Star Force DxD

by Tailsmo4ever

When 14 year old Netto Kusanagi encounters an alien fugitive, he finds himself in the center of a battle between extraterrestrial life forms for a devastating weapon. His life even becomes more complicated when it turns out he's been turned into a devil by the beautiful Rias Gremory. It's Science VS Fantasy at its finest. (OCxHarem) (Mega Man tribute) (Art by ultimatemaverickx)

14. Strange Demon from Another Planet

Star Force DxD

By Tailsmo4ver

14th Contact: Strange Demon from Another Planet

Space. It was truly a wondrous thing. Calm and silent, the black void stretched out infinitely. The endless black appeared to go on forever with nothing to interrupt the emptiness. However, as empty space could be, it was very far from empty.

WIZZ!

A small space shuttle flew through space as it was being persuaded by three other space jets designed specifically for combat. The small vessel flipped and barrel rolled from the laser beams that the pursuing jets shot at it, coming dangerously close from being shot down. The pilot of the ship was obviously very skilled at flying through space in such intense situations, otherwise they would have been blasted long ago. The pilot gritted their teeth as the hit the throttle, pushing their speed to the max as they tried to escape the dog fighters.

But they ended up getting blocked when a large spaceship suddenly warped before them from out of nowhere. The pilot quickly jerked their throttle and to the side, the pursuing jets still close behind. The pilot was forced to fly through the spaceship's interior, skillfully maneuvering through the gaps and wedges to keep themselves from crashing. The enemy ships continued to chase after the ship, showing no signs of slowing down.

"Stop at once!" one of the enemy pilots ordered at the runaway through a radio. The speaker was flying in a more orange and elaborate jet compared to all the others. "Return home this minute! This is a direct order from the king!"

"No!" the renegade pilot shouted, sounding very much like a teenaged girl, "Leave me alone!" The pilot speed up once again, leaving the pursuers behind.

"That spoiled little..." the lead pursuer groaned. "All units, we are losing the target! Combat level orange, use of C armament is authorized! Don't let her escape! Stop her at all costs!"

"Roger!" the other pursuers obeyed. Each of the jets began shooting missiles at the runaway shuttle, homing onto it. The pilot couldn't escape the high-speed missiles in time as the struck her ship. She screamed as she was tossed through space, tumbling around from the impact of the blow. Her computer systems began blaring and blinking, showing words in an incomprehensible language. She tried to juggle her controls but it was no use. She was stuck. The enemy jets all closed in on her ship, flying closer to calm her.

"No..." the pilot whispered, fiddling with her controls. "Not like this. There's no way... no way I'm going back!" she slammed her palm on her computer keyboard, miraculously causing her ship's systems to come back online. Seizing her opportunity, she gave a loud roar punched the throttle. Her ship's engines roared to life and began to glow bright blue as she flew farther away from her pursuers.

"She activated the hyperdrive?!" the lead pursuer gasped.

The other ships were not fast enough to keep up with the shuttle's sudden movements. All they could do was watch as a wormhole opened for the shuttle and allowed it through before closing shut in a blink of light.

---

Morning arrived and Netto was sound asleep. The rising sun shined on his face, causing him to stir slightly from the brightness. Mumbling in his sleep, he turned over from the sun's rays and planted his face into a soft pillow.

"Hahn..."

The boy flinched as he heard a soft moan next to him. Opening his eyes, he found himself staring into two pink circles of flesh connected to milk colored balls. "Huh? What is...?" Netto whispered, his eyes widening slightly. A pair of slender arms suddenly looped around his head and pulled him closer into the strange pillow. Slowly pulling his head away from the pillow, he looked up at a trail of familiar red hair. "What... Buchou? Why is Buchou sleeping in my bed with me? And butt naked?" he whispered, his eyes widened and bulging out. The girl slowly shifted in her sleep, stirring as she sat up to reveal all her glory and opened her eyes. Blinking, she looked down at Netto's eyes and smiled.

"Good morning, Net," Rias smiled.

"Uh... good morning..." Netto greeted shyly, sitting up. "So uh... why are you in my bed? Naked? Again?"

"What? Don't you like having a cute girl sleeping in bed with you?" Rias pouted playfully, squeezing her breasts with her arms to make them swell out.

"It-it isn't like that!" Netto blushed, looking down, "It's... well..."

Rias just laughed as she rubbed Netto's head, "Oh, Net. Has anyone told you adorable you look when you're flustered like that?" She relaxed as she folded her legs at her side, making her look like a pinup model. "It's a lot easier for me to sleep in the nude, it's comfortable that way. And you were already asleep when I arrived so I decided to let myself in."

"Oh, really? I guess that's cool," Netto nodded slowly. "But that kinda isn't the main issue."

Rias giggled, "Ufufufu. I couldn't help myself. I wanted to sleep with you like a hug pillow."

"Oh, a hug pillow," Netto smiled, looking over his side awkwardly. "So you like that kind of stuff, huh?" He felt his shoulders being pressed down onto the bed. Rias pinned him down on the shoulders as she climbed onto his waist. "Uh... what is it?" he asked shyly.

"You know Net, we've still got some time," Rias said in a soft purring voice that made him shiver, slowly stroking his chin as she bent down, her breasts pressing on his chest, "Do you think if something sexy were to happen right now it'll help communications with my beloved servant?" To seal the deal she planted a small kiss on his neck and the boy's junk was in a proverbial vice grip.

"Y-y-yeah. I guess you could say that," Netto stuttered.

"Then you want me to take a go at you?" Netto gasped as he looked up at her charming face, "It's alright. Let's have fun together, OK?"

"I... well... um..." Netto stuttered again, blushing from how close Rias' face was coming towards him. "I guess it couldn't hurt..."

A sudden knock on the door interrupted the couple's naughty time. "Are you up yet, Net-san? It's almost time for you to start your morning training~!" Asia called through the door in a sing-song voice.

"Huh?" Netto blinked as he sat up, "Asia?"

"Oh shoot, I completely forgot about the morning training," Rias realized, bopping herself on the head.

"Net-san, can you hear me? Are you up yet?"

Netto's widened as he realized that he couldn't let Asia see him in a sight like this. Had to come up with some way to get her to leave the door "Oh yeah. I'm up!" Netto called over, "Just give me a sec!" However...

"Asia, can you give us a minute? I'm still in bed with Netto and we have to get ready."

Netto froze as he turned to Rias in a look of mock betrayal. The devil was smiling back at him with a playful look in her eyes. That was when the door swung opened, and Asia stood there with a stunned face.

"Um... going morning, Asia," Netto smiled nervously, "Did you sleep fine?"

"I hope you're doing well today," Rias greeted happily.

Asia simply looked on, still stunned at the sight of both of them in the bed with the president in her birthday suit and the boy looking like he had broken something expensive. The former nun got teary-eyed as she began to pull her shirt over her head, "Whatever it is I'm taking off my clothes too! I swear I'm not gonna be left out anymore!" she declared as she stripped herself of her shirt, leaving her breasts left to bare.

"Hey, hey, hey! Aren't we supposed to get up?!"

---

After a hectic moment in bed, Netto went on with his training for the day before it was eventually time for breakfast and to get ready for school. Shuko was home from work that morning so she was pleasantly surprised to see Rias again. Of course, it was also where Netto had learned for reason for suddenly being in his bed.

"So with that said, I will now be living in this house from today onwards," Rias said, bowing towards Shuko from her seat, "I'll be in your care from now on."

"Oh, of course!" Shuko replied, albeit with an awkward smile, "The pleasure is all mine, Rias-chan. Please, make yourself at home." While she was rather happy with having some more helping hands in the house, the proclamation came out of the left field for her. Still, Rias looked like a responsible young lady so her parents might have given it the OK.

In the front corridor of the house, Rias' belongings were packed in boxes after they were taken inside. Netto looked back at the boxes and at the girl that they all belonged too. He took a small gulp of orange juice before he asked, "Don't mind me asking, Buchou. But is there a reason for you to suddenly move in?"

Rias took a small sip of her tea and smiled, "I just want to be closer with my kouhai. Is that bad?"

"No, I didn't say it was," Netto answered, quickly shaking his head. "I hope you like it here." Asia watched on quietly as she glumly swallowed her food, grumbling something about "rivals" and being "out of reach".

"Ara ara. I see you've become very fond of my son, Rias-chan," Shuko commented, looking at both Netto and Rias.

"I suppose I have," Rias answered happily, "The truth is that he helped me out of a jam recently and I can't tell you how grateful I am for that."

"Really? I guess we can all say that chivalry isn't dead," Shuko replied, smiling proudly at her son. "He really does have a bit of his father in him."

"He must've been an amazing man. I hope to meet him eventually," Rias said. She looked over to a photo of Daigo that sat on the coffee table. There was no shrine since Shuko didn't believe that he had passed on, and Netto didn't either. They were just waiting and hoping that he would return home. She couldn't help but feel pretty bad for them.

Asia gulped down her food with tea as she finally spoke, "Ano... I'm sorry if this is impolite but, I don't know so much about Netto's Tou-sama. What did he do before he... disappeared?"

"Hm, well..." Shuko paused slightly, taking a small drink of her juice before she answered, "Daigo-kun was leading a team of scientists that came from several corners of the Earth in a project that would help Earth create contact with life forms from other worlds. He created a communication satellite different from Leo, Dragon, and Pegasus that was able to search for planets within the Milky Way Galaxy. He called this satellite 'Brother Band'."

"Brother Band?" Asia repeated.

