AFTER THE FINAL SELECTION ENDED, Takara went back to her original place with Rengoku. "Congratulations, Uzui-hime! For the final selection." The flame hashira boomed. Takara scoff, "It was painful.. I wish the others were here already." She said, as on cue, her friends actually came. Ito, Yumeko and Tenko. "Oi! Takara-hime!" Tenko yelled out. Takara turned towards the voice and smiled seeing her friends. "Tenko, Ito, Yume-chan!" Takara acknowledged them. Rengoku laughs loudly. "Well I guess you've found your partners, little one! Go ahead and do your missions." He said. "Rengoku, you're younger than me." Takara muttered, Rengoku didn't move at all. "Oh! Am I?" He asked himself.

Then Ito's crow, Namikaze came on Ito's shoulder. "ARK! Mission on the west! Mission on the west! ARK!" Then, Yumeko's crow, Hiro, came onto her head. Nodding along with Namikaze. Another crow came onto Tenko's shoulder, Yuri. "There's a saying that kids under the age of 15 are missing almost every night! Find the demons! ARK!" Yuri said. The group nodded, then a crow with dyed wings, came onto Takara's shoulder, it's Atlas. Takara's crow. "Well you all better head for your mission! I'll see you next time, Uzui-hime!" Rengoku wished. Then the group went to the west.

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MEANWHILE WITH RENGOKU, it was a hashira meeting right after Takara left with her friends. "Kyojuro, is it true you've taken somebody under your wings?" The leader, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, asked. Rengoku nodded, "Yes, master! Her name is Takara, she use the breath of royals!" He said, the hashiras were hearing the conversation very very much interest. "Oh, that's a new breathing, where did you find this girl, Kyojuro?" Master asked him. "She was slaying demons when I found her, she insisted in me calling her Uzui-hime!" Rengoku explained, the hashiras' eyes widened. "O-OI! WAIT-WAIT! ANOTHER UZUI?" The wind hashira, Shinazugawa Sanemi, asked abruptly. Rengoku nodded. "Ano.. She looked very much alike with Uzui-san. She's also the kidnapped queen from the legend stories." Rengoku muttered on. "As I watch her carefully, I'm pretty sure she said she was kidnapped by somebody named Namiko. Takara was a royal queen in the past that was mistreated. Though, she insisted in those who are younger, or somebody unworthy to her, they needed to call her, Uzui-hime." Rengoku explained, some of the hashiras sweatdropped. This woman almost identical looking and identical personalities with the sound hashira, Uzui Tengen. "Hm, that's understandable.. May all of us know more about this girl?" Kagaya asked, Rengoku nodded. Smiling like there's no tomorrow. Sanemi didn't care nor interested in the girl, the others, were pretty much curious and interested. Except for Uzui Tengen. He seem, down and shocked. Why is he like that? The other hashiras think to themselves.

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MEANWHILE WITH TAKARA, It was almost the group's death coming at them. Luckily, they all survived. Yumeko now injured mostly on her head. Ito's barely have injuries since he uses a bow with poisonous wisteria. Tenko's injured mostly on his legs, Takara mostly on her abdomen. "Damnit those devils!" Takara cursed. "They're demons... But whatever, same difference." Tenko replied. "We have to return soon." Ito said. "AWHH! BUT WE'RE SO FAR IN THE WEST THOUGH!" Yumeko complained.

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04
"Meeting Again"
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