Hey, ho, fandom. new chapter, and nothing more to declare. Only... Double your attention this chapter, because things will get messy a little. Stay golden as always~.

highschool dxd doesnt belong to me~.

It's raining. What a bummer. Everybody is probably all cozy back at home, and yet here I am with my group in the middle of the rain, being protected only by my little umbrella. Yoko can control the wavelength of the drops of water so they won't fall on her, and being a fire witch, Tasha's body temperature is much higher than of a regular human's, enabling her to turn the water around her into vapor. Do what? I can only rely on this black umbrella I got from mom while those two can effortlessly pretend that it isn't even raining...

Then I ask myself why the hell they don't use those instead of fighting for space with me under the umbrella.

"Girls, you can protect yourselves against the rain. Please let me use my umbrella in peace." I muttered. Of course it wouldn't do a damn thing against them.

"Too much coffee. Too weak. Can't control magic. Hold me, Tsukino-chin." The girl whose name is a cryptogrammic rune said to me, squeezing her body onto me. I pushed her away with my own weight, yet I ended up being pulled by Yoko.

"I'm... I'm still recovering from the Chakra overuse, Ichijou. I can't waste it in those frivolous things and I have to recover some, therefore, I need to touch you." Was Yoko's excuse. Lies, all lies, I can feel it. Actually, it's not that bad be changing warmth with pretty girls, but if my sisters ever find that out... Dealing with the rest of the five dragon kings will be the least of my worries...

"Okay. Okay. Whatever, let's go home like that, but please be aware that when we're near home, we need to split apart from each other or else my sisters will do that to us... Individually."I gulped, just like them. Not even the cold breeze from the weather could make me shiver like that. The girls then parted away their contact with me, using their own abilities to escape from the rain. Wow, sad, that had the opposite effect. It was just a warning, but they probably thought I was indirectly telling them to go away. Shit. "Uuuh~... Doesn't mean we can't stay like before until then."

"Yaaay~." And there was much rejoice as they practically squashed me between them. Just to remember myself, Tasha is indeed taller than I am, but Yoko's smaller. The position I stayed in is kinda uncomfortable, but what can I do? I gave them the green light, so better suck it up for now. I wonder if senpai had that kind of problem. Who am I kidding, he probably couldn't even take a step without being covered in girls. And I'm okay with just two girls... Kinda.

For some reason, I miss the other girls around. Yes, even Gremory...

*Vooosh!*

*Voooosh!*

"Incoming forces!" Suddenly Yoko shouted, pushing us away from harm's way as two flashes passed around us. The first one disappeared into the curtain of drops, while the other landed next to us. My vision was kinda blurry from the rain, but that shadow soon revealed itself as The Albino Ninja From the hidden Hanzō village Ren. He was panting and ready to leap to the unknown again.

"Ren...?!" He turned to me, but returned to take a move forward again.

"Not now, Ichijou! Duty's calling!" Was all I could hear. He left us to the dust,disappearing from from my sight.

"This scent... Ichijou, it's faint, but I can sense Hellsing's smell coming from that same direction!" Yoko said. I gave an exclamation at that, summoning my sacred gear in the deserted street and running to that direction! Shit, is Ren trying to capture her again?! We gotta keep up with her too!

"After them." Tasha commanded as she mounted on her broom she pulled from under her skirt and rode it to the same direction. I pulled Yoko and made her rode me from the back, as the Boosted Gear announced [BOOST], and the burst of energy ran through my body. And so, we ran after them.

"Anything, Yoko?!" I took the lead since the nine-tailed fox was on my back, and so it would be easier for her to track Annie down, rain and all. She nodded, but pointed out that the rain was interfering a lot. Also, I dunno why, but this way seems too familiar. "How strange, this pathway is really... Really... Oh, don't tell me they're going...!"

And I was right. This place, those streets, this pathway... We are going directly to my house! But why?! If she's planning to use my own house and fam-... Mother as hostages, I'm gonna break her so bad! Not kill her, but break her anyway! The rain turned even more violent now, and the purple witch next to me had to put down her flying broom to avoid it fall to the floor. We ran and ran, and like I was expecting, we ended up on the way to my home.

"Almost there! What the hell she wants, anyway?!"

"Ninja art! Qillin's punishment!"

*ZAAAAP!*

"Whooooa...!" But before we could even reach to my house, a flying frying Ren was tossed against us. We dodged the gliding loser in time, and in the end, we were now facing the back of our former comrade, as she stared at something in front of us right in front of my house. What does she want here?

