Upon arriving Rito thought it would be best to get some gifts first before he goes home. For his wellbeing he will have to get enough gifts to avoid the fact that he was gone for a year…not contacting anyone…and leaving all the responsibilities to Mikan. 'I'm a dead man' he thought miserably in his head.
The 17 year old stopped by the local mall looking for some presents. Truthfully he could have gotten some souvenirs and gifts from the planets he had gone to but he never got to because of the constant monster attacks and training he had to endure. Rito stopped by many stores involving clothes, perfume, and electronics. He also contemplated in getting a puppy but remembering all the things that went on in his house, he decided it was best not to do it.
After he was done shopping he was left with ten shopping bags of gifts and an almost empty wallet. The money he had gotten from his year trip was all spent in one day. Rito sighed at the thought of how hard he had worked for it. Counting the last of the yen he had, he decided to grab lunch at the mall with what was left of his money.
He got himself some noodles from a local place that he used to eat in when he was young. He sat on one of the tables, taking out a pair of chopsticks and began eating. After he was done he was going to make his way home but stopped after seeing a large crowd of people gathered near the centre of the mall. Curiosity got the better of him as he made his way through to see what was going on.
Pushing through the large crowd, he tried to get to the front to see what the commotion was about. When he made his way to the middle of the crowd he heard the amplified voice of the idol, and he suddenly knew who it was. A small alarm went off in his head telling him to get away as fast as possible; the thought of Run's reaction after seeing him here was quite a scary thought. Rito wondered if taking a guy's virginity in public was against the law. The answer would probably be yes, but if the principal can go around harassing girls without getting arrested…
The orange haired picked up his bags ready to leave when the crowd of people began climbing the stage to closing in on the idol. Though the security tried their best they could not hold the amount of people going after the Run. Instincts took over as Rito threw the bags at the side and began making his way through the crowd. He made it to the stage without any trouble from the people he pushed through; looking behind him he noticed something. They're eyes were completely blank, and it dawned on him. "They're being controlled." He said out load.
"That is very observant of you, Rito Yuuki." The voice echoed through the mall. Rito looked around trying to pinpoint where the person was but with no avail. Even with the best of his abilities he could not locate it.
"Now if you would turn your attention to the front." Rito followed what the voice said, only to find Run tied up on a chair at the back of the stage. The ropes prevented her from any movement, and a cloth covered her mouth preventing any way of speaking. Only grunts and moans passed through her lips, as she tried desperately to tell him something. Rito looked at her purple eyes, as they pleaded for help. Something inside of him began to stir but he pushed it back.
"Let her go, she has done nothing wrong." The 17 year-old shouted.
"We are well aware of that, but it is not her we want."
"What do you want?" Rito demanded to the roof.
"Rito Yuuki you are what we want… you are our target." The voice said. "If you do not comply with our wishes the girl shall be killed." Rito looked behind him to find a man with a gun pointing at the idol's head.
"What is your decision Rito Yuuki?" The voice seemingly amplified its voice louder. But before it could get its answer the boy vanished.
He reappeared beside the person with the gun, skilfully unarming the man, and then knocking him out by hitting a pressure point in his neck. The guard beside him reached for his gun but it was instantly knocked out of his hands by an upwards kick delivered by Rito. The gun went flying in the air a good 20 feet. The man tried to land a punch on the 17 year-old but was pushed backwards by Rito's psycokenisis hitting his head on a wall.
Several more surrounded the orange hair using any other means of weapons such as knives, golf clubs, and smashed bottles... it is a mall after all. All at once the 4 men and 2 women lunged at him with their make believe weapons.
The first person attacked him with a kitchen knife, but was instantly disarmed. Rito raised his right hand as it sparked up and grasped the man's face shocking him enough to fall unconscious. A man and a woman charged at him from each side. The man was holding a baseball bat while the woman had a chair. Acting upon instincts Rito dodged their attack and took both their heads, smacking them against the other's head. The last three attacked him head on only to be round housed kicked by the teen.
The rest backed up from the 17 year-old afraid that they would receive the same fate as their comrades. Rito knew the brainwashing effect was wearing off, on the shoppers. The 17 year-old heard a muffled scream as he was back in the same sitituation he was in before. The woman was holding a knife at Run's neck though her hand was shaking a considerable amount. She was pregnant with a child by the looks of her curved stomach.
Rito raised his hand as he caught the pistol he kicked out of the other man's hands. He pointed it directly as the woman, looking at the safety to make sure it was off. "What will you do Rito Yuuki?" The voice interrupted. "Kill a pregnant woman; you will not be killing one but two innocent lives in the process. Lay down your weapon and surrender, and save the lives of three people that stand before you."
The 17 year-old stood still as he raised the gun at the woman. The atmosphere grew tense as Rito readied himself for the shot. Time slowed down as Run shouted him to stop, but it was useless as pulled the trigger releasing the bullet.
