Ryu won't be returning to izumo inn for a while he has a lot of soul searching to do. I was going to do his departure, return, internal conflict and turmoil in one chapter. But it's not realistic in my opinion a person can't change that fast after having six bomshells dropped in his life at least so far. Things may go slow for the next say three chapters but things will heat up trust me. I've decided that musubi and kazehana will be in ryu's harem. Musubi's two cores just work too well. Ah this maybe a short chapter, but one mystery is explained that has been bothering ryu for a long time.

Ryu sighed quietly as he hooked up his twenty four inch TV. He had been away from izumo inn for roughly a month if he had to estimate a duration. During that time he learned the truth about his parents, his lineage, but still couldn't make sense of it.

So he lost himself in daily chores and training to keep his mind off of it.

He used the space excellently placing sofas and couches around the living room and beds for each bedroom. He went to a furniture store and purchased at least fifty thousand yen worth of furniture, choosing the better kind of materials since it'd last longer.

He also invested in a few more swords namely a kodachi and wakisazhi.

He never knew someone, or something would attack he was part of a game, and players played to win. No doubt he had a target on his back.
After he purchased his swords he got some trip wire and planted explosive tags around the vital points of the home. If worse came to wose he could pull the string and blow the opposition up. He didn't know exactly how much explosive power they packed, but he lined the interior with them just in case.

At this moment in time he was lying back on his leather sofa watching the TV, he brought a large cup up to his lips drinking the warm liquid from inside. MBI and Higa... Are there any other people to watch out for? Junichi and himura hardly qualify... Idiots. He said mentally setting the cup down slowly deep in thought. He closed his eyes, his nervous system firing off signals through his entire body and finally it stopped.

Ryu looked around his mind scape with a blank, but focused expression.

"Tell me, were you always such an idiot?" Ryu whirled his head around to see his master sitting on a large rock his face remaining impassive.

"Master... Why didn't you tell me?" Ryu asked his voice about to crack.

"Like I knew you were half alien..." He said standing up to his full height walking towards ryu briskly. "If you know raising you would've been a lot more irritating. What did you find out about these? What are these things?" He asked standing a few inches in front of the orbs two were quivering like they were in pain or something.

Ryu scratched his side sighing loudly. "Nothing I've been all over the place lately."

His master frowned slightly folding his arms over his chest. "That much is clear from this." He pointed in front of him. Ryu's mind scape used to be bright, but now it was somewhat gloomy the rays of light shined through but there was a lot covering them up. "Idiot."

Ryu scowled. "It's not like I can help it, I had two bombshells drop after the other, after about six!" Ryu said with a hint of anger walking towards the orbs with a deep frown. "I don't know what they are, but they're a part of me." He grunted. "That needs to go."

His master widened his eyes slightly at that. Ryu blade carved through the narrow space he thrusted the blade forward in a charge. It was nearing the blue orb, that one was the most troubling it kept quivering. But his sword stopped a centimeter away from it.

He pushed and pushed, the mental strain was tremendous.

"You shouldn't just act without thinking, ryu. These things are living, if they're effected so are you." His master said calmly.

"Bull." Ryu hissed sheathing his sword with a scowl seeing as he couldn't get rid of the orbs now. He looked at one that had a yellow glow to it, this one wasn't quivering it just hovered in place. "How am I supposed to kill that bastard minaka if these things are... Here!?" Ryu pointed a strong finger at the orbs.

He didn't know why, but they just bothered him. He felt a million different things whenever he was close to them. This couldn't be here!
His master closed his eyes sighing. He hadn't seen ryu for a few years now. And no doubt he has been through a lot of changes inside and out.

He could see through ryu at times, but it was a rarity after all he was confined here and that's it. "You intend to kill a man, who has a private army?"

Ryu nodded with fierce eyes. "I certainly do." He said with venom in his voice.

"Foolish." His master looked up smirking slightly. "You can't hope to accomplish that, not now." He said evenly.

"Then what!" Ryu snarled. He was so fed up with these secrets, these lies, was uzume really number ten? Were there really 108 sekirei? He couldn't handle it. "I am not a game piece to someone's amusement."

"Calm down." His master instructed putting his thumb and pointer finger on his chin, his pearly whites showing as he pondered on ryu's troubles.
"Well, there's five of these in total." His master said calmly closing his eyes.

"I just see four." Ryu said with a puzzled face.

His master scowled. "You idiot, it's far off from there." He said with a hint of annoyance shaking his head. "These... These four orbs, ryu what did you do?" He stared at him intensely.

Ryu looked dumbfounded for five minutes before he grinded his teeth in frustration. "What makes you think I did anything, like I want these annoying things inside of me!" He yelled indignantly his head growing two sizes bigger while his master looked at him with the same impassive face.

