HELLO! I know, it's been like three years. I'm terrible. The truth is when I started this, I was a junior in high school and I was extremely busy with school and work. I then graduated and went to college..where I thought I wouldn't be as busy but,,,, lol. I'm now a FREAKING JUNIOR... crazy? Yeah. I also just didn't know where I was going with this story and honestly, still, have no idea. But what made me want to try and continue is the alerts that I've been receiving all this time about people favoriting and watching out for this story. That honestly makes my heart melt. I can't promise that I will update this frequently as I use to, but I definitely won't take another 3 years to make one chapter. I started this chapter a long time ago and decided to finish it instead of throwing it away. I hope you guys still like me and the story and if you don't, that's totally understandable. Thank you!


It was a somewhat hot day. Actually, it was pretty hot. Too hot. The quadruple ran around drenched in their own sweat. Mugen had long ago discarded his shirt and happi coat while Jin fanned his self and Soejima had his kimono opened wide in the chest area. Fuu had rolled up her kimono a little and complained every two seconds about how hot she was. They weren't doing anything exciting, just trying to get away from people to get out of a huge mess they were in. Well, that Fuu was in.

The quadruple had left Nagasaki to begin their quest to find the man with the missing eye. Of course, they didn't know where to begin, so they took the note that he left and went to the small village next to Nagasaki. While there, Fuu ran into trouble. There was a shortage of women in the small village and no one left to marry poor Hiromitsu. The middle-aged man then pointed to the only girl in the tea shop and declared that they shall wed. Unfortunately, that only girl in the tea shop was Fuu.

"What? I'm not marrying you." She calmly said.

Fuu laughed at their foolishness and immediately the whole tea shop had gone quiet. No one was laughing, not even the three men she was traveling with. Fuu slowly opened her eyes and looked around at the shocked faces. Hiromitsu suddenly laughed, showcasing his handsome features. Fuu laughed once again and the two sat there in sync, laughing.

"Grab her." Hiromitsu abruptly said.

Hiromitsu's men grabbed ahold of poor little Fuu. Mugen was the first to stand up and point his sword at one of the men while Soejima and Jin followed suit. Unfortunately, Hiromitsu had more men at his will and they had swords pointing the guy's head.

"C' mon...do we really have to do all this? Just let Fuu go and we'll be on our way." Soejima tried to reason with Hiromitsu.

"No. She stays and you three nuisances can leave." Hiromitsu stated.

Mugen stared at Hiromitsu while Hiromitsu did the same. The two were silently having their own battle inside of their heads. Jin was getting annoyed at this mess and quietly threw a ninja star into the man's stomach who stood behind him. Not knowing what was wrong with their partner, everyone's attention went to the man who was yelling on the floor. Jin then kicked the man who had Fuu's arm and stabbed the other. Mugen grabbed and threw Fuu over his shoulder and the quadruple comically ran out of the shop.

"I'LL COME GET YOU!" Hiromitsu shouted as the quadruple ran for their lives.

Once they were deep into the forest, Mugen threw Fuu down and sighed.

"Careful!" Soejima and Fuu shouted at Mugen.

"Can it." He rolled his eyes and sat underneath a tree.

The sun blazed down on the four as they sat there trying to replenish their strength to carry on. Jin quietly got up and began walking away. The remaining three looked at the walking Jin, confused by his actions.

"They're coming." He quietly said.

"WHY COULDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING EARLIER?" Soejima, Mugen, and Fuu shouted as they ran to catch up with the quiet man. Making their way out of the forest, Soejima spotted a small farm and decided that the four of them should invade the stranger's home for the time being. Running into a horse stable, the quadruplets fell onto the dirt ground, catching their breaths and hoping Hiromitsu and his clan wouldn't be able to find them anytime soon. The stable was nothing short of a miracle once they realized that they were in the clear…for now. Fuu stood up and sighed, leaning on one of the horses for support. After all that running, she could use a bath and some food, she thought.

Soejima also got up from the ground and began stretching, "I think we'll be safe here for the night."

