Author's rant: Nothing much in this chapter. And finally, done with the examination! To my favorite and followed authors on this side, please update soon and KEEP YOUR WORK UP! Don't give a damn about the complaints and the bitching coming from people who haven't written a single damn story! They are the reason why many good and promising stories were abandonned as well as killing the joy of writing stories!
DISCLAIMER: i OWN NOTHING EXCEPT MY PLOT
Chapter 5: Truth or lie, meeting Wataru's Kaa-san, a waiting maiden, a nun and the Missing Ace
When everything around Rias's group was no longer black, they saw that they just came back to the place they had been the night before.
The field of swords.
Suddenly, Sukouru's voice one again made Rias and everyone else jump
"You again. Did you enjoy the show?"
Turning to the source of the voice, Sona saw a battered Sukouru who was sitting on the grass as he was leaning against the flat side of a large axe-sword carved from rock while on his face was a triumphant yet arrogant smirk which reminded Sona about Genesis's trademark arrogant smirk.
Narrowing her eyes, Rias growled dangerously at the blond
"You're the one who created those dreams and showed them to us, aren't you? "
Ignoring the oviously angry redhead, Sukouru just tiredly looked at the sunset sky as he started quoting
"My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow
My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess
Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return"
Standing up slowly, Sukouru staggered toward what looked like a replica of Genesis's Rapier and used it as a crutch to keep himself steady. Without turning back to Rias's group, Sukouru said in a somber yet cold tone
"...They say that History never lies... Yet it is written by people who can lie... Truth... is something can be as cruel as Fate... For millennia and with large effort, Humans, Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, Yokai, Ayakashi... and many more... all say that they want to know the Truth... Yet they couldn't handle it... 38 Pillars were eliminated because of an "One Winged Fallen Angel" and a "Devil Killer"... or more precisely... because of a single 'woman'... " Once again, the word 'woman' was spat venomously by Sukouru as his back now was facing Rias's group.
"... Life is sure full of irony... don't you think so?..." said Sukouru as a small cruel smile appeared on his face
"You still didn't answer the question" said Sona coldly
But again, what Sona said fell in deaf ears as Sukouru continued his speech
"... In the worlds... truth or lie... true or false... right or wrong... good or evil... light or dark... the line between them is so thin that barely exist... Yet it's one of the main things that make this life more interesting..."
Suddenly, with a snap of his fingers, five magic circles appeared under Rias's and everyone's feet, totally stopped them from moving. Turning back to Rias's group, Sukouru sent a cold gaze toward them as he said in a very cold tone that sent chills to Rias's spine
"This will be the last time you intrude this place. From now on, just enjoy the show"
And then in front of Sukouru's eyes, all the members of Rias's group vanished. Shaking his head tiredly, Sukouru looked at the sky let out an amusing chuckle
"Heh, things surely will be interesting from now on. Man, I wonder what Wataru will do when he know about this"
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(TIME SKIP, AT KURENAI-TENDOU-SOUMA-ARISATO-HINO-TSUGAMI HOUSEHOLD THE NIGHT AFTER)
In the large living room, sat a somewhat anxious Rias along with her and Sona's peerage's members who, mostly Kiba and Reya, were having a conversation with a happy Eiji, a slightly annoyed Haruto, a lazy looking Minato who was playing chess with Sona and finally, a content Yoko who was receiving the odd looks coming from Sona's peerage members, namely Yura, Momo and Tomoe. Koneko... Well, Koneko was busy munching on the doughnuts (much to Haruto's dismay) that were prepared by Shouichi as said person was cooking dinner with Souji. And Wataru and Daiki... they weren't present at the time her and Sona's group came.
The bloodbath Rias had seen in the last dream was still fresh in her mind. What Otoya, Genesis and Kiritsugu had done scared her. The latter two had easily cut down the Pillars from 72 to 34 while the former had easily forced her brother, a Super Devil no less, on his knees. Glancing at Sona, Rias could easily said that her rival was in a deep thought in order to come up with new strategies so that she could beat Minato in chess. Until now, Sona's side was totally devastated by Minato who was totally in winning streak
[Sona Sitri (0) vs Arisato Minato (4)]
"Promotion: Knight ... and Checkmate" said Minato lazily as Sona tiredly leaned back in her chair as she was defeated... again while mumbling tiredly
'... 5 in a row... 5 in a row... '
Sighing, Rias wondered if coming to this place was a wise decision or not as she thought back to the discussion between her, Sona, Akeno, Koneko and Tsubaki...
FLASHBACK
"What should we do now Sona? The last dream was... Damn, I don't even want to say it..." said Rias as she rubbed her temples
"Although I hate to admit this but we have no choice but continue to keep quiet about it. Damn that blond, he's really good at messing my mind" grumbled Sona. For years, Sona always believed that 'History never lies". But the last dream had shaken her belief to its core.
...They say that History never lies... Yet it is written by people who can lie...
The blond's speech once again rang in her mind.
For the first time in her life, she was doubtful about what she had read.
