Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
DocSlendy; He surely needed to bring something like that.
hellspam; Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, she's one of my favourite characters, I always have a certain love for healing girls anyway, but when with a personality like Asia, and how she looks, she's one of my fav characters. Hmmm, indeed, who could've been watching Makoto then...? We'll have to wait, and see. Speculation is welcome though. Tiamat is gonna frighten the shit out of Ise, isn't he? Yeah, I could see Yasaka liking Makoto. I can't remember a single time when Kunou's father was mentioned either. Hehe, God, keep Serafall away, she would start the next three ice ages. Futaba is quite a good girl, I went for her on my first playthrough, and didn't regret it either. Ooh God, that would be funny. Serafall on that would be funny, Asia on mortal combat, that would be too funny, and her being amazing at it, the girl that doesn't like fighting, is the best at fighting games, funny times ahead~
Ryner; You do make a valid point there.
Nivek Beldo; Well, we'll have to wait and see what was happening there, right~? Seems like Princess is quite the naughty girl as of late, even attacking Rias, though she'll probably have her own reasons for doing something like that, and it was used for some comedy too which is always good~ Princess owned everything, didn't she? She's got the males bar Makoto under her paw, and she's frightened Rias, a High Class Devil. What is next for this girls agenda? Hehe, it seems that she might feel a little something something for the blonde and black haired boy. Yumi and Makoto just have some cute chemistry together, and are able to get close to one another like they are. I know, Rias you interrupted it...she won't be doing that forever though. Ah, thanks~ Maybe I will one day~ Hehe, Lucy and Makoto still have quite the good friendship, even if there's a certain, something going on right now with his life. Hmm, you got a clue? Maybe there was something in the last chapter, we'll have to wait and see what's going on with Lucy, if anything at all, and she does support him, and will continue supporting him as the story goes on, in her own ways. Makoto is quite in the dark, pretty much no one is telling him anything, though Yumi and Millicas are helping him the best that they can. I thought that it would be up to Ise for the job. Yumi would've been a good choice too, but I thought that only someone that's known Makoto for his entire life, well at least while he's been with the Hyoudou's, would be able to help him out, and it bonds them together too which is always good~ Hmm, could be. We'll have to wait and see what's going on with that~ No, not this time, but he will be appearing soon. Someone far worse has come (at least in Makoto's eyes) and has terrorized him extremely, at least that's what is heavily implied this chapter, and I haven't decided if she is gonna be in either harem yet. Oh, don't say that, it could be great, I just don't have much chance to write, never mind read, but when I do get the chance, I will read it.
HolyKnightX; Aah, thank you very much~ Ah, so you got that reference then~? That's good~ He will recover, as the arc goes on, and shows how he matures too. Be very wary of the shotacon...very scary indeed.
Harem Master123; Life surely does hate him. Serafall either didn't know she was like that, or she didn't think that Kiyome would go...as she did. Princess doesn't hate Makoto and his Mom, and she won't hate Asia when they are introduced either, I mean how can anyone hate Asia? She's too sweet. You're right about that, and it was quite implied that he was gonna take off with Lucy anyway, plus he really doesn't want to piss off Sona yet, since all he knows is that she is currently stronger than he is, and could do things that he doesn't want to happen to him. And cool suggestions~
Skull Flame; Well, we'll have to wait and see who it actually was. I can't say for definite who it was right now, would give away some future events happening. She surely does have crappy timing, doesn't she? Well, we'll have to wait and see what happens between the two of them~ Tomoe is just very, frightening, gotta say that, and nothing else hehe~ I'm glad that you did! I'm glad some people got the reference, I was worried they wouldn't, but they did, and I am happy! And thank you!
Anime PJ; Aah, so it isn't just me that has a cat like that? Actually, Princess' behavior is based off my own cat, though my cat attacks me, and loves my mom more than myself. Yeah, in times of need, Makoto is there to help him and make sure that everything is alright. Well, he's very good at hiding his anger...though, he won't be like that forever, as everyone will soon see. I know, Kiyome is really frightening, as shown by the results of what happened with Makoto. Though it isn't explained, what is implied...she's very scared. Indeed, Kalawarner is in the harem, and I am thinking about Akeno, and who she should be with. Here's next time!
ShadeAkami; Yeah! New chapter! Princess indeed owned! She doesn't take shit from anybody! She's not going to allow anyone to push her around, she is too prideful, and strong for that crap! Damn yeah, Princess is his ultimate weapon. Anyone comes near her, and they are gonna get bitten, attack Makoto, and she'll claw your eyes out. Yeah, I don't see why not, him getting attacked by Princess, and then Makoto attacking for Riser attempting to attack Princess, and it just divulging into a brawl free for all. Cool idea, thanks for the idea! Indeed, some bonding between them will also help for the future of the story too, and Yumi and Makoto nearly did share a kiss...and yeah, seems like Rias just did that for, maybe she did it because Princess attacked her, so she ruined Makoto's chances at kissing. I'm glad that you did! He's not completely over it, by the time we reach the climax of the arc, he'll definitely be over it. We'll have to wait, and see who it is, but giving Makoto items, at least you can say that they don't intend harm for Makoto. Not even God could save him from Kiyome now...we'll be seeing how it is soon enough. Yes, I can agree with that, it does make sense for Kunou to be something like that to Makoto. I see, that's some list. Yeah, I could see it going like that when they begin doing something like that. Though when the lemons start...I dunno yet, at least past volume two. And cool suggestions! And thank you!
Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Makoto indeed does work fast, huh~? Well, she could be, or she could be something completely different. Ophis is indeed quite the strong, strongest one of the top tier anyway. He is gonna begin training soon enough, and will show some pretty cool and unique techniques. He will have someone like that enter his harem, just can't say if they are on the harem list right now or not. Well, that's something that I cannot talk about right now, since it wouldn't be right of me to say right now. Makoto is gonna be a pretty balanced guy. He isn't going to be all power, yet he isn't going to be just technique either. He's going to have a number of technique attacks, and then some power attacks too meant to wipe out the enemy. And yeah, I don't see why not having a style like that.
Allan Von'Skoon; Aah, no worries~ Yeah, we'll see if they are, or they are people that are completely different to who you thought they were. Well he's got Kiyome as a stalker, does that count? Princess owned everyone, didn't they? If Princess loved you, then you'd never have to worry, she'd definitely protect you from anything that came for you. I could see Princess doing something like that~ She is pretty cute when she wants to be, and she's strong too, so she can fight with the best of them. Yeah, seems like Yumi had a hidden agenda there, and if it wasn't for Rias, they would've...but, Rias isn't going to ruin it for them always, they'll eventually come together, and lock lips, at least by the end of the arc, they are going to do something like that. Tsubaki and Makoto have a, pretty unique relationship with one another. Thanks, I always think it is good to have something like that, not just drop it off in one chapter, and not have it brought up again. Exactly, Ise can be a great big brother, and it shows how much he cares for Makoto, and having Ise be the one to bring Makoto back from sadness makes sense, as while Yumi could've done it, Ise's known him longer, and would know what to say. Makoto will also return that back in the future too, since this is a story about their relationship as brother's too. Actually, there was a clue or two to what Lucy actually was last chapter, if you look carefully enough. Maybe it is a line of dialogue, an off handed comment, or something else, but there was a clue last chapter about Lucy. She's definitely for the harem plan though~ Aah, don't worry, none of his virginities are gonna be taken away, Kiyome wouldn't ever go that far, but she would, frighten him very much. And Kiyome will be appearing from time to time, I can say that much. Yeah, I can agree with you there, it does make the most sense for it to happen like that. And thanks, yeah it was useful!
Web11211; Well, it could be, or it could be someone else. The answer might just surprise you.
Justin D; Thank you! Indeed, it will evolve in new and interesting ways. Well, those will be revealed in time, what it can do and such. It would be awesome, and it would be cool if she did do something like that. And indeed, Fallen Angel women have very seductive bodies, Akeno in particular is very seductive. I know, it seems like he goes through a lot of crazy stuff in his life. Damn, if she came onto him, may God, Maou, or whoever have mercy on this young mans soul. Indeed, he is a good brother, and vice versa, there will be times where it is shown how deeply they care for one another. Hmmm, indeed. We'll have to wait, and see what is gonna happen with that. You're right, Tiamat would be able to do something like that, helping him gain power, and such. That would be pretty cool~ And thanks!
UsagiAngelRabbit; I know, the poor boy goes through many things in his life, Kiyome really does scare him. Princess is boss~ No one messes with her~
Blade of Takeda; Thank you! Poor Yumi indeed, but they'll get their happy ever after soon enough~ Koneko always just strikes me like that, where she would be able to sneak by without anyone noticing. Cool suggestions! That looks like a pretty cool peerage to me~ Makoto's future peerage seems cool~
Guest 1; Makoto and Le Fay...maybe she could be his contract magician or something.
Guest 2; I can actually imagine that, it would be cute moment between the two of them, wouldn't it?
ShadowUzumaki55; Makoto indeed has it rough~ God yeah, let's hope his mental state survives this...but, moving onto happier things! He does have Ise now to talk with, and vice versa, they can help one another out, which they'll be doing in the future, as well as having one another as rivals, I think that between two brother's, it would be cool for them to be somewhat rivals. Yup, they have been showing something like that. Princess went insane, didn't she? But, she laid down the law with them, with only saying "Nyaaaa!" and just instilled fear into them. It is a weak defense, but even in canon she just left Ise to his own devices, which always seemed weird to me. Hmmm, indeed, who could be that person?
Tohka123; Princess really is quite beast, isn't she? She doesn't have to speak human language for her to know what she really wants in her life. They are quite cute together, aren't they? Yumi is quite stepping up her game huh, she's even attempting to kiss him, but damn Rias...she really did a blocking move there. But you're right, by the end of the first arc, they will share a lock of the lips. Living with Ise for all your life is gonna do that. Makoto can deny it, and even think it might be wrong, but Ise sunk into his subconscious, and made him wonder, if it would be good to have one too. Lucy is a good friend like that, she doesn't want to pressure him into anything, and waiting for her to come to him. They are good together, aren't they? It isn't Kiyome, I can tell you that much, since he seemed to know who it was, and wasn't afraid, which he is very much so of Kiyome. But it could be someone from his past. You be the judge if he is traumatized or not by the end of...what happened. And thanks!
Absolute Mirage; Thank you! Yeah, just who is spying on him? It shall be revealed, eventually~ She seems to be getting in the way, but she won't always. Kiyome, I haven't decided yet, but she's not gonna disappear, she's gonna be popping up from time to time. Tiamat...well, she's not going to be asking just for a hug anyway, let's put it that way. Here's the next chapter! Hope you like it!
vizardissei; It certainly would give Akeno the advantage over Makoto yeah~
Guest 3; I am looking over that story as we speak, and that seems quite the favorable choice, I wonder why? But Le Fay is cute too, and I do like her, maybe she could be Makoto's contract magician or something like that.
ddentler21; Well, thanks. Glad you enjoyed such things. Though, to answer that, I can say, no, because that wouldn't be advancing his character along. At the beginning, he was a simple normal teenage boy, and now, he's been thrusted into a new world, he has to toughen up, but still keep the same core personality. It is even shown in this chapter how he's slowly maturing to his new life. And yeah, he probably is like that, since unlike Ise, he'll be more of a tactical fighter than just blitzing everything in his way.
