Vol 2 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Holding heightening Feelings

Part 1

Eating delicious Yakiniku with Takigawa and the school nurse Hasegawa

Then ot wind of and fiercely scolded them for it Now the next day

At the Hijirigasaka Acade lunch break, Toujou Basara was surrounded

It took place at the deserted backside of the school building with the inner courtyard With his back to the wall, more than ten aas absent from school today, Basara had headed for the school store alone at lunch break, where he was intercepted with ”You're Toujou, right?” in the hallway, like a detective found his suspect Before he could even nod, both his ared away Well, Basara hi, so he didn't mind that, but

”Uh from me?”

Since they were his seniors, Basara asked with a polite tone

…So I say, but,

He could uess why it came to this Naruse Mio, his little stepsister, and Nonaka Yuki, his childhood friend Both his class like idols in the school, respectively called ”Princess Mio” and ”Princess Yuki” Since Basara only transferred here recently, he didn't know awa, they even had some passionate fans And,

”It seeether with Princess Mio… I hope you're not doing anything funny to her?”

”We heard our Princess Yuki hugged you, but are you really just childhood friends?”

Two guys, apparently each the leader of the Mio and Yuki factions, asked him that These words were surely based on the fact that they considered Mio and Yuki to be theirs

…Still, such guys were really around, huh

The lively type, the serious type, the rustic type and the slightly frivolous type There truly was a rich variation auys were one at heart The looks filled with hostility aimed at him told him, that hard and fast

That said, these eyes weren't of someone, as manipulated or lost one's sanity

…A man's jealousy wasn't to be underestimated, but this should work out

Extres that were easily exploited Basara had once checked out what kind of guys were Mio and Yuki's fans, since it was thinkable that they were manipulated by the eneuys in front of him weren't a problem

---Well, considering Mio's future, it would be safer to dissolve these groups

And--- Basara, even in his current state, could overwheluys

Basara confir of the male students in front of him and simulated their action in his mind

He would knock out the nearest guy by stepping one step forward and rauys on the right and left faint with a strike to the abdo, he would e froht and throw him to the left There he would collapse into two others Closing the distance to the re five at once with a top speed, he would use the knee of the stiffed up guy in front of hiuy's head with his sole of the foot, he would land behind the two leaders, who stood at the farthest back, and knock them out with a strike of the side of the hands to their necks Seeing their leaders collapse onto the ground, the last two guys would lose their will to fight With a light threat then, he could ive up on Mio and Yuki But,

…That's certainly going too far

Basara was no longer a Hero that prioritized hiselse He had decided to protect Mio, but only as a faht to deny the love of these guys in front of hiaould really talk to him, even under nor choice here, it wouldn't be as bad as in the gaht, but it would worsen his isolation and give his high school life that had only just started a BAD END, giving hi docile without running aould be for the better Knowing the attitude he was supposed to take, Basara stayed silent, whereupon

”Hey, say so…!”

As expected, one guy, losing his terab Basara

”Mh? What are you guys doing there?”

Suddenly a voice ca down froe on the second floor

It was Sakasaki Ma him, the male students

”Tch… We ain't doing anything”

saying so with a click of their tongue, then leaving together, leaving Basara behind Apparently they would let him off the hook this time Sakasaki watched after them, then

”Geez, Naruse and Nonaka's fan sure are out to get you, Toujo”

”Yeah, well… Guess so”

Basara looked up to Sakasaki after giving an agreeable response

”But you saved me, Sensei Thank you”

”I didn't do anything Actually I should have given theet any worse because of it”

Sakasaki said with a wry smile

”But if they do so to you, then tell ht away”

”…Yes Thank you”

When Basara replied with a nod, Sakasaki said ”See you” and disappeared into the passage

”Now then… I gotta hurry to the store”

He didn't really want to attend the afternoon classes without having had lunch He headed there in hope that so wasn't sold out yet

”---Basara”

A cal from the shadows of the tree in the inner courtyard was

”Yuki… I see You called the teacher”

”M out myself”

Yuki nodded Indeed, sosYuki carelessly cover for Basara, it was better to have Sakasaki, a third party, to intervene

”Thanks for the help… What's up?”

His childhood friend stared at him silently, whereas Basara asked

”…Actually, I have a favour to ask, so I looked for you”

”A favour? Why so formally…”

”I want you to acco weekend… Are you busy then, Basara?”

