Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or world of To Love Ru. All rights belong to Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki. I DO own the Spirit Blankets and Chikara.
***TO LOVE RU: FUTURE TROUBLE ***
Chapter 1: The Spirit Blankets
Thursday
"This is getting very annoying." A spiky, orange-haired teenager said to himself. Rito Yuuki was yet again in another uncomfortable situation thanks to the pink-haired princess of the Planet Deviluke.
He loved the princess with a deep passion and, though he would probably never admit this, could see himself being with her for the rest of his life. From the first time she showed up in his bathtub to now, she had become a constant variable in the boy's life, and to this day he could not imagine what his life would be like if Lala would not have came. Despite this love, however, he was not enjoying her daily antics in which he would end up in a compromising situation, which is what has happened today.
"I went to get groceries, and now I'm in a forest . . . how does that happen?" Rito looked down at his hands to see the two bags of groceries in his grip. He then looked at his surroundings: trees; nothing but gigantic trees that, to Rito, could rival skyscrapers in the city. Rito's savior came in the form of occasional signs that were stuck in the green grass pointing in the direction of the city of Sainan. After another directional sign that also featured an advertisement for the "Stray Cats Café," Rito sat on a nearby log to rest.
Rito sighed, "Okay, that sign said I'm just two miles from Sainan. If I keep traveling west, I should be there soon."
Rito continued on. He had figured that the forest he was in was right next to Sainan City; otherwise why would there be signs pointing to it? Not watching where he was going, he tripped on a fallen tree branch and fell to the ground, spilling his groceries on the leaf-infested grass.
"Ouch! Where did that come from?" He asked himself as he got up. But as he tried to get up, he hit his head again, this time on a white object. "Ouch! What the . . . eh?" He got up off the ground, making sure that he did not hit his head again, and saw a sight that he was too familiar of.
There, in front of him, were three girls, bathing in a white bath tub with a shower head at the front of it. One girl had blue hair, blue eyes, and was shorter than Rito, another had red hair, red eyes, and was the same height, and the last girl had green hair, green eyes, and was slightly shorter than Rito. The key factor here was that they were all naked, so the boy could see every curve of their body. Apparently he hit his head on a bathtub, alarming the three nude girls.
Upon seeing the girls, Rito's face turned a tomato red; the same went for the three girls who noticed his presence.
"W-What the hell?" The red haired girl screamed as she threw a washing tub at the flustered boy's head. It made instant contact and Rito, for the third time, fell to the ground.
'Ow, ow, ow,' Rito thought. 'Why are these girls bathing in the middle of a forest? And more importantly, why is there a bathtub in the middle of a forest?'
His thoughts ended when he felt a hand cling onto his head and lifted Rito's whole body in the air, until his eyes met brown eyes.
"Who the hell are you?" A semi-deep voice bellowed.
"Uh…uh…" Rito could only tremble as he was thrown down back to the ground. Finally looking up at his superior, Yuuki saw that he was a male with brown eyes, and the same height as he was. He had brown, spiky hair, and, if Rito's hair was brown instead of orange, some would mistake them as twins, the only difference being the hair and the fact that the mystery boy was wearing all brown clothing, from a brown shirt to brown shoes.
"Who do you think you are, sneaking up on them to catch a peek?" The boy said, towering over Rito.
"Uh, sorry, I-I didn't know that they were there!" Rito quivered.
"Ah! Yochi-kun, who is that? A peeper?" The green eyed girl said with a high pitched voice. Her voice reminded Rito of Lala, and their voices sounded almost the same.
"I believe so," The red haired girl said. Her voice had the same tone as Yui Kotegawa's; condescending and bossy.
"W-W-Wait a sec, I didn't…" Rito tried to explain, but he could not get the words out. 'Why does this always happen to me? What did I ever do to deserve this?'