"Darling; watch out. She put razor lines around this area! If you get too close, you might cut yourself!" Yoko informed me, but Tasha simply dismissed this warning as she burned, in the middle of the rain I might add, those lines away with purple flames. Yoko deadpanned. "Thanks Tasha, I forgot how overpowered our group is."

"Yay, I'm important." The witch muttered. I was the one who took the first step towards Annie and picked her by the collar, making her turn around to face me!

"Okay, what's going on, Annabelle?! Why are you here?! You know very well that I'll break your legs and scream at you until you give up from that suicidal idea!" I screamed at her as she took it all, immobile, with her bangs covering her eyes. I thought that she was just shocked to see me, but soon enough I discovered the why of that: it was not the real Annabelle Hellsing, but a dummy doll. "Shit!"

"Substitution Art, basic tricks to fool idiots. Classic. I'm a ninja, after all." I heard from above, and right on the concrete wall, there she was, sitting there and eyeing us with a mocking expression. I tossed her wood dummy away as the rest of my group gathered to face the ninja. "Yahoo you all, long time no see. Miss me?"

"Yes. Very. Much." The witch pouted, crossing her arms.

"Hellsing, I don't know what's your plan or what you're trying to pull here, but no matter how good acquaintances we used to be, I won't hold back." Yoko also said, taking a step forward and ready to take her eyepatch away. I stopped her from doing anything further, and sighed.

"Annie, I want an answer, and depending on that, I'm gonna kick your ass: what are you doing here?" I pointed my Boosted Gear at her. I'm pretty sure she's not here to eat snacks and drink coffee with mum, so what else she's here for?

"..." For a moment, she went silent, and alternated her own gaze from me to my house. To my house, to me, to my house, to us. In the end, she covered her face with a hand, took a deep and audible sigh, and after a few seconds, she turned to us and smiled. "Don't worry, red Dragon, I'm just here to kill some time and maybe bid a last goodbye. I won't be coming back soon, either like a Stray or the vampire King."

"Don't joke around, damn it. You're not doing that!" I jumped to try to reach her, but she also jumped away. Tasha used her broom to stop right in front of Annie, but the ninja used a smoke bomb to lose herself and appear right next to the witch. Again, she landed right in front of my house, and sniffed, and sneezed. That was random. "I won't let you escape!"

"Annie!" I heard from behind me, and as I turned around, another gust of wind blew right next to my face. Ren was standing up again, and by the look and position of his hands, he apparently tossed something. I turned again to Annie, and like a ninja, she didn't even touch the flying small package, instead picking it in midair with her strings. "Here's a delivery! Next time, I'll kill you."

"Ren..."

"Oh~, what's that~? A trap? A booby trap at that? Sorry, but this is not the one I want, so long then!" And then, in a violent and sudden move, she pulled her strings with a visible struggle, *RIP!*, the entire small package collapsed and ripped away. Fortunately, the object inside of it was intact, making a ringing sound as it fell to the floor. We all stopped in front of it. "A... A key...?"

"Your key, Annie." I said to her, picking that small set of keys and tossing it to her. She picked with her hand this time, and took a deep look at them. Annie turned her gaze to me, and for the third time since I know her, she looked completely surprised and wordless. "Those are the keys to my house, Annie. You can come back whenever you feel like it. If you change your mind, or just want to come inside and eat something, you're always welcome. I won't bother you anymore, just keep in mind that you will always have somewhere to go."

"..."

"I want to be your friend, and if you come to the conclusion I want you to, you're welcome anytime, no questions asked. I'm an idiot, after all."

"This... This..." And everyone put themselves out of risk, while Ren and I were still looking at the ninja girl in front of us. She trembled a little, a then lifted her head to us, smiling a trembling grin, while holding her set of keys tight. "This is really stupid, Ichijou... You're really stupid, Ichijou! I... I don't need your pity! Just you see! I'll kill Lord Nosferatu and... And... And I won't ever go back here!"

"..."

"I don't need this! I won't... I won't ever go back! The next time I see you... I'll be the vampire King... And this will be the last time, ya hear me?" She said, turning around to avoid facing us. The rain is still pouring, so I couldn't see her very well now, but I had the impression she was still trembling. Is she struggling, is she laughing? I dunno. But she didn't let go of the keys, for what she claims it is. And again, right before our eyes, she disappeared in a cloud of smoke, as another gust of wind blew in our faces as she did that. Another capture failed.

"Well, I got something better to do now. See ya later, Ichijou." Sighing out his... Our own failure and tapping my shoulder, Ren turned around and walked away from the ground zero.

"Hey, Ren... Thanks. For the keys, that is." I said to him, turning to face his back. He also stopped mid-track and turned to face me. We crossed gazes and for a second, I saw a blush on his face.

