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Chapter 71
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT
A few days after the fight, Saibai arrived at his home during lunch, he asked if they wanted to enjoy a trip to an island next to Sainan during the last weekend of their spring break. And of course everyone one the house agreed. Saibai explained that he won tickets for a boat trip to this island, it even included a hotel for them to stay. But since he couldn't take thanks to his deadline, he decided to give to his kids and their friends.
"Hmmm… So who should we take to this trip?" Mikan asked while stroking her chin.
"Well, you guys should decide! After all is your trip now!" Saibai smiling to them.
"We are five here, I want to invite Yami-chan to this trip," Mikan said looking at her brother to see if he approved.
He nodded and suggested Mea which Nana completely agreed to invite. Lala wanted to invite Mio or Risa but they were already on a trip to the beach. That's when Rito remembered someone who wasn't traveling and it would be please to travel with them.
"What about, Murasame-san? I wanted to thank her for saving you when... you almost die..."
"Yeah sounds good to me, she is funny! And even more if you have a dog!" Came a voice behind Rito.
Getting a big fright, Rito jumped after hearing a voice behind him, "Aaaaah, Mea!"
"Tsc, tsc, Onii-chan, you have to be more prepared what if an assassin tried to kill," Mea said as she shook her head, "You never know when an assassin can appear behind you and try to surprise you."
'And I didn't expect you to enter MY house without we invite you…' Rito thought a bit angry with what Mea pulled.
"So, Mea are you coming with us?" Nana asked excited getting up from her seat.
"Of course, I would love to go on a trip with you!~" She said hugging Nana.
"Well it settle then," Saibai said putting his hands on the hips, "I will arrange everything for your trip."
And so, after a few days, Rito, Lala, Nana, Momo, Yami, Mea, Mikan and Oshizu were on a ship heading for an island, prepared to enjoy their last days of spring break.
"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Lala shouted as she looked out to the blue sea, "I feel so lucky to be in this trip!"
"Well, we have to thank my dad when we return," Mikan said as she walked to her side to appreciate the view, "it will be good for us to have some relaxing days right?"
"Yeah so many things happened these last few months…" Lala replied smiling to her, "it's a shame that all the girls could come. I will make sure to take a lot of photos."
As the girls talked, Rito watched the girls having fun but was a little bother with true reason why they were going. After breaking the news of their trip, Saibai spoke in private with Rito, he told there was a festival that happened every year and this event was going to take place on the weekend and he wanted his son to take a look so he, Saibai, could you use something for his new manga. Saibai even said there might by some spooky things on that island.
'I don't know if I should tell them or not, but at least they are enjoying…' the guardian thought
"Hello, Onii-chan!" Mea said accompanied by Nana, Yami and Momo.
"Hey, how is Murasame-san? Is she sick or something?" Rito said turning to them.
"We don't know, she started having some headaches a few minutes after the ship sailed," Momo answered tapping her cheek with her finger, "she is sitting next to the pool and I gave a flower that the smell should make her head feel lighter."
"Maybe is because she is not used to travel by boat," Nana suggested as she put her hands behind her hand.
"Perhaps…"
As they talked about Oshizu condition, Mea got close to Yami and whispered, "isn't nice Yami-onee-chan? You can have a lovely time with Rito-Onii-chan alone."
Yami blushed with the suggestion but looked at her with cold eyes.
"You are misunderstanding, Mea. I came here to rest my body after my fight since my sensei suggested and because Mikan invited me," Yami replied with her usual cold voice, "This has nothing to do with Rito…"
"Hai hai… I know…" The red haired assassin waved her hand mocking her reply, "But we never know… after all, Rito-Onii-chan is the only man on our group… maybe his animal side can awake by being surround with so many girls… maybe he even attacks us!"
"Attention passengers! We will be arriving at the next island shortly...for any passengers getting off, please head over to the deck." Yami was interrupted by the speaker on the microfone before she could say how ecchi that thought was...
They exited the ship after getting their luggage and saw an old lady holding a sign saying "Yuuki family" on it. The old lady was really short and had short grey hair. Her face had wrinkles around eyes and her skin is so fragile it ruptures on anything more than the softest of touches. She wore oval-shaped glasses that reflected. Despite her frail appearance she had a gentle expression with a smile of a tender grandma.