But why should she felt doubtful? There was nothing to prove that those dream were true.
Yet a part of her kept telling her what they had seen was true.
... Life is sure full of irony... don't you think so...
Pushing her thoughts into the back of her mind, Sona turned to her childhood friend as well as her rival
"That aside... About the invitation of Wataru-k..san..." Sona barely stopped herself adding the '-kun' suffix to Wataru's name. "... should we accept it or not?"
"I recommend we accept" suggested Akeno "This may give us a chance to try to find out more clues about who Wataru-kun is... "
"It's a nice idea but also a little risky. One things for sure that I don't want to face Wataru-kun's bad side especial after the last conversation between our group and his group" said Tsubaki thoughtfully as she sipped some tea from her cup as Rias and Sona narrowed their eyes at Tsubaki. Even with Kiba Yuuto, Tsubaki always referred to him as 'Kiba-kun' but with Wataru, she called him by his name.
A sadistic smile appeared on Akeno's face as her voice turned perverted, Akeno said gleefully
"While I must admit that time he terrified me... But I can't deny that he made me feel so hot and wet with his 'Ultimate Ruler' aura... So I don't really mind facing his bad side again... fufufufu..."
"... Ero-senpai... " remarked Koneko blankly as she stopped munching her chocolate bar
"... Oh, right, I almost forgot. So we all agree that I will get Hyoudou-kun and you will get Genshiro-kun, right Sona?" said Rias as she suddenly remembered about the candidates for her and Sona's peerage.
"Yeah, but I think we should hurry. This morning I just met a student goes with the name Amano Yuuma and I have a bad feeling about this girl" said Sona grimly
FLASHBACK END
"Eiji-san, who are these people?" said Akeno which snapped Rias back to reality.
As curiousity took over her, Rias along with Koneko, Sona, Tsubaki and other female minus Aoko and Yoko stood up from their zabuton (Japanese cushion seat) and came close to Rias's Queen. Looking pass Akeno's shoulder, Rias could see that in her Queen's hands was a small album and on the pages Akeno opened, there were 2 picture.
In the first one, there was Wataru standing in the middle while having a nervous smile as he was blushing furiously which Rias and the others found very cute. But their eyes flashed a dangerous glint as they took in the other people surrounding Wataru in the photo. On Wataru's right side were a blunette with amethyst eyes who was pressing her breasts seducetively against Wataru, an abashed blond girl who was gapping at the blunette and finally, a busty red head in black military suit with red eyes and an eyepatch covering her left eyes. On Wataru's left side were a young woman with black hair tied into a ponytail and black eyes who was smiling contently as she was leaning against Wataru, a spunky red head who was pumping her fist into the air (for some strange reasons, Koneko growled at the redhead which amused Rias and Akeno greatly) and finally, a girl with pink eyes and waist-long black hair and a white hair girl with dark pink eyes who were lacing onto Wataru's waist. And last but not least, a busty girl with long black hair and dark red eyes who was standing behind Wataru and pressing her assets against Wataru's back with a devilish smirk plasterd on her face that strangely annoyed Rias, Akeno, Tomoe and Yura to no end.
The second photo only had 2 people. Under a blooming sakura tree was a smiling Wataru who was crouching next to a very cute 5 years old girl with pink eyes and dark brown hair that was tied into 2 small braids as she was laughing and jumping excitedly. While Wataru was clad in a white long sleeves shirt, blue jeans along with his usual brown muffler, the little girl was clad in a yellow jacket with a lion-head-liked hood and a yellow bell on the neckline, a blue skirt, blue and grey stockings and red shoes. She also had a small white goat-liked shoulder bag and 2 cute glove puppets: a green snake on her left hand and a red dragon-liked puppet on her right hand.
"Ah, they are our friends when we were in our old school, Kawakami High... Ah, happy days... " said Eiji as he pointed at the second photo "... And this is our little chimera, Emi-chan... Kurenai Emi... Wataru's daughter..."
A very, very long and thick silence was the first reaction coming from the female as Haruto mentally counted '3... 2... 1... and... '
"NANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ?!"
... The loud exclaim coming from Rias's group was so deafening that even Minato who had his ears covered by his headphones had to cover his ears with his hands.
"... D... d... dau... daug... daughter...?" stuttered Tomoe as she felt like the world around her just shattered after hearing this news. Looking more closely, she could see that the little girl's eyes looked quite similar to the eyes of the girl with pink eyes that was lacing onto Wataru's waist in the first picture . Her mind started chanting '... Please tell me this is just a joke... Please tell me this is just a joke... Please tell me this is just a joke... Please tell me this is just a joke... PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS JUST A JOKE!' as she braced herseft for the worst. For some odd reasons, Rias and Akeno felt their hearts clenched as they heard this.
Giving the guests an odd look, Aoko said flatly:
" You didn't hear it wrong. She is Wataru's daughter. She was adopted by Wataru 1 year ago while Souji was chosen as her godfather."
