"Ugh," Ayaka opened her mouth almost as soon as she sunk her teeth into the teriyaki. "This fish doesn't taste like fish"
"Maybe that's because it was made with batter" Mira comnted.
"Hey guys!" A boy called out as he and Kakashi crossed the road. "I didn't expect to et you here"
"Hibiki!" Mira exclaid and ran to him. "I didn't know you'll be going shopping, I would have co with you"
"It was actually a last-minute decision" Hibiki replied as he hugged Mira. "Kanade wants to run a cafe during the break, so she's having pick up so things and set up at the beach. We could use so pairs of hands"
"Well..., I'm not busy right now so I'll send Kakashi and Ayaka to you as soon as I get this stuff ho" Mira said, pointing at the load on Kakashi's arms.
"But you said you're not busy, how co I get to go!?" Kakashi questioned. "Ayaka, don't you have a problem with this?"
"I can't wait to see the cafe, maybe Kanade-sensei would let work with her" Ayaka smiled. "Besides, there are a lot of fish at the beach"
"Then it's decided," Hibiki said. "I'll see you guys tomorrow"
Hibiki waved at them before entering a taxi.
"He seems responsible," Kakashi remarked. "Who is he?"
"He is Yaze-sensei's teammate" Ayaka replied. "And he's not responsible, not even in the slightest"
"Really!?,"
"He acts cool but he hits on kids," Mira remarked. "It's creepy"
A few hours later, Kakashi, Ayaka and Mira had already co back with their stuff. Mira and Ayaka had gifted so clothes that they bought for Kakashi.
...
A week had passed and the beach vacation was quickly approaching, just a day left. Kakashi had spent his entire week helping Hibiki and Kanade set up their little cafe.
During that ti, he wasn't able to get Hibiki to teach him anything, mostly because Hibiki was a long-range fighter so there was nothing new he could teach him.
Kakashi and Ayaka sat at each end of the little dining table that Ayaka bought the other day, except that Ayaka had been acting strangely. She woke up early to prepare the als, changed their separate beds in a bunk bed, bought a new blanket and even repainted the room which made Kakashi a little bit surprised that the Academy would allow that.
They were enjoying their breakfast of rice topped with vegetables and seafood with a side dish of olet and fried fish.
"This is good" Kakashi complinted. "You really are you good cook"
"Of course I am" Ayaka boasted.
"How are you able to afford this much?" Kakashi asked. "I an, after all the stuff you've spent your money on I don't think you'll have much left to prepare a al like this"
"I have been saving up since when I was admitted into the Academy, besides, I get all my seafood free of charge"
"For free!?"
"Yes, I am a goddess after all" Ayaka boasted with a smile on her face.
_She looks cute when she claims to be a goddess_
"Do you magically make fish appear?" Kakashi had ant it to be a joke but Ayaka took it seriously.
"Of course not. Since I'm a Neko (cat) goddess, people offer seafood instead of money and other valuable, I an who will take money anyways when you can't eat it?"
"You could try buying sothing with it!?" Kakashi said to himself.
"The little money that is offered is used to maintain the shrine," Ayaka said and bit one side of the fried fish.
"I find it hard to believe that you're a goddess"
"What!" Ayaka yelled. "You think I'm lying!"
"I didn't say you're lying, I just said I find it hard to believe. Why hasn't anybody tell ?, And I haven't even seen one person calling you a goddess"
"You know what, why don't we go to my shrine?"
"Sound fine to "
Ayaka paused for a while.
"But not today, I'll show it to you so other ti"
"Sure" Kakashi replied and continued with his al.
The room was quiet for a while, making both of them uncomfortable.
"I wanted to ask you sothing," They both said in unison.
"Okay, you go first," Kakashi said.
"No, it's fine. You can say want you want first" Ayaka replied.
"It's nothing, you can tell what you wanted to say" Kakashi insisted.
"Okay," Ayaka nodded and adjusted herself on the chair. "Kakashi, let's get married"
"Pfftttt~!" Kakashi choked on the fish and quickly reached for the glass of water beside him."What?!!!"
_This is the second ti she is choking , I might die the third ti_
"Let's get married?"
"W--what the hell?!, Why would you say sothing like that?!!!"
"Well, I've been thinking... Since we stay in the sa room doesn't that make us look like married couples and you said you like my cooking, we've also slept on the sa bed before" Ayaka said shyly.
"But that doesn't an we should get married"
"But my mother said if a man likes your cooking, it ans he likes and I should do everything to pin him to "
_What the hell has her mother been teaching her!?_
"See, I like you Ayaka, but not like like. We are too young to get married and you barely know , we should take it slowly, okay?"
"How?"
"We can start by going on dates and trying to know each other better"
"Okay, let's do it!"
"Go on a date?" Kakashi asked, his face was beginning to turn red.
"Yes, then you can learn more about because I know everything about you," Ayaka said with her bright blue eyes staring into Kakashi's.
"That just made uncomfortable"
"That ans we will be going on a date tomorrow?" Ayaka inquired.
"But we'll be going to the beach"
"Then we'll make it our first beach date!" Ayaka jumped up. "I'm going to buy sothing to wear"
"But you've already bought a swimsuit!"
"You've already seen that one, this one will be special," Ayaka said squatting in front of Kakashi. "It will be just~for~you~"
Kakashi's heart skipped a beat as he watched Ayaka leave the room.
"She's really ssing with ," Kakashi said and covered his face, embarrassed by what just happened.
...
In a typical setting, a shoin-zukuri house stood in the middle of a snowy place. A teenage red-haired girl dressed in a pink kimono slowly opened the sliding door, letting the sunlight illuminate the room, she elegantly walked in and sat down on the tatami mat that was placed on the polished wooden floor.
The room was mostly empty, except for the alcove with strange flowers that were carefully arranged on it and another tatami mat with soone else sitting on it. The man sat on the mat, facing the walls which were covered with newspapers of recent incidents that involved demons.
At the back of this serene environnt, a shishi-odoshi is gracefully positioned in a garden. The bamboo pipe, which was long and slender, was supported at an angle, with one end subrged in a stone basin filled with water. As the bamboo fills, it tips to pour the water out and produces a distinct, rhythmic clattering sound as it strikes a stone base. This sound echoes softly throughout the garden, creating a ditative ambiance.
"You called for ," The girl said as she adjusted herself on the mat and bowed her head.
"There was a demon that attacked one of the research labs in Tokyo," The man said in a husked but silent voice.
"Yes, I heard about it. All the children died, except one" The girl confird.
"That survivor is the vessel I need to ...cough...cough..." The man suddenly started to cough out blood, but before the girl could stand up to help him, he raised his hand, signifying her to stop and reach for one of the flowers. "Don't worry, I'm fine"
He said and chewed the flower.
"Okay," She bowed her head again.
"I want you to bring the vessel to "
"Okay," she bowed and stood up. "I'll be taking my leave"
"..." the man kept quiet and then spoke up. "Make sure you don't run away from Kato this ti, and, wash that dye off your hair"
"Yes sir"
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