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

Chapter 1: Foreshadowing

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.

Additional Notes: Moonflowers symbolizes dreams for Love.

Author's Notes: Thank you, Wolf's Honour & AKAAkira for the beta-edit and help with this chapter's release, there would be issues if you two hadn't helped me with it... Thank you, so much for your help and dedication to this!

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The beginning was always something that was important, everything had a beginning and everything had an end, but if the opening wasn't important or eye catching it meant that readers wouldn't be interested.

In contrast, the ending might be a little less glamorous depending on the reader. If the story was straightforward, predictable or had hints dropped along the way for the finish, the ending might be boring and perhaps lacklustre if one could figure out the ending before it was even shown.

The situation was reversed if the reader was unable to guess the ending or perhaps guessed the ending only for it to be 'extended' due to a plot twist at the later stages of the story.

As such, one can say that the ending was really hit or miss and authors were known to pull plot twists out of nowhere, with no warning, forewarning, no prior hints whatsoever to satisfy their audiences.

Logic might not be enough in some cases and so the beginning as well as the middle of each story were the most important parts of a good story, subjected to the tastes of the reader.

For the Capturing God, that was the truth as he could usually see the ending of each heroine, their defined archetypes and their individual characteristics all adding up to the preferred or most likely ending.

In fact, he had an astonishing 83.9% rate of accuracy predicting a heroine's ending by the middle of the game. It was one of his skills and the sole reason for the 16.1% was due to unforeseen plot twists or additional clues thrown into the mix during the final stages of the story.

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This story didn't have a good start, one could say that it was probably one of the worse starts in a bishoujo game, one that even Keima found to be hard to stomach.

He might say that it was possible but extremely niche and catered to only a selected audience who could accept this ending...

This is the story about a girl who went against all norms in a bishoujo game at the beginning, at least in the beginning.

Was it her ploy to make things interesting? Or was it her own back-story causing the problems? It wasn't conventional at all... but he digressed seeing that the ending was something that he had decided for her, a change from the usual build-ups that had happened before.

Can one call her unique because of that? Perhaps, but is she memorable?

To that, the Capturing God didn't quite have the answer. How could he, when he remembers all of them, his captured heroines from the real and the ideal itself.

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'Eheh, Kami-Onii-sama~ Now that you've made peace with the other girls, we can go back to your mission right?'

Elsi smiled cheerfully as the two of them shared lunch together alone for the first time in a whole week and Keima frowned while looking up from his PFP. Elsi's mood had certainly gotten better after he finished with the last of the 'requests' from the girls and he shrugged while commenting that he didn't really care about Elsi's mission.

'I've been working hard for the past week so I should get a few days off to play my games. Have you any idea how many games I've not played since we started? At this rate it'll be difficult to hold my title as the Capturing God. I'm going to play my games after school Elsi, and you are not in any way to interfere or to get in my way at all! Did you get that?'

Pointing an accusing finger at Elsi, Keima nodded in satisfaction as Elsi nodded her head and said that she did while sighing in resignation.

'Kami-Onii-sama... I wish you don't have to play some of your games... then Kami-Onii-sama can go out with all of us sometimes, desho? Ayumi-chan and Chihiro-chan really wanted to go watch a movie... and if you come with us, they'll be very happy.'

Putting on a longing face, Elsi failed miserably as Keima was lost in his own world again, his hands typing on his keyboard relentlessly as he tried his best to finish his games in record time.

The only reason that they got this reprieve today, a girl-free day was that they all had some personal matters to attend to.

The girls who normally gathered around him during lunch were Asami and Aoba and the former had to meet their club members for a meeting while Aoba took the day off as she wanted to focus on a new game that came out. This gave Keima an opportunity to have peace and he was not letting Elsi or anyone ruin that moment for him.

It had been a long week where he had played little, not to mention wasted precious time reflecting on his actions that has happened so far.

He couldn't say that it was all wasted effort though as in the end he was able to find some closure for all the girls as well as their support to continue in the same path.

All of it was perhaps worth the time spent in the end, though only in the end and Keima was relieved seeing the end of that particular chapter in his life.

'… Kami-Onii-sama baka! Baka, Baka! What if another Weiss was in school and we couldn't stop it because Kami-Onii-sama was playing his games!'

