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Passion (⁠๑⁠♡⁠⌓⁠♡⁠๑⁠)

Writing the spicy scene as requested by my friend............... much help was needed to piece this one together...

Jake's Story on Mutsunokami

Mutsunokami suffered greatly. He was sad because he was not as great of swordsman as Mikazuki was. Mikazuki is a tenken gokken and Mutsunokami is just a sword boi. 

He has to rely on his gun because hes not a great swordsman and he feels bad about that because he wants to be good at his craft. He feels that hes powerful when holding a gun and isnt as strong with his sword. 

He sometimes cries himself to sleep thinking about this as his training just doesnt always pay off. 

He often day dreams of duels against mikazuki and overpowering him with his swords. But when actually presented these opportunities he has a tendency to reach for his gun but Mikazuki knows better than that and always gets the upper hand no matter what.

He suffers daily as this weighs on his conscience and its hard to get through the days. He would just rather sleep all day and not worry about training, because in the end, what is the point? 

He will never be as good as the great Mikazuki. He has come to accept this as no training could help with his battles. He will instead only rely on his gun because he knows that at least gets the job done, maybe not to the best effort, but no longer cares anymore.

Some time has passed and his sword is not rusted and dull. But again he doesnt care about that, he has his gun and it disposes enemies just as well, even faster than a sword. It may not be ideal or the style of a Sword soul, but Mutsunokami has lost his will. 

When spending time with Monoyoshi, The young sword soul pointed out the rust on his blade, and asked why he hasnt sharpened and cleaned it up. 

Mutsunokami paid no attention to him and just grunted. Monoyoshi asked if something was the matter? Mutsunokami just replies with "If it matters so much to you, why dont you clean it?" and proceeds to throw his sword on the ground and walk away.

Monoyoshi stared in confusion, wondering what was the matter. But he wanted to help out a fellow sword so he picked up the blade and took it with him. 

Days passed and Monoyoshi managed to clean up Mutsunokami's sword, it looked brand new. He presented this to the troubled soul hoping to improve his mood. 

Mutsunokami just looks at him in a questionable manner and says "Why did you even go through that trouble, I dont use them anyway."

Monoyoshi looked a little disappointed and replied "I just wanted to help a friend out is all."

Mutsunokami did respect the gesture and took the sword from the boy. "Thank you, he said. But it was a waste of time."

He walks away twirling his revolver as he does.

Mutsunokami finds that his masters don't use him as much as the other sword souls, and that also hurts his morale. He wishes he was as favored as the other swords such as Yagen, or even the weird surfer guy Sasanuki. The guy doesnt even have a last name, so why bother wasting your time with him? 
He sits in his room most of the day, day dreaming about battles and how he can improve his abilities. However his last battle with Mikazuki really affected him personally. His gun proved inaffective against the tenken goken. Mikazuki would just slice through the bullets like they were butter.
How can you go up against someone like that he ponders. He distances himself from the others, possible why the other masters dont want to use him. As he just shuts himself out most of the time. 
When given the chance to go out on missions with the other swords, its shortlived. Masters will give him a try, but wont commit. This really hurts his feelings, and makes him feel unwanted.

Chasers?

The bonfire party on the beach was in full swing when Lena and Mikazuki returned to the rest of the group. Lena tried her best to straighten out her yukata. She hoped she looked presentable in front of the others, and that it wasn't too obvious to anyone that her clothes gotten pulled off earlier in the night...

"Are you all right?" Mikazuki asked, from beside her. She noticed she was gripping onto his sleeve tightly. She felt nervous, as her heart was pounding fast in her chest. But it wasn't a bad feeling... it felt exciting, like nothing she had ever felt in her life.

"Yes, I'm fine." Lena laughed. "In fact, I've never been happier... am... I allowed to feel this way?"

There was always that nagging fear in her heart, that fear of abandonment that she tried not to care about. For tonight, Lena pushed that feeling away and tried her best to focus on the special words Mikazuki said to her. She would hold them close to her heart.

Even when Sasanuki spotted them and approached them, Lena was careful not to be too friendly. "Sorry Sasanuki-san, I’ll sit on the beach with Mikazuki-san," she said, and looked down at the sand at her feet instead of Sasanuki's eyes. Then, Mikazuki led her to where Aki and Hizen was sitting.

"Aki-nee, how are you feeling?" Lena asked. "Are you enjoying the party so far?"

Aki nodded. "Yes, Hizen has been taking good care of me. Did you and Mikazuki-san have a good talk?"

"Yes." Lena suddenly felt her face grow hot. "We... talked things out! And... I am feeling really thirsty now, so I will see Tsuru-san and get a drink!"

Tsurumaru saw Lena approaching and smirked at her. 

"There's so much sand in your hair. Have you been rolling around in it?" he asked, teasing her, as was his style...

Lena rolled her eyes at him and ignored his question. "Can you make something sweet?"

"Sure, coming right up!" Tsuru replied with a wink, and proceeded to pour a cocktail that was deceivingly sweet but contained an insane amount of alcohol. He was certain Lena would enjoy it, as Heshikiri had a few already, and was having a great time! ...Yes, Heshikiri wasn't lecturing at all, rather he was dancing on the beach.... yes....