"Don't get the wrong ideas. She's still my cute sister. And the mission only stated to 'eliminate possible threats'. If she's really our mom's daughter, plus her father's one, she will think and think about what you just said and don't bother for a while." He stated, now parting ways with me and scratching his head. He's okay on my book, at least. "Besides, I have my priorities straight, I didn't do it for you, at all. It was only the... Easiest request I got for now."

"I see... Thank you anyway." I turned to him and bowed. He also turned, and disappeared again with a gust of wind without saying a word. I have the strange impression that people will get even more complicated now. Well, do what? Social skills for me is still a madman's thing, so I'll just have to find a normal person to stand my standards on. I'm really Surprised how I'm not mad yet.

"Tsukino-chin. Keys." I snapped back from my stupor when Tasha appeared right next to me with her hands in a beggar pose, puppy eyes not working because of her stoic expression. Now what? "My keys. Want. Where?"

"Me too, Ichijou." Yoko appeared right next to her, pushing the witch away so that my attention was all hers. She sprouted both her fox ears and downed them in a cute way. Is she... Is she trying to induce me to something?! "Yoko wants keys. Woof, woof... Please give me, then."

"..."

"...?"

"I can't... I can't look at you." I said, cursing myself for being so weak against her. Not because her "cutesy charms" are working on me(far from that, she's freaking me out!), but because Neighbor's shame is itching on me. Geez, stop that, you're making me blush. "Please, don't do that."

"Keys. I want. Keys. Where?"

"C'mon Ichijou. You won't be the kind of husband that locks his wife outside, right?"

"Hey! Hey! Enough of that! You two don't even leave home! Why bother a key, anyway?!"

"ICHIJOU...!"

"Heh...?" Oh, shit.

*KICK!*

"And of course it wouldn't be different today! Bringing girls home to have a wet-tee contest! What the hell! You're sick, bro!" And again the presence of girls brought a great misunderstand by the Tsukino part. I didn't even step inside home and Futaba was already flying-kicking me in the face only to wrestle me in the middle of the rain! Of course, I used the slippery things to escape her head lock and tried to pin her to the ground!

"Futaba, when you're done punishing Ikkun, come inside. You'll need another bath and Tasha here also needs one." My sister Shion said with a scowl, as she picked a pair of towels to dry Tasha and Yoko up. "Now, now, Tasha-chan and Yoko-chan. Come inside and have some soup. Don't worry about those idi-... Eh?!"

"Get away from him, you fiend! He did nothing wrong!" But the fox girl came to my help, as she tossed herself against us and began her own wrestling match with my older sister! For a while, we had the upper hand, but then Minatsu came and the match became even.

"A pair against a single one is the peak of cowardliness! Do not fret, half sister of mine! The knightness Minatsu is coming for thy Help!"

"Oh, dear... Mother, I think we need a backup."

"Fucking pimp and gigolo!"

"Futaba, I'm getting really angry!"

"Release Ichijou at once sister Futaba, or face the consequences!"

"Oh, rapture! The end draws near! Bless me with the power the purge the lustful demon that is my brother and his cumcubines!"

"What the hell you kids are doing in the rain?! Get out of there before you catch a cold!"

Thanks, mom...

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I don't think is right to say this, but I'm kinda getting used to my sisters's abuse: from since I was six up until now, I guess I developed some resistance against their physical assaults. Maybe it's the because of my training back and forth in the underworld, and after the rating game, minor injuries like bruises and punches are a breeze to take. Doesn't mean I want them.

Still, those bandages itch like hell. I'm remembering now how I used to lie about how I end up getting so many bruises from my sisters to mum. The classic 'I fell down the stairs' to the ludicrous 'I was playing JoJo with Futaba'. I was just a kid, so of course it would hurt. But now... I used to cry whenever they would assault me, and even after yesterday, I'm okay now. So~... I'm getting used to suffer domestic abuse. I'm not going to joke about that.

"It seems that those bruises are getting worse by the day. Tsukino-kun, I'm really worried about you, now." Kamiyama Shiori said looking at my bandaged arm as I twitched a little by copying sensei's note on the board. Summer is getting closer, so The bandages are making me dismiss my blazer to refresh myself. Unfortunately, that also reveals the bruises and bandages in my arms, and while the majority doesn't care much, teachers and Kamiyama are very easy to pick that up.

"Don't worry, Kamiyama. Yesterday was raining; I just fell down some wet stairs." I muttered, massaging my arms a little only to finch at that. But... Kamiyama is worried about me! That's a good, yet horrible sign! I'm a horrible person for thinking that hurting myself will do any good for me. That sucks. "It won't happen again. I promised."