As Aoko finished, many sighs of relief could be heard from the guests, mostly from Sona's peerage, much to Sona's, Aoko's and surprisingly, Rias's annoyance. Fortunately, Yura's question quickly gained back their attention
"Um... Haruto-senpai... If you don't mind me asking... Well, why is Kaito-san and Wataru-senpai not present when we came?"
Quickly grapping the final doughnut before Koneko could take it which made the petite girl glared at him, Haruto said curtly as he triumphantly munched the treat in front of a fuming Koneko
"That sword maniac went to pick up Emi-chan and his Haha (formal word for 'mother' in japanese) to have dinner with us..."
Unfortunately, before Haruto could finish...
"Tadaima! (' I'm home' in japanese)"
... the gigling sound and Wataru's voice echoed throughout the hallway as the guests finally took in what Haruto had just said...
Wataru's adopted DAUGHTER and also his MOTHER came here to have dinner with THEM!
In merely 2 seconds, in front of the amusing look of Eiji, Haruto, Minato and narrowed eyes of Aoko, all the female guests, and even Koneko, quickly fixed their hair, clothes and their postures with a speed that could easily rival with the speed Haruto used when he literally devoured the doughnuts after 2 days not touching a single one or after an exhausting mission. After a few more moments, the shoji of the living room opened and revealed a smiling Wataru standing along with a happy Emi as she was clad in the same outfit in the photo and finally, the most important person appeared...
The final person was a stern- looking yet beautiful woman about in her late 30s and was a little shorter than Wataru. She had a slender physique, emerald eyes and light, soft blond hair which was tied into a bun by a blue ribbon. Her outfit consist of a white long sleeve shirt with a blue ribbon tie, a long blue skirt and black stocking. The most important thing about this woman was that she had the kind of aura that screamed royalty and elegance.
"You're late" said Yoko gently
"Ah... gomen ne, minna... " said Wataru tiredly with his usual tired smile as he gave them a small bow "Anyway, welcome all of you to our humble house... This is my adopt daughter, Kurenai Emi... "
"Roarrrr! I'll bite you in the butt! Eh? Oops, not 'Roar.' Hehehe." Exclaimed Emi loudly with a cheerful yet weird greeting.
... A very thick silence emerged in the living room after Emi's exclaim as once again, Haruto mentally counted in his mind '... 3... 2... 1... '
"KAWAII!" squealed the female guests, totally forgot about the second person who was standing beside Wataru as they swarmed around Emi-chan while Rias couldn't help but pulled Emi-chan into a hug as she rubbued her cheek against Emi-chan who was puffing her cheeks
"I'm not cute!" pouted Emi-chan as she gave them the most intimidating glare she could muster which earned another round of "Aww~" from the female as the glare just only made Emi-chan look much cuter.
Chuckling at the reaction of the guests, Wataru cleared his throat loudly which quickly gained the attention of the guests but they immediately froze on their spots as they now remembered that there was another person with Wataru and said person just happened to be...
"It seems that you ladies are getting along with my adopted grandchild quite well" said the blond woman in an indifferent yet stern tone with Old English accent "Allow me to introduce myself... My name is Arturia... Arturia Pendragon... and I'm Wataru's mother... It's a pleasure to meet all of you..."
... she just happened to be Wataru's mother...
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15 MINUTES LATER
After a round of introduction, all of them now were sitting in the large living room, enjoying a huge Japanese style dinner cooked by Souji and Shouichi with an... awkward atmosphere.
Shame, the word that hardly existed in Rias's vocabulary. She could sleep naked in bed and if she wanted, she could flash Wataru her breasts (which in fact she didn't mind) so that she could get him flustered and blushed with his teenager hormones raging. Hell, she could even have a walk in the public with only the darest bikini on her body while she wouldn't even once bat an eyelash.
But then, why did she feel so embarrassed?
What was wrong with her? She was never shy before then why the hell did she feel it now? Maybe deep down, she wanted to make a good impression on Wataru's mother and hugging while rubbing her cheeks against Arturia's grandchild like her grandchild was Rias's personal teddy bear didn't put Rias in Arturia's good grace. Still, Rias started mentally thanking all the Maou that she and Akeno didn't pull any naughty teases on him in the presence of Wataru's mother.
Blushing furiously, Rias stopped playing with her tempura and took a glance at other people who were having dinner. Akeno's Yamato Nadeshiko aura around her seemed much more stronger than usual as the Sadist Queen sat in seiza with her back straight and a kind smile on her face. Sona and Tsubaki all had calming face as they slowly ate the dinner but judging their tense movement, Rias could tell that they were nervous as well. Koneko and Yuuto were silently eating. Sona's peerage members were all eating with a nervous expression on their face as they subtly glanced at the blond woman.
As for the host, Minato was eating in his usual lazy manner. Haruto was eating with a scowl on his face. Souji was eaing in an elegant and graceful manner. Eiji and Shouichi were eating while talking to each other something about natto that she didn't really catch on. Aoko was eating like automaton, mechanically bringing each bite to her mouth as soon as she swallowed her previous bite. Wataru was happily eating while occasionally feeding Emi-chan who was pouting and childishly upset because she was being denied the right of children to make messes out of themselves when in the proximity of something that might take a long time to fully wash off.
