Chapter 12: Love Triangle
Morning arrived and Ringo was already up, just as energetic as usual. She notices me. "Ah, you're awake now! So, what happened last night at the strip club?" She wondered. "Well… it's a long story…" I couldn't tell her about the part where Feli fell in love with me. Instead, I focus on the other happenings and made some stuff up. "Me and Feli were just having a normal conversation, it ended up lasting for way longer than I anticipated. When I check the time on my cell phone, it was 12:15 A.M. At this point, we were quite tired. We decided to leave but had to Schezo and Lemres first. They went to a different area of the club, mainly the bar where both became drunk. Schezo was barely conscience and Lemres passed out completely. Me and Feli helped the two back into their room and turned in ourselves soon after." Ringo raised an eyebrow. "Hold on, what about Draco?" "Well we saw her for the first two hours, but after that, she seemed to be gone. I don't know the specifics as to why she left…" I clearly lied about that, but I NEEDED this to be a secret for as long as possible. "I see, well did you have a good enough time?" She asked me. "It was meh, but I wondered why Lemres got drunk… I assumed that Schezo coerced him to trying a spike or two. Although, I don't know what actually transpired between those two…" Ringo appeared to be contempt with what I told her. "I'm just glad that you didn't hate being there last night, Dave." She pecked her lips on my cheek. "So what should we do today, Ringo?" I asked. "I got the perfect idea, we should go exploring in the surrounding islands! And then, tonight all of us could hit the hot springs! I heard that the minerals in the spring water refreshes skin and muscle like no other." She explained. "Hot springs too… why am I not surprised? This place really is a paradise… That sounds great Ringo, have you told the others this yet?" I asked her. "Not yet, they weren't up at the time that I was." She replied. "Well, let's see if they are on board with the idea." I got ready to and we went to see our friends. Outside of their respective rooms, Arle, Amitie, Raffina, Schezo, Lemres, Feli, and Risukuma stood. "Hey guys, you think that you can join us in something awesome that Ringo thought up?" I asked them. "Hm… What is it that you had in mind, Ringo?" Risukuma asked. "Well, I was hoping that all of us could travel to one or two of the other islands to go exploring." She said. "Ooh! This could prove to be fruitful in my extensive, non-chemistry research, count me in guys." He said enthusiastically. "Anyone else?" I asked. "I'll come." "F-Feli? You want to come?" She didn't seem to be sure at first, but now looked committed to join. "I'll come too! I love being with one of my best buds!" Lemres complimented us. "If it's an adventure, then I want to feel it myself. And I'll drag Schezo in as well!" Arle said. "H-Hey, what's your deal?! Are you trying to make me stop being a dark mage?!" Schezo exclaimed, but no one paid attention to his complaining. "I'll be there along with you, Arle!" Amitie emphasized. "And Raffina, you wanna go with us too?" "No thanks Amitie, I want to do other stuff that this resort has to offer." Raffina responded to her. "Okay, that seems to be everyone that wants to come with us… As soon as we receive permission, we'll go, starting at 11:00 A.M." I explained. Me and Ringo went to see Jace and the student council for authorization. "Why if it isn't Dave and Ms. Ando, do you have something that you wish discuss with me?" Jace asked. "Not really Jace, we came here for a request." I said to him. "A request? Not what I was expecting… but very well, speak your minds. Ringo explains the whole thing to him while I stood there and nodded occasionally. "Hm… well how many others are willing to come with you two?" "Six, Jace." I said. "Alright, I will have a smaller boat prepared for-" "Uh excuse me, Jace?" I hear a voice from behind the young man. "*sigh* What is it, Mari? My hands are somewhat tied right now. If an issue has risen, talk to Kassandra about it." "That's the thing though, President... she told me to go straight to you about this." Mari told him. "Hm? What is this?" He reads what looks to be a letter. I saw his face transform from contempt to irritation in seconds "What?! *slam* Who authorized this?!" He exclaimed. "It was Ms. Accord, she said that she was acquainted with the writer of this letter." She said. "*sigh* This is completely ludicrous…" Jace pointed out. "Is something the matter, Jace? Ringo asked. "Yes, apparently there are more guests that will be arriving to be part of this group for the week… As for them, I have no idea who they are. This letter only mentions one name besides Accord's and my own, Ex." He showed us the paragraph that shows the name. "Wait a minute… I think I know this guy!" Ringo realized. "You do, Ringo?" I asked. "Yeah! Last time that I saw him, he was a person known as "Keeper of Dimensions". And before you go and ask me what being one of those means Dave, just don't. It's a long as hell story and we don't have all day." "Fair enough, Ringo." I told her. "Anyway, according to the letter, these new guests will be here in approximately ten minutes from now. I'll have to escort them in too..." Jace informed us.
