Chapter 5: Noblesse Oblige
I don't own Hundred. It belongs to its fabulous creator and I simply have the pleasure of using them for this fanfic.
Noblesse oblige is a French phrase literally meaning "nobility obliges". It is the concept that nobility extends beyond mere entitlements and requires the person with such status to fulfill social responsibilities, particularly in leadership roles.
Welcome to Chapter 5 of Hayato's Path. Last time Hayato and Emilia went on the town together and although they spent some time together a chance to go out led to the two escorting Hayato's mischievous sister and soon a mission had Claire Harvey also interrupting the couple's fun. Although Emilia wanted to join them Hayato quickly reminded the young woman the dangers of her secret getting out. For now the group went their separate ways but the real surprise came when Karen asked Emilia about her real identity, something she had questioned the whole time.
Emilie stopped right in her tracks because of the question "What are you talking about, Karen? I'm obviously a guy." Emilia said panicking.
"Stop Emilie, I'm not that foolish. Tons of things about you just don't make sense. Your name is an odd one for a guy. Your mannerisms aren't those of a guy, and when I mentioned my brother being a charmer your reaction gave you away" Karen revealed. "So what's going on?"
Realizing she was beat she gave up. "Alright Karen, here's the truth. My real name is Emilia Gudenberg and I'm a princess from Gudenberg. Hayato and I met in Gudenberg when I was younger. We became friends and spent a lot of time together. When the savage attacks happened, Hayato saved me, and while I liked him already, the incident caused me to fall in love with him. Long story short, I came here disguised as a guy because of the fact I was hoping to see Hayato again. I figured if I was a girl, he wouldn't be able to notice me easily."
Karen took the words in stride but one part of Emilia's story made no sense. "You're really clueless, aren't you? If you were a regular girl, he would've found you pretty easily. That's how my brother is."
"Hayato told me as much when we spoke about it." Emilia groaned. It was bad enough when Hayato told you
"Yep, although you would've had some competition. I know of at least two girls besides you who like him."
"What do you mean two girls? Who else besides me likes Hayato besides Noa and Xuemei?" Emilia asked worriedly.
"Great, so that makes four then. Well five if I count you. The blonde president likes him. I could see it in her expression and the second girl is the idol, Sakura Kirishima."
"How does Hayato know Sakura Kirishima?" Emilia asked nervously realizing something else she freaked out. "THE PRESIDENT LIKES HIM!?"
"Sakura is because after he left Gudenberg, my brother and I were sent to an institute where we met her. Her voice was very calming and it's something my brother and I both enjoyed. Hayato was the reason she became an idol and things have gotten. As for the blonde president, I have no clue why she likes him. Good luck though, Emilia." Karen smiled. She could tell the girl was nervous, so she stopped there.
"Will you keep my secret, Karen?" Emilia said nervously.
"Sure, you're important to my brother. However he is a casanova, so get used to fighting over him." Karen said calmly as the girls approached more people. Emilia breathed a sigh of relief that for now her secret was safe.
(Hayato and Claire)
Hayato and Claire were driving towards mission control after Claire had taken him from his time with his sister and Emilia. Some things had been bugging him but he decided to wait.
"I'm surprised you're so silent." Claire broke the silence. She expected him to be far more nervous since this was his first mission "
"I figured you brought me in for a reason. So if you have confidence in me, I shouldn't be so nervous." Hayato said calmly to Claire's shock.
"Tell me something, Hayato. Have you ever heard of the phrase: Noblesse Oblige?" Claire asked curiously.
"Of course I have. Let me guess, the reason you brought me along is because of that phrase." Hayato quipped.
"Exactly. I could tell you're strong and if that battle had continued, things would've gotten more interesting for me. Having a person like you is critical to little garden."
"You intentionally used your full body armament during our battle. Does that mean that our duel was a test of sorts?" Hayato wondered.
"Yes and no. I was planning to challenge you sometime soon once school started. Emilia's little acting job pushed up the timeline. If you didn't prove yourself worthy of the hype, you would've likely been expelled. Though that doesn't matter" Claire said calmly.
Hayato found the admission a surprise but didn't complain too much. Though something else was bothering the young man. "One more question. Why take so long?" Hayato asked curiously.
"On what?" Claire responded nervously.
"Why take so long to ask me to join the slayers. If you recognized my power you could've asked me earlier. Why wait three days?"
"Because your power was incomplete and you weren't ready quite yet. Charlotte Dimandius told me that you were having training sessions. I actually watched the ones you had with those kids Fritz and Retia. Once I saw you had mastered your full body armament, I decided to say something." Claire said calmly. That wasn't the true reason but she figured it would be a good enough explanation.
"Ms President, we've arrived." Liddy said from the front.
"Thank you, Liddy." Claire responded. Hayato he was led to a room where Charlotte was waiting. It was an impressive room with tons of chairs and monitors and it was clear this was a security hub.