"Fuuuuuuh!" Emi-chan pursed her lips at she stuck her tounge at the kitsune who just smile gently at the little girl as Yoko pulled Emi-chan to her and sat the little girl onto her lap. After a few more struggles which didn't bring any results, the little girl folded her arms and started pouting again. Looking at the sight, Rias couldn't help but feel jealous. While she didn't know what kind of relationship between Wataru-kun and Yoko was, she could see that both of them along with Emi-chan would create a perfect sight of a happy family that Rias had always dreamed when she had been small. But what she got was an arranged marriage with a Phenex womanizer! Talk about the unfairness of Life!
And then, for unknown reasons, Rias started seeing a vision where Yoko was replaced by her as Rias held onto Emi-chan while her Wataru-kun was feeding Emi-chan as the little girl giggled happily in Rias's lap... 'Wait, what the hell! Where the hell does that thought come from? ' thought Rias as she halted the vision and tried to push it out of her mind.
When she turned her head toward the woman she wanted to impress... Well, she couldn't help but feel surprised and amazed at the blond woman. She ate a large amount of food in a very fast yet very elegant and graceful manner that Rias as well as the guests still had a hard time to believe that they didn't see a hallucination.
" [Gouchisousama!]"
The chorus coming from the other snapped Rias back to the reality as she quickly followed. After about 20 minutes, the tables were cleaned and now in front of each person now was a steaming tea cup. Taking a sip from his cup, Wataru cleared his throat and said in a calm manner
"Did you all enjoy the dinner?"
"Very much, Wataru-kun" nodded Akeno with a radiant smile "And I can say that Shinra-fuuko-kaichou here is jealous with Tendou-san's and Tsugami-san's cooking"
" I hate to admit this... but both of your cooking skills are far better than me... It feels like a whole new level compare to my skill " said Tsubaki in defeat as the chance to impress Wataru with her cooking skill had been reduce to zero after eating Souji's and Shouichi's food... 'Wait, Why do I want to impress Wataru-kun? And when did I start refering to him by his first name?' thought Tsubaki as she widened her eyes.
With a smile, Shouichi said as he waved his hand dismissively "Nah, It's not really a big deal. My cooking skill still need to be improved more. Just keep practicing and you can easily surpass me, Shinra-san"
" My Obaa-chan said: 'Each meal only happens once in your life, so make each one the most important '. Always remember that." Quoted Souji as he poured himself another cup of tea
"... I also want to thank you for this excellent meal " said Reya in her usual solf and polite tone. "And it's a pleasure and honor to meet you, Pendragon-san "
"... Hm... Your name is... Kusaka Reya, right?... Honestly, I don't know why but I when I first saw you along with that blue hair girl and black hair girl with ponytail... Yura Tsubasa and Himejima Akeno, correct? " said Arturia as she turned her head to Yura and Akeno
"... Ah! Yes!...Um... I mean yes... Yes, I am... " said Yura nervously as she bowed her head while she silently hoped that her blabbering wouldn't make a bad impression on her crush's mother.
"Yes, Pendragon-san. Please, just call me Akeno. Himejima is a bit mouthful" said Akeno with her radiant smile on her face as she unconciously straightened her back in a perfect seiza position.
Giving a nod of acknowledgement, Arturia continued
"... Yes... As I am saying, when I first saw you three, I don't know why but I couldn't help but have a good expression of you three... " this quickly made Reya and Yura blush furiously as a chibi Yura was doing a happy dance in Yura's head while Akeno's face briefly had a proud yet shy smile as she bowed her head in thanks. Still, this made them earn jealous looks from the other female. "... Anyway, thank you for your compliment"
"Oh, I almost forgot. " said Wataru suddenly as Emi-chan finally escaped Yoko's embrace and climbed onto Wataru's lap, sit on there and started playing with her gloves puppet. "Rias and Sona, have your group handled Razkasa?"
Giving Wataru a grim nod, Sona said " Yes. But still, why didn't you just finish him after causing so much damage? Moreover, how did you know that he was a 'Stray' ?"
"Ara?" said Wataru as he raised his left eyebrow.
"When I and Sona came to the southern part, we found Razkasa in a warehouse but in a very, very critical state. Every bone in his body was literally broken into pieces and his mind was broken to the point that the stray devil Razkasa we met was no more than a empty shell that kept mummuring 'coffin' " said Rias grimly
" 'Coffin',huh? " With a light chuckle, Wataru turned to the lazy blue hair teen who had been silently listening to music with his eyes closed since the end of the dinner "Oi Minato, it's your question to answer!"
"... My choice maybe was a little bit overkilled... "
A silence...
"So it's your answer? Your choice was a little bit overkilled? " said Rias skeptically.
"...Yes" said Minato before he put his headphone back onto his ears.
