The World Only the Girls Know: A Moonflower's Wish

Chapter 28: One's Secrets

Note: Characters from the Light Novel will be Included as well.

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Original Title: The World Only God Knows / 神のみぞ知るセカイ

Original Concept by Tamiki Wakaki

Written by: wrathie

Author's Notes: This Story contains OCs and is on the same time-line as Blue Rose Paradox.


Author's Notes: OOPS! THIS CHAPTER TOTALLY SLIPPED MY MIND! SORRY!

Thank you, AKAAKIRA for the beta-edit as always!


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'Did you have any luck today?'

Making small talk as the three of them headed home together, Keima shook his head while Ayumi nodded in apology, telling him that he'll do better tomorrow.

'But I did learn something new today… the incident that Kureha Haruka was involved in is something of utmost importance. I need to know more, did you two find anything about it?'

Looking at the two of them who nodded, Ayumi started the ball rolling by saying that she had heard many versions of the story.

'It happened to someone who was in high school in the first year, that's why it was very famous in Junior high. We were in junior high then, weren't we?'

Looking at Chihiro, who nodded, Ayumi blinked as Keima admitted that he wasn't from Mai-High originally, he had transferred into Mai-High in the first year as he just moved here.

'Ah, that's right… Keima-kun entered school as a first year student desho? We weren't in the same class then…'

'I was, I remember everyone staring at you when you did an introduction.'

'… What was wrong with it?'

'That wasn't an introduction, you just said your name out and said that you are 'God', honestly I still can't believe you did that even now.'

Shaking her head and smiling a little wryly while remembering the past, her recollection made Ayumi look a little wistful as she asked Chihiro to tell her more.

'Well, I know a lot of the people in class… but Katsuragi was a transfer student who came in… so naturally everyone wanted to know how he was like… when we all knew that he was an ota-'

Chihiro turned red and then apologized to Keima, who simply shrugged and said that it didn't bother him, if it did bother him at all at this stage.

'Gomen… Katsuragi… Well, we know it was mean but Katsuragi never fought back and so…'

'It is the basis of human nature, there will always be an individual who is the butt of jokes and who is bullied or looked down on to boost the egos of others around them. That is the pathetic way that the real works and is based on, and although I cannot say my ideal is perfect, there have been cases where the same scenario happens. Yet we do not see an end of the bullying regardless of whether the victim fights back. Thus, it is more energy sufficient for me to ignore my tormentors… that said… I am gratified that the two of you had stopped calling me that. Although I feel that the two of you should not endanger yourself by defending me.'

Commenting quietly, Keima saw the two girls looking at each other, the situation was complex and there was no doubt that they did not know what to say.

'Well… it's my fault, I know that… so, gomen, Katsuragi…'

'Keima-kun… I… I don't know but I… do you mind if I ask you a question? It's… it's fine if you don't answer though…'

Looking extremely awkward, Ayumi was red as a cherry as she finally did pop the question after a long while of muttering and stuttering.

'Yo-You know… and w-we know… how Keima-kun is like. Don't you feel bad that only we know about how you are like? What… you are really like… It… It will make the others stop judging you too… don't you think so?'

Looking at him hopefully, Ayumi just smiled weakly along with Chihiro as he commented that it was still more energy efficient this way.

'The balance that I had struck with all of you is perfect enough as it is… Any more details and the real will take even more things from me.

'Katsuragi just wants to play his games, don't be fooled by him, Ayumi! He's just trying to act and look cool.'

Chihiro nodded sagely as Keima nodded his head in agreement.

'That is the truth, I do not deny that… if there were saves states in the real I'll be able to finish this capture in a matter of days… that said, back to the topic, what we were discussing earlier. If it was in the ideal, there would be an ending where everyone would apologize to the person and he would forgive everyone else… which is totally impractical in the real. Do you think that an apology would suffice after all they have said and done?'

He did not sound harsh, but neither did he sound forgiving either. He was detached from his emotions at this point but the girls felt a little afraid at the new tone that he was adopting. They had never heard him like that before and they knew instinctively that he was upset.

'Do you…?'

Asking again, only this time with a much colder and cooler tone, Katsuragi Keima did not look at the two girls who swallowed nervously. Eventually however, Chihiro shrugged and replied bravely to him.

'… I don't know. I don't know what Katsuragi felt about the situation despite saying that it's fine as I don't know how Katsuragi thinks of the others. I know, that Katsuragi feels indebted to us, but that's not true… we are indebted to Katsuragi. That's all we know… because, you won't tell us anything else… '

It was a brave speech and she was glad to get it off her chest as Chihiro felt that it was unfair for them to help him when they did not know what they were helping in.

How could they when Keima had the tendency and habit to keep everything to himself? It was a pet peeve of the girls but no one had the courage to ask Keima themselves. That was, until Chihiro seized this opportunity to ask him that.

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Out of all the girls, one can say that the person who can read Keima the best was Fuse Aoba, she was his student after all, but when it comes to someone who knows and was the most familiar with Keima, it had to be Elsi.

