Nishiyama woke up on their couch, sitting up and thinking to herself "What happened..?", confused at her surroundings. Kazuki walked in from exiting the hallway and saw that she was awake, "You want something to eat?" as Nishiyama nodded. She then asked him "Where am I?" as Kazuki replied while cooking "You're in my apartment, My little brother dragged you here" as Nishiyama jumped a bit covering herself stuttering "W-What?! S-So I was Kidnapped!!".
Kazuki looked at her with a confused face before explaining "My little brother Akio brought you here all bloodied up and with a cut across his chest.". Nishiyama calmed down as she asked "Akio is here? Then you must be-" as Kazuki then said "I'm his older brother, Kazuki Hayashi".
Nishiyama sat on the couch as Kazuki puts her plate of food onto the coffee table saying "I'm going to check up on my brother, eat up so you're not hungry later." with Nishiyama nodding and Kazuki leaving the room.
Nishiyama got off the couch and sat on the floor, looking at the food and then began to eat, she began to think "So... Akio lives in an apartment then.. Rather than a house he keeps telling me about...". Kazuki sits on a chair beside Akios bed.
Beside him is a secondary chair with a medical kit opened and messy with bloody bandages and used alcohol packets. Kazuki puts his hand on Akios head, checking his temperature as Akio's condition seems to be stable.
"Thank god you're staying strong Akio.." Kazuki thought to himself as Akio began to wake up. Akio sat up rubbing his eyes and saw Kazuki sitting on a chair "How long was I sleeping..?" Akio said as Kazuki replied "For about an hour or so" he then looked down onto his chest and saw bandages wrapped on him.
"Why do I have bandages wrapped on me?" Akio said to Kazuki "You were bleeding when you got here so I patched you up" as Akio then remembers what happened an hour before saying to Kazuki in a panic "Is Nishiyama okay!".
"So her last name is Nishiyama" Kazuki said to Akio as Akio replied "Just tell me if she's okay" in an angrier tone as Kazuki laughed a bit. "What's so funny?" Akio said to Kazuki as he replied "Nothing, it's just that I didn't expect for you to bring a girl back home with you, let alone being on your back".
Akio became a little flustered as he shouted "THAT'S IT!" getting out of bed and putting on a shirt. "Aww, little brothers got a crush" Kazuki teased Akio for it as Akio shouted again "SHUT IT FLAPJACK!" as he stormed out the room and into the living room. Akio then noticed Nishiyama cleaning her dishes, using the apron that Akio uses.
"What are you doing Nishiyama?" Akio said as Nishiyama jumped a bit and turned around seeing Akio, She replied saying "Just cleaning the dishes..that's all" as she laughed a bit nervously. Akio then said straight at her "Then why are you wearing my apron?" as Nishiyama took some thought with a blank face saying "Your..Apron..?" with Akio nodding.
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Nishiyama's face began to turn red a bit as she stuttered, "I-i-i didn't know it was yours! I-I-I just wanted to use the apron so I wouldn't get my clothes wet!" Nishiyama said as she added on "H-H-Here let me take it off" as she turned off the sink and began to take off the apron.
"At least dry your hands first," Akio said as she took off her apron and hung the apron back up. Akio handed her a towel saying "Dry your hands here" as Nishiyama seemed a little enlightened and dried her hands with the towel. "So are you staying here or are you leaving?" Akio asked Nishiyama as she replied "I think I'll stay here a bit longer.." saying it confidently as Akio replied saying "Alright then".
Kazuki walked out of the hallway saying "Akio c'mere for a second" as Akio looked confused and both Akio and Kazuki walked back into his room. Kazuki then held up the mask saying "Where did you get this..." with a serious tone, Akio then said "A person gave it to me, why-" as Kazuki cuts off his sentence saying "Do you realize what kind of consequences you could have done!".
Akio seemed a little scared towards Kazuki, seeing his seriousness towards him for something that was handed to him, Kazuki sighs saying "You're a shinigami aren't you.." as Akio seemed shocked a bit.
"How did-" as Kazuki held up his hand and showed him his Kanji, with Kazuki's kanji saying Shinigami Cardinal 2. Kazuki then explained "Akio we are descendants of Shinigami hunters, you should be more careful about which demons you encounter.." as Akio took some thought about it from hearing about this.
Akio was still trying to take in all this information of Being more careful but also knowing that Kazuki is a hunter as well. "I-I guess.." Akio said to Kazuki.
Kazuki sighing saying "Your friend doesn't need to know this knowledge about us alright." as Akio nodded and he patted his back. Akio then walked out to the living room to find that Nishiyama was watching the tv, Akio then walked towards the door, remembering what the other hunter said to him. Akio then said "I'm going to get some stuff from the store" as Nishiyama wasn't paying attention, Akio looked back smiling before leaving the apartment.
He then took a taxi over to 42nd Kobayashi Street, looking for a udon shop. He eventually found the udon shop exactly near 42nd Kobayashi Street, and walked into the udon shop. A bell rang as the chef greeted him saying "Welcome, would you like to eat anything?" as Akio checked his wallet. The chef looked like he was in his mid to late 40s, Akio saw he had enough for himself and said "I'll have a bowl please.".
Akio sat down waiting for his udon bowl and looked around thinking to himself "This place looks like a normal udon shop." as the chef asked him "So what brings you here?" trying to start a conversation.
Akio replied to the chef politely "Someone recommended me to your shop" as the chef chuckled saying "Oh really now? That's rare" as Akio looked at his hand and saw that his kanji had appeared. "Here you go sir" the chef said as Akio spaced out a bit before snapping out of it.
"Sorry, it's been a long day" Akio said to the chef as he took his udon bowl and began to eat. "Say here youngster, did you get that tattoo on your hand?" as Akio slightly choked on his food, coughing a bit as he replied wiping his mouth on a napkin "N-No, not really.".
"You don't have to be private about it Shinigami, Akiyama told you about the udon shop didn't he?" the chef said as Akiyama looked confused and asked "Who's Akiyama?" with the chef replying "You have a mask don't you?". Akio was completely freaked out as he said "H-How did you know?!" with the chef laughing slightly, saying "Akiyama, come down here real quick.". Both of them heard footsteps coming downstairs as a delinquent came downstairs.