Opening: Burn by FLOW
After that beat down Touma received, the high school students teacher returned from her shopping. Apparently she had completely forgotten about her earlier conversation, or at the very least pretended to forget. Regardless, No one was going to question it. She offered to house Touma and Index for the time being until this whole ordeal could be sorted out. In the meantime, Touka and the others agreed to help Touma guard Index whenever she went outside while Yukina searched the City for any sightings of the sorcerers. If any suspicious characters were sighted in a specific distract by anyone, the Seraph would alert the others to avoid that area.While the small teacher, unlucky teenager, and nun decided to have lunch where they are, the older Kamijou wanted to take the others out into the city for their own food, and to search for any more attacks from their true enemy.
July 22, 2023
As they walked through the city, the others from another world still couldn't quite get over the fact that the city they were in was far different than anywhere they've been before, looking all over the place in awe and wonder.
"Amazing, isn't it?" Touka asked, as she is followed by her Seraph.
"It's like nothing I ever seen." The younger Crowe admits, looking around, seeing all matter of things new to him.
As they continue to walk, everyone passed by a group of three girls talking to each other. The tallest of the group has dark brown hair with her fringes combed to the side, and the fringes on the right are kept together with two hairclips. The smaller girl has short brown hair, with fringes that are parted slightly on the left side of her scalp. And finally, the last girl has dark-bluish hair which she ties into two pigtails. Her most notable feature is that she has the largest bust size amongst her group of friends.
When they passed by the group of heroes, one of the girls noticed him before smiling. Then she started gossiping with her friends.
Magilou notice this, and decided to tease the little boy.
"Well, well~. Aren't you quite the progressive little trooper?" She said in a teasing little sing-song voice, getting the younger boy to blush and shake his head in denial. "It would seem that you already caught the attention of some promising ladies."
The young teenager was starting to get embarrassed, hearing that.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." He told her.
"Oh really~? Cause that blush sure seems to say otherwise." Almost as if goading her, Magilou's smirk went from teasing to downright evil.
He gasped, before covering his face with his hands. His Seraph counterpart, pats his shoulders.
"Magilou's a troll, she likes to tease people. We've all been there, you'll get used to it." The young Seraph consoled and reasured him.
"Thanks, I needed that." He told him.
After a bit of walking, they soon made their way to what looks like a family diner. 'Western Restaurant' Karasu was written on the sign, it even had a cute black Raven as well.
"That's a very interesting name."
Hearing that comment, Touka proceeded to explain.
"Yeah, their naming sense is literal. At least the food's good." She answers.
"So what kind of restaurant is this?"
"It has a lot of good stuff." She answers. "My absolute favorites is the Mabo Curry and the Prickleboar they serve."
This peaked the others interest, especially the younger Seraph.
"Did you say Mabo Curry?" Laphicet was surprised.
"Yep, that she did." Eleanor answers, before proceeding to explain further. "When I first learned of this I was as surprised as you, so I did a little bit of research and found out that, for some reason, there are stuff from our world here. Just not all of it."
"Well that is no surprise." Velvet called out. "After all, we did face some demons the other day. So I'm sure that similar stuff will be in this world as well."
"You be surprised to see what else this world have. Anyway, let's head inside. I'm starving."
As they entered the restaurant, they could already tell that this was a good place to just sit down and relax over a good meal. The place just seemed to have this hommy feel to it, like they were really home instead of in some strange's place. It was nice, and they could already tell that this was one place that they'll be frequently visiting.
The group was then greeted by young woman with shoulder length blond hair that has a single red streak on the right side of her face, purple eyes, purple lipstick on her lips, and wearing a waitress outfit. She even had a small cross necklace around her neck. One noticeable feature about her is her noticeable chest. Breast size, F-cup.
"Nice to see you again, Touka." The woman told her, before looking at everyone else. "Friends of yours?"
After looking at them over she then came to a conclusion.
"Let me guess, out of town?"
"I guess you could say that." Eizen confirmed, still as stoick as ever.
"I would like you to meet some friends of Eleanor and Eizen. This is Velvet Crowe, Rokurou Rangetsu, Magilou, Laphicet Crowe, and Laphicet." The exorcist told her friend. "Guys, this is Rain Hasumi. she's an old friend of mine, she works as a waitress and a courier."
"It's a pleasure to meet you all." Rain confirms. "So there are two boys named Laphicet. Such an interesting coincidence."
The two boys blushed at that, more out of embarasment than anything else.
"Let's just say that our mothers were rather good friends with one another." The young Seraph got out while rubbing the back of his head.
"To give their sons the same name, they must've been some really great friends." she commented.
"Yeah, that they were." Velvet confirms, with a solem look on her face as she remembered Seres the other night.
"Anyway, I'll bring you to your seats and be back with some water and menus." The busty blonde told them, leading them further into the restaurant.
They only had a few steps to go, until they were lead to a table that will fit all of them together.
The heroes got into their seats, and their waitress walks away for a moment.
"What a peculiar woman." The long black haired demon pointed out, getting wary of her.
"Not to worry about her." Touka assures her. "Despite her questionable tastes, she's someone to trust."
Still a bit unsure she then turned to Eleanor, who picked up on the untold question and then answered
"Don't worry, you can trust her. If there's one thing about Touka that I've picked up during my stay here, its the fact that she certainly knows how to get aquainted with good people."
"Well, if you're sure." Velvet was able to relax, before looking at her brother and younger friend. "Just make sure she doesn't get too acquainted with you."
"All right." The two boys told her. "So how were you able to find this place?"
"It so happens to be my residence." The older sister explains.
"Residence, as in you live here?" Rokurou couldn't help but ask.
"Of course. Not only this place works as a bistro, it is also a dormitory."
"And, when you consider both the sheer size of Academy City, as well as the sheer NUMBER of people currently living here, having one or two businesses double as lodgin space isn't exactly all that surprising." Eleanor elaborated.
Making himself more comfortable, Eizen pipped in.
"Not to mention that, with this world's current era's various advancements in technology, it's even possible for those who like to travel a lot to live inside their own vehicles. Be it cars or even boats."
"How intriguing." The witch called out. "To think that this world's technology has advanced so much. Automatic air conditioning, microwaves, automobiles, and the internet. What would they think of next?"
Just then, Rain came back within some glasses of water and menus for everyone.
"Just take your time to look things over and I'll be with you to take your orders momentarily." She anounced with a smile and a small head bow before moving along to continue her rounds.
"This place has some very interesting food." Laphicet pointed out, as he gazes at the different items in the menu. "I wonder what I should get? Do you have any recommendations, Yukina?"
"Let me think." Having thought about it for a moment, she then made her suggestion. "Well, seeing as you are still new to this kind of environment, why don't we start off with something you're familiar with?"
