Vol 4 Chapter 5 (1/2)
Chapter 5 - Rabbits Have Fangs Too
Part 1
After changing her clothes and being coached on proper etiquette by everyone, Usagi escaped the classroom to prepare for a dinner
”A-at this rate by being over there my maiden's heart won't be able to withstand it”
Disheartened, she walked unsteadily down the hall
Because her coa saying that she'll wear any costume, but it was a mistake She didn't expect it to be that extreme
”but”
Usagi smiled wryly and took out a photo from her breast pocket
It was a photo taken during the dropout alliance's photo session Although they had to take i decided to take the very first; the failed photo
Rather than the photos taken later in which everyone took a pose, the first one looked lovely to her Everyone had such a lively expression
”it was fun”
She spoke out in secret and sed by the Saionji household, being with her co, but also fun
Being needed by so in a place she was needed at A place that made her feel at ease, a fun place
If she's there, she can be herself Usagi was very, very happy that she entered this school and that she was placed in the 35th test platoon
Even if Father and Mother don't recognize it, I will stay in this school
She decided to stop accepting whatever they said and decided to resist from now on No matter how terrified she is, no er stand back and accept it
Otherwise, she could never look her coain
And if Saionji house tries to lock her away, she will run away fro so (defying) have entered her head
There's no need to be bound by anyone; Saionji Usagi doesn't belong to anyone
”Now that I decided that, let's treat everyone to a delicious dinner! Fufufuu, I'ht? I'll have theredients”
oh ho ho, Usagi laughed loudly and went outside heading to the cafeteria to purchase ingredients for dinner
The day was already co to an end, and the hallas dim
The hustle and bustle made by students immersed in preparations could be heard in the distance
”weird, isn't it”
Usagi noticed so unnatural
It was too quiet No, to be exact only the school building Usagi was in was shrouded in silence
Both the day before, and today, students should have beena lot of noise
”——Usagi”
When she heard a fai's heart froze
She quickly hid the photo in her breast pocket, and despite not wanting to turn around and look back, she couldn't help but to do it
The fear that she was scarred with, resurfaced
”You seeood happen to you?”
Dyed by sunset, a smile that denied her hopes appeared in front of her
It stirred a memory from the past Back then, it was also sunset
Her breathing clogged, she started to feel unpleasant and her body trembled
”You didn't co all this time Mother was furious”
Reii's hair
”What a bad girl maybe you need to be punished?”
Usagi's body shook as if she was hit with a whip
If she loses here, it will turn back to hoas back then
As if I'd lose, Usagi bit her lips and tried to disperse the fear with pain
”Do you want ain? Just like back then”
”I-I will no longer”
”Nn?”
”No longer——do as I'm told by you!”
With her body tre voice
For the first tiainst those who tried to chain her down
”is that so I get it”
However, that disobedience of hers, plunged her into despair once again
Rei with and raised his arm with it
”Aghh!”
”The rebellious age eh? Can't be helped I didn't want to say such a thing either”
As Usagi's face distorted in pain, Reilared at her
”Hee, so you can make that kind of expression Nice I've never seen it before, that's quite fresh”
He ridiculed how she looked like as she desperately tried to resist him Noin Usagi's eyes and Reima didn't miss that fact There is no way he would i's frightened expression
”You said you won't do as I tell you to, but what do you intend to do? It can't be that you intend to run away from home like yesterday? You think you can escape from Saionji house and me?”
His pupils shi+ned as he narrowed his eyes to look at Usagi's suffering
”Did you ina for the Chair to happen if these illegal activities are publicized?”
”?! Why why do you know that!”
”That's because it's about you I investigated it all The Ethics Coth is already equivalent to that of Inquisition Board's No oing to happen”
Reiht next to her ear
”You will never get away from me”
”hii”
”A , there is no way you can be forgiven Did you forget your own sins?”
Usagi's breathing accelerated
Murderer Her own sins, Usagi tried to deny the'
”It's too late to feign ignorance Because of you, your farandparents You killed them all”
”Wrong”
”I' a murderer, you have co you like that, I wonder ould your dead family say?”
”uuu!”
”Anyway, even those comrades of yours will eventually die because of you, won't they? What kind of sniper are you to make ed from back then at all, you kill everyone that surrounds you under the guise of an 'accident'”
”uuuuu!”
