Disclaimer: I do not own High School DxD. I'm just doing this for the heck of it.
Chapter 1-The Unfortunate Lifestyle Begins
Quietly reading my book behind the bushes next the tennis court, I was a hundred percent accurate that pervert wouldn't be able to find me here. From what I know about the Perverted Trio, based on my own knowledge and what the girls have said about them; they only seem to be interested at peeking at the kendo club because they're not that exposed in the open. And yet, they somehow get caught anyway. So I figured if I'm out the open, hide in one of the most conspicuous places, conceal my presence, I should read my book in peace and silence until class starts.
If you recall from the other day, I had to reluctantly help some beaten up pervert because my consciousness wouldn't allow me to leave him behind on the dirt where I found him. So as a result, I helped him into the nurse's officer after he briefly fell unconscious. And I have to say, it was one of the worst mistakes of my life…! Literally, it was the stupidest decision that I've ever made!
Want to know why?
"Hey! Taoki-san! Where are you?"
He won't stop looking for me! An hour after I arrived at the school, I immediately sensed danger coming my way and noticed he had walked inside campus. Acting quickly, I ran from my usual (former) spot near the school gate and hopped I wouldn't get spotted by that pervert. Thus, I had to find a new place to lay low, somewhere he would never look. At first, I thought of the school library, but they have a policy about letting students going inside in the mornings. So that idea was foiled.
There is my class room, though I didn't want to go there yet for two reasons. One: He may stumble upon my class and I wouldn't know about it, until the very last second. Thus, it would start rumors about me and that's something I really want to avoid. Two: If that blonde hair guy is there, then the annoyance of the girls fawning over him will interrupt my concentration. In short, I have limited places to go.
I bet you're all probably thinking how I could know that, right? Well, early club activities do start up around this time, and I don't want to bother anyone with my presence. Especially if I have no purpose of being there in the first place. Even if I walk inside that room, they'll just ask me to leave. Also, there are some particular classrooms that are locked, so those are no goes.
Anyway, I'm contented on staying here and read in peace. If I continue to run around the school trying to avoid this guy, it's only going to cause me stress and possibly a headache. Besides, it's like I said earlier, I'm positive he wouldn't bother looking in the-
"Ah, Taoki-san…!" a familiar voice said, causing my brow to twitch.
Are you serious!?
"So this is where you were. I'm glad I found ya." I'm not! "What were you doing in the bushes…?"
…Hiding! What else do you think I was doing? No, more importantly, how on earth did you find me? I'm pretty sure I hid well enough to escape from public eye.
"Huh?" he blinked before looking at the tennis court. Out of curiosity, I looked too, only to see the club members playing a game with each other. "Oh." You better wipe that smirk off your face. "I see what you were doing here now, Taoki-san." You better not imply what I think you're implying! "Don't worry, I can understand your desire to see those lovely, shapely, beautiful-!?"
Before another dirty word came out of his mouth, I immediately took this chance to get away as quickly as I could possible. Unfortunately, however, my efforts were futile as I wasn't far enough away from this pervert.
"Huh? Hey! Taoki-san, wait…!"
Give me a break.
"So this is the guy you were telling us about?" the buzz cut haired guy questioned, raising a brow at me. Well guess what, I'm suspicious about you too. How in the world can you see with your eyes closed?
"Is this guy even worthy to be in our fold? He looks more like one of those goody two shoes type of fellows." the glasses wearing said, shooting me a suspicious gaze also. Yeah, well, screw you too.
After I tried getting away from Hyoudou (Unfortunately, I had to learn his name), he somehow dragged me here to the back of the Girls Kendo Club's building, where he said he'd show me something "interesting". If I didn't know any better, I'd say there's a peep hole somewhere, so they can see the girls in there getting changed or nude and vice versa.
Oh, and I was just introduced to these two perverts. I'll tell you, when you get closer look at them, like I am right now, you could just feel and see their ugly perverted natures both inside and out.
"Come on guys, for all I care about, Taoki-san is a better friend that you two are! You left me to get beaten up by those girls in there! And what's more, I didn't get to see their hotness…!" he complained before wrapping an arm around me. "But you see! He didn't leave me behind!"
I wish I did.
"When I looked at this brave man," There is something wrong with him other than being a pervert. "…I saw a hero!" What? "A hero who was willing to help someone like me off the dirt," Yeah, I'm seriously regretting that. "…and bring me to the place of healing!"
What is he talking about?
"So you see…Taoki-san took his precious time to help me while you assholes got away scot free, and I didn't!" You sound like a five year old who got in trouble from stealing out of the cookie jar.
"Hey! We would have helped you out too but…the school day had ended and they were leaving." the bald headed said. Wow, what a terrible reason.
"Y-Yeah…and, we had plans to hang after school, you know?" the glasses guy said.
"I remember! And I was supposed to be a part of those plans!" Hyoudou yelled.
Something tells me that his delusional little speech and yelling will make things even worse. I mean, we are near where these girls change and practice their swordsmanship skills. After all, I wouldn't be surprised if they came out here right now. Not that I'd care because I find this completely pointless, not to mention really stupid. Seriously, what's so great about see girls changing into clothes or getting naked? It's not like they're a big deal. More importantly though, I wouldn't want to get whacked by a bunch of pissed off girls.
"Well, we'll make some plans tomorrow. Motohama and I have got something to do after school anyway." the glasses guy said.
"Yeah!" nodded the bald guy.
"Fine, whatever…Let's just see the jugs already." Hyoudou impatiently said. Well, you do what you want. I'm out of here. I want no part of this at all. "Huh? Taoki-san, you're not going to look?"
