58 Again, I'm not jealous.
Kurumi Pov-
"Tatsuya-san, what are you doing?" I asked, trying to look up at Tatsuya, but I couldn't since my view was blocked off by the mobile phone in his left hand.
The two of us were inside a park, waiting for Yud Bet's effect to end so that we'll be sent back to our time. After we saw my family, I showed Tatsuya around the town, my high school, my favourite manga store that was closed in our time, the place where I and Sawa built our hideout, and so on.
I did try to punch him, though, when he sneaked inside the girl's locker room.
If he wanted to see something, he could've just asked me. I may not be the best in his eyes, but I'm confident that I was the prettiest girl in my school, followed by Sawa.
While Tatsuya was sitting on the bench, I was lying on the bench with my head resting on his lap, continuously getting head pats from him while I wiggled around a little to look cute. But Tatsuya never looked at me, which made me wonder what he was doing while using his mobile phone.
I'm, by no means, jealous. I'm just curious about what my boyfriend is doing on his phone. Yeah, that's totally it.
'God, I sound like a total Tsundere in my inner monologue.'
Moving the phone aside, Tatsuya looked at me, his hair falling, allowing me to look into both his eyes.
Whenever I looked into his eyes, for some reason, it gave me a sense of comfort. And thanks to the barrier around us, which blocked all sounds from disturbing us, it was very peaceful. It was probably one of the few little moments in my life that, after becoming a Spirit, I could appreciate. Ironically enough, Tatsuya was always with me in all of these little moments.
He turned the screen towards me, allowing me to see what he was doing.
'So he was watching Jojo edits on YouTube? And the title is wrong. It should be Novel Kars and Over Heaven Dio bullying Jojo verse.'
Soon, the earphones in his ears disappeared, and he replied. "Before this, it was a series called 'A Waifu or A Stand'. Just as the name suggests, you either pick a waifu or a stand. I'm on part 44."
"So you have 44 stands now?" I asked, stating the obvious.
"Nope. 41 Stands and 3 Waifus."
Although shocked, I didn't say anything. Trusting Tatsuya, my silence urged him to continue.
"It's Speedwagon, Dio, and Zoro."
"As expected, Tatsuya-san. Your culture knows no bounds." Nodding to myself, I praised him from the bottom of my heart.
"Of course, I sacrificed The World Over Heaven for it. It was more difficult than choosing whether or not to destroy my hometown."
'I'll pretend I didn't hear that.' I thought, my mouth twitching.
"I would've chosen you if you were an option, though." Patting my head, Tatsuya commented with a smile.
"Is that so?" I giggled, trying to not blush as a thought appeared in my head.
"By the way, Tatsuya-san, if you were to fight against Jojo's characters, how will it go?" Although random, it was something that got me curious. Up until now, I have little to no idea how strong Tatsuya or Mikasa is. I never saw them fight, all they did was bully the enemy.
But he was able to help me use Zafkiel better, although I don't know how. And from what I know, he's stronger than Yue and Mikasa. That only raised my curiosity.
"Hmm." Tatsuya pondered for a few seconds. "If I'm fighting a single character, either I stomp them Negative Difficulty, or they stomp me and my world Beyond Negative Difficulty. It's just how their Hax scale. It's funny how Jojo doesn't even scale the top 50 in all of fiction."
Talk about being humble, or honest, in this case.
"Maybe we'll go to the Jojo world one of these days." Tatsuya muttered, his right hand playing with my cheeks.
"Tatsuya-san, you don't actually believe that Anime worlds are real, do you?" I giggled a bit, wondering if he was trying to be funny.
"Well, they most likely are. We are from different Universes, and you have the power to control time, just like me. Before the Chat Group, did you believe that there were other Universes, to begin with?"
Hearing his question, I shook my head a little. I never believed in something like that.
"If anything, we sound more like fictional characters."
"That's certainly true..."
{A/N- Ayo. Bro, don't break the 4th wall.}
"Anyway..." Tatsuya moved his hand, brushing my bangs that were covering my left eye, he looked at me with a smile. "You're really cute when you're jealous, you know, trying to get my attention like a little cat? I was looking at you, it's just that you never noticed."
"T-Tatsuya-san... Y-You knew?"
Uhh. That caught me off guard. How could he change the subject from such a serious topic like that?
Embarrassed, I moved around, burying my blushing face in Tatsuya's lap as he patted my head from behind.
Suddenly, voices started to come around us, making me wonder if the barrier was removed by Tatsuya.
"Mom, mom." A kid's enthusiastic voice came, making me wonder what got him so riled up. "What is that girl doing?"
