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Itsuki continued drinking his tea while his guards sat vigilantly behind him. The two sent a few menacing glares towards Urahara but the latter mostly waved it off, there was no end to the man's shamelessness. Placing the tea down, the atmosphere became heavy once the sound of the impact between the cup and table was heard. Feeling the atmosphere, everyone instinctively knew that the two wanted to be left alone.
A serious look masked Itsuki and Urahara as Itsuki opened his mouth,
”Any progress?”
”None yet. The task you gave me was quite hard.”
Itsuki nodded while Urahara continued,
”Though, I wouldn't say there is no progress. I do have some leads but nothing's for certain yet.”
Itsuki closed his eyes and laid back slightly. Urahara looked at the slight exhaustion within Itsuki's expression.
”You do know that you don't have to do this.”
Itsuki stayed silent. Urahara took a sip of tea,
”Why do…”
Itsuki interrupted him,
”As long as we are in this situation, no one is safe. If I don't do something, someone else with more extreme ideas would do it. Look at Aizen, he's probably not the first and will definitely not be the last.”
Urahara stayed silent as he listened to Itsuki,
”We both have things we want to protect and we both are willing to do anything to protect them.”
”You will become enemies with everyone.”
Itsuki gave a cold smile, a calculative one,
”You think I haven't thought of that.”
This was the first time that Itsuki had shown this expression and it sent chills down Urahara's spine. The look was replaced immediately and Itsuki acted like nothing had happened yet Urahara knew that those eyes would stay etched in his mind.
Urahara tried to lighten the atmosphere, by putting his fan to cover his mouth and started laughing,
”Then, Itsuki-san, how's your chest?”
Itsuki knew why Urahara quickly changed the subject, apart from lightening the atmosphere, three figures appeared at the doorstep. The three girls looked at Itsuki and jumped at him, completely ignoring Urahara's presence. The latter made his leave, leaving the four alone.
Nothing happened, no one cried, no one talked, nothing. They just laid there, basking in their loved one's embrace. They silently felt Itsuki's heartbeat while Itsuki did the same. Patting the girl's heads and shoulders, they stayed like that for some time until Yoruichi transformed into her cat form and laid on Itsuki's lap. Rangiku and Soi Fon sat behind him as the his personal guards entered the room. Hinamori and Yuki stood behind Itsuki while Urahara and the rest entered the store.
They all sat around the table within the cramped room, waiting for one more group to arrive.
A short moment later, the door opened and in came six figures. There was Inoue, Ishida, Sado, Kenryu, Rukia and Ichigo, who got a guilty look on his face once he saw Itsuki. Itsuki saw this as he sighed internally at the guys face. Enryu and Rurichiyo were outside where the latter was playing with Ururu and Jinta.