"It's unfair!"
"Wh... what is...?"
A few days after the desperate struggle involving Ikkaku, Renji-kun, Kira-kun, and Captain Zaraki, Hinamori-san suddenly pressed me.
With my back against the wall, I couldn't escape, and what's more, she was puffing out her cheeks and glaring at me with reproachful eyes, fully asserting "I am in a bad mood."
'This is what they commonly call a "Kabedon"! I hear there are even part-time jobs for doing it by proxy!!'
...Isn't there something different mixed in there?
"I heard that Sensei trained with Kira-kun and the others the other day."
"Y-Yes..."
"I also heard that after that, you let Kira-kun stay at your house."
"He was incredibly tired and didn't seem like he'd make it back to the dorms..."
"It's unfair!!"
"What is!?"
"I want to train and have a sleepover with Sensei too!"
...Eh! Is that the reason!?
'By the way, the day after My Lord let Izuru-dono stay at your house! The two of you went to work together!! Because a young squad member and a veteran Vice-Captain arrived at work together, Squad 4 is buzzing with rumors like "Perhaps the Vice-Captain seduced the young boy and forced herself on him!?" or "No, no, surely Kira-kun seduced the older woman!?"!!'
...I didn't know that.
'"The husband is always the last to know," as they have said since ancient times!!'
Umm... anyway, if that's the cause of her bad mood...
"Then, would you like to train like Kira-kun too, Hinamori-san?"
"Yes! Please!!"
Even though she seemed displeased just a moment ago, she instantly broke into a full bloom smile!
What is this cute creature!!
As I thought, I absolutely won't hand her over to someone like Aizen!! This child is my child!!
I don't care if a clouded smile suits her or whatever!!
'This is the sort of situation where objections are not allowed, indeed!! I shall support you as well!!'
Yes, please do, Nubatama!!
'Do your best♥ Do your best♥ My Lord♥'
Are you really just supporting me!?
Now then, although I said training like Kira-kun.
There's no way we can have a fun training session with that Captain Zaraki. It would be too stimulating for this child, and she might faint.
So, lowering the grade significantly, it's training with me.
The location is also a field away from the Rukongai.
"I'm sorry. Compared to Kira-kun and the others, it ended up being kind of meager..."
"No, that is not true at all!!"
We matched our schedules on our day off; it's training time for just the two of us.
"Just being able to be with Sensei makes me happy!!"
"I-Is that so..."
It's strange for me to say this, but isn't there something more... you know? Ways to spend a day off. You're a young girl, after all!!
I'm very, very happy that she adores me, though. She even keeps matching her hairstyle with mine all the time! It's a little embarrassing, but I'm happy!!
"Well then, first, special training to improve the fundamental spiritual pressure. After that—"
"After that!?"
"Let's focus on training Kido and Shunpo (Flash Step). Swords and hand-to-hand combat are categories Hinamori-san isn't good at, after all."
Telling Hinamori-san to learn swordsmanship equivalent to Renji-kun is quite difficult. Reaching that point isn't impossible, but for melee combat, physique is also quite important.
...Though there are exceptions like that person. Why is that person's sword so heavy...
So for her, let's develop technical aspects and fighting styles that aren't head-on.
However, I wonder why she looked just a little disappointed when I announced the training menu?
"Hado \#31, Shakkaho."
With just a single chant, I demonstrate firing over ten fireballs.
Hinamori-san watched the countless fireballs released towards the sky with her mouth open in amazement.
"How was it? This is 'Pseudo-Chanting'. By weaving spiritual pressure into the Kido, it demonstrates the same effect as chanting multiple times."
"...It is amazing..."
"I can't teach this to Academy students because it's too dangerous. It consumes a large amount of spiritual pressure to begin with, and if it fails, it could backfire and, in the worst case, endanger life."
"Is that so!?"
"But Hinamori-san is good at controlling spiritual pressure, so it shouldn't be that difficult. Well then, shall we start with single-digit Kido first?"
When I told her that, she obediently started practicing Pseudo-Chanting.
However, she truly lives up to expectations. She's so good it's hard to believe she just graduated from the Academy this year.
...I wonder if I'll be surpassed in the blink of an eye?
"Yes, yes, do the Shunpo like that."
"L-Like this?"
"Hmm... a little different."
Next is Shunpo training.
Just a little bit of the Onmitsukido techniques leaked from Soifon. I'm teaching her footwork that makes her harder to detect.
Since this is also a technique related to Kido and spiritual pressure control, it shouldn't be that difficult for Hinamori-san... normally...
"Is it like this?"
"Not like that, do it like this... excuse me for a moment."
I press my body against hers and teach her the movements by example.
It might be a little cramped, but please endure it.
"Is it like this!?"
"If you do that, you'll be noticed at the start, so more gently... like this..."
Why is she failing so much?
'If she fails, she gets taught with body contact.'
...Eh? Was that her aim!?
This child is surprisingly shrewd.
"Come on, come on, Hinamori-san. If you don't heal me quickly, I'll die."
"Yes! Please wait just a moment!!"
Since we're at it, I also have her do practical training in Kaido.
