"You just had to choose that sharp-eyed guy," Yoruichi said while eating skewered grilled meat that she'd bought on the way.
"I'm just curious as to how much of it was his own ability and how much of it was from Skill or something. I wasn't able to figure that out, though," replied Kisuke.
Choosing a snack of her own, Kuroka added, "That guy is pretty strong, nya. Probably only second to the strongest guy around here."
"Geez, stop it you two. We're just about to have our lunch!" Kisuke reprimanded their actions.
A few minutes later, they'd arrived at a large tavern that was serving lunch, "This is the place. The food here is great," Yoruichi entered followed by Kuroka and Kisuke, "Keely, is there a free private room?"
A Human woman with long black hair, squinted her eyes when she looked up and recognized the girls, "Ah~ Yoruichi-chan, Kuroka-chan. Your usual spot is free," she then looked towards Kisuke and opened her squinted eyes slightly, "And this is?"
"Nice to meet you~ The name's Kisuke Urahara."
The woman smiled and returned the introduction, "Kisuke-chan, is it? Nice to meet you too~ I'm Keely Dukes, the owner of this humble establishment. Welcome and please enjoy your stay~"
Keely then looked at the back and raised her voice, "Fia! Please lead the guests upstairs."
A white-haired Chienthrope appeared at her call and answered, "Understood."
With a blue waitress uniform, Fia came out from the back and approached the three, "Please follow me. I'll lead you to your table."
As they went upstairs, some of the customers immediately left the place and Keely thought, 'A man, huh... This is going to get complicated. And it doesn't help that the people of the Astarte Familia are also upstairs. I guess I should ask my customers to leave...'
Keely then asked some of her waitresses to warn the people of a potential disturbance that might happen. But she knew that only a few people would actually leave and the rest would stay for the fun, 'I wonder how much money I can wring out of those guys from Aruna Familia?'
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Once the waitress left their room with their orders, Kisuke suddenly suggested, "Should I do something so we won't be disturbed?"
"Please do so, nya~!" Kuroka immediately agreed.
"Make something that hits back," added Yoruichi.
"How potent should it be?"
With a grin, Yoruichi replied, "Destroying this place is fine~ We won't be the one paying the damages, anyway."
Kisuke then suddenly stood up and said, "I, Kisuke Urahara, the Magic Engineer, have something that fits just this occasion~!"
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Before the entrance to Keely's tavern, three infamous people stood, more than half an hour had passed since Kisuke, Yoruichi and Kuroka had arrived, "Are you certain that they're here?" The Racoon man asked the one who led them here.
The skinny human grinned dirtily and said, "Of course, Sir King. They even brought a man with them."
Hearing that, the light blue-haired Pallum and their last member snorted, "Hmph! They've been playing hard to get, yet there they are, suddenly appearing with a man! Just because they beat Cleo's group, they've been thinking too highly of themselves! You've even expressed your desire to court them! They should feel honored that an executive of the Aruna Familia is even looking at them!"
"Calm down, Ruddy. We aren't here for that, but to invite them to join our Familia. With their abilities, we don't want them going to the other factions," the Racoon man, King Johnson of the Aruna Familia and a Level 5, replied. However, his face told otherwise.
From the window, Kisuke observed the three of them, "They're not really troublesome, just plain annoying."
Chuckling, Kuroka replied, "So you can get annoyed too, nya~!"
"Of course I can get annoyed too," Kisuke then placed down his cup of juice before standing up, "Wait here. I'll just go increase the power of those things by a tiny bit."
Kisuke returned to his seat soon after and resumed his after-meal drink. He also changed the topic and told Yoruichi and Kuroka about what had been happening in Orario.
After telling the story of Medusa getting her body back and reuniting with her long sleeping sisters, the three sensed the three's presence beyond the door of their private room.
Outside of their room, the three annoying fellows stood, "Is this it?" King asked.
"I've confirmed it, sir. This is their usual room. It's basically an open secret around here," the skinny Human answered before facing the door. Since he's with one of the most prominent and influential people in the region of Dizara, courage overflowed from him and he shouted at the door, "Those who're inside, open the door right now! Sir King Johnson of the Aruna Familia is here!"
The Pallum and Racoon just let him do what he wanted. In any case, this was how the Racoon man wanted things done.
However, even after they waited for a minute or two, no answer from the door was given.
Being embarrassed, the skinny Human instantly lost his patience and tried to kick open the door, "I said sir King Johnson is here! Answer the goddamn door!"
But the moment his foot connected with the door, the door lit up slightly before the Human felt the force of his kick being rebounded back, instantly breaking his ankle and fracturing multiple parts of his leg.
