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first night. Not that I expected to. The parties we were attending were all over Nippon, and you had to either have Samojirou's talent of walking the shadows or know some sort of spell to teleport you around, neither of which were common. If you couldn't do that, you either walked or were carried in a kaga , a palanquin box, to where you wanted to go. I had no idea how Fuse got around as much as she did, but it had something to do with Yatsufusa. I thought he had some sort of ability to teleport.
    "Sakura-san,” Dousetsu said, bowing to me. He bowed deeper and more formally to Tamazusa. “Tamazusa-sama.” He ignored Samojirou. There was something there I didn't know about and frankly didn't want to.
    "Inuyama-sama, it is a pleasure to see you here,” Tamazusa said.
    "May I join you?” he asked.
    She smiled at him. “You do know about the rumors?"
    He looked uncomfortable but nodded. “That my mother wants an alliance with you? Or the one that she's marrying one of us off to you?"
    Tamazusa laughed. “Both. You are safe, though."
    Dousetsu looked puzzled for a moment and then relaxed. “I don't think that we would be a good match."
    I studied him. He didn't remind me of Wolf, or Wolf wasn't like him, whichever it was supposed to be. I found it hard to believe that Wolf was Dousetsu's avatar. Not that I had anything against Dousetsu, I barely knew him, but I knew he wasn't like Wolf from the few times that we had talked. Wolf was a nice guy, kind, and gentle. I'd had a crush on him for the longest time because of that. I couldn't even think of Dousetsu in that way, knowing that we were related in an odd sort of way. He was a hard man, from what I had heard, and cold, for a number of reasons, none of which had been really explained to me.
    "So you are here to plead Inukai-sama's suit?” Tamazusa asked him lightly.
    Samojirou laughed and shook his head. Inukai Genpachi was another one of my brothers. He was like Mason, tough and street smart. He had been a ronin , a masterless samurai for a while. He didn't always watch his language either and had spent most of my visit teasing me about Samojirou, making me laugh and feel embarrassed at the same time. That he would be someone Tamazusa would be interested in was laughable. She had the reputation of being elegant and ruthless. Of all my brothers, I thought she would have the most in common with Shino.
    Dousetsu looked startled, and then he realized she was teasing him. “I was thinking more of Konbungo,” he told her dryly, trying to fall into the spirit of the joke.
    "Unfortunately that means that I have to deal with Inue-sama,” she said regretfully. “I don't think that will be pleasant for either one of us."
    My brother Inue Shinbee, to put it bluntly, has a tendency to act like a brat, since he had been spoiled by both Fuse and the rest of his brothers. Inuta Konbungo was a big man, gentle and kind. He reminded me a lot of Wolf. He was never far away from Shinbee, since he had been his nephew as well as one of the Hakkenshi in the real world. Plus I thought Shinbee needed Konbungo to keep him out of trouble.
    "Then can I ask to stay on my own merits?” Dousetsu asked.
    Samojirou smiled. “You and the rest of the Hakkenshi are always welcome."
    Dousetsu looked angry for a moment and then nodded. “I understand. However—"
    "I also understand that sometimes the past is hard to let go,” Samojirou said softly, looking at me.
    Dousetsu nodded, and Tamazusa signaled that I was to pour him sake and serve him. He looked startled but then relaxed a bit. I thought he just wasn't used to being served at all, rather than he thought I shouldn't be doing it.
    "Sakura-chan has no problem with our relationship,” Samojirou said. “I hope that you do not either. We were surprised that Inukawa-sama seemed to have one."
    "My brothers don't always agree, no matter what the rest of Nippon seems to think,” Dousetsu said dryly. “And I assure you, whatever issues I have are