The method is very simple. Prepare an injured person and just heal them.
I was made to do this extensively by Captain Unohana.
Unlike with the Captain, the one getting injured is me, though!!
There's no way I can cut Hinamori-san down and do something like "If you don't heal quickly, you'll die"!!
I'm cutting myself and having her heal the injuries.
'Ignoring the logic that if you can't heal your own injuries, you can't heal others', and mentally driving her by saying "Because of you, I might die," in a sense, My Lord looks more demonic!'
...I see. There is that way of looking at it.
So that's why Hinamori-san has looked like she's about to cry for a while now.
It's okay—if I were near death from this much, I would have died a long time ago.
"The sun is about to set, so let's call it a day here."
"Yes..."
Hinamori-san seems quite tired.
"...Hmm... I'm sorry, Hinamori-san. There's a place I want to stop by for a bit, is that okay?"
"A place you want to stop by?"
"I'm sorry when you're tired, but since we came to the Rukongai after a long time, I thought I'd show my face while I'm at it. Ah, if you don't want to, Hinamori-san, I don't mind at all if you go ho—"
"I will go!"
"—ome... I-Is that so..."
Really, she comes on strong.
So, taking Hinamori-san, who was dragging her tired body, we went to the familiar shop in District 1 of the Northern Rukongai.
"Good evening."
"...Ah!! Big Sis Yukawa! It's rare for you to come!!"
"I was in the Rukongai for a bit today. So I thought I'd show my face after a long time. It's for two, are there seats open?"
"Of course!! Come in, come in!!"
Do you all remember?
The place we stopped by is that izakaya I was indebted to back when I couldn't even enter the Academy—when I had just arrived in the Soul Society.
I was greatly indebted to both the master and the landlady.
'It was back when I was still inside My Lord's stomach!!'
Don't say inside my stomach!!
...Ahem.
However, being indebted was a loooong time ago.
As expected, too much time has passed, and those two are no longer here.
They reincarnated to the World of the Living long ago.
However, only the shop has remained all this time, and those who apprenticed like in a guild system have succeeded it generation after generation.
The current owner is... counting from when I was indebted... the eighth generation, perhaps?
Anyway, since it's a shop I was indebted to, I show my face every now and then like this even after becoming a Soul Reaper.
However, my only regret is that I couldn't be present at the master and landlady's deathbeds, or rather, when they parted. We aren't informed when people of the Rukongai go to the World of the Living.
—I explained this to Hinamori-san as well.
"It's a shop like Sensei's origin..."
"But Hinamori-san has one too, right? A place like that."
"That is true. I am from Junrinan in the Western Rukongai, so I kind of understand."
"That means District 1."
"Yes! Everyone is such good people and—"
"Ooh! It's true, it's Big Sis Yukawa!!"
"Come on already!! It's Yukawa-san!!"
Interrupting her story, people gathered in the shop one after another.
As I said earlier, since I come every now and then, they are completely familiar faces. Only when I am here, but they interact naturally even in front of a Soul Reaper.
"Big Sis! Please drink my sake today!"
"I told you I don't drink alcohol!"
"Big Sis! Please marry me!!"
"Please find someone else for that sort of thing!"
"Thank you, thank you."
"If you're going to pray, at least look at my eyes!! It's obvious your gaze is going lower than my face!!"
...See? Natural, right??
"Sorry, Hinamori-san. For being noisy..."
"No, not at all—"
"Aah! There's another beautiful Soul Reaper here!!"
"It's true!!"
"Hii!"
"Yes, yes, don't surround her! This child is Squad 4's rookie!! If you mess with her, I'll get angry!!"
"Oh, a rookie! Do your best!! Here, here, have a drink as a sign of friendship!"
"That's unfair! Let me buy you a drink too!! Come on, don't hold back!"
"E, Eh...!?"
"Hey! Don't force her to drink!!"
"No, it is okay. Since we are here, if it is just a little..."
"Well said, little lady! Big Sis Yukawa's only flaw is that she doesn't drink!!"
...I wonder if this is okay...
"Ehehe... the sky is spinning..."
"That's right\ it's pretty\"
As expected, she got completely wasted.
I am on my way home while carrying Hinamori-san, who is completely done for, on my back.
On the way back, when I joked to Master Danzoumaru, "This is my daughter," he was incredibly surprised. To say something like this, maybe I got drunk on the atmosphere too...
'(Since you were sniffing the smell of alcohol up close, you are just quite weakened by that, surely...)'
And so, we returned home. Still carrying Hinamori-san.
"Heeey, Hinamori-san. Are you awake?"
"Funyaaa..."
She hasn't returned to her senses yet.
"This... letting her sleep like this is also a problem... she's a girl, after all. Being all sweaty and dirty is a problem."
She was training all day during the daytime, after all. She is dripping with sweat.
Tomorrow there are normal daily duties as well, and a sweat-smelling girl there is unthinkable.
Because we are Squad 4! We have an obligation to be clean!!
Just in case, we did wash lightly with river water and a towel after finishing training! But we have to wash properly!!
"So this is force majeure! As a superior, it's a natural action!"