Seeing where she was going, he noded in agreement. "Mabo Curry it is then."
"I do the same thing." His Seraph counterpart pointed out.
"This braised Prickleboar belly looks great. so I'll try that." Velvet answers.
Soon after, Rain came back to take their orders.
"Do you guys know what you're getting?"
Velvet was the first one to order, as she decided to get the braised Prickleboar belly, the two Laphicets ordered the Mabo Curry, Rokurou asked for Teriyaki Chicken with rice and sake, Omelette Rice for Eleanor, Pork Cutlet rice and beer for Eizen, Magilou went for crepes, Yukina with Beef Stew, and finally Touka had the Spicy Chicken Curry.
Once she had taken all of their orders, she left to go get them, leaving them woth nothing to do but wait till their food was ready.
"I'm surprised to see that you're going to eat something, Velvet." The redhead told her. "Remember that you can't taste anything, except blood?"
Upon hearing this, Velvet just adopted a weird, yet thankfull look.
"Well, that's the thing. For some reason, ever since I came to this world my sense of taste has returned. Not that I'm complaining." She mumbled that last bit.
"You should've seen it, even if the food was rather on the spoiled side, just one bite was enough to push her into tears." Magilou teased, to which Velvet just responded with a small growl in warning to shut up, despite the pink in her cheeks.
"Well, this I have got to see." The Grim Reaper exclaimed, keeping his stoick expression.
"You'll be surprised." Velvet's younger brother told him.
So our group of heroes continued to wait patiently for their food to arrive, as they started catching up with their daily lives. Eleanor told them that she started making new friends at the high school she goes to, while Eizen was doing a little side jobs in order to make ends meet.
After a few moments, their waitress comes back with an additional person. The two of them were pushing two trolley carts, that had their food. Each of the women placed their plate full of food for each of the respected patrons.
"Here you go, if you need anything else, just let me know and I'll be with you in just a sec~." Rain said as she delivered everyone's orders with a smile on her face before leaving to continue her rounds.
Now with their food on the table, they began to enjoy their meal in earnest, with the recent additions from another world enjoying their meal to their hearts content.
"This food is delicious." Velvet called out, and she takes the first bite of her meal.
"Yeah, it is." Yukina said, after taking a sip from her Beef Stew. "Despite there being many eateries in this city alone, I personally believe that out of all of them, this one is by far the best."
"That we can agree on." Her vessel pointed out, taking a bite out of the chicken and rice together.
Eleanor was chewing her bite of Omelette Rice, before she swallowed, and had a satisfying smile.
Rokurou used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of teriyaki chicken into his mouth.
"Hmm, now THIS is good teriyaki." He proclaimed after swallowing, then proceeded to continue eating, "Been a while since I've had this sort of cooking grace my lips."
The younger boys started taking small bites of their curry.
"This tastes exactly like the one back at home." The Seraph pointed out, enjoying the taste of the food.
"So good." His human counterpart got out in between bites.
"Guess this just goes to show you that, even in another reality, there are just somethings that'll never change." Magilou, in a rare bit of sagely wisdom, pointed out, before focusing on her crepe, moaning in bliss with each bite.
Eizen took a swig of his beer, before he started to eat his Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl.
"Agreed." He then sighed in content. "However, while much of the food has managed to remain the same, I can honestly say that the alcohol has certainly improved."
"I have to agree with you, Eizen." The demon samurai says, taking a drink of his sake.
"So Touka, what's next on our agenda?"
After taking a few more bites of her Curry, she decided to think for a moment. Then she remembered what she wanted to do today.
"Well after we finish our meal, I'm planning on taking you to a part of the city where you can learn about this world's history. Then followed by checking up on Touma and Index to see if they're okay, going to the bath house, and having dinner."
"Museum?" The young Seraph asked as they arrived at a big building just a couple of blocks away from the restaurant where they had just eaten. From the outside, it just looked like any other building/facility in Academy City. The only sign they had of the building's true nature was the actual sign in the front telling them the facility's name: Academy City Museum of Natural History.
"Yes, a museum. This is a place where people go to get a look at what things were like in the past." Touka explained to everyone, then adopted an unsure look. "Or at the very least their best interpretation of what they were like in the past."
"Best interpretation?" Laphicet wonders.
"Let's just say that a lot of history is altered over the centuries." Yukina begins to explain. "Plus, religions."
"Right, as such you could say that Museums are places were people can go to take a look at what little we could uncover from acient ruins and salvagable documents that archeologists have dugged up over the last centuries. Or at the very least what some people or organizations haven't altered to meet their ends." The exorcist added.
"In other words, it's possible that most of the stuff in there is some sort of cover-up. Right?" Velvet asked, unamused.
"Yeah, pretty much." Touka admits. "Let's go check it out."
With that said the group headed inside to have a look at the exhibits currently on display.
"So where are we going first?" The Witch asked, as the group started walking around the lobby.
"How about a stroll through the Prehistory exhibit?" Touka suggested. "That'll be interesting."
"Wait, prehistory? Then that means..." The young Seraph started to realize.
The group entered that exhibit hall.
The first thing they saw was the skeleton of a Tyranosaurus Rex, perfectly assembled and standing tall and proud mid roar.
They were all deedply impressed with the display, the two Laphicets even more so as one could see the stars shining in their eyes.
"Dinosaurs!" The two boys exclaimed with excitement.
"Huh, isn't this what you were reading about in your books?" Rokurou asked, remembering a conversation about a similar topic back during their travels.
"It sure was." He told him, nodding. "They're all here. Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Gigantspinosaurus."
"And many more." Yukina revealed. "Some of them just as big, if not bigger and even as small as you or me."
To hearing this the two Laphicets' faces just became even more sparkling with awe and excitement.
"They are." Eleanor smiled, confirming.
"But still," Velvet began as she circled around to look at the whole place, "How did they managed to find them, let alone get them all out?"
"Again, you can thank the wonders of science and technology for this." Touka then began to explain. "It may have taken a bit of time and research, but we've eventually managed to perfect sonar technology and combine it with our geological research to map out the underground, thus making it easier. But the overall process is still quite long and, despite them being pretty much everywhere around the world, the bones themselves, let alone whole fossils, are very hard to find."
"How come?"
Touka turned to the young boy and then began to explain.
"Well, you see, like I've just said, they were essentially everywhere, from the tallest of mountains to the deepest depths of the ocean."
"Meaning that they could be in places that, even with current technology, humans have yet to fully explore or even areas that are now very difficult for even us to traverse. Such as the bottom of the deepest ocean or even buried beneath the hot sands of the most scoorching of deserts." Yukina then added to aid her vessel in explaining how hard fossils are to come by.
