The group stealthily went through the airport's security and found a plane bound for Haneda Airport that was about to leave.
Naturally, the group chose to sit in the best spot which is by setting up their own couch, table, and a matching outdoor parasol on top of the plane.
"Nii-chan, I thought we should refrain from any Space-Time Magic?" asked Claire while watching Kisuke take out various items from his inventory.
"Yes, we should. And that's because we don't know what kind of effect it'll produce. I'm testing it out now using this. You can use it, but make sure to be mindful of your surroundings and record everything that's happening while using it. That'll help provide me with more data to adjust our Magic."
And while setting up their cozy spot, Kisuke noticed a few things, 'The fabric of space is a lot more fragile and the one holding most of it in place is the balance of Spiritual Pressure between realms. Between these realms are the Garganta and Dangai but they look like patchwork that was rashly created to separate these dimensions compared to the Dimensional Gap which holds everything perfectly and the Void which separates the Lower World and Upper World.
'No wonder a bit of imbalance of Souls put everything in a precarious position.' Kisuke wanted to fix this problem because as long as it existed, people who wanted to flip the whole world upside down could easily do so by just slaying a few tens of thousands of Hollows. However, he doesn't have any single idea as of now.
The group took off and enjoyed the scenery that was incomparable if they were inside.
"Where are we going after we land in Japan?" Serafall asked while demolishing the snacks that Kisuke had prepared along with the other girls. Thanks to the barrier, they were not disturbed by anything outside.
"West of Tokyo, there's a small town called Karakura Town. It's a spot where many things could happen and also the place that I stayed in for more than a century."
Upon hearing this, everyone stopped their hands and mouths. A second later, everyone positioned themselves around Kisuke and Serafall demanded, "The flight is going to be long! Entertain us!"
Kisuke looked around and saw everyone's eyes shining, including the mostly indifferent Dragons. Sighing with a wry smile, Kisuke decided to tell them his story starting from the first thing he remembered, an orphan in a very poor district within the Soul Society.
Although he summarized it for a fair bit, it still took a couple of hours to tell them everything, "Since I 'died' in battle, I wasn't able to witness the end of the war. But looking at things now, it looks like the side of Soul Society won."
After telling his story, Kisuke let out a long breath and felt a bit emotional, 'If this was me from before I reincarnated, I would never have even entertained the thoughts of telling someone my life story.'
There was a minute of silence before Serafall murmured, "That's a lot to take in. So you're not just some random kid and that weird tech you have originated from this world. It's no surprise that no one was able to investigate your origins and you even baited out everyone by saying you're from Gotei 13."
Kisuke chuckled, "It wasn't a lie when I said I'm from Gotei 13 so it's not my fault everyone went crazy searching for this organization. Though thanks to that, I bought some time and no one really bothered me when I was just starting out."
"Of course, they wouldn't. Who's crazy enough to tackle an unknown organization with unknown power?"
"Stupid people, apparently."
"...We don't count those."
Kisuke then looked toward the other girls and watched their reactions. Finally, his eyes stopped on Claire who had a complicated expression and was surely having the same complicated feeling.
Kisuke patted her head and asked, "Is it hard to accept I'm a different person from what you thought?"
Claire hurriedly shook her head. She knows that the Kisuke-niichan in front of her was still the same one who grew up with her. However, she couldn't explain the complexity of what she was going through, "...It's not... It's just that... I don't know."
"You really like overthinking things, aren't you, Claire-chan?" Serafall suddenly interrupted them.
Claire looked up to Serafall who was still displaying a confident smile, seemingly unaffected by everything that was revealed.
"Thanks to your overthinking, you came to the conclusion that your relationship with your Kisuke-niichan will change and you'll have to treat him differently. You're afraid of that and that might be the source of your confusion.
"But really, it's incredibly simple. It's just new information and nothing really changed. He's still Sakura-chan's son and you're still his precious and favorite cousin. He's still the same guy who occasionally..." Serafall suddenly paused and immediately corrected herself, "He's still the same guy who always causes trouble everywhere he goes. Nothing changed."
Claire stared at her for a few moments as enlightenment reached her mind, 'That's right? What am I thinking? Nothing really changed!'
Without saying anything Claire suddenly threw her arms away and hugged Kisuke tightly, "Yes. Nii-chan is Nii-chan!"
Kisuke smiled and turned to Serafall, "You're good at this, Mom."
"If I'm the mom, then you're the dad!" Serafall instantly replied without really thinking about it. A second later, she hurriedly turned away from the group, "It seems that the aeronautical technology in this world advanced greatly even without the aid of Magic. Look! We're about to reach Japan!"
