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Chapter 8: What it takes to be right! (4)

The tranquility in certain Japanese city's sections was.. utterly impressive.

Sure, the good ol' American neighborough was going to stick in my heart forever but there was this 'calm' that made one relax himself.

I smiled as I walked quietly and slowly towards the Yuuki household.

The lack of a proper sidewalk on those particular kind of streets always confused me and I had dreaded the possibility of going on a path a large truck might be taking.

Shuddering a little at the thought of being hit by something that big, I blinked as I found myself standing in front of the gates leading to the house.

My mind made a quick recap of what I might be encountering inside, considering every possible ecchi situation that I had to avoid so I could dodge some unnecessary beatings.

With one last prayer I stepped forward and gave three knocks at the door.

A muffled voice reached my ears and soon I also heard some footsteps approaching.

The door opened, a familiar brunette popping her head through the small gap and blinking at me.

"Oh Mortmimer-san, good afternoon." I nodded at her as she smiled a little. "Good afternoon, Mikan-san. I have been told that I had been invited for-" "Yes, Momo-san thought it would be nice to ask you to join us for lunch."

Momo planned this? I was sure that it had been all Rito's or Mikan's idea and, for some reason, this new development couldn't but bring some suspicion regarding the pinkette's plan.

Mikan stepped away from the doorway and I took it as a reason to step inside.

For the occasion I had already bought a pair of shoes for indoors and I placed the pair I was wearing parallel to the other ones, putting on the brand new slippers on my feet.

The girl walked softly towards the living room and, once I turned the corner, I saw a long table with several people chatting among each others and- "Morty!"

I grimaced as Momo started to wave my direction, driving everyone's attention onto me with their stares and- "Deviluke-san."

She froze in her actions before starting to straddling at Rito. "R-Rito-san, Morty is giving me the cold shower!"

The poor teen could do little to calm the pinkette and I could see Nana twitching in her seat as she brought her eyes to stare at the scene, but my attention was catched by something small and very happy to see me. "MAU!"

I admit I had not expected little Celine being capable of jumping like a small missile onto my chest and I almost fell on the floor by the surprise tackle.

"Celine!" I recognised Mikan's worried tone as I almost tripped backwards.

"It's alright, Mikan-san." I patted the giggling child snuggling on my chest with a small smile. "She is just happy to see me, I suppose..right?"

The plant girl nodded quickly "Mau!" My smile widened a small bit. "I am happy to see you too, Celine-chan."

"Mau." I moved towards the empty seat of the large table but.. "Do you want to eat with me, Celine-chan?"

She nodded and I calmly sat on the chair, the little girl sitting on my lap as her plate with food was brought where we were.

I blinked a little as I noticed I was sitting between Nana and Mikan and.. the former was staring in barely-veiled anger as Momo continued to tease Rito.

A sight left my mouth as I poked at her shoulder, getting her furious eyes on me.

I placed a finger close to the thin line that was my mouth and then turned towards the two teens.

"Deviluke-san I will continue to call like this if you don't show proper attitude at the table."

The short-haired pinkette paused and straightened herself up as she stared at me with an expecting expression.

Another sigh. "Fine... Momo."

She merely smiled widely, but I could see in her pink eyes that she had some chibi-Momo dancing at this 'victory'. Truly a childish girl.

"So I heard from Lala-san that you are not from this Earth, Mortimer-san, is that true?"

I blinked in surprise and turned to look at the waiting brunette. "Well.. that is true."

"W-what is different from your Earth when referring to this one?" I turned to see Rito continuing the semi-interrogation, but I could understand the curiousity and thus I answered as truthfully I could.

"There are no aliens.. or at least until the time I had left humanity was the only known intelligent living form in the universe."

"If I remember correctly there was also some time difference." Lala pointed out loudly drawing everyone's attention. "Dad said something about you coming from a pseudo-future."

"P-Pseudo-future?" Mikan asked, intrigued by the unknown term.

"The word identify dimensional planes that happens in a future, just not ours. In Mortimer-san's case he was picked in the 2019."

"That means that since this year is 2014.." I felt a very weird vibe in Momo's voice and I felt a shiver travel through my spine. "That you should be 17 in our dimension-"

"The answer for your unborn question, Momo, is no." She opened her mouth and I continued, interjecting any protest she had planned. "While I should have been 17 IF I had been born in this dimension, I was not and.. I'm still 22."

Her mouth closed in a pout, one I was happily ignoring as I picked up my fork and picked a bit of the delicious omelette Mikan had prepared.

"A-Actually, Mortimer-san." I paused mid-chewing to look at Nana as she stared at me. "I wanted to ask you if you had any experience about lo-that when you gave me that advice."

*Long sigh* Seems like today was going to be one of those days, afterall..

"I.. have never been in a relationship."

... "Why?"

I blinked. "'Why' what, Nana-san?"

"Y-You don't seem like an animal like Beast and- and it sounds weird to say, but you don't seem that bad."

.. I will remember that. That bad? Really?

"That is because I am not someone who likes flings, Nana-san. I am someone that has grown to think that it's best to have an healthy relationship and start a family from that. Flings, one-night stands and other similar things just exist to make true love a cheap thing."

"Love should be something mutual and ever-growing." Momo added absently as she stared at her plate. Not her food, her plate.

Her eyes turned up once more as a small smile was back up again. "It's good to know that you know that, Morty."

I was half-tempted to grit my teeth in annoyance at the continued usage of that nickname but.. I let it pass just this time.

I felt Celine standing up on my lap and giving me a small hug, which I responded by patting her head. She is so adorable..


After finishing the omelette and bidding them goodbye, I was hitting the streets once more.

My belly was full and my mind was tired from all that talks, so I was sure going to nap a little once I returned back to my flat-

Someone moved quickly, too quickly, behind me and I realised it was too late to react when I felt the sensation of a needle poking at my neck.

"I got you, Morty-chan!"

"M-Mea?!" The Transweapon jumped in front of my with a vixen smile, donning her dark clothes as she stepped calmly towards me. "You know me, but I don't know you."

The red-head pouted before pushing herself on my body with a giggle. "I wonder if you are a beast like Rito-san. That is why I need to use some expensive aphrodisiac on you, Morty-chan."

Something was happening inside of me, the content of the liquid slowly acting up onto my body.

Her small hands picked one of mine and pressed it on her chest, making it fondle a little.

"How long until you will just crave the touch of one of my mere fingers, how long until you will become like that fat pervert before you?-!"

Her smile froze mid-rant as she slowly stepped back, removing my hand. I knew why.

"M-Mortimer?"

For some reason the liquid wasn't making me some crazy lewd monster no.

I felt a coppery taste flowing out of my mouth and I felt my eyes and ears burning as something wet came out of both.

I was bleeding out horribly, blood trying to reach out of my body by every hole in my face.

My throat felt like it was closing, hoarse noise leaving it as I fell on my knees in utter pain.

I closed my eyes and was sure I was going to die that horrible way.

I barely felt the wind as I was being dragged by a very panicking Mea Kurosaki towards Sainan High.


AN

That's what happens when you play with expensive things that might have a different effect than you hope.

The reason why Mortimer is going through that gory show will be given next chapter.

Review Q&A!

Lurker: Nemesis is going to have a major role in this fanfic, mostly because I felt the Canon doing very little to pull her onto the harem. Sure, she is saved by Rito but from that point.. it becomes a little forced to see someone who had ignored Rito's attempts merely change perspective from that single point onwards. Hopefully the conversion will be something I can do..