The Cursed Iris

Sprout 50: The Three Siblings Reincarnations

The sun rose over the horizon, and Katsumi seemed to rise with it. His body had returned back to normal, and he felt rejuvenated.

"Good morning little brother," Chiyoko chuckled.

Katsumi stared at her as he noticed she had a stern expression, "Good morning, so any eventful dreams?" he asked.

"Nah, but I did hear what you all were arguing about last night. Katsumi you know I'm not one to tell you to run away from this fight." Chiyoko said. Her statement confused Katsumi, but he had to hear exactly where she was trying to get at. "If you fight Arthur I don't know what'll happen, but he's dangerous. Neither you nor Susanoo should drop your guards against him."

"Of course we won't," he replied.

"You'd better not." Arthur said as he walked up.

Chiyoko stared at him annoyed. "Well the match between you four will start once Natsume and Jeanne both wake up."

Katsumi looked around, and he noticed that Natsume wasn't there nor was Miya. He wondered where they had went, "Oh Natsume or whatever her name was, had went off with the muscle lady a little before the sun had come up." Arthur stated

Ayame yawned, and he rushed over to her, "Good morning my sweet flower," he said smoothly, "I hope you slept well my dear."

"You're really clingy," Ayame groaned.

"Only to the beautiful women."

"She clearly doesn't like you so why do you keep bugging her, man?" Katsumi asked.

Arthur turned to him, "Shut the hell up half-breed before I make you," he scoffed.

Katsumi ignored him as he pulled Ayame away from Arthur, "Don't worry I'll make sure he doesn't bother you again after this okay? Because I know it can be annoying getting bombarded by him, huh?" he asked her with a smile.

Ayame blushed as she gave him a shy smile, "Hey hands off her!" Arthur yelled at Katsumi.

Just as Katsumi was about to say something Minori, Miya, and Natsume walked up. "Oh good you're all awake," Minori said.

She, Natsume, and Miya all looked like they ran from multiple yokai. They were all covered in dirt, and their clothing were in tatters. Minori seemed to be carrying something in her hand; three boxes to be exact. "What are those?" Ayame asked.

"Oh these?" Minori said as she opened one of the boxes. "These are some clothing I've made for you and Natsume. I decided to modify them for Natsume so now they're infused with her spirit energy, and these are yours," Minori stated as she tossed Ayame the other box.

"Th-thanks," Ayame stuttered.

"Don't open it until Katsumi finishes his fight though."

Natsume seemed to sport a different colored dragon slayer armor. White with crimson-colored suns, and Ayame couldn't help but admire it. She noticed that it seemed like the suns were moving across her clothing.

"Since these are infused with my spirit energy I can change their appearance as much as I want. Really convenient if I do say so myself."

Chiyoko and Minori locked gazes, and they nodded in unison, "Well now that everyone is here we can get that little sparring match going," Chiyoko stated.

Katsumi and Arthur both seemed like they were ready to go. The air around them made it look as if they were going to kill each other the first instance the battle started.

Natsume stared at Jeanne with a confused expression because she saw that Jeanne was twirling a small blade in her hand with a smile.

"That girl is weird," she mumbled.