Volume 1: Chapter 3 - Part 4
Author: Geraint
"Sorry, Yuki-sama but could you buy some groceries? We just ran out of stocks today and the ingredients are not enough for the dinner tonight."
Himiko-san gave me the list as I looked on it.
"Can Fuyumi come with me? I want to bring her outside."
"Sure, you can... but are you going to be fine? Those things on the list are gonna be very heavy."
"Remember whom your talking to, Himiko-san." I flexed the muscle on my right arm to her.
"I know you're not human but please don't other people find out."
"Nah, I'll be fine. I'll just store the groceries to my dimensional storage and my hands are free to hold on Fuyumi."
"Still... please be careful."
"Okay."
Fuyumi was in the baby carrier and I wore it my back.
"Everything is check. Now, we're ready for our first adventure, Fuyumi."
"Babu~ Guhehe~" she looks happy.
We went outside the gate and I waved my hand at Himiko-san.
"We're going now!."
"Please take care, you two!"
She does the same but her expression looks anxious since this will be the first time that we'll go out with my baby sister.
"Let's go, Fuyumi."
"Ai~"
I was very excited for our first shopping together and everything in my surroundings became interesting even though I've been walking around on this streets countless times.
"Look, Fuyumi!"
I pointed at the young woman who just left out the house ahead of us.
"That woman is Akemi and she's always on business trip but the truth is---she's actually having an affair with her boss."
The woman looked around then she left in hurry. It's seems like she's another business trip with her boss.
"Au~" Fuyumi just giggled.
Turning into a corner was an old man kneeling on the ground in front of three Yakuza men with several scars on their face.
"Hehehe. Fuyumi, that's old man borrowed a lump sum of money from loan sharks and he can't pay it back now since he lost all of it on Horse race and Panchinko." I pointed at them.
"Gii~" Fuyumi laughed at them and they gave us a strange gaze while we walked pass them.
A very beautiful lady just came out of her residence and a lovely smile appeared on her face when she noticed us then she winked.
"Hey there, handsome. Wanna hangout with me?"
"Nah, I'm busy showing around my baby sister right now." I declined.
"Then can I at least have your contact? We can hangout together when you have free time." she was persistent and block my path while trying to show her cleavage to me.
I got annoyed and gave her a cold look.
"I don't have such thing as free time. All my time is for taking care of my baby sister. Now, get lost!" I walked passed her.
"Kyaah! He's so cool!" she swooned which confused me.
I don't know what's going on her head.
"Guhehe~" Fuyumi giggled.
Her adorableness made me ignore the negative and annoying things in my surroundings with my attention only to her.
We finally arrived at the supermarket and I took a basket cart with me when we went inside as I picked the items on the shelves which is written on the list in my hand.
"Palm oil, sugar, salt, black pepper, soy sauce, any mild curry roax. What else? Oh, we have no more rice."
After filling the basket with all the items listed on the paper, I stood in line until it was our turn and I payed in cash. All the people in the supermarket are staring to me in surprise when I carried several heavy bags of groceries in each of my hand like the weight was nothing. When I came out of the building, I sneakily put all the groceries in my dimensional storage and I decided to walk around longer with Fuyumi.
I was having fun showing around my baby little sister before I noticed that I already walking in front of the school which I enrolled.
"I wonder how's everyone doing?"
"Awoh~" Fuyumi was shaking her hands as she giggled.
"Oh, you want to check inside?"
"Fuwah~"
"Okay. Let's go see your big sisters. We will surprise Yuuka and Shiina."
Most students in the field are practicing with their club activities while we looked around the campus.
"Seir-sama!"
I saw Lilith running towards me in hurry then she gracefully bowed.
"You don't have to do that, Lilith. We're kind of in public right now."
"I apologize, Seir-sama--"
"Lilith! Why did you ran all of sudden?"
It was Riko who came after Lilith and she was breathing heavily from exhaustion when she arrives.
"You're so fast that I can't even keep up."
Riko saw me and she was surprised.
"Seir-kun!?"
"It's been a while, Riko. How are you doing?" I waved my right hand.
"I was so excited to see you at school then I just found out you got suspended in the first day! What are you doing, getting into a trouble early?" she seems to be mad at me.
"I just teach those delinquents not to mess with my family and I made them regret it."
"We're already in highschool and you still haven't change, Seir-kun. I'm grateful to you since I was saved by you once but at least try harder to avoid being in trouble. You'll get expelled next time." she sighed.
"Well, I'll try my best but I can't guarantee you that it won't happen again. Once someone started a trouble with me, don't expect that I won't retaliate."
