Splash!
As the competition between Kaneki and the Higanbana girls was going underway and they were swimming to the rock a bit far from the shore, Kaneki had took the lead very easily.
The Higanbana girls thoughts*
(What?! How is Kaneki/Onii-chan in the lead already?!)
This took the Higanbana girls by surprise, as they gave him a handicap making him go only as fast as them. So how was he able to get to the lead very quickly?
Kaneki's thoughts*
(Hehe~ they may have gave me handicaps on me speed, but not my stamina!)
It was because he had more stamina and in addition, he didn't need to surface to take in air.
(You guys complained about my speed and ability to breathe underwater, yet you only handicapped my speed you should have thought this through!)
He looked back them with a small grin.
Swoosh~!
Before he very quickly made some distance between him and the Higanbana girls.
A few minutes later~
Kaneki: Haa~ That was fun.
With such an unfair advantage not taken from him, Kaneki was able to get to the rock, swim around it and head back to the shallow water and win the race.
Kaneki: Good luck guys!
Since he has already won he started to cheer his friends on.
And after a little while they had arrived.
Chikao: Haa~! Haa~! Wow that was tiring!
Miku: Yeah!
Natsuki: Kaneki how did you win?!
As they got to Kaneki, Natsuki immediately went to question him.
Kaneki: Well you guys didn't really told me that I have to breathe air, so I breathe water.
Sachi, Miku, Chikao & Natsuki: Seriously?!
Kaneki: Yup! So unlike all of you, i didn't need to breathe in air and slow down.
Sachi: THAT'S SO UNFAIR!!!
Kaneki: Well it's your guy's fault for not thinking about that, I mean you guys did complained about that as well.
Sachi, Miku, Chikao & Natsuki: Grrrr.
Though the four of them were salty that they lost, they had no choice but to accept it.
But strangely Shino and Yuuka was completely silent, which Kaneki immediately noticed.
Kaneki: Hmm? What are you two doing.
Shino & Yuuka: ...
Shino and Yuuka only had their entire body's under the water with only their heads visible with their faces completely red.
Natsuki: Huh? Is there something wrong you two?
Shino & Yuuka: ...
Kaneki, Natsuki and Chikao were curious to their strange behavior. But as for Sachi and Miku.
Sachi: Wait... Could it be?
Miku: Did... Did you two lost your tops?
Kaneki, Natsuki & Chikao: What?!
Shino: Yes...
Yuuka: We lost our bikini tops and our... Breasts are completely exposed.
Kaneki:
Sachi: Seriously?! What happened?!
Miku: It must've been when we were racing, they must've gotten loose and slipped off.
Kaneki: And because you were all focused on the race they hadn't noticed until now.
Shino: YEAH! THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!
Yuuka: We can't go out of the water now...
Natsuki: What are we going to do? We don't even have have any extras.
Kaneki wanted to help and with his powers fo creation, Kaneki could create a new pair for both Shino and Yuuka.
Kaneki: I can make some new one-
Shino & Yuuka: NO!
But they surprisingly refused.
Chikao: Wait why not?
Kaneki: Yeah I can make a new pair very easily.
Yuuka: But... Those were ones that you personally got for us...
Shino: Yeah... They're like your gift to us... We don't want to replace them...
Kaneki: Seriously?
(These two... I know they love me and all but isn't that a bit much?)
Though Kaneki found it absurd, he didn't tried to argue.
Kaneki: Well if that's the case.
Swoosh~
Shino & Yuuka: Kaneki?
He approached the two and began sniffing them.
Kaneki: Sniff~ sniff~
All 6: What are you doing?
Kaneki: I'm memorizing your scent, once I'm done I'm going to go find your tops myself.
Yuuka: Really? You'll do that for us?
Kaneki: Of course I will. Sniff~
Shino: Thanks Kaneki, sorry that we were a bit stubborn though...
Kaneki: It's alright. Sniff~ Good. Scent memorized. Sachi, Natsuki, Chi-chan, Miku you four watch over these two and don't let anyone near and if anyone tries to call Onee-chan and explain everything to her what is happening.
All 4: Got it!
Kaneki: Shino, Yuuka stay put okay? I will find your tops. I promise.
Shino: Yeah we will.
Yuuka: Thanks again Kaneki.
Kaneki: No problem.
With their scents memorized, Kaneki will now begin searching.
Splash!
He dove into the water with leaving the Higanbana girls as he began to search.
Miku: How does that even happen?
Natsuki: You two probably didn't tied them tightly.
Yuuka: Yeah... Man this is so embarrassing.
Shino: Should we go to deeper water? There are some people nearby.
They looked around to see some other people relatively close.
Sachi: Yeah that's a good idea.
Miku: Stay close.
