A/N- The time where memories matter the most, a fleeting feeling of bliss that resurfaces with you.

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Giyu's POV

I couldn't believe it, I was hugging my sister again after almost a decade of us being apart. God I missed this feeling, reminds me of the times where we would run around the fields at sunset and every goddamned time we would do that I would always trip near that damned apple tree grandpa planted.

"Oh Giyu! My sweet baby brother!" She would cry to me, while I could only hug her harder as I tried to stop her from crying.

"It's okay sis, I'm fine..... I missed you a lot..." Is all I could mutter as a response, caressing her back till she would stop to cry.

As I look over to the others who were witnessing our sibling reunion I would notice a kid who was at the porch with us, he looked so much like us..... could he be? Should I ask?....... No, I should try and call my sister for now.......

Narrator's POV

As the siblings would hug it out for a few more minutes, everyone who were trying to arrived to see the two finally reunite after such a long time.

Kaito instantly ran at them, hugging the life out of the two who were miniature compared to his mountain-like build; the pair surprised by his sudden action but was warmly welcomed. More on Tsutako because Giyu was really confused and surprised.

'Wait so does this mean! Holy crapshit....' He would internally surmise, looking over to the taller man but he was kind of happy that his sister found a good man like him.

You might ask why I say such I presume, yes? Well that's because as I've already explained a ton of times! Giyu is a person who can read a person's personality and considering that he's been reincarnating for a century and counting.... let's just say he knows a lot by now.

"Kai! Don't surprise us like that the baby could get hurt you know! But it's nice to see you and everyone okay" Tsutako would squeak at her husband, the said man rubbing his nape before he starts to apologize profusely.

The two then turn to the confused/mind-blown/ultra confused Giyu who just stared at them with a stoic look that scared them a bit. But nevertheless Giyu would break the trance and go back to reality just in time for Kaito to approach his brother-in-law and formally introduce himself.

"Oh I'm sorry for intruding you and your sister's reunion... I-I'm Kaito Musashi! Nice to finally meet your acquaintance brother-in-law" The tall man would introduce himself, Giyu finally getting his answer from his long awaited question.

"So I was correct....." He would mutter to himself before looking over the two who were only awaiting for his reply.

"I guess I can't do anything about this now..... God I've been to away for too long.... I am not against you two but if you ever try to hurt my sister it's gonna be a whole world of hurt for you, you hear me you tall bastard?!" He would threaten/joke giving the two a bit of silence and nervousness from Tsutako, which eventually turned into laughter from both men as they hugged it out.

"Good to know that my sister found someone other than her family to love truly" Giyu would speak through the hug, Kaito feeling honored for the statement.

"And I'm happy that you two finally reunited after so many years, you do know she was waiting for you right?" Kaito would reply, Giyu could only sigh at his idiotic decisions a while ago.

As the statement of his brother-in-law would ring over his head for a while, and with that he would look at his sister who was just beaming with joy as she finally had the assurance that her brother was back and would be staying for good.

"Yeah, I was stupid and confused but I did promise to come back for everyone and so here I am" He would rebut, to which the taller man could smile.

Kaito only gave him a pat in the back before running to Tsutako and to see how she was doing, to which Giyu would watch with a bright smile; well that was until a scream would call out to him.

"GIYUUUUUUUU!!!!! YOU BASTARRRRDDDDDDD!!!!!!!" The familiar scream would bring everyone's attention as a huge dust cloud was beelining towards the ravenette who could only sigh as he knew who it was.

And yes you guessed it, it was a rabid Sabito who was being followed by the Kamoboko Squad who were trying to stop the peach haired man.

"Giyu-san! RUN!!!" Was all the squad would simultaneously, as they just all sped up to catch the scar-faced man.

But being the cool person he is, Giyu would only step to the side before swiftly striking Sabito's nape to which would make the man pass out instantly.

"Hm? Seems he passed out. It's fine now! I stopped the rabid dog!" Giyu would joke to which only a select few would laugh considering that most of the audience are already tired from catching him.

And well after the whole ordeal the rest of the group would now arrive and either hug or try to kill Giyu from his actions.

Kagaya and Douma would try to vouch for Giyu considering that he did find Shinobu but you know Sanemi and Sabito still tried killing him; or at least crippling one of his fingers.

So what happened next? Well they would return back to their stalled party which would bring in more surprises for a lot of them.