"Oh, that's right! Since, you're already here. How about we look around together?" she grabbed on my arm then she pulled me when she noticed the child behind my back.
"Awuh~"
"Huh?"
"It's my little sister Fuyumi. I was walking around the neighborhood to show her around." I showed her in my back.
"Kyah! How cute! She is just like Nao-chan when she was younger." Riko pinched her cheek.
I turned towards Lilith then I asked her:
"Anyway, where's Yuuka and Shiina? Do you know where they are, Lilith?"
"Yuuka-sama told me that she's gonna visit some place with Ayaka and they left me alone with Riko in the classroom."
"Why do you sounds like that you have no choice but to accompany me around?" Riko looked at Lilith with squinted eyes.
"It's just your imagination." Lilith looked away.
"Seir-kun, let's check out the school clubs!" Riko pulled me and Lilith followed after us.
"But I'm suspended right now."
"It's should be fine as long as they don't find out that your here."
Walking around the gymnasium, we arrived on sports club with several students watching a Kendo sparring match.
"Wow! The Kendo club is really popular. Why don't we watch the match?"
"Nah, I'm not interested on watching their little sword fight."
Unlike in Kaho-san's Kenjutsu, Kendo sport matches are boring for me. It's very restricted by rules and if it is used in a real sword fight, those rules will become your fatal weakness because it became part of your habit which can be read by your opponents. It's just the difference between sports and real battle.
I was about to walk straight the hallway when I heard something.
"Mizuno Kaho-chan! If I win this duel, let's go on a date together!"
I halted on my step and turned towards the clubroom.
"Kyaah~"
I heard screams and it seems it was some kind of confession.
"Win or lose. Sorry, but I have to refuse."
"Are you afraid that you'll going to lose against me?"
It seems the guy who confessed to her was also member of the Kendo club.
"Huh!?" Kaho-san looks annoyed of him and she took his bait.
"If I win, you will become my girlfriend and if I lose, I won't bother you anymore. Easy as that. Do you accept my term?"
"Fine, but remember, I won't hold back even against you." Kaho-san sighed and she decided to accept his term.
"Of course."
The two of them wore their equipment then they stood on the middle of the ring, taking their stances with their bamboo sword.
At the start of referee.
"Huh?"
Kaho-san instantly appeared in front of the guy which surprised him. She swung down her bamboo sword and knocked him down on the floor by hitting him hard in the headgear.
"Arrgh!"
All the students watching was shocked with her quick victory.
"She's so quick! Amazing!" Riko was awed by her sword skills.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! I wasn't ready! Let's have another round!" the guy protested in desperation.
"Such disappointment." she took off her headgear then she looked at him with such contempt out of annoyance. When she was about to leave the ring, the guy yelled out.
"Kaho-chan, I like you!"
"Huh?" Kaho-san glanced to him in surprise.
"Please go out with me!"
It was really a love confession.
I don't know if it is just me but I felt unpleasant watching this scene. Everyone was just waiting for Kaho-san's response.
Her cheek became red and she was embarrassed.
"Sorry, but I already have someone I like."
"Eh?"
The guy was frozen in shock after getting shutdown by her.
"Senpai!"
The other members of the club grabbed the guy and they took him away with them.
While Kaho-san was taking off all her gear, she was surrounded by other students and they talked to her with praise with how she good she was in the match.
"Looks like another guy has been rejected by her." Riko besides me spoke.
"Is it just me or she looks very popular?"
"Since you don't know, Mr. Suspended. Mizuno-senpai is quite famous. She used to be the most beautiful girl in this school."
"Huh? Used to be?"
"Well, it was already taken over by the famous rising idol Yuuka. Also known as Yuuka-tan. I can't believe that she became my classmate here at school. I wonder why she decided to attend this school. Now, I think about it. You just talked about her with Lilith just now. What is your relationship with her?" Riko turned to me and asked.
"I've been looking for you, Lilith! Where have you been... Onii-sama!?"
It was Yuuka with Shiina hiding behind her in anxiousness.
"Eh? Seir-kun?" Shiina was also surprised when she saw me.
"We came to visit. How's everyone doing?"
"You're suspended. What are you doing here?" Yuuka got mad at me.
I turned around and showed Fuyumi taking a nap behind me.
"You brought her here?"
"I went shopping with her then I decided to come here since we are passing by the school."
"Seir-kun? Since when?"
Kaho-san was very shock when I turned towards her when she noticed us.
"Oh, nice fight, Kaho-san!" I gave her thumbs up.
Her whole face turned red and she became embarrassed.
"Waaahh! Seir-kun, you dummy!"
(To be continued.)