"You have a lot of nerve, little pervert," The boy named Yochi said. "People like you make my life so difficult. Every day there's another man trying to look at them or trying to get in their pants. Not on my watch, bud."
Rito closed his eyes and prepared for the worse, when he heard leaves been crushed not too far off. A voice accompanied the sound. "Well, well, well, if it isn't my dear old friends."
'Oh great, more trouble,' Rito thought.
The voice came from a tall boy with grey clothing, grey eyes, and grey hair much like the combination on the four other beings that Rito had just met. He looked menacingly at the one called Yochi and smiled a sinister smile.
"Chikara?" The brown boy would have said something else, but the grey Chikara used blinding speed to approach Yochi and punched him square across the forest.
"WHOA!" Rito said as he backed away as best as he could.
"Yochi-kun!" The blue haired girl now spoke, which reminded Yuuki of Haruna. She had the same hair color, mannerism, and voice as his beloved.
"Well, this is a sight to behold," Chikara gazed longingly at the three naked girls in the bath. A little drool was visible to Rito on the side of his mouth.
"Get out of here, Chikara!" The red eyed girl covered herself as she held out her free hand and made a fireball. She instantly shot it at him but Chikara swatted it away.
'W-W-What in the world is going on?' Rito could only watch in awe as an extremely violent battle was about to take place.
"Aw, is little Kasai upset that you haven't developed yet?" Chikara played with her with a smirk. Kasai, the red-head, practically jumped out of the tub, blushing furiously, and tried to make her way to her offender. Chikara's smirk never faded, until a right hand met his jaw.
"GET AWAY FROM HERE!" A newly recovered Yochi shouted, punching Chikara a few feet away from him. The other two bathing females wrapped towels around themselves and got out of the tub and approached Yochi.
"Yochi, you did not have to do that, you know." Kasai said.
"I know, but I had to get that guy back."
"So, what about this guy?" The green haired girl with the high pitched voice pointed to Rito, who was awestruck at the four super humans . . . if they could be called human. She blushed as she looked at him and smiled. "He's kinda cute . . ."
"Oh god, not this again," Kasai said, annoyed. "Seriously, Uindo, you are just too naïve. You fall for practically every boy at home."
Uindo shot back, "No I don't!"
"Don't worry about him; he does not look like a threat…" Yochi could not finish his sentence when suddenly, a huge yet invisible blast pushed Yochi all across the forest.
"Yochi-kun!" The blue haired girl ran after him.
"You know, I don't like to be touched. . ." Chikara slowly stood up. "Especially by a dirt-infested prick like you."
"Uindo, get back!" Kasai pushed Uindo back and went straight for Chikara.
Meanwhile, Rito's mouth was open for so long, his jaws started to strain, so he closed it, and watched the super battle take place.
The battle would be awesome to an anime action fan boy, but actually being there to witness it is terrifying. All the while, Rito hid behind a tree, watching the super humans use Fire, Wind, and an invisible Force to try to kill each other. The lone boy made out a couple of facts: 1. these beings were obviously aliens and 2. They used elements to fight. The red haired girl named Kasai used fire, the green haired girl named Uindo used wind, and the grey haired boy named Chikara used…something. The blue haired girl also hid behind a tree, tending to the wounds of Yochi while watching helplessly at the battle.
In the middle of the battle, Rito thought to himself, 'Why am I still here? I have to get the groceries and get the heck out of here!' With that, Rito proceeded to collect groceries that were mostly cracked and/or broken, while a battle of epic proportions was taking place in front of him.
After collecting all of the groceries, Rito started to creep his way to the direction that the sign pointed to earlier (which was now destroyed). He would figure out how to tell Mikan about the groceries later; right now it was time to get out of here. But, being the 'trouble magnet', something stopped him from proceeding forward. Rito did not pay attention to the battle that was taking place, and, therefore, did not see a girl falling from the sky right on top of him. The already battered groceries were now completely destroyed.
