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Remember Me, Hilda?

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Chapter 10
#The Locked Past, part 2#

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Hilda's POV
My name is Hirano Hinata. My Father named me, and he said that my name has a very specific meaning in it. It can mean "a bright place" or "spot rained with daylight". My Father said he wished for me to live a life without any dark.

For the first five years of my life, I have never really interacted with anyone besides my family members. It is true that my Father is capable of teaching us almost every subject, especially science. And my younger twin brother, Yuuri, would always keep me company. But still… it's a little lonely in the house. And that is why, I asked my Father to allow me to attend elementary school.

In everyone's eyes, I am the nice girl, Hirano Hinata. I keep on doing my best to interact with everyone by trying to be the type of a person they would take a liking to. But… it still doesn't feel right. I need a friend I can open up to.

It was a week after my first day of school… I saw a fight between my classmates. My parents always told me that fights are not good. I knew that.

I am aware of that more than anyone.

The boy who started the fight was Oga Tatsumi-kun. Oga-kun is the only person in my class who would never talk to me. It was weird, because I tried to talk to him on the first day of school, but all he did was ignore me.

Oga-kun sure is an interesting organism.

Seeing Oga-kun's fight, a weird feeling stirred inside me. It felt weird. Was I… excited?

NO. It couldn't be. I would never get excited over a scary fight like this. I have seen many fights before and none of them made me feel excited. This one shouldn't be any exception…

Yes, it shouldn't be…

Normal POV
The next thing she knew was that she was standing in front of his house with him looking at her, puzzled. She was doing her best to talk to him, so that he would return to school. She did that… so that he would somehow open up, at least to her.

Not because she pity him. But it was because… she wants to be near him.

And when he said he would be her friend, she felt happy beyond words. She couldn't stop to wonder… why she is really absorbed into him. Maybe that is why when he asked her what her name is, she answered it with the name she never allowed anyone to call her except for her Mother.

Hildegarde.

With this, would she become closer to him?

She knew she shouldn't be using him as the source of her excitement. Whatever he do, whatever he say, it makes her feel happy. When he called her with the name even her Mother never used, the smile on her face could never cease.

Hilda.

…Such a beautiful nickname.

Does this make them best friends?

But she knew… someday she should stop this. Someday she would tell him, that she is not someone worthy to be his friend. Someday…

It has been a week since she felt her body weakened. She couldn't concentrate in almost everything. She felt weird, especially when Tatsumi fought with one of their classmates, she didn't feel excited at all. It was really surprising for her.

On a certain day, someone in her class asked Tatsumi a question that surprised both of them. He asked whether Tatsumi likes her or not. She hoped that he would say he hates her – or at least, that is the punishment she wants to get from him for using him all this time. But deep inside her, she hopes that he would say he likes her.

…Because more than anyone… she likes him. She hates herself, for being so selfish.

When she heard his answer, she couldn't help but force a smile. Well, that was to be expected after all. She would feel even guiltier if he said he likes her.

It's fine this way…

…for both of them.

A single tear trailed down her rose-colored cheek. "I shouldn't have tried to approach him at all…" she said, using one of her hands to cover her mouth, preventing herself for making any sound. "…I shouldn't have been his friend…" she hiccupped.

"What should I do now, Yuuri…?" she cried as she threw herself in his arms, crying in his young chest.

He stroked her back gently, "Rest assured, Hinata. You just have to wait. I shall end everything for you…"

"… Every one of your sufferings…"

Unlike many children her age, she cried very quietly. "I… don't want to love anymore, Yuuri…" her tears fell from both her emerald orbs. His heart felt as if it's sliced into pieces when he saw her weak form. Her fragile figure looks like it might break at any time if he didn't do anything.

She bit her lip, trying to prevent herself for making any sound. She was using her free hand to cover her eyes and her tears.

"Then don't…" Eu took her hand and gave it a light squeeze. "You will be fine this way, for I will never betray you. In my presence, you only have to love yourself, Hilda…"

Still sobbing, she nodded.

She didn't really notice that he just called her with the nickname Tatsumi gave her. He pulled her into a warm embrace, "You are my sister, not the next vessel of a dead person…" he whispered to her.