"As for how many of them were found, despite such incredible opposition, it probably helps that the humans have been steadily expanding their territory and, with all the digging that comes with construction work, not to mention the invention of submarines, some if not more than a good half of these finds were mostly accidents." Eizen decided to pitch in, revealing a bit more about the people of this world in between.
"That's a very huge accomplishment." Magilou pointed out, and she started looking around. Then she came around to a small skeleton display of a small carnivore. "What's this?"
"That would be Guanlong." The older Kamijou called out. "A relative of T-Rex from the Late Jurassic Period of Prehistory China. Its name translates to "Crowned Dragon".
"You know, I was wondering about that. Are they Dragons or Lizards?"
"Neither."
"If they're not either of those." Rokurou was confused. "Then what are they?"
To that Touka just shrugged.
"Even with Academy City's best equipment, we've yet to fully figure out what they are. All we've been able to tell is that, while they may look and have some reptilian characteristics, some of them are more like birds."
Rokurou just stared at that, then shrugged in acceptance.
"And it's not just Dinosaurs that were around that time. There was flying reptiles called Pterosaurs that soar in the sky, massive reptiles that rule the seas, and of course prehistoric versions of modern creatures you normally see today."
"You know something, I haven't noticed any humans in these displays, except for the photos of people who discovered them." Velvet wonders. "Why is that?"
Now that was a question that Touka could answer.
"That's actually very simple, yet also very hard to fully explain." She started only to digress a bit at the end. "You guys know how evolution works right?"
"Yeah, you could say that." Velvet got out, hoping that the elder Kamijou wasn't talking about the Venomozation ritual, a feeling that was shared by the other, well except for Magilou of course.
"Well, there's your answer." Touka chirped. "To make a long-story short, at the time the dinosaurs roamed the Earth the conditions were rather harsh for species like our to properly, or safely inhabit. As such, it wasn't until a couple of centuries, perhaps even a millenia or two after the dinosaurs left and evolution continuing to move forward that humanity started appearing."
"That's amazing. So can we see the exhibit about after the dinosaurs?"
"We sure can." The Kamijou Sister told them. "All of the creatures after the dinosaurs are also interesting to see. Plus, they have a new exhibit that recently opened up."
After seeing all of the current prehistoric creatures, the group moved on to the neighboring area.
This next section of the museum depicted the begining of the human race: from a diagram depicting how humans evolved from apes to a diarama of a group of the fighting what looked to be a saber-toothed cat-like creature.
But the exhibit which garned the most attention was that of a pience of ice, roughly the size of an adult human, if not slightly bigger, placed on dispay at the far corner of the room with a/c equipment keeping it preserved. However, the thing that garnered the most attention was the fact that, if one were to pay closer attention to it, one could see a vague shape withing the ice.
Inside the block of ice is a young woman of average height with a slim figure. She has a delicate face and blond hair tied-up in a spiky ponytail. The beautiful girl's eyes were closed, indicating that she was asleep while being frozen. Her appearance is that of someone who appears to be a mixed heritage of American/Japanese. Her clothing consists of a crude, navy blue dress. The dress is tied with a rope tied in the middle, and uniquely shaped stone sandals.
"That's a..."
"You are correct." Eizen told them. "She was frozen like that since the Ice Age, which was 15,000 years ago."
"Huh, I've heard of some people being cold like ice, but this is just taking things to a whole new level." Was Magilou's comment, seeing the frozen girl, just as surprised by the sight as the rest of the gang.
Everyone just stood there looking at the girl, wondering how she ended up like this. Feeling like everyone had the same question on their minds, Velvet decided to bite the bullet.
"Where did you find her?"
"She was discovered by accident in Hokkaido." Yukina begins. "A couple was hiking in the forest when they got lost inside of a cave. While trying to find a way out, they discovered this block of ice in the center of a pond."
To that many of them just stared at her like they were trying to find any signs of a bluff.
"You're joking, right?" Deadpaned an unamused Velvet.
"When it comes to situations like these, there are times where I wish I was." The woman Seraph shrugs her shoulders. "Then after they told the authorities, the local Museum decided to take it in as a exhibit. However, they were afraid that they wouldn't have the right equipment to keep it preserved. So it was given to the director of the research team of this Museum for better study."
Looking over at the ice coffin, Magilou felt the need to ask, "Have they uncovered anything yet?"
"Nothing about how they're going to get her out of there." Touka answers. "A excavation team went into the cave where she was the first discovered, and they recovered several things. The first thing they brought back was her hunting tools she had back then. Several cave paintings about her and some of her life. And they even found a cave marking believed to be her name. Using the latest translating technology, they discovered that her name is Kohaku. Then she was nicknamed the "Lioness of the Ice age"."
"Kohaku?" The name peaked her interest. "Huh, she must have been quite the babe in her day."
To this, Eleanor just sighed in nostalgic resignation. "I see that you're still as tackless as always Magilou."
"Well you know me." The mischievous Witch just shrugged with a confident and mirthfull smirk on her face. "Always looking for the next bash to make things interesting."
"True." Rokurou exclaimed, before the other started to laugh.
The two look alikes started walking closer to the display.
"She's still alive." The young Seraph whispers quietly, but loud enough for his friends to hear.
Upon hearing this, they all had their eyes shot wide open as they stared at the young Seraph first, then look over to the ice.
"How!?" Velvet couldn't help but hoarsely breath out that question.
"I'm not sure." The young boy tells her. "But I do sense something dwelling within her. It's faint, but I'm sure she's still alive."
"Dwelling within." Magilou frowned in thought. "Could it be that she's some unknown Seraph's vessel?"
After getting over hisinitial surprise, Rokurou decided to respond.
"So, the Ice Princess's still alive in there." He then turned over to Laphicet. "How long before she decides to wake up?"
"I'm not sure." He answers, thinking. "But I'm sure it's pretty soon though. Maybe the next time when we come here, it'll be time."
"I'm sure she'll wake up eventually. And when we do, we'll throw her a big welcome party."
"That is if her idea of partying doesn't include using us as sparring dummies". Magilou answers with dread.
The group left the exhibit to explore more of the museum, still wondering about the frozen girl. Unknowingly, Kohaku's eyes slowly opened.
It was already 4:00 in the evening when they left the museum, feeling that it would be best to take a break to relax and cleanse the stress from their bodies Touka guided them to a place that she felt would help them relieve some tension.
"A Bathhouse?" Velvet asked, getting a bad feeling about this. After all, to remember that she and her friends swap bodies one time. "I don't think this is a good idea."
After hearing this, Touka just gave them a curious look.
"What's the matter? You guys look like you've seen a ghost." She says.
