Introductions

[Aysa]

Today was a big day for Aysa. Her mother was bringing to meet more family members. Well, they weren't blood relatives, but her mother treats them as if they were. She was told stories about them from time to time andshe just had to see them to see if the stories were true. She doesn't understand the fact that they're going back through time to visit these people, but it really doesn't matter. The little one was just happy to be going on a trip of some sort.

As the two appeared in Soul Society through a Senkaimon, little Aya looked around, not seeming to notice any changes. She was really confused. What was the point in what just happened? She couldn't figure it out for the life of her. Holding onto her mother's hand, the two of them walked a bit of distance before arriving to their destination: The Kusanagi manor. Once there, Aysa just looked in awe at the place. It was so huge! The young child looked up to her mother who just smiled and motioned for her to head on in. With a wide grin, she walked while being followed.

Once they made it inside, the two of them took off their shoes and placed them over to the side and walked further in. When they came into the living room, Ryouji had noticed at least one of the individuals who had come in.

"It's good to see you, Megumi. Who is the little one that is with you?"

Megumi knew, or so she thought, of how he would react when she would tell him. After all, her child is the spitting image of her when she used to be little. She was sure he would have at least made that connection. Before Megumi had a chance to say, Aysa walked in front of him, staring up at him. He was really tall! How could it be possible? It just made her giggle. The stories were true! This had to be him!

"You mus' be Mister Uncle 'Ouji! Nice t' meet ya! I's Aysane, but Mommy, Daddy, and Auntie Shi call me Aysa! Mommy, he's jus' like da stories, y'know!"

If that didn't explain it all, Megumi wasn't sure what will. How was he taking it? He is only staring at the little one, not saying anything. It was a bit nerve racking.

" It's nice t' finally meet ya!"

[Ryouji Onigata]

After having himself introduced to Aysa, Ryouji stared at the little girl before him. She was very high spirited. He then leaned in closer to the girl, getting a good look at her before turning his attention to the Future Megumi. He then glanced back at Aysa...and then Megumi and then to Aysa once more.

"It's very nice to meet you Aysa."

It was all he could say his mind wondered on what kind of aneurysm the future Yuri had when she found out when Emi was pregnant. He then wondered if Yuri killed the father of little Aysa. She did say that both Megumi and her father, whoever that unlucky bastard was call her Aysa. Azumi told him all about the Senchiimenchou thing from when she was younger...and this whole time he believed that she believed Azumi, then again she was a child at the time...looks like she did some praying to that imaginary turkey after all.

"I'm rather shocked to say in the least Megumi, she is adorable, just like you were. Its been quite a while, how are you doing, where have you been...when did this happen. As your former teacher, I was not expecting this so soon. I know you're older now and much more mature, already..."

He continued to stare at Little Aysa...she reminded him so much of when present Megumi was a little girl, only her hair was shorter. They look exactly the same. She wondered if All the future Generation of Nakayama would look exactly like their mothers did before them. None of his daughters look like him, which he would assume was a good thing, if they did, he sure as hell wouldn't have to worry about boy troubles.

[Aysa]

Megumi could only laugh a little, although nervously, at all the questions she was asked. She knew there would be a lot, but at least he appears to be taking it well and a little bit better than her mother took it. At least now she knew she made the right call by coming herself to introduce little Aysa and not the father. Just thinking about how that scenario could have gone made Megumi have a look of sheer terror.

"W..Well, I'm doing just fine, Mister Ryouji. Things have settled down, at least for now, back home. That is, at least on the battlefield. Home, however.. Let's just say Mama wasn't too thrilled when she found out she was a grandmother. However, she is just as protective of her as her father is. They remind me of you in that respect. As when it happened, it was three years ago to this very day. As a birthday present, she wanted to come see you and everyone else. How could I say no to such an adorable girl?!"

Aysa could help but to giggle. She didn't know all of exactly what her mother was talking about, but she does know that she was the subject. It seems like she picked up that trait from her mother when she used to be little.

"I'sa d'is many year old!"

The little one then holds up three of her little fingers to show him. While a little sad that her Auntie Shi couldn't come along, she was still very happy. She'd get to meet the present version of her along with the present version of her mother. It was so hard for her to contain her excitement. She then held onto one of his hands, tugging on it a little.

"Mister uncle 'Ouji, y'think I can grow t' be as tall as you?I don't wanna be short like Granny-Yuri is!"

[Azumi Onigata]

Shuffling around in bed, Azumi rolled over and placed her hand where usually her husband would be and found that he wasn't there. It wasn't a surprise to her, he never slept long and that's if he slept at all. She sat up and brushed the hair out of her face before rolling out of bed. She went into her bathroom and began taking care of her routine hygene before putting on one of her Kimono. She left the bedroom and was greeted by one of the staff in which her sister employed who bowed to her.

"Good Morning, Ma'am, is there anything that I can do for you?"

Azumi shakes her head from side to side. The woman bows and leaves the company of Azumi to begin breakfast. Following the staff she saw Ryouji sitting on the sofa and talking to someone. She glanced over and saw the future Megumi standing there and became excited. Ever since she was a little girl, Azumi adored her.

"Megumi? I was wondering when we'd see you again. How are you sweetheart!?"

Azumi went over to hug Megumi but the saw a little blue-haired cutiepie standing in front of Ryouji. She stopped mid hug and put her arms down instantly, and left Megumi hanging. It was like her little toddler Megumi was standing right before her, only she was even cuter!

It was like she was overcome by the majesty of this little ones cutenesss. She couldn't even speak. There were so many questions, but her googly eyes were showing...she just wanted to pick her up and huggle her all day.

Ryouji glanced up and saw Azumi and shook his head. She had once again been stricken with cuteness overload. He stood up and waved his hand in front of Azumi's face but there was no response.

He moved himself in front of Azumi. He leaned over to kiss her but she put up her hand blocked his attempt which resulted in him kissing her palm. she then pushed him out of the way so she could go back to staring at the little girl that was standing before her. She had to be a Nakayama...there was no mistaking it. She knew it because Azumi already felt that this little one was far prettier than she had ever been at any point in her life and she only felt that way with Yuri's daughters.

[Aysa]

Megumi giggled as she witnessed Azumi just staring at her daughter. It's good to see that things haven't changed that much. After all, she used to do that when she was little! Aysa just stared back, seeming a little confused for a moment as to why she was being stared at. The little one looked back to her mother who was still giggling.

"Don't worry, Aysa. Miss Azumi does that to all the cute children! It's a..tradition, I guess you can say. Go on, go speak to her.[b/]"

Aysa just smiled from ear to ear and approached Azumi, staring up to her. She looks very pretty!

"Y'mus' be granny Azumi! Mommy has told me all 'bout ya!She says you can cook all kindsa stuff and how you taught granny Yuri t' cook too!"

She couldn't help but to give Azumi a great big hug. It was nice to finally put a face with the name! Though, she couldn't help but to feel like it was missing. Rather, like someone was missing. Where on earth could she be?

"I've been very well, Miss Azumi! I just wanted to bring the little one here for a visit. Seeing you react the way you have I can only assume you've made the connection. Asyane is my little girl. Her name is made up of the letters of people that are very close to me."

While her mother was talking to Azumi, the little one sneaked off to do some exploring of the manor. She saw no harm in it after all! It's not like she's running around outside! She would check each room, searching for a moment before closing the door. After opening one more door, she found who she was looking for! However, she was very curious as to why her Auntie Shi was still sleeping while everyone else, or at least everyone else, was awake. Aysa went over to the bed, trying her best to wake her auntie up by either calling out to her or shaking.

"C'mon, Auntie Shi! Wake up!"

