After school, Claire, Tanis, and Kunou were exploring the town once again, thinking that they might've missed something, though this time, they're by themselves. Along the way, they would notice some Shinigami going around but ignored them. They also noticed that there were no 'doors of Hell' opening and wondered if it had something to do with what Serafall did yesterday.
In the latter part of their tour, they arrived at the area where the Urahara Shop was located and decided to drop by and say hi to Tessai. Although it was forbidden for them to tell anyone that they knew Tessai through Kisuke, this doesn't stop them from interacting with Tessai. And as Kisuke's best friend, the girls wanted to know more about him and offer help if he needed any.
"Since we're going there, want to borrow the underground training facility? We've never missed a training session every day and I'm honestly itching to move my body around." Claire proposed to the group. Kisuke had already created a place for them to train but he hadn't allowed them in yet because there were still a lot of things he had to do to fix the place.
"Let's go~!" Tanis grabbed Claire and Kunou's arms to race towards the Urahara Shop. Kunou only smiled and didn't say anything as she had the same craving as everyone else.
A few minutes later, they reached the corner where the shop was located but stopped on their feet before they could even approach it. The reason is that there are few familiar people standing outside and talking to Tessai.
While talking to his guests, Tessai also noticed the girls' approach and waved at them, "Tanis, Claire, Kunou. How was school?"
Those who were talking to Tessai also turned around and had their eyes widened, "T-they are..." Muttered Ichigo.
Uryu and Chad behind him remained silent.
Claire waved back with a big smile, "It's fun~ How are you doing Tessai-niisan?"
Tessai touched his mustache in embarrassment. They should be calling his uncle, but because they are calling Kisuke a big brother, it isn't really right for them not to do the same for him. Though after a few moments, Tessai felt the weirded-out stare from Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad and had to feign a cough before saying, "It's their choice. I have no say in it."
He then replied to Claire who was already approaching them, "I'm fine and it's great to hear that you're enjoying your stay. By the way, what are you girls here for?"
"We're exploring the town and came to this area so we thought we'd say hi."
"Is that so?" Tessai rubbed his chin and could feel the men's confused stare, "Welcome to the shop. I'd appreciate it if you could purchase a few things."
"We'll do that~! But we'd like to ask another favor."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"We'd like to use the underground training facility."
Tessai was a bit surprised but not because they wanted to use it. He turned to Ichigo's group and asked them, "Do you mind sharing it with them?"
Uryu immediately grabbed Ichigo's shoulder and answered, "If they're alright with us using it too, we don't mind. The training ground is wide enough for more people."
Tessai turned back to Claire and said, "They asked about it first so they got the priority. You could return on another day if you want to keep it to yourselves."
Claire thought about it for a second and looked towards Tanis and Kunou who seemed to not mind it, "We'd like to use it today~ Thank you for letting us go too, big brothers~." Claire went in front of Ichigo's group and slightly bowed her head in gratitude. And with their leader doing it, Tanis and Kunou did the same.
Ichigo panicked slightly at their sudden politeness due to the very different image they had in his head. When they met them in the ramen shop, they thought that they were aggressive girls, very different than their current demeanor.
"...It's fine. And since we'll be using the training ground together, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Kurosaki Ichigo and these guys behind me are Ishida Uryu and Yasutora Sado."
Uryu and Chad respectively smiled and nodded their heads when Ichigo introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, Kurosaki-niisan, Ishida-niisan, and Yasutora-niisan! I'm Claire Belial! Ah, Claire is my first name."
Tanis behind her raised her hand, "I'm Tanis Belial! We're not blood-related but we're sisters!"
"Kunou Belial. Pleased to meet you. We're not blood-related but we're definitely sisters." Kunou bowed elegantly.
In the previous world, Kunou not having a last name was a nonissue since it's very common for a Youkai, especially those who are very few in number not to have a last name. However, in this world, it's inconvenient not to have a last name and Kisuke suggested taking the name of Belial and Kunou happily accepted it.
Serafall tried protesting and said that she should take the name of Sitri but Kunou preferred to have the same last name as the other two because she feels that they finally became real sisters.
"Then is it alright if we call you by your first names?" asked Ichigo.
