[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

He leaned over to Ai and whispered, "Ai, what says you? Should we allow Toshi the exchange?" Of course, either way would have been terrible for both Toshi and Yuu. Now it was all in a matter of preference over which one would suffer while watching the other humiliate themselves.

[Kaguya]

Ai narrowed his eyes seeing Toshi stand without permission but leaned towards Kaito listening, taking only a short second to think about it "Very well Toshi chan... We accept" his words had a smug tone to it as he watched his sister leave to get Yuu

Opening the door she looked down to Yuu and held out her hand "Forgive me Yuu" her voice was soft, she felt like she had signed a deal with the devils but she refused to let Yuu be treated any worse than he already had been in his life "Come inside, dinner is almost ready" she kept reminding herself this was only till she got better then they could start looking for a way to run away once more

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu shook his head, since he believed that Toshi probably didn't understand how things worked with the tengu, "So..You want me to watch you and everyone else eat? I still haven't found any food for myself yet." He stood up, getting ready to step onto the grounds, even when he was still skeptical about its safety.

[Kaguya]

Took his arm as he was ready to step off and go find some bugs "Yuu, you've to come and eat at the table" she smiled gently once more, she didn't really want to say how she managed this feat as he would soon see with his own eyes "if you don't believe me come and ask for yourself" she pulled him into the house just as he heard thunder "Not again... please not again" though in all truth she was glad to see the storm again, it was what brought her Yuu in the first place

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"Toshi..I don't understand this.." Yuu looked very confused, and a little scared at the same time. Though, he still allowed her to pull him along. And then thunder. He moved a little closer to Toshi for security.

[Kaguya]

Moved Yuu to the table "I'll be back in a moment... I have to cheak on dinner" she smiled weakly to him and began to walk off only to stop "Kaito sama are you still wanting a perch or are you proficent enough with chopsticks now that you prefare eating in your humanoid form?" she was curious but there was also an insult in there but it was hidden

Ai looked to Yuu allowing Kaito to deal with his sister "Welcome back Yuu kun" he watched as Yuu would have placed the sword to the left wondering how he understood it was a sign of submission "Toshi chan was worried about you and so appealed to our kind hearts to allow you to eat at the table" he smiled but his eyes held a dark glint showing he wasn't telling everything

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Kaito knew well that the words carried an insult with them. Of course he was going to stay in his human form. He wasn't going to back down and show her that he didn't like his human form for eating. In his mind, he added another punishment for Toshi just for the comment, "My human form is fine."

There were no such things as kind hearts out of the two in front of him, Yuu thought. He hated how they could possibly have the gall to say such things about themselves that weren't true, and being so smug about it. He was of course skeptical about the thing they had in store, feeling that there must have been some sort of punishment waiting afterwards, "Masters, if you do not mind me asking, is there something that you're hiding?"

[Kaguya]

Toshi bowed slightly at Kaito's word "Very well Kaito Sama" with that she walked into the kitchen to cheak on dinner, though walked out of the kitchen into the main hall and out the front door paying no mind to anyone. Stepping on the boreds outside she noticed something was off and so stepped out further.

The rain was now quite heavy but it didn't bother her, not did the sudden boom of thunder, she headed to Miyu's tree allowing the wind to guide her away from potential traps. Her eyes went wide though as she seen the circles going around the bark "Miyu!" she sounded distressed as she ran back towards the house.