A few minutes later......

In the Cave Cabins!

Iako's POV

"IAKO!!!! GIYU'S BACK LET'S GO!" The scream of my auntie Makomo echoed through the small cabin we were in, Umi and Senjuro also staring at her as the other kids were already asleep from the tiresome night we had.

Instantly hearing dad's name, I ran; not even realizing I slammed the door on my way there and getting scratched by the darn L-shaped doorknob.

The momentary sting made me stop for a second, looking over my arm to see a red line that will swole in a matter of minutes from the miniature accident I had.

After that short pause I started running towards the campsite again but this time realizing I wasn't even wearing any sandals or any foot protection at all.

The coarse sand would slowly seep into my feet, each step I did leaving deeper imprints around the shore.

And that's when this sudden shock in my left foot would bring me to an abrupt stop, or in my case; a face full of dirt and aquatic residue (that ranging from feces, piss and dead remains that are already mixed with our oceans).

"Fuck..." Was all I could mutter, as the stinging pain from both the previous door injury to this would numb.

I laid there for 2 whole minutes before even trying to sit upright from that unbelievably idiotic step I took.

I dusted myself off, seeing a bit of sand imbedded in my skin, which by the way made marks that reddened.

It didn't hurt that much because it was only a short tumble and because I didn't get dragged for like 2 miles, because that's when it's gonna peel off your skin and this only like irritated it.

But my left foot was another issue, it was numb to the point that the pain there was already nullified but I can't move it.

Was it sprained? No, I wouldn't trip without reason and before I actually even did trip I already felt this sudden pain.... It was like getting a flu shot....... Oh no.

With the realization I slowly tried to move my left leg to my field of sight, which was hindered by the fact that the only light source I have is the rays from the sun bouncing to the moon and the small glint of light near my destination.

I examined my foot to see the worst case scenario I thought of and it hurts like a bitch.

There was a good 2 inch graze filled with sand and the salty sea water, making the thing burn like hell.

It was bleeding excessively... Am I gonna die here?... I was so close...

What is that blinding light? It's all green and somehow red too?

I look over to see that the last step I took had a shimmering piece of what seemed like glass with blood from the beach, what type of asshole would break such a thing here?!

I looked over my feet to see it bleeding even more.... Did it hit any of my plantar arteries?.... No... I can't die here..... I need to see dad.... I don't wanna die..

God, not only does my right arm sting but also my fucking leg! God I need to see dad yet bad things are happening one by one!!!.......

I-I just want to see him.... I m-miss my dad..... It hurts.... Help me.... P-Please....

Narrator's POV

As Iako would slowly enter a state of confusion from the blood loss, Makomo was worried sick for the said girl.

Oh and yeah Iako didn't lose that much yet but she has this tendency to shudder or pass out everytime she loses blood, which is ironic cause she always watches things with excessive blood use.

She would call over Giyu and the others to check if she already arrived considering that she can't really move around much and she was already tired from the journey here.

"No she isn't here yet, probably enjoying the breeze; she'll be fine. She responsible enough to do so" Giyu would answer in the phone, to which Makomo would worriedly ask him to check on her.

"No I feel something weird in my gut, you need to check her atleast. I've got a really bad feeling somehow..." She would reply, to which Giyu wanted to make a joke about considering she is pregnant and the baby could just be moving but that's when he also suddenly felt that sense.

"Okay, I'll check on her now; tell me if she came back I'm asking the others for help just in-case" Was all Giyu said as both best friends would end the call in worry for the teen.

Giyu would call Sabito for this matter, but when the peach would suddenly scream out the sudden news..... Well, everyone got involved.

And so here we are with another search party... Can't get any better than that.

Douma's POV

And here we are again searching for the 3rd time today.... *sigh* what the heck is wrong with this trip? We already found Shinobu and Giyu but now suddenly Giyu's kiddo just runs off to here but is somehow still not here?!

Shinobu is still asleep and Kanae-nee and Tsutako-Nee are watching over her so I don't need to worry about anything happening to her for now..... Plus Amane-san is also with them....

Now where should I search? This is gonna be hard considering kids or rather adolescence like her can fit into spots adults can't....

We already searched for Giyu and Shinobu for more than 2 hours but a kid? That's gonna take longer......

