Intermission Part II

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Leaving Ayanami, Yume, Shirone and Kanna with the yacht, Nora landed on the beach again. they had come early so he spent some time and now it was around noon so his next prey, eh, gang member to have a date will probably be hungry. Before reuniting, she sent him a location to meet up. Sighing, it seemed to be different from the place they left their stuff so Nora created a Shikigami similar to him and sent him to protect the spot. He would be remotely controlling it so it should be ok. The youth naively thinking that, went to a food stand and hoodwinked the owner to let him cook. He planned to make the food for his upcoming 'date' so it was fresh.

After his work and turning down the owner who even offered his daughter in exchange of having him work there, Nora left. He decided to visit at a later time and offer a contract to make the business part of his group as thanks so he convinced the owner to leave him alone that way.

"Geez, at the beginning he thought I was some punk..." Nora mumbled.

Waving at the owner and his shy daughter from the distance, Nora left.

...

Looking around, Nora soon found Charlotte alone under an umbrella and a spread towel used as her sheet to sit. There seemed to be a small bag beside her that he did not recall packing. Once Charlotte saw him, she waved at him but at the same time, she saw him looking at the bag and blushed.

Pretending like he did not see that, the youth approached her and offered the girl her lunch. Almost like it was rehearsed before, her stomach made a cute sound.

"How about we have something to eat first?" Nora asked.

Nodding, Charlotte obediently tried to take the food but Nora moved his hand away. With a teasing grin, the youth sat beside her.

"Eating normally would be boring, wouldn't it?" Nora said.

"...please go easy on me." Charlotte could tell already what he wanted to do.

...

After almost killing Charlotte out of shame by feeding her on his lap. He patiently waited for her to speak.

"..eh, I wanted, to, you know, now that we are at the beach... it should be appropriate that, we, uh, put on some... suntan oil." Charlotte muttered as she stood up from Nora's lap.

It was shame since he had banned almost everyone from sitting on his lap since they had grown too big for that, but Charlotte had another plan in mind.

Deciding not mention a detail, Nora did not retort.

"Oh, should I call the girls to do it for you?" Nora made a motion of pulling out his phone.

"NOOOO!" Charlotte hastily turned around.

Noticing that her voice was too loud and she attracted the eyes of passerbyers, Charlotte shrunk back.

"I mean, they must be having fun so... calling them now would be bad." Charlotte avoid to look into the youth's eyes.

"Hmn..." Nora nodded. "I guess that is true."

Sighing in relief after hearing that, Charlotte pumped herself before holding the bag toward Nora.

"B-But... you are here so y-you can maybe do that?" Charlotte looked away but kept one of her eyes on the youth.

Anticipation was clearly seen in her eyes and the youth did not betray her desire.

"...I will gladly do it." Nora took the bag. "But you are aware that things will..."

"I AM OK WITH IT." Charlotte raised her voice. "So don't say it..."

"Are you sure...?" Nora asked one last time.

"...I already made my stance clear, and I have been waiting for an answer for you." Charlotte looked at the youth seriously. "This life that was meant to be used as a tool was saved by you. Free of my family who sought to make the most of me when I showed limited talent."

"You are praising a guy whom you could almost call a kidnapper." Nora shook his head. "I never got your family approval and forcefully made them sign papers to take you in with me as your guardian. I then proceeded to experiment with your body in the name helping to solve your problem."

Shaking her head furiously, Charlotte did not accept those words.

"My parents were only that in name, I was raised to be a tool the moment my worth was not what they expected. You technically kidnapped me since you took me out in a potato sack, but it was something with your bad personality in mind and no with ill intentions. My body had clear limitations and I could be said to be unable to use my powers properly, I never heard of cure for my issue during the time I kept looking desperately for one. I lost all hope, but you promised me to help If there was a cure for it, you would've provided it to me." Charlotte said.

"...still, if I had better skills, I could've arrived to an earlier answer to the problem you had." Nora sighed.

"...I told you I did not dislike it." Charlotte mumbled. "You also did not take advantage of me... it was me who... made all those sounds..."

"...I still did something crazy." Nora coughed awkwardly.

"And I could've stopped you, but I did not. That was how much I trusted you had no hidden agenda." Charlotte blushed. "It also felt too good I thought I would pass out... no, I probably fainted a couple of times..."

"Eh? Nani?" Nora tactfully used a main character's deafness in time.

"I said you should just shut up and do me!" Charlotte grumbled.

With his eyes and mouth opened wide, Nora was left speechless. His lightning fast reflexes made him erect a barrier to block the sound from leaking, otherwise, the police would be the only thing getting near Nora in a while.

"I mean, do the thing, put suntan oil on me. You know what to do! Stop making a lady say embarrassing things like that!" Charlotte stomped her foot on the ground.

"Sorry, I honestly found that very hot so I respectfully decline your offer. I am a man who lives by his own code and I have one rule written in bold and uppercase letters, to make women use dirty language." Nora shamelessly spoke.

Charlotte blamed herself for feeling happy to be included in that rule, because she is a woman to him.

"So it is ok for me to talk like that? Because you see me as a woman?" Charlotte struck while iron is hot.

"Urgh, please look at this coin swaying from left to right and forget all you heard just now...?" Nora pulled a coin hanging on a thread from who knows where and tried to hypnotize Charlotte.

His sketchy tone and dubious hand movement were nothing more than a way to distract her and Charlotte wanted nothing more than to smack him.

"Are you going to run away after all you did?" Charlotte decided to be as shameless as him.

"Urgh." Nora received damage.

"You touched my body..." Charlotte patted her not so subtle chest. "All over."

An imaginary HP gauge on top of Nora's head decreased a lot.

"You are the first and the last man I plan to let do that kind of thing." Charlotte spoke. "Surely you know why I am saying that and what that means, right?"

The HP gauge suffered from a critical hit and went down below half of the value.

"No matter how bad you bad mouth yourself, you follow a certain standard right?" Charlotte muttered. "You take responsibility for your actions."

With less than 10% on the gauge, Nora was almost done in.

"I like you, and I can tell from the way you have looked at me from time to time... you don't dislike me, do you?" Charlotte muttered.

The last bit was not exactly true and she was trying her luck, nonetheless, she did not want to waste this chance so Charlotte was nervous as she waited for Nora's response.

Standing up, the youth yelled.

"It's me officer, please arrest this lowly guy who looked at this lovely but oddly obscene girl lewdly!" Nora cried out.

Blushing full body, Charlotte felt incredibly happy as well as embarrassed to hear that, yet she had to put aside her celebration and dragged Nora who was about to break down the barrier and call a police officer for real.

...

"Then, have you calmed down?" Charlotte sighed.

"Yes, Scum Nora has calmed down." Nora looked down.

"You don't need to worry about calling the police." Charlotte said. "You should be well aware that while devils get recognized as adults by society at 15, as long as the body is capable of giving birth it is not strange for the, to... you know."

Coughing, Charlotte tried to not explain too deeply.

"Isn't it similar to youkais?" Charlotte asked.

"...guh." Nora grumbled. "...yeah. Supernatural being bodies's work differently."

"There you have it." Charlotte gave the youth the bag again.

"I am sorry." Nora apologized.

"Are you still going to try to escape after-" Charlotte was about to yell angrily at

Nora would stopped once she saw his expression.

"You are a woman, I am a man." Nora muttered. "You are courting me, I assume you know what that means."

"Jeez, of course I do." Charlotte snorted.

"Lie down, now." Nora did not continue the topic.

Using a strong tone, the youth stood up a looked down Charlotte in way that made her tremble.

"You asked for it." Nora whispered in her ear.

Feeling a rush of euphoria rush all over her body, Charlotte could vividly feel Nora's predatory gaze on her. However, she had to quickly react and hold her top because the youth had already loosened it by cutting the back string while she was distracted.

Gulping down, Charlotte obeyed and waited in anticipation what he would do.

"I won't use the suntan oil you brought." Nora snorted. "I have my own products."

Charlotte felt another chill once she heard that.

She could hear the sound of bottles being placed one near the other behind her. A soft clink was all she could hear, but it was enough to tell her that there were more than one bottle... and the youth did not want to simply apply suntan oil. The loud popping sound of the cork filled her with anticipation and soon enough, just like she expected a chilling sensation of liquid being slowly poured on her back was felt.

She was one of the people who could be said to be most familiar with Nora's methods. Only her family member, Venelana, could be said to be one step higher since she received massages often to relieve stress, but other than her, Charlotte had received his attention the most.

His first action was to apply a thin layer of oil. Just like she thought, the youth first motioned the bottle over her back, legs and arms. Like a seasoned professional he dutifully spread the oil on her arms and feet. It then started.

Her calves were first. He made sure to release any pent up pressure by applying a bit of force, yet it did no cause any pain, on the contrary, his touch made Charlotte extremely sensitive for reasons she could not understand.