Of course I'm not going to look, I'm not a pervert. Even if I was, hypothetically speaking, I'd probably do a way better job than what you guys are doing. And truthfully, I'd get bored of it eventually. But thankfully, I'm not that kind of person.
"See? I told you this guy wasn't worthy of joining out fold!" the glasses guy said, crossing his arms. Well, it's not like I had any intentions of joining your so-called fold anyway. And it's you guys who aren't worthy of being called decent human beings.
"Damn straight!" nodded the bald guy.
They can say whatever they want about me. I'm not going to care either way.
"Be quiet you guys! Taoki-san just hasn't experienced the lovely hotness that we've seen!" Hyoudou said. The way how you said that makes me want to cringe. Or maybe I already am. "Come on, Taoki-san! The peep hole is right here! We'll be able to watch them together…!"
Instantly, right after he said that, my hair antenna started wiggling as I looked over to see a bunch of the Girls Kendo Club members glaring at us. Geez, this is the type of thing that I wanted to avoid.
"Stop right there, you peeping toms!" the girl with the brown hair said, pointing her bokken at us.
"You pervs should've learned your lesson by now!" the girl with the white band on her head said.
I sighed before looking over at Hyoudou and the other two. Of course, just as expected, they're scared and are shaking like kittens while attempting to back away from the angry mob of girls. Well, it is their fault for not learning anything. Honestly, why risk getting the female gender to dislike you? Or rather, give them that reason in the first place…?
You see? It is stuff like this that gets me really confused at times. And so, whenever I come across something like this, I'll just walk away and flat out ignore it. Besides, it's like I've been saying, not my problem to deal with.
When I was about to leave these guys to their beat down session, a voice reached through my hearing.
"Hey! You!" the girl with the white headband glared at me. Obviously, she and her club members thought I was with these guys. "You're with those guys too, aren't you?" I am not. "If you are, then that means you're an enemy as well!"
Now I can't tell who's stupider, these guys or the angry girls with wooden swords in their hands. I'll go on a tangent here and say both. 'Cause they obviously can't tell by the expression on my face, which literally says "No. And I don't care."
"If so…Then take this!" the brown haired girl yelled, swinging her bokken at my head. I made no attempts to dodge and took the hit head on. When the base of her sword collided with my head, it split in half causing them to gasp, not expecting that. And of course, blood streamed down my face. Great, now I have to worry what to tell my sisters when they see a bandage on my head.
"H-Huh…?" the brownish orange haired girl stammered, surprised that I had taken the hit.
Letting out an exasperated sigh, I started talking to them and explained myself properly. I first told them that I was invited here by Hyoudou, because I helped him into the infirmary after their last encounter with him, to which they remember. Afterwards, I told them I wasn't a pervert and that none of them would be interesting to look at even if I was. I went on and continued with how humane it would be for me to not look at them.
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Huh. It finally got quiet.
Looking at the three perverts, their jaws were open wide and dropped as they stared at me disbelief. Blinking at them, I was a tad bit curious as to why they're looking at me like that.
"T-T-Taoki-san…Y-You!" stammered Hyoudou. There was fear in his eyes, but it wasn't for himself. I think it was…for me?
I cocked a brow and turned to look at the kendo girls, only to see them with their heads down as they tightly gripped the handle of their bokkens. And then it dawned on me…I literally had called them unattractive right in front of their faces. Obviously, that is not something every girl wants to hear. So I guess in retrospect, it is kind of my fault for going out of hand like that. But, to be fair, I do have my rights and they did accuse me of being with these guys.
"Y-Y-You…!" the brown haired girl spoke. Not sure if it's because of the blood running down my head, but I'm pretty sure I spotted red tints on her cheeks and minor tears. "S-So basically, we're unattractive, right!? Is that you're saying?"
…Perhaps I should have worded that differently.
I left the infirmary with a bandage wrapped around my head. Thankfully, whatever those girls were about to do, the bell had rang and I managed to get away from them. Not sure if I'm mistaken, but I think one of them was about to do something really shameful. So in response, I got away as quickly as I could. And then soon enough, I was sent here by my teacher seeing my wound.
At first, the nurse suggested I went home but I declined seeing as I'm feeling okay. Despite how I look, my focus is still strong meaning I can concentrate on my studies today. Also, just a little fact, when you grow up with three older sisters who are totally crazy, you start to gain some of their durability. So I'll point that out there. Even so, that girl knew how to swing…hard. But regardless, it doesn't hurt as much really. Although, I will have some minor bruising for a while...
Sigh. I think I'm starting to feel a headache coming already just by thinking about it. Well anyway, I'm going to continue on with my day.
After school had let out, I managed to get away from Hyoudou as he had attempted to find me again. Thankfully, I haven't seen him earlier when the Girl's Kendo Club members had encountered them, and unfortunately me as well. However, I think I might have made enemies out of them by calling them "unattractive" even though I wasn't deliberately trying to say that. But even so, it looks like I have more people to avoid. What a pain.
Currently, I'm walking through the city streets heading over to the bookstore. I thankfully had enough time today to finish reading my current book, so I'm going to buy one of the continuation series to the one I own. I think the one I'm going to buy next is the third series. Anyway, I should probably hurry before it starts to get really late. I don't want to miss my curfew.