'What is this guy?' thought Rias incredulously . Outside he looked like a silent, ignorant and lazy guy who would care about nothing but himself and yet he had said about his choice of beating the stray devil had been a little bit overkilled! Then again she remembered that her brother once had said that Falbium Asmodeus, one of Four Satan, was lazy guy. It seemed she would have to accept the answer... for now.
"Anyway, what is your REAL reason to invite us to have the dinner? " asked Sona cautiously
"Is it wrong to invite you to come for a dinner? " said Wataru with a hint of humor
" We have only known you and your group for roughly a week. We know nothing but your names." said Sona dryly " On some aspects, we are still strangers to each other. Yet you invite us to have dinner with you, especially after our... meeting the day before. What is your reason? "
*YAWN*
"Aw~ It seems it's time to go to bed, my little chimera " said Wataru as he ignored Sona's question and cradled his little girl in his arms as Emi-chan let out a very cute yawn. If it wasn't for Arturia who was looking at Rias in her 'protective grandparent mode' , Rias would jump at the little girl so that she could hug her like a teddy bear and refuse to let little girl go.
"Fuuuu! I'm not sleepy, papa! I don't want to... *yawn*... go to sleep... Um..."
Despite saying that, Emi-chan started snuggling into Wataru's embrace as she curled up like a kitten and started snoring quietly. Standing up from his position with Emi-chan in his arms, Wataru turned to his guests.
"Since tomorrow is a day off, you can stay here for the night if you want and I will tell you the reason. Yoko-chan and Aoko-chan, can I entrust you two with my kaa-san and the guests ? "
"Don't worry about it, Wataru-kun. Just take a good care of her" said Yoko as both she and Aoko gently kissed Emi-chan on her forehead.
"She's right Wataru-kun. Just take your time with Emi-chan. You haven't met her for a week and now you should spend more time with her." Said Aoko as she agreed with the kitsune. She might not like the kitsune for her shamelessness which reminded her about a certain shameless blunette in Wataru's old school, Yoko's caring nature wasther eason why she was regarded highly in Aoko's eyes.
Nodding his head, Wataru silently opened the living room's shoji without making any noises and left as his guests could only look at his back with mixed emotions.
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WITH KAITO DAIKI
Standing in front of 10 unconcious devils on the ground, Daiki smirked at them as he took out his dinner consisted of a box of makunouchi prepared by Shouichi with a bottle of genmaicha prepared by Souji and started eating.
"You're late, old hag" said Daiki as a gap appeared and Yukari stepped out from it .
"Watch your tounge, teme" said Yukari dangerously as she summoned 10 paper talismas and slapped each of them on each devils's nape of the neck. Within seconds, the talismans shank under the devils's skin and disappeared without any traces.
"Fu~ It's done! It's lucky that they haven't reported anything to their they will remember nothing relates to Wataru-kun and his group as well as ignoring my Wataru-kun's presence! Ah~ My Wataru-kun surely is a genius as he realized that there is no way 2 heiresses of 2 clan would be in charge of this teritory without protection! Wataru-kun will be very please about what I did for him~ " gushed Yukari liked a teenage schoolgirl while Daiki narrowed his eyes.
If someone asked Daiki what words were suited to describe Yukari, he would go for 'mastermind' and 'manipulative'. Her superhuman intellect was something that Gaia and Alaya could easily deem a threat to Akasha. She declared that she loved Wataru but from what Daiki gathered, her love for other people usually in terms of how one would love a tool they own. Despite being informed this information by Daiki himself, Wataru decided to trust the gap youkai.
Snapping her paper fan closed, said youkai turned to Daiki who was drinking his genmaicha as she said with a mocking tone
"I have finished my part, thief. Now, can you please be a gentleman and bring these guys back to where you captured them ? I have to go to see The Missing Ace. Have fun~ "
' The Missing Ace? Just what are you planning, gap youkai? ' thought Daiki as he gulped down the remain of his genmaicha.
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UNKNOWN PLACE
Looking sadly at the waning moon in the night sky, a humanoid figure who was standing on the grassfield let out a sigh
If one looked closely, could easily see the figure was in fact a slender yet feminine girl with fair skin, short black hair, dark blood red eyes and 2 large black catears on top of her head. She was clad in a short violet kimono that revealed her shoulders, white stockings and black high sandals. She also had an old pocket clock hanging on her obi and a small crimson leather neck strap on her neck.
Letting out another sigh, the girl started singing as she reminisced about a certain blond
(*Play music: Yume to hazakura _ SARA/ Sakurana/ 桜菜 version*)
"Kono kawa no nagareru ga gotoku/ That river flowing like no other
odayaka ni neiro ga kikoeru/ Hear its gentle sound
fuku kaze ga hō wo nadete iku/ As the wind strokes my cheek,
natsukashii omoide ga nijimu/ My cherished memories blur."
"... Who are you? What's your name?"
" I... I'm Kurohime... Kiyoshi Kurohime..."