"Don't look at them." A woman, probably the kid's mother, replied. "God, high schoolers these days, don't they have any shame?"
'I wonder what they're talking about?'
My thoughts soon drifted to the subtle feeling of Tatsuya's hand rubbing the back of my hands, and I felt my previous embarrassment disappear into thin air, only for it to come back and bite me the next instant.
"Kurumi, if you stay like this for a bit longer, people might actually call the police on us." Tatsuya said, his voice unnaturally playful. It was similar to how Mikasa sounded when she was playing a prank on someone, that someone being me.
'But what have we done to get arrested?'
All I was doing was lying on the bench, my face buried in Tatsuya's lap, with him patting the back of my head.
I tried imagining the scene.
A teenage boy sitting on the bench, and a girl lying on the bench with her back up, her face buried in the guy's crotch as he patted her head from behind. It didn't take long before I could feel my face burning up as I jumped back, landing a few feet away from the bench.
'I-It really I was doing 'that' to him, here in the open. God, people saw us.'
I'm sure my face was even redder than a tomato. As someone more accustomed to shooting people in the open, this kind of thing was embarrassing.
I didn't even notice when Tatsuya got up from the bench and walked towards me.
I was snapped out of my inner turmoil by a flick on the forehead, making me focus on Tatsuya, who was now standing in front of me. After a few seconds, I looked around.
Surprisingly, everyone within the park was acting normal, and no one was even paying any attention to us whatsoever.
"Nothing happened, I was just messing with you." Tatsuya said with a smile, making me even more embarrassed.
"T-Tatsuya-san, how could you..."
'Uhh. I just wish to find a hole and crawl into it, never emerging into this world. That'd be less embarrassing than what I'm going through right now.'
"Tatsuya-san, you bully."
"There, there." While I was trying to die from embarrassment, Tatsuya patted my head again with a small smile.
As if hearing my desperate appeal, I saw Tatsuya's arm getting blurry, similar to mine.
"Looks like Yud Bet's effects are finally over." I muttered, looking at our disappearing selves.
"Well, let's go back." Saying that, Tatsuya grabbed my right hand with his almost transparent left hand.
"Yes, Tatsuya-san." I said with a happy smile, looking at him.
It was the end of my best field trip, one that I wished would never end, but alas, not everything in life can go according to my wishes. Ever since I met him, the days I spent alone, depressed and crying, felt nothing more than distant memories.
I'm sure that my life, from now on, will be worth living, more than I ever was.
At that thought, I squeezed Tatsuya's left hand tighter as the two of us disappeared.
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After we reappeared in our time, I looked around. It was the same hotel room that we left, and barely anything changed.
"The staff must've freaked out when the two of us 'supposedly' disappeared." I muttered, giggling a little.
Just as Tatsuya was about to reply, a golden hologram appeared in front of me, and from his reaction, it wasn't difficult to tell that another one appeared in front of him as well.
[The Queen of Nightmares is online]
[The Worst Spirit is online]
[The Last Judgement is Online]
[The Queen of Nightmares- Hey, @The Last Judgement.]
'Oh, it's the Demon Lord-san. If I'm not wrong, Mikasa-san and Tatsuya-san visited her world after the Chat Group was created, before coming to my world. I wonder if they're friends?'
Thinking about it now, it's like they are on a multiversal world tour.
[The Last Judgement(Admin)- What's up?]
[The Queen of Nightmares- It's about the 'stock' you left, it's already finished, and there's something I need you to deal with.]
[The Last Judgement(Admin)- Did you finish publishing all that, while also selling the copies? Or do you just want more stuff to read?]
[The Queen of Nightmares-...]
"Tatsuya-san, I'm lacking context." I asked, looking at him.
"It's nothing, just a deal. We gave her some Manga to publish in her world, and it seems that she needs more to read."
"I see, so Valentine-san is on her way to becoming a cultured person as well." I nodded to myself.
Tatsuya just smiled at me.
[The Last Judgement(Admin)- What about the thing you want me to deal with?]
[The Queen of Nightmares- Ah, it's a person who wishes to see you.]
[The Last Judgement(Admin)- A Demon Lord?]
[The Queen of Nightmares- No. I don't think you know that person, so just drop by my world soon.]
"Hmm. I see, so that's it." Tatsuya pondered for a few seconds, a smile appearing on his face. "Well, there's no harm in dropping by."
'Looks like he knows that person, huh?'
"Tatsuya-san, can I tag along?" I asked, looking at him with hopeful eyes before I remembered something the Chat Group told me. "But my clones would disappear if I leave unless it's for a mission, when time in my world stops."
"Hm? You're worried about that? Don't worry, they won't disappear now." Tatsuya replied with a smile.