Picking up the pace my speed, I literally power walked my way over to the bookstore. Once I arrived at the entrance point of my destination, I felt my hair antenna wiggle, though unfortunately I didn't enough time to stop myself from walking. Thus, I have found myself in another cliché moment…bumping into some girl as she fell on the ground while I remained standing. And if it wasn't dreadful enough, I think she fell the wrong way because her skirt seems to have lifted up showing her undergarments. Seriously, how something like that even possible?
Whatever, I'm not going to bother with it. I have more important things to do.
"Hey!" No, I have to keep walking. "Wait!" Don't even bother with her. Remember, what's truly important. "I said wait, dammit!" If I make direct eye contact, it's going to be all over for me. And I mustn't let that happen. "Don't make me repeat myself, asshole!"
Can't you just take a hint and leave me alone already?
"You…!" she growled.
Alright, I'll acknowledge you. But only because other people are starting to look at us, whispering some things that I'd rather not repeat, and I really don't want you to interrupt their quiet reading or shopping if you keep making a ruckus. More importantly, I don't want to get asked to leave.
So, reluctantly, I turned to look down at the girl before me. In terms of height was a little petite, however if I had to guess, she was an inch or two taller than the white haired that I saw the other day. She has blonde hair tied in pigtails, has two strands that past her shoulders a little, wore a black ribbon on top of her head, and has sky blue eyes. Her attire was that of a black lolita outfit with a green button over her bowtie.
The first thing that came to my mind was how weird it was to see someone wearing that kind of attire, since there isn't a cosplay event happening. If I'm not mistaken there should be one coming out soon, though I'm not sure when that will be. In any case, I should hear her out before continuing with my business.
"Well? I'm waiting…" she impatiently said, placing her hands on her hips. With a sigh, I simply bowed to her before attempting to walk away again. However, "The hell kind of apology was that!? It's like you're greeting me as a neighbor!" she was stubborn. "No, that won't do!" Sigh. "I expect a heart filled apology. After all, it's a boy's duty to apologize to a cute girl."
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Are you delusional?
"So go on! Do it right this time…!" Forget that. I have better things to do. "Hey, don't walk away from me again!" Just leave me alone already. "Seriously, what kind of guy are you? Being rude to a girl like that! I bet you're totally unpopular and have no girlfriend at all, do you?"
Yup, and that's exactly how I like it. So please, leave this unpopular fellow alone before his "reputation" or whatever starts to rub off on you. It'll satisfy us both if you do.
"Hmph! Well in that case, if you're not going to apologize, then I guess I have no choice but to let you take me out! That will be your way of apologizing to me…" Wait, what? "Meet me here on Sunday morning, got it? And don't be late! I do have ways of finding those who ditch out on their dates."
And with that, she finally left…
Forget about buying the book, I'm both psychically and mentally exhausted. Sigh. I'm going to go home. This day has been too much.
(Third P.O.V)
Mittelt strolled through the streets as she mischievously smirked, knowing she's going to have a lot of fun torturing that human, who dared to disrespect her…A beautiful, lovely girl, and a Fallen Angel. Oh, she'll teach him how to treat a lady properly, and then slaughter him off like cows going into the slaughter house. She's going to have a fun with that.
Besides, she's entitled to have some fun of her own, since she just received word that bitch Raynare managed to trick their assigned target, a Scared Gear wielder, to go out on a date with her and is currently pretending to be his girlfriend. Not that she cares, but perhaps she'll put a little pity on the poor fool who's got a sadist such as Raynare on him. Well, that's her business…No reason to interfere with her leader's work. After all, she just plans of her own.
Hopefully, that human with the stupid bored expression will show up, because if not…then she'll give him a special punishment with her light magic. She could tell it's going to be fun inflicting pain on someone, who seems like they're cynical about everything. Rare people like that are more fun to inflict damage on more than anything…
"There you are." a familiar voice said, causing her to slightly frown before looking up to see one of her comrades. In front of her is a mature looking woman with long blue hair and yellow eyes. Her voluptuous figure is ones that most women die for (even her), and even make men droll once they look at her. She wore a red blazer which hardly kept her large bust from exposing and high heels.
"What do you want, Kalawarner?" frowned Mittelt. "I told you I was off to buy a new fashion magazine, didn't I? So why are you here? I was on my back…"
"Well you took too long, so I had to take amongst myself to see if you weren't doing anything ridiculous." she told her.
"Of course I wasn't! I was just having a hard time trying to pick out a magazine to buy, that's all." the lolita fallen lied. "And besides, when have I ever done anything ridiculous?"
"How about the last five minutes you wasted trying to get some worthless human to apologize for bumping into you." stated the older Fallen Angel, knowingly. This caused the blonde to huff and glare at her.
"So you were watching me…" the blonde narrowed her eyes. "Well whatever, it's not like you're going to stop from killing at least one person…are you?"
"If you want to kill some human, then go ahead. All I ask is that you make as quickly as possible. We do have other plans." she stated, not caring if her comrades wastes some time on a lowly human. She only cares about completing their current assignment.
"On the contrary, I'll take as much time as I want." Mittelt smirked.
(Nova P.O.V)
My "antenna" wiggled like crazy and I have a feeling that I'm going to experience something really horrible. I don't know what, hopefully I'll never know…but if there's something worse than having that pervert follow me around at school, those kendo girls getting on my back, and then having some stranger demanding for me to meet them on some outing that'll end with my wallet being empty; then I don't want to know! Honestly, can't I just be left alone?
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
"I got the ice pack and painkillers." Libra said through the door.