Kisuke chuckled and left Serafall alone. Although she's trying to hide it, it is obvious that her face is red from her ears, '...Why is that so embarrassing!? I don't understand!' Serafall internally shouted.
Kisuke turned to Kunou and Tanis and it looks like they didn't have the same complication as Claire. For Kunou who didn't really have any familial relationship with Kisuke, it didn't really change anything. As for Tanis, well... She wasn't thinking hard in the first place and kept her mind on 'Kisuke' is 'Kisuke' without being bothered by any other possibilities.
"So boss, what's your plan?" Flanna suddenly asked, "Since you returned, are you planning to greet your friends and acquaintances? They'll be shocked for sure! Make sure to bring me with you to see their reaction!"
Serafall managed to calm herself and turned back when she heard what Flanna just said, "...You really are a bad influence on everyone."
Kisuke didn't counter Serafall's statement because he knew he'd lose. Instead, he answered Flanna's question, "I'll postpone greeting everyone for now and take advantage of Magic to snoop around. Of course, there's a limit to that so we'll meet my childhood friend first."
"The Tessai guy?"
"Yes. Knowing him, he should still be staying and maintaining my shop. We'll use another place as a base of operations but we'll stay there for now." And while in that line of thought, Kisuke recalled something, "Oh right. Is everyone's Soul Gear ready?"
Editors:
28th00: Reunion time?
Serafall nodded at Kisuke's question, "We're good. This is what we'll use if we come across a Hollow, right?"
"Correct. Since I adapted the Zanpakuto technology into it, it should have the same 'purification' effect on Hollows. As long as you have it out, it'll automatically change your attacks to be compatible with the Hollows as a normal Zanpakuto does."
Except for Ophis, Lilith, and Flanna, everyone else had received their Soul Gear for the first time not long ago. Due to them not wanting to get used to it while they were still training their skills, Claire, Tanis, and Kunou refused to receive their Soul Gears. Serafall, on the other hand, didn't have the opportunity to get one until recently so they all got theirs from Kisuke.
Starting from Tanis, her Soul Gear was in the form of a ring that could transform into various types of knuckles and could even adjust its size if she were to transform her arms into Dragon form.
For Kunou, what she got was a folding fan when Kisuke asked her what form of Soul Gear she wanted. Unlike Tanis' Soul Gear's strength augmentation ability, her folding fan could supplement and provide finer control to her Ki and Magic Power for more effective use of Youjutsu. In addition to that, it also helps her further control her powerful Fox Fire that could already rival a prominent Dragon's fire.
Kisuke also hid that it had some added effects to help her control her Fox Dragon Mode. But since it's her ace that could also harm her, he didn't tell her about it, 'She didn't use it last time because it'd be too much for a 'friendly' spar, but I seriously want to see it. How the heck did she develop that just by staying near Ophis, Lilith, and Flanna? Is it because of her Ninetails legacy?'
That aside, Claire requested a bow that could transform into whatever type of bow she desires. As for the arrow or bolt, they are created with her own Light Power as she draws them. If not for the golden light and lack of Reiatsu, she would be mistaken as a Quincy.
Lastly, Serafall got a Magic Wand with a star and wings on its head. Not in the least surprising.
Although it also had the ability to help her control her Magic, it's not really effective for someone of her level. For her, the other ability is much more important, which is a transformation with an accompanying mysterious beam of light to cover her important parts. Kisuke had a feeling that if she was left alone, he'd witness the revival of the Magical Girl Squad from years ago. Nevertheless, he's not the type to ruin the fun, 'Karakura-Raizer will finally have a strong rival~! I wonder if they are still active?'
Soon enough, they landed and they immediately left the airport after cleaning everything up.
With Ophis and Lilith in their little girl forms and riding on his shoulders, Kisuke led the way and started running to the western side of Tokyo and along the way, Serafall and Kunou picked up something on their senses, "What's that?" Asked the latter.
"Those are the Hollows that I was talking about," Kisuke answered her.
Thanks to Kunou's Youkai heritage and her expertise in Youjutsu, she was much more sensitive to Spiritual Presence than the rest. Serafall was able to feel their presence too due to her experience of fighting against Ghost and Spirit-type enemies in the past.
"They haven't noticed us?" asked Serafall while staring in the direction of the strange presence, "We're not even doing anything to restrict our Ki and Magic Power and just letting them flare up." Although Kisuke was hiding his Spiritual Pressure, he's blatantly flaring up his Magic Power so they all just followed suit. Serafall thought that he was doing that to attract the attention of these Hollows so that he could demonstrate how to deal with them.
