Her nude body, glistening from the reflectied moonlight. She slowly steps in me, elegant like a lady should be. I can feel her, every inch of her. I thought I'd get a stone if I was still human, but as her whole self was inside of my liquid form, it felt more of a connection of the soul rather than perverted stuff.

"Do you feel anything, Mr. Onzen?"

"I'm pretty sure as of right now, it's safe to simply call me Onzen, Kiri. And to answer you're question, no, I do not feel anything."

We waited for an hour together. I sometimes tried to grope her but then she'd always hit me with a glare that could kill an adult blue whale. There's a rustling of the bushes over there, so I hear.

"I hear a disturbance, brace yourself Onzen."

A man steps out from the shadows, scratched up and full of leaves. He was clearly the one from the bushes.

"I'm amazed you found me out, Kiri."

Kiri suddenly stands, as if filled with anger towards this unknown figure. Could they know each other?

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"Oh you don't have to glare at me like that, and you're body is still as well formed as last time, maybe even more so. Well, I should introduce myself to your new master."

"No need. What are you doing here, Uzu?"

Uzu? As in, vortex?

"Well well, as harsh as ever. I was sent here by Onisen to scout each of participants, I've already seen the other one, I just finished up on Nendo and now here I am. They never noticed me."

"I doubt that."

"Cheeky little pond, are you."

He's carefree, too carefree. What's his goal here?

"Seeing as how you're current puddle is weaker than the last one, I doubt you'll be able to protect this one too."

Kiri's eyes flared up. Is he bringing up a dark past?

"What did you just say?"

"I'll take my leave now, I do hope this won't be the same as what happened to your beloved Onsan."

"What did you just damn say?! Uzu!"

"Goodbye, Kiri."

"No! Get back here! Kagirinai Uzu!"

Uzu left the scene as if one with the shadows. Kiri's dark past.

"I apologize for letting you hear all that, Onzen."

"It doesn't matter what happened in the past, right? So long as the present and future are what you make it to be, then everything will be fine. So you don't have to tell me."

"Thank you for your kind words, but now that you've seen y outburst and heard of his name, I feel like you should know."

Kiri's opening up to me. Her relationship with the man named Uzu, his spring Onisen and her lover Onsan. What will her past bring about for the present?