Chapter 1120 Sharing is Caring
After school, Claire, Tanis, and Kunou were exploring the town once again, thinking that they might've missed something, though this time, they're by themselves. Along the way, they would notice some Shinigami going around but ignored them. They also noticed that there were no 'doors of Hell' opening and wondered if it had something to do with what Serafall did yesterday.
In the latter part of their tour, they arrived at the area where the Urahara Shop was located and decided to drop by and say hi to Tessai. Although it was forbidden for them to tell anyone that they knew Tessai through Kisuke, this doesn't stop them from interacting with Tessai. And as Kisuke's best friend, the girls wanted to know more about him and offer help if he needed any.
"Since we're going there, want to borrow the underground training facility? We've never missed a training session every day and I'm honestly itching to move my body around." Claire proposed to the group. Kisuke had already created a place for them to train but he hadn't allowed them in yet because there were still a lot of things he had to do to fix the place.
"Let's go~!" Tanis grabbed Claire and Kunou's arms to race towards the Urahara Shop. Kunou only smiled and didn't say anything as she had the same craving as everyone else.
A few minutes later, they reached the corner where the shop was located but stopped on their feet before they could even approach it. The reason is that there are few familiar people standing outside and talking to Tessai.
While talking to his guests, Tessai also noticed the girls' approach and waved at them, "Tanis, Claire, Kunou. How was school?"
Those who were talking to Tessai also turned around and had their eyes widened, "T-they are..." Muttered Ichigo.
Uryu and Chad behind him remained silent.
Claire waved back with a big smile, "It's fun~ How are you doing Tessai-niisan?"
Tessai touched his mustache in embarrassment. They should be calling his uncle, but because they are calling Kisuke a big brother, it isn't really right for them not to do the same for him. Though after a few moments, Tessai felt the weirded-out stare from Ichigo, Uryu, and Chad and had to feign a cough before saying, "It's their choice. I have no say in it."
He then replied to Claire who was already approaching them, "I'm fine and it's great to hear that you're enjoying your stay. By the way, what are you girls here for?"
"We're exploring the town and came to this area so we thought we'd say hi."
"Is that so?" Tessai rubbed his chin and could feel the men's confused stare, "Welcome to the shop. I'd appreciate it if you could purchase a few things."
"We'll do that~! But we'd like to ask another favor."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"We'd like to use the underground training facility."
Tessai was a bit surprised but not because they wanted to use it. He turned to Ichigo's group and asked them, "Do you mind sharing it with them?"
Uryu immediately grabbed Ichigo's shoulder and answered, "If they're alright with us using it too, we don't mind. The training ground is wide enough for more people."
Tessai turned back to Claire and said, "They asked about it first so they got the priority. You could return on another day if you want to keep it to yourselves."
Claire thought about it for a second and looked towards Tanis and Kunou who seemed to not mind it, "We'd like to use it today~ Thank you for letting us go too, big brothers~." Claire went in front of Ichigo's group and slightly bowed her head in gratitude. And with their leader doing it, Tanis and Kunou did the same.
Ichigo panicked slightly at their sudden politeness due to the very different image they had in his head. When they met them in the ramen shop, they thought that they were aggressive girls, very different than their current demeanor.
"...It's fine. And since we'll be using the training ground together, let's introduce ourselves. I'm Kurosaki Ichigo and these guys behind me are Ishida Uryu and Yasutora Sado."
Uryu and Chad respectively smiled and nodded their heads when Ichigo introduced them.
"Nice to meet you, Kurosaki-niisan, Ishida-niisan, and Yasutora-niisan! I'm Claire Belial! Ah, Claire is my first name."
Tanis behind her raised her hand, "I'm Tanis Belial! We're not blood-related but we're sisters!"
"Kunou Belial. Pleased to meet you. We're not blood-related but we're definitely sisters." Kunou bowed elegantly.
In the previous world, Kunou not having a last name was a nonissue since it's very common for a Youkai, especially those who are very few in number not to have a last name. However, in this world, it's inconvenient not to have a last name and Kisuke suggested taking the name of Belial and Kunou happily accepted it.
Serafall tried protesting and said that she should take the name of Sitri but Kunou preferred to have the same last name as the other two because she feels that they finally became real sisters.
"Then is it alright if we call you by your first names?" asked Ichigo.
"Please do so~!"
Seeing that they finally settled, Tessai feigned another cough to gather their attention, "Let's continue inside."
Tessai was about to turn around to lead them inside when Claire suddenly stopped him, "Please wait."
He wondered what was going on but Claire turned to Kunou and said, "It's been a while so we might get too intense. Please make sure that we won't bother the neighbors."
Kunou nodded and took out several yellow paper talismans from her bag before tossing them into the air.
The fluttering and falling talismans suddenly suspended themselves in the air before straightening up and revolving around Kunou.
Kunou closed her eyes and whispered something. A few seconds later, the floating talismans launched themselves in all directions, sticking to the walls, roofs, and ground of the surrounding before quietly disappearing in sight, "It's done. Even if the ground shakes, no one will be able to notice."
"Tessai-niisan, we can go~!"
Tessai nodded and led Claire's group inside. Ichigo's group, meanwhile, was silently staring at the spots where the talismans disappeared, "What was that?" Chad asked.
"There's no use asking. We couldn't understand them in the first place." Uryu replied, "But this is a good opportunity. Let's see what they are capable of and maybe, we'll be able to recognize what they are doing."
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