"I might've wanted to deny it before... but you could be denying it as well." Nora suddenly said. "All these years... what I have done to you... isn't it similar to training your body to my liking?"

Just as he spoke, Nora tapped a pressure point and it released the pent up stress. The pleasurable feeling of release of stress plus what she just heard made be momentarily dazed.

Chuckling at that result, Nora changed targets for the other calf, his technique elicited a few muffled moans from Charlotte but she bit her lips in practiced movements.

Nora's next target were the thighs. Charlotte gulped loudly as soon Nora place both hands on her left thigh.

"You are definite family with Venelana and Rias, you have been growing steadily over here as well..." Nora muttered.

"Do you really need to say that? It is embarrassing..." Charlotte weakly whined.

"Why not? I like the way you are growing. You are going to be a beautiful and seductive woman." Nora mumbled. "My type woman."

Hearing that as the youth kneaded her thigh caused her to tremble.

"Oh? Would you look at that?" Nora muttered. "Did you perhaps jump out when I called you... oh, I see."

Chuckling, Nora continued to move his hands across Charlotte's left thigh. From the knee until he was dangerously close to her secret place, Charlotte felt her heart skip a beat since his caress did not stop in the limit he would usually place. Hands made their way to her secret place and he only stopped once they were close enough to feel the heat of their skins.

His hands stopped moving and he seemed to be expecting something. Charlotte was thankful her could not see her blushing face at the moment because she could tell what he wanted to hear.

"...you do not need to restrain yourself." Charlotte said.

Just like that, the barrier he did not cross for years was broken. Nonetheless, it did not mean the youth lost all reason. His touch now reached somewhat further, in simple terms. that is what happened. However, it was not that simple. He focused in the areas he could not reach at the moment like he was trying to cover for all the time he did not touch it. As a result, his hand continuously rubbed a certain place. 

It did not take long for a distinctive sound to be heard, a squelching sound like a wet fabric being rubbed over and over was clearly heard by Charlotte and the youth, but none said a thing. Nora simply changed the thigh he was focusing on and resumed his actions.

It was only when Charlotte's breath was getting heavy and she kept rubbing her legs together that Nora stopped.

He moved the hand he was just using and present it to Charlotte who had turned her head to observe his reaction.

"How strange, I did not use that much oil... but my hand is completely drenched." Nora grinned.

Opening and closing his fingers, the liquid made a bridge every time he separated them.

Feeling deep shame as well as arousal from the massage and the situation she was caught in, Charlotte was left with her eyes wide open when Nora brought his fingers to his mouth and used his tongue to make a slurping sound.

Once he was finished, Nora covered his finger in his own drool and motioned his hand to Charlotte's mouth.

"I liked what I tasted." Nora said.

Surprised from what she heard, Charlotte opened her mouth and Nora placed his fingers in her mouth. A grin hung on his face and he seemed to be expecting something. Charlotte racket her brain to find a solution until imitated him.

It was the first time she had tasted Nora's fluids. She had heard the rumors, but they all made light of the effect it had. She lightly tasted his saliva but she entered into a state of ecstasy as soon as it happened. It was too much. Her body stiffened until the point of her feet that curled. Once she recovered her conscience, again she found Nora staring at her with interest.

"I don't mean to brag, but unless I purposely use magic to hide and reduce that trait of mine... even a simple kiss would be hard to handle for you." Nora said.

"...I don't care." Charlotte replied. "...we just have to kiss until I get used to it."

Smiling at that, the youth poured a new kind of oil, no, the slimy texture was not that of a massage oil, but rather a lotion.

"...let's continue with the massage, shall we?" Nora licked his lips.

Nodding shyly, Charlotte gritted her teeth to avoid leaking any strange sound once Nora placed one finger on the base of her neck and slid it down all the way to her waist. He finger stopped from reaching further down once it made contact with the swimsuit.

"I liked the swimsuit suit." Nora mumbled.

"Someone forcefully cut the back part holding the top together though." Charlotte commented.

"Such a terrible guy." Nora shamelessly muttered.

"...I want compensatioOOON!" Charlotte shuddered.

Moving his finger in circles, Nora touched one of Charlotte's weak points and that made her jump.

 "I will take you to buy one, just the two of us." Nora said.

Before Charlotte could complain from stopping her mid sentence, The youth made an offer she could not ignore.

"Under a couple of conditions though..." Nora smirked.

The smile that was about to blossom on Charlotte's face froze.

"You must keep it a secret from everyone and..." Nora leaned toward her ears and whispered on Charlotte's ear. "You must wear what I tell you to wear during the date..."

The more she heard the more Charlotte found it embarrassing, but at the end, she meekly nodded.

Once he received a positive answer, Nora move and straddled Charlotte. This alarmed the girl, but the youth did not do anything strange. His waist was above her waist, and he was facing her back. The youth sprang into action and did not let the girl raise any questions. Spreading a slimy lotion on the girl's back, he emptied the bottle until the lotion began to overflow from the back and slowly dripped on the towel placed below Charlotte.

"That is such a waste." Nora mumbled.

The culprit of such a thing spoke shamelessly and placed his hand on the flanks of her belly before slowly spreading the lotion.

A stifled moan was heard from Charlotte, but that did not make the youth stop. he evenly spread the lotion around the flanks, starting from Charlotte's waist, his hands went toward the girl's chest. Charlotte expected him to put his hands away so she somewhat relaxed as the pleasant feeling of Nora's hands massaging her made charlotte close her eyes, but her eyes widened and she raised her head when the youth scooped both of her breasts from the sides. He did not pull them but instead his hand went inside the top of her swimsuit she was resting on. He used the moment of Charlotte raising her head since her back curled back to freely spread the lotion on her chest.

"W-Wait!" Charlotte reacted. "P-People will see..."

Despite being easier to scoop Charlotte's breast thanks to her back newfound position, the youth still had to lean forward and place some of his weight on the girl. His weight along with his body warn added to his position made Charlotte uncertain. She initially wanted to complain, but it was mostly because it was sudden. She cannot simply forsake her shame either. She felt the youth stop and she did not want that. Charlotte looked around it was like no one could see them. The youth had made sure to not only block sound but also what was happening, yet there was this strange feeling stirring inside her as she took the image of everyone going on with their lives normally while she was being groped all over in what normally would be plain sight.

"...please, continuUUE!" Charlotte bit her lips to swallow a moan.

The youth had merciless pinched her nipples. He held them using his thumb finger and middle finger, while used his index finger to slowly rub them. just went she felt a heat rising up from her body and the pressure from his touch was reaching the limit, she could almost feel the youth smirk and release his hands. This left her extremely unsatisfied, but she could only whimper weakly since the youth resumed massaging her back.

The ill natured youth did not try to move his hands near her breasts for a long time, and while just his touch brought her to the climax she was about to reach before more than a couple of times, he stopped at the last minute. However, Charlotte did not want to reach it that way. Her chest, no, her nipples were aching since he touched her before and the feeling did not go away.

Not being able to hold it any longer, Charlotte moved her head so she could glance at the youth. Her pitiful expression seemed to move the youth since he moved his hands toward her flanks and Charlotte eagerly made it easy for the youth to reach her chest.

Just like the teaser he was, he continued to stop before she received the most pleasure, but it was ok, the aching was not tormenting her as before. As time passed, Charlotte stopped swallowing her moans. No one but him would hear her and she was fine with that. No, she wanted him to hear her. A lot went through her mind and the shame she initially felt was slowly dulling. She found it silly to feel shame now that she was doing something as bold as this. Her lower part was probably a mess, but she was more preoccupied with her breasts to bother. 

Charlotte could vaguely understand why Nora was not asking her to turn around to spread the oil as he looked at her face to face. In her current position, Charlotte NEEDED to make an effort for the youth to grope her breasts fully. It was not only her choice, but she was also making an effort for it. It was at one point that Charlotte felt like it would not matter if Nora continued to tease her or not, her body had decided that it had enough and a huge wave of pleasure would assault her and she would get to enjoy the feeling her body desired so much. The youth, always so sharp in noticing subtle changes caught on with what was going to happen.

"Do your absolute best on last time, show me how flexible you can be." Nora ordered.

By reflex, Charlotte obeyed. She pulled back as much as she could and thinks she heard the youth say well done, you earned this, but her mind was busy with something else. the youth had once again pinched her niple, but this time he pulled down as well. Every fiber of her body told Charlotte to not let her body down and continue to pull, otherwise, her precious reward would not be so sweet.

"Do it." Nora ordered once again.

She had to admit it. Perhaps the words about turning her into something he liked was not so far fetched. Charlotte felt it how her body reacted to Nora's command and it hit her. the biggest orgasm she felt to the date. Much better than touching herself.

Her mind turned white and her body lost all strength. She could not see anything momentarily because her vision went blank. Little by little, she recovered and one of the things she noticed was that her mouth was hanging out in an spectacle she could only consider obscene.