The idol closed her eyes as she heard the burst of the gun. Silence filled the room, but was broken by a something dropping the floor. Run presumed it was the knife. Warmth filled her hand as she waited for something to happen. Seconds passed by only making her more curious to see the events that occurred. She tried to resist the urge to look, she didn't want to see the corpse of another person's, and she did not want to see what the man she loved had done.
Darkness surrounded her as she felt something in her eyes. 'Water?' she thought in her head, but it was salty and bitter when it reached to her mouth. Dawning reached her as she realized it was tears. She tried to stop them but with no avail as they continued to fall from her cheeks.
She cried for what seemed like hours, until she felt the warm hand of someone grabbing her shoulders. The person's fingers wiping away all her tears, as he said comforting words to her. "It's okay, it's okay." He continued to say over and over again, his voice making all her worries disappear. Run felt herself being pulled closer, until she was against his body which enveloped her in warmth. She felt so many things right now. She felt completely safe in the arms of that man, and eventually pulled him even closer.
She opened her eyes to find orange hair dangling from the back of the boy's head. She looked around and saw the faces of her fans. Some of them looked relieved at the sight of Run opening her eyes, while the others looked quite confused. To the left of her she saw the woman that was holding the knife, who was okay and holding her hand for either comfort or support.
A minute passed by when she felt herself being slowly pushed away from the boy. Startled the green hair held on to his back trying to stay like this forever. Though she knew she couldn't, eventually she loosed her grip seeing the face of the person hugging her. She stared at his tan colour eyes, and she could not believe how gentle they were from when they were before. She looked at him from head to toe; trying to make sure it was him. Confirming it she almost broke down crying again.
"Rito… you're back." the idol said out load, trying to also confirm it for herself.
"Yeah Run… I'm back." He said as he flashed one of his goofy smiles, causing Run to pin him down to the floor which had startled the 17 year-old a bit.
"Rito…" she said lustfully, her hand reaching down his pants. "Take me…" she said as she moved closer to his lips.
"Wait Run don't… not here, not in public!" Rito said obviously flustered. He could hear the hoots of the males out in the audience.
Run was an inch away to kiss the man of her dreams, when she was interrupted by a girl's scream. "GET AWAY!" The girl shouted.
Kyoko, the half fire-saijin, ran past the crowd of people while being chased by the perverted principal of the school… which apparently had nothing but his underwear on.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!" She yelled.
"Come here pretty girl!" The principal yelled at her. "Come give me a big kiss." He was closing the gap between them until he could grab hold of her shoulder. Twirling her around and waited in anticipation for the kiss.
"NO!" she yelled as fire began forming in her hands. And before anyone knew it the school principal was toasted and burned. That week he was absent from school due to medical conditions. The week after he made a full recovery but stayed for a few more days, which he was later denied due to the excessive harassment of the nurses.
"Kyoko, are you alright?" The TV star turned to find her best friend Run.
"Yeah I'm okay" she told her friend. "I'm not too sure about him though…" she pointed to what used to be the principal.
"You think he'll be okay?" Run asked as she got closer to examine the man.
"Hey don't get to close; he can sense you're there." Run shivered at the thought, as Rito smiled at his own joke. Though in the inside he didn't know if he was joking or not.
"Well it's been nice seeing you again but I have to get home. I haven't seen my sister in a long time."
"Rito you sure she won't be mad, I mean you did just leave for a year without communicating with any of us and ignoring all of our feelings…" The 17 year-old felt the atmosphere becoming hostile.
"Well that's why I bought lots of gifts for everyone."
"Where are they?" The idol questioned.
"Right over there." Rito pointed right behind him.
"Rito… there's nothing there…."
He turned around to find the floor burnt around the place he left the shopping bags. All that was left were ashes.
"No!"
Un-aware to Rito a certain blonde girl was sneaking around at the back of where he shot the bullet. She picked up what looked to be an alien device. "It transmits a sound that takes control of humans. It shouldn't work on aliens, so Run wasn't affected. But why was Rito un-affected? And more importantly, who is behind all of this?"
"Master, it seems like our plan was unsuccessful." The girl said from in the darkness. She stepped out revealing a red haired girl with a ponytail down to her knees. She was about 5'7 and looked about 15 years-old.
"It is quite alright; perhaps it was too early for Yami to have a change of heart anyways. It seems this Rito character will be hard to deal with though… but nevertheless he will be killed under YAMI'S HANDS!" The shadowed figure laughed maniacally. "You should get some sleep, tomorrow is the first day of school, isn't that right Mea?"
A smile formed on the girl named Mea. "Yes master, Nemesis"
Well I hope you guys liked this chapter. I got the suggestion of interacting with Run first from Gitah-Muttan. Also I hopefully fixed any spelling errors or possible mistakes I did in the first chapter and this one.
Now I don't know if the gun scene part was a bit much, but I hope the fighting was at least satisfactory. But I don't think I will be adding a battle scene next chapter, right now Rito needs to catch up with all of his girls. I will however change him a bit back to his old self.
In any case please review any suggestions or ideas; it will be really helpful to the progression of this story. Anyways next chapter Rito will go back to his house where he will meet his sister and the Devilukes.
