Kisuke greeted her mother who also just came from shopping with Yoruichi.
"Make sure you settle things between you and Sona-chan. It's your fault why this happened." Those are Sakura's first words when her son greeted her.
"I will..." Kisuke smiled brightly.
"Looks like you're fine now, but Sona-chan is not..." Sakura gave him a reprimanding look.
"I'll properly apologize to her later. But I think that chasing after her right now won't do me any good. I'll wait for her to calm down for now."
"... Well... That's fine I guess. But you shouldn't do that kind of thing in the future. Rejecting someone is alright, but trampling over the innocent maiden's feelings are forbidden."
"I know, mom. I understand my fault now."
"Good. Let's head inside. I'm going to prepare for dinner. Help me with it." Sakura shoved the bags she's carrying to Kisuke.
"Okay~." Kisuke helped her with the groceries and entered the house.
After their dinner, Kisuke asks Yoruichi, "How's the three?"
"Hmm? They're fine. Koneko is healing faster than predicted. Kuroka is still understandably cautious of both of us and Aika is still trying too hard as ever."
"Hmm... Warn her later. Her body could recover easily but not her mental health."
"I intend to. But let her do what she wants for now. In any case, The basic Zanjutsu that she got from getting her own Zanpakuto should be enough for now."
"Great. Now that is out of the way... Mom! I'll be going somewhere for a week or two. I'm taking Yoruichi with me." Kisuke said to Sakura who is preparing dinner beside him.
"Hmm? To where?" She didn't look at his direction and continued what she's doing.
"To Greece."
"...Why?" Sakura finally looked over at his direction with a baffled expression. Yoruichi also has the same expression.
"A friend invited me over for her child's birthday," Kisuke recalled the contents of the letter he received earlier and stated her reason.
"Who is it?" Sakura went back to what she's doing and asked casually.
"Well... I can't really tell as her identity is a bit special and some people are after her. So the fewer people knew about her the better." Kisuke shook his head in refusal to answer, 'I finally remembered her. She's the Devil with a Priest lover who was hunted down by their own comrades. She's already thought of as a dead person. I can't go attending the birthday party of a 7-year-old daughter of 10 years 'dead' person.'
"... Is that so? Just be careful, alright?" With a sigh, Sakura agreed but didn't forget to remind him.
"Got it. Maybe by the time that I return, Sona-Kaichou would have calmed down sufficiently to listen to my apologies." Kisuke chuckled and arranged his plan for the future.
"When are you going?"
"Tomorrow."
"That's a bit sudden. What about school?"
"I can take care of that later. I don't need it anyways. I only attended because that's the most normal thing to do. And now that you know about me, I couldn't care less about it anymore."
"What about the friends you made there?" Sakura understood his reason. Someone who can formulate very complicated magic without the help of a Devil is already beyond the realm of genius. Someone like that would only need to read some textbooks and reference books and they'll be done with high school. But school isn't all about just studying, it is also what shapes the students' personalities and relationships in their limited time as a youth.
"... I'll come once in a while." Kisuke remembered the rowdy trio, Asia and finally, Sona. He would like to play with them again to relax.
They finished their dinner and retired early to their rooms. Sakura is now alone because Koneko has to stay with her peerage for two reasons. Koneko can't go out alone without protection from someone in Gremory House or they'll risk her get kidnap because of her ability. They locked down the information regarding the Rating Game, but there are no absolutes in this world. They had to be careful. The other reason is that Koneko might inflict harm to the Urahara Household by gathering attention to them and someone might think that they are the reason Koneko gained such power. Kisuke, Yoruichi and Sakura agreed as they also don't want needless trouble if it can be avoided.
When they reached their room, Kisuke locked the room with his barrier and laid down on the bed with Yoruichi sitting on his chest, "So? Who did you receive that letter from?"
"Cleria Belial... Remember her?"
"...Cleria... Cleria... Ah! That poor Devil with a Human lover who was almost killed by those around them?"