Nonetheless, Charlotte did not care. She left herself to enjoy the aftermath with a satisfied heart.

By the time the you finished and moved from on top of her, Charlotte sat with flushed expression and with her eyes somewhat dazed. She turned to Nora and noticed that because he had spread the slimy lotion on her back and he had been leaning on her, part of the lotion was spread on his abdomen sloppily. The sight of his muscular build plus the tanned skin and the lotion slowly sliding down made Charlotte reach a mini orgasm. Unconsciously, she placed her hand on Nora's abdomen and lightly played with the lotion. She traced his abs and separated her hand. Playing with the lotion on her hand, she felt an impulse to bring it to her mouth and lick it sloppily like Nora had done with her 'juices' before. The slurping sound caught Nora's attention fully and Charlotte smiled seductively. The taste of the lotion was sweet and she could not help but finish cleaning her hand first before speaking.

"It would be a... waste." Charlotte spoke with flushed cheeks. "Do you want me to apply the lotion on you... or do you mind if I help you to clean it?"

Licking her lips, at this point, Charlotte was leaning for the second option. It was obvious that the lotion Nora used was an edible product and she planned to make use of it.

Grinning at that, closed onto Charlotte.

...

After their continued efforts in pleasing the other, Nora observed how Charlotte finished adjusting her school swimsuit with her name written in hiragana in a tag on her chest.

"You are quite the maniac, huh?" Nora suddenly mumbled.

"Huh? Why?" Charlotte looked confused.

"Devils do not get tanned with the sun. They are unable to." Nora said. "Yet you suggested me to rub suntan oil on you. You were aiming for me doing this since the beginning huh."

"...what?" Charlotte asked.

"...what?" Nora mumbled. "You did not know?"

"...no" Charlotte covered her face with her hands.

...

...

"I guess the last one had to be you huh." Nora mumbled.

"I am not the last boss for anything." Shirone smugly crossed her arms as Nora walked toward her.

"You have gotten cheeky." Nora chuckled.

"I had the best teachers." Shirone smiled widely.

The duo chuckled and then gazed at each other.

"You do not need to confess, I know how you feel" Nora spoke.

Shaking her head, Shirone did not agree with that.

"I might not be the best leader. I do not have Kuroka-nee-sama or Nora-nii-sama's charisma to attract people or the strength you have to help others." Shirone spoke. "However, we planned all of this together. It would not be right of me to sit out because we know what we feel for the other."

"...you have grown." Nora smiled.

"I really have the best teachers." Shirone smiled back.

"So, what did you call me here for?" Nora asked. "I am guess you had a reason about why you gave Charlotte so much time with me. It is getting late and there less people around since sun is close to completely disappearing."

Looking at the sky darkening, the youth was thankful that he prepared reservations in advance. He made sure to rent the whole place so there were rooms to spare, but he was certain that his room will end up filled with everyone at the end. It was not a blind belief, but he happened to hear them whispering when he mentioned the fact about their lodgings.

"Nm, I think it is time I did something more than cause you trouble." Shirone muttered.

"You shouldn't force yourself. I told you that you should just do what you feel like doing without holding what. You are free so you can try anything that catches your fancy." Nora said.

"Yes, I have been doing that." Shirone nodded. "But... I don't want to continue doing childish things all the time."

"Eh?" Nora tilted his head confused.

"...I have fun doing it. I won't deny it." Shirone admitted. "I can't say I will stop doing that."

"So you won't." Nora smiled wryly.

"If I want to make you stop treating me like a child, I thought I should do more." Shirone muttered.

"I will be back in a minute, so get ready to be surprised." Shirone spoke in a mysterious tone.

Listening to her, the youth rolled his eyes inwardly. He had an idea of what she had in store, but decided to play along.

...

Deciding to not cheat using clairvoyance, Nora looked at the sea as he waited. His mind would occasionally be flooded with memories of his past life. A lot of things had changed since then and nostalgia was a thing he could not avoid. Despite the time, the memories of the past would be deeply rooted in his mind and he would not forget them. It was not only his past life, he would engrave every single memory from his current life into his person. The past him and the current him, it would be foolish to say they were two different entities. They were both him and only then, after the two lives were combined that he could be the person he is now.

He could not forget. The reason he was standing here today.

He could not forget. His fight was not over yet.

He could not forget. The things learned from his future self.

He must not forget. He only had one chance.

"Mom, Dad... please, give me strength." Nora's mutter was carried by the wind and never heard by anyone.

A split of second was all the time he allowed himself to show his weak self. Unbeknown to anyone, he figure had looked smaller and tired, but he straightened his back and kept his chin up with his usual smile.

The area was devoit of people already, he was certain that this area was not usually a place were people hang out. There were no shafts with food and it seemed the safeguards only made rounds around here with nothing for them to post someone here to watch over people. Although there seemed to be at least proper lighting placed but it was not the time for it to lit up because there was still light from the sun. it would soon die out, marking the end of the day.

Soon, the youth heard steps, they were somewhat familiar but unfamiliar at the same time. He knew the reason, but had chosen to not say anything this whole time. His ability could bypass any sort of illusion or even transformation magic.

"...close your eyes." Shirone's voice was somewhat familiar and unfamiliar.

Just like the white cat asked, the youth obediently closed his eyes. He dulled his senses as much as he could as to not spoil the surprise, yet he could still make out her figure standing a few meters away from him.

"...you can open your eyes now." Shirone's tone was filled with anticipation and anxiousness.

Noticing how nervous she was, Nora smiled wryly. He prepared to reassure her as he opened his eyes, but... forget finding the right words to confort her, the youth was unable to utter any word.

"Do you think I am more grown-up now?" Shirone asked with a shy smile.

The mesmerizing view took his breath away temporarily. The youth's brain made short circuit and he stood in place with a silly expression.

Compared to how she usually made her hair look, no longer than her shoulders, Shirone had her white hair to cascade past her shoulder almost reaching her butt. The luminous hair seemed to be shining and she nervously played with the tip of her hair.

With the sunset as her background, Shirone surely made a striking appearance. However, not only the sun gave her an otherworldly appearance, but once the sun went down and darkness seemed to swallow the duo, the lights on the poles located through the beach lit up.

The light casting down on Shirone seemed be there to let her shine even brighter during the night. Her hair was not the only thing that changed. Finally showing off her true appearance that she had hidden for years. The rule that once you grow up to a certain point you would not be able to use the youth's lap was merciless. However, Shirone could not accept it and thus decided to hide her grow from everyone all for the sake of being able to use his lap for an undefined amount of time.

Her body was more than one size bigger. Her chest was one of the first thing you would notice, perhaps because she was leaning slightly forward, the size was further emphasized by hanging downward. Her height had grown as well and she was only slightly below Kuroka who was past 160, but perhaps that was not even the limit, the youth recalled information from his past life and could tell his girls were breaking the limits he read about in the novel.

A classic two piece white bikini wit a pareo for cover up the lower part, it had a simple design but it was enough to put the youth in a trance.

"You look stunning." Nora muttered.

"Hehe." Shirone giggled.

Walking toward the youth, Shirone made sure to sway her hips as if to show off her new curvy figure. Although it was a little awkward since she was not used to it.

"Do I finally look like a big girl now?" Shirone asked. "I can finally do the things you do with-"

Instead of using words, the youth pulled Shirone toward him. He immediately dived for a kiss.

It was nothing out of ordinary, almost a little childish since he did not tried to push his tongue or anything. Nora simply placed his lips on top of Shirone's. It was like electricity had shocked them both.

There was a pause for a split of a second and then everything went on again.

It was a brief kiss and the two soon separated. However, they gazed into each other's eyes once they did and they wordlessly kissed again. Nora had to bend his head to do this but he did seem bothered by that.

Compared to the kisses the youth had shared before, this one was innocent. However, none of the two could get enough. They kissed once and gazed at each other's eyes after separating. Their actions were repeated for a large number of times yet the duo did not get tired of doing that. Their position gradually changed and a tacit agreement was shared between the two. Shirone's hands were not initially on the youth body since the kiss was unexpected at the begining, but that slowly changed. Her hands weakly grasped the end of the youth's shirt and slowly changed into a strong grip with a pulling motion toward her. At some point, it did not seem enough for her so she moved hands and placed them on his shoulders so she could get a hold on him. Shirone found the time between kisses too long for her liking so she stood in her tip toes to shorten that time even by a milisecond. Yet, she got greedier as the kisses went on. Her hand advanced until she was clinging on his and her body was glued to him as she hung literally with her feet unable to reach the ground, given that the youth was no longer bothering to bend his neck. As time went on, the clear limitations of living creatures became aparent. Despite being able to move for long periods without oxygen, making out took them a lot more time than expected and their bodies soon reached their limits and needed air, yet the duo could help themselves, they did not want to stop any time soon. Sure enough, they gasped for air greedily and their heated breath hit each other faces each time they kissed.