Once there she ran in not caring for manners at this precise moment in time and headed for her room, coming back out with a box she looked at Yuu "They put rings around Miyu's bark... she's going to slowly die" her words where unstable as she was both out of breath and scared for the main tree of the forest

with that she ran back out not caring the reprecussions of her actions, getting to Miyu's tree once more she was going to begin mending the damage when she set down the box feeling an energy she hadn't felt since she was a child "Yes mother" she whispered and headed to the vegtable patch where she picked what she needed and walked back into the house this time more composed and headed for the kitchen

Ai who had been watching the whole time at his sisters bad manners was becoming more and more enraged by such but for the moment there was nothing that could be done, although he did stand and head towards the kitchen opening the door he looked at the drenched Toshi "You are the one that caused such a punishment Toshi chan, in asking Miyu for her help you have caused her suffering" his words where calm as he spoke

Hearing what Ai said Toshi dropped the plate she had been carrying at the time, it landed on the floor hard but didn't smash. She couldn't believe she done that to her friend, Miyu showed her kindness and she brought her pain. Moving to her knees she bowed "I am sorry Ai sama, I didn't wish to cause suffering to another" she trully felt like she was the cause and because of the strict code her family felt she believed she had to be punished for harming Miyu

Ai looked to her smirking, knowing if she accepted she done something against the family rules he could punish her inside the house with no reprecussions "I will deliberate with Kaito san and your punishment will be given shortly afterwards" with that he turned away and closed the door allowing Toshi to get back to what she was doing

Sitting once more next to Kaito, Ai leaned in to whisper the goings on with Toshi and that the rules for the next 24 hours had changed within the household for her. Now hearing Yuu's words Ai tilted his head slightly "Yuu kun, everything will become clear soon enough" he was enjoying not telling Yuu anything as he believed it tormented him more knowing something was wrong but not knowing exactly what it was

Toshi came out of the kitchen bowing to them all and headed for her room, she was drenched and wanted to change before the meal. when she game out of her room she was wearing a deep blue kimono with a spirit blue obi. Walking out of her room she looked to Yuu and smiled weakly before bowing once more heading towards the kitchen

a few moments later she began to bring out the food beginning with the rice, vegtables and chicken, after which she brought out the plates, chopsticks and a new pot of tea. without a word she began to tend to her duties and served Ai and Kaito before dealing with herself and Yuu.

she then began to pour everyone a cup of tea, swallowing as she became nervous as her punishment loomed closer. Placing the teapot down she placed her own plate on the ground beside her and closed her eyes, she just wanted to cry but she knew if she didn't do this every meal time then he would have to do it or worse go outside and forage for food

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"W-wait. Toshi, what are you doing?" last time, everyone sat at the table. He never saw Toshi move to the floor, and his heart dropped from realizing that this was probably something that Ai and Kaito had done. He stared at the two with a pleading expression, hoping that they would show some mercy, but he knew that a simple gesture would do no good, "Please, don't make her do this!" What Toshi was currently trying to do was something he would have been able to handle, since he had been doing such things for most of his life, though he didn't know just what else Toshi was going to do.

[Kaguya]

Toshi opened her eyes and looked to yuu with a weak smile "Yuu I do not mind, I told you i'd never allow you to eat sub standard foods" her voice was low as she moved her hand into his for support "It was either you or me who had to bear this and I would rather bare it..." she paused and wondered hot to finish her sentance

"You are a true Tengu male now, the swords you wield are things Kaito sama and Ai sama will only dream about weilding, please do not shame my family's memories by going back to your old ways... Hold your head tall and be filled with pride, you are not marked" she hoped her words reached him fully and that he understood why he was the one that took the humiliation and not him

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"You have a wild imagination..Yuu will always be a marked. He was born as one, and there is no one in this world who can change that," Kaito sneered, thinking that Yuu's 'supposed' lies to Toshi had swayed her. He was disgusted to think that she would believe such things.

Yuu covered his eyes, trying to hold his tears back because whatever he tried to do to help prevent her from eating off the floor was something that Toshi would refuse. He brought his arm down and clenched his fist, his shadow swayed and appeared to grow snaking tendrils. He glared at the two in front of him with an immense rage, "The one who is marked is you, Kaito!"

