Memory Pandemonium (The World God Only Knows FanFiction)

Chapter 9

Keima was still confused and stunned on what Kusunoki-senpai's remark. "Senpai, you remember?" Keima's eyes met with Kusunoki's as they walked into the school. But as they walked into the school building unbeknown to them, a pair of jealous eyes watched them. Keima and Kusunoki then arrived at the school lockers as Keima then looked at Kusunoki. 

"Senpai, you really have to go to your classroom. I do not want to be the reason for you to be late." Kusunoki then just frowns but she then lets go as she went to her locker. But before she turned to a corner she called back for Keima. "Keima, meet me at the courtyard below the tree after school. Be there." Keima then just nodded as she then disappeared to the corner as more whispers emerged from the students with a lot of glares stabbing at Keima's back. Keima then walked to his classroom with glares piercing him and whispers around him. And as he entered his classroom, he was then the center of attention. In order to ignore the attention he then just looked down in annoyance. As he sat down, unknown to him, Chihiro looked away as he sat down with a glimpse of sadness in her eyes but Ayumi on the other hand gave a greater glare to Keima. 

Keima then took out his PFP to block out the world. But as he was about to turn it on,  he suddenly froze as if his body rebelled against him. He decided to jerk it to move but as he started to feel tired as he continued. But finally, he then placed it back into his bag as he then regained his strength back. He was very confused about what happened, he was annoyed as to he cannot play his games and block out the world and he just sat in his chair and decided to lie down on the desk. But as he did, there was suddenly a voice."Focus." Keima then shot up as he looked around to see who spoke. The voice was very loud as if someone was close to his ear, but there was no one as all of his classmates were just chatting.

"Kami-Sama are you ok?" Elsi asked with concern on her face. Keima then just looked at her with a confused face which quickly returned to his neutral face."It's nothing, Elsie." Keima said as he then lied down again in which Elsie's suspicion grew. But her thoughts were cut off as Nikaido-Sensei entered the classroom.

"Hey! Settle Down." Nikaido-Sensei yelled as she pounded the teacher's desk with her folder. With this Homeroom began but Keima just laid his head down on his desk, ignoring everything. Everything was just a jumble of words to Keima as he suddenly drifted into his own mind, but something that Nikaido-Sensei said caught his attention.

"Now I would want to welcome two new transfer students into this class, please come in." The classroom door opened as the class was then filled with shocks and whispers especially with the boys as they all gave cheers. Keima then looked up and was shocked and at the same time annoyed as to who the new transfer students are. 

"Will you two please introduce yourselves," Nikaido said to the two transfer students. "Yes ma'am." One of the students stepped forward. "My name is Haqua Kishiragi, I hope that I can get along with all of you." Haqua then bowed as most of the class cheered with some whispering that they swore that they have seen her before. "Thank you Haqua, now can the other introduce herself?" As the other transfer students stepped forward there were many gasped especially from the guys as they focused on the girls 'personality'. "Hello, I'm Nora Vivalida. Hope we get along well." The class then erupted as some girl clicked their tongues out of jealousy due to Nora's assets. "Hey! Settle down! Settle Down!!!" Nikaido-sensei said as she kept banging her book on the desk as the class finally quieted down. "Now both of you can seat on the vacant desks." 

Haqua and Nora went to their respected desks with Nora's desk in the back and Haqua's desk on the right side of Keima. Keima now feeling irritated then covered his head on his desk as an annoying itch started to occur on the right side of his neck.  He kept on scratching it with the itch increasing. 

The itch now increasing its uncomfortableness as Keima's scratching became more intense. His skin now becoming raw as he continued to scratch. But even with the skin's condition, Keima felt no pain only the itch. His scratching became faster and more intense as the skin became thinner and thinner, its bright pink color is now becoming a dark purple and the skin is now being cut. And before blood finally dripped down, he was then snapped from his trance by a voice. 

"Keima, what are you doing?" Haqua said in a whisper as she held Keima's arm to stop him from scratching. "I-I." Keima stuttered trying to find a reason as to why he kept on scratching. Haqua then decided to lean and check on Keima's wound but Keime then moved back covering it instead. "Haqua, don't," Keima said as he glared at Haqua who then backed away. 

Someone then cleared their throat and both Haqua and Keima then looked to the front of the classroom seeing Nikaido sensei looking at them as her arms are folded with her finger tapping on her arm with an annoyed face. With this Keima and Haqua then focused on the lesson on which Nikaido-sensei went back to teaching. But Elsie was watching the whole scene in which she nervously played with her thumbs as she is slightly shaking with worry for her brother. Seeing Keima's behavior is very concerning for her.

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It was now lunchtime and Keima is now on the rooftop just sitting down with his eyes closed in deep thought. The odd events that happened in the classroom troubled him as he tried to rationalize what happened and figuring out what caused these to happen. All of the thinking just ended causing a little headache in which Keima then let out a sigh and had his eyes gaze upon the view of the school and town. As he stared he decided to then take his PFP. As he took it out from his pocket expecting a force to stop him, but nothing happened and he then easily took it from his pocket as he then turned it on. But as he was about to play he started to feel boredom, as if his interest is slowly fading away.

"What is wrong with me today?". Keima said to himself as he stopped and just stared at the screen. His thoughts now overtaking him as he continued to stare at the screen. But from all the thoughts, a single one overpowered them, the thought of someone.

Keima then just placed the PFP beside him as he just stared at the wonderful view yet again. "Chihiro," Keima uttered as the wind blew at him and his face.

She was there, stuck on his mind as the guilt now surrounding him. The date still clear upon his mind as if it was just yesterday, and on how it hurts so much as it lingers in his head. And a tear then ran down Keima's face as her face, her sad face haunts his thoughts. 

Keima knows that what he did was for the better of the town of Majima, but no matter how large the reason and what one must do for the good, someone will be hurt. Now Chihiro may have not been affected much as she has her friends to help her, Keima still hated himself for hurting her.

Keima just sighed as he wiped the tear from his eye. 'Chihiro if only...if only I didn't have to search for the goddesses, I would have said yes.' Keima was then angry, not angry at someone, but himself. 

"GOSH! If only I didn't accept the contract then I wouldn't have played with others' feelings. If only I didn't have to search for the goddesses then I would have actually spent that night solely for her. IF ONLY I DIDN'T HAVE TO FIND LOST SOULS THEN I WOULDN'T BE IN THIS STUPID DILEMMA IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!" Keima shouted out as he released all his anger, but in the end, he then covered his face as he quietly sobbed. 

He doesn't understand at all, why is it like this? Why is he suddenly so emotional? Why is Chihiro always in his mind? Why is she affecting him so much? 

'I just wish I forget this all.' Keima thought as he quietly sobbed. Suddenly beside him, something then faded into existence. Then there seated beside him was a young woman. The woman had skin as white as snow as her jet black and smooth hair played in the air as if the wind was constantly blowing it, her ocean blue eyes looked at the crying boy with pity. She then outstretched her hand and softly placed it on top of Keima's head as he then stopped crying and sat up. He stared at the sky as his saddened face then turned into a soft and happy smile as his eyes then closed as if he was dreaming a wonderful dream. Then out of KEima's head came a small ball of light. It floated down unto the woman's hand and she placed it into her heart. As the orb entered her bosom, she had a slightly pained face but it then disappeared and was replaced by a look that a mother gives to a child. She then stroked Keima's hair softly as she then slowly faded out of existence only leaving Keima alone yet again on the rooftop.