nods her head sagely at her. "Yeah. I can see that. That boy, Houken, must have done something magical to make you change yourself for him."

Chou'un then took an involuntary step back. "You knew? What did you know about us?"

Murasame then scratched her chin and answered. "Eh, not too much actually. Some of my other students mentioned that you were smitten with some Western boy. They said that they saw you two heading into some mall bathroom after he and some other boy made asses out of themselves during the Demo Fest. And that afterwards, you were stuck to him like glue." Chou'un blushes at that while Murasame snickers to herself. "Anyways. It seems that he and some other boy apparently went to go fight someone who attacked you?"

Chou'un's eyes then opened in surprise for a split second. "The Nanban!"

Murasame then looked down at the ground and lt off an iritable sigh before looking back up at Chou'un and asking. "The Nanban? Hm... Hey Chou'un."

Chou'un then responded inquisitively. "Yes Master?"

Murasame then continued on. "Did you happen to run into Mouyuu sometime today?"

Chou'un then looks at Murasame inquisitively. "I guess? I mean I ran into a girl who said her name was Mouyuu. She looked kinda familiar for some reason. Why?"

Murasame then thinks to herself. (Hm, so it seems that her memory hasn't fully come back. I figured it wouldn't, Mouyuu had you lyin' in a pool of your own blood. Trauma like that isn't easily cured, I see. I was afraid of when you and Mouyuu would meet again. And it seems that she's back as well. And she's rampaging again.)

Chou'un then speaks softly tro get her master's attention again. "Master?"

Murasame then shook her head and spoke again. "Mouyuu's gotten in with some bad people who's telling her and her sister to do all of this nonsense. Which makes it quite imperative that I go with you to where ever you're heading to. I'd like to see how bad of a beating your boy took."

Chou'un then questions, being a bit offended by what Murasame was implying. "And what makes you think that Houken lost?"

Murasame then answered matter-of-factly. "Because of what I've heard about his fights, Mouyuu and Moukaku are on a whole 'nother level from him, that other boy and any of you to be honest. They're strong and callous. They'll take ANY measure to completely dominate their opponent. To such honorable fighters like yourselves, it's tantamount to treason to even think of doing something like that. Even if it was to save your own lives, or the lives of your loved ones. At your current level, none of you will be ready for them. And I think their stupid-ass heroics might have just incited them to actually attacking us."

Chou'un then questions Murasame again. "...Us? Y-you can't fight Master. Even if you used the Life-Age Reversion skill of yours."

Anna then turns to Chou'un and asks. "Life-Age Reversion?"

Chou'un then nods and explains. "Yes. Master Murasame is one of a few fighters who can change forms utilizing their Life Force."

"Like how?" Anna asks.

Chou'un then explains. "She can go from her current form, into a younger form and back again."

Anna then turns to Murasame and asks astonishedly. "Really?"

Murasame then laughs to herself as she spoke. "Ahaha. Yep. I'd show you, but I exert far too much power in my younger form. And I don't wanna show you whipper-snappers up. Hyaha. At least, not yet anyways."

Chou'un then got serious as she rebuked her master. "Anyways, you can't fight."

Murasame then patted her shoulders and spoke in a bit more serious tone. "I might not have a choice. Your boys need to get significantly stronger in order to take on the Nanban as well as whoever else is pulling their strings. And besides, I need to whip you back into shape as well, Chou'un."

Chou'un then asks incredulously. "Huh? I'm fine as is. I still train in my swordsmanship, everyday."

Murasame then squinted her eyes at Chou'un as she responded, noting that she didn't believe her. "That might be, but how good is your actual training? There aren't many blade users in Kanto, much less sword-users. And Mouyuu's been traversing all around either honing her skills or stealing them from all of the sword masters who have been turning up dead lately."

Chou'un then asks, rather intrigued by what Murasame was saying. "Really now? How many moves can one person actually learn?"

Murasame then looks thoughtful when she answered. "When one is completely focused. A lot. And I'm afraid that, she probably was merely testing you when you two fought. You probably couldn't stand a ghost of a chance against her. And I have serious questions about how your training is fairing. I know that when a maiden falls in love, her priorities gets screwed up."

Chou'un then shifted her stance being uncomfortable with what Murasame said. "I take offense to that, Master. I know that you probably won't approve of Houken or me fighting using my emotions. But that's only made me more resolute in my fighting."

It was now Murasame's turn to shift her stance. "Now hold on, Chou'un Shiryuu. Why do you think that I wouldn't accept you and this Kouhiko Houken being together or fighting utilizing more of your emotions. I wasn't that strict of a teacher? Was I?"

Chou'un then deadpanned at her. "You drove Jackson to the Yakuza because of how harsh you were."

Murasame then grimaced at that. "Chou'un..." She then sighed and continued. "That had nothing to do with my training, he was just mentally weak."

Chou'un then defended one of her former training mates when she responded. "Because you were a SLAVE DRIVER! All you talked about was how the sword is all. How no one could be trusted. How love would hinder you and other such nonsense. Then your punishments for when we failed was extreme. He never could live up to your expectations. I actually felt bad for him when he left. I even actually believed what you were saying, Master."

Murasame then looked at her skeptically. "And this Houken guy changed everything, right? How naive is that? I taught you better than that!"

Chou'un then retorted as Anna just looked on a bit unnerved by the fact that Chou'un was snapping back at anyone, let alone the only woman to defeat her beloved adopted father, Dante. "No, you just taught me to be closed-off. I even failed to save Kousousan because of it."

Murasame then sighed as she humorlessly chuckled to herself. "Hah. With the low-blows today, huh? Okay, okay. I get it. Maybe I did get too caught up in feeling myself and the shit I went through..."

Chou'un then felt bad and frowned before she caught herself and spoke more sympathetically. "Master... I'm sorry. I spoke out of turn as well. I remember now that you said that you taught your brother the Murasame-style Nitou Ryuu as well and he went on to betray you and bastardized your style to create... His style. Which now that I think about it..."

Murasame then scratched her head and sighed as well. "Eh, it doesn't matter. You fell in love with Houken and this is YOUR life to life, not mine. I trust your judgment, you are my best student after all and I don't have to worry about you turning to the dark side."

Chou'un then uttered somberly. "Master..."

Murasame then continues. "I just hope he makes a better impression on me with his personality than his call-to action. Well, let's get a move-on if you're going. You're coming with DiAngelo."

Anna then looks at Murasame weirdly. "Huh? Why?"

Murasame then looks back at her and responds. "Because this involves you now."

Anna then tilts her head in confusion. "...No, it doesn't."

Murasame then closed her eyes and responded sagely. "Didn't you tell Houken that you wanted to change the world?"

Anna then looked down and clenched her left hand into a fist. "Hng... Yes..."

Murasame then continued. "Well helping out people who need it is one stop towards accomplishing that lofty goal of yours."

Anna then sighs as she relents. "...You're right, Murasame."

Murasame then opens her eyes and looks at Anna seriously. "And besides, you need to have that talk with Chou'un."

Chou'un then turns to Anna and asks. "Talk? For what? What happened, Anna?"

"..." Anna then looks down ashamed of herself. She felt Murasame pat her on the head to try and calm her. "Chou'un, I... I... Houken and I..."

Chou'un then looked at Anna serenely hoping that would calm her down. "Yes. You can say it, I promise I'll hear you out."

Anna is however unnerved by that. "I... I..."

Murasame then facepalms herself. (Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have put her on the spot now. My bad, little DiAngelo.) "Eh, not now though. There's more pressing issues than that. Now, we're going to where ever you were heading to, Chou'un."

Chou'un then nods at Murasame. "Right Master. Well, let's go." The three then gets in one of Kouhiko's imported cars and drives off to Kakouen's.

While driving, Murasame looks around and appreciates the interior of the car. "Hm? Is this your boy's?"

Chou'un then smiles in pride as she can answer. "Yes. Although he said that he's going to give this to me soon."

Murasame then nods and speaks. "Really now? Heh... Well at least I know you're going to be taken care of."

Chou'un then sighed as she continued. "Master..."

Murasame then tries to defend herself. "No, no. I mean it. One of the things that scared me the most about you would be if you either went the path of the astetic or ended up poor."

Chou'un then smiles at that. "T-thanks, Master."

"Yeah, yeah. Gotta keep at least one of you guys alive, sheesh I've failed a lot." Murasame then sighed again.

Chou'un then frowns and speaks. "I-I don't truly believe that. I just think that Jackson's been weighing on you for so long."

Anna then speaks up in the conversation. "Yes, I have to agree. I don't really have a dog in this fight, but I do think you're being too hard on yourself, Murasame. Dante spoke rather highly of you when he did mention you. He creditted you with being the reason that he came back to himself and left the Black Hand-Kai as well as setting him on the path towards humanitarianism that he's currently on."

Murasame then looks out of the window of the passenger's seat and smiles to herself. "I-I see. Maybe... Hey Chou'un. Are we here yet?"

Chou'un then answers. "We're close. We're going to a friend's house."

Meanwhile, Ryofu arrives at the home and rings the doorbell. Kakouen answers the door, shocked to see Ryofu, holding Kaji and Kouhiko no less. Chou'un arrives a couple of minutes afterwards with Murasame and Anna, spotting Kouhiko in Ryofu's arms.

Chou'un and Anna both responds at the same time. "Houken!" Chou'un moves close to him with Anna following closely behind her. Murasame just surveys her surroundings noting that something is off Ki wise. Murasame feels like there's some sort of evil intentions at play here, but stores that away for now and walks inside as well.

Chou'un then walks over to Ryofu and asks concerned about her husband. "Ryofu, what happened?"

Ryofu then sighs before answering her. "They attacked Nanban, and were defeated in the process."

Meanwhile, Anna steps inside the house as does Murasame. Murasame then looks at Kouhiko and glowers for a bit. "Nanban's poison. So I suspected as much. The rash fool."

Ryofu then looks at the two 'new' girls and asks. "Um? Who are you two?"

Anna then turns around and sees Ryofu and answers. "We're friends of Houken. I'm Anna DiAngelo."

Murasame then turns to Ryofu as well and answers as well, but with a sense of pride. "And I'm Murasame Nishiki."

Ryofu's eyes then widened as she asks for clarification. "Wait a minute. You're the Grandmaster of Murasame Nitou-Ryu?"

Murasame then actualy pats herself on the back and looks proud. "Haha. Yep. In the flesh. And I assume you're Ryouin Housetsu's granddaughter? You look enough like him."

Ryofu then nods her head and answers. "Yes, yes I am. How did you know my grandfather?"

Murasame then asnwers. "We go way back. I kinda had a crush on him back in my day. You know, facially you do kinda resemble him. Him and your mother. Haha."

Ryofu then looks at Murasame weirdly. "...Okay then." Ryofu then thinks to herself. (Didn't need to know that...)

Kakouen then furrows her brows as she thinks to herself. (Grandmaster Nishiki? She's alive? She was just a myth. And she knows Chou'un as well. Why is she here? And why is Anna with her? I don't think I like where this is going... What would you do in this situation, Sousou?)

Ryofu then gets back on track and speaks. "So why are you here, anyways?"

Murasame then answers seriously. "We're here to also check on Houken. I wanted to see just what kind of man managed to attract the love of my best student, Chou'un. And I see that he is quite the looker from up close. I can also see why Anna's obsessed with him. And I can see why Chou'un forgone all of my etiquette training for him."

"Huh? What does that-" Kouhiko asked as he had come too.

Murasame then walks over to Kouhiko and chides him. "Although I got to say, that was stupid of you." She then bonks him on the head with her cane. "Didn't the Canton Tigers teach you to not to run into battle unprepared? Or without any sort of strategy in place. Tsk! I'm disappointed in them if you're their shining star."

"Er... Well... I-" Kouhiko stammered as he couldn't find an actual reason.

Chou'un heads over to Ryofu and takes Kouhiko from her and begins holding him tightly as he is brought to a standing position. He smiles at that as he tried to sidestep Murasame's question as he saw Chou'un dour look. "H-hey now. Why so glum, Chou'un?"

Chou'un nearly cries as Kakouen then agreed with Murasame's point and adds on. "Murasame's right. You two were reckless. You could have been killed. What were you thinking?"

Ryofu then lays Kaji down on the sofa to stabilize him in case he began thrashing about. He is sweating heavily though he is still unconscious. "..." She looks at him with an worried expression. Kakouen glimpses at Kaji and notices where Moukaku slipped him the poison through the wound on his body. She makes a quick analysis which causes her to sigh in relief.

Kakouen then speaks to reassure Ryofu. "It's a non-lethal poison. It causes the muscles to weaken and a rather mild fever. Houken's is similar, but doesn't contain a muscle relaxant."