"Please do so~!"
Seeing that they finally settled, Tessai feigned another cough to gather their attention, "Let's continue inside."
Tessai was about to turn around to lead them inside when Claire suddenly stopped him, "Please wait."
He wondered what was going on but Claire turned to Kunou and said, "It's been a while so we might get too intense. Please make sure that we won't bother the neighbors."
Kunou nodded and took out several yellow paper talismans from her bag before tossing them into the air.
The fluttering and falling talismans suddenly suspended themselves in the air before straightening up and revolving around Kunou.
Kunou closed her eyes and whispered something. A few seconds later, the floating talismans launched themselves in all directions, sticking to the walls, roofs, and ground of the surrounding before quietly disappearing in sight, "It's done. Even if the ground shakes, no one will be able to notice."
"Tessai-niisan, we can go~!"
Tessai nodded and led Claire's group inside. Ichigo's group, meanwhile, was silently staring at the spots where the talismans disappeared, "What was that?" Chad asked.
"There's no use asking. We couldn't understand them in the first place." Uryu replied, "But this is a good opportunity. Let's see what they are capable of and maybe, we'll be able to recognize what they are doing."
Editors:
28th00: Ah, they’re not prepared for the “Wide area demolition specialists” that are DxD combatants. Where property damage is a goal instead of a consequence!
The reason why Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad came to Tessai and asked him for permission to use the training ground was to refresh themselves. After all, it's been a long while since the last large conflict and it's inevitable that they'll be rusty just from living their day-to-day lives as Humans.
There's a training ground constructed by Ryuuken Ishida inside the Karakura Hospital, but it's really only suitable for one or two people. The training ground under the Visored's warehouse, on the other hand, is being used by the Quincies. Although they didn't really have any intention of joining this new problem, they also didn't want to be stuck hiding behind their backs and be helpless about it.
The moment Ichigo's group came down to the training ground, a wave of nostalgia hit them, and that reminded them of a certain man that isn't here anymore. Though the next thing they felt is a worry, thinking that there was a chance that they'll be facing him if he was able to reach Hell.
After looking around, they immediately saw something very out of place and something they definitely don't remember existing, "...A mansion?" Muttered Chad after catching a glimpse of it in the distance.
Tessai became slightly nervous and feigned another cough, "Ehem... I built it to take some time off my hand. It's surprisingly enjoyable."
Claire knew that it was not a good topic for Tessai so she approached Ichigo, asking, "Ne, Kurosaki-niisan, how will you go with your training? If it's possible, we'd like a larger area."
"It's alright." Ichigo nodded at her, "We'll only do some Reiatsu training and some light sparring to get our senses back."
Claire immediately turned around and shouted towards the already distant Kunou, "He said it's okay~!"
Claire's actions pointed Ichigo's group and Tessai's attention to the distant blonde-haired girl. However, the moment their eyes landed on her, all of them froze for the reason that her appearance seems to have undergone a weird change.
Kunou released her transformation technique and now showed her fox ears and six tails swaying behind her.
"W-what is she?" Uryu muttered to himself.
"From the ancient lineage of the Nine-tailed Fox." Claire briefly answered before taking off, not explaining anything any further.
Kunou closed her eyes and the wind started swirling strongly around her, picking up dust and Kunou herself into the air.
Ichigo's group could tell that something is changing in their surroundings, but couldn't tell what it is.
From Kunou's bag, the same talisman that she took out earlier began rushing out, but this time, in hundreds or maybe even a thousand in number. They briefly covered Kunou from everyone's view as they formed a sphere around her. The next second, they all shoot out plastering themselves to the walls, floor, ceiling, and the invisible wall that divided the whole training ground into two.
And just like the previous ones, they all melded into what they stuck into and disappeared, including the ones with the invisible wall.
Tessai approached the one who was nearest, Tanis, and asked, "What did she do?"
"Spatial Reinforcement." Tanis answered while taking a look at the state of the barrier, "Basically it's a barrier that protects whatever's outside and slowly repairs what's inside."
And without any other word, a pair of dark blue reptilian wings suddenly sprouted behind her back before flying up and only stopping at the boundary of the barrier to check its integrity.
