"I'm going to throw this out there on a whim. You're a part of the Sekirei Plan, and the sudden clearance of the rain is because of that Sekirei sitting next to you. I'm Ryu we haven't been properly introduced. I'm also going to guess that your landlord kicked you out for bringing a woman home. Am I right?" Ryu said quickly trying to catch his breath at the end.

"My, that was quite the speech. You should be more respectful of others' personal affairs." Miya said, her hannya mask flaring behind her as she said this. Everyone seated at the table widened their eyes and their faces drained of color at the sight of Miya's mask as they swore they seen themselves die ten thousand times over each time more painful than the last. Ryu simply raised an eyebrow.

"You're right, Miya." He said turning to Minato. "Sorry, forget I said anything about it." He said apologetically.

"No, no you're right, how did you know?" Minato asked with a nervous chuckle.

"Because that girl dressed in the nightie next to Miya is my first Sekirei, Uzume. The other woman behind me, is my second Sekirei Nanaha. And the lady next to Uzume is my beautiful landlady. Also that's more or less what happened to me with some differences." He said gesturing to each woman in turn, he had included Miya so she'd be lenient on his punishment for prying into Minato's affairs. He sat down next to Kagari at the table. He figured since Yomi, Toyotama, and Yashima weren't present he'd have to introduce them later. His mind wandered just where were those three?

Ryu sighed quietly stepping out of the bath in his newly clean clothes and headed up to his room. It was six AM and nobody save for him, Minato, and Miya were awake. As he passed Nanaha's and Yashima's room, here looked inside to see the two sleeping peacefully snuggled against the other. He withdrew his head before he started to feel like a creep.

He took a peek inside of Uzume's and Toyotama's room to see them sleeping peacefully as well. Which was a surprise considering Uzume was touchy and Toyotama wasn't so... Open? He sighed contentedly, he didn't deserve it, but he was glad they loved him. He didn't know what he'd do if he lost either of them. He went to his room and organized the bags containing junk still in the closet and folding his clothes. He always kept his room tidy out of habit and so Miya had less work to do around the Inn.

He made his way downstairs. Minato still had a lot of this things at his house. Which he did need help carrying back to the Inn. After his small outburst yesterday, Ryu was happy to assist Minato in his efforts, anything so Miya wouldn't hold it against him. He silently stepped onto the floorboards careful not to emit a creak from them and peeked around the corner in the main hall.

Miya was seated with a cup of tea in front of her, a content smile on her face as she watched the TV with keen interest. He looked from side to side trying to spot the messy haired boy but had no such luck. He approached Miya looking at her with a puzzled expression.

"Is Minato here?" He asked confused.

Miya shook her head looking up at him. "He said he was going to go ahead to pack early, Musubi went with him. He should be close to finishing now." Miya answered. Ryu merely nodded making way to the door. He should've figured Minato would leave before he did, but Ryu couldn't help it he enjoyed sleeping in. Uzume got him into the bad habit since she'd been ten hours sleeping.

As he walked down the road headed for Minato's house he wondered in his mind. He had time to kill, a lot of time. It'd be about a half hour before he got to Minato's place, maybe more. It'd be a piece of cake with his enhanced speed, but he opted to keep that a secret for now. He sighed pinching the bridge of his nose, he was half alien... What was he supposed to do.

Minato was an Ashikabi, his enemy by the game rules. But still Minato was a kind person, he may be spineless, and a wimp, but he had a good heart. Ryu doubted he could bring himself to kill him in cold blood. And there were always Sekirei hovering around somewhere in this city, he shivered remembering Matsu encouraging him to wing more Sekirei... Yeah fat chance. He didn't know how to deal with the ones he had now, not including Karasuba since she kept her distance.

Speaking of the Black Sekirei he had yet to see her since their last encounter.

We maybe enemies in the end... Her detached voice echoed in the recesses of his mind. Confusion swamped him could they really be enemies. It was understandable before he winged her. He could see them battling to the death and this time he plunged the sword into her chest. But now that thought made him shudder slightly, could he bring himself to fight Karasuba. It was destined, she'd see to that, a battle to the end. But he wasn't sure if he could do it, they were bonded. Bonded people never fought to the death. "I'm going to lose my head!" He said through gritted teeth massaging the oncoming headache. He'd just lose his mind if he winged anymore Sekirei, he just knew he would...