She couldn't really hear what he said. As she already fell into a deep sleep.

Yuu closed the door behind him. He gave his sister some time alone. Not too long after that, he heard the sound of a bell approaching him and turned his head to the direction, "Hecate…" he breathed.

The kitten tilted her head. [You look down. Something happened to your sister again?]

The blond narrowed his eyes dangerously and looked at the other way, "Hilda is fine. But this boy, Oga Tatsumi, I really need to go to his place."

[Hoho? Hilda? You're using that name now? Are you playing a jealous brother here?]

He turned around and began walking away, the kitten following from behind. "I would prefer you call it 'protective brother'. I am not angry for no particular reason. That boy has made my sister suffer, and it is a common sense for me to avenge her…" he muttered in monotone.

[You're angry, Eurynomus? How cute~]

"Stop teasing me. If you have that much free time, I would rather have you help me with my problems…"

[You mean your sister's problem?]

"Hilda's problem is my problem."

[Sister complex.]

"Shut up."

Yuu hid behind a telephone pole in front of the Oga household. He gripped his hat tighter and pulled it down so that he could at least hide his face. Damn, he had almost never taken a step out of his house. This one needs a lot of courage.

Hecate literally snorted at him, [That's really lame, Eurynomus. You're such a hopeless NEET…]

"Shut up!" he threw his face away embarrassedly. He took out a letter in his pocket, "Hilda asked me to deliver this to that bastard Oga Tatsumi. I really hate him, but if Hilda asked me to, I will have to do it…" he murmured.

[See? You're having an incurable sister complex!]

"How many times do I to tell you to shut up, Hecate? You may be my Master, but at this state, you are merely a powerless little kitten…" he glared at her.

[This is the first time I have a disrespectful servant like you…] Hecate looked like she is smiling in amusement.

The blond walked towards the house, "Do not lump me together with your previous masochist servants. I will simply do what I want," he put the letter inside the mailbox. "Eurynomus is supposed to be a mere silent observer. Like I'll accept that…" he whispered to himself before he walked away, followed by the amused Hecate.

[You are such an interesting person, eh, Eurynomus~] Hecate looked at him as she walked happily.

"Shut up."

"I'm very sorry…" the doctor muttered under his breath as he took off his stethoscope.

The two parents could believe what they just hear. What parents could really accept their child's news of death that easily? Hinata was still very young, too young to die. There are still many things in this world she needs to see. A child who is still as innocent as her deserves a so much better life.

"But… it was just a fever… wasn't it?" her Father asked disbelievingly.

"I could not find the cause of death, Sir. I am truly sorry of your loss…" the doctor bowed before he left the room.

The blonde woman stood there unmoved. No one ever told her that her daughter would die because of consuming the blood of Echidna. It was a huge shock for her she couldn't even blink. She remembered the day before. The Demon Lord told her the reason why Hildegarde is more suitable to become the next vessel of Virgin Echidna.

"She is getting weaker and weaker each day. Why is that?"

"Nothing much, really. Echidna's blood only weakened your daughter's blood so that it could dominate the body. She will soon be healthy again after the process ends."

"I see… Pardon me, but… may I ask why is Hinata the one being chosen as the next vessel? Why a half-human like her?"

"More than most people, she loves everyone. And more than most people, she hates herself. Those overwhelming emotions are what makes Virgin Echidna's blood reacts on your little girl, Hildergarde. Well, that was what I read in the book Echidna-sama left behind. I would like to meet that daughter of yours someday…"

"But – there are people out there who might feel those emotions even more!"

"I think you might have forgotten, Hildegarde. But this is just a competition between Yolda and that other child – your blood and flesh – and she won it. Yolda doesn't love, and she doesn't hate herself. It is clear that the other girl would be the winner…"

'She hates herself? But why…?' the woman wondered. She immediately went outside the room just to find Yuu standing there. "Yuuri. Would you do the favor for me and tell Hinata's school about the news?" she asked, her voice was only a husk whisper.

Yuu nodded before he walked away to find the phone.

"Hello. My name is Hirano Yuuri, Hirano Hinata's brother."

"Can I help you?"