"Let's just say that we have bad memories with bathhouses." The young Seraph answers, blushing a lot.
To this she just tilted her head, still not understanding what the problem was. Eleanor, on the other hand, knew what it was that they were getting at and decided to explain, though she did so while sporting a small blush herself.
"Um, Touka? Remember when I told you of the crazy things that me and my friends would get into?"
The exorcist nods and Eleanor continued, her blush now brighter while scratching her cheek.
"Well, one of those things included going to this magic bathhouse where we, uh... switched bodies." She got out meekly.
"Seriously?" She asked, wondering if she was joking. But the silence was all that confirmed her suspicions. "Oh..."
Yukina looks away as well, remembering the time that she and her vessel experience the same thing. The two of them slightly remember that they slept with each other that day. Even agreeing to never speak of it again.
"Yeah, Rokurou and I swapped with each other."
"Eizen and me." The Witch pointed to. "Followed by Bienfu and a Katz."
"Then me and Laphicet." Velvet blurred out. "I'd rather not experience that ever again."
Shaking her head to move that little incident aside, she then began to reasure her charges.
"Well, I can see how THAT could get rather embarassing." She deduced with her own blush.
"Understatement of the century." Velvet grumbled quietly to that with a small blush in her cheeks, getting a rapid nod from the still blushing Laphicet.
"But." Touka continued. "I can assure you that this Bathhouse is completely normal. Me and Yukina have been going to it for auite a while now and nothing of any mistical nature has ever happened to us. So it's perfectly safe."
"We'll see about that."
Deciding to trust her for the time being, the group entered the bathhouse and towards their own bathing sections.
When they entered the changing room, many of them were in for a surprise.
Inside the girls side...
Saten was just about to take off her bra, when she noticed someone else had entered the room. When she looked up, she saw that it was her friends Touka and Eleanor, along with a few other girls she didn't recognize.
"Huh? Oh, hi Touka, Eleanor!" She greated the two student exorcists. "Talk about a coincidence that we'd run into each other here."
"Hey Saten." Touka greeted back. "Yes, it really is a coincidence."
"I see that Misaka, Konori, and Hitokawa are here as well." Eleanor deduced. "Where are Uiharu and Shirai?"
"Oh, they're still doing Judgement work, so they were busy today." Ruiko told them, to which they nod in understandment. "But anyway, mind introducing us to your friends?"
"Oh, right where are my manners." Eleanor got out before proceeding to introduce her friends, "Girls, I would like to meet my friends: Velvet Crowe and Magilou Mavin. You know, the ones I traveled with before getting to Academy City I was telling you about?"
"Oh yeah." She says, remembering. "And this is..."
"I'm Yukina." The Seraph woman bows. "I met Touka a few years ago when I was being harassed by some sickos. And we been hanging out ever since."
"Well seeing as your group has already been introduced." Saten started, before doing a small spin for dramatic effect. "Hello girls, I'm Ruiko Saten and these fine ladies here are Mii Konori."
"Nice to meet you." The aforementioned teenager greets back.
"Hasami Hitokawa." A fiery red haired girl meerly greeted back with a shy hand wave.
"And finally Mikoto Misaka!"
The girl with chestnut hair didn't respond back, instead had her fist in her chin as though she was trying to remember something.
"Velvet Crowe, Magilou Mavin." She mumbled to herself, before she finally remembered what it was she almost forgot. "Ah! You mean the scary delinquent and the pipsqueak weirdo you used to travel with?"
The Pigtail high schooler suddenly realized was she just said, which causes her to sweat bullets. Slowly turning around, Eleanor saw Velvet with a unamused frown and a raised eyebrow while Magilou was holding back a giggle.
"Is that right?" The black haired woman announced, with no emotion. "What else did she say about us?"
Having seen just what the outcome of the current atmosphere would be, having seen it happen multiple times to a certain pigtailed teleporter, Ruiko decided to cut in.
"She also talked about how, despite your 'quirks', the two of you were among the most trusted and loyal of traveling buddies she could've asked for." She finished before Misaka could say anything else that could get Eleanor killed or severely punished, all the while hoping that it was enough to calm them down.
The tension in the room was so thick that one could cut it with a butterknife. After a minute or so of silence Velvet decided to speak.
"Is that so, Eleanor?"
To this the high-schooler just nodded her head quickly, hoping that it would be enough to calm the dark-haired woman down.
Luck appeared to be on her side, as it seems that Velvet bought it. "Well, I'll admit that I might have been a bit rough back then."
"Same here." The blonde haired girl pointed out.
"Well that's a relief." Ruiko relaxed. "I didn't want the two of you to eat her alive. She's a very good person."
"That she is." The 19-year-old admits, before putting her hand on her friend's shoulder. "Eleanor, when we get back the two of us are going to have a little talk."
"Yes, ma'am."
Once all the drama was over, the girls then proceeded to take off the rest of their clothes. Once that was over, they then proceeded to the hot springs, once they had dipped themselves in its waters they let out a collective sigh of relief as they felt all of their troubles and stress just melt away.
"Finally! Nothing like a relaxing soak after a long day." Touka moaned out, as her bosom floats to the surface of the water.
Ruiko was simply having her legs in the water, with a towel wrapped around her hair. Konori had her glasses off and her elbows on the edge of the tub. Eleanor and Yukina walked across the water to sit over at a corner, quietly enjoying themselves. Magilou's head was the only thing visible as she started blowing bubbles in the bath water. Mikoto and Hasumi were simply sitting still in the water. The redhead was covering her chest, completely embarrassed.
"Well? Aren't early baths the best?" Konori asked, relaxing in the water.
"It's definitely very relaxing." The dark haired woman moans.
The blonde witch rises up from the water.
"Aaaah. You know, I'm pretty okay with this." Magilou answers.
"I agree." Yukina answers.
"I'll second that." Eleanor told her friends. "This feels really nice."
"Y-Yeah, it is." Hasami shutters.
"At this time of day, people are still at school or cram school, so we have the whole place to ourselves." Ruiko says, smiling.
"I guess that's only because we're in Academy City." Mikoto added, curled up into a ball.
Konori looks over to Hasami and notices her covering her chest.
"Hey Hasami, what are you shying away for?"
This got the afformentioned red-head to squeak in surprise.
"W-Well, it's just that... I don't think my body's that beautiful, compared to everyone else's." She answers.
"You don't need to worry." The high school girl assures her. "Both you and Misaka are still growing, and developing. Even Eleanor still has some time to develop."
"Huh?! That's not it?!" The electromaster exclaimed, completely embarrassed. "Well, maybe a little... But right now, I just feel calmer like this"
"And what do you mean by 'still developing'?" Eleanor asked, despite doing her best to hide it, she was a bit jealous of Velvet's well developed figure, but she had managed to ignore such trivial matters back home.