No after mom's scowls. Even the mightiest of men would shiver like a little girl. The weakest of little girls, because I know some little girls that can pack a punch...

Lunch time came flying by, and as I promised, I sat right next to my crush, putting our seats side-by-side and taking a look at each other's lunchbox. Yesterday's leftovers, because mom and Satsuki-nee can't control their competitive spirits during cooking competitions. While Kamiyama... Again with the three-store lunchbox with vegetables, sushis, steaks and other things more. She doesn't talk with anyone, so everybody wonders from where she gets that delicious and fine cuisine.

"Say, Kamiyama, where do you buy those things? Seems expensive." I declared, looking at a small tuna sushi roll next to the shrimp one.

"Oh, those? Well, some I make myself, others are from a friend of mine. She have enough money to buy some expensive things and make those dishes. Delicious, aren't they?" She said as she ate another fat tuna. Oh, so she can cook as well. Neat! Maybe she can teach me how to make rolls too! I can only cook basic fried stuff, doing something more traditional might be a good change of pace. Not to mention I can avoid getting beat up again.

"That's really cool, Kamiyama. Maybe we can..." I stopped as an electric shock passed through my hand, stinging it and letting me go of my chopsticks. Huh, not good yet. Maybe taking things a little calmer is more than a zen teaching. "Ouch..."

"What's wrong? Are your hands still hurt? I said those bruises were bad news." She spoke, looking at my trembling hand. The same hand where my boosted gear is on. I could use my right hand, but the grip and strength wouldn't be the same, also because my hand there is also kinda hurt.

"Don't worry. I'm used to it. No worries." I spoke. Hah, I said it, I said I'm getting used to it. That's lame.

"Don't worry, Tsukino-kun. Here, let me help you."

"Eh...?" When she said she would help me, I though she would pick an ointment for me or take me to the infirmary, but no. Instead, she picked my own chopsticks and then a piece of meat to feed me! She's feeding me! This is so awesome yet so awkward! Kamiyama Shiori is feeding me~!

"Now, say 'aaah~'." She said, moving that piece of meat towards my mouth. I did just that, and when I took a bite out of that, I felt like the world just exploded! Wow! So this is the sensation of being in love! This food was already tasty before, but by the simple fact that it was Kamiyama who was feeding me suddenly make that taste ten times sweeter and better! Then she picked another piece of broccoli and move it to my mouth. Oh, man! "Here, another one."

"Thank you, Kamiyama." I said as calm as I could, while on the inside I was almost having a heart attack. Now after the yesterday's storm, this is what I call the rainbow after the rain! Awesome!

Ah! I can't take it anymore! First he's all emo and shit, and now he's all lovey-dovey with that Kamiyama chick! I thought I would survive until the end of the semester, but I can't! This guy's a train-wreck, holy shit! That's it! I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind instead of the other way around! I stood up and turned to him! Today's the day!

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Wait, what?

"Tsukino-kun, are you okay? You stopped out of the sudden." Getting me out of my stupor, Kamiyama said next to me, her chopsticks hovering while I was now staring at the limbo. What the hell was that? That wasn't my inner monologue! It was... Something else.

"I dunno, Kamiyama." I answered, just as confused.

It was me! I thought as I finally reached his seat. Ignoring completely the school freshman idol Kamiyama Shiori, I picked that Boosted Gear lad with one hand and dragged him away from the class! He's doing that so much, I guess he's probably used to it by now!

"Oe, oe! What the hell!" I said! Now, not only this lass has dragged out of class in the middle of lunchtime, I can now hear a strange voice in my head! What the hell, really?! Am I a psychic now?! I can hear and read minds! I turned to her, and she grunted, also turning her gaze to me.

No, you fool! I am the psychic here! But for some reason, I can only hear your voice when We're at school! And finally we reached an empty room! I gave a quick scan around the perimeter, and having sure no one was around, tossed that loser inside and closed the door behind me so we could have an... Heart-to-heart and mind-to-mind conversation.

"What's going on? Are you a devil?! An angel?! What do you want from me!" I said to the girl in front of me. A very pretty girl with plain and smooth short strawberry-blond hair, magenta eyes and good frame, not to mention slightly tanned skin. How I didn't notice her in the class? And now... She's blushing? Did she catch me wooing her?

You think I'm pretty, of course I would blush, idiot! Damn it, that's why I hate telepathy! I can hear others describing me like some kind of art! You don't have any idea how awkward and sexist this is! He blinked a few times after my outburst, and tried to clean his ears like a swimmer would.

