This is the first English fanfic I publish, so please review after you read it :) In addition to the summary, I would like to say that this fanfic is based on only the anime. I didn't take any of the events of the manga into consideration, so my story takes place some time after the fight with Sariel. I used the English translations for the names they call each other.

In this chapter, Urushihara does something unusual and Suzuno experiences something unusual - so she asks Chiho and Emi for help. I hope you'll enjoy! :)

I don't own Hataraku Maou-sama!/The Devil is a Part-Timer. I wrote this fanfic because I love the anime and I wanted to experiment with the characters and the possible relationships between them. And because I love these ships!

PART ONE – The Inquisitor Experiences a Strange Feeling

On a pleasantly warm Wednesday Suzuno was coming home from shopping for food. When she reached the stairs to the apartments, all of a sudden, Urushihara ran out of the house and down the stairs, but he failed to reach the ground on his feet – just like everybody else who was in a rush and/or careless in this bad staircase. Suzuno wanted to say good afternoon but she didn't have time because Urushihara landed just right on her. She tried to catch him but of course, she didn't have time to lift her hands either.

'I would have appreciated it if you had caught me…' Urushihara groaned. He was lying crossways on Suzuno's stomach with his back and didn't have the slightest idea of what he wanted to do right then because he had hit his head.

'I had the thought in my head,' she groaned. 'Now I would appreciate it if you got up…'

Urushihara scrambled to his feet and so did Suzuno, picking up the bags she had dropped.

'So, good afternoon,' she said and went up the stairs. Meanwhile she thought about how strange seeing Urushihara outside was, but didn't start to wonder why because she was as careless as he was and fell down. Urushihara tried to catch her but failed too, and Suzuno landed on him.

'Couldn't you walk up the stairs properly…?' Urushihara groaned again.

'And could not you?' Suzuno asked in her usual emotionless tone. Now she was sounder than Urushihara, landing on top, the same way he did before.

'I don't use these stairs often. Now could you get up?'

'Of course.' Suzuno sat up and Urushihara helped her by pushing her up with his palms on her back, then he got up as well.

'So there you are!' Ashiya shouted. He had just come out of the house and stood on top of the stairs, looking very angry. 'Thank you for stopping Urushihara, Kamazuki,' he said while he stomped down.

'Wha…?! Hey!' Urushihara shouted when Ashiya grabbed his collar. 'Let me go!'

'You thought you could escape from the castle, did you?!'

Ashiya dragged the loudly complaining Urushihara back to their apartment. Suzuno picked up her bags again and walked up as well, buried in her thoughts. In her apartment, she put the bags down on the counter and sat down on the floor. After thinking looking at the wall with puckered eyebrows for about ten minutes, she picked her newly got – and first – mobile phone up from the table and called Emi.

'Hello, it's Emi.' Suzuno heard her voice through the telephone.

'It's Suzuno. I need to talk to you in private. Not an emergency, but as soon as possible.'

'Oh, okay, I am at work right now, and I'm going home late, so what about tomorrow afternoon?'

'That's okay with me.'

'Okay, then… oh, wait, I've just remembered that Chiho is coming to my apartment tomorrow afternoon… she also told me that she wanted to talk to me in private. I guess it's about Maou again… but you can come if you don't mind Chiho's presence, and I'm sure she doesn't mind yours so we can talk about you then.'

'I don't mind. It's better that she is also there anyway, I wanted to call her too.'

'Right, then meet you there.'

'Goodbye.'

Suzuno ended the call, and started staring at the wall again.

Next day, Suzuno went to Emi's place in the afternoon. Chiho was already there.

'Hi, Suzuno!' She greeted the girl happily.

'Good afternoon,' Suzuno said and sat down on the floor next to them.

'Suzuno, I have asked Emi but she couldn't answer, so what do you think… what do you think, should I ask Maou… out?' Chiho asked shyly, blushing.

'But Chiho, you have already been on a date,' Emi said. 'So why do you ask?'

'Because it was almost a year ago and now I want it to be a real date! That one didn't end well anyway…'

'I don't have any idea of this dating thing, but if you love him, you should,' Suzuno said in her emotionless tone, as always.

'Oh, I… well, I do love him,' Chiho mumbled blushing more and smiling.

'Well, I have even less idea of dating and you know what I'm going to answer,' Emi said.

'Maou is a demon?' Chiho looked at Emi.

'The worst demon,' Emi and Suzuno said in chorus.

'I don't care, he is the nicest worst demon. Thank you for helping me… and what did you want to talk about, Suzuno?'

'Actually, we are quite at the point.' Suzuno looked down at her hands. 'I wanted to tell you that I felt something strange yesterday, just before I called good Emi.'

'What was that?' Emi asked.

'I was going home and good Hanzo fell down the stairs and fell on me.'

'Wait a minute, Urushihara was outside the apartment?!' Emi shouted. 'That's really strange!'

'It's not the strange thing I wanted to talk about, but good Shiro came out and took him back, saying Hanzo wanted to escape.'

'Escape? Okay, I can understand it but it's also very strange that he even came outside.'

'Then how could he escape if he didn't come outside?' Chiho asked uncomprehendingly.

'I don't know, but he really doesn't come out, just sits in front of his laptop. So, what was strange, Suzuno?'

'Before good Shiro came out, I got up, walked up the stairs and fell down on good Hanzo. He helped me get up by pushing my back. That's when I felt something strange.'

'I don't get it, what was that?' Chiho asked shaking her head.

'I felt something like… I don't really know how to describe it.' Suzuno was thinking looking up. 'It was something like a vibration. In my stomach and chest. After I got up, I still felt his hands on my back, however I knew they weren't there.'

They sat in silence for a second.

'Oh!' Chiho screamed, then smiled widely. 'Suzuno fell in love!'

'Really?' Suzuno asked, and now her face changed, or at least her eyes widened a bit in surprise.

'If yes, you like a very unusual type of boys,' Emi sighed. 'Lucifer, seriously?'

'I'm not sure,' Suzuno said. 'I mean, I have never felt anything like love before.'

'Any kind of it?' Chiho asked surprisedly.

'Any kind of it.'

'Have you never been a teenager?'

'I have, but I worked for the Church of Ente Isla as their assassin.'

'Even as a teenager?'

'Of course. Emi defeated many demons as a teenager. So, I decided to ask you if you know anything about this feeling, because I thought you must be more experienced than me.'

'Well, I am not,' Emi said.

'Not even with Maou?'

'What the…?! I don't feel anything towards him!' Emi shouted angrily.

'Emi, tell me if you're in love with him!' Chiho said. 'I'm going to ask him out, so I have to know!'

'I'll tell you one more time, I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING TOWARDS THAT STUPID DEMON KING!'

'Okay, okay!' Chiho shouted covering her ears. 'I'm relieved.'

'I can't imagine how you couldn't see that! So, let's get back to Suzuno. I don't really think you are in love, I mean, it's not sure. We can't say it's sure by that single experience. It could be just because you didn't expect him to touch you. Just like when someone tickles you.'

'If you have never been in love, then I know better,' Chiho said, 'and I think that's love.'

'Okay, thank you,' Suzuno nodded. 'I think I'll try out something to make it sure.'

'But don't do anything weird,' Emi said.

'I won't,' Suzuno nodded again.