Sakura P.O.V

I was at home doing some cleaning, after the Food Wars, Red Son asked me if he come over to hang out. Of course, I said yes. I could've said no, but I couldn't, I still wanted us to still be friends even though he stole my first kiss.

'Why did I feel happy when Red Son kissed me? I'm so confused' I thought to myself, and I heard my doorbell ring. I went to see who it is, I peeked through the peephole and saw Red Son

"Red Son, your early" I said as I opened the door

"Well, I guess I was too excited to hang out with you today" Red Son said, making me chuckle and I let him inside my home

When he entered, he noticed the fox sleeping on the couch

"I see the fox is still here" Red Son said

"Yeah. Even though it used to be Konohana's familiar, it decided to stay with me. Though I wish I knew what gender it is" I said

"It's a boy" Red Son said as he picked the sleepy fox

"Oh. I see, I better think of a name for him then" I said "But for now, how about you take seat. I'll bring us some tea"

I went to the kitchen to the tea, while thinking of a name for the fox

'Hmmm... Ling? No. Lee? No. Sigh, hopefully a name will come to me' I thought to myself as I poured the tea in the cups and went back to living room

"Sorry if I kept you waiting Red Son" I said as I placed the tea on the table

"I didn't wait too long, my cherry blossom" Red Son said as he took the cup and took a sip

"Hey, Red Son"

"Yes?"

"I was wondering... Can help me train? I've been reading Konohana's journal and I learned that there are some powers I can use" I said as I handed him the journal with the page I was reading

"Duplication? Almost like Noodle Boy's, except you use petals from the cherry blossoms instead of your hair" Red Son read the page of the journal out loud "Interesting. My cherry blossom, I would love to help train you"

"Thank you, Red Son. I appreciate it" I smiled softly at him "Let me get changed first. We can use the apartment's roof to train" I went to my room to change with the fox following me

When I finished changing, I carried the fox out of my room, and I saw Red Son without his red coat on and I couldn't help but stare at him

"Cherry blossom, you're staring at me a bit too much. Though I'm flattered" Red Son said while looking away



"I-I'm sorry for staring! I-It's a bit weird to see you without your coat. Though I still think you look cool either way" I admitted as I felt my face turning red

"R-Really? Y-You look nice as well" Red Son said as he pointed at my workout clothes



"Thanks... S-So, shall we head to the rooftop?" I asked and we started walking to the rooftop

Apartment Rooftop

"Alright. Before we begin, how about we do some stretches" Red Son suggested, and we did some simple stretches.

"I must say cherry blossom, your body is quite flexible" Red Son said

"Yeah. Uncle Tang did say my body is quite flexible since I was young" I said and we finished the stretches

"Let's gather some cherry blossom petals" I nodded, and we started to gather the falling petals. Once we gathered enough, we put them in a pile, and we looked at the journal about duplication

"Okay, according to the journal, you can use the same the technique like Monkey King does, all you have to do is blow on the petal" Red Son said, I picked a petal and blew it. After I blew the petal, pink smoke appeared, and when the smoke cleared, there in front of us was a clone of me except its body was covered in petals from head to toe.

"Amazing. It looks like me except it's made out of petals" I said looking amazed

"So far, so good." Red Son inspected the clone making sure everything is okay "It must be the type of clone that takes orders. Try giving an order" I started to think of an order to give to the clone, and I thought of one

"Help me come up with a name for my new friend" I said as I showed the clone the fox. Then, the clone stared at it for a couple of minutes and used some of the petals to write down a name. The clone spelled 'Kyubi' and later my clone disappeared after finishing the job

"Kyubi?" I said out loud and smoke surrounded the fox, and when the smoke cleared, the little fox is no longer little



"Hello, my lady, I thank you for giving me a name and thus a contract between us is now formed. I shall be there for you when you need me" Kyubi said with a bow and returned back into a small fox

"Interesting. For you to make the fox your familiar all you had to was give him a name" Red Son said

"Thanks for stating the obvious bull child" Kyubi said in his small fox form, making Red Son angry

"H-How about we look at the other techniques in the journal?" I said in order to distract Red Son from Kyubi

"Alright. Let's see what else do we have here?" Red Son looked through the journal "There's a page on how to create a barrier. Let's try working on it"

The whole time, Red Son and I have been working on the techniques that Konohana used, along with Kyubi giving me some pointers on my mistakes and annoying Red Son. The sun was starting to set, and Red Son started leave

"Thank you for training me today Red Son. I really appreciate it" I said

"It's no problem, my cherry blossom. If you need my assistance again, message me and I'll be here" Red Son said

"Oh! Before you go, I have something that I want to give to you and your family" I said as I rushed towards the kitchen "I'm not sure if you guys will like it or not, but here. I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies" I handed him the container containing the cookies

"Thank you, cherry blossom. Mother and father would be very happy to receive something from you" Red Son said as grabbed the container "Well, I better start heading back home. I hope we can hang out again" With that, Red Son teleported home

"Why are you being nice to the bull child?" Kyubi asked

"Well, he helped me and MK defeat the Spider Queen. So, why wouldn't I be nice to him?"

"Sigh. Just remember, not all demons are kind, unlike me of course. I'll stay by your side til the very end my lady" Kyubi said as he nuzzled my cheek, and I felt my phone vibrate

"Oh, it's from Uncle Pigsy" I answered my phone "Hello, Uncle Pigsy?"

"Sakura, sweetie? Can you stop by the shop and help me clean up the mess?"

"Sure. I'll be there in a few minutes" I said and the call ended

"Heading to the shop?" Kyubi asked and I nodded "Then, allow me to take you there"

Kyubi changed forms again, picked me up, and started headed to Uncle Pigsy's shop. After a couple of minutes of flying through the city, we made it to the shop

"Thank you Kyubi. I got here with plenty of time too" I said

"Of course. Like I said earlier, your wish is my command" Kyubi said as he changed back, when I entered the shop, I covered my nose

"What's that horrible smell!" I exclaimed and looked at MK who was covered in sewage "What happened to you, MK?"

"Ugh... I don't want to talk about it..." MK said who looked exhausted

"Uh... Uncle Pigsy? Why is Uncle Tang tied up?" I asked

"Let's just say that he failed to scare me is all" Uncle Pigsy said, I went to get a broom from the back to help with the cleaning and MK looked at me like he remembered something

"Oh yeah! I totally forgot! Monkey King wanted me to give you this!" MK rushed upstairs and came back down with a book

"A book? I wonder what Monkey King wants me to read?" I said as I looked at the book and noticed how old it looks. When I opened the book, it looked kinda similar to the journal except it looked like manual on advance swordsmanship

'Why is he giving me this book? Just what's going on?' I thought to myself, and I begin to clean the shop

To be continued in the Shadow Play (I want to skip to the shadow play cause I'm anxious to write it)

https://youtu.be/ORIu-E_gDu0

For the Shadow Play, should Macaque join Sakura's group or should he continue to work with the LBD and hunt them down? Let me know in the comments