Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

"Okay, see you at noon! Oh, and Master! Remember to bring me canelés~!"

"understood."

Kitagawa Yu hung up the phone in annoyance, then looked at Ai again.

Their eyes met, and Xiao Ai's heart, which had just slowed down, suddenly started beating faster again.

"Huh? Yu, what are you doing here? And Ai-chan is here too?"

Ayumi's energetic voice came from the direction of the torii gate, which made Kitagawa Yu freeze instantly, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

“Yes, Ai also wanted to come and help.” Kitagawa Yu turned to Ayumi and explained.

At this moment, Ayumi had also changed into a shrine maiden's outfit and was holding a broom.

Actually, she didn't need to change her clothes since they were going to school together after breakfast, but she seemed to feel that changing her clothes made her look more dignified, so she would always change them intentionally.

"Alright then, let's begin! Xiao Ai will be in charge of cleaning the courtyard, and I'll clean the worship hall and the main hall!"

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Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

Clearly, he can only go to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for everyone now.

Nearby, Xiao Ai, who was also feeling a bit down, felt much better after noticing his reaction, and even the stars in her eyes seemed to shine brighter.

Lunch break arrived quickly, and the location was still the rooftop of the teaching building. However, with the addition of Kiko, there were now five people sitting together.

And

"It was Ayako who wanted to watch anime, not me~" Yukiko explained earnestly.

Well, Yukiko certainly didn't want to miss the rare opportunity to sit openly with Ayako and Kitagawa Yu to watch anime.

"By the way, senior, my student wants me to go with her to see the performance of Walnut Hill Elementary School this afternoon. Could you help me ask for leave?"

Kitagawa Yu was eating the fried noodle bread that Ayumi had tried to make herself when he suddenly asked a question.

She couldn't get Kobayashi Keika, the school doctor, to give her a prescription, and it wasn't easy to find other excuses, so he originally planned to skip class in the afternoon.

Anyway, as long as you're thick-skinned enough, not afraid of being seen as a delinquent, and don't plan to go to university, skipping classes doesn't really matter.

However, seeing Yukiko reminded him of the time he took leave to help Ayako with her music arrangement. If Yukiko could easily help him get the leave slip, he wouldn't have to skip class anymore.

"Glug!" Yukiko swallowed the food in her mouth first, then exclaimed in surprise, "Eh? Yu, you already have a disciple?"

“I know that!” Ayumi chimed in. “That’s the daughter of the bakery owner across the street from our house. She’s a third-year junior high school student, but she’s been staying in the hospital for a long time because of her illness. Last time Yu and I went to the hospital, Yu taught her an ancient martial arts breathing technique, saying it could cure her illness, so she became Yu’s apprentice.”

"Huh? Breathing techniques can cure diseases?" Yukiko asked curiously.

“Well… actually, no. I just wanted to help her get back on her feet.” Kitagawa Yu shrugged and explained, “The real treatment is actually using divine power.”

"So that's how it is." Yukiko was still a little curious.

Using such precious divine power to heal a stranger is too extravagant, isn't it? But she couldn't say much about it.

"No problem, leave the leave request to me!"

Yukiko raised her chin and patted her chest in agreement; this kind of small matter was no challenge for her at all.

Half an hour later, Kitagawa Yu left the school after having lunch and took the subway to the hospital.

Perhaps it was because she was finally going to see Kousei Arima, but she was so excited that when he arrived, Kaoru had already changed her clothes and was pacing back and forth by the bed, waiting for him.

"Master, you're finally here! I've been waiting for so long, you're so slow!"

"Come on, it's only one o'clock, there's plenty of time, isn't there?"

"That's true, but where's my canelé?"

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Kitagawa Yu glared at her irritably and slammed the paper bag he was carrying directly onto her head.

The sweet aroma emanating from the canelé inside the paper bag made Xiao Xun take a deep breath, and she happily squinted her eyes.

"Thank you, Master~"

Xiao Xun grabbed the paper bag with a grin and quickly tore it open.

Perhaps the breathing technique was finally starting to work. After a week, and with her secretly practicing it whenever she was bored, her complexion was much better than before.

As long as you avoid strenuous exercise, you can resume normal activities and be discharged from the hospital.

Of course, her current vitality comes at the cost of developing her physical potential and does not help her condition at all.

To be cured, Kitagawa Yu needs to make a wish using the power of his own heart.

"Master, ah~~~"

Kitagawa Yu naturally opened his mouth to accept her feeding, and before he could even sit down, she pulled him away from the ward.

"Let's go, Master. I arranged to meet Watari-kun at the entrance of Walnut Hill Elementary School."

The hospital wasn't far from Walnut Hill Elementary School. Kitagawa Yu had already checked the commuting route on his way there, and it would only take about twenty minutes to get there.

However, they didn't arrive very early.

Whether or not the elementary school's arts festival was really as famous as Xiaoxun had said, when the two of them arrived, the campus was already almost overflowing with people. Everywhere there were adults with children, and most of them were probably there because of the reputation, rather than being students or parents of the school.

"Is it really necessary? Even if their skill level is high, it's still only at the level of an elementary school student, right?" Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

"Because many parents want to see the quality of education here for themselves before transferring their children to this school."

