CHAPTER 12
Later that evening, Nao decided to go to the Hospital to visit Konekomaru, Shima, and Suguro to explain to them why she never told them about her being part demon. She hated the fact that she had to ask her rival Kamiki for directions but she knew she didnt have any choice since she was horrible with directions.
When she arrived at the hospital, she saw Shima in the lobby on the phone. She walked into the hospital and turned around 'I cant do this' she thought as she bit her lip. 'I dont think they'll want me here...'
Shima hung up and looked towards the enterance and noticed Nao. "Nao-chan?" he said.
Nao turned to look at Shima "S-S-Shima" she stuttered as she looked down.
"its really you" Shima said as he walked up towards his friend. He noticed that as he got closer to her she was back away from him as if she was afraid of him. Right then he knew that she never wanted to show him what they all had to see. "Nao-chan..." Shima said.
"Shima" Nao said "I...I...I'm so sorry" she said as she backed away from Shima even more "I never wanted you to know..."
Shima looked at Nao. "Nao-chan listen...I'm not exactly that mad at you" he said as he grabbed her wrist. "Are you afraid we'd hate you?" he asked.
Nao nodded.
Shima sighed as he pulled her closer to him. "It's Bon you have to be worried about...he's pissed" he explained. He then looked at her "How long have you been hiding this from us?" he asked.
"F...Five to six years" Nao stuttered.
Shima looked at Nao "Wow five years you've been going through hell..." he said as he let out a sigh. He sat down and looked at Nao. "You know I totally forgive you and all cause I like you" he said as he gave her a serious look.
Nao blushed. "I-Is that so?" Nao stuttered as she looked at Shima.
Shima nodded.
Nao looked at Shima "Um...how is everyone?" she asked as she changed the subject.
"well Koneko-san had surgery yesterday and his left forearm is broken, I broke some ribs, and Bon hurt his throat, he's more emotionally damaged then physically" Shima said as he let out a sigh.
Nao looked at Shima "I'm sorry...it's all my fault..." she said.
"it ain't your fault quit blaming yourself" Shima said. He stood up and hugged Nao "Its not your fault, it's mainly Amaimon's fault" he said.
Nao put her arms around Shima's chest hugging him back.
"A...Ah ow that hurt" Shima said.
Nao quickly let go of Shima "i'm sorry" she said as she turned around. Her face turned red. "sorry..."
Shima slightly laughed. He then looked at Nao. 'she's always apologizing...' he thought as he remembered her a few days ago screaming that she was sorry as Arthur dragged her away. Shima grabbed her arm "Nao-chan..." he said. He knew even though he had already forgiven her, she would still continue to say she was sorry. He hugged her from behind "I'm glad you came here to visit..." he said as he tried to comfort the girl.
"Why have you easily forgiven me anyways?" Nao asked. "I'm a damn demon...you hate demons"
Shima let go of Nao and then walked in front of her. "Just cause your a demon doesnt mean I hate you, as long as your not the daughter of Satan i'm happy" he stated as he moved some of Nao's bangs out of her eyes. "Your growning out your hair again" he said as he noticed that her bangs were longer then they were the last time he had seen her.
Nao looked at Shima. "Shima..." she said.
"Yeah?" He asked as he looked at Nao as he tucked her long bangs behind her
pointy ears.
"I...I dont think I can face Suguro and Konekomaru..." Nao said. "They probably hate me for hiding the fact that I'm a demon" she said as she let out a sigh "especially Suguro...he'll never forgive me for that"
"You never know" Shima said as he put a hand on the girl's shoulder "he may forgive you and he may not" he stated as he tried to cheer her up "I mean he may be a bit pissed just give him some time"
Nao looked at Shima.
"Well your not Satan's kid so there's no way Bon will hate you for that...he might be angry you hid this secret from us for six years" Shima said "but your a very important person in his life so i'm sure he'll forgive you sooner or later, as long as you tell him everything you know"
"I dont really know much..." Nao said as she let out a sigh "The only things I know is that I'm the daughter of one of the seven prince's of Hell well minus Satan..." she said "and that the day I was born I was supposed to be killed by my own grandfather thats al"
Shima just smiled "Just tell him that...I'm sure that once you tell him that and give him a few days to think it over he'll probably forgive you" he said 'after all your the one he likes' he thought as he let out a sigh.
