A/N: Hi there! Here's another chapter of Unexpected Landing. I'm very sorry for always publishing late chapters, but I can't help it. School and Laziness is equal to nothingness.. T-T Excuses aside, this story will soon come to a close in the next 1-3 chapters (I'm not sure) So please enjoy the last bits of this story. I'm happy that it got quite the attention in spite its poor quality. So... Yeah. I thank all the readers who took their time to read this! Without further delay, here's the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own To Love-Ru! If I did, then the manga won't be updated that much because of my laziness! :P
"Don't tell me... That you're Momo's father!"
Unexpected Landing
Chapter 13
The Beginning of The End
The accused alien's figure adjusted from his position, irritated from what the disturbed earthling had done. He stood up from his lying position. Nothing much had changed with height, but you can notice that he isn't happy.
"As expected of you, human." Gid gave Rito a scary glare, which made shivers run down his spine. He was near the roof's door while the annoyed alien was near the railings. Gid travelled quite a fair distance when he was thrown unconsciously by Rito.
"W-What do you mean?" Rito tried to pretend to know nothing, grasping the roof's door tightly. He was planning to escape if things went in the wrong path.
"I expect that you know, where my daughter Momo is." The devil stated in a boring monotone, crossing his arms. His tail wobbled slowly beneath him, breaking the roof's floorings slightly.
"I.." Rito can't compose a reply.
This man, this man is looking for his daughter, who is apparently living in the unlucky boy's house. He knew that saying it to her father would definitely deprive the sisters of their sanity. But, if he reported that Momo is enjoying interfering with his life, then the devil will go and get her restoring his life back to normal.
'Yes, that might be the right thing to do.' Rito thought deeply inside him. He really wanted to go back to his previous lifestyle (even though it's a mess) but his other side said otherwise. What should he do in this kind of situation? Would it be better to give her away, or is it better to keep her for himself. He was in a difficult position, since even though he can't admit it, he had gotten a little bit close with the short haired alien. Gid had noticed the earthling's unstable state.
"What's the problem, human?" He asked taking a single step towards the distressed boy. The two choices continued to flood Rito's mind while Gid is getting closer to him. Give her or keep her? Let go or hold on? He unconsciously tripped backwards, losing grip on the door's knob and bumping against the same thing. Rito's eyes widened because of his unbalanced state.
"Uh..." He still can't think of an answer even with the door's stimuli boost. It was merely useless. The gap between the human and king was about to be closed when the latter halted, and crossed his arms.
"Do you really have nothing to do with my daughter?" He asked out of nowhere. Gid was quite disturbed by Rito's delayed reply. Rito shivered uncontrollably, unsure on what to do.
After some time of experiencing dead air, Rito had finally came up with an answer. This might change his life forever but he knows that he have to make a move, or he'll lose everything!
"I... I" Rito's statement was cut short as the door of the rooftop cracked open. He was displaced for a bit from the impact from the said door, but he managed to control himself to avoid the tensed hot floor. The two occupants of the rooftop had their eyes wide open when they saw who opened the door.
The topic of the discussion itself, Momo!
"Rito-san" Momo acknowledged Rito's confused existence and at the same time, not noticing her father's.
"Eh? Momo?" Rito mumbled under his breath. Here comes another mission. Momo was spotted by her father. It would definitely spark another problem for the maturing teen.
"What's wrong, Rito-san?" Momo asked as she watched Rito stare at her blankly. Rito was thinking of a plan. A sly smile formed afterwards, "Have you fallen in love with this body?" Momo paused seductively after releasing the teasing statement.
"E-Eh? It's not l-like that!" Rito tried to defend his innocence, waving his right hand in front of him. He was about to inform her about the presence of her small father, but she had beaten him in terms of mouth speed.
"Yeah, I know. I just went here to check on you. Class is about to start and you haven't made it back yet." Momo cleared up her own constructed misunderstanding, still unaware of her father's existence, "Let's go back, shall we Rito-san?" She offered her cute little hand to Rito. He would love to accept, but the ignored alien unleashed his rage.
"M-Momo!" The king of Deviluke screamed on top of his lungs, and of course, it gained the attention of the pink-haired princess. She looked towards the source of the voice, and smiled realistically.