Oh right…I should probably explain. See, when I came home earlier and when my sisters saw this bandage wrapped around my head, they were furious as hell. Helene constantly demanded for me to tell them who had done this to me, then "go after the damn bastards who dare harmed their little brother and make sure there's hell to pay!" in her specific words. Of course, Astrid tried to do the adult thing by saying she should call the school and demand whoever had hit me to come forward and apologize. However, before anything could happen, I lied by telling them there was a bunch of perverts spying on the Girl's Kendo Club getting unchanged and tried to stop them. Though somehow, they managed to get away scot free and the girls had mistaken me as their target instead, thus ending up in this predicament.
Although, you all know I would never do something like that. Lying was the only option I could think of to prevent any complications to occur. Besides, I did tell half of the truth in a way. Though all know this, since you saw how I had interacted with those kendo girls. In any case, long story short, my sisters bough the story and said they were proud of me for doing the right thing and whatever. So I managed to save myself the trouble of getting even more involved, or at least getting hated by those girls. And explaining why I let myself get hit by one of their bokkens.
So with that problem out of the way, I should probably think of a new plan to avoid that blonde haired girl from earlier. If she is serious about her threat, a way to find people who'll stand her up, then I may be in more trouble than I am already in. Sigh. Well…maybe it's best if I think about it tomorrow instead. After all, I wasted my mental energy trying to ignore everyone around me. Not to mention I did violently hit, though I did do this to myself by not avoiding that attack. Though I did that in order to explain myself and add in that I had no interest in seeing them.
Of course, as you know, I did kind of screw myself there…
Well, as long as I avoid them, it should be fine.
I was in a terrible mood.
When I had woken up this morning, I realized that I overslept meaning I had no choice but to spend a morning breakfast with my sisters. And it was really stressful…In short, I'll just say that a lot of arguing and other weird stuff happened both inside, though mainly outside, of my house. Anyway, I'll just do what I do best and forget it.
I guess I have no one but myself to blame for this. The bruising on my head, with some slight possible brain damage, may have caused the alarm clock system in my brain to backfire a little. So of course, I'll have to wait until my head feels a little better in order for me to get back into a regular routine again.
"Yo!"
Give me a break.
"Over here, Taoki-san!"
Can this morning get any worse?
"Wait up!" he called out before catching up to me.
Soon, Hyoudou walked beside me. Having no choice, I looked at him before noticing some girl was walk right beside him.
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Wait, what…?
Am I hallucinating or something? Because I'm pretty sure that most girls in general don't like this guy because of his antics and whatnot. So, why is this stranger with him…?
"Taoki-san, I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Yuuma-chan!" Hyoudou cheerfully said, introducing me to his…girlfriend. I'm sorry was there something I missed? Not that I care, I just find this suspicious.
"Hello, nice to meet you." the girl known as Yumma said, extending her hand as I returned the shame gesture while we shook.
I got a better look at her as we were shaking hands. She was a short stature girl, though a little bit taller than the blonde I encounter yesterday, only reaching up to Hyoudou's shoulder. Both her hair and eye color are black and purple respectively, she also wore this school uniform that I have no knowledge of. It's probably safe to say, she's from a school further away from this city or something.
But even so…I can't help feeling really suspicious about this person. Heck, my hair strand was starting to wiggle again.
"Uh, Taoki-san…your hair is…"
Just ignore it.
"It's really nice to meet you, Taoki-san." spoke Yumma as I looked at her. "Issei-kun has told me quite a bit about you. He said you helped him two days ago into the nurse's office when he got hurt." I'm betting he didn't tell you the reason why or how he got hurt, did he? "And that you defended him, too!"
I couldn't help but glare at the pervert, knowing he was telling this girl some shady lies about me. Most of them true, however, I was only doing it for my own benefits. Well, the second part was. The first part was only because my consciousness wouldn't allow me to do "bad", even though there was nothing "bad" about letting some pervert lie on the ground knowing he'll get healed. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if I'm doing this to myself.
No, I'm probably just over thinking things.
Well, scratch the "terrible morning" part that I mentioned earlier, this pretty falls into things getting weird and really odd. After all…my instinct is going like crazy. Also, my "antenna" won't stop wiggling, so obviously there's something wrong with this picture somehow.
"Bet you're probably wondering how we met, huh?" Hyoudou confidentially said in a smug-like fashion. Who knew a pervert can act this way after getting a girlfriend. In any case, I am kind of curious though. "It happened yesterday after school." Wait, what? "I was on the bridge feeling a little bummed because I couldn't find you," Obviously, that was a lie. "…but then that was when Yumma-chan approached me asking to go out with me! And that's how we met."
…And you didn't find that suspicious, why exactly?
"Oh look, it's Matsuda and Motohama! Ah, I can't wait to rub it in their faces…!"
There is something wrong with him. Honestly, he must have been really desperate to have accepted becoming the boyfriend of some stranger. Also, this has to be some kind of trick or a prank to catch Hyoudou off guard somehow, just so she could humiliate a pervert.
(Taoki Residence)
I finally get to relax. And the best part is that my sisters are not at home, because they're all doing something that relates to their jobs or college related stuff. Or something else entirely, but whatever…it's not my concern what they do as long as they don't cause any trouble. Well, at least not too much trouble. But anyway, I'm home alone and have the whole entire house to myself. In short, means that I get to have the peace and quiet I deserve with no one to bother me.