As Xiao Xun explained, she turned her head and looked around. As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly looked in one direction and waved her hand with a joyful expression.

"Ryo-kun Watari! And Tsubaki is here too! Long time no see~!"

Kitagawa Yuya followed her gaze and saw Watari Ryota, who had a pompadour hairstyle, wore ripped jeans and a knitted sweater and looked like a delinquent, walking towards them with a pretty girl with short, ear-length hair, wearing a baseball jacket and a pleated skirt.

Although this is their first meeting, based on the anime's setting, this should be Arima Kousei's childhood friend, Sawabe Tsubaki.

To be honest, Sawabe Tsubaki looks a bit like Ayumi, but having watched the anime, he knows that the usually carefree Sawabe Tsubaki is quite dishonest when it comes to feelings, far less so than the 'brave' Ayumi in this regard.

Moreover, she also appeared somewhat introverted in front of strangers.

"Long time no see, Kaoru, you look much better." Tsubaki Sawabe greeted Kaoru with a smile, then looked curiously at Yu Kitagawa.

There was nothing she could do; as soon as Kaoru got off the train, she took Kitagawa Yu's arm affectionately.

"Who is this?"

"Ah! Tsubaki, you don't know yet?" Kaoru said with a grin, "Then let me formally introduce you. This is Kitagawa Yu, my mentor and boyfriend~"

"Cough cough cough-"

Violent coughing sounds came simultaneously from the throats of Watari Ryota and Sawabe Tsubaki across from them. Watari Ryota, in particular, had his face turn red from coughing, and his eyes were wide open in disbelief, as if they were about to jump out of their sockets.

"Huh? Master? And boyfriend?"

"That's right!" Xiao Xun said proudly, "My master is a very talented composer, and he's super nice to me too. I really like him, so I took the initiative to pursue him and won him over~"

That's right, that's why Kaoru called Kitagawa Yu over.

Originally, she wanted to say that Kitagawa Yu had pursued her, but after Kitagawa Yu's strong protest, she had to change it to that she had pursued Kitagawa Yu herself.

In addition, because Kitagawa Yu had said that breathing techniques should not be known to outsiders, Kaoru did not mention that she studied martial arts, but instead pointed out Kitagawa Yu's identity as a composer.

Therefore, after listening to the music, Ryota Watari and Tsubaki Sawabe naturally mistakenly thought that Yu Kitagawa was Kaoru's mentor in composition.

Is he really as amazing as you say?

Perhaps it was the first time he, a star student, had been dumped, and in his excitement, Ryota Watari couldn't help but ask a somewhat rude question.

"Of course! You'll see—"

As she spoke, Xiao Xun temporarily released Kitagawa Yu's arm, took out her phone from her pocket, quickly opened the YTMusic app, and switched to the leaderboard page.

A dozen seconds later, Watari Ryota and Sawabe Tsubaki leaned back in perfect unison, their eyes widening involuntarily as they gasped in shock.

There's no way around it, Kitagawa Yu's 'achievements' are just too dazzling.

On the daily sales charts, "Idol" and "Monster" still firmly hold the first and second positions. Moreover, thanks to the boost from these two songs, the sales of other songs that have been available for some time, such as "Running Towards the Night" and "Love Circulation," have also increased to varying degrees.

As a result, his works occupied five of the top ten spots.

And on the monthly sales rankings, it's even more outrageous.

"Running Towards Night" is currently ranked first because it was released earlier, followed by "Idol", "Monster", "Kick Back" and "Love Circulation".

The top five spots are all occupied by works by Yu Kitagawa, and seven of the top ten spots are occupied by his works.

"The reason there are only seven songs is because our master has only released seven songs so far~"

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Seeing Xiao Xun's smug look, Kitagawa Yu felt a little embarrassed.

And he clearly wrote eight songs.

Obviously, "Ready!!", which didn't perform well, was directly excluded by Kaoru.

She was clearly very excited when she listened to it at the LiveHouse.

"Okay, your mentor/boyfriend is really amazing!"

Sawabe Tsubaki was the first to recover, glancing at Watari Ryota, who was quite shocked, and couldn't help but smile.

Because by then she had already figured it out.

Xiao Xun has a boyfriend, which is obviously a good thing for her!

Especially since Kaoru and Kitagawa Yuu are very loving, the more capable Kitagawa Yuu is, the better it is for her.

Wouldn't that mean no one would compete with her for Arima Kousei?

Watching Kaoru put down her phone and naturally link her arm with Kitagawa Yu's again, leaning against him, Tsubaki Sawabe couldn't help but think to herself.

"Hmm, seeing how loving she and Kitagawa-san are, she should be cutting ties with Kousei, right?"

"That blockhead Kousei, he's such a blockhead, I guess I'm the only one who would want him!"

"But... is it really that easy for a disciple and master to become close? Kousei seems to be getting a little too close to his disciple, Nagi, lately."

Sawabe Tsubaki couldn't help but think of Aizawa Nagi and the four-hand piano duet she and Arima Kousei were about to perform. She immediately frowned, and a deep sense of worry arose in her heart once again.

Losing to Kaoru is one thing, but if she loses to even Nagi, an elementary school student, she'll really cry her eyes out!