"So here's the situation: Savages have attacked the Zwei islands. We've been asked to help there." Claire said in an authoritative tone.
"Of course it's the Zwei Islands." Hayato groaned.
"Hmm? How do you know about those islands?" Claire asked calmly.
"Sakura Kirishima, the famous idol, was gonna perform there. It seems like the perfect place for mayhem." Hayato said irritated. His connection to Sakura aside the islands were a nice spot to hang out.
"That's right. In order to protect the fans and Ms Kirishima, we need to move as quickly as possible." Erica said insistently.
"Lady Claire, we've got visuals on the savages." A young man with brown hair that was parted over his left eye. He had green eyes and was wearing a similar uniform to Hayato, but with brown shorts.
"He's young." Hayato said intrigued.
"That's right. Chris here is incredibly intelligent despite his age."
"Thank you for the compliment, Lady Claire."
"Anyway. Liddy, Erica, and I will take on the larger savages. I trust you can handle the smaller one?" Claire said calmly.
"Sure I can. Thanks to my recent training, I have full body armor now ready to go." Hayato answered. 'Plus my trump card.' Hayato thought.
"That's good. We'll make our way to the islands soon." Claire said calmly. With all of that settled Charlotte spoke up at some surprise.
"Hmm, I'm surprised Emilie isn't with you two. I would've thought he'd gladly join." Charlotte said curiously. The scientists knew the two were together so figured things would get for fun.
"He's not ready to fight. This man may have shown himself capable, but Crossford hasn't that's it." Liddy said angrily.
"A word, Charlotte?" Hayato said sternly. Despite her games, the scientist was well aware of how Hayato operated, so did what the young man wanted.
"What could they be talking about at a time like this?" Claire wondered. She decided to sneak around and listen to the conversation, so she watched which way they were headed. Once she was sure she found the room, she listened in hoping to get an idea of what was going on. Sadly she couldn't hear anything.
Hayato knew Claire was not far behind so needed to make sure their talk was truly private. When he finally found a good room to talk he activated one of his silencers.
"I'm surprised that Emilia didn't come with you guys. I knew she was with you and with her personality she would've wanted to come."
"Yea I know. It was a real headache stopping her from challenging Liddy. That would've opened a can of worms I don't need"
"That's true enough. Emilia is almost as strong as you. It wouldn't have ended well for Liddy." Charlotte agreed calmly. "You know the president is listening right?"
"Yes, and that's why I put up the silencer. I don't need Emilia getting exposed"
"That's fine with me. By the w ay I'll have more ready when you return. I get the feeling you'll need them. Now let's go get the curious president" Charlotte said teasingly. When Charlotte opened the door she was amused at Claire being right there.
"Sorry for the wait, president. Let's go." Hayato said calmly.
'Impossible. It's obvious they were saying something, but I couldn't hear it at all.' Claire wondered. Things were happening behind her back and she didn't need that.
As they arrived at the islands Hayato could see the view of the city and the devastation the three savages had already wrought upon the islands. He never forgot time he and Emilia hid from the savage as kids. The rage he felt was obvious as Claire approached him trying to calm him before the mission.
"Listen; watch us from mission control as we take out the first savage. We'll then go after the Trenta class and you can have the remaining one." Claire instructed.
"Very well and thank you for this opportunity. When I was younger a childhood friend and I were badly hurt by the savages, plus my sister's condition is related to them. I'm owed a little payback." Hayato said with venom in his voice.
Claire was stunned not realizing his connection to the savage. All things considered it was something she would have to discuss with him later.
"Lady Claire, it's time to sortie." Erica said as she had prepared herself for battle. Erica was in her own purple battle suit and Hayato had to admit made her look nice.
"Alright Erica, let's go!" Claire says as she prepared to fight. Hayato watched as the hatch below him opened and the girls quickly dropped down for battle.
Erica first used a large rocket launcher and fired missiles at the first savage weakening it. As their hundreds awakened, Hayato was impressed by what he saw. Liddy's hundred was black and gold with a drill on her left hand and a shield on her right. Erica's was purple and had a spiked dress using a chain to attack. Erica's chains surrounded the savage so Claire could blast it using her cannon. Once the core was opened, Liddy finished it off with a drill. Hayato had to admit he was impressed at the teamwork, but figured it wasn't a coincidence.
"Hayato Kisaragi, you're turn take out the other savage while we deal with the Trenta Class." Claire said sternly.
"Fine, but be careful. HUNDRED ON!" Hayato said before launching himself to seek out his savage. Hayato quickly found his opponent and he wondered just what he'd be able to do. Remembering what Claire did, Hayato first used his speed to get above the savage and used his blade to try to pierce the core but found he didn't have enough strength. 'Damn, looks like I have to go all out. Oh well, next time I'll have Emilia, so it'll be fine.' Hayato thought as he focused his energy again and opened his eyes to reveal a golden color instead of the usual purple. This time instead of the basic armor of his hundred, he had a much more refined armor. The black armor had extended and created a look similar to the armor of the savages and red goggles blocked his vision.