Cf96; Thank you!
Guest 4; Cool! That sounds great to me! I'll have to think it over a little bit more though, to see if it can work or not.
Ronchaeltor; Hey! Yeah, that might be interesting to do. And, I am glad that you're enjoying it thus far!
With those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!
A cute nun, and a scared Fallen Angel!
"Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!"
The blonde haired Fallen Angel that was a Loli sprung forward through the abandoned Church that they were in, and smashed her feet into the ground. Her eyes seethed with rage, and her body kept quivering and shaking at the same time.
Kalawarner, who was nearby just snickered at her over slightly raging friend.
"Calm down Mittelt."
Mittelt the Fallen Angel wouldn't accept that, and summoned a light spear, stabbing what appeared to be a pew again and again.
"Stupid head! Stupid! I hate you! Go and leave forever redheaded bitch while I kill that damn boy of yours! Damn Devils really do piss me off immensely! Why don't you just disappear from my life always?! Leave me alone!"
Kalawarner rolled her eyes at the obvious childishness that Mittelt was having.
"You're just sour that you lost easily to the Gremory girl."
Mittelt sharpened her eyes towards Kalawarner, and made a dark expression appear on her face.
"Don't speak to me like that. I am not having that from you. I won't have anything be the end of me like this. Don't pretend you understand my feelings on the matter! This is prideful pride for us! I mean, everyone always looks down on us because-"
"I already know why, Mittelt." Mittelt furrowed her eyes as she continued. "You don't need to go on and on about it. It will not solve anything in the world. I just don't see it doing anything, honestly. You'll only end up failing yourself like this."
Mittelt had sharp eyes, and darkened expression.
"I am pissed off because…I lost so easily to that stupid Gremory girl! I didn't even get to show off my powers either! That's not something that it cannot do something like that! I won't be able to do something like lose again!"
Kalawarner couldn't stand the screeching of the young girl, she just couldn't stand it. She really was getting on her nerves, Mittelt that was, she just wouldn't stop saying things that would annoy most, and piss off others.
"Ugh, you're being insufferable like always. Stop complaining. I get that enough from Dohnaseek and Raynare. Those stupid Fallen Angels really get on my nerves. I cannot deny something like that. But, you know, is it really something that I can't stand. Like killing that boy. I don't see the reason to do something like that."
"You know, don't say something like that to me. I cannot stand it, I really cannot stand something like this anymore. I am attempting to put my point across, but like Raynare and Dohnaseek, you're looking down on me too!"
Kalawarner rolled her eyes, finding that to be depressingly hilarious, in a way.
"You know I'm not doing that. People like us have to stick together."
Mittelt stopped herself for a moment, and thought about what she said.
"I hate it when they look down on us."
Kalawarner understood this all too well, nodding her head in agreement.
"You're right, about that. I hate it too, but we don't have a choice but to follow them. Raynare and Dohnaseek I mean. They rank higher than us, and while I don't like it…what are we supposed to do? Azazel-sama trusted us with watching over these Hyoudou boys, but now that they have died and reincarnated…"
"I don't give a shit about that! I don't care! I have a score to settle with that damn Shota guy! He humiliated me!"
"I thought that it was the Gremory girl that beat you?"
"I went to prove my worth by killing him again, but she got in the way! I won't have that failure hanging over my head! He was just a new Devil! How could he do something like that to me!? I won't have something like that hanging over me! I'm going to beat him and kill him myself!"
Kalawarner rose a hand to her forehead, sighing deeply.
"This, gets you with what exactly? You're going to piss off the Devils. Well fucking done, you've already made a mess of everything and you're going to make even more of a mess of it too. You're so bright, aren't you?"
Mittelt didn't like the way that Kalawarner spoke to her, showing a dissatisfied face.
"Don't mock me too! I hate being mocked! Just stop it already! Just stop mocking me!"
"I am not mocking you. I'm just saying what is the truth. You doing this is only going to piss off the Devils even more. Hey, don't blame me if they end up killing you too. If you attempt to attack that boy, then you're going to die. I just can't believe that Kokabiel-sama said the orders had changed. It doesn't seem right to me, but whatever I guess…but even then, I don't see why killing them would've been for the benefit of us all, it doesn't make sense to me, it really doesn't."
Kalawarner's expression became contorted as she thought about what had happened over the previous days, and what went down with Raynare, Mittelt, herself, and Dohnaseek, and things didn't add up in her mind.
Mittelt didn't seem to care about that though, having already set her mind on something before her.
"Tch, I don't care if it benefits us all to be honest. I've had enough of trying to be benefited, and I want to soar into the sky, I want to become a person that has a good life, you know what I mean? I am sick of being treated as trash. I want to become a good member of the Grigori too!"
"And doing this is the right way when Azazel-sama wishes to study Sacred Gears? We don't know what is going on now, with Kokabiel-sama, and all of that stuff. I mean, doesn't it seem suspicious that our mission changed from just watching over them, to actually having to do something like kill them? Why change it from that? And why can't we get into contact with Azazel-sama?"
To her credit, Kalawarner was bringing up good questions.
Mittelt surely couldn't deny that either.
They couldn't get into contact with Azazel, he wasn't answering, or something else. Their missions were coming from Kokabiel instead. That was actually something that worried both of them, since Azazel was the one they followed, not Kokabiel directly. But he was also a high ranking member of the Grigori, it seemed to make sense that they could do something like follow his orders.
"I don't know damn it! I really don't know what to think at this point! I mean, it should make sense that we can get in contact with him, I however cannot see why we can't get in contact with him! Azazel-sama! Please come and save me from this nightmare already!"
Saying that didn't exactly get him to come either.
Kalawarner just watched as Mittelt paced back and forth. She leaned against her arm, and hummed to herself in deep thought, and slight regret too. She did wish that she didn't have to go through with what she was ordered. She, didn't want to cause pain to people that was something she hated in fact.
"Hyoudou-kun, are you going to come out?"
Sona poked her head out as she tried to coerce Makoto out of the hiding place he was in, which happened to be behind a table, his knees to his chest, and his body shaking, and his eyes widened with fear.
"No…"
His meek and shy voice came through to Sona's ears, who released a sigh of relief that he actually did speak about.
"Hyoudou-kun, please come out now. You've been under that desk for since you came back an hour ago. It is time to head on home now, you cannot just stay in here, and be like this. Please, time to move out of the room, and head on home now."
Makoto didn't answer, just continuing to shiver his body again and again by the second.
When Sona didn't get an answer other than a whimpering, Sona reached in her hand…
"DON'T TOUCH MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
""AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGH!""
Usually Sona didn't scream, but this time she had to since she saw the desperation on his face, and the fear within his voice. She jumped away with Tsubaki who also screamed, the student council's room wasn't the place that they needed to do something like this, trying to calm down Makoto who seemed to be traumatized.
Taking a breath, Tsubaki looked towards Sona with a serious look on her face.
"Kaichou, this is serious. He isn't coming out, he seems to be afraid."
Tsubaki noted, Sona nodding her head.
"Yes. I have to agree."
Sona said as she tried to reach into the hiding space, but Makoto pulled away and shuddered even more, frightened of physical contact it seems. Though, it was strange for the others to witness Makoto being like this. Essentially, it seemed to be a little weird to her for him to be like this. But he looked like he had come through something that he was assaulted or something. Sona couldn't discern what happened herself, but whatever did happen, it was clearly traumatizing to say the least.
"What did this contract do to Hyoudou-kun?"
Tsubaki couldn't work it out.
He wasn't harmed physically, but his mental state seemed to be put into questioning. Makoto himself looked like he was going to fall over, and he wouldn't be able to recover either. He just seemed to be hurt the most.
"Though, he did get some good feedback. Actually, the request was more than satisfactory. He got top marks, and was able to have such a good evaluation. But, why is he like this now, I wonder? Hmmmm, just what happened with his contract?"
Tsubaki couldn't work it out either, and had to tilt her head along with Sona at the same time.
"I wouldn't know Kaichou, who did he have a contract with anyway?"
Sona shrugged her shoulders.
"Onee-sama was the one who sorted this out, I was just instructed to send him there. I wonder, who was the one who did this actually? It would be interesting to say the least. Hmmmm, I don't know what to think about this now."
Sona had a thoughtful look on her face.
"I haven't been able to discern from his words either. He just seems to be frightened of someone that has done something to him. Kaichou, I think finding out who his contract was would be the best way to go forward."
"Yes, I will have to find out who he was on with."
Sona agreed and discussed amongst themselves.
As they were talking amongst themselves, there was a knock at the door.
Tsubaki was curious, and went to answer it, showing that it was Yumi herself that had come.
"Ah, Kaichou has been expecting you."
Yumi entered the room, and bowed to Kaichou who pointed towards the desk that Makoto was under.
"Kiba-san, could you please help us with Hyoudou-kun? He won't come out since his contract. When I tried to ask him, he just put his hands over his ears and said "Please don't make me Onee-sama!" which, I don't understand. So, could you please help us?"
Yumi slowly nodded, and went over to the table. Bending down, she saw Makoto cowering like life was going to take him away from the world.
"Makoto-kun, what's wrong?"
Makoto's hollow eyes went towards her own eyes, and shook his body even more.
"Yumi-senpai…you've come for me…y-you've come to save me from the monsters…r-right…? Y-You've come to protect me, haven't you Yumi-senpai? You won't allow her to take me away from everything, right?"
"I-I don't understand, what is going on?"
Makoto shuddered as thoughts of Kiyome came to his mind, and what she did to him, making him feel as if death was going to come for him again, so he clung to his legs, pushing them against his chest, and made sure that he wasn't going to lose face now.
"…Yumi-senpai, don't let her come here…please don't make me go back…I don't want to go back…please don't allow me to go back there…she'll get me again, I can't handle it Yumi-senpai. I can't take her, she's really scary, and she did things with my….waaaaah! Please don't make me go back there again! I can't take it Senpai! I only wanna be in the arms of Senpai! No one else! Just Senpai! Please don't allow me to go into the arms of anyone else!"
He was really shaken.
Both Sona and Tsubaki could see that.
But that question on what happened remained in the minds of the two. Even Yumi was wondering what was going on. But, it seemed at least that Yumi was able to calm him down somewhat, which was relieving to say the least.
"I don't know…what you're talking about Makoto-kun, but it's time to head home now. Don't you want to come home with me? I'll walk you home if you want? There won't be any worries about Fallen Angels coming for you, okay?"
He groaned, and slowly crawled out of the hiding space, going to Yumi's arms. Immediately, her inviting arms wrapped around him as his shaking hands did the same thing for her, hugging her around her waist, and his face fell against her breasts.
"Senpai…"
"Shhh, it's alright Makoto-kun. Whatever happened, is gone now. I won't allow anything to hurt you, you're going to be okay now, Makoto-kun. I will make sure that you're going to be okay now, alright Makoto-kun? Nothing weird will happen with your body, I will make sure that nothing happens to you, okay?"
He groaned as he snuggled against her chest, never intending to get go of her body. She was too good to be let go of, he wanted to be with her, and never be apart from her again. She, truly was a good woman to him right now.
Once making it back to Makoto's house, Yumi slipped into the house undetected and went up the stairs with the shivering Makoto. She bypassed a cat who just stared at her. Yumi thought that was a little weird.
