Sinon Yuki took her ship once she slept enough. She headed to New Tokyo to her house. The girl did not notice the ship that was there because she was focused on the strange letter. It was in extremis she avoided an attack from a man covered in grey. His face was hid by a mask and his head by a hood. ''Excellent move.'' Said the man with a deformed voice like those from ghost or spectre from the past. Compared to these, this one was real. The unknown continued another attack that missed. In reaction of that attack, the young woman put a foot on the katana and hit hard on the face of the man. The fist made the man loosing his balance. However, he was good so he could stabilized his position. He pushed Sinon making her flying and fell on the ground. The man took his katana and was going to acheive her when he saw the letter on her. He just realized that he was about to murder his own daugther. The unknown put down the katana and let Sinon to stand up again. The man put his katana in its scabbard while he turned to face the house. ''Who... Who are you and what was the meaning of this?'' Said Sinon a bit irritated.
The man removed his mask and his hood and faced Sinon Yuki. His face shocked the girl. Sinon Yuki saw pictures of his father and the man who was before her was him. Why all those years he never returned? What happened to him? All questions without any answer. ''I am back Sinon.'' With a normal voice this time. Her first reaction was to give a good slap from her right hand. The slap hurted a lot, but he accepted it. ''Where were you father? Why did you not return sooner? Do you know my mom was worried ?'' ''I can not tell you here.'' He grabbed Sinon's hand and both went in the house. They both sat on the ground at the table. ''Sinon... Listen, a lot of things happened since I was called for the job.'' ''They all say that...'' ''Please let me talk.'' It was going to be difficult to tell the story to his daughter, but he had no choice. ''I was assigned in to a special task with my squadron. We needed to act before the enemy, but we fell in a trap. I managed to escape and letting all my brothers behind... It is a real shame that I couldn't do anything to safe them. I needed to disappear and faking my death. It hurted me to not see Sakura again, but I had no choice. The last time I saw you, you were a baby. This is crazy that now, you are an adult.'' ''What assignment?'' ''It was to get intel in Bretonia and after, the civil war between the Republic and the Imperial Kusari Navy. I was there too, but like I said, the enemy got us. I exiled myself after.'' It was hard to believe that, but she needed to believe her father. He continued. ''What about you, Sinon? What happened to you?''
''I went in the navy. I wanted to follow your path. I wanted to know what it does and it is not for me anymore. I tried to get your ship, but I couldn't.'' ''I hid it. No one can find it. Please continue.'' ''I made friends in the navy and well... I left after I was ill. An unknown virus. The doctor said to take medicine but I stopped once I arrived here for good.'' ''You stopped to take your medecine? There is consequence you know.'' ''Like to die in a week if I don't? Yes it is the case, but here, in Kusari, weeks passed and look, I am still here.'' She showed the letter to his father. ''I received this yesterday.'' ''It was me.'' Sinon looked at her father confused. ''Wait, it was you who sent this?'' ''Yes.'' Sinon stopped talking a moment. ''So why are you here?'' ''I wanted to see you Sinon. I heard stories about you. I also heard that you inherited my talents as pilot. Do you work?'' ''Yes. As a guard of the Shimamori clan.'' Her father nodded. ''Well... It is good, but your talent in martial art is lacking. I will teach you if you want.'' Sinon agreed and stood up to make some food for her father and her. The day was just started.
After eating and drinking some tea, Yuzu broke the silence between them. ''Sinon, the Shimamori clan... Are they threating you well?'' His face was serious. ''Yes. The leader of it is kind.'' In Yuzu's face, we could see he wondered if it was true, but he let that on the side and changed the subject. ''Ready for your lessons?'' Sinon's face changed. ''I can't right now. I will need to prepare some stuff. I'll be out a moment.'' By those words, she left the places and took a walk outside. ''Damnit... I can't talk with him like if I knew him!'' thought the kusarian. ''I will need to tell this to Shimamori. But what to say? Hello... yeah you know about the letter, well it was my father who sent it. Hell no!'' Of course, to everyone who meets one of his parents many years after his or her disparition, sure it would be something heavy to believe.
Sinon returned to her house. She visited all the rooms, but her father was gone. ''Did he just leave?'' She looked outside and the ship was not there. ''Well... I suppose he needed to go somewhere else.'' She sat on her couch and watch some TV shows like the AHN's programs and others. At the same time, she contacted Camile about this meeting she had for a short time with her father and also to Shimamori.
