Senran Kagura: Path Towards Love or Despair Season 1

Chapter 20: A Mere Puppet, Fear of Oneself, A Promise to Asuka, Memory Fragments

Lucian: Fair point. Hm?

I looked to the clock on her nightstand and noticed it was 11.

Lucian: Wow time sure flies fast when having fun.

Yagyu: Indeed, so Lucian would you want to play with me again?

Lucian: Sure this game's fun and I only managed to get two wins off of you, but I know later on I'll get more wins than losses.

Yagyu: Hehe good luck then.

Lucian: That's probably the first time I've ever seen you give off a lot of smiles and a bit of giggling.

Yagyu: Well it's all thanks to you for removing this weighted pain from me.

Lucian: You're welcome I guess?

Yagyu: Well let me put this away and we can go to sleep for tomorrow.

Lucian: Wait let me do it.

Yagyu: It's fine I can do this.

She packed up the chess pieces and put the chessboard in her closet, after that she took off her shuriken hairclips letting her hair fall down and grabbed her nightgown. I never knew that Yagyu had extremely long hair and if I'm to be completely honest she looks cute like that. But I knew that I was invading her privacy since she was going to change in her nightgown so I took my leave.

Lucian: Well thanks for the matches Yagyu good night.

Yagyu: Good night Lucian.

I closed the door to her room and went back to mine however I heard the sound of metal clanging coming from the roof.

Lucian: Who could be training right now?

I went to the rooftop and peered out the door and saw Asuka slicing away wooden dummies and outmaneuvering them however I could see that she's feeling either disappointed, or frustrated.

Asuka: Tch not enough! It's still no good.

Lucian: (That defeat from Hebijo must've really taken a toll on her.)

I kept watching her as she kept slicing and dodging away at dummies however the more she kept at it the angrier she got. She kept doing the same thing over and over again, she used her ninja arts however as she kept using it she suddenly stopped and remained quiet she gripped her weapons and on her face was nothing but pure frustration and anger.

Asuka: Grrr.....this can't be all that I have! I need to get stronger in order to win! I can't afford to lose to her. But...(I'm disappointed, is this really all that the granddaughter of the legendary shinobi is capable of?! Pathetic.) Tch...rrgh she's stronger than I am so how did she reach that pinnacle of strength? Is the concept of grandpa's teachings about the sword and shield absolutely worthless?

Lucian: (Asuka...what can I do to help her?) Asuka.

Asuka: Hm?

She turned around to face me and looked completely stunned, she then decided to play off with what she's doing as a joke.

Asuka: Oh uh hi Lucian what brings you here?

Lucian: Please don't play this off as a joke tell me what's going on?

Asuka: *sigh* How long you've been standing there?

Lucian: I've seen enough.

Asuka: So you understand what I'm feeling right now?

Lucian: Frustration, anger, sorrow is what's written all over your face. So I take it you've been practicing in secret to get stronger but so far it feels like you haven't gotten any results.