Now that she had spent a considerable time here on Earth, not to mention having a certain dense idiot as the target of her affections, she could no longer put such matters behind her, especially since the number of well developed figures she associates with only seemed to continue to grow.
"So, are you guys the only ones to come here?" Ruiko turned towards Velvet and Magilou.
"Hey, don't ignore someone when she asks a question!" Eleanor squaked.
"No, we're here with some other people." Touka decided to help out. "Over in the men's side there's Eizen, Rokurou, my brother, and Phi."
"Velvet! Why did you tell her about that name?!" The young Seraph complained, getting embarrassed. "I'm not a little kid anymore."
"Well, that might be true for your mental and spiritual age, unfortunately the same cannot be said for your physical age. And, sad to say, but unless you can prove to society that you're not as old as you look, like that Komoe woman, I'm afraid that you'll be treated as a youngling for quite the while." Was all Eizen could say to the young Seraph.
"Guess you'll just have to get used to older women fawning over you for some time, huh?" Rokurou got out in a teasing manner, which just earned him a pout from the boy in question.
His human look-alike pats him on the shoulder.
"You're brother?" Mikoto was wondering about something. "Wasn't he the one that was very ill?"
The Lord of Calamity was surprised to hear that, before nodding.
"He was." Velvet answers. "But now he's better now."
"Yeah, the boy looked like he was going to kick the bucket anytime now." Magilou commented, not paying any mind to the glares she got from both Velvet and Eleanor for her crassness while looking up wistfully, "One could even say that him getting better to the point of just sitting beyond that wall is a real miracle."
"Yes, yes I do." To this, Velvet just looked down with a wistful smile on her face.
Sensing that the atmosphere was getting a bit heavy, Ruiko then decided to change things up.
"Alright, I think this is enough soaking for a while. Why don't we wash each other's back?"
"Yeah you have a point." Magilou agreed, after thinking about it for a moment. "After all we've been through, I can certainly use a good scrub."
"I can certainly agree with you there." Yukina spoke. "What says you miss Velvet?"
After a moment or two, Velvet finally consented. "Ok, first DON'T call me miss, makes me fell old. And second, as long as you don't touch me in weird places."
With that said, the girls then got out of the tub and went over to the stools, where they then proceeded to wash each others backs in pairs: Magilou did Eleanor's back, Ruiko did Velvet's, Hasami did Misaka's, and Yukina did Touka's.
"I have to say Eleanor, it appears that you developed more." The mischievous Witch pointed out. "Your breasts have grown since the last time we seen each other."
"Well yeah." The exorcist admits, embarrassed. "Konori gave me some milk that helped out a bit."
The next thing that happened, caused her to gasped in shock.
Magilou gripped her bosom from behind, and started fondling.
"This appears to be C-cup. Around teenager size."
"M-M-MAGILOU, s-s-stop that!" Eleanor managed to get out, so flushed and embarased that she could barely stammer out a few words.
"Glad that wasn't me." Velvet told herself, before noticing the girl helping her was staring at her. "What?"
Ruiko looked away for a moment, wondering what to say next.
"Well, I noticed that you have a very developed bod." She shutters. "Even more than me. So I was wondering if I can..."
The demon woman sighed, making a decision.
"Go ahead. Just don't do anything funny business."
That was all the raven haired girl needed to pounce on the dark haired woman, whom, as soon as she finished talking, suddenly felt a pair of hands shoot out from behind to grab her breasts and begin fondling them.
"I know I said that you had quite the developed bod, but daaaaannnnnmmmm these puppies are humongous." The owner of said hand couldn'd help but marvel at what exactly she was feeling. "They appear to be F-cup. Basically, you might give Touka, Konori, Kongou, and even my mother a run for their money."
"I can concur with Saten." The platinum blonde girl grins, as she releases Eleanor's breasts. "You have very voluptuous tits, Velvet. Perhaps I should have a touch while I'm at it."
"Don't even think about..." The black haired woman's protest were ignored, as the Witch pounces on her to grope her body. She even started pinching her red nipples, causing the girl to laugh uncontrollably. "W-Wait, I'm very sensitive there!"
The other girls were surprised about this, before looking at each other and laughing.
Back over at the men's side, each of the guys were watching their own backs. Of course they didn't have the craziness from the girls.
It was also a surprise that they found Bienfu in a place like this.
"So Bienfu, what exactly have you been up to since your little flying adventure yesterday?" Rokurou asked.
"Well..." The mysterious Normin was thinking for a moment, before giving his answer. "When Miss Magilou used me as a baseball 3 days ago, I crash landed into the apartment of Saten, while she was having dinner with Uiharu. They were both surprised seeing me move and talk. When I told them that I was friends with Eleanor, they also mentioned that they're friends with her too. So I stayed with them for a little while, until today. All of the girls were so nice. Especially Lady Misaka."
"Oh really~?" Eizen got out unconvinced. "Are you sure that you didn't take advantage of the situation to perv-out without Magilou constantly watching over you?"
He fully well knows just how the little Normin was and the reason why he kept getting into trouble with the girls in their group.
To this, Bienfu just responded as though insulted.
"Of course not, I wouldn't do that to such fine ladies such as them. I am a gentleman after all." He then adopted a serious, if not frighten look, he even shivered a bit. "Besides, Lady Misaka already has to deal with a teleporting pervert on a daily basis, doing so with electro-shock therapy no less."
"Oh, is that right?" Rokurou was surprised, but had a look of interest. "What can you tell us about the friends you were with?"
"Okay, first... Ruiko Saten." The Seraph started to explain. "She's quite cheerful and friendly and can be considered as the small bit of normal her group has."
"Normal?" The human Laphicet got out in confusion while tilting his head.
To which the Normin just deadpaned a response. "When your group of friends consists of a flower-headband girl who constantly fantazises almost everything, a perverted lesbian teleporter and a girl with rather childish tastes, even something as minor as skirt flipping can be considered normal."
Rokurou just responded with a deadpan of his own. "Since when is flipping skirts considered normal?"
Getting a nod from both Laphicets who were blushing quite a bit.
"Eh, compared to what we've seen and what happens in this city every now and then, skirt flipping seems quite mundane." Bienfu shrugs.
"Okay, good point." Rokurou conceeded the point, after a moment of thinking it over.
"Also." Bienfu then continued. "while she may be quite the good girl, I'd recommend to both befriend and keep our distance from her."
This just confused the group, as they looked at each other.
"Why should we both befriend and stay away?" This time it was the young Seraph's turn to be perplexed.
