Eid Pack 02/???
The morning came, the gentle warm light of the sun falling on Noah's face, making him groan.
With dissatisfaction in his voice, he groggily opened his eyes.
For a solid second, he stared blankly at the ceiling before he felt weight over his chest, his eyes widened as he hurriedly looked down to see a white-haired catgirl sleeping, clinging to his body, making him sigh in relief.
For a second there, he almost thought he had sex with someone without even knowing who.
'This is the first time I'm seeing her Nekomata features…. I must say, I don't regret anything!'
His hand moved, touching her ears that felt soft and fluffy. The fur around them was soft and smooth, making him rub them with his fingers.
He raised a brow of amusement as he saw her tail swishing right and left, despite her being in sleep, she seemed to like the feeling of her ears being touched.
'But… How does it work? Four ears?' Staring at her human ears and cat ears, he wondered if the cat ones were for purely cosmetic purposes or something.
"Nyaaa…."
His eyes widened as Koneko yawned, her hands curled up into fists as she scratched his chest… or at least that is what that looked to him.
'Holy Bananas! It is too cute!'
Finally, her eyes quivered before they opened, her fists rubbing her eyes as she particularly purred under her ears being touched.
"Noah…?" Her eyes met with him, her mind slightly clouded as it slowly started to gain clarity.
He saw as her eyes slowly started to widen before a blush crept over her face, she sure looked way too cute for her own good!
Maybe because her mind has become clearer than before, or maybe she finally realized Noah's touch over her ears, she silently stared at his face before asking.
"Do I look ugly?"
"Of course not." Noah answered right away, his hand still over her ears as he enjoyed their softness. "You look way too cute."
He couldn't help but smirk seeing her face that seemed to look no less red than a healthy tomato as she buried her face into his chest, not willing to stare at his face any longer.
"Ah! Koneko-chan is so cute. I really can't stop myself at this rate. Why don't we make kittens?"
"S-stop!"
"Too late!"
|Sona Underground Training Facility|
Standing in the training hall that Noah has already started to treat his own, he stared at the white-haired girl in front of him.
He was in a really low mood.
He had thought that as long as someone requested him something, the Quest Board would generate a quest for him. But no matter how Koneko requested him to train him, he didn't receive any Quest in return, he was sad and annoyed.
"... What should I do?" Koneko asked, wearing a white shirt and bloomers.
'How would I know?' — He wanted to say it out loud but stopped himself from doing so.
He knew magic, martial arts, swordsmanship, sythmenship, and mostly weapon control—how is he supposed to train her in Senjutsu when he had no idea of how it worked?
Manipulation of life force? Ki? Chakra? If he knew about these forces, he would have trained in them himself!
How can he teach her something he had no idea how it worked himself?
'Those people in FF have it easy huh… they seem to be able to do everything the moment they are reincarnated… Want to learn Touki? Just close your eyes and speak some BS before bham! You can use Touki… sadly it doesn't work in real life.'
While thinking so, he stared at Koneko wondering what he should say to her.
"Let's practice close combat then." After thinking for a while, he said. "To be honest, I'm not proficient in anything related to Youkais or Nekoshou. But since you can use Touki instinctively, I guess fighting with me should help you increase your control over it."
At least that is how it goes in stories — Noah thought.
He remembers Sairaorg being able to learn Touki purely because of his physical training as he found himself able to use Touki one day.
Since Koneko already knows how to use Touki, if she fought him in close combat, it was a form of training, right? She should be able to increase her control over it.
'As for her training… Should I contact Arthur? Or Kuroka directly?'
But knowing how Kuroka didn't want to meet Koneko as much as Koneko didn't want to meet her, he could only shake his head in annoyance.
'I ain't got time to settle the matter between the two…'
Not that he didn't want to, but that he had no idea how to. He never was good at consoling people and whenever he did, like last night, he could feel the cringe physically crawling over his skin.
He could go and spot some shounen shit, but he knew it wouldn't help him much.
So the best method he could think of was to just throw both sisters into some life and death situation and let fate take its course.
"... Should we start?" Koneko didn't question Noah's method. Since she also knew Noah can't teach her anything about her inherited powers, she could only fight with him and leave everything to her instinct as a Nekoshou.
"I guess." Noah shrugged his shoulders. For the time being, except for experimenting with his powers and advancing in Barrier Manipulation, he didn't really have anything else to do.
So playing with Koneko to pass time didn't sound bad.