'Gah! What the hell was that?' Rito thought. As he opened his eyes, he could see something green, like hair. Then he looked up and, to his chagrin, saw what it was.
"AH!" A girl's voice shouted. "What are you doing?" The voice belonged to Uindo, who was on top of Rito. The only problem was that Rito's face was right on her thighs, or better yet, her vagina. On top of that, Uindo had no panties on; she was naked except for her towel, so Rito's mouth was right on the lips of the vagina. He also saw her pubic hair, which was not much but hair was present in a green coating. You have not seen red until you have seen Rito's and Uindo's faces. "NOOOO!" Embarrassed and without thinking, she used her wind powers to blow Rito straight up in the air, with Rito screaming the whole trip.
(To Love-Ru)
"Now, when are we gonna stop this?" Chikara said, as he closed in on the other three super humans. Kasai was now battered, a near a bloody Yochi was stretched out on the ground, and a worried blue haired girl came running out from her hiding spot and tried to comfort the fallen brown boy. "I told you that I would get you back for what you did back at Blanketa. Did you think that coming to Earth would mean that you were in the clear? "Chikara stretched his palm out towards the three and prepared an attack."Goodbye, my little spirits."
A faint scream could be heard in the air. Chikara heard this and looked up to the sky. In a matter of seconds, he was grounded by a falling object that seemingly appeared from nowhere.
"What was that?" Yochi looked to see what had grounded Chikara, only to see an orange-haired boy, dazed, on top of a seemingly unconscious Chikara.
"He…he stopped him?" Kasai lay astonished.
'Why…why does this only happen to me?' Rito thought, still dazed from the fall.
(To Love-Ru)
"Thanks, mister!" Uindo happily thanked Rito. The three girls now had their clothes on, which were just like Yochi's except they were women's wear and they matched their hair and eyes completely. Rito, now recovered from the fall, stood in front of the four aliens in human form.
"Uh . . . it was . . . nothing?" Rito did not know how to respond to that thanks, but he tried his best.
"It's a good thing that a log was next to him and hit his head as he fell," Yochi explained. "He won't be waking up for a while, enough time for the disciplinary force to show up from Blanketa."
Seeing that the groceries were destroyed, he saw no reason to rush anymore. Mikan would be pissed, but he would deal with that later. Curiosity got the best of him, and he asked an important question, "So, who . . . or what are you guys? Are you aliens?"
"I better explain," Kasai stepped in and began her explanation. "We are from Planet Blanketa. We are from a race called the Spirit Blankets."
"Spirit Blankets?" Rito thought it was a dumb name but continued to listen.
"Yes. We have a pre-determined power, based on the elements of the world. I have Fire powers, Uindo has Wind powers, Yochi has Earth powers, and Mizu has Water powers; she's the one hiding behind Yochi."
Rito looked behind the brown covered boy to see some blue hair. He came to the conclusion that she was extremely shy; he had seen Haruna's shy side but this girl trumped Sairenji.
"But why are you called 'Spirit Blankets'" Rito asked.
"Ah, that's the fun part!" Uindo said bubbly. "Okay, guys, let's transform!" Without any hesitation, the four Blanketaeans were surrounded by streams of their own color that soon consumed them. Before Rito's eyes, the four human-like aliens became throws on the ground.
'So they just turn into blankets? That seems like a dumb power . . . but that fight earlier . . . is there something more to them?' Rito thought to himself.
The blankets transformed back into their human form.
"What do ya think?" Uindo expected a positive answer.
"Uh . . . it's . . . pretty cool." Rito did not want to get these guys angry.
"Don't' be mistaken by our transformation," Yochi explained. "We Spirit Blankets can take a LOT of damage."
"I see . . . then may I ask why you guys are on Earth?" Rito questioned.
"We were passing through the Milky Way Galaxy on our trip to another planet when Uindo here had to go to the bathroom." Kasai shot glares at Uindo and Uindo responded by avoiding eye contact and whistling. "She was running around all over the ship and, to make a long story short, we crashes here in this forest. Now we're stuck on this planet until we can get ours ship repaired."