But surprisingly, the person who knew the most about Keima was perhaps Chihiro. She was the girl who had surprised him about what she had observed about him. There was no doubt that she was indeed the person who did understand Keima the best for they shared some similar characteristics.

To their surprise, Keima laughed softly and shook his head at Chihiro, who simply smiled back uncertainly while shaking her head in a similar fashion.

'That, is the right answer, Chihiro… and even I don't know the answer to that.'

Admitting with a carefree shrug, the three of them walked on together, the two girls having discovered a new, sensitive side of Keima that they didn't see before.


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'So the person that they had gotten a fight with is probably in the third year now… one of our sempais…'

'Well, I didn't hear that it was really a fight, if it was a fight, wouldn't the teachers expel them from school? Besides… I didn't even hear them mention once about a 'fight', I asked all the people I knew but they didn't say that at all.'

Hearing the two of them give more details about the incident, which was a little late, Keima still thanked them for asking around on his behalf. To their benefit, if Keima hadn't gone ahead to look at the records with Elsi's help, those statements would only lead them to the same path. Regardless of the many variations of the story, all of them had the same basic premise in which Kureha Haruka was challenged to do 'something' with a 'senior', causing 'someone' to be 'admitted' to the hospital for 'some' injuries and as a result, Kureha Haruka was suspended for a few weeks.

That said, from how there weren't any blemishes on her record, one can say that it was just a light tap on the wrist for her. On the other hand, Kusonoki probably hadn't gotten off easy herself, even not if she didn't initiate the 'spar'...'

'She is an incredible person though, it's just odd that none of us really remembered what she did…we didn't see it but we heard of it… it just doesn't make sense… I heard of her though, she's quite good in running, pity she quit the team too.'

'It does, it just meant that although it was something important and big, it wasn't something that we might have actually believed and thus it turned into a rumour.'

'Actually believed? Isn't that what happened? Kureha Haruka was suspended for a few weeks desho?'

'She was… but like Chihiro said, if they were really fighting, the issue wouldn't be resolved just by suspending her for a few weeks. I wasn't able to check her records even after sneaking into the register.'

Lowering his voice as he admitted that Elsi had obtained some of the information illegally with the help of her raiment, Keima raised a finger to the two girls who looked really scandalized.

'There was a cover up, the school probably wanted to let the parents know that they were taking proper disciplinary actions… what happened was probably nothing important… it might be shocking, that's why those rumour surfaced but as there were no faces to the parties, or rather, the majority of the people wasn't sure if it was the truth leading to the rumours being unable to solidify into something solid in the end.

Another reason might be that the person involved in the cover up must be something important... someone from a respectable enough family member that bowing to them was the politically correct route to take.'

'Did you find out who the parties involved were, Katsuragi? I want to know too!'

'Me too, Keima-kun!'

Latching onto his every word, the two girls were very disappointed when he said that he would rather keep that information to himself for now.

'There are still things that I want to check… is there anything else.'

'Gomen ne, I don't think there's anything else…'

Looking apologetic, the two girls said that they were done and as they were near the shopping district, Ayumi tugged Chihiro as they reached the intersection.

'… Keima-kun needs some time alone neh? We won't take up any more of your time then.'

Bowing to him, Ayumi was about to leave when Chihiro called out to him softly before being pulled away.

'Everybody has secrets, Katsuragi… even her, so be gentle with her!'

It was good advice, and Keima nodded sternly as he made his way back home.


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'I tagged Kasuga-sempai, Kami-Onii-sama~ she was training by herself in the Dojo at school today!~'

The two of them had learnt not to discuss about work during dinner as Keima had the tendency to just go off a tangent without warning as he got worked up over the situation so Elsi said this only after they had the privacy of Keima's room. Only to see him sitting on his table and looking out the stars. The last time she had seen him do this was just before summer break ended; and he had seemed sad, very sad and conflicted and it was the first time that Elsi didn't know what to say or do to help him through it.

This time however, Elis mustered her courage and slowly walked over to Keima and then, after talking a deep breath, slid beside him and sat there, joining him in contemplating silently in the darkness that was only illuminated by the street lights.

Her heart was pounding and she was sure that she was blushing but Elsi didn't back down and only sat there to give him company, for perhaps that was what he wanted after all.

As someone who was willing to spend time with him just because she can and not for another other reason than that, Elsi hoped that Keima would tell her what was bothering him. But she found that she didn't quite mind if he didn't as well. It was alright sometimes to just be with someone that she liked and looked up to. It made her have a little bit more strength and confidence in herself as well to know that he didn't ask her to go away like how he sometimes did. He was okay with her there after all.

Unlike a heroine, who would ask him what he was looking at, Elsi was a sibling as well as a partner. She had right to do that with him for as long as he would have her and she relished that moment together with him.

After a long time, Keima finally broke the silence as he asked her something that seemed so simple.

'Have you any regrets, Elsi?'

'Regrets, Kami-Onii-sama?'

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Musing about the question, Elsi took a while to reply and she said that although many things that had happened so far, the many failures that she had to face and have to work to get her way here:

'I don't have any regrets at all, Kami-Onii-sama~ If I have, I'm taking for granted what I have now, you, Kami-Onii-sama and Oka-sama with all of my friends~ If I have regrets, that'll mean that I need to do something different right? I won't do it!'