"I'm Naruto. Namikaze- Uzumaki Naruto"
"Haruka naru sora wa/ The sky becomes so far away.
mune wo saku yō ni/ It seems my heart is falling apart.
wasurekaketa kioku wo samasu/ The forgotten memories are starting to awaken.
afureru wa namida/ Overflowed with tears."
" *purr* Au~ Don't tease my ears, Naruto-kun~ "
"I just can't help it, Hime-chan! You looks just so cute with these ears!"
"Really?"
"Of course! Why would I lie to you? You're one of my first 2 friends! I will never tell a single lie to you!"
"Shiroi sakura no hana no kisetsu wa/ The season of the white cherry blossoms.
tōku yume no naka ni dake/ Comes only in a distant dream
mai chiru hanabira no sasayaita/ As a petal from a blossom falls,it murmurs
wasurerarenai kotoba/ Words that can't be forgotten."
"Where exactly are we going, Hime-chan?"
"Here it is! Look, Naruto-kun! The sakura tree is blooming!"
"Wah?! It's so beautiful! Just like you, Hime-chan!"
"Really?"
"Of course, Hime-chan! It's beautiful Just like you!"
"Nemurenai yoru wo hitori kiri/ Alone,I can't sleep at night.
aruki dasu nurui kaze no naka/ Walking , the breeze so tepid.
itazura ni hashaide ita mama/ Joking and frolicking as it is,
kigatsukeba omoide ni kawaru/ I realize the memories have changed."
"What happened to you Naruto-kun?!"
"It's ok, Hime-chan. Just another beating..."
"Just another! Tell me who did this to you!"
"Don't worry Hime-chan. It will heal"
"Tsuki mo kumogakure/ The moon has also disappeared,
mushiatsui hibi no/ Making the days humid.
keshitai kioku mo hakanaku wa/ While erasing fragile memories
tomaranai namida/ Tears don't seem to stop."
"Naruto-kun... I... I'm sorry..."
"No... it's ok, Hime-chan... I understand..."
" *sob*... Naruto-kun... *sob* ... "
"Shhh, please don't cry Kurohime..."
"Kizamareru jikan wa zankoku ni/ The cruelty of time is engraving.
hito wo shibaritsuke asobu/ Tying myself with the person,let's have fun,
aoao to shigeru sakura no ha wa/ The lush leaves grow thickly on the cherry blossom tree.
nanimo katari wa shinai/ But it doesn't say a thing"
"Don't worry, Hime-chan. I will be fine..."
" *sob* ... Naruto-kun... *sob* ... I... I promise... that ... *sob* ... that we will... *sob*... we will meet each other... again... *sob* ... and... *sob*... and I will always... *sob*... wait for you... *sob*... Eternally if I must... *sob*... Sayonara... Naruto-kun..."
"Shiroi sakura no hana no kisetsu wa/ The season of the white cherry blossoms.
tōku yume no naka ni dake/ Comes only in a distant dream
mai chiru hanabira no sasayaita/ As a petal from a blossom falls,it murmurs
wasurerarenai kotoba/ Words that can't be forgotten."
(Stop music)
As she was looking at the waning moon, a tear rolled on her face as she whispered silently
"... I don't care how different you have changed... and I don't care what name you are bearing now... One thing for sure that you are and will always be my koibito... Naruto-kun... "
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SCENE CHANGES,SOMEWHERE IN ITALY
"Au~ Why do I keep tripping like this?" moaned a blond nun about 15- 16 years old who had a beautiful face with long blond hair and green eyes as she stood up from her stumble. While she was dusting herself, said a voice behind her which made her jumped in surprise
"Are you ok miss?"
Turning around, she saw a young man, about 21, 22 years old standing behind her with a concern expression. He had brown hair, black eyes and a small faint scar on his forehead. He was clad in a black shirt, a brown coat, black pants and black shoes.
"Ah! I'm fine! Thank you for your concern!" Said the nun as she gave a bow to the stranger "I just tripped myself!"
Nodding in understanding, the man picked up the veil, dusted it and gave it to the nun as he pointed at the suitcase
"You're traveling, I presume?"
"...Um... well, not exactly ..." said the nun with a small hint of sadness which didn't went unnoticed by the man "I was appointed to a church in Japan... I'm quite worried because my Japanese is not really good... I wonder what Japan looks like... "
"... Japan huh?... " said the man with a faraway look in his eyes but it quickly replaced by a curious expression "So your departure is today, right?"
"Ah, yes!" nodded the nun as she smiled brightly " I'm going to the airport because... Oh no! I'm gonna be late! There is only 1 hour until the departure! "
Looking at the panic nun who was flapping her arms up and down in a very comical way, the man couldn't help but chuckle. Thinking for a moment, the man offered.
"If you want, I can give you a lift."
"Really? But I don't want to intrude..." said a now nervous nun since she hadn't had anyone help her for a long time
"Nah, it's not really a problem. There was a time Kurenai-sama told me this: 'Always help people in need if you can'. There is nothing wrong in helping people. " said the man as he pointed at the blue motorbike standing near a postlamp "And don't underestimate my Blue Spader. That thing can become a monster when you run it at full speed. So what do you say?"