Getting into Makoto's room, she immediately walked over to the bed, shutting the door behind her, and placed Makoto on the bed. Though she didn't carry him, she did lead him by the hand since he seemed to be very distraught with whatever happened to him.
"Makoto-kun, we're here now."
He grumbled while looking towards Yumi.
"Yumi-senpai…you took me home, thank you…"
"Geez, what happened Makoto-kun? You seem to be really going through something terrible. Just what happened on your contract anyway? Kaichou mentioned that it happened after your contract, you became like this. Just what happened?"
"Abe-senpai…"
"Say no more." Knowing what that meant, Yumi hugged Makoto to her bust, holding him tenderly in her arms. "Shhh, don't worry, I won't allow her to get you anymore. I won't allow anything to happen to you Makoto-kun, I'm here now."
Makoto snuggled against her breasts, enjoying being held there. Yumi's soft hand went across the back of his head, and stroked his head gently. Makoto felt relieved that Yumi was going to keep him safe now from Kiyome.
"Yumi-senpai, please don't leave me, okay?"
His voice was practically begging.
Whatever Kiyome did, must've been devastating to the young boys mind. He seemed to be losing himself mentally over and over again. The only thing that kept him grounded was Yumi herself who was his support through all of this.
"I'm not going anywhere…"
"No, I mean. Stay with me tonight, Yumi-senpai. Please don't leave. I can't handle it. What if she comes during the night? She could come for me and do things with me. S-She made me do things Yumi-senpai. She took things off, and she made me do things with her. Please, don't be bad and leave me, alright? I couldn't handle it."
"Shhh, don't worry, I-I won't leave…I won't leave you Makoto-kun."
Saying it again, Yumi held Makoto close to her body, and his body felt good next to her own body.
"Thank you, Yumi-senpai…now, shall we get to bed?"
Yumi's face turned slightly pink as she looked at the bed.
"I-In the same bed?"
"If you don't want too then you can go home if you like? Or, spend time in the spare bedroom? I mean, that would be alright, wouldn't it? I only thought that we could do…b-because we've been getting closer lately."
Yumi thought the same thing too.
In the days that Makoto became a Devil, they had become closer and closer. Yumi didn't think that she would become so close to him like this, though she wasn't going to complain either. She liked being close to him, she even liked his weird little quirks that he had. It made everything all the more better.
"That's right…we've become closer…s-so, sleeping in the same bed would be…yes, I think it should be fine."
"Yay! Then, I will get ready for bed!"
Makoto stood up from the bed, regained the vigour that he really didn't think about beforehand. His hands went to his pants, and he unhooked the belt, causing Yumi to become a blushing mess. Her cheeks turned even more red that his hand unzipped his pants.
"Makoto-kun! W-What are you doing!?"
As he was about to allow his pants to fall down his body, she put her hands out, stopping him from dropping his pants. Makoto himself looked perplexed that Yumi stopped him, and allowed his pants to drop anyway, revealing his boxers to Yumi's eyes which bulged, and that wasn't the only bulge within the room either, the other being drawn by Yumi's eyes.
"I was just getting ready for bed Senpai, is that bad? D-Don't you sleep in your underwear?"
"…Just my panties…"
She admitted after a few seconds while continuing to blush brightly, Makoto blushing too.
"I-I see, s-so your breasts would be…s-shown, right?"
Just thinking about seeing her breasts…Makoto's life could possibly be complete.
Since he had a crush on her, seeing her chest naturally came to his mind. He just didn't think that he actually would see her breasts like this before. He didn't think he'd ever be put into a situation like this in his mind. But now that he was, he hoped that he would. But, he wasn't going to push Yumi to do anything that she didn't want to do.
"That's right…yes, that's right, I do sleep with just my panties."
"I see…then, you can…erm, if you don't want to share a bed with me, then don't feel pressured, I wouldn't ever do something like-" Suddenly, Yumi grasped Makoto's hand, and practically threw him onto the bed. "Waaah! Yumi-senpai!?"
"P-Please close your eyes while I get undressed!"
Makoto did as she said while blushing, and allowed his eyes to drag closed.
He heard shuffling around, but kept his eyes closed. He did want to open and take a peak. But his better judgement told him to not do anything like that, and just kept his eyes closed, awaiting Yumi to be undressed too, if that's what she was doing.
After a minute or so, Yumi finally finished, and said "O-Open your eyes…Makoto-kun…" which made his face lift up into a smile, due to how shy she sounded, quite unlike Yumi herself. She wasn't like that, and yet, that's how arousing that actually was.
"Y-Yumi-senpai, is it really alright?"
"Yes…that's right, yes. Please, open your eyes, Makoto-kun."
Getting the okay from Yumi, his eyes slowly dragged open.
What he saw, was Yumi standing there, in pink surprisingly lacy panties. Makoto's eyes traced up her body, and saw her milky skin, which was her stomach. She was quite toned, though she wasn't disturbingly so. It was a stomach that was easily to tell that she did train, but still very feminine at the same time.
Continuing going upwards shyly, Makoto saw the bottom half of Yumi's very generous bust size. His eyes nervously went up, to see Yumi's arms across her breasts, covering the nipples. While that was slightly daunting for Makoto, he understood why she wanted to do that, so didn't have anything bad to say about it, and continued going towards Yumi's face which was full of nervousness.
While she didn't say anything, it almost looked like she was looking for approval, and he wasn't going to deny that now.
"Yumi-senpai's form is very beautiful."
Yumi's face tinged darker pink as she walked closer.
"Y-You mean that Makoto-kun?"
"I wouldn't lie to you, Senpai." He stated as she sat down on the bed, her arms slowly removing themselves from covering her boobs, gaining confidence from Makoto's true words. "I just think that Yumi-senpai is the most adorable ever…I really like Senpai too…I mean, I've always thought about Senpai being like this with me…just a normal setting where we went to bed, and held one another in bed too…"
His admission gave Yumi the confidence she needed, dropping her arms from her bust, revealing her pink nipples to his eyes. Makoto's nose immediately sprouted blood, which he attempted to cover with his hands, his face pinker than anything else in the room right now.
"So, Makoto-kun? W-What do you think?"
Yumi asked as she moved closer. Her body bent over and showed more of her cleavage, her breasts bouncing up and down, drawing Makoto's eyes up and down to her chest level. He was a man after all, and even he was attracted to Yumi's chest.
"S-Senpai's form is…v-very…s-she's…a-are you sure that this is…t-this is very…a-and Yumi-senpai's boobs are…t-they are…beautiful…perfect even."
Yumi's face turned darker and darker pink by the second as she put a hand to Makoto's chest. Slowly, she slid her fingers under his school shirt, and unbuttoned it as she looked into his eyes. He didn't put up any resistance, allowing his shirt to be taken off. He trusted her to not do anything that he didn't like, and vice versa.
"I'm sorry for the sudden forwardness, but your shirt is left on…while I am like this. I thought that it would be…good if we got down to our chests exposed, and only wearing lower parts, wouldn't that be a good thing, Makoto-kun?"
"Y-Yes, that would be fine, Yumi-senpai."
With consent, Yumi finished unhooking his shirt, and threw it off his body, exposing his own chest to her. To her surprise, he wasn't that bad in the chest department. She thought that he wouldn't have much muscle due to being a normal boy, but she was pleasantly surprised that he did have some muscles. He wasn't overly muscular either, and that was a good thing in her eyes. She didn't want him to be like that. He had a good amount of muscles, and that was, quite dazzling to her eyes.
"My…Makoto-kun, you don't work out, do you?"
"O-Only when swimming and such…I don't really do many workouts or anything like that. I'm just a simple boy, is all…I don't really do anything like training my butt off…but, I do run sometimes to stay in shape…w-why? Is my body…bad?"
"N-No!" She reassured, as she got in bed next to him, hugging him tightly. "Your body is good, it's the best! It's just surprising, I haven't ever seen anyone's chest before, I haven't seen your chest before, Makoto-kun…you're the first man I've ever done anything like this with before…"
That made Makoto's heart flutter.
In ways, he was taking some of Yumi's first times. Like holding hands, dates, and now sleeping in the same bed, and seeing a boys chest too. In those ways, being a Devil just seemed to be like a distant dream.
"I-I see, then…t-that's wonderful Senpai…"
"And, is this the first time for you to be in bed with a girl?"
At that, Makoto paused and thought briefly of Serafall, and how he woke up in bed with her. He also flashbacked to someone else too when he was in a bed too. Then, there was one more person that he could remember, but that was a long time ago.
"N-No…Sera-tan was…she snuck into my bed when we first…talked I supposed. She did it…I still don't really know why she did something like that. she didn't really say, and now…w-well, this is the first time I've been in bed with Yumi-senpai…"
He didn't say anything about the others, since he didn't think it was relevant at this point, since he hasn't seen them in a long time. He didn't think that he would need to say anything about them again since he probably wouldn't see them again.
Yumi had a content smile on her face, placing her head on his chest. Makoto's eyes sprang open with her snuggling against him. Her breasts fell against Makoto's arm, as she hugged onto it, placing it between her breasts.
"Yumi-senpai's breasts are…"
"Y-You like, them right, Makoto-kun?"
He could only shyly nod as her long blonde hair fell against his body. From his position, he was able to smell the scent of her hair, and it smelled like strawberries, sending his mind into overdrive with such an intoxicating scent that she had.
"Y-Yes Senpai…they are…it is…good, Senpai…y-your boobs are…good…"
Her cheek rubbed against his chest, snuggling deeper and deeper into his body. Makoto's body heated up as Yumi gained a satisfying smile on her face.
"Fueee, I'm glad Makoto-kun things so, because only Makoto-kun can see my chest, okay? Not Hyoudou-kun, or anyone else. Only Makoto-kun can see my chest from now on. Since Makoto-kun needed me, I definitely will allow Makoto-kun to see my boobs. He's a good boy after all, aren't you Makoto-kun?"
"Y-Yes…I'm good…"
Yumi smiled, and snuggled with him.
Makoto felt good right now…
And not just because he was in bed with a beautiful girl.
It felt like he was being with someone that he was very comfortable with. He didn't have to say anything, and she was right there him. It only increased the intensity that they had, a certain kind of heat that only Yumi seemed to bring out of him.
He was glad that he would be able to spend time with her like this, he was able to complete himself, and keep himself happy together with Yumi herself. As for Yumi, she was content with sleeping in Makoto's bed, like they had been in like for ages now. Even though it was the first time for both of them to be this close to one another.
The next morning, Makoto woke up, while his head was on Yumi's breast. Yumi herself was already awake, and just stared down at him, while smiling.
"Oooh!" Makoto was going to pull away, but Yumi calmly placed a hand on the back of his head, pulling him closer. "Yumi-senpai…y-you're actually doing something like that…Yumi-senpai, you're hugging me like this…"
"Is it bad? It is okay Makoto-kun, I don't mind. I woke up, and your sleeping form was happened to be on my breast. I was naturally embarrassed, but after a few moments, I just went with it, and found myself enjoying your face on my breast."
Makoto's face turned a little more red, but he just allowed his head to rest on her breast. His face was red, but he didn't feel embarrassed, he just felt like he was going to die of happiness right now, laying together with Yumi like this.
"Yumi-senpai…"
"Hmmm? Something on your mind Makoto-kun?"
