Chapter 47 - Cute yet Scary creature

When Kisuke pulled out his hand, he is holding a plate of chocolate ch.i.p.s cookies and set it down on the table. He also took out two cups of warm tea.

The little girl looked at the plate and cup with confusion in her eyes. She picked up one cookie, examined it closely and asked Kisuke, "What, is this...?"

Kisuke stopped sipping his tea and looked at the little girl, "You don't know cookies?"

The girl shook her head and stared at Kisuke, 'This girl's girls aura doesn't match her demeanor. She's acting way too innocent. This is too fake, why is she acting like this? Is she thinking that I'm just a kid? Or is this by any chance her real self?'

Kisuke became confused at the way she's acting. He didn't know what is her motive in such an obvious act. He couldn't think of any reason on how could someone remain innocent when she amassed that kind of power. For now, however, Kisuke decided to play along to glean more clues about her. 'She shouldn't remain so calm if I do something unexpected and her act should fail, or at least some kind of reaction that contradicts her demeanor.'

Kisuke picked up a cookie himself and started eating it. The little girl tilted her head and said, "...Food?" Kisuke just nodded, already expecting this kind of response.

The little girl took a bite from the cookie in her hand, and in an instant, a glint passes through her widened eyes as she nibbles her cookie. After she finished her first one, she grabbed another and nibbled it like before. She's too busy at her task of eliminating the cookies on the plate that she doesn't put any more attention to anyone in the house.

Kisuke's mouth twitched as he didn't expect this kind of response, 'Isn't this too much? She's really not paying attention to us? She isn't afraid that I would sneak attack her? No matter how strong you are, you could never become invulnerable. And should she have some idea of what kind of power I'm hiding.'

After some time of silence, the cookies on the plate were no more. Kisuke saw a moment of disappointment in her eyes but it immediately returned to normal. It is so brief that if Kisuke isn't watching closely, he would have missed it.

The little girl went back at her previous action, staring at Kisuke. Kisuke decided on his next steps. He stood up, his left hand reached out to her until he touched her right cheek and rubbing it for a bit, "Some cookie leftover on your cheek."

'Kisuke!?' Yoruichi couldn't help but retort again in her mind. She stood up in all fours, ready to move whatever happens.

'Hmm? No reaction whatsoever? The hell is she? Let's how long can you endure.' Kisuke thought as he failed to notice anything different from her. She's still intently staring at him while he continues to rub her cheek. This continued for a few more moments until the little girl extended her left arm and opened her palm facing it upwards.

Kisuke stopped for a while and stared at her hand then looking back to her eyes. It's still tranquil, but mixed with a bit of anticipation? "You want more?"

She nodded.

Kisuke took back his hand, sat back down and sighed. He smiled wryly and asked his partner, "Yoruichi, a creature like this really exist?"

Yoruichi went to his side and also looked at the little girl more closely, "Its also my first time seeing someone like this, it's pretty cute, to be honest."

"I really haven't seen much of the world," Kisuke said to no one in particular. He then took another plate of cookies and he could see some excitement at the little girl's demeanor. She happily gobbled up everything.

After she finished her second plate, she intended to ask for another one. Kisuke sighed and didn't think that someone of her caliber can be like this, "That's enough for now."

Dejection can be felt from her but didn't ask any further. Kisuke wanted to laugh at her reaction but he stopped himself and resumed speaking, "We're having dinner soon. We can't spoil your appetite from eating too many cookies." Kisuke patted her head and just as he expected, she didn't react from it, instead, she was more interested in his words, "Dinner?"

Kisuke already knew how he should reply to her, "It's food."

She then resumed staring at him but with a bit of anticipation.

Aika noticed that the mood lightened a lot and asked, "Uhm, can someone please tell me what's going on? How did that little girl suddenly appeared in front of Kisuke and where did Kisuke pull out that plate of cookies and teacups?" She has still many questions to ask but choose to ask these two first.

Sona pinched the bridge of her nose and replied to her, "The normal procedure is to erase your memory of this happening."

"Erase my memories?"Aika felt horrified. If this is any other day, she would just laugh at them and think of them to have some screw loose and watched too much anime, but after witnessing what happened today, she just couldn't brush it off as a bad joke.

"This is what I would do to protect your normal life. But Urahara-kun may have a different opinion." Sona stood up and also inspected the little girl trying to see what made Kisuke and his cat so cautious.

"Kisuke?" Aika looked at Kisuke in confusion.

Sona also asked Kisuke, "What do you want to do, Urahara-kun?"

Kisuke took back his hand from the little girl and rubbed his chin in contemplation, "What do you want to do Aika-chan? Memory erasure doesn't have any side effects. It's a magic that is taught to almost everyone on this side."

"What do you mean what? At least tell me what's going on." Aika is a bit dejected. She feels as if he is trying to push her away. Kisuke is one of the few friends she has and accepted her the way she is. Although he's a big pervert and the biggest troll in school, he never treated someone he considers a friend bad. He even helps them when they are in a pinch, although, always in a roundabout way that the one he helps can solve their problem on their own. And she is one of those he helped, but he doesn't seem to think anything about it.

Aika is also slowly realizing her budding feelings for him and being pushed back without any explanation hurt her a little bit, 'If only he would trust me more.' Is what on her mind.

"I guess I owe you some explanation. Let's talk while we're having dinner." Kisuke has a reason on why he didn't immediately decide to erase Aika's memories. It is because of the existence of the Sacred Gear inside her. It has been inactive all this time but now, on the little girl's visit, it suddenly reacted. The mysterious little girl also took a glance at her which surprise Kisuke as she's only been looking at him all this time.

Aika accepted his words and used the time before dinner to organize her thoughts and calm down a little bit. 'If I don't like it, I can have my memories erased. But doing that, I'll never be able to close the distance with him.'

"Dinner is ready." Sakura and Koneko, who is still in her nekomata form, got out of the kitchen while bringing various appetizing dishes. They set it to the dining table and Sakura saw a little girl with a unique outfit. 'Who is she? Is she the one Kisuke is expecting? I wonder what's special about her that it forced Kisuke to reveal himself?'

Sakura read the mood well and set another set of various dishes on the center table of the living room.

Ever since the food went out and its smell swept the whole room, The little girl locked her stare at it with curiosity. She followed the food with her line of sight and saw the woman who is carrying it put it in front of her. She didn't know what kind of food this is, but after tasting that first cookie, she is taken by its taste as she never had anything like it before. This is because she doesn't need sustenance called food and nobody actually offered her anything. The little girl looked back at Kisuke who has the same set of food as hers and waited.

Kisuke noticed her gaze again and smiled, he picked up his chopsticks, used it to get a piece of fried chicken and put it in his mouth to eat it. The little girl got the idea and started imitating him, but using chopsticks proved to be a great challenge to an almighty being like her.

Kisuke saw her frustration and picked up another fried chicken. He then offered the chicken by moving it to her mouth. She saw his actions and took a bite at the chicken, she doesn't mind the heat as it doesn't affect her at all. Kisuke saw some excitement at her deadpan expression and felt an urge to give her another pat, 'What's up with this cute yet scary creature?' She finished her food and is looking forward to having another bite, and Kisuke didn't disappoint her.