But he did felt a protectiveness over each of them. They were after all like his brothers and sisters, even if they were half. He blanched shaking the thought aside, he maybe Half Sekirei but that didn't make them his sisters, if that were true that'd mean Uzume was his sister. And that was a scary stomach twisting thought. He shoved it aside for now. He had time the first stage was still in progress, it was a bit more time left until all hell started breaking loose in Shinto Teito.

He lost track of time as he found himself walking up a flight of stairs. His eyes lazily scoping the property. He had to guess it was a bachelor pad, just for one person. Ryu was in the same living quarters just on the other side of town, but he wasn't given the boot like Minato, rather natural gas split the entire place in two. He remembered coming home with groceries only to drop them from shock over riding everything else as his home and several others were oozing with smoke and covered in fire, that was quite the day.

He extended his arm forward about to knock on the door when he heard a small commotion on the other side.

"Minato-sama I ran out of shampoo."

"M-M-Musubi hurry put a towel on!" Minato sputtered just barely. Ryu idly shook his head, hopefully Minato wouldn't wing a lot of Sekirei. Otherwise he'd be in for a major wake up call.

"Ahem!" Ryu cleared his throat loud enough so the teen could hear from the other side. "Minato, I'm here." Ryu said.

"R-Ryu-san hold on!" Minato exclaimed. He could hear the sounds of confusion coming from Musubi and Minato speeding to get something done. Then his senses flared, more like his anger as he felt a presence behind him. He didn't answer he hoped the pest would go away, he knew how these landlords could get, in his opinion Miya was ten times better than his old one.

"Who the fuck are you?!" A man shouted loudly the abrupt outburst almost made Ryu jump, he whirled around with anger burning in his violet irises. He took in the appearance of the man. He was middle aged with a receding hair line and was bald with a few strands of hair covering the top of his head. He was heavy set and of short stature he had a stern look on his face, but his eyes were glossy and he reeked of booze, this was ridiculous.

Ryu didn't intend to humor or speak to the man so he kept it simple. "Get away from me. You reek of booze." He warned in an icy tone of voice. He'd put his sword to this man's neck and slam him into the wall. But he didn't need to do that he was as proficient in hand to hand combat as he was with a sword, and had strength and speed to boot.

"Who the hell do you think you are I run this complex!?" He shouted slurring each word, Ryu's eyebrow twitched in annoyance he was willing to make a verbal quip but then spit flew into his face. That sealed it for Ryu.

"You're drunken Buffon get away from me!" Ryu snapped.

"Fuck you!" The man shouted loudly leaving a cloud of booze smelling air around Ryu. He frowned grabbing him by the collar of his shirt and hoisting him into the air with no effort burning a hole through the man with his icy glare. The man looked Ryu dead in the eyes with an equally hostile glare. Who did this punk think he was manhandling him!? Didn't he know he could have the police here in three seconds flat? "You're going to shut up now and leave..." Ryu instructed like he was talking to a four year old.

Minato opened the door to his home his eyes widening like saucers as he took in the sight of Ryu holding his landlord up by his shirt like a child. The teenager didn't want anymore trouble. He knew how his landlord was, and Ryu was justified for his actions, but still... "Ryu-san, please let him go that's how he is." Minato said with a hint of remorse.

Ryu complied dropping the drunken idiot onto the ground unceremoniously folding his arms over his chest. "S-Sahashi! Get all of your shit and GET THE FUCK OUT! And take your friend with you!" The landlord yowled alcohol seeping in the air around them. Musubi was stood behind Minato scrunched up her nose as the scent wafted her nostrils. The landlord stormed down the stairs nearly tripping in mid step. Ryu bit back a laugh when he nearly fell down the stairs. Served him right. Loudmouth.

"S-Sorry about that." Minato apologized sheepishly.

"It wasn't you yelling in my face." Ryu said blowing off the young ronin's concerns as he stepped through the door taking a look around. Everything was pretty much packed up and ready to go save for a few things in some of the rooms. Ryu wanted to speed things along as fast as he could, he didn't want to have another run in with the landlord. Drunk people were impossible to deal with and if it happened again he was sure he'd be in jail or MBI would have a cover up story. "Anything I can grab?"

"Yeah, actually if you don't mind the bathroom and kitchen I have some things." Minato said. Ryu nodded his head slightly going about getting everything situated and carrying the heavy boxes to the main room where Musubi and Minato were cleaning everything to the point it was spotless. The least Minato would do was make sure eveything was clean even his landlord was a douche.