Makoto shook his head, and hugged onto Yumi even tighter than he was before. Her kind eyes fell upon him, stroking the back of his head.
"I, just enjoy being like this with you."
"Me too, Makoto-kun, me too. I'm glad that we could spend time like this together…"
Yumi's hand continued to pet the back of Makoto's head, stroking it gently, yet also soothingly too. Her fingers went through his semi longish hair, entwining her nimble fingers through his hair…but then it turned different.
Her fingers went out of his hair, and to his face. slowly, she stroked small circles on his face, his face turning upwards at her cool touch. His hand then went to his face, and enclosed around her hand, holding it gently.
"Yumi-senpai, you'll have to pinch me."
"Ooh? Why's that?"
"Because…" He raised a doubting eyebrow. "I didn't think this would ever happen. But, now we've gone from a date that I didn't think would happen, to sharing a bed like this. I know it was my own selfishness that asked you to stay last night, so I'm sorry if I inconvenienced you."
Yumi's head shook again and again, denying what she had said.
"Don't say something like that. Being selfish is fine sometimes. You've been through a lot in your days as a Devil, and you've not even begun your new life yet. …Erm, you see, I had a bad start as a Devil too, so that's why I want to help Makoto-kun. Having to fight so close to becoming a Devil, dying protecting me, so I am grateful to Makoto-kun, and if there's anything that I can do for you, then I would really…"
Yumi didn't waste time in taking Makoto by the shoulders, lifting his body slightly to meet her own. She bent slightly, facing Makoto as they shared a kind smile between the two of them. Noticing some hair in his eyes, her fingers brushed against his skin as she moved some hair out of his eyes.
"Yumi-senpai's really kind…a-are you sure that I'm not inconveniencing you…?"
"Not at all." She reassured as she lingered on his lips with her eyes. "You never do inconvenience me at all." Yumi allowed her hand to go across Makoto's face, his cheeks turning red. "It's cute when you blush like that."
Admitting it casually, Makoto's face turned even more red. Because of his red face, Yumi's own face turned red as she inched closer and closer towards him. he didn't say anything as he watched her part her lips. Understanding what was going to happen, Makoto parted his lips too, pursing them for a kiss from Yumi.
Something that Makoto had wanted for a long time, was going to happen now.
Even Yumi had wanted to kiss him too, and now that they were alone, they would be able to share a kiss between the two of them…
They weren't going to escape this now, they were going to kiss one another…
Makoto inched closer as Yumi did the same. Yumi's hand grabbed Makoto's reassuring one. Since it was her first kiss, she was nervous. But she knew that she wanted to do it, and so did Makoto. They both wanted to share a little kiss between them, then they knew where they stood with one another.
"Makoto-kun…take care of me, okay? With your lips…a-and…"
"I'll definitely take care of Senpai…I definitely will take care of you Senpai…"
Hearing that was enough for Yumi to take the plunge to kiss Makoto on the lips…
"Makoto!" Ise burst in the room, as Yumi and Makoto remain frozen, near one another's face. "Hahah! Kaa-chan asked me too…" Ise's eyes went towards the bed, seeing Makoto and Yumi together in bed, his eyes turning to rage for Makoto, and lust for Yumi who covered her boobs before Ise could take a good look. "Makoto! You bastard! Y-You lost it before me!? That precious thing, is lost to her, before I lost my own to Buchou or someone else!? That's not fair! How can that happen!? That's not fair at all! I don't like this, bastard! Die handsome!"
Makoto's face was embarrassed, and his body trembled with his bottom lip sticking out into a cute (for Yumi) pout.
"Idiot Ise-nii! Baka! Baka! G-Get out of my room! I didn't sleep with Yumi-senpai! I-I mean I did, but not in a sexual way! W-We just shared a bed…a-and now, you've come to embarrass me even more! Y-You're just an idiot!" Makoto then saw Princess walk into the room, and in his embarrassment, he gave an order. "Princess! Attack pattern Omega!"
Princess' eyes changed as Ise shot his eyes towards her, leaking tears.
Like a robot, something switched inside of Princess, and her eyes dyed the colour of hate and rage.
"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
The cat lunged for Ise, gripping onto his leg with her claws.
"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
STAB!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGH! YOU STUPID WHORE!"
Ise screamed at the top of his lungs with the cats claws digging into his skin, Yumi turned to Makoto, confused.
"Did he just call your cat a whore?"
Makoto's bottom lip stuck out even more as Ise smacked Princess off him, rushing out of the room and closed the door before she could follow. Princess' eyes displayed victory, and she went back to Makoto, jumping onto the bed, nuzzling against him, but had a dark look towards Yumi which she didn't notice, and neither did Makoto.
"I-Ise-nii is too embarrassing…i-if he was with a girl…h-he wouldn't be bothered b-by me…y-yet, I was about to receive a kiss from Yumi-senpai…a-and now we weren't able to kiss one another…b-because of Onii-chan…"
"Makoto-kun, he probably didn't know I was in here."
"Oh…right."
Usually Makoto was quite smart, but when put into situations like this, he didn't think quite right.
Yumi giggled to herself, and hugged Makoto from behind. Her large breasts pressed against his back, relieving him of his worries and concerns, her arms entangling around his body, and gripped in front of him, his hands entangling with her own hands.
"Don't worry Makoto-kun, our chance to kiss will come in the future."
Makoto's eyes went backwards towards her, seeing her smile being prevalent.
"R-Really?"
"Yes, that's right, we'll share a kiss. When the time comes, we'll know it is right, and then we'll share a kiss between us."
He regained his smile, leaning backwards and enjoying the embrace of the elder female behind him.
Later at school, Makoto was standing in front of Kaichou as she looked over him and his everything that he was. Around him, were the student council, and while Saji was making "Don't touch Kaichou!" with his eyes, everyone else was literally just watching Makoto himself, who felt under pressure that he was going to be killed by these people.
"Kaichou-san…why are you examining me like this?"
He felt uncomfortable to say the least, he really did feel weirded out that she was doing something like that.
"I'm just thinking about your current role, is all."
"Role?"
She nodded and overlooked him again.
"Onee-sama won't be back for a little bit yet, however there are forces that wish to hurt you."
"Yeah, I've met them alright…"
He sighed out, wishing that he never had come across someone that wanted to hurt him, he just didn't want something like that to happen to him again.
"Exactly, that's why you're going to need someone to train with you…you're going to need to train, and that might be a difficult thing to task with. I, honestly am not sure what is going to happen with that, I really don't know right now. Since we still don't know what your Sacred Gear can actually do, it is down to me to find a suitable fighting style for you that will help you in the long run. But, that is going to be a difficult thing to overcome. If we cannot be sure of your Sacred Gear, we also do not know what is going to come of this power you have. Whatever happens though, I do know that it is going to be something interesting to see…hmmmm, I wonder what is going to happen with you now…?"
Makoto just looked at her, and didn't know what to say.
All he knew was the fact that she was being overwhelmed by his presence, since she didn't know how to handle Makoto. She didn't know whether to train him in demonic powers, strength, defence, or swords, or something else entirely.
She just didn't know what she was supposed to do.
Makoto watched as Sona circled him a few times, attempting to come to a good conclusion within her mind.
"Okay, I know what we're going to do now."
"Y-Yes Kaichou-san?"
Sona nodded, and handed Makoto several different documents.
"We're going to be covering all basics. For now, we'll work on stamina, which would be the worst thing for the current you. Since you are a fresh human, you need to know how to dodge, how to run away, and how to run forward towards the enemy, and be able to see incoming objects at high speed. Until we know what your Sacred Gear does, we'll build on these aspects a little bit more."
Makoto overlooked the documents, and read several things that he knew he wasn't going to like.
Doing push ups, sit ups, running laps after laps. And other things that would build stamina. He knew that he was going to be exhausted after doing all of this. He, really didn't want to do anything like this.
"Erm…Kaichou-san, am I really supposed to do all of this…?"
It didn't seem fair for him to have to do all of that when this was athletes stuff.
He was sure he was going to die if something like that happened.
"Yes, this is the beginning of the training I have set for you."
"B-Beginning!? I'm supposed to do this only for the beginning!? You really think that I can do something like that!?"
"Don't yell at-"
Before Saji could finish, Tomoe sent a dark glare towards him, causing his body to stop, and he just looked down at the ground slowly.
"Yes, I expect you to do something like this. I won't allow Onee-sama's servant to be weak. You'll have to increase these basic steps with your training. After that, we'll delve into more serious training."
At that moment, Makoto was sure that he was going to die. He was sure that he was going to die, just because it was what was written on the papers she handed him. It seemed exhausting to just read it, never mind actually doing it.
"Dodge!"
"Waaaaaah!"
On a private field, Makoto was in a tracksuit after school, running away as Sona kept sending blasts of water towards him. The latest one almost smacked Makoto right in the face, missing him by mere inches.
"I told you to dodge!"
CRASH! BANG! CRASH!
"Please calm dooooooooooooooooooooooooooown!"
Makoto begged as he dodged again and again for the life of him, that was slowly being taken away from him.
The water didn't stop though, and from the sky, Sona made water needles that looked sharp, shooting them down for him. he jumped, ran as fast as he could, and avoided the best that he could, the needles penetrating the ground near him, and one managed to cut his skin, Makoto wincing at the cut.
"Owww! You just cut me, you know!? I thought this was training!?"
Makoto held his arm, and while it was cut, he wasn't really bleeding. He did have a little blood come from him, but that was the extent of it all. Makoto beyond that seemed to be alright, he didn't seem to be injured, not really.
Sona didn't even blink as she continued throwing water right at him, and wouldn't stop doing it either.
"That won't do! Dodge it! See it coming! Fallen Angels won't go easy on you, and neither will I! Onee-sama chose to have you as her servant, so I cannot allow you to be weak either! So, go forward with that mentality that you're doing this for Onee-sama!"
"I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing at all! I don't even know if I want to do it for your Onee-sama! I want to live for meeeeeeeeeeee!"
"I see, then please dodge this."
Sona breathed out, and then she used some water to shape it into a bird. It was small, and even cute. But this one wasn't the cuddling type as Sona sent it outwards towards him, and flew right into his back, pushing him down onto the ground.
"Owwwwwwwww! That really hurt Kaichou-san! I'm still a person!"
"That's no excuse, dodge!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaah! Why do I feel like you're referencing something right now!?"
"Imagination!"
Makoto shed large tears as Sona launched more birds of water towards him.
This time, he did a zigzagging motion, avoiding all of the attacks that Sona sent. He heard crashing coming from behind him, but he daren't look back, he wasn't going to see what was coming for him this time, he wasn't so stupid to do something like that.
"Here!"
Makoto suddenly came to a wall of water, blocking his path. Gritting his teeth, Makoto banged on the wall several times, but the water was dense, and it wouldn't allow Makoto to get through at all, he was stuck from the water before him, he really was stuck, and he didn't like it at all.
"Ooh come on! This isn't fair!"
Makoto turned around himself, and saw that there was a water bird coming for him.
He was stuck between a wall, and a water bird. Neither were letting him through. The bird was fast, and he could barely see it coming. While it was a little faster than he could see, he could at least make out its form, and was able to keep track of the bird, for the most part.
"Shit! Go away!"
Makoto rushed forward towards the water bird as Sona watched on with slight interest.