When there was no response, the little one tried to think on what to do next. Then, all of a sudden, she climbed up on the bed with a bit of a struggle. Once on the mattress, she made herself comfortable by well.. laying on Shi so she could just stare at her as weird at both sounded and looked. She made sure to hold on very tightly just in case anything were to happen. She wouldn't like being thrown to the floor at all even if it would be an accident!

"Auntie Shi.. Pleeease wake up!"

[Shizune Onigata]

After shuffling around in her sleep, Shizune opened her eyes slowly and sat up. She glanced around as she ruffled her own hair for a moment. Eventually she yawned and stretched as hard as she could before sighing. It was morning already? It felt like she only fell asleep a few short hours ago but now at least with the sun rise, it also meant that breakfast was soon to follow and she couldn't wait to eat after throwing the sheets off of her legs she threw her legs over the side of the bed and glanced down at her feet, looking for her slippers. She couldn't see her feet because there was some kid hanging on to her.

It didn't register right away, instead she attempted to look over and around the kid before finding her slippers. It was then it hit her. She glanced down at the kid who was staring up at her with big beautiful eyes and that's when it happened, A shriek that echoed throughout her bedroom and well her house for that matter. After shrieking, she covered her mouth quickly, realizing that it was probably to loud. She didn't want to wake everyone else up. She glanced down at the little girl and pulled her from clinging to her the way she was and sat her down in her lap. She just stared at the little one and she was certain that she didn't prey to senchiimenchou bird thing that Lady Emi told her about when they were younger.

She looked so oddly familiar but was certain that she's never seen this child before. Originally she thought she was dreaming when she heard someone call her Auntie Shi, but she was now positive that it was this little girl who said it. She even knew who she was but Shizune knew nothing about this girl at all. She was adorable all the same, she reminded her a lot of her bestest best friend Emi when she was this girls age.

"Hmmm"

Shizune stood up and carried the girl out of her room and into the living room where she saw her mother and father sitting and a surprise guest whom Shi was very happy to see. Upon seeing her, she glanced down at the little one she was carrying and then over to Lady Emi. The resemblance was uncanny! This little one was Lady Emi's little one! She just knew it! That's why she called her Auntie Shi...it was because she viewed her future self as her Auntie! It made sense now! Wow she was not very quick thinking so early in the morning.

"Morning mommy, and good morning daddy!"

Shizune smiled as she closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side. Even though she was an adult, she still was a daddy's girl! That'll never change no matter how old she gets. She then turned to Lady Emi and approached her with the little one in hand.

"Lady Emi, its good to see you too! Now I know this little one is yours, she looks just like you! I wasn't expecting this surprise at all. This little one found my room all by herself and woke me up with a hug...or something. Quite honestly, I haven't figured out what it was. Even so, she's so adorable! She even calls me Auntie Shi! I take it she is fond of my future self right? Does that mean you prayed to Senchiimenchou too? Tell me little one, what is your name?"

[Aysa]

Aysa was a bit confused at first as to why her auntie was screaming. Did she scare her? She honestly didn't mean to! After what seemed to be a staring contest of sorts, She held on to Shizune when she got up and held her. She couldn't help but to giggle. She was happy that her auntie was happy!

After hearing Shizune say good morning to Azumi and Ryouji, she tilted her head to the side when Shi had asked abuot the Senchiimenchou. She was going to have to ask some time or another at what it is. Megumi couldn't help but to blush at the question.

"Well, yes, you could say I did. Mama wasn't too happy when she found out what happened, but she loves the little one to death. My husband wanted to come along but.. I told him it really wasn't a good idea. Though, eventually.. I will have to introduce you to him. He's a very nice man."

When Megumi made mention of her husband, she coudln't help but feel like she was being stared down by something, or rather, someone. She turned her head slowly to see who it was behind her and it was no other than her mentor. He was just there, seeming to glare a hole right through her. Megumi could only laugh nervously and well, just try to not let it bother her. It was easier said than done.

"W..Well..Maybe.. another time.. A..Anyway.."

After little Aysa heard Shi ask her what her name was, she couldn't wait to introduce herself!

"I'm Aysane! Y'know, I really like yuo, Auntie Shi! Mommy has told me that there are like.. two of everyone I know! The other you and I play a lot when she's not busy being a..a.. Well, whatever she does! So, I'm really lucky! I gots a lot of family! I'm really happy to meet Mister Uncle 'Ouji and Granny-Azumi! I really wish you all could have met Daddy! Anyway.. Uhm.. Is it alright if I met everyone else?"

Then Aysa got to thinking. There seemed to be someone that she was forgetting. Who was it? Then, it came to her! She wondered if everyone knew about Ryoko.

"Oh! What about Auntie Ryoko? Have you all met her? She's really nice!"

[Shiori Onigata]

In the middle of a rather interesting dream involving boys and candy, Shiori giggles. Her alarm clock started blaring and she shot up like a rocket. It scared the hell out of her and out of reflex she happened to blast it with a shakkaho Kido spell for good measure. After glancing around she sighed, this was alarm clock fourty-seven.

If this keeps up, her mommy or daddy won't buy her any more cute alarm clocks. She'll be stuck with stupid, ugly ones. She shrugged and hopped out of bed and after taking care of her personal business she skipped down the hallway from her room and danced her way into the living area where her father was sitting with her mother and her sister Shi.

"Hiiiiii mom!"

Azumi glanced over to Shiori and without saying so much as a word went right back to admiring how cute little Aysane was. Shiori stopped dancing and noticed how her mother totally blew her off and didn't greet her at all. Now she was a little sad but she knew her daddy would greet her.

She quickly moved in front of her father and stood in front of him. She held her arms wide open and smiled. Ryouji glanced around before standing up. He then leaned over and hugged on to Shiori as tightly as he could. She giggled and then picked him up off of the ground before putting him back down on his feet. She then leaned over and then gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Hiiiiiii daddddddy!"

Ryouji rubbed the back of his head and chuckled. No one has ever seen his morning greeting for Shiori ever. Now that there were witnesses...he was a little embarrassed since it's has always been a trademark of his not to show to much expressions in fear of being called 'cute' by his wife or something worse...adorable.

"Good Morning Shiori. How are you?"

Shiori giggled and then held her arm up as high as she could and used her mother's classic peace sign while standing in some weird super hero pose. She was very happy because it was another day she would get to spend with her father.

"I am awesome, thank you!"

Shiori turned her head a bit and looked at the blue haired woman and then glanced down at the little blue-haired munckin who was standing in front of her sister. She didn't remember there being a blue haired young child here yesterday nor does she remember a super old blue-haired woman. Aside from her Auntie Yuri, but she was different looking. Contrary to what most believe, Shiori doesn't remember much of anything after she was kidnapped by her Uncle Jin...so even if she met this person before, she doesn't remember them now.

She knelt down in front of the little girl and stared at her. Her kido signature was different, faint. She wasn't a strong fighter or anything, she was really just a little girl. She then looked at the older blue-haired woman again and noticed that their kido signatures resembled each others a bit. They were related aside from how similar they looked in appearance.

She stood up and stared at the older blue-haired woman. She inspected her closely and got uncomfortably close to the woman and began staring at her oddly. She looked a lot like Emi-mi upon closer inspection.

"Are you Emi-mi...you look older. Much older...and this child is definitely your daughter right? Heeey...you're that one from the future or something magical right? Tell me, am I as awesome as I am now? Is Shiori the queen of all things Kido?"

[Megumi]

Emi backed up just a bit in attempt to get some breathing room, but Shiori stayed just as close as she was being inspected. Emi remembered hoe she had to help the others bring her back home, so how she's acting now is a great contrast of what she used to be.

"Y..Yes, I'm the older version of Megumi from another time. Sadly, Shi is an only child since Mister Ryouji and Miss Azumi were killed a few years or so after her birth. I'm sure if they survived, you and Ami would have been born and you would have been spectacular! I'm not too old, you know! I'm just..Just..uh.. Well.."