The youth hands just like the girl's slowly changed position during the course of their 'make out' session. He gently held the girl's chin at the start but moved his hand to the back of her head to speed up their kissing speed as he occacionally caressed her hair. By the time she placed her hands on his shoulders, the youth decided to support her body by holding her thin waist that did not seem to change that much in size compared to her now bigger butt and hips. However, by the time she began to cling onto him by his neck, the youth embraced her and pushed their bodies together, enjoying every second of her soft breasts changing shape because they could not handle the force the duo used when they pulled each other to kiss.

Suddenly, as they were immersed in their own world, they both caught the sound of approaching steps. The youth easily identified the steps belonging to one of the safeguards since he had taken the habit of memorizing people's footsteps and breathing in order to identify them or pick someone in particular among a group of people. Yet, he did not say anything. His sadistic side enjoyed how Shirone widened her eyes in surprise, just like a child who was caught doing something wrong.

There was nothing strange with their actions since what they were doing was kissing each other in an 'innocent' manner, however, kissing without anyone looking and with an audience were two different things. Shirone had not been exposed to such a thing so she got nervous and the youth could tell from her heartbeat. Then again, despite doing something that would not get them more than a simple warning if they had hopes of 'escalating' things, they were in a rather... unique position given that the youth's hand was slowly inching toward Shirone's bubble butt. He had been resisting the urges to 'molests' the girl, but he was evil at heart and his reasoning had been corroded as the day went on.

As the steps aproached, the youth's mind considered his options. Creating a barrier to nullify sound, create a barrier that makes people hesitate to approach, one that blocks anyone's way with an invible wall, among others. Creating myriads of effects using barriers was enjoyable for the youth since he had many great teachers. Despite that, looking at hopeful eyes of his kissing partner who was hoping for him to drive away the safeguard... Nora did not create a barrier. A slightly sadistic grin grew on his face and looking at that after pausing their kissing for a moment made Shirone realize that Nora was in a playful mood, and while she usually enjoyed seeing him tease and screw up other people with his pranks, she was now the sole target of the youth who had a predatory glint as he gave her a look over from their position.

"Don't make a sound." Nora said. "Unless you want to be discovered that is."

Saying such a thing and without waiting for Shirone's consent, the youth dragged her toward some usually shaped trees that had grown near a patch of woods planted for the sake of beautifing the beach. The small plaque written in rather messy kanji probed to handmade by a group of teenagers who wanted to rescue the beach since it was polluted in the past. The youth cringed slightly from the unnecesary and ferven gratitude expressed to their benefactor who made all this possible. Being the person in question made it hard to bear for the youth since he did not expect for them to be this thankful for something he did on a whim. This caused him to feel strange because he was literally going to 'dirty' their efforts.

"You see that sign over there?" Nora motioned with his hand. "I met a group of girls trying their best to make this beach into a better place. They had problems with hoodlums so I beat them up and helped cleaning and finding responsible people to maintain order."

His words puzzled the girl who kept her eyes in the direction of the safeguard. They had hidden behind a tree, but it could be hardly be called a proper hideout. If the safeguard approached enough, he might heard them, and if he had any lighting tool on him, he could spot them from a further distance. It made Shirone confused why the youth was saying that all of sudden instead of worrying about being discovered.

"It was one thing after another, but seeing them work their hardest for the goal of saving the beach that held many of their precious memories made me want to give them a hand using... the power of authority and money. instead of just my presence, I made use of my connections and here we are." Nora explained. "They could do this because I lend a hand to speed up the process, but I am sure they could've gotten this far without me. Yet... the things they got through hard work and tears... we are about to soil them."

Carrying an evil smile on his face, the youth made his point clear enough to Shirone.

"That said, we can always end things here." Nora smiled like usual. "We can move further into the woods and avoid the safeguard's eyes..."

As he said this, the youth narrowed his eyes and pushed Shirone toward the tree. His towering size was enough to cover her who despite growing up nicely, she was in no way close to Nora's size. a hand on her chin, and his right leg was placed between her legs, parting them.

"I will do as you as say." Nora said. "I am here solely because of you, I wanted to make this a great day for you. I might've acted on impulse, but this is a cross road you have to decide again. I will tell you my personal feelings after you do so."

Pondering for a second, the girl looked at Nora.

"I want to... do more." Shirone mumbled. "I want to show you how much I like you through actions and not just words. I get jealous when I see Nee-sama and the others kiss you, I feel envy and i can't help but desire the same treatment. I am not a child anymore... I already... can do... more things."

Awkwardly placing her hands on Nora's hips, she put her thumbs inside his shorts. Shirone's figure changed slightly as her cat ears and tails grew on her. Nora noticed that she did unconsciously but said nothing.

"Even... that." Shirone muttered in low tone. "I can do it... I can make kitties too..."

With a pair of upturned eyes and her ears drooping down Shirone gave off an unique charm that was both of a cute innocent girl as well as a lewd and curious one ready to try new things.

"To be honest, this trip has been hard for me. No matter how much I want to deny it... I want to make all of you mine." Nora sighed. "It piss me off just the thought of another guy getting chummy with any of you. It is a distorted desire."

Smiling bitterly, the youth placed his hand on Shirone's cheek and lightly caressed with his thumb.

"I am not saying I hold a strong sexual desire, I consider myself a scum, but I would not lust the girls I met since they were young... that is what I thought, however, I was never able to say I disliked Kuroka or you. To say I wanted to part with you? Nonsense. It is impossible. There never existed such a chance. It is not something I desire, and the two of you... did not want that either." Nora mumbled. "The same could be said to all those idiots who decide to stick with depraved and wicked man such as me."

Placing a finger on Shirone's mouth who was ready to deny his claims, Nora stared at the girl with a gaze that made her breath get rough. Under the dark sky, Nora's piercing green eyes, already in their nekomata form, glinted with a feral light. The vertically slitted eyes of the youth sent a chill down Shirone's spine. His ears and tails had come out, just like her case. The girl only noticing this once his tails reached for hers and intertwining each other. The girl was too busy looking at his eyes to notice that there were more than two, but even if she noticed, she would not care.

"I am wicked." Nora whispered. "If I had not promised Yasaka that I would give my virginity to her, I am afraid you girls would've learned by now how dangerous is to try to tempt a man."

The words muttered by the usually gentle Nora were spoken with strong emotions. Shirone could tell how serious he was.

"I know that you do not mean it but... part of me can't help to think you are looking down on me because I am too nice." Nora said. "I am not. I am not nice at all."

Saying this, Shirone finally notice a third tail holding a pebble. She had a bad feeling and it came through when the safeguard who was about to leave stopped after Nora used his tail to toss the pebble. The sound it made hitting a tree caused the flashlight to be turned toward them briefly. There was a tree covering them and the safeguard did not point it at the tree they were using for long, but Shirone like her heart would burst from her chest.

"Just like you guys want me to notice you are women as well, you need to understand, I AM a man." Nora grinned. "I suppress my sexual desires to an insane degree. Yet, you... no, all you say things like that."

Pushing his knee upwardly, the youth slowly raised Shirone to his eye level. The girl bit her lips but she almost moaned despite holding herself back.

"Should we take this to another level? You must be bored of kissing like before... Miss I-stole-his-lips while he was asleep." Nora smirked.

Widening her eyes in surprise, Shirone was about to offer an excuse but the youth used the opening where her mouth gaped to seal their mouths together.

It was different. Completely different. Shirone could say this one hundred times and it would not be enough. She was angry because her sister bragged kissing the youth so she did it one time he was asleep. However, she could only call her adult kiss a childish attempt.

For a moment, her mind turned pure white. It was just a light touch, Nora's tongue just touched hers and Shirone lost herself in a mind-numbing craving, her tongue unconsciously tried to reach for Nora's, but the youth pulled back his head.

Shirone tried to tilt her head to reach for him, but the youth pulled back even more. She could see a string of saliva connecting them and it made her lower body ache.

"Aren't you a little too eager?" Nora licked his lips.

Breathing roughly, Shirone was certain that she looked desperate, but the girl did not care. She wanted more so... she opened mouth and extended her tongue as much as she could. Sora's teachings were somewhat ambiguous since there was no one to practice with and she had to learn the theory only, but she recalled that needed to be done to make a man happy. 

Looking at her face, the youth did not make her wait. He kissed her and their tongues naturally intertwined. They made sure to explore every corner of their tongues in a slow manner.

The kiss was never made to be silent. The sloppy tongue movement was rather loud for the silent night.

"Who's there!?"

The safeguard yelled.

Of course, there was no answer. The sound that attracted his attention also disapeared and even if he tried looking around with his flashlight, the safeguard found nothing.

"Fuck, if there happen to be some teens messing around... kuh, how envious."

The safeguard decided to walk forward as he kept his path well lit.

