We are here for you

We are the Yosen

* Normal P.O.V. *

3 months have past since (f/n) had returned back to Heian-kyo and lived in the Seirin Clan territory, as well as the preparation for winter battle tournament that will be commencing in a week's time. The Seirin Clan generals were having a hard time with their instructor, Aida Riko, who gave them double training menus every single day since the summer season.

* Your P.O.V. *
" Hey! You! Hold the spear properly! " Riko-san shouted.
" Y-Yes ma'am! " Fukuda, who was being yelled at by the coach, held the spear tighter on his hand.
" Kagami-kun! Don't get too over-worked! You'll be dead-tired before this training session ends! " She shouted again.
I was watching their mock-battle with Hyuuga-senpai and the others, and by now, they're totally exhausted.
" Riko-senpai, how about a time-out? They need some break as well. " I suggested.

Since I came here, I called Hyuuga-san, Mitobe-san, Koganei-san, Izuki-san, Tsuchida-san, Kiyoshi-san, and Riko-san with 'senpai'.
Why? Because when I arrived to their clan, Hyuuga-san was in a bad mood, and told me to call him senpai, since he joined earlier than Kagami-kun and the rest.

" Good idea, (f/n)-chan! Now, where should they take a break? A town wouldn't be good at all, would it? Kagami-kun has a big appetite, we'd be spending our precious money just to make him full.. " She sighed.
" ... Then, how about cooking? " As soon as that word came out, the others looked at me with frightened expressions and shook their heads.
" You're right! I'll help you cook if you want to! " Riko-senpai offered.
" Uhh, no, thank you, I can handle it on my own. I'll go a market to buy some ingredients. " I politely rejected her.
" Aw.. It's too bad... But, do you need any of the boys accompanying you? " She asked.
" I'll be fine by myself, Riko-senpai! Trust me! " I grinned.
" Just for safety measures, take Furihata-kun. " Riko-senpai shoved Furihata-kun towards me.
" Alright then! We'll be going! " I took the latter's hand and left.

At the city, I was surprised that I still remembered where the flea market is, even though I stopped going there after I was ten.
" (f/n)-chan, what are we buying? " Furihata-kun asked me, snapping me out of my own world.
" Ah, sorry. I was a bit dazed earlier. And in public, don't call me by my name. It'll cause trouble for us. Call me Shige. " I whispered.
" Alright. So what are we buying? " He repeated his question.
" Vegetables, rice, some spices, meat, and what else... But before that, we need to hurry, or else people will buy all of them! " I shouted and pulled him to a nearby vegetable stand.
And from then, our food shopping spree began. I had to quickly grab the ingredients that I wanted to buy, so that other customers won't be able to take it from me. In the midst of the ingredient fight, Furihata-kun just stood there, staring at me and other women that were quarelling for the ingredients. I payed for the things I bought, and quickly slipped away.
After a while, we managed to buy all of the ingredients I needed to cook, and headed back towards the Seirin clan with Furihata-kun. On the way back, I remembered that I had forgotten to buy a type of spice, so I told him to go back first, and I headed back to the flea market to buy that spice.
Then, after buying the spice, I was about to return back, when a voice called out to me.
" (f/n)-chin. " I looked up to see a purple-headed yokai.
" Hello, Murasakibara-san, long time no see. What brings you here to the capital? " I asked him.
" I told you right, (f/n)-chin? I'd introduce you to my clan members. " He lazily chomped on a dango as he answered me.
I came to remember what he said three months ago, and replied.
" You're right. So, where are they? " I looked around.
" Muro-chin. " He called out to a person, as a tall-looking man with black hair came walking towards him.
His bangs covered his left eye, while he had a beauty mark under his right eye.
" Atsushi, so this is the person you've been searching for? " He looked towards me.
" Uh-huh. " The giant mumbled.
" Nice to meet you, my name is Himuro Tatsuya, I'm a member of the Yosen clan, like this guy here. " He stretched his hand out, which I took.
" Ichijo (f/n). I think Murasakibara-san have told you about me, " I shook his hand.
" Oh, he did. Sometimes while eating some sweets, he'd mumble something like 'I wonder where he is now' and stuff. " The latter chuckled.
" Aw.. That's cute.. " I giggled.
" I'm not cute, (f/n)-chin... " He pouted.
" Whoa, look at you! Who's your name, cutie? " A huge person with side-burns asked me.
" Stop trying to flirt with her, gorilla, " A man with slanting eyes said, trailing along behind him.
" He's right! I bet she'd be frightened by you right now, " Another tall man with blond hair cheekily snickered.
" Don't call me gorilla! " The man with side-burns comically cried.
" Stop it, all of you. Sorry you had to see this, (f/n)-chan. These people respectively are Okamura Kenichi-san, Fukui Kensuke-san, and Liu Wei. " Himuro-san, being the mature one out of the five, took no time in introducing his clan.
" Nice to meet you all. My name is Ichijo (f/n), I'm a member of the Seirin Clan. " I bowed at them.
" A clan like Seirin has such a beautiful girl like you? Unbelievable. " Fukui-san commented.
" The pleasure of meeting thee is mine. " Liu Wei-san said.
" This guy comes from the mainland[1], he came here due to some reasons. " Fukui-san said.
" I see... " I replied.
" Hello, (f/n)-chan! Feel free to call me what you want! " Okamura-san grinned.
" Okay.... " I mumbled.
" You should call him "gorilla" ! It suits him! " Fukui-san laughed.
" I'll just call him by his family name.. By the way, do you guys have anything to do right now? " I asked, changing the topic of the conversation.
" No, why do you ask? " Himuro-san thought before replying.
" The instructor told us that we can have today for ourselves... " Murasakibara-san muttered, eating on a new dango stick.
" Then, would you like to join me and my friends on our outing? We'll be having a trip nearby a waterfall. " I offered.
" Will there be food? " Murasakibara-san asked.
" Yes. I'll be personally cooking them myself. " I nodded cheerfully.
" Then, I don't see why not. Let's go then. " Himuro-san smiled.
" Off we go to a food party! " Okamura-san exclaimed.
" Gorilla's getting riled up for food~ " Fukui-san teased.
" Shut up! " The latter replied.
I chuckled upon looking at them.
' Boy, this is going to be a long day.... ' I inwardly thought.
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[1] The mainland here means China. It has the kanji of "middle" and "country", so many people in the past refers it as the "mainland".