<span style="font-style: italic">Many girls had come before Masoto, hoping to catch his eye, but he only wanted one. And now there is some golden haired skinny as a stick boy challenging him for her.  Said stick boy is giving him the evil eyes, asking him who he is. Clearly not from around here. "I am the shogun of this area. I have come to ask for Arisu's hand in marriage."  Leave now? Who does this stranger think he's talking to? "No I am not. I have searched for Arisu and her family for years." Thanks to a girl that had called herself Rika, he knows that Arisu is unmarried. He hadn't asked if she was being courted by somebody, not that it matters. A marriage to him would benefit the whole family.  He had come across the girl dripping wet on the road, not even needing to pay her for information. <br/><br/>"Leave? You haven't performed a ceremony nor have you performed the duty of a husband with her." Their shouting match can be heard through out the house. Rika hears it quite clearly from where she's hiding in the twin's room. Hiro and his wife pause in their scrambling to be good hosts. </span><br/><br/>Arisu stays by Mystic's side, clinging to him like a drowning man clings to flotsam at sea. Why did every man want her and never ask what she wants? She wants Mystic! Her face goes scarlet with anger. She knows exactly who told Masoto she's a virgin. Rika would pay for trying to get Mystic for herself.