Hearing this, Shirone could not hold it anymore and hit Nora's chest with her fists, yet there was no strength in her hands so it was almost meaningless. It was not matter of being unable to put any strength, but rather, she did not want to stop him for real.

Nonetheless, their situation would not improve if they did not act. The youth seemed to have some leeway as he reaped his previous actions and tossed a pebble to distract the safeguard, although he also seemed out of it seen it was more like a throw than a toss and when it struck a tree, it nearly broke in half. This seemed to scare the shit out of the safeguard who passed out while standing.

The safeguard was not the only one surprised by the tree's destruction, Shirone did not expect anything like that either and in her shock, she bit Nora's lips.

Parting their mouth and creating a bridge of saliva, Shirone almond shaped eyes that could see even in the darkness how the moonlight passing through the leaves of the trees illuminated the uninon of their making out sesion, but her eyes that were briefly mesmerized by the lewd string of saliva soon focused on his bleeding lip. She felt bad for reaction like she did, but he was guilty for startling her as well. It was hard to say who was guiltier than the other.

"Sorry, I made you skip a beat, but not the way I wanted you to..." Nora muttered. "I was more into it than I thought."

Using his thumb to wipe the blood that was running down his cheek, the youth was about to lick it but Shirone stopped him. She held his hand with hers and before the youth said anything, she opened her mouth wide and her tongue came out. Her eyes briefly made contact with Nora's, but the girl placed the thumb on her tongue. Licking it slowly, she made sure cover it in drool withot caring the loud slurping sounds she was making. She overdid it because drool was dripping onto the ground, yet Nora said nothing. Shirone did not seem bothered by that and followed by covering the thumb with her mouth. Her body felt an unusual need to do this. She felt like she should not waste even a drop and had to thoroughly clean Nora's thumb.

The youth was not idle, the sight of the young girl bobbing her head to lick and suck his thumb with her eyes closed and full of devotion made him react. Shirone widened her eyes at once but did not stop, instead, her eyes would meet Nora's as she bobbed her head faster. She did not continue for long though. The girl saw that the nectar she had savored and she found to be slightly addictive was still dripping from the youth's lips. The youth was not happy with doing nothing, he felt like had to 'repay' the girl. His knee lifted the girl slightly only to lower her all of sudden. The actions caused Shirone to stiffen abruptly. The youth did not repeat his actions but instead oved his hand, the one Shirone was sucking his thumb until she was now looking at him.

Nora smiled and began to play with the girl by pulling and pushing his finger in her mouth. Not only that, he could feel her small tongue not stopping licking his finger and occasionally sucking it. It made his smile grow wider, but once he noticed he might be going too far, he stopped. The girl gave a couple of final licks before pulling back her head after one last suck. With a loud pop, the youth's finger was finally free. Nora was deeply impressed by the girl and one his hands could help but caress her body, effectively causing Shirone to stiffen and try to close her legs, but to be unable to due to his knee. From her cheek, the youth explored her body with a gentle touch as he watched her panting. From the cheek to her neck, Shirone felt Nora's warm hand touch her shoulders and when she felt some disappointment because his hand seemed to toward her arms, Shirone saw Nora smile and go back to her chest. He traced the around her chest and passed his finger between her breasts. They had grown considerably bigger, but she felt that they were lacking compared to the women around the youth so Shirone felt somewhat discouraged.

"Do you want me to... try my technique on you? I can make your breasts grow more by groping them." Nora muttered. "Although whether it is this size, or you smaller size... I still find them attractive."

His offer made her heart flutter but the last part of his words made Shirone gulp. She wanted to confirm if that was truth and an idea had formed in her mind. However, the situation might make it hard to try.

"I will stop here. If my finger go even one millimeter down, I will rip off your bikini." Nora said as he pulled his finger back.

His words made Shirone gulp after hearing them. The girl could tell how dead serious he was, because once he pulled his finger, there was small mark of the fabric being cut. The youth had used a minimal amount of ki to make his finger as sharp as balde but he had stopped at last minute. She knew he had his reasons and how committed he was to that. That part of him always made her heart flutter and this time was no different, Shirone felt like doing more for him. So her eyes were fixated on his bleeding lip. Shirone leaned toward him to lick him. To be able to lean forward, she had to put her weigh on Nora's knee and that caused her crotch to grind on him. Shirone had to stop moving for a second because she felt a small shock course through her body, a moan escaped her lips and she quickly covered her mouth.

"...w-what.... what... was that?" Shirone asked a little confused over the sensation.

Not daring to move, the girl felt like she might be forced to feel that again if she moved. She only wanted to service him but instead-

"Did you like it?" Nora asked. "That's an orgasm... your first orgasm."

Without realizing, Shirone nodded. She had not been sure until now, but now that Nora had told her what it was, Shirone could honestly admit that it was an addictive feeling. It was not only the pleasure that her body just experience, it was feeling desired by Nora, one of her most important people.

Looking at Nora, the girl felt that it was far from enough. She wanted more... she wanted to be greedy.

"C-Can you do it... one more time?" Shirone asked with upturnd eyes.

The realization of the young girl's first orgasm made the youth involuntarily gulp. He had caused not only the girl unconciously trying to rub her crotch on his knee to have her very first orgasm, she was now asking for more. No, it was not only that. He was responsible for the first experience of several girls he had been with. There was not only pride for being the person they all longed for, but he also felt fulfilled, and grateful they want to be with him despite his long list of negative points. 

Nonetheless, that was that. He was not going to act differently.

"Do what?" Nora asked with a grin.

Biting her lips, Shirone mustered her courage and licked his lip. It was an animalistic lick, just like a dog, no, a cat in this case, trying to savor something she liked. She did it one time, two times and by the third time, the blood was no more. She pulled back and closed her mouth. She could vividly recall he taste she just had and moved her tongue all over mouth to spread what little remained of the nectar she just tasted inside her mouth. Opening her mouth, Shirone was not sure why she showed off how wide her mouth could open and the fact that she had swallowed his blood fully, nonetheless, it seemed to please the youth since she could see the animalistic and feral glint in his eyes getting stronger. She leaned again while putting all her weigh on Nora's knee again and feeling her lower body somewhat wet despite not having soaked in water. Hearing the sound her croatch made once she moved aroused Shirone. The girl felt a lot bolder and went for a kiss. There was a great deal of inexperience, but she was passionately trying exchange saliva with the youth. She was not sure she could say the words that the youth wanted to hear so instead of words, she would use her body to ask him. Her lower body did not stay idle. Shirone was going to use her whole body to tell him what she wanted.

Her hips were slowly rocking back and fort, and the more she got used to the movement, the more gained confidence and began to do it rythmically. The girl had been taught by Sora about the art of pleasing men, although she had been too young to understand it at that time. Working as a courtesan for hundreds of years have given her a lot of experience so her advise was surely going to be of help, or at least that was what she always bragged about. Shirone could at least agree that Nora was happy. His lower half was reacting and that made Shirone feel strange. She noticed a lot of liquid running dwon her legs and she felt a strange itch. One of her hands went down to her lower parts and it met Nora's hand midway.

"Does it feel itchy?" Nora asked.

Separating their lips, the youth had to use his other hand to hold Shirone's chin in place because the girl wanted to continue making out. Perhaps because it was the answer to the question or because she figured that he would let her go if she answered, Shirone nodded hastily kissed Nora again. Her hips were now moving faster as the liquid from her lower body helped lube Nora's knee.

"You naughty kitty." Nora pulled back. "You went into heat."

Pushing his thumb into Shirone's mouth, the youth saw her use her mouth to lick it all over again like she was in a trance.

"Look at you, if I had even a speck less of self control, I would be in heat too." Nora mumbled. "I guess I had to make this naughty kitty understand how to behave."

Saying this, the youth did not delay. His other hand was already about to move aside the bottom of the swimsuit when Shirone's hand passed his and she began to touch herself. The youth was momentarily stunned and he could not help but stare intently as she tried to please herself. The girl's movements were clumsy, she lacked the knowledge on how to effectively please herself, they were nothing but the movements of an aroused girl who wanted nothing more than receive pleasure as soon as possible. The youth observed for a while before placing his hand above her.

"Let me teach you, how to please yourself." Nora muttered.

These words seemed to bring a resemblance of clarity to Shirone's mind and the girl stopped her hand. The girl let Nora's hand cover hers. The youth was slow and gentle with his actions.

"Do not start strongly." Nora said. "Gently, you have to go slowly and gently. You are not trying to harm yourself but to pleasure yourself."

The youth guided the girl to lightly caress herself. The damp fabric of the swimsuit made squishy sounds as his hand moved and guided hers. He rubbed the labia carefully, without being too harsh. Despite the girl trying to actively rub it, the youth held her back.

Suddenly, the youth stopped and Shirone made a pitiful whimpering sound.

Without pulling his hand away, the youth changed their positions. He pulled a blanket and spread it on the ground. He carried Shirone and sat down while the girl sat on top of him with her back against his chest. Without waiting for her to whimper, the youth tapped her clitoris. The girl twisted her body and came.

