Sorry if this feels a little rushed, but I was pressed for time.

Disclaimer in earlier chapters

Enjoy!

Chapter Fourteen: Me, Capture, and Recordings

"Why Yuuko!?" asked Keima. After the events that had transpired earlier that morning, Keima had one question for the girl. When he didn't get a response, he did the usual. Physical contact in close proximity. (Luckily, if Keima initiates the contact, he doesn't feel funny.) As expected, he got a reaction. Yuuko whipped around, a fire in her eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about," said Yuuko, who looked away. Keima grabbed her cheek (softly), and made her look at him. For some reason, it made the teen blush. She looked into his bespectacled eyes- wait, he has glasses!? When Yuuko blinked, the glasses were gone, but she could have sworn they were there.

"Then I'll say it loud and clear," said the boy, who backed away, taking a godly pose. "Why'd you declare a Summon War!? No benefits for you or your classmates, you'll make your other friends here in F suffer, and it's just a lose-lose situation!"

"It's... complicated..." mumbled Yuuko, a little surprised at the sudden confrontation. She twiddled with her thumbs, an action more befitting a shy girl like Shiori than a proud lady like Yuuko. "I can't say-"

"Youko Kirishima put you up to this... didn't she?"

"What!? N-No, of course not..." That wasn't going to satisfy the Capturing God. He walked away, smirking inside. Youko had thought she had won the "battle", but she hadn't won anything. Instead of agitating her "rival", she merely set up a trap for herself, and Keima was willing to use the trap for his own purposes. See, Keima can Capture Youko directly, since she sees him as a rival, and not a student, and Keima was going to use both his status as a rival, and the event Youko established to finish the deal. He raced for the faculty room.

"Where is that baka!?" exclaimed Minami, stomping her foot in frustration. The whole day had just been the worst. A declaration of war, a failed Japanese Exam, and to top it off, a non-punctual Akihisa! Didn't he know he had a date with she and Mizuki!?

"Maybe if we wait, he'll come," said Mizuki, twiddling with her fingers.

"I doubt it," said Minami, cracking her knuckles. "Let's fetch him." They went from the school gate to the inside of the academy. Minami wanted to just run around and try to find him, but Mizuki stopped her, because she wanted to use logic.

"Where does Akihisa love to go?" The two girls looked at each other, the final piece of the puzzle falling into place. "The rooftop!"

"The rooftop?" questioned Youko Kirishima. "Why do you want to talk to me up here of all places?"

"I have my own reasons," stated Keima, pushing up his glasses. "Why'd you declare war on 2-F?"

"I have my own reasons," copied Youko, smirking. "And besides, you don't have any proof that I was the one who made the declaration."

"Your first statement, 'I have my own reasons', is proof," rebutted the boy. Keima (begrudgingly) slapped on a pitiful expression "Just please tell me why!"

Smirking at the desperate look on Keima's face, Youko said, "I merely wanted to break your morale-"

"And boost your own," interjected Keima, finding the opening. He took pursuit. "I wonder why you needed to do that. You feel... insecure, don't you?"

"O-Of course not! I have no reason to fear a teen-"

"So he's a teenager!" exclaimed Keima, pointing out Youko's slip-up. As he pressed her, he knew that he was slowly breaking down her mental barriers. "Please, Ms. Takahashi, tell me what's bothering you!"

"O-Of course not!" cried the teacher, backing away. She hadn't expected her rival to act all worried, and it kinda touched her heart. Kinda. "Wait, what are you doin-"

Keima locked lips with the teacher. Just like Chihiro's Arc, the kiss wasn't enough. Keima had to force the Spirit out with his words. Facing the dazed Youko, he said, "I-I know you don't want to share your problems with me, but whenever you're down... just count on me."

That seemed to hit the spot. The phantasm exited the woman, and spiraled towards the sky. Dusting off his hands, he drew his PFP, he walked towards the exit.

"N-No way!" exclaimed Minami, her hands balling up into fists. She growled, and was about to lash out at Akihisa, when Mizuki stopped her. She had her finger to her lips, signalling for Minami to be quiet. Akihisa dusted his hands off, and left. Once Youko woke from her reverie, and left too, Minami and Mizuki emerged from their hiding places.

"What happened?" muttered Minami, a little confuse. Okay, REALLY confused. The boy she liked - no, loved - just kissed the smartest teacher in the whole school. On the lips. It just blew her mind. She hoped that it was just a bad dream, but seeing is believing. Akihisa Yoshii cornered Youko Kirishima, and kissed her, without protest.

"I'm not so sure," replied Mizuki. "But I do have a recording."

"Okay, then let's find out the truth!"

Please review, subscribe, favorite, and thank my Beta Reader and I, and I'll see you later!