"Yep." Kisuke then took out the letter from his inventory and gave it to Yoruichi.
Yoruichi transforms back to Human and laid down beside him using his arm as a pillow. She took the letter and started reading it. Most of the letter's contents are thanks and a summary of what happened to both of them. They also now have a seven-year-old daughter and very happy with their current lives. They are inviting Kisuke to come for a vacation in Greece and it's also their daughter's birthday. They mentioned in the letter that they kept telling the story of what happened a decade ago to their daughter that's my she got interested in this 'Big Brother Kisuke' and wants to meet him.
Yoruichi closed the letter and gave it back to Kisuke for safekeeping, "If this is the normal you, You wouldn't have accepted this invitation? What changed?"
"Well, I just figure out that since it's already our second life, we shouldn't live it like the previous one."
"Hooh? No more being overly cautious and hiding to the best of your ability?"
"Yep. I don't anymore care if more people were to know more about me. We don't have an enemy that we must take down and silently plan for everything. Though I won't showcase my abilities willy nilly and I also won't cut corners in some disguises of mine. After all, showing everything we got would only attract unwanted attention to us."
"Hehehe... I'm very thankful to Sona for showing you something like that. It woke you up."
"She won't be happy with your gratitude though."
"I don't care. Anyways, what are you going to do with her, playboy?" Yoruichi sneered at him.
"... I honestly don't know. Her feelings were too heavy for me." He smiled wryly in response.
Yoruichi looked at his serious face and thought, 'It's only heavy because you aren't carrying it properly.'
Just one chapter for today... Too tired...
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Btw, I don't skip my 8-hour sleep every day unless it's an emergency. So I won't be writing if it's already late in the evening..,
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Enjoy~
The next day, Kisuke in casual wear and a backpack on his back. There are just a few necessities inside it and most of the space is for Yoruichi. He doesn't need luggage anyway as he already has all he needs in a separate space, including large amounts of portable Gigai that can be useful in many situations.
"Do you have everything you need?" Even though Sakura already knew the answer to this question, she still wanted to ask him this as his mother.
"Yep~. We'll be going now. It'll probably take a week or two."
"Take care." Sakura gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"You too, take care. I'll bring back some souvenirs." Kisuke also returned the hug.
"All right. My expectations aren't that high. I wouldn't even mind if you bring me another daughter-in-law." Sakura is of course just joking when she said this.
"... I don't think that'll happen... I'm just going to for a short vacation."
"Hehehe... Who knows? Your antics are very charming for some girls. You might snag one by just walking through the streets." Sakura is still indeed joking, but remembering the girls around him, she wasn't so sure anymore, 'I didn't jinx it... right?'
"W-well then mom, I gotta go! Or I might miss my plane." Kisuke didn't want to agree to her words, but he also couldn't deny her as it goes against his pride of handsome shopkeeper that charms(annoys) all ladies.
Kisuke took a taxi like a normal person with Yoruichi in her cat form peeking from the bag. Since Yoruichi essentially doesn't 'exist' in Human society, she can't take any flight to anywhere without proper identification. They could easily request the Devils for it but it'll take some time and Yoruichi didn't really want to deal with them aside from her acquaintances which is Sona, Tsubaki, and Koneko. Yoruichi, however, can easily bypass the security measures of the airport without much effort so the need to get an I.D. reduces further.
The Devils in the airport spotted Kisuke and reported it to their higher-ups as he is one of the persons of interest connected to Yoruichi who are they looking for.
Kisuke noticed them and their actions but ignored it because they didn't do anything beyond recording information and Kisuke can easily manipulate that.
Kisuke boarded the plane while Yoruichi is brazenly standing on his head, but no one noticed her as she's being hidden by Kisuke's invention that is a small scale illusion generating choker equipped on her neck.
This is actually their first time to board an airplane and quite excited about it. Kisuke and Yoruichi just had to explore the whole plane's every nook and cranny.
