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Home and shrine of Aszai's Family, for centuries standing on a hilltop and owning the land around the hill as well. The main attraction to this place now is it's hot springs, public baths, and it's training dojo. Seperate baths for both men and women, seperate hotsprings as well, and the dojo for sparring in kendo or the martial arts. The family's household resides on another part of the estate. Other than that, the gardens and shrine are one of the most beautiful in the area.


The main attraction to and for the males are usually the training dojo and weight room. For females however, would be the hotsprings and baths, and lastly, the gallant looking young man who works at the front desk for the hot springs and public baths, thus in quoa, being the grandson of the priestess, and the grandson of the dojo's teacher.

Kanime peered around the entrance. She was expeting maybe a smaller temple or something like that but this place was huge. She breathed in and could smell the slightly sulphury tinge in the air.

"Ah! The have hot springs too!"

She stepped into the entrnace and walked into the Azai shirne. She gazed about herself in awe. The place was massive. She saw some men going to what looked like a dojo, dressed for a martial arts class. She kept going and the smell of sulphur grew stronger. It wasn't very nice but when she went a bit closer the smell of bath salts and the aroma of flowers soon covered it. She sath the bath house and went in. Quickly patting her pocket to check she had money she walked in. Inside was even more beautiful and ornate than outside. She was completely absorbed in the detail of the plastering and decorations in the building that she walked into soemthing. Wincing she looked in front of her. It was a desk. She looked up and paused for a moment before blushing furiously. There was a goodlooking guy behind the desk, she bowed quickly.

"Sumasen! The building is so beautiful I was looking around instead of looking where I was going.... Sumasen!"

"Um, the hot springs sounds wonderful..."

She slowly stopped talking as she looked behind her.
Wasn't Kazuma supposed to follow me here?...

She shrugged and faced the boy again, there was something familiar in the way he smiled that shocked her but when Kanaime blinked she couldn't recall what it was.

"How much is it?"

Kanaime filled out the from and handed him back the pen shaking her head.

"Nope no questions, thank you for being so helpfull."

She picked up the towels and shampoo and walked down the hall, halfway down she turned around and walked backwards, she called down the hall to him.

"Azai! If your gonna wear a disguise during school try talking a different way too!"

She stuck her tongue out jokingly.

"I'm not quite as easy to fool as theose air-head idiots in school, but you do look a hell of a lot more different than this morning... and it's a good different I think."

Then she smiled and glanced down at the floor blushing slightly before turning back around and turning right. After a moment she realised what had happened and tunred around and ran across the hall into the left turn waving as she past Azai again and smiling sheepishly.

She found the locker room and her locker. When she slipped the card in the locked popped open and she put her bag in. then she got changed and wrapped the large towel around herself outting the smaller one on top of her head and slipping into some light sandals. She put her clothes and shoes in the locker and found her way to the hot srings where she hung up the towel and delightedly mealted into the hot water, a shiver running up her spine as she felt all coldness leave her body. She grinned and relaxed into it more.

After about an hour and when Kanaime's fingers and toes were thoughroughly wrinkled like prunes she decided that she had enough and climbed out of the hot spring. She walked to her towel and wrapped it around her hugging the soft, warm cloth closes to her body to fight of the chill that there air had set on her, making her skin tingle. She walked through the locker room, picked up the shampoo and headed to the baths.
After washing her hair she went back to the locker room dried off and got dressed she really felt refreshed. She bundled up the towels and tossed the empty bottle into the bin and headed back to the front desk.

She saw Azai sorting some towels and lifted her up a it higher.

"Where do these go?"

She stood in front of the desk holding the bundle in her arms. he paused for a moment before opening her mouth to speak, a puzzled and slightly worried look in her eyes.

"Why... um, why do you dress up as someone different in school?"

Her voice was quiet and gentle, as if she wasn't too sure about asking.

Kaniame had watched him silently when he talked and blushed slightly when he put his forehead against hers but when he came back with a phone number she paused and looked at the paper for a moment before raising her hand to her mouth to cover the grin that had plastered itself there. That didn't help tough because soon she let out a little squeak of laughter.

"Your rather a bit... concieted is the wrong word... but I can't think of anything else that would suit. She put on arm across her waist and with the hand that was covering her mouth she picked up the piece of paper. Waving it slightly she wondered what to do with it, she didn't have a cell.

"I hope you didn't think that I was the same as those people in school? I don't particularly care if your good-looking or not, that's not how I judge people. If you did I guess I can forgive you because you barely know me and I do accept the fact that, that would most likely be the reaction people will have."

She put her hand down on the desk and leaned over it, her one hand supporting her body while she reached out with the other hand. She placed her finger on his forehead between his eyes.

"If there nothing good in here, then I won't even bother talking to people."

She pushed her finger slightly and then pushed herself back off the desk. She looked at him once more and sighed. Then she picked up the piece of paper again and turned around to walk away hands clasped behind her back. As an after thought she called back to him.

"Besides, any girl with an iota of an imagination would be able to figure out what you look like with out the glasses and slicked back hair!"

She didn't add the last thought.
... never mind without some certain peices of clothing...

"Ja ne!"

She ran the rest of the way out of the building and went home.

"I'm..not really late..." Aszai said as he looked up at the top. It was a little ways up to reach the top. He noticed that he was still holding her hand. It felt so nice to hold her hand, "Is this what it feels like to hold a girl's hand?" he thought to himself as he kept walking until the reached the top. He then agreed to himself he would try this more often since he liked the feeling it gave him, one that filled up his entire lower half..

"I have a reason and excuse for being late, so don't worry about it, I'll juts tell my grandparents that I helped you out on getting here," Aszai smiled and gently let go of her hand. The thought of Kanaime coming by everyday seemed to fill his chest. He smiled to her and pointed towards the dojo, "I'll be there in about five to ten minutes, I have to change, Why don't you get changed yourself? Just go use the lockers at the Bathhouse," Aszai said running towards the large mansion that would appear to be his his house.

Aszai entered his home, and quickly ran up the stairs and quickly changed. After putting on his proper training attire, a simple karate uniform with the sleeves torn off. After leaving the house, he saw that several girls from his school were walking into the baths expecting to see him there. Smirking, he left his job to his little sister.

After taking the path up to the dojo, he smiled to find Kanaime slowly walking towards it. Walking up behind her he slightly pushed her as he walked next to her.

"What's up? You usually don't have that face on..." Aszai smiled as he continued on. It was just a few steps before they had reached the entrance.