The day before the summit, Kisuke returned to the Ouroboros Academy after getting an earful from Issei for overworking Rossweisse.
What he came into after long days of work was a small gathering between the core members of the Ouroboros Academy who also just came 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 momentarily, "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 come to the Onmitsukidou." Yoruichi immediately 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 time. 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 time, but several."
Kisuke walked towards Shinji and gestured for him to move a bit before sitting down beside him, "At that time, I already had the first prototype for the Reiatsu-Hiding Cloak."
"And you didn't share that tech until you became 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 moment 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.
Meanwhile, off to the side on another table, Riveria, Medusa, 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 chime 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 time, 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 time here. Last time I saw you, you were scared out of your wits." He replied jokingly while taking the drink. РãꞐÓBË𐌔
A small blush appeared on her face and she immediately hid it by fixing her glasses, "It wasn't just me alright? And are there any appropriate reactions when you show something like that? What was her name again? Tiamat?"
Kisuke chuckled, "That was Tiamat's idea to catch those Chained off guard. Though I doubt something like that could work for the second time."
"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 home so I didn't approach her. Did she eat something wrong?"
Lisa turned to the corner he pointed and paused for a moment 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, me 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 me 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 mess with the people behind it."
"That time, huh?" Sona started reminiscing about the past, "If I remember correctly, Akeno had the greatest reaction and became his prime target for harassment."
Akeno who was just quietly listening all this time instantly turned beet red and tried hiding her face with her hands as a certain incident that she didn't want to remember resurfaced with great force, "Please! Don't pivot the conversation towards me! That was my darkest history!"
"Please, that was not as dark as your childhood." Kisuke immediately 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 time thanks to your sweet words. I think it's time 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 time to think since he needed to defend himself.
All of a sudden, Medusa spoke up, "Akeno, mind turning this way?"
Confused and curious Akeno turned around but as soon as she met her eyes, she noticed that Medusa 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 Medusa was also pouring in a massive amount of Divine Power into her eyes, rendering her actions useless.
That night, a lively party of storytelling consumed their time 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 came up, the members of the Ouroboros Academy except for Kisuke and Yoruichi started leaving to prepare for the important event.
"That was a strangely fruitful night." Yoruichi commented 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 men." Was Soifon's takeaway for the entire night.
Yoruichi was speechless for a moment 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 time 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 method to pull you to their side."
"Iya~ I'm really flattered, but they are misunderstanding something 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 time, full of malice, "Don't worry. They won't have the chance." All Kisuke told them was he'd do something 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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