God, I know this is crazy coming from someone who literally did genocide but please help us! The poor kid and Giyu.... We must reunite both daughter and child to end this cycle!.....

I shouldn't even bother actually.... still have my mistakes and all those lives I took so of course he wouldn't listen....

But no! I must help Giyu find his kid! Hmmm... Ha! I should follow him and Oyakata-san!

Yes Douma! It's faster to look in groups and you could report it too! Haha! Douma you are such a smart person, but the safety of Iako must come first!

As I ran to the group of the 3 I saw Oyakata-san turn and wave over to me.

"Douma, over here! We need your help" he would call to me as I ran to them and help.

"So how can I help this search? Anything in particular you could say to us Giyu? I mean it could help finding her faster if we can" I would ask him as he would look puzzled for a moment, but still answering after.

"Nothing actually, Iako never ran from me and she was always obedient. I never had any problem with her, other than sometimes she scares me ftom her being too silent; other than that she's never done anything like this yet..... This actually reminds me of the time I first saw her, the poor kid was all alone in a crowded night where everyone was wearing costumes that would even induce nightmares to adults... It was something...." Giyu would explain to his friends, the 3 keeping an eye out as he told the story.

Ah those moments would bring the happiest thoughts to Giyu, those days were indeed one of the best ones...

"She was wandering by herself in a place that always had crime happening around, I can't imagine the thought of someone else spotting her... But luckily I stumbled upon her as she shivered from the cold" he would add, still looking over as they were alerted by Douma who went farther than them for a second.

With that they would ran towards the said man, zooming pass as they saw the horror that would await them....

A while ago...

Douma's POV

Giyu was just telling us the story on how he met Iako, quite the heartwarming tale and sad at the same time.

Poor kid must have went through something to escape an orphanage...... Guess a lot of people do experienced the same thing as I did.....

While I was lost in thought I saw something weird over the horizon, something glimmering over the moonlight. It looked wet? That's supposed to be normal considering we're near a large body of water but somehow this looked very weird, I really don't know but there's something off with with it for me.

I looked over the three to see them still conversing whilst searching around their own areas, but should I really go over there and check? It seems like the most plausible and logical solution but there's something really weird with it.

Better ask them first before being missing myself......

Narrator's POV

As Douma ran back to the three to ask if he could go over to see the weird looking item over the distance, we go back and see Iako limping and now mildly awake; but with the searing pain still evident from her eventual hissing every few steps.

If you're wondering what happened well let's just say that willpower goes a long way when it comes to pain, even if it feels like the sun is literally skin to skin over you; and well after she woke up from the sudden blackout she started going for the forest. But why you might ask?

Well she was trying to find some sort of herb or rather a plant that could help stop the bleeding; but firstly she needs to apply some pressure on the wound, to which she would rip a part of her blouse as a mean on doing so.

The pain she felt while tightening the cloth around the huge gash over her foot, jeering over the pain to which eventually subsided a few seconds later. But dear God it's painful as hell.

The cloth instantly siphoned the blood, but instantly made the cloth dampen with the red liquid.

After that she started ripping a longer piece part of it and started to tie it over her leg as a tourniquet, walking could be a pain from the cramps it's gonna give but it'll stop the bleeding for good.

And don't worry, she won't be cold since she was wearing a second layer of clothing which consist of leggings and an inner t-shirt.

But the pain was still unbearable for her that she would let out a few tears mixed from her hissing, but knowing that it would help her from losing too much blood.

A few more times of ripping her blouse into rags and tightening it up, a long and painful process once more.

And now the only problem was finding some type of plant that could help with the bleeding, which might I say consist of quite a number. Some include chamomile, licorice, turmeric, aniseed or star anise, wintergreen, feverfew(basically wild chamomile), red clover and willow just to name a few.

Only problem is that the forest is quite wide, but luckily Iako knows where she could search for these plants. But then again it would be quite arduous with a literal handicap.

She started to walk around the area, searching around and over but to no avail there was nothing.

That being the problem, she started looking over the clearing; hoping it yields something that could help the bleeding and extreme pain subside.

More and more minutes would pass and the more pain she felt with every step she took.

But after a long time of persevering through the pain, she gathered a bit of feverfew near the clearings, a few bulbs of turmeric and luckily enough a bit from a boxwood or wintergreen.

Finding a safe place on the other hand was another problem, considering that everything around could be unsanitary and could just make the wound worse.