"You are getting a lot more sensitive..." Nora teased as he pinched her clitoris gently.

Shirone greatly reacted to that and the tip of her feet curled.

"Nora..." Shirone sweetly called out.

Not caring for his words, Shirone tilted her body so she could could see his face. The girl with slightly unfocused eyes immediately began to lick Nora's face. One her hands began to caress his face and she plainly showed affection while her other hand tried to continue pleasing herself.

The youth was not bothered in the slightly and he even adjusted his face so they could exchange a few kisses, yet Shirone was more into licking him for some reason.

"A cat indeed... you sisters are the same." Nora smiled wryly. "...I wonder if."

Mumbling that, the youth used his free hand grope Shirone's left breast. The cat girl immediately purred in joy.

"You really resemble..." Nora smirked.

While playing with her clitoris, the youth now played with the girl's breasts. The contrast with the damp feeling on his right and the dry feeling on his left hand was striking contrast of what his hands were doing.

"Nora, Nora, Nora..." Shirone sweet voice was enticing.

The girl seemed to be lost in pleasure and tried her best to flirt with the youth in her way. She began to rub her now more sizable butt on Nora's groin and it took the youth a lot of restrain to keep his 'other head' inside his shorts. The girl seemed to understand that he was holding himself back and even in her state, the girl tried to rub harder her ass on the youth 'weapon'. The youth was not sure if it was her conscious part or her or her instincts, but the girl had sandwiched his dick between her ass cheeks and thighted them around his member. It was now the youth's turn to bite his lips to hold back muttering something strange.

"You little..." Nora narrowed his eyes.

Feeling provoked, the youth stopped guiding Shirone. He slowly rubbed her clitoris and just before Shirone felt a wave of pleasure about to hit her, the youth stopped.

"D-Don't stop..." Shirone weakly said.

Licking the youth's face with a pitiful expression, the girl pleaded for him to continue in her own way.

The youth grinned at that, and he grant it to her. He decided to continue being gentle and push his middle finger inside her vagina, inside her... pussy, while kissing her, no, the youth had decided to pay her back at this time the aggression from before. He went for her lips and lightly bit them, still, that was enough mark her as a tiny amount of blood came out.

A much stronger reaction from before, Shirone had never tried to insert anything inside of her and now, not only the youth had inserted his finger, but he did it as he bit her lips. Shirone moaned and the duo had to thank that only the unoncious safeguard was nearby to listen to her, otherwise, any normal guy would sitting down as they tried to hide their crotches.

Shirone's pussy was oozing with her juices for while and Shirone could not hold it anymore.

As the girl's eyes briefly closed, the youth gently embraced her.

"I guess I went a bit overboard this time..." Nora sighed. "I am quite pent up so I can use that as an excuse... I think. Kuroka-chan will make a ruckus."

Chuckling as he imagined that, the youth released a bit of his ki to exert some pressure on the safeguard that was waking up.

"It would be uncouth for you to wake up now and interrupt the princess in her sleep." Nora mumbled.

...

...

...

As they reunited with the others, Nora and Shirone had a hard to read expression.

"Nora-nii. Didn't you leave a shikigami to handle the ship?" Shirone asked.

"Sure did..." Nora nodded.

"...how did they manage to capsize another ship?" Shirone inquired.

"...I lost focus for a little bit earlier." Nora confessed. "I should get ready to apologize. It seems the girls saved the victims, but they are now hearing their complains."

"Shouldn't we go and help them?" Shirone mumbled.

"I connected my senses with the shikigami, the man is only chiding them. He is not saying anything wrong so it is not a bad idea letting them hear other people's complains after they did something wrong." Nora muttered. "...They also need to learn how to handle different situations without my help."

Looking at the youth who did not immediately tried to jump in gave Shirone a strange feeling. She briefly wondered if he was acting in character with his delinquent appearance and did not want to assume responsibility, however, she ruled out that idea at once. The youth's level of commitment was nothing to joke about. He had personally made sure to find time to spend with them and teach them highschool level of knowledge all by himself. 

Pulling out his phone, he wrote a couple of messages and sent them, before patting Shirone's head.

"I think that man is done with his speech. Shall we head out and sort this out?" Nora mumbled.

Extending his hand to Shirone, the girl broke into a smile as she grasped his stretched hand.

...

...

...

"Hey, you girls seem to be in a bit of a problem." Nora casually appeared on the ship's deck.

Shirone who arrived after him in her grown up form looked restless as she tried to hide behind him. Now that she was near her friends, she noticed she had not used a spell to turn into her smaller form.

"Who are you? How did you get on the yacht?"

The man that was chiding the girls a moment ago warily stared at Nora who appeared all of sudden, from his point of view, in the middle of night.

Nora smiled as he watched the man shielding not only the group he was with, but his girls as well. Stopping for a second, the youth noticed the way he called them changed and he did not feel bad about it which made him feel strange.

Shaking his head, the youth decided to go straight to the point.

"I am the owner of this yacht." Nora muttered.

"Don't lie. I know this yacht belong to the son of a patient of mine."

Closing his eyes for a moment, Nora seemed to recall who the man was as he took a closer look.

"Iron Fist Doctor." Nora muttered the nickname of the man.

As he worked as a doctor in several hospitals, Nora took advantage of the wonders of magic to practice medicine since a younger age with the hope of gaining experience.

"That shameless way of using that nickname without regards of respecting me..."

Narrowing his eyes, the man who had a somewhat somber look inspected Nora.

"...Doctor Shiki."

"Haha, as stiff as always." Nora smiled.

"You look as nonchalant as always too."

Looking as the corner of the man's mouth curled into a smile, the ones with him were shocked.

"That said... your appearance is quite unique at the moment."

"I will make the story short and say a woman is involved." Nora mumbled.

"With you, it is always the case."

Snorting, the man turned toward the girls that had gone behind the youth naturally.

"Even in this case as well."

Smiling wryly, the youth just shrugged his shoulders.

"That said, you have not answered my first question."

"I already answered though..." Nora said.

"...Is this like the case when you seduced a patient's mother and she bought you a ferrari?"

"You are trying to defame huh? I did not seduce anyone. It was not only the mother who wanted to gift me the car, but her son as well. I repaired his damaged nerves that caused him to be paralyzed for over 20 years, they were overcome with emotion and careless said that." Nora sighed.

"I wonder, I recall clearly that she personally gave you the keys for the car and asked you to take her for small driving test."

Rolling his eyes, Nora understood that the man was trying to make him look bad. It was not like they had a bad relationship, one look at the people close to the man to understand.

"Shirone, while you were gone, we met with doppelgangers! There is even five of them, yes!" Ayanami's voice could be heard behind him.

It was one way to see it, but it was not exactly correct. One look to the ones the man was with and you could have an idea why he was acting that way. Five stunning girls in their teens and a one young looking woman all clad in their swimsuits. Nora could tell that rather than the woman, the man was aiming to make him look bad in front of the girls. Most likely, his daughters. The youth could tell they were adopted because the looked nothing like his somewhat gloomy and serious demour.

"I did go for a spin. I won't lie about that. It was childish of me since I had recently gotten my license so I felt itchy for doing it legally." Nora mumbled. "I declined the car at the end of the spin. She was shocked, but I never intended to accept it in the first place. I did what I had to do. It is not about them having money or not, using your abilities to help others is about... just doing what is right."

Looking at the sky for a moment, the youth sighed.

"You have the ability and the opportunity to help out someone in need, why hesitate? I understand how the world works. You can't just do things for free. The time and effort people put into studying is something not everyone can do. That much is something understandable. The skills and abilities of those people plus their time is what you are trying to obtain, but I also find inadequate to simply get rid of patient without doing anything." Nora bitterly said.

"Do you still hold a grudge over being fired by me?"

"Not at all. You might be the director of the hospital, but you are also bound by many rules of society. The envy and greed of other doctors overcharging almost nothing for some treatments is what pushed them to pressure you." Nora muttered. "They also warned me before doing it."

"They asked how you did it."

The youth nodded at the man's words.

"You would normally share your knowledge without doubting it, why did you not do so this time?"

"They would still find another opportunity to deal with me." Nora said. "There is still some parts that need to perfected for others to make use of it. Incomplete knowledge is like poison."

Nodding to that, the man accepted the explanation.

"My girls seem to have caused you some trouble." Nora commented. "I will pay back any expense."

"No, it was also partially our fault. We saw some firework equipment being prepared and thought of watching it from our new boat."

"It is still a fact your boat was almost rammed." Nora raised his hand and you could heard the sound of a thumping from rotor blades. "I insist."

An helicopter passed by as he did that and a maid immediately descended using a rope. On her hands, there were two briefcases and she was lowered by another maid riding the heli. Respectfully bowing to the youth after placed the briefcases on his hand, the maid was pulled as away as the heli left.

