Not that any of the reformations presented would ever be implemented.
What was unusual this morning was bulging pockets and legal documents clutched within hands trained to snatch things securely.
Genma was the first to notice his document. Lifting it upwards, his blood-shot eyes looked at the paper clenched within his fist for several moments before he recognized the portion of a seal stamped on the piece sticking out the bottom of his fist.
“What’s this?” He muttered, drawing the attention of his friend.
“What’s what?” Soun responded, squinting his eyes at his friend and seeing him staring at a piece of paper. Raising a hand to rub at his eyes, he was momentarily taken aback to see one within his fist also. “I’ve got one, too.” He muttered in surprise.
“Tendo?” Genma hesitantly asked, turning his aching head to face the other man. “Do you remember what we did last night?”
Soun sat for a moment, deep in thought. He could remember receiving the money from Nabiki and rushing to a bar with his best friend. He could even remember the first couple of hours spent celebrating while different people came over to talk to him. There was something, though. Right on the edge of his memory. It danced back and forth, tantalizing him. The master of the Tendo branch of Anything Goes frowned as he closed his eyes. Something strange about a man…
“Oh, there was something…” Genma muttered, rising to his feet. Brushing down the fabric of his gi, he was surprised to feel a lump of… something. Reaching inside with his free hand, he withdrew a large stack of yen. “Hello, what’s this?” He whispered, his aching eyes now wide open.
With a groan, Soun opened his eyes and nearly bulged them as he took in the large stack of money. Clambering to his feet, he couldn’t help but ask, “Where’d you get that from?”
“It was inside my gi.” Genma answered, not taking his disbelieving eyes off of the money. It was almost as if he was afraid it would disappear if he did.
Soun nodded thoughtfully, though he was afraid that his friend had sold his son again. Shrugging his shoulders, he didn’t have any doubts that his friend would honor the Saotome-Tendo agreement before all others. That was when he noticed the large bulge within his own uniform. With a sinking feeling within his stomach, he reached inside and withdrew his own stack of yen.
“Saotome…” The Tendo Patriarch began, only to pause and lick his suddenly dry lips. “What did we do last night?”
“I don’t know.” The pudgy martial artist replied with a depressed sigh. Setting the money down, he turned his attention to the legal document still clenched within his hand. Carefully straightening it out, he began to read. “It says here that I sold my… daughter… to be engaged to… someone named Kuno… Tatewaki.” He paused for a second, narrowing his eyes while he thought. “Say, isn’t that the idiot who’s been bothering the boy and your girl?”
“Indeed it is, Saotome.” Soun nodded.
Genma laughed out loud for a second or two before crumbling the document into a ball and tossing it over his shoulder. “Can’t wait for the boy to find out about this.” He chuckled softly. Turning his attention back to his friend, he asked, “So… who’d you sell?”
Blowing out a breath, Soun opened his own document and began to read. “Akane.” He responded after a moment. “To the same boy.”
The two martial artists met each other’s eyes for a moment before breaking out in laughter. “Well, we don’t have to worry about that!” Soun laughed. “Akane will never find out and we’ll just deny everything.”
“Quite right, my friend.” Genma responded, his belly shaking with his mirth. “We’ll just get the boy to marry your girl right away and nobody will find out anything.”
“It’s Soun’s…”
“And Genma’s…”
“Operation Get Them Hitched To Save Our Butts!”
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