Rikku's current Level: 17

Basilicom (next morning)...

Rikku was sleeping in the Basilicom instead of a inn room. although he tried to get up it was futile. He looked down and almost had a heart attack. Well, that was obvious, because there were two little girls sleeping using his breast as a pillow. The CPU candidates of Lowee were using him as a hugging-pillow as if it was the most natural thing to do! 'What is this?Calm down, calm down. We were discussing the prank and then... What happend? Did I fall asleep? Well whatever, let's wake up the twins first.' He shook them a little, but they didn't wake up. He tried it a few more times, but soon decided to give up.'What a bother.' He put his face near their ears and blew air out.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuhh

''Hiiiii, o-onii-chan... w-what are you doing?'' Rom asked with teary eyes, while crouching away.

''Aah, sorry about that, Rom-chan. You wouldn't wake up no matter how much I shook you.''

''O-okay, thank you, but why did you wake me up?''

''Ah, we need to prepare our prank before your onee-cahn wakes up.'' He said it with a mischievious grin on his face.''So, to wake Ram-chan up...'' Rikku thought about it for a second and got behind Rom. Later was confused after her onii-chan said sorry and grabbed her hips. He started to tickle her and she couldn't suppress her laughter.

''Hyahahahaa, O-onii-chan it tickles! Please, spar me.'' Ram woke immediatley up after the cry from her twin sister.

''W-w-w-what are you doing you pervert!''

''Shhh, if you're too loud Blanc will wake up.'' Rikku said, while putting a finger in front of his lips.

''And why did you do it?'' Ram now more quietly, but still glaring daggers at him, asked.

''It was the best way to wake you up. Now let's hurry we need to prepare.'' He took the two of them by their hands an left the room.

Half an hour later...

Rikku waited at an corner near Blancs room to feed her false information as soon as she comes running out of her room. The two twin sisters waited in a empty room used for storing books in it, to prevent the two girls from accidently running into their older sister. It was that moment, when Rikku heard an angry cry that sounded like the howl of a wild beast. Blanc opened the door with a slam and a white smoke screen emerged out of her room. She was completely white, from her hair all the way down to her feet. She was slowly walking, trembling with rage, she saw Rikku and asked him in a calm manner.

''Do you know where these two little brats are?'' Her left eyebrow was twiching.

''What happend with you?'' He asked, brushing of a little bit of the powder with his index finger.''Is that... chalk powder?''

''Could you please answer my question?'' She asked with a smile that send shivers down his spine.

''I saw them walking that way while laughing.'' He said and pointed in the opposite direction.

Thank you was all she said before running that way. 'Sorry, Blanc. I will make it up to you later.' He apologised in his head as he was walking towards the empty room. He knocked on the door.''She's gone you have about five minutes to reach the next destination.''

''Ok, we will go. We're counting on you to give us a chance to leave.''

''I know. Now go, I will also go.'' He said and left without waiting for their reply. But he thought he heard one of them say 'Good luck, onii-chan.' and smiled a little bit. They repeated the misleading a few times until the twins got out of the Basilicom. 'Now, only I need to sneek out.' Blanc was a smart girl, she probably noticed that Rikku helped her sisters to get away. He stood near the entrance and used one of the two skills he learned in the library. [Transparency]. He was invisible as long as he didn't move. He waited until Blanc would walk past him and would meet up with Ram and Rom in the town.

Town...

He succeeded with his escape and found the CPU candidates at an ice cream shop. ''Yo, sorry I'm late.'' He walked closer and took a seat at their table.

''Ah, welcome back, onii-chan.'' Rom greeted him with a bashful smile.

''Ohh, good work, ani-ki.'' Ram gave him a victorious smile and a thumb up.

''A-ani-ki, even you...'' He hung his head and decided to give up on the hope that they will call him by his name.

''So, how is the situation? Is she still angry?'' Ram asked ignoring his comment.

''Yeah, Blanc was so angry that she didn't even clean herself. She looked for you the whole time, although she suspects me as well.'' He made a bitter smile, while informing them about the current situation.

''I-is that so... I think it's dangerous to return if she's like that...'' Ram was a little afraid of her sister when she's truly angry.

''A-ah don't worry, I plan to calm her down once I go back. Just try to avoid her as much as possible and it should be alright.''

''Y-you're sacrificing yourself to protect us... you are truly our ani-ki.''

''I will nurse you. So... don't worry.'' Ram was looking at him like a hero out of a TV-show and Rom was looking at him with pity in her eyes.

'You say that, but neither of you said something to stop me, you know?' Rikku thought that and a sweatdrop appeard on his forehead.''Well, I need to prepare a few things for my apology so here is some credit, buy you a few sweets and wait an hour before returning.'' He patted their heads and walked away. Both of them blushed and covered their faces with their hats.