"What the... Am I hearing things?" I said, cleaning my ears. What the hell. That girl just blushed and stomped the floor, yet no words came from her mouth. I, however, heard in my head things from an unknown voice that was matching with that girl's gestures. I turned my attentions to her.

Why are you keep using past tense? That's really retarted, y'know. I flicked my fingers in front of him a few times, hoping that he would catch my drill, and after some thought, he came with it.

"Wait... Don't tell me... You're the one who's the Esper here!" I pointed at her, while she nodded. For some reason, apparently the voice in my head is hers, and also she can read my mind as well.

Bingo! You're sharp, Tsukino Ichijou. I grunted. That's a problem less, but the real big one is: I can't turn it off around Kuoh, and for that matter, from him. From you! I pointed a flaming finger at him!

"Wow! What do you mean? Also, how can I never have seen you before?" I gasped as she pointed her burning accusatory finger to me. She seemed so livid, and by her inner monologue and Eyes, apparently I'm the cause of all of that. But first things first. "Say, who are you, and when you transferred to Kuoh, for that matter?"

I don't just 'seem livid', I AM livid! Just so you know, I transferred here, actually, snuck in around Kuoh around a week or two ago. Using my psychic powers, I erased every single memory they had that day and simply brainwashed them to think I was a freshman like them since the start.

"I see. Since I wasn't around by the time you enchanted the classroom, your spell/brainwash didn't reach me. That's why you look so fresh to me." I'm kinda glad for that, really. No one will ever remember I cried like a little bitch thinking about the girls, specially Kamiyama. So... She's an transferee who snuck in using psychic powers. That's new.

'Cried like little bitch', you say? Well, I did make a mind-search around the students of class 1-B so that I could blend in more easily. And before brainwashing then, I picked the image of Tsukino Ichijou crying like a baby while going to the bathroom. I turned to him, and he was now blushing and hiding his face in shame. Don't worry, you crybaby, your secret is hidden with me. I did you a favor, then.

"So you know... Shit. But... What do you mean you can't turn your powers off from me?" I asked. Putting the shame away, I have to know why she's so angry with me, and that's probably has to do with her powers, according to her monologues. She blushed again. Oh, right, she can read my mind!

Huh, you're kinda noble. I like that, however, let me explain: since I started going to Kuoh academy, for some reason, my telepathic links would always end up with you, and won't shut up until we both leave the school ground. Like a good esper, I have an extended control over my powers. I could hear and read mind when and with who I wanted, telekinesis, electrokinesis, clairvoyance, psychometry, teleportation among other things. However, since I enrolled... Snuck in here, my mind-reading powers would always end up stuck in you! And I can't shut it up!

"Wait! Wait! Are you telling me that you can hear anything I think since you snuck in?!" She nodded, while I gulped. She apparently has been around Kuoh for quite some time. When was the first time I freaked out? If I recall correctly, around the time I met Ren. "So... You have been reading my mind those whole weeks, right?"

Down to the smallest bit of thought, Tsukino Ichijou. The time you wanted to French that pretty girl, from your own inner monologues about 'love' and 'friendship', down to your mental conversations about how you lost your virginity(eh). And yes, I know about Devils, because their own monologues are spoken in a really freaky language. I can communicate with you better since your speak japanese. You must be a reincarnated devil as they say...

"Oh, hoh... So you read everything about me." I spoke again, my mind going a little blank. She knows about Devils too, but this is a minor detail. She knows... She read everything about me... For the past weeks...

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GAAAAAAAAAHH...! The horror!

*SLAP!*

Too loud! Shut up! I slapped him so that he would have a tilt to recover from the shock and leave me alone. Do you think I like this?! It's because you're having so much bitchy fits I can barely hear my own thoughts! Goddamn it, be a man!

"Well, it's not my fault that...! Shut up, shut up, no one can hear you but me... Stay calm. Stay calm." Calmness is my goal, despite the fact that I'm really close to a nervous breakdown. But for her sake, I'll mentally go zen. I peeked at her again, and she blushed. Damn, right, you can hear my thoughts.

Loud and clear, Tsukino Ichijou. Don't scream. Unlike physical screams, I can't muffle them with my hands on my ears. I demonstrated that by pointing to my ears. You can't actually blow my ears or anything, but the headache after is a bitch to deal with. I might get a concussion with it.

"Yeah. Sorry. But if you can really read my mind, this means that you know what I've been going through the whole week." I said to her. It's easier to talk like that even when she can read my mind. Ninjas, treason, five dragons, seven mysterious wonders of Kuoh... Those past days are a bitch to deal with. She turned to me, looking surprised. I wonder if she knows about anything.