Chou'un sighs. Kouhiko struggles to do so, but he does manages to walk over to a reclining chair and sit in it. He then does a performative smile to try and assuage her. "See? I'm fine..."

Chou'un then walks over to him and chides him. "That was still fucking reckless, Ciro. What would happen to the kids if you had died? What would I tell them? "Oh your dad died trying to be macho and marching off with his best friend to uncharted territory. He did his best, but was killed because he was unprepared." How fair is that to them?"

Kouhiko facepalms and sighs as he apologizes to her. "Ugh... Sorry dear. I'll do better."

Ryofu then frowns at Chou'un chiding him and tries to come to his defense even though she did the same thing. "Hey now. They had no intent to kill... So I think that..."

Murasame then jumps in as well. "Intent to kill or not. That was still pretty stupid. You skulking around was as well. All three of you got lucky that Nanban wasn't trying to kill any of you. Although, it seems that Mouyuu was being quite aggressive towards Houken judging by how bad off he is."

Ryofu then looks at Chou'un and Kakouen then at Murasame and Anna then at Kaji before she focuses on Kouhiko. "That does bring up a good point. Houken. What happened in there before I arrived?"

Kouhiko then looks thoughtful for a second before answering. "A lot. Let's see. They separated us. Tried to get both of us to join... I refused. They, well Mouyuu, poisoned me as a result."

Ryofu then contemplates something. "Hm. They tried to weaken your wills by separating you. What was their angle in trying to recruit you?"

Kouhiko then rubs the back of his head and then speaks. "It was weird. That Mouyuu girl at first wanted to use my belief in right and wrong to convince me. Then she found out that I was seeing Chou'un and she just kinda snapped."

Chou'un then asks as she sits on the arm of his chair. "Snapped? How so? And what does Mouyuu want with me?"

Kouhiko then thinks to himself. "I'm not one-hundred percent sure. But it does seem that she harbors a great deal of resentment towards you."

Chou'un then asked, having had a small flashback of hers and Mouyuu's fight at Seito. "Was it because of how the fight turned out?"

Kouhiko then looks at Chou'un and asks. "You two fought before?"

Chou'un then nods her head and answers the question. "Yeah. When she invaded Seito, I intercepted her. A battle broke out and I was able to beat her back with the Ground Cutter. But I didn't feel any sort of malice coming from her then. So why now?"

Murasame then sighs and speaks forlornly. "I knew this day would come eventually. Sorry Chou'un. But this was my fault to be kinda honest."

Chou'un then looks to Murasame and speaks. "Master?"

Ryofu then asks. "What do you mean it was your fault, Murasame?"

Murasame then sighs but explains. "It's going to be a long, painful story. So sit down and listen up."

Anna, Ryofu and Kakouen sat down as Murasame then managed to sit Indian-style on the floor. Kakouen then goes to stand up and speaks to Murasame. "I could get you a chair, Grandmaster Nishiki."

Murasame then shoots that down and pretty much motions to Kakouen to sit down to which she does. "Eh, don't worry about it, girlie. Anyways. It was quite some time ago. I assume that both you and Murasame were about seven or so. You both were orphaned from a rather young age and I don't know how you ended up on the streets to begin with, but you two met each other while you were slumming on the streets. For quite some time, you two were inseparable even when you were at the Dojo, you two were. It was quite cute actually."

Chou'un then looks thoughtful then looks at Murasame and speaks. "Master... Now that you say that, I do remember me and some silver-haired girl being friends. How'd you know that?"

Murasame then begins recounting her tale. "I heard the local news report, apparently some drunk asshole tried to rob you two of whatever he thought you had, but was severely beaten by you with some rusted pipe. It was said that you had tried to do some iai techniques on him with the pipe. Of course, it didn't work how you'd thought it would so Mouyuu then went in and beat him half to death."

Chou'un then asked in confusion. "But you just said I beat him."

Murasame then continued. "You kinda did. When they checked him over at the jail, they saw that he had deep slashes on the side of his body from where you'd hit him with the pipe. Apparently, what you did was far worse than what Mouyuu did and she was pummeling him all about his body. Some of his wounds had been infected through the rust coming into contact with his broken skin."

Chou'un then raised an eyebrow at her and asked. "So, you kept tabs on us?"

Murasame then nodded at her and answered. "After that point, yes. Although when I saw you two from before then, I always felt in my heart that you and her would be special to me. I just didn't know how."

Chou'un then looked thoughtful. "That doesn't explain why Mouyuu hate me?"

Murasame then frowned as she answered her student. "Pure jealousy, that's why. You see, she's lived a hard life as I alluded to earlier from before you and her met. She was slumming it harder than you. And well, I wasn't exactly the best master to her either."

Ryofu then thought to herself as she put a hand over Kaji's forehead. (I wonder how they tried to convince Kaji. Moukaku did seem kind of sweet on him.) She then spoke up. "Not to interrupt you guys, but Kakouen..."

Kakouen then turned to Ryofu and answered. "Yes?"

Ryofu then asked. "Do you know how long this fever is gonna last?"

Kakouen then frowned at how close Ryofu was to him, but schooled her emotions as she answered neutrally. "It's not a particularly strong poison so I figure that it should last only a few hours. You all can stay here until they recover. Don't worry about food, I'll-" She then remembered something. "OH SHIT!" Kakouen then rushes into the kitchen out of worry. Of course, the worry seemed to be for naught as the food she had been making was still in tact. She gave a sigh of relief as she had avoided burning the food albeit narrowly. She then pulls out a square pan which was a macaroni and cheese, which is now shown with a brilliant golden crust, alongside other dishes. One was filled with mashed potatoes. Another dish had sausage gravy for a dipping sauce for either the mashed potatoes or for the biscuits. One final dish revealed a sizeable portions of fried chicken breasts.

Kakouen then smiles as she looks at the pot on the stove. She then turns around to everyone else and speaks. "The corn should be ready in a bit. I cooked them in cheyenne pepper, old bay and paprika."

Kouhiko then turns to Kakouen and is is awe-struck. "Wow. How do you know how to make any of that?! Those aren't Japanese specialty dishes."

She throws him a book. He takes a look at it and notices that it is a specialty cook book, signed by Dante. Kouhiko then sighs at that. "Figures..."

Ryofu then heads to the freezer and grabs an ice pack out of the freezer to and tends to Kaji in an attempt to cool him off and make him comfortable. She then turns to Kakouen with the ice pack in hand and looks at her a bit suspiciously and voiced her concerns, "Hm, Kaji would like those foods. You know what, it seems that you know a lot about what Kaji likes to eat Kakouen. I know you're an intel specialist, but don't you think that's a little much?"

Kakouen then rubs the back of her head and speaks, attempting to deflect Ryofu's accusations. "Hehe, I mean we are friends though. As for the food, he's an American, right? So I looked up some good looking American dishes and decided to give him a taste of home. I know that he has to be homesick. I'd be if I was in a different country."

"Indeed, Kaji is from the States. I'd think he'd be happy with the food choices, En." Kouhiko happily chirped.

Ryofu then nodded and asked another question. "So how did you become involved with him? Out of curiosity."

Kakouen was unaware of Ryofu's knowledge of this. "Uh..." Kakouen is surprised and caught off-guard. She tries to pass it off as just a friendly relationship and she speaks as such. "I-I-I don't know what you mean. Kaji's a friend. I just wanted to give him a taste of home. Is it really that much of a cause for concern?"

Ryofu then squints her eyes at Kakouen's rather bad attempts at lying and calls her out on it. "You can't play me so don't try to. I am already aware of what's going on."

Kakouen blushes as she'd been caught. Murasame notices that for a split second, there was an air shift between Ryofu and Kakouen. She merely raises an eyebrow at the exchange and thinks to herself. (Even though this new generation is way more open than in my day, they're still prone to bouts of insane jealousy as well. Feh. The nature of us Earthlings, no?)

Kakouen then sighs and 'gives up the ghost' and decides to come clean. "You're right, I'm sorry Ryofu. It... It just happened. And now..."

Anna then grimaces and thinks to herself. (Ooh, this isn't going to end well. Kakouen's struggling to say ...that. How would Ryofu take this?)

Kakouen is afraid to say "I'm pregnant", but Ryofu isn't currently privy to that knowledge and decides to press her on it. "Well..."

"If you two were in a relationship already, I am SO sorry..." Kakouen says as she is on the verge of tears as she drops the casserole dish with the macaroni. Kouhiko summons all of his strength to move, with a flash-step and just barely makes it in time catching the mac n' cheese before it hit the ground, while landing on his knees. Murasame grins appreciatively while Anna claps for him.

Kouhiko exasperates as Chou'un then begins walking into the kitchen as well. "Ugh... THANK. GOD. Kakouen, be careful next time. Also, damn it. My knees hurt."

"Yes, we are." Ryofu says as she looks at her. Ryofu then smirks as she breaks the tense atmosphere. "You can calm down now, Kakouen as I hold no ill will toward you. You see, I'm different."

Kakouen then raises an eyebrow at Ryofu and asks. "What do you mean by different?"

Kouhiko, with assistance from Chou'un then gets up and sets the macaroni down. "Hey. Can't we discuss this over dinner?"

Chou'un and Kakouen turn to Ryofu with a "What do you think?" look. Murasame and Anna stand off to the side to just watch them before heading in as well.

Ryofu then shrugs at that. "Well, let's eat then."

The five head to the kitchen table, grabs a place and some silverware and begins taking a bit of everything for their plates. Kakouen then smiles as she speaks. "I hope you all enjoy it. I worked very hard on everything."

"Thank you." Ryofu says as she begins to eat.

Kouhiko then takes a bite of the fried chicken and nods appreciatively. "It's delicious, Kakouen."

Kakouen then turns to Kouhiko and smiles at him. "Thank you, Houken. That means a lot coming from you, a chef in your own right."

Chou'un then eats a bit and smiles back to Kakouen as well. "It truly is marvelous. You've inspired me to step my game up, En."

Ryofu then continues eating and hums in appreciation. "Exquisite... I've never had American food like this before."

Anna then nods at Kakouen. "Yeah, you know your way around the kitchen. Good on you."

Murasame then pokes at the mashed potatoes with the sausage gravy on it before eating it. "Hm. So this is southern American food. I never had it before despite going to America multiple times. This is good, I must say. I'll have to head south the next time I'm there."

Kakouen then blushes as she grins proudly. "Ehe, thank you all for the praise." She then turns to Ryofu as she simmers down. "Now Ryofu. When you say "different", HOW "different" are you?"

Ryofu then explains what she meant. "I have an open relationship with him. Yyou see I also like women and I fool around with them occasionally. And because I do that I allow Kaji to be with other women. That is, on the condition that I'm his number one girl."

Kakouen's stomach then fell as her face then betrays her emotions. (...) She then responds a bit more melancholy. "Oh, I see..."

Anna then cuts in and looks thoughtful. "That's sorta like my step-mom. Heh, you guys are so alike it's not even funny."

Murasame then does the same as she responds as well. "Well, that is interesting. The world's a-changin' after all. What would be taboo in my hey-day, has been for the most part, accepted or at the least, people stopped raising a fuss over it. That's rather interesting if I say so myself."

Kouhiko then looks at Ryofu and speaks. "You're kinda like another girl we know..."

Ryofu then raised an eyebrow and asked, being intrigued by what Kouhiko was saying. "And who would that be?"

Chou'un then answered. "Kan'u."

Murasame then turned towards Chou'un and looked incredulously as she asked. "Ryuzo's eldest granddaughter's putting out? Wow."

"I didn't know she liked men like that. I mean I did hear about her relationship with that Kin guy and her fling with Kaji, but I thought it was just that. A fling..." Ryofu remarked.

Chou'un then nods her head at both Ryofu and Murasame and spoke. "Yes to both of you. And Master, Kan'u has a kid like I do."

Murasame then continued her train of thought. "Really now. Huh, depending on how Ryuzo has been, he either might be ecstatic or pissed. But I'm pretty sure that Unchou girl or her Tanshi sister won't care."

Kouhiko then shrugged his shoulders not knowing who that is, but giving his opinion on the matter. "Well, whatever she's been doing lately is her business. After all, she hasn't been with another man since Kin died..."

Ryofu then nods her head as she turns back to Kakouen with something on her mind. "Now that I think about it. There was something you didn't finish saying earlier, Kakouen. What was that?"

Kakouen then took a breath before continuing her train of thought. "Oh, that. I was just worried that I was being a wedge. I didn't want to come between you and Kaji is all."

Ryofu then squinted her eyes, not buying what Kakouen was selling and so she questioned her once again. "Are you sure?"

Anna then grimaced at Kakouen and thought toi herself. (You could have lied a little better, Kakouen.)

Kakouen then nods her head rapidly and continued on. "Of course, I don't want to be a source of drama. I'd hate to be like those "Secret Life of the American Teenage Girls", yuck."

