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Chapter Eight: You, Me, and the Ending

"A-Aki!?" mumbled Minami Shimada from under the blanket. She was so shocked, that she wasn't able to move, even if the only thing pinning her down was Keima Katsuragi's thin build. Then her mouth was covered by Keima's hand.

"B-Be quiet!" returned Keima, tilting his head towards Mizuki Himeji, the girl who had just entered the room. The pinkette set her bag down by the bed, and pulled up a chair for herself. "H-Himeji-san!? Wha - cough! - what are you - cough! - doing here!?"

"I-I heard that you're sick," said Mizuki, fiddling with her thumbs. "from Minami." A deafening silence reigned after the flat chested one's name was uttered. Keima coughed a little, while Mizuki was fingering the ribbon around her neck. Then Mizuki saw that something was a little off. "Akihisa-kun, your blanket looks... kinda lumpy."

"Just an extra futon," said Keima nonchalantly. He was more worried about the ticking time-bomb (Minami) that was under him. She was getting too restless, and Keima felt her lips part, her teeth poised to strike. "Could you get me the pill canister in the kitchen?"

"Sure!" said Mizuki, happy to get out of the tension-filled room. Right after the door was slammed shut, Minami shoved Keima onto the floor, and pinned him in place, her knees on top of his biceps. The bespectacled boy was lucky that she wasn't using any of her deadly techniques. Minami, on the other hand, was perplexed. Why was Akihisa wearing glasses? And why is his hair that color!? She didn't have enough time to question him, because the familiar footsteps returned. Using her distraction to his advantage, the gamer escaped Minami's clutches, and jumped back into bed, bringing the startled girl along with him. Now, they were in a pretty risque situation, Minami's head buried in Keima's abdomen, and her arm wrapped around Keima's waist. Keima's legs were intertwined with Minami's, and the whole thing was awkward.

"Here you go!" exclaimed Mizuki, handing the brunette the pill bottle. He swallowed the pill, the piece of candy making him shiver. Keima Katsuragi doesn't like sweets. "Do you feel better now, Akihisa?"

"A little," said Keima, then he noticed a pink letter sticking out of Mizuki's satchel. Recalling Akihisa's life and times, he remembered that that was Mizuki's love letter for someone. "What's that letter?"

"Wha!?" exclaimed Himeji, sounding flustered. Minami was now curious, but could barely concentrate. All the foreign talk, combined with the heat in the alcove, and the softness of Akihisa's flat abdomen pressed against her entire face, overheated her thought process. She couldn't think straight. "Oh, the letter..."

"Hold it!" exclaimed Kanon. Wait, Kanon!? What the fu- hell happened!? "Keim- Akihisa's mine!" That earned Keima an elbow to the stomach (courtesy of Minami), which blasted him onto the ceiling. Keima exclaimed, "Agkh!" Now all three girls were out in the open. Keima's stomach felt like acid, bile coming up his throat. He coughed the foul liquid out, the Celestial Robe piece falling out of his nose. His "cold" was gone. He turned to the girls, who were glaring each other down. The injured gamer pulled out his phone and dialed up Elsie. "Elsie, what happened!?"

"I-I don't know! All of a sudden, Haqua yelled out the plan, and tried to storm your room! Don't worry, I'm holding her bac- whoa, never mind!" At that, Keima heard footsteps coming from the hallway. An agitated and bloodthirsty Haqua would be in the room in mere seconds. Keima's mind raced, analyzing escape routes. The door wasn't an option, for obvious reasons, and hiding would only provoke the scythe wielder. The only way out was... the window! If he could just make it to the fire exit...

The cold butt of the scythe met his already aching abdomen. Keima crashed through the window, overshooting the metal staircase he wanted to get to entirely. Keima thought back to Yokkyun, Nagisa (Clannad), and every heroine he left behind. Keima's last words before he lost consciousness were this.

So... close...

He fainted.

He woke up on a white couch. Analyzing his surroundings, he noticed that he was in Akihisa's house again. Then, a wave of nausea overcomes him, making him lie back down. He decided to use his recovery time to reflect. First of all, what happened to Kanon and Haqua!? It seems that Kanon's love points have reached the point to where she would never give up her "Keima-kun, even if it was necessary for something like a Capture. Haqua, who is supposed to be a Tsundere, has also acted according to what her heart dictates. It seemed that her love points have maxed out too. Keima sighed. Their jealousy would kill him someday. "Elsie!?"

"Kami Nii-sama, it was a disaster!" cried Elsie out of despair. Keima didn't need this mopey Elsie. He needed the peppy Elsie, the one thing that was constant in the universe he traveled to. "If I had held back Kanon-chan and Haqua a little longer, then... then the Conquest would've been a success!"

"Oh Goddess, just snap out of it Elsie!" exclaimed Keima, putting his hands onto Elsie's shoulders. "Tell me what happened."

"Well, after I caught you, I flew up to the bedroom window invisibly!" said Elsie, her Robe turning into mist for dramatic effect. Keima flicked Elsie's forehead, making her cry out. "Kami Nii-sama, that huuurt!"

"I know you want to cheer me up," said Keima, a little happy that the normal Elsie is coming back, "but I need that information! If I don't monitor their affection levels, and get booted out of their life, the Hunt will end! I need to know how many love points have been knocked off the bar, and where they might be. I can't do that if you don't tell me what happened!"

Elsie then elaborated. Apparently, Haqua and Minami tussled, while Mizuki and Kanon had an argument. The aftermath of the showdown resulted in Minami admitting defeat, and Mizuki and Kanon, the two Yandere's, were in a tight stalemate. Minami pulled Mizuki away, while Kanon was just smirking. The idol and the devil went out to cool off their heated jealousy, and Mizuki and Minami hit the crepe shop. At the end of the retelling, Keima smirked.

"Gotcha," muttered Keima, turning away from Elsie. The Capturing God still had a chance! Instead of the target's hearts shattering, they stood their ground, forming a complex love parallelogram, with Keima as a point in the center of it all. If he could redirect the negative emotions towards Haqua and Kanon... maybe form a competitive polygon... "I can see the ending!"

Please give me your feedback! If you want a guide, here's a set of questions:

a.) Do you like this Keima (more angst, less perfection and Godliness) or the Keimas before?

b.) Is anyone out of character? Have I perfected their personality, or do they wilt in comparison to the original?

c.) Do you see the ending? (What I mean by this is this: is the plot too predictable?)

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