Not about the seven dragons per se, only their names since you won't shut up about them. But it turns out, I'm one of the seven Mysteries of Kuoh. The fifth one to be specific. Tsukino Ichijou gasped as he facepalmed on his own stupidity, but then eyed me oh so curiously. Yeah, I'm one of the seven Mysterious wonders of Kuoh academy, the ghost on the second floor.

"So... You're one of the Seven mysteries, the Ghost of the second floor which moves the things around... Well, care to explain why?" I crossed my arms, and she did the same.

I was bored, okay? Having psychic powers is fun and all, but by the end of the day, when you can't hear anything but the thoughts of someone else(really boring thoughts I might add), you get bored very easily. So... Pranking others for the sake of it sounds very tempting. Oh, no. He frowned at me. This is so~ bad. I hate when people dislike me. Of course, that's a lie.

"Well, as long as you don't mess with the reunion, I guess you're free to go." I said to her.

Oh, the Vampire-Devil reunion people are talking about. By the gravity of what you have been repeating that, I guess that's really important. Don't worries, I'm not looking for trouble. I just want to live a normal human life, and maybe turn into a devil or angel someday. That would be pretty neat. But... If I keep reading your mind as for now every time we're around Kuoh, I might get a stroke if your bitchy fits continue. We gotta do something about it.

"And what you suggest?" I questioned her, sighing. So sorry about it, miss, but by the pacing things are going nowadays, I'm surprised how your head didn't go 'Kaboom' by now, and I'm pretty sure it'll go like that soon. Suddenly, she lifted a finger, and from there, a ball of electricity emerged. Those sparkling sounds are saying that's bad news. Please, don't do anything harsh! "Hey! Hey! What are gonna do?! Don't do anything harsh!"

Don't worry. I'm not gonna kill you, but at least I'm gonna send you to somewhere far away from Kuoh! Maybe Okinawa for that matter! I threw at him the teleportation ball, and soon enough, he...!

*POP!*

"Eh...?" And when I was about to summon my Boosted Gear, that Psi girl tossed that ball of electricity against me, and before I knew it, I was put in another place. This is definitely not Kuoh academy. Let's see...

Blue sky... Sandy ground... Muscled men and well-endowed women around... Endless ocean... Good weather... And I'm feeling like a sore thumb in the middle of everybody else... Holy shit, I'm really in Okinawa...

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HOLY SHIT! I'M REALLY IN OKINAWA!

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Around sixteen years ago, I was born. I was a normal and completely ordinary baby like every other else. My parents are ordinary people, just like the rest of my family. My father is a salaryman who's always away, and my mother is a housewife with always a smile on her pretty face. Nothing out of ordinary could ever come from them, and being their daughter, I was no exception.

At least it was what everyone think. However, roughly two days after I left maternity, I was already speaking my firsts words. Not out of my mouth, but directly into their minds. They said it was cute. Two weeks later, I was already walking on my two tiny feet, and two days and a half after that, I was walking again, this time in midair, around two meters from the ground. My parents response to that?

"Aw~! Look, honey! Our little Mizuki-chan can walk on air~!"

"I'm so proud of her! I can't do that even now! Our daughter sure is a special girl!"

Yeah...

As the time went on, of course they would begin to get worried about my powers. When I was one year old, I used my teleportation power for the first time, and opened all of my presents and gifts before the cake song. My parents got worried after that, and wondered if I indeed had supernatural powers. After some tests and medical procedures and other experiments, the result was final: I have psychical powers, and I'm what people call an Esper, or psychic.

And then my parents, fearing the powers of the daughter they used to love so much, shut her in, calling her a freak and sent her to a maximum security facility for people just like me. I was raised in a blank room, treated like a simple object, suffering hours and hours of torturous experiments by the hands of unscrupulous people that wanted to use my powers for a bigger evil. I saw friends die in front of my eyes, hearing screams of pain and despair all the time in my bed at night, wondering when would be the day of my death, my claims of 'help me' turning into 'kill me', as tears would run down my eyes, thinking nothing but revenge on this world that condemned me as a freak, a monster, an abomination...

Nah, just kidding. My dad and mom were so chill about it. When they first discovered my psychical abilities, they went all...

"See, darling? Didn't I say? Our Mizuki-chan is really special! An esper, eh? We are so proud of you!"

"I guess that we love each other so much, this love ended up giving superpowers to our daughter! Hahahah! So the source of her power is our love! Best of all, it'll be completely eternal!"

After all, being different doesn't change the fact that I was the daughter they still love very much up to this day. This isn't a cheap sympathetic-alienating backstory you see in every fanfiction ever...