"I really had to go!" Uindo defended herself.
"You could've waited!"
As the two aliens argued, Rito looked over at Yochi. "You have it rough, don't you?"
"You have no idea."
"Are these all your friends?"
"Worse. Sisters."
"Wow, all three of them? But they look nothing like you."
"Blanketean offspring usually don't look like each other if they are a different element. It's perfectly normal to have a Fire element baby and a Water element baby born from the same mother."
"Ah." Rito was not very interested in hearing about alien offspring, so he decided to cut this "chat" short. "Well, I should be going. My family's probably worried about me."
"Oh, Yuuki-kun, you're not gonna just leave helpless aliens stranded on this planet, are you?" A seductive-like voice sounded. The two Blanketean sisters stopped their bickering to look for the owner of the voice. Rito knew exactly who it was and turned around to face her.
"Mikado-sensei? What are you doing here?"
"I come to this forest to gather herbs for my patience." Mikado smiled her usual smile. "It's usually pretty peaceful around here, but I guess today this forest was the site of a multi-element showdown." She laughed to herself.
"Rito Yuuki, you know this beautiful woman?" Yochi whispered to him.
"Fortunately and unfortunately." Rito's sweat dropped as Mikado made her way closer to the group.
"I heard about your dilemma; your ship crashed to Earth and you are now stranded here until your ship can be fixed. Well, I just happen to know a very good mechanic who could fix your ship for a minimum price."
"REALLY?" Uindo's eyes widened as she heard the hopeful news.
"Mmhmm. But it will take a while for the ship to be repaired, so you will need a place to stay." She abruptly turned to Rito. "Yuuki-kun, why don't you let them stay with you?"
"WHAT?" Rito and Kasai both screamed. Kasai spoke afterwards, "There is NO way we are staying with this pervert!" Rito sighed as she accused him.
On the contrary, Uindo was extremely happy at the prospect of staying with the boy and voiced it. Mizu was not saying a word, hiding behind Yochi. Rito did not notice this, but she was staring at him all the while the conversation went on.
"Come on, Kasai," Yochi said. "We have nowhere else to go. I'm sure Rito Yuuki would not mind, would you?"
"Um . . . well . . ." He did not want to leave the aliens stranded without a place to stay, but what would Mikan think? She would probably be furious at him for not telling her about this sooner. "Let me call my sister and see if it's okay." Calling her would be fine. She would know about his plan ahead of time and she would have time to prepare. Unfortunately when he reached in his pocket, all he could feel were wires and the remnant of his now broken phone.
"Well, looks like you are phone-impaired at the moment," Mikado smiled. "I'm sure your sister will be okay with it. Now run along, I'm sure you all are very tired. I'll have the mechanic come out here tomorrow for your ship." Without another word, Mikado walked off, still smiling.
"T-This is . . ." Rito not only imagined the cost for a new phone but also the trouble that might take place with four more aliens living under his roof. His thoughts were interrupted by a green-haired girl leaping on his back.
"Yay!" Uindo shouted. "I get to stay with the cute Rito Yuuki!"
"This is gonna be a complete disaster." Kasai rolled her eyes as she walked forward.
"Ah come on, it can't be that bad . . . can it?" Yochi said.
"You just watch."
(Future Trouble)
"Where is that boy?" Mikan's normal happy demeanor was replaced by one of worry and anger. She had sent him out to get the ingredients needed over two hours ago. She even sent Lala with him so he wouldn't get lost; that boy was a clumsy one. When the princess came back empty handed and told her of Rito's "flight," she had no choice but to be worried about the well being of her brother. Her playing with Celine in the living room ceased and she began pacing all over the room with the Devilukean sisters spectating.