”Even you yourself don't want such a thing to happen right? I get it That's why you should quit school and become my possession”
Usagi vision shook, her breathing was irregular and her shoulders rose and lowered repeatedly It felt like the hope she has finally ers, the world seemed like it had lost all its colours
”It's all right If it's me, I'll accept you as you are I'uys The only one ill love soraceful and hideous like you, is me”
”nnii”
”You won't get away I' all of this for your sake”
Her lungs could no longer process the oxygen, and her vision started to flicker
She could no longer stand, and collapsed on the spot
Reiently into her ear
”It'll be all right, Usagi be at ease You, unlike the others aren't going to become my slave I will ic”
As she was about to lose her consciousness, and it felt like her heart was dying, Usagi heard Reima's words I won't let you run away that's what those words of his meant
”I ht Usagi”
With just these words, Usagi's heart easily shattered
Because she had comrades, she did her best
Destroying Usagi's last hope was easy for Reima The wound in her heart, was very deep
The poison seeped in during the years they were together, it was not so that could be detoxified so easily
”Noow then what should I do about your comrades”
There was soi's cheek
Part 2
Takeru returned to the classroo the door he approached Mari
”Is Usagi here?”
”? If it's Usagi-chan, a while ago she left to buy ingredients for dinner”
Mari was preparing decorations in the classroom, she furrowed her eyebrows and looked at Takeru with a serious expression
”What happened? You seery?”
”no, nothing much”
In order to suppress his anger, Takeru took a deep breath
”Did she go alone?”
”Yeah, she went out saying that if she'll stay any longer she'll get stained by Suginami”
”and Ootori?”
”That insensitive woman was called over to the student council I wonder what's i-chan or the student council”
As Mari puckered her lips, Takeru placed a hand on his chin and thought
”Sorry, I'i Was she headed to the cafeteria?”
”I don't get what's going on, but I'll come with you Explain the situation properly to me as we move”
Not knohat happened, Mari hit Takeru's chest with her fist,and offered to go with him
”If you'reon It shows on your face too much”
”But aren't you still working”
”Although we're participating in the Witch-Hunting festival for Usagi-chan, that not going to help when she's in a crisis because that would be putting the cart before the horse”
She exhaled loudly and put a hand on her hip
”that's a big help It's reassuring to have you with me”
”Somehow, it felt as if I was told that it h?”
”You're digging into it too much”
Takeru said so with a wry sether with Mari
Part 3
She entered the kotatsu in the second student council rooare, the student council president listened to Sendou's words with her usual relaxed expression
”is that so〜, you were unable to catch him alone yet〜”
”Yes However, he will probably start ht, as he seems accustomed to it The movement of other students should also be dulled, it's a perfect time to aim for him”
”I leave the arrest tih she's a prodigy, tell her to be careful〜”
”Understood”
Sendou's attitude was indifferent, Nagare looked doith a slightly apologetic feel
”Since I would just get in the way as you carry it out, and I' you to do such dangerous things, shi+zuka-chan”
Towards the concerned Nagare, Sendou briefly smiled
”it's all for President's sake I don'taway my life for you”
As Sendou placed a hand on her chest and spoke her true feelings, her face was lightly stained red Nagare stared at her fondly and then lowered her eyes with regret
”I see You will throw your life away for my sake”
”Yes You believed in me and invited me in It's because of that I'm here”
”shi+zuka-chan, I'm sorry I couldn't help you”
Because of the sudden apology, Sendou tilted her neck, puzzled But Nagare ignored it and continued
”With this I have lost all my subordinates〜 it feels so lonely”
”President?”
”Unfortunately, I' fun I really enjoyed ether with shi+zuka-chan and the other members of the student council”
””
”It's a real shame I won't be able to taste this kind of fun any more Especially with shi+zuka-chan, hoest”
As she stared at the cup filled with liquid in daze, she muttered
”That girl was never honest Although I've noticed her feelings a long tio, she did her best to hide how she truly felt whenever I said 『sorry for troubling you』, she always responded like this”
She raised her face, and stared at her with a lonely expression
At the saun froer at Sendou
”'I intend on become a banshee after all', is what she said”
””
”I' protected a shameless student council president I am really sorry”
””
””
The er, Sendou clicked her tongue and pulled out a handgun from her waist
Two gunshots sounded in the second student council's room, and soon after that happened
The sun had already set coreed on with Sendou
”Sorry to make you wait, Senpai”
As Ouka raised her voice, Sendou as checking her gun looked up and made a thin smile
”Sorry to contact you this late The target didn't seem like he would be left alone”
”No rather than that”
Ouka told Sendou about the large-scale ic nae it will invoke
”let's hurry If we miss this opportunity, we don't knohen the next chance to catch Tenmyouji alone will be”
”Understood I will go ahead, Senpai will go after me”
”Ara, isn't it tio first?”
”I have a Relic Eater Worst comes to worse, it's power can be used to protect the owner's soul If I was to be touched by enemy by any chance, use that opportunity to shoot”
””
”Senpai?”