Just this experience is worth their whole trip. The two got tired and rested the rest of the flight and only woke up when they landed on Athens International Airport.
Kisuke didn't contact Cleria so she doesn't know that he would arrive today. Kisuke and Yoruichi wanted to go around by themselves. A date in other words.
The first thing they did is to go to the money exchanger booth for some local cash that they can spend. After that, they looked through the brochure that they got when at the airport to plan their route. Since they aren't exactly like a normal couple that kept giggling at each other like an idiot, they chose the places where they could experience things that they can't do normally.
It's about 6:30 in the morning and the first thing they decided to do is fishing. Both of them haven't experienced it and wanted to do it now that have a chance.
They didn't want to waste time by going through the fishing tours and since Kisuke already have all they needed in his inventory including diving and fishing equipment, they only had to choose the place to fish. And they chose to go to the Port City of Athens, Piraeus.
Until now, Kisuke is still being tracked by the Devils but they haven't realized Yoruichi's existence. Entering a random street after exiting the airport, Kisuke took out a gigai he can control remotely when his trackers weren't looking and left the scene using Flash Step. He intended for the gigai to stay in a random hotel for the whole duration of their trip.
Now that the eyes that were following him were out of the way, Kisuke changes his outfit to blend in with the locals. He also used illusion magic to dye his hair black and finally took out a small candy. This candy is another one of Kisuke's creations that can temporarily change the takers' magical signature to avoid pinpoint detections. It lasts about 3 hours each take and you can eat the next one before the effect disappears for another 3 hours of the magical signature change. There are, of course, limitations. First is, you can't take it 10 times a row and have to rest for 3 hours or else the Mana inside the body will start to wreak havoc due to constant change. And second, the use of magic within a certain threshold will render this candy ineffective. However, even with limitations like those, it's certainly is useful for situations like these.
Kisuke can actually change his own magical signature without the candy's help, but he would have to dedicate a certain amount of focus on it, taking away some of his enjoyment in this trip.
Using Flash Step and covering his tracks, Kisuke only took a few minutes to reach Piraeus from the vicinity of the airport. Although he moving too fast for humans are most of the supernatural beings, he still didn't forget to appreciate the metropolis of Athens with Yoruichi peeking from his backpack.
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of Ottoman monuments.
Finding another secluded alley and setting up a concealing barrier, Kisuke prompted Yoruichi to come out from his bag.
Yoruichi transformed back to her human form, "Finally! Where do we go!? Let's go!"
"For starters, put on some clothes." Kisuke took out a set of clothes for Yoruichi.
"Oh... Thanks." Yoruichi happily put a show in front of him. Kisuke wanted to 'attack' her but figure that he could do that later and much more.
Yoruichi could have conjured clothes for herself but the clothes Kisuke handed to her is another one of his creations. Its effects are simple, it can change both of her Reiatsu-Ki and magical signatures. Since she's technically a wanted woman, Kisuke put more focus on her concealment. But due to a small time frame, he could only create one set of this clothing, so Kisuke put as many extra features in it as possible.
The first extra is the ability to change its appearance. There are multiple presets that Yoruichi can choose from and some of the designs are cosplay which is Kisuke's interest. Another extra is the ability to clean itself automatically. Other extra features are just some small convenient things like temperature control and automatic repair.
After putting it on, Yoruichi jumped to Kisuke like a little girl and grabbed his left arm, "So? Where do we go?"
Kisuke smiled and pinched her nose playfully, "We book a hotel first."
"We aren't going to Cleria's place today, bad boy?" Yoruichi replied with a playful smile.
"What? You don't want to stay a night first with just the two of us?"
"Who said that? Let's go!"
DISCLAIMER: I haven't been to Greece or anywhere near there. So if I wrote something wrong, please forgive me and point it out.
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Just one chapter for today since I just posted the last chapter of Volume 4 in my pat.reon.
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I'll post two tomorrow though.
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BTW, this volume would have a slow start to build up the plot. So please be patient~.