Elsi tried to remind him of how important it was but Keima shrugged it off like always, there were other things that were more important in his life than capturing Weiss and for now, let him indulge in them for a while longer.

Just, a while longer, please.

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Keima would get that wish as the day passed peacefully for him, enabling him to not only catch up on his games but to clear his Inbox which was filled to the brim with requests for help from all over the world.

It was a happy day for him and he was in a good mood as the two of them made their way back home, Keima neglecting to mention how Elsi's own inactivity was the reason for them not being able to find more weiss.

Unlike Yukie, Haqua's partner who went around on her rounds everyday, interacting and meeting people, Elsi remained mostly stagnant in every day affairs, discovering Weiss by accident and not even making an attempt to try and locate Weiss by herself.

Was she being complacent? Or was she just happy with the rate of progress they had so far?

Keima was certain that although both methods relied on luck to search for Weiss, Yukie would accommodate her route to reach the largest population of people, slowly trimming her route down to meet all individuals with Weiss while still searching for them.

Keima did not think that Yukie was a bad partner at all as she was proactive in her approach, worked as best as she could with Haqua and Haqua was simply not taking her matters into consideration before judging her, she wasn't stuck with an inadequate buddy at all!

As for himself, he was an unwilling party in this agreement and he figured that his only goal was to capture the girls that Elsi found out. Yes, he wanted to get out of this scenario sooner but that didn't mean that he has to do all the work.

Keima was loathe to tell Elsi that though as he was certain that if he did, he'll end up accompanying her anyway and thus decreasing the limited amount of time he can game again.

It would amount to a no-win situation so Keima kept his mouth shut as the two of them left the school compound and headed for the school gates.

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'Hey, hey... look at that guy over there, who is he waiting for huh?'

'Oi oi, don't stare at him, he might be part of a gang... Shit, he's looking this way!'

Several boys were commenting at a middle-aged man loitering around the school entrance and they quickly made their escape when the man stared and glared at the two of them. It was indeed odd to see someone waiting outside the school like this but Keima wasn't going to ask why as it was none of his concern.

Someone should tell that to Elsi though as the little demon walked over and asked him what was going out, causing Keima to do a double take as she smiled and introduced herself to him.

'Hai, Katsuragi Elsi desu! Are you looking for someone?'

Keima hung back awkwardly even as Elsi greeted and spoke to the stranger. He knew that Elsi was a helpful girl who wouldn't hurt a fly but wasn't this too much? Offering to help to a stranger who looked like he wanted trouble? Geez...

'Ah, yes, I'm waiting for my daughter... perhaps you know her?'

'Your daughter? Is she in high school or junior high, Mister?'

Keima turned to shoot a dirty look at Elsi, who promptly ignored it pretty much much just like how he had been doing to her. He would be proud of it in any situation and Elsi just continued speaking with the man as he stuttered while replying.

'Well... it's been so long that... I can't really remember. She must be around your age now... though she might be in Junior High... err... perhaps you'll know her anyway, she's Konoe... Konoe Rea.'

'Konoe... Rea-san?'

Elsi apparently didn't know the name at all and the man sighed as he shook his head.

'Well, it was too good to be true. I'll wait for her here, thank you for your help...erm, Katsu...'

'Katsuragi desu!'

'Thank you for your help, Katsuragi.'

'Perhaps... you could ask the teachers for help? If you're her father, you could do that right?'

The man looked a little awkward while Keima simply sighed. If he didn't know what grade she was studying in and was waiting outside of the school like a fool, it meant that he was either an estranged parent or had not seen her daughter for a long time, if he was her real father at all.

Either way, he didn't want to get involved further and he pulled Elsi by her hand away from him.

'Are you done, Elsi?'

'A-Ah... ah yes, I'm sorry, Konoe-san.'

Bowing to him, Elsi was surprised when he said that his family name wasn't Konoe.

'It's Sanka. It's a complicated issue but Rea's mother has always been stubborn on that... you know, she's the perfect example of a modern woman. I haven't seen her in quite a while and she's constantly moving. I was just in the neighbourhood and I thought I'll go and see her.'

Scratching his head, he looked positively haggard and Elsi pulled Keima back while saying that she'll do whatever she can to help find her.

