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Chapter 82
In Yuki’s room, she talks to Minoru about her upcoming trip.
Yuki: I’m gonna go to Kyoto for a week. We have something special for our family.
Minoru: Cool. What is it?
Yuki: My dad’s side of his family are having a tribute on martial artists.
Minoru: That’s interesting. I am gonna go on trip to my cousin’s house. Saburo’s house.
Yuki: Him. That’s good. I will be leaving to a regional airport at sunset.
Minoru: Cool. I’m gonna go to his place in the next morning.
Yuki: All right.
Minoru: Just one question. You and your family speak normal, and I never hear any kansai dialect from any of you.
Yuki: My parents were raised on the outskirts of Kyoto region, where they have non-kansai people there. I was born in Kyoto, as you know.
Minoru: Interesting.
Later, Yuki went to her parent’s car.
Ryo: We haven’t went to see them since several years ago.
Yuki: I know. Finally, we’re going there.
Ryo: It is gonna be a huge party I believe.
Yuki: I want to know about the specialty on our family at Kyoto.
Ryo: Me to.
Father: It’s something very special to learn about, once we have a meeting.
Mother: Knowing about their history will blow your minds, kids.
Yuki smiles.
Yuki: I’ll take it as a yes.
Later at night, Yuki’s family arrived to Kyoto airport, and went to a taxi. They stopped by their family’s house.
Ryo: We’re here.
Yuki: Let’s go.
They see their other family when they knock the door and went inside.
Uncle Kabura: Welcome guys!
Ryo: Hi Uncle Kabura!
Yuki: Long time, no see.
Aunt Chiyo: You guys came on time.
Father: We sure did.
Ryo: Aunt Chiyo, I’m glad you got your family to see my graduation.
Chiyo: I had to support you guys, so I did my hard work to see specialty on you four.
Yuki: That’s good.
Yuki and Ryo went to see their cousins. They have three cousins in the family, and the last one is a male.
Ryo: Hey guys!
Cousin 1: Hey Ryo and Yuki!
Cousin 2: Awesome!
Cousin 3: What’s up, guys?
Ryo: We got a good trip.
Yuki: We’re excited to spend time with you guys for about a week.
Cousin 2: That’s what we’re excited about.
Yuki: Cool.
In the next day, we see the shrine with plenty of people in the field around it. Yuki and Ryo goes to the court room, and plays fighting at each other.
Yuki: Oh yeah! We’re really good, aren’t we?
Ryo: We may be, but we’re ready for it!
They both play around the room, and sees their grandfather coming in.
Yuki: Grandpa! Hi!
Ryo: Hello!
Grandfather: Yuki! Ryo! Having fun?
Ryo: You bet.
Yuki: Did you bring anything interesting for the festival?
Grandfather: Many. We got cool events and scenarios set up.
Yuki: Cool. Let’s see them.
They went to see people doing kendo.
Grandfather: We brought in kendo guys to the festival. We are looking at their stragies.
Yuki: I’ve done a few kendo activities at school.
Ryo: Me to.
Grandfather: Still a champ at school, guys?
Ryo: When I was in high school, yes.
Yuki: I’m still in, and rocking hard.
Grandfather: Cool.
They went to their family maiden, and they sit down with their grandparents talking.
Grandfather: I’m glad we are together to show you guys our tradition.
Grandmother: Everyone here are very happy to be in the festival because we want to celebrate our ancestors and people who are in martial arts, ninja, and kendo. Any type of activity in this tradition.
Grandfather: Our family and other families here kept this tradition here alive for over a century.
Ryo: Wow.
Grandmother: Yuki and Ryo, you’ve been realized that you both are talented at gymnastics and sports?
Yuki: Correct.
Ryo: Absolutely.
Grandfather: We want to tell you both about one of our ancestor.
Yuki: Who?
Grandfather: Hinata Aino.
Father: She is your great grandmother.
Ryo: I remember seeing her when I was 2.
Yuki: Was she the one on our photo who was holding me when I was a baby?
Mother: Yep. That’s her.