”No… I have nothing planned”

Upon that, Yuki said ”I'htly

Then Yuki said with a quiet, yet clear tone

”It's a date then, Basara--- with just the two of us”

Part 2

And noas Saturday

Leaving the house, Basara headed for theplace with Yuki under the sky with the perfect weather for a date

The arranged time was 10 o'clock in front of the station He arrived ten minutes early, but Yuki was already there

”Morning, Basara”

Since it was a holiday, Yuki wore casual clothes He had only seen her in her school uniforave Yuki fresh novelty That said, her personality was showing in the choice of her clothes The plain arrangean, embodied Yuki's docile personality

---However, Yuki's clear co that could be subdued by plain clothes In fact, a lot of the passing by people were inadvertently captivated by Yuki for a while now Ahtly bit superior

”Morning, Yuki… I thought I would be the first here, but I guess I made you wait?”

”No I only arrived here shortly before too”

Yuki shook her head to the sides

”Shortly before--- Since when?” ”…One hour ago” ”Eh… that early?”

Man, that was too early Sofor hiuilty instead

”At least give me a call I would've come earlier too then”

”It's fine I wanted to wait for you”

”Well, okay, if you're fine with it… But Yuki, call me next time when you're too early Because I don't really want to make people wait for me”

”Next time…”

Muhtened up her expression a bit

”…Okay Will do so next tio then”

Saying so, Yuki and Basara started walking towards the ticket gate of the station Their destination was the shopping district don

Because it was a holiday, the platforo don like theates They lined up in a relative short line and the train entered the station soon enough

However, the train was already packed and when Basara and Yuki boarded the train, the passenger count naturally increased All seats were occupied and there were no free handrails or straps either, but Basara soether with Yuki

Yuki leaned her back against the door and Basara so in front of her Even so the available space within the wagon was liet into direct contact if they wanted or not

…Ugh, this is…

A lucky--- no, quite the unfavourable posture A part of his true feelings were showing through

But he couldn't help but feel the warrance

”Ehm… Are you okay, Yuki?”

Because the train starteda bit red

”I'm fine And you…?” ”Me as we---ll!?”

On the clattering shaking of the train, the crowd leaning onto Basara's back pushed him forward

”Ah…” ”S- Sorry!”

Yuki turned red along with a short voice, whereas Basara hastily apologized They were in direct contact anyhow, yet they got into an even --- hs, spreading them out

And speaking of thighs, it was perfectly under Yuki's skirt Actually,

…Uwah, is this…

The soft sensation that pinched his knee frohs

If so, then the soft sensation on his thigh was

”M…” ”S- Sorry…!”

An outrageous ”It's touching” situation Every tihtly, Yuki released a nasal ”Mhtly trembled her body with a shi+ver

It was an disturbance beyond aard

Basara tried to so back, but since so no space, it was pushed forward right away again Not giving up, he repeated that procedure nu to his chest While flushi+ng her cheeks eaze doards

”B- Basara… all your ainst it”

The words were declared with a frail voice Understanding thebehind them, Basara's heartbeat accelerated at once

”---S- Sorry! That wasn't what I… Wh- What should I do?”

”Just stay still… Mm, then I think… it'll be fine”

”O- Okay--- Anything else I can do?”

”…Put your arms… around my back… and hold me for a bit”

”---Eh? Wh- Why…?”

”Because ainst the door… It's a bit painful”

Ah, right Then he had no choice He had no choice in this case… hadn't he

”O- Okay, excuse me then…”

Like Yuki asked hied her

Upon that, there opened a sap between Yuki's back and the door

”A- And?” ”Mm… A bit better”

On these words, Basara h of relief, but his heartbeat didn't calm down

Yuki's body arrance--- And above all:

Toujou Basara's right leg was still between Nonaka Yuki's thighs

There were people spying on Basara and Yuki froon

Right after Basara had left the house, two people had followed him secretly--- Mio and Maria

”Hugging each other in the train, these two are already acting like a stupid couple”

”……………”

”What do we do, Mio-sama? For noe should keep--- Mio-sama?”

”……………”

”Mio-sa--- O!? Ouch Mio-sama, that is not the handrail, but my wrist My wrist, you hear!?”

”H- Hoho He said he would go out with Nonaka, but he's doing that inside the train”

While cladding herself with coht hand as much as possible

”Hiii Please calm down, Mio-sama! At this rate my wrist will break!”

