[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"Thankyou for giving me this opportunity," though it made him cringe inside just from saying it. He would have to act for an entire year, and he wasn't too sure that he himself would come out of it unaffected by such drastic changes. He crossed his fingers and hoped that the personality of those he hated so much would not stick by the time the year came to a close, disliking the thought of being Toshi's tormentor.

The tendril that was out earlier returned and his shadow returned to normal. Yuu then realized he might not be able to get help from Toshi, otherwise he would be jeopardizing the deal since lower class shouldn't be teaching the normal tengu at all. He closed his eye, and the last resort now became the first, "Kaito, you're a good brother, right? So you'll teach me things that I need to be a normal tengu."

Kaito grumbled something under his breath and placed his chopsticks down, giving Yuu a hard cold stare, almost threatening. Of course he 'could' have put Yuu down, but he was curious to see just how quickly an idiot could learn, "Perhaps I will, but of course there is no guarantee. I'll sleep on it and give you an answer tomorrow morning."

[Kaguya]

Toshi felt full she had already eatten more than she normally did and felt sickmoving back to a keeling position she moved her hands to her tea cup, wondering how to ask to stop eatting without encurring their wrath she felt the cup was stone cold and put the cup down before bowing "May I have permission to stop eatting. I can not eat anymore" her voice was respectful and submissive as she spoke

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Kaito's eyes glinted deviously, eyeing what was left on Toshi's plate, "You may take a break, but you must finish what you started." Kaito was getting full as well and had some food left on his plate. He took a few bites before standing, taking the plate to Toshi, and dumping the rest of what was on his plate onto hers, "You will eat whatever leftovers we have."

Yuu wanted to shout, to stop his brother from abusing Toshi like that, but he knew that if he did try to stand up for Toshi, then it would be all over. It was too difficult for Yuu to hold in and his fingers clenched around the sword, then he went back to eating what was on his plate. If that was how it was going to work, with Toshi being forced to be the food disposal, then Yuu would help by eating as much as he could so that it would lessen Toshi's suffering.

[Kaguya]

Closed her eyes as she heard kaito speak she thought heas being lenient by at least allowing her to take a break but the relief was soon shattered at she seen Kaito's left overs being placed on her own plate "Kaito Sama I can't eat all this..." she looked to what little was left on the table "Something must always be returned to the earth" her voice was pleading him to allow her to stop

She wanted to ask Yuu for help but knew it wasn't a good idea no matter which way she spun it taking a deep breath she tried to prevent her tears from falling. Ai looked to Toshi for a moment before standing "You have to eat at least half of whatever is on your plate, the rest can be returned" with that he stood and walked towards his room stopping at the bottom step

"After you have finished your chores help Yuu san move to his new room" his voice was stearn, he didn't counter Kaito's order to be nice, he done it because that is what him family law dictated. Hearing the order Toshi bowed as Ai walked up the stairs and into his room she didn't kneel up instead she just went back to eating

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Of course Kaito took it the wrong way and thought Ai was too lenient, though on the other hand there must have been some reasoning behind it. "Be grateful that you have such a considerate brother," he sneered at Toshi before setting his plate down on the table and moving off to his own room.

Yuu wanted desperately to apologize to Toshi for how she was being treated, but at the same time he was pulled back by that deal. He continued eating to try to finish up what was left on the table. "Toshi, I.." he couldn't think of the right words to say to her, "Try not to do anything that will get you punished.." However, he was also concerned about her current health, and she was in no condition to be doing chores around the house but he knew that the others would force Toshi into doing it anyways.

[Kaguya]

Stopped eatting as Kaito spoke to her "Yes Kaito sama... I am priviliaged to have such a considerate brother" she was to weak to argue, she just wanted to crawl into bed and sleep, though as she finished speaking she just went back to eatting not saying a word.

She felt bloated but continued until she heard Yuu's voice once again she stopped eatting "I will try Yuu sama" saying sama at the end of yuu's name made her heart sink, she was beaten, battered, bruised, tired and humiliated at that moment in time she would have welcomed her final dreath but would that have proven, yuu was doing this for them both she was sure she could be as strong as he was

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu felt like throwing up his meal, but he finally managed to eat everything that was on the table. He groaned and leaned forward after overstuffing himself, "Toshi, I'm going to take a bath. After you finish eating, you can go rest.." He felt terrible for the deal and just didn't know how to really act around Toshi anymore without feeling bad about it. He stood up and left Toshi in the dining hall to herself.