After a few moments, the nun nodded with a happy smile and gave a ninety degrees bow "Thank you very much... um..."
"Ah, sorry. I almost forgot... My name is Kazuma... Kendate Kazuma... "
"Thank you very much, Kendate-san! My name is Asia Argento! It's nice to meet you, Kendate-san!"
"The pleasure is mine, Argento-san. Now, shall we go?"
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20 MINUTES LATER AFTER DROPPING ASIA AT THE AIRPORT
Kicking the stand of his Blue Spader, Kazuma took off his helmet as he got off his motorbike and walked into an old abandon warehouse. When he reached the middle of the warehouse, Kazuma cleared his throat and growled loudly
" You can step out now, stalkers. No need to hide anymore."
After a few moments, a handsome young man who was clad in a combination of a Japanese gakuran and ancient Chinese attire stepped out while clapping his hands. He had short black hair, black eyes and an aura of charisma around him.
"Wow, as expect from a powerful individual like you, Kendate-san. Still, when did you sense my presence? At the airport, I presume? And why did you use plural? There is only you and me here."
Ignoring the praise as well as the questions, Kazuma said emotionlessly "Who are you?"
"Oh, where's my manner?" smiled the newcomer as he gave Kazuma a small bow "My name is Cao Cao, leader of the Hero Faction of the Khaos Brigade"
"Never heard of it, though I'm so flattered because a 'leader' of some wierd group accepted to spend some of his 'precious' time to stalk me" shrugged Kazuma with a hint of sarcasm and taunting in his voice
"You may never hear about us, Kendate-san" said Cao Cao, his smile still presented on his face as if he hadn't heard or detect the sacrasm in Kazuma's voice "But we know about you, Kendate-san... Or should I say... Kenzaki-san?"
"Ara? You get my name wrong. My name is Kendate Kazuma" said Kazuma lazily "I'm just a random lonely traveler on his journey with his bike. Nothing more, nothing less"
Letting out a small chuckle, Cao Cao continued
"I beg to differ, Kenzaki-san. My leader knows you very well... Kenzaki Kazuma, the lieutenant of Emiya Kiritsugu the Devil Killer, The Ace of Dark Kiva and The Card Warden, am I right?"
Snorting at the smiling Cao Cao, the now identified Kenzaki Kazuma said warily
"So you know about my identity... What is the reason for you to come here?"
"Ah, yes. The reason I come here is to invite you to join our Hero Faction of the Khaos Brigade. Us Khaos Brigade is an organization created by Orphis the Dragon God of Infinity to remove the Great Red out of the Dimensional Gap"
' He invited me to join the Hero Faction, not the Khaos Brigade... Smart move... It seems this guy don't have any intend to stay under Orphis's thumb in the future... Oh, what do we have here?... It seems this guy has the so-called-True-Longinus, eh... I wonder what his reaction will be if he know that his spear is not the TRUE weapon that kill the God... Oh well, let's see where this will go for now...' thought Kenzaki Kazuma as he mentally thanked Kiritsugu and Otoya for their training in sensing power.
" Sorry... but I'm not interested... After all, what will I get if I join you? Not to mention that I have no interest in fighting an overgrown red lizard for no reason "
"I can offer you a chance to fight and protect the defenseless" offered Cao Cao as he nodded in understanding. This made Kazuma snorted in his mind.
"Sorry, but still not interested" said Kazuma flatly " Find someone else, but thanks for the offer though"
(Play music: Kakusei (Awakening) _ Ricky)
"Sorry, but I insist that you join our Faction... even if I have to use force... " said Cao Cao
"Sorry, but again, I'm not interested " said Kazuma lazily as he turned his back to Cao Cao and started leaving.
Suddenly, Kazuma's survival instinct flared to life as he rolled to the side and barely dodged the spear Cao Cao brought down to him as the spear created a large crater where Kazuma just stood a second ago. In less than half a second, a strange saber with a box-liked cross-guard which had a spade symbol on the front materialized in Kazuma's right hand as he held it in reverse grip, just in time to block the next hit of Cao Cao. Pumping prana in to his muscle, Kazuma knocked the spear to side with his odd looking saber and aimed a roundhouse kick at Cao Cao's stomach with his right leg, which was easily caught by Cao Cao's left hand.
Suddenly, Kazuma impaled his saber into the ground as his left hand grasped the handle of the spear. Twisting his body in the midair while using the spear's handle as a strong point, Kazuma spun in the air and threw a powerful heel kick at Cao Cao's head which knocked the leader of the Hero Faction back. As Cao Cao still stumbled because of the shock came from the kick, Kazuma quickly grasped his saber, rolled out the cardholder from the cross-guard and took out 3 cards from it
'Kick! Thunder! Mach! ' as Kazuma swiped all 3 cards on the saber, Kazuma's energy flared to life and flood his body as lightning and electricity started covering him from head to toe. Crouching low on his knees, Kazuma dashed toward with an immense speed while as the same time, 7 orbs started appearing around Cao Cao as he regained the balance...
