VIII

As Silvia slid into the bed with Kyuu the light flashed on while Emma and Maria strolled into the bedroom. As they saw Silvia hugging Kyuu tightly when they were in bed, Maria let out a humongous screech and they both sprinted over to separate them from each other.

"What on earth are you trying to do to my brother Silvia," Emma screamed at them while she dragged Silvia out of the bed.

"What do you mean, what am I doing to your brother? I'm clearly trying to warm him up. What else would I do?" Silvia exclaimed as she was being dragged out of the bed, gripping onto Kyuu.

"Master told you to all to be quiet. Go back to sleep; it's too early in the morning. " one of the servants of the household announced as she stood at the door.

"Umm, ma'am what household is this?" Kyuu asked the servant as he sat up from the bed.

"Young master, this is your household. Why do you not know this?" the servant questioned Kyuu with a surprised expression, slightly frightened by his question.

"Oh… really, I don't actually remember. I guess it's been so long since I have been here, I forgot?" Kyuu replied while he itched his head in an awkward manner.

"How do you forget what your own house looks like you idiot?" Maria and Silvia announce in perfect synchronization.

"This was actually my room guys. That's probably why you don't remember this room big bro. I never allowed you in here before we moved out into the human realm." Emma declared as she walked over to the bed.

"Yeah that makes a lot of sense actually, but why am I in your room, Sis? Why am I not in my own room?" Kyuu replied with a blank face while almost staring into Emma's soul.

"Oh… right. I should have told you that first. Well… you're not in your own room because it's in maintenance right now." Emma said while giving Kyuu a replicated blank face.

"What do you mean 'Maintenance?!' you better explain yourselves right now. I put my pride and joy into creating that room." Kyuu retaliated as he ran out of the room to find his own.

"Kyuu… do you remember where your room even is?" Emma Shouted at Kyuu as he ran down the corridor to find his room.

As Kyuu swerved around the corners and leaped down and up the stairs, he was thinking what they could mean by maintenance on his room.

"Noooo… What have you done to my room." Kyuu screeched as he swung open the door.

"Ummm… Kyuu?" Emma asked Kyuu with a tear in her eye trying not to drop dead on the floor through laughter.

"What!!!" Kyuu instantly cried at her to then look at her expression to then question himself.

"Y… You... just look in the room next door." Emma replied as she cried out with laughter after seeing Kyuu's reply to looking in the room.

As Kyuu stepped out of the room he slowly strolled over to the room next door, Kyuu gripped onto the round, copper doorknob and he ever so slightly twisted it to open the door. As Kyuu opened the door he let out a sigh of relief.

"Ohh… I was so worried I had lost the work of art I worked on for two and a half years." Kyuu said as he looked at Emma with a face of light.

As they entered the room they could see that is was a traditional Japanese room with slightly coffee-stained paperback walls and a fair size bed in the corner. There was a nice sized landscape picture hung up on the wall of a nice sunset horizon over the sea. In the center of the room, there was a small coffee table only large enough to seat four people.

"Kyuu… why do you always have to be so dramatic about simple things?" Silvia announced as she walked into the room which had completely transformed from the corridor outside. It was like a different world in the bedroom. It was a warp hole to a different dimension.

"You looking a bit surprised there, my little kitten," Kyuu said to Silvia as her face lit up from the large change in the atmosphere and scenery.

"How is the room so different from the rest of the house?" Silvia asked Kyuu as she looked around the room in wow.

"Well… that's a long story actually. Why don't you have a seat while I explain everything to you? Kyuu answered with a big smile on his face as if he was waiting for someone to ask him that question.

"Sure, I would love to have a seat," Silvia said as she sat down at the small, oak coffee table with a rosy smile on her face.

"Would anyone like any tea before I start with the story of the creation of my room?" Kyuu asked everyone as he made himself some tea.

"Yeah... I'd like some tea please!" Silvia replied with a flustered face.

"Why are you so flustered, Silvia?" Emma whispered into her ear, making sure Kyuu wouldn't hear them.

"What!! I'm not flustered." Silvia quickly replied, not thinking about the consequences if Kyuu heard.

"Shhhh… You wouldn't want Kyuu to hear you now would we." Emma whispered back into Silvia's ear to stop her from overreacting.

Kyuu turns to look at them with a blank face trying to figure out what they could be talking about.

"Uhh… what are you two talking about?" Kyuu asked them as he poured the tea into the cups.

"Nothing" Silvia quickly yelled as she avoided eye contact.

"Whatever… here is your tea, Silvia." Kyuu replied as he put the cup of tea onto the small table and sat down with the others.

"Kyuu! We need to talk right now." A mysterious voice shouted out from the door.

"Hey what's up Kusaragi. What do you want this time" Kyuu spoke up as he went over to give Kusaragi Gatsuyo a pat on the back.

"We never finished our dual before you left home. That was two and a half years ago!" Kusaragi Gatsuyo announced as he dragged Kyuu to the courtyard outside.

When they were ready for battle, Kusaragi was wearing a set of armor with a basic wakizashi sword as he has not yet completed his training and hasn't earned any rewards for being a warrior. Kusaragi Gatsuyo had pure black hair with midnight purple highlights, just like Kyuu, and he had salamander orange eyes. His hair was long and dropped to his shoulder on the left side and to his chin on the right side of his face.

When Kyuu strolled into the arena,  Kyuu had two blades. One blade was a one-handed midnight black, 27-inch Celtic sword with blood-stained dragon skin for the handle and a metallic scarlet red hilt. In his second hand, he had a purple haze, 15 inch tanto blade as a backup to block any other attacks coming from different angles.

"So I see you haven't lost any sense of style," Kusaragi announced before the dual and got into a guarding stance ready for Kyuu to go on the offensive.

"Neither have you Kusaragi," Kyuu replied with a bright smile on his face.

As the duel started Kyuu dived into combat keeping a low stance so he can be more maneuverable. As Kusaragi does an overhead attack, Kyuu dodges to the right and knocks his sword into the air. Kusaragi manages to keep possession of the sword and blocks Kyuu's second attack. As Kyuu backs away from him, Kusaragi does a charging attack. When he does this Kyuu does a three hit combo to parry his attack. Kyuu does another dodge to the left and aims the tip of his midnight black blade to Kisaragi's through to declare victory.

"You have improved Kusaragi but you have no chance of beating me yet. Come back when you're better." Kyuu announced when they were face-to-face with each other at the end of the duel.

"You still have no chill, do you? You don't give anyone a chance and you're still undefeated." Kusaragi responded with a happy look on his face.

"Hey… for all of your attempts and your attitude. Why don't I give you some pointers on how to improve. I wanna get some rest first. Meet back here at four o'clock and I will teach you some things I have learned from my experiences." Kyuu announced as he stood up to claim praise from the audience and while he walked out of the arena.

"Sure thing… talk later then Kyuu." Kusaragi replied with a gleeful expression on his face.

"Hey, Silvia… you meet here too, okay." Kyuu announced before he left the arena.

As he walked down the halls, Kyuu reached his bedroom. As he entered his room he leaped into bed then dropped into a deep slumber…