章節 12: CH 12

Hikari was walking down the sidewalk along many of the students. However, they all looked wide awake and cheerful as they happily talked with each other compared to Hikari who had bags under her eyes as she looked tired and annoyed.

' Ah man, I really did that without thinking much. 'After the incident with the fallen yesterday, she basically became their new leader. She does want to use them to gain an advantage against the devils, but she is not allowed to go directly against the rulers of kouh if she did that it would just put her in trouble.

' If they find out I'm in control of them, I will be punished instead. ' Hikari was stuck in her head, drowning out all the noise around her. " *sigh* this is troublesome. "

" Hikari. "

' What if I just send them away? No, if I do that, they will probably just go back to kokabiel. '

" Hikari, wait. "

' ughh I'll just figure out what I will do with them later. '

" HIKARI. " I'm drawn out of my thoughts as a hand is placed on my shoulder. I turn to look at who it is, and it is the student council president Sona.

" Finally, I got your attention. I've been calling out to you did you not hear me? " Sona crosses her arms across her chest as Tsubaki the vice president stands next to her side.

" Oh, Sona, you need something? "

" Yes, as a matter of fact, I would like to talk to you. rias filled me in about you. " Sona said seriously as she pushed up her glasses.

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before Sona came to talk to me. I think about it for a bit before nodding my head. " We have ten minutes before class starts, so let's go ahead and get this over with. " I spoke with a voice that was exhausted and annoyed.

Sona and Tsubaki nod their heads, leading the way. The walk to the student council was quiet, to say the least. Hikari was never friends with them or even bothered to talk to them all that much. The most she did was watch over them as that is her job. To Sona Hikari was nothing more than a problem child to her that she had to reprimand her actions from time to time outside of those moments neither of them bothered to engage in a conversation with each other. It was only recently that Sona was informed by rias that Hikari was actually a representative of Amaterasu.

Sona got the run-down of the situation and is aware of their current situation. Sona could have talked to her much sooner, but didn't as she wanted to get some information on Hikari first. She had Tsubaki go to the minor omniyoji clans to see if she could gather any information and were shocked by what they heard. Hikari is treated with reverence here in Japan by youkai and human mortals alike in Japan. Mostly because she is the direct child of Amaterasu and a human a demigod. This bit of information took her by Suprise. She would have never thought Hikari would be someone of that much importance.

The respect she has got from the supernatural of Japan isn't just from her bloodline alone. A lot of it was earned through combat. Cause her situation is unique, the gods took advantage of that to take care of problems they cannot. Killing demons, stray omniyoji's, or youkai who have fallen to their temptations. Hikari was the one they sent to deal with these problems, which is why she is so well respected. In a short time, frame of 3 years, Hikari has gained a lot of achievements, the most notable one being the resealing of the nine tailed fox tamamo-no-mae who recently broke out of her seal with the help of two of the principal clans of Japan.

They made their way to the student council room, and Sona took her seat at the desk. Hikari looked around the room and noticed that the rest of Sona's peerage were not here. " Where's the rest? " I ask here as I don't see the rest of her peerage in here with her.

" I had them leave for the time being so we could talk with just us. " Said Sona with a small smile on her lips.

Hikari nodded her head. " So, what is it you wanted to speak to me about, Sona sitri. " Hikari spoke in a casual tone as she used Sona's real name.

She didn't seem bothered by the way Hikari spoke to her. In fact, she is quite used to it. It is also not surprising to her that she knows her real name. She props her elbows on the desk and places her hands under her chin as she sighs. " Hikari, I would like to know what I can do to earn Amaterasu's trust in my abilities. " She spoke calmy but seriously as she looked me in my eyes. I briefly looked at Sona with a curious look as I was slightly taken by Suprise by her question.

she continued on." I enjoy my life here in the human world and originally came here to learn how to run a school, and I would like to keep it that way. So is there anything I could do to prove I'm capable of ruling kouh. " I couldn't help but smile as I listened to Sona. She reminds me of her sister Serafall and Sona are both hardworking and some of the few devils I respect.

I shake my head. " There isn't much more you can do, Sona. In the contract, the responsibilities have been split up between you and rias. "

" Rias duties were to keep the people of kouh safe by keeping out threats like stray devils, exorcist, and others like that. Meanwhile, yours was to run the school and keep the supernatural hidden from the human populace. " I crossed my arms across my chest before continuing on.

" You have done your part as ruler very well, and my mother doesn't have any problems with you specifically, Sona. "

" So, you're telling me my status as ruler here won't be taken away. " Says Sona with a smile on her face as she breathes a sigh of relief.

" Yeah, you should be fine. You aren't the reason I was sent here in the first place. It was the deaths of the human population by the supernatural here in kouh, which is under rias jurisdiction. besides as long as you don't do anything that's causes problems for the Shinto faction you should be fine. "

Sona closed her eyes as she processed all the information she was given before nodding her head. " I see I take it; it would not be a wise idea to help rias then, right? " Sona asked.

