BXBX NOVEL Volume 5 207 - Not Joking
Volume 5 Chapter 207 - Not Joking
"Well then. We\'re done here so I\'d like to take my leave. Koneko-chan~! I want you to look at something." Aika then separated from the dumbfounded Xenovia and started walking towards Koneko to do what she\'s here for.
"W-wait! I want a rematch!" Xenovia hurriedly stood up.
Aika turned around and replied, "No way~!"
"I won\'t lose the second round!"
"That\'s exactly it! I won\'t win the second round through another trickery as I already showed my cards to you! So, no way!"
"B-but…!" Xenovia was taken aback at her willingness to admit losing for the second round and was tongue-tied.
Aika didn\'t wait for her to say anything more and dragged Koneko away in a secluded corner, "Gremory-senpai, I\'ll be taking Koneko-chan for a moment."
"Ah… S-sure." Rias could only stare at the two retreating figures, "Akeno… What sort of training did she go through?"
"…I really can\'t say anything, but at least I can tell you that she wasn\'t joking when she said she\'ll instantly die if she wasn\'t good at dodging things." After seeing how she won, Akeno calmed down sufficiently that she was able to reflect on her actions just now. Just because she\'s very frustrated at Kisuke, she dragged someone related to him to a problem which shouldn\'t have happened, \'What the hell am I thinking?… I should apologize…\' Akeno then started walking to the direction they left.
"…She wasn\'t joking?" Irina muttered this time.
"Out of those who were here, it was only Akeno who saw how Kisuke Urahara trained those two…"
"You mean to say that he\'s even training your servant? Doesn\'t that mean that servant of yours would have a better chance of winning? Why didn\'t she fight?" Xenovia faced Rias and asked.
Rias sighed, "First of all, it was Issei and Yuuto who has a problem with you two and second, I forbade her from doing anything strenuous due to her injuries that haven\'t completely healed."
Xenovia stayed silent after hearing that. There\'s no use in fretting over a single loss and what Aika said that she won\'t win for the second time is true. She just has to remember that even those weaker than her, is capable of killing her if she falls for their tricks.
"Issei-kun…" Irina approached Issei who is being healed by Asia, "Just what happened to Kisuke?"
Issei looked up to her and thought about her question. A few seconds later, he shook his head, "I don\'t really know… It seems that he\'s already capable of amazing things since long ago and the more I discover about him, the more his mysterious side deepens… In fact… I\'m scared of him." Issei then smiled, "But one thing is for sure though, he\'s my good ol\' buddy."
"…I see… Now I look forward to meeting him again~!" Irina smiled brightly.
Issei then put on a serious expression, "Be careful of him though… I don\'t know what he did, but it seems that Akeno-san is very stressed these days due to him. I even heard her sometimes muttering undescribable things and kept hearing Kisuke\'s name along with it…"
Irina\'s mouth twitches and she recalled the dangerous house they are staying right now, \'It won\'t do anything to us if we don\'t provoke it… right?\' "I\'ll remember that…"
After a few more words, the two exorcists left for good.
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"Kiryuu-san." Akeno chased after the two and called out to Aika.
The two members of the Urahara Shop stopped and turned back, "What is it, Himejima-senpai?"
Akeno stopped for a moment before bowing down in front of Aika, "What I just did is out of the line. Please forgive me."
Truthfully, even though what just happened ended up becoming a good thing for Aika, she still doesn\'t feel good when Akeno did something like that without prior notice or permission. But seeing her bow down and apologize soon after, most of the ill feelings disappeared, "…Can you tell me your reasons?"
"I have no other excuse aside from getting back it Kisuke Urahara…" Without getting up, Akeno stated her reasons.
"You really hate him, huh?"
"…Yes." Akeno answered.
Aika noticed that bit of hesitation from her, \'Really now…\' Aika sighed, "Well, I don\'t really mind what just happened, but it would be great if something like this won\'t have a second time."
"I promise you. Thank you." Akeno left after letting out a sigh of relief. She still has her maid duties, and she also has to make sure that those two exorcists won\'t spread her secret… especially to Kisuke, as she might just kill herself if that happens.
"Now then, Koneko-chan. Take a look at my Flash Step and tell me what I\'m doing wrong. My control of my measly Reiatsu-Ki is good but I\'m getting a hard time timing my feet." Aika and Koneko spent the next two hours practicing Flash Step and Aika was able to do it without tripping up or being blown away. Though she can\'t do it continuously like Koneko as there is a limit of what she can teach her due to the difference of energy source of their techniques.
Just as Aika is about to leave, Koneko grabbed the hem of her clothes, "Aika-senpai… Can you look after Issei-senpai?"
"Why?"
"He\'ll probably do something to help Yuuto-senpai so I want you to help him… I want to do it myself but I won\'t be able to get away from Buchou for long periods of time as she\'s still worried about my injuries."
"Sure… But what\'s going on anyway?"
Koneko then proceeds to tell her the situation.
"Isn\'t that dangerous? Shouldn\'t we stop him if he wants to do something stupid? I don\'t know about those exorcists, but it seems that they\'re confident enough but Hyoudou would just be played around before getting killed."
"Knowing him, he\'ll do it even though it\'s incredibly stupid and dangerous to help his comrade. So I want you to instead supervise him instead of stopping him so he won\'t do anything too dangerous."
"Hmmm… Okay~! I\'ll do it in your stead~." Aika agreed easily as she\'s also partially interested in these Holy Sword-wielding exorcists and Fallen Angels.