Those ten minutes came and went, at first, we saw nothing happen. Then, something from the sky floated down to the ground outside. "Wh- is that a spaceship?" I questioned. "It's not just any spaceship, that's the SS Tetra." Ringo said. The ship landed safely and out came quite a few individuals. An adult male in yellow suspenders with a bowtie, a dog that is bipedal, a green haired lass, a young man in a tight as hell jumpsuit, an obese robot, a yellow cube-like creature floating on a small cloud, and finally twins consisting of a boy and a girl. "I've seen strange fellows before, but never to this level…" I mentioned. "This place looks nice… oh hey Tee, this is the girl that you're friends with right?" The man in suspenders asked the jumpsuit guy. At this point, I assumed the one in the jumpsuit was Tee. "Huh, R-Ringo? What are you doing here?" Tee asked. "I should ask you the same thing, buddy!" She replied. "Allow me to kindly- wait, who's this?" He asked as he pointed toward me. "Oh! It is nice to meet you Tee, I am Dave." I held out my hand for a shake. "Maybe you should tell me who's who in your group, just for reference, Tee." I said. "Alright, I am the assistant captain of the starship that you see behind us. The dog is Ai, our engineer, he comes in very handy. The girl is Ess, she's a bit of a handful sometimes... you'll see later. She's the navigator of our team. The yellow creature you see there is O, our report officer. The robot is named Zed, he's a bit of a maintenance handyman. Keeping the Tetra clean, leaving everything in order and not chaos… you get the drift. The twins are Jay and Elle, they used to be useless to us and often brought trouble. However, in recent times, they have matured greatly. And to think, they are only thirteen… Finally the man in charge these days, Ex. Due to complicated issues in the past, he had to resign his duty as captain for a long while before he came back. He's been leading the team ever since, with devotion. During the time that he wasn't captain... I was." As Tee finished, Ex came to face me. "So, you're Dave... I've been hearing about you lately, people all over had recognized you as a hero." He said. "You're Ex, I assume…" I said. "Yes, it is a honor to meet you, it's not often you get to be in the same place as someone who took down a great evil." "Uh, thank you very much!" My face blushed from his compliment. "So as Ringo wanted to know, why are you guys here?" I asked them. "Well, you were part of the reason Dave, but I didn't tell Tee and the rest of the crew about that." Ex said. "Wait, me?" "Yes, it gives me a nice and fuzzy feeling inside when people do everything they can for what is right. This is probably because it reminds me of myself. I hope Ringo there told you about who I was in the past…" He paused. "Yeah, she mentioned that you were the keeper, but I don't know what that is." I told him. "Okay, I'll sum it up as best as I can. The keeper… keeps the dimensions separate and prevents outside threats from invading different dimensions. So, think of it as a job of an international peacekeeper, but on a larger scale. The keeper also must remain within an area known as "The Farthest Edge of Spacetime". He or she is not allowed to leave, unless they are no longer named as keeper. Lord knows what would happen if there wasn't a keeper regulating dimensions…" I interrupted him for bit. "Hold on Ex, if you were the keeper, then how are you here now based on what you told me?" I questioned him. "Dave, that's because there is a successor that has taken that title. He was another one of Ringo's acquaintance's, Ecolo. He was so happy to take the tedious work, probably because he cared for her that much. At this point, he has surpassed me in dimensional power. I knew that he didn't mind being lonely, as long as those he cares for are safe. In fact, it made him happy. This allowed him to do something that is a little more productive and important." He spoke. "I see, Ecolo is now "Keeper of Dimensions"... and he did it for me..." Ringo acknowledged. "Dave, I'll tell you about Ecolo later, he's an interesting fellow." she told me. "Sure, Ringo." I replied. "Alright, now onto the other reason this crew of mine (mostly Tee) decided to come here. It was mostly for Tee's happiness, he wanted a chance to see you again Ringo, but he didn't know that you would be here…" He told us. "I see, well it's nice to see all of you again after a while!" Ringo said with excitement. "So uh Ringo, how about we catch up on old times?" Tee asked her. She smiled as she left my side. "But Ringo, what about the thing?" I reminded her. "Don't worry, this won't take long." I stood there, not knowing what to say or do. "While she's catching things up with Tee, how about we discuss your success a little more, Dave? Follow me outside." Ex suggested. Of course, I did follow him. I thought that I might as well fill up any free time I had.
