Chapter 10: The Intruder

Once upon a time, there's a man called Kanzaki Hajime.

He was so stupid Tatsumi Oga killed him.

The End.

Well, not really, but he might as well be dead. Least that's what Furuichi thought. Few hours ago, Furuichi had followed Hilda's lead to infiltrate Aki's home, only to be caught. He then found out Aki belonged to the Shimizudani yuzaku group, thus ended up having to cover up for her of being Baby Beel's 'mother' when they were being interrogated by her parents. And when he thought things couldn't be any worse, Kazaki claimed that he was dating Aki...

Among all the very much surprising news that was revealed today, the last one took the cake.

-Few Hours Ago-

"Arh? I guess I forgot to tell you, Oga, Aki and I are dating." Kanzaki said with a taunting smile, obviously trying to rile the brown hair boy up. He had no choice in pretending to be Aki's boyfriend because of his family, so he might as well milk every single benefit of it, and this, was one of them.

It was virtually no secret in Ishiyama High that the Raging Ogre cares about his stupid childhood friend, especially recently when he began to show more affection towards her. In fact, Kanzaki had to suffer from Himekawa's bitching about how over-protective Oga was being when the both of them were hospitalized in the same room.

Kanzaki smirked, watching all their expressions carefully. They were all staring at him, their eyes all widened by a smudge, even the blonde chick that always seemed to be unfazed by anything.

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"WHAT THE HELL?" Much to Kanzaki's annoyance, it wasn't Oga who had blown up, it was his retarded friend, Furuchi something. The boy had stood up out of agitation, his eyes wide, mouth gapping, an accusing finger pointing straight at them. "Y-You, you're dating him?"

A tick appeared on Kanzaki's head. What did he meant by him? Anyone would die for the opportunity to date him. Still, his eyes never strayed far from Oga, still waiting for his response.

Oga just sat there, staring blankly at them, particularly at their interlocked hands. Kanzaki can feel Aki fidgeting, obviously uncomfortable under Oga's gaze. Kanzaki never meant to sabotage Aki's little crush on that asshole, but this opportunity to aggravate him was just too good to pass up. After all, things will always turn out right in the end.

Somehow.

Suddenly, after what seemed like forever, Oga blinked. He blinked, before a much too dazzling smile appeared on his face, as if someone had told him he's the King and everyone is his salve. Kanzaki even had to double take to make sure he wasn't imagining that much too gag-worthy smile.

"Oh, I see. Congratulations."

That was all he said.

"Why are we doing this again? I just want to sleep," Oga droned, finding himself sneaking around the Shimizudani's manor in the middle of the night with Hilda. Well, they weren't exactly sneaking really, the both of them walked as if they owned the place.

"Shut up, you trash."

"Why just me? Why is it that Furuichi can get out of this? Why can't the idiot suffer with me?" Oga tried to argue, only to be silenced by Hilda's glare.

"It will only be counterproductive to bring that idiot, and this is what we've come for in the first place. You agreed to it." Hilda reminded, sliding another door open and took a peek at it. Nope, no demonic aura so far.

"Well yeah, but that was before it'll be this troublesome." Oga scoffed. Though Hilda had said they were here to get Aki, her main purpose was to find out about that sensei of hers, not that Oga cared. He was here to demand an answer for that pathetic three lines note Aki had gave him, and he got it, so he was pretty much done really.

"Hm? Why? Are you still moody about finding out Aki-san is dating that other trash?" Hilda taunted, and much to her amusement, she saw Oga's eyes twitched at the mention of it.

"NO! Why? Why will I be moody? It's not like it has anything to do with me, she can date whoever she wants! It doesn't bother me at all! Aren't we here to find Aki's sensei huh? Come on, let's just find this bastard so I can go back to sleep!" Oga ranted immediately, pushing past Hilda and walked ahead, that familiar scowl back on his face.

Behind him, Hilda smirked. Honestly, if he's smart enough, he'll notice that Shimizudani girl's actions up till now and what they've discovered today doesn't match up, leaving so many loopholes everywhere. Just the pressure and superiority her parents held over her was just apparent enough to prove that whole 'dating' thing was a scam.

Humans are just so stupid.

Still, it did entertain her quite a bit, satisfying her sadistic side. She would love to add more fuel to it or simply watch Oga stew in his own misery, but sadly, the proclamation of Aki-san and that Kanzaki guy did not gain the approval of Baby Beel. Guess she had no choice but to interfere, after all, she was the faithful servant of the Demon Lord.

Right after she was done with her investigation of course.

"Still, it wouldn't hurt if she tell us she's dating that what-his-face, 'cause like I've said, I wouldn't care." Oga continued to grumble. Surprisingly, Baby Beel was still sleeping peacefully at the front of his shirt, clinging to him like a little koala bear.