"Because of what you did to me?" I asked, tilting my head a little.
"Basically." After that, Tatsuya turned back towards the Dimensional Chat Group.
[The Last Judgment(Admin)- I'll drop by soon, but why didn't you contact Mikasa?]
[The Worst Spirit- I think this is the reason, Tatsuya-san. @The Divine Prophet.]
['The Divine Prophet' is AFK.]
She's really using Discord Bot functions on a Dimensional Chat Group, isn't she?
[The Queen of Nightmares- Well, then, I'll be expecting you.]
[The Worst Spirit- Valentine-san, would you mind if I were to tag along with Tatsuya-san?]
It took a bit of time before a reply came.
[The Queen of Nightmares- I don't mind, and you can call me Luminous as well. Since we're going to work together, being so formal doesn't do us any good.]
[The Worst Spirit- Then I'll be looking forward to our meeting, Luminous-san.]
[The Queen of Nightmares- Sure.]
[The Queen of Nightmares is offline.]
[The Last Judgement is offline.]
[The Worst Spirit is offline.]
"What a bland response. It looks like Luminous-san doesn't have a good impression of me." I muttered, closing the Chat Group.
"Don't worry about her. She's a former Demon Lord with nothing better to do, so that's just how she usually behaves. Not to mention she's a God too." Tatsuya explained.
"A former Demon Lord and a God? What's up with the weird matchup?" I asked, tilting my head in confusion.
To my question, Tatsuya just shrugged his shoulders. Soon, he grabbed my hand before the two of us teleported to my apartment- or at least what was left of it.
Flying a few kilometres above my apartment, we looked at the place, where my apartment building should've been, but was no longer there. Everything around the place was fine, but the apartment building was missing as if vanished into thin air.
"I don't even need to ask who did this, do I, Tatsuya-san?" I asked, my mouth twitching.
"Last time, she had our house on fire when I returned home from a mission, and now this." Tatsuya almost face-palmed himself.
Not caring about my apartment building, which had disappeared, I turned towards Tatsuya. "Tatsuya-san, you have missions to do? Like assassination and infiltration?"
"Why are you so excited about it?" Hearing Mikasa's voice behind us, we turned around.
Mikasa was floating in front of us, holding Yue by the back of the collar in her right hand like a cat.
"Yue-san, you can't fly?" I asked, looking at Yue.
"No." Yue shook her head, not responding much before jumping onto Tatsuya, clinging to him like a Koala.
"All Spirits can fly, right?" Mikasa asked, looking at me.
"Indeed, they can. All I need to think about is flying, and it works." I replied.
"Must be convenient." Yue muttered.
"You can fly using Wind Magic, you know. That's how Mikasa flies, although it's Chakra manipulation rather than magic." Tatsuya said, looking at Yue.
'I am pretty sure Yue-san would rather cling to Tatsuya-san than learn how to fly.' Looking at Yue, who wasn't paying attention to the conversation, that was an easy assumption.
Maybe Tatsuya noticed this, as well, so he turned towards Mikasa and asked, "What happened to the apartment building?"
"What else? DEM found us and attacked us in the middle of the night." Mikasa replied, clearly annoyed.
"They came at the worst time possible, huh? What about the civilians living in the building?" Tatsuya asked.
"You're worried about them?" Mikasa asked in return.
"Just curious. Since this part of the city isn't rubble, I just assumed you weren't sleeping when DEM attacked." Tatsuya answered, making me wonder what would've happened if Mikasa was asleep when DEM attacked.
'No, let's not think about it.'
"Well, I burned the Wizards along with that building. They evacuated the civilians first, so there's that." Mikasa replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Hm?" Just as Mikasa was about to continue, both she and Tatsuya looked in front of them, as if using the Chat Group, but I didn't get any notification from it.
For a second, Mikasa narrowed her eyes, but Tatsuya's expression never changed.
After a few seconds, Tatsuya asked. "So, where's the new place?"
"Ah, right, follow me." After saying that, Mikasa teleported away.
"Let's go." Tatsuya, who was wearing his Yue exclusive jacket, grabbed my hand as the three of us disappeared.
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I don't know why, but I was expecting even the wildest of possibilities regarding the 'New Place' that Mikasa prepared for us. An Underground Secret Base, a Helicarrier, or even a cave. Hell, I even expected to be in Batman's Cave. But when I saw it, I was surprised.
It was a completely normal house that Mikasa bought yesterday. Well, it wasn't exactly normal, considering it was even bigger than the house my family had, but by our standards, it was very normal. As for the money and paperwork, I knew better than anyone to not ask, for the sake of my mental health.