"I wonder what he's going to do…"
Sona mused aloud but Makoto didn't hear, watching the birds pattern movements.
His body went left, so Sona used the water bird to fly for him, but at the last second, he stopped his body, and twisted right, allowing the bird to fly past him, which intrigued Sona. Then, Makoto tightened his hand, and aimed it for the centre of the birds back, crashing against the back of the bird, and broke it apart with his strength, sending the clumps of water down to the ground, Sona being mildly impressed, but saw that he was hunched over, breathing hard.
"Good, you managed to dodge it. It seems like your abilities are rising by the day." Makoto smiled, but Sona smirked. "Now we continue."
Makoto felt life fleeting away from him, and he was going to end up dying on the doorsteps of hell, that's how he thought it was going to be anyway…he was in over his head right now, she was too scary to even comprehend…more training meant death.
At the end of the day, Makoto was laying on his bed with his arms behind his head, exhausted.
Ise was sat nearby, seeing how Makoto was still sweating profusely despite how his training ended over half an hour ago.
"Geez, just what did Kaichou do to you?"
He asked, somewhat aware that Sona was a Devil. Though, he didn't know the significance of that just yet.
"I'm…so…tired…"
Makoto could barely get that out before wheezing heavily.
Ise could only cringe at how exhausted his brother was, glad that Rias wasn't slave driving him like Sona seemed to be doing.
"Damn, I don't wanna be in your shoes right now. The most Buchou asks of me is to just turn up, and go on contracts. But with Kaichou, it seems like she's putting you through the ringer, and is making you sweat more than you should…right?"
Makoto breathed shallowly, nodding his head slowly.
"…I can't breathe properly right now."
That admission alone wanted Ise to go and speak with Sona, and ask her to knock it off.
He could clearly see how exhausted Makoto was, and how he was having trouble even sitting up. There was training, and then there was what Sona had done. She was really pushing him too far in Ise's eyes.
"Want me to go and say something to her?"
Ise said while acting like the kind of brother Makoto loved the most.
"…E-Even if you did…s-she probably w-wouldn't s-stop…a-and she's a Master…a-and I can't really…ugh, why do you get the easy road of being a Devil…? I wish Sera-tan was…b-back already, a-at least I'm sur-sure she wouldn't push me this far…"
Ise made a dissatisfied face, wondering if he should go and say something to Sona or not. While he wanted to help his younger brother, he also didn't want to defy Rias either. And from his words, Makoto was right that Ise was having an easier time as a Devil right now.
"Aah, don't worry dude. If she continues to do it, I'll say something. Even if she is Kaichou, she can't run you down like this everyday. I don't care if it might upset Buchou, you're my Otouto, and no one is gonna make you suffer like this."
"P-Please…d-don't get into…t-trouble for me…"
That's what Makoto said as he continued to wheeze on the bed.
Ise though didn't want to have something that would keep him back, seeing the condition that Makoto was in right now.
"No, it isn't a problem. Even if I do, get into trouble, she's pretty much run you down into the ground and on the first day too. I can be understanding to training, but training to the point of exhaustion and barely able to even move? What's that going to prove exactly? She can't do something like that."
Ise was adamant this time.
He couldn't allow something like this happen to Makoto. No matter what else happened, it just didn't seem fair to push him so hard on the first day of training. No matter how it was, or who it was, she wasn't going to force Makoto to be so exhausted at least when Ise is concerned.
A few days later, Makoto casually walked away from school as he looked at his hand, recalling the nightmare training that he had been through, and he didn't think he was getting anywhere. Sona was just pushing more and more into his life with training he didn't see why it would work.
In his hand, was his Sacred Gear…the bird itself.
The bird that he didn't know what it did, just stared right back at him and didn't say anything at all, if it could speak that was, he didn't know if it could or not. Sona didn't tell him anything at all, she didn't know what it was. Makoto himself was getting suspicious that it didn't do anything, and that she was just having him be strung along so he wouldn't be talked to like he was.
"Damn bird, just what can you do exactly…?"
He never got the answer.
No matter how many times he asked himself this, he would never find the answer that he was seeking. He would always be left in the dark about whatever was going on, he just wouldn't be told on what was going on.
It just looked like a glowing bird in his hand. What would it be able to do? Not even Kaichou knew, and since she didn't know, how was he supposed to know about it? He didn't know about it. He didn't know anything about it at all.
"…You still can't find out the answers?"
Makoto blinked as he looked upwards from his hand.
What he saw, was Koneko standing there, in her school uniform, just blankly staring at him with those big eyes of hers that seemed to cover most of her face, yet also looked enchanting at the same time as adorable.
"Koneko-chan, what are you doing here?"
Countering, she pointed forward, which was behind Makoto.
"School is that way, I live behind me, and came this way. …By the way, using your Sacred Gear out in public will earn point deductions from Kaichou. …She is strict like that, so I would be careful on how you use your Sacred Gear."
Makoto only realized that he was out in the open, but thankfully he didn't have anyone else around, so he dispelled his bird, and just bowed his head towards the young girl herself apologetically.
"You won't tell Kaichou-san, right? She'll go mad."
"…I won't say anything."
Makoto felt relieved, yet confused at the same time.
"You aren't…why? I mean, I thought that Kaichou-san asked to be informed on anything that had to do with me."
That's what Makoto had heard anyway.
He did hear that from various different people. And Kaichou herself said that he had to be kept tabs on for a little while now. Until Serafall came back anyway, which he didn't know when that was supposed to be.
"…You were only doing it in your hand. …You weren't show boating it either. …I just thought that there would be no point in telling her. …She doesn't need to know things that she doesn't need to know, like this. …I won't say anything."
"Thank you, Koneko-chan. That means a lot."
Koneko didn't show anything on her face, but she did point towards the school.
"…You coming to school today?"
"Honestly, I don't know yet…I just feel kind of overwhelmed right now. With the training, and studies, tests, and other things Kaichou-san has given me, it kind of gets me on the fence about different things. I just feel, very tired right now. I just need to relax…but that will probably get me told off by Senpai, huh."
"…Probably. …Lucy-san will also worry if you don't turn up."
When she mentioned Lucy, Makoto's eyes lowered down.
"Koneko-chan…you know when I didn't know that you were a Devil…I know that we weren't exactly best friends, but we got on well enough, right?" Koneko couldn't refute what he said, since they weren't enemies anyway, and did speak infrequently. "Did it…I mean, was it difficult to keep your secret as being a Devil?"
That, she wasn't expecting.
Koneko surely didn't think he would ask her something like that outright.
"…I wouldn't know, because, I don't have many friends."
"I am your friend though, Koneko-chan. You know that, right?"
Makoto said it honestly, drawing Koneko's shocking eyes towards him.
"…We're friends?"
"Well of course we are. Don't you know that? I thought that we weren't that bad of friends anyway. We did things together, didn't we? We sometimes ate lunch together, and we still do. I don't see why that happens, you know? Because, we're friends and all I mean. Why would you think that we're not friends?"
Koneko didn't have a clear answer for him.
She really didn't have anything for him that was an answer.
She wished that she did have an answer for him, but she didn't have an answer for him. She just didn't think that they were friends. But now, she was actually contemplating what it meant to be friends with someone other than the group that she was on.
"…I see, so that's what friends do, together?"
"Yes, friends do something like that, you know? I always thought that we were friends anyway."
Koneko contemplated even more what he said.
She was wondering what it meant to be friends with Makoto, and while he did have a pervy brother, Makoto wasn't perverted, and did have a kind personality. She just didn't get the chance to get to know him.
"You and Lucy-san have always been close, since the beginning of the year."
Koneko changed the subject, but she still was thinking about what he actually said, and how he seemed to be being kind too.
"We've been friends for a good while yeah…she's like, someone I always told my secrets too, I always was there for her, and she was there for me. I, just feel…like it is wrong to just keep it from her. I've had to keep my distance from her lately, so she doesn't get involved with this. Devils, I don't want her to be brought into this. I feel worried that she might do though. And if she does…I would be worried if she does. I don't want her to get hurt like I was…"
Koneko could see something within him that she liked…
Compassion.
Yes, Koneko could see this compassion within him, for his friends. She had to wonder if she could have the compassion like that for her too. Though she wasn't sure if she wanted it from Makoto or someone else, but it was a good thing that she wanted to have something like that.
"…You're kind, perverts Otouto."
"Heeeeh…you don't have to call me that, though…it kinda is a degrading name honestly…"
"…It is also fun to call you that."
Makoto sweatdropped as Koneko had a slight smirk on her lips.
"S-So, are you going to school?"
"…Are you?"
Makoto resigned to his fate, nodding his head.
"I suppose that I have too. Yeah, I have to do that too, huh. I'm just going to get a soda from a drinking machine up ahead. Then, I will head to school. Go on without me, I'll meet you at school or something."
She didn't see anything wrong with that so gave a silent nod of her head.
Makoto then bowed his head, and walked in the opposite direction, leaving Koneko behind.
Koneko nodded to herself, and walked for about three minutes more before she suddenly came to a stop, and smelt the air, a strange feeling within her that there was something wrong.
Taking in big whiffs, her face turned downwards as her eyes went back towards Makoto's direction.
"…Fallen Angel."
Since she didn't want him to be in danger, and not sure of the Fallen Angels intentions, she tailed after the black and blonde haired boy as he walked without her knowledge of her following after him, albeit at a distance as she was three minutes away from Makoto, and didn't know exactly where he was.
At the same time, Makoto had found a drinking machine and took out a soda, and opened it. Slowly, he took a few sips of his drink, the beaming sun beating down on his body.
"Hawaau!"
A sudden voice came from behind him. There was also a sound of something dropping on the ground.
When Makoto turned around, there is a Sister who is on the floor.
She is spreading her arms wide open and has her face on the ground. That certainly is a clumsy way of falling down, is what Makoto thought. He couldn't just leave her there, so he went over towards her while smiling softly
"Are you, okay Sister?"
Makoto approached the Sister and gave her his hand so she can stand up.
"Auu. Why do I keep on tripping over…" She apologizes as her eyes went towards Makoto's "Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you very much~."
Judging from her voice, she is young, he couldn't exactly see her face due to her veil blocking his vision from her face.
Makoto takes her hand to lift her up.
The Sister's veil flies off because of the wind.
Her blonde hair, which is hidden underneath, falls down onto her shoulders. Her straight blonde hair is sparkling with light because of the sunshine. It went all the way down her back, and Makoto looks towards her face…and then he felt it.
His heart was taken by her instantly.
She was beautiful. Her long blonde hair reminded him of Yumi's, but her beautifully emerald like eyes were kind. She looked very innocent. She looked to be the pinnacle of innocence. Even her dumbfounded expressions looked very adorable and innocent.
Actually, this was the type of girl that Makoto could see himself being attracted too. He wouldn't admit something like that aloud, but she was the type of girl that he actually would be interested in. He always liked girls with long hair, though he wasn't opposed to short haired girls either.
But the way she looked, she was very adorable, and he was just enchanted by her natural beautiful face.
"U-Umm…is something wrong…?"
The Sister looks directly into his face with a worried expression.
"Erm…I'm sorry, n-no, there's nothing wrong."
His apology came and the girl just waved her hand cutely.
"Please don't be worried~"
Her voice was like that of an Angel.