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"Umm… Excuse me…" Holding a bag of clothes in her hand, the nun with exquisite features bowed her head to 90 degrees and said. "It is nice to meet you! I-I'm Asia Argento!"
"Oh." The black-haired man's eyes shone with splendor as if seeing a treasure. With his hands tucked into his pants, his body leaned forward, he circled around the nun as if checking something. "Oh-oh. I just realized… but I might have a thing or two for nuns…"
Not understanding what the person in front of her said, Asia tilted her head a little with a confused expression.
"Noah Pendragon. Feel free to call me Noah." He smiled and answered.
"Y-yes Noah-san!" Flustered, she bowed again. "I'll be in your care from now on!"
"You must be tired. Come, I'll treat you to something to eat for now." He said before walking out of the airport with Asia following after him, looking all around him with a curious gaze.
It has been the first time since she has come to Japan, and so she was quite excited to see different things.
After a short walk, they stopped in front of a ramen shop.
"Let's go. Their ramen is really good." Noah said as he entered the shop with Asia following after him.
"Miss, two bowls of ramen please." As he took a seat, he called for the boss lady.
Asia curiously stared all around her, like a kid for the first time at an amusement park, making Noah smile.
"Since you can't speak Japanese, it will be hard for you to communicate with people here. I'll hire someone to teach you at least the basic level of Japanese so you can hold small conversations."
"Thank you very much!" She again bowed, making Noah stare at her with slight amusement.
"Anyway, you at least need to learn basic Japanese in a month." He said while rubbing his chin. "Only then can I ask my friend to admit you to Kuoh Academy. Since you are going to stay here, I can't have you stay at home all day. You gotta do something productive or you will become senile."
It was funny since Noah never liked doing anything himself. The only thing he cared about was either flirting with girls or becoming stronger.
If he could have become stronger by doing nothing, then he wouldn't have even left his home most of the time.
Just stay at home and do nothing, yet you will become strong—why would he volunteer to work then?
"Yes. I'll try my best! Thank you!"
"Also…" Staring at her, he continued. "Tone down that… "thanking at everything" a little. It's annoying."
"I'm sorry…" Asia lowered her head, feeling embarrassed.
"Sigh… Forget it." Shaking his head, he smiled and said. "Ramen is here. Let's eat."
She nodded her head before staring at the bowl of ramen in front of her. She unconsciously felt saliva leaking out of her mouth.
She hasn't eaten much since her journey and seeing the steaming hot ramen in front of her with eggs, bacon, and something she had no idea what, she could feel saliva gathering in her mouth.
But…
'How do I use this?' She turned to look towards Noah, who skillfully separated the chopsticks before starting to eat.
This was the first time she was eating with chopsticks, so it was obvious she had no idea how to use them.
But she didn't want to disturb Noah, so imitating what he did, she followed.
After a minute, her face was red with embarrassment. One could see steam leaving her head as she stared at the spilled-over noodles in front of her with misty eyes.
No matter how she tried it, she just couldn't catch the noodles!
"... Boss, can we get a fork?" After a second of silence, knowing that his words might hurt her, he asked for a fork from the boss who smiled like usual before bringing the fork to the table. She also cleaned the mess caused by Asia while doing so.
Asia didn't say anything else but silently picked up the fork and started to eat the noodles.
But one bite and her mood was elevated. Her eyes shone as she stared at the bowl of noodles in front of her.
She exclaimed. "Delicious!"
"Of course they are." Noah smugly added as if he was the one who made these noodles. "This is the most popular place in Kuoh that sells the best ramen. The noodles, the broth, bacon, egg, everything is meticulously prepared and served. I would be surprised if someone didn't like it."
Asia nodded her head.
Indeed. She could feel the softness of noodles, the spice, and the warmth of soup spreading within her body.
She had never eaten something so good!
It didn't take long before both of them were finished with their bowls. Paying the money, they left the shop.
Being a curious child, Asia, who felt more relaxed after eating ramen with him, started to ask different questions about different things along the way.
And since there wasn't much for him to do anyway, Noah also didn't shy away from answering her question.
While he wouldn't admit it, seeing her excited expression and how happy she looked by trying new things, he gave her a short tour of the Kuoh while visiting different places.
By the time they have reached home, the sun has already set.
Entering the apartment, Noah said.
"Since I don't have much money, there is also only a single bed here. I'll sleep on the floor while you can take the bed."
Asia felt warmth in her chest seeing Noah sleeping on the food for her before she shook her head.