"Well apparently, lots of crazy things happen here in Academy City, almost a grand majority of them tend to be secret experiments being conducted in secret by the onces in control while the rest, from what I've been able to decifer by just listening, are incidents involving the actual supernatural like magic." The Normin reveals. "Despite their best attempts at keeping them a secret, they tend to come out into the public in the form of Rumors and Urban Legends, and Miss Saten just so happens to have Rumor Hunting as her hobby."
"That's probably for the best." Eizen agrees. "The less people that know about us won't be able to cause a panic. And on top of answering some complicated questions."
"So, what about the other girls?"
"Second, Kazari Uiharu." Bienfu continued. "The city's best hacker genius. A young girl that has a sweet tooth, with fast imaginations, and even faster hands on the computer. Third, Mikoto Misaka. One of Tokiwadai's exceptionally strong electromasters and her giant short tempers. Fourth, Kuroko Shirai. A skilled teleporter and, unfortunately, the very same pervert I was telling you about. That girl seems to be downright obsessed with Misaka, despite how many times she ends up getting electrocuted when she inevitably ticks her off. Fifth, Mitsuko Konguo. A wind user who, sadly, seems to suffer from a rather bad case of both pride AND airheadedness."
"A pridefull airhead?" Rokurou asked inquizently. "Yeah, I can definitely see how getting along with her could get challenging."
"Challenging doesn't even begin to describe it." The Normin retorted. "When the girls were modeling swimsuits a few days ago, she didn't even know how to make Curry at first. She even had two girls who later became her best friends believe she knew how to make it. Of course when she realized her mistake, Saten and Uiharu assisted them which resulted in Kongou making her first Seafood Curry."
"That actually makes sense." The samurai answers, splashing water over him. "So these other girls..."
"They're Kinuho Wannai and Maaya Awatsuki. They're members of the Swim Club at Lady Misaka's school. They're best friends and are always seen together, to the point where you would think of them as inseperable. They're classmate of Shirai's and, despite not being on the same level as that pervert, they also see Lady Misaka as their idol." Bienfu then perked up, "Oh! Before I forget, I heard that they once helped model for swimsuits and are quite knowledgable when it comes to swimwear."
He finishes in a small whisper, letting out a soft, yet perverse giggle.
"Swimsuits, huh?" Rokurou says with a smug grin. "Each of them must have been very attractive?"
"Oh you have no idea." Bienfu agreed, nodding his head. "Even though they were all beautiful in their swimsuits, that was nothing compared to Mii Konori."
"What's she like?" The human Laphicet asked.
To that question, his lewd grin just seemed to grow wider and lewder. "Lets just say that, upon seeing her, many guys were left dissapointed that the top managed to not snap. If you get what I mean."
Back over with the girls, Velvet and Eleanor were covering their chests in embarrassment.
"Damn that Magilou." The dark haired woman groans out. "It's always something with that girl."
"She somehow reminds me of my roommate." The chestnut haired girl deduced, putting her fingers under her chin. "It's not in a bad way, but just in a weird way."
The girls are now back in their clothes, as they're sitting at the girls lounge drinking milk.
"Hah~! Nothing beats a good bottle of milk after a nice soak." Mii sighed in bliss after downing a glass of milk. "Well? Was that refreshing?"
"Yes, I feel great now." Mikoto nods, smiling.
"I have to agree." Answers an equally pleased Magilou who had just downed her own glass. "And this makes your breasts bigger?"
"Well, that's not the only way to make them grow." Touka started to explain. "Exercise and a well balanced diet also helps out too."
"Unless you're one of those girls who can eat all they want and not gain any weight." Yukina joined, a small bit of venomous jealousy in her voice. "With those that DO get fat, having it all go to their breasts."
"I don't know if I should be upset or relieved." Ruiko right admits, as she started laughing.
"Saten, thanks for the advice earlier." Mikoto told her.
"It's fine." The girl with greenish-blue eyes sheepishly chuckles. "We're friends after all, so I'm happy to help anytime. That also includes you girls."
This got the other girl's attention and they looked up.
"Us?" Velvet got out, confused and pointing a finger at herself.
"Of course." Ruiko confirms, standing up to walk towards her. "We're all friends, so it makes sense that we have each other's backs. Am I right?"
It took a while for her words to fully register in Velvet's mind, but once they did she couldn't help but chuckle and smile. "Yeah, I guess you are."
"That's what I like to hear." She says, stretching her arms. "Man, that felt great!"
"Next time we'll get Shirai and Uiharu to join us." Konori told Mikoto and Ruiko.
"Sure!" The chestnut haired girl agrees.
"Maybe next time I can also invite Akemi, Muu, and Mako as well." The raven-haired girl suggested.
"And maybe I should bring my brother and Index over here one time." Touka added.
"Hopefully not anytime soon. Kuroko might tear him apart." The Tokiwadai student pointed out.
Hearing this got everyone's attention, especially the teasing witch.
"Hmm, interesting." Magilou told herself, with a look of curiosity. "Perhaps I should ask about how the two of them met."
"All right, let's go!"
Soon everyone started making their way out of the girls bath. Ruiko was the first one to open the sliding door, followed by everyone else. But after she took a couple of steps forward, someone accidentally bump into her from the side.
Velvet found it ironic, and perhaps a bit humorous to see that the same thing that happened to her when she first arrived in Academy City is happening right in front of her eyes. And in the form of her brother landing on top of Saten, one hand on her breast while accidentally stealing a kiss. A small part of her then wondered if 'accidentally' stumbling onto ones possible love interest was a thing in their family.
The other girls were shocked and surprise about this. Hasami in particular were blushing and they looked away, as their heart rate started to increase.
Amongst said reactions were the desire to continue what they were doing as well as to take it further. But before they could loose themselves in the feeling, they were quickly snapped back into reason by a cough, causing the two to quickly separate and move away from one another, their faces practically glowing with embarasment.
When they tried to look away, they saw their friends stairing. And while some of the most innocent of them were also blushing in embarasment while covering their eyes, with Hasami peaking through her fingers, the others were grinning like they had just seen something trully amusing. It didn't take a genious to know that they'll never let them live this down.
"Did you two enjoy yourselves?" Magilou teased nonchalant.
Hearing that comment made the two of them turn red like tomatoes.
"I didn't know that you could be so forward Laphicet. Guess you learn something new every day, right Eizen?" Rokurou asked, joining in on the teasing.
"It's not like that at all, it was an accident." He tries to explain himself, before turning to the girl he kissed. "I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to take advantage of you."
"No, it's fine. You did nothing wrong." Ruiko waves it off. "Accidents do happen. Though, you really are a good kisser."
"Eh?" He tilts his head in confusion.