Murasame then raised an eyebrow at that as she really doesn't follow television series, much less foreign ones. "And what's that?"

Chou'un then sighs and answers. "It's a drama series where a bunch of preppy girls go out and act like complete hussies."

Murasame then sighs as well. "Ah, I see. So it's drivel correct?"

Chou'un and Anna answers. "Yes."

Ryofu then shrugs her shoulders. "... Very well then." She then thinks to herself. (She's lying, but I don't want to cause a scene. We still need to get Kaji back to normal.)

Kakouen then turns to Kouhiko and asks him something. "Houken... Did you hear anything that was said to Kaji? Ryofu said you were discussing honor."

Kouhiko then shook his head in the negative. "No, I didn't I'm afraid."

Ryofu then rubs her chin as she answers. "It would be interesting to find out."

"It might take a while before we get the answer to that question. What a mess..." Kouhiko grumbled.

Ryofu then squints her eyes at the table and balls her right hand into a fist before just as immediately releasing it. "I think Nanban is hiding more than just their knowledge of poison from us."

"I believe so too. They were way too coordinated. That has to be only one of their secret weapons and I'm quite nervous of what they would have next." Kouhiko said.

Kaji then tosses and turns violently in his sleep and grunts. It looks like he is having a nightmare. His fever becomes higher as he thrashes around and he begins groaning even louder. He then moans out. "N-No..."

Ryofu hears this and pops up from the table and rushes over to Kaji. "Kaji!" Kouhiko and everyone else gets up. Kouhiko then begins by tracking Kaji's pulse and temperature.

Murasame just stares at Kaji's prone body. She squints her eyes at it. (Hm. That type of poison, huh? Kakouen is correct that it is a mild poison, but... It seems that girl Mouyuu pals around with fucked up with the ingredients. I assume that she wanted to merely subdue him but either she added too much of one ingredient, or Kaji's unusally suspectible to the poison. Interesting. Maybe Houken might be able to use his medical knowledge to undo the poison. I'll have to teach him immunity afterwards.)

Kouhiko then clicks his tongue and speaks in a authoritative tone. "His fever just spiked! Quickly! Fetch a damp towel, ibuprofen and plenty of cold water! We have to cool him down!"

Kakouen is then swayed by Kouhiko's voice and immediatelyt responds. "R-Right away!"

Kakouen fetches all of the items requested. Meanwhile, Kaji continues react negatively to whatever is going on in his mind. Kouhiko applies the towel, assiting Kaji in swallowing the painkillers and regularly giving him water.

Ryofu looks at Kaji in worry. "..." She gently rubs his shoulders, soothing him and slowing his his thrashing. It eventually works and Kaji begins to calm down.

"There we go. Now he should calm down." Kouhiko said as he nods at Ryofu.

Ryofu then gives Kouhiko a tired smile and thanks him. "Thank you, Houken."

Kouhiko then nods at her. "You're welcome, Ryofu. It's my duty."

Ryofu then nods at Kouhiko and speaks. "I guess the meds are gonna keep him out for even longer."

"They will. But he should be more stable now and before long, his fever will break." Kouhiko states.

Back at Kan'u's house, a buzzing noise is heard in Kan'u's room. Inside, Kan'u wears Kaji's hat while she drills her pussy with a high-powered vibrator. She scream out in bliss. "A-ah. AH! OH GOD, YES! YES! K-KAJI~"

Ryofu then yawns feeling the tired effects of the fight, the food and this little incident with Kaji. "I want to stay with him until he wakes up."

Murasame then answers as she, Chou'un, and Anna all come out of the kitchen. "That sounds like a decent idea, girlie. We'll go elsewhere. We need to clear the air on quite a few things, right Anna? Houken?" Anna then looks at the ground guiltily and sighs to herself, trying to steel her nerves. Kouhiko is at first, confused but when he sees Anna's reaction, he then puts two and two together and sighs to himself as well.

Chou'un then turns to Murasame and asks. "Master Murasame?"

"Hah. I think Master Murasame has a point. We should head elsewhere and talk. You two can take care of Kaji right?" Kouhiko said with dread as he then turns towards Kakouen and Ryofu.

Kakouen then nods at him and speaks. "We will. You can use 'that' room, Houken."

"Right. Bye all." Kouhiko said.

The four leave for a spare room that Kouhiko used when he stayed at Kakouen's. The air is heavy with what's going to be said, mainly between Anna and Chou'un. They head to the spare bedroom where the four people then situate themselves in the room. Anna and Murasame sit on the floor while Kouhiko and Chou'un sit on the bed.

Murasame then looks around as her gaze then lands on Kouhiko who she then strikes up a conversation with. "Hm, this room is rather cozy. You've been here before, Houken?"

"Yeah, me and Kakouen kinda used to be a thing. Chou'un was included of course." Kouhiko then clarified.

Murasame just raised an eyebrow at that before clearing her throat and looking at Anna expectantly, Kouhiko catches on as well. Anna just looks at the ground and sighs. "..."

"..." Kouhiko doesn't say anything either but does think to himself. (Well, we do need to move on from this eventually. Hah. Damn it, I don't think I can fight my way out if it comes to blows. Although, it's Chou'un so I don't think I want to. But man, why do I have this pit of despair in my stomach.)

Chou'un then looks at everyone and notices that nothing is going on and it has her a bit unnerved, so she attempts to break the ice. "Um, so what's going on? I feel that something bad happened, and I feel that you know more than I do, Master Murasame. You know more about what should be my life including this Mouyuu thing, and I don't like that."

Murasame then sighs once more and speaks. "Hah, yeah... But before I talk, maybe girlie should." She nudges Anna who takes a deep breath before standing up and looking at Chou'un and Kouhiko before steeling her nerves.

Anna then begins. "Chou'un, I-"

Chou'un then stand up and walks over to Anna to get her to calm down, instead it unnerves her even more. "Yes, Anna."

"I, um... You see. I-" Despite that, Anna tries and yet still struggles to get the words she wanted to say out and begins shedding tears which caused Murasame to stand up and rub her back. Anna tries to speak again but can only stutter out. "I-um... I."

Kouhiko had felt bad for her as well and decided to lie to try and take some of the heat off Anna. "Chou'un, I'm so, so sorry. Anna and I kinda fooled around, be-behind your back. Can you forgive me for being so damn stupid?"

He then got down on his knees and prostrated himself to Chou'un who just looks at him in confusion. "C-Ciro?"

Murasame then looked at Kouhiko in shock. "Huh?" She then thinks to herself. (Is he taking the blame for what she did? Hm...)

Anna then looks down at the prostrating Kouhiko. "Hou... ken?"

Kouhiko then sits up on his knees as he continues his 'apology'. "Yes, I'm terribly sorry, dear."

Chou'un then frowns, gets serious and opens her eyes to glare at him. "W-when did this happen, Ciro!" The anger in her voice is palpable and Kouhiko hangs his head in shame at what he said even though he's lying to protect Anna.

Kouhiko then explained himself. "After the dinner date. We... Kaji included... Had gotten hammered and one thing led to another... And we, well-"

Chou'un then yelled at him. "H-how could you! After everything we've been through, y-you'd cheat on me! Why? What did I do to deserve this? You know that I would have been okay with going along with this if you had those urges. W-why would you do this behind my back-" Chou'un had started to break down which made Kouhiko feel even more like shit and also start to break down as well. "W-what will I tell the kids now? Huh! Did you think about that, Ciro!"

Kouhiko then had a look of bewilderment on his face as he started putting two and two together and voiced his concern. "C-chou'un? W-what does that-"

Chou'un, however remained stone-faced as she answered. "What do you think it means? I'm fine with having orgies with you, I'm bisexual and the women that were attracted to you, I had felt bad for them seeing as how I took you off the market. I didn't want to hurt anyone, i-i-it was just that I loved being with you and one thing led to another. I'm NOT fine with being cheated on! I deserve better than that! And I won't send the message to my kids, especially Sayaka that you should just accept anything because you find the mate hot. So, I'm going to do the only thing that makes sense."

"Chou'un, I-" Kouhiko popped up and held Chou'un by the waist as he spoke.

Chou'un then turned her head away from him and her voice had begun to broke as she spoke. "I honestly thought that-"

Anna then yelled trying to stop Chou'un from continuing. "Please s-stop that, Chou'un!"

Chou'un then snapped out of it and turned towards Anna and spoke rather coldly. "Anna? Stay out of this, please. This doesn't concern you."

Anna then continued hysterically. "But it does! H-he's lying to you!" She then turns towards Kouhiko and asks him with tear-stained eyes. "Why Houken? Why would you lie to her like that! Why would you destroy your own happiness? For ME even? Especially after what I did to you!"

Kouhiko then looked at Anna in shock. "Anna..."

Chou'un then asked in confusion as she now was lost. "Anna? W-what are you talking about? What did you do?"

Anna then gets choked up and speaks. "H-H-He's lying! I-I-I, hah. I-I-I raped him, okay? I-I didn't mean to. The alcohol, it-it... It made me do th-that... I, I really didn't want to have it happen like that. I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! Please don't hate me!" She started sobbing uncontrollably before throwing herself at Chou'un who was shocked by her revelation, but despite that managed to comfort her seeing as how she felt really bad for her, and she did kinda like her.

Chou'un then looks at Kouhiko who had stood back up and looked down in shame. "Is this true, Houken? Did she assault you?"

Kouhiko then sighed before answering. "...Yes. I mean I wouldn't call it that though. She didn't mean any ill will with what she did. She's just obsessed with me because I remind her of Dante is all."

Chou'un then continued asking. "Might I ask how she went about it? Not saying that she's weak or anything, but you're one of the best hand-to-hand combatants that I know. How'd she get the jump on you?"

Kouhiko then answered his wife's inquiry. "It was after the dinner and we had dropped Kaji off. Anna was really drunk, and honestly I was buzzed as well and she was continuously trying to get into my pants, literally. I kept fighting her off and had driven to the nearby hotel to drop her off as I've gotten tired of her shtick. It was then she pulled out a taser and stabbed me with it. Then suddenly and before I knew it, she'd climbed on top of me and well, fucked me in the driver's seat. After that, I was so overcome with shame, and yet, so angry that I made the idiotic mistake of walking. Actually, I was rather dragging her to the hotel as my intention was to drop her off there and be done with her, then suddenly I fell to the ground once I had gotten out of the car. Something to do with the electrical shock had immobilized me once again. Apparently my body had re-locked up once I stepped outside of the car. A couple of guards had helped me up, but I couldn't even speak. And I guess from that, somehow Anna convinced them to take me to a room that she's staying in and there we was stuck for the rest of the night as the shock was wearing off."

Chou'un then noted something. "I was wondering why it took you so long to come back home. Anna, is this true?"

"Y-yes..." She said as she was still holding onto Chou'un, but she was trembling as she was fearing what Chou'un would say or do to rebuke her. However, what Chou'un actually did next surprised her, Kouhiko and even Murasame.

"Anna." Chou'un said softly, but in a dangerous tone of voice as she rubbed Anna's head which caused her to look up at her with tear-stained eyes.

Anna then spoke nervously. "Y-yes?"

Chou'un then smiled at her before opening her eyes and stared at Anna darkly. "After everything we did for you, you'd take advantage of a man's generosity like that? I want to hear it from you directly. Not Houken's theory, I want to hear YOUR explanation for why. Why did you do it?!"

Anna then hiccups in nervousness at what Chou'un could do to her. "W-what will you do to me? D-Dante will-"

Chou'un then responded harshly. "Dante will what! What do you think I'll do to you? And even if I did, you'd deserve everything that I would supposedly do to you! Ciro's been nothing but nice to you and you'd take advantage of him and do... that to him! What kind of woman are you!"

Anna then looked away from Chou'un. "...I-I..."

Chou'un then continued. "How impulsive are you! Regardless of whether you're a kid or not, you have to learn some self-restraint, Anna! The next person who you do this to, I guarantee they won't be as forgiving as I am. Hell, I don't even know why I'm forgiving you!"

"Chou'un..." Kouhiko said.

Chou'un then turned to Kouhiko and spoke angrily at him too. "And you should have said something, Ciro! You had me worrying about why my home had this awkward tension for the past couple of weeks. I left Murasame to pursue better, not to be thrown back into the same mistrusting settings I was when I was there!"

Murasame then looked at Chou'un owlishly as she responded. "Oh come on. It wasn't that bad, Chou'un. ...Was it?"

