Sensei Yugana and the students are on roof tops moving over the village streets.
They stop finally over a secluded section of town.
Yugana, “just for the record, if I here of any of you ate-ting to fight a ranked Senshi you’ll have me to deal with.”
They look at each other then him, “yes Sensei”
Jiyu sits down with whiskers in his lap and his legs hanging over the edge.
Kumo,”so where are we anyway?”
Shitoku walking up and kneeling beside Jiyu, “yeah, what is this part of the village?”
Yugana standing near them, “the residential section, where the families are.”
Jiyu, “yeah, this is where the families of fallen Senshi live. Every Senshi village has a section for them to live without worrying how to take care of the kids left behind.”
Kumo sits down, “wow, are they having a party are something?”
On the streets we see many different people talking and laughing with each other. Some with food and drink standing and some sitting.
Shitoku,”so why here, why do you sneak out to come here?”
Jiyu looking down, “you see over there just to the side of the gathering?”
They look to see several people talking and hugging.
Jiyu, “they both lost their husbands to a battle, and now they both have children at the school.”
Yugana, “so they have bonded over shared experiences, that is...”
Jiyu, “their husbands killed each other on the battlefield, they were on opposite sides.”
Shitoku, “how come they don’t hate each other?”
Jiyu, “well,Auntie Maxine says, hate took their husbands away.”
Kumo looking at Jiyu, {Auntie?}
Jiyu continues, “Auntie Racheal says love will keep their family together. So they told their kids how brave their fathers were. But to learn from their mistakes, not to repeat them.”
A small group notices Jiyu up on the roof, “hey Jiyu, how are you?”
He waves at them and loudly yells back, “hey uncle! I’m great, getting stronger everyday!”
Woman, “are those your friends with you?”
Jiyu, “of course they are my fiends, they are with me after all!”
Yugana, “okay, I think we should move on Jiyu.”
They boys stand up.
Jiyu, “okay, I have to go now, see you later!”
Man, “okay, keep getting strong so you can keep us safe!”
Jiyu turns around while the others are walking, “of course, I promised to protect everyone I care about!”
Now they are darting across the rooftops following Kumo.
They reach a building under construction, a lot of exposed beams and construction materials around.
They land on a high floor.
Jiyu,”cool what’s this gonna be?”
Yugana, “this is an off campus training area for Senshi in between missions. This is where you come Kumo?”
Kumo hanging on a beam effortlessly, “yes, it’s pretty nice huh? I can work on my agility while the walls are missing!”
Whiskers jumps off of Jiyu and plays wig rope hanging down.
Shitoku, “well the cat likes it too, great.”
Sensei Yugana is quiet looking out into the distance, across the unfinished training grounds.
Whiskers walks over to his feet and looks up at him, ”meow.”
Yugana, “this training area goes to the border wall, doesn’t it?”
He notices something. “Stay here”
He darts off quickly.
They all look.
Jiyu running to the edge beside Whiskers, “meet back at my dorm, I’m gonna have to go too fast for you to hold on.”
He darts off as well.
Shitoku, “oh man, come on Kumo!”
They both follow leaving Whiskers looking. He turns around and walks into the shadows.
Yugana is in moving fast, {Jiyu isn’t too far behind me, impressive. Even if I am hanging back a little so this one ahead feels confident ...}”now!”
Jiyu, “wait up Sensei!” {wow he’s fast, even if he is holding back I can’t catch until he stops}
Shitoku is a few steps behind with Kumo right behind him,{Kumo isn’t half bad, but I’m glad Jiyu is in front. No way I would be able to keep track of Sensei}
We stop near a huge wall that is too high to see over. It’s a another unfinished part of the training site.
Yugana is already there when Jiyu lands behind him, almost out of breathe.
“Good of you to join us Jiyu”
Jiyu walks up beside Yugana, “I almost couldn’t keep pace with you...”
He looks at who Yugana was tracking.
“I know you, you’re...”
Kumo from behind landing with Shitoku, “no...”
Yugana, “I see you’ve finally made it Shitoku, I need you to do better.”
Shitoku, “hey I was just trying not to lose this guy.”
Kumo walking up beside Yugana and Jiyu,”it can’t be you, you’re...”
We see Kishi standing facing them with his back to the wall.
“...the traitor?!”
Kishi is in a fighting stance.
Next: Loyalty Part 4