Makoto wished that she wasn't one though, since it would be against the world of Devils to talk with them. Even her expressions seemed to be like an Angels. He already knew that he was passing the territory that he shouldn't step foot into, being a Devil, and she was a nun, someone from the Church…
Then the travelling bag she is carrying on her shoulder appears to his eyes, so he handed her veil back to her, which she thanked while smiling cutely. Once again, Makoto felt his heart skipping a beat.
"A bag? Are you traveling?"
It was the only thing that Makoto could think of saying, strangely wanting to talk more with this girl. He didn't know why that was, but he knew that he would have to talk with her. Like a magnetic pull towards her.
The Sister shook her head, which in turn swished her hair around, catching Makoto's willing eyes on her form.
"No, that's not it. I was appointed to the Church in this town… You must be a resident of this town. It's a pleasure to meet you."
She bows her head as Makoto tilts his head.
"Y-Yeah, likewise, nice to meet you." Bowing his head towards her, the Sister just kept smiling as Makoto looked at her appearance and noted something's to himself. "The only Church in this town is abandoned though…could she be sent here to just fix it up or something? And if that's the case, why would she be here alone? From what I can tell, she is lost, yet they sent her alone like this? Is that supposed to be right?"
While Makoto was thinking about it, the girl continued smiling and speaking.
"I have been in trouble since I got here. Ummm…I can't speak Japanese that well…I was lost and other people couldn't understand what I was saying…"
She holds her hand together in front of her chest and looks really sad.
The reason why she can speak with Makoto is because this is the power of a Devil. That's what Sona had told him before.
[When you turn into a Devil, one of the unique ability you attain is "Language". The moment you turn into a Devil, everyone in the world can understand what you are saying. People listening to you will hear it in the language they are most familiar with. If they are American, then they will hear it in English. If they are Spanish, then they will hear it in Spanish. And also the opposite. If they speak in a language besides Japanese, you will hear it in Japanese.]
That's what Sona had told him, it was fresh in his mind.
In ways, he was glad that he could understand her. He did want to understand her, he wanted to know more of her, and wanted to speak with her even more.
But then, he faced a dilemma of his own…
She was looking for the Church.
He was a Devil, he shouldn't go near it…
But he didn't have the heart to do something like turn her away and allow her to just keep wondering. In a town like Kuoh, not many bad things happened. But leaving her before she could find the Church, it just seemed like an insane idea to her.
"I think I might know where the Church is." Makoto's mouth spoke before his brain had even come to a conclusion, and it continued. "Don't worry, I can take you there. It isn't going to be a problem at all."
Makoto felt stupid right now.
For all intents and purposes, he knew that Sona was going to punish him, and while his brain was against it, his heart was saying that he should do it. This time, he didn't have anything other than follow his heart, he couldn't do anything other than that, following his heart.
"Y-You will! T-Thank you~! This is all thanks to God!"
She smiles at me with tears flowing from her eyes. This girl is really cute. Makoto couldn't deny it, and saw the tears flowing from her eyes.
"Awwwwwwwww! Sweetie! Please don't cry! It's alright!"
Against his most powerful thoughts, Makoto couldn't stop himself, and latched onto her tightly.
"Eeegh~! S-So, friendly in this town, you people are huh~?"
The Sister didn't even seem to be that bothered by the hug and just allowed him to continue hugging her. But then, Makoto felt pain coming to his chest, so, he pulled away from her, and felt a negative reaction…
He looked and saw that the Rosario glowing from her chest, was the reason that he felt pain…and then it came back to him again…he was a Devil.
He couldn't even face anything against Devil kind anymore. heaven was out of the question, and now he couldn't even hug someone as adorable as this Sister girl. She seemed to be really kind, and caring, yet he couldn't even hug her when he loved hugging cute things.
"A-Are you okay?"
The Sister seemed worried, but Makoto just smiled weakly, while trying to keep his eyes off her Rosario around her neck.
"I'm good…s-so, Church huh!? Don't worry, leave this to me! I can take you!"
"Ooh thank you very much! I was sure that I was going to be lost all day and night!"
Makoto's embarrassed face turned away from her, he wasn't able to face her due to her cuteness, she was just too cute for his eyes, and he wasn't sure if he was going to be able to recover from cuteness barrage.
While in silence, Makoto took her towards the Church, marching in front of her like a machine would.
On their way to the Church, they went past a park.
"Uwaaaaaah!"
What Makoto heard was the cry of a boy, so he looked in that direction to see the boy on the ground with a slightly bloody knee.
It seems like he just tripped over, and he couldn't see anyone that was with the lad. He seemed to be on his own, though that was also strange to Makoto too. Since, the boy couldn't of been more than five years old. Whoever was his parents, had just left him, unless they were nearby, Makoto didn't know what he was supposed to do now.
But suddenly, the Sister who is walking behind him walks towards the park. Makoto didn't say anything, and just watched and walked over at the same time.
The Sister went inside the park and went towards the boy who is sitting down and crying due to his knee having a slight scrape on it. It wasn't bleeding too badly, and would heal relatively quickly, even so the girl gave her gentle smile towards her.
"Are you okay? Boys shouldn't cry with a minor injury like this."
The Sister pats the boy's head gently.
The boy probably didn't understand what she is saying. But the Sister has a very kind expression.
The Sister put her palm where the boy has injured himself.
Makoto was curious on what she was going to do, when a green light orb appears from the Sister's palm and is flashing onto the boy's knee. His eyes narrowed suspiciously. He didn't think it was demonic power, she was a member of the Church so that would be a no go there. Could it have been angelic power? He wouldn't be surprised if she did have the power of the Angels. She seemed delicate enough to have such a power, she was an Angel in his eyes.
When Makoto looked carefully, the boy's injury starts to disappear.
His mind raced with thoughts on what it could be.
"It could be magic…I know that exists. And I know that humans can do that. I heard from Yumi-senpai and Fuku-kaichou that it could be magic in humans…but, maybe it is something else…" His mind slowly came to the realization as the wound was nearly gone. "…Sacred Gear? I mean, I have one, and I know Onii-chan has one. Even Yumi-senpai has one too. Would it be weird for a servant of God to have one? They are treasures of God, or something like that. So, why wouldn't it make sense? And she got a healing power? That's more useful than my stupid bird anyway. It has to be a Sacred Gear…." A pulse from his body then happened as he watched the Sisters healing power, unconsciously releasing something akin to white fog from his hands that was forming his bird, only realizing it when it came to his vision, stopping it before anyone else saw. "…Sacred Gear made my own activate? That's, something weird…so, this is another Sacred Gear, is it? I am shocked…marvelling at this would be good. Makes me jealous. At least that thing can do something. Mine doesn't do anything at all."
When Makoto looked again, the boy's injury is gone and there isn't even a trace left.
The little boy was left in shock after everything that had happened. Heck, Makoto was in shock too, he didn't think that he would ever see her like this.
"Here, your wounds are healed. The pain should be gone now." The Sister pats the boy's head and looks at Makoto while sticking out her tongue adorably. "I'm sorry. But I had to."
"D-Don't apologize, you did a wonderful thing. You're like a white mage!"
"White…mage?"
The girl didn't understand the term, and simply turned her head sideways.
"Hehe, don't worry so much about it."
At that moment, the boys Mother sees her son, and calls "Yosh-kun!" so the boy looked, and gained a childlike wide smile, standing up, and rushing her, saying, "Mama! Look what that kind Onee-chan did!" as the Sister just looked confused on what he was saying.
But, the gentleness of hers didn't stop there, and she walked over towards them, Makoto curiously following after them.
"H-He looked to be in pain, so I healed him~ I hope that was okay~?"
The Mother looked confused on what she said, so Makoto said it again towards her, using his unique ability to speak universally.
However, while Makoto thought she would look at the Sister with gratitude, or something akin to that, her eyes turned dark, and she gave the Sister a harsh glare as she raised her hand, opening her palm as Makoto watched on with narrowed eyes.
"W-What kind of Witch has the power to heal someone!? Did you curse my son, Demon!?"
The Sister didn't understand what she said, she didn't speak Japanese, but Makoto understood perfectly, and had a dark expression too. But that turned even more dark when the woman went to strike the Sister.
"Uuu…"
The Sister wasn't the confrontational type, and naturally hid away from the woman going to slap the Sister across the face…
"Don't touch her."
Makoto grabbed her wrist before it could touch the Sister, standing in front of her as if protecting her.
"L-Let go!"
Makoto let her go, but still stayed in front of the Sister, protecting her.
"You dare strike someone for helping your son? You're horrible, and setting that example for your son too? That's awful. What kind of message are you implanting in your child's head exactly? You're basically saying that he has the right to hit anyone because they were kind. This Sister just healed your son, she is not a Witch!"
Makoto didn't realize that the Sister also understood what he said, since it was universal, and was shocked to hear that the woman called her a Witch, which seemed to be resonating with her clearly, and made her face fall down slightly.
The boy's mother, shook her head then grabs the boy's hand so they can leave quickly while shooting disgusting glares towards both the Sister, and Makoto this time. Makoto didn't care and just watched her go, but before she did leave with her son, the boy cocked his head and called towards the Sister.
"Thank you, Onee-chan!"
The boy's words where words of gratitude, and he turned his hand to wave back to her. That restored some hope within Makoto that the child wouldn't be like the Mother. Especially one that was willing to strike a stranger for healing her son. That, was just overreacting in Makoto's eyes.
But she still looked confused on what had just happened and what the boy said but she did smile and wave back towards him, only attempting to ignore the slurs coming out of the elder woman's mouth, so Makoto turned towards her, translating what he just said towards her, hoping that it would raise her spirits.
"He said, thank you Onee-chan."
She smiles happily after he translated for her.
But then Makoto saw another form to her…
Sadness.
He could see her sadness clearly on her face, and something else too…
Loneliness too. Makoto could understand that too. While he was loved and cared for by the Hyoudou family, he often did get lonely, and always wondered about his real parents, and why they did what they did by leaving him. He was just glad that he was left with people that cared about him, and loved him unconditionally.
"Are you okay?"
Makoto probably guessed that it was a stupid question anyway, but the Sister just smiled thankfully.
"I'm okay, thank you very much."
Even with faced with such adversity, the girl was just smiling like always, something about that made Makoto just having to smile at her courage, and strength of heart too.
The Sister then takes Makoto hand, and looked deeply into his eyes.
"Your eyes…."
"My eyes?"
The Sister continued to look at him and his different eyes, even having a small blush on her cheeks.
"They are very beautiful." This time, Makoto's face turned pink, he always liked people commenting on his eyes. "I like your eyes, they look very good. Very beautiful too, your eyes are so different, yet wonderful too."
Makoto's cheeks turned even more red as he twiddled his thumb together with his fingers. The Sisters hand now leaving his own, pulling away from him, but stayed very close to Makoto as a wide smile appear on her face.
"You were very kind, to defend me like you did and what you said to defend me…thank you very much!"
"Oh…so, you heard what she said…huh."
The Sister nodded her head sombrely.
"Yes…well, no. I heard from what you said…"
Makoto resisted the urge to slam his hand into his head.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say something like that. She was just getting on my nerves. She shouldn't of said that, with what you did. You, used your…eeh, your healing power to do something like that, and she retaliated in a bad way. She shouldn't have done that."
"Yes, it's the power to heal. It's a wonderful power that God gave me."