"I just want to inform the school about Hinata's death…"

"De-death…? Oh my, I'm so sorry. Can I ask what the cause is?"

"A traffic accident." He said in monotone before he hung up the phone.

Yuu could hear the sound of ringing bell before the black kitten appeared behind him. [What's with the lie?] she asked, wagging her tail excitedly.

"I don't want to earn any suspicious from the school about the unconfirmed cause of death…" he explained shortly as he walked away. "Nothing can be done by gaining unnecessary suspicious from others…"

[You're really interesting, Eurynomus~!]

"Shut up!"

It was dark. She thought that she was swallowed by darkness and it frightened her…

…The way she actually liked it…

She shook off the feeling and tried to find a way out of here. She ran and ran blindly, didn't even think of a destination. It was before she suddenly found a ray of light from a certain direction and she approached it.

When she tried to reach it, she opened her eyes just to find herself in her bed. She tried to remember what happened and realized that she was terribly ill until yesterday. But for some reason, her body felt light right now. She could say she never felt better.

She looked around her room and found no one there. Maybe her parents are busy? They would be really pleased if they found her being healthy again. She is really sorry for making them worry over her lately.

If she returns to school… would Tatsumi be happy to see her…?

She shook her head and tried to forget about that then she jumped off her bed and exited her room to make her way to her Father's study. She was going to surprise her Father before she saw something horrible when she peeked inside the room.

She saw her Father's figure lying on the floor, in the middle of a pool of blood. His skin was pale and frozen like ice. Various parts of his body looked like it was stabbed with a long weapon. Her breath stopped somewhere inside her throat. The sight triggered something inside her.

When she saw five people in the room who seemed like the culprit who killed her Father, she felt like her body acted on its own.

Black fiber-like shadows appeared around her as she entered the room with a wide, devilish smile decorating her face. She didn't really notice when her green eyes began glowing with killing intent and when she eyed them with those eyes.

One of the men, Lucifer, noticed her and immediately realized who her aura belonged to. He bowed before her to show his respect, "We are here to fetch you, Echidna-sama…" he muttered politely.

Hilda approached the dead body in the middle of the room and examined it, her smile vanished and she showed a displeased expression on her face. "He is dead. What did you do to him?" she asked.

Another man, Asmodeus, answered her question with a playful smile on his face, "We killed him because he refused to give his daughter when we asked him for it. And we thought it would be a nuisance if he was to be alive since he is a human. We were sure that he won't let us have his daughter as your vessel, Echidna-sama…"

"Is that so?" she stood up and fixed her skirt before she turned around to face the five men with a devilish smile on her face, "Killing innocent people is a no-no. Since you disobeyed it, Mommy will have to punish you, boys…" she said with a singsong voice.

The men weren't so sure about the meaning of those words. Did she really mean it?

"Then… which one should I punish first?" she said as she waved her index finger, pointing at every one of them. She giggled, "I've decided on Lucifer-kun. He is the first child after all. Ne~?" she smiled brightly at them.

In an instance, Lucifer could feel himself trembling over the words. The other men; Mammon, Asmodeus, Leviathan and Belphegor were all petrified on their spot.

"Paralyzing!" Mammon exclaimed then he noticed that he couldn't even move his finger. The other men were taken aback also.

"100 points for Mammo-chan!" the blonde cheered as she pointed at the second child.

"Why are you doing this, Echidna-sama!" Lucifer snapped.

The cheerful smile on her face was altered into an annoyed expression as she glared at Lucifer, "Who said you can snap at your Mother like that?" she asked in a low voice. She approached Lucifer's kneeling form and kicked his chin resulting him to fly across the room and hit the wall.

"Nii-sama!" the other four men shouted in unison.

"Echidna-sama! How could you!" Belphegor yelled.

"Ho?" she raised an eyebrow. "This time the youngest, Belphegor-chan, yells at me?" she smiled playfully. "What kind of punishment will I give to you, I wonder?"

"No! Please spare him, Echidna-sama!" Leviathan pleaded.

"And why do I have to?" she asked.

"I will do anything. So please, don't kill any of us! I beg of you, Echidna-sama!" Asmodeus begged.

