"I'm glad to see you too Aigis," I smiled at the android.
"I hope this is all for real," Aigis whispered. She might have been an android, but with her emotions that she developed over spending time with all of SEES she now seemed as normal as any other human being. She still did have a few things to learn, but they were things that could come later and weren't particularly urgent.
"No, don't worry about it. It's me for real," I smiled reassuringly before I heard Akihiko and Junpei cough. Well fine! You guys can just ruin the moment if you want to!
"That's good," Aigis smiled. "Now…"
Aigis turned towards Nyx who was simply sitting down on the couch, looking bored. Okay, I could hear a few mutterings about 'what are these so called tables,' but that seemed to come and go for as long as she had been wondering about that. Which was not very long.
Aigis pointed her fingers which were starting to turn into gun form… Oh crap. "Who is this? Tell me before I shoot," she said with a stern tone.
"Wait, Aigis!" I jumped in front of the way, knowing that she wouldn't possibly shoot now. "I'll explain everything later, so please just don't shoot!"
Nyx looked up at that moment with a raised eyebrow, probably wondering what the hell was happening. "You know bullets wouldn't be able to affect me, Fool," she sighed before going back to trying to decipher what looked like a grocery catalogue.
Oh Thanatos, why do I think this is going to be a really bad call? "Nyx… please don't make the situation any worse than it already is…" I almost pleaded, receiving only a slight nod before she went back to reading.
"Nyx!?" Aigis shouted. "Why is she here!? She should be… She shouldn't be here! She's dangerous!"
I looked back at Nyx who seemed not to be minding either way. Well… I guess not. She might be used to this already, considering whom she is and what she commands: The night queen who commands Death. "It's complicated, and everything should be explained later when Mitsuru gets back…"
Aigis warily lowered her arms, still glaring at Nyx. "Alright… but if she does do anything, be sure that I will not hold back the next time," she replied.
I sighed in relief as I stepped out of the way, looking back towards Nyx to see her reaction, or whether she had reacted at all for that matter. Nope, she's still reading. I looked over at Akihiko, Junpei, Ken and Koromaru and it looked like they were silent the whole time. The intensity of the animosity between our resident android and goddess was a compelling reason just not to get caught up in the whole mess.
I guess so. With a situation that tense, I really shouldn't have gotten myself in the way like I did… But it was the quickest and easiest way.
Well, Koromaru broke the tension as he bounded over to Aigis, nuzzling her leg. I chuckled inwardly. He was as cute as always.
After that little fiasco with Aigis and Nyx, I decided that it would be best for me to catch up on anything that had happened within the past day that was particularly important. It was… interesting to say the least.
"Yeah dude, I heard there was going to be a new transfer student at school!" Junpei grinned. "Seems like only a few days ago that you transferred here, and I went up to you and—"
"You were being 'friendly' with him?" Yukari cut in with a bit of a knowing smile, seemingly just coming back from the mall. I could definitely tell, since there were certain signs that I had become accustomed to know whether Yukari had gone shopping. And she went shopping a lot, so there was a lot of time to notice those kinds of things. Some were more obvious and others, not so.
For one, there were the bags that she was carrying. It was a tell-tale sign for pretty much anyone that had been shopping, especially for most girls. There are exceptions, but… They're special cases. I briefly remembered Chihiro and Yuko once that thought came up in my mind.
Anyways, there are others that I know of and if I see them or have to explain them, if ever… they're things that I'll think about later.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Junpei replied indignantly with a scowl. And of course, Yukari's attempts to rile him up were as scathing as ever. Always was, always will be I suppose.
I chuckled a bit at that before noticing that Mitsuru was finally back. I smiled at her, and she did the same. Well, alright then… "Should we be going to the command room?" I asked, anticipating the answer.
Mitsuru nodded and replied, "Yes…" She looked over to Yukari, silently telling her to go and inform Fuuka and Aigis. Yukari smiled and ran up the stairs to get the two. "Thank you Yukari."
"No problem senpai," Yukari replied.
"We should probably go too," Ken piped up.
"Yes, good point," Mitsuru smiled before making her way up the stairs. "Let's go."
Junpei, Ken, Koromaru and Akihiko made their ways up with Mitsuru, however I stayed behind to get Nyx. "Come on Nyx. You said you wanted to learn everyone's names right?"
Nyx looked up at me with a bored expression before sighing and standing up. "Yes, yes… I'll come…" she replied with a bored tone. She wanted to learn their names earlier, so why does it seem like she doesn't want to come now?
