Sachiko's leg has healed. This is good news, not only for her, but now I do not have to help her so much. This means more free time for myself, and to spend some well-deserved time with the two people most important to me.

Is there anything significant that I have missed?

Genichirou, I hope you recover soon. May I visit you later?

...happy birthday, Genichirou.

If you'd just let me

I'm not sure if

Maybe you could

I won't

I have someth

I thought Renji would

I need to speak to you. I will come over tomorrow morning.


[ooc: Strikes all gone.]

...it appears we again have a full team here.
It's nice to be back to the old normalcies. The new ones were not nearly as enjoyable.

Yes, I am well aware of my online absence. Our connection was cut off, but evidently it has been restored. I hope I have not caused too much worry. My attendace at school has not been the greatest this year, either. There have been... complications, but rest assured all is quite better now.

How have everyone's years started?

[ooc: guess who finally has her internet + muses back, ha-cha! So now, with the power of MY OWN COMPUTER, i'll have no excuse, really, so kicking is a completely viable punishment for inactivity! Also, Yuki here got a bit ill (hence; 'complications') but is too afraid to tell anyone lest he be verbally reprimainded.]

I've been busy lately... i've barely left the house. I'm not sure whether to blame schoolwork or the weather since work, eat and sleep seem to be all I am doing. It's getting warmer and change never bodes well with my consciousness.

I have made space for some free time this weekend however. I'd love to see my boyfriends again, if you two are available...?

[ooc: Short post but he's back! 8DDD]

Keeping records is a tradition of this family, and I am not one to reject such a simple reoccurence.

It has come to my attention that my estate's protection is not what it once was. Recently a young assassin snuck his way past the gate guards, and while his life was eventually taken by one of my most trusted men, he had slain three of the field samurai and a poor cook who was in the wrong place.

I am currently in no condition to even consider a search, but our guardship definitely needs new additions. While our land is only a small reach, our influence makes us prime targets. Myself especially so. This would not be so urgent if I was in an optimal physical state, but being so weak at the present makes the possibilties seem all the more real.

[ooc: He's the head of a semi-royal family. It's a relatively small group, but with much power in the political systems. 8D]

My family is rather exhausting.

Whisked off to Australia of all places. Not a moment's notice that they'd finalised any plans. They'd been discussing it for a while, however...
I didn't get to even take my laptop. Four of my flowers have wilted... Sachiko was sulking on the way there, something about 'Mika-chan'. Yagyuu, I think you should bring your sister over next time you have the chance.

Renji, Genichirou, i'm sorry I couldn't contact you... my phone card would not work and the internet cafes did not support Japanese text. I need to make it up to you. Somehow. Forgive me?

I have many souvenirs and not enough people to give them to. If you'd like to lay claim to anything, you're all very welcome.

I do hope I haven't developed an accent...

[ooc: ...for some reason this seems off. O____o]

I do apologise, I seem to have forgotten to post. I have been busy lately... I guess with the holiday season rapidly approaching, the teachers are attempting to stack on as much work as possible...

Renji, Genichirou - is there anything in particular you'd like for Christmas?

I hope Niou enjoyed the extra laps he got for his birthday.

Hm, it's late. I should probably sleep.

It's only when you're away from people that you realise how much you really like having them around you.


I'm glad to be home. I should have posted before, but tiredness restricted my ability to type coherently. However, I feel fully recovered from my jetlag, though some of my tiredness may be attributed to Sachiko bouncing on my bed every morning to 'make up for when I was gone'.

The past weekend was very, very enjoyable. Renji, Genichirou... thank you so much. We should really do things together more often.

[ooc: I apologise for lack of attention-paying/posting. School addles the brain and sets my muses on standby, it seems.]

This has gone too far.

Anyone on my own team involved in the... event that seems to have spurred some kind of feud with the people from Higa Chuu, I wish to speak to you all personally. Especially you, Akaya. I would appreciate it if you all came to see me later. I want a detailed explanation of what happened, one from all of you. Reading what you've posted isn't nearly sufficient.

Kite, I also want to address you about controlling your team, no matter if they're still your team or not.

( [Private to Akaya] )



That all aside, the past days have been fun. The snow day on Saturday, especially. Even avoiding the snowball war I managed to freeze. My match that night was very interesting and entertaining.
Sunday's paintball left bruises that still haven't fully faded, and it was messy. I don't think i'll be doing that again anytime soon, at least not willingly.
Tutoring was a good break from all the action.
Accuracy drills showed me I need to keep up with that. It seems i've been slacking a little.
I don't even want to write about that game of capture the flag.

[ooc: I officially fail. That is all.]

Saturday's training was interesting. Doubles is much more difficult than I gave it credit for.