Fufufu, I'll wash you properly, every nook and cranny.
'It smells like a gray zone...'
"Okay, I'll wash your arms first."
"Fwai..."
I took the extremely sleepy-looking Hinamori-san into the bathroom and washed her body.
Naturally, both she and I are naked.
And I am properly washing with a sponge and body soap.
From the arms to the shoulders, and the armpits especially carefully.
"Ehehe... it tickles..."
When I carefully washed her sensitive armpits, she shrank back slightly in embarrassment.
And with that vibration, her chest shook with a furun.
Hinamori-san has a small body and gives a young impression, but with this, she's quite...
Her boobs are big.
Or rather, they look big. Should I say?
Because her body is small, relatively speaking, like this...
Rangiku and Isane are undeniably big! But different from that, because she is slender... like this... you understand, right? What I'm trying to say!!
"Okay, next is the chest area."
Her white skin, slightly tanned from the sun, is wrapped in foam. Covered in foam as if hiding the important parts. However, precisely because they aren't visible, there is room for imagination, fueling excitement.
Into the parts that could only be supplemented by imagination, I put my hands without hesitation.
As if grabbing them from the front...
Oh, oh my, oh my.
I knew it from looking, but this is quite the volume.
They are plump, and have the skin tension peculiar to young girls.
This will get dirty from sweating!
Like the cleavage! Or the underboob area!
So I have to wash them carefully and thoroughly!
Don't hold back, it's a service!!
"Ya... ah...! Fua... aah...!! Se, Sensei..."
"I'm sorry, was I too strong? Did it hurt?"
"N, Not that... Nn...!!"
Eh? Are you asking if I'm doing something weird?
How rude! I'm just carefully washing around the tips with my fingertips.
Because it's a problem if grime and dirt accumulate.
"Then let's clean the navel too."
"Hyaah...! Wa, Sensei...! I said no there!!"
Really, this child has a good figure too.
From the stomach to the navel, it's like a straight line.
Around the waist too, the flesh is thin but present, and that amplifies this child's charm.
You can tell she's almost becoming a woman, or rather, it makes men think, "I want to make this girl a woman."
...This child is quite a femme fatale.
Especially her voice.
I wonder why it makes my heart pound so much.
"Okay, next are the legs. I'll wash carefully between the toes one by one. Endure it even if it tickles."
"Ahahahahaha! I, Impossible, Sensei! It, It tickles!! Ahahaha!!"
Somehow I couldn't suppress the throbbing of my chest, so with the meaning of a short break.
I carefully scrub between her toes, clean the soles of her feet including acupressure to make her feel good, and extend my hands from her shins to the back of her knees and thighs.
"Hinamori-san, your legs are beautiful. I'll wash here carefully too."
"Ah... n, no... Sensei, I said nooo...!!"
The thighs are also just before becoming plump—should I say just before gaining fat and becoming sexy?
They are thick in a good way, and conversely, that lights a fire in my heart.
Yes, yes, I'll wash here carefully too.
Especially since we did Shunpo extensively today, your legs must be very tired, right? I'll loosen them up well, including acupressure and massage.
Touching directly with hands makes it even clearer.
The sensation like an intermediate between a girl and a woman... combined with this skin that seems to stick to you, makes me want to stroke it forever.
Forgetting the sponge already, I washed plenty with my bare hands.
And finally...
"Fuaaa...hh...! Se, Sensei! There, no there, really nooo...! Nnn...!!"
I wash the base of both legs as if stroking slowly.
Her butt is a bit small, but it has a certain presence, and I didn't get bored washing it.
Following the line from her butt, her smooth—...yeah, no good.
Anything more is out. I thought about expressing it properly, but this is out.
However, I will convey that I washed it carefully and thoroughly.
Hm? This is... yeah, this is body soap.
Just a little body soap leaked out.
Now then, this is the end.
Hinamori-san seems tired too, so let's lay out the futon and sleep quickly.
It would be lonely if she woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, so let's sleep side by side, also meaning to be prepared for any eventuality.
"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\!!!!"
Past midnight, Hinamori was writhing, covering her head with the futon and making voiceless sounds.
It is often said that there are "types who lose their memory when drunk" and "types who remember clearly even if they are drunk to the point of unconsciousness," but in her case, it seems she was the latter.
She remembered every detail of being washed thoroughly and carefully in the bathroom, and the moment she sobered up and her consciousness became clear, the emotions from that time seemed to attack her all at once.
"Uu... what should I do, I can't get married anymore..."
Same sex—regardless of the reality—even if it was a same-sex partner, she had been done as she pleased to that extent.
Her face was dyed bright red like the sunset all the way to her ears, and just remembering that time, indescribable excitement welled up along with embarrassment for some reason.
Even though she just admired her as a person of the same sex, as an indicator to aim for.
What on earth is this feeling—she asked herself.
"Se, Sensei is to blame, you know...! T, This much is..."
Convincing herself as if in self-defense, she pressed her lips against the cheek of the woman sleeping next to her.
Strongly, strongly, as if claiming that this person belonged to her.
As if leaving an imprint.
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