Ichigo's group and Tessai all froze in their place again at her sudden transformation, "Tsukabishi-san, what's all of this?" Uryuu asked the latter while fixing his glasses, making sure that he was not seeing anything wrong.
"Please don't ask me. I also want to know the answer to that.", replied Tessai while thinking, 'I knew what sort of world Kisuke came from but he didn't tell me anything about these girls. And actually seeing other races than Soul, Hollow, Quincy, and Human is very surprising.'
Meanwhile, the girls carefully checked the barrier that Kunou formed, not minding everyone else's stare. Since they are going to reveal a bit of themselves to them, there's no point in hiding their true appearances.
"I think this is really good." Claire muttered after touching a few spots of the barrier, "You said you created this barrier with Rossweisse-sensei and Riveria-sensei's help?"
Kunou shook her head with a wry smile, "It's more like they walked me through it."
"Don't sell yourself short, Kunou. I heard that Rossweisse-sensei and Riveria-sensei aren't really that good with Youkai techniques, but this is clearly mainly a Youjutsu." Tanis flew towards Kunou and patted her back, "I also heard about this from those two and they're also saying that your ingenuity made this possible."
A small cute smile emerged from Kunou's face as she turned to Tanis, "Thanks."
At that moment, they suddenly felt a mix of Demonic Power and Holy Power erupted and when the two of them turned towards its source, they saw Claire grinning at them, "Shall we start?"
Kunou and Tanis looked at each other again before grinning and jumping away from each other.
As the one who is better at long-range engagement, Kunou started by forming fox signs on both of her hands. The next second two golden balls of fire with a tint of red a yard in diameter formed in front of her hands and she sent them flying towards Claire and Tanis.
A shallow light immediately covered Tanis' body as she took a stance in mid-air. The moment the fireball came near her, she launched her right fist at it while letting out a small breath, "Huuppp!"
The fireball instantly exploded away from Tanis, creating a shockwave that rocked the whole training ground. But thanks to the barrier, it was immediately mitigated without any problem.
On Claire's side, she only had to look at it for a second before it fizzled out of existence. Not as flashy as the former, but definitely more terrifying. In fact, Tanis and Kunou would often team up against Claire because she has a clear 'sight' of what they can do.
Naturally, Kunou also knew that this would be the result after sending out those 'greetings' but she didn't stop there and created another 8 fireballs, 2 from her hands and 6 from her tails. Kunou then sent them flying toward Claire and Tanis once again.
Tanis was about to receive them as she usually does, but the 4 fireballs heading her direction suddenly started going off a weird trajectory they were about to reach her, completely throwing off her timing, and ended up receiving the two of them with her bare body, causing a huge explosion on her spot.
Claire, on the other hand, tried erasing the fox fires with her 'Worthless' ability but only one of them fizzled out, "Wait, Huh? Those aren't Fox Fire!?"
Kunou smirked and removed the illusion she placed on the fireballs. In an instant, two of the three remaining golden fireballs heading toward Claire suddenly turned crimson and the last one turned blue.
"Dragon Fire and Magic Fire!?"
While Claire's [Worthless] is very oppressive, especially to those she knew very well, there were weaknesses to it. First, it can't disable two or more spells at the same time, and second, there's a very small cooldown before each use. Claire could circumvent a bit of the first weakness if the spells she's disabling came from the same system, but there's nothing she can do about the second one no matter how fast she tries to analyze the spell.
"It's the result of my secret training~!" Kunou proudly proclaims.
Before impact, Claire was able to take care of the two Dragon Fire fireballs but she had to take Magic Fire that chased her even after dodging it and also causing a huge explosion and shockwave.
Meanwhile, those who were watching them couldn't stop the corners of their mouths from twitching, "...They said this is just sparring, or did I remember it wrongly?" Chad asked.
"More importantly, can this place hold up?" Asked Ichigo, "It feels like it'll collapse from the constant earthquake."
Editors:
28th00: I thought Kunou was a Kyuubi? She’s stronger than her mother, so she definitely should be one… Probably made it into a Super-Form, as is tradition.
Goyya: That will be explained later on. It’s like Koneko’s tails, but in this case, some sort of regression that limited her number of tails for what she could actually handle right now.
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