"So, how did you take that man down? I was told that he had quite the power from news sources… using it for nefarious purposes." "Well… I'm apparently the new Demonic Dragon Warrior. Said to possess powers unlike any other being, I acquired it in that very battle… when I was about to die of all times. The willpower and bonds that I forged with my friends allowed me to awaken it. Allow me to show you how it looks like. Hrrrr… Rah!" My armor shows and glistens in the sunlight. "Wow, that beauty looks as tough as titanium." Ex said in surprise. "Actually… it's not as durable as you would think. A part broke off in a recent, friendly fight that I agreed to. Since then, the armor has fixed itself overnight. At first, it seemed to be close, me and my opponent were on equal grounds. But then, he unleashed one of his most powerful attacks. It almost took me out completely... at that point afterwards, Ms. Accord stopped his further assault." "Heh, I see. You haven't tapped into your full potential yet." "Ex, I know that, I've only had the ability to use this armor for about a month now… of course I haven't mastered it. It also doesn't help when I don't have much time to train, because school is in the way." I told him with discourage. "You know Dave, it's not just about training your body. You also have to subject your mind equally in training if the result needs to be balanced. Don't rely on brute force alone, let your mind develop clever strategies to gain the upper hand. It'll mean the difference between winning and losing…" He lectured me. "I just do all that I can to protect my friends, no matter the weight of the cost." I responded to his wise words. "That's good, I fought to protect what I cherished when I was the keeper, my daughter Ess... It's disheartening really… because she doesn't realize that I am her father. Always viewing Zed to be her beloved "papa", ever since I first left him behind to take care of her…" He spoke with a heavy heart. "But wait, hold on. If you're her father, then where is her mother?" I asked him. "That… I really don't want to talk about… it gives me nightmares. Let's just say that something happened to her. Anyway, I kept trying to tell Ess the fact that I'm her real papa, who has protected her for all of these years… but she is always having her head in the clouds. And she doesn't like to talk to me, only saying that I was a keeper that couldn't do his job right. She would say that without ever considering my struggles or feelings. To put it in Layman's terms, she never understood this pain I have had all this time. Growing up to be a brat, Ess only thought of me as being incompetent man. It makes me feel lonely, sad, and gloomy… if only…" I put my hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, Ex. I'm sure that she'll mature on her own and see what you truly feel inside. If there's anything that you want me to do to remedy this issue, just say the word." I promised him. "Really?! That would make me a happy parent! Yes, there is something that I want you to do. You're going to the other islands with your friends, right? Convince her to somehow join you, without Zed being there with her. Getting close to my dear Ess, and having her trust you... that might just work out." He plans. "Are you sure? What if she decides not to talk and just ignores me?" I doubted. "Somewhere inside you, I can see that little spark of a chance. It'll most likely be rough, but I know that deep-down inside, you'll succeed." "Thanks Ex, I promise that you and Ess will be a loving single-parent and child family again. I see Ringo, gotta go Ex, bye!" "Hold it! I want you to carry something along with you..." I looked back at him and he presents me a small picture frame. "This is a picture of me and my wife from the past, along with a baby." I know what he wanted me to do with it and I nodded. I waved to him as he does back to me, and I ran toward Ringo, who was still talking with Tee.
Hey Ringo, how's your catch-up discussion with Tee?" She noticed me and smiled. "Oh, we were just about to finish up. I was talking to Tee about you, he was quite admired by your heroism." "I mean, it's nothing really, I'm not too crazy for it, Dave…" He said a little embarrassed. "Anyway, I'm ready to go now, let's bring the others." She said. "Alright Ringo, I'll be at the dock soon enough, there's just one thing that I have to do beforehand." I said. Ringo nodded and I left to find Ess. "Ess should be somewhere near the starship…" I spoke to myself. I hear a voice, it was loud and rude sounding. Coming from my left, I looked. There she was, yelling at Ai for some reason. Cowering in fear, he fled to be on his own. "YIP YIP!" This made me tremble a little, but I had to get a grip on things. As calmly as possible, I approached her. "Uh hey… can I talk to you for a bit? I take it that you're Ess… right?" She turned around, looking pissed. "Who the hell are you, and HOW do you know me?!" Clearly she was NOT in a good mood. "Okay... first off, relax. I am Dave, and I won't harm you. Secondly, I know you because Captain Ex told me about you." I explained. "Ugh figures... what do you want from me, anyway? Can't you see that I have other things to do?" She asked me. "Your papa has told me to come get you. He wants you to go along with me and my friends to the other islands, believing that it'll do wonders for you." Ess' angry demeanor vanished and her eyes sparkled in excitement. "Papa did?!" It might have been a lie, but it's for the sake of getting closer to her. At this point she still thought of Zed as her father. So I had to use that as a means of coaxing her to join me. "Very well, I will join you. If Papa thinks it'll be great for me… then I'll do it." Phase one of the plan worked without a single thing going wrong. "Alright, follow me to the dock, Ess... that's where a boat will be at." We ventured until reaching the boat's location and the assigned group waited for me. "Hey dude, wassup?" Lemres greeted me. "I'm doing fine, Lemres. Guys, another guest will be joining us. Say hi to Ess for me." I said to them. "Hi Ess!" The group fondly greeted her. "Oh, there's that incredibly clueless girl from back then." Ess commented. "What?! Hey, that's not nice, I'm not a clueless girl anymore, Ess!" Amitie insisted. "Whatever…" she scoffed. "So… anyway, I'll be the supervisor of this whole thing. I'm just going to do the best that I can to ensure the safety of everybody coming here today. Now, let's get on that boat and travel to the first of two islands that we'll be visiting today." I had a map of the Puyo Isles with me, so I wasn't lost in any capacity. "This first island is the smallest one in the Puyo Isles, so let us get that one out of the way before heading to the largest uninhabited island. I suggest you study this map closely, it'll come in useful." While they did, I rode the boat in a moderate speed, toward out first destination.
