Might be a little late to say this but still happy new year everyone.

To reviewer's question:

magic135: well, I understand why you feel annoyed at the alien girl but that's how Lala is at the beginning of the first manga. She has a really bubbly, high spirit characteristic, almost childish but she didn't mean to bring trouble to anyone. I'll try to progress her character development fast so stick with me. Btw, if you felt annoyed by her attitude then that's mean I have successfully portrayed her personality exactly like in the canon, caused I used to feel annoyed by this, too, so I'm really thankful for that. Hope to get more support from you.

And here is the first chapter of year 2016.

Please enjoy~.

Disclaimer: I do not own To Love Ru.

Chapter 10 : ~Eventful_Experience~

"What are you doing here ?"

"Shopping with Lala-chan and Mikan-chan."

"Why ?"-the twin asked again.

"What do you mean why ?! I been joining in this trip with you guys ever since you walked out of your house and I was invited by non-other than Lala-chan and your little imouto-chan!"-Saruyama exclaimed to them with a tick mark on his forehead, clearly not amused with the question.

"You were ?"-Ito raised an eyebrow at him.

"I was !"

The orange hair boy and Ito widen their eyes slightly at his word. Then, they recalled back to the moment when them, Lala and Mikan walked out of the door.

…half an hour ago…

The pink hair girl walked out together with Mikan and her brothers as they left the residence to go to the shopping district. Just when they were passing an alley near there, the figure of Saruyama came into their view.

"Yo, good morning, Mikan-chan, Lala-chan, where are you going ?"-Saruyama waved at the girls and walked to them.

Saruyama was heading to Rito's house since he had "something" he wanted to ask both the orange hair boy and Ito. Thus, this meeting led to him joining in the shopping trip with them…..

...back to the present...

"Hey, why are you both looking at the sky ? Are you guys having a flashback right now?"-Saruyama looked at the boys with half-opened eyes.

Hearing his word, the two snapped back to reality and glanced at him.

"Yeah, you were."-Ito said nonchalantly.

"Sorry, I don't remember that."-Rito said nervously and scratched his head.

"What do you mean you don't remember ?! What kind of friend are you ?!"-Saruyama yelled out comically as anime tears slowly formed in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I honestly don't remember that part !"-Rito waved his hand trying to calm him down.

"I just walked with you guys and Lala-chan for half an hour and you already forgot it."

"I see….."-was what the brown hair boy said.

Saruyama and the orange hair boy turned to him as he just said some words that didn't clear much for them. Ito placed a hand on his chin, it seemed he was saying what was in his mind.

"So this is what called comedy service."

Rito sweat drop at the word while Saruyama just stared at his brother in dumbfound.

"What are you talking about ?"-Said the black hair boy.

"Rito, Ito, Saruyama-san, Let's go ! Lala-san said she wants to have a look around first !"-Mikan called out to the trio.

The brown hair boy walked up to the two girls. Rito and Saruyama quickly followed them.

"Hey, are you ignoring me ?"

"Come on, Saruyama. We're showing Lala around the town today so let's just enjoy the trip."

"…right."-He muttered.

The orange hair boy increased his pace to catch up with the group, Saruyama glanced at his back then shifted his eyes to the pink hair girl who was smiling brightly. With one thought inside his mind, he proudly rose up his clenched fist to his chest and his irises were sparkling with enthusiasm.

…well, at least I can finally enjoy my first date with Lala-chan…..and Mikan-chan, too.

As his mind was on nine clouds, Saruyama almost lost sight of the group…

…

-Music 04: Next 2 U

The group began wandering around the area, they walked pass all kind of places and stores. The pink hair girl was excited and happy by all the new stuffs that Mikan, Saruyama and the twin showed to her. Her enjoyment kept increasing little by little with all the masks, delicious local foods, street performances, etc. Lala was amazed as there were so many interested things on Earth, and it was really fun for her to experience all the things that she has never seen back on Deviluke.

On the other hand, the group was also really enjoying the shopping trip together with the Deviluke's princess, especially Saruyama, he was having one of the best moments in his life. He kept seeing the energetic Lala-chan smiled at him, talked to him whenever he started a conversation with her. Across Sainan, all the male students in his class suddenly got jealous for no reason as someone other than Rito in their class has achieved a joyful time with the alien girl.

They stopped by an entertainment playground, Lala's eyes were sparkling non-stop as she looked at the stuffed animal claw machine.