But luckily enough there was a huge flat boulder nearby that she found, she probably just needs to find some palm or banana leaves to use as a bed/mat to lay on.

And with these in mind she started gathering the said things, after which she started to crush a generous amount of each herb/medicinal flora and started to combine them into some type of concoction, which made the gash sting a lot but it eventually subsided after a few more minutes of her resting.

But with all the pain and walking around it really took a toll on her body and to which means she was really tired.

"I...just need... to wait n-now...." She would mutter weakly, passing out from the strain once more. But not to worry she was fine now, we just need to hope that the 4 could find her.

And now back to our group.....

As everyone started to look around the area Giyu suddenly saw something around, a trail of blood? Then something must have happened here.

Having his doubts, he would start to wander over the forest once more; but this time he was searching rather than being searched.

After calling over and over and walking around, nothing but silence and crickets responding to his calls.

It took minutes but the blood trail ended, to which he found nothing but shriveled parts of grass and something quite familiar.

There was a bloody rag nearby... But it looks like it was originally white.... To which his eyes would widen.

"No... This can't be..." He would mutter to himself, reaching over to examine the fabric even further.

The fabric was definitely just torn, blood hasn't dried yet and still reeked of iron; But the fabric felt familiar somehow....

The softness reminded him of cotton but the smoothness of silk, it was also somehow warming to the touch almost like a wool sweater.

And he only knew one person who wore something like this, and well the cloth itself is just something that he remembers a lot.

"Iako's blouse..... Fucking damn it.... I hope she's alright....." He would curse out of his breath, concern running over his worried complexion.

As he looked around even more he noticed something over the distance, it didn't shine but it was somewhat visible to him to which that thing piqued his interest that he instantaneously ran over to see what that certain thing was.

And somehow it lead to something that would lead her closer to Iako's whereabouts and what actually happened, it was another bloodied rag from the same dress.

But other than that there was another trail of blood over the weird rock formations in the distance, not that much blood but there were a few drops; it must mean Iako somehow stopped the bleeding a bit, he would think.

But he needed to find her, she could've been injured badly and knowing how she's scared of being wounded from a but of childhood trauma... Well, it just scared him as her father.

Plus he can't go back now, he already lost the others in the woods; darn trees shading over the remaining light and just being a total maze itself.

Luckily the shoreline wasn't really hard to find using auditory senses so it wasn't that much of a problem but again, Iako might be injured so he better be quick.

He would start to carefully follow the trail of sanguine droplets to which indeed went over to the rocky area.

It was quite dark so he had to be careful on walking over the rocks even with slippers on considering that they could be slippery and rigid, they don't want or rather need anybody else to be injured again.

But the journey didn't disappoint, he found more clues to where Iako could be and this time it was a few crushed flora and another piece of fabric from her blouse; looks like she patched up already and the blood from the fabric is less than the other two, seems she also fled to a safer and less of a hazardous place to stay.

But with this it means that there wasn't any blood trails left, but that also means she's close by and hopefully safe.

It took him minutes, searching over the area and the rocks. Leaving no stone unturned from the meticulous search.(Haha Puns... Bad time? Sorry eheeh)

Dude even went back to the forest to search but there was nothing, nothing over this area atleast.

But once more the man looked over the distance to see a huge boulder nearing the shore, it was really a sight to see over the moonlight with it's imposing size but something else caught his attention.

There was a figure of someone lying over there, a female's to be exact; could it be Iako or someone else entirely? He wasn't so sure but he needed to check.

But there was a risk that it could be someone dangerous, but then again it could be Iako so he said fuck it and ran over the formation.

He would start calling out to the figure while he ran, the said female not even flinching or moving at all.

She was somehow like a statue, or rather like one of the monuments/etchings over graves and Baroque Period buildings.

But the closer he got the more his fears were relieved, but added even more from the fact that he saw the figure was bloody and seemingly injured.

He ran faster, eventually reaching over to see that it was in fact Iako; passed out from the experience a while ago.

And here he just couldn't take it anymore, the dam just bursted out as everything poured down.

He hugged her tightly, crying over her as his fears were eventually given relief to know that she was safe and in his arms once more.

He was glad that she wasn't mortally injured, glad that she's fine and just happy to know that she's not lost forever.