Placing the briefcases on the deck, Nora gently tapped them and the automatically opened. A blinding light momentarily took the man and his group's vision and Nora embarrassedly took away the flashlights placed on the briefcases.

"Sorry, they probably thought we would need these." Nora awkwardly coughed.

Ignoring the glare of the teens standing close to the man, the youth felt like two pairs of eyes were directed at him. One belonged to the teen and he decided to ignore it, but one look at the woman and he almost jumps into the sea to escape.

 Noticing the suspicious actions of the youth, the man looks back at his wife staring at the youth almost in daze. Just as he was preparing to kill the youth for seducing his wife, he saw one of his daughter with an infatuated look as well. It seemed that the man was going to jail for a long time, or so he imagined but soon saw his wife expression change as she took a step forward.

The young looking woman stared at the youth stunned and soon she broke into tears.

"You are..."

As soon as he saw his wife crying, the man glared at the youth with anger.

"Wow, I did nothing." Nora immediately raised his hands in defeat. "I surely did not mean it."

Taking a step back, Nora tried to look for something to get away from this awkward situation. He thought he could just solve everything with money, send the people away and send a signal to the firework maker girl he had on standby to lit up the sky, yet-

Widening his eyes, he turned back to his girls to find a distraction but he almost slips when he heard them talking.

"Are you Freez*?" Ayanami asked. "How many forms are you hiding?"

Far from being bothered by Shirone's new form, Ayanami had a pair of starry eyes as she held her friend by her shoulders and shook her. The youth was not sure if to laugh or cry over the question.

"Can you turn into golden form!?" Ayanami excitedly asked.

"There is no way she can..." Charlotte stepped in.

Lowering her head in disappointment, Ayanami looked crestfallen. Nora praised Charlotte's common sense and looked at her like she would save him from his problem.

"This is her third from, White Cat!" Charlotte proudly proclaimed. "The form we usually see is her second form while her cat form is the first. Each form shows more of her true power."

Not sure if he should be laughing or crying over the girls' talk, the youth gave up escaping.

"I think you owe some explaining."

Closing toward Nora, the man was ready to hit the youth but still gave him some time to explain himself.

Clicking his tongue, the youth did not say anything.

"Wait."

The woman seemed to recover from her earlier outburst and called out her husband who wanted to hit the youth.

"My apologies, to think I would lose my composure like that."

"Dear-"

"I caused an unnecessary misunderstanding. I never had the chance to meet him before or I would've realized sooner."

Feeling uncomfortable, the youth considered teleporting away.

"He is the one."

"The one? You mean THAT one?"

Hearing his wife speak about that matter, the man glanced at the youth suspiciously before nodding.

"It would make sense."

"He might look completely different that before, but I decided to never forget those eyes of his."

Hearing that, Nora immediately pulled a pair of sunglasses to cover his eyes.

"If that is the case, I believe I have made a huge mistake in the way I treated him until now."

Sighing, the man bitterly shook his head.

The woman saw their daughters confused faces and pointed at the youth.

"He is the person who broke into our house back then and... cured my disease."

"Urgh." Nora did not seem happy to hear that.

"You seem distressed after hearing that."

Clicking his tongue, the youth ignored the man.

"Wait, you can't drop something like that out of the blue and expect us to be ok with it!"

One of the duo's daughters suddenly exclaimed. They all shared an unique hair color along with a similar appearance, but the one speaking seemed to less shy about speaking up, or rather, she seemed like the type to be acting faster than the others.

"What is this about Mom being sick?"

"It is just as I said, I was sick. It was a rare disease as well. One that could be be cured in that time and age."

Directing a glare at her father, the girl was waiting for him to say anything.

"It is as she said. We never told you anything because it was on the starting phase and did not show outwardly. We decided to try every other option before telling you about it."

Narrowing her eyes, the girl was ready to make a scene.

"Enough!"

Using a strict tone that send a chill running down the girls' spine, the woman passed her daughters and faced the youth. The loud tone stopped Shirone's gang conversation. The girls had been probably been purposely trying to not say anything and kept themselves to one side to avoid interrupting the group.

"It was not only me, I had made contact with a group of people in similar situation and learned that you went around doing that with other patients as well."

"This was not well known because the cause was never found and there did not seem to be anything in common with the patients. There was also nothing to be said about how it happened from the patients."

Listening the man and the woman talk... made Nora sigh.

"However, more than a few of us were able to catch a glimpse of the one who helped us."

"I was honestly at disbelief when I saw the results of the exams saying my wife was healthy as well, but I decided to not dig much into it when she told me not to."

"I am surprised a stubborn guy like you accepted such a thing." Nora smirked. "I believe if you could find way the treat those dozen of rare diseases, not only your hospital's reputation would go up, but it would be profitable as well."

"Nmm, it is indeed as you said. Those on the board wanted to do extensive exams on the patients to find clues about it."

Snorting at that, the youth looked down.

"I dismissed all those ideas."

Shaking his head, the man said.

"...I considered it to be too much."

"I see..." Nora nodded.

"You were already aware of it though."

The man mumbled in a bitter tone.

"...I was ready to get rid of anyone trying to take advantage of the people I helped." Nora sighed.

"So you admit it was you."

The woman asked.

"I never intended to do something good. I was satisfying my own curiosity by studying and dealing with unique diseases." Nora muttered.

Gearing the youth's nonchalant and cold reply, the girls felt bothered, but the man and the woman shared a look.

"...young man, regardless of your reasons. I will still thank you. I had lost all hope after months of exams."

"I never meant to to help you, I was just... doing what I pleased." Nora looked uncomfortable.

"My wife has expressed her gratitude already, but let me say it as well. Thank you."

The woman bowed to the you and now the man had done the same.

"Stop it." Nora gritted his teeth.

Raising their heads, the duo glanced to one another before sighing.

"I still keep contact with the rest of the group, I am sure-"

"Don't bother, I don't want to know about them either." Nora coldly said.

"Hey, how can you be such a jerk!? I thought you were a hottie, but you have turned out to be a-"

Before one the girls spoke her mind, her mother turned around and glared at her. She immediately gulped and said no more.

"My apologies, my daughter was out of place..."

"No need for that." Nora shook his head.

Inwardly sighing, the youth blamed himself for acting like a jerk. Yet, he could not honestly accept the gratitude he got. At that time, he was guilt-ridden by Zeoticus death and he went around recklessly using his supernatural powers while trying to escape from the emotional shock he felt. Before anyone else noticed, the youth changed expressions into a light hearted expression.

"I will pay for the damages that were caused emotionally at another date, for now, this should cover the boat." Nora muttered. "I had actually prepared an spectacle of fireworks if you want to watch it on deck, I can let you stay. I have enough food and clothes stored for all of and I arranged the cabins to be used any time."

Saying that, the youth pulled his phone and checked the time.

The family discussed among themselves since the youth did not pay them any mind.

The daughters had a terrible impression of the youth but the parents were in favor of staying. Each one had their own opinions, but at the end, the mother put an end to it and decided for everyone, yet no one had words to say back.

"We will stay here."

Saying that with a smile, the mother of five and wife of one faced the youth.

Shrugging his shoulders, the youth made a call.

"Any minute now." Nora muttered.

Everyone, without regard of their age, got completely absorbed on what happened next.

The sky lit up with all the colors of the rainbow. While everyone enjoy the mind blowing spectacle, the youth moved toward an empty spot where the light of the fireworks did not reach.

Leaning his body on the rail around the yacht, the youth looked down on the water.

"Nora-nii-sama, you should also watch the spectacle with the rest of us." Shirone's voice surprised him.

He was certain that he his presence was hidden as he slipped away.

"...I felt lonely when you left so my body moved on its own." Shirone said as if reading his expression.

The youth was briefly shocked and smiled wryly.

"That so?" Nora replied.

Nodding at that, Shirone walked toward him and stopped once she was beside him.

"It was after being unable to save Zeoticus-san that I went on a 'healing spree'" Nora confessed. "I was not being a good soul, nor I was anything like a good person trying to ease the suffering of the world. I was irresponsible with my actions and I could've cause those people more troubles. Someone crazy might've decided that turning them in lab rats was the right way and they could progress medine by doing so."

Not saying anything, Shirone listened to the youth without changing expressions. The youth seemed too into his speech that he failed to notice other people listening to his words. No, he had failed to notice the ofudas on Shirone's hand because she kept them on her back.

"I invaded hospitals at night and stole patients records, I did not care about gender, nationality or age. I went into their rooms and used all the means I had at hand to heal them, to fix them. Many of those patients were not at the hospital for numerous reasons, but I did not mind. I had their information so I went nad... invaded their houses." Nora said. "Avoiding people's eyes was easy, and in cases it was not, I just put people to sleep."

Sighing, the youth felt somewhat disgusted at his past self actions.

"It never had anything to with a just action, with doing what is good. I simply wanted to ease the guilt I had." Nora bitterly said.