It was then Emi picked up little Aysa and held onto her. She was blushing slightly from embarrassment that she was more or less called old. Ori was rather straightforward with whatever she wants to say. Regardless, she probably means well or so Emi hopes.

"Well.. I think it's time for little Aysa's nap.. Miss Azumi, would you mind if I used one of your spare rooms?

[Aysa]

When Aysa was picked up, she huggled onto her mother. Although tired, there was no way she wanted to go to sleep! There was so much for her to see! She wanted to squirm her way out of her mother's grasp, but there was no point. Then, she got to thinking. If she were to sleep now, she'd be rested enough to explore more or so she hoped. The little one rested her head on her mother's shoulder, who went off to another room to let Aysa sleep for a while.

In the meanwhile, a young man arrived at the mansion, just staring at it. In a way, he felt completely nervous for many reasons. He was warned how protective Ryouji can be of the girls in his family. It sort of felt like he was heading right into his own grave or something. It was with a heavy sigh that he finally gathered the courage to step foot inside. After asking someone for directions, he was led to the main house, thanking his 'tour guide' as he stepped inside. He could hear faint voices, but was unable to make out what was being said. So, he just follows the sounds, being led to the living room where everyone was gathered at.

Once he entered the room, it felt like they were all staring at him. It made him feel real anxious. He was trying to find words to say, but nothing would come out. He had to at least say something. The only thing he could do at the moment was just to introduce himself.

"H..Hello, everyone. I felt bad for not coming to see Aysa so I decided to come and see her Do you know where she and Megumi are?"

At that point, Megumi left the room Aysa was in and rejoined the others. It then caught her attention that her husband was there. While happy to see him, she was a bit worried how everyone, well, at least a few people, would react. Regardless, she went to him and gave him a big hug.

"What a surprise to see you here! I'm glad you decided to come after all! Everyone, this is Hayate Tatsuya. He's my husband."

Both Hayate and Megumi could just feel the intense stares of everyone, mostly from Ryouji who was being the overprotective mentor. She knew it was going to be sooner or later that she would have to introduce him to everyone, though in all honesty, she was hoping it would be a little bit later by slowly introducing him to each member of the family individually.

"C..come on! Don't stare at me like that! You're giving me the same look Mama did when she found out about us and Aysa.."

[Shiori Onigata]

Upon seeing this Hayate enter the room, Shiori appeared in front of him and stared him down. She moved closer to him, inspecting him. Taking note of his Kido Signature amongst other things. She appeared behind him and continued to stare him down and eventually she worked her way around to where she was standing in front of him again.

Her father called out to her and she took a step back and turned to her father. She pointed at him while staring at her father.

"His Kido signature is like...I don't know what its like, but it isn't huge. I know you are protective of Magical Future lady Emi-mi...but I can totally take this guy daddy. Let me play with him please!?"

Ryouji shook his head and Shiori huffed and stomped her foot down on the ground, she was in the middle of preparing to have a hissy-fit because her father wouldn't let her play with Magical Future Lady Emi-mi's husband. Then again she thought about what her father was trying to say. In all actuality he was telling her no because it was a little rude, but she took it a totally different way.

"I get it, daddy! You don't want me to hurt him. I understand, since your signatures are weaker than Shiori's...You'd get hurt pretty bad. Shiori wouldn't want that, besides with that cute little Munchkin, I'd feel bad if I made her cry by making her father go boom."

She nodded and sat down next to her father and rested her head on his shoulder. She then instantly shot back up as if she just received a jolt of energy. She had an idea...and a good one too.

"Magical future Lady Emi-mi, go back home to your magical future time and get my big sister Shi and bring her back with you and if Magical big sister Ryoko is there too, bring her. I know Shiori's magical future sister's are way stronger than this guy. They'd want to play...wouldn't they?! Do you have some magical way to communicate with them, I'd like to talk to Magical Sister Shi and Magical sister Ryoko!"

[Megumi]

In a way, Emi was quite relieved Shiori changed her mind about wanting to fight Hayate. She couldn't help but to wonder why she wanted to spar with her husband. Surely, him being 'weak' as she put it was part of it, but perhaps not all of it. There really wasn't a way for her to communicate to Shizune or Ryoko while she was in the past. More than likely she would have to return back and get them.

"There really isn't a way for me to communicate with them. You'd think as much as we travel back and forth, we would. I'm sure I could get Shi to come, but Ryoko.. That may be a little bit hard. Ryoko and Shi don't really get along for whatever reason."

She never understood why they didn't get along or at least why Shizune didn't like her. If Shi wanted to tell, she would have by now and would just have to wait until she felt comfortable enough to come to her. Maybe she could convince Shi to bring her son along as well. Aysa does miss hanging around her cousin. It wa like how her and Shi would act when they were younger.

"If you would help Hayate watch over little Aysa while she naps, I will do my best to bring Shi and Ryoko here. It may take a while, but I promise to bring one if not all of the family! Ryoko and Mama may be the hardest ones to get, but I'll try!"

[Shiori Onigata]

After having some more time to think about it. It would be selfish of Shiori to ask Magical Sister's Shizune and Ryoko to come here especially just to play. She turned to Magical Future Lady Emi-mi and shook her head.

"NO! Shiori changed her mind. They have lots of work and stuff to do and stuff. Its okay, I'm sure if they could come they would already be here right? Yeah that sounds like them. Or at least I think it does."

Shiori turns her attention back to Hayate and continues to stare at him oddly. How could Magical Future Lady Emi-mi marry such a weakling? She was trained by her daddy and is pretty strong in her own right judging from her signatures, but she settled for something that resembles which she calls ordinary. Love was love. Sure she didn't understand it, but it still didn't change the fact that his signatures were all super low. Maybe he was trying to mask it...then again maybe he really was just weak.

"Future Magical man Hayate...are you trying to trick Shiori? Your signatures are way to low for someone married to Future Magical Lady Emi-mi. I still want to play with you!"

At this point Ryouji had heard enough and stood up. In the process he picked Shiori up and placed her on his shoulder and carried her away. She giggled before pointing at Hayate.

"We'll play later! 'Kay?!"

Ryouji opened the door to the back yard and stepped outside and closed it behind him taking Shiori with him. Once they were outside he placed Shiori on the ground and pointed out to the center of the backyard.

"How many this time daddy?"

Ryouji tapped his finger on his chin while thinking. Usually when he brought her out here it was to strengthen her precision with placing barriers. Essentially she was placing A barrier inside of a barrier, inside of more barriers. Working her way from the biggest to the smallest. If they were to need her barriers when in battle, she could place them with little effort on her part. Ryouji folded his arms across his chest and turned to her.

"Twenty"

Shiori turned to her father and sighed. Not because doing twenty was hard for her, she had her thoughts on a much higher number. Little does her father know, she practices this all the time before going to bed at night, with much smaller barriers than she can create in the backyard.

"Daddy that number sucks! Shiori had a different number in mind. Like...one-hundred!"

Ryouji narrowed his eyes upon hearing the ridiculously high number Shiori mentioned. He was well aware of how gifted Shiori was, but placing one-hundred barriers inside of each other seemed a bit to high for her, especially since she hasn't eaten breakfast yet.

"Shiori, I know you think highly of yourself as well you should, but your mother nor your Aunt Hina could even pull off a feat of that nature. Both of them couldn't get past forty without passing out from the strain."

Shiori turned to her daddy and giggled. She was way stronger than both of them well she knew it based on the kido signatures anyway. She could do a hundred with out thinking about it.

"Shiori is stronger than Mommy and Auntie Hina. I am the best daddy...THEEEEEE BEST!"

She raised her hand with the Peace sign again while attempting to look as serious as possible. Ryouji just rubbed the back of his head. He knows Shiori is strong but she seems a little too confident in herself.