Chou'un then answered. "Yes! Yes it was, Master! I love you and all, but you weren't the most comforting person around as I've stated earlier. And on top of that, I continued having these damn nightmares of me lying bleeding on your floor with some girl standing over me and you doing NOTHING about it. Everytime I'd bring it up with you, you'd always dodge the question or treat me like I was lying about having these thoughts. I knew you were covering up something, but I didn't dare to question you. Because I-I always thought that you'd have my best interests at heart. But with everything that led to Jackson's betrayal of us and the conversation that I heard you and him have... It, it made me question. Question if you really cared about us. That's why I left, Master."

"You heard the conversation that we had? What did you hear?!" Murasame asked as she then got serious. "Because what you thought that you heard-"

Chou'un then got testy as she responded to her master's attempt at trying to gaslight. "Oh? So I didn't hear him complaining about how you were picking up orphans in order to train them to become soldiers for some revolutionary army? An army that would have tried to overthrow Japan! And him complaining that you would have failed and that they would have killed all of us once the Japanese government found out who was bank-rolling this! We might be orphans, but we deserve better than to be used as tools of war!"

"..." Murasame turns her head to the side and looks down in shame, before huffing. "Chou'un, I..."

Chou'un then continues on pressing. "Master, why- Why did you actually pick me up that day? And please tell me the truth. Why does Mouyuu look so familiar?! What have you been hiding from me all these years?"

Murasame then looks thoughtful as if she knew that this day was coming. "Hm... Well, where should I start?"

Chou'un then blurts out angrily. "The truth obviously!"

"Chou'un, babe." Kouhiko said trying to calm her down.

Chou'un then snaps at Kouhiko. "Don't "babe" me. You'd be pissed at me if the situation was reversed! If your master was hiding secrets from you, and has been your entire life! I'm a bit angry with Anna for taking advantage of you and stealing our stuff, namely the Proactive, and strutting around the house like she owned it. Think of what would happen if someone that didn't know you or I were to walk into the house and just see Anna lying naked on OUR couch." Anna flinched at that as she wasn't COMPLETELY sleeping in the buff to try and seduce Kouhiko nor did she think that she acted like she 'owned the house'. Chou'un then continues. "What would they think? What would that do to your career or our future, Ciro! But, I'm equally as angry with you for hiding this from me. I thought we had trust in each other. But yet, you've been so damn secretive and hot-headed... I-I just... Am I not worthy enough?"

"Worthy enough? For what? What are you saying, of course you are. I married you after all. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Kouhiko said, a bit hurt by what Chou'un was saying.

Chou'un then continued, just a bit less frostily but still hurt by what had transpired. "Then why am I not worthy enough to be burdened by your problems? Ciro, I married you. So your problems are mine as well and vice versa. I took our vows seriously, I even gave you three wonderful kids. What kind of home can we actually have if WE can't trust each other. If you just run off and try to solve everything by yourself! What about what I want!" Chou'un started sniffling back tears of anger and worry, to which Kouhiko just held her and Anna in his arms and started consoling her.

Kouhiko then speaks softly. "Listen, I didn't mean to hurt you. Nor do I think that you're unworthy or whatever. I just..."

Chou'un then argued back. "You just... What! You just think that there are things I shouldn't help you with. That it'd make you less of a 'man' to have your WIFE help you solve these things. I'm not a burden, and you shouldn't treat me like one! I married you, I fell in love with you because of how mature you are! It wasn't just your looks or how good you are in the bedroom. If I wanted some macho moron, I'd gotten with Kaji!"

Kouhiko then apologizes. "Chou'un... Okay, you have a point there... Look, I'm sorry." He then thought to himself. (Damn. I really fucked up badly. How long has she felt like this? This is more than just the Nanban thing...)

Chou'un then continued on. "And then there's that bullshit you pulled today!"

Kouhiko then slightly goes on the defensive. "Look, I get you're mad I almost got killed. But Chou'un, we were going to fight them anyways. And I heard that Seito was destroyed and that you could have possibly been caught up in that mess, I just got pissed and went into auto-pilot."

Chou'un then argues back. "So that makes it okay to go run off to your death? We live in the modern age, there's no need for that now! Get out of this macho Martial Arts bullshit of yours. I don't deserve that! And neither do our kids!"

Kouhiko then just looked down at the ground, ashamed of how he had acted. Sure he did this last year with trying to find Toutaku at Rakuyo Academy, but stakes weren't as high as they are now nor did it go anywhere as Kaji was there to calm him down. This time, it was Kaji who had fed into that as he had felt the same way. Kouhiko then took a second to reflect on all of that. "..." (Damn. I can't always let my emotions get the better of me. Who knows what will happen next? Maybe the stress of it all finally got to me. Is this how Kaji feels all the time? I can see why he acts the way he does. But... But... I-I can't keep hurting Chou'un and our kids. N-not like this.)

Murasame then frowned at Chou'un and rebuked her. "Okay, okay lay off. We get it, you're mad. Quit throwing a tantrum, I taught you better than that, Shiryuu. He did it because he was mad that you were attacked. While I do agree that it was reckless and some of the Martial Arts teachings can be quite chauvinistic, there are times when a man's gotta fight for his family. Something that you are. He can't wait until he has your permission to do so, kids or not. Because if he does, that could spell certain death for you and your family, Chou'un."

Chou'un then snapped her head to her Master to refute that claim that she was throwing a tantrum. "Yeah I get that. But there are also times when you have to let things go! I wasn't hurt, but he sure was. We would have gathered our resources and then went to go fight the Nanban, as a unit."

Murasame then questioned. "And then what? Succumb to the same thing Houken and Kaji did today?"

Chou'un then tried to argue back. "There would have been more of us, we could have-"

Murasame then rebuked her a bit more harshly this time. "Could have WHAT?! Sent more people to the grave!"

Chou'un then having enough of her master's sanctimoniousness, rebuked her. "Spare me. Like you care! You were fine with sending me off to some revolutionary. Letting kids go die in a war seems to be right up your alley, Master!"

Murasame then scoffs and retorts. "Heh. And so the real Chou'un comes out."

Chou'un then defends herself. "Don't try and make ME the bad guy, you've been lying to me for years. You knew what Jackson was trying to prevent and you threw him away and sold him out. You knew about Mouyuu and threw her away too. And you stuck to your "ways" uncaring about me or anyone else until that revolutionary turned on you."

Murasame then gritted her teeth. "You little bit-" She then catches herself and sighs, and then she continues. "Fine. While I have been a shitheel towards people and I was admittedly harsher towards you than I should have been, I in NO way betrayed anyone!"

Chou'un then noticing her master's actually becoming angry decides to tone down her anger and questions in a neutral tone. "Then why... The revolutionary for damn sure wasn't going to protect me."

Murasame then just exploded. "I didn't know that! Okay, what do you want from me! To say that I've fucked up! Because god knows that I have. I was too goddamn naive for my own good. I thought that man had our best interests at heart. I-I-I m-m-mean, h-h-h-he was my son. Why wouldn't I trust him? I gave birth to him, raised him even. I mean yes, it was only for a few years until his bastard of a grandfather just snatched him away after my husband's death..." Murasame then wipes a few tears away being overcome with grief and resentment. She then looks back at Chou'un who is shocked at this point. She continues on in a somber tone. "Tell me something, Chou'un. If one of your kids turned towards the dark side, would you be willing to just throw them away? To kill them even if it meant doing the right thing? Could you even do it?"

Chou'un then looked down in shame as she didn't know that. "Master... I-"

Murasame then looked away as she continued. "I sided with him because I wanted to protect you, Chou'un. And not just you, but I wanted to protect you and Mouyuu and Jackson. I wanted to protect what you three could have represented. B-but I fucked that to hell and back. So I doubled my efforts into you because- because I- Because I-"

Chou'un then asked. "Because you what, Master?"

Murasame then looked up at Chou'un and smiled sadly as she continued. "Because I saw something in you. Something that I thought was lost to the times. Something that I lost. Something that my son lost."

Chou'un then asked. "And what was that?"

Murasame then spoke with a bit more conviction. "Chou'un. I saw... Hell, I still see it. You have that hope that this world needs. I saw how you were in those slums and how you'd suffer. And god, did you ever suffer. But not once did you succumb to the despair of this world. Not once did you try and cheat the other orphans to get ahead yourself when you could have done so and noone would have judged you for it. There were times you went hungry just because you didn't want to see anyone else suffer like you were. You held to your convictions, something that even I couldn't do."

Chou'un then sighed irritably as she thought Murasame would say something profound, but yet (in her mind, it was more hogwash). "That's it? That's all you got. Some more lies. W-"

Murasame then rebuked her loudly. "It's not a lie! You want to know about that nightmare of yours. Fine, here goes... Everything. You do know Mouyuu. For a short time, I took both of you in and made both of you my students. You two couldn't be more diametrically opposed to each other if you tried. You were upstanding, moral, righteous and fair, yet rigid. Mouyuu was scrupulous, dastardly, and she's cheat to get what she had wanted yet she was the flexible one. She was or rather is, your darkness and you're her light. She'd gotten jealous of the fact that I taught you Holy Air Flasher Cut and wouldn't teach her that."

Chou'un then got intrigued by that and had asked. "Why was that, Master?"

Murasame then explained once she had caught her breath and calmed down. "That technique can only be used by one who is of right standing. I told her that, and I guess with how I was pouring more time into you and your training, must have set her over the edge. Then she became more antagonistic towards you as a result and would try multiple times to kill you."

Chou'un looks shocked by this. "W-why? Why would she do this?"

Murasame then scratched the top of her head before answering. "I'm guessing jealousy mixed in with feelings of inadequacy seeing as how she had to live in the slums mostly by herself. Even when she was with you or that Moukaku girl, she was alone and always living underneath someone else's shadow. She probably hated herself seeing as how her parents simply abandoned her. Yours died and you had no other family apparently. Her's just abandoned her and she must have felt that when I didn't accept her that I had done the same thing. Those feelings must have sprung forth and she took her anger out on you."

Chou'un then opened her eyes in shock as she stared at her master. "Is that why I can't remember a lot of the time from when we were kids. W-whatever she did to me, I lost a huge chunk of time."

Murasame then continued her explanation. "Well, I'm not surprised to be quite honest. That was a result of her challenging you to a match. I had thought you would have won easily enough seeing as how I pumped into you a lot of my more advanced techniques. But you always had one fatal flaw."

Chou'un then asked. "And what is that, master?"

Murasame then sighed again before answering. "You're far too rigid, and merciful. You might be physically stronger than Mouyuu, but she's mentally stronger than you. She can outthink most opponents and that was true for the time with her battle with you. She flustered you and took advantage of it by hitting you with an immature version of the Empty Skyform Air Cutter. You were so broken by the fact that Mouyuu was savagely beating you despite you two being best friends before that you didn't try to counter the move and took it full on."

Chou'un then asked trepiditously. "S-So that nightmare of me laying in a pool of my own blood... It was real? And it was Mouyuu's doing?"

Murasame then looked down in shame. "Yes. When I saw that she was preparing a second blast to kill you, I retailated and fired a complete version of the Empty Skyform Air Cutter at her and managed to hit her..." Murasame then grabbed the sides of her head and began to hyperventilate as she reminisced over the events. "I-I wasn't meaning to... I was just trying to scare her, but in my rage... I fired a full-version of the blast at her and I don't know how. But it did and placed a scar on the right side of her stomach." Murasame then laughs mirthlessly. "Haha. She had that look that still haunts me to this very day. Out of her one eye, she had that look of both fear and the acceptance of imminent death. I saw what little light she had in her eyes just dim. And to know that it was my fault. Heh, I'm such scum. First, I ran Jackson off because he was right about my son. You see, when he brought you all to my dojo, he did so under the pretense of giving you all a better life. At first, I wanted to refuse but he kept whittling down my defenses until I couldn't refuse. On top of that, I saw you and I just had to get you before this world could corrupt you."

Chou'un then owlishly stared at her. "Why? Why me? Why are you so fixated on me? Was it really because I have this 'hope' or whatever you say?"

Murasame then looked down and smiled. "At first, yes. But after I got to know you, I knew that you would have been the one I could pass on my techniques to. I knew there was something special about you. Something close to my heart. Something that I had lost."

Chou'un then asked softly. "How so? What if I turned out like Mouyuu? You've been so careful and guarded. To just throw that away for some orphan you didn't know, that doesn't seem like you."

Murasame then continued as she looked up at Chou'un with tears forming on the side of her eyes. "Heh. But it is like me. I-I can't explain it well, but I do know that when I saw you I just knew. I knew that I had to protect you. It was instantaneous, I-I only had that feeling once. That was when my son was born. That indescribable feeling of joy when I held my baby boy... Seeing you brought that back. For quite some time, I hated myself. I hated myself for letting his grandfather just whisk him away and I didn't even put up a fight. I just rolled over and died. And that wrecked me, it STILL wrecks me all these years later. I-I failed him as a mother. And I failed myself as a woman. So when I saw you, I hoped in my heart of hearts that this would be my second chance to make things right. You had that same light in you that he did when he was young. I-I know it was selfish, and I know I hurt a lot of people in the process in my obsession with you. But I-I just HAD to try. I just had to make things right! Y-you understand, right Chou'un?" Murasame was in tears at this point.