"What is this machine ?"-asked the pink hair girl.

"It's a game where you put money in it and grab the stuffed animal with the crane."-Mikan explained to her.

"Oh~~."-while observing the stuff animals inside it, a one with the appearance of a rabbit caught her eyes."Wah ! That one's cute~."

"Hm, it's pretty big, so it'll be difficult to get it."-the little sister said as she took a look at the toy.

Hearing that, an idea came up to Saruyama.

…..that's it ! It's my time to shine in Lala-chan's eyes….and Mikan-chan, too.

"Don't worry Mikan-chan."-he inserted a coin to the machine and pointed a finger at himself."Lala-chan, you just leave that rabbit to me !"

Both Rito and Ito raised an eyebrow at Saruyama. They noticed he was strangely excited more than usual today since their best friend just volunteered to play a game that….he was extremely bad at it.

Saruyama pushed the level control to move the crane on top the stuffed animal and hit the button with full of confidence. As a result, the crane missed as it descended to an empty space next to the plush toy.

"Oh~, it missed."

"Huh ? Ok, let's try again, I'll get it this time."

And he failed….

"Don't worry Lala-chan, that's was just practice, this is my true skill !"

Another missed…..

"Sorry, I wasn't serious, but I'll play serious this time !"

Another missed….

"Witness the power of my gold hand !"

[MISSED]

"WWWWWWWWWHhhhhhhyyyyyyyy ?!"-Saruyama screamed comically in defeat, anime tears rolled down his cheek.

Ito patted on his friend's shoulder to cheer him up. On the contrary, Mikan was giggling and was really amused by Saruyama's reaction, now the little sister knew that someone has taken a liking to Lala and she wasn't surprised at the fact. Rito also patted him on the back and went to observe the gaps inside the claw machine. Looking at the stuffed rabbit, the orange hair boy noticed something was sticking to its foot.

"Saruyama, let's try again."-he said which caught the group's attention."We'll get it this time."

"Rito, you should know that I lost my pride 5 times in a row, I don't think I'm capable of doing this anymore."

"Hey, no one said you will do alone this time."-Ito whispered to his ear.

Saruyama widen his eyes as he began to get the meaning behind the orange hair boy's word. He understood that the twin will help him to play this game without fail. He stood up, wiping his manly tears and grabbed the level. Rito flicked a token to him to start the game.

"What are they doing ?"-the pink hair girl asked as she has no idea why the three of them stood so close to the machine.

"Who knows, but they will get that rabbit for you in no time, Lala-san."-receiving an "eh" from the girl, Mikan continued."Because both Rito and Ito are really good at these pointless type of game."

And turned out the result was just like the girl said, the trio did get the stuffed animal. However, it was two stuffed animals that they got from the machine since another ones was sticking its hand to the rabbit's foot.

"Here you go, Lala-chan, Mikan-chan."-Saruyama gave the plush toys to the girls.

"Thank you."

"Thanks, Saruyama-kun."-Lala happily took the toy.

….ah~~, Lala-chan is smiling at me.

His mind once again flew off to nine clouds but quickly snapped back as he saw Lala turned to the orange hair boy.

"Look Rito~, Saruyama-kun gave me this cute thing, what does it called ?"-the alien girl asked him with a sweet voice.

"It's a plush toy, people use it to…hug, I think."-Rito scratched his cheek while answered.

"Hehe~, I'll make this my treasure then~."-Lala smiled cutely and hugged that plush toy.

This caused both Saruyama and Rito's heart to throb. Saruyama smiled sheepishly in return, but….

Rito just chuckled and rubbed his nose instead of being flustered…..

….Rito ?

Saruyama turned his head to the orange hair boy as he noticed "something" in that expression of his, "something" that reminded him about the same emotion that he saw from Rito when he first told him about his dream girl, Sairenji, a few days ago.

"Saruyama-san."

"Huh ?"-Saruyama turned his eyes to Mikan as she called him."What is it, Mikan-chan ?"

"Could you somehow like Lala-san, you keep staring between her and Rito ?"

"Well absolutely ! Lala-chan is beautiful, pretty, cute and also sweet ! She's just like a princess, there is no way a boy like me won't like her."-he stated it proudly as if it was the obvious fact in the universe."Honestly, I'm really jealous of him and I don't understand why Rito doesn't notice that, Lala is totally into him….although that is not the case."

