Re:Zero doesn't belong to me.
*DAMN!... those views sky rocket with that second chapter. You guys are really enjoying this. Awesome. Well, I don't know how long I going to make this story but I can say for sure that is not going to be 20 chapters like my last one. This one is going to be 10-12 tops AANNDDD because of my loyal fan "tetsuki" which been following me since long ago left a real funny review for me I think Im going to do one or two lemons in the story hehehehe. Well enjoy the new chapter.*
Rem kept walking behind Subaru, thinking of what she'll do IF he WAS part of the Witch's Cult. While following, she decided that she will observe his every action and move so that she can be sure that she won't be killing the wrong person. Upon arriving to Subaru's room, Subaru opened the door and closed it behind him, almost slamming it on Rem's face. Rem was taken aback at how he almost hit her with the door.
"How rude," she thought while adjusting her uniform. Rem was about to enter a her new master's room, so she didn't want to look indecent or provocative since she didn't know what Subaru was capable of yet.
"Ok, Rem, just act normal. If he is bad then it will show. I just have to wait and see what his true nature is, then…I'll decide whether or not to….kill him"
After she was ready she knocked on the door. Seconds later, Subaru opened the door.
"Oh Rem, what's up?"
With a blank expression, Rem said to Subaru, "It's rude to close doors in people's faces."
"Wait, you were behind me? Why were you following me?"
"I'm your personal maid now. As a maid Rem supposed to follow her master until he gives Rem a order."
"Oh, okay. Eehh…. Why don't you come in."
Rem look at him with a blank expression and then makes a small bow, "With your permission then."
Subaru watched Rem enter and noticed how odd Rem was behaving, it was cold, "Hey Rem, is everything alright?" He closed the door.
"Everything is fine, Subaru-sama. Why do you ask?"
"I don't know. It's just that you look kind of distant. Is it because of the door thing?"
"No, Subaru-sama. It's not your fault. You didn't know I was there."
"Then why are you behaving like this?"
Rem stared at him, then said "Does Rem have permission to speak freely, Subaru-sama?"
"Uhh, yes. Rem you're my personal maid, my advisor, and in a close future hopefully a friend. So please always, and I mean always, speak freely with me."
She looks at him for a moment "Is…..is he for real?"
Rem makes a small bow, "Thank you very much, Subaru-sama. If you want to know why I am acting distant to you, the answer is very obvious." In a cold tone and with a serious expression she said, "I don't know you and I don't trust you, so I would say that my behavior is just right."
Subaru smiled, "Well, good thing we're alone then." Subaru sat on his bed and started patting the sheets next to him, motioning for Rem to get close, "Come on, Rem, let's get to know each other better."
Rem didn't like how Subaru was handling the situation. She immediately stepped back and covered her chest, her face completely red, "W-W-What do you want Rem to do?"
Subaru noticed that she was misinterpreting what he meant, "No, no, no, no, no, no! I meant for you to sit and talk to me so that we can get to know each other!"
Rem looked at him for a moment, "O-Ok….. Rem will sit on the bed."
"Tha-Thank you….," he grabbed the desk's chair and sat in front of Rem.
Both of them were silent until Rem broke it, "So what did you want to talk about, Subaru-sama?"
"Ummmm, why don't you start. Tell me where you're from and where you grew up."
Rem looked at him with a serious face and slight of anger.
Subaru noticed this and tried to recover, "If you don't want to talk about that we can talk about something else."
"No, it's ok. You are my master now so you are fated to know this sooner or later. So why not now..."
"What is it?"
"My sister and I….we were born in a village that was far from the cities because that village was an…oni village," she said this in a sad tone, almost as if she was ashamed of saying it.
"An oni village? What do you mean by that?"
Rem looked at him with surprise. Of any reactions, she didn't expect his to ask such a question, "You don't know what an oni village is?"
"Nope, never heard of something like that. What does it mean?"
Rem looked at him with confusion, wondering if he was lying, but she could tell the curiosity in his eyes wasn't fake. Which surprise her a lot.
"It means that I'm an oni, a demon….."
"A…...a demon?" Subaru looked at her from top to bottom, "How are you a demon? Aren't demons supposed to have claws, fangs, and horns or something? All I see is a beautiful girl in front of me."
Rem blushed when he called her beautiful. No man had ever done that before. Without answering his questions, Rem stood up from the bed and slowly summoned her pink horn.
Subaru was surprised when he saw the horn coming out of Rem's head.