His wails were not gone unnoticed too, it was so loud that the 3 started to run over to it's direction without any second thought.

The said cries eventually even woke up the little girl who slowly blinked it surprise to see her dad cradling her tightly as he cries on her shoulders.

"D-Dad..." She would weakly mutter, trying her best to hug him back but was forced to stop from the lingering fatigue she felt.

Noticing her meek call, Giyu slowly retreated from the hug and started to lay her down the leaf mat again.

"It's fine now... Just rest... Don't worry, Dad's here.... I-I'll never leave you... Ever again" He would whisper/stutter over her, caressing her hair as even more tears threatened to pour from his ocean eyes.

"D-Dad... I-I'm sorry... I ran off and-and... Y-You al-almost l-lost m-me.... I-I...... I-.." She would start to cry, stuttering each time before finally being silenced by Giyu who just smiled over at her.

"Hush now... It's okay... It's my fault.... So don't blame yourself.... Always know that I love you okay bud?" He would reply to her, hugging her cold body as the little girl nodded and hugged him tighter.

"Hush now.... I'm here... Don't be scared..." He would tell her over and over, her finally loosening from the tense and shaking grip she previously had.

Giyu looked over to see her sleeping once more, but instead of the wary and uncomfortable complexion she was giving off a second ago, she was now genuinely asleep, free from the anxiety and stress she must've felt before he arrived.

Then a few seconds later he heard some rustling around the foliage, garnering his attention to see the worried faces of his e friends.

Seeing them, he instantaneously motioned them to his current whereabouts; to which the said three ran over to see the missing girl they've been searching for so long.

The 3 where in shock over the scene presented to them, but that feeling was overshadowed by their relief from the presence of both safe (atleast).

"Holy shit! What in the fuck happened here Giyu?!" Sabito would scream using his whispering voice, looking over to see the injured and passed out Iako.

Giyu looked over him and would sigh, shaking his head as a response knowing that he wasn't there when this event happened.

"I can't really answer that... I just followed a weird trail of blood, then it lead to an area that was seemingly forages that had a piece of cloth from her that was all bloodied, and after following and searching a little longer I saw her laying here and injured......" He would reply, a bit of sadness evident from his voice.

While the two would converse with each other, our Kagaya Ubuyashiki was examining the still slumbering Iako with the help of our blonde Douma.

"Looking at her she lost quite a bit of blood, injuries sustained are evidently just the gash and a bit of pain from walking barefoot but she did infact stop the bleeding; other than that she seems to be fine, kid knows how to tie a tourniquet and find the herbs needed to stop the bleeding" He would appraise, to which Douma would agree with.

"Yeah, good thing Giyu found him. But what now? Should we go back or just let her rest for now?" Douma would question the ravenette, to which he would only shrug his shoulders.

"I'm not sure, but it all depends on Giyu's decision" He would reply, the said blonde nodding as a response.

After that the two would finally end their conversation only silence would remain, to which was suddenly cut short by the sudden call coming from Giyu.

They would look over to see him approaching them with his downcast face, to which worried them.

Douma would ask him "Are you okay dude? You look like something's bothering you" in a concerned tone.

To which he would reply with "I'm fine, also we probably should go now. I don't want the others to worry about us.... I really can't have them worrying again...." A face full of regret coming back as he remembered those times.

"I'll go over and call the other's then.... I really hope you're fine dude" Douma would reply, giving him a pat in the back before heading to see the 3.

After that talk Giyu went over to slowly carry Iako as the 3 would lead the way back to the entire group.

Hmmm how could the others be?

Tsutako's POV

It's been an hour at most now after they started looking for the kid they call Iako, it's currently around midnight now and Giyu still haven't returned yet.

I'm worried for them, Kaito and the others have already returned but it seems that Giyu, Sabito, Douma and Kagaya haven't returned yet.

I'm too worried for them that I can't really sleep, I know that Uzui, Iguro and Sanemi are searching them but I still can't sit still somehow.

Kaito and Makato are already asleep, the girls are asleep, the kids are asleep but yet here I was.

I can't really blame myself, again I'm the older sister, I should be looking after him and I've been doing a very bad job at it.

I better look over and see if they're over the kitchen already, I just need to wiggle out of my husband's thick biceps, God he's just too big and heavy for a little woman like me.

It took me a bit of force and a lot of not trying to wake him or Makato up, but I eventually did it although it really is tiring. God why is pregnancy so hard and so exhilarating at the same time?