"Mm," Hilda mumbled half-heartedly, sliding open another door. It was no use, there's just no demonic presence anywhere. Early before, she was certain she felt a wisp of it when they were being interrogated, and when they are finally free to ask around, everyone kept saying they've missed the sensei by a few minutes.

It was obvious that 'sensei' was trying to hide from them, and Hilda was determined to find out who he was.

Suddenly, an idea popped into her head. Such a simple and brilliant idea, why didn't she thought of it before? It's so brilliant it's going to solve both her problems at one go.

"This way," Hilda said curtly, grabbing by Oga's collar and forcefully dragged him away despite his protests. She manoeuvred through the hallways and corners, as if knowing the whole place like the back of her hand, and finally, they reached...

A backyard.

A normal backyard.

A normal, unimpressive, boring backyard.

"What are we doing here?" Oga deadpanned, looking around the said normal backyard. He almost cringed at the sight of it, cause the backyard was filled with all sort of flowers, with a lavish looking koi pond in the corner. It was considered as an extremely elegant and beautiful backyard by anyone, but to Oga, it was so perfect and posh that it just gets on his nerve. In fact, the urge of destroying this backyard was increasing by the second.

"Climb."

"Huh?" Oga turned to meet the she-demon, an eyebrow raised questionably.

"Climb, and get in through that window." She pointed towards the manor, an open window in sight.

"What? Now? What if there's someon-"

"Too much nonsense," Hilda stated simply before grabbing Oga wrist and threw him towards the window.

"WAHHHHH!" No, Oga did not scream. He's too manly for that. He. Did. Not. Scream. Like. A. Girl. "OFFFT!"

"WHAAAAAAAAA!"

Luckily for Oga, his manly scream was mixed with a real girlish scream. Wait, real girlish scream?

Oga quickly opened his eyes and turned his head to the source of the second scream, only to meet with a wide hazel pair. His face instantly flushed, only took a millisecond to realize that the person was Aki.

Oh Demon Lord, he was thrown into Aki's room, onto her bed, and he had landed right on top of her. Aki was under him.

Crap.

He shouldn't have put it this way. Under him. He wasted no time in propping himself up with his elbows, making sure there's a safe distance between his -cough- developing problem under the belt- and Aki.

He was still blushing, unable to find a word to explain this situation to Aki as she continued to stare up at him in disbelief. She was only wearing a loose silked kimono nightwear, her hair tousled from sleep, and her cheeks tainted with pink. Oga can hear his own heart pounding furiously, his breathing shallow. Honestly, he's not even sure if it's just his hormones or simply because he's guilty for having no good explanation in barging into her room through her windows.

"I-" Oga barely had a word out when he heard a large array of stomping footsteps heading their way. Before Oga can register anything, he felt Aki pushed him to the other side of the bed that was aligned with the wall, and then promptly covered his whole form with his blanket as she squashed herself against him.

The situation did not get any better. His back was hurting from being forced up against the wall, and because Aki was sitting up, she had her thighs pressed up against his face, which, Oga was sure, the colour of blood.

DAMNIT AKI! HE'S A NORMAL 17 YEAR OLD MALE FOR GOD'S SAKE!

"OJOU-SAMA! IS EVERYTHING ALRIGHT?" A loud rough voice boomed out right after the sound of sliding doors being slammed open, and Oga can hear quite a few other grunts and deep panting. Just how many people were out there?!

"Y-Yes," Oga heard Aki breathe out shakily, and he felt her shivering slightly. You know, with the thighs up her face and all -cough-, "It was just a nightmare, I'm fine. All of you can leave now."

"Are you sure Ojou-sama? That was a very loud scream." Another voice said.

"Yes, I'm fine! Please lea-"

"Dabuuuuu,"

Oga froze, and he can felt Aki tensed up. Among all the commotion, he had completely forgotten about Baby Beel. The mini demon was still attached to his front, which meant he had squashed him between Aki and him before, and it had woke and upset Baby Beel.

Strangely, it also dawned onto Oga that the whole thing that happened between him and Aki before only lasted no more than a few minutes, yet to him, it seemed like forever...

"What was that, Ojou-sama?"

Oh right! Baby Beel! Oga frantically slipped his hands onto Baby Beel's back blindly, trying to smooth him down. He can't afford to have Baby Beel exposed his presence. He'll be killed for the position he's in right now!

"No-Nothing! It's, er, hiccups! Dabu dabu! See, hiccups! Oh gee, I'm so tired, I'm ready to sleep now, please leave!"

Oh no, Baby Beel is starting to spark right now, if those bozos don't leave soon-

"But Ojo-"

"LEAVEEEEEEEEE!"

"HAI!"

The footsteps of the group of people were even louder when they ran away, and it took less time for them to disappear, all of them clearly afraid. Oga himself cringed too at Aki's demanding screech, a screech that promised the wrath of a female.

And that said screech, also became the trigger.

"DABU!"