"Hm ?"-Mikan raised an eyebrow in wondered at him as she couldn't hear the last part that Saruyama was muttering.

"Ah, nevermind."

He quickly walked up to the orange hair boy and Lala leaving Mikan who was still pondering behind.

…..

The group walked off to another place and this time was a small outdoor restaurant since it was almost lunch. And since the table was small, they had to divide into two group, Lala sat down together with Mikan and the orange hair boy while the other two sat at a table near them. After ordering a snack, Saruyama placed one arm on the table and rest his chin on it, staring with half-opened eyes at the orange hair boy who was explaining Japan's specialty to Lala.

"Something's on your mind ?"

Saruyama moved his eyes to Ito in surprised and quickly straighten his back.

"Huh ? No, nothing I'm just thinking nonsense."

"If you say so."-Ito went back to read the novel he brought along.

Saruyama also did the same as he looked back to the other group, his eyes stopped at the alien girl for nearly a minute and let out a satisfied sigh.

"Haahh~, Lala-chan is so cute, she's just like an ojou-sama."

Ito glanced briefly at him, taking a water glass and drank.

"She could even transform her own clothe to a different ones, so amazing."

The brown hair boy choked almost immediately, he didn't expect Saruyama would said that or more precisely he never expect that those words would come out from his mouth.

"Are you ok ?"-Saruyama asked as he had no idea he just brought up a sensitive topic.

"You saw that ?! When ?!"-asked the surprised brown hair boy.

"When I was outside your house, why are you looking so surprised ?"-Saruyama raised an eyebrow at his friend.

Ito looked back at other tables including the ones his family members was sitting and realized that everyone were turning to look at the duo with curious eyes. His choked back then must have grabbed their attention. The brown hair boy turned his slightly panicked eyes back to Saruyama who was still staring at him in wonder.

The next thing Saruyama knew, Ito has grabbed his shoulder pulling him close and whispered to his ear, stressing every single word that he told him.

"Look Saruyama, what you seen back there, don't tell anyone about it."

"What ? Why ?"

Ito opened his mouth to say but stopped midway, he stayed silent. His friend had seen it, the moment when Lala changed to Sainan highschool uniform by using Peke's ability. He, Rito and Mikan never thought that this kind of situation would happen and yet it still occurred. Saruyama had seen what should had been a secret of Lala's identity.

Sooner or later, he will have to explain eveything to him.

"I'll tell you later, right now just keep it a secret."

"Secret ?! So it's true ?! Lala-chan is an ojou-sama ?"-Saruyama's eyes sparkling with excitement."I knew it ! A bishoujo like her can't be a normal foreign girl, I mean changing your own clothe in under 5 seconds ? She should be a really rich lady to have that kind of technology ! Wow, foreign nowadays, so advance."

Ito stared at him in dumbfounded as his brain tried to progress what Saruyama just said. Truth be told, he did saw Lala's dress mode disappeared and replaced with a different clothe but fortunately, it was a relief that he mistook the concept.

"Oh, and that black tail of Lala-chan is an accessory, correct ? There a rumor that she's a cosplayer, is it true, too ?"

That statement caused the brown hair boy to chuckle. After what happened with Ghi Bree yesterday, he might have become a little too cautious to help his brother to protect Lala's secret identity.

…and now he becomes too enthusiastic about Lala.

"Saruyama."

"Hm ?"

Ito's brown eyes looked at him with a hint of sympathy and relief.

"I'm glad you're my friend."

Saruyama stared at him for a while, a tick mark appeared on the boy's forehead and somehow he felt like an idiot seeing that kind of eyes were looking at him.

"Hey, is that a compliment ? It's a compliment, right ? I feel like I'm being insult here."

"It is, I'm also glad you an idiot."-he smiled.

"What's that suppose to mean ?"

The two friends kept arguing comically despite the weird looks people were giving them. Eventually, they went back to what they were doing and left them alone. However, the orange hair boy still looked back at them with a question mark on his head.

Noticing the look from his young brother, Ito waved his hand at him lightly to give the orange hair boy the "don't mind" signal. Hesitating a bit but Rito finally nodded and turned back to Lala.

Then no more word came out between Ito and Saruyama as the waitress brought foods to them. After eating for a while, Saruyama decided to start another conversation as the image of Rito's expression back from the entertainment ground suddenly came up to him.

