The next day.
"Chakra?" Itachi murmured, standing in the kitchen while Asia wasn't far from him. He turned halfway around, curiously focused on the girl, and finally felt it, the eight chakra points in Asia's body were completely unlocked.
The girl looked at Itachi with a blush on her cheeks, narrowed her eyes, puffed out her chest, and smiled, showing her white teeth. Her face said, "Praise me, Itachi," while she stood on her tiptoes to appear a little taller.
"I see..." Itachi said after a moment. He didn't say it, didn't show it, but a small current of electricity ran through his body, carrying a pleasant sensation and a particular kind of pride into his mind.
He took two steps forward and called Asia like someone would call a child. The girl lowered her head, now fully red from blushing, and approached Itachi.
"What will happen? What will Itachi do?" Asia wondered in her mind. Her skin tingled, the blush on her face deepened, she closed her eyes, and almost unconsciously lifted her head, as if expecting something to touch her lips.
However
"You've done a good job, Asia..." Itachi pressed two fingers against the girl's forehead, smiled warmly, and with his other hand patted her head, barely able to hold in his laughter at the cute pose she was making.
She opened her eyes and simultaneously pouted, narrowing them to glare at Itachi with playful malice.
"Itachi..." Asia murmured, but then flirtatiously smiled as she enjoyed Itachi's hand stroking her head.
Time passed at cruise speed, and several hours went by.
At Kuoh Academy.
Here, Itachi walked calmly toward his classroom. He was ready for another normal day at the academy when he noticed something odd in the tree section of the schoolyard.
His eyes focused, he spotted Issei Hyoudou, noticed Kiryuu beside him looking a bit too excited, and finally realized the poor guy was doing some sort of... Performance?
Itachi approached curiously, hiding behind some trees while he watched.
-Hey, I know I don't care, but Would you like to go out with me?" Issei struck a pose that Itachi found ridiculous, puffed his chest, smiled almost smugly, looked at Kiryuu, and made exaggerated gestures.
"Yes!!" Kiryuu shouted, her eyes sparkling for some reason, her blush intense. Itachi noticed something interesting about the girl, a drop fell from between her thighs, it was a drop of thick white liquid.
"Me... Issei... together, really?" Akira wondered in her mind. She smiled gracefully. This boy, Issei, had found an excuse to practice being a bad-boy. All this... just to confess his love to her? Akira thought so.
"Hmph..." The ninja watched this with a smile. Issei seemed to be acting like an outdated bad-boy from over a century ago, he shook his head and was about to leave when he heard something particular.
"Kiryuu, Do you think Itachi is too attractive?" Issei asked, catching Itachi's attention and making him stay hidden to listen.
"I mean, Itachi always gets the attention of the academy's Goddesses, Rias seems to have fallen for him, yet, I'm still... well, me," Issei muttered. Akira's expression shifted from excitement to surprise.
"I... I do think so, Issei, but..." Kiryuu hesitated, stepped forward to hold the poor boy's hands, lifted her head and looked into his eyes. To Itachi's surprise, Issei, though laughing and acting cheerfully moments ago, now had eyes shining with the threat of tears.
Kiryuu felt it, pursed her lips, she understood why Issei was in this state, she'd been with him for a while, and although she liked to flirt and tease other guys, Her heart had belonged to him for a while.
"Issei..." Kiryuu murmured, "Itachi is like that because he's handsome, and he doesn't seem interested in girls, you're different," she said, smiled, and made eye contact with the poor boy.
"You're Issei Hyoudou, trying to change your attitude to appeal more to girls is fine, I mean..." she paused, noticing Issei's serious and slightly annoyed face, she sighed and finally opened her mouth again, "I mean, it's a good thing, you want to improve, but I'm afraid it's not possible..."
Kiryuu's words made something stir inside Issei's heart, his once lively eyes started losing their shine, and his previously cheerful gaze turned into one of resentment.
"Why?" the boy asked, "I want to be... me... I want to have girls at my disposal, I've realized they're not really Goddesses, I don't know if you get it, but if they're not Goddesses, that means they're within reach..."
Issei began to mutter things to himself, words Kiryuu didn't understand slipped from his lips.
Even so, she still understood one thing, Issei saw girls like Rias Gremory, Akeno, or Koneko as Goddesses. This did nothing but make her sigh in disappointment.
"Is that so?" she murmured under her breath, looking at Issei. "Then... did you really just want to practice being a bad-boy with me?" she thought, clenched her teeth in anger, and felt a little betrayed.
"Goddesses, Huh?" Kiryuu repeated, looking at Issei again, a moment later, she raised her hand.
Smack
The girl's palm slapped hard against Issei Hyoudou's right cheek, producing a sharp sound that echoed all the way to Itachi's ears.
Issei stood frozen, his head forced slightly to the side by the slap, his eyes slightly dilated, unable to grasp what had just happened.
This girl, Akira Kiryuu, "You..." Issei murmured, he quickly looked back at Akira with anger, but in the next moment, his eyes turned a bit glossy.
The girl returned his gaze with a mix of contempt, sadness, and fury, "You think I got close to you because of Itachi, Don't you?" she asked, her sharp voice dripping with unhidden sarcasm.
"Idiot!!" Kiryuu finally shouted, "Over a year ago, when I saw you walking and talking with Itachi, joking with him, I actually admired you, How could a normal guy like you talk with Itachi?" she said, biting her lower lip before locking eyes with Issei.
"I thought you were cool, I decided to get closer, at first, I thought it was great that we had similar interests, and then, over time, I started to care more and more..." Kiryuu lowered her gaze, deep down, she didn't blame Issei for calling Rias a goddess, she blamed herself for not fitting in that category.
"I know, it's impossible for me not to know, I tried to change, but I always end up flirting with other guys, telling them to have a nice time with me, that makes me unpleasant, Doesn't it?" Akira stepped a bit closer to Issei.
The poor guy didn't know why Akira was so upset, why she had suddenly exploded, he thought for a moment, and then remembered.
He had invited her to come practice with him. He was practicing being a bad-boy, but for some reason, Akira had been more excited than usual today.
She had responded with elegance and almost desperation with a "Yes!!" to everything he said, he hadn't understood it at the time, but Akira had misunderstood everything.