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He just stood there, holding his sword high in his hand.
He needed to kill her... she couldn't keep his dad's title. But... something was holding him back.
He knew if he were to bring this blade down now, it would be the end of her. He knew that if he were to kill her, he'd be rewarded with that delicious title of Overlord. He knew all this... and yet he just couldn't do it.
Why was he hesitating?
She wasn't Beryl anymore. She wasn't that delinquent he used to know. She was... someone else.
But even through he knew that, he couldn't kill her.
He fell to his knees and threw his blade aside. He twitched mildly at the burns he'd been given by her, but he ignored it. Then he took her into his arms, slowly lifting her off the ground. Making sure that no one was looking, he darted away into the night. It would be embarrassing to be caught holding a brainwashed delinquent like her, but he knew she wasn't conscious anymore. She would probably die if he left her here, and he really didn't want that anymore.
Oh, but that didn't mean he wasn't mad at her.
No, he was furious!
If she wasn't brainwashed, he'd probably would've killed her out of anger if she'd actually did that.
But then he knew the real Beryl wouldn't do something like that.
Stupid School Board...
She felt the ground was moving below her, but she knew she hadn't even moved her legs. She felt oddly warm, and cool at the same time. Cold because of the night air, and oddly content and warm because...because?
Realizing she hadn't opened her eyes yet, she slowly opened them, and breathed in the night air. She was shocked. The surroundings around her were moving lightning fast. It was all like a large rush of air, flowing through her. That was the first thing she noticed.
The second was...
What the hell? She thought as her eyes grew wide.
That demon she fought... he was carrying her! Out of all the things he would have done, why did it have to be this?
"Wh-wh-wh-what are you doing, Mao?" She began to shout, but her voice quickly gave away. She tried to speak, but everything came out in a whisper. She began to try to get out of his grasp. Her face turned red.
"I'm sparing you, idiot." He muttered, his face turning redder. Apparently he had heard her. "I'm just going to take you to the nearest hospital, it's not like I'm carrying you cause I want to or anything, it's just that you can't even walk right now."
He- wh-what a fool! For unknown reasons, she felt surprised and relieved, but at the same time- another hint of jealousy. Why all this jealousy? Why would she ever be jealous for him doing something so delinquent? It made no sense to her.
"Your such an fool. I can't even imagine why anyone would do something... so... delinquent, but I guess I can expect it from someone like you. You do have the title #1 delinquent." She whispered cheerfully.
"Sh-shut up! I never even wanted this title in the first place, Beryl!" He shouted.
"And I never wanted to be carried by some- wait... how the hell do you know my name?" She screeched in horror.
"Damn, this guy is so mysterious!" She thought.
Out of all the things she found creepy, she knew that this guy nailed her definition of creepy quite perfectly.
"Pfft, because I knew you before you got brainwashed by the school board." He responded.
"Brainwashed? That makes no sense. You probably just stalked me or something." She said.
He also just nailed the annoying definition, too, apparently.
"Will you just shut up! I'm telling the truth. You were brainwashed. Besides, why would I stalk you? Your freaking annoying!"
Brainwashed...? Why would I be brainwashed by the school board? That just makes no sense! I wasn't ever a delinquent. She thought, astonished.
And yet, even as she had said that: she somehow believed him. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember anything about her past. She could only remember stepping out of some office, and news about him becoming the Freshman leader. Other then that, she remembered nothing of her past.
It was always a strange feeling... remembering nothing more then the present. She remembered all she had done after stepping out of the office, but nothing before. It was odd.
She couldn't understand why she always had mixed feelings whenever doing something. It's always so confusing, it can get to the point of headaches. Right now she had very mixed feelings about this creepy, yet familiar stranger holding her.
Maybe she really had been brainwashed? But really, even if part of her believed it, the other part of her still couldn't believe it. She knew, that if she were ever a delinquent, that she would have never done anything similar to what she has done. She would be entirely different. Well, it was good she wasn't a delinquent. She was the new Overlord and Dean of Evil Academy, the best of the best.
But even if she was the Overlord, why did she oddly feel like crying right now? Why did she feel so angry? Ashamed? Had her feelings betrayed her?
Maybe she was hiding something from her own self?
No matter what she tried to think of as a different solution then being brainwashed, it all kept leading back to that part.
Maybe I'll just have to reluctantly accept the fact that I did get brainwashed. She thought. But it couldn't have been because I was a delinquent. Thats just unbelievable.
As soon as he finally reached the netherworld hospital, he laid her down onto the nearest bed and ordered one of the best healers to take care of her. At first they refused, as he now had a bad reputation (thanks to his delinquent title) , but he told them he would pay well and so they eventually just shut up and took care of her.
He noticed that even through she was the Overlord now, no one respected her because of her past of being a horrible delinquent. In fact, they seemed to avoided her the best they could.
She didn't know, but he knew all about how she used to be the #1 delinquent. The worst one there ever was. That is, until she had been brainwashed.
He still regretted ever letting them brainwash her. But, he couldn't make up a good excuse to prevent those bastards from doing so, so she'd became an honor student.
At first, it was nice for a change. She never bugged him anymore. She didn't ever make him donate blood with her anymore, or pick up trash anymore. She didn't even do anything delinquent at all. It was wonderful. But things took a turn for the worst when she had stolen his title. And that was when he realized that she didn't even remember him. Nothing at all. It almost seemed like she didn't even remember her own name. The only thing she could remember was anything and everything about being an honor student that those lunatics had programmed into her head. It was disgusting.
And when she had actually taken the chance to slay his dad... well, that just crossed the line. Ever since then, he'd swore to himself that one day he would kill her and let her rest in peace. He was supposed to slay his dad! Not her!
And he'd come so close to killing her... but... for some reason, he just couldn't. He just couldn't finish her.
But what else was he supposed to do? It wasn't like he could return her to normal. There was just no way. Brainwashing wasn't just some spell. It was an advanced form of hypnotizing that not even he could understand. He tried reading books... trying to figuring out how to reverse the effects, but even after all of that, it all lead up to nothing. He just didn't know.
It was so disappointing too. He was actually getting used to having a rival, to have someone to rely on and become stronger with. No matter how annoying she was, he still thought she was pretty good. But now, he just didn't have that anymore. He would have to deal with this new Beryl until he figured out a way to get the old one back.. if he got the old one back.
Most likely, he could read up those same books of hypnotism on how to hypnotize her back to being a delinquent again. But really, he didn't think it would work. It would require too much time and effort anyway, and no demon wanted anything to do with that kind of stuff.
He took one look back at her and sighed. Jeez, he was going through much more trouble just to try to get her back to normal then he had thought he would.
He wished there was a short-cut to all this.
But maybe there just wasn't one...
A/N: And that's the end to chapter 2. :3
Also, I may be posting one chapter at a time, daily, since they're already all finished. This will give me time to double check for mistakes, and makes some last minute fixes, instead of posting it all at once. Just thought I'd note that. So, tomorrow I'll be posting Chapter 3, the next day Chapter 4, ect.