After determining that it was risky to stay in their current spot, they decided to move to deeper water a bit far from shore.
Chikao: I wonder if your tops got stolen by an animal.
Natsuki: Maybe a turtle stole them?
Shino: Please don't joke about that.
Yuuka: Man... Kaneki please find our tops!!!
Meanwhile~
While the Higanbana girls were moving a bit farther to deeper yet safe waters, Kaneki had arrived to the rock where they swam to and began scouting the area.
Kaneki: Where could they be? Their scent is a bit weak, maybe in that coral reef?
With no sign of the tops near by, Kaneki turns his attention to the nearby coral reef due to the scent seemingly going to the reef.
Swoosh~
Kaneki: Man there's so many fish, I should show the girls this place later the reef is so beautiful.
But after entering the reef he was immediately distracted by the stunning scene in front of him.
Smack!
But he still has a job to do.
Kaneki: Nope! Not the time! Focus Kaneki!!!
After smacking himself he began to sniff around.
Kaneki: Sniff~ Hmm. The scent is actually stronger, they're a lot close than before.
Swoosh~
After picking up the scent, he began swimming further into the reef until he gotten to a spot where the scent was at its strongest.
Kaneki: sniff~ They're around here, but there's still no sign of them. Sigh~
He was feeling a bit hopeless due to not being able to find the tops, but he was then given sign.
Darken~
Kaneki: Huh?
He saw a shadow of a turtle on the seafloor which has some strangely shaped things on the side of it's head.
Kaneki: Wait could it be?
He looked up and saw what he was searching for.
Kaneki: There!
The two tops were both in the mouth of a sea turtle by the middle part, but there was a problem.
Kaneki: Oh... It's a razorfin sea turtle.
Razorfin turtles are one of the fastest sea turtles in the world being able to swim at a too speed of 100 km/h, their full grown size are similar to the loggerhead sea turtles.
They get their name for their flippers and shell which are as sharp as razor blades that can be used for self defense.
Usually they tend to leave people alone, but when provoked they can use their speed, agility and weapons to drive away predators or even kill them.
Kaneki: This is going to be a pain, but no choice!
Swoosh!
But since it was no danger to Kaneki, he swam towards it with no hesitation.
Razorfin: !!!
Swoosh!
But seeing that Kaneki was swimming towards it, the Razorfin sea turtle immediately swam full speed towards him intending to cut and scare Kaneki away.
Swoosh!
Grip!
But with quick reflexes Kaneki dodged and grabbed into the turtles shell as it continued to swim.
Kaneki: Hey Mr. Turtle, sorry about this but can you please give those back?
He tried asking the turtle until he remembered that the turtle can not understand him.
Kaneki: Oh wait that's right, you're not a beast knight or a familiar. Oh well I'm sorry about this!
Grip!
He grabbed both upper and lower jaw of the turtle and forcefully opened releasing the two tops.
Grab!
Kaneki: There we go!
After opening jaw Kaneki took the two tops out of the turtle and let go.
Swoosh~
Kaneki: Goodbye! I'm sorry for the trouble!
After apologizing to the turtle he inspected the two tops and noticed they received some damage due to being inside the sharp beak of the turtle.
Kaneki: Yikes this isn't good, have to fix them.
He then into his arachne form and began fixing the damages until they were completely fixed.
Kaneki: Good as new! Time to head back.
And once he finished fixing them, he finally went back to the Higanbana girls.
Meanwhile~
Shino: Haa~! Where is Kaneki?! This is taking way too long!
Back the Higanbana girls, Shino is getting pretty tired trying to stay afloat on the water while waiting for Kaneki to bring back her top.
Yuuka: Man we shouldn't have been stubborn, I feel so bad for Kaneki now.
Natsuki: It's alright Yuuka, what about give Kaneki a reward later for his efforts?
Chikao: That's right! Since you two did troubled him, personally feeding him would be a perfect reward.
Miku: Agreed! Maybe even press your chest on him.
Shino: Miku you tease... Sigh~ I just hope Kaneki hadn't gone lost at sea.
Sachi: Kaneki couldn't have gone far right?
Natsuki: Calm down, calm down worrying won't do us any good.
Fearing that Kaneki might've gotten lost at sea, the Higanbana girls were starting to panic.
Splash!
Yuuka: Huh?! What was that?!
But they were interrupted by a sudden loud sound of water splashing.
Splash!
Miku: IS THAT A SEA DRAGON?!
A long scaly serpentine body of a sea dragon was visible above the water and was circling around them.
Chikao: Oh crap! Kaneki!!!
Shino: Why did we even come here?!?!
Sachi: Kaneki now's a great time to return!!!
They were no longer panicking about Kaneki but now for their own safety.
Rise~!
Drip~!
The massive head of the sea dragon rose up from the water's surface and looked down on the Higanbana girls.
