The girls' necks slowly turned like poorly oiled gears and faced the man carrying tea while grinning at the door entrance, "K-Kisuke?"

Raising his free hand, Kisuke greeted them, "Yo~, it's been a while."

While Akeno remained stuck in her position, Irina immediately jumped on Kisuke and gave him a big hug and barraged him with questions, "Kisuke! You've returned! Where did you go and why did you only appear just now!? What about those crimes they are accusing you of!? They're not true, right!?"

Kisuke carefully caught her so that the hot tea in his hand wouldn't spill on her, "Calm down, Irina. We can't talk properly if you just cling to me. Aside from that, when did you get so clingy? Western influence?"

Realizing her actions, Irina immediately separated from Kisuke with a flushed face and awkwardly scratched her head, "A-Ahaha, don't mind it. Just really excited to see you in one piece after searching for so long."

"Due to various reasons, I had to go away. I'm sorry for making you worry, and you can rest assured, those crimes they landed on my head aren't my doing," answered Kisuke while patting her head out of habit.

He then looked towards Akeno who was still staring at him with wide eyes, "If there's one thing I didn't expect, I never thought that you'd get involved in all of this, Himejima-san. Thank you for taking care of Ophis in my absence."

Akeno blinked and slowly stood straight up before taking a deep breath and facing Kisuke again, "I only did what I must."

Kisuke smiled and expressed his gratitude again, "I see. Thank you for your efforts. I want to say that I wanted to return the favor, but I already gave you two a very big service, so let's just say that we're even... Hmm... Wait, scratch that. Maybe I owe you a bit more."

Akeno and Irina looked at each wondering what he's talking about. Although Irina didn't have the slightest clue, Akeno could guess what he did and turned to him once again, "So you're the one who saved us?"

Kisuke nodded, "That's indeed the case. However, it's a bit complicated to explain. For now, drink this tea to calm down. After that, I'll have to do a check up on the two of you to see if there are any problems with your bodies. By the way, don't use any magic for now before we're done with the check-up."

The girls immediately accepted his offer and drank the cups of tea cleanly. Kisuke then led them towards another facility. It was only then they finally recalled that they're only wearing a thin piece of a white gown, "Uhhmm... Kisuke? Don't you have better clothes? These clothes... are too thin," asked Irina.

While walking Kisuke answered, "I made it because it's designed not to interfere with my equipment when I'm doing my check-ups. The only other choice you have right now is either that or buck naked."

Irina suddenly stopped walking and looked at Kisuke with an unbelieving face as she realized something, "...You made it? T-then are you the one who also dressed us up? Not Serafall-sama?"

Kisuke, however, just kept walking, "Well, yeah. I mean I hadn't met Serafall at that time and Ophis changing your clothes was out of the question."

Irina grumbled and twisted on her spot while she tried to endure something. But a minute later, she sighed and said, "Haah... Whatever... What's done is done. No point in dwelling on it."

Kisuke looked back at her with a slightly surprised face, "You're not going to say that I should take responsibility?"

Irina gave him a look and replied, "I'm not that unreasonable, you know? I'm not going to ask something so irresponsible to my savior." She then turned towards Akeno and rolled her eyes at her, "What I'm wondering, however, is why you don't have any reaction?"

Akeno only gave her a mature smile and said, "Ara? It's not a big deal, is it? Besides, it's as you said. Urahara-san saved us so a little bit of service is fine~."

Irina gritted her teeth as she felt that she just lost to her.

"It seems that you two got closer to each other... Well, enough of that. After your check-up, I'll be telling you something important. Once that's over and a resolution is achieved, we'll meet your friends since they haven't seen you ever since you went to save Ophis."

Akeno and Irina got distracted by Kisuke's words as they both felt the seriousness within his statement. They then decided to just follow him silently.

The check-up took about an hour to finish and Kisuke was currently reviewing the data he gathered, "Good... Everything is within expected parameters." muttered Kisuke as he thought, 'Even if they ask me to return them to their normal bodies now, it'll be fine since I already got the needed data in my hand. Though I'd really like it if they can stay within that for longer, I can't force them.'

Akeno and Irina were waiting for Kisuke to finish reviewing his papers while Ophis was busily munching on her doughnuts. After a few minutes, Kisuke burned the papers with magic and looked towards the two of them, "Now then, let's change the venue. Before I tell you the important thing, I want you to test your magic first." Kisuke stood up, and as if remembering something, "Right, you don't need those attires now. Since you can't use magic, Ophis-chan, mind-changing their clothes?"

Ophis looked at Kisuke then to the two girls before nodding and pointing her finger towards them. Black mist engulfed the girls and disappeared just as fast, leaving Akeno and Irina wearing the same attire as Ophis, a gothic outfit with black tape covering their nipples for tops.

At the change to an unexpected attire that was even worse than Kisuke's white gown, Irina shrieked while flushing as she tried to cover her tits. Although Akeno didn't scream, she covered her chest with a blush on her face. At the same time, they both looked towards Kisuke, who surprisingly, already had a camera in his hand, "Hey!" howled Irina at him.

Kisuke was startled and took away his camera. Smiling wryly, he replied, "My bad habit..." He then faced Ophis who resumed eating and said, "Ophis-chan, change their clothes to their school uniform. You know how it looks, right?"

Ophis thought for a moment and did the same thing from earlier, but this time, Akeno and Irina were now wearing their school uniform. However, Ophis only knew how it looked outside, so Akeno and Irina can feel a soft drift on their crotches. But even though they were still embarrassed, it's a lot better than Ophis' attire.

"Did you take any pictures?" asked Irina.

Nevertheless, Kisuke ignored her question and exited the door while urging them, "Let's hurry up. We don't have all day and your friends are waiting for your return. Don't make them worry more than necessary!"

Learning from his previous antics, Akeno muttered, "He definitely has them."

Of course, Kisuke won't acknowledge this.

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Editors:

28th00: Phis-chama's casual exhibitionism continues! Another one for the scrapbook!