Chapter 21

Let's continue where we left off.

"Hooahh..." Looking at the morning sun, Rito got up to a sitting position and yawned while stretching his hands above his head. "Nice weather." He opened the curtain to reveal a sunny, but not hot, weather. "Hm..." Feeling that there might be someone else in the room, he looked back at his bed and spotted the usual pink-haired princess.

"Morning, Momo." He said calmly. Thanks to this, he has become invulnerable (almost) to seeing Momo naked besides him in the morning. "Moorningg... Rito-san..." She said, almost inaudible because of her sleepiness. "Come on, how long did you stay up last night?"

" 'Till 3 O'clock."

"Okay, that explains everything." He said before helping her get on her feet. For this once, he doesn't feel embarassed, at all. He wonders why. "Rito! Wake up!" Mikan yelled from downstairs, calling out his name. "Coming!" He immediately take off and exited his room, before immediately seeing Nana walking by.

"Oh, Nana. Help your sister right there." He said while pointing at his room. "Eh? Ah, Mm." She nodded while havinng a confused look on her face. It was then when Momo suddenly got out of Rito's room and surprised Nana. "Morning... Nana." She said slowly. "Holy- You look beat. How long did you stay up last night?"

"Until 3 o'clock."

"Ah. That makes sense."

Of course it makes sense, they usually wake up at 8 in the morning. That means, only 5 hours of sleep for Momo, which is not good for her health. But, this is not a science lesson, so... I digress.

He arrived at the dining table, of course, not forgetting to took a bath before. "Morning!" Lala said with her usual happy attittude. Though, she hasn't worn anything, yet. "Morning, Lala-san." Mikan replied. "Morning-" Rito was going to reply, but stopped after seeing her appearance. "Wear something first." He said with a slightly angry tone. "Will do!" Lala said before telling Peke to transform to her usual uniform.

"Hm..."

"What is it?" Rito asked his Little Sister. "Nothing, I just thought that you've gotten used to the things that happened in this house." She said. "I wonder too."

"Eh?"

"For a reason, I don't feel embarassed like I used to."

"See you later, Mikan!" Lala said to Rito's little sister as they parted ways. One to the High School, one to the elementary school. While walking, Lala fixated her gaze over to Rito, examining him.

"What is it?"

"I just noticed."

"Huh?"

"Rito, Are you a bit taller?" She asked. "Now that you mention it..." He is taller. He used to have roughly the same height as Lala, but now, he needs to look down just to make an eye contact with her. "... Maybe, I dunno why, though."

Also, she noticed more things, a more muscular build, taller (previously mentioned), hair a bit longer... She doesn't even realize that they've reached the school's entrance. It was then, she snapped back to reality, thanks to the chatter of the school students.

While walking down the corridor, more specifically, reaching the stairs towards the second floor. Rito stumbled upon the Golden Darkness, once again. "Woops." Having no time to react, both of them almost fall down and end up in one of those 'godly' positions. Almost. "Not today!" Rito recovered from the fall right before he lose his balance and reached out his hand to support Yami from the back, preventing her from falling.

Realizing it, Rito quickly helped her stand up and apologize. "Oh, Sorry. Not on purpose."

"It's okay. At least you didn't fall like usual." Yami said while walking away from the two. Rito just look in confusion, along with Lala. "Hm... Well, at least she's not angry."

They walked into the class and take their respective seat. With Rito being near Saruyama. "Oy, Rito." His spiky-haired friend called out. "Hm? What is it, monkey?" He responded jokingly. "Just because my name's Saruyama (lit. Monkey Mountain), doesn't mean that you can call me monkey!"

"Kiddin', so what is it?"

"Today's the Physical Examination, right?"

"Ah... You're right, almost forgot."

"Hehe... Finally, we could see those girls wearing bloomers once again." Saruyama said with a perverted tone. "What's the matter about that? You always see them when we were on PE, right?" After he said that, his friend suddenly turned his gaze to him with a piercing glare. "What?"

"You Lucky Bastard! You always get to see those thighs whenever you want, you just have to go home and ask Lala-chan to show it to you!" He yelled. "Idiot! Don't yell!"

"That's why you never want to join us peeking at girls, right? BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS SEE THEM!" He yelled once again, but now, getting the attention of other girls in the class. "Saruyama..." A menacing and really creepy tone of a voice could be heard behind Saruyama. He looked back to see the whole class having this killing-intent look towards him. "AAHHH! Rito, help me!"

"Good luck. See ya." He said while waving his hand and leaving the poor man alone. "You're going to leave me?!"

Luckily, class is nowhere near to start. So, he can take a lap around the school if he wants to, but no. He's stopping by the vending machine. Inserting a coin, choosing the drink that he wants to buy, and taking it. Then, he noticed someone is closing in. He averted his gaze and spotted Dr. Tearju. "Yuuki-kun."

"Ah, Doctor. Good Morning. What brings you here?"

"I'm just taking these files to the teacher's room."

"I see."

"Yuuki-kun, did you know that Yami has finally transferred to this school?"

"Eh, really?"

"Mm." She nodded while smiling.

