chapter 9 confusion

"Tell me, did anything happen to you when you went to meet with Kaichou?" Kiyome immediately asked him, causing Takeshi to tilt his head at her in confusion.

"Happen to me? What are you talking about?" Takeshi asked her in confusion. The girl simply furrowed her eyebrows.

"I mean…did anything about you change after you left the room?" Kiyome pressed on, causing Takeshi to look highly confused upon this.

"Huh? Nothing changed about me at all Kiyome-chan. I don't get what you're talking about. If you're concerned about me getting in trouble with Kaichou, it's nothing really. All she did was ask me questions regarding about school." Takeshi said while covering up his chat with Sona.

Kiyome started at him for a bit longer, before she huffed as she crossed her arms.

"...Well then, if that's the case, then I'll just take my leave." Kiyome told him as she walked away from him, leaving him really confused upon what happened.

"…I really don't get what is going on with her…" Takehsi muttered, before he turned and walked away.

(Student Council Room)

"Did you change Takeshi-kun into a Devil?" Kiyome bluntly asked Sona as she crossed her arms underneath her large bust. The moment she departed with her childhood friend was the moment she made a B-Line for the Student Council Room and demand answers from Sona. And she did so literally, as she just opened the doors without any care and just asked her without offering any pleasantries.

"Hello to you to Abe-san..." Sona greeted calmly, not perturbed by her sudden appearance. "And what was that question you have asked earlier?" Sona said, as she didn't really catch on with the question because of the sudden appearance.

"I said did you turn Takeshi-kun into a Devil?" Kiyome repeated once more. Sona blinked at this, before she shook her head.

"No. He turned down our offer." Sona answered, causing the young Beast Tamer to sigh in relief.

"Oh, I see..." Kiyome said with a relieved tone, before she raised an eyebrow at her. "Wait, then why did you call him here in the first place? I know he almost runs late, but I've never seen him get into trouble." Kiyome pointed out. Sona pushed up her glasses.

"We were simply discussing a few things about what happen last night. He was telling us how a Fallen Angel has attacked both Issei Hyoudou and him." Sona told her, causing Kiyome's eyes to widen upon this.

"Fallen Angels!?" Kiyome said in shock. Sona nodded at her.

"Fortunately for Fuyushima-kun, he managed to escape without any injuries. We took him today for him to inform us on what specifically happened." Sona explained to her. Kiyome blinked upon this information, before she raised an eyebrow upon something she now realized.

"Wait...you invited him to your Peerage, and he managed to escape a Fallen Angel unharmed. What exactly makes him special?" Kiyome asked her. Sona blinked upon this question.

"You mean you do not know? I assumed that you being an Beast Tamer, I though you knew each others identities." Sona told her, causing Kiyome to blink upon this.

"Wait, what do you exactly mean?" Kiyome questioned.

"Fuyushima-kun is a Magician Abe-san. You did not know that?" Sona asked with a raised eyebrow. Sona didn't see that as a no, as she saw the shock evident on the young woman's face.

"...Excuse me." Kiyome immediately said, excusing herself out of the room immediately at a fast pace. She didn't bother giving a proper goodbye, as she was processing the information given to her.

As soon as she left the room, she walked a good distance away from it, and then proceeded to rub her temples heavily.

"...Takeshi-kun is a Magician. That...That honestly explains everything..." Kiyome muttered to herself. She heavily sighed upon this.

It made sense and explained everything. Why Takeshi kept giving vague answers to her, why he sometimes acts a bit strange, and he does his best to cover something. She honestly couldn't blame him, considering that fact that Magic must be kept from public. Just like him, she must also hide the fact that she is a Beast Tamer. And she also kept secrets from him as well.

"...I don't know if this brings me ease or worry upon this fact. Being at ease that he and I have a lot more common, or I should worry about what he is getting himself into..." Kiyome whispered to herself.

(After School - Home - Underground Floor)

A day has passed since his meeting with the Peerages, and thankfully, things have gone normally, with the added exception of Issei being added into Rias's Peerage. Takeshi couldn't help but chuckle at the negative feedback of the entire student body towards Issei joining the Occult Research Club, all of them speculating that he's blackmailing Rias Gremory for his own perverted needs.

Well, it is understandable in the sight of normal people. It also didn't help that Issei had such a bad reputation to begin with anyway.

"...Let's see, let's see..." Takeshi muttered to himself, sitting in the middle of his training room. In front of him laid multiple papers with sketches of magic formulas and equations laid before him. "If I maybe change the numbers or adjust this part of the circle, I may be able to adjust this certain spell to match my own capabilities..." Takeshi pondered, before he narrowed his eyes upon seeing something.

"...No. If that we're to happen, there may be side effects or errors to the spells, making it ineffective or in worst case scenario, blow up in my face. I'd rather not get blown up by my own magic..." Takehsi muttered to himself, picking up the paper he had in his hand and crumpled the paper into a ball, and then toss it into a nearby recycle bin nearby him.

Takeshi gave a tired sigh as he laid down on the floor, his eyes staring up to the ceiling.

"Magic is more complicated than it is. Makes me wonder how those gifted magicians manage to do it with ease..." Takeshi quietly muttered to himself. His ears soon picked up a soft meow, and he turned his head to see Blair walking up to him. He picked himself up, and petted his cat as it got close to him. The pet gave a soft purr as it did.