[Yuri Nakayama]

Yuri was trying her best to keep herself busy one way or another. If it wasn't concerning Captain's work, she found something else to do. She rarely sleeps and if she does, it wasn't for long and usually falls asleep at her desk. Her children try to cheer her up and for the most part it works until reality sets in. She does her best to be happy, but sometimes, it was easier said than done. Yuri was jolted out of her thoughts as she heard Shizune scream, semi-curious as to what was going on. Shrugging it off, Yuri got up from her little work area and rubbed her shoulders in order to get rid of some of the tension it had.

In the meanwhile, Hayate could only tilt his head to the side in response to Shiori's question about him trying to trick her and how could he be married to Megumi. Truth be told he used to be a some-what decent fighter until a certain chain of events changed how he viewed things. Before he could attempt to explain, he saw Ryouji lift up his daughter and carry her outside.

"Well, I used to spar some time ago until something changed. Since then, I've been focusing on what really matters: My family."

When he realized h e was talking to himself, he just let out a nervous chuckle, unsure if anyone had heard him or not. He has a tendency of doing that. It was around that time Yuri finally made it to the living room, noticing that it was full as usual with both familiar and unfamiliar faces. When Megumi noticed her mother enter the room, she quickly went over to her and gave her a big, tight hug! Taken back a little from her hug, Yuri returned the hug, trying her best to smile. It was a long time since her last visit and she wondered how things were going for her and Shi.

"It's good to see you after a long time. How are you and Shi?Why was Shi screaming not too long ago and who is this man?"

Megumi then let go of her mother and looked back to Hayate for a moment before looking back to her mother. She wondered if she would react the same way her mother did when she found out.After inhaling deeply, Megumi started to explain.

"Well..Aysa greeted Shi in her own little way and when Shi woke up and saw her there, it startled her. As for this man.. He's Hayate. He's my husband."

Yuri could only laugh as Megumi tried to explain that Hayate was her husband. There's no way that could be true. From what Megumi has told her about her future self, there was no way the Future Yuri would allow such a thing and probably Big Shi wouldn't either. Then again, she has mentioned about having a son.. Still it was a rather good joke.

"I really needed a good laugh, Megumi. You can be honest. He really can't be your husband, right? If he was, my future self surely would have killed him, right?"

When Megumi didn't say anything to contest what she said, Yuri was speechless. She slowly looked over to Hayate, getting a good look at him. Okay, so what if they were married? She should be happy that like Big Shi, her daughter found someone to be with. All that was left was to figure out who this 'Aysa' was. Yuri was trying her best to not lose her temper. Now she was sort of understanding why Ryouji was so against any of his girls and hers dating.

"Okay.. So you two are married.. That's.. That's perfectly fine.. I'm happy for you! You mentioned the name Aysa before. Care to explain?"

Before Megumi could try and explain, little Aysa came into the room, yawning and rubbing her left eye a little. Poor thing had a hard time sleeping with all the noise that was going on. After fully opening her eyes, she noticed that her grandmother had come! Although, Aysa was a little confused as the Yuri she's familiar with seemed a little bit different. It made her head hurt to try and figure out, so she runs over to Yuri and clings as tight as she could to her leg while staring up to her.

"Yay, you came too, Granny-Yuri! I get to meet my other granny!"

Surely, she misheard what the little girl had said. There's no way she could be a grandmother. As she stared at Aysa, there was a sense of familiarity about her. She is the spitting image of Future Megumi when she was her age. Slowly, but surely, her right eye started to twitch as she started to put the pieces together. This little girl who resembles her daughter is her granddaughter! The look on Yuri's face turned real serious as she glared at the man who was responsible.

"T..That's Aysa, Mama. C..Come on now, don't look at him like that! He didn't do anything wrong!"

It was easy for Megumi to say that, but when Aysa grows up, she'll understand. Since her future self didn't do what appeared to be anything to him, she was going to have to do it herself. She slowly reached for her Zanpakutou while keeping her eyes on Hayate.

"You better escape while you still can, Hayate. For doing this to my daughter.. I won't forgive you!"

A bit scared by Yuri's words, Aysa tugged on Yuri's hand to get her attention which Yuri soon gave to her. Aysa's eyes were all big and tearful like she was going to cry. Perhaps she did overreact just a little bit. She let go of her Zanpakutou and knelt down, giving little Aysa a big hug. There was no way she could do anything to hurt such an adorable girl!

"Oh, don't worry, Aysa! I won't do anything to hurt him! I was being a bit too overprotective.."

Aysa just giggled and gave a peace sign like she's seen her auntie Shi do many times. For a young girl, she sure was clever. Yuri now sees why the Future Yuri may have had a hard time dealing with Hayate.

"That's exactly how Mama reacted when she found out.. Aysa's a sneaky, clever little girl when given the chance!"

[Shiori Onigata]

Even though it had been a few moments since her father took her outside to practice her barriers, she immediately ran inside shouting "Freedom!" at the top of her lungs. She wasn't a prisoner of any sort, but then again she was now free from her boredom of barrier placement practice.

As she ran back into the house, she saw her Auntie Yuri holding the Magical Future Munchkin in her arms. She ran up to her and skidded to a stop. She then looked at her Auntie Yuri, and then to the future magical Munchkin and then back to her Auntie Yuri. She then took Aysa from her Auntie Yuri and placed her on the ground and giggled. She then turned to her Auntie Yuri and and jumped onto her, wrapping her arms and legs around her.

"Auntie Yuri! Shiori wants you to play! Will you play with me, because I originally wanted to play with Magical Future man Hayate...but he's to weak and Shiori would kill him....then Shiori wanted to play with Magical Future Old lady Emi-mi but she's isn't strong enough either! So then Shiori made the suggestion that Magical Future Old Lady Emi-mi go back home and bring Magical Future Sister, Shizune and Ryoko...but that was to much work and it would take FOOOOREVVVVERRR! Shiori doesn't have that kind of patience so now, Shiori wants to make her favorite Auntie go boom. PLAY WITH SHIORIIIII!"

She unraveled herself from around her Auntie and turned to the Magical Future Munchkin Aysa and picked her up and handed her back to her Auntie Yuri. She giggled and then skipped back to the back door and went outside again. She didn't even give her Auntie a choice to answer, but she knew that Auntie Yuri would come...because her Auntie Yuri fears being stared at and Shiori is the best starererer ever! Shiori then stood beside her father as he continued to point at the center of the backyard, wanting her to do her training...and calm down mostly but she was defiant.

"Look Ayame, our little niece calls sparing...playing. I haven't been around as much as I would like to but She could totally 'play' with us too right? I mean it's only fair. She enjoys playing so much then I think we should get in on the fun too."

Appearing out of a flash step, the rather distant Auntie's Shukumei and Ayame appeared standing in front of Shiori. Shiori gave them a glance over after hearing the old lady's speech and then returned to paying attention to her father. She then pointed at them.

"Daddy...they aren't serious..right? If they team up with Auntie Yuri, then that means that...that it'll be like three against one! That's not fair...for them!"

Shukumei narrowed her eyes and her eye began to twitch in the process upon hearing the blatant disregard at how strong she and Ayame were by Shiori.

"You are a cocky little thing aren't you Shiori. I've heard whispers upon my little visits here and there, but I haven't really seen you since you were...you know. To hear you disregard our abilities without haven't actually seeing them with your own eyes. It's a little naive, don't you think?"

Shiori turned and glanced at her Auntie Shukumei. She then glanced at her Auntie Ayame and then glanced at her father. She then tapped the tip of her pointer finger against her cheek, thinking of a nice way to say that her Aunties...weren't going to be enough to beat her alone.

"Nope."