Rem looked at his expression. Subaru was in shock, unblinking, just staring at the horn. Rem lowered her gaze, thinking that Subaru was probably scared of her now and that he was going to reject her. However, what happened next she didn't expected.
"INCREDIBLE! A REAL DEMON!" Subaru stood up, looking a Rem with admiration.
Rem got confused because she never imagined such a reaction when she would show her horn to him, "You are not afraid of me?"
"Afraid? Why would I be? You're the most interesting person I've ever meet in my life. You have a horn coming out of your head!"
Rem was surprised at first by his reaction, but then she got real serious, "You are interested in my horn?" "He is interested in my horn, just like them." She was looking at him with a suspicious look.
"Not your horn, I'm interested in YOU," he said with a smile, "I can't believe that I'm actually talking to a real demon!" He spoke with excitement.
Rem just stood in front of him, wide eyed with a confused yet surprised expression on her face. Subaru noticed the look, "Did I say something wrong?"
Rem blinked, coming back from her trance "No…. It's just normally people don't like to be around my kind. So hearing you say that just really surprises me."
"Don't like being around your kind….. Why is that?"
"I don't know where is it where you come from, Subaru-sama, but here, demons are considered a cursed race that brings destruction and death wherever they go."
"Well, count me out of that group because I'm really happy about having you around," he says this with a big smile on his face.
Rem looked at him with surprise, "Do you like demons?"
"Yeah. I mean gods normally don't do anything, but demons at least laugh at you when you talk about about the next year."
Rem stared at Subaru before smiling beautifully. Subaru blushed at the beautiful girl smiling at him.
"Wow…...she's cuter than I thought. I think this is the first time I've seen her actually smile."
Rem found herself staring at him and noticed that she was smiling, then she noticed the Subaru was also staring at her with a slight blush on his face which made her blush. Rem turned her gaze out of embarrassment, "What am I doing? He could be a spy and I'm happily talking with him." She turned to look at him and then blushed some more "He's still staring at me."
Subaru noticed her embarrassment and he knew that he was staring too much. So he tried to change the subject, "Sooo…. What's the difference between a human and a demon beside the horn thing?"
Rem said with a blank expression, "Our horns allow us to take in more mana from the air to strengthen our abilities."
"Impressive. What else?"
"One of my enhanced senses is scent, so I have a better sense of smell than a dog."
"How better?"
Rem took a little sniff before answering, "Rem can tell that Subaru-sama hasn't shower in two days."
Subaru got all red, "Yo-You can tell that?"
Rem nodded, "And my strength is amplified."
"H-How strong are you?"
Rem got close and grabbed Subaru by the shirt and lifted him in the air, "This strong."
Subaru widened his eyes, "Ooh…I see."
Having him this close and in her hands the smell of the Witch was now more clear to her. Without intending it, Rem's expression turned murderous.
Still in the air, Subaru saw Rem's expression and feared what she was going to do.
"Rem?"
Rem saw the fear in his eyes, then she came back to her senses and put him down, "Rem is sorry to have scared you, Subaru-sama"
"Y-Yeah, okay. Umm, uhhh. A-All that is really incredible, Rem. But what about you Rem? Do you want to know anything about me?"
"I believe I would like to know the same as you, Subaru-sama. Where do you come from?" Both Subaru and Rem sat down on the bed.
Subaru thought about his answer before answering because this would be the first time he would be able to get any clue as to know where he really was or if there was any way to go back home.
"Rem, have you heard of a country named Japan?"
Rem gave him a curious look, "Japan, is that where you come from?"
"Yes. Do you know about it?" He got excited, thinking she knew something.
"Sorry Subaru-sama, but this is the first time I heard of this country. Is it far from here?"
Subaru got a little sad, "If you don't know about it it means that I'm way too far from it."
Rem noticed Subaru's dissapointment, "If you're from a such a far country how did you got here?"
Subaru looked at her with a serious expression, "Rem, you're my personal maid now so what I'm about to tell you cannot leave this room."
Rem saw how serious Subaru got and got serious herself, "As you wish, Subaru-sama." "Is he going to tell me who he really is?"
"Well, like I said before, I will never lie to you and you will have all my trust. Rem, the truth is that I don't think I'm from anywhere near here."
"You already told me you come from another country. Of course you are not from around here."
"No Rem, what I'm telling you is that I don't think I'm even from this world."
"Huh? That you are not from this world?"
"Yes"
"What are you saying Subaru-sama? Rem doesn't understand.
"Rem, I think I'm in a different world than mine because where are I come from there aren't such things as dragons, magic, elves, or demons."