It was a beautiful speech from Elsi, almost like it came from a game, almost… as Elsi was still a little stubborn by saying that it would be taking her precious things for granted when it really wasn't so. What if they had their own regrets as well? Wouldn't Elsi be taking their wish for granted then? Well, he digressed and he really wondered why he spent so much time musing about the question.

Keima had always taken the other girl's privacy as a concern, especially when he had taken the lengths to keep up the secrets that Aoyama Mio and Kujyo Tsukiyo had tried to keep to themselves.

At least, he had showed that fact of him to those two girls during their capturing routes but this time, he hadn't shown that decency to Haruka at all and was looking into her past without her knowing and hinting that he did to her without even contemplating the consequences.

This wasn't just a 'restart' it was just like trying to get back to a heroine after the 'bad end' flag had triggered and even as the Capturing God, there were things that he couldn't salvage. Was this one of it?

'What about you, Kami-Onii-sama?'

That was the question that he had been asking himself for the whole time but when looking at those eyes, who never doubted him for a moment, Keima smiled and laughed a little dryly as he commented that he did.

'I do, I have… regretted the one time that the thought crossed my mind… that I should never have agreed in the first place… If I had not accepted that contract… what would have happened to everyone else? That thought … still haunts me today. Ayumi might say that I have a choice… but if I had not accepted it, would that choice be given to me? Would I have done… all of this willingly again?'

He asked the younger devil who looked a little perplexed at the question before smiling and telling him that it didn't matter at all, causing Keima to blink at her in surprise as it was almost the same answer that he had given Ayumi.

'Kami-Onii-sama… I know that Kami-Onii-sama might not have initially accepted me… and it might have changed a lot if you hadn't accepted me or the contract… but I'm sure that you would have turned out the same and would have saved everyone~! Because, Kami-Onii-sama, you are the only person that could have saved them. That is the truth! Kami-Onii-sama is Kami-sama, desho?'

Smiling happily and confidently at Keima, Elsi was scandalized when Keima started laughing again and for the first time Elsi could remember, he was actually clutching his stomach in pain at how hard he was laughing.

'Kami-Onii-sama? Kami-sama?'

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It was ridiculous that it was Elsi of all people to tell him that it had a sort of poetic justice to it. Being the only person so far that had consistently and without fail, called him a God, perhaps this demon girl was the only reason that he was able to keep at it for so long. Was it because of how pathetic she was? Or perhaps it was her blind faith in him? Keima wasn't sure but he could use some of that enthusiasm to get him through this day where he had failed spectacularly.

Tomorrow was another day after all and so, there were still chances for him to make amendments. Not to mention how there were still a few small pieces that fit in.

Those pieces, they belonged to Kasuga Kusonoki and, of course, Kureha Haruka. This capture wasn't over just yet. Not when he finally could see a larger piece of the chessboard that had been covered by the mist of uncertainty before.

'You're right… I am the only person that can save them, aren't I?'

'Mm! Everyone knows that, Kami-Onii-sama~"

Looking at him proudly as he did cheer up quite a bit, Elsi blushed when Keima reached out to ruffle her head even as he commented that he couldn't really do without her by his side after all.

'You're really the preferred partner when all things considered…'

It was a praise that she didn't really get before and she smiled happily before saying shyly that she'll do her best for tomorrow as well.

'Kami-Onii-sama we'll be looking for Kasuga-sempai tomorrow first desho?'

'Correct… we'll have to hear her side of the story before we advance the storyline again… this has dragged on for too long…'

Taking his glasses off, Keima was surprised by the sharp inhale of breath that Elsi took even as he looked at her in confusion.

'What's wrong?'

'N-No… it's nothing…'

Blushing terribly, Elsi averted her eyes even as Keima cleaned his glasses, her heart beating faster and faster as she took more sneak peeks at his glasses-less face. It was indeed a rare sight; Elsi felt like she was rewarded for her best behavior today and she got even more pumped up today than she was before. After all, Keima just praised her and acknowledge her again!

'That said… I would never buy this game, it looks like the real is more twisted up than before… I had to go on without sufficient information from the start till now… it is ridiculous how this all happened, if I had more to go on…'

'I remember Ayumi-chan saying that the more difficult it is, the more challenging it gets, desho?'

Quipping with an uncertain smile, Elsi breathed in relief as Keima blinked before nodding thoughtfully in agreement.

'Yes, I suppose I should have been too accustomed to seeing things that are presented to me in a silver platter… it has been a while since I had to earn or search for any clues… Hmph, that is something interesting indeed.'

Nodding to himself in agreement, Keima narrowed his eyes before stating that there was no way that Kureha Haruka would get away from his grasp, not when she has caused so many problems for him…

'I was wrong before, but I would not make the same mistake twice… I will not fail!'

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Author's Notes: Tell me what you think about this chapter too. This might be the part where the mood of the story changes yet again.

If you haven't given me your thoughts on Rea, tell me about her too! The next chapter would be released in it's normal release schedule, I promise you that!