"Alright, and here we are… you all go ahead and explore, I'll catch up in a bit, just have to place in this anchor down." Everyone went except for Feli, as she watched me lower the anchor. "Feli, what's up? Is there something you wanted to talk to me about or what?" I asked her. "Well… I have a plan for just the two of us when we explore the big island." She said. "What is it then?" "Hehehe, you just have to wait and see…" Smiling in a devious fashion, she clinged to my left arm continuously. We caught up with everyone else looking about. "Hey guys, I'm here!" They turned around, but then started staring at me, probably because of Feli. "Uh, what's with the silence…?" I questioned. "Pff…! Is Feli really THAT attached to you, Dave?" Lemres asked me, trying to hold back his own laughter. "Hey, I just like how tender his arm feels, Lemres! It's so soft and squishy…" She responded. "Sure, whatever you say girl... Hahahaha!" Lemres laughed. Ringo looked at me and Feli suspiciously, so I made myself look like I was unaware of that. I needed her to question her own thinking and not take Feli's clinging into serious consideration. "So um... Risukuma, how's the biological observation going?" I asked the bear. "Oh it's going splendidly, Dave! I see what looks to be a new ant species. The body color of these ants seem to be the same as the sand around here, most likely for camouflage. They're also quite big for ant standards, a few centimeters in length." He explained. "I see, so... are they easily agitated by other things?" I asked. "Not particularly as far as I see them being… I might take a few back to analyze, seeing what makes them tick... OW!" He yelped in pain. "A-are you okay Ris?!" "Yes I'll be fine, I just got bitten by one of them. Damn insect… huh? I see... It looks like I accidentally damaged their hill... and now they look pissed." "Oh shit…" Feli trailed off. "Should we run then, Ris?" I suggested. "Yes, we should… NOW!" Risukuma screamed. The three of us made for a mad dash away from the ant hill. "Dave, Ris, Feli, what's wrong?" Ringo asked. "Don't look now, but we have sand-colored ants chasing us!" I yelled. "Ruh-Ringo, RUH-RUNUOOOOUGH!" The bear continued to freak out. "What…? EEK! GROSS, EW!" She starting running with us. The rest of the group grew near as we approached the sand. "Everyone…! *pant pant* Run to the boat, immediately! We have pissed off ants, right behind us!" The remaining people in the group complied with my warning and jumped in. I jacked up the boat to turbo speed toward the next island until we were far enough away. I slowed it down to cruise control soon after. "Oooh, now I never want to get near any ants ever again... *sigh*" I whined. The rest were still catching their breaths. "This... *pant* is entirely the bear's fault…" Feli pointed out. "I... *pant* know, my apologies everyone." Risukuma said downheartedly. "It's fine Ris, no one would guess that this would happen, not even you. The ants only chased us away because their natural habitat was destroyed. They only wanted to protect what was left of it and their colony." I said. "Tch, I could've killed all of those ants for you, but none you didn't even bother asking me." Schezo said. "Schezo, although they were attacking us, we hurt them first where we had no right to. This is where they lived and we destroyed it without realizing." I told him. "Say what you will about the rights of that colony of ants… I don't care…" He emphasized. "Hm… dark mage, are you a natural hater of ants?" Lemres asked. "OF COURSE NOT! I just penetrate their ant holes when I feel like they deserve it!" He exclaimed. We all stood there, silent from his comment. "W-what's the silent treatment for?" He asked. "Oh, you know EXACTLY why, you asshole…" Arle clenched her fists. "You're a bad man!" Amitie followed up with. "H-hey! I'm not physically trying to rub off as a pervert! I'm only saying what's on the… *smack* OUCH!" Arle and Amitie both slap Schezo rather hard. "That's what you get for sayin' shit like that… hehehe" Lemres wisecracks. "Piss off, Comet Warlock…" Schezo trailed off. Ess goes to ask me a question quietly. "Is this guy a fucking pervert?" "*sigh* It's hard to know for sure, he often says shit that can be very much taken out of context… all without knowing it himself. Trust me when I say this, don't ever let him get the jump on you. That's all I will say regarding that…" "Ugh I'm all sweaty..." Ringo complained. "Don't worry Ringo, that'll be fixed up tonight." This statement of mine cheered her up. "Oh yeah, we have "that" to look forward to." She said after being reminded. "Have what to look forward to?" Feli asked me. "Oh well, me and Ringo want it to be a surprise for everyone else." I elaborated. "I see then, I'll just wait for tonight then…" She said. Ten minutes pass and I finally see the second island in reach. "Land ho guys!" I yelled. "We're not fucking pirates you know…" Ess said. "Whoever said that we were pirates? That's just a saying pirates commonly use, Ess…" I told her. "Tch…"
At last, we landed on this island's shore and calmed down. Those ants almost gave us a run for our money. I hoped that no more wildlife creatures were going to attack us. "Okay island number two, I would say explore at your leisure… but considering what happened to us earlier, I'd advise that we stick together and tread carefully." I proposed. "I'll take anything if it means not getting chased by icky bugs…" Ringo said. "Yeah, I would like to keep my good lookin' image intact." Lemres stated. "*sigh* Again, you guys could have used help from me… just saying…" Schezo mumbled. "No one cares, Schezo…" Arle replied to him. "Anyway, can we go now?" Amitie asked. "*sigh* Yeah, we'll stay closely behind you guys. Sword mage guy, cover the front of the group would you?" Feli requested him. "If it keeps me from being bored, then whatever…" Schezo responded. We began our hike through the vast jungle within, following a somewhat paved path of dirt. After a few minutes, Feli comes to my side again. "Hey Dave… it's about time that my plan is to be set in motion." She whispered. "What kind of plan is this anyway?" I whispered back. She grabbed my hand and gestured me to go into the thicker