Rem looked at him, not believing what he was saying, "If there aren't such things as those, then how do you know about them?"
"Because where are I come from anything that has to do with magic, spirits, monsters, or humanoid creatures are just legends, myths, fantasies, and stories you tell children."
"Do you really expect Rem to believe that you come from another world?" She says this with a annoyed face, thinking that he was lying to her.
Subaru reached for his wallet and took out a picture of him and his parents in front of Time Square in Tokyo, "Have you ever seen stuff like that in this world or know about a place that has stuff like this?"
Rem look the picture, astonished of such a good painting. While being so tiny, you could see almost every detail clearly. She looked at the two adults next to Subaru.
"Are those your parents, Subaru-sama?"
"Yes."
Rem kept looking at the picture and saw a lot of things that she couldn't describe; the floor was black and had white lines running across it, it looked like a lot of wierdly dressed people were walking behind them, and there were big paintings all over the background with letters she couldn't read.
"What is this, Subaru-sama?"
"It's a picture of me and my parents when we went to the capital of my country, Tokyo."
"I can't read what it says in the back."
"Because it's in Japanese. It's the language of my country, but at the same time I can't read the language from here."
Rem looked at him with curiosity, "If you really come from another world, how did you get here?"
"That's the thing, Rem, I don't know. I have no idea what happened?"
"What happened before you found yourself here?"
"Well….I was going to a store to buy myself some food, but when I left I felt weird. My vision was getting blurring, so I rubbed my eyes to clear my thoughts. However, when I opened my eyes, I was standing right in the middle of the Capital."
"Just like that?"
Subaru nodded, "I don't know how I got here or what's happening in my homeworld. My mom must be dying of worry while my dad is probably angry at me for worrying my mom."
"So you are all alone here."
"All I have is you, Rem."
Rem blushed at his statement.
"What are you planning to do now?"
"I guess, to learn everything I need to learn about this world until I find a way to go back home."
Rem stood up and bowed, "And as your personal maid I will help you in any way I can."
Subaru smiled, "Thank you, Rem."
Both gave each other a smile before leaving the room and started walking around the mansion. They just talked, learning more about each other. Subaru soon learned that Rem had an unhealthy devotion to her sister, putting herself in her sister's shadow.
"Rem, why do you think that your sister is so great?"
"Because Nee-sama is incredible," she said this with a smile, "Back when Nee-sama had her horn she could do anything."
Subaru looked at Rem, "So she lost her horn?"
Rem widened her eyes, realizing what she just said. Subaru noticed.
"It's okay, Rem, you can tell me later when you are ready."
Rem look at him, "Thank you, Subaru-sama."
"By that way, Rem, could you just call me Subaru?"
"But Rem is Subaru-sama's personal maid."
"Then can you just call me Subaru when we're alone?"
"…. As you wish, Subaru-kun."
Subaru looked thoughtful, then nodded, "I think that's a start."
Rem smiled right before they both ran into Ram outside the mansion. Ram gave Subaru a mean look before turning to Rem.
"How has your new master been behaving, Rem?"
"Subaru-sama has been very polite, Nee-sama."
Ram looked at Subaru for a moment, "Oh yeah, and where were you two a few hours ago? I didn't see you around the mansion."
Without thinking, Res said calmly, "Alone in his room."
Ram turn to Subaru and grab him by his shirt, "YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SISTER?!"
Subaru tried to calm her down, "W-We didn't do anything except talk. T-That's it, I swear!"
Rem grabbed her sister's hand, so she released Subaru, "Please calm down, Nee-sama. Subaru-sama just wanted to talk to Rem so we could get to know each other better."
Ram looked at her little sister, "Are you sure he didn't ask you to do something dirty?"
"No, Nee-sama, Subaru-sama is respecting me as he promised."
Ram turned to Subaru, "Hmph….better keep it that way." She turned to her sister again, "Rem, if something happens, I want you to tell me immediately."
"I promise, Nee-sama."
"Ok, I'll see you both later for dinner," Ram said before leaving.
When Ram left, Subaru asked, "Is she always that over protective?"
"Nee-sama has always been taking care of Rem."
"I guess siblings take care of each other."
"Do you have any brothers or sisters, Subaru-kun?"
"No, I'm an only child, but I don't care. Being an only child just meant more love for me."
"Sounds like you really love your parents."
"They're the best. Anytime they were free they'd spend it with me."
Rem watched Subaru's face sadden, probably because he missed his parents. Rem could not help but want to hold his hand, a thought that made her blush again. She was just about to put her fingers in the palm of his hand, but stopped midway.