Nao slightly smiled.
Shima smirked "now thats the smile I was looking for" he said as he took her hand. "Shall we go visit Koneko-san and Bon?" he asked.
Nao nodded. "b-but dont leave when I talk to him..." she stuttered as she gave him a worried look "I dont think I can talk to him without you staying by my side"
Shima looked at Nao. He knew that she was afraid of talking to his best friend, but he didnt know that she had become a completely different person after what had happened. He let out a sigh and then smiled "Alright, whatever you want Nao-chan" he said.
Nao looked at Shima "Thanks..." she said.
Shima then led her into Konekomaru's room where Suguro was talking to him "Guys we have a guest" he said as he walked into the room.
Suguro and Konekomaru looked at the door waiting for the guest to come in.
"Shima...i cant do this" Nao panicked.
"come on Nao-chan" Shima whispered "tell them all you know..." he said. He turned to his two friends "Just wait for a second..." he said as he grabbed Nao's wrists and dragged her in.
"I cant do this!" Nao said as she tried to back away, but it was to late, Shima had already dragged her into the room.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Suguro said in an angry tone.
"Bon just listen to what she has to say..." Shima said.
Nao looked at the two "I-I'm so sorry I lied to you guys" Nao said as she looked at them. She looked at Shima who gave her the "continue" look.
"I never ment to tell you that I was part demon..." Nao explained "Y...You see...I never wanted you guys to hate me cause I loved you guys like the family i've always wanted" she said as she bit her lip.
Konekomaru looked at Nao. "Kuroda-san..." he said.
"Y-You see..." Nao stuttered "I-I'm the daughter of Kuroda Mitsuru, a upper middle class exorcist..." she said as she let out a sigh "as for my father, he could be one of the seven prince's of hell..." she explained "well Satan's out of the question since my flames arent blue..." she said as she crossed Satan off the list.
Suguro looked at Nao. Even though he loved her he could never forgive her for hiding the fact she was a demon for so long. "how long have you had this power?" he asked as he approached her.
Nao hid behind Shima. "Five or six years" she said in a soft tone.
"So you've been hiding this for five damn years?" Suguro said.
"Bon...your scaring her" Shima said as he felt her hand that was on his shoulder shiver.
"Bon calm down" Konekomaru said "let her continue"
"I was supposed to be killed by my grandpa the day I was born but it seems like he couldnt do it cause I was the only thing that his daughter left behind after her death" Nao stated as she looked at Suguro.
Suguro formed his hand into a fist and hit it up against the wall "You dont know how pissed I am at you Kuroda..." he said "you've been hiding this for so many years" he said. "does our friendship mean nothing to you?"
Nao looked at Suguro "Suguro I hid it cause I didnt want you guys to hate me, I wanted to be a normal human...I never asked for this!" Nao shouted as tears formed into her eyes "I never asked to be part demon...i wanted to be like you guys I wanted to be human" she said as she began to cry.
"Ah Bon you made her cry!" Shima said as he looked at his friend. He then looked at Nao who was crying like a child.
Suguro looked at Nao. He had only seen her cry once or twice in his whole life but he had never seen her this upset over something. He felt like he could forgive her but he was also pissed that she had been hiding the fact she was a demon from him for a good five to six years.
"Suguro..." Nao said as she wiped her tears with the sleeve of her t-shirt "I never asked for this...If I had the choice to choose between my demon side or human side..." she said as she looked at her friend "I'd choose to be human cause you guys are humans as well" she said just before she left the room.
"Bon I think you were to harsh on her" Konekomaru said
Suguro looked at Konekomaru "Why would you say that?" he asked "She's been hiding this from us for six dammed years!" he said as he raised his voice a bit.
"I know...I'm mad about that too" Konekomaru said "but if you heard the sound of her voice..." he said.
Shima nodded "she was truly regretting that she hid this from us..." he stated. "Just think about what she said Bon...If you truly love Nao-chan then forgive her, I mean as she said she never asked to be a demon and she never wanted you out of all of us to hate her" he explained to him.
"thats cause you two can easily forgive someone" Suguro said as he let out a sigh.
"That may be true" Konekomaru said
"but thats not the point Bon" Shima stated "have you noticed her reactions to all of this?" he asked.