I think I fell asleep during the films. I don't remember much. The entire day was rather uneventful. Scary movies bore me a bit...

Monday, too, was fairly idle. Tutoring was better again.

Today's marathon was quite exhausting, but I spent my time toward the back of the pack to preserve my energy. The talk about limits seemed rather innappropriate after the marathon.

Kenya-kun, that was a good match this evening. Thankyou for helping me sort myself out, i'm afraid I need more help with doubles.
...Renji?

Happy birthday, Yuushi-san.

Tutoring was much more useful this time around. I'm not sure what brought about the change, but it was a lot better.

Ah, I should head off soon. We're actually playing today. Though, doubles will be different, to say the least. I hope I can cooperate well with who I partner with.

I'm glad we're finally playing.

I'll just say that tutoring yesterday was utterly useless. I didn't actually learn anything new.

The hike and campout have been fun - there were some rather amusing sights around that campfire and getting to spend time with Renji made it all the more enjoyable for me. I do wish Genichirou had managed to come to camp with us, though.

I hope we will actually begin to play tennis tomorrow. I am not used to going so many days without practice.

The first two days of camp have been enjoyable. The barbecue on the first day was welcome. I hadn't had barbecue in years.

The 'trust excersises' today were... interesting. There was some rather apparent... tension between two of my roommates but the entire ordeal passed without any trouble.

Oshitari Yuushi-san, Oshitari Kenya-san, Hiyoshi-kun, I hope we can all get along well.

How is everyone else faring?

Also, Genichirou, make sure the team doesn't slack off while i'm gone. I'm glad we have an easier way to contact you now.

I apologise for my lack of updates, but I have been busy.

I'm going to tennis camp shortly - I originally was not going to attend but after finding out quite a few key members of my team were going I rethought my decision. It might be a good experience, after all - Hokkaido is lovely in winter.

I'm all packed and ready to go. I hope whoever i'm rooming with are civilised - I'm not looking forward to rowdy dormmates. It's all too much wishful thinking to hope I room with Renji.

Of course, i'll update while i'm there. I hope it will be interesting.

I'll admit I haven't got much to say, but happy birthday, Akaya.

I keep forgetting to post...

I spent the night at Renji's last week. His family is very hospitable, and his home is very nice. I enjoy staying there. I should stay more often, as long as it's okay with his family.
Genichirou still hasn't been seen much.

I bought a new plant yesterday. It's a small palm tree, and it's really quite cute. It won't grow much or need repotting for a while, so i'm content to sit it on my desk while i'm typing (I have moved my laptop's charger to my desk's powerpoint to remind me to put it there).

I managed to get moved out of Chemistry and into a Social Studies class. I wanted to take Psychology, actually.... I think it's because of this i'm getting more sleep. I feel a lot less exhausted now.

Back at school.

First day is always rather exhausting. At least I mostly caught up with who I needed to catch up with. Chemistry took a toll on my not-quite-recovered head, though. I really should not have taken it. What in the world was I thinking...? Maybe I will see the coordinator and get switched out.

School reminded me that I actually have a social life. I suppose I should branch out here a bit more too... but it's not really my... style, I guess?

By the time I got home I was dangerously drowzy. I fell asleep as soon as I put by bag down. Sachiko woke me up an hour later for dinner. It was lucky she had, as I had very nearly destroyed my laptop by kicking it off my bed.

I should consider placing it back on my desk...

[ooc: Points for guessing where I got the name for his little sister :D (It's pretty obvious ._.)]

Just a few days before school goes back and I've come down with a fever. I've been having trouble sleeping, because the changing weather and my temperature have been keeping me awake. I haven't been in the best mood and have been snapping at my family... I should apologise.

Hopefully it will subside soon. Penicillin does not agree with me, so my aching and lethargy can't be cured by that kind of medicine. I just need some rest and a flannel on my forehead... and maybe some company, but I don't want to infect anyone.

What awful fortune...

I apologise for my absence this week. I have had some troubles with my computer... actually, my little sister spilt milk on my keyboard and had to buy me a new one with her birthday money, poor thing. But I do like my new laptop. It's very nice. It apparently matches my hair.

Also, the entire team is here now. This is good news. Yagyuu, I hope you find this as enjoyable as the rest of us do.

Both Renji and Genichirou are being rather elusive lately... I'm worried. I do hope they aren't plotting something...

As it seems to be the thing to do, I have gotten myself one of those AIM screen names. It is xRikkaiBible. No, it's not very original, but oh well.

In other news, i'm very much looking forward to going swimming. I, like most people, have been watching the Olympics, and it did remind me that I hadn't been in the water for some time, so a chance to do so especially with the people i'm going with is very appealing.

[ooc: Stirkes deleted or not, you decide. XD;]