”I understand Then, I will follow after you rush in Be careful”
While responding with a sun Ouka followed her
At the very end of the hallway, at one of the eht side of the door
Ouka was sticking to the left side, and prepared to rush in
Although it seee atloomy it seemed as if a scream would sound from inside, it made Ouka feel sick
It's here Her intuition was confident of this place's abnormality, he was definitely there
Ouka rushed in at the same time as Sendou opened the door
She raised her gun and turned around the roo her waist
Front first, then she checked the left and right sides
When she turned the et, he was standing in front of the blackboard
”Tenmyouji Reiical tools and the ees”
””
”bastard, you're suspected to be a witch Surrender quietly There's no way you will escape this academy”
Ignoring Ouka's advice, Reirinned instead
Rei to fight, but theat her, but towards his feet
Seeing that mysterious behaviour, she looked at what his muzzle pointed to
Fros were seen and fa blonde hair
”——Saionji?!”
Under Reii
It didn't see and was unconscious
”What did you do!”
”As expected It's good that you're predictable, Ootori Ouka”
”You bastard!”
”That's dangerous, you shouldn't point such things at other people I still haven't done anything Well, but it see to from now on?”
He provoked her and shrugged
She regretted not having live ammunition with her now Even at this distance, she was confident that she could put a bullet in his brain before he squeezes the trigger
But with anaesthesia bullets, there would be a slight delay before he loses consciousness
”I know your identity! Mephisto I told you that I won't let you escape! Even if you kill Saionji, I' to arrest you! Before you sin any further, surrender yourself!”
Ouka no longer doubted that Reima was a witch
Soon after, she realized she made a mistake
”I'?”
”Don't think you can talk your way out of it, there's ainst you You took over Tenmyouji Reima's body and devoured his soul, I already know about everything!”
”Hahahaha, you're so stupid I' Why don't you use the filter and and check it? If you do that, you'll immediately understand that I'm not a witch”
She put strength into her body If he says so with so much confidence, she had to consider another possibility
If Reima wasn't Mephisto, then where was he?
No, maybe he didn't exist in the first place?
Mephisto was a fake, and this guy was simply a human who——
”I'ht here?”
zssht, a chill ran down her spine
Warned by her inborn senses about a crisis, Ouka immediately lowered her body and turned her muzzle around
At the same time, a bullet passed by where her head was just a moment earlier
A surprise attack It's not like she didn't expect one
Ouka returned rapid fire towards her back
It hit Four anaesthesia bullets struck the ambusher's chest
But the person in question plunged on to Ouka without any care for them
——A bulletproof vest!
She regretted not ai for the head Also, she couldn't leap in such confined space and in consequence, she fell on her back and slaround
”Daaamnnn!”
She raised her neck and atteun at the ambusher however
Ouka froze She visually confirmed the enemy's identity
”that'swhy!”
The a Ouka's arms behind her back
The ambusher's identity was the person who hunted Mephisto together with her, it was Sendou shi+zuka
”Nice to meet you Ootori Ouka-chan I'm Mephisto”
An eerie voice interhed
She cli all of her limbs, and made an inhuman smile
”since when!”
”Your coot close to Reii-kun That's when I've eaten her up with pleasure”
”!”
”The fact that you mistook Reima for Mephisto is what caused your defeat you sure are an outstanding child, but because of Kusanagi you lost your chance This girl had a possibility of a surprise attack in i-kun since that's what she promised you”
What a sad story isn't it, Mephisto added sorrowfully
Ouka couldn't talk back to Mephisto who seemed to know it all nor hide her surprise
”Mephisto inherits the memories and eirl told you, isn't it? What were you two doing and the fact that she desperately tried her best to keep her promise, I know all about it”
Mephisto rolled up her sleeves with her teeth and stuck out a long tongue
Sendou's arm that appeared from the sleeves had countless scars on it
The tongue see out
”Look at this Ouch, it hurts This girl's loyalty to the student council president was a killed and her soul devoured, she tried to couys and the student council president”
”Bitch”
”But in the end, she wailed just like everyone else President〜 President〜 and such Heh, love comes in various forms Love that's deemed to be unrequited such a sad story, is it not”
With Sendou's face, Mephisto laughed at Sendou herself
”Well, the President in question should be lying down in a pool of blood and duirl's beloved President with her oo hands! Ahihi!”
”——I'll slaughter you! I'll never forgive you!”
Her anger burst, Ouka tried to free her arms from the constraint and move the muzzle towards Mephisto
However, that's when Mephisto pulled out a piece of paper that looked like a bill and placed it on her strangely long tongue
A specialized piece of paper that had a operative procedure and a ic, an 『Instant Char and a substitute, it could also be used by noric in their bodies
She was careless Ouka was already been touched by Mephisto
What was input in the charm ithout a doubt 『PossessionInstall』
”Now, open your heart as if you were spreading your legs——if you don't, it's going to hurt reaaal much”
”Fu-guu!——Iii——aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
Ouka's screams erupted
The cause of her screams was pain That pain, was not one of flesh nor the brain's, her soul was in pain
She saw a flashback A memory of her past A memory of her family
Her sin
『”——Help me Onee-chan”』
Stop——stop it!——hee——so you killed your little sister——don't look at it!——how gruesome
Their thoughtseroded by Mephisto
『”——I'm scared, Onee-chan”』
Don't draw outcut up like that must've hurt——don't defile ht?
