[D8 MA] A minor cleaning

[Hotaru Sakura]

Sakura let out a breath. It's been ages since she has taken a proper bath, not just a quick refresher. She held her towel close, and was just waiting on her companion (friend?), fellow adventurer before choosing a place to soak.

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

He joined her a moment later, adjusting the bracelet on his wrist. He was alone. The Detective was in Kiyoshi's room, enjoying an afternoon nap.

"How are you feeling, Hotaru-san?" he asked. "Are their any lingering discomforts from the wounds?"

[Hotaru Sakura]

Sakura smiled at his arrival, her bracelet gleaming. "Ie, nothing major. Kitsune-sama's magic was quite wonderful." She gestured towards the baths. "Shall we? I hope Kitsune-sama is doing well today. And that the Detective is not too angry with you."

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"I am well and he is fine. I'm all yours this afternoon." he smiled. "We have a lot of options here. Would you prefer a hot bath or cold?"

[Hotaru Sakura]

"I am well and he is fine. I'm all yours this afternoon." he smiled. "We have a lot of options here. Would you prefer a hot bath or cold?"

"Hoooooooot."She did not quite groan. "But yesterday there were enough chills on my spine. Something warm and soothing, please." She smiled. "Kitsune-sama was great yesterday! Not a scratch!"

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"It was surprising to me. Adventures like that, I've had stunt doubles for." He looked over the pool selection. "Do you want one with a water massage?"

[Hotaru Sakura]

"It was surprising to me. Adventures like that, I've had stunt doubles for." He looked over the pool selection. "Do you want one with a water massage?"

"Ooooooh, yes please." Sakura smiled. "Could've fooled me! Kitsune-sama did really well!"

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

With the selection made, they made their way to the pool.

"Maybe the show prepared me for it." He chuckled. "It felt a lot like an episode."

[Hotaru Sakura]

With the selection made, they made their way to the pool.

"Maybe the show prepared me for it." He chuckled. "It felt a lot like an episode."

"The Mystery of the Mysterious Dead girl." She wrinkled her nose as she sank into the pool. "Don't ask me to write any episode names, please. I'm terrible at it. Hopefully Soshi-sama can make good use of the sample and bring the species back."

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"The Mystery of the Mysterious Dead girl." She wrinkled her nose as she sank into the pool. "Don't ask me to write any episode names, please. I'm terrible at it. Hopefully Soshi-sama can make good use of the sample and bring the species back."

He removed his robe and slipped into the water, savoring the temperature and flow for a moment as he sat back.

"We had worse titles." he laughed. "I'll help Soshi-sama, if I'm able. You helped me with Omoi-chan. I don't think she would have listened to me without you."

[Hotaru Sakura]

He removed his robe and slipped into the water, savoring the temperature and flow for a moment as he sat back.

"We had worse titles." he laughed. "I'll help Soshi-sama, if I'm able. You helped me with Omoi-chan. I don't think she would have listened to me without you."

"It was the honorable thing to do. Compassionate. No one should suffer that way." She sighed. "I'm...glad, in a way. I guess. For helping her, and for..at least I know my father died honorably, with no remnants left behind."

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"It was the honorable thing to do. Compassionate. No one should suffer that way." She sighed. "I'm...glad, in a way. I guess. For helping her, and for..at least I know my father died honorably, with no remnants left behind."

"I don't know if we brought her peace, but we made her happy for a few moments." he smiled. "Would you tell me about your father? I'm still trying to solve The Mystery of the Charming Hotaru Sakura."

[Hotaru Sakura]

"I don't know if we brought her peace, but we made her happy for a few moments." he smiled. "Would you tell me about your father? I'm still trying to solve The Mystery of the Charming Hotaru Sakura."

Sakura blushed a bit, but her eyes turned away. "He was a ronin, like his own parents. Unfortunately, or fortunately, the details of our exile has been lost to the past, and my father was always more concerned with the future than the past. He was a good man, and he raised me since I was about..3, I guess? Before that, I was with my mother, a geisha, until then." Her smile turned sad. "That didn't work out well, but my father...he did everything so...fully? Sincerity is a virtue of bushido, and he lived it through each day, in every action. No half-measures. He taught me most things I know now, and even i nhis death, he was sensei." Her smile completely fell away. "He was away on a job, and things turned bad. He could've run, leave the job unfinished, but that wasn't him. He died, but he completed his objective." She tried not to cry, turning her face completely away.

"His employers delivered the payment and his body to our apartment."

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"He was an admirable man." Kiyoshi said. "Few people embody virtue so clearly. You carry his legacy well."

[Hotaru Sakura]

Sakura sniffled once. Why am I so sensitive now?!

"Eh." she replied simply.

"What about Kitsune-sama's parents?" She asked, just to steer the topic some way.

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"Both were born into the Fox, but they're very different." he began. "My father is a diplomat. He has negotiated many arrangements with the other Minor Clans, including my initial contract with the studio. I suppose I may have gotten some of my charm from him, but I take after my mother in many ways."

"She comes from the Byako, one of our vassal families. They isolate themselves in the wilderness, away from even the limited civilization of the Kitsune. Like the rest of the family, my mother is a talented shugenja with a strong connection to Chikushudo. She also likes to sing. She rather stay in the forest, though."

[Hotaru Sakura]

"Both were born into the Fox, but they're very different." he began. "My father is a diplomat. He has negotiated many arrangements with the other Minor Clans, including my initial contract with the studio. I suppose I may have gotten some of my charm from him, but I take after my mother in many ways."

"She comes from the Byako, one of our vassal families. They isolate themselves in the wilderness, away from even the limited civilization of the Kitsune. Like the rest of the family, my mother is a talented shugenja with a strong connection to Chikushudo. She also likes to sing. She rather stay in the forest, though."

Sakura listened, wiping away a single tear. "I can certainly see both of your parents in you then, Kitsune-sama. Were they proud of you when the studio signed you on?"

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

"In their own ways." he sighed. "Father sees it as service to the clan, an unusual but honorable duty. Mother is pleased it makes me happy."

[Hotaru Sakura]

"In their own ways." he sighed. "Father sees it as service to the clan, an unusual but honorable duty. Mother is pleased it makes me happy."

Sakura nodded. "Well, that is good." She did notice the sigh. "Any siblings, perhaps?"

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

He smiled "Two younger sisters, both of whom are content to be like our mother. I think they'd like you, though. They might not want to leave Inari's Cradle, but they have all sorts of questions about the rest of the Empire."