Honestly, these past three days have been troublesome for me. I've run into a lot of people that I wanted nothing to do with, and yet here they are popping up out of nowhere. Hyoudou, those two perverted friends of his, the kendo girls (though I did do that to myself), and that weird blonde haired girl with the gothic dress outfit. Oh, and speaking of which…
I should probably check if there's a to-do list left for me in the kitchen. See, once in a while, usually whenever my sisters aren't home, they leave me a to-do list such as grocery shopping or whatever. It's just so I could get some important house materials and whatnot, or sometimes get things that they need. But in any case, it looks like there is a list for me.
Grabbing the note from the table, I began to read it seeing as it was only to do some minor grocery shopping and pick up more laundry detergent. Apparently, we're running out again. Oh well, better get it over with, so I can continue my free day of peace. Perhaps I'll stop by the bookstore again, and buy the-!?
Damn! That's right! If you recall, that blonde haired girl said she'd be waiting for me near the bookstore. And that means I can't buy the new chronicle addition to the series of my book. Man, talk about bad timing. The only reason why I didn't buy it yesterday was because they were sold out, and said they'd have more coming out this weekend, which is right now!
…Sigh.
I need to make myself scarce.
Donned in my new attire while out in public, I was starting to wonder if I made the right call by wearing this. It was only a simple gray hoodie, a cap on top of my head, a pair of jeans, and a pair of sunglasses to conceal my eyes.
Although, now that I look at myself more carefully, I do see how someone could think of me as weird if they looked at me. Well, I won't be out here for long. So I'll just do what need to do, and then head straight home. That's it! No questions asked!
Okay, my first course of action is buy laundry detergent. A simple task, really. The store is across the street from me, and so far there haven't been any signs of people I know around the area. So all in all, I'm off to a good start, however I know full well that this won't last for long. If movies and TV shows have taught me anything, it's that a plan never follows suit of how they should be. And thus, a disaster happens for those who have formulated said plan.
So I have to expect the unexpected at any given moment.
As I entered the store, I immediately made my way over to the section where I get the detergent at. Once I arrived, I looked for the brand that my sisters and I always use to wash our clothes. Grabbing the detergent brand, about to make my way over the cashier, I was met with the problem I was trying to avoid.
"You're late!" the unruly sight of a certain blonde haired girl said to me, frowning. Not even a minute into my plans and they've already been foiled.
Wait…Perhaps it's not over yet. I mean, it should be hard for anyone to tell that it's me wearing this getup, right? Both my cap and hood is covering my head, my sunglasses is concealing my eyes, and the bandana should somewhat cover my mouth.
"And what is up with that getup?"
Damn.
After paying for the detergent, I was forced to go out with this little blonde haired imp, as we're walking around the city in search of finding something to do. More importantly, how was she able to find and spot me while wearing this outfit? It should have been impossible because my hood and cap was covering my head, and the sunglasses were covering my eyes perfectly well! Ugh, what did I get myself into with this girl? If she found me like that, then clearly she must be some kind of beast.
"I'm disappointed." she started, causing me to mentally groan. "You didn't show up to meet me. So I had to find you instead."
Which I am still curious as to how you did…
"Anyway, I guess we should learn each other's names before we get started, right?" If I'm stuck with her for the day, I may as well learn her name. "I am Mittelt."
I returned the gesture and told her my name.
"Nova, huh?" she pondered. "Strange, you really don't live up to your name." What's that supposed to mean? "I mean, it's a star that supposedly shines really bright and then explodes. Yet, there's nothing really bright about you nor do you have any kind of explosive personality."
That's because you just met me not too long ago.
"Although, I do suppose I had only met you not too long ago." Didn't I just establish that? "So in any case, where are we going? You do have something planned, right?"
No.
And quite frankly, I don't really care about this pointless "date" you proclaimed we're going on. Besides, I just wanted my well deserved peace and quiet. But now that's far gone, isn't it?
(Third P.O.V)
Mittelt frowned as she looked at her date/victim. So far, he hasn't suggested anything like a café or a movie. Heck, she'd even settle for going into some stupid garden or a museum. If this human didn't suggest anything within the next five minutes, then she really will drag him into an alley way this early and behead him there. Moreover, what the hell was with that blank expression? It's like he doesn't even care about going out with a cutie like her!
Of course, it is a given that they've met once, and obviously she is forcing him into doing this-which by the way-is really fun on her part. However, that shouldn't mean he could just look at her as if she were the worst thing he had ever seen his life! Despite not being as well developed as Kalawarner and Raynare, she's still a girl with feelings and cares about her appearance as well, and yet this guy could careless! Hell, most human males would look at her twice and comment how cute she is…!
Oh, she really is fighting to keep her bloodlust under control. If she leaks it out, then there's a possibility he might catch wind of it. And she doesn't want that. No, she just wants to make drain his wallet and make him feel even more miserable, since it is clear he doesn't enjoy being around her presence, a cute girl like her...
'This guy better hurry up. I'm starting to have the audacity to kill him right now…!' she thought before looking up to see that his hair strand was…wiggling? 'What the hell?'
(Nova P.O.V)
Danger….This hair strand always wiggles when danger is near or when something bad is about to happen. Of course, you already knew that due to a few recent events that have happened over the last couple of days. Well, even without my "antenna" wiggling, I already knew it was bad to be out here and be around her at the same time. However, I probably should entertain her for the time being, seeing as I have no choice in the matter.
But the question is: What am I supposed to do?
Truthfully, I've never been out on a date before or rather a social outing as I'd like to call it. And the reason why is that I never want to, since I'm contempt on being a loner and everything. So this is new territory for me.