"Now, don't mind me." Ruiko told him. "By the way, you're still touching my boob."
Laphicet looks over to see that he still has a firm grip on her left breast. He gave a slight squeeze, causing her to moan uncomfortably. The black haired girl's nipples hardened, as a very clear liquid was slowly leaking out from her without anyone noticing.
After a few seconds, his brain finally registered what she said and, with steam practically coming out of his ears, he quickly got up and made his way to the other side, facing the wall and refusing to turn around.
"Reminds me of how I meant Touka's brother." Velvet admits, giggling a bit.
"Wait, the two of you did what?" Mikoto was shocked to hear that her childhood friend kissed another woman.
"You don't want to know."
She wanted to press further, but the look the woman gave her told her that it would be for the best if she dropped the subject all together. As such, with no other options left, she sighed and dropped the matter all together, but she then decided to leave it for another time as she WILL know what had happened between her childhood friend/crush and the dark haired woman, mock her words.
Seeing that Mikoto had left the matter behind, at least for the moment, Ruiko then decided to change the subject onto something much lighter. And, as luck would have it, said change of subject was right in front of her group.
"How about we introduce ourselves? My name is Ruiko Saten. And these all my friends Mii Konori, Mikoto Misaka, and Hasami Hitokawa." She announced.
"I'm Rokurou, and this is Eizen, and this two are Laphicet."
The one currently starring at the wall meekly stuttered. "H-hello, I-I'm Laphicet C-Crowe."
The one still with the guys meerly replied shyly. "And I'm Laphicet Maotelus."
After getting a good look at them, Konori couldn't help but comment. "Huh, same name and appearance. If I didn't know any better I'd say that you were twins trying to play some kind of joke."
After looking at each other for a second, both Laphicets responded at the same time. "Yeah, we get that a lot."
"So I accidentally Velvet's younger brother?" Ruiko asked shocked, touching her kissable lips. "Oh my..."
"I wonder just where is that mind of yours wandering to?" Magilou teased into Ruiko's ear, getting the ravenette's face to practically glow red while steam spilled out.
"Magilou, quit teasing her. It was just an accident." The demon woman sternly told her.
"Aye aye, Captain." The pointed ear witch salutes, going back.
"You know, besides Shirai and Uiharu, I haven't seen Vivian today?" Touka questions, looking around. "Where is she?"
"Vivian?"
"Her full name is Mii Vivian. And just like Shirai, Uiharu, and Konori they are members of Judgement."
"She's also part of another organization with a love for classified information and not telling others about stuff untill it can no longer be avoided, so she's probably being held up by work as well." Mikoto huffed at that, clearly not much of a fan of how this other organization works.
"Sounds like you have a bad view about this organization?"
Knowing what was bothering her, Touka decided to explain. "Let's just say that Mikoto's never been one for the whole 'secret agents and shadow wars' way of handling things. Prefering the more upfront and direct approach more than anything."
"Given how straight-forward and honest she is, it's not all that surprising that she has a negative opinion of those who fight via: 'cheating' I believe she said." Yukina elaborated further.
"I know the feeling." Velvet nods, getting a similar vibe to another organization from her world.
"Anyway, it was nice meeting you guys." Ruiko smiles towards her new friends, before winking at the embarrassed boy. "Especially you, Laphi."
Hearing her call him by his childhood nickname was embarrassing enough, but hearing the tone she used and seeing her wink at him left the younger boy practically glowing like a Christmas light.
"Y-Yeah, it was nice to meet you too." He slowly nods, feeling a strange sensation from within.
After another round of introductions, putting the little incident in the backs of their minds (or so Laphi hopes) and getting a certain Normin to return to where he belongs (something he dreads, especially considering a certain witch's wicked grin), the two groups left the bathhouse behind and then proceeded to go their separate ways. Saten and her group decided to hang out a bit more before heading back to the dorms due to curfew, while Velvet and her gang continued to follow Touka and Yukina as they showed them more sights of the city, while also doing some shopping of their own for tonights dinner.
Later...
After Ruiko gathered some ingredients for dinner, she received a call from her best friend, Uiharu, telling her that both her and Kuroko are going to be working late.
The young teenager continues making her way toward her residence. After going up to her floor, she saw three of her classmates waiting next to their door.
"Hey, Ruiko!" The tallest of the group waves, getting her attention.
"Hey Akemi, Muu, and Mako." The Urban Legend Hunter greets. "Ready for a sleepover today?"
"We sure are." A girl in a summer dress smiles.
Soon the group of four went inside the apartment, while taking off their shoes.
The three other girls sit over at the table, while Saten went to prepare dinner for them.
"So anything new?" Ruiko questions, chopping some vegetables.
"Well..." Akemi smiles, as the girl with dark-blueish hair places her hand on top of hers. "Mako asked me out today and the two of us are now officially a couple."
"Oh wow, congratulations you two." She grins.
"Thank you. We couldn't be any happier." Mako smiles, as the new couple demonstrated their love by kissing each other.
"I hope you can invite me to your wedding." Ruiko stated.
"Trust me when that time happened, you'll get to be the maid of honor."
Out of embarassment or something else, Mako then decided that it was time to change the subject. "Well enough about us, has anything new happen to you?"
"Hmm." She was in deep thought, before she answers. "Well, earlier today Eleanor showed up today and introduced her other friends today."
This got Akemi's attention. "Oh really, well don't leave us hanging. What are they like?"
"Well... One of them has long, black hair. It's so long that it drops to the floor if it wasn't for her braids. Her name is Velvet Crowe, and she has intense golden eyes that I once saw on Misaka when she gets serious. Her left arm is always in bandages for some reason." She explains in a bit of a confused tone, before her mood turned a bit envious. "Her figure is rather proportioned, not only is she curvatious, but her breasts were quite big."
She then brought her arms and hands up, twitching like she was trying to grope something.
"Really?" Akemi raises her eyebrows.
"It's true." Ruiko nods. "They were easily the biggest pair in the group, even bigger than yours Mako."
"Bigger?" The dark-blueish haired girl was surprised. "She must have been some woman."
"Continuing."
"Continuing, the next one was a girl of just about our age who appears to be quite... eccentric, to say the least. Her name's Magilou and she has very long, pale-blonde hair and light skin and lush blue-green eyes. She's quite chatty and occationally speaks in gibberish. She's also quite flimsy and does essentially whatever she pleases, even played around with our breasts." Ruiko continued, massaging her own bust at the memory of what the witch did in the baths. "The last girl was Yukina..." Saten stopped and made a face of contemplation. "And, if I'm being honest, if it wasn't for the different eye color and the moles under her eyes, I swear that she looked like she could be Misaka's twin."
This got the other two by surprise.