'I... I understand that feeling, I haven't seen my sister for a long time so I'll help you, Sanka-san! Wait here please, I'll go and find Konoe-san for you!'

Dragging Keima with her, Elsi hurried off to the staff room while he wondered what he had been dragged off into again, choosing to just go with the flow as he played on his PFP.

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'Why are you doing this again?'

Keima asked curtly to Elsi as the two of them headed towards the next class in search for Konoe Rea. Elsi had gotten all fired up and Keima had decided to let her handle this situation by herself. In a way, his stubbornness was rubbing on her and he sighed again as Elsi said that she had to help him.

'I haven't seen my sister and parents in around a hundred years... they kept in contact for the first two hundred... but I think... they were too disappointed in me to even call me in the last hundred years... I know the feeling of being lonely and wanting to see one's parents, Kami-Onii-sama! That's why I have to help Sanka-san to find Konoe-san! You might not realize it as you are staying with Oka-sama... but you will when you live alone!'

'… I doubt that.'

Still, Keima no longer stopped Elsi from doing what she wanted and he simply followed her as she popped into each class to ask whether there was a Konoe-san around.

'Excuse me... but is there a Konoe-san in your class? Konoe Rea-san.'

Asking yet another confused junior, Elsi's search seemed hopeless as she came up blank for the junior high and she headed off to their classrooms in a bid to see if they were able to find someone of that name.

'Ah! Ayumi-chan!'

Seeing their friend together with her track mates in the distance, Elsi ran over to her while Keima simply walked there patiently with all the time in the world. There were things that he rather do with his time but with Elsi so determined to help out, Keima knew it was futile resisting and trying to escape and he just continued on with his games, fingers flying over his PFP.

'Ah, Elsi-chan! What are you doing here? I'd have thought you would be at home now!'

Smiling at Elsi and then blushing when she saw Keima walking towards then, Ayumi closed one eye and commented that Keima should pay closer attention to the surroundings and not ignore her.

'Good afternoon, Ayumi.'

Watching as Keima replied while accompanying it with a sigh, Ayumi smiled too as she greeted him back while listening to Elsi telling her about the situation.

'Hmm... Konoe-san... huh? Well there's no one in the track and field club of that name... but I'll ask around for you if you want! Wait here!'

Running off to her friends, Ayumi started to gather some information as Elsi waited eagerly, hoping to find a lead about this elusive girl while Keima wondered why she didn't try to use her raiment to search for the girl instead.

It would save time and effort but Keima knew that Elsi had absolutely no skills or knowledge on how to use her raiment properly and the information she provided with her raiment was just the bare facts. Thus, he refrained from pointing that out. Good old fashioned leg work was viable after all, as long as he wasn't the one doing that of course.

'Mm! One of my friends said that there's a girl with that name in her class. She thinks that she's in the library club. You did say... Konoe Rea right?'

Beaming as she returned with that news, Ayumi's expression turned curious as she asked Keima whether it was one of his assignments.

'This Konoe Rea-san, she couldn't be in trouble, would she?'

'No, I hope not.'

Keima replied quickly as he crossed his fingers in hope. If she really had a Weiss in her, that'll throw away all hopes of him playing games for the week. His look and feeling of despair must have been picked up by Ayumi as she giggled and petted his shoulder even as Elsi took off without him.

'You're our hero, Keima-kun! And Heroes don't quit while they're ahead, right?'

Winking at him, Ayumi ignored his protests as she ran back to her friends.

He wasn't really that unlucky, was he?

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'The library club... is this a coincidence?'

Keima reflected as he leaned back on his usual seat while waiting for the library club's meeting to end. They had found Shiori together with the rest of the club members in a corner of the library and he had to pull the excited Elsi back from intruding and interrupting the meeting.

Yes, she had a point in that they were making Sanka-san wait but that was his choice in the first place. If he wasn't that interested in finding his daughter, he wouldn't have agreed to wait for them at all.

Besides, Elsi could go back and tell him what was going on after all. However the little demon insisted in staying as she was afraid the meeting would end and Konoe-san would leave before they could identify her.

'Kami-Onii-sama, why is this a coincidence?'