"No. I can't be too friendly with him. I still don't know why he smells like that."
Subaru turned to see Rem just staring at him.
"Rem, why don't you go help your sister with dinner."
"Is that an order, Subaru-kun?"
"Not an order, but more of a suggestion. You can go and help your sister with the cooking or stay with me and talk some more. Either way, I like both ideas because I like talking with you, but I also like your cooking."
Rem stared at Subaru for a moment before answering, "Rem will cook you a delicious dinner then, Subaru-kun."
Subaru smiled, "I like the sound of that."
Rem bowed before heading towards the mansion. Subaru, on the other hand, just stood there in the garden, watching Rem walk into the mansion.
"I think this is a good start," a second later Subaru remembered what Rem told him when she described what she can do as an oni, so he started to sniff himself.
"I guess I'll take a shower before dinner."
When dinner came along, Subaru sat next to Emilia so that he could tell her corny jokes. While both of them enjoyed the food Subaru kept looking at Rem, telling her that he loved her cooking and that he can easily get addicted to it. Rem blushed at his comment, making everyone except Ram laugh.
At the end of dinner, Subaru thanked Rem and Ram for the food and said goodnight to everyone, but when he was in the hallway he noticed that he was being followed. When Subaru turned to see who was following him he noticed that it was his blue haired personal maid.
"Oh, Rem. Why are you following me?"
"I'm simply waiting for your next order."
"Ummmm. My next order?... I don't need anything for the rest of the night so….."
"Then I'll be by your side until you need me."
"Um, all I'm going to do is go to sleep. I mean, you can come with me if you want to sleep in the same bed as me," he said this with a little smirk on his face.
Rem's face got all red at the thought, then she turned around and started walking away, saying, "R-Rem will see you tomorrow then."
"Hehehe, she can be really cute," he said this in a low voice, thinking that Rem couldn't hear him.
However, Rem's face got even more red after she clearly heard that.
After that Subaru went to his room, put on some sleep wear and laid down on his bed.
"I think she's starting to like me…. I mean not like me 'like me' but at least I don't think she wants to kill me…. At least for now….. I know she must have smelled it by now, so that must be why she was lookin' a bit intimidated today. I somehow need to let her know that I'm not one of them."
Subaru moved onto his side, thinking of what he learned about her that day. She wasn't human, she had a powerful nose and lots of strength. Subaru kept thinking about Rem, but out of everything that he was thinking about the one thing that he couldn't stop thinking about was her smile.
Subaru closed his eyes, feeling a small blush tinting his cheeks, "She looks really pretty when she smiles."
Soon, Subaru fell asleep while thinking of Rem.
Meanwhile, Rem was taking a shower before going to sleep. When she came out she put her underwear on, prepared the uniform she was going to use the next morning, and grabbed her nightgown. But while she was doing all of this all she could think about was of her new master. He acted dumb, but seemed to be smart. He was like an open book, but at the same time, still mysterious. He was like no one she has ever met.
"I can already tell that life won't get any more boring than it already is when I'm with him."
This thought brought a smile to her face. With the nightgown in hand, a sudden sense of worry hit her, "But still. That smell."
Rem thought about it until she came to the conclusion that she was not going to be able to sleep until she knew why her master had that smell on him, "I must confront him about this."
Rem put on her uniform and left her room to make her way towards Subaru's room. When Rem finally arrived at Subaru's door, she just stood in front of it. Taking a deep breath, Rem knocked on the door.
Seconds pass and no one answers.
*knock* *knock*
"Subaru-sama, it's Rem. Can I talk to you?"
Another minute passes and no one answers. A little annoyed, Rem decided to open the door herself. To her surprise, the door wasn't locked. Slowly, she opened the door and entered.
"With your permission," she entered and closed the door behind her.
Rem looked around. The room was dark, but moonlight still came in through the window. With it, she saw Subaru laying on his bed, sleeping. She approached him. Rem stared at Subaru, sighing with disappointment because she wasn't able to speak with him at that moment. But then, the smell hit her.
"The smell of the Witch."
Memories of her past started to come back to her again. Rage and hatred started to take over her mind. Without thinking about it, she found herself looking at Subaru with absolute hatred. Her new master. It was him again. There was no doubt about it. He had to be a Cultist.
Rem took out her morningstar. She raised the handle up, ready herself to slam it down on Subaru's face.
She stood there for a while, thinking. But in the end she rose the handle higher. Before she could end his life, she heard someone.
"Rem…."