"Master..." Chou'un started sniffling as Murasame was indirectly saying that Chou'un was like a daughter to her. "I-I... I didn't know. W-why didn't you tell me?"

Murasame then frowned as she looked down again. "Yeah, I should have said something. I-I was just so wrapped up in myself. And when we had that big blow-up and you left for Kousousan shortly afterwards, I-I just fell apart. It was like my son being ripped away from me again. It was like when I had to kill my son in order to protect Japan. T-that's why when you left for Kousousan, I just left. I-I couldn't take it anymore."

Anna and Kouhiko who were listening to everything just sadly stated at the same time. "Murasame..."

Chou'un then put her hands on Murasame's shoulders. "B-But you came back. Y-you're here now, and we've both matured from that point. I-I... I also want to apologize as well. I didn't know you had all that on your plate. And I'm sorry for saying that I hated you. I-I can't hate you Master. Y-you saved my life... You were the closest thing to a mother I could have ever had."

"C-Chou'un." Murasame then pulled Chou'un in for a hug to which she eagerly accepted. Anna and Kouhiko joined in as well and all four of them hugged each other for what seemed to be forever, before they all broke apart. The tense air was lifted and everyone seemed better off for it.

Kouhiko was the one who broke the comfortable silence. "So, um... Chou'un-"

Chou'un then asked. "Yes, Ciro?"

"So... What now?" Kouhiko asked, secretly wondering if Chou'un was still serious about leaving him.

Chou'un then sighs before she answers. "We fight Mouyuu and settle the score with her. Maybe, just maybe she can be saved as well. I-I owe it to her to at least try."

Murasame doesn't say anything instead just looking up at the ceiling of the room. "..."

Kouhiko then questioned. "But she seemed really angry towards you. How are you going to do that?"

Chou'un then looked thoughtful before answering. "Hm. The only way I know how. I'll fight her to understand her point of view. I believe that deep down somewhere my best friend is there waiting to be freed from her darkness. I-I won't kill her. No matter what."

Murasame then asked. "You think you can do it, Chou'un?"

Chou'un then smiled as she answered. "Just watch me, Master. You taught me that move because you said that I was in right-standing, right? So you know that my version of the Holy Air Flasher isn't to be used as a killing blow. Not on her, anyways."

Kouhiko then smiled and said. "Babe. Heh. That's why I married you."

"But of course it is." Chou'un says as she then smirks. "But don't think that agreeing with me means you're off the hook. And trust me, you have a lot to make up for, you know."

Kouhiko then nodded and spoke. "So you aren't going to leave me?"

Chou'un then shook her head in the negative. "No. I had never even considered it. While I am a little pissed at how you ran into danger, I understand that you did it not only for me, but for the good of all of us. I just want you to THINK a bit more in the future. When I said my vows, to always love and support you. I meant that. And I hope you did too."

Kouhiko then nodded his head at that. "O-Of course I did. And, alright. I hear you loud and clear. While I can't promise I won't have to rush into danger anymore, I WILL run it by you."

Chou'un had smiled at that. "You better. And I promise the same. Now... As for how you'll make it up to me."

Kouhiko then nodded his head. "Say it and it's done."

Murasame then cuts in. "If I may make a suggestion..."

Chou'un then looked at her Master curiously. "What's up, Master?"

Murasame then looked down at Anna who she was still holding, before looking at Chou'un and Kouhiko who had broken away from the hug. "I was talking to girlie here, and I've stated that her lust-based lunacy was what drove her to do what she did to Houken in the first place. She's not in love with him, but is obsessed with him because of Dante. Or rather his influences."

Anna then looked up at Murasame. "Murasame..."

Murasame then continued. "I had mentioned that she'd need a second dosage of him in order to cure her of this."

Chou'un then looked at Anna, then Murasame and then spoke. "Master..."

Murasame then clarified her point. "But of course, I would mention that you should be present as well, Chou'un. I mean it's only fair."

Chou'un then looked around. "But here? Now?"

Murasame then looked at Chou'un in confusion. "I don't see why not. I also need to ascertain where you stand as well, Kouhiko. Well, at least your spirit man. We'll work on your physical being a bit later on. I feel that the Nanban will attack you guys soon and I need to pump as much of my knowledge into you two and that Kaji kid soon enough. If he's this bad off because of some poison, then I suspect that he's unusually suspectible to poison which will make all of this harder."

Kouhiko then squinted his eyes at the Kaji comment, knowing it to be true and being worried for his best friend. It was Chou'un who voiced her concerns. "Master... Wait, ascertain? Ascertain what?"

Murasame then explained. "I need to see how strong he is spiritually. I've heard stories about how good he is physically. In order to help him, I would have to teach you lot..." She then looks at Kouhiko, Chou'un and Anna and then begins to speak again. "...A soul-based technique that I know that I can pass down to both of you, er, well all three of you. But it has to be done at the same time and only be done during intercourse. Don't ask WHY that is."

Kouhiko then tilted his head in confusion. "Huh? Murasame?"

Anna then opened her eyes in shock. "A-Are you saying what I think you are?"

Chou'un then looked at Anna and had agreed with her question. "I agree Anna. Master, do you think your body could handle it? Especially in your current form?" Chou'un, knowing a bit about what Murasame was talking about had then raised an eyebrow at her to which Murasame just waved her off.

Murasame then laughed before responding. "Of course I could, but I couldn't utilize the technique very well in my old form. Nor would I want to. I do have something I need to show Houken and Anna anyways."

Chou'un then nodded her head stiffly. "Are you sure, Master?"

"Would you stop worrying, Chou'un. Anyways..." Murasame then closed her eyes and began gathering Ki inside of herself. Suddenly a bright light was eminating from Murasame before completely encasing her in a light cocoon that was immediately broken with a violent tremor felt for a couple of blocks. Once the light dissipated, there stood an much younger woman who was about a foot taller and her hair was mostly black with a few silver streaks through it. Murasame's bust and hips was far more pronounced and her skin was lush instead of dried and aged. But most everything else remained the same. Murasame then grabbed her cane and unsheathed it revealing a golden blade hidden within it before she did a quick kata and sheathed the blade once again. Everyone else in the room was just dumfounded.

Kouhiko and Anna were stuck there in shock at Murasame's transformation. "..."

Murasame then spun around done a curtsy in front of everyone and smirked at that. "Well? What do ya think?"

Chou'un then blushed as she spoke. "M-master. Y-you're as beautiful as I remember... Wow..."

Murasame then smirked and lightly blushed at Chou'un's compliment. "Heh. Of course I am." She then framed Chou'un's face with her right hand and gave her a peck on the lips before releasing her. "Heh. You've become quite the good kisser, Chou'un. But... I'm glad I can teach you one more thing. I can tell you have some experience, but you're still a fletchling and I'd be remiss to not teach you my ultimate bedroom techniques. I'll teach you as well, DiAngelo."

Anna then looked at her in shock. "Mu-Mu-Murasame?"

Murasame then framed Anna's face and did the same thing. "Oh hoho, don't worry little Anna. I'll teach you well." She then frames pecks Anna on the lips as well.

Anna then speaks breathlessly. "...Wow."

Kouhiko just looked at the scene unfold with a dumb expression on his face. He voiced his confusion. "The fuck's going on here?"

Murasame then released Anna and then went over to Kouhiko and smirked at him. "I believe that I just told you, Kouhiko. I'm going to show you how to access even more of your soul. But we do need to fuck to accomplish this."

Anna then just asked, absentmindedly. "So, we're doing this now?"

Murasame then looked back at Anna and answered. "Yes. No time like the present. And it'd take too long for me to gather enough energy to transform again if I don't do what I do now. But I will siphon just a teensy bit of ebergy from the three of you through this so that should expedite the process."

Chou'un then sighed once again. She felt herself getting older when she's around her beloved master, Murasame. "Master... Fine. I know I can't stop you. So... Let's do this." Chou'un then begins taking off her clothes. Then Anna, then Murasame, then Kouhiko was the last to take off his clothes. Then the four just stood there looking at each other's nude bodies.

Murasame then smiles at the three nude youngsters. "Well, let's get to it." Murasame then got on the bed and motioned to the other three to follow her, to which they did. Once on the bed, Murasame then grabbed Kouhiko and brought him into a kiss as well. Kouhiko then falls into the kiss as Chou'un then kisses Anna who then places her hands on Chou'un's massive breasts.

Anna then coos as she begin rolling the breasts. "C-C-Chou'un-"

Chou'un then licks Anna's face. "Ufufu~ I'm going to make you pay for trying to take my Ciro from me, Anna-chan." She then kisses her fully on the lips to which Anna fights back as she continues rubbing her hands all over Chou'un's bust.

"Muu~" Anna pouted cutely as she continued kissing Chou'un.

Meanwhile, Murasame then runs her hands all over Kouhiko's lower body and then begins to stroke his Italian sausage to life. Kouhiko then slightly squirms while Murasame is giving him a hand-job.

"W-wow. Y-You're the second older woman I've been with. And I've got to say. While Goei-chan was energetic and knew what she was doing. Y-You, Master Murasame... You're something else." Kouhiko complimented which made Murasame chuckle at that.

"Ufu~ Well. I have a ton more experience over her as I've lived far longer than her. But to know that you've survived the Purple Tyrant, says to me that you're something special, Kouhiko Houken." Murasame complimented back as Kouhiko then went to suckling on Murasame's breasts which gave her pause for a second. "Heh. Y-You're pretty good. So far..."

Meanwhile Chou'un then ran her left hand down Anna's smooth stomach and ended up rubbing the upper part of Anna's vaginal lips which caused her to shiver.

"C-Chou'un..." Anna moaned as Chou'un then went to rubbing the vaginal slit itself.

"Hmhm. You like this, Anna-chan?" Chou'un said seductively as she then begins nibbling on Anna's neck, leaving a hickey.

"A-ah! S-so g-g-good." Anna moans as she begins writhing about on the bed. Meanwhile Murasame had then flipped herself around giving Kouhiko an unobstructed view of her womanhood, which he noticed was leaking fluids. Kouhiko felt his mouth become weirdly dry, meanwhile Murasame had marvelled at Kouhiko's pecker. She had poked it a couple of times and had noticed just how rigid it was.

"Fufu~ Wow. You're so big. And hard. I-I like. Now let's see how you taste, Kouhiko Houken. And do feel free to return fire." Murasame said in a sultry tone to which Kouhiko obliged and had began running his tongue on her outer walls which caused Murasame to shiver in delight. "Hmph. I see that you're no slouch. Well, let's see how you handle this!" She then began running her tongue across the length of his member which made HIM shiver as her tongue made him feel weird, but good though. Kouhiko then moaned as Murasame kept up licking him which send pleasurable reverbrations into her vagina. He then began licking the inner walls with such a fervor that caused Murasame to quicken her pace as she didn't want to be the one who came first.

Of course, Murasame had doubled her efforts creating quite the pleasurable vaccuum seal around Kouhiko's member which had caused him to stutter a bit gaining her the edge as not even a second later, Kouhiko had then busted into Murasame's mouth which caused her to hum in appreciation as she greedily gulped down the contents of his ejaculate. Kouhiko had continued still and about a minute after he climaxed, had caused Chou'un's beloved master and mother figure to climax over his face as well.

"Mmfh~" Murasame hummed out as she sprayed Kouhiko's face with her womanly honey to which he lapped up as quickly as it had escaped Murasame's vagina. After her climax started dying down, Murasame had spat out Kouhiko's dick but not before she had kissed the tip in appreciation. She then hummed to herself before speaking. "Hmhm, I can see why Chou'un's stuck to you. You're good. Ah, it's been far too long since any man's entranced me like you have. Now. Let's see just how good you are with this." Murasame then rolled off of him and sat back up while Kouhiko was still licking his face clean. Meanwhile, Chou'un had moved her head down to Anna's vagina where she was now 'eating her out' to Anna's delight as she was thrashing about, unable to control her body as the older teen was devouring her.

"W-w-whoa. Y-you r-r-really know what you're doing, C-Chou'u-u-u-unnnnnn~" Anna threw her head back as Chou'un had hit her G-spot causing her breath to quicken. Chou'un merely hummed as she continued eating Anna out.