Kisuke stopped running and didn't immediately answer. After a moment of thinking, he replied, "...Hmmm, it seems that they don't have the facilities to sense Magic Power."
Serafall understood what he was talking about and explained it to the girls, "Since there's almost no Magic Power in the atmosphere and no one is really using it, no one will be able to develop the ability to sense it either. We can't really expect tools to detect Magic Power here either since you need an understanding of Magic itself for you to start engineering something like that."
Kisuke looked around more before saying, "There are no Shinigami around. Let's deal with them for now."
As the group took a detour, they reached a relatively small forest and could finally see the two 7-feet tall Hollows.
"So those are the Hollows... They have a similar mask and aura as yours, Nii-chan." Claire murmured while taking out her bow.
"Because technically, I'm the same as them. And people here don't really use the word 'aura' since there's only Spiritual Pressure to tell somebody apart," explained Kisuke, "By the way, you all have to start learning how to feel and differentiate Spiritual Pressures. Especially you, Claire. For you to use your [Worthless] you have to understand their properties. It's going to be hard but it shouldn't be impossible."
Kisuke didn't tell her yet but it should be possible for her to disable a Shikai or even a Bankai, Resurrección, and Vollständig. This is the main reason why he wanted her to come with him. She could become the antithesis of everyone here who didn't have any resistance to her ability.
"I'll do my best!"
"Alright. You and Kunou can take care of those Hollows first since both of you are long-range fighters. I want to confirm that the Soul Gear's purification power works properly."
Claire nodded and drew her bow. A golden arrow manifested as the bow was stretched.
Meanwhile, Kunou unfolded her Soul Gear, a traditional Japanese fan that depicts the sun and a golden fox with nine tails. On the top of the fan, a blue Fox Fire the size of a baseball ball appeared.
"Aim for its mask," Kisuke instructed.
Claire let go of her bowstring and a small explosion occurred as the arrow instantly broke through the sound barrier. Her target Hollow was unable to react and disintegrated with a large hole in its mask that went through its entire head.
The other Hollow wondered what happened but the next moment, its head was burning with a blue fire and it only took a few seconds for it to stop struggling and disintegrate.
Kisuke observed it for a few more seconds before nodding to herself, "It's working as intended. Let's leave before a Shinigami comes over to investigate."
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In a certain corner of Karakura Town, lies a candy shop called [Urahara Shoten]. Within it was a single inhabitant of said shop. A tall, muscular, lightly tan-skinned man with black cornrowed hair and a large handlebar mustache, which was connected to his long sideburns, reading a message from the Captain of the 12th Division on his smartphone.
As a former Captain of the Kidou Corps, he's being invited to attend the Soul Funeral Festival.
He already rejected the invitation for the Soul Funeral Festivals for Captain Yamamoto and Captain Unohana. Even though he was invited by the current Head Captain, the Central 46 didn't like the idea because of their last judgment and pride. He appreciated the effort but he didn't want to get in trouble with the Nobles.
'Haah... I miss Jinta and Ururu. Ever since Kisuke and Yoruichi died without their bodies, both of them have changed slightly... Oh well, their studies are important and they go home during holidays.' Because of the Soul Funeral Festival for the Captains that died that year, he ended up reminiscing about something he didn't want, 'Let's clean the shop. These days, the business with the Shinigamis isn't as great because I can't make items as Kisuke did.'
Just as he stood up, the front door of the shop suddenly opened.
'Almost no Reiatsu, Humans? It should still be school time. These kids are skipping classes? I should scold them.'
But as soon as he took his first step, he also stopped as he heard an eerily familiar voice that shouldn't exist anymore along with other unfamiliar ones, "Oh my~ It's amazing that the shop is still intact. It looks like Tessai is taking good care of it."
"This is your shop? It looks exactly the same as the ones in Kuoh Town and Orario... And just as deserted too..."
"It's a candy shop for kids and it's school time! Of course, there will be no customers!"
"About time you admit you're just a destitute shop owner who doesn't have any talent in running a business. In the first place, your merchandise is too exotic for normal people."
Without realizing it, Tessai began running towards the entrance and when he opened the inner door, there he saw the group who had entered the shop. However, he really only eyed one single person who was wearing a green Shihakushou and a striped green and white bucket hat, "...You..."
Kisuke saw him and grinned, "It has been a while, Tessai~. Did your mustache grow smaller?"
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28th00: I expect a punch and/or a hug.