After leaving Eleanor's mansion, Keitaro made his way toward the airport.
He was used to the hustle and bustle that happened in the terminal, luckily he had brought a VIP pass, so he got to skip most of those time-consuming processes.
Money may not be able to buy happiness but it sure was pretty convenient.
He grabbed himself a quick bite of 6 donuts and 3 sandwiches....like he said...a quick bite.
Don't judge him, he hadn't eaten any solid food for the past 3 days, he was just feasting of curse energy, his ass was using rct in order to numb his hunger for a bit longer.
He did make sure to buy some popcorn, hotdogs, burgers, fries, chocolate, and family-size chips...
Ok...maybe he took a bit more food than normal, it was fine.
It was probably weird that he managed to eat all of it in less than 30 minutes though, sure he might have fed some of his food to his pet fox but that was it.
After his 'light snack', he made sure to clean himself before boarding his flight.
Was it weird that he still felt a bit hungry?
Once on the plane, Keitaro settled into his seat, he couldn't help but notice how much better this seat was compared to his usual seats.
He had his own personal TV and upon further look, he could even play games on it.
So much legroom and the seats felt comfy...
He was just going to close his eyes, maybe let his eyes rest...yeah that was what he was doing, he was just letting his eyes rest for a bit, he would be awake in no time.
Time skip.
Keitaro was awoken upon feeling the plane touch down in Japan. His light nap, his resting his eyes....went on for the full flight.
He had slept for 12 hours...
He had some food served to him and without hesitation, he ate it.
He then made his way outside the plane, taking all of his stuff and skipping the process altogether, the shit that money could buy.
He only had his backpack on him, he did not carry much... he was dragging a carry-on baggage bag behind him, it was pretty light about 60 pounds so pretty light in his opinion, granted his strength was way above the average person.
As he walked outside the airport, he could feel the familiar scent of Tokyo, he was back.
Keitaro picked up on three distinct curse energy signatures approaching him.
The first one was unmistakable, it was his friend Satoru Gojo. It was quite easy to spot considering that well...he is Gojo.
The other two were much smaller, but he could tell them apart.
Megumi and Tsumiki, it was quite easy as he felt the marking he had placed on them approach him.
Upon spotting him, Satoru waved at him, Keitaro couldn't help but smile as he made his way toward them.
He however knew that with his friend's eyes, he probably already sensed that he was in Japan while he was still on the plane.
As he approached them, Tsumiki's face lit up, she rushed toward him and wrapped her arms around him in a very tight hug.
She seemed to be quite happy that he was back, she had missed spending time with her favorite caretaker.
It 100% had nothing to do with the gift, nope, those were 2 unrelated matters altogether.
"Keitaro! I'm so glad you're back!" Tsumiki exclaimed, her voice full of warmth.
It was good to see that she genuinely did miss him.
Keitaro decided to return her gesture of goodwill by returning her hug.
"It's good to see you too, Tsumiki. I missed you. How things be going with you?"
"I have been fine" The girl replied happily.
"Did you pass your class?" He asked curiously to which she nodded her head.
He smiled a bit, it was good to know she was fine.
Keitaro turned his attention toward Megumi, who was standing slightly behind his sister, his arms were crossed and he had on his usual stoic expression.
Keitaro smiled a bit upon noticing the boy, he ruffled the boy's hair before saying. "And you, Megumi, did you miss me?"
Megumi shrugged, he tried to play it cool by acting nonchalant. "I only came because Tsumiki wanted to," he replied but Keitaro could sense that the boy was not telling him the full truth, the boy's soul seemed brighter than usual.
Tsumiki on the other hand was not having it with her brother playing the nonchalant one.
"Megumi's lying!" she blurted out, much to her brother's chagrin. "He's the one who reminded us to come pick you up!"
Megumi's ears turned a faint shade of red as he shot his sister a glare. "Tsumiki...."
Keitaro just smiled at their exchange, in his personal opinion he found it quite cute, amusing even.
At least now he knew the sibling bond was still as strong as ever.
"Oh by the way the higher up want to see you" Gojo added nonchantly.
"Can't it wait?"
"Nope"
"Why is so urgent"
"You see, your thing was like cocaine to them, they got one doze and now they are addicted and want more, not going to lie it was funny watching those old men lose themselves"
A/N....
3 teenage boys were seen playing cards, all three of them looked to be focused, each of them looking at the other cards trying to guess what card the other had
"Plus 4"
"Plus 4"
"Plus 8"
"plus 8"
"Shit you got me," Aaron said upon noticing his hand, he was beyond cook.
"Don't be a sore loser and draw 32 cards" Kenzo added looking at his card.
"I am sorry about this?" Aaron said with a sorry expression on his face when he looked at Keitaro.
"Don't you fucking dare"
Aaron turned his card to reveal a draw of 100.
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"Was the rasengan necessary" Aaron added as he looked at the part where the attack had landed.
"That was rightfully deserved" Keitaro added not feeling any guilt for his action.
Meanwhile, Kenzo was seen trying to hold in a chuckle, watching Aaron running away from a piss of Keitaro was fun, to be fair he would react the same if someone told him to draw 100 cards.
He was however surprised to notice that apart from the boy's clothes, the attack did not seem to have done much damage, he had used his power on the boy, and from all he had gathered he was human...fully human with no power.
What kind of durability was that?
"It's not a good habit to blow a man back out for playing Uno," Aaron said holding his back in pain.
"Where did you get that draw 100 cards?" Keitaro asked curiously.
"Don't worry about it" Aaron said with a smile on his face.
A green light could be seen on the other side of the room.
"Already?!" Aaron said looking at this side of the room.
Keitaro also noticed that this light looked like the one Kenzo had come from.
Were they being joined by someone else?
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