Kitty - Sanemi x OC x Tengen

Ch. 11: Back to Basics

When Miyuki woke up at Shinobu's again, it felt like she'd hit the reset button to square 1. She hadn't felt more useless, but what she wanted to do more than anything was crawl under a rock and have it roll over her.

She was so disappointed with the fact that she couldn't even survive the night by herself without Uzui Tengen's intervention. But now that she'd regained some of her strength, she was ready to start all over again. She remembered the events from that night very vaguely. But what she remembered vividly was his uniform, his shiny sword, his biceps, and how warm she felt when he held her.

"Miyuki chan..." Shinobu came to examine her for the final time, "you need to be a little more careful, okay? Don't die such silly deaths." She handed her a few energy bars, "these will give you enough energy for 8-12 hours. Use them if you can't access food, okay?"

Miyuki thanked her before packing to head back to Uzui's.

"Are you headed back to Uzui san's?" Shinobu had become a good friend on hers. "I'm sorry I can't test you since you're my friend now. Even Mitsuri is disabled for the same reason."

"That's alright, thank you for helping me. Do you know what Uzui san likes, what do you think I can do to get him to train me?"

"MIYUKI CHAN, HELLO!" A very chirpy voice interjected them.

"Kanroji san, how nice to see you here." Miyuki was given a bone crushing hug. "Kocho san told me you were heading back to Uzui san's and I thought I'd come see you before you left."

"That's so sweet of you. I was just asking Shinobu san what I can do to get him to train me." She included the Love Hashira in the conversation as well.

"Well, you can dress up as one of his wives. That should get his attention," Mitsuri said with absolute certainty and Miyuki narrowed her eyes at her. "Ugh, he's so handsome; don't you think so, too?"

"He might behead you with his flashy swords if you try cosplaying one of his dead wives, don't you think?" Shinobu added and Miyuki cried internally, regretting asking these two for suggestions, "I think he'll do that." She hung her head in defeat, "you two are terrible friends."

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Old lady Tsubari was lurking around Tengen way too much that day and he'd sensed it. It was like she wasn't even trying to hide it.

"What is it?"

"Aren't you going to train her?"

"Her again? Why do you keep chanting her name all the time?" He rolled his eyes as he ate his breakfast.

"Well, she's outside and she refuses to leave until you agree to train her." She laughed.

"How unflashy is that." He sighed, "have the guards kick her out or something. I don't have time for this."

"I have asked the guards to leave her be. And you do have a lot of time for this. You need to get off your fat ass one of these days."

"TSUBARI SAN, THAT'S MEAN!" He said, "but she's so weak."

"All the more better, isn't it?"

"But Shinazugawa did keep asking for her to be assigned on his missions even before they got married. She must be decent for someone as strong as him to want her on his missions, right?"

"Tengen sama, she's probably just lost. Go out and begin your training. She's been here for days!"

"Noooooope! No can do~" he sang on his way back to his room and closed the door behind him, "NOT HAPPENING!"

Old lady Tsubari walked up to Miyuki and asked her what she planned on doing.

"I have no idea what I can do to get him to give a test report on me." She shrugged, "he refuses to even see me. Have you any ideas?"