Basilicom...

*knock* *knock* Rikku stood in front of Blancs room and waited for a response. Only after he heard a silent 'It's open' dared he to enter the room. Blanc had a surprised expression, not because Rikku visited her but because he had a bundle of roses in his hand.

''Here for you.'' He handed her the roses with a smile on his face. ''As an apology for the prank.''

''If you're sorry about it then don't do it in the first place.'' She tried to sound angry but her rose red cheeks made it impossible.

''Don't be like that. I also brought a few books you wanted.''

''Why do you know which books I want?'' Blanc raised her eyebrow and turned serious, although she still had a small smile on her face.

''That was simple, I just asked Mina.'' He replied immediatley while taking out a bunch of books.

''Is that so? Then it's at least true that I want them.''

''Ok, I will go get a vase for the roses.''

''Please, do that.'' Blanc answered and looked at the book covers. She was sure there were books of various genres that she wanted, but he only brought romance novels. After realising it turned the CPU of Lowee even redder than before.'Don't think about it. It's just a coincidence. It's just a coincidence. There is no way he would be implying sometihng after what he said yesterday.' Blanc shoke her head and regained her composure. It was that moment when Rikku returned with the roses, now in a vase.

Her face immediatley got bright red, so she turned around deciding to look at the novels. But that didn't help either, because of their genre.

''I got a vase for the …. Blanc what's wrong? Are you still mad?''

''It's nothing and no I'm not mad anymore. Don't you have something else to do?'' She wanted to prevent him from seeing her in this state. But it only backfired at her.

''No I don't have any plans. Now that I think about it you asked me the same thing yesterday, too.''

'I can't say him that I wanted him to spend more time with him. But what can I …. Ah, I know.' She thought of something and decided to go with it. ''You said you wanted to investigate something, so I wanted to ask you what you were investigating.''

''Ah, nothing serious. Just a fairy tale that made me curious.''

''Is that so? And the name of the fairy tale is?''

''I don't even know that, but if i should guess it would be [The Tale of the Demon God], or something like that.'' He tried to sound casual, but Blancs face immediatley darkend.

''Why would you be interessted in that tale?''

''Because of the Name [Lilith]. There is a woman with the same name in my fromer world, and I want to know if there is a connection between the two of them.''

''I have a few books with information about the tale. Do you want to take them with you?''

''About how many books are we talking?''

''About 30.''

''…''

''…''

''…''

''Sorry, but carrying 30 books at the same time is impossible, can I read them here?'' He asked with a sweatdrop on his forehead.

''Of course, the books are over there in the bookshelf. You can sit on my bed, it's big enough after all.'' She said while pointing at the bookshelf in the left corner of the room, again avoiding eye contact.

Rikku walked to towards the shelf and read a few of the titles. After reading almost every title of the books, noticing that most of them were romantic novels, the boy walked to the bed carrying 15 books. He sat down on the bed with his back facing Blanc and immediatley started his research.

Blanc waited a few minutes before taking one of her new novels and slowly started to approach Rikku. She sat down directly behind him and leaned her back agains his. The moment their backs touched, she strangly started feeling at ease and safe as if nothing could pose a threat to her. The two of them sat there in a comfortable silence, with a light blush on their cheeks. Before either of them noticed had the both of them fallen asleep.

On a school roof at dusk...

The sunset coloured the sky in a bright orange. A single girl with waist length hair stood there holding her hair so it wouldn't flutter around in the wind. Normaly a girl with such an appearance would be considered pretty, but there was a fact that disturbed the picture. Her face was nothing but a blur. The girl turned around after hearing the opening of the door. A boy with raven black hair and ruby red eyes walked towards her, while looking nervous. The girl faced him and started to talk. ''I read your letter.''

''A-and what do say?'' The boy, don't looking older then 11, asked timidly.

''You're good looking and you get along with everybody. You have excellent grades and you can do almost everything you want to, since you're a very fast learner. Honestly speaking... You're extremly boring. I don't want to go out with a colourless person.''

''Eh...? I-is that so … But I can change myself. I can become an interessting person! S-so please don't leave me!'' The boy shouted desperate at his first love. But the girl just let out a sigh and shook her head.

''It's meaningless, you won't become interessting so just leave me alone. I don't want to see your face.'' The girl walked past him and left the roof without saying anything else. The boy just sat there and cried. He returned home and locked himself up in his room. He didn't left his room for days because of his trauma. It was then when he learned about the world of games. Playing for days, mostly JRPGs,until he got obsessed with them.'The girls in games are faithful, they don't leave you, don't hurt you nor abandon you.' Althought he started to go to school agian, he still closed his heart and never again trusted others. That was the last thing he saw before woke up again.