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Another month flew by quick and it was almost winter. The temperature was slowly getting colder but the new products from the collaboration of Kazuno Tech and Kouzuki Corp was still hot off the shelves. Many have judged that the collaboration of these two companies may have just set a new bar when it ca to gadgets. They could barely keep up with the demand so things have been very busy with the two companies.
Most of the work that the company couldn't handle were delegated to the research team headed by Matsumoto Kippei whose mbers couldn't help but curse at their boss. His mischief had caused the CEO to be displeased at him, so they have been overloaded with all the work that could be pushed to them and there was nothing they could do about it.
None of them could complain. i told them that any complaints they had could be directed towards Kazuya. Everyone knew how worse off they would be in if Kazuya knew about it so no one dared to inform their boss of not only i's discovery over the matter. They would have to explain everything including Hikaru figuring out that Kazuya had been responsible for the whole guild helping the guild's little sister out.
Of course, none of them knew the fate that they were going to be in after the busyness died down. In desperation, Kippei and so of his mbers explained their predicant to Kazuno Kaguya who had shown herself in the company because of a promotion that was being made. They told the CEO's little sister about their situation and asked if the little sister can pacify the big sister.
"I see… Not to worry, I will make sure that everyone has sothing to look forward to after this ordeal." Kaguya smiled at the others but when she looked at Kippei, her gaze made the head researcher felt an ominous glint that made his legs shiver.
Kaguya, or Kazuya was already in a bad mood because he was forced to make another appearance. This was so that he could promote the new products more as well as make the rumors that sothing had happened to her because she was linked to Kouzuki Kazuya co to a rest. Many of Kazuno Kaguya's fans have gone hostile towards the Kuroganes because of her sudden announcent to take a rest after all.
With the exposure of what happened to Shiroyuki Tomoyo being a plan hatched by the Kurogane clan, Kaguya's disappearance had been blad towards the clan who wanted to move against Kaguya but did not have the slightest idea how to. Kazuno Kaguya was like a ghost who only appeared whenever she want to and the Kuroganes were baffled at how soone could evade their radar like she could. Even Kazuno i's whereabouts could easily be located even if she had been heavily protected but no one could catch her little sister's shadow if she didn't want them to.
"(I only need to keep up with this farce for a little longer…)" Kazuya sighed as he changed out of the kimono that he wore for the shoot. He was currently in the room at the topmost floor of Kazuno Tech's building where Kaguya and i was known to have resided.
*ring… ring… ring…*
Kazuya's face darkened as soon as he looked at his phone. Kuronuma Aya had been calling him ever since she got wind that Kazuya had been shooting a promotional video for Kazuno Tech. Aya who was once an endorser of the company had rejected taking part of the project and demanded that Kaguya face her before she even thought about collaborating with the company again.
"Looks like you've been quite popular while I'm away" Kazuya felt a little hostility from behind him.
"Big sis…" Kazuya turned around and found i grinning at him. "I'm still in the middle of changing…"
"Don't change the subject. It's not like you haven't seen changing before, right?" She grinned. "You even pick out what kind of underwear I…"
"Ugh…" Kazuya gave up and just hastened his actions. "(It's only because you said that you wouldn't wear anything if I didn't do it for you…)" he complained in his mind and rembered the ti he tried to call her bluff. i had already walked out the door before he folded and dragged her back into the room.
"You've been having fun while I was away from the looks of it. Even becoming a father of a little toy without telling ." She pouted.
"I already explained to you what happened…" Kazuya sighed. i had been bringing up this topic ever since she found out about Kippei's mischief. "She was the very first person I t when I first started playing the ga. That's why we're friends."
With i's discovery the relationship between Autumn Mist and Kazuya's Winter Fog, She had been paying special attention towards Kazuya's interactions with the opposite sex. He was already an adolescent, so i has been especially suspicious towards his relations with other won. Since they were still living apart, she couldn't spend as much ti with Kazuya as she wanted so she couldn't help but shower him with both affection and frustration whenever he stayed with her.
She wasn't in the Kouzuki household so the information to the developnts took so ti to get to her. She was especially concerned about Kazuya's apparent betrothal to Shiroyuki Tomoyo. She wanted to strangle Kouzuki Kou for such a thing but i could only hear about how the old man had been thrashed by both Kyouko and Kazuya.
"I know. That's why I find it strange. That girl is the only person you play with that is not part of the company. Not only that, she turned out to be your teacher and you even went as far as to helping her using the mbers of the guild as well as the Kouzuki corporation's entertainnt company." i couldn't help but list out the peculiarities she observed.