Regardless, I should think of something that'll make this girl happy for the time being. Even though I've never been to a social outing with friends or anything, I do know what people like to do together. And that's probably something I should thank my sisters for, due to them always wanting me to get out more and do stuff with people. Plus, TV shows, movies, and books help too. Well, to some extent. I'm pretty sure I know how to make the right choices in life…
After looking around, I spotted a place I thought would be fun…At least for me, so I can feel a little better about being in this situation. Regardless, I know that I am not happy in the slightest.
Might as well get this over with, and hope it's long enough for us to get tired of this because I know I am! I lightly tapped the girl's shoulder, making her look at me.
"What? You finally got something?" Gee, way to make this even more dreadful. Ignoring her rude reply for now, I pointed at a nearby arcade. "Oh? An arcade…? Well that looks fun, let's go!"
Thankfully, I had enough money to get us some tokens and keep things busy for a while. I have to admit, even though I'm still reluctant about this whole social outing with this girl, she is surprisingly good company when it comes to gaming. For instance, we played a few racing games and she was really good at them. She beat me in every single one of them, as I kept taking second place. Granted, there were a few times where I came close to winning, although somehow she always had the upper hand. Next, we played some alley roller game and we earned quite a few tickets. However, we didn't win enough to get any prizes. But whatever…it wasn't really important.
Afterwards, we played a little air hockey, however this game was somewhat a hassle for me. Of course, it was because I was playing her, as she tried hitting me a few times with the puck. Or at least I think she was, but I am pretty sure that was heavily intended. But even so, we had played a good game. The match between us was close, very much like in the racing games, however it was me had managed to pull out the win. I felt a little better, although that feeling had quickly died when I remembered I was still out here and not at home. Also, to make things worse, I still had to do my errands.
Regardless, I knew the girl wouldn't be satisfied until the night had come. Hopefully, this thing will end when that time comes. Also, if the stores are still open, I can continue my errands again. More importantly, there are late night shows I really can't afford to miss. Sure, I could watch the recordings, but I'm the type of person that likes to watch things on the day they come out. But that only implies to TV shows, movies on the other hand, can wait.
In any case, the game we were playing next was pool…
"Now this is a game." Mittelt smirked, grabbing the stick. "I haven't played in quite a while. Though I'll warn you, I am pretty good."
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Is that so?
We played best two out of the three and the matches were extremely close. Now, I don't like to toot my own horn, but I am a solid player whenever it involves pool. I find it to be a test of pinpoint accuracy, knowing where and when to hit the ball, and cause a little domino effect as to where you want each ball to collide with one another. Apparently, Mittelt knew that all too well herself, which made her one of the difficult opponents that I had faced. Nonetheless, dare I say, I was enjoying myself a little.
As of now, we are currently in search of a place to eat. After all that gamming we did, with the intense pool match, both of us were starting to get hungry as we had worked up an appetite. Honestly, I don't think I've eaten since breakfast, and I can feel my stomach growling. Wonder what I should eat?
"Where should we go, Nova?" she asked.
Yeah, as uncomfortable as I am with this, she keeps calling me by my first name instead of my surname. However, I suppose that is a given since she hasn't told her surname, so I have to call her by her first name as well. In any case, I should get back to finding a place for us to eat. Playing those games really made me hungry.
As we continued to walk, I spotted a hotdog stand nearby and thought that was good to eat. Hopefully, this girl isn't picky about her choices of food for today. So giving her a light tap on the shoulder, she looked me as I pointed at the hotdog stand.
"Oh, hotdogs, huh…?" she said while looking somewhat perturbed. Well, it's not my problem if she doesn't want to eat this or not. Because quite frankly, I need to save up whatever I have left, so I can buy the materials I came out here to buy. Besides- "Well, okay, I guess that's fine."
…That was quick.
With an exasperated sigh, I walked over to the hotdog stand and made the order. Soon, I carried both food and drinks. Prior to ordering these hotdogs and drinks, I asked Mittelt to find us somewhere to sit. Fortunately, there was a picnic table, seeing as we're nearby a children's park. So as I sat in my seat we started to eat in silence.
Which is something I would have liked to have had happened.
However, Mittelt took this opportunity to speak to me again…
"So tell me, do you always look like a downer?" Wow, that was kind of harsh. "I mean, once in this whole entire date," Social outing. "…you haven't even made a single smile or at least a small one. Also, during those games we played, I've barely seen a small smirk from you."
Well, to answer her question, I was born like this really. I know it's hard to believe, but from the day I became aware of my surroundings, it was always like for me. Heck, you could even see in my pictures that I never once made a smile. Well, except on rare occasions or when things are going my way, like plans that I've made and whatnot. However, at this moment, it's nothing like that at all. You know why.
In any case, we continued our little outing after telling her my ambiguous reasoning, to which she didn't believe and demanded for me to tell her the "real" reason. And of course, I ignored it to the best of my ability, which was really easy to do. However, as of late, people around me just keep talking. It's strange how these guys can talk to someone who rarely never response back to them. Oh well…
Afterwards, we continued to do a few more activities, like browsing around stores, more walking around, and went to some antique shop.
Finally, the night had come and I think this was the end of our little social outing too. And I will say it's about damn time. I was seriously getting tired of this. On top of that, most of my errands might not be fulfilled today because of that also. Well, this is the end, so I can't complain anymore.
"Well then, I must say…this has been one of the most interesting dates I've ever been on. Although, this is the first one I've spent with a guy, who rarely ever cracks a smile. But I guess that could be your possible charm." I have no charm. "Still, nonetheless, I had a good time." I barely did. "So I guess you've fulfilled your "apology" to me."
Good. I'm going to head out. Hopefully, I'll never have to see you again.