"Mau . . ." Celine's usual happy trademark was replaced with a worry. She too had been affected by the absent of her "dad" and was just as worried as Mikan.
"Sorry, Mikan," Lala said. "I tried to search for him, but neither I nor Peke could find him."
"I could send one of my animals out to find him, if that would help." Nana offered. She looked at Mikan intensively; she had never seen the girl so distraught and panicky.
"No . . . leave him out there." Mikan said, which came to a shock to the three Devilukean sisters in the room. "If he wants to ditch Lala and play his own little games, I don't care." She folded her arms and closed her eyes.
"Mikan-san is awfully mad," Momo whispered to Nana. "Wonder why?"
"I heard that the groceries Rito was supposed to get weren't just ordinary groceries," Nana answered. "It was for a gift for someone, I think."
"I'm home." A voice coming from the door called out. Mikan's "tough-girl" act immediately broke as she opened her eyes, picked Celine up and ran to the door. The blockhead was finally home.
"RITO! Where the heck have you…eh?" Mikan yelled, until she saw a sight to behold. There was Rito, but a green haired girl was clinging on his back, a blue haired girl was to the left of him, a brown haired boy was to the right of him, and a red haired girl was behind Rito.
"Good evening, Mikan Yuuki-san," Yochi bowed his head. "We are the Spirit Blankets. We crashed our ship here on Earth and this nice man decided to help us by letting us stay here for the night. We hope that we aren't causing you any inconvenience." Yochi bowed again, this time Kasai joined in.
"HELLO!" Uindo waved. She obviously had no intention on formally greeting the host and felt right at home.
The Deviluke sisters came to the door and saw the sight. Lala's eyes widened and a childish smile appeared on her face, Nana generated a "WTF" face, and Momo just looked plain surprised. Mikan could not choose a face she wanted to put on, so she just stared, mainly at the green-haired girl on Rito's back.
"Rito . . ." Mikan finally said. "What in the world did you do?"
"Please Mikan," Rito sighed and closed his eyes. "I've had a rough day. Can we go over the details in the morning? Right now I would like some sleep."
"Yay!" Lala shouted. "We have more guests! I can make some guest rooms in our space!" She immediately ran off to do the task.
"Rito-san . . . I don't like that girl on your back." Momo said quietly to herself.
Apparently Nana overheard her because she added, "A beast, as always."
Rito, with Uindo clinging on to him, made his way upstairs. As Yochi, Kasai, and Mizu walked in, they all bowed again. "Thank you for your kindness." Yochi added as they followed the trouble-stricken boy up the stairs.
Mikan watched as they went and said one last thing before she went to the living room, "That boy is real troublesome."
(To Love-Ru)
With the Spirit Blankets in their rooms and Celine put to bed, Rito collapsed on his futon. The feeling the sheets gave him soothed him and for a moment just laid there, cuddling with his sheets. He finally pulled the covers back and slipped in them, ready for sleep to claim him.
"This has been an eventful day." He said to himself. "Then again, what do I expect? Every day is an eventful day."
Before he drifted into dreamland, a knock on his door opened his eyes. "Come in." He said. In walked in Mikan in her night pajamas. "Oh, Mikan."
"Rito . . ."
"Listen, Mikan," He knew she was about to rattle him on bringing in extra guests without telling him. "I tried to call you but . . . well . . . I had a little malfunction. I'm sorry I came in so late and with guests. I know this must make your job even harder. If you want, I can wake up earlier and fix breakfast so you won't have to, okay?"
Mikan slightly blushed. "R-Really? You would do that . . .for me?"
"Yeah. It's the least I could do."
"Well . . . thanks Rito. But that's not what I wanted to ask you."
" . . . What?"
"Nope." Mikan's voice got a little meaner. "Where are the groceries?"
His mind went through the fate of the groceries and the events of the day. It was so tiring that he did not answer his sister; he just looked at her one time, and his head smashed into the pillow, sleep finally overtaking him.
End
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