She looks a bit sad, even though she's smiling.
Somehow it seems like she has some dark past or something. He probably shouldn't get too deep into it. It was her past, and if she wanted to say anything about it, then that was her right alone. He didn't have any right to say anything about it.
It's not the atmosphere where Makoto should say "Actually, I have a Sacred Gear as well!" as it was an unusual power, and maybe some people may suffer because of it, and she might not want to know what his Sacred Gear was, and wouldn't be interested in talking with him either.
Makoto still didn't know how to use this Sacred Gear that he had, therefore he wasn't happy at all. The only thing that he could do was mist up the place. But even then, even if he did say what it was, he wouldn't be able to explain anything anyway, even he didn't know what it truly did in the end anyway.
The conversation ends there, and we continued walking towards the Church.
We reached an old Church after walking for a few minutes.
Yeah, the only Church he knew is this. It's just as old as he remembered.
However, while Makoto thought that it was abandoned, he saw that there were lights inside of the Church too. That was weird, considering how the outside looked…basically, it looked rundown. He wasn't sure why…
He then felt chills down his spine, and sweat came from his body.
He knew that this was because he was a Devil, and that this was the Church. He wasn't supposed to be here. It wouldn't be strange if God would strike him down with his overwhelming light powers, he just hoped he'd turn a blind eye due to Makoto helping one of his followers. That's what he wished for anyway. If it came true, he wasn't actually that sure if it was going to be like that.
"Yes, this is the place! I'm so glad."
The Sister shows a sigh of relief after having compared their location with the map she has.
Makoto was relieved that she was able to find the place that she needed to go…
But then it came across as something else entirely…
He wished that he could stay and get to know her more, but he knew that it would be impossible.
She was from the Church, and he was a Devil now. Before becoming a Devil, he didn't think that he would have to worry about things like this. But now, he did have to worry about it. He couldn't involve the girl in his affairs, and he couldn't become involved with hers either.
No matter how much he did want to become apart of whatever she was going to do, he couldn't take that risk, so he apologized to her within his heart, and bowed his head respectfully towards her, showing the hint of a smile that he usually would have in situations like this.
"Then I'll be on my way. I'm glad that you were about to find your way."
"Please wait!"
Makoto stopped himself, turning towards her.
"Yes? Is something wrong?"
"I would like to make you some tea as a gratitude for taking me here…"
"Oh, I'm in a rush so I have to get going. I'm truly sorry, I have to get back to school, and I have assignments, and other things like that. If it was any other time, then I would've taken your offer, and would have gone forward with a smile…sorry."
Once again, Makoto apologized, not wanting to disappoint her, but didn't have a choice but to do something like that this time. He just wished that he could talk with her more. She seemed to be so kind that she even looked sad that she couldn't repay Makoto's kindness in anyway.
"…But that's…"
She's troubled.
She probably wants to make Makoto some tea to show her gratitude, but drinking tea here will be dangerous. It's a shame, but he has to refuse. He didn't have a choice, but to refuse at this point, he really didn't have a choice but to do something like that.
"I just realized, that I have been rude to you."
The Sister wears a puzzled face.
"Hmmm? I don't understand, you were very kind to me!"
Though she said it like an Angel, Makoto just felt like cringing. Not because of her, but because of how he thought of Angels when thinking about her, it truly was a shame that he wasn't able to do something like talk with her even more.
"I was, because I didn't give my name." The Sister became understanding as Makoto smiled. "My name is Hyoudou Makoto, you may call me Makoto if you like? I don't mind if it is the kind Sister with the wonderful healing power."
When he gives her his own name, she responds with a smile that could even melt normal snow with how radiant it was.
"My name is Asia Argento! Please call me Asia!"
"Then, Asia-san, let's meet again someday."
"Yes! Makoto-san, I will definitely come and see you!"
Asia bows her head down towards Makoto, who smiles weakly, and bows his head once more, then leaves in the opposite direction. Even though he didn't look back, he felt like she was watching him, and that was what she was doing. She was watching him leave until he became a tiny spec within her sights.
Makoto walked half way back to school, and thought about Asia. For some reason, she was on his mind, and wouldn't stop being on his mind.
As he was walking, he suddenly stopped when seeing the place that he and Yumi had been on a date.
Memories of the day flooded back into his mind, and what happened with himself being attacked by the Fallen Angels. He always had to wonder why…that happened to him. He wasn't special, he didn't have anything that really mattered. It just seemed to be something that Makoto didn't know about. He was just, a worrying type of guy right now, and he didn't know what he was supposed to be doing now.
"Oi! You!"
Makoto paused his memories reviewing as he heard a voice coming from the left hand side of him. For some reason, he felt like it was obnoxious, and childish too, actually. He swore to himself that he knew this voice, having heard it before, but couldn't quite place it either.
Curiously looking, he saw the same Fallen Angel that the boy had come across before. But rather than it being Kalawarner, it was Mittelt herself. Her eyes clashed together with his, he really didn't want to do anything right now with her.
"Oh, so what do you want exactly?"
Makoto didn't have time for this right now, and even in the imminent danger zone he was in, he didn't really have time for this, he didn't want to fight with Mittelt, and he really couldn't be bothered with running away either.
Mittelt slammed her foot onto the ground angrily, pointing at him dangerously.
"Hey! Don't be stupid! I won't be happy if you do something like that! Don't you realize who I am!? I'm a Fallen Angel-sama that resides over you scummy Devil boys! So, don't think that you can suddenly do something like that with me!"
Mittelt showed her frustrations, but Makoto really couldn't be all that bothered with her, and just smiled weakly.
"Erm, if I'm a scummy Devil, then that does that mean you're a scummy Fallen Angel?" Mittelt's face contorts in anger. "You know, that was because you lost to a scummy Devil, didn't you? I mean, didn't Millicas-san kick your butt the last time that you fought with one another?"
"Fuck you! Seriously! Fuck off! You bastard! Go and fuck yourself! This isn't something that you can do! Don't talk down to me like that! I lost to her, but she isn't around this time! Do you think that I am going to lose so easily!? You really think that I'm going to lose like that!?"
Makoto honestly didn't have an answer for her, shrugging his shoulders.
"Honestly, I don't know what you want me to do. You Fallen Angels seem to have some weird fascination with me, so I don't know why you'd want me to do something like this now. I don't know what you want me to do, and I don't care much either. Now, just leave me alone. Haven't you people caused me enough trouble already? I've already been killed by you guys once, and attacked again and again. Can't you just leave me alone!?"
Makoto was being pushed to a limit he didn't like.
He really wasn't in a place where he wanted to fight anymore.
He already had enough concerns in his life, and that was too damaging for him too.
However, the Fallen Angel didn't accept that for even an instant, so she summoned a spear of pure light. Makoto glared at the light before him, but didn't flinch for even a second, only keeping his eyes on her form.
"You don't scare me."
He said in a calming voice, but she didn't seem to care in the slightest.
"Heh, you don't have your little bitch Devil friend around this time. You don't have anything that can stand against me, you really don't have anything that can defend yourself with now. That's how it is, little boy."
"Little? You're smaller than I am idiot!"
"Don't call me an idiot! Please don't you moron baka boy!"
"I'd rather be a baka like me than a harpy like you! You're in Devils territory! Attacking me, can get you a death warrant, you know that?! That isn't something that you can do, honestly! So, why don't you try and fight me then!? So, wanna dance bitch!? Well, let's flipping dance!"
"Fine! I will! Watch as I make you cry like the little bitch that you are whore!"
"Did you just call me a whore!?"
Makoto looked shocked, and began shaking his body too at how surprisingly angry he was becoming.
Mittelt didn't waste time in doing anything other than throwing her spear right for Makoto's body itself.
However, as he saw it coming it seemed…slower than before.
He didn't know why, but it just seemed to be moving in slow motion, and didn't even do anything other than come towards him. But, his eyes were able to follow it quite easily, and Makoto managed to dodge to the side from the attack that he was about to receive.
"H-How did you dodge my attack!?"
Even Makoto didn't have an answer for her, and just looked baffled on what just happened.
He honestly didn't know what just happened.
"I'm sorry, but I think we've covered this before, but I do not want to be attacked again! Please leave me alone you weirdo! Can't you do anything like that!? I haven't done anything to you, leave me alone right now! I've had enough of being attacked!"
The girl couldn't take it, and just summoned spear after spear of light, launching them for Makoto's body.
However, in contrast to before, Makoto just stopped, then ran away from the spears. With his minimal training that he received, he managed to dodge the spears the best that he could. Though some were close calls and he did receive some cuts of the light spears, Makoto surprisingly managed to dodge the slightly slow incoming spears, most of them anyhow.
"Aargh! That's it! Don't move anymore! I'm gonna have to gut you like a fish!"
Mittelt couldn't handle her anger anymore, and she made a spear of light in her hands. Makoto could see that she was getting annoyed, so he used that by dodging around to the left hand side, avoiding the spear with a single step that he used.
"Geez! You're getting really angry, aren't you!?"
Makoto shouted as he jumped to the side, avoiding one of her slashes.
Mittelt's face contorted into an angrily glaring, and continued her efforts with her spear. Though Makoto managed to dodge for the most part, he really was having trouble with keeping up with her movements.
"That's it! Don't piss me off!"
Mittelt made a surprising slash to Makoto's arm, which he received, and gritted his teeth. The light was poisonous to Devils like he is now, and he felt it with his body, but he didn't give up, and balled his fist.
"You've already pissed me off enough! You, Fallen Angels have come into my town, and attacked me again and again! I am sick of it!" As if responding to his anger, Makoto's bird appeared on his shoulder, and looked directly towards the enemy. "Don't make me get more angry than I already am! I am sick to death of you and all your little pals! I just wanted a normal life, but now thanks to you and your little band of Fallen Angels, I'm not going to get that! So, just leave me alone! No, in fact, I am not going to take this anymore! Your little pals wanna fight, then let's fucking fight because if I'm gonna die, then it isn't going to be an easy death!"
Makoto did one hit.
Just one hit that was going to land on her body.
He wasn't going for a full attack, just one hit.
He poured all of his powers onto one hit that he was going to do and allowed his Sacred Gear be the one that can use the power.
He wasn't a fighter, and he hadn't ever been in a fist fight before, but he threw his tightened fist forward.
Mittelt was surprised and went to pull back, but his speed seemed to be increasing by the second. Makoto moved faster than Mittelt could get away and his fist ended up being embedded right in the centre of her body at the same time the bird opened its mouth.
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Mittelt's body was pushed on the impact Makoto gave her, and the bird released a condensed ball of ice, smashing against her face and pushed her backwards. She was surprised, devastated and was blown away by Makoto's fist itself. She went flying with the attack power that she received, and hit a nearby bench, breaking right through it.
Makoto looked shocked and then looked at his bird. The aura around his bird was strong. It looked very strong in his eyes, and then he looked at Mittelt's body. The place that he struck with the bird on his shoulder had also left a mark of an impact happen.
"Good Sacred Gear…I can use this bird to release, ice attacks…does that make this my Sacred Gear's powers?" Deducing what his Sacred Gear does, Makoto just watched his hand as Mittelt looked at her body. "Right, so this is my power…I have a bird that can use ice attacks, though it seemed to be on my anger it came out…right, that means that I have to use hand to hand or something as well as have the bird fire off ice blasts from his or her mouth…great, and I've never been in a fist fight."