Not being able to react, the Human blasted through into the opposite room, destroying it entirely. But the force of the rebound didn't abate even after he hit a door and wall, as he continued flying through the streets of Pandemonium, crashing into multiple stalls on the way before finally stopping, unconscious and severely injured.
King and the Pallum who had just watched all of this unfold instantly could only gawk at what had happened. While they were still not sure of what had just transpired, the doors of the occupied rooms swung open and people came pouring out, trying to figure out what had happened themselves.
All of them instantly recognized the two standing in front of Kisuke and co's room, but only one group came forward to confront them, "What no good are you up to again, douchebag King?"
King managed to get his bearings back and clicked his tongue at the Amazon who'd just spoken up, "Man-hater Fenia... What are you doing here?"
"Of course it's to dine, you dumbass! And you just had to disturb our meal! What are you even doing here, destroying this establishment!?" The Amazoness replied while the three girls behind her got ready to engage in case King and Ruddy suddenly turned hostile.
King gritted his teeth in anger due to the insults he'd suddenly received, however, before he could do anything else, the door to the room they were trying to open suddenly opened and behind it was a man with pale blond hair and a green and white striped bucket hat on his head, "Yes? What is it? Why did you knock?"
Due to his sudden and untimely appearance, King and Ruddy didn't actually know what to say, while the Amazoness Fiana creased her brows.
On the other hand, Kisuke first looked up and down on King and Ruddy before suddenly saying, "You look like scammers. Did you think that I'm an easy target just because I'm new around here? Please take your snake oil somewhere else. Or better yet, just drink it yourself so this world can be a better place."
Not just King and Ruddy, but everyone who was watching and heard Kisuke's words, were stunned. He was basically telling one of the executives of the Aruna Familia to kill himself.
They all only snapped out of it when Kisuke slammed the door shut.
King was about to explode, but he was interrupted yet again when Kisuke suddenly opened the door again. As if he forgot something, he added, "And if you're here to talk about your religion, I also don't need it. I'm friends with a God and I can even invite her over for some cookies and doughnuts," shutting the door once again.
Instead of King, however, the first one to make a move was the Pallum, Ruddy. He just couldn't take a nobody mocking them to no end. After gathering all of his strength, Ruddy sent out a punch.
"Stop! Ruddy!" King tried to stop him.
However, Ruddy didn't listen. Obviously, he didn't forget the fate of the skinny Human so instead of the door, he aimed his punch at the wall beside it. The reason why he was so confident is that was because the moment the skinny Human had kicked the door, it lit up, but only within the boundary of the door. With that in mind, he concluded that such a strong and strange barrier wasn't applied to the walls.
On the other side of the wall, Kisuke only waited for a light thump before hearing a cry of extreme pain flying off into a distance. His fate was much worse than the skinny Human.
After he couldn't hear the cry anymore, Kisuke just chuckled and muttered, "What an actual idiot."
Strangely enough, those words of his were heard throughout the entire second floor.
Editors:
28th00: You don’t hit reflectors. It’s common sense man...
Kisuke's whispers instantly pissed off King beyond reason, but he didn't dare strike back in fear of the strange barrier. More than hurting himself, he was more afraid of humiliating himself, so instead of confronting them further, he jumped through the hole that the blasted people created. In any case, he was already in a disadvantageous position with the women of the Astarte Familia present.
The moment he exited the building in a hurry, however, the door of the private room swung open again. But instead of just peeking, the people inside went out, "Since they attacked first, it's not our fault. We won't be paying for any damages," Kisuke declared.
"You're thinking that maybe you could ask for compensation from Keely, aren't you?" Yoruichi guessed.
"It's my right to do so! Those bad guys really scared me by suddenly destroying the things beside us. I'm just an intellectual guy and hate violence! What if they hurt me for real!? For establishments such as this, that's just unacceptable," replied Kisuke, as Yoruichi correctly guessed his ruse. Leaving the two behind, Kisuke went directly downstairs to complain about the 'traumatizing' experience and maybe get a free meal or two.
"You're... Yoruichi Shihouin and Kuroka Toujou... No wonder that rascal is here," Fenia wanted to ask who the man who'd just left was, but she'd already lost her interest in him and decided against it, 'It's just another scumbag, judging from the way he acts.'
Yoruichi and Kuroka turned towards them and the former greeted them with a big smile, "Yo, Fenia~ Fancy meeting you here~!"
