"Yanagi drove him absolutely frothing mad," Masaharu put in, "but the kid actually got one game off Sanada. The iron face unbent enough to look a tad impressed."

*pets elf* I imagine when they discovered li'l Kirikins it happened exactly like that. I'm having so much FUN with this fic! *turns into girlgoo* Then again I always do.

In this particular part, I really love your interpretation of Yagyuu's game. He's absolutely perfect in this fic, as are the rest of the characters and you've managed to stay on track in the plot. I've read many-a-fic that tend to go astray once new characters are introduced. But here Kirihara enters strong, stays, but leaves the story to the "main characters". I'm so glad you mention all of them too, at least once. ^^

And Yukimura = \^o^/ power to the people!