"I- I- C-Chou'un!" Anna screamed out as she then came all over Chou'un's face as Chou'un held to Anna's legs to prevent her from worming her way out of her grasp. Once Anna calmed down, Chou'un had moved away from Anna as she crawled up to her face and then kissed her once again. She then whispered to her. "Are you alright? Don't tire on me now, we've still got the whole night ahead of us. And I intend to, mm~ discipline you, you naughty girl. Ufufu~" Chou'un then went and sat on Anna's face, and it was to Anna's surprise (and delight), that Chou'un was already moist from what she had done earlier.

"C-Chou'un." Anna said nearly wordlessly.

"Ufufu, you didn't think that I wouldn't want to be eaten out, no?" Chou'un taunted lasciviously.

"I-" Anna said.

"Hmhm, it doesn't really matter. I want you to enjoy yourself as well. So... Go on. Enjoy~" Chou'un said as she then rubbed her butt on Anna's face and before long had felt that all too familiar 'stab' of a tongue in her vagina. This tongue belonging to the youngest member of Kakouen's spare room, Anna. Meanwhile, Murasame had taken to sitting on Kouhiko's lap. She then slightly lifted herself up to where her vagina was lined up with Kouhiko's penis. She had a slight blush on her face as she then looked at Kouhiko who was just staring at her, marvelling her beauty and waiting for her to initiate this.

"Heh. Well. Show me. Show me how you managed to snag my student, Kouhiko Houken." Murasame cooed as she began wiggling her hips around trying to push Kouhiko further inside of her. Kouhiko had nodded at her and had grabbed her waist and had began lighly moving Murasame up and down on his shaft, creating light friction which sent pleasurable shocks through both of them.

"A-ah! Ah~ Y-Yes~ YES! K-Kouhiko!" Murasame screamed out as Kouhiko then took one of her sizeable breasts into his mouth as he rode her for all he was worth (and to them it was quite a lot.) "Huh? Y-You like, Kouhiko? Hm? D-do you like my breasts? Ahn~" Murasame cooed as Kouhiko then took to lightly biting her nipple causing her to shake as she then looked up at the sky with stars in her eyes as she felt Kouhiko somehow get even bigger. (H-How is he doing this? There's no way he should be... t-this good. And he's getting even bigger inside of me. T-this fletchling. I-I've GOT to get him to do this again. Holy shit it's been forever. C'mon, c'mon, c'mon. G-get me close you bastard! Get me close! I-I NEED THIS!) Murasame thought to herself as Kouhiko then let go of her breast and had picked up the pace on her, subconsciously feeling that she wanted to be THOROUGHLY worn out and wouldn't let him go until he did just that. As such, Kouhiko continued at that rapid pace for quite some time until Murasame had felt her hips twitch and had lurched over to grab onto the sheets as Kouhiko had kept pistoning into her.

Meanwhile Chou'un had grabbed Anna by her hair to hold herself in place as Anna had worked double time to try and get Chou'un to climax. It took an additional three or so minutes but both master and student had climaxed due to their respective partner's actions. Murasame then got off of Kouhiko and sat back down on the bed, her original plan was to rest, however she was then pulled into another searing hot kiss as Chou'un then moved over to her. Anna then crawled over to Kouhiko and then grabbed his penis and had took a long, sultry breath.

"Aahn~ I-it's been too long. And how are you doing, litle Ciro~" Anna cooed as she had spoke to Kouhiko's still erect penis, now coated with Murasame's vaginal juices as he hadn't come yet. She then took a whiff of it and lowly chuckled. "Ah. Wow. There's that musk I love so much."

"A-Anna..." Kouhiko said lowly as she began rubbing his shaft up and down.

"C-Ciro~" Anna said lasciviously as she then began fellating him, tasting not only Kouhiko's pre-cum, but Murasame's juices on her.

Meanwhile... "A-ah~ C-Chou'un, y-you... W-when..." Murasame said breathlessly as Chou'un then laid Murasame down on the bed to which the quickness had caught Murasame off guard. But before she could voice any sort of concern, Chou'un then dove in and began lightly licking her beloved mother figure/master's pussy. She then chuckled as she then pulled her face away and then began fingering her.

"Ufu~ I've had some experience with pleasing women before, Master~" Chou'un lightly teased as she then went back to full-on eating Murasame out.

"Aah! Oh shit. T-that's the good shit. Ah yeah, r-right there Shiryuu~ Ah, take me back, Take me back to that time." Murasame dreamily said as she then began fondling herself as Chou'un then delved as deep as she could.

Meanwhile, Anna had then taken to climbing on top of Kouhiko and rubbing his member with her buttcheks, thus giving him a "buttjob". Kouhiko had moaned as he then held onto Anna's hips. "Ah! Mm~ Ah shit, y-you know w-what you're doing. D-damn this is good."

"Ahn~ K-K-Kouhiko!" Anna said as she then threw her head back and continued rubbing herself against him. This continued as Anna began drooling as she continued rubbing her butt against Kouhiko's now-subtly twitching shaft. Kouhiko then felt himself starting to get into it as he then picked up the pace as he starts grunting feeling himself geting closer to the edge.

"A-ah~ K-K-Kouhiko~ I-I-" Anna tried to say as she then felt herself being pushed down to the bed, face-first and then suddenly felt something heavy on her back. She turned her head to the side and looked up at Kouhiko who was then preparing himself to take her as he then guided his penis away from her buttcheeks, moving it towards her vaginal cavity.

"Anna, I-I hope you don't mind, but I don't think that I'll last much longer if I don't 'kick things off now', if you know what I mean?" Kouhiko said with a husky tone of voice.

"Huh? You still sensitive from Murasame or something?" Anna asked in a slightly teasing tone.

"Y-Yeah, actually." Kouhiko said honestly but he then continued. "Meh, I don't think you really care though, Anna-chan~" He said that last part seductively which sent a shiver down Anna's spine and caused her to lok back at him and lick her lips at him.

"Hehn~ Then what are you waiting for, Ciro. Come, take your revenge on me~" Anna then wiggled her shapely butt at Kouhiko who then with his free hand grabbed her right wait and using his hand as a guide, had rubbed his penis against her pussy to gather some of her juices as to not make this painful. He then pushed his dick inside of her, causing her to yelp in pleasure as he shoved himself all the way to her sacred spot. Once she felt him enter, Anna then did a wiggle to ensure that Kouhiko didn't fall out of her. When she noticd that he was still snug inside, she then toothily grinned as she then felt Kouhiko start to move. She had started to salivate much like when she was in that German restaurant, and much like that time, the person whose fault it was is in her grasp. "A-ah! F-F-F-F-F-Fuck me!" Anna screamed out which got Kouhiko to grin as he did just that.

Chou'un had turned her head over to see her beloved taking her newest charge and housemate to absolute sexual bliss as Anna had taken to lolling her tongue as she just let him ride her doggy-style. She had smiled at what she had seen as she then removed her head from Murasame's vagina and had then lined up her lower body with her master's and had smiled at her. "Master? Are you ready?"

Murasame had looked up at Chou'un and just sighed as she was catching her breath. "Hah. Hah. D-damn. T-that was a-a-amazing. Fi-fi-fine... S-show me what you got, Chou'un." Chou'un then lined up her vagina with Murasame's and then began grinding her own against Murasame's vagina which sent shocks into both of their bodies.

"A-aah!/W-whoa!" Murasame and Chou'un said respectively as both then began grinding against each other. Anna had turned her head towards them and smiled stupidly at them. "W-wow. L-Looks l-l-like f-f-fun." Anna stuttered out before feeling a rather impactful (but not painful) sting on her left buttock. Kouhiko had slapped her buttcheek to get her to edge closer to release. Which of course had it intended effect as he felt her vaginal walls tighten on his member.

"C-C-Ciro~ I'm- I'm- I'm-" Anna started to say to which Kouhiko just chuckled at her.

"You... What, Anna? Don't tell me. Y-You're gonna cum soon?" Kouhiko playfully taunted to which Anna then pushed herself off of the bed and lightly bumped the back of her head to Kouhiko's chest and then looked up at him with starry, unfocused eyes.

"S-Shut up, you jerk. Shut up and kiss me~" Anna demanded to which Kouhiko did as he held her and continued to pump inside her which had caused her to orgasm as she was extremely sensitive to everything he had done and somehow watching Chou'un and Murasame go at it had somehow turned her on even further. "Mmpf~" Anna mumbled into the kiss as she rode out her orgasm, Kouhiko pumping into her with even more vigor as he gets closer and closer to his own end.

"Hyah!" Kouhiko said with a mighty roar as he threw his head to the sky. He then gave Anna one final thrust which would have caused him to ejaculate inside of the young, nubile girl if she hadn't suddenly been removed from his member as she was replaced with Chou'un's inviting mouth as he lost himself inside of her. What had brought him back down to Earth and caused him to look down, was Chou'un had playfully bit his meat rod. He then saw Chou'un smile up at him with his rod in her mouth and looked at her in confusion. "B-Babe?"

"Mou~ That was mean, Chou'un." Anna pouted as she was quite ready to accept Kouhiko's seed inside of her, fully completing her, but that chance being ruined by Chou'un sneaking her and taking his jizz inside of her mouth. Murasame just raised an eyebrow at that but watched on as Chou'un kept drinking his 'extract'. Once she was done, she then spat out Kouhiko's member and sat up to playfully wag her finger at Anna.

"Ah, ah, ah. Sorry Anna-chan, but his semen is mine." Chou'un chided.

"But. But." Anna began to pout only to be silenced by Murasame turning her head towards her and giving her quite the salacious kiss which stopped her murmuring as Anna then melted into it.

"While I don't know how you managed to get Anna off me without me knowing, I've got to say... That was awesome, babe." Kouhiko complimented as Chou'un then sat up and then kissed Kouhiko on the lips.

"Ufufu~ That's a trademark Chou'un Shiryuu secret. But, let's not worry about that and worry about how long it'll take before you wear me out, dear." Chou'un lasciviously cooed as Kouhiko then laid her down on the bed as Murasame did the same to Anna. Kouhiko then looked at Murasame and Anna who both looked back at him with salacious grins on their faces.

"You know..." Murasame said. "I hope you don't think that was enough for me, right?" She then grinned as she posed that

'question'. Kouhiko then just raised an eyebrow at her, then shook his head to which Murasame then pecked him on the lips and continued again. "Good boy. Because I've got enough energy to go all night long and you had better keep up."

"I aim to please, Murasame." Kouhiko cheekily said.

"Y-Yeah. I-I will have your cum in me, Ciro~" Anna said as she licked her lips before feling Murasame rub herself against him.

"Fufu~ That's if you don't pass out before then, little DiAngelo." Murasame saucily said as they began tribbing each other.

"Well, I gues I've got my work cut out for me, eh Chou'un?" Kouhiko then turned to his wife and asked.

"That you do, Houken. That you do. I just hope that Kakouen wouldn't be too cross with us in the morning." Chou'un then joked before she felt that all too familiar jolt to her pussy as Kouhiko the entered her again causing her to moisten unlike she had done any other time during that night. "Oh. I've not felt THAT before. And we've done this numerous of times, Ciro."

"Yeah, I've noticed. I guess with everything that's gone on today, we've become extra compatible or something? I don't know. But I'll make the most of it." Kouhiko said as he then bent over to kiss Chou'un as he then rode her.

Meanwhile back in the front room of Kaji's house, Ryofu and Kakouen are still tending to the sleeping Kaji while overhearing the noise that's going on in the room nearest them. Ryofu then thinks to herself. (They seem to be having fun in there. But, what do we do with Kaji?)

She looks at the unconscious Kaji and then at Kakouen and verbalizes her question. "Hey. You got any ideas on what we can do to make him more comfortable?"

Kakouen then nods her head and speaks. "Yeah, I've got one..."

Ryofu then questions. "Like what?"

Kakouen then chuckles before speaking. "Murasame and the others gave me a good idea. We could double team him. Sex lowers blood pressure and relaxes the muscles. That could help to allow Houken's medicine to work better."

Ryofu then chuckles at that as she scoots closer to Kaji. "Sounds fun... Well, let's go then."

Kakouen nods at that as she scoots closer as well. "Alright..."

Kakouen undresses. Ryofu also undresses and speaks as she does so. "You know, I've never fucked someone who was still sleeping before. That sounds a bit creepy now I think about it out loud."

Kakouen then shrugs, not seeing the big deal about it and speaks on it. "There's always time for firsts. And don't sweat that, you're not doing it with some random person. It's Kaji, and you're doing this to save his life. Remember that."

Ryofu sighs and lets it go. "...Fine. Let's go then, Kakouen." Ryofu lays on the couch and begins to nibble on his ear. Kakouen then kisses Kaji's neck while fondling his privates.

Kaji slightly shuffles in his sleep but doesn't wake up but he groans pleasurably. Ryofu then reaches into his pants to play with his privates as well. (Hm. Good to know that you're still sensitive even in your sleep, Kaji.)

