The World Only God Knows / 神のみぞ知るセカイ

By Tamiki Wakaki

THE REELING

A Fanfic by Takagi

Note: Words in italic are the characters' inner or words at a screen

Words in bold happened in the past

Chapter 4: "What Lies Behind the Mask"

At the family restaurant, Keima and his childhood friend and his next conquest target, Tenri, spent their time together eating lunch. But suddenly, one of Keima's conquered girl, The National Star, Nakagawa Kanon, saw them from the outside of the building.

Keima got up, getting ready to leave the restaurant, even though they still haven't got their food delivered. "Tenri"

"What is it, Keima –kun?"

"Can we meet up again later?"
"I've just remembered something important that has to be done now."

"O… Okay…" Tenri looked down.

"…"

Still looked down, Tenri asked Keima, "You… You want to go meet one of your girlfriends, you are not?"

"No way, how could she…!" Keima cried in his deepest thought.
"Damn it… Now what should I do? Having her meet Kanon would be a (lot of) trouble!"

"… Take…"
Tenri gathered all of her might and shouted, "Take me with you, Keima –kun!"

"WHAT? WHY?"

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At the sunbucks café…

"Keima –kuuun, what took you so long?"
"I've been waiting for you since…"
Kanon wears a disguise to hide her face. This is a common thing for a star when they go out from their house.

Keima cut Kanon's greetings, "Kanon"
"This is Ayukawa Tenri. She was my neighbor when we were at Maijima."

"Oh… Nice to meet you, Tenri –san" Kanon said as she gave her right hand, showing that she wanted to shake hands with the girl with braids.

Without answering Kanon's welcoming greet, Tenri gathered all of her courage and said, "Kanon –san. Please… Forgive Keima –kun! We weren't going out or anything. I was just accidentally met him."

"Tenri! What are you doing!?" Keima thought.

Kanon remained silent then called her boyfriend after a few seconds.
"Keima –kun…"

"Y… Yes?"

The pink-haired idol glared at Keima, "You should have told me earlier! Geez!"
"I almost thought you two-timed me back then!" said she, as she puffed her cheeks.

"Ri…Right… I'm sorry, Kanon."

Kanon smiled to Tenri, who is standing next to Keima. The idol then remembered something. She grabbed a cd case from her purse, "Tenri –saan… Please accept this!"

"This is… Your new album?" Tenri asked as she accepted the gift.

"Yes! Please take care of it and listen to it! Ehehe", Kanon requested in an enthusiast voice.

"Thank you very much, Kanon –san…"
"Now I shall take my leave…"
Piece by piece, Tenri said, "Good bye"

"Good bye? Good bye, you say?"
"Shit" Keima thought, narrowing his eyebrows.

"Wait. Tenri –san"
"Keima –kun! As her childhood friend you should take her home! It's your duty as a good man too!"

"Kanon? What are you…?"

"That's wrong Kanon –san! You must be missing Keima –kun since you two have been separated for a long time!"

"Well, that's very thoughtful of you, Tenri –san."
"But my manager already called me. Look!"
"And besides…" Keima could felt a horrifying killing-intent-glare towards him came from the famous star. "And besides… Crimes happen randomly in random places! This is Tokyo, Tenri –san!"

"That's right… But…"

"Just go."
"Keima –kun, I will be very angry if you don't take her home~~" Kanon said as she prepared to take her (perfectly safe) stun gun out from her small pink purse.

"Well… It will be troublesome, but whatever…"
"Let's go Tenri."
Keima stopped then turned around to see the pink-haired girl again, "Kanon, please contact me if you happen to get more free time again."

"Okaaay, Keima –kun!"

"I'm really sorry, Kanon –san!"

Kanon nodded her head, smiling towards Tenri who has just asked for her permission. However, that smile couldn't last long.
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"Keima –kun. You stupid…"
"How could you make such face when you finally meet your long-lost girlfriend?" she said in her thought, recalling Keima's expression when his childhood friend left.
Even a famous star like Kanon would feel depressed when her boyfriend did something like that.
Unconsciously, her eyes shed a tear when she stood up from the wooden chair she sat, getting ready to leave the café.
"What? Tears? No. I must strong. Tenri –san is his childhood friend. That's all!"
"That…"

"That is all… Right Keima –kun?"

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"Keima –kun"

"What is it Tenri?"

Tenri moved her body around to see at Keima.
"You can stop here. My apartment is nearby."

"But…"

"You see… Keima –kun…"
"Kanon –san… She might be very sad and disappointed inside her heart…"
"It's best if you meet her again as soon as possible"

"… Is she?"

"… That's why I don't really like you conquering 20 girls, Keima –Kun…"
"Conquering might be easy for you, who played dating sim games since a little."
"But… Maintaining a real relationship is much harder…"

"Tenri"
"How…" Keima's eyes trembled. He secreted his sweat due to the heat and Tenri's words.
"How could you know about my conquering thing?"

"Because…"
Tenri, whose cheeks are now in crimson, nervously spoke, "I've been always looking at you, Keima –kun. Since we lived in Maijima City."
"Since we played together with Elsie –san and Haqua –san…"

"Wait…"
"So…"
"All this time…"

"Yes, I liked you Keima –kun. Since a long time ago"
"But I don't want to be in your female counterpart."
"I don't need to be conquered…"

"Ten… ri…"

Suddenly, a thick cloud of smoke came out from nowhere just when Keima approached Tenri.
This smoke startled other pedestrian. And by the time, Tenri is gone together with the thick white smoke.

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"I… I said it…"
"To the man who might think nothing of me…" The running-away-Tenri panted in front of her apartment room. She leaned her body against the wall at the veranda and then slipped to the ground as she sighed.

"Found… You… At last… Haaah… haaah" Keima, unexpectedly to Tenri, came to her apartment. He looked very tired. As Tenri could see Keima's soaked shirt.
"I'm already… got used to your magic tricks."
"It's a lie, actually. I stuck a micro- transmitter under her collar after we left the family restaurant"

"Wh… What are you doing here, Keima –kun…?"

"..."
"I want to clear up things."

-To be continued

A/N: I changed my mind about finishing this fic. I'll continue all of my TWGOK fics (and of course my baka&test fic too) now and won't neglect them until they reach the best ending.

hmm... i wonder how will this fic continue longer after the latest conversation before i ended the chapter?

Please continue reading this fic too!