Ryu didn't realize it until now. But he had a lot of energy, he tried to keep it tamed for several days now. But he couldn't reign it in completely, he thought it was because of his improvement with Miya's training, and then the fact he was half Sekirei. To avoid a headache he chalked it up to both of them.

That would explain the black hole in his stomach. He carried the boxes with ease, they were heavy, they'd be really heavy for the average human but for Ryu they weren't a problem five minutes passed and he had them all set in the main room waiting for Minato's instructions. In truth he was a little ticked, he wished all of his belongings didn't go up in smoke literally but that was so long ago.

"Anything else, Minato?" He asked calmly.

Minato turned around looking at Ryu like he was monkey doing trigonometry. "You're finished with that already, well could you clean the bathroom?"

Ryu really wanted to say no. He could deal with a lot of things, but poop wasn't one next to vomit and hospitals. And it wasn't his toilet, with a quiet sigh he nodded his head.

"Wow, Ryu-san sure is strong!" Musubi gushed with stars in her eyes, her blood rushed for a sparring match with the spiky haired man. "Can Musubi spar with you!?"

"N-Not now Musubi, remember?" Minato asked nervously hoping she'd restrain herself. Musubi's eyes downcasted for a moment before she smiled sticking her tongue out slightly and bopping herself on the head.

"Sorry, Musubi forgot. Like modesty?" She asked with an innocence Ryu could only relate to a four year old, or maybe an infant.

Minato laughed nervously scratching his head. "Yes, like that Musubi-chan."

Ryu laughed quietly as he went about cleaning some more. He guessed it wouldn't be too bad since he did have entertainment. Watching Minato stumble around the busty Musubi was hilarious. Did he never have a girlfriend? Well that didn't matter even if Minato wanted to do those type of things, he couldn't Musubi was too innocent.

She wouldn't know what was happening but she'd accept it all. It didn't take him long to clean the bathroom and what he thought would be the guest room. He stood in the front room looking at Minato put the finishing touches on the clean up. "Just about ready?"

"Y-Yeah, thanks for helping me." Minato said with a sheepish smile scratching his head. He meant for it to be quick, but his landlord was overbearing so he wanted to make sure everything was close to perfect.

"It's cool man." Ryu said taking one last look over everything. "Do you want me to carry that?" He asked pointing to a green blanket filled with all of Minato's belongings, before the teen could speak Musubi's bubbly voice punctuated.

"I can carry it Minato-sama!" She said cheerfully grabbing the tied up blanket and hoisting it on her shoulders like it was nothing, literally. Minato's eyes widened at how effortless Musubi just lifted ALL of his belongings. Ryu was a little surprised himself Musubi must've been hand to hand, but then again Toyotama was incredibly strong herself and she wasn't exactly a hand to hand fighter.

Ryu slipped off his zori moving his next from side to side a few times getting a good crack. He was happy to be back. He glanced behind him a sheepish expression crossing his face. "Musubi?"

"I'm stuck!" She whined trying to pull her way into the Inn with Minato's belongings on her back.

"Hey!" Uzume and Yomi greeted walking towards Ryu with a devious smirk. He would've felt uneasy, but he had bigger things to worry about like all of Minato's things spilling in the Inn and them getting tangled up in a knot of limbs. "What's up, hunk?" Uzume said with a smirk.

"Uzume, Yomi, not now." Ryu said standing up to his full height as he turned back around. Minato was watching Musubi nervously as she tried to squeeze through the doorway. He wasn't sure if she'd crack the sides of the door or would fly into them like a bullet and all of his belongings were tossed around like a tornado ripped through the place. Either was bad, and he didn't want to face the landlady's wrath.

"Come on, can't keep a girl waiting." Yomi said teasingly tracing her fingers around his chest.

"Watch out!" Musubi exclaimed in fear as she felt herself fly forward completely beyond and out of her control. Minato's eyes widened as he could only yelp in fright as he was hit and pushed forward through the entrance. Next was Ryu he was about to yelp in shock and fright but it was already too late. Musubi crashed into him, Yomi, and Uzume like a ton of bricks they rolled across the floor in a twisted pile of limbs and bodies groaning quietly.

"I-I'm sorry Minato-sama." Musubi apologized.

"It's okay." Minato said rubbing the top of Musubi's head with a kind smile.

