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Tenko opens the double doors to the dojo, allowing sunlight to filter into the entry hall as she turns around with a big smile on her face as she addresses her 3 friends following behind her.
"I'm so excited to show you all my master's dojo! This is going to be so fun!" Tenko exclaimed happily, the bell around her neck gently jingling as she moved energetically. Angie clapped happily, returning Tenko's excited energy in turn.
"I am excited as well~ By the way, does your dojo have a god? If not then Auta would happily-" Angie's sales pitch was cut off by Himiko who tossed a paintbrush in Angie's mouth to quite her, Angie giggled happily as she took the brush out of her mouth. Blinking tiredly Himiko yawned.
"Nyeh... I am curious what living in a dojo will be like..." Himiko explained while looking up at Tenko who was looking more excited by the second.
"I'm also curious to see what your dojo is like Tenko. I've never been to one before" Shuichi explains as he twitches a little nervously, he's still getting use to being in public without his hat after all, but his nervousness does not hide his curiosity and Tenko smiles at his interest.
"You'll love it, once your done here you'll be a brave protector of innocent maidens in no time" Tenko says with a happy smile and leads her friends into the dojo through it's large double doors. Himiko snarks about Shuichi already being a protector of innocent maidens but is cut off by the sound of combat coming from the dojo.
"Oh right! I almost forgot there are other student's here, I already met with them yesterday so I can introduce you all after you get dressed in your Dogi" Tenko explains and leads them away from the sound of fighting from towards the washrooms so they can change. The 3 girls head into the girls washroom and Shuichi heads into the male washroom.
After a few minutes all four exit the washrooms now dressed in their Dogis. Angie's is a yellow like her jacket with small splatters of different colors, the design looking like a wet paint brush was waved over it letting the random cascade of paint splotched over the uniform, despite the chaotic mash of colors they all complimented each other while not being distracting to the eye, clearing showing off Angie's talent in that subtle way. Himiko's Dogi was very minimalistic, a dark grey with the interior being a dark maroon, the color a little darker than the magician's hair. Shuichi's Dogi was similarly minimalistic, promptly the same dark grey shade as Himiko's, but small bits of personality such as light grey lines running up the Dogi and the dark blues near the wrists and ankles of the uniform kept it from being as simple as Himiko's. Tenko admired her friends now in proper uniform.
"You all look great!" Tenko compliments. Tenko's own Dogi was the same shade of blue as her normal school outfit without much added to it besides the black Hakama around her waist, showing she is already a master of Neo-Akido, and she clearly wears it with open pride, unconsciously showing off her symbol of pride to her friends. Tenko then leads them to the room where the sound of clash was emanating from, once the door to what the other 3 presumed to be a training room opened they were greeted by the sight of 2 students sparring.
The student on the defensive was male and had shoulder length platinum blonde hair with tan skin and blue eyes. His Dogi was a dark purple which sparkled under the sunlight coming from the skylight over the training room. The blonde blocked an attack from the other student and tried to grab them, but the other student broke free of the hold and used a high kick to get some space from the blonde. The other student, also a male, had short black hair, brown eyes and light skin. His Dogi was a simple black with white stripes around the torso, legs, and arms. The blonde blocked another kick coming from the black haired student, but this led to the black hair student grappling the blonde by the collar and throwing him down to the mat, winning him this spar.
Once the fight was finished Tenko walked over to the two students with her friends. The two students notice her, the blonde waving while the other student giving a small bow.
"Hey, these three are my friends and will be staying with us until master comes back" Tenko explains to the two students before stepping out of the way so introductions can be given. The blonde student speaks first.
"Hey, names Jack Hammon, nice to meet ya" The blonde, Jack, greets. Next was the black hair student.
"Hello, I am Yuki Kimikage" The soft spoken boy greets the three of them. After Shuichi, Angie, and Himiko introduced themselves Jack left to the kitchen while Yuki left to the bathroom.
"Nyeh... You seemed oddly calm for talking to boys Tenko" Himiko says lazily, Tenko simply smiled in return.
"As students of Neo-Akido they are not as degenerate as other males" Tenko explains, but then Angie smiles.
"Is that why you wanted Shuichi to come here?~" Angie asked with too much mischief in her voice for it to be a simple question. Tenko sputters with a light blush over her face.
"N-No, Shuichi taught me not all males are degenerates and I wanted to show him the dojo is all" Tenko hastily explains. Shuichi smiled lightly with a blush along his face matching Tenko's.
"Th-Thanks for the compliment Tenko" Shuichi says in a shy tone. Before Angie can say anything else Himiko interrupted.
"Can we continue with the tour... nyeh" Tenko nods and shakes her head around, causing the bell around her neck to chime rapidly.
"Right, let's get going" Tenko starts walking a little faster out of the training room, the other three following behind her.
Exiting the training room Tenko leads them through a double door that goes to the outside garden on the east side of the building. The garden is surrounded by walls designed to look like a natural formation of rocks, giving ample privacy from any on lookers from the city. In the middle is a large pond and to the right of it is a large tree giving shade, underneath is a student resting. The girl had long light brown hair tied into a ponytail, green eyes and russet brown skin. Her Dogi was a bright pink with small white circles going up from her legs to her torso.
"Hi Mikage!" Tenko calls out to greet as the other three follow her. The girl, Mikage, looks up and over to Tenko. She looks like she is studying Tenko's Dogi before calling back out.
"Hi Tenko! Who are the other three?" The girls asks in a bubbly tone as she stands up.