『”——Wh-y Onee-cha-n”』
——You're wrong! It's not true!——You weren't your parents' biological daughter and was jealous of your little sister——STOPSTOPSTOPSTOP——gyaha——gyahahaha——top——gyahahahahahaha!
As Ouka desperately fought against it, thoughts of Mephisto laughing at the recollection of her past filled her head
At this rate I'll be done for Think——of what to do!
In severe pain, she ave up on her own soul and fulfilled her responsibility as a member of Inquisition As her senses faded away, she moved her body and rammed a hand into her uniform's pocket
She dug out an object, and pressed a button
Immediately after, the last of her resistance and her awareness faded away, she sunk into darkness completely
Part 4
Takeru and Mari had scoured the Acade their knees and catching their breath
”Where did you go Usagi-chan”
There eat on Mari's cheeks Usagi wasn't in cafeteria, and they didn't meet her on the way there
Her device didn't respond, and she didn't seem to have her cellphone with her
Soi
”Let's split up! Mari, you go towards the faculty building! I'll look around the gym!”
Takeru issued instructions and was about to run in a different direction
However, Mari stopped walking as if stunned
”what is it, Mari?”
Mari stood in place and touched her neck
To be precise, she touched the collar attached to her neck that restrained her ical power, the Gleipnir
”the restraint was released”
”Eh?”
”It's up to level 2 but right now, I can use ic This is!”
Her face stiffened, and she looked at Takeru
Without a doubt Ouka released the restraint on Mari's collar
”so must've happened?”
As Mari thought with unease Takeru also felt it was suspicious
There was no way Ouka would play around with Mari's restraint, absolutely no way
Only one conclusion cah they didn't know the details, it was soency
”Wait, let's try to get in touch with Ootori first We'll talk it over after th——”
At about the satone sounded
He unfolded the phone and stared at the screen in wonder
It was a call from an unknown number Cautiously, Takeru pushed the call button
《”Is it Kusanagi Takeru-kun?”》
”who are you?”
《”I'm the student council president, naht?”》
The student council president? Considering the fact that Ouka was associating with her, Takeru felt uneasy
《”Being hit by live a a bulletproof vest〜 uwaa even though it's all fake, there's a lot of blood— afuunn〜”》
”what are you doing?”
《”Nn〜, pretending to be dead? Well, enough about me The problem is with Ouka-chan”》
”?! Did anything happen to Ootori?!”
《”Calm down is what I'd like to say, but I can't really do that But for the ti, it would be a lot of help if you calmly listened to me”》
Takeru's bad premonition swelled
《”——Ten hii-chan and Ootori Ouka-chan That's why please, lend me a hand”》
His preood was about to happen, was unfortunately spot on
That place was coht, the desks were scattered wildly and some of them were completely destroyed and turned into debris
It was as if a fierce anied in there
There were four people in the dim room
One of theed There was also the second year, Sendou shi+zuka who lied on the ground like a doll
Finally, Ootori Ouka was lying on her knees on the ground while tre
”That was a hard opposition For , it's probably the first time?”
While kicking a turned-over chair, Reima approached Ouka
Ouka moved her curled up body and stood up
And she stroked her long sunset-coloured hair——stuck out her long tongue and snorted
”——This is no good Seems like Relic Eater contractors really are troublesome”
She loudly scratched her head while clicking her tongue It was a gesture Ouka would absolutely never
Mephisto's soul has already intruded on her body
”do you get it now that you possessed her?”
”Of course I do But I was nearly done in over here That's because I can't use any h the Relic Eater's barrier and devouring her is impossible huh”
”You've taken her over didn't you Seems like it's no problem to me”
”No good, it's nooo good If it's like this it'll be so like a split personality I have seized the initiative, but this girl's soul is still alive Inquisition must've noticed it as well if the Relic Eater reports to the in my existence”
Mephisto raised both of her hands above, said so and sighed
Reima started to act impatient, sweat appeared on his face
”Don't fuck around! What are we going to do?! We still haven't triggered the 『Song of SlaveryMaster-Slave』! There's no way the folks ere ht?! You want just the two of us alone to fight against Inquisition?!”
”Can't be helped eh We need to speed up the activation of the ic”
”It's different fro suspected, you used e?! I was the one who used attraction on the students during this es! You said that after occupying the school you will give Inquisition to me, that's why I helped you!”
As he drew closer to Mephisto in anger, a hand extended and grabbed Rei hi him into the floor
”Gaha what are you”