Shuko nodded, "It's named that way to reflect Daigo-kun's belief that everything and everyone can be connected. It looks for large electromagnetic fields projected by a planet and then has it registered on its computer. If life forms on the planet are detected it will send a message requesting for contact. Somehow, he discovered the existence of alien planets and he wished to scour the galaxy and maybe even the universe to find those plants to create contact with. He believed that if we created bonds with other races and species, then our society would flourish."

"That sounds very idealistic," Rias said. She had to admit, different races having contact with one another would be helpful for many people and there were so many could benefit from that. But she also knew that there was a con to the idea, "But wasn't he also aware that there could be malevolent beings out there as well?"

"He was concerned with the idea at first, but if that was the case there would be a possibility of a peacekeeping force that handled the several bad apples of the bunch," Shuko replied. Then she sighed, "But then the explosion happened. AMAKEN took it hard over what had happened and the families survived by the other scientists were in a wide state of grief. We had no other choice but to stop the project. Permanently."

Both Rias and Asia frowned sadly, "I see," Rias replied. "My condolences."

"Believe me, it was a sad day for all of us. We had high hopes for the project but an unexpected error put a stop that," Shuko said, leaning over her hand, "Some say it wasn't meant to be. Maybe it's true, but I'm still holding out for it. Perhaps someday my husband's vision can become reality again."

Netto had a solemn look on his face. He still missed his father. It had been months since he saw him off to the Elysium. But he remained hopeful that he would come back one day, even through a miracle. His mind went elsewhere as he recalled during their last encounter with Gemini Spark that there was a group, a very organized and well-equipped group, trying to capture them. "Mom, hypothetically, if there was such a group, how well-prepared would they be to catch aliens?"

Shuko held her hand against her chin as she went into deep through, "I would say it would depend on what type of alien they are looking for. Most aliens are by logic far stronger than humans. There are also other aliens with strange powers and abilities, like say mind control. They would have to be equipped with very strong weapons, or at least alien technology to be able to match whatever invader came long."

Netto took in this information then asked, "And would they be government funded?"

"Not if they want to remain secretive," Shuko said. "Organizations who want to remain hidden from the eyes of the people wouldn't even be on the payroll grid. However, since they are hidden it also means that they can do operations that are considered to be morally ambiguous at best, and terrorism at worst. If no one can see, there wouldn't be anyone to call them out on their actions."

"So they might be backed up by a secret organization of wealthy benefactors?" Rias asked.

"They have to get the money somehow," Shuko said, punctuating with a twirl of her fork. "But that's enough talking for now. You all have to get ready for school, don't you?"

"Yes, we should get going," Rias nodded before turning to Netto, "Netto, how about we have a shower together? I'll wash your back."

"Huh?" Netto blinked, quickly turning to her.

Asia fumed as she quickly got up from her seat and went to hug Netto's arm, "Hey! I said I didn't want to be left out anymore! I'm washing his back too!"

"Huh!?" Netto exclaimed again, turning to Asia.

"Ohohoho, is that right?" Rias laughed humorously, hugging Netto's other arm and being extra sure to squeeze it between her breasts, "Two older sisters washing their little brother's back. Challenge accepted, Asia-chan."

"HUH?!" Netto shouted for the third time, looking back and forth at both Asia and Rias.

Shuko looked at the spectacle with a look of awe before shaking her head with a small smile on her face. "Teenagers," she sighed to herself.

---

An area within Noah's Park was barricaded but crawling with UNIT personnel, each one clothed in tan suits and breathing masks on their faces. There seemed to be a huge crater in the ground. At the bottom of the crater was a silver spacecraft. The odd oval shaped design of the ship was clearly not of this world, meaning that it came from somewhere else. The hatch of the spacecraft was knocked off the hinges. Someone was inside it and they had gotten out.

Takuya arrived at the scene and was greeted by the personnel. He was here to inspect the scene. With the barricade in place, nosey people would not be entering the area to take any unwanted pictures. And if anyone ever asked, the crater would be covered up as some natural sink hole or be sealed with concrete.

"What have you got for me?" Takuya asked as he looked at the ship.

"It's definitely alien, sir. The design is not of this world," one of the examiners on the scene confirmed.

"Any contagions?" he asked. The last thing they needed was an outbreak of an alien virus.

"No, sir. We've tested the area. It's clean of any biological contaminants," the examiner reported.

"What about survivors?" he asked.

"None, sir. When we arrived, it was completely abandoned," the examiner answer.

Takuya frowned, the usual look he was sporting nowadays. First the EM Wave aliens and now an unknown species was roaming around Earth. This would not do. "Take this thing back to base. I want it studied thoroughly. Let's find out what secret it holds. And form a group to hunt down the alien that escaped. It couldn't have gotten far."

"Roger!" the examiner saluted.

Afar from the crash site, a cloaked figure was quietly watching as the UNIT personnel was roaming around the crater. The figure was transparent and was mostly a blur in the environment. However, one could make out a shapely female body if they looked closely enough.

"Looks like we can't go back to the ship, Peke," she sighed sadly.

"Then we should really get out of here before they find out," another voice spoke, "Fortunately, with your appearance, you should be able to blend in with the species known as 'humans'. You're nearly indistinguishable from them."

"Yes, but I bet they don't dress like me," the invisible figure said, turning away to walk from the crash site, "Peke, they seem to be at that technological level. They should have a database on this planet. Please look up on their fashion and replicate it."

"Very well. I'm connected to the planet's cyber network, Lala-sama," there was a small pause, followed by several coding sounds, "...I've already found popular styles for girls of your age group."

"Hm..." the invisible figure, apparently named Lala, hummed in thought, "They don't seem to offer much protection, though."

"Then how about this one?" Peke said, slightly pausing again, "...There seems to be a location where females of your age group go during the day to study. I believe they call this location a 'school'. They even have a uniform for it."

"Ah! It looks cute!" Lala said, a smile in her voice. "OK then! Let's go take a look at this school! We might be able to hide there!"

"As you command, Lala-sama!"

---

In an airport not too far from the city, both Rei and Reika stood at arrival gate in wait of the plane arriving from England. They were both off from school so they were both dressed up in casual clothing. Rei wore a blue jacket over a red t-shirt with blue jeans and black sneakers while Reika was wearing a blue hooded shirt over a black jacket with a red pleated skirt with red leggings and green sneakers. Rei was looking over the time in his Transer, tapping his foot impatiently, "Her flight should've arrived by now..."

"Are you sure she's coming in today?" Reika asked her brother.

"She said her flight would arrive today," Rei said, closing his Transer. "Man, I can't wait to finally meet her in-person."

"...So are you both going to bang?"

"Reika!" Rei yelled, blushing beat red.

"Hey, all your dates have been virtual dates. I just wanna know what you have planned for an actual date," Reika said in her defense.

"To be honest, I'm a bit nervous," confessed Rei. "I mean...it's Mami-chan. I just hope that she won't be disappointed when she finally sees me in-person."

"Rei, you're my brother, so I'll just tell it to you straight. If this girl loves you, then she accepts you, no matter how disappointing you can be," said Reika comfortingly.

"I don't know if that was an insult or compliment."

Soon, the arrivals arrived and exited the gate. Rei and Reika waited to see a familiar face.

And Rei finally saw her, and she was more beautiful than she was on screen.

Walking out from the gate was Mami Tomoe, a young woman with a curvy figure. She was dressed in a wool sweater with a circular window to reveal her cleavage and a frilled yellow skirt. She wore a brown shawl and a matching beret. She wore brown stockings that came up to mid-thigh and also wore yellow high-heeled ankle boots.

"Mami-chan! Mami-chan! Over here!" Rei yelled.

Mami looked over and spotted her boyfriend. She immediately ran over to him, dragging her luggage with her.

And then she came to a stop a foot away from him.

This was their first time meeting face-to-face, and neither of them was disappointed.

"Hello, Rei-kun," Mami smiled.

"Mami-chan..."

"Rei-kun..."

"Mami-chan..."

"Rei-kun..."

"Oh, for Christ sakes! Just shut up and kiss already!" Reika yelled, causing her brother and his girlfriend to yelp in embarrassment.

"Reika!" Rei cried in embarrassment.

"Oh hush. With the way you too were staring at each other's eyes like that it looked like you were gonna both be here forever," Reika waved off before turning to Mami, "Hi, I'm Reika. We've met online," she greeted the blonde with a bow. "Nice to finally meet you in person."

"Ara ara, you look just like a female version of Rei-kun," Mami smiled danity, "You're even cuter up close."

"You know, to be honest, when I heard my brother found a girlfriend, I was about 50 percent sure you might've actually been a guy," Reika blurted out.

"Reika..." Rei growled a warning to his twin.

"But I'm so glad that you're really a girl and hot one too!" Reika gave Mami a once-over. She did have a nice hourglass figure and nice sizable boobs.

"Please ignore my socially awkward twin sister. She doesn't have a filter," Rei apologized.

"Actually, I like her. She's very honest," Mami confessed.

"You mean 'blunt'," Rei muttered.

"I tell it like it is," Reika said proudly.

"Come on, Mami. Let's take you and your stuff to your new apartment," said Rei.

"We called an Uber to pick us up," Reika added.

---

With Rias now living with Netto and Asia, that meant Netto was now walking to school with two pretty girls in tow. The boys and girls who saw them arriving all shrieked in jealousy, surprise, and hatred at Netto when they saw them arriving through the gates. They didn't really pay much attention as they were having their own conversation. "...And another thing, why would they choose to communicate through music notes anyway? If their technology was advanced enough couldn't they just used something that made a bit more sense?" Asia said. She was asking about one of the movies they saw the other night during the victory party.