"It would be rude if Noah-san slept on the floor while I was on the bed. Please let me sleep on the floor instead."
"Alright." There was no hesitation as he replied.
Asia suddenly felt as if Noah was waiting for her to say this, but it can't be helped, after all, Noah had spent quite some money to buy the softest bed and pillow in the market he could find.
He wasn't very keen on giving it to someone else!
"With that being set, this is the bathroom, and there is the kitchen." He said before opening the closet and taking some clothes out. "You can put your clothes here, I've cleared some space for you."
Saying so, the clothes in his hands vanished.
While she was nodding her head gratefully, Noah yawned before going to the bath saying he was going to take shower since he was tired and wanted to sleep, leaving Asia alone in the room curiously looking at everything.
Soon, Noah tucked himself into his bed and slept like a bore before long while Asia lay on the futon placed on the ground, silently staring at the ceiling.
Her mind was replying to everything that has happened today. She found this strange happiness twirling within her chest.
Since she has come to this town, no one looked at her with hate and jealousy, no one outcasted her due to her powers, and no one blamed her as a witch.
She felt… peaceful here.
A smile formed over her face as she thought it wasn't bad to live her life as such.
Suddenly, she felt an urge to go to the bath.
Leaving the futon, she walked to the bath previously pointed out by Noah.
"... How do you use it?" Staring at the strangely advanced toilet with many buttons and Japanese written over it, Asia felt like crying.
She didn't know what button did what! But then she was having it hard to control her urge to urinate.
She also didn't want to disturb Noah, her benefactor who had heard all her selfish demands today and took her for a tour of Kuoh.
"Maybe this one?" Not knowing anything, she could only rely on her guess as she pressed the button.
"Kyaa!" She screamed, getting startled as the water sprayed out of it. As she took one startled step back, her feet got entangled with her other feet, making her fall onto her butt.
Noah, who was soundly sleeping, jerked up as he heard Asia's scream.
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And since she was standing when the toilet spread water, it landed directly on her crouch making the scene look quite… suspicious.
"I…" Asia, who also seemed to understand what just happened, turned to stare at Noah in silence, not knowing how to explain the current situation.
She was just too embarrassed to admit that she didn't know how to use the toilet.
While massaging his head, fighting the rising urge to sleep, he helped her stand up before saying.
"It's alright. No need to be embarrassed, it happens. I'll teach you how it works." With that, he calmly taught her pretty much everything she would need to know while in the bath.
After explaining, he tiredly went back to bed before slumming onto it and returning to his sleep.
While Noah was back to sleep, Asia hid her face in her hands as she grumbled.
"How embarrassing…" She can't believe she did something so stupid.
But then feeling the urge to urinate coming back, she could only put it behind her mind before relieving herself.
Knowing that she can't sleep in her wet clothes anymore, she changed into a new set of nightwear. Drinking a cup of water, she tucked herself into the futon.
The apartment again was engulfed in silence with Asia soon falling to sleep, only the sound of consecutive clock arm could be heard.
Noah was having a dream. He was surrounded by beautiful women, sitting on the throne, as the masses stared at him with reverence and fear.
He felt good.
Just then, he heard a loud scream making him frown. Displeasure showed on his face as he wondered who had the guts to scream while he was sitting on the throne, basking in the reverence and fear-filled gazes of the masses.
But no matter how he tried, he couldn't find the source of the scream.
Until his eyes were opened by the tugging of Asia.
Grumbly opening his eyes, he stared at the teary-eyed blond nun as she shook his body over and over.
"... What happened?"
"Noah-san…" With tears in her eyes, she pointed at the floor. "There is something weird there!"
Confused, he stood up to look where she was pointing and found his old partner Dio-themed Roomba there.
He remembered he stol—he borrowed it from Sona's house.
"Asia…" He felt his head was about to explode. "That is just a robot."
He remembered now that when Asia came, it was on charging so she might have missed it then. And since he was tired, he also forgot to turn it off before sleeping.
"Robot?"
'Holy God… She doesn't know what robots are?'
"Just… sleep…" He said before pulling her into the bed. "Just sleep. Please. I need to wake up early in the morning…"
Ignoring the stunned Asia whose mind had gone blank, he pulled the blanket over them before entering back to sleep.
He was having such a good dream too! If he slept fast, he might have resumed from where he left—with such thinking, he completely ignored the nun who he was treating as a hugging pillow.
He was too tired for this shit.