'Hmm, so he's bringing out the full body armor after all.' Charlotte thought as she watched the battle. Hayato quickly dispatched the savage as this time his sword pierced the armor and crushed the core.
"That was easy." Hayato said to himself. He never imagined that the full body armor plus his variant powers would give him this much strength. Unfortunately for Hayato, his amusement was quickly removed by screams from Claire. He looked over to see the giant Trenta Class and knew the girls were in trouble. "I warned her to be careful." Hayato mused. Using his speed Hayato quickly managed to get over to the girls and could see how bad things had become. Claire, Liddy, and Erica were having far more trouble than they expected. The Trenta cut Erica's chains and put the girls under serious pressure.
"Didn't I tell you to be careful, Claire?" Hayato said through his full body armor.
"So that's the full body armor." Claire observed.
"Yes it's a nice armor, but now isn't the time." Hayato said as he moved to quickly block an attack that would squash Erica. His N-barrier easily took care of the job.
"Thank you, Hayato." Erica said still stunned that the young man was so powerful.
"No problem. I'll distract it; take that chance to attack. We'll only get one so let's make it count.
"How dare you order us around!" Liddy said angrily. Liddy already had some issues with Hayato because of the way he stopped her earlier. This situation was making it more frustrating
"Calm down, Liddy. He's right." Claire admonished. Regaining herself, Claire prepared to fight once more. Hayato used his speed to cut one of the arms off of the savage. As the Savage howled in pain, Erica used her chains and this time they weren't going to get cut off.
"Now Liddy! He's trapped." Erica said calmly. Soon Liddy attacked again and did some serious damage. Claire soon followed up with a blast from her armor and the Trenta Class savage was defeated.
"Well, that was close. I wonder what will happen now?" Charlotte said as she watched the mission control sigh in relief.
After making sure everybody was okay and receiving thanks from all of the citizens, Claire and Hayato sat in the helicopter that would take them back to the school. Claire had wanted to speak to Hayato more about his increased power, plus his conversation with Charlotte bothered her.
Hayato meanwhile was focused on the happy looks of the people as they flew away. The signs that they held up showed that he made a difference this time. "I think I get what you mean."
Claire was so caught up everything that happened she missed what he was saying. "Huh? What are you talking about?" Claire wondered.
"When you mentioned noblesse oblige, I understood it in theory, but never in practice. It must be great protecting the people." Hayato said smiling.
Claire couldn't help but be stunned at how handsome the young man looked but quickly regained her focus. "Yes, that's right. However I have a question for you. What were you and Charlotte talking about earlier?"
"That's private, but don't worry I'm on your side Claire." Hayato said calmly.
Claire was annoyed but figured that she would get her answers soon enough; so she reluctantly dismissed the issue.
Meanwhile in another helicopter a young girl with pink twintails was sitting watching the news coverage. "So Hayato, you saved these people huh? What will you do next?" The girl wondered as a small smile was seen forming on her mouth.
Once they arrived back at the school, Hayato quickly returned to his dorm. Claire wanted to discuss more about what happened, so she confronted Charlotte. Unfortunately all the woman could say was to 'discuss it with Hayato' and 'it's his business'. Deciding to do just that Claire quickly found out his room number. She then asked Liddy to drop her off alone. Despite her complaints, Liddy agreed.
Claire was currently making her way up to Hayato's room hoping to get some answers. When she arrived at his room she was nervous, but also thought something was odd. Most of the students had televisions and other things on, but Hayato's room was silent. Considering what happened earlier she believed Hayato was up to something. Using a master key, she opened the door and was met with quite the shock. Hayato was naked and thrusting into a person who reminded Claire of Emilie Crossford
"Emilia, I'm coming!" Hayato shouted unaware of the new visitor as he slammed a load into Emilia.
"Hayato! Me too!" Emilia said as she came herself. The little show was too much for the visitor who finally revealed herself.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Claire shouted in a mix of shock and embarrassment
Hayato heard the voice and turned around in panic "Oh Crap." Hayato said realizing Emilia's secret was exposed and his cum was leaking from Emilia for Claire to see.
"What do we do, Hayato?" Emilia questioned nervously. She could tell that Claire was flustered but the fact was she was trapped.
"Hayato Kisaragi, Emilie Crossford, what is going on?" Claire said stunned as the two looked on in panic.
That's it for Chapter 5 everybody. Yeah another cliffhanger but it's my style. It makes the anticipation far more fun. Anyway I hope you guys liked the first battle as its part of my attempt to do more with the battle aspect of hundred. Next time Hayato and Emilia try to explain the situation but things take a far more interesting turn.