Shukumei stood there, waiting for the rest of the explanation that Shiori was going to give about how it wasn't naive...but there was nothing. She really had nothing else to say about the matter. Shiori reminded Shukumei a lot of herself back in the day.

"And? Is that all you have to say is no? You mean to tell me you are perfectly within your rights to deny your Father's sister and original teacher their respect?"

Shiori huggled on to her father and giggled. Ayame smiled. She liked how confident Shiori was being, there wasn't a hint of nervousness within her. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind and tell it how she sees it. It would be interesting to see how well she would fair against the Anti-shinigami combat forms.

"If you two want to play with Shiori, you can join Auntie Yuri if you want. It won't change anything. The outcome is determined and Shiori will be the winner!"

[Yuri Nakayama]

Yuri could only stare at Shiori as she went through the long winded explanation of why she wanted her to "play". While the thought of Shiori playing with Hayate did seem amusing, she knew it would only remain as a thought. Yuri has learned well to agree with whatever her niece asks her too. While she had gotten used to Azumi's stare, 'Ori's was one that she couldn't adapt to and she hated to be stared at with those eyes. When Aysa was put back in her arms, she blinked a few times, turning her head to the door Shiori both entered and left from.

"Well, Little one, I better go before I get dragged out there. Shiori isn't much one for waiting. You stay here with your mother and everyone else, okay?"

She gave little Aysa a hug before putting her down, stepping outside to where she saw not only Shiori and Ryouji, but Shukumei and Ayame as well. It was turning out to be quite a reunion. When she heard Shukumei and Shiori exchanged words, Yuri could only shake her head. Shiori was very confident in her abilities which could serve to their advantage if done in the right away.

"Painfully blunt, isn't she? It's good to see you two after some time. It's no surprise she's the way she is. Look who her relatives are, after all."

It seemed kind of odd at the sudden turn of events. It wasn't that long ago where they were fighting Shiori to bring her home and now they're ready to spar in a friendly competitive way. Well, maybe not too friendly. Either way, it would be a way for her to se if everyone, including herself, had gotten any stronger. She was going to go full-out at the very beginning. Yuri bring her hand over her face, bringing it down to form her Hollow Mask. She then Unsheathed her Zanpakutou, uttering its release.

"With it being you, Shiori, I'm not afraid of giving my all. I'll 'play' as long as I can. Bankai."

As Mujitsuhana faded and reformed into its Bankai form, Yuri performed a flash step to get just in front of Shori to hit the ground just before her to create a cloud of dust in order to hinder her eye sight. Back then and even now when she healed Ami after her battle with her father, the captain is familiar with Ori's ability to break down any kido, barrier or otherwise, if she could see it. Hopefully, it would work out in their favor. She didn't want to go too overboard since the last thing she wanted was to get fussed at for ruining the manor in some way. So for now, a binding kido would have to do.

"Bakudo 75: Gochūtekkan"

It was then the five large, iron pillars crashed down into the ground. As the dust eventually settled, Yuri was somewhat in shocked when she noticed Shiori wasn't there. She is her father's child, after all. It wasn't a few seconds later where she saw Shiori appear right before her with what seemed to be a wide smile on her face. Yuri then went on the offensive with hand-to-hand combat. While she was giving it her all with every strike, her attacks meant nothing. To put some distance between them, Yuri flash stepped a little.

"Could you at least humor your Auntie even if it was for a split second? I knew you were strong, but it seems not even that does you justice."

[Shiori Onigata]

After appearing out of a flash step, Shiori giggled and reached behind her, pulling her Zanpakutou out of her sash. Naturally she was already having fun but her Auntie had to go and get all serious and use her Bankai to give herself an edge.

"You've had hundreds of years of practice Auntie Yuri, Shiori is only sixteen! If its okay with you three, Shiori will play with her sword too! To make it even more interesting, Shiori will use Daddy's style of fighting!"

Shukumei appeared behind Shiori and kept her distance, not believing that she could fight with her brother's style of swordsmanship at such an early age. He had at least three hundred years of practice over her. She even laughed upon hearing it.

"You really are cocky! There is no way in hell you can fight like your father. It took him years to master, to receive a perfect balance between defense and pure power with his swings!"

Shiori raised her scabbard and Zanpakutou and then rotated her wrist, holding the sheathed sword vertically.

"I remember Shi telling me a story similar to this. Long ago you told her she couldn't play tag and she ended up tagging you at three years old. Haven't you learned to stop doubting what we are capable of Auntie Mei-mei? Shiori has watched Daddy, train with Shi and Ami every day for the past...forever? To see the way he moves...to see how his Reiatsu or spiritual pressure flows, his foot work. Shiori has memorized it all and it took me a lot less time to master than it did for him. My eyes do more than see Kido Auntie...in this fight you will learn that for yourself."

Shiori was smiling so hard she was practically cheesing. Shukumei shook her head. She didn't believe it at all. It was all to easy. Shiori was unlike her other nieces, she was different and she learned things quickly. Just not that quickly, I suppose they were going to find out if she was bluffing or not. Shukumei and Ayame turned to each other and nodded both performed Flash Steps of their own, when they appeared, Ayame took the lead. Gripping her blade with both of her hands, Ayame attempted a horizontal slash, aimed at Shiori's waist.

Shiori flipped the sheathed Zanpakutou over and used the scabbard itself as a means to block the attack. When she knocked the sword into a different direction, she rotated her body around, bringing over her left leg and planting her heel into the side of her Auntie Ayame's face. Ayame jumped up into the air and Shukumei was running full speed toward Shiori with her own blindsided attack. When she swung her Zanpakutou, She quickly sidestep before jumping into the air herself. Shukumei grabbed Shiori's ankle and began to swing her around and threw her into the air. Unknown to Shukumei, Shiori had managed to create a clone of herself in mid flight.

When Shiori was launched, The Clone flash Stepped and appeared in front of Shukumei with its blade already drawn, She too was going for her own blindsided attack with her sword moving at full speed toward her Auntie's waist. Shukumei glanced down and performed a Flash step to avoid the attack.When she landed on the ground She widened her eyes as she felt Shiori's Reiatsu behind her. Shukumei turned around as quickly as she could and raised her Zanpakutou to block Shiori's vertical slash attempt. When their blades crossed. Shiori giggled as her Auntie fended off her blade. Shukumei jumped back and sighed.

"So you can create those clones too. I see you've learned a lot more than I was willing to give you credit for and you leave very little room for error in your attacks. You even mastered his Phantom Slash attack, purposefully using your real self as a decoy while a clone moves into attack and possibly bifurcating your opponent."

Shiori giggled and held up her hand and her mother's peace sign. When Shiori said she was the best, she meant it and there wasn't a doubt in her mind on the subject.

[Yuri Nakayama]

When Shiori mentioned her age, it did make her feel slightly bad for being serious during this training session or at least for a little bit. Although Shiori is young, she could already do things that took everyone here several hundred years or so to do.

"Age has nothing to do with this. I was there when Shi and Megumi played tag with us some time ago. It's painfully obvious that your generation far exceeds us. However, don't count us out just yet. We can be just as resourceful."

When she heard Shiori made mention that she could fight in her father's style, Yuri was unsure how to take it. She more or less 'grew up' seeing his style over and over. When Shiori could not only back up her claim but could also produce clones as he could, it just really took her by surprise. It brought back some unpleasant memories. Yuri couldn't let herself get distracted at least while Shiori appears to be distracted.

As the training match continued, little Aysa went outside to see what was all the racket. When she saw everyone fighting, it confused her a little bit, not seeming to understand that it was just a training exercise. The little one then sits on the porch, kickingh er legs back and forth as they hang over the end. She was gonna cheer for her Granny-Yuri's team, of course! She doesn't want her to get hurt and maybe, her cheering would help them!

"You can do it, Granny-Yuri! You just gots to win!"

