Magical Girl and the Seaside

"The shopkeeper is drinking tea."

"Thanks."

Yuko walked into the shop, slid open the paper door to the back room, and took a few steps toward Kisuke Urahara. She looked down at him from above, her gaze as if she were looking at a corpse.

"Y-Yuko, what brings you here so late?"

The hand holding his teacup trembled, splashing tea all over his face.

Yuko narrowed her eyes. "Why are you trembling?"

Kisuke trembled again and said nervously, "The... tea is pretty good. It's new tea. Would you like a cup?"

As he spoke, he hurriedly reached for a cup sitting to the side, nearly knocking it over in his panic.

"New tea?" Yuko tugged at the corner of her mouth without smiling. She planted one foot on the table, grabbed him by the collar, and yanked his punchable face toward her. Her gaze was icy. "Was it fertilized with the droppings of that two-meter-tall Brown Bear?"

"Pff—!"

Just as Kisuke was about to spray tea everywhere, Yuko calmly dragged him aside by the collar. He sprayed the entire table instead.

"Cough, cough, cough! That joke was a little too vulgar." He frantically wiped down the table, grimacing as he spoke.

"You know what vulgar means?" Yuko said coldly. "Deep in the mountains, fighting a Brown Bear with your bare hands?"

"Ha... haha! Wasn't that because the memories filled in by the Memory Loss Spray were random?"

Kisuke said that through clenched teeth, still praying that Yuko had not learned anything else.

Yuko remained expressionless. "Kindhearted shopkeeper?"

"I'm terribly sorry! Please spare my life!"

Kisuke dropped into a full prostration at lightning speed.

"Kisuke, you really—"

Just then, Yoruichi pulled open the door.

"Sorry to interrupt. Please, carry on." After a moment of stiff silence, Yoruichi apologized and was