I walked over the kitchen to see that none of the people I was searching over here, better have some coffee so I could relax atleast.

Took a bit of time considering that I don't know where the coffee was and where the other things like creamer or sugar.

"Ahh now this is relaxing..." I would talk to myself, taking a look over the window now and then just to check if they ever arrived.

All of it seems to have passed over me and I didn't even realize that I drank like 4 or 5 cups now, yet they still didn't arrive.

Okay I guess the coffee didn't help with this situation, my heart is beating faster and I'm getting even more anxious.

I really can't sleep now, damn me and my coffee addiction!(Same Tsutako! Sameee) Dang it now I really can't sleep now.

I guess I could wait a... *Yawn* little.... longer.....

Narrator's POV

After that Tsutako fell asleep over the counter, sating the rest her body needed for now.

But all good things come to an end as they would say.

*BANG* the door would open in an echoing and deafening noise, making the pregnant Tsutako jump up in surprise before screaming "HOLY MOLY! WHO WOULD- GIYU WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?! WHAT HAPPENED?! WHY IS THIS LITTLE GIRL BLEEDING?!?!#(?!!2()" freaking out over the scene, the other 3 following inside with him.

Giyu would not talk and instantaneously went over one of the couches, Tsutako confused on what was happening and what has happened.

Seeing this dilemma of her's, Sabito would go over to her and explain everything that occured; still confusing her but managing to atleast understand a few of the important details.

And after that they would follow them shortly to see them all tired and well sleepy, I mean who wouldn't?

Tsutako worriedly look over the kid, her clothes were all bloody and she seems to be drained, what happened?

"Okay I need you to tell me everything, what the hell happened and who this little girl is, I just wanna know why and what's the reason of her suddenly disappearing" she would demand, well technically more like she just wanted an explanation on what happened.

They knew this was directed to Giyu considering he saw more than them, and since they were actually curious as well even though Giyu already told the 3 what happened.

Giyu could only sigh at the stares they were giving him, and after talking a long minute he would finally surrender and talk.

"Okay, don't freak out sis; I know how you are with things like this but... She's my kid" He would speak, Tsutako trying to calm herself as she internally screamed.

"Okay.. I'm definitely n-not freaking out right now, but how?! You don't even have a girlfriend I know of!" She would start to reply calmly, eventually starting to freak out.

Giyu would now regret his decision already knowing this would happen, but he would still continue answering her.

"Okay I'll answer but please calm down, you're pregnant sis you can't have any stress at all. No she's biologically not mine, I adopted her after I found her all alone in the streets, and I don't really know what happened.... Makomo just called and said something about her running over here but she just had a bad feeling so we searched for her, and well she was right...." He would answer, eventually calming her sister but cutting his answer short.

The now calmed Tsutako was currently confused with his answer, but she now wanted to know more about the two but for now she needs to know what exactly led to this happening.

"Poor kid... But how could've she been wounded? That's a pretty deep looking gash over there and did you guys did the dressing for her injury? This looks better than most of the people who actually know how to do it, a nice and tight tourniquet too" She would ask, to which Giyu would reply.

"None of us did, she definitely did it herself considering that I saw her laying down asleep with this patching already, I'm actually proud that she didn't panic considering she hated seeing herself getting injured or bleeding but it really did tire her out" He would reply once more, Tsutako beaming with pride over the statement he just spoke about.

"Well I'm proud that you grew up to be such a great dad, I mean she's not even related to you but you still worry and love her the same as us! Now that's surprising coming from my little brother! Arghh my brother is such a good person" She would beam, hugging her brother into a tight snare, poor Giyu was grasping for life from such pressure.

"Okay sis th-that's... Enough! God my back is killing me..." He would wriggle out of the smaller woman's grasp, cracking his old man back as his sister would just giggle as a response.

As the 5 of them would converse more on what happened, we head to see our towering Kaito waking up from all the things he was hearing, and the absence of his wife from his stronk embrace.

He would instantly wake up to search for her, carefully doing so as he doesn't want Makato to wake up.

Took a bit of time but he eventually had the chance to trek over to the kitchen, because he would hear people chattering there and knowing that Tsutako has this tendency to drink coffee or tea whenever she wakes up in the middle of the night.