"Asia, it's just a movie. You're not supposed to try to make sense of it. You're just supposed to enjoy it," Rias said.

"The movie was made in the 70's so I don't think a lot of people knew what aliens really did and if they could talk at all. There were a lot of interpretations of what aliens were like," Netto told her.

"It still doesn't make sense to me. Are all Science Fiction movies like that?" Asia asked.

"Pretty much, and most are pretty good. Just avoid the Bayformers Movies," Netto advised. "Except for the first one, the first one was decent. Then it all went downhill..."

"If they ever saw me, they would know what aliens were really like," muttered Omega-Xis from Netto's Transer.

"Only one species," Netto deadpanned, "Hey, Omega-Xis, have the FMians ever made contact with any other alien species? You mention the Devilukians before, right? Any other intelligent species out there?"

"Sure are. A good example would be the Asari. Their race is comprised of only females," Omega-Xis answered. "They have to mate with males from other species to keep their race thriving. And the offspring is always an Asari, no matter what race the father is."

"Hm, sounds a lot like lamias," Rias recalled.

"Lamias? You mean snake women?" Netto asked, recalling one of her lessons on the supernatural world. "Are they a monogender species too?"

"Yes, lamias are an all female species, so they need to mate with human males to bear children," Rias answered. "The child is always a lamia."

"Wow, that's oddly universal," Netto blinked.

"Well, I have to get to class. I'll see you both at the club room later," Rias waved at them before walking off.

"Yeah, see you," Netto waved back.

"I have to get going to my class also," Asia said, bowing quickly before she went her own separate way, "I'll see you later!"

"Sure, catch you later!" Netto waved at her before going off to his class.

Later that day after his classes, Netto was leaning over his chair as he was reading another science fiction book, as most of the students in the class stared at him once again. By now, Netto seemed to grown used to it but he still found it unnerving. He just pretended that it didn't bother him while he read his book, and that was a challenge in itself. "My, my. People are starting to find you pretty interesting," Omega-Xis whistled in amusement.

"I kinda see it as a pain," Netto said, breathing out in exasperation.

"Man, passive aggressive much?"

"Maybe," Netto shrugged. Then there was a sudden commotion in the class coming from the front, prompting Netto to look up. Walking from the front door was a group of several girls, ranging from second years the third years. Each one was wearing a red armband on their left arms. Leading the group was a girl most likely in her second year with long black hair that reached her waist tied at the bottom with a grey bow and a hime-cut on her forehead, and cold green eyes. She had a shapely and athletic figure and her face didn't show much emotion. Netto watched in confusion as the group of girls all circled around his desk as the lead girl confronted him in the front. "Uh... can I help you?"

"Are you Netto Kusanagi?" the girl asked.

"Yeah. And who are you?"

"My name is Masako Ume. I am the vice-president of the safety committee," she introduced cooly. "I'm sure you are well aware what that means."

Netto could have sworn that he heard someone play Quincy Jones' Ironside nearby. With the intro sirens at full blast.

"Oh..." Netto frowned. He had only be associated with Jason Mikkelsen, the safety committee's head. And apparently she was his subordinate. It seems like something had happened to make all these girls suddenly approached him, and experience in the school told him it wasn't a good sign. "Where's Mikkelsen-senpai?"

"He has been gone for almost a week now, so I am filling in," Masako said, folding her arms. "We have come to confirm several rumors about you."

"Ugh... what rumors?" Netto winced, tapping his fingers on the desk.

"The first rumor was very startling. We have heard that you blackmailed Gremory-senpai and Himejima-senpai into doing lewd things with you. Every day after school you use them as your personal playthings to satisfy your carnal desires," Masako began.

Netto froze. What the hell was that? He would never do anything like that. Looking around the classroom, he saw people whispering at one another as they stared at him like he was some kind of perverted beast. He would never have guessed that such rumors about him, Rias and Akeno would come out like that, nor did he want to. Come to think of it, both Rias and Akeno have both begun to advance on him more after the Rating Game.

"OK... I'll play along. What are the other rumors?" Netto asked, dreading what he might hear.

"Then you went and took Koneko-chan into your sick little game and began to play with her little loli body," she continued.

'What the... I don't even speak with her all that much!' Netto exclaimed inwardly.

"And finally you sank your fangs into Asia, the transfer student from Italy," she finished, warning signals blaring in his head, "The poor girl didn't even stand a chance when you broke her on the first day. You sick little man."

Netto closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He hated these rumors, but after everything he'd been through, after everything he'd done, he wasn't just going to take it. Opening his eyes, he looked her straight in the eye and spoke in a cold, even tone.

"Prove it."

SLAP!

He was totally blindsided by the sudden impact of her palm smashing into his face. The slap had enough force to knock his head sideways and leave a hand mark smoking on his face. His cheek has already started to swell as he gagged on his desk.

"I don't need to prove anything to you," Masako frowned, holding her hand to her side. "Please stop fooling around with them or I'll get angry. And you won't like me when I'm angry."

"Quoting 'The Hulk'? Really?" Netto sat up, ignoring the pain to make that quip. "You know, slapping someone without provocation like that isn't very professional."

"I was told you had a smart mouth. You should try to keep a lid on it. If you know what's good for you'll stay away from them, otherwise you will be having frequent visits from me," Masako told him coldly, her voice never increasing volume even once.

Netto held up his Transer and countered, "And if you try to threaten me, I might just hand this recording over to someone who will do something about you."

"I'm afraid that it will do you no good," Masako replied, her subordinates quickly standing at her sides. "As a member of the safety committee I have full authority to defend the chastity of the maidens of this school by any means necessary. Mikkelsen has been going soft on you. He believes that you are being put in a bad light. But I see it different. I am not as easily deceived as him."

"No, you're just dumb enough to believe rumors without evidence and what you're doing is an abuse of authority."

SLAP!

With that, Netto found himself knocked out cold on his desk, his nose broken and bleeding. Everyone watching all gasped in awe with the act of violence that just occurred.

"I warned you not to make me angry," Masako growled, her fist clenched as it smoked.

---

On one of the benches of the school, Netto was resting his head on Mari Yumashidō's lap. The Bishop of the Furfur Peerage had hands glowing in a pink light as she was healing his face. Slowly but surely he could feel his injuries fading away. "How are you feeling, Kusanagi-san?" Mari asked, smiling sympathetically.

"A little better," Netto sighed.

"Sorry. I know my healing magic isn't nearly as strong as Asia-senpai's but I still hope it helps," Mari said with a sigh.

"It's fine," Netto told her. "It's still working."

"What the hell was up with that woman?" Omega-Xis asked, sounding pretty angry. It was pretty surprising to Netto a tone like that come from him, "She's got some nerve..."

"That's just how she's been for as long as anyone's known her," Mari said. "Actually, I'm pretty sure she's more popular among the girls than even Rias-senpai or Akeno-senpai are and that says a lot about her popularity."

"Really? How so?" Netto asked, looking up at her, "What else do you know about Ume-senpai?"

"She's very well known for her dislike of boys, and because of that she sees it as her duty to defend girls from perverts," Mari explained. "The problem is that she's very violent with her 'disciplinary actions' as she calls them. A lot of boys are afraid of her. The girls really look up to her because she's always around to defend them. Worst of all the teachers let her go because the ones she goes after are almost always seen as perverts."

"Girl needs anger management or else she might end up going after more than she can handle," Omega-Xis remarked.

"She's really stubborn though. I think a few of the braver boys tried to talk sense into her but weren't very lucky," Mari continued. "She has a selective obliviousness conditioning. She'll believe one thing but won't believe the other even if there's evidence. I've seen it happen."

"Crap." Netto groaned. He's watched enough anime to know that those are most dangerous kind of women. "But where did those rumors about me come from?" he asked, closing his eyes as veins appeared on his forehead from his anger, "I'm gonna find whoever did it and make them spill."

"You should relax for now. I just finished healing you," Mari advised. "Maybe take it easy."

"Thanks," Netto nodded, lifting his head from her lap. He massaged his face, feeling that the stinging sensation had left him. "I'm feeling a lot better now."

"Well, if you don't want Ume-senpai to bother you again you might need to tell Rias-senpai. Maybe she could make her stop," Mari suggested.

"I think I should," Netto said, standing up. "I'm sick of being looked at as a pervert. Try explaining myself and it goes on deaf ears. Just because some guy slips on a banana peel and falls into some girl's chest it doesn't give her the right to bash his head in. If a guy is on a crowded train and he's so squished in that his hand conveniently presses on a girl's butt, should he get kicked in the nards? No way."

"Yeah it kinda does go overboard," Mari replied, standing up and dusting her skirt. "Luciana-sama is a pervert but no one really does anything about it. At least except for Kaichou. Come to think of it, I don't think anyone really bats an eye when Kiryuu-senpai does something perverted."

"What of Luciana-senpai? What does she do?" Netto asked with an arched eyebrow.

"Sometimes..." Mari blushed lightly as she pulled on her hair, "Luciana-sama likes to play with... my boobs."

Netto gave an incredulous look, "She does that?" he asked, instinctively looking at Mari's pillow-like chest.

Mari seemed to release where he was looking as she hugged herself over her breasts, making Netto look away in embarrassment, "It-it's not like she grops my titties in public," she stuttered. "She's lewd, sure, but she makes me happy. And to be honest... I kinda enjoy it," she admitted timidly, biting her lip. "I... kinda have a crush on her. And I like it when she plays with me like that, so..."

"Oh... I get it," Netto said to her, understanding.

"But-but don't get me wrong! I still want a husband when I get older!" Mari said quickly as she jittered on the spot. "I just like spending my time Luciana-sama. She saved me and that's why I'm here."