Kakouen then frowns, having become slightly jealous and so she voices her mind. "Maybe we should suck him off at the same time?"

Ryofu just looks at her owlishly, but relents. She starts off first, gently licking the tip of the penis and the hole on it. Kakouen licks his testicles, working the shaft with her hand. Kaji smiles as he sleeps. Ryofu then takes the shaft into her mouth. Her head bobs up and down as she sucks. Kakouen's eyes then squint in obvious displeasure.

Kakouen then slightly complains. "Hey, I need something to put my mouth on..."

Ryofu then wiggles her naked butt at Kakouen's general direction. "Fine. I think I'm wet anyways. You better be good."

Kakouen moves behind Ryofu and begins licking her pussy. Ryofu nods her head in acceptance and pulls Kaji's dick out of her mouth to speak. "Hm. You're not bad for a noob."

"Oh. I'm no noob..." Kakouen then begins to finger Ryofu's ass while licking her. She thinks to herself. (Got this one from the lesbian porn vids.)

Ryofu lets out a moan as she continues to suck. She then fels Kaji begin to twitch and she once again pulls Kaji out of her mouth to his groaning displeasure. She ignores that and cranes her head to Kakouen's direction and speaks. "K-Kakouen, switch me."

She then releases his member and gets up. Kakouen nods and then switches, and almost immediately begins deepthroating Kaji while exposing herself to anything Ryofu can do. Ryofu then rubs her hands together as she begins to lick her vagina, inserting tongue all the way in it. Kakouen's body heats up as she quickens her pace on Kaji. He grins once more subconsciously rubbing his hand through her long locks.

Kakouen then thinks to herself. (Shit! I might be a noob. She's good. Oh Kaji! Cum in my mouth soon, please!)

Kaji strains to hold in his load a little longer. He is still mostly asleep as he does so. Kakouen sucks harder, with all her might in an effort to make Kaji explode. Kaji explodes letting off multiple shots of white fluid in her mouth. She tries to gulp as much of it down as she could but for the first time since they began their trysts, she is unable to.

Ryofu notices that Kaji's firing off more than he usually would and notes that. "He's not done yet." She laughs, meanwhile Kakouen then pulls up and swallows down the remainder that was in her mouth and grimaces.

Kakouen then groans in displeasure. "I thought so, fucking pineapple."

He fires one last salvo of semen hitting Kakouen's hair. Ryofu then chuckles at that. "Told ya to look out."

Kakouen nuzzles against Kaji's penis. "Nothing a little shampoo can't get rid of..."

Ryofu then looks back at Kakouen. "So, which of us gets to ride him first?"

Kakouen then shrugs her shoulders. "How about we do rock, paper, scissors?"

Ryofu then shrugs her shoulders as well. "Alright."

They shoot, Kakouen plays paper. Ryofu also plays paper. Ryofu glowers at that. "Damn it."

They shoot again, Kakouen chooses rock. Ryofu also shoots rock. Ryofu then complains again. "Bah! I should get to go first. I saved him."

"You should go first because I made him cum first..." Kakouen then smiles in a smart-assed manner she hid as a serene smile.

Ryofu then rolled her eyes at her and spoke. "I could have did that too, ya know?"

Kakouen then retorted. "And then I would have gone first for this instead of you. Now take your turn." She smiles again.

Ryofu then huffs. "Smartass." Kakouen smiles at her despite that. Ryofu then mounts him and begins to ride. Kakouen then walks over to the closet near the kitchen entrance and pulls several dildos out.

Kakouen then speaks as she's getting closer to her. "Now, let's work on that extra hole of yours."

Ryofu continues to shake and gyrate on top of Kaji. He smiles in his sleep, while she then turns towards Kakouen. "Oh really?"

Kakouen then decided to be extra petty and finds the biggest vibrator she can find, wider than a grown man's arm at the base, narrowing towards the top. "Yeah, and now we're gonna see how far you can stretch."

Ryofu then looks at the dildo and physically recoils. "W-wait a minute..."

Kakouen is lubing up the dildo with massive amounts of gel lubricant. She then gets a look at Ryofu's scared face and decided to play dumb. "What? What's wrong?"

Ryofu then frowns at that. "That's a little thick, don't ya think?" It seemed that Ryofu was starting to get into it as Kaji then subconciously got bigger inside of her. "Oh shit, Kaji~" She moans after each word.

"Nope, I take it all the time. You should be fine, Wandering Shogun, Ryofu Housen." Kakouen applies lube to Ryofu's butthole.

Ryofu then frowns at that. "...If this hurts, I'll kill you."

"Even if you could, I'd have my revenge anyway. You wouldn't be able to sit down the rest of your life. Now, stop complaining and just take it. I know you'll like it." Kakouen then laughs as the dildo enters Ryofu. Kakouen turns on the vibrator setting.

"..." Ryofu begins to tingle. Kakouen inserts the dildo deeper.

Kakouen then smirks at her. "For all that you complained about it, you seem to stretch fine."

Ryofu begins to breathe laboriously. "AHHH!"

Kakouen then increases the speed and power. Kaji is finally woken up by Ryofu's screaming. "H-huh?"

Kakouen then notices Kaji waking up and that Ryofu's anal cavity is starting to tighten around the dildo. "Uh-oh." She then thinks to herself. (Welp, this won't end well... Shit.)

She accidentally drives the dildo all the way in, unable to pull it out immediately. Kaji then pulls out and gets Ryofu off of him, then he stands up and pulls his shirt back on. He then turns around to question them as he's putting his underwear back on. "And what's this? What are you two doing?"

"Hey... Kaji..." Kakouen says nervously, still trying to dig the dildo out of Ryofu's behind.

He turns around to face away from them as he then speaks again. "Not in the mood for it tonight." He then looks back at them over his shoulder once he pulls his pants on.

Ryofu then questions, worried about him even though her anus is starting to tingle a bit more than usual. "Are you..."

Kaji then nods at her. "I'm fine... Just need some space. Thanks. I'm going to get some fresh air."

Kakouen pulls the dildo out and washes it. She frowns at seeing Kaji like this. "Sorry. We'll leave you alone."

Kaji then nods at her and then goes outside in the yard and looks up at the moon as he thinks. Meanwhile, after finishing up with all of the girls, Kouhiko and Chou'un then bid Murasame and Anna farewell as they left the couple alone to reconcile. Upon exiting, Murasame then notices that Kaji isn't in the room with the girls. Anna noticed that as well and was about to say something to the girls but Murasame had placed a hand on her shoulder to stop her. She then shook her head, denoting that this was up to them and instead had ushered Anna into a spare room to sleep.

Ryofu then frowns as she looks at Kaji. "Something is bothering him... I know that look. It's not the most pleasant one."

Kakouen then frowns as well. "I know... It pains me to see him like this."

Ryofu then comes to a conclusion of her own. "It has to be something Nanban's leader said to him... I arrived too late hear anything that was spoken..."

(Oh no... Kaji...) Kakouen begins to tear up.

"He's drifting to the way he was before..." Ryofu says as she looks at him out of the window sadly. She envisions the same rainy night from the previous year. She looks worried as Kaji buries his head in one hand. It appears he is badly struggling with something in his mind.

"I don't know what to do anymore." Kaji then calls Kouhiko's phone. "C'mon. Pick up already. I know you're not sleep, Houken."

Kouhiko answers while sitting up in bed with Chou'un at his side who is peacefully slumbering. Both are still nude after a LONG make-up sesion just between the two of them. He then notices his phone ringing and looks at the caller ID and picks it up. "Kaji? What's up?"

Kaji then continues. "Step outside man. We need to talk, I don't think I can hold it in anymore."

"Hm? Sure man." Kouhiko then gets up and out of the bed and puts on some clothes before joining Kaji walking past Kakouen and Ryofu.

Ryofu then gets closer to the window and cracks it so she can listen in on the conversation. "I want to know what they're talking about."

Kaji moves further away from the house as he notices the two sets of eyes observing himself and Kouhiko. Once he moved sufficiently away from the house, he then begins. "Hey. You ever wondered if we are being used?"

"Hm. I've given it some thought. Why do you ask?" Kouhiko says as he looks thoughtful for a second.

"I'm starting to lean towards a hard yes..." Kaji says this and doesn't elaborate any further.

Kouhiko then looks at Kaji seriously. "So does this mean that you're thinking about switching sides then? To them?"

Kaji then shakes his head and continues. "I didn't say that... I'm just going to keep my distance from everyone until I figure out the truth. Especially those from Kyosho."

Kouhiko then sighed and spoke. "Might be a little too late for that, man. Anyways just get some rest. You deserve it." He then pats Kaji on the back.

"I guess I should be going then." Kaji says as he begins to walk away from the premises, Kouhiko puts a hand on his shoulder to prevent him from leaving.

"Hold on. You should at least stay here for the night. Kakouen nearly died worrying about you." Kouhiko insisted/suggested.

"Alright..." Kaji says begrudgingly as he then pauses. Then he continues. "Hey... Houken?"

Kouhiko then answers. "Yeah?"

Kaji continues. "This will sound crazy as shit I know, but just hear me out. What if her involvement with me is really a "mission"? She is an assassin by trade. T-that's why I want to leave..."

"Kakouen wouldn't open herself up to you for the sake of a mission. An assassin wouldn't carry her target's child either." Kouhiko reasoned.

Kaji then glowers at that as he continues. "You see I can't 100% agree with that. I have questions about the whole Kin thing. I mean yeah I killed him, but I found out that Lee and Chang lied to me about the whole thing. I also found out that Kakuka and Sousou had talked to some of the Shaolin guys before all that shit started. I just can't wrap my head around why they would do that. And if Sousou can do that, what else can he do."

Kouhiko then looks at Kaji in surprise. "...I didn't know that. You know, it's just dawned on me. But you've seemed somewhat more focused than you were last year. I just thought it was about you coming to terms with what happened to Kin and maturing, but something else seems amiss. Mind telling me about it, Kaji?"

Kaji then nods his head stiffly and does just that. "Sure... After everyone left me alone, Sonshi approached me and told me that there was a way to bring Kin back."

"He did? How would he do that? There aren't any necromancers that I know of." Kouhiko argued.

Kaji then continues. "He mentioned a girl named Saji Genpou..." He then sees Kouhiko's face scrunch up in confusion and he decides to nip that in the bud. "I know what you're thinking, but the guy named Saji is really named Ouin Shishi. Anyways, he said I needed to do a couple of things in order to get her to bring Kin back."

"Two things? What are those couple of things? And why would he care to bring Kin back?" Kouhiko asked.

Kaji then continues. "I'll explain that too. He said he wanted me to aid in defeating Sousou Moutoku and helping repel these so called Kansai forces. He said that if I do that, he'll bring Kin back. But he said I have to do this by graduation, which means that I have two years to accomplish this. He also said that there is a force called the Ten Eunuchs who are trying to overthrow the current Japanese government by using us and the Toushi as their pawns of war. And he said that I needed Kin in order to defeat this Mizongyi founder called Gakuhi. He said that she'll target us because we and Shin use the Mizongyi style... But there's one more thing that Sonshi said that is bothering me more than anything else."

"And what is that?" Kouhiko asked.

"He said for me to not trust every woman who I come across that I didn't know last year." Kaji recalled.

Kouhiko then raised an eyebrow in confusion. "But you did know Kakouen last year though. Yeah, not as intimately as you do now, but still... Now that I think about it, that does kind of explains why you seem so disinterested in Kakouen despite everything she's done."

Kaji then looks down in shame at how he's been asking. "I do want to trust her, I really do. But Sousou is so damn cunning, I-I don't know if this is an act or not. Hell, I don't even know if she's really pregnant or not. I mean it was only one time and she stated that she went along with you saying that she was pregnant. I know you know your shit, but man. Shit, all of this is making me crazy. I... I don't really want to be this distrustful. I'm sorry to dump this all on you, but please don't tell anyone what we discussed."

Kouhiko then sighed and nods his head. "You should definitely be the one to tell others all of this, if and when you feel comfortable with it. On top of that, Kakouen's really a nice girl. This isn't me as a student of Kyosho saying this, this is me, Kouhiko Houken the man saying this. But I can't convince you one way or the other. If you really feel this strongly about it, I think it's only fair that you break up with her."

Kaji then facepalms. "Urk... I see. Maybe I should. It'd be for the best. But what if she really is pregnant, I don't want to be the reason why a child doesn't have a full family that he or she deserves. Especially if it's mine. My parents' divorce kind of put a scar in my heart and I don't want to do it myself to anyone else. It wouldn't be fair, you know."

Kouhiko then looks at Kaji seriously and speaks. "You have my word that I won't tell anyone this. However, you might want to tell someone about all of this. Or at the very least, you should let Kan'u know about the whole bringing Kin back thing. You could be creating an bigger issue by pursuing this. This isn't just about you, or even Kan'u anymore. Hakkin is a new component in all of this."