My parents loved and raised me like a normal child, despite my psi powers. And so, I had a completely ordinary childhood: they used to call me 'Lucky-chan', since I was always the winner in the rock-paper-scissor game and chess. Mom didn't need to take me to the kindergarten because I could simply teleport to there; if I got lost in the mall, I would simply use my clairvoyance to find dad in no time. If some bad guys tried either blackmail me or take my family as hostage, I would just brainwash and sent them to Tiki or Hawaii to enjoy the place. Life was good, life was easy.

I had many friends, many many friends, and all of them liked me very much. However, one of the downsides of having telepathy was the fact that I'm able to read the thoughts of people and thus what they really feel about something. As an example, one day, I ended up getting sick and had to skip school. When I finally went back, my best Friend Tokikaze Chizuo came and said...

"Wow, Mizuki-chan. You skipped so many days! Everyone was worried about you! I specially was praying everyday!"

That's what she said. But inside her head, I could hear her thinking...

'OHMTGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD! Mizuki-chan is back! I was soooooo worried! Is she okay?! Is she fine?! What if this is just an phantom feeling?! What if she's really sick or dying but doesn't feel it?! Is that a bandage?! Is that a bruise! MIZUKICHAAAAAAAN~!'

Yeah, which was unfortunately a pain in the ass to deal with. Turns out that people can scream inside their heads, and when this happens, I can mute it away, so it's like having your I-pod on max volume on your phones. That was another time I first met Kazuo-kun, and he was all...

"Hey, Kyouka-san, are you free this Sunday? Maybe we can catch a movie or something."

In this head then...

'Oh, crap! Oh, crap! What did I just do?! I'm so nervous! I hope she doesn't notice I'm nervous! Oh, why I did that out of the boom? This is so embarrassing?! What should I do if she says no?! This is the end for me~!'

People are really irritating once you know what's inside their heads. Not that I dislike my powers, but hearing what people had in their own thoughts can be really bothersome.

Everything changed when I moved to Kuoh city when my dad got a promotion. I would see and hear strange people with different languages walking around and talking Japanese like it wasn't a big deal, without even typical accents or different dialects. At first I thought it was just foreigners visiting Japan, but then I heard people all next to Kuoh academy thinking a strange language that wasn't anything I ever heard before. Soon, I discovered that those people were Devils, and they ruled the whole Kuoh city. My response to that?

Eh, whatever. I'm psychic, so of course I don't bother with strange things around me. Otherwise I would be being a hypocrite...

However, my problem began when I transferred... Snuck in Kuoh academy. My mother was too busy making dinner for that for his promotion, and I didn't want to bother her, so I took care of the paperwork myself. However, the moment I step in there, for some reason, my psychic powers wouldn't shut up. I could hear every thought of a specific person. His ideas, his quotes, his secrets and, ugh, his bitchy ass fits. I thought I would be okay, since I would try to block my mind using my other powers, but that soon proved to be useless, as his thoughts would only get worse with each passing day, and only stops once I was out of school. I was living like that since I was born, but that one was frying my brain just by screaming at it!

Soon, I figure it was the mind of Tsukino Ichijou I was reading, and as I showed, he's no longer here. Simple as that, but what the hell? Why my powers ended up sticking on him? He's the most idiotic and annoying guy on the world. All he does is whine and complain about God knows what. Seriously, what kind of sadistic pervert would like to read his mind like that all the time?

...

...

Wow, did I just go full zen a minute ago?

'Ding! Dong! Ding dong! Student Tsukino Ichijou from class 1-B. This is the last warning. Please go alone to the Headmistress's office. That's all. Have a nice day.'

And that's the fourth announcement headmistress Morimoto Shizuka, aka Nemesis Gremory, a devil, according to Ichijou, make today. I had my firsts suspicions when I first read her mind, and that strange language was I could hear. And because of Ichijou's endless thoughts, now I'm sure about it. This school has indeed many Devils. And that's not the first time at that. Not to mention the transferred students to-be who are sacred gear users, whatever that is.

Well, nothing else to do, using my clairvoyance I can see that Ichijou-kun's still on Okinawa learning how to play taikou, and I guess no one will miss him for now. I'll just have to brainwash everybody anyway. By the way, I can brainwash, but not mind-control, which is a bummer. I wanted to do that just that I could eat candy all the time. Time to go back to class. I got out of the abandoned classroom and was ready to walk towards my own...

*VOOOSH!*

*BAM!*

*BOOM!*

That's very rude of however did that. I turned around, facing for now my shattering concrete barrier, and by the other side of it, I saw a pretty and busty girl wearing Kuoh's uniform, with black hair and pretty purple eyes. She's that Bael girl Ichijou-kun will probably end up screwing. Hi, missy, how can I help you~?