[Kaguya]

Stopped eating as she was spoken to "I have chores Yuu sama" her words where low as she swayed a little, she was going to be in trouble no matter what she done at this point if she done the chores she was going against Yuu's orders though if she didn't then she would be going against Ai's

Waiting until yuu left before she let out a deep sigh she looked at what was on her plate and realised it was barely one quarter the way through. moving she brought her knees up to her chest, she just couldn't eat anymore she felt like she was ready to pop but couldn't leave the table till at least one quarter more had been eaten

looking around she bit her bottom lip for a moment "what they do not know..." standing she placed what was on her plate into the rice bowl and headed for outside the house to do her normal routine of returning back to nature. after which she went back to the table to start her chores but as she picked up the plates she fell back and they slipped out her hands making an almight crash several of them smashing on impact with the wooden floor

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu was about to open the door when he heard the noise outside. He quickly ran down the hallways and back to where Toshi was, seeing the mess on the floor and rushed over, driven by the desire to help Toshi. As he reached down to help Toshi back up, he stopped. It pained him not to be able to do anything about it and he looked away. It hurt him even more after he stood up and left her to do her chores without saying a word to Toshi.

[Kaguya]

Toshi heald her breath as she seen she just created more work for herself but it couldn't be helped not in her current state and it wasn't like she had anyone to lean on as if she asked Yuu for help he'd have to act like some stuck up jerk.

On seeing Yuu her eye brightened as she thought he wouls risk helping her as no one else was around, seeing him look away from her she knew exactly what that meant and moved to her knees bowing low "forgive me Yuu sama, I didn't mean to disturb you" her words where low seeing him leave she went around clearing the mess she made before doing the rest of her choresf inishing she didn't have the energy to make it to her room so just curled up in front of the fire to sleep

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu took a few minutes stripping himself and pulling the wrappings off. His wounds had healed unusually fast, and thought it was probably due to how Nobuo's body worked. Even his broken finger was now somewhat healed, though the pain was still there when he tried to wiggle it around. Sighing, he stepped into the water and sat there, hoping that he could get his mind off of things, but it didn't help at all. One full year was a very long time and he couldn't stand to wait that long. Out there was probably something he could use as proof other than having to wait a full year while pushing Toshi around.

((epic time jump? xD))

[Kaguya]

A few months had passed and she was slowly seeing a change in Yuu, he seemed almost content as he was accepted in a way he never had been, but through this exceptance they had grown distant to one another. She didn't blame him, after living so long without exceptance to finally gain it was a marvolus thing, almost like an entrapping toxin

Once again she had woken infront of the fire, they had been working her so hard that she just began to call that spot hers, the mat had became tattered from where she had been sleeping on it so often. Fer eyes flickered opened at the risen sun touched them and her eyes opened in a panic "Not again!" she had over slept and dashed towards the bathing chamber, she had no idea how much she over slept but she knew she had to get things sorted and quickly

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Yuu was up and early, practicing his writing and was well aware he had some spelling errors. He would have someone check it for him and correct it so he could learn from his mistakes. Then, he heard someone running down the hallway, and the only person who would do that was Toshi, unless it was Ai or Kaito running at Toshi to drag her out for punishment. Though he had gotten used to it by now and didn't bother to go see what the emergency was since it would have been pointless for him, unless it was to stand there and watch her struggle.

[Kaguya]

Toshi quickly undressed and moved into the warm water, she didn't have the time to enjoy it, though just feeling the warm water soothed her soar limbs and she found herself falling back into a dream filled state, her breathing easing as she did so

over the last few months she had become aware of her other form, and when not having to do chores or being tormented she went out side and practiced she still didn't understand it all she did know was 'don't get caught'

Afer an hour she woke up again feeling slightly more refreshed, she believed it had just been a bad freem, but she had soon came to her sences and moved out of the watter quickly drying herself and changing into a peach kimono, with a white obi.

Quickly she moved to the kitchen to start breakfast and moved out of the house knowing it would take thirty minutes to cook. Believing everyone to be sleeping she cleared her mind and changed to her other form letting out a sigh she looked to her hand and made a dagger of crystal appear and began to practice using it

[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

Kaito had woken up. He had a pile of pillows in the room and normally he would take his crow form when resting, but it was more convenient to be in human form when he was around Toshi just in case he wanted to drag her outside to punish her. He was happy with his new life in his new home, almost forgetting about the invader that had massacred his entire village. He had also started getting used to Yuu acting like a normal tengu and found a different way to keep his superiority over his brother.

His eyes flew open when he heard knocking outside his door and he quickly took on his human form and sprung to his feet. He walked over and opened it, seeing Yuu standing in front of him with some pieces of parchment paper covered in writing that was still fresh, and he knew just what Yuu wanted, "So you've come for help again?"

[Kaguya]

Toshi continued practicing she was beginbing to feel drained again but it wasn't as bad as she previouly felt when entering the form, she started to feel comfortable with the dagger and thus it grew longer to mimic a katana.

unlike with the dagger she worked through the steps slowly to try and get the hang of them but ended up tripping over her own feet and landed hard onthe ground "gah!" she forgot she was under Ai and Kaito's windows she was lucky as Ai went to market on this day every week, and she believed kaito still to be sleeping