'Lightning Sonic!' yelled Kazuma mentally as flew toward Cao Cao with a flying kick coated in lightning. As the kick made the impact, it created a large explosion and destroyed everything in 50 meters around the place where the kick had landed.
Panting exhaustingly, Cao Cao leaned against a very old wheel-less tractor in the warehouse as he looked at the screen of smoke where Kazuma's lightning flying kick had made impact while cursing his overconfidence and arrogance that led him to attack the Ace of Dark Kiva. Lucky for him that he had achieved his Sacred Gear's Balance Breaker just 2 days ago and it was also through sheer amount of luck that one of his Seven Treasures, Mala Nitana materialized just in time to let him used its ability in the last moment to redirect Kazuma's attack to a bunch of old steel barrels near where he stood. But since the power of Kazuma's attack had been too large and Cao Cao still hadn't got used to using his Balance Breaker, it had taken him 80 percents of his magic pool to fully redirect Kazuma's attack.
'... Now... tha... *pant*... that was... close... *pant*... Damn... *pant*... damn... my... *pant*... arrogance... *pant*... It... seems...*pant*... I... have to... *pant*... retreat... *pant*... for now... ' panted Cao Cao exhaustingly as he started creating a magic circle while at the same time, he started pouring the remain of his magic energy into his Balinayaka Ratana, his most strongest attack with the most destructive power, so that he would have something to counterattack if he was attacked in surprise. But before he could teleport himself away, his fate was sealed.
Suddenly, before Cao Cao could react, a card flew through the smoke screen and landed on the middle of Cao Cao's chest with its corner and green energy started to spread out from the card as the card gradually sucked the exhausted leader of Hero Faction into itself before it spun and flew back to Kenzaki Kazuma's hand who was emerging from the smoke screen, totally unharmed.
(Stop music)
Looking at the card now had an image of Cao Cao holding a spear, Kazuma bent the card which immediately earned a hiss of pain from the card. With another forceful bend, a louder hiss of pain could be heard from the card.
" You know, back there Kiritsugu-senpai and Genesis-senpai gave me a nickname 'Origami Torturer'... and since it seems you don't understand the meaning of a refuse... I will let you know why I was given that nickname..."
And what happened next would forever scar Cao Cao to life.
Kenzaki Kazuma started making an origami crane with the card that had Cao Cao sealed inside!
As the process continued, cries of pain could be heard from the card after each time the card was folded. And when the origami crane was finished, cries of pain now changed into very small whimpers that one had to strain his/ her ears to hear.
Putting the paper crane on the warehouse's floor, Kazuma said to the whimpering paper crane
"No worry, 3 more hours and the card will disintegrate and you will be unsealed." And then Kazuma's voice turned demonic "Still, a message to you: Prepare to start again from zero and it will be much harder than the first time. And that I can guarantee with my own head. "
With that, Kazuma turned around and left the warehouse. But as he reached his motorbike, he suddenly spun around and slashed what he sensed behind him with his saber but to his surprise, his saber was stopped by a paper fan as the paper fan's owner was no one other than Yakumo Yukari as she said with an amusing tone!
"Ara ara, it's very impolite and rude to attack a lady even with a flower, you know that? "
"Said the one who just stopped my saber with a mere paper fan, stalker" said Kazuma coldly "Who exactly are you and what exactly do you want from me? "
"How blunt. You're no fun, Kenzaki-kun~" said Yukari as she spun her parasol with a pout on her face that Kazuma could easily tell that she was feigning it. " Anyway, my name is Yakumo Yukari and I come here... well, mostly to see how strong you are... And honestly, I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't see your full strength... "
Growling at the blond youkai, Kazuma withdrew his saber and dismissed it as he put on his helmet and climbed on his motorbike. But before he could start the engine...
"Looking for this? " asked Yukari in a sing song tone as she waved the key in front of his face while only the upper half of her body was visible from the gap.
Snatching the key back, Kazuma plucked it in the motorbike, started the engine and drove away while thinking in annoyance
'So much for my final day in Italy. And it seems I have to come back to Japan sooner than I thought... '
Unbeknown to Kazuma, if he had checked more thoroughly, he would have realized that the most important thing that would help him travel to Japan had also been missing...
His wallet, which unfortunately contained ALL of his money.
"Fufufu, oh how I love messing with other people~ . Oh my, it's my 'Wataru cuddling time' now! And Emi-chan came today, too~ . Today things just get better and better for me~ " Laughing merrily as she put Kazuma's wallet away, Yukari opened a gap and stepped in with a gleeful smile that only promised only 1 thing:
Chaos.
(Chapter end)
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Note: For what Emi-chan looks like, please search google with "Chimera, Devil Maker: Tokyo" if you can't imagine her appearance
For the version of Yume to hazakura I used in my story, I will post a link in my profile later.
