A kind devil's Guardian

Chapter 45

Chapter 45

Disclaimer: I do not own High school DxD or Fairy Tail they are property of Ichiei Ishibumi and Hiro Masima respectively.

---With Natsu---

Natsu kept his steady gaze on Rias for a moment more before she gave him a nod and stood up.

"Okay, please help her out," Rias said before she took a last look at the closed door and walked off to join the rest of the ORC group downstairs. After Rias left Natsu turned back to the door and let out a sigh.

"Koneko, I'm going to come in," Natsu said as he tried to open the door but quickly found out that it was locked.

"Go away, I don't want to see you," Koneko shouted. Natsu could hear the hurt in her voice and it brought a saddened expression to his face, knowing that he was the one that hurt her. Heating his hand Natsu started melting the doorknob.

"Koneko," Natsu called out once he opened the door thanks to the lock being melted. He was met with a dark room, shattered glass near the door and, thanks to his enhanced vision, Koneko sitting on the bed with her knees pulled up to her chest, head buried in her knees while she clutched her legs with both arms.

Koneko lifted her head up once she heard Natsu's voice more clearly than she should have through a closed door. When her puffy red eyes landed on him tears once again started to form in her eyes. Koneko grabbed the closest thing to her, which happened to be a pillow, and threw it at the Dragon.

"Koneko, I know why you are so upset, but please allow me to explain," Natsu said as he easily caught the pillow and slowly made his way to the bed.

"Just go away, no need to waste your time on a failure like me," Koneko said lowering her voice for the last part, the self-resentment in her voice almost made Natsu flinch.

"Koneko, I know you saw me with Kuroka today, I won't deny it but the reason..." Natsu started before Koneko interrupted him.

"You were with her because she is better than I am, you don't care about me anymore since you got a better Nekoshou who can actually use her powers," Koneko interrupted Natsu as she spun around with a tear-stained face and tried to glare at Natsu but failed due to her sobbing.

"You're wrong about that Koneko..." Natsu started to say in a calm voice but once again Koneko interrupted him.

"Stop lying, I know you will just throw me away, just like my sister," Koneko sobbed, her voice growing quieter at the last part as she started to slam her fists on his chest as tears continued to stream from her eyes.

"Koneko," Natsu said with an authoritative voice as he wrapped his arms around the small girl, engulfing her in a hug. When Natsu said her name in that tone, Koneko froze up for a moment that allowed Natsu to stop her from slamming her fists into him.

"Koneko, I will never throw you away. You are a Nekoshou, a rare species and while I know where your power lies, there are still a few things that I don't know about how to help you draw that power out yourself. The story you know of your sister is only one side of the coin, but that is her tale to tell. What I was doing with her was mostly me trying to understand all there is to a Nekoshou's power and where it lies as well as how to draw it out," Natsu softly said in a kind and soothing voice while he tightened the hug he had Koneko in.

Koneko tightened up when she heard why Natsu was with her sister. She wasn't sure if she believed him, but his tone of voice didn't suggest him lying, with her head against his chest, she could hear his calm and rhythmic heartbeat and not an increased heart rate that you would expect from someone that is lying.