Kaito had to put up with that habit of hers when they were still at college, ah the memories from their first meeting to the time they were assigned to be roommates and to eventually falling for each other, another story for another time my friends.

Smiling over the memory he would finally arrive at the living room, the sight of Tsutako brewing some tea for the tired looking Douma, Kagaya, Giyu and Sabito.

Tsutako would notice his huge appearance and called over for him, the others looking over to notice him and giving their greetings.

"Oh dear! Sorry for waking you up Kai, why not join us for some tea sweety?" Tsutako would call out to him, her awfully sweet voice made the man just smile.

"Yo big bro Kaito" Sabito would greet in his usual dazzle, you'd get used to it.

"Good evening Kaito, or rather good morning since it seems that it's already around 1 in the morning, sorry for disturbing your slumber friend" Kagaya would greet in his ever so mannered and calming voice, apologizing for indeed disturbing the taller man.

"Ah Kaito-san! Sorry for waking you up with our chatter, but we finally found Iako" Douma would greet him, and also telling him of the news to which he would smile upon.

This made him smile, he was also concerned when they were told of the little girl's disappearance, especially when he saw the look of extreme concern coming from Giyu.

But now he was glad, but Giyu had to bring out the unfortunate news that came with this.

"Sorry indeed Kaito, we did find her but she got injured but she's fine now, she's currently resting" He would say, the man getting a bit concerned but relieved that nothing else happened.

"I'm so sorry for that, but there's nothing we can do about it now and at least she's back here with us" Kaito would reply, Giyu nodding with his statement since he was indeed right.

And after that there was more silence, the only noise coming from the whistling teapot that alerted them about the tea being done.

Tsutako would then pour them the said drink, everyone thanking her as they sipped the hot beverage.

But again not a single word, just the eventually satisfaction from the drink and clinging of the cups.

Well that was until the door banged loudly again, this time louder and definitely alerting more people other than their group.

And here we saw Uzui, Iguro and Sanemi. Uzui seemingly the one who pushed the door too hard for it to bang like that.

"Oi that was too loud you sentient glitter bomb, with that noise you made you could've woken up the dead! Are you an idiot?!" We heard Sanemi banter with the taller man, the said glitter ball clearly offended with his statement.

"Well excuse me for being tired and frustrated! Why do you always find something to be angry at?! God I'm too tired to be arguing with you" He would retort, but eventually ended not wanting to start a feud considering that they were all tired with the whole ordeal.

Iguro on the other hand was already at the floor rethinking if this was an actual vacation, because all the eventful things they did was just searching Giyu, Shinobu and Iako in all the same day of their arrival on this cursed trip.

"I just wanna sleep with Mitsuri and Kōhai, I wanna hug my wife and kid....." He would mutter over the floor, the two looking over him.

"Believe me friend, I also wanna sleep with Hinatsuru, Makio and Suma. But we still need to find Iako!" Uzui would reply to his cries, Iguro just banging his head over the wooden floors.

"I still can't believe that you have three wives yet not have a single kid yet, you infertile or something?" Sanemi would speak, getting the attention of the two who were still thinking about their own things.

Uzui was actually offended, he had a great sex life and any of these infertility accusations Sanemi made was already denied by their doctors who gave all 4 of them checkups and the reason for them not having kids yet is simple.

"Firstly I or any of my wives are infertile, I'll have you know that our sex life is healthy but the reason for me not having any kids yet is because the 3 of them don't feel ready yet! We had that talk and I can't really force my lovely wives can't I? That's just against my morals and my conscience man" Uzui would reply, Sanemi only nodding as a response but internally surprised with his response.

"Hmph, not bad you polygamous Christmas decor, can't really argue with that but you respecting their wishes is quite a nice move. Don't take this out of context because I still hate you, your too flashy and annoying but you've got respect for boundaries and that I commend" He would start, all tsundere trying to *praise* Uzui for his deeds.

Tengen could only smile at his remark, knowing how hard it is to get complements from such a rabid force like his.

"You hate everyone Shinazugawa, it's a trait of yours but thank you for the compliment" Uzui would reply, getting a middle finger from the said scar man.

Iguro would moan in dismay, still wanting his well needed sleep and the warmth of both Mitsuri and Kōhai.

Then Uzui noticed something, or rather smelled something particularly good.