Kazuya had paid too much attention to this so-called teacher of his who was not only beautiful, but very young as well. i knew that Kazuya had liked her ever since he was at a young age so her understanding of his preferences when it ca to won were towards those who were older than himself. Hikaru was a natural beauty who fit the criteria so why wouldn't she feel threatened?
Hamasaki Hikaru was not only a teacher in Kazuya's school but she was also the friend that he had t in a ga he played for a long ti. They spent ti with each other that i had no idea about so of course she was worried that he might have a change of heart. She wasn't always there for him and though i had been patiently enduring, she was feeling quite lonely by herself. Kazuya's ti had been split not only between her and Kyouko but he also had to spend so ti with the Kuroganes.
"I knew I couldn't fool you…" Kazuya imdiately gave up after seeing her lonely and worried expression. "Big sis knows the best after all." Kazuya held i's hand and led her towards the sofa to sit down. "Let's see… where do I start…"
He didn't find any reason to keep it from i now that they were at this point. His explanation started by reminding i of the dreams that he had once proven by obtaining the funds for their company. From there, Kazuya had explained that he had used the knowledge he had to find the people that he hired for the company. They were the people that society had overlooked and would only have been discovered after their passion and hard work were either stolen or taken for granted.
The common point that these people shared with Kazuya was the ga that he had started playing many years ago. He had decided to use the ga as a ans to communicate with this people with the purpose of giving them a chance to pursue their passion with Kazuya's help. Majority of these people had nothing to lose and decided to risk it with Kazuya while so had decided to be skeptical about it and rejected were now regretful.
"So, you utilized the knowledge from your dreams to this extent as well…" though i was surprised, she was not as shocked as she was when he first told her about it. It had already been a proven fact and this was just additional evidence towards the authenticity of his statent.
"But of course, as I have changed the supposed natural flow of things, there were so unexpected changes. This is where Hamasaki Hikaru-sensei ca in." i didn't fail to notice the guilty expression on Kazuya's face as he explained the life Hikaru would have had if all things progressed as normal in his 'dream'.
Revealing that Hikaru had been forrly known as the daughter of Kurogane Sousuke was a shock. She imdiately felt pity for the young woman who appeared to be cheerful when they t. i imdiately understood why Kazuya had given her this much attention. With Kazuya's personality, he would have blad everything on himself and silently tried to make things right.
"Like I told big sis before, I used to play NGO when in my previous li… dream. I did not know the things I knew now but Autumn Mist was a person that spent a lot of ti with and one of the very few I could consider friends. I can't just sit here after seeing that the changes I made had the opposite effect on her. It may have been through an online ga but she was still one of my friends." Kazuya confessed.
"I understand." i nodded and extended her hand to stroke his cheek gently before pinching it. "You should have told this to your big sis long ago! How do you think I feel when I heard about your entanglents with other won?" she pouted. "You even have that other girl making a scene in the lobby downstairs when she demanded to see your other self."
Kazuya's face darkened as he knew exactly who i ant. After getting wind of the shoot at Kazuno Tech's headquarters, Aya accompanied the staff and tried to get in to look for Kaguya. Since he didn't bother to confirm nor deny the rumors to protect people who might be linked to him, Aya had taken Kaguya's silence as betrayal.
After pouring her heart out to the person she had treated as her best friend, Kaguya turned out to be engaged to Kazuya. How could Aya not feel betrayed? She felt like a fool whenever she rembered how she was given advice by the friend who apparently held the position she wanted to be in and tried to work hard for. She wanted answers from Kaguya herself, Aya wanted to know why she was treated like that after their apparent friendship, most of all, Aya wanted to erase the hope she had held deep inside that all of this was just a misunderstanding and so circumstances she doesn't know about had forced this matter.
"Kuronuma Aya's matters is more Big sis and Kanade-san's fault more than mine. I wanted to avoid getting to know that girl as Kaguya but both of you had insisted." He sighed. "I don't intend to show myself to that girl in either identity so I don't think that big sis has anything to worry about when it cos to her."
Kazuya indulged i and kept answering the questions she asked. He understood how lonely she had been and felt guilty for putting off things for this long. This side of i that was jealous and cute was sothing he hadn't seen in his previous life so as he spoiled her, he could also feel the attachnt she had for him.
"Don't worry big sis, everything will be back to normal soon. This farce has lasted long enough." Though it was technically safe for i to move back to the Kouzuki residence now, it still wasn't the right ti.
"Soon?" i was surprised at the sudden news. Though she was initially going to suggest moving back with them, i knew that the collaboration between the two companies was only viewed as i and Kyouko finally working together again after all these years. Though the Kurogane clan may see differently, they were only so of the exceptions. She felt that so ti was still needed before they could actually return to the way things were.