Fenia smiled back and replied, "You two never cease to show many surprises. Even after thinking about what I just saw, I still have no idea how you fought that group back. A Magic that you never showed? In any case, now that you've hit back at the dumbass Racoon, the Aruna Familia will never stop trying to take you or destroy you."
"Are you saying that you have a way around that, nya~?" asked Kuroka with an amused expression.
"Absolutely. My sister, Tenestra, may have already invited you before, but I'd also like to extend my hand to you two to join my Familia. That way, you won't just deter them, but also be able to retaliate when you want to and we'll have your back."
"That's an endearing offer, but I'd like to refuse," Yoruichi shook her head, "First of all, it wasn't us but that guy who just went down's magic item. Secondly, I've heard that your Familia, as a pure female faction, doesn't allow any man within their ranks or any members to have a relationship with one. I'm sorry to say, but that guy is my hubby and I don't intend to leave him anytime soon~."
Fenia didn't hesitate to show her frown of displeasure, however, she also didn't say anything distasteful, "I see. That's really sad to hear," She then turned her attention to Kuroka, "What about you, Kuroka Toujou? In addition to what I've said earlier, we also won't interfere with your Mercenary business. As long as you uphold our mission of saving abused women and don't get into a relationship with any man, we won't say anything regarding who you want to party with."
She'd already given up on Yoruichi, but just for now. With Fenia's skewed view of man and woman relationships that stemmed from her childhood, she believed that their relationship wouldn't last long. As long as they had Kuroka on their side, it'd be inevitable that she'd also join their cause in the future.
"Hmm? Ah, sorry, nya~! That same guy happens to be my hubby too, so I will have to refuse, nya~," replied Kuroka with a shit-eating grin.
Fenia and the girls behind her were stunned at her confession. A second later, Fenia showed her utter displeasure as she clicked her tongue and said, "Tsk! So he's really just as scummy and disgusting as those animals from the Aruna Familia."
However, the moment she'd uttered those words, an immense flood of killing intent and some other forces came bearing down on her in an instant, before disappearing. But even then, she almost blacked out and lost consciousness. It's as if the reaper of life decided to aim its scythe of death at her neck for a very brief moment, "!?"
As her vision cleared, Fenia immediately saw Yoruichi and Kuroka's faces. While the latter was already frowning, the former kept on smiling. However, she could tell for sure that Yoruichi wasn't smiling.
"I would really appreciate it if you don't compare Kisuke to those dumbasses. While he's scummy, he's my lovable scum, and any biased and unreasonable insults at him, I find quite... distasteful, you see?" Yoruichi slowly replied before turning away from them, walking towards the stairs, "I thank you for your invitation, but those are some beliefs that I can't agree with. We'll take our leave and see you around again, hopefully, in a delightful manner."
After staying for a few more seconds, Kuroka decided to follow Yoruichi without saying anything. Although she wanted to get back at her for insulting her beloved, she decided against it after recalling the information they had on her, 'Scaring her should be quite enough... I also understand where she's coming from after going through so much at such a young age.'
As someone who did everything to protect her little sister, Kuroka can somehow relate to her.
Once they left their sights, one of the girls behind Fenia suddenly called out to her in a worried tone, "F-Fenia-sama? Are you alright?"
Fenia looked at her with confusion but after seeing her concerned face, it was only then she noticed that she's breathing frantically and cold sweat covered her forehead and back. Not wanting to show such a thing to her comrades, Fenia immediately tried to normalize her expression and smiled wryly and patted her head, "I'm fine. I'm just feeling a little light-headed. Let's pay up and return home for today. I'm sorry, everyone. It was supposed to be a pleasant outing."
The girl she patted immediately responded, "Please don't be, Fenia-sama! If you're not feeling well, please rest up!" She then turned to the other two girls and said, "Seles, Mina. Please accompany Fenia-sama back home. I'll follow you once I take care of things here."
The two girls nodded and ushered Fenia.
"Don't worry, everyone. We'll have a chance in the future again."
"Please stop thinking about that for now, Fenia-sama. We're already happy that you're concerned with us. We couldn't possibly ask for more!" the girl named Seles refuted her.
While leaving, Fenia recalled what happened earlier, 'What was that? Was it just my imagination? I didn't see them do anything... But where did that pressure come from?'
After thinking for a while, Fenia concluded, 'I don't have any evidence, but I have a feeling those two are too dangerous... I'll have to warn Tenestra and Astarte-sama.'
Editors:
28th00: An Amazoness man-hater? That's like, antithetical to their entire culture and species. In the way of relationships at least. Wonder how Kali feels about that?
Goyya: Fenia and her sister are orphans and didn't grow up with other Amazoness. Their environment and experiences shaped their views.
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