Netto could see that Mari's words were being ringing true. From what she was saying, Luciana liked to fawn over her servants and just because of their breasts. She seemed to be just as affectionate as Rias and her happy personality seemed to prove it. She did seem to like hanging around them.

"Oh, that reminds me," Mari suddenly said as relation came on her face, "There was actually one other part about the rumor I heard." She paled slightly, "But... it's kinda hard to take in."

"What is it now?" Netto asked her with dread. "Just tell me. After what happened just minutes ago I don't think anything is gonna faze me anymore."

"Hehe..." Mari laughed nervously as she twiddled with her fingers. "Word on the street is that you've also been doing some kinky stuff with Kiba-kun."

"..." Netto stood stiffly as he stared at Mari with a blank look on his face. His brain was trying to register what he had just heard. Mari worriedly took a step back, fearing that she should have said what she just said. And then he exploded.

"Th... THOSE SONS OF BITCHES!" Netto shouted angrily at the top of his lungs. Lightning sparked out of his forehead as the lights in the ceiling started to flicker out of control. Mari cried out as she backed away from the lightning striking the floor. He breathed hard as his eyes glowed in a furious blue. "That's it! I'm gonna find who's ever been spreading rumors about me and kick their ass!" He marched to the corner of the hallway to begin his search of whoever was responsible for deepening the spiral of his social life, only to be put to an abrupt stop. "Doff!"

"Ow!"

"Kusanagi-san!" Mari gasped, hearing him colliding into a person from around the corner, "What happened?" She went over the corner and turned to find him. As soon as she saw him, she gasped and blushed at what she saw, covering her mouth.

Netto was on the floor and on his back, with someone laying on top of him. Said someone was a young girl who looked a little older than the both of them. She had long, smooth pink hair that went down to her backside with a curled ahoge on top of her head, several bangs hanging over her face, and a round hair clip was on the side of her hair with spiraling eyes. Her body was curvaceous, almost perfect, and she was dressed in the vest version of Kuoh Academy's school uniform with a black bow on the collar, black knee socks and brown loafers. The girl slowly opened her eyes before him, revealing a large pair emerald orbs and a beautiful face.

What concerned Netto the most was that his hands were squeezing a pair of large and soft funbags that were connected to her chest. Rather than get angry or embarrassed as he expected most girls would act when they have just gotten groped, the mysterious girl just had her lips stretched into a kind smile. "Oh, hello!"

"...Hi?" Netto said dumbly.

---

Mami's apartment was well-furnished. It seemed that all the arrangements had been made for her stay here in the city. It was filled with very lavish furniture and a kitchen that had a lot of cooking utensils. It was a penthouse suite with that had plenty of security. Mami was just as well off as she looked. But Rei couldn't help but feel a bit worried.

"Are you sure you're OK living by yourself?" he asked his girlfriend.

"I'm sure I'll be fine. This is a safe neighborhood," Mami said, sitting down a couch.

"If you got that from a real-estate agent, you do know they're paid to sell property, right? They need to make an offer attractive, meaning omitting a few things," said Reika, leaning over on the sofa next to Mami.

"So it's not safe?" Mami asked, looking at her.

"Low crime doesn't mean no crime," Reika quoted. "But I have to admit, this is a pretty sweet place you got yourself." She went over to the balcony and looked out the glass sliding doors, the tall buildings of the city standing out in the distance. "And a very nice view."

"Yes, it is a nice view," Mami agreed.

"And since you'll be staying without parental supervision, you'll be able to have my brother over as often as you like," Reika teased. Mami and Rei's faces turned bright red at her remark.

"Um...how about I make you all some tea and we can have this cake we got?" Mami asked as she went into the kitchen. Rei glared at his sister.

"You're going to keep doing this while she's here, aren't you?" Rei asked.

"Honestly? Yeah," Reika shrugged. "But she's pretty sweet and innocent. Let's just hope you take care of her, OK? I like her."

"Yeah, I like her too," Rei smiled. "It's too bad Yokoshima won't be able to meet her."

"Yeah," Reika sighed as she closed her eyes and rubbed her head, "I know we tell him to get over it, but that's not gonna be easy. Especially not after what that bitch and her friends did to him... and you and Netto," she added with a small saddened whisper in her voice.

The sight of herself holding a beaten and battered Rei and Netto quickly crossed her mind. She quickly shook head to get the image out. "He has been going to his therapy sessions, right?"

"Last time I checked, once a week," Reika confirmed. "You wanna check in on Netto with our spy drones?"

"OK! Tea's ready!" Mami smiled as she came out of the kitchen with a tray that had a teapot, cups, and cake.

"After tea," Rei told his sister.

---

"Ahh~," the pink haired girl sang happily before stuffing taiyaki into her mouth. She munched on the fish shaped pastry cheerfully with a blissful squeal. "Yummy~! It tastes so good!"

It was lunch break. Netto and Mari found themselves accompanying the strange new girl as she munched on the taiyaki with a song in her voice. The trio was sitting on the rooftop for some privacy so that no one could barge in on them. She didn't have any money on her so Netto ended up having to buy her some food. While they were walking through the hallways with her, the boys and girls looked on in awe and admiration as Lala walked passed them. Each of them were saying things like "Who's the new girl?" and "Is she a foreigner? I haven't seen her before," and "Is she a cosplayer?". But they all agreed on her beauty as they also said "Wow, what a cutie!" and "She's hot!" and "She's almost as pretty as Rias-sama!" Then again, thanks to those weird rumors about him, people have been throwing death glares thinking that he had been using another pretty girl to toy with.

"I called over Asia to join us," Netto informed Mari, unwarping a sandwich, "She be with us shortly."

"Oh good. That should give us an opportunity to chat," Mari nodded, her mouth filled with a dumpling. She gazed at the bubblegum haired girl, still eating the taiyaki with a smile while relishing the taste. "I haven't seen her before. Have you?"

"No, I haven't," Netto said, shaking his head, "Is she new?"

"Not that I know of," Mari replied, shrugging as she swallowed her food, "I would've heard about it. Everyone else doesn't look like they know her either. It's almost like she came from nowhere."

The roof's doorway opened up, and Asia came out holding a bento box in her hands. "I'm here," she said in a greeting. She saw Mari sitting next to Netto and smiled, "Mari-san, hello!"

"Hi, Asia-senpai," Mari waved. "Happy you could join us."

"Yeah, me too," Asia nodded, sitting down with them. She looked over at the strange girl, "Is that the one you told me about, Netto-san?"

"That's her. Yeah. She's..." Netto paused as she realized something important. He turned back to the girl and asked, "Actually, we didn't really ask for your name. Who are you again?"

The girl finished her meal and wiped the crumbs off of her face. "My name is Lala!" she introduced herself with a smiley face, "Lala Satalin Deviluke!"

"Lala Satalin... Deviluke?" Netto, Asia, and Mari's eyes widened. They had heard that word before already, and it wasn't random.

Netto's Transer popped open to reveal Omega-Xis, "A Devilukian!?"

"Omega-Xis!" Netto yelled as he slammed the lid of his Transer shut.

"Eh? What was that?" Lala asked, blinking curiously.

"What was what?" replied Netto, smiling nervously to feigning ignorance.

"I heard a voice from that device just now," she said, pointing at Netto's Transer.

"Just a glitch! In the alarm! I've been meaning to get it fixed!" Netto lied, pulling his Transer up to his chest.

"Oh, I'm good with machines," Lala said as she grabbed his Transer. "Let me take a look at it. I can fix it up for you in a jiffy!"

"Netto!" the Transer began to shake in Lala's hands, "Let...me...OUT!" Omega-Xis shouted as he burst right out of Netto's Transer.

"Omega-Xis!" Netto cried, flipping his Visualizer over his head. "What are you doing?!"

"Who are you talking to?" Lala asked.

"Lala-sama," Lala's hairpin suddenly spoke, "I'm detecting some abnormal Electromagnetic Wave readings."

"Did that hairpin just talk?" Asia gasped, pointing at the accessory.

"Peke, what do you mean?" Lala asked the hairpin as if it was nobody's business.

"One moment please." A wave of light suddenly flashed over Lala's eyes and were shaped into a pair of pink heart-shaped goggles. She scanned around the roof before looking up, her eyes laying on Omega-Xis.

"Oh my! A real FMian!" she exclaimed.

"And you're a Devilukian," Omega-Xis said, eyeing the girl carefully, "And not just any Devilukuan, but the eldest daughter of the King of Deviluke."

"King of... hold on, you're a Devilukian? And not just that, but a princess?!" Netto said, pointing at Lala.

"You mean she's an alien?" Mari asked.

"Oh wow! A real live alien princess!" Asia said in wonderment, her eyes sparkling.

"Uh... yeah," Lala confirmed as she smiled, "I see you've heard about us!"

"We were briefed on the Devilukian Royal Family a long time ago," Omega-Xis confessed, "Back when I used to work for King Cepheus, I mean."

"'Used to?'" Peke asked. "Oh I see. Lala-sama's father said that there was an FMian soldier that went rogue and caused the FMian military forces to go to into chaos for a short while. You must be that soldier."

"Yeah, I am the rogue," Omega-Xis nodded as he folded his arms.

"Um... hey what's with that hairpin? I've never seen one talk before," Netto asked, looking at the object oddly.

"Oh, this is Peke. He's my robotic assistant," Lala answered, pointing at the living pin.

"Greetings," Peke said.

"But are you really a Devilukian? You look just like us," Mari commented.

"Want proof? I'll show ya," Lala smiled, lifting her skirt over her thighs just enough for a pink lacy underwear to be seen underneath.

