Chapter 6: Bento Warfare
"Kami Nii-sama! Please wake up!" Elsee said as she knocked on the capturing god's door.
"..." No response from Keima.
"I'm coming in~" Elsee said as she entered.
Keima was seating in his game chair with his earpiece on, playing games.
"Kami Nii-sama! It's time for school!" Elsee repeated.
"..." Still no response.
"Kami Nii-sama!" Elsee screamed as she pulled Keima's earpiece off.
"Ahh! What are you doing, you buggy demon?!" Keima screamed as he turned around.
"It's almost time for school, Nii-sama!" Elsee reminded Keima as he packed his stuff.
"Mother has already prepared breakfast, so hurry up!" Elsee said as she exited his room.
"Today is..." Remembering the importance of the events that may and most likely will occur, Keima sighed as he went to the living room.
"G-Good morning..." Tenri said when Keima sat down.
"U-Um, K-Keima-kun..." Tenri said.
"?" Keima looked towards Tenri without hesitation.
"!" Tenri was caught by surprise and said, "Never mind, it's nothing...".
When the trio finished their breakfast, they made their way to school.
"Nii-sama~ If you keep playing your games, you're bound to knock into something!" Elsee warned but Keima continued to game as he walked.
"Hmph, nothing will obstruct the path of the capturing god!" Keima said proudly.
When they entered the school, Yui was waiting for them near the entrance.
"Darling!~" Yui said as she waved at Keima.
Keima looked away as he swiftly made his way to the classroom.
"Hold on darling~" Yui said as she grabbed Keima's arm.
"L-Let go of me!" Keima said as he struggled.
"Hey, isn't that the otamega?" Someone from the masses of students said.
"Here's the promised bento~" Yui said as she handed her bento to Keima.
"Sure..." Keima said as he took the bento.
"I sure hope you'll pick me, my darling~" Yui said with a wink as she left.
"Nii-sama, we've got to hurry up if not we'll be late for class" Elsee said as she pushed Keima.
When Keima sat down on his seat, he found two bentos with notes stuck on them.
One was from Ayumi while the other was from Chihiro.
Before homeroom started, Tenri handed her bento to Keima.
"D-Diana told me that I should cook something for you too..." Tenri said.
"Thanks." Keima said with a soft and gentle tone.
"I-It's nothing..." Tenri said while blushing before returning to her seat.
"The transfer student made a bento for otamega?! I'm so jealous!" A male student complained.
Keima went back to reading the note on Ayumi's bento.
The note read:
I'm only doing this because Mercury told me too.
After reading the note, Keima looked at Ayumi.
Ayumi realized that they were both staring at each other and turned away.
Keima then took a look at Chihiro's note.
Her note read:
I may be a normal girl, but I have confidence in my cooking skills!
"Sigh, they're missing the point aren't they?" Keima thought to himself.
Lessons continued as usual.
During a short break, Tsukiyo came to visit Keima.
"Keima..." Tsukiyo said.
"Hmhph?" Keima looked at the small girl.
"Here..." Tsukiyo said shyly as she handed Keima her bento.
"Thank you." Keima said sincerely.
"?!" Tsukiyo started blushing as Keima thanked her.
"Y-You're w-welcome." Tsukiyo said as she went back to class.
"Wasn't that Tsukiyo Kujo from class 2-A?" A girl said.
"I wonder what's her relationship with the otamega?" Another boy said.
"Even Tsukiyo-san gave you a bento!" Elsee said in a surprised tone.
"Well, it's not surprising after yesterday's event." Kema said in a logical manner.
"Is that so..." Elsee said.
The teacher for the next lesson quickly came.
During the next break, Shiori was next to visit Keima.
"U-Um, Keima..." Shiori said meekly.
"Yes?" Keima replied.
"H-Here..." Shiori said as she handed her bento to Keima.
"Thanks..." Keima said in a slightly depressed yet sincere tone.
"T-Then I'll take my leave..." Shiori said as she left.
"Another bento?!" A male student said.
"Finally, the deciding event has come. This will be the deciding factor on which route I will take." Keima thought.
"Will Keima-kun be alright?" Tenri thought.
"We'll finally decide on who will get Katsuragi!" Diana replied in Tenri's mind.
The long awaited lunch break bell finally rang as Keima and Elsee carried the bento to the rooftop while Tenri followed.
On the rooftop, Kanon was waiting there.
"K-Kanon?!" Keima exclaimed when he saw Kanon.
"I had a busy schedule today so I couldn't come for school today. Here's your bento." Anon said as she handed Keima her hand-made bento to Keima.
"Well, I've gotta go!" Kanon said as her helicopter came to pick her up.
Tsukiyo, Yui, Shiori, Ayumi and Chihiro came up to the rooftop after a few minutes.
"..." There was a moment of silence before Elsee spoke, "Kami Nii-sama, you should start trying the bentos right away!"