"A Misaka look alike, huh?" Akemi raises her eyebrow. "That's very interesting."
"Yeah, and she even has the same voice as her." Ruiko added. "I was very surprised."
"You sure Misaka's an only child?" Mako turned to Ruiko.
"Positive, she even said so herself." She replied, then continues. "Now the last of the group were four males: two adults and two boys. The first was a guy with blonde hair and intense blue eyes. His name is Eizen, and he might speak a bit like a mature older brother to most of the group, but from the way he dressed, the intense look on his face and even the very atmosphere he seemed to give off, I swear to you that he looked like he could have been right at home as the leader of a biker gang or even a Captain of a pirate crew."
"Well hopefully we don't have to worry about that." Muu pointed out.
"Hopefully not." Ruiko nods. "Now the other guy with wild and spiky black hair, so long that he has to keep it in a pony-tail, was dressed in a manner that one would expect from a samurai from the Edo period. His eyes were of a color similar to Velvet's, but I couldn't get a look at his other eye due to his hair blocking it. As far as personalities go, he had a cheery attitude and seemed like the kind guy you would just love to hang out with. He's Rokurou Rangetsu."
"Well don't stop now, who are the last two?" The tallest of the group asked.
At this, Ruiko's cheeks sported a small bit of pink.
"Well, the last two were a pair of boys who seemed to be about 10 and 11, respectively, and near identical. One would think that they were twins. Outside of their eyes and clothes, only their faces and blond hair were identical, one had eyes like Velvet while the other had forest-yellow eyes. As far as personalities go, they both seem to be quite curious, yet at the same time innocent and pure."
After hearing the last description, Akemi's face lit up in recognition.
"Hey Ruiko, was another difference between the two the fact that one of them had a cowlick on the top of their heads?"
"Yeah." The Black haired girl nods, before realizing what she said. "Wait, you seen them before?
The three girls looked at each other, before deciding to tell her.
"Yeah, we saw them, in fact I think that we saw all of them while we were out on the city today." Muu decided to explain how they know of them, before adopting a small blush on her cheeks. "The golden-eyed blonde was kinda cute though."
She mumbled that last part out in a bit of a whisper. But her friends were able to hear.
"Cute?" Akemi blurted out. "He was downright attractive. His eyes make him pretty hot for being someone around our age. So what are their names?"
Despite being caught off-guard by her friend's blatant admition of being somewhat romantically attracted, in her mind anyway, to the boy who accidentally stole he first kiss, Ruiko straighten herself out.
"Well, despite having different family names, the two boys are called Laphicet." She answers.
"Laphicet. Hmm, interesting." Akemi smiles. "So are you by chance attracted to one of them?"
"I-I..." The Urban Legend Hunter shutters, blushing. "Don't be ridiculous. It's not like that."
"Hmm." The dark brown haired girl grins. "You hear that ladies? Our little Level 0 Princess has finally found herself a man."
This just causes Ruiko's blush to darken in embarasment.
"Shut up!" She yells, blushing in embarrassment. "It's not like I kissed him or wanted to have sex with him or anything. He's just good looking."
"Hmm?" This just got Akemi to smile slyly at her. "I never once memtioned anything about kissing or sex. Is there something you're not telling us, Ruiko?"
The other two girls looked at her as well. Ruiko covered her mouth, realizing her mistake she made.
"Damn, I'm busted."
"So~ Anything you wish to tell us Ru-i-ko?" Akemi asked, one could practically see devil horns and a tail growing on her person.
"Yeah, tell us." Her girlfriend agrees, smirking as well.
The black haired beauty was looking away, before she gave in. Seeing as she couldn't avoid talking about it, she decided to get it over with.
"There was an accident while coming out and he was on top of me." She explains in a small sqeeky voice. And if it was possible, her face just got a bit redder. "With a hand on my breast."
"Well that's not that bad."
"We were also making out and I ruined a pair of panties."
"And there it is."
One could practically see steam coming out of her head from the sheer embarasment she was feeling.
Deciding that they've teased her enough, Muu went over to comfort the steaming Ruiko.
"There, there. It's ok. It was an accident, sorry for teasing you." She then gave Akemi a stern look. "Right A-Ke-Mi?"
"Alright, you got a good point." She told her. "Well can continue the teasing another time. Besides, I don't think we know anything about the sex."
Ruiko, getting back to her senses, cleared her throat. Still looking red, she decided to get something off her chest.
"Actually, that's not entirely true." She answers, going through her closet.
When she came back, she had a small pile of books in her hands.
Curious about the books they were sure she didn't have before, Akemi and Muu moved to get a closer look.
"What are those and where did you get them?" Muu asked, examining the books.
"Books that can help us on the subject of boys and sex." Ruiko answers, with a perverted smile. "A friend of Magilou had this with him and he allowed me and Uiharu to read them. They're very helpful, even if they are a bit lewd."
"And this 'friend' of hers just gave them to you?" Akemi couldn't help but ask, both skeptical about the story of their appearance while at the same time blushing up a bit at the fact that there was literal erotica right in front of her. Muu's own blush was even more brilliant yet she didn't look away.
"I think he also said something about how it would be best to not have these with him, something about how the last time the group became aware of their existence Velvet confiscated them while Eleanor subject them him to an interogation." Ruiko then added, remembering the little guys haunted look at the very memory of such event.
"Ah, that makes much more sense." Mako nods. "So what are these books about?"
"Well, one of them is about the male and female anatomy. This one is about how to get a date, tips for seductions, flirting, and the best way to get laid. Whatever that means." The Level 0 Princess begins to explain, showing them the different books from the pile. "If I remember correctly, this book has all of the positions for pleasure, for both straight and lesbian couples. And this one talks about what men like about women and vice versa. Uiharu fainted after reading a few."
"Say, do you think you can show us a few of that?" Akemi suggested. "Because, if we're being honest the three of us kind of have a interest with Velvet's little brother just like you."
Muu and Mako nod to this as well, though the light brown haired girl was a bit shy about it.
To this, Ruiko couldn't help but adopt a concern look as she eyed both the books and her friends.
"Are you sure that you want to read these?" She proceeded to warn them. "Cause the stuff in there is pretty intense."
Akemi just brushed the warning off. "Yeah, I'm sure that we can handle a few erotic books. Not like we've dealt with anything intense before."
"Uiharu and I still have dreams every now and then, waking up naked with our beds, hands, and bodies wet. And THAT's just the first chapter." Ruiko deadpaned. "But if you're okay with that, I won't stop you."
"Thanks. We really appreciate this."
Soon the four girls started reading the books, so so they will learn the first steps of womanhood. What they don't know is that this will change their lives forever.
Next time, Kaori Kanzaki...