Chapter 1

## Mission 1: Cherry Blossom Ring

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**Mission 1: Cherry Blossom Ring** (作戦 1. 桜の指輪, Sakura no yubiwa) is the first chapter of Hitsuji Gondaira's Mission: Yozakura Family. Taiyo meets the Yozakura family and gets married into it.

## Short Summary

The chapter opens with Kyoichiro Yozakura vowing to protect Mutsumi in a flashback. We then meet Taiyo Asano, traumatized by his family's tragic death, avoiding emotional connections. Mutsumi's family, revealed as spies, confronts Taiyo's stalker, Kyoichiro, proposing an unconventional solution: marriage between Taiyo and Mutsumi. The chapter unfolds with intense battles, familial revelations, and concludes with Taiyo and Mutsumi officially married, symbolized by the Yozakura family's double-banded cherry blossom ring.

## Summary

The chapter opens with a flashback of Kyoichiro Yozakura holding Mutsumi Yozakura coming out of a battlefield, with the former vowing to protect her from here on out.

The chapter moves to the introduction of Taiyo Asano, getting invited by his new classmates to hang out, who wanted to get to know him after a month. However, he'd already fainted from anxiety after responding the first time, despite really wanting to join them. His childhood friend, Mutsumi enters and gives him lunch, being the only person he can talk to. They get interrupted by their vice principal Hirukawa who grabs a bite out of it and displays creepy behavior toward Mutsumi. He also tells Taiyo to join him in his office after classes.

We learn that ever since his entire family died in a tragic car accident, he became much more sheltered and chose to never get emotionally close to anybody again to prevent this from reoccurring, outside of Mutsumi, who promised to stay by his side. He meets with Hirukawa, who shows him pictures of a younger Mutsumi. He tells him that's been watching over her for a long time and chased away boys targeting her. Only sparing Taiyo because they're childhood friends. Now, he's decided to kill him for her sake, revealing that she's his little sister. He gets saved by Futaba Yozakura and wakes up inside her household.

Taiyo finally meets Mutsumi's family and their dog Goliath and discovers that they are all spies and that it's really just a regular but dirty job. He also finds out Hirukawa's real name: Kyoichiro Yozakura, the eldest and the most skilled member of the family. She explains that his obsession for Mutsumi stems from the fact he got her severely injured during an incident and that gray streak of hair is a result of that accident. Since then, he's become extremely attached to her, faked his identity and interferes in her daily life and relationships. Now that he's received a tip that the person who's after her has been close to her for many years he finally has a reason to eliminate him. As Kyoichiro approaches, the siblings discuss their battle plan, but Futaba makes another suggestion: That Taiyo and Mutsumi get married. Being married into the Yozakura Family means he has to respect their most important rule "No killing among family" All Mutsumi has to do has to give him the other half of the double-banded cherry blossom ring. However, Mutsumi refuses out of respect for Taiyo's feelings and his trauma.

Kyoichiro arrives and Futaba, Shinzo Yozakura and Nanao Yozakura launch their attacks. Shinzo and Nanao are quickly defeated and Futaba tries holding him back alone, but she quickly gets tied up by his signature weapon, the steel spider. Shion Yozakura uses her drones to stop him while the rest run away, they get taken care of too. The two of them get cornered and Kyoichiro tells Mutsumi to come to his side, as both she and Goliath attack. The steel spider stops them and Kyoichiro undoes Kengo Yozakura's disguise, as he could tell that Mutsumi was actually disguised as Taiyo and he's been hidden somewhere else. Kyoichiro says he gives up on him but at the cost of Mutsumi's freedom. He stabs himself with her knife, telling her to forget about him. As she says yes, Taiyo reveals himself, telling her that he's willing to execute Futaba's plan, to keep their promise. She throws him the ring, but Kyoichiro stops it with his threads. Taiyo rips them, injuring himself to grab the ring and place it on his finger. They're now officially married with the other siblings celebrating it.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Taiyo Asano
* Mutsumi Yozakura
* Kyoichiro Yozakura
* Akari Asano (flashback)
* Hikaru Asano (flashback)
* Hide Asano (flashback)
* Futaba Yozakura
* Kengo Yozakura
* Shinzo Yozakura
* Goliath
* Shion Yozakura
* Nanao Yozakura

## Quotes

* "Everything's alright now, Mutsumi. No matter what happens from here on out... your big brother will protect you." - Kyoichiro Yozakura to Mutsumi Yozakura
* "It's not that... I'm shy..." - Taiyo Asano
* "I learned two things then... First, you learn what's most important to you once it's gone. And two... Things that are important to you... can be lost so easily." - Taiyo Asano
* "It's okay. I won't leave you." - Mutsumi Yozakura to Taiyo Asano
* "Don't think ill with me. It's all for my little sister's sake." - Kyoichiro Yozakura to Taiyo Asano
* "Ahh, it's been such a pain to keep a quiet all these years. I feel a weight off my shoulders. I'll go make some tea." - Mutsumi Yozakura to Taiyo Asano
* "Because you promised... to stay with me." - Taiyo Asano to Mutsumi Yozakura
* "I'm gonna... PROTECT YOU!!" - Taiyo Asano to Mutsumi Yozakura
* "This time... I'll protect what's important for me.". - Taiyo Asano

## Events

* Flashback of the Asano Car Accident.
* Flashback of Mutsumi Yozakura's promise to Taiyo Asano.
* Kyoichiro Yozakura's attempt to kill Taiyo Asano.
* Taiyo Asano meets the Yozakura Family.
* Taiyo Asano & Yozakura Siblings vs Kyoichiro Yozakura.