"What does that have to do with this?" Suguro asked.
"Normally a demon wouldnt care if someone saw their real form" Konekomaru stated "but with Kuroda-san..." he said.
"she acted very timid" shima stated "you noticed how she hid behind me when you raised your voice at her. "Demon's arent timid thats a fact" he said as he let out a sigh "it could be her human side but she was born as a human and raised as a human so she's more human then demon" he stated.
"I know that" Suguro said.
"Then why're you still pissed?" Shima asked "She never meant to hide this from us, she wanted to tell us but she was to afraid what you'd think, she didnt care what me or Koneko-san would think cause she knew we'd understand why she hid it from us" he stated.
Suguro sighed "I dont know..." he said
Shima sighed "Dude if you really love Nao-chan...you'd forgive her like I did" he stated. "I mean its not her fault that she's the way she is" he said
Konekomaru looked at Shima and Suguro.
"You know she'd never do anything to hurt us" Shima stated as he let out a sigh "its not in her character to hurt anyone she cares for" he said as he crossed his arms and looked at Suguro.
Konekomaru nodded.
Suguro sighed.
"but knowing how she is right now, I dont know if things can go back to the way it used to be" Shima stated as he let out a sigh.
"I dont know about you guys but i'm worried about Kuroda-san" Konekomaru said.
"Bon the next time you see her you should talk to her..." Shima said "you can either go to her or she'll go to you" he stated. "then again your both pretty stubborn and will most likely start avoiding eachother"
Konekomaru nodded. He knew how stubborn both Suguro and Nao were. But he knew that Suguro was twice as stubborn as Nao was.
Suguro sighed "I'll talk to her...but I dont know how she'll react if I talk to her" he stated.
Shima smirked "Good" he said as he patted his friend's back. "just remember the things she said, and what we told you" he stated
"yeah yeah" Suguro said as he let out a sigh.
Meanwhile Nao headed to the battle range room where Shura, Rin, and Yukio were still there.
"Where'd you walk off to?" Rin asked.
"I went to visit the guys at the hospital" Nao said as she let out a sigh. She then wiped her tears with her sleeve.
Rin looked at Nao and noticed she was crying "Did Suguro make you cry?" he asked.
Nao nodded.
"I'll kill that bastard" Rin said as he walked up to Nao.
"by the way why're you just in your boxers?" Nao asked as her face turned a bit red.
"oh Shura's wearing my shirt and Yukio took my pants" Rin said with a smirk after he noticed that Nao was blushing at his half naked body. "Your such a pervert Nao!" he teased.
Nao blushed even more.
"Nii-san quit teasing Kuroda-san" Yukio said as he walked up to Nao. "are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah...I'm upset but fine" she stated as she let out a sigh "I knew this was going to happen anyways" she said as she looked towards Yukio.
"Well that's what ya get for hidin' the fact that yer a demon's child" Shura said.
Nao nodded "I know" she said as she crossed her arms. "It sucks but I gotta deal with it" she stated as she let out a sigh.
Suddenly Yukio's cellphone rings.
Nao turned her head towards Yukio. 'whats going on?' she thought.
Yukio then hung the phone up.
"Whats going on?" Nao asked.
"it seems that a corner of old True Cross Northern dormitory has been polluted by Kohl Tahl" Yukio said as he looked towards Nao, Rin and Shura. "Some of the victims are in fact civilians and one person has been severely affected by a Mashou...around ten people have been polluted" he explained.
Shura buttoned up Rin's shirt that she was wearing "Whats the cause?" she asked.
"it's currently unknown" Yukio said
Nao let out a sigh "that figures" she stated.
"for the moment anyone with the rank of meister in doctor are gathering" Yukio said. He turned to Shura "aren't you one as well Shura-san?" he asked.
"yeah in a way" Shura said. She then looked at Rin "Ny'ways the mission is nothin' much" she said "but while we're his chaperones he cant leave our sides" she stated.
"Hey do you want me to come?" Nao asked as she looked at Rin and Shura.
"You should probably get some sleep" Yukio said in a slight concerned tone "Right now you're in an emotional state...you'll get to distracted if you go on a mission right now" he said.
Nao sighed "Aww..." she complained "Fine...if sensei says I need some rest i'll get some rest" she said. She then headed out of the battle range room and headed to the dorm where her, Rin and Yukio live in. She took out her keys and then opened the door. She closed the door as soon as she walked into her room and locked the door.