Elsi was reading another book about fire-engines. The stack of book that Shiori had shown her had been partially devoured by Elsi and her love of those fire-engines, but she still had quite a way to go before finishing all of them.

'For information to come to our hands that easily... normally we'll be running up and down for them but it took only a few tries before we reached what we are looking for. There is no such thing as a free lunch after all.'

Using one of his favourite lines, Keima was about to say more when Elsi sat up and exclaimed that the meeting was over, causing the club members to shoot dirty looks at them for breaking the silence.

'G-Gomen, gomen!'

Bowing to them shamefully, Elsi caught the attention of Shiori, who was the secretary. The quiet girl quickly hurried over to the two of them even as she excused herself.

'Konnichiwa... Elsi... Katsuragi-san.'

Greeting them, Shiori asked them if they wanted something from her. Elsi quickly filled her in while Keima kept a look out for the girls who were starting to leave till Shiori nodded her head.

'I understand... Rea desu ka? She's the girl over there... the girl with the wavy black hair at the door now.'

Shiori spoke softly and smiled as Elsi rushed away to catch the girl, leaving her together with Keima as he stood up from his seat slowly to look at Shiori.

'Can you tell me more about her, Shiomiya?'

'… I'm... friends with Rea... she's quiet... but, I... I feel that she has been quite stressed lately...'

'Do you know why?'

Shiori bit her lip as she considered but then shook her head while explaining.

'That... is only my guess... Rea usually does library duties after school with me...but lately she has been asking permission to skip... duties after school. I... I think it has something to do with her family.'

Shiori blushed when Keima thanked her for that info and moved to catch Elsi, who was still speaking to Konoe Rea at the entrance of the library. Important or not, at least he now had a point of contact for this Konoe Rea.

'Katsuragi... san.'

Just like Ayumi, Shiori held him back, this time by pulling at his sleeve and when Keima turned to meet her, she pumped her small hand in the air slowly while muttering: 'Fight-o... Katsuragi-san.'

It was her way of showing encouragement and he shook his head while sighing.

'Like I said... it may... not be the case here.'

He really hoped so... but with so many triggers and flags going off, it was going to be hard for this girl to not be the target of a Weiss.

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'My father?'

Elsi nodded eagerly as she filled Konoe Rea about what has been happening but contrary to her expectations, she did not seem too excited about the situation.

Konoe Rea stood out a little amongst the crowds, her resemblance to Kasuga Kusonoki was startling from a distance the exception of how her hair curled up at the edges, probably due to some perming done that has not been maintained. Looking closely she didn't radiate the sense of confidence that Kusonoki had, rather, she was a person who was more mellow and controlled.

One of her more unique features was how she had a small mole above her right eye and she nodded to Elsi again in appreciation.

'So where is he now?'

'Your otou-san is at the school's entrance now, Konoe-san!'

Smiling eagerly at her, Elsi was confused when she sighed again before nodding her head.

'Alright... Thank you... erm...'

'Katsuragi desu, Katsuragi Elsi!'

'Katsuragi-san... huh? Thank you, Katsuragi-san, I'll go meet him now.'

Pushing the door open, Konoe Rea walked off towards the entrance. Elsi watching on as though she was in a trance till Keima asked whether she was the right person.

'She is... but it's odd... she doesn't seem happy to know her father's here.'

Tilting her head while resting one finger on her chin, Elsi was rewarded by Keima snorting and following after Konoe Rea's footsteps as well.

'Not everyone loves their parents like you do, Elsi... their parents did get a divorce for a reason... and seeing the state the father is in, I wouldn't be happy to see him either. C'mon, you started this, so you should at least end this.'

Pulling her along, Keima and Elsi followed the girl to the gate, where they were greeted by Sanka-san running towards and hugging Konoe-san tightly.

This caused Elsi's eyes to be filled with tears and she wiped them away happily upon seeing a happy reunion of father and daughter. Only Keima wasn't convinced and he saw her looking away from her father's face as she squeezed her father's hand slowly.

She doesn't look too thrilled to see him after all... but this was none of his concern... none at a-

'DORO DORO!'

Oh, hell no!

Author's Notes: There'll be a new poll up, about BRP, so do take the time to go through it!

R&R people, I broke my personal rule about OCs... so, it's something new for me as well!