The four of us were sitting around the table, drinking coffee. Orange juice for Yue since she said it was bitter.
"Yue-san, in your original form, are your tastebuds the same as a 12-year-old too?" I asked, looking at Yue, who was peacefully drinking orange juice while sitting on Tatsuya's lap. That was something that popped into my mind since I never liked coffee when I was a kid, but I still tried to be as polite as possible about Yue's appearance.
"Now that I think about it, I'm curious about it too." Tatsuya added.
Yue didn't say anything, directly getting up from Tatsuya's lap and taking a seat next to him, she changed into her adult form as her clothes grew along with her.
I stared at her breasts for a few seconds, trying to hide my obvious jealousy. My mother had big breasts too, but it's just that I can't physically grow past the age of 16.
"Here." Tatsuya said, bringing his cup near Yue's mouth.
"Still bitter." Yue muttered, poking her tongue out after taking a sip.
Taking a few sips of orange juice to eradicate the effects of coffee on her tongue, Yue transformed into her original form, jumping back on Tatsuya's lap.
"I guess Yue has a sweet tooth." Tatsuya said, patting Yue's head, much to her happiness.
Again, I'm not jealous.
"Right, I'll be going to Luminous' world for a while." Tatsuya said, turning towards Mikasa.
"Eh?" For the first time, Yue said something without someone asking her to. "But I can't go right now, I still need to wait for 4 days."
'Indeed, it's only been 3 days since Yue-san came to this world.'
"Don't worry, it's not like I'm running away, and Mikasa will need your help too." Tatsuya said with a smile.
Yue looked up at him, grumbled a bit, but agreed nonetheless.
"What about Nia Honjo then?" Mikasa asked, looking at Tatsuya.
"Hmm. How about taking my clone?"
"But Shadow Clones can't use Zafkiel, can they?"
"Not a Shadow Clone, a clone made by 'Het' bullet of Zafkiel."
Mikasa did an 'Oh~' in realisation, making me realise that Tatsuya never used that ability of Zafkiel that much.
"If you're making one now, can you make it from just after Eliana's death?" Mikasa asked.
Tatsuya looked at Mikasa from the corner of his eyes, and it was apparent that the topic was rather sensitive. Mikasa, however, just smiled at him.
Although I was curious about who Eliana was, I knew better than to ask it bluntly. It wasn't hard to tell that Tatsuya didn't wish to talk about this topic, as it was something even Yue noticed.
"Hm?" Noticing the mood that Yue and I created, Tatsuya turned towards us and explained with a smile. "It's not a sensitive topic. It's just that back then, my personality was a bit... wild. So I was wondering if she can handle the clone on her own, without me to look after it."
"Wild, as in?" I asked, curious.
"I was too much like her, especially when it comes to fighting." Tatsuya replied, pointing towards Mikasa.
'What kind of answer is that?' I thought, confused.
"To sum it all up, he liked to torment his enemies to the extreme, the overconfident they were, the more he ruined them. Now, he'd rather kill them in one shot and read some manga." Mikasa explained.
"Oh, I see." Understanding, I nodded.
I liked bullying my enemies too. Hell, I even played darts with human targets occasionally. My record is still unbeatable, but that's thanks to the only player being myself.
Yue, on the other hand, didn't care much about it. Her mood swings are too fast for me to keep up with them.
"Don't worry, I can write a guidebook about you." Mikasa said, looking at Tatsuya.
"I'm pretty sure I can do that too. But either way, I'll reduce that clone's fighting abilities. And you need to make sure it won't mess things up." Tatsuya said, to which Mikasa just smiled.
Pulling Yue closer to him, Tatsuya hugged her from behind, resting his chin above her head.
"Here." Yue raised her glass of orange juice a little, enough for the straw end to reach Tatsuya's lips. It didn't take him long to finish the glass of orange juice, and after he was done, Yue placed the empty glass on the table.
"Tatsuya-san, how old will this clone be, exactly? Mentally, I mean, since all clones will be the same as you Physically." I asked.
"How old were we back then?" Tatsuya asked, looking at Mikasa.
"12." Mikasa replied.
Isn't that too young?
"So, when are you guys leaving?" Yue asked, getting more comfortable in Tatsuya's embrace.
"Tomorrow." He replied.
'I get to be alone with Tatsuya-san again.' A smile appeared on my face.
How lucky.
Yay~
"Why are you pumping your fist?" Yue asked, looking at me.
I just realised that I subconsciously pumped my fist.
"Oh, no. Nothing at all." I smiled at Yue.
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A/N-
Yeah, took me two months to write a chapter with no development, only Kurumi being happy.
