Chapter 4 The Phoenix's Tears


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"So, you are not a man eating youkai who tricks people." Haru started off. Mokou, Keine, Haru, and his parents (Mr. and Mrs. Kazaki) were in the living room. It was small, but very cozy. Everybody was sitting down, and they were all sharing tea.

Mokou nodded. At least that misunderstanding finally gotten over with. "If I was a man eating Youkai, than why would you be still in the village?"

"Because Keine saved me?"

Mokou was going to retort, but than stop. That's a very valid point. Keine is definitely one of Gensokyo's most powerful beings, with the ability to erase history. If Keine really wanted to, she could easily kill Mokou off. However, it'll take a lot to piss Keine off….actually it was easy to make her mad.

Keine shook her head towards Haru's answer. "I can't go into the forest, or else I risk endangering the whole village."

That is…..also very true, Mokou realized. Keine was responsible for keeping the human village safe from the wild Youkai, and she potentially risks dying by going into the bamboo forest of the lost.

"Well, sorry for, um, nearly killing you in the transition." Mokou said, embarrassed. Keine refused to let this incident be erased, saying that history should not be erased at random. "I was, just going with the flow."

Mr. Kazaki's eyebrows crinkled. "You were going with the flow?"

"I was acting on an impulse when I saved Haru from a Youkai." Mokou responded evenly, "It was than when Haru started um, staining his pants when I decided to knock him out. And carry him roughly to the human village."

"If that was true," Mrs. Kazaki said, "Than we should thank you for saving Haru."

Both Mokou and Keine smiled. "Well, with that over with," Keine stood up, "Mr. Kazaki, Mrs. Kazaki, it was a pleasure meeting you again. Haru, I do not hold against you if you don't go to school today. It's not everyday a human visit the Bamboo Forest of the Lost and survive unscathed.

Mokou stood up as well. Finally, she could go back home. It was a long night, escorting Haru and being scolded by Keine. When she comes back home, she'll sleep till the lunar bitch comes around and make a rukus. And than she'll kick that bitch back to the moon.

Keine walked out of the door, and Mokou followed but was stopped by a tugging on her pants.

"Hmmm?" Mokou turned her head, surprised at Haru staring at her face resolutely.

"Thank you so much!" Haru bowed, and Mokou's face was a bit red.

"Oh it wasn't much of a problem." Mokou stated, and she turned around. Haru released the hold on Mokou's pant, and after a moment of hesitation, said something that Mokou would always remember.

"You look lonely at your home. Um, if I may ask, will you be my friend?"

Mokou froze. Friend? What kind of idiocy was that human talking ….

"Mokou, you're crying." Keine said sympathetically.

Crying? Huh, Keine must be joking. Mokou had abandoned her tears a long time ago.

That's weird, Mokou thought, why was her face wet? Why was it that she could taste a little bit of salt? It couldn't be, it couldn't be! That's right, Mokou lived her life just to make Kaguya's life an absolute hell! She made a choice already, she made the largest sacrifice to do so! Than why, than why was she crying?

She's not human! She's just, a person who lost herself in the darkness. Was this, was this what Keine was referencing? Was this, who she was before meeting Keine? Was she a pitiful shambling mess that lost all hope?

So many questions swirled around Mokou's head. "Mokou?" She did not know who said that.

Flames flickered around Mokou at that moment. "Keine, I need a moment to myself." Mokou stated, and promptly ran out of the room.

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Author's notice

Probably not the best of chapters, but for me the most heartrending. No one's story is just as heartrending as Mokou's (well maybe except for Yuyuko), and most people pitied Mokou. For, Mokou was someone who lost everything at the whims of a moon princess.

I'm very surprised at how many people have viewed this story. And, for once, I have received reviews! Yah! Big shout out to Textspeak for supporting my story. Support is greatly appreciated. And big shoutout for for his flames for being a Kaguya lover! Come on, those who support that lunar bitch, come at me! For I am 100% a Mokou lover!

RusselH signing out.

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Right, just to make clear, I also do not own Highschool Dxd. And the Phoenix's tears is no way affiliated to Higshchool Dxd.

RusselH signing out officially.