"Natsu-san and his wife are better at when it cos to magic. I believe that they would be able to make big sis' improve in a much faster rate." Kazuya already told her about the couple that had recently started living in the Kouzuki residence as Tsuna's distant relatives so she knew all about their capabilities.
"Which reminds …" i suddenly pounced at Kazuya. She pushed him down on the sofa and grinned. "Natsuhiko Akira and I had an interesting talk while he was giving pointers in my office. He told about how you have been keeping a lot of secrets from and your mother."
"Secrets?" Kazuya was startled. He wondered of Natsu revealed anything about Edea because he still didn't know how to open up that topic.
"From your expression, I can already tell that you're guilty!" i grinned. "Natsuhiko-san recently had studying the basics of formations, so I was able to notice a few things. When I asked him about It, he ca clean and told all about the formations you've placed on mine and Kyouko's clothes!" Kazuya's nervousness imdiately dispersed after hearing her words. i of course took it as Kazuya surrendering and admitting it.
"I didn't an to hide it. It's nothing but additional security after all. I will spare no expense to protect mom and big sis." Kazuya didn't think that it was a big deal and admitted it without hesitation.
i of course didn't think that it had been a simple matter. He had fallen sick when he first made the first set of jewelry that was supposed to protect them. She hadn't been very clear about Kazuya's progress through the years so she had always assud that he had to go through difficulty whenever he gave them gifts for protection. When Natsu inford her that from what he could see, the security and formations around i was even higher than Kyouko's, how could she not feel touched?
"You naughty boy! You have gone through every piece of your big sis' clothes and even underwear!" i giggled.
"Uhh…" Kazuya didn't know what to say. This was the reason why he had wanted to keep it a secret from them. He couldn't help but curse Natsu for not taking their reaction in consideration after their discovery of this. "Sorry for not asking for permission…" he imdiately decided to follow Matsumoto's advice on how to deal with won's irrationality. Kazuya apologized even though he had done it for her sake.
"If apologizing was enough then there wouldn't be need for laws and police officers! I want Justice!" she demanded.
"O-okay…" Kazuya agreed as he watched i's hand slowly get lifted up. He imdiately closed his eyes and made sure that all the protective formations around his body wouldn't activate. Kazuya didn't want to hurt her while i gave him punishnt so he concentrated to avoid any reflex from activating.
"fufu…" i smiled mischievously at the boy and how cute he acted. She could tell that Kazuya had retracted the usual mana that covered him so that she wouldn't be hurt if she chose to punish him. This made the warmth in her chest increase further.
"!!?" Kazuya's brain imdiately received a shock as a soft feeling ca on his lips. He was expecting pain from getting hit but instead felt i's lips pressed against his. Kazuya was still pressed down on the sofa so there was no room to back away.
He placed his hands on her shoulders intending to push her away but sothing soft had slid its way in his mouth which made his mind go blank. It was at this mont that Kazuya had realized that he had received his first kiss in this life. His first kiss in his previous life and his first kiss in this life had been ironically taken by the sa person. The only difference was that in this life, i was unlike the half drunk big sis that pushed him down when he was helping her go to bed one night.
"(Looks like I wasn't able to avoid it in this life as well…)" he thought as he peeked at i who had her eyes closed. "(Fine then! I've already clarified with Natsu-san about the summoning requirents anyway…)" Kazuya made up his mind and returned i's kiss earnestly.
"!!?" i's eyes opened in shock as Kazuya responded to the kiss. This was also her first kiss so she was shocked after getting such an intense response from a boy that was years younger than her. Her heartbeat sped up and was like a beating drum as i gradually felt that she was losing the strength to keep herself up. When she felt Kazuya's arms move, she imdiately backed away and abruptly ended it.
Though i was shocked, she still had her pride as the elder of them both so she imdiately tried to put up a calm front before Kazuya opened his eyes. She wondered if this was Kazuya's first kiss after the comfortable feeling she imdiately got after his response.
"Your big sis has decided to give you a reward for caring about her safety by giving you her first kiss officially but… why does it seem like you're already experienced?" i looked at Kazuya suspiciously.
"That was my first kiss too… (at least on this life…)" Kazuya slowly sat up and realized sothing was wrong with what she said. "Wait, what do you an by 'officially'?" Kazuya looked at the mischievous smile that appeared on i's alluring face. He couldn't help but stare at the soft and red lips that only monts ago were pressed against his before he frantically tried to clear his thoughts.
"fufu... Isn't it obvious?" giggled. "Your big sis has already unofficially claid it long ago. Now that you know about it, always think of your big sis whenever those pesky girls try to seduce you okay?"
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