She let out another sigh "Sensei's right...i've gotten way to emotional" she muttered as she lied on her bed. She looked at her cellphone and noticed that she had one text from Suguro.
'huh? Suguro texted me?' she thought as she opened the text.
The text said 'I'd like to talk to you...the next time we see each other lets talk ~Suguro'
"Hmph he's probably going to yell at me again" Nao said as she was just about to delete the text. She let out a sigh instead of pressing the delete button she decided to reply. 'Why? Aren't you pissed off at me?' she replied as she pressed the send button. After that she got no reply.
"figures" she muttered as she put her cellphone next to her pillow.
A few minutes passed, Nao laying on her bed read a book until she heard a knock on the door. 'hm...its quite unusual for me to have a guest this late' she thought as she looked at her alarm clock that read 6:30pm.
Nao sighed as she stood up and walked over to the door. As she opened the door she noticed that Mephisto was standing there waiting for her to answer.
"What do you want Mephisto?" Nao asked as she looked at the older purple haired man.
"What cant I see you?" Mephisto said.
Nao glared at Mephisto. She was quite pissed that he was using her and Rin for a weapon to defeat Satan. "Go away" she said.
"Oh come on, dont tell me your angry with me" Mephisto said
"Mad at you?" Nao asked "more like pissed off at you" she said as she crossed her arms. "The only reason why you wanted me to come here was so you can use me as some sort of tool!" she said. "I've seen you as a big brother Mephisto, and it hurt when you admitted what you were planning"
Mephisto looked at Nao and handed her a lollypop. He knew that Nao would always forgive him if he gave her sweets and she knew that when she was angry with him he'd always do that.
"I don't need your damn candy Mephisto!" she said as she slapped his arm which made the lollypop fall to the ground and cracking in half in the process. "Dammit Mephisto I know that you use candy to make me forgive you!" she stated "I've known you for about 10 or 11 years now"
"such a waste" he said as he looked down at the broken lollypop. He looked at Nao. "You know, as your current guardian I have the right to scold you for being such a brat" he said.
"A brat?" Nao asked "I'm simply just pissed at you" she said as she turned towards the window "first you used Amaimon to attack me and Rin" she said. "Actually it was just supposed to be Rin..." Mephisto corrected her.
"Then you say that i'm some sort of tool" Nao continued "What next? Are you going to force me into becoming your wife or something!" she yelled.
"Actually that's not such a bad idea" Mephisto said as he looked at her.
Nao looked at Mephisto and hit her face with the palm of her hand. "Damn I should have kept my mouth shut" she muttered as she let out a sigh.
"And whats wrong with becoming my wife?" Mephisto asked. "I mean you'll become rich" he stated.
Nao looked at Mephisto. She knew that he was rich and he would be able to get anything she wanted, but she knew that he was cheap. "Your an idiot" she said "I'd rather die then marry the man who calls me a "tool" for killing Satan!" she stated as she tried to push Mephisto out of her room.
Mephisto looked at Nao. "Now Now Princess" he said "Your father did say that you had the choice to either marry me or Amaimon" he stated.
"Then I would want to marry Amaimon!" Nao stated.
Mephisto's eyes widened "Why? He attacked you and your friends" he stated.
Nao sighed "He didn't call me a tool, not to mention he's not using me..." she said as she sat down on her bed completely giving up on pushing Mephisto out of her room.
"What ever happened to "I want to be your bride when I grow up?" he asked as he looked at Nao.
Nao blushed. She did remember that when she was only three or four years old that she said that to him. "I...I was only a kid!" she stuttered "You shouldn't take things that a little four year old kid say seriously" she said as she looked away.
"You were so cute back then" Mephisto said as he sat down next to Nao. "I cant belive that the cute little girl that wanted to be my bride turned out to be just as stubborn as your mother"
"Shut up" Nao said as she let out a sigh. She then stood up grabbing her keys. "if your not going to leave I will" she stated as she jumped onto her desk opening the window.
"Are you crazy?" he asked as he tried to keep her from jumping out of the window.
Nao looked at Mephisto "Your just as crazy" she stated. She then looked out the window to notice that Suguro and Shima were outside 'what're they doing down there?' she thought.