"Lala-san, what are you doing?!" Netto shouted, clamping his hands over his eyes. Asia and Mari gasped at the apparent shameless act the space princess was about to do, their faces turning beat red. And then much to their shock, a long black tail with a spade tip slithered out from behind her.

"You see this tail? I bet your species don't have tails like this one," Lala smiled, wagging her tail around for them.

"Actually there are a number of species on this planet with tails like that," Mari told her.

"But Omega-Xis-san did say that Devilikans had tails," Asia pointed out.

"Yeah, that's great and all but you mind putting down your skirt?" Netto said, nearly picking through his fingers.

Lala gave a melodious giggle as she dropped her skirt, "Hehehe! You're really embarrassed, aren't you? That's so cute."

"Erm, Lala-san," Asia spoke up again. Lala turned to her in acknowledgment, "If you don't mind me asking why did you come to our world?"

Lala's smile turned bitter as she looked down, "I'm being chased." Netto, Asia and Mari stayed silent, not expecting her to say that. "I came to Earth to escape my pursuers but they chased me here. I just barely managed to get away from their tractor beam and I ended up crashing nearby. Then some weird guys in suits and masks found my shuttle so I had to hide myself. I found this place and I thought it would be good to blend in." She looked at her bracelet on her wrist, "If it hadn't been for this, I would've been caught."

Asia looked closely at the bracelet on Lala's wrist. It was silver with a small pink jewel shaped like a heart in the middle. The jewel had an odd pair of eyes and claws on each side. It didn't look different from any other bracelet she had seen before. "What is it?" she asked.

"It's a cloaking device that I made myself!" Lala replied as she gave her bracelet a better view, "I can not only hide myself from sight but also from radars and anyone with a sixth sense. I call it Bon-Bon Cloak-kun!"

Asia and Mari, who both knew a great deal about magic, look at the bracelet with curious eyes. Netto who was really interested in technology as gazed at the bracelet. A small device that can render anyone wearing it invincible to not only the naked eye, but also to magic senses? It seemed... almost impossible. If anyone else saw it, they could easily mistake it for a Sacred Gear. But why give it such a cute name?

"The only problem is that my Bon-Bon Cloak-kun needs a lot of energy," Lala said, lowering her arm. "After using the bracelet once it takes a whole day for it to recharge. I can't use it again until tomorrow."

The three of them looked at one another. They weren't really sure what was going on, but she was clearly in some kind of trouble. Given that she's a princess, her pursuers must've been kidnappers trying to use her as a hostage for a ransom. A princess in danger is always a classic scenario. "You know, if you're in trouble we can help you," Netto told her.

The alien girl looked at Netto as she was taken back by the statement. A large smile slowly appeared on her face. "You will?" she beamed, a hopeful shine appearing in her eyes.

Netto blinked twice at her reaction but nodded. "Yeah. I mean, we can't just leave you all alone like this. If you're being chased that you need people to protect you, right?"

Lala instantly lunged at Netto in a bear hug, wrapping her arms around him tightly as she squealed in delight, "Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm so glad I met you!"

Mari gapped at watching Lala practically hugging the life out of Netto as Asia stared stun at the sudden display of affection. Netto for his part felt his lungs getting squeezed out as he tried to pry her off. "It's fine... Lala... it's fine...!" he managed to squeeze out. He tried to push her off him, but he was much stronger than she appeared to be. His face began to turn blue as his lungs screamed for air. "Lala... need... breath...!"

"Ah!" Lala gasped as she let go of Netto. The boy coughed as he breathed in air back into his lungs. "I'm sorry! I just got really happy," she smiled sheepishly as she clasped her hands together.

"Don't... worry about it..." Netto coughed, trying to get himself to breath again.

"Netto, are you sure it's a good idea to promise something like that?" Omega-Xis asked him. "In case you have forgotten the Devilukians are currently fighting planet FM in a galactic war. This girl might've slipped away in the midst of all the fighting. Are you sure you wanna get swept in on their affairs?"

Netto took a deep breath as his breathing got under control, "I'm not sure myself, but it isn't wrong to help someone in need is it? She really needs help from whoever's after her. For all we know it could have been one of the FMians that came from space. We might be able to work something out."

Lala smiled, almost guiltily, at his words. Then her head perked up as she remembered something. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot," Lala said, snapping her fingers, "I didn't ask for your names yet."

"I'm Netto Kusanagi. Nice to meet you. And FMian is named Omega-Xis," Netto said.

"My name is Asia Argento," Asia introduced with a bow, "How do you do, Lala-san?"

"And I'm Mari Yumashidō," said Mari as she smiled, "It's nice to me you."

"It's great to meet all of you!" Lala smiled back, lifting her goggles over her head. "I'm so glad that I got to meet such friendly humans."

"Uh... humans," Mari chuckled slightly, "Sorry Lala-san, but we aren't really considered humans anymore."

"Hm?" Lala blinked in confusion, "But humans were the dominant species of this world, isn't that right?"

"Yeah, they are. But with us there's-" Mari suddenly gasped as her eyes began to shift around.

"Mari-san?" Asia asked, startled by her quick movement. "What is it?"

"There's someone coming," Mari frowned.

A huge gust of wind suddenly blew upward in the air, and when it stopped Netto, Omega-Xis, and the girls found that they were no longer alone on the roof. Unlike Lala who looked close to human, they did not. The did look human in a way but their appearances spoke otherwise. Both of them were clad in black suits and shades. The first one had straight blond hair. He also had red pale skin. The second one had short brunette hair, a sharp beard, a long scar over his left eye and pale green skin. And just like Lala, the had spade-tipped tails coming out of their backs.

"What the?!" Netto shouted, his reactions mirroring that of his friends.

"Oh no..." Lala frowned, recognizing the suits quickly.

The suits stood up from their three-point-landing stances, cracks formed under their feet, and glared at Lala. "Goodness, it was very bothersome to track you down," the blonde said in an irritated voice. "This time we'll have to make sure the freedom of you hands and feet are taken away before we leave Earth."

Lala clicked her tongue as she stood up, slowly backing away. As the two suits began to advance on her, Netto quickly got up and stood in between her and them. "Asia, Mari-san. Take Lala-san and go. Find Buchou, Kaichou, and Luciana-senpai. Tell them what's happening. Hurry!"

Asia nodded, taking Lala's hand. "Lala-san, this way," Asia gestured, leading Lala to the door.

The blonde suddenly moved past Netto, much to the boy's surprise, grabbed Lala's hand from Asia and holding it aloft, "Not so fast!"

"No!" Lala screamed, trying to pull her arm from his strong grip, "Let go of me!"

"Enough! We are leaving now!" the blonde snapped.

"Leave her alone!" Netto shouted, leaping up and landing on the blonde's shoulders. He's had glowed with blue lightning and clapped his hands against his face. The pain began to swell through his head as the blonde was forced to let go of Lala and sooth his head. Netto quickly jumped off and took Lala into a bridal carry, leaping up to send a kick to the chest. The blonde was knocked off his feet. Thanks to the training he has been getting recently, his limits were getting broken day by day, allowing him to do things even without merging with Omega-Xis. "Change of plans! I'll try and get Lala as far away from here as possible. Just get the others!"

"Netto-kun?" Lala muttered, surprised that someone she had just recently met would go out of his way to help her.

Asia looked hesitant, unsure of what to do. She didn't want to leave Netto and Lala to fend off the mysterious men. They were clearly the kidnappers if their actions said anything. Mari landed her hand on her shoulder. "We have to go. We need to tell our masters about this!"

Asia grimaced, but nodded. "Right." She turned back and shouted, "Net-san! Lala-san! Be careful! We'll get help!" And they closed the door behind them as they went to look for their masters. The tall suits strutted before him, the blonde dusting off his shirt.

"This does not concern you, Terran," the brunette warned. "Leave the girl and forget what you saw here today."

"As if I'll do that. What do you take me for? When a girl is about to be kidnapped in front of me, I'm not just gonna stand like an idiot," Netto said firmly. "Omega-Xis?"

"I still have a bad feeling about this!" Omega-Xis huffed, beaming back into Netto's Transer. This gave Netto the OK to transform.

"EM Wave Change! Netto Kusanagi, On the Air!" Lala gasped and covered her eyes and green flames engulfed her and Netto. The suits were forced to cover their eyes and the haze blinded their vision. Once it all cleared up, Mega Man was standing in place with Lala in his arms.

"Netto-kun? Is that you?" Lala marveled as she looked at him. Mega Man looked down at her and winked.

The suits, on the other hand, were less than positive about the discovery, "It's an FMian! And he has the princess!" blonde shouted. They quickly pulled out green pistols from behind their backs and began to green energy beams at him. Mega Man quickly ran to the side and leaped onto the fence around the roof before jumping down to streets below and hopped across the other roofs. The suits jumped off after them and chased them down the city, intent on reclaiming the princess.

---

Back in Mami's apartment, Rei furrowed his eyebrows as he stared at his Transer's screen. After enjoying Mami's cake and tea he tried to call Netto. But the waiting tone was still beeping. He wasn't quite sure what was going on. "He hasn't picked up yet," he muttered.

"Maybe he's busy," said Reika as she enjoyed the cake.

"No, I don't think so," Rei said, still looking through his Transer. There was a click on the other end, signalling that someone had picked up "Yes, finally! Hello, Netto!"

On the screen, which had [VOICE ONLY] on it, Netto responded, "Hey, Rei! I'm a little busy here!" He sounded like he was trying to run from something. And he thought he heard lasers in the background.

