LIGHTNOVELONLINE 78 – Growing
The moment her crack healed completely the spirit pressure became even heavier and Nel Tu's body began to grow. The large scar across her face had disappeared right along with the crack on her Hollow mask like they had never been there in the first place. Her short vibrant green hair grew along with her body until it reached all the way down to her ass.
The originally large rags she was wearing were now struggling to cover her chest and ass with the bottoms of both peeking out from under it. Something Hisashi definitely appreciated. "Unfortunately" he didn't have any access to clothing to help her cover up right now. A large black number three tattoo was visible on her back.
She was also holding a katana shaped zanpakuto in her hand now that hadn't been there before.
She suddenly rushed at Hisashi faster than any of the others could respond. All she ended up doing was giving him a big hug while rubbing her face into his chest happily. Despite her having hugged him plenty of times in her child form Hisashi blushed quite heavily when her busty adult form was pressing her breasts against him.
How was he a two lifetimes virgin supposed to react to such a thing. He might talk a big game, but that's all it was. Talk. As for real experience he had little to none, so this was kind of beyond his level.
All he could do was try not to stare at her cleavage and awkwardly hug her back while avoiding cutting her with his blades.
"What did you do to Nel Tu?!" Harribel shouted.
"She's ok... really," Hisashi told her awkwardly. Nelliel very well might be older than Harribel herself despite her treating her like some kind of surrogate daughter while she was in her child form.
Pesche and Dondochakka hugged each other with tears in their eyes. They might have hoped that Nelliel never recovered so she could enjoy her life in ignorant bliss, but that didn't mean they didn't miss their former superior. "Nel-sama!" they cried out together.
"Oh my..." Sung-Sun said with a playful smile.
Hisashi coughed awkwardly. "N-Nel... a-are you okay?" he said nervously. He wasn't sure exactly what to expect. He had healed her injury and returned her to her full power and adult form, but he hadn't been sure whether that would also return her original personality and memories or whether she would remain with the child Nel Tu personality.
Nelliel hummed happily after realising what she did she blushed and coughed awkwardly too. "Uhm... yes. I'm feeling much better," she said.
She looked over to Pesche and Dondochakka with a warm smile. "Thank you for being there for me and protecting me when I couldn't," she said to them.
Hisashi wasn't sure how to respond. She might have acted embarrassed, but she still hadn't stopped hugging him putting him in a rather awkward spot.
Apacci looked down at her chest, then at Nelliel's, then back at her own, then at Harribel's, then back at her own, then at Mila Rose's, and finally back to her own again. "For some reason I'm feeling really annoyed," she mumbled.
Looking over at Sung-Sun's non-existent chest, because she was a snake, she felt a little better at least.
Mila Rose looked Nelliel up and down. "You look stronger," she told her.
Apacci deadpanned at Nelliel still hugging Hisashi. "Are you going to let go of him?" she asked.
"Hmm?" Nelliel hummed and seemed to think about it for a while before shaking her head. "No. I like it," she said adamantly.
"Maybe I should do the same..." Sung-Sun teased.
Nelliel hugged him tighter glaring at Sung-Sun.
Sung-Sun smirked. "Oh? You don't want to share your 'big brother'?" she continued to tease Nelliel.
Nelliel's blush became even deeper, but she remained adamant.
To be fair she had been hugging, climbing on and messing with Hisashi in general when she was Nel Tu and no one had said a thing to deter her. It's just that it didn't look nor feel quite as innocent when it was a busty young woman doing so rather than a snot-nosed brat.
She didn't seem to care about their or even his feelings though.
"Thank you Hisashi," she said with a big happy smile.
'At least she said my name right now,' he thought with a sigh that turned into a small smile. He was a little conflicted right now. Part of him still saw her as the little sister he had been taking care of for months now, but a different part just couldn't see her that way anymore. He was still a man after all. His eyes couldn't help but be drawn to her lips that were way too close. He gulped.
"Ehm, Nelliel-sama, shouldn't you be thankful and hug us too?" Pesche said sadly.
"Hmmm, but Hisashi smells good," Nelliel mumbled.
"Yeah, we worked really hard. Don'tcha know!" Dondochakka said.
"Thanks, you two always have my back," she said with a soft smile.
That seemed to make the two of them happier.
"Don't forget about BawaBawa, Don'tcha know!" Dondochakke said righteously.
Nelliel chuckled lightly. "Of course, how could I ever forget about him," she said.
Hisashi felt kind of awkward since she was still hugging him tightly and he didn't have the heart nor hands to push her away.
"Okay! okay! Enough of this," Apacci growled out finally splitting the two up.
Sung-Sun smirked. "Jealous are we?" she asked.
Apacci shrugged. "No one's jealous. Just don't want to see it," she bit back.
Hisashi smirked. "Whatever you say dear," he said joining Sung-Sun in teasing her.
"Mila Rose, you're tired of it too, right?" Apacci asked Mila Rose.
The gruff lioness just shrugged though. "Why do you care?" she asked.
Apacci snorted and walked off in a huff. "Whatever," she grumbled.
Harribel softly chuckled. "She will come back around," she said.
Hisashi nodded. "She-" he started.
Suddenly they heard a loud crash coming from outside their hideout.
They all rushed up the stairs.