Maria cornered voice didn't reach Mio's ears

After all, on the other side beyond two doors, Basara was e Yuki

---Basara told her that he would go out with Yuki at dinner last night

When he asked ”May I?”, she couldn't say no Sure, Mio and Basara were family and he promised to protect her And they even formed a Master and Servant Contract, albeit in a different way than intended However, Mio didn't have the right to restrain Basara 24/7 just because of that But,

…I, I have the right to worry

It wasn't like she was planning to interrupt Basara and Yuki's date A lot had happened between Yuki and Mio due to their positions, but through the battles on the rooftop and the park with the white mask, they came to understand each other a little bit

However, Yuki was too assertive on the weirdest things Like suddenly hugging Basara on their reunion or co into the bath with Basara in it It wasn't unthinkable that she would do even more unbelievable actions if she were to be all alone with him

So her tailing was a justified pursuit The other day, the curse activated fro all alone with Yuki, but now there was no problem--- In other words,

”Yes… There's no doubt I'”

”Yes, I understand! You are only worried about Basara-san! So, Mio-sarip a bit, okay? My left hand is beco purple, you know!?”

Mio said , whereas Maria pleaded with teary eyes However, the train stopped at a certain station

”Ah, they're getting off! Like I thought, they're changing trains here We're going, Maria!”

Chasing after Basara and Yuki, Mio got off the train as well She tightly grabbed Maria's left hand as not to get separated, whereupon she could hear a short ”HGG!!?” shriek fro with a ”Crack” noise due to it, but she paid it no mind With the Master and Servant Contract, she could locate Basara if she wanted, but it wouldn't tell her what he was doing at a different place

For now, she couldn't afford to take her eyes off Basara and Yuki for even a moment

Part 3

Transferring once, the train arrived at the destination's station after the scheduled forty minutes

It was just before noon Yuki suggested to have lunch first and Basara agreed

It wasn't like Yuki liked fast food But she thought that there was no placeout

---Nonaka Yuki, living her life so far as a Hero, didn't knohat a norh schooler was like

The reason she currently attended a high school in Tokyo was that she had the task to observe the daughter of the previous Lord Devil: Naruse Mio She simply was here for her mission as a Hero

…But only for today

At least only for today--- she wanted to be a norirl

It was a city full of youngsters and moreover a holiday, so the store was already crowded

Yuki wasn't all too comfortable with crowded and noisy places, but the nearby seats were filled with young couples and above all, Basara was stuffing his cheeks with a haer across from her Amidst this situation,

”……” ”Mh? So?”

He ht have sensed her restless mood Basara looked at her puzzled, whereas Yuki shook her head with ”No”

She wasn't used to the taste of the ha carbonic acid of the cola, but even so Nonaka Yuki tried to savor the taste as an ih school self

When they left the store after theirclothes

Entering a fashi+on mall that was even famous as a landmark,

”Wow…”

Basara next to her irls looking for popular fashi+ons The loudly playing BGM made it rather lively

---However, a proble towards the elevators, they briefly passed by the shops, but to be honest, Yuki had no idea where she should go

…Careless

She had thought for sure that by co here, she would naturally find some clothes The first floor technically had an information booth, but to be honest, she didn't even knohat to ask for

Wavering about what to do, Yuki showed a weakness for the first time here

”hello~ Are you looking for so~?”

Suddenly the clerk of a nearby shop called out to her

Mio watched that scene from a distant

It must have been an unforeseen situation Yuki was obviously panicking on the sudden happening Towards her,

”Excuseout to you~ You looked troubled, so I just wanted to help you”

The female shop clerk said so with a carefree smile

”What are you here for today? You see around without a special aim? If so, why not take a look at our sales? We have stocked up on our neinter collection”

”Ehm… But”

However, Yuki showed hesitation Because the one who had called out to her was a clerk from a shop that sold mainly street-style clothes in vivid colors

It wasn't really the type of brand that Yuki liked As far as Mio knew, Yuki was more of the docile type She casters on her date with Basara, but

…She et

Mio had guessed the aiave off an aura that she wasn't used to this place at all

Like the clerk had said, right noas the period where the neinter collections started to sell For the shop it was the ot harsher

Due to that, so off custo on and on as to press for an answer

”It is part of my job to help people dress up, you know? I am sure I can help you For example, I believe this would suit you perfectly”

Quickly grabbing a hooded jacket froainst Yuki's body

”See~ Totally terrific It fits with a lot of other clothes, so you can ements”

Terrific indeed The shop clerk reco pink hooded jacket with lamé

It was possible that she recommended it, because Yuki was rather meek Moreover,

”It fits with other clothes, because you want to sell more…”

Starting with the hooded jacket, the clerk likely intended to sell various products as a whole arrange the persistent clerk, Maria next to her said

”His childhood friend see her out at all, is he?”