"RYra, what's this?" Miya asked with a shocked expression staring at the picture in front of her. Somehow Uzume was on top of Ryu her breasts nearly smothering his face, Yomi was lying by his crotch, Musubi had an arm wrapped around Minato a sheepish look on her face, Minato just looked overwhelmed with the entire situation and to top if off most of his belongings were scattered and covered their bodies.

"It's not what it looks like!" Ryu said quickly.

Miya smiled sweetly a hannya mask flaring up behind her. They all blanched, Yashima who had been watching from her spot in the main room began to shake in fright as she felt the cold air hit her pale skin sending a chill down her spine. Toyotama snickered quietly, she usually got caught in this situation it's about time Uzume got caught in the act.

Steam slowly came out of the back of the Izumo Inn. The bathroom was covered with steam as Minato and Ryu took a bath. After the little slip up earlier Miya said that they'd be taking baths alone tonight. Minato was happy about that he didn't know if he'd die from blood loss seeing Musubi naked in the same tub. Ryu felt a little weird if he had to be honest, normally Uzume was touching him in places. But it did feel nice to just take a peaceful bath without anything mishaps.

"What a day..." Ryu mused draping a white towel over his eyes sinking back in the tub letting the steam and hot water soothe his muscles and stress away. How he got himself into these things he had yet to figure out.

"Tell me about it..." Minato seconded dumping a pale of water over his head muddling in his thoughts. A few days ago he was without purpose, and to be honest he was depressed wandering through life. But after meeting Musubi his entire world changed, to be honest he didn't know how to deal with it all. His thoughts wandering, he glanced at Ryu who looked to almost be sleeping. He remembered Ryu from high school he wasn't one to be messed with, though he never went out of his way to mess with people, he rarely talked. But when Junichi and other school bullies would approach him well things got messy quick.

He found himself wondering. Ryu was the only Ashikabi he had meant recently. Calming his nerves he asked a question. "How long have you been an Ashikabi?"

Ryu stayed silent for a moment before answering with a question. "What's the date?"

"June twenty second."

"About three months five at the most." Ryu replied flatly not turning to face Minato.

"I-I see." Minato said quietly perking up slightly. "You only have two Sekirei?"

"Actually I have ten, but one doesn't stay here." He answered cryptically it was common knowledge at least for him and the tenants NOT to mention karasuba. It alarmed Ryu just how much hostility was between the two of them but he didn't judge. He couldn't since he didn't know the full story, and both sides at that. Whatever it was it had to be bad since Miya and Karasuba grabbed their swords before asking any questions if they were within a five hundred yard radius of each other.

Minato was puzzled. "You have that much, I only seen Uzume-san and Nanaha-san?" He looked at him with a questionable gaze. His downcasted for a moment hearing that one of his Sekirei didn't live with him. Minato didn't know much, hell he didn't know anything let's be honest. But he couldn't imagine being away from Musubi. "Sorry, you can't see her. Whoever she is." Minato said apologetically.

Ryu smirked just slightly before putting on a straight face. "Yup, Yashima-chan, and Toyotama-chan. And there's the others." Ryu replied with a hint of cheer in his voice that surprised even him since he was a little tired. Karasuba... He said mentally it had been a very long time since they last seen each other, and though it hurt just a little. He didn't mind it at all, things were complicated between them, but he did trust her. "The other one, we're just happy to be under the same sky." He said quietly. Minato stared at him for a moment, he didn't know Ryu long, school and that not counting. But he didn't come off as the aloof type.

"So you're okay with being separated?" Minato asked.

"I'm happy being with her even if we're not close... As long as she's happy that's what matters." Ryu answered quietly.

There was a moment of awkward silence. Both Ashikabis muddling in their own thoughts. Minato why he had to play this game. And Ryu how he was going to put an end to it. "Ryu-san."

"Yo."

Minato was slightly nervous from his tone but it held no anger. "Miya-san told me earlier that you have a job at the construction site." Minato said glancing at him for a moment to see if he was looking at him but he was reclined in the tub, shrugging he continued. "I was well wondering?"

"Oh?" Ryu asked.

"Yeah," Minato answered meekly. It wasn't his first choice to do construction work. He could be honest with himself he wasn't cut out for it, the work was hard and you were out in the blazing sun all day. but it paid well and it was just a few minutes away from the Inn. "Do you think you could help me get a job there?