"OK, I'll make this quick! Mami's here!" Rei answered.

"Oh, she is! That's nice! Can I call you back?!" A loud boom that sounded very much like an explosion suddenly blared through the speakers, "THIS IS NOT A GOOD!" Static sounded from his Transer as the call was suddenly disconnected.

"Hello? Hello? Netto?" Rei called. He tried to dial the number again, but ended up with nothing. "What the fresh hell?"

"OK, that did not sound good," commented Reika, looking suspicious.

"It sounds like he's in trouble," said Mami worriedly.

"Hey, if you want, I can send a drone to see what's up," offered Reika.

"Drones, send more than one," Rei recommended.

"Drones?" Mami asked as Reika picked up her tablet. She watched as Reika tapped through several screens. The drones that they had brought with them blinked to life as they hovered up into the air.

"Our hobby. We like to send drones out and about," the female twin told her. She tapped on the screen again, sending a command to the drones. "Did you trace the call?"

"Yeah, and I got Netto's Transer signal on my GPS," Rei said as he looked through the map. His Transer was tracking a blue dot racing across the town at surprising speeds. "He's in a hurry. I haven't seen him move this fast before."

"Rei-kun, what's going on?" Mami asked, walking over to her boyfriend.

"Mami-chan," Rei bit his lip. He didn't want to lie to his girlfriend, "Look, do you trust me?"

"Yes," she answered without hesitation.

"Then trust me that my friend is in trouble and he needs help," said Rei, his voice serious and firm.

"OK, I'm searching for him on the drones' camera feed," said Reika as she looked at her tablet as multiple screens showed multiple feeds. "Come on, where are you, Net...?" One of the screens at the top left corner showed a blue armored boy jumping across the roof with a pink haired girl in his arms. And even stranger, they were being chased by a pair of men in black suits shooting green lasers at them. "Over there!"

"Are the drones loaded?" asked Rei.

"Yeah, with paintballs as usual. They won't do much but they'll still hurt like hell."

"They'll work as a distraction then."

"Rei-kun, Reika-chan?" Mami began, her eyes narrowing at the screen as she trailed the boy in blue, "Is that who I think it is?"

Rei looked around nervously before he sheepishly answered, "Uh, yeah. That's Mega Man," Rei answered. Reika gave him a glare and he shrugged.

Mami turned at Rei, "Just now you called your friend and it sounded as if he was running away from something. And now I see a young man carrying a girl as he is trying to escape two men in suits shooting laser guns at him. Is there something I need to know?"

"Yeah, we're pals with Mega Man. He's Netto. The one we told you about," Reika confessed in a deadpan tone. Lying would just be a waste of time.

"And he looks like he needs help," Mami observed.

"Unfortunately, all we got is our tech. Besides that, we can only watch," Rei grumbled.

"Uh huh..." Mami hummed in thought as she rubbed her chin. Then she smiled, "We'll you two won't need to worry because I believe I can be of help."

"What?" Reika wondered.

"Mami-chan?" Rei stared.

The blonde girl smiled at her boyfriend before giving him a kiss on the cheek. She then whispered into his ear, "Promise me you won't freak out?"

"Yeah, I promise," Rei nodded. "What about?" Mami simply took a few steps back from him. She gave him a wink.

"I'm not a normal girl."

Mami closed her eyes and let out a hum as her clothes glowed before disintegrating into strips of cloth, exposing a glowing nude form underneath. Her body from the neck down was glowing with yellow light. Spinning in place, her hand flashed and a pair of fingerless gloves forms. From her waist, a short yellow skirt materialized along with brown stockings and matching knee high boots. A white blouse with short sleeves and a yellow ribbon in the collar appeared before a brown corset materialized around her midsection. A pair of white arm sleeves also appeared and finally she wore a brown hat with a feather accessory.

Rei and Reika's jaws dropped, unwilling to believe what they just saw. It was like they were watching a magical girl transformation in live action.

Finishing her change, Mami gave the twins a wink before she literally flew out the window.

As Rei and Reika stood in the middle of the living room, it took just a few seconds until their brains rebooted.

"...What just happened?"

"...Rei, your girlfriend is a freaking Magical Girl."

"...I blame Netto for exposing us to this weird shit. I don't know how to react to this."

"Hey, you were the one who met her online."

"..."

"Wanna watch her on my tablet?"

"Sure."

---

Mega Man managed to come to a stop, the dirt kicking up as he came to a stop. He looked around, finding himself on the plateau of the Vista Point. He panted heavily as he looked around. "It looks like we lost them," Mega Man sighed, his body still pumping from the adrenaline rush. He looked down at the alien girl and asked, "Are you alright?"

"That was fun!" Lala beamed, her eyes sparkling childishly as if she had just got off an amusement park ride. "Let's do it again!"

Mega Man blinked at her cheerful and enthusiastic outburst, but brushed it off as he let her down on her feet. "Lala-san, go find somewhere to hide. Whoever those two were, they'll be here soon."

"No!" Lala said, shaking her head, "I'm going to stay here!"

Mega Man looked at her, still trying to convince her, "But Lala-san-!" He was cut off by her raising her finger to his face.

"Lala. No 'san'," she said firmly.

"Alright... Lala," Mega Man conceded.

Lala lowered her finger as she smiled, "You said you wanted to help me, right?"

"Yeah, I did," Mega Man nodded. Just like with the events involving Asia and Rias, he wouldn't abandon a girl in need of help.

"Then I trust you. You said you'll protect me so it'll be fine," Lala told him with a bright smile. Mega Man was taken aback by the genuine comment from her. Her eyes were shining ever so happily, like she knew she would be safe as long as she was with him.

"You honestly believe that?" Omega-Xis asked incredulously.

"Of course!" Lala smiled with a nod. "I'm really good at reading people and I can tell that you two are nice."

"But still-" Mega Man continued. He quickly cut himself off turned around, putting Lala behind him in defense. The two suits landed not very far from them, dust flying up from their landing. Though they were wearing shades to hide their eyes they looked very unhappy.

"You FMian! Unhand the princess at once!" blonde demanded hotly, both him and brunette pulling their fists up. "If you don't comply we will use force!"

"I don't know, she doesn't look she want's to hang with you guys," Omega-Xis remarked. "I think she wants to stay here, isn't that right Lala-hime?"

"Yes!" Lala nodded furiously, "I'm staying right here!"

"That bastard... he's influenced the princess' mind!" brunette hissed angrily, flexing his fingers. "You've left us with no other option!" The brunette moved again, running at inhuman speeds. Mega Man stayed his ground as he aimed his Mega Buster at him.

Neither of them expected the sudden yellow ribbons shooting out of nowhere and wrapping around the brunette, binding him. The sudden binding caused him to trip and fall to the floor. He tried to struggle to break free, but the ribbons were not as flimsy as they appeared. They were holding him tightly and weren't going to be broken by brute force.

Floating in the air was an impossible sight. It was a gigantic flintlock rifle. Standing on top of the barrel was a blonde teenage girl in a very fashionable outfit. Her arms were crossed and she had a serene smile on her face. However, it was obviously a facade as she had the giant flintlock rifle aimed at the assailants.

"Who's that?" Omega-Xis asked.

"Eh?" Lala whispered, starstruck by what she was seeing.

"Beats me," Mega Man commented, "But I feel like I've seen her before."

"You two over there," Mami Tomoe politely spoke, leaping off of the giant rifle and landing in front of Mega Man and Lala, "I ask you to please step away from Mega Man-san. Or else."

"Uh, miss?" Mega Man asked, looking very confused. "Thank's for helping us but... who are you?" So far he has seen plenty of strange people ever since he became Mega Man. And after the encounter with that Licht Kreis girl from before he was very wary. Had this girl arrived to help him, or capture him?

Mami turned and gave him a kind smile. "Oh, a friend."

Brunette quickly fished through his pocket and pulled out what looked like a zippo lighter. He pointed the lighter at the ribbons and flipped it open, shooting a small laser beam to cut the ribbon. "Che, what's going on here?" He muttered to himself. He called over to his partner, "Hey, be careful! There something that isn't right here! That girl must be another alien!"

"What?" the blond frowned. And as if his luck would have it he was interrupted again, this time by a red magic circle appearing next to Mega Man. And stepping out of it were several people.

"Ara ara," the musical voice of Akeno said as the ORC appeared through the portal, each one of them ready to fight, "It seems we have ourselves some more unwanted visitors."

"Net, are you aright?" Rias asked him, looking over at both him and Lala, "Asia and Mari informed us what was going on."

"Yeah, no problem," Mega Man nodded.

The blond gave a worried look as he scanned at all of the teenagers barricading him and his partner from Lala, a shorter blond haired one standing next to the pinkette with a read shield deployed before them. The brunette managed to rip the remains of the ribbons from his legs and stand back up. Their chances have begun to get all the more harder. However... "You... what planet are you all from?" he asked, "We have all forms data and information regarding the inhabitants of this planet in our database. We know how your species functions. But we have never seen Terrans display such abilities before..."

"Then your information might be a bit outdated, and you clearly aren't aware that humans are not the only ones living on this planet," Rias smirked, standing proudly with hands on her hips.

Mami glanced at her curiously, "Judging by that bright red hair of yours you must be Rias Gremory, daughter of the Duke of Gremory. Given the circumstances, allow me to assist you."

"A mage? That's interesting," Rias said, glancing at Mami then back at the suits. "If your intention really is to help, then by all means."

The blonde glared as he stomped his foot into the ground, the dirt sinking underneath his weight, before darting forward. The distance between him and the group was covered in only a second. Koneko intercepted him as her fists clenched. Her small size allowed her to avoid his fist before throwing her own in the form of an uppercut.

