Yasaka {1}

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Sunlight filtered through my eyelids, my groggy brain registered it was morning, but I just buried my face deeper into this incredibly soft, sweet-smelling pillow.

"Just a 5 more minutes..."

"Mmn... nya~n"

A voice so sweet it practically melted my brain whispered right in my ear.

"...Huh!?"

I let out the most pathetic sound ever as I jerked my face away and opened my eyes. There was Kuroka, wearing some thin white outfit so sheer I could see her skin underneath. And judging by the position... oh God, I'd been face-first in her cleavage all this time.

The second I realized what was happening, my brain turned to mush and my face went nuclear. This was totally different from when Kuroka got punched during the spider monster fight, this was a whole different kind of blood rush. What the hell was I supposed to do now?!

Yeah, that's right! I never had a girlfriend in my past life either! I had no clue how to handle this kind of situation! Wait, no, that's not true! I mean, girls confessed to me before, so it's not like I was a total loser or anything! But who am I making excuses to right now?!

My thoughts were flying all over the place, but my body was frozen like I was paralyzed or something.

I stared wide-eyed, my gaze bouncing between Kuroka's face and... other areas... trying to figure out what the hell I was supposed to do when the door opened and Magari-sama walked in.

She took one look at us and let out an exasperated sigh.

"What's this now? I felt some serious energy disturbance and came to check, only to find you two getting frisky… well, whatever. I've got business to discuss anyway. I'll be back in an hour, so make sure you're done by then."

She started heading right back out.

"WAIT! Wait, please, Magari-sama! Let's have that talk right now! I need an explanation for this whole situation and everything else!"

"Mmm, you're so loud nya!"

My shouting woke up Kuroka too. Looking at her again, her hair down instead of up, her kimono all disheveled, rubbing her sleepy eyes with those cat-like gestures, what the hell, was this some kind of ultimate weapon?!

"K-Kuroka-san? Why, pray tell, were you sleeping in the same futon as me?"

The formal speech just popped out, I was still pretty rattled, apparently.

"Nya~? Ikki, why are you all red and looking away like that? Didn't anyone teach you to look at people when you're talking to them, nya~?"

She leaned forward as she said it, damn it! This girl never drops her mischievous act, no matter what!

"Kuroka, flirting's all well and good, but save it for later. Since you're awake, I'll have breakfast prepared. After that, Princess Yasaka wants to discuss dragging you two into this whole mess, so be ready for that."

Magari left with that parting shot.

"Mm, well that killed the mood nya."

"Yeah, great. Now can you please put on some actual clothes?"

Well, her usual outfit wasn't exactly what I'd call proper either, but at least I was used to it...

After Kuroka got changed, I asked her again about the whole sleeping together thing. Her answer? "It was for Ikki's treatment nya♪"

"I woke up right after the barrier broke, but Ikki had broken bones in both arms and legs, plus you were bleeding all over with torn muscles, you were a total mess nya. Granny was there too, so we brought you straight to this mansion and gave you some medicinal tea, nya."

Right, medicinal tea. In this world, that probably meant some seriously powerful stuff...

"But the tea alone would've taken two days for a full recovery, so I decided to add my senjutsu healing on top of it nya♪"

So that's why she was wearing that thin white outfit! I remembered from the anime, Koneko wore something similar when she used senjutsu to heal Issei.

"But I've got a question for you too, nya. How did you get so beat up? Those weren't normal injuries at all nya."

Ah, yeah. I was basically torn apart from the inside out, so it'd be hard to blame that on the spider demon...

"That was backlash from an advanced technique based on Ittou Shura. I told you about Ittou Shura before, right?"

"Yeah, you said it was an ability to 'go all out for one minute nya."

"When you got knocked out, I used [Ittou Shura first, but it barely scratched the spider demon. I couldn't just abandon you and run, so I took a huge gamble and poured all the remaining time into one attack."

"...And that's what did this to you nya?"

"Ittou Rasetsu. If I could properly balance the physical enhancement with the muscle strengthening, I wouldn't take that kind of damage... I think. But using it this time, I realized something. There's no way to control that thing with that kind of precision."

I might be able to manage it with training, but I'd need to activate it hundreds of times, which would mean needing like a thousand Phoenix Tears to heal the damage and restore my stamina and magic each time... totally impossible.

"I see... Well, either way, I should thank you, nya♪ If it was just me, I definitely would've died."

"I should be thanking you. Sleeping like that means you spent basically the whole night healing me, right?"

While we were talking, a maid with fox ears came to tell us breakfast was ready, so we wrapped up the conversation and went to eat. After that, we were led to the room where Yasaka was waiting.

Even though it was morning, the room was deep in the mansion and all closed up, so it was dark inside. Blue-glowing lanterns cast an eerie light throughout the room, fox fire, maybe?

At the back of the room sat a beautiful fox-eared woman with nine tails. I'd seen her in the anime, that had to be Yasaka. Though I had to wonder about that outfit showing off her shoulders and cleavage like Kuroka's did. Was that whole courtesan look the current trend among female youkai or something?

Magari was there too, along with what looked like Yasaka's attendant, a tengu.

But honestly, the biggest surprise was the kid next to Yasaka. Same blonde hair and fox ears, with six tails, no doubt about it, that was Kunou!

Elementary school age, maybe? She was staring at us with obvious curiosity. While I was thinking about that, Yasaka started speaking.

"Thank you for coming. I am Yasaka, and I oversee the hidden side of Kyoto. This is my daughter, Kunou. Please, make her acquaintance."

"H-hello! I'm Kunou, ja!"

Being three years before the original story, Kunou was still pretty awkward with introductions. Though honestly, watching her was more adorable than anything else.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Arima Ikki. Thank you very much for treating my injuries."

"I'm Kuroka nya. Well, you guys dragged us into this mess in the first place."

Kuroka! Was that line and attitude really necessary right now?! I couldn't imagine Kuroka ever bowing her head or being humble to anyone, but couldn't she at least try to be diplomatic? Look! That tengu attendant is glaring daggers at us!

"Kuroka, if you're going to be that rude, maybe I should call Nurarihyon?"

When Magari said that, Kuroka made the most disgusted face I'd ever seen.

"Ugh! Don't call the Kanto boss over something like this nya, fine, humph, I get it nya."

Kuroka actually backed down! Holy crap, this Nurarihyon guy was something else. Wait, did she know him personally?

"It's quite alright. We're the ones who owe you thanks and apologies. I don't expect perfect manners."

When Princess Yasaka said that, the tengu stopped glaring... though his eyes were still pretty sharp.

"Sigh, I really wish you wouldn't spoil this black cat so much."

Magari looked exasperated but seemed to give up since Yasaka had given permission.

"Very well then, Ikki-dono, and Kuroka-dono, we sincerely apologize for dragging you into our youkai affairs and putting you in danger. And we are truly grateful that you defeated the Tsuchigumo the Earth Spider."

Yasaka and Kunou, following her mother's lead, both bowed deeply.