[Shiori Onigata]

After hearing her Auntie Yuri speak, Shiori lowered her arm and nodded. She knew exactly what they were capable of. Her father was Auntie Yuri's mentor which means she learned a lot from him and she could very well be just as sneaky as he could. Maybe even more sneaky because she had such a tiny frame.

Height had nothing to do with it however. She did have a point, age has nothing to do with it either. The fact that they weren't on the offensive meant that they were changing the their attack pattern. Coordinating an attack more than likely.

Chances were that Shukumei and Ayame would head the attack, leaving her Auntie Yuri to use some sort of Kido again, a binding spell perhaps. Binding spells were her forte after all. Auntie Ayame was a master of hand to hand combat, she was also the fastest moving of the three, she was certain she would be the front runner on the attack, and then there was the powerhouse that was her Auntie Shukumei. She had more reach and power behind each of her attacks, the fact that she could use Kido as well made her range limitless. She was also proficient in all types of Kido, destructive being her best.

"You're right Auntie Yuri, Age has nothing to do with it. Between the three of you on a combined yearly scale there is nearly a eighteen-hundred year experience gap. Combined from what I've learned from Daddy, it becomes twenty-five hundred. Shi and Ami and then Future Shizune and Future Emi-mi. I've watched you all battle at some point or another."

Shukumei stepped forward, while all of that was true, watching wasn't a proper substitute for experience. It never has been and it never will be. Shiori wasn't understanding that.

"Shiori...we understand that you've watched us all battle at some point but sitting on the side lines and cheering or observing will never be a proper substitute for experience!"

Shiori closed her eyes and sighed, it was like attempting to explain things to someone who wouldn't listen...actually that's exactly what it was like. What her Auntie was forgetting was the fact that she had her the ultimate version of her family's trademark on her side. She can't turn them off like Ami, or her mother or Auntie Hina even. They are always in effect., its how she can see Kido and Reiatsu signatures. It was how she learned to fight with her father's fighting style, it was how she learned kido in the first place.

"I understand that Auntie Mei-mei, what you are forgetting is the Kisagara. My eyes aren't like my mother's who uses them for staring holes into people. They are unlike my Auntie Hina's who upon one glance could make you feel faint. They are unlike Ami's who show when she gets angry. My eyes provide me with all of these things and more. I am the only Kusanagi family member who was born with Kisagara. For most they develop it overtime. I've had them for sixteen years and for thirteen of those years I've done nothing but watch you. I will demonstrate what I mean during this battle."

Ayame appeared out of a flash step and stood to Shiori's side with her hand drawn back. Shiori's eyes floated over to Ayame as she raised her hand and gripped the fist she attempted to punch her with. Shiori stared right into the eyes of Ayame The Death stare was in full effect as Ayame dropped onto her knees. Shiori eventually released Ayame's hand and turned her attention toward Shukumei who was coming at her in full speed. Bringing her hands together she performed hand signs and pointed toward Shukumei.

"Rikujōkōrō!"

Six thin beams of light slam into Shukumei's waist and stop her from moving completely. Ayame who has regained her composure unsheathed her blade and went to attack Shiori but she extended her left hand and created a small, rectangular barrier to block the attack. Shiori then performed a flash step and appeared on the opposite side of the field...waiting.

[Ayame Kojima]

Once Shiori created distance between between the two of them. Ayame placed her sword back into her scabbard and slammed the scabbard into the ground. Shiori's eyes floated over toward Ayame as she made such an action. Shiori knew what would follow.

Ayame flash stepped over to where Shukumei had been struck with the kido and gripped one of the light beams and pulled it away from her midsection. She tore away at them all until Shukumei had been freed.

"Now that I see how she works against Shinigami, I want to see how well she works against Anti-Shinigami combat techniques."

Shukumei turned toward Ayame to tell her to hold on a second but at that point she was already running at full speed toward Shiori. Ayame had to forget that quickly what Shiori told them. She learns everything from watching them battle. What's to say she didn't already know forms of Anti Shinigami combat. As the two neared each other, Shiori placed a barrier between the two of them and jumped back. Ayame extended her hand and snapped her fingers causing the barrier to shatter instantly. Shiori narrowed her eyes upon watching the phenomena happen. She was already caculating and figuring out how exactly she did it.

With a flash step Ayame closed the distance between the two of them. Shiori put up two more barriers between the two of them and watched as she once again snapped her fingers and destroyed one barrier and then the other as she closed into attack Shiori. The punch that she threw was dodged by Shiori who performed another flash Step to increase the distance.

"Why Run Shiori? You know that Kido won't work against me!"

[Yuri Nakayama]

While Ayame took her turn to go after Shiori, Yuri watched from the side-lines. She couldn't afford to get too close due to her Anti-Shinigami abilities. Also, it would give her a chance to look for an opening to attack, but so far, there were none. Although appearing to 'run', Shiori wasn't leaving any room for errors. Yuri did have something in mind, but it was going to be tricky with Shukumei and Ayame around as well. It was still a new technique so there was a lot she was still learning about it.

"Just a few moments more, Ayame. Hold out as long as you can."

hen Yuri saw the best possible chance to make an attack, she took it. She flash stepped behind Shiori while she was distracted. The Captain then inhaled as much as she could and began to exhale a thick cloud of pollen. Ayame saw the cloud and quickly got out of way. She had to weaken the potency just a little as she really didn't want to cause any lasting affect on Shiori. If all went right, it would paralyze Shiori just for a couple of minutes. Even it were for a few seconds, it would create an opening for her teammates.

"It may be true that your eyes can see through what you already know, but can they see through the things you've never seen? It's called Mekura Shibire no Kaze (Blind/ness Numbing Wind)."

Hopefully, it wouldn't cause too much damage to her niece. She would never hear the end of it from Azumi and she can only imagine what Ryouji could do.

"Of course, I had to weaken it just a bit. I hope you don't mind me cutting in, Ayame. I'm glad you were out of harm's way. How do you feel, Shiori? Can you move at all? Even if you still can, I'm sure your motions are a bit sluggish. Using its full strength, at least, in this sparring, is out of the question. Mujitsuhana and I have been doing a lot of training as of late and this is one of many fruits of our labor."

Yuri was making sure to stand on guard. She couldn't afford to underestimate Shiori. She could easily overcome the pollen and retaliate against her.

[Shiori Onigata]

Shiori turned and glanced at the cloud of whatever that stuff was that was heading toward her. Shiori brought her hands together and performed two sets of hand signs. Upon completion of the hand signs she extended her hands out in front of her.

"Tenran"

A furious tornado-like wind appeared and she used it to blow away the pollen to keep herself from ingesting it or having it blind her by getting into her eyes. She then performed another set of hand signs and erected a barrier in front of her father, Aysa and the house itself to keep the blast and the pollen from hurting them.

"That was a new one indeed, I'm actually curious about it now!"

Appearing out of what seemed like nowhere, Shiori appeared beside her Auntie Yuri and folded her arms. So she had been training with Mujitsuhana. She was now intrigued by her abilities. Shiori leaned over and stared at the blade before extending her pointer finger before she could touch it however, Her Auntie Shukumei appeared next to her forcing her to perform a flash step and appear near the clone who took on the pollen.

"I know what happens when you touch Zanpakutou that aren't your own. I remember when touched my Zanpakutou in your youth and you forced Tatsumaki to manifest. I assume by touching Zanpakutou you can learn about their abilities."

Shiori was impressed, her Auntie Shukumei knew exactly what she was doing. There was no mistaking it at all, she hoped to learn about what else her Auntie Yuri and Mujitsuhana had come up with while training together.

"Your memory serves you well Auntie! Now you've gone on and spoiled the surprise! Your prowess in battle is amazing!"