"Recently, I noticed something different from Rito…."

"….."

"….yet I don't know how to explain it, it was like he is slowly distancing himself from everyone around him."

"You think so ?"-Ito glanced at him.

"No…not really… but after what he had experienced, it could be."

Ito didn't response at this point as he noticed a faint hint of sadness in Saruyama's voice.

"…..Rito is really changed, isn't he ?"

"Yeah…"-Saruyama widen his eyes slightly at the reply."He did changed, but not as the way you think."

"…?"

"You saw what he had experienced, you knew he didn't remember anything about what you told him. But even so…"-both looked at the orange hair boy's back."…you can be certain that my brother is the same old Rito who you knew back then."

"You right, he's still flustered when he see a girl in swimsuit."-Saruyama grinned."So I doubt he changed much."

Ito chuckled at his word.

"By the way, about yesterday…what were you two doing after I ran to Lala ?"

The brown hair boy flinched, a drip of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Uh…well….um…it's….it's a long story."

"You and Rito are hiding something from me, aren't you ?"-Saruyama narrowed his eyes in suspicious.

Ito looked away nervously to avoid eyes contact. He was in a crisis, and a really troublesome ones at that. Rito and the others were still talking about Japan's food so he was on his own in this matter now. Ito couldn't lie to Saruyama since he knew about Rito's haunting past and him…

Saruyama was a good friend to him and the orange hair boy but they hated to get him involved with their problems.

But after all, he knew what they went through and willing to share that experience. Where else can you find a friend like that….

"Alright, but promise me you won't tell anyone about this, if this leaks out it will cause a big ruckus."

Noticing the seriousness in Ito's brown eyes, Saruyama gulped, nodding.

"What I'm about to tell you also involves Lala so stay calm and do not yell nor do anything that get us attention."

"…o…ok…"

"Good, I'll go straight to the main point then."-the brown hair boy inhaled and breathed out, he spoke in a voice that small enough for only both him and Saruyama to hear."Lala is an alien."

Saruyama blinked twice, staring at the alien girl and looked back to Ito.

"I see, well that's the only explanation why she could run 100 meters in 10 seconds, Lala-chan's appearance is also really outstanding, now I understand why."-Saruyama said as he agreed with the given reason.

"Yup, that's why…wait, t-that's your reaction ? You just go with it like that ?"

"Well isn't it obvious, I know Lala-chan is beautiful, pretty, moe, cute, gorgeous, funny, energetic and sweet. But I kind of hard to believe a girl like that truly exists in 3D form, so this makes sense because….."-a hint of redness visible on Saruyama's cheek as he listed all the best trait he could fine from the alien girl. He said out loud while punching the air with his raised fist."A perfect character like that only exists in dating sim !"

Saruyama's funny act once again caught the attentions of some people nearby including Mikan, the orange hair boy and Lala who was the main topic they are talking about. Ito didn't seem to mind with their stare as he was busy trying to resist his urge to laugh out loud.

A few minutes later, the atmosphere soon died down as Ito continued to tell him the story.

"So you saying that Rito is currently her guardian and he is protecting her from those candidates."

"Uhm."

Saruyama took a peak at the orange hair boy. Now he understood why they were acting strange yesterday.

…..they were in such a troublesome situation there, aren't they ?-he thought to himself, feeling a little worried for their well-being.

Based on what Ito said, Sairenji was kidnapped by one of the candidates to threaten Rito and forced Lala to marry him unconditional. What surprised him most was that this happened in his very own school and no one knew about it.

…from the look of it, this guardian job of him sounds dangerous, why would he does that ?

"I don't understand, why did Rito chose to be a guardian ?"

The boy could have achieve a lot of things just by being Lala's flance and lucky for him, Lala was also like him…..

And yet, he completely broke down that decision and chose a different one, a risky path.

…..is this really ok ?

Staring into Saruyama's eyes, Ito sighed.

"You thinking too much, didn't I mention that this guardian thing is just a temporary task."

Saruyama widen his eyes slightly, Ito was right, maybe he was just overthinking.

"Yeah, you right."-Saruyama replied with a thin smile formed on his face.

After all, he already had an answer to that question himself.

And it was a really simple ones at that.

Protecting and helping people in need…..are what his friend always do.

Saruyama's smile widen as an image of the alien girl appeared in his head.

…..and I get to know more about Lala-chan now.