[Kaguya]

Toshi looked to Yuu then to Kaito not sure what to say or do, it wasn't the time for this information to come out she knew that, she then looked to the house. her eyes filled with worry for Yuu she grabbed his hand and dragged him outside before a punishment could befall him

She looked to him through the rain her eyes filled with worry "I told you the house must always keep its harmony" she hugged into him tightly. "Once we go back in you need to apologise to the house then to Kaito... It's not the time to be bringing up such things... I am in a weak state at the moment and we need to stay here until I am strong enough... if it means punishment and humiliation we need to bare it" she just began to cry into his shoulders wanting the nightmare to end

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu's wings sprouted from his back, like wings from Nobuo covered in tendrils and smaller wings. The rage boiled within and he wanted to kill someone, but at the same time he was deeply hurt by the way Toshi was just taking it all and how he couldn't do anything about it. His arms wrapped around her, crying but the rain hid his tears, "Why can't we just leave? I can fly both of us away from here."

[Kaguya]

Toshi took Nobuo's hand and took him to Miyu's tree and pointed to the rings around the bark "That's what happend when she helped me... my mother is trying to repair the damage but she might die because of something I've done" it was obvbvious she was hysterical about seeing the tree in such a way

"If they done that to one tree, what do you think they will do to the rest" she hit his chest lightly out of frustration and pain "Not to mention my familys swords is still inside... We can't leave without it and they won't let us both leave the house at the same time if we go in" she began to cry and this time it was noticible as she cried tears of blood and fell onto him

'She needs the energys of a place she feels safe... only here or Midosi will do and right now if you went to Midosi Ira would know something is wrong and never ler her leave so she would have went from one cage to another' The voice was similar to the spirit Toshi had helped earlier 'Give her the time she needs to rest and trus us to have a way for you both out that will not end up with a dryad being slowly killed in her tree'

Leaning back up on wobbly legs Toshi wiped the blood tears away before looking to Nobuo "Let Yuu out we need to go back" her voice was solum "We'll be fine and we'll escape... we just need to plan I think" with that she took Yu's hand and headed back tp the house

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu was so concerned about Toshi and setting things straight immediately that he didn't notice that there was any change within himself until Toshi had said to 'let Yuu out'. He was horrified by the new set of memories, or at least a few of Nobuo's memories. They were horrific, and there were even a few that weren't from his village or the places that he and Toshi had visited. It was something else entirely. But he kept it to himself and allowed Toshi to lead him back inside, drenched, and sat down where he was previously sitting at. He bowed low, "I apologize to you and the house for my outburst.."

For sure, Kaito, after hearing Toshi, would think that Yuu was a liar. Lying about how he was a marked rather than a normal tengu, and also skeptical about the sincerity behind Yuu's apology. Though he almost smiled seeing that Yuu was soaked and not doing anything about it, and gave a good possibility that Yuu would get sick, "If I catch you saying one more insult or lie to me again, I will triple the punishment you already have coming to you."

[Kaguya]

Continued Holding Yuu's hand and led him to his room "Go change, I don't need my guardian getting ill" she blushed as for the first time she leaned up and kissed his lips she really didn't give a damn that Kaito and Ai where in the main hall

Letting go of his hand she moved into her own room to do the same, she undressed from her wet kimono and changed into a dry ice blue one with a white obi "I can bare it... I have to" she whispered to herself but she was startled as she heard her door slide open and seen Ai standing there

"Ai sama, this is my room, your not permi..." she didn't even get to finished her sentance before she was smacked hard to the floor, looking at him she seen the murderous intent in his eyes and backed away in fear, and for the next twenty four hours she wasn't safe anywhere. Seeing Ai close the door behind her she trembled, she knew she was going to get hurt and badly

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twently minutes later Ai moved out of Toshi's room and sat at the table as if nothing ever happened, a moment or two later Toshi came out of her room she seemed hurt and the bruise on her cheek was beginning to swell a little. Kneeling at her spot she bowed low to both Ai and Kaito "I am sorry for my manners as of late... I am nothing but an ignorant child whom needs to be taught the correct way to do things" her voice trembled as she spoke "I insulted you also Kaito Sama I am willing to take whatever punishment you give me" she just didn't want to be hurt again, she wanted this day to be over so she could dream