"You get along well with Rias-nee-sama nowadays." Shirone muttered.

"I wonder about that." Nora smiled wryly. "I am just the guy who was unable to save her father so she is probably putting up with me because it is necessary for her family."

"Nora-nii..." Shirone called out sadly.

"Well, I guess it won't matter soon, you cannot hate what you cannot..." Nora sighed but stopped talking.

Before Shirone could ask what he meant, the youth looked at her and extended his hand toward her. Understanding what he meant, the cat honestly handed the ofudas.

"Let's go back." Nora mumbled.

Without bothering to say anything regarding Shirone's actions or the people eavesdropping, the youth could only blame himself for letting down his guard. He blabbed too much, or so he thought. Even after talking for a while, the sky was still filled with colors.

Once he came back, everyone avoided looking at him. It was thanks to the unnecessary meddling of Shirone and he could tell what she did just from the way he was being looked at.

Inwardly sighing, the stared at the sky with his eyes closed. He felt... attracted to the bright colors painting the sky and felt it was a pity how it only lasted for a second.

Smiling wryly, the youth decided to give the firework girl a great reward at a later date.

"Asking me to hang out with her can be hardly a reward though." Nora mumbled. 

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...

...

After everyone went to sleep, the youth remained on the deck and stared at the sky with an unreadable expression. He could tell Shirone was walking close to him but stopped to watch the stars like he was doing.

As they watched the sky, Shirone found it to be enough of star gazing and jumped on Nora as she hugged him.

"Thanks." Shirone said.

"Why so polite all of sudden." Nora looked confused.

"I have to thank you for doing this. It is the right thing to do." Shirone mumbled.

Raising an eyebrow to that, the youth placed the girl in front of him.

"That so?" Nora asked.

The girl nodded in response.

"I also have to thank Miko-nee-sama for edging you." Shirone grinned mischievously.

"You are fine with me knowing that?" Nora raised an eyebrow.

"Nora-nii-sama already knew though." Shirone pouted.

"...good point." Nora shrugged his shoulders.

"You should give some specials to thank Sora-nee-sama too." Shirone added.

"How so?" Nora inquired in confusion.

 "She taught me about 'all' the things we did." Shirone smiled somewhat lewdly.

Coughing awkwardly, the youth was not sure what to say about that.

 "Be kind to her." Shirone said.

"...you do know that she is after my body, right?" Nora mumbled.

"And who isn't?" Shirone looked at the youth in confusion.

Opening his mouth like he wanted to retort, the youth was unable say anything back.

"...Does it not bother you?" Nora honestly asked.

 "She has been honestly trying to pursue you." Shirone said.

"That woman has tried to undress me every time we are alone." Nora retorted.

 "...she is mischievous, but she has done something to prove that she is serious about you." Shirone muttered. "She has not let any other man touch her."

Sighing at that, Nora could agree to that. Her job as a high class prostitute would usually require her to have sex with other men, but she had decided to retire just because he would never share a woman.

"I want everyone to be happy." Shirone said. "I might get jealous, but I would feel worse if... we just cast her aside."

"...I see." Nora could understand her point.

It was Shirone after all.

Looking at the with a smile, Shirone noticed the 'wound' on his lip still visible.

"Back then... you let yourself get hurt on purpose..." Shirone pointed out as she gently touched his lip.

Smiling, the youth did not agree or disagree, he stared at the girl in front of him.

"What makes you say that?" Nora asked.

"...Nora-nii-sama is the strongest." Shirone spoke with pride in her tone. "You are not so weak to bleed for getting your lip bitten. Nii-sama trains with Kasen-nee-sama and your fist clash can create gusts of wind that can send people flying. Being bitten by a smol girl would not harm you."

 "Guilty." Nora admitted. "Just like you want to mark me, I also want to mark you."

Blushing at that, Shirone felt extremely happy to hear him say that.

"So, if I want to mark you... I should also let you leave a mark on me." Nora said.

The girl did not say anything in response to that, she did not use words to transmit what she felt, but rather, she jumped and kissed Nora.

"I really like Nora-nii the most." Shirone smiled.

"Hey now, Kuroka-chan might cry if she heard that." Nora chuckled.

 Looking at Nora with upturned eyes, Shirone craftly spoke with a pitiful tone.

"Onii-chan would not tell her that Shirone-chan said that, would he?" Shirone waited for the youth's response.

Just like that, he pulled her for a kiss.

"That will depend on you." Nora grinned.

Just like that, the travel ended the next day, but what happened that night remained a mystery. The only clues of what happened were bite marks on Nora's and Shirone's neck but the shy ones were too coward to ask.

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...

Sitting down on the onsen type bath connected to his room, the youth sighed. The water felt nice, and he should be relaxing about now but the approaching footsteps made the corner of his eyes twitch. 

"This is supposed to MY bath." Nora muttered.

Glaring at the pink-haired for who had droopy ears, the youth was somewhat annoyed to see Yae Miko going after him when he wanted a moment alone.

"Oh dear me, is that so? I just 'happened' to come across a bath while I was walking down the hall while trying to reach one to soak in the water for a while." Miko smiled 'innocently'.

Rolling his eyes at that, the youth could only retort.

"I placed several barriers to prevent anyone from entering this place for the next hour, you can't stumble inside even if you walked straight from the entrance of my room. No, wait, my room was also locked..." Nora glared at the fox.

Giggling at that, Miko did not seem interest in replying to that.

The youth gave her an exasperated glare and took another look at her. The towel wrapped around her body did not help in hiding her figure that much. He mused that if she moved too much, her attributes would pop out from her chest. It was already quite erotic that she gave him a seductive grin when he could almost see her all because the towel she used too barely covering the important bits of her lower body. Her unblemished skin was flawless and it looked soft to the touch. The youth could recall how many of her coworkers would almost fall to the ground to catch even more of her figure when she passed by. It was total chaos that one time

"I didn't know that editor-in-chiefs now visited their writers in this way nowadays." Nora said.

"Consider yourself lucky. It is a service I have not presented to anyone else. It is my way to motivate my best writer." Miko chuckled. 

"Should I be touched?" Nora asked with sarcasm.

"I think you should be more honest with your real feelings and say you are elated, or overwhelmed with joy." Miko said.

Without bothering to hide her body, she removed the towel. Giving the youth one last teasing grin on she saw him looking at her, she threw the towel in her hand at him.

"You should have some modesty and keep the towel on." Nora clicked his tongue.

"That would be a lack of etiquette and manners." Miko retorted.

"You have no shame." Nora sighed.

Narrowing her eyes, Miko sat close to him and before she opened her mouth again the youth looked at her and-

"What are you doing?" Nora said. "Aren't you a little too far away? What? You think I will be blinded by your beauty? Stop joking around, I already like you quite a bit."

The youth pulled her closer until their shoulders were glued to one another. Miko widened her eyes in surprise and froze for a second.

"You really need me to say it? You receive praises everyday." Nora asked.

"...it is not always the words themselves, but the one who says it." Miko replied as she tried to compose herself.

"True." Nora sighed. "You look stunning."

Looking at the kitsune with a serious look, the youth offered a sincere praise.

"Would you look at that..." Nora suddenly grinned as he looked at Miko's face.

Perhaps because she was still out it from the surprise attack or maybe because it was hard to notice due to the heat on the water, but Miko was late in noticing that she blushed.

"You are getting cheeky." Miko narrowed her eyes.

"And you are looking quite adorable yourself." Nora chuckled.

The duo looked at one another and decided to drop it there to avoid creating the 'mood'.

"You are quite proactive as of late." Miko grumbled.

"Consider it a little revenge for playing around with the girls." Nora retorted.

Snorting at that, Miko admitted defeat... this time.

"Do you mind lending me a hand?" Nora muttered.

Looking at the youth in a confused manner, Miko cleaned her ears and stared at the youth with an incredulous expression.

"Nora asking for help...?" Miko covered her mouth. "Is this one of those famous doppelgangers I heard about?"

Rolling his eyes at that, the youth pulled several sheets of paper and handed it Miko. Protection magic seemed to be cast on it since he did not care water got onto them.

"You can ignore it if you want, just take a look and help me review this. you can make revisions as well." Nora muttered.

"What is this?" Miko asked with a serious tone.

Just from skimming, Miko found complex layers of runes combined with youjutsu and senjutsu spells that made her feel a headache.

Extending a hand toward her, Nora grabbed her hand. Miko was surprised because he did not care that her hand was close to her special place. The youth simply grasped her hand.

"You can turn down this request." Nora said. "Just... please, don't ask anything. I only ask you that."

Miko was momentarily stunned. It was not only because he was real close to her or because his hand was even more dangerously close to her special place. The youth's eyes. Miko had never seen him like that. Before she knew it, Miko nodded. She was unable to refuse him.

Still, she wanted to ask him... why did he look so desperate.