All 5: !!!
Most of the Higanbana girls were all terrified, but Natsuki just smiled and laughed.
Natsuki: Hahahaha!
All 5: WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT NATSUKI?!
Natsuki: Hehe~ Why? Because Kaneki just pranked you all! Hahaha!
All 5: What?!
After hearing what Natsuki said, the five of them looked towards the dragon and noticed.
It was grinning.
Miku: Wait... ONII-CHAN?!
Sachi, Shino, Yuuka & Chikao: KANEKI?!
Kaneki: Hahahaha! Got you!
With his prank a success, Kaneki turned back into his original form and joined the Higanbana girls in the water.
Poof!
Splash!
Kaneki: Yo dayo! I have returned!
The Higanbana girls aside from Natsuki were understandably pissed.
Yuuka: Geez Kaneki! You scared us!
Miku: Onii-chan... DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!
Kaneki: Hehe~ I won't~ or won't I? Who knows~
All 5: Geez...
Shino the approached him with her face pouting.
Shino: You scared us Kaneki, and we were worried about you.
Kaneki: I'm sorry~ but as an apology. Look what I got!
Splash!
Kaneki raised his hand and showed off Shino's and Yuuka's tops.
Shino & Yuuka: Our tops!
Kaneki: I had to fix them after yanking them off a turtle's beak though, and don't worry the turtle is okay.
Natsuki: A turtle?
Kaneki: Yup a razorfin of all things as well, it must've mistaken Shino's and Yuuka's tops as jellyfish and tried to eat them.
All 6: A Razorfin?! Those are really fast!
Kaneki: Well I'm faster, but it wasn't really a problem.
Shino: Really? Well... Thanks for fixing them.
Yuuka: And sorry for the trouble Kaneki.
Kaneki: No problem, I'm happy to help and also turn around you two.
Shino & Yuuka: Huh?
Kaneki: I don't want you losing these again so I'll put them on.
Shino & Yuuka: Thanks...
Though they were embarrassed, Shino and Yuuka turned around and allowed Kaneki to help put their tops back on.
A few minutes later~
Shino: Here Kaneki say ahh~
Kaneki: Ahh~
Yuuka: Hold on here, have a bite of this burger.
Kaneki: Thwanks~
After helping Shino and Yuuka with their tops, Kaneki and the Higanbana girls returned to their camp so they could have lunch.
And for Kaneki to get his reward.
Kaneki: Did you guys really have to do this though?
Natsuki: Of course, you did worked pretty hard earlier. So Shino and Yuuka fill him up!
Sachi, Miku & Chikao: Fill him up! Fill him up!
While Shino and Yuuka were feeding Kaneki m, Natsuki and the rest of the Higanbana girls were cheering them on as they were eating lunch as well.
Kotori: What... Even happened to lead to this situation?
While this was happening, everyone around them were staring at them with confused and some jealous (no hostility) faces.
Azusa: There must've been an accident earlier or something.
???: Man I'm jealous!
???: Hey don't disturb them.
Azusa: Hey Emi-kun say ahh~
Keiko: Say ahh~ Itsuki.
Itsuki & Emi: !!!
???: GO TO HELL!
And two girlfriends even imitated what Shino and Yuuka were doing to their own boyfriend which made the boys jealous.
A little while later~
After lunch the girls all decided to go get some drinks leaving all the boys by the camp.
Kaneki: Man today is really fun and we still have some time to spend as well.
And they all began to chat with each other.
Keita: Yeah and seeing the girls in swimsuits was such a blessing.
Itsuki: You can say that again Keita! Man Keiko is the cutest.
???: Kaneki would disagree with that, his head did steamed so much just from seeing them.
Kaneki: S-Shut up.
???: Seriously Kaneki, to you they're the cutest right?
Kaneki: Yes obviously! And I have so many reasons to love them! It would take me an hour to explain what I like about just of them!
Itsuki: Wait seriously Kaneki?
Kaneki: Yup! And I love them a whole lot! Not just as friends anymore too!
???: Woah this guy actually admitted it.
Itsuki: Haha! So you finally admitted it huh? So how long were you in love with them? First sight? A few weeks? Or?
Kaneki: Well... I actually only realized my feelings for them yesterday.
All boys: WHAT?!
Yuta: What do you mean yesterday?!
Emi: Azusa-chan talked about love is with Kaneki-san yesterday when we were picking out swimsuits.
Kaneki: Yeah... And also Natsuki realized and we talked about my feelings too in a playground near her house.
All boys: YOU DID?!
Kaneki: Yup. I even told her everything I like about her and the others in my mind it took me 2 hours in my mind to tell her everything while in reality was just around six seconds.
Itsuki: Seriously? No hesitation at all?
