The day before the summit, Kisuke returned to the Ouroboros Academy after getting an earful from Issei for overworking Rossweisse.
What he ca into after long days of work was a small gathering between the core mbers of the Ouroboros Academy who also just ca back from the summit preparation and the guests from the Soul Society.
Just as he walked in, he heard Kirio happily narrating his childhood stories, "Because he didn't have any friends, he would recklessly sneak into Shihouin manor to ask Yoruichi to play with him."
Kirio caught sight of Kisuke entering with an embarrassed expression and stopped montarily, "Ara, you're finally back."
Everyone in the room also looked in his direction but he told them to settle down.
"I hope you aren't saying anything exaggerated."
"That wasn't exaggerated. That's the main reason why I asked you to co to the Onmitsukidou." Yoruichi imdiately piped in while lazing on the sofa with chips in her hand, "I didn't tell you this but you seriously hurt the Shihouin House's pride that ti. Think about it, a snotty brat was able to sneak into the house that cultivates spies and assassins. You have no idea how funny it was when they were trying to figure out how you did it, not just one ti, but several."
Kisuke walked towards Shinji and gestured for him to move a bit before sitting down beside him, "At that ti, I already had the first prototype for the Reiatsu-Hiding Cloak."
"And you didn't share that tech until you beca the Captain of the 12th Division?" Shinji asked.
In response, Kisuke just chuckled, "If you were in my position, would you?"
Shinji thought about it for a mont before answering, "I certainly wouldn't. But it's impressive you were able to think that far as a child."
"Well, the outer layer of the Rukongai district isn't exactly safe and peaceful."
"Hikifune-san, please continue your stories." Koneko, not at all bothered by his seemingly grim past, urged Kirio to continue what she was doing.
Kirio smiled and restarted her narration while entirely ignoring Kisuke's presence.
In front of her were Kuroka, Koneko, Akeno, Irina, and Aika, carefully listening to every detail.
anwhile, off to the side on another table, Riveria, dusa, Sona, Senjumaru, and Retsu are sharing a lively conversation.
On the other hand, Ouetsu and Tenjirou are catching up to each other while Yoruichi and Shinji occasionally chi in.
Kisuke took a long, deep breath before a soft smile cracked on his face. This peacefulness is what he has been trying to achieve, however, circumstances don't allow that.
During that ti, another person sat beside him and offered him a drink, "It seems that your girls can't be interrupted, so here."
Kisuke to the side and saw Lisa staring at him, "Yadoumaru-san. I hope you're enjoying your ti here. Last ti I saw you, you were scared out of your wits." He replied jokingly while taking the drink.
A small blush appeared on her face and she imdiately hid it by fixing her glasses, "It wasn't just alright? And are there any appropriate reactions when you show sothing like that? What was her na again? Tiamat?"
Kisuke chuckled, "That was Tiamat's idea to catch those Chained off guard. Though I doubt sothing like that could work for the second ti."
"By the way, what is she doing?" Kisuke changed the topic by pointing at a certain corner where Soifon is staring at everyone, "She looks like a cat in her new ho so I didn't approach her. Did she eat sothing wrong?"
Lisa turned to the corner he pointed and paused for a mont before giving a reply, "Apparently, she can't believe what she's seeing right now."
"What exactly?"
Lisa pointed to everyone in the room, "This whole thing. And honestly, too. I just got used to it. She probably can't imagine you having not just one or two lovers and now she was confronted by this reality."
"Is it really that hard to believe?"
Shinji turned around and answered with conviction, "Yes. It's unbelievable. How did you pull this off?"
"Even if you ask that, all I can say is that it happened." Before Kisuke knew it, Kirio stopped her narration and was looking at him, "But seriously? How did all of this happen? I'm also really curious."
Yoruichi's attention was also attracted as well as Sona's group, "Ah, where do I start? It probably began when his childhood friend had a not-so-coincidental 'accident' and he decided to ss with the people behind it."
"That ti, huh?" Sona started reminiscing about the past, "If I rember correctly, Akeno had the greatest reaction and beca his pri target for harassnt."
Akeno who was just quietly listening all this ti instantly turned beet red and tried hiding her face with her hands as a certain incident that she didn't want to rember resurfaced with great force, "Please! Don't pivot the conversation towards ! That was my darkest history!"
"Please, that was not as dark as your childhood." Kisuke imdiately retorted. While it was his fault that he played the video without checking its contents beforehand, it was Akeno's idea to settle her frustration in his room out of all places.
Of course, that retort only earned him a pillar of lightning descending on his head. Kisuke was able to block it but more and more Magic Circles started gathering above him, "That's right. I haven't been able to properly get back at you for that ti thanks to your sweet words. I think it's ti to settle this grudge." In addition to the red face, tears are also on the brink of spilling out from her eyes.
'Sweet words?' Kisuke drew a blank in that but he didn't have the ti to think since he needed to defend himself.
All of a sudden, dusa spoke up, "Akeno, mind turning this way?"
Confused and curious Akeno turned around but as soon as she t her eyes, she noticed that dusa wasn't wearing her glasses, "W-what!?"
The next instant, although she didn't turn into stone, her body froze, "It's a story that I don't know. Sounds amusing. I'd like to hear it."
"N-nooooo!!!"
Akeno tried to resist the petrification but dusa was also pouring in a massive amount of Divine Power into her eyes, rendering her actions useless.
That night, a lively party of storytelling consud their ti with each girl recounting their experience with Kisuke, giving a whole lot of perspective to how Kisuke was able to end up with this web of relationships.
As for Akeno's embarrassing story, it was set aside for later after this very cool and mature woman cried for real.
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When the sun ca up, the mbers of the Ouroboros Academy except for Kisuke and Yoruichi started leaving to prepare for the important event.
"That was a strangely fruitful night." Yoruichi comnted while stretching her limbs, "Do you finally get it now?" She turned to Soifon who was looking at the rising sun.
"To summarize all of it, you guys have a strange taste in n." Was Soifon's takeaway for the entire night.
Yoruichi was speechless for a mont before chucking, "If you put it like that, I can't exactly deny it." She then turned to Kisuke with a big smile, "But enough about that. It's about ti you confront them. I'm sure they already got word of your attendance and are seeing you as a very valuable player, they'll use any thod to pull you to their side."
"Iya~ I'm really flattered, but they are misunderstanding sothing and I'll make sure to tell them that to their faces."
Yoruichi let out a short breath before patting his back, "Whatever. Leave everything on this side to us. I'll make sure that they won't be able to take hold of your weakness."
Kisuke grinned, but this ti, full of malice, "Don't worry. They won't have the chance." All Kisuke told them was he'd do sothing big at the summit. He's afraid that his intentions would leak so he doesn't tell anyone what exactly he's trying to achieve, 'With all the weird techniques and spells floating around now that the Evie and Etoulde technology have flowed into those guys' tech basket, I can't risk diminishing the surprise I prepared.'
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