"I saw what you did to the Sekiryuutei. I could also feel his presence vanishing to another place that is not here." She said. Well, that's just rude. Okinawans are also Japanese people... Kinda. But anyway. I dismissed the concrete barrier I made from the floor, and crossed my arms. Since Ichijou is no longer here, I wonder if I can read her thoughts...

'0"3-/3 $3"0 '3! * :9'5 ]_!_ !3 - !-3" -!8'943! "8/43! 59 '3! :9!5 35 !349"9!- (43'036 :83!' And that's what came from her head. Only gibberish for me, so she's really a genuine pure-blood devil. But for some reason, her inner voice sounded a lot desperate and sad. I wonder what's she's thinking about. Well, no use losing my time with her. Let's end this at once. I stroke a pose, and got ready for a possible fight!

"Humans and their strange costumes. I'll never get that." She sighed, as a ball of black energy gathered around her hand. That same miasma I felt the other day when I was around the school when that Kiruko girl attacked Kuoh. She tossed against me, but before it could harm me, I again lifted a wall of concrete from the floor. And hit it right there.

I'm sorry sister, but that won't work on me. But *Boom!* as I was thinking that, the wall protecting me suddenly exploded, making me fly away and land on my ass! She just exploded the damn wall, and when I was about to stand up, another of those negative balls came for me! *ZING!* in the nick of time, was able to teleport myself away from that, but only for a inch: for at least a some cubic meters, that sma ball expanded itself and devoured a whole chunk of that floor and ceiling, leaving nothing behind!

"Your next thoughts are... 'That was dangerous, so that's the power of a genuine devil', right?" That was dangerous. So that's the power of the genuin-... Whoa! What the hell! Don't tell me she's an esper as well! No, wait, the doctor said that supernatural creatures can't be Psychics because they don't have the 'complete image from God' as we humans. They can't create or manipulate nature because they're incomplete images of the creator... Or something like that. My expression probably said it all for her. "Surprised? Don't be, you're too easy to read. Trust me. Next time, you're history."

I gulped. Damn, she's dangerous. I'm not exactly worried, but she might be tough to be. Let's see, I can't read her mind, thus predict her moves. But I can read her aura. I lifted a finger, and three concrete chunks floated around me, hanging in midair by my telekinesis ability. She also formed with her hands two more of that balls of destruction. We launched both our artillery at the same time, and like I was expecting, two of them clashed and disappeared in dust, while the one left was coming from her direction. By the reading her aura, she'll land... There!

"Curses." She said as I launched a teleportation ball right where she would land when she dodged the remaining chunk of floor. If engulfed her, and before she could do a thing, *POP!*, it simply vanished. I hope she likes Monaco, because she's gonna be there for a while. With that of the way, I can go back to class and brainwash everyone to think Ichijou just missed classes today. Oh, well, today's yakisoba day.

*CRASH!*

Eh? I turned to that same direction outside the school building to look where I heard that sound, and before I knew it, *BAMM!*, all of the windows of the first floor exploded! And in the middle of the P.E. Camp, a black ball full of demonic miasma appeared. In the end, that portal exploded in a simple pop, and from there, that Bael girl emerged, dusting her uniform like nothing happened. This can't be right! Did she... Just partly nullify my teleportation skill? I jumped from the window and levitate to there, as she sighed and turned to me.

"Don't get to cocky, human. No matter how abnormal you are, a mere mortal can't escape the power of the House of Bael, the single Great King of the Underworld." She stated, the gravity around here growing tenfold. So, I can't escape her grasp, the 'Great King' grasp. Well, you are indeed underestimating humanity. My father and my mother are humans, yet their love for each other is more powerful than any petty devil. I won't lose to you. And if you wanna your boyfriend back, I'll only bring him back if you convince me otherwise. "Huh... I have no interest on the Sekiryuutei, but I can't continue my job without him. Very well, prepare to face the ultimate power that descends from the True King of Hell."

Bring it on, sister. I stroke again a pose and electricity began to ooze out of my body. Suddenly, a translucid curtain descended upon us, covering the whole camp. A force field? No, a barrier. Yeah, a barrier. Well, unlucky for you, missy, this means I can use the full extend of my powers now.

"Your power is nothing compared to mine. Now, bow to me, human." In your dreams, Queen of nothing.

I'll show the power of a true Esper!

But not now... Next time...

Meanwhile, Tsukino-kun is still trying to play taikou back in okinawa.

Yeap, expading the lore even more and adding an esper to the cast. Wasn't really that hard to follow, riught? I had fun writting this chapter, and yes, Ludger will finally show us that's she's more than just talking. Next time, let's see what the rest of the cast is doing.