"Oh, father? What brings you here?" Momo stated while grinning, hinting that she's up for some teasing. Gid became distracted, and quickly joined the conversation, with an irritating attitude, the same as her daughter's.
"Don't 'what brings you here?' me! You already know why I am here!" Gid resumed his undying rage. He clenched his fists tightly and his tail whacked the cracked ground violently. Rito could only watch the conversation on the sidelines, with a sweatdrop plastered on his temple.
"No, I don't... Please tell me why." Momo continued her teasing spree. Of course, she's not doing it just for fun (but a part of her is like that), she's doing this to buy some time. To escape perfectly without any resistance from her father's. Heck, she knew from the start that her father have reinforcements. Not to mention that Zastin is surely upset of Momo's harrassment towards him and his men before. It would turn out badly if they were caught at this very scene. Getting this old man tired is all part of her plan.
"You escaped from your studies! Don't you remember?" The tone of Gid's voice went down for a bit, but his anger was still hinted in every aspect of his body.
"Ah! I see. What do you want me to do now?" Momo continue to do the job in her field of expertise. Gid immediately returned to full-rage mode after those words.
Momo stared intently at Rito after her last statement. Rito quickly noticed her, and she motioned her mouth to indicate something. Luckily, Rito understood her mouthings.
"Be Ready!" Is what Momo said.
"Come with me of course!" Gid announced and in a snap of his fingers, a fleet of men in black with Zastin on the center emerged from above, falling gracefully on the school's rooftop. Momo was expecting this to happen, now everything is going smoothly.
"Now!" Momo held Rito's hand and pulled him immediately. Rito was quite clueless on what to do, but all he wanted to do now is to escape from the devil's wrath. Momo grasped the doorknob tightly, and opened it with full force. Momo then summoned some vines from her hi-tech phone and blocked the path, making it hard for the chasers to go after them.
"Ehehe. We're off!" Momo giggled as she watched the deprived faces of Gid's team. They rushed through the corridor, but before they could even go and turn in the first turn, they heard a huge explosion.
The two runners looked back, and they were surprised big time when the huge vines that covered the doorway were destroyed into pieces. After staring in awe for a few seconds, they continued to run once again. Knowing that the chasers are very close by.
"Just hold tight, Rito-san!" Momo stated, acting like the hero in the scene. Their mission is to escape but at the same time, be unnoticed to the student body. That was quite a hard task.
"Ok..." Rito confirmed her instructions with a simple nod. He wasn't sure on what to do either. So he'll just follow Momo's instructions for now.
A slightly long gap was put in between the runners and chasers. So as long as the two keep on running, they won't get caught for the time being.
"Hey, Momo..." Rito started to communicate with the alien princess, they were still running in full force.
"What is it, Rito-san?" Momo replied without looking back. They might unexpectedly crash on a wall if she lost focus on the path where they're running.
"Why are you doing this?" Rito asked, using his free hand to scratch the back of his head, "I know that you want to escape your world of education, but why are you going this far?" Rito finished his statement, making Momo slow down a bit, but not totally to the point where they'll get caught.
"You know, I've started to enjoy sleeping in your bed lately." Momo stated happily, and before Rito could reply properly, she increased the speed back to normal. It surprised Rito the most.
"E-Eh! What do you mean Momo?" Rito asked curiously. Due to his obliviousness, he haven't noticed the true meaning behind her faithful words. Momo ignored him and focused on running even more.
Momo was happy. In this way, even when they get caught in the worst case scenario, she had (in)directly conveyed what she felt. Though she wanted to make Rito happy with everyone after seeing him hang out with other girls too, she also wanted to make him know what she really feels.
"Hehehe..." A sly laugh was her only reply as the chase continues on!
A desperate Gid is chasing after a lovestruck Momo, what will happen next ?
A/N: There! A chapter done! I hope this chapter had satisfied your tastes, since it is quite short and all. I hope it won't make any of you mad or anything like that. I think that there's a high possibility that I will update this once again next weekend. I need to finish this quickly, so I can start working on Upside Down once again (I'll write oneshots occasionally too, especially the time when the OVA will be released).
As always, Suggestions, Criticisms, Flames, Praises, and Comments are always welcome!
Have a cheerful day ahead of you everyone!