R&R longer note at the end

It had been a long time since the shinobi had time to relax after a group party set up by the Mikagura sisters Asuka smiled hearing her friends and rivals laughing and joking as she headed for a small walk around in the cool night air after feeling a little over heated in the stuffy room. Reaching a small garden, the dark brown haired girl smiled staring into the pond thinking about how unexpected her shinobi life had been, despite her position as a good shinobi she had always considered Miyabi and Homura as very close friends and allies.

As she stared at the water thinking of the battles her and her team had gone through her hazel eyes noticed a shimmer from a nearby light, as she looked up seeing a silhouette of a person behind a bush with a golden light above their head seeing Asuka watching them the figure took off.

Curious Asuka began to give chase using the golden light as a guide eventually reaching a clearing staring at the figure before her, wearing a knee length black skirt and blue jacket her long black hair flowed down to the middle of her back with a golden ring floating above her head.

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The dark brown haired girl stopped behind the girl who turned to look at her with a smile, her skin was pale as her blue eyes locked on the other Asuka returning the smile as she recognised the one before her despite only meeting her once.

"A fine evening to you Asuka" Ryōki said bowing slightly with a giggle as she waved the other over to sit with her on a small collection of rocks "I wasn't expecting to see you here, what's the occasion this time?"

"Just a little party that the sisters invited us to" Asuka replied smiling back as she sat down with Ryōna and Ryobi's elder sister, she couldn't deny she was surprised to see the deceased shinobi "What brings you to the world again? Did grandma have something to do with this?" The black haired girl chuckled remembering it had been during the Millennium festival hosted by the sisters and Asuka's grandma Sayuri, such a gift she had been given to see her sisters one more time to talk to them and assist in their training even for just a brief moment.

"Not this time, there are occasions when things are in alignment that allow me to visit" Ryōki responded with a smile "It doesn't last long and sadly I'm unable to go far but it's still nice to over hear how my sisters are getting along". Asuka's hazel eyes rolled over the others face noticing the slightly sad look in the other's eyes when talking about her sisters, the Hanzō leader hadn't heard the full story of what happened in the others final moments however deciding that it was not her place to ask she had never asked.

"I can tell you they are both doing really well" Asuka said as Ryōki's blue eyes looked up hearing the others words as a smile played at her lips "They're both really strong shinobi and are great allies when the time calls for it".

"Thank you for those kind words" the black haired sister responded smiling as she felt her body heat up the glow of her halo getting a little brighter as she let out a sigh "Well, it seems my time is up but before I go just one more thing". Asuka looked confused as the girl's body began to glow as she quickly moved closer pressing her lips to the Hanzō leaders as her hazel eyes widened in surprise from the warmth of the kiss.

The sensation lingered as the other began to disappear, the glow of the halo vanishing as Asuka stayed still for a few moments before standing feeling a chill she began to head back towards the shrine before she stopped slowly turning to the clearing with a smile.

"Rest well Ryōki" the Hanzō leader said to the empty clearing as she turned heading back to her friends and the party.

Oh I'm very sorry did you expect S? Well truth be told I was going to jump on to the S train BUT after staring at the list of names an idea came to me for one more R and here she is, Ryōki. Not a very long one because well Ryōki is not part of the living so it's kind of hard to come up with something really long for her

Of course we had to touch on the loving older sister side of her and the rather short time she can spend in the mortal realm, well there we have it that is the final R and sometime after Christmas hopefully I will be able to put together our first S and hopefully clear them all out before new year but we shall see

Thank you all as always for reading and those who celebrate it, have a wonderful Christmas