Sinon Yuki was at her house. She was drinking an apple juice and without any notice, Yuzu showed up. ‘’Where were you? You vanished again!’’ Yuzu sat on the couch. ‘’I am busy, you know? There are some things I need to work on.’’ ‘’Well… Tell me what it is.’’ ‘’I can’t. There are spys everywhere and there are also the Dragons, Golden Chrysanthemums and Outcasts that cause many problems within Kusari.’’ ‘’I already know that. So what? You work as a naval force?’’ ‘’...’’ ‘’Tell me.’’ ‘’ I can’t Sinon.’’
Yuzu Takeda kept his actual job for himself. There was no question about putting her daughter in this. Actually, Yuzu worked on his own as a freelancer, but his experience within the Naval Forces made him an incredible pilot. He was maybe within the fifties, but sure he was healthy. The reason why he always wore a grey uniform with a mask was to make sure that no one would recognize him. If he was recognized, who knows what will happen? People will ask him questions about his fake death and it was a thing he prefered to avoid. But today, Yuzu Takeda was ready to make sure that Kusari was safe enough for his daughter. He wanted her to marry a noble to make her life more easy and comfortable but what he did not know, the noble he had in mind was already married to someone. So it was then he broke the long silence. ‘’Did you marry that Shimamori?’’ ‘’No and he is already married. AND no I will not marry one of his sons because they are to young.’’ This answer put Yuzu under silence. He might think, but no one else came to mind. It was unthinkable to see her daughter with a farmer or worse with a Dragon. But what he did not know, Sinon was in love with a girl before coming to Kusari. If he knew this, who knows what he would think about his child?
Sinon and Yuzu were outside. This time, Yuzu was training Sinon to be better in martial arts. ‘’Not like this. Try again.’’ Always the same sentence Yuzu said. Sinon needed to practice her balance before to get knowledge of fighting. Sinon had one foot on the ground and she was doing the chair position into the void. She had pain but it was essential. ‘’That’s hurts!’’ Yuzu did not care about it. He said ‘’Stop crying. If you can’t go through this, you will be not a good guard.’’ The young woman took breaths and tried to be calm. She tried to ignore the pain she was feeling at this moment. Her father wanted her to be in that position until nightfall and it was lunchtime. Pain could be read on Sinon’s face. She was in that position for an hour and Yuzu was just observing her. She was progressing but it was not enough. Yuzu stood up and decided to put glasses on her arms and on her right leg. ‘’Think like it was your life, those glasses.’’ The woman almost lost her stance but she kept it up by reducing her centre of gravity by doing so, she managed to stay in that position with the glasses.
It was nightfall and Sinon could not stay in that position anymore. ‘’Father, can you bring the glasses where they were? I can’t be in that position anymore.’’ Yuzu came and removed the glasses. The kusarian girl was relieved and all covered in sweat. ‘’You did well. However, you will do it again and again.’’ ‘’Why? Why should I need to do this again?’’ ‘’Because it is the basics. It is not after one time you will be a master. And it needs to be done slowly.’’
That made Sinon a bit angry but she walked toward the bathroom where she took a long shower. It was good after a long day of training. After the shower, she took a kimono and relaxed for the rest of the night. She watched a TV show named The princess and the dragon. In that show, the story was that a princess of a kingdom was taken by bandits and then, a dragon attacked them because it was hungry. However, it did not eat the princess but it took her to its nest. Of course the princess was afraid but she was thankful to the dragon who ‘’rescued’’ her. Days passed and the princess was still there with the dragon. However, when she asked something, the dragon did what she said. When she returned to her kingdom on the back of a dragon, people named her: The whisperer of Dragons.
After an hour, Sinon fell asleep on her couch while the TV continued to show its programs.
A month has passed. The training was over and Sinon Yuki was finally as good as her father in martial arts. They fought each other but still, Yuzu Takeda was technically stronger than his daughter.
‘’I will need to go to Loraine… What should I need to bring…’’ Her father interrupted her thoughts. ‘’Seriously, you’re going there? It’s a trash place to go to. However, if it is a mission that you received, you should go there. But. You will need to change your ship. Your actual one doesn’t have the powercore at 100% right?’’ ‘’Right…’’
Together, they went to a ship dealer on New Tokyo, but nothing seemed to be Sinon’s taste. She would like to have the same ship as her father’s one but the law was clear. Anyone who is not in the naval force with such equipment, the punishment is death. And she didn’t want to be killed because of a ship.
They both returned at Sinon’s house with no success. Sinon sat on her couch looking at the ceiling wondering what ship to have. Then, a message from Camile brought her back to reality. The message was saying that she was fine and Liberty was Liberty. Again, Sinon Yuki enjoyed being in Kusari rather than being in Liberty. That place made her sick. Especially because of her previous job.