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Again Yasu found himself floating in an endless void after his fight with Juzo 'Did I die at the end really? Fuck' For now again he only had his thoughts and nothing else, he tried using his Observation Haki but nothing happened.

'At least I hope the kids got away, that's enough for me' But now there was no self doubt in his mind, he managed to defeat Juzo and save the kids so it didn't matter to him if he died right now, he made something good out of his second life.

'Ahh!' Without any warning something came crashing against his back followed by a pair of arms enveloping his abdomen pressing tight against him giving him feelling of the woman's body behind him.

"That was exhilarating! All the fear and anger that pig was exuding!? Oh God! I could taste all those from here! How delightful!~" The same woman again filled the void with her charming voice, drawing out sentences, making shivers run down Yasu's spine.

As she spoke, the...claws in her hands started sinking gently into Yasu's abdomen drawing drops of blood while her accelerated, warm breath caressed his nape "Look what you did to me, I almost can't control myself, you sure know how to push my buttons~"

Although her claws were sinking in his flesh no alarms were going on inside his head, her touch, her breath, her presence on him, even her claws digging into his skin, it all felt so...right.

"Ohh how I wish I could take my own place when we met for the first time only to meet you again~" A playful giggle escaped her lips "Oh my, am I jealous of myself?" another soft giggle came out of her.

Her warm breath crawled from Yasu's nape all over to his ear before nibbling it and whispering into it "Don't leave me waiting for too long, will you?~" Slowly the claws hugging Yasu's stomach slithered away alongside her body pressing on his back.

"I'll be waiting, little bird~"

He wanted to turn back, grab her hand and make her explain everything, he didn't want her to go away so quickly, but his body couldn't move, no matter how hard he tried nothing happened.

Slowly feeling comes back to his body carrying with it a lot of pain and a pressure on his chest 'What is that?' Giving another chance at his Haki, Yasu extends his will across the space giving him a picture of where he what happening.

He felt the four walls of a familiar room, not much was in the room except a wardrobe in the wall filled with clothes and laying on a wall, the shamisen that accompanied him almost all his second life.

Resting on his chest were the two he had massacred many people for, sleeping on him, wanting to hug the kids, Yasu tried to hug them but was immediately stopped by a sharp pain assaulting his arms.

He hadn't realized when waking up that his entire body was fully covered in bandages, from head to toe, he felt like a living mummy.

"Yasu?" Still half asleep, Momonosuke starts rubbing his eyes, having been woken up by Yasu's sudden moments with Hyori.

"Hey, sleepyheads" Opening fully their eyes, both Momonosuke and Hyori look perplexed at Yasu as if he was a ghost.

""YASU!"" Like two cannonballs, the kids crashed against Yasu in a hug making him spit a little blood from the force behind the hug.

"Ugh!"

"You're awake! You're awake!" Hyori was burying her little face on Yasu's neck while Momo's eyes were on the verge of tears whit him clinging onto Yasu's neck as if he would disapear at any second.

"W-When you fell unconscious I-I thought you died! I didn't k-know what to do!"

Against the massive amount of pain he was feeling in his whole body, Yasu slowly brought his hands up caressing the back of their head without saying anything for a moment, letting the kids cry on him.

When the kids both calmed down a little Yasu spoke in a soothing tone "I'm perfectly fine now, you don't have to worry"

"No! you're not fine! you're hurt because that stupid man took us! Momo shook his head from left to right denying Yasu's words.

Gently pushing Momo's head into his body Yasu answered "That's not true and even if it was I don't mind ending like this if that means saving both of you"

Yasu meant every word that he said. If he hadn't been in that state of mind at the time he could have with his Haki both kids getting kidnapped and it was his responsibility to take back the kids of the two people that welcomed him into their house even if it meant getting hurt.

"We hear cries! Is he alright!" Slamming the door open, Toki and Oden barged into the room with Oden shouting.

Seeing their children being embraced by Yasu, both sighed in relief having thought that something had happened to him. Carefully, Toki gets closer to her kids and places her hands on their heads.

"Momo, why don't you go take a bath with your sister? We will take care of Yasu in the meantime"

Looking at her mother smiling at him, Momo nods, wiping the tears off his face before taking his sister and leaving the room. The instant that the kids leave the room and the door closes, the expressions of both Toki and Oden turn into serious ones.

Yasu's expression did the same realizing, he totally screwed up letting by their kids be taken, he already expected some sort of punishment from Oden, maybe even returning to the capital, it would be fair after such a disastrous mistake. He didn't say a word, just waited for what they would do to him.

*Thud*

"huh?"

""Thanks!""

"HUH!?"

Right in front of him, Toki and Oden were bowing on their knees with their head almost touching the ground.

"Toki-sama! Oden-san! What are you doing!!??" Yasu instantly started waving nervously his hands around seeing the act that they were both doing, an act that a lord should never do and someone like himself should never receive.

Oden was the first to talk in a serious tone different from his usual laid-back and sometimes childish personality.

"You rescued our children from some bandits getting injured in the process, we have to thank you"

"No No No! It was my fault that they got kidnapped in the first place! It's me who caused all of this! Also, the Daimyō and his wife shouldn't bow to a simple kid like me!" Anger leaked from Yasu's words.

"I should be cast out from here not thanked!"

"Maybe the Daimyō and his wife shouldn't bow to a servant, but the parents of the kids must, and maybe they got kidnapped because of you but you also sacrificed yourself to save them and we can't ignore that..." Now Toki's was the one to speak "...and now that all of that is said..."

*Bonk*

"What did you think you were doing!? You brat!!"

Oden bonked Yasu in the head with his fist leaving him with a visible bump.

"Agh! Why is that now for!? Didn't you thank me!? Why did you hit me!!?"

Yasu was holding his bump in his hands with tears at the edge of his eyes while screaming at Oden.

"When in that empty head of yours did you think it was a good idea going alone huh!!??"

Toki had her arms crossed with a smile on her face while looking at her husband grab Yasu from his still bandaged shoulders and shake him while screaming at him.

"AGHHHHH! I'M STILL INJURED! YOU DAIMYO MUSCLEHEAD!!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING MUSCLEHEAD YOU BRAT!!??"

"Yasu..."

Hearing the voice of Toki, both of them stop their bickering. Toki slowly makes her way to Yasu before hugging him and laying her face on the top of his head alonside caressing his hair.

"What you did was very reckless" Toki gently speaks while holding Yasu against her chest "You should have come here and asked for help, we're all here as a family and you're not alone, if you're in problems you can rely on us"

"These last weeks you have closed yourself to us and..." Toki tights her hug on Yasu "...and I was very worried. When Oden-san brought you in that condition I-I..." Yasu could feel the top of his head getting a little wet.

"...You're barely thirteen, you shouldn't feel as if everything is your responsibility, that burden is something for us adults to carry, you should be able to trust everyone here, we're a family and we're here for you"

There was no response from Yasu, after a few seconds of silence, Yasu's arms enveloped Toki, reciprocating the hug. They both stayed like that for some time.

After a long time hugging each other, Toki cupped Yasu's cheek with a smile on her face "If you understand then everything is forgiven, you should rest for now" Without saying another word, both Toki and Oden got out of the room leaving Yasu alone.

Now alone Yasu's head looked at the door, sensing the figures of Toki and Oden leaving, after they were both far enough his head turned to his hands which ignited in white and black flames.

'What am I?'

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