Shukumei performed another flash step Revealing that Yuri had closed the distance between them. She once again took a deep breath and exhaled that dreadful pollen. Shiori jumped back twice before planting her feet on the ground. She narrowed her eyes, watching the shape and movement of the pollen itself. Before it neared her, Shiori raised her hand into the air and snapped her fingers, causing the barrier that she set up earlier and the pollen to vanish almost instantly.

Ayame narrowed her eyes, that was an anti-shinigami technique, more specifically the one she developed. Not once has she ever discussed how it works anything of the sort, how in the hell did she learn it.

"Auntie Ayame, you looked shocked. Earlier when you and I were fighting I was purposefully forcing you to use your technique. I watched closely, studied your Reiatsu signature, watched how you used, your Reiatsu to break down kido the way you do. Now that I know how it works, I can use it as I see fit. For those who have not learned allow me to explain it. You use your Reiatsu and air molecules to break reishi down at a molecular level. For instance Simple Barriers have simple Reishi molecules. When you snap your fingers, it creates an echo, the sound travels through the air, breaking down reishi until it hits a solid surface. Upon hitting a solid surface, in this case a barrier, the reishi it uses ceases to exist. If the Reishi doesn't exist, the barrier can not be maintained and it causes it to shatter. The more Reishi in the air and depending on how much Reiatsu you choose to use, you can break down Kido of all types, regardless of how powerful it is. If there is no reishi, Shinigami cannot use a great deal of their abilities. The same can be said for Quincy, more so for them than Shinigami but the rule still applies to them as well."

Ayame had nothing to say, she couldn't even agree with Shiori, she was dumbfounded, litterally! Shiori figured out how Anti-Shinigami combat works just by watching her destroy a few barriers? Her Kisagara was without question her true weapon.

Shukumei glanced over to Ayame who hadn't moved since hearing Shiori's explanation. Shukumei extended her right hand out in front of her and placed her thumb, and both middle and ring fingers together which caused a black spark to jolt.

[Insert Mood Music: Treachery]



"Hadou number ninety: Kurohitsugi"

Shiori glanced up as the tall black box formed around her and eventually enclosed her inside of it. Shukumei smirked, knowing that this was the end of this friendly sparring session. The box however did not disappear. Cracks began to run up the sides of the box starting from the ground, all the way to the top, eventually the cracks grew in number and eventually the box broke. When she emerged, her eyes were glowing a bright red. She eventually closed her eyes and fell over and then vanished. Shukumei narrowed her eyes and began scanning the area for her.

"I was wondering when it was that you were going to use that Auntie Shukumei and it couldn't come at a better time honestly. Your trump card is truly your most amazing Kido spell. I regret however to inform you that didn't necessarily use it on me."

Shukumei's eyes widdened and she turned around and watched as Shiori stood up. The entire time she was watching the battle from beside her father. SHe had her clones doing all the dirty work and wearing them down.

"When did you..."

Shiori stretched as she walked down front the deck where her father was watching the fight.

"When did I create the Shiori Stunt doubles? When we were talking about how over-confident I am in my abilities. While you three were so focused on what I was saying, I deployed four clones, and and used a kido spell to hid my spiritual pressure and myself in tandem. I believe its called Bakudo number nine: Kyokko."

Shiori stood across from her three Aunties. There was no smiling, no laughter, no jokes about how weak they were. Shiori was now going to take this battle seriously. Shiori's eyes began to glow a bright red. Offically, play time was about to be over.

[Yuri Nakayama]

Yuri was quite surprised on how how Shiori handled her attacks. First by wind and thenby Ayame's Anti-Shinigami technique. It was becoming more and more a reality to Yuri that the three of them have no chance whatsoever to win and the thought infuriated her. She clenched her right hand into a fist. Even with all the training with Mujitsuhana didn't make her as strong as she needed to be. If she couldn't put up a decent fight in a training session, then how would she be able to defeat that one obstacle in her path?

"..You really are your father's daughter."

The more she thought about it, the more angrier she became. Yuri then slid her Hollow mask off to the side for a moment before taking it completely off. She then stared at it for a moment before completely shattering it, ending her Hollowfied state. As Yuri went to attack, she then witnessed something rather..unusual. Ryouji had appeared behind Shiori at one point or another. What happened next just left a look of pure shock and utter speechlessness on her face and probably for Shukumei and Ayame. Of all things, Ryouji was tickling Shiori, who was laughing hysterically.

How could someone so strong as Shiori be brought down by just tickling?! Nonetheless, the training match was over and there was no need to stay inBankai any longer. Mujitsuhana reverted back into her sealed form, being placed back in its natural place.

"...I..just can't believe it."

It was all Yuri could get out. She just shook her head from side to side. Although it was a good practice, Yuri was glad in a way that it was over. Aysa, who was cheering from the sidelines, quickly got up and ran over to Ryouji and Shiori, She was curious as to what was so funny and wanted to be included in it.

"What's so funny, Mister Uncle Ouji?! I wanna know!"

[Shiori Onigata]

While being tickled by her father, Shiori began to tear up from the uncontrollable laughter fit that she was having. Eventually she couldn't keep her balance and fell over. When she hit the ground she began to roll to get her father to stop tickling her. Once he stopped she sat up and rubbed the back of her head while laughing.

"Aww Daddy! Why did you go and do that, Shiori was winning! I was going to unveil the Super Shiori attack of boom and beat all three of them. Now I can't...oh well. You three should be grateful to my daddy, he just saved you from getting hurt really badly."

She stood up and dusted herself off and sighed. Eventually she glanced down at little Aysa upon hearing her question.

Shiori leaned over and picked up the little one and stared at her. Has...has she never been tickled before. What kind of awesomeness was this child's parents depriving her of.

"Daddy, Shiori wants to take Aysa on the shopping trip today. It is her birthday today right. She can accompany Mommy, Shi, Ami, Emi, Uri and me when we go into the Shopping district later."

Ryouji folded his arms and shook his head. It wasn't that he was saying no, but Aysa was Megumi's daughter and he couldn't decide what Aysa could or couldn't do.

"I think you should ask her mother and father. Aysa isn't my child so I can't make such a decision. You would have to ask her, but I'm sure that since your mother is going, she wouldn't have a problem with it. You still would have to ask her, if it would be all right."

Shiori began to pout and stick out her lower lip at her father. Her eyes grew all big and googly as she stared at him. Ryouji closed his eyes to avoid having to see it. He then opened his right eye and saw that Shiori was doing it still. He then turned away from her completely.

"That won't work Shiori, go ask Megumi if it is okay, and wake your Ami, Emi and Little Uri up as well. I'm sure Aysa would like to meet them."

Shiori nodded and carried the little one inside to ask the Future Emi-mi if Aysa could come shopping with them later on. After Shiori had left, he turned to Shukumei, Ayame and Yuri and shook his head.

"I take it that you three didn't expect her to be as strong as she is. She's even stronger than she was when she was kidnapped by Jin all those years ago in her adult form. I had to intervene because she began to take you three seriously. I will warn you for future reference. When she stops referring to herself in third person and stops acting silly, it means she's getting serious. When Shiori becomes serious, she is can kill. Its why we won't allow her to become a shinigami and the true reason why she is the head of the house of Kusanagi. If she were allowed to become a shinigami. There is no telling the amount of casualties or destruction she could cause."

Shukumei sighed, she didn't know what to make of any of it. It was hard to believe that she got her ass handed to her the way she did. Two captain level Shinigami and a former Assassin...made to look like amateurs by a sixteen year old girl with a staring problem.

[Aysa]

After being carried off by Shiori, little Aysa just held on. When she heard the word 'shopping', she got all excited. She really did want to go! She was gonna ask her mommy and daddy if she could go!