region of the tropical forest. She had us sprint in a direction away from the group. "Hey, why are you dragging us to these parts alone?" "Oh you'll find out very shortly, Dave… *giggle*." Part of this scared me, but I was also intrigued about her actions. I decided to play along with whatever she had planned. She stopped soon after, so I did too. "We'll do it right here…" She vaguely said. "Do what?" I asked her. "Lie down on your back, Dave." "Okay…?" I questioned as I did. Feli started to lower her body and creep up toward me. She had then rested her chest against mine and locked her hands with mine. "Dave, I love you so much, I purposefully had ourselves separate from the group. I just want us to have fun on our own. We'll do so by getting deeper into sexual orientation… expressing our shared loved for one another." She said. "Wait… don't you think that this is a little too soon for that?" I asked. "Look, relax. You think I'm cute right? Surely you want to touch me there…" I blushed in awkwardness from that remark. "Here, I'll let you…" She said, making my hand go under her dress. At this point I was literally touching her chest. "Yes, now grope on what's there, Dave…" I started to fondle her breasts slowly. "Oooh yeah… right there…" We kiss non-stop in conjunction to this for the next five minutes. "Oh, I feel something peculiar… I knew it, you're now hard for me, Dave." She rubs the area where my dick is. "Ah! What is this I'm experiencing? I've never had someone else touch my dick before…" I wondered. "It's telling you to have it fuck me deep." Feli explained. "I'm… not sure Feli… I mean, neither of us has seen the other naked before." I hesitated. "Do you want to see my breasts for real then?" She asked. I undressed her carefully and took off her bra, revealing adorable looking tits. "Can you see this? My nipples are hard in the same way that your dick is, c'mon, feel them." Again, I hesitated for a moment, but I remember that I liked girls who go all the way with things. If Feli was obligated to go this far, then I had no objections. I touched her nipples, in shock I jolted back a little. "W-woah, they really are hard…" I commented. "'Kay, now if you would, I want to see your dick. It's only fair since you've seen me partially naked." I took off my pants and opened my boxers' little slit in the middle. "Ooooo yes, that's it alright, a big, throbbing, and juicy cock. But, you know what it could really need? This!" She then took it into her mouth and began sucking. "A-aaaaah… I feel so weird Feli… but it's good at the same time *pant*." She continues to suck on it for a some time. "Ah… I going to explode!" I screamed. Semen from me entered her mouth, it seemed that there was more than she expected. After slowly pulling out my dick, she carefully swallowed my load. "Hah… I've never tasted semen before, it was so good that I couldn't help but swallow. We're not done just yet, that dick is still very hard." I stood there looking at it, Feli was right. She took off her panties, looking forward to getting pleasured herself. I took my now wet dick and inserted it into her. "A-ah! I can feel it penetrating me, thrust it in harder please!" Feli begged. "Feli, your pussy is so tight, it's squeezing the hell out of my cock! It's so hot and wet inside too! *pant*"
Ringo's POV
We walked for what seemed to be twenty minutes on this, but I hadn't heard a peep from Dave since the start. I looked behind to see if he was alright, but I noticed that he was gone. "What the hell? Uh guys… where's Dave?" I asked. "What?" They all asked. The others looked around the immediate vicinity. "I dunno Ringo, but Feli's also missin'." Lemres pointed out. "Hm… we need to get to the bottom of this. I know that Dave basically said that it's a bad idea to split up, but we kinda have to if we wanna to find him and Feli." I said. We divided up into smaller groups as an attempt to cover more ground. I went with Lemres and Amitie, determined to find my precious Dave. We searched for what seemed to be forever. In reality though, it only took fifteen minutes to hear some rustling that wasn't made by us. "Shh… you hear it guys?" I asked. "Yeah, that might be at least one of them!" Amitie said in a hushed voice. We readied ourselves to jump into the rustling grass while counting to three. "One… two… THREE!" We yelled. Leaping in the grass, we discovered the only thing living there, a snake. "Damnit, it was just another animal… *sigh* How are we EVER going to find them in this mess...?" I whined. "We've just gotta believe Ringo, we'll find Dave and Feli, eventually. I mean, they wouldn't just ditch and leave us stranded on this island…" Amitie said, trying to be positive about the situation. I thought about that sentence for a minute. Not taking it quite literally, but there might have been some truth to what she said. "Wait a second… Amitie, you might be onto something!" I realized. "So wait, does this mean that they really did leave us stranded?!" She exclaimed. "Relax Amitie, they DID ditch us, but they must still be on this island. I know that Dave would never abandon us, let alone strand us here on purpose…" I elaborated. "So, you think that Feli's the reason that the two disappeared in the first place?" Lemres assumed. "Yeah, she's been quite unlike herself lately… She's usually very clingy to you, but now it's Dave, and you are ignored…" I told him. "Maybe she had herself and Dave ditch us some place where we started to walk on this island?" He guessed. "That's it! It must've happened like that, Feli knew that we would be walking for a while without us looking behind…" I thought back to what she said before we walked through. "Yeah, we'll stay closely behind you guys." "That's why she stayed behind everyone else with Dave, to run off without any of us noticing! And, I had a weird feeling inside when I saw her hold onto Dave's arm…" "Hey Ringo, you don't think that Feli has fallen for Dave? Look at all the signs that this has left for us…" Lemres suggested. "B-but that's just plain silly, she didn't display any emotions for him up until today. It doesn't seem to be organic, something is wrong…" I told him. "Well either way, if we don't find 'em soon, the sun will