Meanwhile outside Shima looked at Suguro "You know...I don't think Nao-chan wants to see you...you don't know how pissed she seemed when she walked out of the hospital.
Suguro sighed "Its her fault for making me feel this guilty" he stated as he looked at his pink haired friend.
"Nah I think its cause your in love with her" Shima said as he looked up. "What the...Nao-chan?" Shima said.
Suguro looked up and noticed that Nao was just about to jump out of the window "Dammit is that girl crazy?" he asked.
Nao looked down to see Shima and Suguro 'what're they doing here?' she thought right before she jumped out of the window.
"What the hell does she think she's doing" Suguro asked as he ran closer to the building trying to see if he could catch Nao in his arms.
As soon as Nao landed in Suguro's arms, they both fell onto the ground.
"What the hell are you thinking Kuroda?" Suguro yelled at her. "You could have killed yourself, or at least killed me" he said.
"I didnt think you'd attempt to catch me" Nao said as she opened her eyes. She blushed as she noticed that their faces were so close together that they almost kissed.
Shima smirked "Wow Nao-chan I didnt think you'd do something that crazy!" he stated. "even though you're a demon...you dont seem to land on your feet, you seem to land on top of Bon" he teased.
Nao quickly got up "S...Sorry" she stuttered as she looked away from Suguro. "Arent you guys supposed to be in the Hospital?" she asked.
"No, there wasnt anything seriously wrong with us, only Koneko-san" Shima said.
"Oh..." Nao said. Nao then looked at Suguro and offered her hand to help him up.
Suguro looked at Nao and took her hand as she helped him up. "Thanks..." Suguro said.
"by the way why did you jump out of the window?" Shima asked.
Nao rolled her eyes and sighed "You can say that an unwanted guest didnt want to leave my room"
"Who?" Suguro asked.
"The principle" Nao stated as she crossed her arms.
"Why's he in your room" Shima asked.
Nao sighed "I told you guys that he is kinda like my guardian right?" she asked.
Shima and Suguro nodded.
"Well I guess he wanted to see just how pissed off I was at him..." she stated as she let out a sigh.
Suguro looked at Nao. "Kuroda about that text" he said.
"Yeah you said you wanted to talk to me" she said as she turned her head towards Suguro.
Suguro then bowed "Please forgive me for raising my voice at you" he said "I didn't know that it would make you mad" he stated.
Nao looked at Suguro and blushed. "Stupid" she said "I'm not mad" she stated "a little upset but not mad"
Suguro looked up at Nao.
"I just didn't tell you cause I didnt want you to hate me" Nao stated as she let out a sigh. "I told you this a few times earlier didnt I?"
Suguro sighed "I never said that I would hate you...i mean how can I hate the one that I like?" he asked. A few seconds passed and Suguro's whole face turned red.
Shima began to laugh 'he actually confessed!' he thought 'I never thought that he'd do that!'
Nao blushed. "W...What?" she stuttered.
Suguro blushed even more then looked towards Shima who was laughing at his weird confession to Nao. "Shut up Shima!" He said.
"Oh come on Bon, couldn't you confess in a more cooler way?" Shima asked as he continued to laugh.
Nao looked at Shima then at Suguro "confess?" Nao asked.
Shima nodded "This guy here likes you!" he said as he pointed at Suguro
"Idiot dont tell her that!" Suguro said as he gave his friend a slightly embarrassed yet angry look on his face.
Nao looked at Suguro 'wait was that a love confession?' she thought as her eyes widened. Her face began to heat up.
Shima smirked "Well by the look on her face she just realized that you confessed your love to her" he said.
"I wasnt exactly the one to confess you fool!" Suguro yelled "You were the one that actually told her!"
Shima smiled "well your welcome!" he said
Suguro glared at his friend "I never thanked you!" he said.
Okay sorry it took a while to update. I had a lot of things happen this month.
First of all i had to attend my grandpa's funeral, second my cat had to be put down, and third i found out that my only living grandparent has skin cancer (but the good news is that its not that serious and he can easily get it removed)
I had a little trouble in writing this. Nao's totally pissed off at Mephisto, and Suguro does finally "confesses" to Nao even though Shima was the one to say it. So i'm not sure how Nao will reply to his feelings.