Father: She passed away when you were 2.
Yuki: What did she do something special.
Grandmother: She joined the martial arts program when she was in her early teens. Back then, the society was very strict with gender roles, so it was a struggle for Hinata to participate in martial arts or any other sports here.
Grandfather: She was really rebellious, and was the only girl in town to try their activities. She joined, but no one wanted to practice with her. Hinata instead practiced on her own. She eventually showed all her talents to everybody.
Yuki: Wow.
Grandmother: Hinata would train herself more often than most other people. She would skip class and sometimes even practice during night.
Ryo: Sounds like she was a serious artist.
Grandfather: Totally. She won as a champion once after a few years of training. Hinata was named as the first female martial artist in here. She would try other activities like kendo, and she did a good job, but she sticked to being a martial artist.
Yuki: So is she as talented as me and Ryo?
Grandfather: Of course. Hinata is like you both, and your dad. It’s on your blood.
Ryo: No wonder why we do really well.
Yuki: Yeah. Remember we would practice our strategies in the field every week, dad?
Father: I do.
Grandfather: Since Hinata was my mother, she would train me to do martial arts. Mother was our teacher, and teached kids weekly.
Ryo: Were you really great on her level?
Grandfather: Not her level, but I was pretty good.
Grandmother: Hinata has her memorabilia on the shrine. When she passed away, we built a shrine for her. It was to show how talented of a person she was, who first showed as the first girl to attend such activities. It was a really hard work for her achieve as a girl back then.
Yuki: It would be a really difficult achievement back then. I know it was a difficult time for girls to be in sports back then, and I’m pretty happy time has changed because of people like her.
Grandfather: Absolutely. She’s been mentioned here a lot whenever we do celebrations here.
Ryo: Can we see the shrine?
Grandmother: Sure.
They went to the shrine to look around. They see treasures and writing all around.
Grandmother: This is Hinata’s shrine. Those treasures, the staff, the stick, and headband, are her own.
Yuki: Cool!
Grandfather: We also store all her medals here too. People signed on the walls and signs during her funeral. There was a lot of blessing because of her talents during her life.
Ryo: That’s sweet.
Grandmother: The special thing about Hinata is she is our ancestor. Active talents were taught by her to her kids, then we did the same to our kids, and now the kids of Koriyama family have it. Yuki and Ryo, your dad, Uncle Kaburo, and his kids have it.
Yuki: Sounds pretty epic. Has Hinata ever do talents on her school?
Grandfather: Not like you both. She only showed her hobbies in the field and inside the shrine. Hinata was very skillful after couple years of training.
Ryo: Does she have siblings?
Grandfather: She had few of her brothers.
Father: When I met her, she seemed sweet, but really headstrong. As a child, she was still a sporty woman. Hinata decided to retire from doing martial arts when I was a teen due to her age. She told me that she wanted to pass on the physical talents to new generation of young people.
Ryo: Exactly. I’m glad this is a thing.
Yuki: Also, we both have a significant other. Ryo has a girlfriend who is a swimmer.
Ryo: Haruka is both a swimmer and a yoga exerciser.
Grandmother: Cool.
Yuki: My boyfriend is Minoru. Well, he isn’t really a sports guy. He wants to be a graphic designer.
Grandfather: Sounds like he is a light boy.
Yuki: He is. Minoru gives out advices and helps us. Plus, like everybody else, Minoru loves seeing me in action.
Grandmother: It seems like he likes your type.
Yuki: Totally. I do think this is really an interesting culture we learned today.
Grandfather: Yeah.
Later, everyone in the festival is celebrating the tradition. Yuki and her family are watching live shows. Kids are playing around, and some pretending to be ninjas or martial artist. People get food, and Yuki eats with her family.
Ryo: I never knew about our great grandmother’s past.
Yuki: Me to. I’m glad they told us about this.
They continue to celebrate the entire night.

Next Chapter: Rin’s Hangout
On Rin’s story, she wants to hang out with Shirou and few of her friends. Rin wants to do her plans over the summer to enjoy her break from school. Tune in next time!