AWAKENING - the adventure

Ichiro: "Calm down, she wants to talk to all of us"

Henry: "When?"

Ichiro: "Now so let us get the others"

…

Gathered together, the group still in their wedding clothes, are meeting Mrs. Mitsunaga in a completely empty dining room in the city hall.

Mrs. Mitsunaga sits at a big, round table with at least 5 bodyguards behind her, eating her food, dressed in a black and gold Kimonlo, wearing golden accessories all around her clothes. Even though she is a beautiful and calm woman, the power and authority she possesses is written all over her.

She cleans her mouth with a napkin,

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Don't be shy, sit down please"

The group nervously sits down, each on a chair next the other.

Ichiro: "So aunty, what is it you wanted to talk with us"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "First, I want to thank you all for protecting the city and attending my lovely daughters wedding"

Emilia: "It has been an honor Mrs. Mitsunaga, we also want to thank you for your hospitality and gifts"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Oh it was nothing, really, this is the least I could do. My nephew told me about your ship that had been destroyed in battle"

Emilia: "Yes, it was our place to stay until recently"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "And since it had happened in Eryndor, a city under administration of one of my daughters, I feel responsible for it so I want all of you to life on the Mitsunaga residency until we find a solution for your problem"

Everyone is shocked by that sudden offer of Mrs. Mitsunaga, the table gets quiet,

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "So? What do you think, this is really the least I could do"

The group looks at Emilia, waiting for her responds,

Ichiro: "Aunty, are you sure? This isn't something you can be offering to strangers"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Oh please Ichiro, you are surely not a stranger and they are all your friends, right? On top of that, they are heroes that protected the city"

Ichiro gets silent, suspiciously looking at Mrs. Mitsunaga and her smile.

Emilia: "I-I think we have to think about your kind offer, Mrs. Mitsunaga"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Please, take your time"

Emilia: "Thank you Mrs. Mitsunaga-…"

Emilia wantesd to stand up, but is being hold down by Ichiro, making a serious face and looking at Emilia, as if she is about to do something stupid,

Emilia: "What's the matter? She gave us time to think"

She whispers to Ichiro,

Ichiro: "She is one of the most powerful women in the world, she wants you to think now, if you had left who knows what would had happened"

Ichiro whispers back. Emilia looks at Ichiro, then carefully looks at Mrs. Mitsunaga who hadn't stopped smiling since she gave Emilia time to think, slowly making her smile look creepy.

Emilia: "I think we will kindly accept your offer, Mrs. Mitsunaga"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Perfect, we will leave tomorrow morning, get ready then, we will

meet at the harbor to cross the Tsukikawa river"

Mrs. Mitsunaga stands up and walks out of the room followed by her five bodyguards.

Emilia: "What was that?"

Ichiro: "Aunty always been like that, she has ulterior motives by inviting us to the residency so please everyone, be careful"

Jack: "I have noticed that too, something is feeling off"

Lenny: "Is she really your aunt, Ichiro?"

Ichiro: "The oldest of three siblings of the Taketa head family, Ritsuko Mitsunaga. It

is said that she is the scariest of the three siblings and since she became the Mitsunaga head, her respect and authority drastically increased. Some say that bad things will happen to you if you reject an offer from her"

It gets quiet again, the room is filled with tense air,

Henry: "OKAYYYY"

Henry shouts into the room, losing the tense air,

Henry: "Mitsunaga residency, here we come"

…

The group head to their new hotel. A luxurious hotel located on the hills near the

border of Eryndor. The Mitsunaga family took the bill for their rooms, one of many gifts they gave the group.

Mrs. Mitsunaga walks into her gigantic room inside the luxury hotel, undressing herself and heading to the bathroom, entering the bathtub to clean her slim and beautiful body.

After that she wears her night clothes, started praying before sitting on a chair at her terrace, drinking a tea and viewing the city from up.

On the table is a framed wedding picture of her and her husband.

???: "Quite a hostility you are showing, Ritsuko"

A voice says from the background of the terrace.

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "For a moment I though you where my dead husband, but it is only you, Takeshi"

Takeshi Taketa, Ichiro's father and the head of the Taketa clan. He has long hair, bound to the back of his head and with a freshly shaved face and a scar on his right cheek. He looks like an older Ichiro.

Takeshi: "Why are you showing my son and his friends such hospitality"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "How did you even got on the terrace"

Takeshi: "By climbing up the wall"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Am I not allowed to show my dear nephew and his friends some hospitality? After all they protected Eryndor."

Takeshi: "I know you better, you seen something in that boy, right?"

Mrs. Mitsunaga's face turns serious all of a sudden,

Takeshi: "It's his Awakening right? You never felt something like that, this power"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "As the woman I am, I have seen many Awakenings over the years even

if it's the same Awakening with a different user, but I never felt an Awakening like this"

Takeshi: "So you bring him to your residency to keep an eye on him for a while?"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Is it bad? I am a curious woman, after all my curiosity is what made me who I am"

Takeshi: "I am not judging; I also am curious of what will happen"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "So you did not come to judge me?"

Takeshi: "No, I have nothing against your plan, I am here to see my older sister"

Takeshi sits down on a seat on the opposide site from Mrs. Mitsunaga,

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "Next time knock, alright?Also show more respect, I am sixteen years

older than you"

Takeshi: "You sound like mother"

Mrs. Mitsunaga: "She was a wise woman, just like I am"