start to set. We need to get off this island before it becomes dark." He said. Me and Amitie nod as we all headed back to the area near the boat. Meeting the others, we told them that we had no luck so far with the search. "However, we may know the general area where they are at guys, follow us." I said. With everyone together again, we continued to search for another fifteen minutes. We all heard heavy rustling from a bush in front of us. I signaled everyone to be silent and slowly, but surely creep up toward said bush. The closer we got, the more I heard constant moans. I thought "What the hell?" as they went by. I was now able to see what was going on behind that bush, and a majority of myself regretted it at the time. What I saw next had completely shocked me and felt my heart shatter like a crystal. "*pant pant* Oh fuck, I'm gonna come!" Feli screamed. "*pant pant* Me too, Feli!" Dave followed. "Pull that thing out of me now, Dave... and blow it up on my face!" Feli panted. "Okay." "Aaaaaaaaah! Ooooo." They both expelled. I saw and smelled this strange substance that the two created. The aroma, I would best describe it as just weird. However, the fact that they were both naked made me run away in disbelief. Tears fell from my face like a rain cloud during a storm. Lemres stopped me, wanting to know what was up. I told him what I had just seen with my own eyes. Describing how much it had disturbed me. "Oh, I see now, that's quite fucked up Ringo. I can't understand though, why are ya cryin'?" "It's personal, Lemres... I need some alone time. I'll go back to the boat…" I said before going off.
Dave's POV
The climax that I felt alongside Feli was unlike anything else before. Sperm from me remained on her face and my dick finally rests. "Ah… that feeling was too good…" Feli said while pleased. "Yeah…" I agreed. I felt so happy in that moment, but everything changed when I heard another voice. "Ahem…" My body jolts and eyes became widened as a result. "AH! WHAT THE FUCK?!" I exclaimed. I clothed myself back as quickly as I could, so did Feli. The "Ahem." actually came from Arle, and she did not look happy at all. "We were all worried about you two, and you were doing nothing but fucking each other?! Not to mention, you made Ringo run off, upset. Dave, I never thought that you would be that kind of guy…" I tried to talk my way out of this issue. "W-wait! It's not what you think it is, Arle... really!" I said desperately. Amitie stood behind Arle silently, appearing to be weirded out by this. "C'mon, no one is gonna to believe you on that when Ringo told us what she saw… She had tears runnin' down her face." Lemres told me. "Where is she? I need to talk to her…" I requested. "Woah there tiger! She said that she wanted some alone time, give her at least five minutes, then go." He advised me. Meanwhile, I had others looking at me as if I committed a crime. Feli was cleaning off her face with water from a nearby stream. "And I thought that Schezo was bad, but what you did was just nasty…" Amitie said. "Yeah, go to Hell and stay there, you fucker!" Ess agreed. "You abandoned us just to have fun with your girlfriend, this is why I can't stand guys!" She continued. "I apologize for that, I dragged Dave into doing this, he wasn't exactly on board with it at first." Feli explained. "So what? You bribed him into having sex with you?" Ess asked. "Yeah, I couldn't resist the urge to have an orgasm today." Amitie kind of stood there unable to believe this. "Feli, why do you like Dave so much to warrant this?" She asked. "Well that should be quite obvious, I admired his level strength and spirit as a hero. I confessed my love to him last night… and we were both very happy with that revelation." I appreciated Feli telling the truth for us when I couldn't say anything in my defense. "Okay those five minutes are up, I need to go see her." I said. "Wait, let me go with you." Feli said. "No Feli, you need to stay here." I told her. "Why?" She asked. "Because, I don't want you to get involved in more drama. Besides, this is personal for me…" I left and strolled to the boat where Ringo sat with her legs wrapped around by her arms. Her head was also facing down to the floor of the boat. "*sob*" She was crying an entire river of tears, heartbroken. "Aw… I wished that I could do something for Ringo…" I started to tear up myself. "Come now, you needn't be sad or your friend, you know." I heard this voice and jumped. "Wh-who are you?!" "No need to be afraid either, I'm here to help you." I saw a man with wings and horns slowly float down to me. Hello Dave, I am Satan, ruler of the Puyo Underworld... at your service." That name struck a chord in me. "S-Satan? Arle told me about you…" "Oh yes, Arly did tell you, but let's just say that she kind of... "exaggerated" when calling me a villain. Sure I do go overboard sometimes, I admit it, but I love her so much. Too bad she doesn't think the same way about me… Anyway, let's go to your friend right now, she requires our attention." We came up towards her. "*sob* *sniff* Stupid Dave... why would you break my-" She was about to finish her lament. "Ringo?" I answered. She looked up at me with resentment in her watery eyes. "What do you want, idiot? can't you tell how crushed I am by your actions?!" She planted her face on her legs in frustration. "Sheesh, she's more broken down than I thought, Dave." Satan whispered to me. "There, there dear... Dave could not control this situation at all. He still loves you in very much the same way... He just got caught up in this where that other girl fell in love with him, not knowing what to do…" "Hey… aren't you…?" Ringo questioned. "Be still, I'm not here to cause any harm, I just want to fix what's broken." "Ringo please listen, I wasn't going out of my way to intentionally break your heart!" I started to tear up. "*sniff* In fact, I didn't want to see your heart broken at all, or the wreck that you are precisely in right now!" Ringo countered my words with a statement of her own. "If that's how you feel, then why did you have sex with Feli?!" "Ringo… If I didn't comply with her begging, she would've begun to suspect that something was up. I tried to avoid either of you getting