
Sona focused everything on the barrier and waited for Kokabiel to continue his attack as she felt someone pat her on the shoulder. He peeked and saw Kisuke still not moving from his place, "Go now! I'm holding. Escape while you still can!" Sona returned her gaze forward after her words that contained urgency.
Kisuke smiled wryly at her reaction and patted Sona's shoulder again. This time, Sona turned around angrily and said, "Run now! This has nothing to do with you! We will wait for reinforcements from the Underworld and you will only hold us back!"
Instead of answering, Kisuke instead made a wide grin and placed his curved finger in front of Sona's forehead and flicked it so hard that it immediately left its mark and the magic barrier was disabled, "OW!" Sona ferociously leaped towards him leaving her position, "What are you doing!? Do you want to die!?"
"What about you? Do you want to die?" Kisuke asked him.
"Of course not. But I've already fulfilled one of my biggest regrets so I'm fine with dying today if you can escape from this predicament!" Sona replied without hesitation.
'Does he like me very much?... Well, it's not that I can't understand it because I would have done the same if Yoruichi had replaced me.' Kisuke thought.
Akeno looked at those again who were starting to quarrel with each other who seemed unaware of the danger ahead. As he did so, he finally saw a black cat silently watching them all, "Yoruichi!?" He shouted in surprise and delight, 'If it was him, then it might be ...' But he had conflicting emotions whether he should ask for her help or not, '... As payment, I will only work as a waitress for Urahara. household for a few months.'
While Akeno was deciding in her mind, Rias also exclaimed, "Yoruichi!? Where!?" He looked around but he could not see the dark beauty figure from his memories. He intended to ask for his help since he knew what he could do from the Rating Game Incident. Of course, he would not ask without any compensation for her. Although he wanted to negotiate with her, he was unable to find her and continued to look around, "Akeno, where is she?" After searching around again, he was unable to find her and thought that Akeno just thought she was something out of desperation.
Asia and Yuuto also started looking for Yoruichi but also could not find him and had the same confidence as Rias. Xenovia, on the other hand, just stared at them in confusion.
Sona finally reacted and also looked behind Kisuke in shock and saw the black cat staring at him. Instead of thinking about the help Yoruichi could give them, the first thing that came to Sona's mind was, 'Yoruichi is here!? Wait for... I just kissed her boyfriend in front of her! Long French kiss on top of that!' Sona eventually processes what it means to have Yoruichi around them. They rescued.
Sona remembers how she acted and boldly kissed Kisuke thinking that it would be the last time they met, 'How can I forget about Yoruichi!? They are always together! How could I forget something as basic as that!? Was it because of the fatigue I accumulated during this week? Or is it just my wishful thinking?' Sona was very confused and covered her red face to hide her embarrassment, 'Please don't look at me!'
"Hey, where's Yoruichi-san?" Rias asked Kisuke instead. But instead of him, he saw the black cat from the Urahara Household slowly walking towards Issei. The cat then pounced on Issei's head. Normally, something of a size would not affect Issei even if it fell on her head, but the moment it landed on her head, Issei fell to the ground with a face first as if something heavy was dragging his head down, '!?'
Issei was overloading his body with the Dragon Force coming from Ddraig to forcibly change his body to adapt to the Balance Breaker of the Boosted Gear even for a moment and had endured the pain that accompanied it. It was also the reason why he had not said anything until now because he could not focus on what was happening around him.
But when the cat stepped on his head, he immediately regained his senses, but he was already on the ground when he realized that Kisuke's cat was already standing on his head, "What!? Yoru?" Issei tried to stand up but he found that his entire body was paralyzed and the transformation pain had already stopped bothering him. He finally understood the absurdity of the situation, 'What happened!? Why can't I move!? Why did Ddraig suddenly stop what he was doing!?'
Issei started to panic as well as Rias, Asia, and Yuuto. But before they could get close to Issei to help her, the cat suddenly spoke in a masculine voice, "You brats end up doing something so stupid that you almost get yourself killed."
Those who did not know about the shape of the Yoruichi cat froze in place. There was a few minutes of silence before Issei finally spoke, "Yoru can talk!?" Issei was more surprised than the others because she knew the black cat since childhood and would always accompany Kisuke and him to their antics. This is a very clever cat. So, instead of questioning the cat, Issei turned to Kisuke, "Kisuke! What are you feeding him to talk!?"
Although not Kisuke, Yoruichi answered him with a tap of his claws on his head feeding dirt into Issei's mouth, "Calm down, son. Even though I stopped what you were doing, it was only a temporary measure."
Issei finally remembered their situation and chose to ignore the fact that the cat she had always played with in her childhood now spoke, "What!? You stopped!? Why are you doing that!? That's the only way we can come out of this situation alive!" Issei tried to fight for freedom but failed miserably, 'How did Yoru do this!?'
Issei gritted her teeth because what the cat said was true. Ddraig even told him that the most he could do was fend off the opponent for a few minutes before his body gave up, "Then what should we do!?"
"I said it, right? The situation has changed."
The rest were still dumbfounded at the talking cat and most of them thought that Yoruichi was some kind of familiar like speaking familiar that was quite rare even in the Underworld.
Just as Rias was about to speak again and ask how the situation had changed, Sona, who had somehow recovered, pretended to cough, and looked straight at Yoruichi before speaking, said, although his gaze would waver occasionally, "Yoruichi-san, as the representative of the Sitri Clan, please defeat Kokabiel. Of course, we'll give you the proper compensation to save us."
Rias, Issei, Asia, and Yuuto froze stiffly again after hearing her words, "Wait! You mean Yoru is Yoruichi!? I thought that Yoruichi-san who saved Koneko-chan was a female? This cat is clearly masculine!"
With another clap of his claws, Issei ate the ground again, "Just because I sound like this, am I a boy? You will accumulate a lot of hatred from a certain group. And besides, I never dared to be in the first place. .." Yoruichi paused for a moment before patting his head again, "Don't make me think of such disgusting things."
'You are the one who thought that!' Issei wanted to cry from eating so much dirt.
Rias and the others still could not believe that the person they were looking for all this time was only around them pretending to be a pet cat.
Ignoring their reactions, Yoruichi confronts Sona again, "For your offer... Seductive because you're willing to use your position as a guarantor... But sorry, I can't help you today..."
"W-why...?" Sona stuttered at her unexpected answer.
Rias recovered from her shock by throwing the question she had for the cat and thinking that Sona's offer was not enough for her service so she cut it herself as she should, "As a representative of the Gremory Household, I also ask you to help us. And just like Sona, I'll give you a gift that suits you."
Hearing his words, Yoruichi still shook his head, "No. I still can't help you." He firmly replied.
Sona can tell that Yoruichi is serious, 'Will he escape with Aika and their other group?... That's possible... They might not want to get involved in the matter where the Underworld and the Grigori could clash...' Sona bit her lip, 'At least... I knew that they would be safe with his protection...' Sona sighed after a few seconds and replied, "That's it..."
"Sona!?" Rias exclaimed because she knew Sona had given up.
Yoruichi thought about what he was thinking and wanted to laugh, 'Ahaha... He's in love with you... Kisuke.' Pretending to cough, Yoruichi gathers their attention again, "I won't do anything, but Kisuke will probably do something for it..."
Sona was startled and immediately shouted, "What!? No!"