Hi everyone! *yawns* Ah, sorry! I stayed up last night to write this story. (I don't know why, but my ideas in writing is better at night) The poll was actually for this story, but I'm closing it down because I've made up my mind. Anyways, enjoy!

The World God Only Knows

It's the Ending for Us

Chapter 1 – The Important News

It was a sunny and peaceful Sunday in the Katsuragi household. The whole house was sparkling clean as the dark-haired younger Katsuragi, who was also a devil from the loose soul capturing team, had already got up early and cleaned the house. Mari Katsuragi had been away since the night before for a sudden trip, leaving Keima and Elsie in charge of the house. When Elsie was going to prepare the table for breakfast, Keima came to the living room with his usual PFP in his hands.

"Good morning, Kami-nii-sama!" Elsie greeted before the God of Conquest sat down on the couch. "Kami-nii-sama, last night must be very exhausting, so I made a big breakfast!"

After Elsie mentioned the word 'breakfast', Keima suddenly paused his gaming routine and turned his head from the PFP screen. "B-Big breakfast?" he asked nervously. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "Oh, I'll open it!" Keima rushed to the door and opened it to reveal blue-haired district chief standing there with her scythe, "Haqua? What are you doing here at this hour?"

"K-Katsuragi! W-Well, I'm not here to visit you… Is Elsie home? There's something I need to talk about with her," Haqua responded, looking away as she started blushing.

"Haqua!" Elsie, who noticed her best friend's visit, cheerfully ran towards the door, "What is it that you wanted to talk about to me?"

Haqua suddenly entered the house and dragged Elsie to the front yard, "Come, this is a secret! Your buddy mustn't hear about this just yet!" Haqua turned to Keima with a threatening look, "Don't you dare eavesdropping on us, Katsuragi! This is an important private matter! I'm going to cut those ears of yours if you do!"

"Huh? Why would I be interested with your girl problem?" Keima replied in an annoyed tone, which made Haqua growl angrily.

"Alright, that's it! I'll knock you into the sky instead!" Haqua repeatedly swung her scythe, but Elsie quickly pulled Haqua back so the scythe didn't hit Keima, who acted as if his life wasn't on the line at all.

"Kami-nii-sama, please leave us alone for now…" Elsie begged and Keima entered the house without saying another word, "I'm sorry, Haqua, sometimes Kami-sama talks without even thinking…"

Haqua sighed before putting her scythe back to her side, "Nah, let's just ignore him… But before I tell you about certain news, I must say that I'm impressed with your capture last night. It was a Level 4 loose soul, but you managed to capture it!"

"It was nothing, Haqua! Kami-sama was the one who chased out the spirit so that I could capture it. Plus, it was all thanks to you and the other district chiefs for the help!" Elsie replied.

"Ugh, I hate to admit it, but I guess you're right," Haqua let out an annoyed sigh, "Without Katsuragi, we wouldn't be able to capture that spirit… Anyways, this morning I got a report from Chief Dokuro. It was about the contract, so have you heard anything from Nora?" Haqua explained.

"Huh? She hasn't come here, but what is it about? Does that mean that all of the loose souls have been captured?" Elsie asked as Haqua nodded with a blank expression. Elsie looked at the house and then smiled. "Well, I guess Kami-sama will be glad to hear that. He can play his games anytime he wants, and I can do band rehearsals with my friends," Elsie's smile turned into a frown when she turned to the former valedictorian, who had a sad look on her face.

"That's not all of it. All members of the loose soul capturing team must return to Hell, and probably we won't be going back here anymore," Haqua finished her explanation, but then noticed the shocked look on her friend's face. "I understand how you're feeling to leave your friends, but we can't do anything about it. It's an order, all members of the team must go back to Hell during midnight when people are asleep so that they won't notice that we're gone."

Haqua noticed that Elsie wasn't listening to her anymore. She had her face hidden as she lowered her head and quiet sobs could be heard, "Why…? It feels like yesterday I met Kami-sama… But now, I can't see him again?"

