One of the guard took the letter and said," ok" and asked his other fellow mates to keep an eye on them and then he left the place.
The guard took the letter and went to a hall where an old man was having some discussions with his disciples. The guards outside the hall stopped the guard and asked him,"what's the reason for your arrival?" The guard bowed to them and said," I came here to deliver the letter to master." The guards let him in . As the old man saw the guard with a letter in his hands the old man said, " we will resume our discussions later. You all may leave now." And by that the disciples bowed to him and left the place.
The old man signal the guard to come inside. The guard bowed to the old man and said ," Master some people are here to visit you. " The old man asked ," who are they?" The guard with his eyes fixed on the ground said," The people said that they are from Kyoto and asked me to deliver this letter to you." The guard handed the letter to the old man. The old man took the letter from the guard and started to read it. After sometime the Oldman place the letter on the table and said ,"let's go."
The old man arrived at the gate with his two most trusted disciples and the guard.As Haruka saw the master has arrived she went down of her horse and bowed to the master in greetings. Seeing her all of them went down the horse and bowed to the master.The master said," let them in" . The guards let them inside the campus. The master went back to his work making sure that they are safely in. The two disciples who came with master didn't follow up their master and they went to welcome the newly arrived people. The disciples bowed and greeted them. Haruka and Shishio with their friends bowed and greeted them back. The disciples said," we welcome you here. Our master is busy with his work so he will meet you up in some time. Until then you can take rest. Our people will show you your room. Please take good rest."Haruka , Shishio and their friends Said thankyou and bowed to them. The disciples bowed them back and went for their work.
The assisted people came and the group went away with them to their rooms.
Shishio and his friends went to tour the place after freshening up. Ayaka went to a large beautiful garden which was a few distance away from her room. She was immersed in the beauty of garden. The garden was filled with tall Japanese maple trees with beautiful foliages filling the branches of the trees. The garden was also filled with bonsai plants and beautiful floral plants. Cute Bunnies can be seen playing in the garden. Beautiful butterflies were flying above the flowers. There was a lake in the middle of the garden with a beautiful bridge over it glorifying the beauty of the garden . Ayaka was roaming in the garden loving the scenario and enjoying the cool breeze hitting her skin. She sat beside the lake and started humming a beautiful song. Her voice was so melodious that it increased the beauty of the garden. Suddenly a bunny hoped on her lap. She smiled and picked up the Bunny and asked the bunny," hey Lil creature what are you doing here".Then she made the bunny sit on her lap and started caressing the Bunny and patted the Lil creature. The lil creature started snuggling onto her .She smiled at the actions of the lil creature. Suddenly she heard the sound of someone's giggling. She thought who might it be. She stood up and started walking holding the lil creature in her hand. After taking some steps she saw someone standing behind a tree. She placed the lil creature on the ground The lil creature hobed away from there. Then she quietly went towards the person .After getting a view of the person she understood who it was She placed her hands on the man's shoulder. The man flinch and turned around he was shocked to see Ayaka in front of him. Ayaka in a loud voice said," Yasuki what the hell are you doing ? Are you following me? And why the hell are you laughing so much.?" Yasuki said " Hold on hold on.. first of all I was not following you and secondly I was just touring around the place and came here and saw you here doing childish acts . Tell me how old are you.
Ayaka said," You..." and started hitting Yasuki with her hands and started chasing him. After sometime they got tired and they started panting. When they got relaxed Yasuki said to Ayaka, " ok now let's stop this" . Ayaka just rolled her eyes and then asked Yasuki ," Have you seen sis Haruka?" Yasuki said, " no I haven't seen her." Then Ayaka said ," Earlier she had a deep wound . She won't tell anyone but I know it must be very painful." Yasuki agreed with her and said ," she must have freshened up by now." Ayaka said ," yes she must be by now. Let's go and find her I have to apply ointment on her wounds. Yasuki agreed with her and said ," ok then let's go". And they went away to search for Haruka.
On the other side, Haruka went to training fields. She saw the students were training putting lots of efforts. Suddenly her gaze went to a child of 3-4 years. He was sitting and happily watching the practice Suddenly a man in his late twenties came and sat beside the child . The child turn to the man and happily said ," one day i too will practice like them and make you proud." The man smiled and patted the child's head lovingly and said ," I will be waiting for that time my child ." And they continued watching the practice.
Haruka who saw all this started to give sad smile and closed her eyes and faced towards the sky and started to review the memory of a past.