POW!

The blow echoed as her fist connected to his jaw. The blonde snarled as he clenched and held his mouth, not expecting the pain to run through. He staggered back slightly and quickly launched a sweeping kick. Koneko ducked and pushed herself forward to smashed her shoulder into his gut. However, the blonde quickly grabbed the girl by the shoulders and lifted her over his head.

"Take this!"

BOOM!

"Kuh!" Koneko gasped as the ground shook beneath her from the impact. She felt her bones rattle from the blow and her teeth clenched as she sucked in the hit. Lightning suddenly blasted against blonde's chest and he was blasted back, flying across the ground before rolling across the ground.

"Naughty, naughty! You can't do that!"Akeno giggled before shooting another bolt of lightning from her hands. The blonde crossed his chest as the lightning blasted against him and pushed him back, the dirt gathering around his feet. Yuuto suddenly appeared at his side bring his sword down. Blonde instinctively rose up his hand against his sword. Instead of steal carving through flesh and bone there was a loud resounding metal sound. Yuuto quickly jumped back as the vibration buzzed against his hands.

"Flesh stronger than supernatural steel?" Yuuto frowned, the vibrations leaving his hand. "Looks like swords won't do good." The blonde rushed at Yuuto with his fist clenched tightly, but Koneko quickly shoulder-rammed the tall man into a cliffside. Akeno rose her hands over her head as a large orb of lightning and shot it forward. The blonde quickly sank his hands into the cliffside to pulled himself up and jumped. The lightning blast missed him and obliterated a portion of the cliffside, leaving a smoking wake. Blonde flew and flipped through the air before extending his leg above his head. As gravity took hold, he released a loud bellow. Akeno leapt backward as soon as the axe-kick dropped, causing the ground to sink on all around him. Yuuto summoned another sword into his hand, that of the toothy Volt Kraken. "Akeno-senpai!" he shouted over to her.

Akeno turned and saw his sword. She nodded, "Here you go!" she said as she tossed a lightning orb over to him.

Like a lightning rod, the Volt Kraken absorbed the lightning orb and glowed bright yellow. It was a combination technique he had developed with her in preparations for the Rating Game, but never got the chance to use it. Here was his chance now. "Hyah!" he roared, rushing in as his sword sparkled with lightning.

Gathered around Mami were numerous flintlock rifles, and one by one she grabbed each one to shoot at brunette. With each rifle shot, she discarded the one use as it vanished. Mega Man blasted away with his Mega Buster while Rias was shooting demonic blasts from her magic circle. The brunette's suit was getting torn and shredded from the barrages of the of the attacks. He tried to push on through the attacks, slowly moving forward, like a juggernaut. The more he approached, the more his suit was getting ripped apart.

And then he stepped on a red glowing circle. Rias smirked as her eyes turned red.

"Explode."

The brunette looked down as the circle glowed brightly. He tried to jump away, but couldn't.

BOOM!

The magical mine blew up in a thick smoke, blasting upwards as dust spilled outward. Mega Man and Mami covered their eyes to shield themselves from the explosion and looked into the dust.

"Buchou, did you kill him?" Mega Man asked worriedly.

"An attack like that would've obliterated a lesser man," Rias answered. "Although..."

The smoke cleared and standing on the spot with his suit shredded was an injured but still intact man. His suit was completely gone and left all his chiseled muscles to show to the world, vaporized by Rias' magic. Thankfully he had the instinct to cover his groin. He coughed, breathed heavily, and then finally falling unconscious on the dirt.

"It wasn't aiming to kill, but I wasn't pulling my punches either," Rias said. "He was tough enough to take it."

"Well, that's one down," Mami said, holding a rifle over her shoulder. "Now, let's take care of the other one."

Yuuto was fighting off the blonde with his enhanced Volt Kraken. With Akeno's lightning powering it, it had become much stronger and left trails of lightning blurs with each swing. To the blonde's irritation, the Volt Kraken managed to actually cut through his skin, spilling trails of alien blood from the gashes. He punched forward against the sword, causing Yuuto to be blown backward from the hit. He picked up a large boulder and threw it at the approaching Koneko. She jumped onto it and used it as a springboard, leaping over to blonde and grabbing his shoulders.

"Ei!"

"Ahh!"

To the man's astonishment, the shorter girl managed to throw him several feet into the air and face down onto the ground. He crashed down with a thud, dust collecting up from his landing. He quickly got onto his feet but found himself surrounded by the group of teenagers, each one of them aiming their magic and weapons at him. Looking passed them, he saw his partner knocked out cold in the dirt. He gritted his teeth. He had not expect things to turn out so difficult.

"That's far enough!" a booming voice suddenly echoed.

"What the... what was that?" Mega Man gasped, he and the others looking around for the voice.

"Above us!" Omega-Xis alerted.

Everyone looked up and were amazed at what they saw. Above them was a large transparent saucer like thing floating above the plateau. A beam of like came down on the plateau, and a figure slowly descended and landed next to the blonde. The figure was a tall, handsome man with semi-long silver hair, with his right eye blue and his left eye green. He was fair skinned, and was wearing a black bodysuit and bone-like armor with a black cape behind him. His shoulders were adorn with red rubies on each side. Behind his back, a long spade-shaped tail was swishing back and forth.

"Zastin-sama!" the blonde saluted.

"Is he the commander?" Rias frowned. From the way the blond one saluted, the alien decked out in armor appeared to be the leader.

"This is a surprise," the alien, Zastin, mused, looking at each of the teens, "A band of adolescent Terrans managed to cause all of this? I thought this was an underdeveloped planet. Regardless, I must as all of you to step aside."

"And what if we don't want to?" Mega Man said, glaring nervously.

"Then I will have to use force," Zastin said quickly. "If you value your lives, then get out of the way."

"If that's the case, then that's all the more reason for us to fight," Rias answered, her fists glowing with dark energy.

Zastin ticked his tongue. Deal with stubborn teenagers was something he was used to, but it didn't mean he enjoyed. Thinking of a way to end the conflict before it got out of hand, he turned to Lala who was standing behind the shield projecting Asia. "Lala-sama, you cannot use these denizens as a shield!" Zastin shouted. "You must return! You can't keep running away from home like this!"

"No way!" Lala shouted.

"Yeah she-..." Mega Man blinked at soon as she caught the words in his ears. "Wait... what was that?" The ORC, as well as Mami, all stared at Lala. The girl was still standing straight, fists clenched at both sides with a stubborn look on her face.

"Yes... she ran away from home," Zastin told them, "How many times has this been already? Three? Six?"

"Mou! I'm tired of it!" Lala shouted, shaking her fist. "I don't care if I'm a successor or whatever! I'm tired of meeting new suitors and fiancé candidates! Day after day it's one interview after another! I have a life you know!"

"Suitors? Fiancé candidates?" Rias blinked, feeling the oddest sense of Deja Vu.

"So then, the reason Lala-san ran away from home..." Yuuto started.

"...Was to avoid meeting new wedding suitors," Asia finished.

"Oh my, this sounds oddly familiar," Akeno giggled, glancing over at Rias.

"Lala-sama," Zastin groaned, palming his head, "You must understand. This is the will of your father."

"Daddy never listens to me! He just wants me to marry so he can have more time to fool around with his other wives! And besides, I already found someone I wanna be with!" She raced passed Asia and went over to Mega Man and tugged on his arm, "It's this guy right here!"

The plateau was suddenly silenced with Lala's declaration. The field had become so quiet that a pin drop could easily be heard. All were staring at the Seiryuusei while the Seiryuusei himself was staring at the smiling princess herself. His brain was still trying to register what just came out of her mouth. After much speculation, he came to the most appropriate conclusion.

"SAY WHAT?!"

"Well, when we first met you pretty much proposed to me in the old Devilukian way," Lala told him, her face tinted in a pink blush.

"What?! How?!"

"When we crashed into each other you groped my breasts," Lala informed coyly, her hips swishing back and forth cutely with her hands on her cheeks, "That can be considered a proposal in Devilukian law."

"Law?!" He looked around at everyone around him, each one with reactions of their own. Mami had her hand over her mouth in surprise. Yuuto was looking on in confusion. Koneko was growling as she cracked her knuckles. Asia stared at the sight with tears in her eyes. Akeno was giggling the way she usually does, finding the whole thing to be amusing. And Rias...

"Netto..." Rias said slowly with a smile. A very scary smile as a thick red aura was rolling off of her body, "Would you mind explaining yourself? What exactly is she saying?"

"Woah, woah, woah!" Mega Man exclaimed, holding his hand out in defense. "I didn't know anything about any old Devilukian law! And she crashed into me!" He quickly pointed at Zastin, "Hey, you!"

"I see," Zastin muttered, his arms folded in a thoughtful look, "So that's how it is."

"You weren't even paying attention to the mood, were you?" Mega Man deadpanned, sweatdropping.

"Now that you know, go back and tell daddy!" Lala ordered, "I don't have to sit through any more marriage meetings because I found someone I approve of!"

"No," Zastin frowned, his tone becoming dark and strict. "That isn't that simple. I have received an order from the king himself to take you back. I cannot face him if I approved the marriage between you and a suspicious Terran, least of all one that has bonded with an FMian of all things."

"Suspicious?" Omega-Xis parroted with narrowing eyes.

"Then what are you suggestion...?" Lala asked, not liking the way things were starting to turn.

"Lala-sama... please step back," Zastin commanded slowly, drawing something from behind his back. Mega Man's eyes widened as he realized what he was about to do.

"Lala, move!" Mega Man shouted, shoving Lala out of the way.