"I understand, that something, or someone are clinging to you. A bond of sorts." His master said quietly seeing ryu's eyes change from hostile to sad for a moment. "I didn't know at first..." His master turned to him then looked at the blue orb and the one next to it. "Those two have been quivering like that for the past month and the blue one is the worse." Ryu looked at what his master was explaining and nodded his head in understanding. Then his eyes bucked.

"I-It can't be!" He exclaimed.

"What?"

Ryu breathed walking towards the blue quivering orb. "You said, it's been doing this for a month?"

"About that give or take."

One. Two. Three. Four. He counted each orb before shaking his head and laughing. "That can't be it."

"While you're doing... Whatever I'll take a nap." His master said with a slight stretch.

"Wait!" Ryu said looking at him with a serious expression. "Master, how long have these been here?"

He groaned pinching his nose in annoyance. "About four months maybe."
Ryu's eyes widened in realization. Are these my sekirei? He asked himself reaching out with his chakra toward the quivering orb. It kept quivering but moved away from ryu almost as if it was afraid or ashamed to be near him. He kept his hand extended slowly the blue orb inched toward his hand before resting over it.

What the!? He thought. He could hear wails of sadness and tears flowing like a river. He closed his eyes focusing on the orb itself. "This is yashima." He said quietly stopping his chakra flow the orb hovered back into lace still quivering. "So that means nanaha, karasuba, matsu, and toyotama are here as well." He said quietly.

"Who?" His master raised an eyebrow. Those were cenrtainly strange names.

"My... Sekirei." Ryu said quietly walking over to the next orb that was slightly quivering not as bad as yashima's. He channeled his chakra into it closing his eyes in concentration. He felt worry and fear wash over him. "This must be nanaha." He muttered stopping his chakra flow.

"So, what you're mixed with?" His master asked slightly intrigued.

"Yeah." Ryu replied channeling his chakra into a dark yellow orb. He felt a mix of curisity, hope, and a hint of pervertedness. "This must be matsu." He stopped his chakra flow.

"I wonder how you get yourself into these messes ryu." His master said with a slight groan, he was really getting a headache from him.
He channeled his chakra into a light yellow orb. He felt a rush of... Hope, happiness. It wasn't like the first two which were depressed, if he had to describe it he'd say murky. He could feel the giddyness in this orb. He smiled lightly. "Uzume." He stopped focusing his chakra and moved onto the last one noticing his master was getting annoyed. "This is my mind so deal with it." Ryu jokingly yelled.

"Heh." His master smirked slightly somewhat amused by his outburst.

Ryu channeled his energy into a light red orb. He felt a rush of love, fear, and dread. The magnitude behind these emotions could only mean it was one person. "Toyotama." He shook his head slightly.

"I see you're popular these days, I wonder what they see in my idiot apprentice." His master said with a light chuckle. Ryu glanced back with a scowl on his face.

"It isn't like that!" He exclaimed trying to hide his blush.

"Don't be such a prude." His master began to chuckle louder. "But don't change the subject, we know what these are know." His voice was serious and ryu quickly became serious as well.

"Yeah, it's the feelings or something of my sekirei." Ryu said with narrowed eyes scratching the back of his head in deep thought.

"Well, see ya master. I've had enough for one day." Ryu said with a small smile.

"Yeah. Take care of yourself." His master said before everything went black.

Ryu awoke in his room raising his head from the pillow massaging his temples. "So many emotions, so intense." He muttered taking a few deep breaths to regain his own. He never felt such a rush before, when he channeled his chakra they literally flooded him. It just wasn't what they were feeling, he could almost see it, as if he was them, in their bodies. It was a strange thing.

But one thought entered his mind and took it's place. Have they no faith in me? To really...Believe I won't come back... He asked himself mentally, he could tell that matsu was a little hurt but nothing too bad, whatever uzume had she was getting over, toyotama wanted him to come home now it was the question of when. But yashima felt like she was dying, and it didn't sit well with him. He didn't like this, this engulfment of feelings. Nanaha was slightly better than yashima, she had faith in him like the rest of his sekirei.

He summoned all of his mental strength and pushed those thoughts aside burning the feelings that currently engulfed him. He was above this, he didn't need to concern himself with this at the moment. Whether yashima was crying or uzume was he didn't care, he couldn't care. He needed to begin his decimation of the sekirei plan.

Which was going to be anything but easy and quick. He was happy that uzume would understand, out of all of his sekirei besides matsu uzume would understand why he was doing what he was doing. He wasn't going to tolerate crying at all, he'd need to speak with yashima about that.

I'll end it here since I'm busy at the moment. Leave a review! I may do a time skip say about two months when winter is about to end. For those action people I know there hasn't been much fighting, but if I can do everything right, get enough feedback I maybe able to pull it off in a way that makes sense. But I'll ask now, should there be a time skip if not after this next chapter when?

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