"Mommy, Daddy.. I wanna go with uh.. Auntie Shiori to go shopping! Please? I'll be really good~""

After hearing their daughter ask, both Hayate and Megumi were talking it over. With others going along, there shouldn't be any trouble at all. they both agreed on that it would be alright.

"You can go, but be sure to be mindful of everyone, alright?"

Aysa was excited that she would get to go with everyone! Today was the best birthday ever! During all of the commotion that was caused during the training session, Emi had woke up and now was out and about. When she joined the others, she was rubbing her eyes, still half asleep. Once a little bit more awake, she noticed her future self was here along with some new faces.

"Good morning, everyone~ It's really good to see you again, other me~ I also see you brought some visitors as well. Who are they?"

When the present Emi came in, Aysa tilted her head to the side in somewhat confusion. She looked back fromt he present Emi to her mother and back and forth a few times.

"uh..why are there two Mommies?"

The Present Emi just stood there for a moment in complete and utter shock. That little girl just called her and her future self "Mommy". That means that..She would have a daughter eventually?!

"N..nice to meet you, little one!"

[Shiori Onigata]

When Shiori noticed Emi and when she began to interact with little Aysa, a rather sinister evil grin form to her lips. This was going to 'world ending' dramatic for her sister Ami. The amount of hilarity that was going to spawn from Ami blowing her top would probably be the funniest thing ever.

Aysa's mommy was Megumi of all people who in the future was...well in love with a man...a weak man but a man nonetheless. While Present emi was..well in love with her sister...who despite what she wants to believe is actually a woman. She's only sixteen but she doesn't know or believe that dumb senchiimenchou story that her mother likes to spread around. However, she doubts that Aysa could be born like that. She has her friends who tell her things about...that turkey...thing.

Anyway this was going to be hilarious! She couldn't wait for Ami to get up and see this cute little ittybitty and explode in a fit of rage when she finds out that Megumi is the actual mother. While she stared at Emi a rather maniacal giggle emerged.

"Morning Emi-mi...is..Ami..awake...yet?"

She was fumbling through that sentence trying not to laugh at all the possibilities of Ami's rage. She glanced down at Aysa and then back over to Megumi, it was amazing how She looks so similar to Emi-mi. She then thought to herself that she doesn't look like either one of her parents, she still has all white hair...her mother's hair is like green and her father's hair is black. Shi and Ami both have green and white hair. Maybe daddy's hair was white at some point, but Auntie Mei-mei's hair is brunette colored. Who cares this whole family was weird! As far as she knows she's the relatively normal one, aside from maybe her father. Daddy was always normal and calm and collected, yeah best daddy ever!

She giggled again. At least she would get to spoil the little one rotten with cool birthday gifts. It was also super cute that she called Shiori, Auntie Shiori. That's what it felt like to be called such a thing, it was awesome. Is that what Auntie Yuri and the rest felt like when they called them such stuff. Truth be told she was already and Aunt to her Future Magical Sister's son but she never sees him.

It was going to be spectacular, now she couldn't wait for Ami to crawl out of bed and watch Ami's head go boom from Aysa's awesomeness!

[Little Emi]

After being approached by Shiori, Emi could only look back to her, seeing the rather mischievous grin. To be honest, it made her feel quite nervous. From hearing her question, Emi spoke up after clearing her voice a little.

"She's awake, somewhat. Like me, she heard all of the commotion and woke up."

Her attention returned back to little Aysa. She got down on the child's level, soon giving her a big hug. She was just to adorable! It was a lot to take in, but after all, who she and her future self were to completely different people. To top it off, it was the cutie's birthday.

"Well, you're in for a treat, little one! Auntie 'Zumi can make all kinds of yummy goodies!"

[Ami Onigata]

Stumbling into the room with her hair down she saw Emi and Shiori and her mother and the future Emi and some weird man person. She stretched before walking over to Emi who was kneeling down talking to some one. When Shiori noticed Ami she quickly grabbed Aysa and held her in Ami's direction.

"Look Ami, isn't she adorable!"

Ami could see that Shiori was fighting the urge to laugh. Ami narrowed her eyes, knowing that she was up to something. She glanced down at the little one and then to Shiori.

"Yes! She is adorable! She looks a lot like Emi too!"

Shiori was already fighting back her laughter. Ami got even closer to Shiori and the little one and took hold of her. She smiled as she stared at the little girl and turned to future Megumi

"She's pretty and she looks just like you! I can tell, she's your daughter isn't she?"

When the future Megumi nodded Ami smiled and held her up in the air before hugging the little one. She was definitely going to get spoiled later on the shopping trip for sure.

Shiori however was flabbergasted. Ami wasn't blowing up and angry or anything. She was actually holding Aysa and everything. What fourth dimension of hell did she wake up in?

"Wait, you aren't going to rage? No anger? No Ami smashing or boobzilla explosions! What in the hell is going on here?!"

Ami smirked and put the little one down onto the ground for her to go and do what little kids do. She figured out what Shiori was trying to do but it wasn't going to happen. She determined long ago that her Megumi and the two from the future weren't the same people.

"No, my Emi is my Emi and the other two weren't the same people. I'm perfectly fine with Future Megumi having a child. She isn't the Emi I love...well she is, she just isn't my Emi and that's all there is to it!"

Shiori huffed and folded her arms. When her father entered the room, Shiori ran over to him and pointed to Ami.

"Daddy, Ami won't get angry about Aysa...tell her to get angry. Shiori demands this!"

Ryouji shook his head and walked in the other direction leaving Shiori to make her demands to someone else. When her father walked off, Shiori gasped and followed behind him, attempting to explain why Ami should be super angry and raging, but he just wasn't hearing it. She then turned her attention to Hayate and noticed that he wasn't like dead or anything.

"I want to let you know that we are all very protective of Megumi. Especially my father. Be good to them both!"

Ami nodded and went over to talk Emi as she always does. She did feel like she should put her hair up but its a relaxing day so maybe she won't.

[Aysa]

Aysa was confused from being picked up so many times. She knew she didn't do anything bad. The little one shrugged it off and once she was put down, she ran around the area with her arms extended out. While others talked, she would circle around those who were being still. She then ran over to Ami and the Present version on her mother and just skidded to a stop. She looked at Ami for a moment, tilting her head. There was something she said earlier to Shiori that kind of confused her. So, she tugged a little on her hand to get her attention.

"Uhm.."

Ami looked downt o the little one, soon kneeling in front of her to see what she wanted. Aysa wasn't sure how she needed to say it, so she was just going to blurt it out.

"I know that you're talking to another Mommy.. But.. You like that Mommy.. Does that mean.. You're my Mommy too?!"

She must be really lucky to have three Mommies. She always thought a person could only have just one. She then huggles Ami, giggling a bit.

"I'm really lucky t' have many Mommies~"

[Ami Onigata]

Upon hearing Aysa's question, Ami turned a bright red from blushing. She and Emi have been together for years now and not once since meeting Aysa had she thought about that. Although she and Emi weren't really married, what could she say. All she could do was giggle loudly and continue blushing. She then turn to her mother and father who were looking at them.

Both of them were tilting their heads toward Emi, telling her to do something she's wanted to do for years now. She then turned to Aysa whom she was holding and giggled again. Her parents knew exactly what she wanted to do. She wanted to propose to Emi but she hadn't said anything to Emi at all.

They wouldn't even know if they didn't catch her oogling her Auntie Hina's ring that she was given that originally belonged to her grandmother. Her auntie Hina gave it to her when she was still a teenager. Perhaps one day she could work up the courage to finally do it but for now she wanted to enjoy Aysa.

"Dad, you should come with us on the shopping Trip! I know it would make Aysa happy and Shiori too! Plus we may need help carrying things."

Ryouji glanced over and shook his head. The last thing he wanted to do was spend time with time with a bunch of girls, shopping and be a pack mule to carry their bags.