SMASH!

Zastin had only taken a millisecond to move from where he stood, carving the ground with a green double-edged broadsword. Mega Man had jumped away just before it came down while everyone else backed up from the explosion of the blast. Zastin stood up ominously, his sword glowing with bright green energy. "You Terran. Speak your name."

Mega Man stood up from his crouch. "Netto Kusanagi. Pawn of Rias Gremory-sama."

"Is that so?" Zastin nodded. "Very well. I, Zastin, Captain of the Devilukian Army, shall see if you are worthy of Lala-sama's hand." He gripped his sword with both hands as he went into a kata stance, "No one else interferes! This is between me and him!"

The group all looked on in worry as Zastin slowly advanced onto Mega Man, the boy himself beginning to steel himself. "Net! Be careful!" Rias shouted.

"Ah..." Mega Man gulped, glancing at the large gash on the dirt created from the blast back next to him, "Crapbaskets."

"Are you ready?" Zastin shouted, running at him, "Here I come!" Mega Man quickly launched himself in several quick hops, flips, and jumps to keep himself from losing his limbs. He rolled away from a downward slash as it cut through the ground, picking himself up in a crotch.

"We need a sword!" Mega Man panted.

"No, we don't!" Omega-Xis denied, "His swordsmanship is too far from yours! We need something else!"

"Right, then how about this!?" Mega Man shouted, throwing a Battle Card into the air. Omega-Xis caught it in his mouth and transformed into the Fire Bazooka. Mega Man took aim and fired a stream of fire at the approaching Zastin. The Devilukian Captain snapped his blade back, carving through the fire stream before it could touch him.

"What?" Yuuto's eyes widened at the sight, his swordsmanship knowledge coming to head, "He actually managed to cut apart the fire!"

"Not good," Koneko grimaced.

"Damn!" Mega Man cursed as he leapt back from another slash. He fired another blast of fire, but Zastin continued to cut them down with ease.

"Use another Battle Card!" Omega-Xis shouted, turning back to normal.

"Battle Card, Predation! Aiming Laser!" Omega-Xis transformed into the energy weapon of the Aiming Laser, just as Mega Man ran forward and leapt up into a flying kick. His foot lit up with purple, crystallized glowing energy, "Quantum Leap!" Zastin lifted his sword in a guard as soon as the kick struck. The foot connected with the sword, with a loud banging echoing loudly. The force of the hit dragged him back as the stone floor began to gather around him.

"He can control Quantum Energy?! This Terran?!" Zastin grunted, trying to keep his footing.

"A little trick I picked up a few days ago!" Mega Man said, pointing the Aiming Laser at him. Zastin. The man quickly darted away as soon as the laser fired, his speed invisible as he wasn't hit. Mega Man was forced into the air as he continued to fire the warping lasers. Zastin spun his sword in front and all around him, giving it the impression of a green spinning shield, blocking the lasers instantly.

"Again?" Mega Man grimaced, "Alright. Battle Card, Predation! Plasma Gun!" Mega Man's arm turned into a yellow sniper gun sparkling with pink energy and shot a beam of pink energy at him. Once again, Zastin slashed at it into nothing with no problems whatsoever, cutting it in half as the separate beams exploded behind him. He roared as he slashed once more, sending a sharp shock wave. Mega Man stumbled out of way, avoiding the shockwave as it carved through a cliff. "Oh come on! Is there anything this guy can't cut?!" he shouted in frustration.

The ORC looked on worriedly as Mega Man tried to throw everything he had at Zastin, using up Battle Card after Battle Card, along with whatever skill he had learned. If Zastin really was the Captain of a planet's whole army, it was clear that he did not get the position through luck. Again and again, the sword cut through the attacks with ease. Against such an opponent like that, Mega Man was at a huge disadvantage.

"What's the matter, Terran!? Can't you think of anything else?!" Zastin bellowed, raising his sword again, "If not then there's no way I can acknowledge you!"

TRIP!

Zastin suddenly lost his balance and fell flat on his face, his sword falling out of his hand and deactivating. Looking up, he saw Lala frowning at him with her foot hanging his ankle over her's. "Lala-sama!"

"It's not fair!" Lala frowned. "You're the strongest swordsman of Deviluke. You can't honestly expect Netto-kun to be able to beat you."

"But Lala-sama!" Zastin interjected as he stood up, "Do you not realize what you marrying this boy means?! He will have reign over the countless planets currently under King Deviluke's care! A spineless man is not fit for a job like that! That's the reason for all of those marriage candidates!"

"And I told you that I'm sick of it!" Lala insisted. "Daddy cares more about finding a successor than me!"

"That isn't true!" Zastin argued.

"Knock it off already!"

Zastin and Lala recoiled from the sudden outburst and turned at Mega Man. He was panting hard, the frustrated look still in his eyes. "All this talk about heirs and suitors is starting to piss me off!" Mega Man spat, "I said this to a blond birdbrain once already: there's no point in an engagement if someone doesn't agree with it. Have you even looked over those suitors you set up Lala with? Sure, they might be able to handle the job but will she be happy? How can you be sure they won't treat her as a glorified trophy wife? If you don't know the concept of love, the what the hell is the point?! If she wants to live her own life, just let her do it!"

"Netto..." Omega-Xis muttered, looking at his partner intensely.

Lala stared at Mega Man with sparkling eyes. She could feel her heart beating faster as she held her hands close to her chest. Rias looked on and sighed, stepping forward to Zastin. "Zastin, was it? I am Rias Gremory."

"Hm?" Zastin turned around, and his eyebrows widening at the girl. "You? But you don't look that much older than Lala-sama..."

"I know it may seem strange to you, but I am indeed Netto's master," Rias explained to him, "Let me tell you this. I was once in the same position as Lala, engaged to a man that I was not fond of due to the bylaws of my people. However, it was Netto who saved me from a future that was already decided for me. He is not one to stand idly by while someone is being forced to do something they do not want to. Please respect Lala's wishes."

Zastin frowned deeply, but he seemed to be more solemn that he once was before. "Your words... have meaning, young lady." He looked down in guilt, "It is my duty to follow the king's orders to the letter, but I have become oblivious to Lala-sama's feelings. I, therefore, have no choice but to inform the king on this matter, though I don't know if all the other husband candidates will agree. Can I ask you to look after her in the meantime?"

"Yes, of course," Rias smiled.

"Good. Then we will be off now," the beam of light appeared over him, the blonde, and the unconscious brunette and lifted them up into the invisible ship, which had been floating above them the entire time. And then in a loud sonic boom, it vanished.

"Talk about a close encounter," Yuuto remarked.

"Yes. Looks like FMian's aren't the only aliens that'll be visiting," Akeno said mirthfully.

Rias rubbed her temples. There was just so much going on that she didn't know where to begin. "Alright, you're coming with us," Rias insisted as she eyed Lala. "You have some explaining to do." She then pointed to the other occupant in the plateau, "As for you..." She trailed off when the blonde mage was nowhere to be seen. "Wait, where did she go?"

"She must've slipped away," Omega-Xis said. "We might be seeing more of her again, though."

Mega Man sighed, trying to suppress and incoming headache, a green flash racing over his body as he returned to normal. "Let's just hurry back. Class is about to start again." He waved over to Lala, "Are you coming?"

Lala blinked out of her stupor and smiled, "Yeah!" she beamed, running over to Netto and taking his arm. "I'm ready!"

Rias conjured up a magical circle to act as a portal. "Normally magic portals are hazardous to anyone not among my Peerage, but Omega-Xis' frequency should be able to protect you. Let's get going."

The group stepped through the portal. Hopefully, things would be made clear very soon.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere...

Lying on the ground was a young woman in a dark kimono. The cat ears atop her head were no mere decoration. They were real, indicating that she wasn't human. Her hand was on her stomach, trying to stem the bleeding. However, in her injured state, she was unable to move. She was panting, hard, exhausted from using too much of her magic. She had only come to the city to search for the mysterious hero that her boss was so interested in. Unfortunately, she had not expected to run into trouble so fast.

Two figures approached the injured woman. One was male and the other female. The male wore a black tunic with matching pants and boots. He also wore a short cloak with a hood and he had a rifle shouldered. His chest had a white cross on it. His female partner also wore a cloak and hood, but she was clad in a skintight bodysuit with short sleeves and short leggings. She wore ankle boots. She also had a white cross on her chest. A belt filled with knives hung around her waist.

The female assassin stood over the catgirl, her blade held in the air, poised to strike. "Time to die stray," she spat out.

She was about to strike when her comrade was thrown by a burst of orange energy. The assassin looked to where the strike came from, seeing a man in a black cloak with an orange rune circling around his hands. His face was concealed with a hood, hiding his features. "And who are you!?" the assassin demanded.

"Just someone passing through," was his calm reply. He whipped his arm out and lashed an energy rope around the assassin. She jerked and struggled, only to end up collapsing on her face.

"What... did you do?" asked the woman, her voice tired and parched as she slowly lifted her head.

"Only restrained her. It won't hold her for long." He motioned his arm in a circle, creating an orange magic circle. The second assassin stood up and charged at the pair. Without asking, he scooped the woman up and walked through the circle. The assassin struck at the circle, but it vanished before the blow connected.

To Be Continued...

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Tailsmo4ever: Bringing in Lala from To-Love Ru was one of the things I was planning on doing when making this story as it opens possibilities for both the science and mystical aspects of the fic. She's not only an alien princess but also an inventor and a scientist. She's also the antithesis of Raiser in a way. I'm also planning on bringing in more alien girls to come. And what's this? We have someone else in play.