In their field of vision, Basara was scratching his head next to Yuki, not knohat to do

”…No, he's trying to offer her help for a while now But it seems he isn't used to such a place either The clerk is a woman too, so he doesn't kno to deal with it”

It surely was toothat he couldn't even do with Yuki, a girl

…Well,

Even if Yuki was troubled, it was nothing of Mio's concern Basara wasn't any better He was all over Yuki in the train earlier, so… a bit of trouble for him noas just fine

Mio just watched them from a distance and had no plans to help them However,

”……” ”---Mio-sama?”

Mio heard Maria's question, as supposed to be next to her, from behind

Before she noticed it, she hadin-between Yuki and the clerk,

”Sorry for the wait, Nonaka~!”

she linked arms with Yuki and pulled her away

”Okay, let's go” ”---Eh?”

Yuki was surprised on her sudden appearance Same for Basara next to her However, Mio didn't care about that Pulling on Yuki's arm, she tried to leave the place--- but her supposedly forward rabbing Yuki's sleeve,

”Oh, are you her friend? How about you co to her new collection”

The shop clerk certainly was experienced She wouldn't let go off her prey she got a hold off so easily Even while her mouth formed a friendly smile, she pinned down Mio with her sharp look However, Mio showed a friendly smile as well,

”No thanks” ”But this” ”No thanks” ”Hey, at least take a closer look” ”No thanks”

When she repeated the sao off Yuki before long She must have accepted that no

How she sent theain~” in the end, showed how much of a professional she was

As soon as Mio got to the elevator area without any shops by still dragging Yuki on her arm,

”---Just to tell you, it's only a coincidence!”

She declared so shouting, after turning around to Basara, who leisurely followed after Yuki

”Ehm… Mio?”

”It's just by chance! I was shopping with Maria, when I saw you guys by chance And since you were troubled, I had no choice… Really! It's nothing else but that!”

”Please cal your own grave”

”---I, I'm not ruffled”

Mio shouted while turning bright red Not good Forcing her way in on the spur of theup an excuse, so she was saying nonsense now

…But, I mean…

It couldn't be helped Because her body moved on reflex

---She probably didn't want to lose to Yuki

During the battle in the park the other day, Yuki had helped Mio, even though she actually had no obligation to do so That was the undoubted truth, even if she couldn't forgive that it could have killed Basara Mio got the feeling that she would lose to her, if she were to ignore the troubled Yuki there despite that

Yes, it surely was her nature Naruse Mio didn't want to lose to Nonaka Yuki--- That was all

”Anyway, thanks At this rate ould have been persuading into buying… Right, Yuki?”

”……”

Next to Basara, who said so with a sigh, Yuki nodded wordless Her slightly frustrated expression probably originatedhelp rather than fro helped by Mio

”So, how's it, Yuki? Did any shop catch your eye?”

When Yuki gave no clear answer, Basara softened his expression

”I see… Then what do you want to do, Yuki? Look around a bit longer?”

Yuki stayed silent on Basara's question It most likely was a silence of inner conflict, instead of pondering Upon that,

”Uhm… May we accompany you?” ”Hey, Maria!?”

Mio raised a flustered voice on the sudden proposal, whereas Maria stayed calm

”No, I mean, you two are not used to this kind of place, correct? So with Mio-saet out of situation like the one earlier”

”Well, yeah, but…”

But Yuki would never give her consent to this, which would interfere with her date

”What do you say, Yuki…?”

Asked for her opinion by Basara, Yuki stayed silent for a while, then closed her eyes

”…………Okay”

Before long, she agreed with Maria's proposal like giving up on so

And when Yuki peacefully opened her eyes, she said by staring at Mio

”Naruse-san--- if you like, please help me find some clothes”

Mio accepted Yuki's request

She wasn't all that opposed to helping Yuki If she were, she wouldn't have saved Yuki from the female clerk earlier

---Due to that, the shopping went relatively smooth after that

After hearing her concept, Mio guided Yuki through shops with clothes in the design that matched Yuki's concept

Skilfully handling the shop clerks, they chose Yuki's clothes together In the end,

”…Here, what do you say about this?”

Since Yuki didn't kno to put on the clothes properly, Mio had co room with her and helped her try on the clothes

Normally that would be the job of a shop clerk, but Yuki asked Mio to help her, probably still affected from the earlier incident with the persistent clerk

”Yeah… Looks good, really”

While looking at her refined self, Yuki nodded That her cheeks were lightly flushed was proof that she was satisfied with Mio's choice

”---Basara, look”

Opening the curtains, Yuki got outside and spun in front of Basara

”Mh? Hoo… Nice These kind of clothes suit you too”

Basara inadvertently raised an ad voice, whereas Yuki softened her expression with an happy ”Mirl, which she would never show to Mio

Upon that, Maria approached Mio and whispered into her ear

”Are you sure you should be so kind to your enemy, Mio-sama?”