Kaji then smiles somberly at his oldest Japan-made friend. "Thanks, Houken. I still have some thinking to do..."

"I'll leave you to that." Kouhiko then walks back into the house, nods to the girls and then heads back to bed. Kaji walks back inside where Ryofu and Kakouen are waiting.

Kaji then turns to Kakouen and asks something. "Hey, something just dawned on me. Where did Murasame and Anna go?"

Kakouen then answers as she gets closer to him. "They turned in early. Houken said they're in another room."

"Hey. Call me later. I need to talk to you, Kaji." Ryofu says as she kisses him and then walks out.

Kaji then nods at her. "Okay..."

Ryofu then thinks to herself as she leaves Kakouen's house. (I'll leave him to you Kakouen. I know you need alone time.) She then shakes her head and walks away as she continues thinking to herself. (Hah, I've really become soft this past year. Old me would have called Kakouen out and made a scene, but heh. I do like this change of heart, I guess Chinkyuu rubbed off on me in more ways than I thought. Thank you, Chinkyuu.)

Kakouen then hugs Kaji and speaks, worriedly. "Kaji. Please tell me how you're feeling. I can't read you."

Kaji then looks away from her. "Uh... I'm not sure if you want to know that."

Kakouen then refuted. "But I need to know if you're okay! As the mother of your child, I deserve to know!" Kakouen is now frantic.

Kaji then looks at her seriously and speaks. "See, that's the thing. Are you sure you really want to know?"

Kakouen then tilts her head in confusion and lets her voice display that. "Huh? What does that mean? Of course I want to know!"

Kaji then says back. "It's exactly as I said."

Kakouen then gets misty-eyed as she speaks again. "Why are you doing this? Why are you being so closed-off? Don't you love me?"

Kaji the sighed. "I- Hah. Anyways, Moukaku brought a few things to my attention today... Now I'm questioning everything."

Kakouen then frowned as she thought to herself. (He sidestepped that question...) She then asked, being interested in the second thing that he said. "Like what?"

Kaji then explains. "This Han alliance, Nanyo, Seito and especially Kyosho and Sousou... What exactly am I here for? What are their true intentions for me. Maybe Houken, Shin and I are just being used for our skills."

"...So you think you're just being used? You think everyone is playing you for a fool?" Kakouen's eyes well up again and she actually begins to cry.

Kaji then rebukes her. "Stop it, Kakouen. We need to have this serious conversation. I don't know if that's the case. B-but I have to be aware of every possibility." He then looks in her eyes. "I need to know. Just how far will you go for Sousou?"

"I... I would give my life for him..." Kakuen looks away in shame, having to say such a thing.

Kaji then asks again, a bit more somberly. "And so you will kill for him too, won't you?"

Kakouen then sighs and answers. "Yes..."

Kaji then asks. "So you would then..."

Kakouen then asks. "Would what?"

"Kill me... If Sousou demands it?" Kaji asked seriously.

Kakouen then shakes her head vehemently and denies that. "No! I'd sooner kill a million of my own men than kill you at anyone's command. Whether Sousou orders it or otherwise."

Kaji then continues on, not being convinced. "Eventually the time will come when we are on opposing sides. What will you do then?"

Kakouen then looks at him seriously. "I will not fight you. Even if it's my duty, my duty can fuck itself."

Kaji then nods. "...That's good to know." Kaji then thinks to himself. (Damn it, I want to believe her, but I...I just can't. But... if I stay beside her, I can get close enough to Sousou to defeat him before all this shit pops off. Maybe I can even protect Sonsaku and Ryuubi from him and get closer to bringing Kin back for Kan'u and Hakkin.)

Kakouen is silent. She looks at Kaji with a caring, but concerned look. Kaji then continues to think to himself. (Let's see how she deals with this thought. This will set the foundation between us going forward. You're absolutely right, Houken. Maybe I should...) He then speaks. "I've been thinking. Maybe I should just go to a normal school. What do you think?"

Kakouen then frowns at that and thinks to herself. (...Sousou won't like that. And I can't protect you from him, seeing as how he will destroy anyone and everyone to get what he wants. Especially now that his dragon's acting up.) She then speaks. "It might be for the best if you feel so strongly about it."

Kaji then speaks honestly. "I still want to make sure that Hakufu is safe..." He then quickly thinks back to his meeting with Sonshi.

Kakouen then looks down sadly. "Ah... I see you still have feelings for her. What about Ryuubi?"

Kaji then glowers at what he's been hearing about Ryuubi and lets his voice display his displeasure. "I don't like that she's attending Kyosho... Or hanging out with Sousou for that matter."

He looks at her and picks her head up. "And before you think of something unnecessary, I don't have any of those "feelings" for either anymore... I just don't want anything bad to happen to either one."

Kakouen then looks at Kaji seriously. "To have feelings for someone is more than just sexual, Kaji." Her real thoughts then bleed through. (Really, Kaji? Hm, I think that Ryuubi will be a problem though. I might just have to get rid of her myself... for Sousou's sake of course.)

Kaji then speaks. "I know that. I'm just looking out for them. No more and no less."

Kakouen kisses Kaji and smiles at him. "Just be safe... That's all I want."

He then rubs her stomach and unknown to her, he lined his palm with Ki. (...Nothing? Huh?) He then speaks. "I don't want you fighting..."

Kakouen then smiles at the affection and speaks. "I'll try not to. I'll take days off... You know, for "sickness"."

Kaji then poses a question. "So how many of your friends are aware?"

Kakouen then asnwers a bit less secure in her knowledge of the topic. "I don't think any of them outside of Houken know."

Kaji then nods. "Good... Let's keep it that way."

Kakouen then nods at him. "Alright."

He lays back on the couch and closes his eyes, putting his arm around her. Kakouen snuggles up close to him. Not soon afterwards, the two fall asleep.

It is the next morning Kaji is woken up by his phone ringing. He tries to ignore it. Kakouen is still sound asleep next to Kaji. The phone continues to ring, waking her. Kakouen answers. "Mm... Hello?"

Saji's voice is then heard and he then cracks a joke meanwhile being slightly stunned that Kakouen answered. "Wait a minute. You're not Kaji but whoever you are you have a sweet voice..."

Kakouen sighs but then answers. "Just tell me why you called and I'll relay the message to Kaji, he's sleeping."

Saji then begins in a more serious tone. "Huh, so I was right. I had speculated that the wild dragon has spread his seed on Kyosho soil. I figured you two were too close at Houken's BBQ." He then chuckles at his attempt to lighten the mood.

Kakouen is about to hang up, but doesn't as she's quite infuriated at the fact that he knows. "What do you want, Saji? And if you say it's me I'm gonna snap your dick off."

Saji then fakes being offended at the thought then fires back. "Oh please, don't flatter yourself. Just giving a heads up is all. He is wanted for questioning regarding yesterday. The council wants to speak with him. I've got to say, I'm surprised that you and him really are getting it on considering last year's interactions. Also, I've got to say that you're quite the black widow, Kakouen Myousai."

Kakouen then responds dumbly. "Huh? What does that mean?"

Saji then continues in a knowing fashion. "I know you're seducing him on Sousou's orders. I also know that Sousou had Kin killed by Kaji's hands as well. Now answer me this. Why? Why would he do that? Why is he targeting Kaji? And why are YOU going along with it?"

Kakouen then gets mad at what Saji is insinuating and lets the anger heard through her voice. "What the fuck are you talking about? My thing with Kaji is..."

Saji then continues. "Please don't lie to me. Or at least don't insult my intelligence by being a shitty liar. You didn't even care about him last year, now you can't keep your hands off of him. That's very suspicious. And quite careless of you, if I do say so myself, Kakouen Myousai. I thought that as an assassin, you'd know to cover your tracks better."

Kakouen then argues back. "People can get to know each other and fall in love, you know. Or you should considering Ryofu was your piece of ass for the longest time. Now tell me, how'd that go again?"

Saji then scoffs and answers. "The same way you and Kaji will. All the greatest sex in the world, but no actual sustinence to the relationship whatsoever. But I digress, I state that because you're an assassin by trade, and Sousou's BEEN known to do some rather foul shit to get ahead. And I did hear about how Kin began challenging him when he stepped over the line. And wouldn't you know it, he ended up dead. Houken's already working for him, either he doesn't know or care about Shin and so that leaves our boy, Kaji. Whatever you think you're doing, you won't win. It won't prevent the inevitability of your loss. And on top of that, you're willingly going along with this, being Sousou's little prostitute. You're no better than whatever you think I am."

It's Kakouen's turn to scoff during her response. "You think you know me. Hah! You think you know Kyosho Academy?! Don't make me laugh, you pompous piece of shit. You know absolutely nothing, Ouin! I'm not like you when you were with Ryofu! I actually love Kaji Ryuken! And I always will. I don't give a shit about all of our histories, we are us NOW! And now I'm choosing Kaji."

Saji then sarcastically responds. "Well shit, you got me there. But I do hope you do go out and learn to act because that was atrocious, Myousai. I can't stop him nor do I really want to, but he'll see the truth soon enough. And then what... What will be your standing at Kyosho when Kaji becomes the one Sousou can't have? When your failure is the cause of his destruction."

Kakouen then grits her teeth and seethes as she responds. "...Just shut up and do your job. I'll give him the fucking message. And Ouin, if you think you can poison his head or mine, then it's you who needs to study up on the art of manipulation. And don't worry, when we do go to war, I'm taking your head first! And maybe your bitch, Ryomou Shimei's as well or maybe I'll reverse that just so I get the satisfaction of seeing your despairing face before I kill you. Remember that you son of a bitch!"

She then hangs up. Kaji opens one eye at the sound of Kakouen's voice. "Hm, you look upset... What happened?"

Kakouen then throws her phone away from her as she then glomps Kaji again and responds rather pitifully. "Saji, that fucking asshole knew about us. And now he wants me to tell you some horrible news..."

Kaji then perks up at that. "What news?"

Kakouen then responds as she burrows herself against him even more. "You're... You're wanted for questioning by the other Nanyo generals."

Kaji then sighs at that. "I guess I have to go then. But not right now." He lays back, kissing her on the forehead. Kakouen lays with him. He sleeps for another two hours before waking up. He cover Kakouen with a blanket and goes to shower and get dressed.

He then knocks on Kouhiko's door to wake him up, not knowing that Kouhiko was already up. "Hey, wake up. You can't lay around in pussy all day, Houken. Yo, anyways I'm gone."

Kouhiko opens the door, his face covered in whipped cream. Chou'un lies flat on the bed, her private areas covered in the creamy foam. He then chuckles at seeing Kaji raise an eyebrow at his face. "Heh. Well, later man."

Kaji then nods. "Alright. Have fun in there, dude." Kaji then walks out to his car and gets in. He begins driving toward Nanyo.

Kouhiko then closes the door. His words can still be heard. "Now where were we, my love? Ah yes..."

The sound of him "motorboating" is heard, Chou'un then moans at whatever he's doing. Meanwhile at Nanyo, a new student is seen walking around. He wears the Nanyo uniform. He has long black hair styled in a ponytail and jade green eyes. He has a strong build similar to Kaji. He talks to Ryomou, Rikuson and some of the others from their ranks.

Ryomou then turns to the new student and asks. "So, what do you think of the school so far?"

The student then responds. "I like it..."

Rikuson then asks. "So, you are the transfer from Tokyo?"

The student then nods towards Rikuson's direction. "Yeah. That's me..."

Ryomou then adds. "We've heard quite a bit about you... Shuutai Youhei..."

Shuutai then scratches his head in embarrassment. "Aha. Well, I try..."

Gakushuu then steps up to Shuutai and speaks in an authoritaive tone. "If you want to become a general here, you must pass the test."

Shuutai then looks up at Gakushuu and asks. "And what would that be..."

Sonsaku and Shuuyu then step out of the school, Keijuu's not too far behind. Sonsaku then speaks. "You have to defeat Gaku-chan here, Tai-chan."

Gakushuu then nods at that. "Are you ready?"

He steps into the grass as Shuutai follows. "Whenever you are, Gakushuu-senpai."

Shuuyu then smiles as Keijuu then wraps herself around Shuuyu's arm. He then pecks her on the cheek and speaks to Shuutai. "Good luck, Shuutai."

Shuutai then nods to Shuuyu and speaks. "I appreciate that Shuuyu."

Kouhiko and Chou'un then goes to the front room to speak with Kakouen. After Kouhiko made a hearty breakfast to which all the other ocupants of the house (including Murasame and Anna who woke up not shortly after Kouhiko and Chou'un left their room.) They bid fare well to Kakouen and then leaves to go home and rest.

-END OF CHAPTER