"So…"
(Third P.O.V)
A devious smirk came upon the blonde Fallen Angel's face, as she began to gather light magic in the palm of her hand. She was preparing herself to kill this human, who (oddly enough) she had a really good time with, despite him not saying much or showing any enthusiasm at all. However, besides all that, he oddly knew how to hang out-which is something that he makes up for-and that was one of the reasons why she enjoyed today. But alas, all good things must come to an end…
"…this is where I say GOODBYE!" Shifting her body around, with a light spear conjured in hand, and with her wings sprouted out, she expected to see a scared Nova. However, instead of seeing a scared boy, she saw no one at all.
He was gone.
He left.
And that was slowly sinking into the Fallen Angel's head.
Silence filled the air.
One minute…
Two minutes…
Three minutes…
"I! AM! GOING! TO! FUCKING! KILL! HIM!"
(Nova P.O.V)
I'm glad that it's finally over. Now I can get back to focusing on my errands like I should have. Hopefully, I'll be able buy some of the things that I need before heading back home to watch my shows. Considering what I need, I could some of them at the convenient store around this time. It's not too late after all.
If I'm not mistaken, the closest convenient store should be somewhere right across this park. So I guess I'll have to walk through in order to get there. I have to say, it's rather quiet and devoid of other people at the moment. I like it…
"Would you die for me?"
I heard a voice from the other side of the bushes. At first, I was going to ignore it and move on, however a familiar voice spoke next and reached through my ears…
"What…did you say?" As I thought it was Hyoudou.
In response to the realization that it was him, I mentally sighed knowing something was about to go horribly wrong. And for two reasons: The first is because of that ominous and obvious question, "Will you die for me?" Secondly, my hair antenna won't stop wiggling. In addition, I could have sworn I felt and heard some of malicious intent within her voice. So by that alone, it gives me more than enough reasoning to be worried for his life.
Knowing my consciousness won't allow me to leave at a situation like this; I hid behind the shadows and a tree, so I could view the situation from up close and get a better understanding what's going on. As expected, it was defiantly Hyoudou standing across from Yumma, his girlfriend. I continued to listen in…
"Sorry, I don't think I caught that. You mind running that by me again…?" Are you serious? How could you have missed a death threatening question like that?
"I would very much appreciate it if you die for my sake."
Well that wasn't obvious enough…
Soon, before I knew it (and I'm assuming the same for Hyoudou), Yumma became enveloped in a bright light all of a sudden which forced me to shield my eyes. Afterwards, once the glow died down, I carefully opened my eyes to see something that I (I'm assuming the same for Hyoudou again) did not expect to see. Something, that which both surprised and had me questioning a lot.
It was obvious she had gone through a drastic change. Her appearance was much like a mature adult, seeing as everything about her from height, features, and body had grown as if it had lived out an entire year or two of life. From this angle, I could see the evil intent within her eyes, which was starting what her true nature really is. However, aside from her physical appearance, I was questioning her choice of clothing more than anything honestly. In short, her attire was a god awful S&M getup, which consists of black straps around her now large breasts, long black gloves that reaches her arms that chains on them, black shoulder guards with three mounted spikes, and black high heeled boots.
My only question is why was wearing something like that in the first place? I mean, from what I saw earlier, it seems like she had done one of those magical girl transformation sequences (don't ask) that you would see on TV. But instead of a magical girl outfit, you get horrible S&M getup. Seriously, what the heck is going on around here…?
"Although I must admit, I did have a good time. Even though you're such a naïve, idiotic boy…" Can't say that's not true. "Oh, and thank you for the gift, it was sweet."
And yet, you're still going to kill him. Man, what a cold bitch you are…
As I was about intervene and help the pervert, I stopped after seeing that she had suddenly began to sprout black feathery wings from her back, and lifted a hand to conjure some kind of red light that formed into a spear.
Again, I found myself in a state of shock, questioning what was going on over and over…However, regardless of that, I had to shake it off and get back to was important: Saving his life and running away!
"Y-Yumma-chan, what are you…?" As expected, he's stammering while staring at the girl with fear in his eyes. Naturally, I'd be doing the same thing too, if I were in his position. However, I can't dwell on that right now! I need to hurry! She's about to strike!
"Just so you know, don't blame me for this. If anything, you should be blaming God for giving you that Scared Gear!" she announced, rearing her arm back.
Ignoring what she said about God and "gears" or whatever, I quickly picked up a large rock near my feet and threw it at her. I had put enough force into it, so that it'd be fast enough to hit her hard, thanks to the velocity behind it. As expected…
"Gah!" she cried in pain, blood streaming down her forehead.
That part of my plan successfully worked. I noticed the red glowing spear light in her had diminished, which made things work in my favor a bit more. Running out from behind the tree, I went for Yumma, performed a flying kick to hit her side, and successfully sent her flying away from the pervert. Speaking of which, I turned to look at him to see if he was okay.
"Eh!?" he gasped before looking at me, surprised." T-Taoki-san…!"
Come on! Let's go! I don't want to be here any longer and neither do you, I'm assuming! After all, we just witnessed something that can't be explained logically through science. And in addition, to make things worse, she most defiantly pissed off right now thus giving us more reason to leave…NOW!
As I was about to grab Hyoudou's wrist, so we could get away from that winged killer, my instincts began to act up so I had to push him down on the ground and step back in order to avoid spear of light. Thankfully, I was more than quick enough to avoid it. But even so, we really needed to get the heck out of here.
