Washizu's attempt to return Ibuki's handkerchief fails because Ibuki hits him while chasing after Yoichi, who nosebled while looking at naked female sculptures. Toriyaka takes Washizu to the school infirmary. Washizu day dreams about confessing to Ibuki and returning her handkerchief by putting a letter into her shoe locker. Washizu performs the mission. The letter ends up in Yoichi's hand because Washizu put the letter into the wrong locker. Yoichi misinterprets the letter and thinks that Washizu is interested in learning martial arts from Ibuki. Washizu returns the handkerchief to Ibuki via Yoichi. Meanwhile, the Dark Crow Clan sends their successor and assassin, Nuezume Jinjyuro, to kill Yoichi. Toriyaka accompanies Washizu to Ibuki's dojo. There they meet Ibuki's four other students. Ibuki greets them all and assigns Yoichi to teach Washizu. With extra money from Chihaya's manga reprinting, Kagome and Chihaya buy food and drink for the "newcomer". In the dojo, Yoichi hits Washizu with a stick every time his attention wavers from his seiza position. Ibuki beats Yoichi up for his severity of his teaching method. As punishment and training for Washizu, both Washizu and Yoichi perform a thousand push ups in front of the students, with the students and Ibuki counting for them. Ayame comes in to the dojo to check out the commotion. After they both collapse at a thousand push ups, Kagome and Chiyaya arrive with food for dinner and they all eat together. Ibuki feeds Washizu because his hands are too tired to hold chopsticks. Ayame does the same with Yoichi.