"Whyyyyyyyyyy," I whined, lying flat on my stomach, suffering from the after effects of Baby Beel's electric shock. I'm fried, with smoke coming out of me, and I am unfortunately conscious for it.

Yep, definitely getting immune... but it still hurts like a bitch!

"Yeah, sorry about that," An equally burned out voice said from the ground. Ah, right. How can I not remember, Tatsumi had magically appeared into my room and woke me up by trying to crush me to death in my sleep.

Great friend he was, great friend.

"Dabu! Dabu!"

And the culprit of everything sat happily on my back, clapping away. Apparently, after he got all his pent up frustration let out, he's a happy camper. A happy camper with many casualties around...

I did not miss that.

I slowly sat up, taking Baby Beel off my back as I sat him properly on my laps, rubbing his back as he clung onto me, still gurgling away. Ahhh, life of a not-so-innocent baby. Tatsumi had sat up as well, now leaning against my bed frame. His head was turned so that he can see both Baby Beel and me.

"So, any reason why you're trying to murder me in my sleep?" I joked out of nervousness, quickly looked down at Baby Beel to avoid his eyes. Tatsumi had been staring at me with this intense thoughtful look, as if he was thinking about something really deep, and somehow, it just made me extremely self-conscious.

"Oi, have you heard what I sai-"

"He misses you."

"Huh?" I snapped my head up, slightly confused.

"Baby Beel, he misses you." He pointed, his voice slightly softer. "He misses his mother."

"Oh," was all I can say, before looking down at Baby Beel again. Just as Tatsumi said that, Baby Beel had climbed up to my boob, proceeding to pat my face playfully. And when I said that, I actually meant, he was actually slapping my face.

"Oh gee, I miss this little bugger too. I mean, who's there to electrocute me half to death then made it his life mission to make my face swollen like a pig?" I deadpanned, plucking Baby Beel's off and threw it back to Tatsumi carelessly, the baby loving the abuse. Tatsumi had caught the said baby easily as if he was just catching a basketball, then settled him down on his lap too.

"Oh please, as if you need any help in that."

Twitch.

"YOU-" My words were caught in my throat when Tatsumi was suddenly right at my face, his eyes narrowed.

"Huh, what do you know, Baby Beel actually left a handprint. He really did hit you quite hard."

I flushed up, instantly pushed him away, and the boy ended up falling face flat onto the ground with a loud thud.

Oops.

"WHAT THE HELL WOMAN! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?" Tatsumi roared once he got up, glaring at me.

"MY PROBLEM IS YOU, IDIOT! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM ANYWAY!"

That certainly shut him up, and he turned bright red instantaneously. Ah-ha! Caught him!

"I- er, Hilda, s-she, your sensei, window," Oga began to stutter, rubbing his neck uneasily. Even though Tatsumi wasn't making any sense right now, I got a gist what he's trying to say. I knew it! Somehow, ever since the cooking test, Hilda had asked me so many questions about my sensei. Of course, they are here for that.

"If you want to look for Gon sensei, he'll be at my father's party tomorrow. It is compulsory for everyone to go, so he can't run away. In fact, I pretty much doubt you'll miss him." I sighed.

"Oh, okay."

There was then an awkward silence, me sitting on my bed while Tatsumi sat on the ground.

"Kanzaki and you huh..." Tatsumi said out of the blue, breaking the silence. There's just something about the way he said it caused me to panic. Right, he thought Hajime and I were dating! I had completely forgotten all about it! After all, being Hajime's 'girlfriend' was something all girls would try to block out from their memories.

Still, I remember that moment when Hajime had broken the news to him. He didn't seem perturbed at all, even congratulated us. I hate to admit it, but that stung a little.

"Erm, yeah, Hajime and I..."

"Oh, right, okay."

"Yeah, we're, er, dating, sort of."

It's as if I'd said the world was ending, Tatsumi suddenly got all agitated, staring at me with wide eyes.

"Sort of? What do you mean sort of? So are you two dating or not?"

I was surprised, that's for sure, for Tatsumi never really cared about anything. Yet here he was, practically grilling me. Huh, I never knew his rivalry with Hajime was that deep. Should I tell him? My family, my chains, my inevitable future...

"Welllllll..."

A/N

Okay, not exactly a long chapter, but a quicker update? Been having more inspiration lately, so, I'll try to update as many chapters as possible asap. Something huge will be happening soon, and I'll let it be a long chapter then. Oh, and there will be more and more Oga's pov in many things, so yeah.

Thank you all for the reviews! Many made me laugh (A lot predicted Oga killing Hajime, it's hilarious), and many cheered me up. It truly did push me to keep writing. I love you guys! You make me a very contented writer.

Apologies for the cliffy, but not apologetic enough to stop. Somehow, my sadistic side just loves leaving a cliffy. It's more dramatic

Hope all of you enjoyed this chapter! Continue to review too!

P.s, I apologize for any mistakes, but I'm running late!