Well. Ryu thought for a moment stroking his finger across his chin pondering on it. He had a feeling that Minato would ask sooner or later, since Ryu was out of the Inn for most of the day. Being half Sekirei made the stertorous job a lot easier, and it was close to the Inn, it was a good deal. He'd just need to keep his strength in check to avoid unwanted attention. And Minato would need to show the boss he was a hard and diligent worker, which shouldn't be too hard considering the co workers and their lazy attitudes.

He didn't need Sekirei and Ashikabi knowing he was half Sekirei and the Ashikabi of Miya. He adjusted his legs splashing the water slightly. He removed the towel from his eyes glancing at Minato. "Sounds like a plan. I'll check with the boss." He said with a hint of cheerfulness.

Minato nodded.

After saying good night to Minato. Ryu made his way downstairs to the fridge. He was thirsty and if he was lucky he'd get one of those juice boxes. He glanced outside with a blank expression, the moonlight reflecting in his violet irises. He sighed silently, it wasn't an annoyed one, but happiness? He was counting down the days until that bastard jump started this plan into phase two.

He had to remember to thank Matsu, even though she was his Sekirei she helped him out a lot and was helping Minato out a lot. But her "experiments" piqued Ryu's interest normally he thought about needles and well, he hated needles. But her experiments never involved needles, only her body and a very diverse skill set. He rounded a corner coming into the kitchen, his jaw dropped when he seen Uzume digging through the fridge shaking her perfectly shaped butt to a tune she was humming. That was enough to get his attention, but what did was... She wasn't wearing panties.

"Uzume, put something on." Ryu groaned walking towards her. Number ten peeked her head out of the fridge grinning sheepishly.

"I forgot my underwear."

"You say it as if it's so natural." Ryu retorted shaking his head. At least Toyotama remembered to wear panties, shorts, something. He wondered if Uzume would walk around in the nude if she could. Uzume shot him a confused look like what he said was all the way out in left field.

"Anyways, what's up?" She asked titling her head to the side with a curious expression. Ryu looked at her fondly she was just too adorable with this big brown eyes. He knew why she was asking, Ryu left early in the day and came back in the evening. It wouldn't have been a problem, but seeing as Uzume slept her entire day away, it wasn't too surprising for him. But he found himself alone with his first Sekirei in a long while.

"First..." Ryu slipped off his jogging pants tossing them to Uzume. She caught them looking over the attire with a puzzling expression. "Put those on, don't need Miya leaving a lump on your head."

"Haha, right." Uzume said with a laugh slipping the pants on. They were baggy on her but she didn't mind too much she was used to her tall Ashikabi by now. Finishing pulling them on she set her glass of juice on the table taking a seat watching Ryu dig in the fridge pulling out a bottle of water with a small scowl on his face.

"What's the matter?" She asked.

"You took all of the juice!" Ryu said with a frown. Uzume covered her mouth with her hand struggling to not burst into a fit of laughter. Was Ryu really pouting over some juice?

"I don't have germs you know, you can drink it too." She said smirking slightly. "And we share germs if that's the case." She said suggestively folding her arms under her breasts pushing them up. She snickered when Ryu sent her a mock glare with slightly red cheeks, she enjoyed flustering him but she was curious. "So, now that I have pants on. How did your day go?" She asked taking a sip from her cup.

"Well, I was up early to help Minato. He left early, and I spent my time walking there and thinking. I got there and his drunk landlord tried to hassle me..." He trailed off, slightly annoyed. Uzume's eyes widened she darted her eyes at Ryu searching for something but his face remained impassive. That made her worry more. If he was able to hold off the Discipline Squad, despite being stabbed in the chest she was certain he could turn an average human inside out, literally.

"Bro, tell me you didn't kill him." Uzume said with a hint of fear as she grimaced at the thought. She couldn't imagine what Miya would do if a news crew was on her lawn and Ryu was the cause of the entire fiasco.

"No, no." Ryu waved off her concerns. "Minato stopped anything before it got out of control." He explained smoothly.

She just shook her head a few times. Her Ashikabi was just too much sometimes, he was bit extreme but he always had the best of interests in mind. Hell he ran out to fight three trained killers just for her safety. "Well, that's good. Was that all you did?"

"Pretty much." Ryu said with a nod. It was rather uneventful to say the least, aside from helping Minato he didn't do much.

"You left us here all alone." Uzume whined but he could tell she wasn't actually sad. "I have so much pent up energy, I need a release." She said teasingly.

