Kurachi-gumi means dark blood society (2619 words)

and it is that name of my wicked yakuza gang

I have transformed the story to 7 western women (1 Canadian, 2 American, 1 Irish and 3 Brits, though one is an American hybrid) move to Japan thinking that they will be teaching English only to find out that they are locked into a year long contract that requires fighting an evil sect of the Yakuza and consuming ancient herbs which give them animal sensory capabilities. I have introduced an ancient feud between Inari the Japanese rice goddess and a mortal who got caught trying to steal her secrets and was turned into a serpent and caged in a pond, 2619 non-linear words, I have also begun the glossary of essential Japanese words and British slang. But I had lots of coffee and no classes to teach yesterday. Today I have a full class load and girls night at a “Mexican” restaurant. (It amazes me the way that Japanese can make any ethnic cuisine awful, small portioned and Japanese-ish)

favourite part so far: description of kappa:
(Kappa were strange freshwater creatures with webbed hands and feet, a shell like a turtle, beaks and an indentation on the top of the head used to carry water. The bearing of this water enabled them to leave the pond or river of their residence for a short period of time. While the spilling of this water rendered them powerless outside of the water. They were greatly feared by people who would go to great extremes to avoid any pond rumored to have kappa in it, but especially the pond which housed a serpent and kappa. They were a source of fear because they were said to drag victims to the bottom of the river or pond, hold them there until they drowned, then remove their livers, turn their bowels inside out and discard the bodies on the shore.)