"Hmm do any of you two smell something? I smell something steamy and relaxing" Uzui would abruptly ask them, the said two finally noticing the scent after he pointed it out because of them being a bit light in the senses from all the searching and whatnot.

The 3 then finally tracked the smell right in front of them, the group of Giyu still looking over the 3 as they all stared in silence.

The 3 couldn't believe their stupidity, I mean they were tired but they didn't know that they were so tired that they didn't even notice the audience/missing people looking over them fighting like 1st graders, hilarious for the 6 but definitely not for the 3.

The silence between them was just something you'd expect in a cartoon, except this was a book that had an idiot for a narrator and all hell went loose.

Anyways the 9 of them didn't speak and just stared at each other more, the said silence was interrupted by the faces of everyone else that woke up from the whole ordeal; well except for the kids, somehow they're very heavy sleepers and surprisingly enough even Inosuke was up.

Rengoku was somehow still up and fresh, probably the fact that he's too energetic for anything and that he looks like a fiery owl, who knows? But he was the first to break the silence.

"What was the ruckus just now!" Rengoku would ask, his booming voice ringing over the packed and small room, and probably destroying a few eardrums.

"Shhh.. big bro Rengoku the kids are still asleep" Mitsuri would tell him, the man instantly apologizing to her as he started bowing at inhuman speeds.

They would then go over to see that everyone who searched for Iako was back, but they didn't seem to see the little girl anywhere.

Shinobu would ask them about the matter first, worry evident in her face as the 5 who were having their lovely tea just looked over Giyu for him to explain everything.

"She's fine. Don't worry she's over the living room sleeping, I'll tell you everything, but why not have some tea first? You guys seem to have awoken up from our loud chatter, I'll prepare some and coffee too" He would tell them, offering them something to wake them up afterwards to which they could not deny, cause Giyu knows how to brew a great ass coffee, he didn't get reincarnated for a century for nothing.

Giyu would then start his routine of boiling the water over a huge pot to save some gas, readying the cups and asking everyone their preferred drink for the early morning they were having.

Everyone instantly said both and Giyu could only smile as a response, then he started his caffeine induced magic.

Took a bit of a while but damn was his brew so perfect, dude didn't even use a coffee machine but somehow made packet coffee delicious, I mean it already was good but he just took it to a whole different world.

The coffee was superb, not that strong but still had a kick that woke them up good, and the aroma alone could wake you up.

The tea was also really good, each of the dried ingredients were just extracted perfectly to have this calming smell of fresh dew and camomile.

Even the teens enjoyed it, and they hated drinking coffee thinking it was too bitter (which it is, and somehow the bitter the better for me) and a literal heart attack when drank too much but they took a liking just from Giyu's brew.

They would then start asking about Iako's wellbeing and what else happened to her after the all searching parade they did, Giyu answering then as thoroughly and honestly as he could.

The conversation delved deeper and deeper that everyone got involved eventually, even Sanemi joined in somehow.

Everyone then started to feel bad for the kid, I mean the poor kid was found injured and fatigued in the middle of the night, but that wasn't even the actual reason why they felt bad.

Giyu told them their first meeting, how Iako would somehow survive in the middle of a huge city like New York all alone for who knows how long, he was just somehow lucky that he winded up where she was.

He told them about how the orphanage she was in was toxic and unsafe for a child, how she was beaten up and bruised in that hell hole for quite some time.

He told them about her traumas, Traumatic Loss from the fact that her biological parents died in front of her eyes, Physical Trauma from all the beatings she had in the places she ended in and to sum it up it's just a Complex PTSD at such a young age.

The guilt over their faces when they heard it was just unbearable, I mean how could a child like her experience something so inhumane and something so low like that? It's just not right.

But even so they were still relieved that someone as nice and caring as our century old man would care for the traumatized girl.

I mean it was just too perfect, their similar histories just speak for themselves and Giyu being reincarnated for so many times knows how to somewhat heal and recover from these.

But even so, he still couldn't heal his own heart....

But hey, healing takes time but in Giyu's case it'll be longer but this was a huge step, considering that he did reconcile with his friends and his sister after such a long time.

And here is where the vacation ends...

See y'all next time...........

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A/N- God freaking damn I finally goddamn updated after such a long freaking time. Also don't worry I'm about to update a bit more now (In Both Books) considering I have actually time now. Anyways byeeeee my cultists ehehehe.