Keima reluctantly took a bite out of everyone's bento.
First it was Yui's bento. Her ingredients were fresh and very high quality, as expected of someone from a rich family. The taste and flavor were great, but not at an exceptional level.
Next was Tenri's bento. Her ingredients were normal, but the food was made small an easily digestible, as expected of ones "childhood friend".
Next was Ayumi's bento. She had proper proportions of each food group which would be expected of an athlete.
Keima the proceeded to tasting Chihiro's bento. An average taste fit for an average girl, but even average bentos have their charm.
Tsukiyo's bento was next. Her bento was in perfect symmetry, the taste was quite satisfying.
It was then followed by Shiori's bento. Hers was neatly packed and tasted great. "She must have gone through a lot of cooking books to be able to obtain such a taste, but cooking is not an experiment, every factor must also be considered." Keima thought as he chewed on the food.
Finally, it was Kanons bento. It was different from yesterday's bento. "Maybe she put in extra effort to make it?" Keima thought as he tasted the bento.
While Keima was individually tasting the bentos, the girls were nervously looking at him until Elsie asked them what they made.
When Keima finished, he just took his PFP out and started playing.
"Kami Nii-sama! What about the results?" Elsee asked as the girls looked at him intensely.
"Honestly, I have no idea. I'm not a professional chef who knows how to discern specific taste." Keima said with a lazy attitude.
"Then grade it by your own standards!" Chihiro said.
"If I grade it by my own standards, it would have been a tie. Because..." Keima said as he paused dramatically and pushed his spectacles up the bridge of his nose.
"... All heroines are equals! They each have their own special charm!" Keima continued pointing a finger at Chihiro.
"O-Okay, you don't have to shout at me!" Chihiro shouted back.
"Well, since Nii-sama can't decide, let's just eat it!" Elsie said optimistically.
"Well, if El-chan says so..." Ayumi said reluctantly.
"Y-Yeah, then let's eat!" Chihiro said as everyone sat down, taking bits of each other's bento and eating it.
While eating, Chihiro and Ayumi asked Tenri about her relationship with Keima.
"W-Well... We're childhood friends... Sort of i guess..." Tenri said vaguely.
"Tsukiyo-san, you should also have some." Elsie suggested as she pushed the bentos towards Tsukiyo.
"Sure, I will humor you and have some." Tsukiyo said as she ate the bento.
"Darling~ Say 'Ahhh'~" Yui said as she tried to feed Keima.
"I can eat by myself!" Keima said as he dodge Yui's attempt to feed him.
"K-Katsuragi-san, here..." Shiori said as she gave Keima a bottle of tea.
"Thanks." Keima said as he took a sip.
But he then realized that the bottle was close to empty.
"Did anyone else drink this before me?" Keima asked Shiori.
"Well, it was pass around so everyone got a sip?" Shiori said naively.
"!?" Keima was shocked for a second before he calmed down.
"Is something wrong?" Shiori asked.
"Nothing's wrong!" Keima said with a forced smile before gaming again.
"..." After a while, Shiori finally realised what had shock Keima.
"W-Wait, all of us drank out of that bottle, so our lips all had physical contact with the bottle which means..." Shiori thought.
"...We indirectly kissed him?!" Shiori said out loud.
"Ehhhhh?!" Everyone shouted at once.
"S-S-Shiomiya-san, what do you mean by that?"Chihiro and Ayumi were the first ones to react.
"W-Well, we all took a sip from that bottle and since Katsuragi-san was last to drink..." Shiori said meekly.
Everyone turned towards Keima who was gaming vigorously to avoid the question.
"Everyone calm down!" Keima said.
"!" Everyone instantly stopped.
"An indirect kiss doesn't really matter does it? Besides, I've kissed hundreds of girls before, in my games, a small thing such as an indirect kis-" Before Keima continued, Ayumi started strangling Keima.
"O-O-OW!" Keima screamed in pain.
"What was that Katsuragi?!" Ayumi screamed as she strangled him even harder.
"K-Keima-kun..." Tenri said as she panicked.
"Don't worry, Tenri-chan. Nii-sama is tough enough to withstand it the second time!" Elsie said with a silly smile.
"S-Second time?!" Shiori thought as she looked at the violent scene before her.
"Talk like that again and i won't spare your life." Ayumi said angrily but with a slight blush.
"Keima, are you alright?" Tsukiyo asked.
"Yeah..." Keima said.
"It's not like I'm worried about you or anything, it would be bad if you got seriously injured..." Tsukiyo said as she looked away.
Lunch time passed by as everyone enjoyed the bentos.
The 6th chapter is here! Thanks to Basjetball for the beta-edits. I wonder how my story will turn out? Feel free to drop your opinions! I'm still looking for beta editors (As the saying goes: the more the merrier) to help me so feel free to join _ Please R&R!