"Yeah, tomorrow morning, we should get up and move on," Fuu said.

"We can't move on yet; we came here to learn more about the man with the missing eye. We just can't leave without any information." Soejima exclaimed.

Mugen glared at the man before standing up and striding over to him, "Do you think we can REALLY go back there? What do you think we were running from? Is the heat hindering your ability to think?"

Soejima stood there, unfazed by Mugen's intimidation. He knew why they were running, obviously, he cared about keeping Fuu away from Hiromitsu, but Soejima still needed information and clues about this man who got away with murdering his poor mother. If Soejima will have to continue this mission without them, then so be it.

"Guys... If we have to run away from Hiromitsu again, oh well. Who knows.. maybe by tomorrow a new woman will appear and she'll marry him", Fuu said with a nonchalant shrug.

"HIROMITSU?", a mysterious voice shouted out.

The quadruplet immediately turned to the random voice and gasped in surprise that someone was sitting in the stable with them. Walking from out the shadow, came a girl who didn't have the best-looking face, according to the guy's reactions to her. She was a chubby woman, with fair but dirty looking skin, and hair in two pigtails that stopped at her waistline. She'd definitely be the talk of the town if she decided to take a bath or two, Fuu thought as she smiled at the woman while pinching her nose off from the horrid smell that the woman was emitting. The woman stood there with a horseshoe in hand, seemingly to fight off any attackers, but was quickly proposition was thrown out the window once Hiromitsu was bought up. Mugen and Jin sat there in disgust while Soejima was shocked that someone was in there the whole time with them. Fuu was the first to break the awkward silence and made her way slowly, to the woman.

"I'm so sorry if this is your stable. My friends and I needed a place to stay just for the night. If you want us gone, we have no problem leaving." Fuu bowed her head, showing the woman that they are of no harm.

The woman looked at Fuu and then the guys behind her, making a discerning face. The woman threw the horseshoe down and stared at the quadruplets. Mugen quickly grabbed Fuu and stick her behind them as if they were preparing for a fight. The woman's eyes seemed to weaver before her face formed a weak smile.

"You're really pretty…. Unlike me." The woman finally spoke.

Despite her appearance, she had a beautiful and elegant voice. Fuu came from behind her friends and stood in front of the seemingly self-loathing woman. This was the first time Fuu has ever felt this way, typically it's her in this position of thinking she wasn't pretty enough, considering the women Jin and Mugen hang around. For once, she could have the upper hand, but what kind of person would she be to mock someone of their appearance.

Fuu smiled as she walked up to the woman, "Thank you. You're very pretty yourself. I love your hair, it's so long and beautiful."

The woman's face lit up, showcasing her pretty smile, "Oh gosh. Thank you! I try to take care of my hair.", she said and immediately grabbed her hair, kind of petting it.

"You have to teach me what you do. I've been growing mine out for a while and it still hasn't gotten nearly as long as I wanted it to." Fuu gleamed.

While the girls started to chat about hair, the boys stood there. Still confused on why the strange lady didn't say anything as soon as they ran into the stable. Mugen finally walked up to the woman and gave her a stare down of a lifetime. Instead of being scared, the woman blushed and turned away from the "scary" looking man. She wasn't used to having a man stare at her. Mugen made a face and backed away from the woman, he scoffed and sat down next to Jin. The group sat down and began conversing with the woman and learned quite a bit about her. The woman's name was Shome Haratusji and she was 23 years old. She lived on this farm with her father and two older brothers for her whole life. She was a very sweet and eloquent woman. Fuu couldn't fathom the reason why she wasn't popular, but of course, looks come into place while looking for a partner.

"You seemed surprised when Fuu mentioned Hiromitsu, do you know him?" Jin asked the million-dollar question.

Shome's face went blank and immediately curved up into a big smile, "Of course! I'm his fiancé!"

"WHAT!?", the quadruplet said in unison.


I have a computer now (obviously) and no longer have my trustee Ipod 4 and old android that I used to use to type these chapters on...so I can't do any of those emoji looking things that I was doing before :( -(I can do that tho)