"Are you alright?" I asked.
Nyx raised an eyebrow at that before sighing. "I'm just wondering about something," she replied. "I might ask you about it later sometime…"
I nodded slowly, wondering what she was thinking about. "Well, let's go," I smiled slightly, beckoning her over to the stairs.
After a few minutes, we successfully reached the command room without any mishaps and I opened up the doors to the room. The atmosphere seemed at least pretty relaxed from most parties, but of course there were a few exceptions such as Ken and Aigis. Aigis I had expected though, especially since her earlier reaction just said a lot of things about how much she likes Nyx. Which is pretty much non-existent.
I sighed before sitting down, motioning Nyx over to a seat on the couch. "So… where should I start?" I said, looking over the group.
"Why don't you start with why she is here?" Mitsuru suggested.
I nodded at that and started my story. "Alright…"
"Well the whole reason Nyx is here is because I made a deal with her so that she won't destroy the world," I explained. "I basically have to show her that not all people have death wishes. If I do that, then she won't bring the Fall and I get to stay here."
"How can you be sure that she won't break her promise?" Aigis asked with a sharp tone. Well, I can't exactly blame her for not being able to trust Nyx. Before I was about to answer, Nyx cut in.
"I don't have a reason to. If he can't show me what he intends to, the Fall will destroy everything regardless," Nyx replied. "Besides… Gods don't lie. Only the trickster Gods, but that actually makes sense."
Why did I just get the feeling that she was talking down to us in a way? Sometime I hope that attitude of hers gets fixed… It could end up with some pretty disastrous results if she's not careful, and I'm not careful. "Yeah… Ryoji didn't lie either!" Junpei exclaimed. Wow, Junpei being smart for once? Never thought I'd see the day.
"Well, now that's out of the way… how are we going to get her into school?" I asked Mitsuru.
"I've already made the arrangements to transfer her into the school, so there is nothing to worry about," Mitsuru replied with a knowing smile.
"I suppose the only thing we have to worry about is making sure Nyx-san doesn't get into any trouble with the teachers…" Fuuka said.
I thought I saw Nyx raise an eyebrow, but I shrugged it off for now since she didn't say anything. Well… I hope everything goes okay at least. "So, I guess we're cool for tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I guess," Yukari smiled slightly before yawning. "But, I'm kinda tired. I think we better get some sleep."
"Guess we better all hit the sack," Akihiko added, to which everyone agreed.
After everyone had left, Nyx stayed behind once again even though Fuuka had offered to take her to her room earlier. "You alright?"
Nyx turned to face me with a sceptical expression. At least, I thought it was. I couldn't quite tell. At the very least I knew that she was thinking about something. "Yes, I'm alright," she sighed.
"You don't sound like it," I replied. Was what she was thinking about really that intense? It seemed that there were more and more things for her to be thinking about here, and she was only in this world for about half a day.
She only chuckled at that. "You don't need to worry. All you need to be worrying about is getting your point to me across. That's all."
And still, Nyx seems really nonchalant about all this. I hope I haven't gotten myself into a whole lot of trouble by doing this. But then again, if the world ended as a result of my rash actions now… no-one would ever know. "If you say so," I sighed. "You better get to your room. Fuuka's gonna tell you where it is."
"Why aren't you showing where it is?" Nyx asked.
"Because guys aren't usually allowed in the girls' rooms unless it's under special circumstances," I explained. Especially with someone like Junpei around, not one of the girls will ever feel safe if guys were allowed on their floor. I know, that's probably exaggerating, but it is Junpei. Everything, just about everything could go wrong with Junpei.
"Hm… I suppose. If anything unseemly happened as a result of men being allowed to go into the girls' rooms…" Nyx trailed off, her face turning into a frown. Obviously there would be very bad consequences to anyone peeping on her. Oh joy. But then again, why would I care?
"Yeah. Well, I guess I'll see ya a bit later," I smiled slightly before walking out of the room.
Tomorrow was going to be a long day… I could feel it.
AN: Well, okay this chapter did take a bit longer than I had expected but I got kinda bored during the explanation scene so yeah… I finally got through it though, but I feel like there could be some improvements to it. I'm not completely sure what though, unfortunately.
Well, if you guys see anything of note, please tell me! I want to make this fic as good as I can make it. So, please review! I would appreciate it!
Sayoonara for now~!