Kaneki: Nope told her everything I like about them.
???: Wow any normal guy would be embarrassed.
Kaneki: I'm not exactly normal to begin with. Oh and one last thing I actually kinda confessed to Natsuki about my desire to be with her and the others forever.
All boys: WHAT?!
Itsuki: Again?! With no hesitation?!?!
Kaneki: Yup. Although I was rejected.
Emi: Eh? She rejected you? Why?
Kaneki: Well I was simply not ready yet, and to be fair she is absolutely right. You guys seen what was happening to me earlier when I was just thinking about them in their swimsuits remember? If we get into the same relationship as Itsuki and Keiko I feel like I'm going to way too overwhelmed.
Though the boys were worried about Kaneki after learning that he was rejected, after they learned the reason for his rejection and him accepting it without any problem the boys had calmed down.
???: Wow if it was me I'd probably be heart broken, even with that kind of reason.
???: But are you sure about this Kaneki? Do you really love them?
Kaneki: Of course! Natsuki is very special to me, same goes for Chikao, Sachi, Shino, Yuuka and Miku. I love all of them!!!
Kaneki happily admitted that he loves the Higanbana girls to the boys, but one of the boys asked him a question he wouldn't expect.
???: That's not what I mean, I mean do you really love Tanaka-san, Mirai-san and Tachibana-san.
Hearing Shino's, Yuuka's and Miku's names surprised Kaneki. He looked at his classmate with a confused look on his face.
Kaneki: Why do you ask that?
???: Yeah dude that's a strange question to ask.
???: Sorry it's just... Weren't those three in love with Itadori since the entrance ceremony?
All boys: !!!
The moment Ryueki's name was mentioned, the air around the boys turned heavy.
???: I'm sorry for saying this, but they were very attached to him for the many months we were in school. Maybe even though you exposed him they still-
It was clear his classmate was doubting Shino, Yuuka and Miku so Kaneki cut him off in their defense.
Kaneki: Don't doubt those three, do you seriously think they would still love him after seeing his past crimes?
???: Eh?
Kaneki: And do you seriously think I give a crap if they were in love with that piece of plastic waste in the past? It's all in the past and they no longer love him, we shouldn't dwell in the past it is not good for us. After all I'm a prime example of why we shouldn't do that.
Itsuki: That's right dude, seriously why would even say such a thing?
???: Yeah that's messed up.
???: S-Sorry.
Kaneki: It's alright.
???: Man Kaneki you have even more of my respect, I see some other guys wouldn't accept a girls love just because they were the girls second choice but you? Nah you didn't care at all.
Kaneki: Why should I care about that stuff? If they truly love me and does want to be with me then I'm fine with it. I'll just have to love them more.
Itsuki: Heh~ This guy really loves them.
???: Man I'm so jealous.
Kaneki: Plus they weren't truly in love with him anyways.
What Kaneki said surprised the boys, it was something completely unexpected.
Emi: Wait what are you talking about?
Kaneki: They were trying many times to get close to me, Yuuka even tried luring me in an empty room using pudding.
???: Huh?
???: Kaneki what are you talking about?
Kaneki: You guys didn't noticed, but even before me and Natsuki became friends they were making attempts to get close to me.
???: Eh?
Kaneki was revealing things that they didn't know.
And Itsuki gotten worried.
Itsuki's thoughts*
(Wait is Kaneki revealing things he shouldn't?!)
Kaneki: And another thing. Shino, Yuuka and Miku are really-
(OH CRAP HE'S GOING TO REVEAL THEIR TRUE IDENTITIES!!!)
Kaneki was about to reveal Shino, Yuuka and Miku's real identities when.
Glow~
His right eye got slightly glow blue color and Azuna took control of the mouth making a smile and said.
Kaneki & Azuna: Really~ in love with me.
All boys: Huh?
Fade~
Kaneki: !!!
Azuna then gave back control to Kaneki.
And realizing what just happened.
Kaneki: Wow the girls are taking a while, I'll go check up on them!!
Kaneki stood up and started heading to the girls.
???: What just happened?
???: Who knows?
???: But wow those things he said sounds unbelievable.
He was able to escape but he had revealed a few things he shouldn't.
(Phew that was close, I think his demon half took control because his right eye turned slightly blue. But what just happened?)
Though the him revealing their identities was avoided, Itsuki was a bit worried.
Meanwhile~
As for Kaneki who was heading to the girls, he had realized what was happening.
Kaneki's thoughts*
(Oh crap it's happening...)
His contract was starting to activate.
(I have to be careful, with from what happened earlier my best guess I'll slowly try to reveal my secret. I must try and resist as much as I can... Shino! Yuuka! Miku!!! Please hurry!!!)
With the date of him telling the truth getting closer and closer, Kaneki is starting to grow worried.