"Hm... Say, How's your and Yami's relationship?" Right after he said that, which he hope he did not, Doctor suddenly went silent. "Doctor?"

"Honestly, We haven't gotten closer since the accident with Mea-san."

"You haven't had a chat with her at all?"

"N- no. We chatted, we talked, just... a little. That's all."

"Even though I went through the trouble of chasing her at that time..."

"Ah! You don't have to feel regrets, I will..."

"No, Doctor. I will talk to her."

"Yami." Rito, after finding Yami, called out to her. She averted her gaze at him and saw a serious look on his face. "I want to talk to you."

"What is it, Yuuki Rito?" They're now standing on the corner of the stairs. "About your relationship with Dr. Tearju..."

"What about it?"

"..."

They were silent for a moment, until Yami breaks it with, "If you don't have anything to say, then excuse me."

"Wait. Have you tried talking to her after the Nemesis incident?"

"We talked."

"A little." Rito corrected her. "It's none of your business, Yuuki Rito. Don't forget that you are my target, and I could just kill you at any moment." She stopped for a second. "Why do you keep worrying about me anyway? It's not like my life is any of your business."

"That's... Because I want you to be happy."

Yami is surprised after hearing that sentence that just got out of Rito's mouth. Before being able to say anything, Rito walked away, leaving Yami by herself before she walked towards her classroom.

"Next up." The teacher called out to whoever the next on the list. The Physical Examination has begun, and everyone is lining up to get their body examined. Of course, the girls and the boys are in separate rooms, but this doesn't stop the boys from getting the pleasure of seeing the girls... in Bloomers!

"This is the best." The Spiky-Haired of a friend said to Rito. "Oy, Come on. Don't just stand there, You're next!" Rito said before pushing his friend towards the examination room. He yelped in the process.

"Saruyama Kenichi, 166 cm."

"Tsk, I don't change much." He said in dissapoinment. "Don't worry, height is not everything." Rito said while walking inside the room to get checked. While checking his height, the teacher noticed something. "Hm?"

"What is it, sensei?"

"Yuuki."

"Eh?"

"You've changed so much."

"What do you mean?"

"See." He showed the previous data of his body from roughly a few months before, and he noticed a big difference in terms of height. "Before, you were 164,5 cm. But now, I'm surprised that you reached 172 cm, in such a short time." The Teacher said to Rito. "I didn't even notice it."

"Have you been exercising?" He asked. "Well..." His mind immediately went back to the training and those mischieves and trouble he got during Summer. "... A little."

"Hmm..." He said, a bit suspicious on Rito.

While the 2nd years are doing Physical Examination, the 1st years (Momo, Nana, Mea, and Yami), are having a swimming lesson after a while. Yami's just sitting there, nothing to do, while still thinking about what Rito said before.

"UUoooohhhh!" The Male students yelled after seeing Dr. Tearju with such a revealing swimsuit. "It's embarassing~~." She said while blushing. This caught Yami's attention, and almost make her angry, before suddenly...

"Onee-chan."

"Mea."

"What's the matter? You look gloomy."

"Nothing special."

"Hmm... Is it about Rito-senpai?" Yami suddenly glows red after hearing that. "Wh- What? NO!" She said while blushing tomato red, which makes it really unconvincing. "Hee... So what is it?" Mea asked, teasing her a bit more.

"You don't have to know."

"Come on, we're siblings right?"

"Just because you're my sibling, doesn't mean that you have to know every little detail of my life."

"Hehehe. You know, Yami onee-chan."

"Hm?"

"I heard that on earth, the closer you are to someone, the more common you will fight with them. Is it true?"

"Maybe. When you got closer to someone, there are times that you have different opinions, but there are also times when you have the same opinion."

"You think we could be close?"

"Maybe, But thanks to you, I finally realize something."

"Something? What is it?"

"That this planet... This town... the people here... accepted us."

"You're right." Mea said while nodding. Suddenly, out of nowhere...

"Huh?" Yami said in confusion after seeing glows emitting from her body, it's different from other type of glow, actually, it's familiar...

"Onee-chan?" Before Mea could react, Yami's hair formed a hand out of Yami's controls and began covering her up while she screamed in pain.

"Onee-chan?!"

"Eve!" Doctor called out to her. "It finally begun, huh?" A Voice could be heard not so far. "You..." Momo looked at the voice's source and spotted none other than the dark-skinned, black-haired Trans-Weapon, Nemesis.

"It's been a long time, Princess Momo."

"Why're you even here?" She asked, annoyed as usual by her existence.

"Nothing, just wanna watch the... 'Darkness'."

"Darkness?! Don't tell me!"

Suddenly, a glow brighter that the sun shine through the sky and almost blinded everyone near them. "What?" Fortunately, the glow dimmed down.

Before they grasp what's going on, a figure appeared on the surface of the water, seemingly floating above it. She looks like Yami, with a different attire, a more revealing one, and with a different atmosphere around her. "D- Darkness." Doctor said in fright, looking at her own 'daughter' like that.

"Good morning, Darkness. How're you feeling?" Nemesis called out to the destruction weapon. "I feel..."

"...Perverted."