pissed at me as much as possible, but in doing so, I hurt you without meaning anything… I couldn't say no to her, had she figured out what was going on instead, then she would never talk to me again… *sob*" I heard the voice of one I thought would punch me in result of all this. "You should have talked to me about it Dave… don't worry, I understand." "*sniff* F-Feli?" Satan stepped in. "You three would really make up a convincing harem… I'm being serious when I say that." He said. "A harem?" We all asked, raising eyebrows. "Well sure, why not? You two both loved Dave, and he can't decide who he loves more. I say that it's a brilliant idea." I at first scoffed at the idea in my mind. The more I thought about it though, I realized that it ACTUALLY made sense. "You know, that may actually work out… thanks Satan! Think about this as a food-for-thought, you two. A threesome styled relationship sounds quite interesting, and this is basically the best way to resolve everything." I envisioned. "Seriously, are you sure that your skull isn't cracked from insanity?" Ringo doubted me. "Well allow me to answer your question with one myself. Was there ever any point where you wanted be hot and bothered with another girl?" Ringo she seemed to stutter trying to respond. "U-uuuum… uh…" "So you DID want to be a lesbian at one point...? I'm going to take that stutter as a "Yes."... So Feli, what about you?" She was less skeptical about doing this harem thing than Ringo was. "Well, it doesn't bother me... if anything, it makes me feel better."
Satan pull outs a magazine to flash at us. "Here's a little something to inspire you three…" We saw hot, naked bodies of women on the cover. "Oh God! Why would you show us this?!" I asked, covering my eyes. "Not to come off as a pervert myself… but having a harem could be beneficial in a couple of ways. Not only would it improve your comradery with each other, but it'll awaken a special power from Dave that has yet to be found." He said. "What kind of power though?" I asked him. "That's for you to find out. I'll be taking my leave now, I'm sure that this won't be the only time that we meet Dave. Until then, I bid you a farewell..." Satan flies away to where he is unable to be seen. "So, he thinks that we can get along? I'm not sure if I can take his word on that, but he did help ease our problem. OH! That reminds me, there's one last thing that I need to do before we head back." I started to sprint, I still needed to talk to Ess about "that". "Wait Dave! Where are you going now?!" Ringo yelled. I had to be able to isolate myself with Ess. So once I had found her, I silently guided her away from everyone. "*sigh* "What the hell do you want, Dave?" she asked. "I came to talk to you about something important. Remember when I told you that Zed thought this would be good for you?" I reminded Ess. "Oh yeah, well Papa sure does know me well. Outside of a few unexpected train-wrecking moments, I had a good time. Why do you ask?" "Well… I kind of lied about that, I needed a way to convince you to come be with us. This is all so I can tell you the truth that you denied for a few years now." "What do you mean by saying "the truth", Dave?" I paused to breath in and out, remaining calm against the now angry girl. "I know that this may be difficult to take in, Ess... but Zed is not your papa." I dropped on her. "What the fuck do you mean he's not my papa?! You don't know anything, he has been taking care of me for as long as I can remember!" She insisted. "That part of it is true, but did you ever stop and think about why your "parent" is a robot? Zed was just there to handle you while your real father performed a duty that he swore to protect YOU. He wanted to protect you so much, he would willingly give up his own life, knowing that you would be safe. He was always watching you from afar, monitoring the surrounding areas that you would go to. That's how much that he cared and still cares for you! Hey Ess, could you look at this for me?" I show her the picture frame that I was given from Ex. "What is it? Hey isn't that the incompetent keeper? He looks younger here, and who's that woman with him?" She wondered. "Yeah, and the woman you see there was Ex's wife. You see, he wanted me to show this to you for one special reason, look at the baby." I directed my finger for her eyes to follow. "So what if Ex had a child back then? Who cares about the idiot that couldn't do his job right?" She goes nonchalantly. "For the record, I and many of our friends care for him, and you should too, see this name tag by the child?" I guided her to. "Wait… what is this?" "It spells out "Ess", your name, and I don't know of any other person with that name. There's further evidence for me to speak of as well, green hair rests on that head. Gee, I wonder who has green hair here?" I asked sarcastically. "N-no, how can this be?" Ess was at a loss for words. "There's no denying it, you are the daughter of a kind man who used to be a keeper, one that would do anything to keep you away from harm. Please, you need to make up with him. Ex has been rather upset without his own daughter keeping his spirits up... What do you say Ess…?" I waited for an answer. "I… I… don't know!" She responded. "Huh?" I reacted. "I mean, has my life so far been nothing but a lie? I followed a robot I had thought to be Papa, through and through. Sure he was nice, but all that I enjoyed was no more than a facade…" I decided to comfort Ess in her time of need. "Okay, that might be true, however there's no doubt in my mind, you and Zed had a legitimate bond beyond the lies. It does not reverse the good times that you had with him." "! That's a good point, all of the memories I had are still not false!" She realized. "Hm, it's getting late… let's get back with our friends so that we can return to the resort." I said. Ess nods and we see the others. "There you are, dummy. Where did you run off to?" Ringo asked. I whispered to her what I did while I was gone. "I see, well I'm glad that girl's no longer delusional, seriously I didn't think that would ever change." I hopped in the boat to started up the engine. "Alright guys, it's getting dark, let's head back to the resort!" I told them.