Shaking his head, Makoto looked towards Mittelt who was sitting on the ground, and just held a hand to her stomach and face which was slightly bleeding.
While she didn't look that seriously hurt, her eyes began to water.
"A-Are you…alright? We...We're in a fight, you know? I thought that...crying on the battle field wouldn't be what a Fallen Angel would do..."
Makoto didn't know how else to approach the subject, as this was the enemy, and while he didn't want to get killed by her, she just seemed to sweet and innocent to hurt…as innocent as a girl with the power to vanquish life would actually be like.
"Waaaaah!" A wail was released from Mittelt as she slammed her hands on the ground. "Ooh for Gods sake! That's not even fair! How can I have lost so easily!? I don't understand! Why is this happening with me now!?"
The girls eyes began to water even more, and tears streamed down her face.
Makoto furrowed his eyebrows, and just watched as Mittelt cried and cried.
She cried for a minute or so, where Makoto just tapped the ground with his foot.
"Are you, done crying? This is quite depressing to watch."
"Sh-Shut up your face! Please leave me alone!"
Makoto tightened his expression on the young girl, and had a glare for her.
"Me, leave you alone!? You're the one that came here for me! If anything, you are the aggressor here, and I am merely defending myself!"
"B-But, that's because I have too! I have to prove my worth too as a Fallen Angel!"
That just didn't make sense to Makoto, to attack him like that.
"By attacking the newbie Devil!? That's not really going to do you anything good! I mean, what are you going to prove by this!? You're just going to attack a Devil that doesn't know how to fight, and then that's going to be the end of it!? You think that by defeating someone that doesn't know how to fight, is actually going to raise your status as a Fallen Angel!? That's just stupid! It will make you look like a coward you idiot!"
"Waaaaaaaah! Don't call me stupid! I'm trying my best here to be a strong confident girl here! But nooooooooo! You come in and lay the smack down on me with a fucking bird too! Do you find beating girls up funny!? Because I surely don't!"
Makoto had to resist rolling his eyes at her words, everything was just getting more nonsensical by the second.
"I hit you once. I wouldn't call it a smack down. I might've caused an explosion of ice to hit you, but that wasn't anything much to you, right? You don't even seem all that injured to me, just startled and have some blood on your face, is all. And about hitting girls, I don't make it a habit no. But, in my defense, you were attacking me, so what was I supposed to do exactly? Would you have me just sit there and take it?"
"I-I don't know! B-But *sob* t-thanks to this, I-I will be l-laughed a-at again! I can't even t-take down a single Devil on my own! A-And I got hit backwards! H-How is that fair at all?! T-That's not even fair! I can't understand this!"
"You're not the only one that can't understand this. So, why are you attacking me like this now? Please, can you just stop, and leave me alone?"
The question itself was simple, but hard for Mittelt to answer properly.
She didn't know what to think, or say.
She had the option of attacking him as he was so close, but then if she did, would she be able to get away with it? She didn't know what to do now, she was scared, frightened, and even lonely too. She just didn't know what she was going to do now.
As she was thinking about it, Koneko suddenly came into the scene, and had her fist ready, seeing the situation as, Makoto was being attacked by Fallen Angel, and had to defend, at least to not piss off Serafall Leviathan.
"Don't worry Makoto-san, I will defend you."
She said calmly, aiming her fist to the frightened Mittelt.
She attempted to scramble to her feet to get away from Koneko, but she fell flat onto her butt, and landed harshly on the ground. Her body screamed out in some pain, and her eyes turned watery as the small Loli white haired girl came closer and closer.
"Koneko-chan, don't!"
Makoto got in the way of Koneko's fist, the girl stopping just before she could hit him.
"…Why are you stopping me now?"
Even Mittelt wanted to know that as she just saw Makoto standing before her, his arms wide.
Truthfully, he didn't know why he was stopping her…
But he wanted to believe in something.
He wanted to believe that Fallen Angels aren't so bad, and that she wasn't going to do anything to him. Though he didn't have any basis for this, he just got a feeling that she was different to what the other Fallen Angel was like.
Rather than answer Koneko, he turned towards Mittelt, and pointed away.
"Just leave right now!"
"W-What are you saying!?"
Makoto inhaled a breath, and pointed forward once again.
"I said just go! Go away! If you value your life, you'll leave right now! Don't you even realize something like that!? Just go away right now! I want you to leave right now! This girl, Koneko-chan will attack you if you don't get lost right now! Oh, and if you think I am being too kind, attack me again and I will put you down myself because, you can only push someone so far, before they go off the deep end! So, take this as a final warning. Attack me again, and you'll incur my wrath and I won't be so nice next time, got it!?"
Though Makoto didn't think he'd actually be able to kill her, he couldn't take the chance, and had to threaten her the best that he could, hoping that the tiny spark of goodness he saw in her was enough to stop her from attacking him again.
Mittelt jumped away with a cry, nodding so fast that she was sure that her neck was going to break.
She extended her wings, and took to the sky, while feeling perplexed on what just happened. What happened with the fight, and what happened with her attempting to kill him, yet he let her go. She didn't know what possessed him to do that, and she didn't know what she was going to do now.
Makoto sighed as she disappeared, turning back towards Koneko who just had a baffled face.
"…What is going on? …Why did you let her escape? …She attempted to kill you."
"I know that, she did try and kill me. But…don't ask me why, I just get the feeling that she didn't want too…or rather, her head was in a messed up place. I'm not saying I changed her or anything, but she mentioned that she would be laughed at or something like that. And she cried…yeah, I'm not sure if I could handle a girl crying like that. Onii-chan drilled it into me that I shouldn't make a girl cry…even if she is the enemy."
"…Kaichou will be displeased to hear that you allowed the enemy to go."
Makoto knew she was right, and he was frightened on what she was going to do now.
"Will she know about this fight?"
"…I don't know. …It didn't go on for all that long…so, I cannot be sure if she will find out or not."
Makoto lightly nodded as he thought about what he was going to do.
"I see…by the way, why are you here? I thought you were going to school?"
"…I was, but then I sensed a Fallen Angel nearby…and I wouldn't be happy if you…got caught up in such a fight alone. Since, you're a new Devil, you won't be able to fight like us yet…so, I followed just in case…"
"Did you see Asia-san?"
Koneko didn't say anything.
Makoto didn't know if that was a yes or a no. And either way, he just let the name slip, so she naturally was going to have questions. Even he didn't have the answer for it now. He, just didn't know what he was going to do now.
"…Koneko-chan, are you going to tell Kaichou-san any of this?"
"…No."
"Y-You're not?"
Confusing thoughts came to the young black and blonde haired boy, as Koneko nodded again and again.
"…I won't say anything. …Makoto-san has a good reason as to why he let her go…I will trust in that for now. …But if she does attack again, don't go easy on her, even if she cries. …People will use whatever they have up their sleeves."
"You're probably right Koneko-chan…I just didn't know what I was going to do with her. She cried, and I felt something with her…I can't explain it well, but I sensed like she didn't want to kill me, even if she did get pissed off…maybe it is me just being optimistic, huh."
"…I suppose." Makoto smiled dryly as the girl continued with a stone stare. "…But, compassion is something people easily misplace, nowadays. …I also heard that Makoto-san had to…kill a stray not long ago with a gun…I am just worried that, something else might happen…"
From Koneko, it sounded like she cared. It was usually hard to discern what was going through her mind, but right now, she wore her heart on her sleeve, and it seemed to resonate with Makoto too.
"Koneko-chan, I didn't know that you cared about me like that."
Koneko faced away, her back to his front.
"…We are, friends in school, we sometimes eat lunch together, and most of all…your Master is scary is all."
"Hahahahaha!" Makoto laughed to himself as Koneko turned back towards him, seeing a happy expression on his face. "So, Sera-tan is scary, is she? Is that why you went for me, and came together with me like this?"
"…I don't want Makoto-san to disappear, is all."
Hearing that, Makoto smiled lightly, and walked forward towards her. Once getting in close enough, Makoto bent his body, coming face to face with her.
"Want to go to a sweet shop?"
"…School is…still in session."
"School…well, sometimes playing hooky is good too. And if it is getting in trouble, then I will just say that I forced you to come along so you won't get any trouble placed on your shoulders, and you'll harbour no burden, I promise you."
Koneko thought about it for a few moments, then held out three fingers.
"…Three conditions."
"What's that then?"
Bemused, Makoto decided to play along with her.
"…First condition, sweets. …I wish for sweets."
"Second?"
Makoto accepted it and asked for the second condition.
"…You win me an arcade doll."
"Hehe. Sure. And, what's the third one?"
"…We both share blame if we're caught."
Makoto blinked in confusion.
"Y-You're sure?"
"…I also wish to miss school too. …I will share my half of the blame, and not say anything about the Fallen Angels."
"Right, that's an easy agreement." Makoto raised his hand in a cheering motion. "Alright! Then let's head out Koneko-chan! For a day without having to worry about anything else!"
With that settled, Makoto, and Koneko walked away together, leaving behind their worries, and just wanted to enjoy each other's company for a change of pace.
Mittelt herself flew all the way back to the Church, and came across Kalawarner who seemed puzzled.
"Hello Mittelt, something wrong?"
Mittelt just shot her a shooting glare.
"Nothing is wrong with me, nothing at all."
"So, how did your fight with the Devil go?"
Mittelt's face turned a slight shade of red, before she shook her head.
"I-I don't wanna talk about it! Leave me alone!"
Mittelt stormed off in a huff, as Kalawarner just looked dazed on what just happened, she didn't understand at all.
Once getting to her room, Mittelt slams the door shut, and falls on her bed. Her face hits the bed, and her eyes stain with the colour of difference. She remembered gold and black eyes looking towards her, and then told her to leave…she remembered it clearly, and her face turned several shades of red.
"DAMN IT ALL! WHY DID HE HAVE TO BE NICE TO ME AND ALLOW ME TO GO!?"
Mittelt…began feeling different thoughts inside of her heart.
End chapter!
So, Makoto was slightly traumatized…okay, very traumatized by what happened, and Yumi came to save him, and ended up spending the night with him. Sona was being her usual self, and basically whipped Makoto into shape. But then, he met Asia! Those two are surely hitting it off right away. And then, Makoto finally found out what his Sacred Gear does! At least, one aspect of it! It is an ice type, but it is going to have some different aspects to it which will be revealed in time. Mow, Koneko, and Makoto are going to be bonding slightly, at least they'll become somewhat friends, which will be explored a little more next chapter.
But there is something that others have been commenting on, about Akeno, and where or rather, who she should be with. I've had sides for Ise, and sides for Makoto. So, I thought that I might as well ask now, and see who votes for who, as I have ideas both ways, though it would effect the story in some ways, like when vol 7 comes along, and other things like that. So, who should Akeno be with? Ise? Makoto? I'm impartial so I'll let you all decide! Well, cast your vote, and it shall be decided in one weeks time from today, when the next chapter will be posted~ So, vote now!
Well, until next time!
Issei; Rias, Yura, Aika, Bennia, Jeanne, Walburga, Xenovia, Mittelt, Le Fay. (WIP)
Makoto; Serafall, Yumi, Millicas (fem), Irina, Gabriel, Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Kalawarner, Ravel, Kunou, Tiamat. (WIP)
