Author's Note at the bottom.
This chapter, YAGOO made his move to recruit Fubuki for his Noble Cause.
Will our cat waifriend accept it or not?
How will Ichiei responds?
It will be a surprise! ...probably.
So anyway,
Enjoy~
Disclaimer: any and all events that are on this story is a fanmade, its fiction, completely unrelated to any kind of real life events,etc. it surely as heck does not belong to me. Every character that were included in the story belongs to their respective owner.
"As I was saying, we from the Hololive Idol Agency would like to extend our invitation for her to join our idol project."
"E-eh?! Me??"
"And I refuse. Fubuki belong to us, and I don't want to give her to some random sketchy sounding company that track down their potential talents to recruit them." Ichiei pointed out, not agreeing with the idea.
"Eh?! I-ichi kun?!"
"Her talent will be nurtured and cared for inside our agency, Our agency will also provide resources to greatly boost her popularity, be it training programs, equipments, or even common financial needs." Argued Tanigo as he tried to convince Ichiei whom acted as Fubuki's guardian at the time.
"And we would not accept it, if its money, I already have plenty. Maybe more than you could imagine. Fubuki will be safe in my hands"
"But she wouldn't be shining enough! As an Idol Enthusiast, my dignity won't allow it! She need to have proper care and a good environment!" Tanigo slammed the table with both hands.
"And I'm telling you, she was not an Idol!" Ichiei also responded in kind as he slammed the table harder.
Ding!
[Quest Created!]
A blue translucent panel popped infront of Ichiei.
[FATE Exclusive Quest : Hololive Idol Agency Invitation]
Fate has opened the way. You must follow her lead!
Quest Description
- The Arctic Fox shall shine brightly!-
Let Shirakami Fubuki join Hololive Idol Agency!
Progress : 0%
Time Limit : 10 minutes
Rewards : 100 Essence Point, 250 ExP, 1 low grade artifact
Penalty for Failure : Death.
...
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!!" Ichiei suddenly shouted in rage after he read the quest as well as its descriptions, which made both Fubuki and Matsuri as well as the female guest flinch. Kuro covered her ears as she glared at Ichiei for his sudden howl, all of them turned to his direction.
"What the hell, bastard?!"
It seems like no one could see his quest panel.
Ichiei turned to the male visitor in front of him, "You! Can you see this?!" He demanded while pointing at the blue panel.
The look of confusion on the male's face told Ichiei that he also had no idea what Ichiei was talking about. With an expression still fixed on rage upon FATE's timely intervention, Ichiei sat back on the couch with a loud thud. He began to put both of his palms against his face.
Ichiei let out a really long sigh.
His eyes peeked between the crack of his fingers, the quest panel was still there, the time still counting down. Ichiei needed to think fast, is it a good idea to let Fubuki join Hololive?
Ichiei started his mind overdrive, weighting all the pros and cons of Fubuki joining.
Ping!
[Mind Skill: Full Over Drive Lvl.MAX - activated]
'Tch.'
Ichiei not caring about the notification at the moment swiftly slided away the panel, he then started to think about the situation.
Suppose Fubuki joined, he won't be there to protect her, breaking the promise in the process. The time between him and her will gradually lessen as she started getting more work, which will make Matsuri lonely too. There's also the part where Fubuki need to have a fan greeting, she could be found out that she wasn't a normal human. What about if she suddenly reverted into her fox form while outside? There will be a chance where she didn't have enough power to protect herself. Fubuki has no common sense for the most part, she could be tricked easily by people with bad intention and had the power to god forbid enslave her. There was also the risk of her being killed which in turn will also kill Kuro, which he won't ever let such thing happens. But knowing FATE it will happens when he wasn't there, just to spite him.
But he would die as well if he refused the quest, so this is basically another must-do order by FATE. He could guess already what FATE have in store for him if rejected, probably close or even the same as that one time he rejected her 'guidance'.
If Fubuki joined, He would still be alive, which meant he could still has the chance to protect her.
To think that the problem from Fubuki wanted to communicate to the outside world through streaming had escalated into her being scouted by people from the Other Side with an Idol Agency as their cover...
But he couldn't just let anyone manage-
...
That's it!
Ichiei finally reached a conclusion.
If he refused then he would die, but if he accepted then she would need to 'hand over' Fubuki.
...But what if Ichiei also joined hololive? As her one and only manager? That way, he will be the one in charge of her. Granted he would need to be more careful about Fubuki's wellbeing outside the house where everything could go wrong, but if he could pull it off..
Ichiei finally reached the end of his mental clash and faced the male visitor.
"Hey!" He slammed the desk again.
The time limit for negotiation was 8 minutes, more or less.
He needed to make it count.
Be quick, gain control of the conversation, demand more than should be given.
Time to negotiate.
"I'll handover Fubuki to you!"