”…Now look here, it was you, who suggested this”

”Well, yes, but… even so, why are you helping her so seriously? She will use these clothes to seduce Basara-san”

”Still, it's against ly then”

A proirls She didn't want to do a half-hearted job And above all, if she were toinferior to Yuki There was no way she could do that

After Yuki finishi+ng showing the clothes Mio chose to Basara, she returned to the changing room satisfied

When she took off her clothes and was only in her underwear, the great style of Yuki's tall figure was rather proraceful body and looked at it through the mirror

…She's really pretty after all

Mio once again became aware of Yuki's char Mio didn't have Her body line drew different feender, Mio was a bit captivated

She also comprehended why she had a fan club at school like herself

That said, she wasn't envious Each person had it's own charm--- same for clothes Mio had her own charard

…More importantly

What she was surprised about was that Yuki had asked Maria and her to accompany her Yuki was supposed to be on a special date with Basara

The persistent clerk had stolen her thunder, but actually Yuki should have wanted to go around some more with Basara on this occasion

Even so she should have been opposed to ask Mio Yet, Yuki honestly spoke out words of gratitude

”Thank you, Naruse-san”

”It's fine… I only helped you find so special”

When Mio answered brusquely, Yuki shook her head with ”No” Dropping her gaze,

”That's not true I never came to a place like this before… and only trained when I was in the village So, I don't knohat a real date is like”

”……I see”

”I' for him, since he's used to an ordinary life”

Being told that by Yuki in quiet voice, Mio once again realized that she was a Hero

And--- that she herself had inherited the power and blood of the previous Devil Lord

---However, the ti at which they found out about their own situation had decisively been different for Mio and Yuki

Mio got to know about her own linage half a year ago--- On the day her foster parents, which she thought were her parents, were killed

Until then, Mio had lived as a norirl with a normal happiness

However, Yuki on the other hand had known about her existence ever since she could remember and was trained for it

Of course it would be insolent to call that ht to protect the world, but obviously they should have happiness in their life as well

…But

Even so, they surely experienced yearning for the natural happiness of average people

When Mio inadvertently fell silent, Yuki said with a cold voice, as Mio's thoughts were showing on her face

”It's not so for you to worry about Thanks to you, I could buy clothes to seduce Basara”

”Seduce… Now you”

”I also learned about dates Making use of today's experience, I'll go on a better date with Basara next time, with just the two of us”

Yuki said nonchalant Mio certainly couldn't overlook this

”Hey--- You plan to go on another date with Basara?”

”Of course Now then, guide me to the next shop and choose some clothes for me”

This girl… for asking a favor, she was having a rather haughty attitude However,

”Fine--- Let's do this”

Accepting Yuki's challenge at once, Mio smiled fearless

Once proh with it until the end And she wouldn't be half-hearted

But Yuki would do better not to forget

Buying new clothes--- prettying up, that wasn't so exclusive to Yuki

Going around various shops then, Yuki borrowed the help of Mio and clerks

Finally she decided what she would buy next

When Mio and Maria started to choose clothes for themselves too, they tried on clothes in a competition and all three showed their new selves to Basara one after another

All kind of new fashi+on terements All of it had a novelty--- But Yuki surely didn't even understand half of it

Even so, she had fun, since she could spent a holiday together with Basara And regarding Mio and Maria, she hardly considered them a bother, since they faced her upfront instead of interrupting her date

Of course she would have preferred to be all alone with Basara, but it was a fact that the two helped her on numerous occasions Therefore--- Yuki believed it was fine like this

”…Okay, I'll go buy this” ”Yeah We'll wait outside”

Nodding to Basara, who replied so, Yuki lined up at the register As they went around a lot of shops, the ti upon a look on the wristwatch

It was hard to tell, since they had been in an illu the whole tiot outside

…Oh right

Before going ho with Basara She wouldn'tMio and Maria too, since they helped her with the shopping

Showing a s around to Basara and the others outside the shop

”----”

The scene in her field of vision made her look inadvertently turn bitter She couldn't hear their conversation due to the distance But judging from their expression, she could clearly tell that Maria ry, and Basara watched these tith a wry smile

Above all, Basara's side profile while looking at Mio and Maria was gentle

Nonaka Yuki saw the happiness that she wanted at a place that she couldn't reach

---Basara, no longer a Hero, lived with a new fairls' sake That was Basara's present and desired future

And--- Yuki was merely a symbol of his past to Basara

Yuki went through the tragedy at the <village> five years ago together with Basara and she e hi but a bother to the future with Mio, which Basara was envisioning

”…………”