" Yes, you would be correct. If you end up helping her, it will just end up proving the Shinto faction that their worries in her abilities are justified, and you would just put rias in a worse position "Sona just nods and sighs as she is unable to help her friend.

Sona understands their position in their factions and that their actions, no matter how small, are noted and affects their families standing and influence.

I look over at Tsubaki wondering if I should speak to her. she is the cursed child of the Shinra clan. I was asked by her father to pass on a letter to her if i had the chance. I know she was treated harshly and isolated by her family which caused her to grow distant to them but alot of clans act like that since they don't know much about sacred gears and don't trust them. They rely mostly on the blessings given to them by the gods.

Tsubaki catches me looking at her and speaks to me. " you've been looking at me for a while is there something you have to say? " Tsubaki asks inquisitively.

"Ah sorry I didn't mean to stare. "

She shakes her head. " it's fine. "

" By the way I've been meaning to ask. You're from the Shinra clan, right? "As I say that her eyes narrow as she looks at me with a hint of caution. Sona even perks her head up to listen.

" I am. " she says bluntly.

I form a magic circle on the palm of my hand and pull a sealed envelope and hand it to her. She takes it with a bit of hesitance.

" your father asked me to give that to you. It's his apology to you for how you were treated. "

She looks at the envelope in her hand as her grip tightens crumbling the envelope a bit. I look at Tsubaki as it is evident she isn't all that happy about it.

" Tsubaki. " I call out to her gaining her attention. " Take it from someone who can't see their family anymore, but I think you should give him another chance. " With that said I left the room and headed to class. Tsubaki and Sona both watched as I left the room curious as to what I meant.

The day passed by peacefully with me reading manga. the only exception would be issei bugging me about what happened to Asia. I told him I would say what happened when we were in the ORC club.

School ended and I was on my way to the ORC club by myself as issei went ahead of me. ' I wonder how well this will go. ' All the times I have had meetings with rias and her peerage I wasn't very well received. That makes sense because I wasn't very friendly with them either. I walk into the ORC building and as I am about to open the door, I hear issei speak.

" Asia isn't like those guys. " Issei speaks in a louder voice than usual trying to get his point across.

*creak* the sound of the door opening draws their attention to Hikari who entered the room.

" You know issei you can't say that for certain you only knew her for one day. " I say to issei bluntly.

He gets up from where he was sitting in a haste and points his finger at me. " I'll say it as many times as I have to Asia isn't like them she is innocent and wouldn't hurt anybody. " he says confidently.

I roll my eyes at him. " And yet you found her with a priest murdering civilians she may not have killed them, but she was most definitely an accessory to murder sorry to say this but that little nun isn't as innocent as you claim her to be. " I say with a bit of sarcasm in my voice.

Issei clenches his fist in anger as he looks at me. " Issei calm down. " rias calls out to issei as she sees that the tensions between me and him are escalating. he listens to rias and sits back down.

I turn to look at rias as she speaks. " So, Hikari would you like to tell us what happened with you and that nun after we left. "

Issei looks back my way as he has been dying to know what happened to Asia. " You mean what happened after you fled like cowards. Sure, I'll tell you. " Nearly everybody looked unhappy at me as I said that.

I shrugged my shoulders and continued to speak. " Well once you were gone a confrontation was bound to happen between us and the fallen. we went out of the house and outside was four fallen angels along with 20 or so stray exorcist and They were asking for me to hand over the nun. "

" Asia, did you give Asia to them. " Issei asked in a worried voice.

" of course, I did she wasn't worth the fight and she's not my problem. " I say nonchalantly.

Issei storms up to me with anger on his face as he grabs me by the collar of my uniform." why did you just hand her over to them I asked you to protect her WHY. " he says as he shakes me in anger as he yells the last part at me.

In a swift motion I grab his wrist and under his shoulder as I flip him over my shoulder slamming him onto the floor with a lot of force as the impact knocks all the air out of his lungs.

" accckk "Issei is laying on the floor trying to breath as all the air got knocked out of his lungs. Kiba went up to check on issei to see if he was okay. Koneko just had a small smile on her face as she looked at issei on the floor.

" Hikari, you had no right to do that to issei. " Says rias in a harsh tone as she stands up from her chair and glares at me for my actions.

" she's right you were out of line. " Says Akeno.

' Me I was out of line? ' I look at issei who is still on the floor in pain. What about him he had no reason to come at me like that. It isn't like I promised to protect Asia she isn't my responsibility in the first place. I look around the room with nearly every one of them looking at me with a glare. It becomes obvious after what I did, I am not wanted there at the moment, so I head for the door and take my leave heading home.

' How dare they treat me like that I'm not their friend or a lap dog for rias. ' I walked home grinding my teeth together in frustration thinking of ways to humiliate them using the fallen angels.

" You know what Issei fuck your nun ill make damn sure she dies and rias gets humiliated. "