(A prince and a princess argue at a random castle)
*back to the story*
As the door is being knocked Keiaru grabs her sword and signals Fujima to stay back.
"The bandits finally might be here stay on guard"
Keiaru opens the door slowly and then, she gasps and tosses the door open cracking the wall a little.
"What are you doing here?!"
"who is that?" Fujima asks but basically answering his question the visitor shouts
"What are You doing all the way out here?! DAUGHTER!!"
As a defense to his shock Fujima cracks a joke slightly chuckling
"ohhhh seems like trouble-" he gets slugged in the face by Keiaru
Renzo, noticing Fujima, who was sitting at a desk in front of a window asks in a worried tone
"Dear daughter... who is that? don't tell me you eloped with That man!"
Stomping the floor in she shouts "HUH!! I'D DO NO SUCH THING!!!"
*phew*
"What do you mean by "that" you noisy man?" Fujima says sparking an eye lock of spite with who was basically one of the strongest daimyo
Gasping again Keiaru multitasks introductions with questioning "do you really not know "The" Renzo, Fujima?"
using a slight rural accent as a sign to show lack of respect he answers
"Well if you honorable bunches of work didn't have a knack for interruptions I would have asked who that washed up man was-"
In a father daughter combination they both punch Fujima in the nose living up to his image of them always cutting him off.
"Ow!" Fujima shouts "I don't even wanna know who that is!" causing Renzo to call him out "that?" but as Fujima leaves he mutter "all of you, so childish" as he grumbles down the stairs so the family can talk, a thought crosses his mind. He now stands at the front desk and presses the bell
He does so again waits a minute then presses five more times in rapid succession before slamming the bell into the weak desk breaking them both since he was still angry after being hit so much
Then he shouts, louder than even Keiaru and Renzo "OI!! WHERE AR-"he catches him self before shouting any more but before he could continue the sentence calmly, he is hit by a flying slipper which was shortly followed by a louder more rural accent "Shut up you Job busting MANIAC-" coming back to her senses she too, calms down and inviting Fujima to some tea realizing they have a similar rage.
"so what did you need sir"
"O-oh yea what happened to all of the bandits?"
in a slightly ominous tone she asks "before I tell you of this story... do you want anymore tea?"
a bead of sweat drops and gulping, Fujima answers
"yes."
She begins the story as she poured Fujima some tea
"Not too long ago the bandit officers weren't much but, they had protection, whenever a riot broke out stronger generals would stop it. Three weeks ago another riot broke out but oddly no one was sent to stop it so the bandits were driven off. We thought we were forgotten about but when word got out and more villages got rid of the bandits but it was like the king ignored it."
"that's news" Fujima adds "no kind of bandit that powerful could ignore lost land if they can do anything about it"
"I know right!-" leaning over the table because of the outburst. they stare at each other Fujima is left wide eyed out of shock while the receptionist calms herself and sits back down blushing, and embarrassed, she continues "rumors are starting that say Renzo defeated him ever since he came into town but-"
Fujima chokes on his tea after thinking about what she just said the lady moved over to pat his back to help his coughing and when he did stop coughing he adds "but if he was able to defeat Horeou and then it would have taken around two weeks to arrive to this village and news would have spread by then" As he looks forward to where the lady was he notices she is right next to him they both freeze again. The lady starts shuffling back and Fujima asks for her name and before she could answer an older woman says it for her
"her name is Hibiki"
"Mom!!!"
getting ready to go back to his room Fujima announces so but before he could leave Hibiki asks for his name "It's Fujima, Fujima Ryōtoko". He stands up to leave but Keiaru snatches him and takes him outside a bit furious at him, a seething interrogation slips from her "How come I am finding out about your full name by overhearing it" a furious back and forward begins
"A-Are you jealous or something"
"No you idiot!!"
"You barely had any respect during our introduction!"
"Well in my defense you kidnapped and hit me!!"
"Well I... Protected you from the bandits"
"Then you left me to fight that clubbed maniac!!!"
"Then I protected you from that flurry of arrows!!"
"That you got us trapped in!!"
"And after that I saved you from that archer before he shot you!!!"
"Then I saved you from that club wielder before he could get you"
"Alright that's enough I'm dropping your pay by one coin!"
"You don't even-"
"Exactly you will owe me every time I save you!!"
"Why you petty-You will owe me every time I save you, now if you will excuse me I have to pay for the kind lady's desk"
"Kind!? she hit you with a sandal!!"
"Kinder than you!!!"
Letting out a loud hmph Keiaru tells Fujima to "Hurry up we set off tomorrow and prepare to be in debt"
at the front desk Fujima asks how much for the desk and the tea the mother asks "how much do you have" as Fujima places the pouch down she opens his money pouch and barely glances at it before saying "not enough you will need to give a lot more"
"Ma'am I must go by tomorrow"
she pulls out a paper folded to look like a small sheet and says "I will let you go if you sign this paper that is proof you will come back to repay your debt" as Fujima signs the paper a snicker could be heard and as he looks up the mother is suddenly drinking tea with a bead of sweat dropping down, suspiciously Fujima walks to his room for the last night there but the old lady says "Good night" with a cheerier mood and Fujima goes to bed.