"These are my friends. They'll be staying with us until master comes back" Tenko explains happily, Mikage nods her head before talking to the other three.
"Alright, well then hi! I'm Mikage Akari nice to meet you" Mikage greets, but Shuichi notices she is studying their appearance with the way her eyes subtly drift around them.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Angie Yonaga~" Angie greets first, matching the girls bubbly demeanor with her own. Himiko let's out a small yawn.
"I'm Himiko..." The tired girl greets.
"And I'm Shuchi Saihara, nice to meet you"
At that Mikage seems to light up.
"You mean the Detective! I read about your cases in the news, your last case against the Fairytale Hijacker was incredible!" Mikage speaks excitedly, causing the detective to blush. He never thought he would have a fan. Before Mikage could talk more a small chime rings out from the tree, Mikage turns around and picks up what was making the noise, which was her phone.
"Oh, I have to go, talk to you later" The bubbly girls waves happily and rushes inside. Tenko smiles and leads the 3 back inside to continue the tour.
"And finally we have the dorm rooms. The girls are on this side of the dojo and the males are on the other side along with the kitchen" Tenko explains as she leads the three down the east hall where they find two more students talking to each other. The first was a shorter girl with shoulder length orange hair, hazel eyes and pale pink skin. Her Dogi was a light blue with small golden starts doting the uniform. She was talking to a taller girl with short black hair, brown eyes, and lightly tanned skin. Her Dogi was a simple white with green lines around her wrists, ankles, and waist and she had her hands and feet wrapped in sport bandages. The two girls notice the approaching group, the shorter girl gave a small wave while the taller girl respectfully bowed to Tenko.
"Hey you two! These are my friends, they'll be training here until master comes back" Tenko explains happily to the two students before stepping aside so they can introduce themselves.
"Hello, I'm Rishu Arisu, pleasure to meet you three" The taller girl greets, giving a small polite bow.
"Uhm h-hi, I'm Rio Fukutomi" The shorter girl shyly stutters out. After giving their introductions Shuichi can see Rio seemed relieved, her shoulders sagging slightly and her face slightly less tense. He wanted to ask more but from the girl's demeanor he assumed she was just socially anxious, he could relate after all. Angie waves goodbye as Tenko leads them further down the hallway to show Himiko and Angie their rooms for their stay.
Tenko opens the sliding door to the dorm room and leads them inside. The three girls stepped inside and there is not much space left.
"Nyeh, it's kinda cramped" Himiko complains and Tenko nods slightly in embarrassment.
"W-Well these rooms are only meant for two people, but the only other room is Rio's and she needs privacy" Tenko explains with a small blush.
"Then I can sleep in one of the boy dorms, there were only two of them so their should be a free dorm..." Himiko offers but Tenko shakes her head.
"W-Well, Shuichi is going to take the third one, and then you would have to share a room with one of the boys..." Tenko mumbles, trying to find a solution to the space problem.
"I could share a room with one of the boys, I don't think they would mind" Shuichi offers, trying to hide his nervousness about intruding on the privacy of one of the students. Angie stares at them before smiling.
"Why don't you share a room with Shuichi Tenko~" Angie suggests, causing both Shuichi and Tenko to blush.
"Nyeh... that's not a bad idea. I'll stay with Angie in the girl dorms and you and Shuichi can sleep in the boy dorms, that way we won't be bothering any of the students..." Himiko explains and both Tenko and Shuichi can not refute the logic.
"Nyahaha, then it's settled. See you two tomorrow" Angie said happily as she gently shoved Tenko out of the room, giving Shuichi and Tenko a wink before shutting the dorm's door, leaving the two blushing teens outside in the hallway. After a few moments Shuichi speaks up.
"Uhm, so should we head to o-our dorm?"
"Y-Yeah, I'll show you the way" Tenko agrees as she shakes her head a little and leads Shuichi back up the hallway.
Through the training room, past the kitchen the they arrive in the boy's dorm and go the the empty dorm room at the end of the west hallway. They both enter the dorm and unpack their bags, Shuichi taking the left side of the room while Tenko takes the right. After setting up their things Shuichi get's up.
"U-Uhm, I'm going to go get something to drink" Shuichi says as he gets up. Tenko nods.
"Alright, we restock the kitchen every week so feel free to have anything, unless it's in a container with a name on it, those are only for the person who'd name is on it" Tenko explains.
"Alright, g-goodnight Tenko"
"N-Night Shuichi"
Walking down the hallway Shuichi arrives to the community kitchen where he sees Jack sitting at one of the tables, drinking some soda. He notices Shuichi and waves at him.
"Hey" Jack greets and Shuichi returns it with a small wave as he goes to the cupboard and grabs a cup, filling it with some tap water. Shuichi noticed Jack looked a little tense.
"Are you okay?" Shuichi asked the tense boy, who sighs.
"Just sick of something, nothing to worry about" Shuichi nods, not wanting to pry. After finishing his water he rinses off the cup in the sink and places it in the strainer before leaving the kitchen and going back to his and Tenko's dorm. He quietly enters the dorm and sees that Tenko is asleep, so he gently shuts the sliding door behind him and get's into his futon, pulling the blanket over himself before shutting his eyes and slowly drifting to sleep.
A figure walks through the training room holding a camera. A small creak calls out and they quickly turn around.
"Wh-What are-" The figure is cut off by being struck in the stomach and thrown to the floor and straddled by the other figure, they panic and lift up the camera before swinging it down
CRASH