Editing Toaru Majutsu no Index:Crossover4 (section)

===Part 1===

2 PM was a relaxed time.

It was the interval between lunch and the 3 PM snack, so it tended to be extremely slow.

“Nee-chaaan.”

Jinnai Shinobu, who had turned 6 this year, ran around the thatch-roof house.

“Where are you, Nee-chan?”

“What is it, Shinobu? That’s the bucket for kitchen garbage.”

“Oh, Nee-chan!”

Shinobu shut the lid to the trash bucket in the corner of the kitchen and turned around.

The young boy grabbed onto the waist of a Zashiki Warashi who had long hair, wore a red yukata, and had an incredible figure.

“C’mon, we can’t get started without you, Nee-chan!”

“?”

“Come here. At Mach speed!”

He tugged on her hand, guiding her out of the kitchen, through the living room, and into the hallway. They were apparently on the way to the tea room.

Shinobu called out to some others as he marched along with the Zashiki Warashi in tow.

“You come too, giant pig.”

“Boo. Sure thing.”

“You come for a bit too, White Queen.”

“Eh heh heh. I’d do anything if it meant playing with my brother.”

“Hmm?”

The Zashiki Warashi’s eyebrows moved unnaturally. She had a bad feeling about this. It felt like something was beginning again. Her sixth sense was picking up on an atmosphere that told her she would later look back on this and realize there had been plenty of hints of it coming.

And once they reached the large tea room, 6-year-old Shinobu made an announcement to the people who had gathered there at some point.

“Okay! Since we’re all here, let’s do one of those group blind date things!!”

The Zashiki Warashi’s mind went entirely blank.

This was an unbelievable bombshell.

“Eh? Um? Wait!”

“Because a group blind date is apparently the latest way to have fun! I’ve got to check it out!!”

“What??? Sh-Shinobu? Could you explain what you’re talking about?”

“We all get together at the same table. I go on this side with the boys and you go on that side with the girls!”

She tried to protest some more, but she was entirely rejected.

And the warriors of love seated at the long table in the tea room were as follows.