I continued to drive the boat for a while. "Hey, look up at the sky guys, the stars are bright and pretty…" Amitie said. "They seem quite big too Amitie, I've never seen stars of this size back in my world…" I said. "So one question, where did you come from, Dave?" Ringo asked. Before I could say anything, Risukuma entered the fray. "Don't bother, Ringo... I already asked him about that a month ago. He didn't want to say anything about it. Ugh, that bite really put a number on me, feeling kind of queasy at the moment." I worried for his condition as he said it. "Is it a symptom of sorts, Ris?" I asked anxiously. "Well… I wouldn't call this as such, Dave... but something is certainly wrong. I'm in this... dizziness that I can't even describe how it feels. It's only something that you'll know if you feel it. Like hell, it's making me want to vomit without causing it to occur. Hopefully it goes away in a couple of days, ant bites aren't really known for killing off big mammals, so I shouldn't have fears looming by." I sighed at his assumption. "That's at least assuring… So, how was this excursion for everyone? The ant attack was admittedly an unexpected take-away, but I will say that this has been an interesting day. One that was full of drama and crazy events." I said waiting for answers. "*sigh* It was a boring day for the most part, and then I find out that you have sex with a girl… that made me incredibly jealous." Schezo said. "Aren't you only saying that because you a pervert, Schezo?" Arle asked him. "Ah shut up… that's besides the point, Arle. "No, I think she's right, that IS the point for you!" Ess yelled at him. "Tch, say whatever you will, it's not of my concern..." He trailed off. "Okay… anyone else?" I continued. "I thought that you and Feli were... cute together, albeit still nasty. Speaking of which, what was that sticky stuff that smelled... off putting?" Amitie asked. Arle was shocked from this. "You don't know what it is, Amitie?" "N-no I don't, my life has been filled with nothing but friends, magic, and adventures…" She stated. "Arle whispered in her ear, most likely explaining to her what the stuff was. Amitie's face lit up bright red. "Wh-whaaaaaaat?! I-I d-don't think I'm ready to know about this yet!" Amitie said, cover her face with her hands. "Let's… not talk about that anymore…" Ringo suggested. "Agreed." Feli followed up with. I decided to clear my mind of the cacophony of sex-related notions as we headed for the resort's shore. I shut off the engine and rested the anchor in the water below before letting everyone leave. I grabbed Ess by her hand. "Ess, let's go see Ex… show me the way." I told her. She nods and we went to experience a family reunion. "You stay here, I'll talk to him in the meantime." I said. I came to Ex's room door and knocked. He opens the door slowly to see who's there. "Oh hey! It's you, Dave! You took longer to get back then I expected…" He said. "Yeah… there were a couple of mishaps, but they didn't ruin anything." I responded. "So did you tell Ess everything?" "Yes Ex, she's outside the room if you want to see her." I said. "Why, of course! Ess, are you there?" He asked. "P-Papa…" She stuttered. "Oh my God, you called me Papa for the first time since you were an infant! This is so wonderful! Thank you, Dave! I am truly indebted to you, whenever you have a problem, don't hesitate to call me. Here's my number in case you need my help." I punched in Ex's phone number while feeling great about myself. "I just do what I want to do for others Ex, being helpful. Oh yeah, have you heard? They say that the hot springs here are like no other, do you want to join me in the men's area?" I asked him. "Huh… I've never really been in one before… Why not? I have free time on my hands, might as well make the most of it." He replied and smiled. I smiled back at his decision with excitement. "Great! A couple of my friends will also be in there with us. As for you, Ess... you can just gossip with the other girls, or whatever else you do." I said. "Alright, I'll join up with you in a bit, Dave Getting ready for it takes some time, so about twenty minutes tops, but where are these springs though?" He wondered. "Hm… they should be listed in a map of this resort… okay, I guess they're listed… here." I traced my finger to the location roughly. I left Ex for him to get a towel ready and I round up the other guys. While in the middle of it, I found Ringo. We exchanged words for a bit and told her to lead the other girls to the women's area. I prepared for a night of spring relaxation, but I couldn't anticipate what was about to happen.
Author's Notes: This chapter has been by far the longest as of yet. You can imagine the immense amount of downtime that I had with this one. Chapter 12 took quite a bit out of me as a writer. This is also the first chapter to incorporate another character's viewpoint. These different POVs will happen from time to time. So much stuff happened throughout Dave's day, but the night had yet to truly begin. Next chapter, Chapter 13: Hot and Bothered.
