Trouble 1. Coincidences rules over our lives, or do they?
Some say that there is no borders in the universe, that it just keeps going and going and going, until it reaches a certain point. Then it will shirnk, and after that, a new big bang will occur. But does it exist other other living beings in the universe? Will we ever make contact with them? Most likly, they have alredy made contact with us, we just don`t know it. The answer is yes.
Most of the universe is gathered under one empire: the Devilukian empire, and the leader, King Gid Lucione Deviluke. He is the strongest man in the universe, said to be able to innihalate a whole planet! But he can`t use his powers to get his oldest daughter married.
Lala Satalin Deviluke, oldest daughter of Gid, is the first princess of Deviluke, said to have inherited her mothers beauty (said to be the most beautiful woman in the whole galaxy. Sadly, she is dead) and that`s why so many wants to marry her (though someone just wants to marry her so they can become the next empror of the universe). Getting tired of marrige interviews, she ran away several times. And her last attempt led her to Earth.
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Rito Yuuki ran for his life (as usual)! But it wasn`t Lala with one of her crazy inventions again. No, it was several angry stray dogs, and they were right behind him!
"HELP ME, SOMEBODY!" he screamed.
Someon came out of a sideway a little up ahead, but Rito didn`t notice becouse he had his eyes on the dogs. He turned his head and… BANG! He fell to the ground.
"Go away!" shouted the boy who had made Rito fall. He had silver- colored hair, yellow, lifeless eyes and was dressed in filthy, torn clothes.
"Hey, what are you do…" began Rito, but he interrupted himself. The dogs stopped, growling and snearing at the two boys.
"Okay, you want it the hard way, thats okay for me..." said the silverhaired boy and pulled out a ramboknife.
"Wha-what are you going to do with that knife?" asked Rito. The dogs began to walk away, if not somewhat unwillingly , all sending Rito a hateful glance.
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"Yo, names Iron Millenium. Thanks for waking me up!" said the boy, holding out a hand and smiled.
"Thanks..." Rito was dragged up. "My name is Rito. Rito Yuuki." he said and brushed away dirt from his uniform.
"Rito, Rito, Rito... There is something familiar with that name..." Iron lightend up. "AH! You`re Lala Hime`s most promising fiance-canidate!"
"H-how did you know that?!" asked Rito suprised. Iron held up his hand. The skin in the middle began to rise, like something was pushing on it from underneath. Then the skin was torn open and a blade slowly raised a few cm pointing towards the sky.
"Would a normal human be able to do this? And everybody, especialy aliens, should read the newspaper everyday." He winked and then showed his knife to Rito. It was some letters on it which looked very alike those from Deviluke.
"It says: "Good luck, Iron!"." said Iron. "Lala Hime gave it to me."
Mikan heard the door open. "I`m home." said Rito. "Lala, there is someone here you have to meet!"
"Rito, your`re late again! What is your excuse…" Mikan shut her mouth from the sight of a stranger behind Rito.
"Who is he?" she asked and pointed at the boy.
"This is Iron…" began Rito, but Mikan interrupted him by shaking her head.
"Rito, we don`t have more space in the house." Rito was just about to argue when Mikan turned around and said: "And no, you can`t keep him!"
"Who is it?" Lala came out of the living- room and stopped. "You..." she said slowly.
Iron raised an eyebrow. "Nice to see you still remember me."
"Who are you?" she asked. "GAAH! Are you saying you don`t remember me?!" shouted Iron and waved his arms. Lala shaked her head.
"I`ll go and make some tea." said Mikan with a sigh, likewise as always.
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In the livingroom a few minutes later.
Rito, Lala, Mikan and Iron was gathered in the livingroom, Celine sleeping on a pillow. Iron sighed after trying three times to make Lala remember him.
"The little boy you found in the royal garden. I had a cut in my head and you took me too your room and fixed it. We kept together for four years or so, before your father found out. I had to escape and you helped me. You also gave me this knife, where you had engraved the words: Good luck, Iron."
Lala thought about for a while, and remembered. Her eyes widened, and she lowered her head.
"N-now I remember..." Tears begin to fell from her eyes and she sobbed. Suddenly, she began to cry loudly. Rito layed his arms around her and held her thight for some minutes. When she had calmed down, she looked at Iron with eyes filled tears and smiled.
How could I forget my first and only secret friend?" Iron looked away, as if he was in pain.
"So, you still have it?" he asked. "Yeah, I do..."
Mikan looked at them. "What are you talking about? Have you been together or something?" she asked.
"It`s a scar." said Lala.
"A scar?" Rito had never seen any scar on Lala`s body. But then again, he had tried not to look at her naked body as often as possible.
Lala layed a hand between her legs. "Right here. A three rod scar."
Rito blushed. "He-hey, we don`t have to talk about it, you know!" said Rito and tried to change the subject. Lala`s cellphone began to ring.
"Huh? Who can that be?" She answered the call. "Hello?"
"ANE-UE! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?! YOU PROMISED TO COME AND PICK US UP AFTER SCHOOL!" shouted Nana angrily.
*"Who the heck owns that voice? Voice, which voice? All I hear is noise."*thought Iron and shaked his head. "Oh no! I totally forgot it. Im so sorry, Nana."
"Nana? You mean Nana Asta Deviluke, the second princess of Deviluke?" asked Iron. "Who was that?" asked Nana through the phone.
"Just an old friend. We`ll come at once!" said Lala and clapped her phone togheter.
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The trainstation was packed as always, so Rito and Lala had problems spotting Nana and Momo, but after a while, they found them, thanks to the girls awkward dresses.
"Hello! Welcome back! How was the trip?" said Lala and hugged Momo.
"Thanks, sister. It was a wonderful trip, really fun!" said Momo. Her hair had gotten slightly longer, and her body had grown a bit.
"Nana, you have really grown!" Nana had actually gotten higher and more mature, but she still had a long way to go compared to Momo.
"Thanks. It`s so good to be back in Japan again." Momo shaked hands with Rito.
"Hey, were is that old friend of yours?" asked Nana, looking around.
"He wanted to wait outside. Said something about too many people." Rito had to take some of the baggage (if 2/3 of in total 14 suitcases can be called some) and carry it out.
"Iron! Come over her and meet my sisters!" A young boy came towards them. "Hello." he said and smiled. Momo and Nana couldn`t belive their eyes. Was this boy, who looked like a really rich, cool and popular teenage boy from some for-girls manga, a friend of Lala?
Two belts crossed each other, and a chain was hanging on the right side of his blue jeans. He had a big black jacket with a hood on and street shoes. "My name is Iron. It`s an honor to finally meet you two in person, princesses of Deviluke." He shaked hands with both of them.
"Hey, instead of flirting with them, help me with the baggage!" said Rito irritated. Iron looked at him. "Hey, nobody said these two were bringing company!"
Chapter 1 end.