….

The group continued to wander around the district after the meal, Mikan has suggested some clothe shops nearby but before they could go, an unexpected event turned up by Ito.

"Hold up guys, let's go to an alley over there."-the brown hair boy pointed at a small alley on the side of the street they were walking."I have an important announcement I want to say."

They all looked at him with question marks swinging on their head and followed. The group stood inside an alley where they were out of everybody's sight, waiting for what Ito was about to tell them.

"…um, to sum it up, I already told Saruyama about Lala's real identity and the guardian stuff."-Ito scratched his head while saying it."So that means we have another person to keep it a secret."

Saruyama held up his chest proudly, Mikan and Lala widen their eyes slightly. On the other hand, Rito gaped at the statement, his face slowly turned white. The orange hair boy quickly ran up to his brother.

"W-w-why did you do that ?"-his voice was shaken, everyone could recognize that he was panicking."We can't let Saruyama get involved in this !"

"Don't worry Rito, I'll make sure not to tell anyone about this and besides…"-Saruyama lowered his head, gritting his teeth.

"…?"

"I'm so jealous of you right now, do you know that ! Damn it, you have a very pretty alien girl like Lala-chan for yourself to admire every time you spend time together at home !"-Saruyama yelled at him with anime tears rolled down his cheek."Look at Lala-chan, her breast, her waist and bust are the perfect combination in the entire universe and you just take it all to yourself even though you are just a guardian !"

Rito was taken aback and sweat dropped at his comical act and so did Ito. Lala looked at Saruyama in wonder as she wasn't fully understand what he was saying. Mikan just giggled at the sight, this trip just became more interesting and funnier than she thought.

"I'll tell you the truth, whether is Lala-chan is an alien or not I still like her because being with a girl who has a perfect curve like Lala-chan is every man dream, my dream ! That's why…"-Saruyama's eyes burned with determination and somehow Rito could see that his eyes also sparkling with excitement."Don't worry, I'll help you by keeping Lala-chan away from the boys in our school so I can be with her for the whole day !"

"Saruyama, even if you say that, you just declare you like Lala because of her appearance."-the orange hair boy commented.

"You sure talk big you know."-Ito said nonchalantly.

"Doesn't matter, Lala-chan is a bishoujo and I like pretty girl but if you don't approve…"-he sat down making a dogeza gesture."Then please give Mikan-chan to me, brother-in-law !"

"Heh ?"-Mikan pointed at herself.

"No can't do."

"Sorry, that won't happen."

They both said unimpressed.

"Why ?!"

"Well, lots of reason….."-the orange hair boy replied while scratching his cheek and looked away.

"And that's that, Saruyama has officially known about your identity now, Lala."-Ito pointed his thumb at the said classmate."So from now on, besides from me and Rito, if you want to know more about Earth culture or other stuff just ask Saruyama."

"Um~, ok~ !"

"Lala-chan."-Saruyama looked up to the pink hair girl, his eyes were glittering and he could almost feel his heart was racing, touching by the sweet girl.

"But I think I prefer Rito more~."

She went and happily hugged the orange hair boy's arm which caused him to jump up in surprised and flustered, he didn't saw this coming.

"Lala-chan !"-seeing this, Saruyama cried with anime-like tears burst out from his eyes making a curved line."Damn you, Rito ! Why is Lala-chan so into you ?! I'm so jealous !"

Giving them some spaces to argue, Ito stood next to his little sister who was giggling at the sight. Mikan noticed that and turned to him.

"Ito, is it alright to let Saruyama-san know ? I thought you would want to keep Lala-san's identity a secret."

"He's a good friend, so it's fine."-the brown hair boy answered with a thin smile on his face."After all, I trust him and so does Rito."

"Heh~."-Mikan looked at Saruyama, one finger playing with her hair.

"You don't seem surprised much at this."

"Well…I'm not really, because I already told Lala-san's story to mom and daddy."-she smiled and calmly said."And they were fine with it."

Ito quickly turned his head to Mikan, gaping and giving her the "what did you do ?" look. Just like his brother a few seconds ago, Ito's face slowly turned white.

Author's note: Well, things has become more complicated in a comical way.

I had a really fun time writing this chapter, using Saruyama as a factor to pull off comedy and described the interaction between him and the twin.

So what do you think about their shopping trip ?

Leave me a review if you please. I'll see you guys in the next chapter.