"Oi! Bastard! What are you thinking?!" Kuro shouted, her expression furious.
"But! I have a condition!" Ichiei said as he hold two fingers up, "Firstly, No real life fan meeting! Any interactions must be kept to a minimum, unless the situation calls for it, and even then I must approve of it! Actually, there will be no going out! All things will be settled inside the home!"
"Second!" Ichiei shouted again, "I will be Fubuki's manager! No one else!"
6 minutes.
"So do we have a deal?!" Ichiei shouted for a third time, which by the time he ended his shout, a single clenched palm smashed into his left cheek, courtesy of Kurokami Fubuki.
"Don't just decide anything on your own!" Kuro gasped, "Fubuki (me) was not your damn property! What do you mean 'hand over?!"
"...ghk! It was a figure of speech... gahk!"
Ichiei was punched for a second time, this time ontop of his head which in turn slammed him down face first to the wooden floor. Fortunately they didn't break.
Kuro kicked the dawned Ichiei's form repeatedly, "Have some thoughts on her own feeling, damnit!"
"A-ah! Kuro! You shouldn't kick him like that...!"
"This fucking idiot! I'll teach you a lesson you'll never forget!"
Thwack
"Ever!"
Thwack
"Again!"
When this was happening, a very confused female guest started to speak, "Ehhh~? What do you mean? I also don't get out often~" her glasses almost fell off as she tilted her head to the side.
"...It seems like there was a misunderstanding here. We did say we would invite her as an idol, but she would be a virtual one." The male explained as he gazed at Ichiei's beaten form.
To make sure he wasn't next on the hitlist, he needed to explain it carefully.
"that way she wouldn't need to go outside often. She will only be required to shine behind camera as an idol for people's heart.", he continued, "...Tell you what, its fine if she never came to the office at all, as long as she was considered as a hololive Idol. We will still provide the resources as well, thats a fixed deal, no need to worry."
"So do we have a deal?" He asked back, switching his own question back to him.
"...You still- ghk! Need to accept my condit- gahk!"
Kuro kicked him again, this time twice as hard.
"This bastard...!"
"Its a deal then." Confirmed the male as he nodded his head, his job done.
"So~ does this mean I get my special gaming headset that you promised?" The female asked.
"Yes."
"Waii~!" She cheered as she got up from her seat.
On the side, Ichiei's fallen form which were in Kuro's mercy started to move once more.
Ichiei mustered the last bit of his strength to press the accept button on the blue panel.
A loud ping signified the acceptance of the quest, as well as another more softer ding which signifies its completion sounded from the panel.
Time limit : 10 Seconds
Just a moment away and he could've died.
Another ping sounded from the panel, as a reward has been succesfully sended to his message box.
Unfortunately, Ichiei couldn't check what it was.
As soon as Kuro notices Ichiei still have his consciousness, she decided to swiftly change that.
A long slender leg met an already beaten face.
Ichiei fell into deep slumber.
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Its been a long time since Matsuri had seen Ichiei looked so serious. The last time he looked that concerned was when he had broken into her room that one night just to comfort her shivering form after she had cried when they were little. She could still remembers it clearly, as his concerned eyes bore into hers, as if he was looking at something that could've gone at any moment should he blink just even a second later.
Ichiei had patted her head gently while hugging her shaken form, his word so soothingly sounded on her ears that it even stopped her from crying.
His gallant form, that came to help her was like as if a brave hero that had faced many harsh trials and came to rescue the beautiful captive princess from the evil demon lord castle.
Matsuri approached Ichiei which was still laying on the floor. She began to stroke his head, his short strands of hair tickled her fingers as she went through them.
Both the unknown guest had left without even introducing themselves, while Fubuki and Kuro had went to their rooms to turn in for the night.
Matsuri positioned Ichiei's head on both of her thighs, to help her stroke his mop of hairs better.
"Geez, you really made me worry when you shouted like that you know?"
Matsuri brushed off some floor dust on his hair.
"But you look really cool when you stand up for Fubuki like that. Even if you're a bit forceful about it."
Her turquoise colored eyes starred at Ichiei's closed one.
His soft breath touched her nose.
"Ne...Ichi? Will you also protect me again when something happened to me? Just like back then?"
Only the soft breath of Ichiei's unconscious form could be heard.
...
Matsuri closed her eyes.
"What am I thinking? Of course you would..."
She smiled.
"After all, you're my knight in a shining armour."
[AN: anddd...cut!
There we go, another more of short chapters that I tried to end on a good note.
Atleast inside my head they sounded good. Lol.
We get a bit of clash between Ichiei and YAGOO, a bit of violence by Kuro, and a small bonding moment of Matsuri and Ichiei (although he was not awake).
And no Fubuki.
Oops-
Childhood Friend Route Flag? Nah...
Well, thats that.
So anyway,
Thank you for reading!!
See you next chapter-
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Hope to improve~