Ryu sighed quietly closing his eyes while sipping his water. He needed the cold water to cool down his hot blood that got hotter with each passing second. He'd by lying if he said he didn't want to be intimate with Uzume. His first time with her was an experience to say the least; that's an understatement. Doing it suspended upside down from a ceiling with a girl bent in ways he thought weren't possible was enough to arouse him.

He felt his member swell in his shorts quickly sending a message to cool out. He would've been intimate with Yashima, but after she fainted just after he got naked and Nanaha was sore she could barely walk, but at the end of that, that's not to say he didn't enjoy it and he knew Nanaha enjoyed it if the sounds she made were anything to by. "Maybe you could find a way to work it off, like sparring?" He suggested trying to change the topic.

"I sparred today, but..." Uzume puffed out her cheeks in a pout. "I want my ry ry inside of me again."

"Uzume." He said cutting his eyes at her taking in her grin. She knew two ways of getting him, her constant advances and calling him that nickname. "Not now."

Uzume pouted more. "Keep a girl waiting all day." She whined but smiled anyways she was enjoying the banter.

"We have needs to Ryu." Yomi said as she entered the room dressed in one of Uzume's maid costumes. "Anything you want to tell me before I ravish you?"

Ryu scratched the back of his nervously, he wasn't sure how he was going to break this to Uzume. If she was serious or joking in this matter, he had to guess Toyotama wasn't far behind. "I'm going to take Minato to see the boss today, I'm leaving earlier than normal. So I may be gone a while..." He trailed off waiting for Uzume and Yomi to say something, anything. They tilted their heads cutely to the side with a curious expression.

"Well, would it be okay if I meet you after work?" She asked giving him the puppy dog eyes. She knew eventually he was going to work, but the winter pretty much sealed the deal on that, not to mention he was injured a few times, and once it was her fault but she waved it off with a small shake of head. No need to dwell on the past.

"Can we please!" Yomi looked at him with big doe brown eyes pouting slightly.

"That's fine, just don't wear your battle outfits, please." He said leveling a gaze with the two of them. Yashima's and Nanaha's outfits weren't as revealing as Uzume's and as corny as Yomi's was it didn't attract attention like Uzume's but then Yashima's was really tight. Toyotama Ryu had to face it she must've been a belly dancer or watched something about it to wear that outfit, because no girl in the right mind would show off so much skin. But Uzume she had an outfit consisting of pure white linen that covered all of her essentials, and even then she was barely covered, he could see it now his co workers spouting a bunch of nonsense but it was all in good nature. But he'd just rather avoid the whole thing, and more so he didn't want them checking his Uzume out.

Uzume always said it's easy to move in.

"Fine with me. Is Minato going to get a job today too?"

Ryu nodded it was the messy haired teenager that gave him the idea, at least jump started it. The last thing for a while that was on Ryu's mind was a job or helping someone get one.

"Cool so we can all go out and meet you guys after work!" Uzume said excitedly getting up to follow after Ryu as he made his way out the kitchen.

"Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun, get to see my sexy man work." Yomi added.

"I guess that'd be okay." Ryu said nervously. He didn't know what to expect with Musubi coming along. One could never know what she was going to do next. Uzume smiled, happy with his answer, she thought of a thousand ways to put her Ashikabi at unease and fluster him but chose against it instead she wrapped her arms around his waist snuggling her head on his back.

"Can I sleep with you tonight?" She asked squeezing him tighter.

"Me too?" Yomi said as she hugged him from behind.

"If I let you then they all have to." Ryu said with a quiet sigh. He knew Toyotama had a jealous streak a mile wide although she was a bit more tamed about it lately. The last thing he wanted or needed was her thinking he chose Uzume over her or something completely unreasonable.

"Then could you keep the door unlocked?" She asked quietly looking up at him with those big brown eyes again. Ryu really wanted to say no, another beating from Miya was not on his to do list in the morning, but he couldn't say no to her. He breathed out a sigh looking into her eyes.

"I'll keep it unlocked, but you have to go to your rooms first." Ryu said. Uzume and Yomi nodded rapidly their footsteps thundering off as her form retreated. He hoped she wouldn't wake the others. He slid open his door quickly entering his room, closing the door behind him. He closed his eyes falling onto the futon below him with a small thud, he pulled the covers to his chin before adjusting them a little lower. Next stop work! He said mentally before slowly drifting off into dreamland.