"Are you okay, Yumi?" Akane asked. "You look like you've just seen a ghost."
"It just surprised me..." Yumi tried to catch herself. "That your father would make you do something like this. He always seemed to be such a reasonable man." The best way to distract Akane was still to get her back to complaining, though she was starting to catch herself recently.
"This is a matter of family honor to him," Akane said.
"I see," Yumi said, suddenly feeling a little ill as she realized that she herself might have one day ended up engaged to Akane if things had gone differently. "Well, I think I shall visit Nabiki and leave you to your training."
Akane paused a little bit to look at Yumi, she still seemed pale somehow, and decided to follow her. It wasn't long before Yumi had encountered Saotome-san.
"Oh, excuse me, Saotome-san," Yumi said with a heavy degree of chill.
"Who are you girl?" Genma asked.
"Kuno Yumi," Yumi introduced herself bowing formally. "I am the adoptive daughter of the Kuno family."
"Adoptive daughter?" Genma said, noting the specification curiously.
"Yes," Yumi continued. "My father had no wish for a girl, so he abandoned me in the forest with nothing but a book, some cats, and a dress. The Kunos were kind enough to adopt me into their family." A flickering appeared in Genma's eyes, but it hadn't sparked yet.
"I see..." Genma said. Yumi sighed and shook her head.
"Excuse me Saotome-san," she said. "I think I'll go speak to my friend Nabiki now. I congratulate you on your second son." And with that, Yumi walked by towards the stairwell.
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