Date Acceleration

Finding what cannot be Found

Shido and his visitors sat down together for dinner. He placed multiple dishes on the table. There was miso soup, chicken teriyaki, beef steak, seafood ramen, and fried rice.

They were all mystified by the number of eye-candy meals laid on the table. They started digging in.

Shido just watched them all grab their food on their plate like a proud father. He was so in the moment that he didn't even realize he hadn't even gotten a plate yet.

"Thisshhhs ishhhs shooo ggguooddd I cccssan't ssshhtaaop eating it." Tohka said with her mouth full as she was eating like she hadn't eaten in months.

"Tohka, you must eat slowly and gracefully, or it might be a turnoff." Origami replied vaguely.

"I won't fall for that again." Tohka replied. Little did she know it was a trap as Tohka was chewing and looking at Origami. She took a piece of teriyaki from Tohka's plate and ate it.

"Umuuuu." Tohka screamed angrily as Origami pretended nothing bad had happened.

Shido then turned to Miku who was trying to feed Natsumi.

"Say ahhhhhh little Natsumi, make way for the airplane," Miku said happily and childishly, holding her spoon to the annoyed Natsumi, who was covering her mouth, gesturing for Miku to stop.

"Awww, you are so cute, Natsumi." Miku said this with one hand on her cheek and the other still trying to feed Natsumi, who was frustrated and flustered.

Shido's sight then moved to Kotori and Yoshino.

"So how are you, Yoshino and Yoshinon? Your group has gotten bigger, hasn't it?" Kotori said, like a big sister. Trying to prove a certain white-haired girl wrong by compensating for something.

"Y-Y-Yes, I a -afraid it might get biggger." Yoshino said, shyly avoiding eye contact and looking down at her plate.

"Yes, in fact, too many to deal with," the puppet said in a defeated tone, its hands fluttering and down.

Shido then switched to the twins. Kaguya was still doing her and Yuzuru was helping her.

"Reminder, every time you get a correct answer, I will feed you," Yuzuru said monotonically, with a little hint of care.

"Uwaaa, I said I shall overcome this, or maybe I shall feast first, then I can overcome this dreadful and dangerous trial," Kaguya weakly said.

"Comment, bad Kaguya bad," Yuzuru said, looking at the frustrated Kaguya.

Shido continued watching them as he grabbed a plate of chicken teriyaki and rice and ate at the kitchen desk.

"I have sealed and saved all these Spirits. It's hard to believe they all tried to kill each other and me at one time, and now they are all gathered like some happy family." He thought in his mind.

One would think he is collecting them like a game, but to him, it's not like that. Shido sealed all the Spirits of these people, all of them girls. Someone who was once on the run from something is now finally able to be a part of and function in society, or at least close enough.

Shido then thought he could ask them for help, but did not entertain the idea.

"Maybe I could ask them for help and get a little insight,"

It's too big, according to Kotori, and it might bother them too much. It's one thing if it's assistance in battle or to help with some activities, but with the White Reaper's demands, it's too troubling for them.

"The only ones who can help me in this situation are Origami, Miku, and maybe the twins." Shido thought as he looked at them enjoying their meals and interacting with one another.