I rushed towards Hyoudou, grabbed his arm, forced him on his feet, and then we both started to run. Honestly, I'm not sure what else to do next other than trying to outrun someone who can fly, which seems kind of unfair for people who can only rely on their two legs and feet alone. Especially if one of those people is me, who unfortunately had get himself in whatever this is, just to save someone who annoys me because I'd feel guilt if I had walked away knowing someone would die. Sigh. Sometimes, I wish I could be extremely heartless, I really do.
Anyway, I have a feeling we should hide. My hair strand is acting up again and you should know what that means by now. Taking action yet again, I lured Hyoudou into the shadows, where our persons can be obscured by these tree leaves in case she searches from above. And the bushes provide good cover for ground searches as well.
Alright, we may be safe for now. But that isn't going last very long. I know at some point, she will find us again and end it right there and then when she does. So I'll need to think of strategy that will assure our safety and escape. Question is: What kind of plan can I use? Well, I only thought of one possible scenario and that was to use myself as a decoy, so Hyoudou can escape, and then find a way to ditch her myself. Yeah, the plan is suicidal and chances of me being killed are high, but what else can I do? I can't risk someone else's well being.
"What are we going to do?" Hyoudou asked.
I already made up my mind and I'm certain that I have a 25 to 30 percent chance of surviving. Worst comes to worse, I'll come home with a bloodstains on me, scraps on my clothes, and concerned sisters wanting to hunt down the criminal who dares to harm their only little brother. And that might be scarier than anything else, really. In any case, I told Hyoudou my plan.
"No way!" he said.
As expected, he was against the idea…
"There's no way I can you leave here to face off against her!"
I appreciate the concern, however I can tell that your chances of surviving are three percent at best, and that's really not good for you. So out of the two of us, I have the highest chance thus far…
In any case, I told him that he could either call or go for help once he gets out of here. Though honestly, I doubt anyone would believe this, because it would be one of those things in scary movies where the authorities comes and the reason why they were called in the first place is gone without a trace. To simply put, I only told him that just so he could leave and survive.
"A-Are…you sure?" he asked, hesitantly.
Would you just go already? She's going to find our location soon, you know.
"Grr…! I promise to come back for you, Taoki-san!" With that he ran away.
Now it's time for me to do my part.
Stepping out of the bushes, I carefully looked around to see Yumma (if that's even her real name) was around. Thankfully, though unfortunately, I haven't seen her yet. But then I remembered she has wings and can fly, so I immediately looked up at the sky only to see an energy spear homing in on me!
I rolled over to the side thus dodging the attack. But I had to keep moving because more were coming my way.
[Hey! Now that you're in a situation like this…will you finally speak to me now?]
I ducked, jumped, moved sideways, and had to do some ridiculous poses in order to avoid those spears. Seriously, I feel ridiculous than scared right now. But I guess this is necessary considering the situation.
[Are you really going to ignore me at a time like this!? You're going to die…!]
The spears had suddenly stopped coming at me, which was suspicious because it was obvious she has something up her sleeve. Carefully looking around the area, I saw no signs of her. Not even in the sky. However, my "antenna" started acting up, causing me to slightly widen my eyes as I had quickly ducked underneath a glowing spear. I immediately stepped back as my gaze had met with hers. And then she pointed her weapon at me…
"You're Issei's friend, aren't you?" No. He is not my friend. "That was a dirty move you pulled back there." You're one to talk. "Throwing a rock at a lovely girl's face? That wasn't very nice."
Are you delusional? 'Lovely isn't the correct word to describe you. And you were trying to kill him so…
[Will you just talk to me already!? If you want to survive, then the only way you can is that if we properly communicate with each other!]
"Now, tell me where is he and I might spare your life…" Wow, what an obvious and cliché thing to say.
"Hold it right there!"
Now what?
Unexpectedly, ANOTHER spear of light came crashing down between us.
"What!?" she frowned before looking up at the sky. I followed suit. And once I did, much my surprise and annoyance, it was Mittelt who also had black wings as well. So I guess my initiation was right, huh? "Mittelt…! What the heck do you think you're doing!?"
"Stopping you from killing MY victim!" she said, causing me frown. Well, at least that explains reason why my hair was wiggling so much.
"Your victim?" questioned Yumma. To be fair, I am also confused.
"Yes! My victim…! In short, I basically did the same thing you did, however my reasons are different. That guy has given two reasons to kill him!" And what are those? "First, he disrespects and refuses to apologize to me, a Fallen Angel!" That's because you were being annoying. "Secondly, after my own date with him ended, and when I was about to kill him myself…he straight up leaves out of nowhere!"
Because our social outing ended, and I didn't want to be around you anymore…
"Wow, Mittelt, you sure know to pick 'em…" mocked the other winged girl. "But you know what? He threw a rock at my head!" Again, you were trying to kill someone.
"Who cares about that? It's a new improvement for you." she smirked.
I should take this chance to escape.
"Taoki-san!"
Are you serious!? I was literally about to escape! And then you had to ruin everything by showing up…! Moreover, what the heck are you going to do with a stick? That's not going to do anything to them!
"Don't worry, Taoki-san! I came back to help!" That wasn't necessary, you idiot! Now, we're really going to die!
"Oh. It looks like my target has returned." Yumma smirked, looking at Hyoudou. "Well, since my target is here, I guess you should yours as well Mittelt."
Crap.
What should I do now…?
[Call upon me.]
And that is it! I hope you guys enjoyed the first official chapter of this story. Feel free to let me know what you think, PM me if you want, and thanks for reading.
See you later.