She giggled. "Everyone is begging. Such an ecstatic sight!" she laughed sinisterly, but soon her expression changed into anger. "I wonder if Father begged you five when he was about to be killed too. And you imbeciles killed him nevertheless. Then, tell me, is there a reason for me to listen to your begs?" she asked while walking around, looking at all of them in the eyes.

"Th-that…" Mammon stammered.

"He didn't beg! I promise you, he didn't beg!" Belphegor lied.

"Belphegor!" Leviathan exclaimed.

"DIE, liar!" she snapped. The black fiber-like shadow immediately charged into the youngest child and penetrated various parts of his body. She ignored his screams of agony and continued stabbing him, before using the shadow to grip his leg and slammed his body all over the room.

The sight was terrible even for the four Demons themselves. Some of them began to feel sick looking at the now unrecognizable body of Belphegor. All of them knew that he is no longer alive.

Hilda stopped torturing the youngest child once she calmed down and put him back on the floor. The other four looked at the remaining with wide-eyes. The blonde quickly shot a glare at them, "I don't want to see any of you anymore. You're killers, liars, garbage! You should all just die! How could you kill my innocent Father without even thinking twice just like that!" she snapped.

The girl pointed at the bloody corpse on the floor, "Look at this. I'll turn all of you Demons to be like this if you keep on killing mercilessly. Let all of you see that there is nothing you can gain out of killing! I'll burn some senses right into your brain!" she shouted hysterically.

"Echidna-sama…" they murmured under their breath, trembling.

She put a hand on her throbbing head. "I can't stand seeing my Father's murderer after all. You should all just disappear…" she muttered as she began to sob. She put her hands on her face, "Please… just disappear from my sight…" she cried.

All of them swallowed. Before any of them could say anything, they realized their body beginning to turn into ashes. Shocked, they immediately looked at the little girl who most probably is the one who did it.

With eyes still wet with tears, she tried to smile, "See you next generation…" she said before all of them disappeared into ashes. Not too long after they disappeared, she fell unconscious.

Playing with her wool ball was Hecate, as she rolled happily on the floor trying to catch or scratch the pink wool ball. On the wooden chair sat Yuu, reading a book as usual. The two's activity were disturbed when they heard a loud thud on the wall from downstairs. Yuu let go of his book and Hecate's ears erected before she grinned widely.

[Hoho, seems like the Demon Lords have paid a visit without us noticing. You might as well hurry and go downstairs. Your sister seems to be very angry at this moment.] Hecate said while curling herself around the wool ball.

"What? What happened?" he asked in slight panic.

The cat closed her eyes comfortably while lying on the floor, [I can sense two dead persons. Maybe the Lords killed your Dad or something? That's the most likely, I think. Maybe that's why your sister is angry and now she just killed one of the Lords. Let's see if my reasoning is right or not once we get downstairs!] she exclaimed excitedly.

"I really don't have time for a game," he said before he picked her up and walked out of the room. The black kitten could sense the urgency in each of his steps and grinned in amusement.

"Where is she now?" he asked without even looking at the cat and continued walking forward.

[She's in your Daddy's study now~] she answered.

It didn't take a long time for him to reach the place. The sight inside the room was gravely horrible he widened his eyes in shock. There was his Father's bloody corpse on the floor and the walls were full of bloodstains. Maybe the loud thud sounds were because of this. Yuu couldn't believe his own eyes. He couldn't believe that his sister alone could do this much.

He tried to ignore the scene and searched for his sister. He found her lying on the floor not too far from his Father's corpse. He hurried himself to her side and lifted her up before he carried her on his back to take her out of the room. From outside the room, he peeked inside to see his Father's corpse for the last time before he left.

[Erase all?]

"Yes. All of the memories of her being a human are not necessary. It will only bind her to this Human World…" he looked down at the light of his life, his sister, his Hilda, who was sleeping in his arms. His gaze softened, "From now on… she will be Hilda the Demon. To remember that she was once a human would just hit her. She will be fine without those memories…"

Such a good child; would be what Hecate say if only she didn't hear the continuous of that sentence.

"…And the memories of that bastard Oga too!" he gritted his teeth in frustration and clenched his fist.

[So in the end, it's personal?] Hecate smiled while sweatdropping.

~To be continued~

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