Haqua approached the sobbing devil and put a hand on her back, "I know how you feel, because I... I'm starting to think... that Yukie is my family too…" Haqua's grip on her scythe was getting tighter as she tried stopping herself from crying in front of Elsie, "It must be really hard for you to leave so many people you care about, while I have one precious person to be left behind," Elsie suddenly hugged Haqua, and surprisingly the district chief hugged her back.

After hugging each other for a moment, Haqua broke the hug and wiped her wet face from tears, "Okay, I guess I'll head home now… I have to start packing now… Let's meet up here tonight…" Haqua said before she flew away.

Elsie wiped her tears and then entered the house to find Keima lying on the couch. She rushed to the side of the couch to check up on him. "Kami-sama, are you okay?"

"Stomach… empty… can't… game…" Keima replied weakly.

"Ah, I completely forgot! I'm sorry, Kami-sama! I'll make you breakfast right away!" Elsie quickly ran to the kitchen and started cooking. When Keima was going to stand up to stop her from cooking him a bad breakfast, he fell back down to the couch due to his hunger.

A few moments later, Elsie came back to the living room with a plate in her hand. Keima decided not to look at his breakfast by turning away, but Elsie used her hagoromo to wrap him and forced him to eat. "Here, I've made you some curry!" Elsie's hagoromo forced Keima to open his mouth wide and Elsie spilled the whole plate of curry into his mouth. "Kami-sama, I hope you like spicy! The chili from Hell that I put in was three times spicier than the chili in the human world!"

"H-Hree himes!?" Keima said with a shocked expression, not caring that his mouth was full of curry. After he swallowed it, his whole face turned red and he started running around the house, "IT BURNS! WATER!" He ran to the kitchen splashed his mouth with tap water.

A little later after the incident, both of them sat quietly in the living room. Keima was playing his PFP as usual while Elsie was watching Kanon's live concert on TV. As much as she was a fan of the idol, the thought of her leaving her 'brother' and her bandmates kept her from enjoying the show. She had to keep the fact to herself and the rest of the capturing team, so she decided to speak up with a different topic instead.

"Kami-sama, I'm sorry about your breakfast… I should have asked whether you like spicy or not…" Elsie said with a sigh.

"You're still thinking about it?" Keima turned his head from the PFP screen and looked at Elsie. "It's not that I hate spicy, but you should watch out for the ingredients you put in your cooking. Next time, put things that make sense and edible!" Keima commented as Elsie lowered her head in guilt.

"I'm sorry…" Elsie looked at the Keima, who was back to his PFP, "Um… Kami-sama? Can I ask you something?"

"What is it now?" Keima replied with an annoyed tone, his eyes still glued to the PFP screen.

Elsie paused for a moment to think, 'As long as I don't say that I'll surely leave, it should be okay, right?' Elsie lowered her head nervously, "Uh… What would you feel if I'm not staying here anymore?" Elsie asked.

"What are you talking about? We're buddies, and as long as this collar exists we can't be separated!" Keima replied while pointing at the collar on his neck.

"Y-Yes… that's true… but…" Elsie's sentence was cut off.

"But I guess it'll be fine if you're away too… I need a lot of time to play games so that I can protect my pride as the God of Conquest, rather than just chasing escaped spirits that reside within the gap of a girl's heart. I need more freedom than what I have now. I'll finish this contract as soon as possible, so that I would have time with my games!" Keima replied as Elsie lowered her head again before she stood up and walked to her room quietly.

'It looks like Kami-sama doesn't mind at all. Maybe this could lighten my burden of leaving this world.' Elsie thought as she walked to her room.

Alright, that's it for the first chapter. Please review, but don't flame!

EDIT: I've updated the story without changing the flow of the current plot too much, so some might have some differences from the previous version of the story. This story was planned way before the mention of the goddesses, but I've added that part to future chapters.