"Oh you must be the Yuuki Saibai's group!" She said smiling, "come, follow me! There is a van waiting for you guys!"
"Well I take that you came for the celebration," the old lady said as they walked.
"Celebration?" Lala asked.
"Yeah, every year there is a festival with music and fireworks on the center of this island, in celebration of the spirits that lives here," She replied happily, "I always wanted to participate but..."
"Sounds fun!" Lala yelled excited. "We need to go!"
As Lala began to imagine the possibilities, Oshizu was surprised by hearing what the celebration was about.
"Excuse me, did you say spirits?"
"Yeah... you see: many many many years ago, there was this little girl who lived in a village on this island. She lost herself in the woods, but a spirit of a boy who was wearing a mask of a raccoon helped her to find her way. The boy was turned into a sprint after he died in the woods, he could interact with the livings but if he ever touched a living being, he would disappear.
Ever since they met, she would go to the forest every 5 days to meet him. They ended up being her best friend... but as she grew up, the little girl started to develop feelings for him..."
"Wow!" Momo muttered finding the story beautiful, "but how could they be together if they couldn't touch?"
"Unfortunately they never got together," the old woman said as her face saddened, "but thanks to their friendship, the spirits of this island protect all those whom come to celebrate the festival!"
"Oh there is my car," She said pointing to a van, "If you guys want, I can drop you to where the festival is going to be held and I pick you guys at the sunset. I bet some stalls have already assembled theirselves for tomorrow."
"HURRAY!" Mea shouted excited, "I never have seen a festival before!"
"Granny it's the best," Lala shouted hugging the old lady.
They entered the van, which fit all 8 of them plus the granny, and started chatting with each other as they were taken to the center of the town.
"Wow the sky is so blue here," Mikan said to Yami as looked through the window, "sometimes is good to go out from the city and appreciate the nature."
"... Yeah. It's really peaceful here." Yami replied.
"Ah, man. This thing is so slow," Mea complained throwing her hands behind the hand, "if I used my wings, I would have arrived already."
"Oh, stop complaining, Mea!" Nana said a bit annoyed, "Let's enjoy the ride while we are at it."
"Hmph, you say that just because you are sitting next to Rito-Onii-chan," the red haired girl said sticking her tongue out.
"Th-that's has nothing to do it!" Nana yelled as her cheeks turned red.
"Ne, Rito! I am so excited to this festival!" Lala said happily to her best friend, "last time we were in a festival was so much fun."
"Well, I'm glad we're off the school, hope we don't get in so much trouble as we spend time here," Rito said opening his chest, "we had so many crazy things going on in these last few months it will be great if take things slowly."
"Yeah, we did have so many adventures, it was so much fun," Lala said laughing remembering some of them, "but the thing I am most grateful is that we met!~"
Rito blushed with what she said and was taken by surprise when she gave him a hug. Now her breasts were pressed up against his face.
"Hey, L-lala. Please get off of me. I can't breathe!" He said as felt his cheeks getting hot.
"Hey, Oshizu-san, are you feeling better?" Momo asked concerned about the ghost girl.
"Yeah, I feel little better, thanks for the flower," Oshizu replied politely, "Even though I am not feeling completely good, leaving that boat made me feel a bit better."
"I didn't know that ghosts could get sick."
"Well, Mikado-sensei, said that if I keep using this artificial body I may become whole with this body." The ghost girl said putting her index finger at the chin.
"Does this mean becoming a real person?" Momo asked in amazement.
"I think so," Oshizu replied, not entirely sure.
"But ... would that mean that you would lose your powers when you became human?"
"That… I have no idea." Oshizu said remembering a conversation that she had with the alien doctor, "Mikado-sensei did said that since I am a ghost, I produce what she calls as mental energy. With the metal energy I can use my powers but if I am put into much stress, I can end up using all my mental energy and disappear."
Momo's eyes widened, "Do you think your mental energy is causing your headaches?"
"Well, nothing like a day of rest to solve my stress," she replied smiling at the princess.
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…
"Hey who farted here?"
"Geez! Stop the car!" Mikan yelled not being able to handle the smell.
Everyone ran out of the car quickly and breathed relieved in not smelling that smell anymore.
"I don't think I have smelled something so bad before!"
"Who was it? Who farted?! Answer it!"
"I will murder the person who did it!"
"Oh wow! Nana, you were so right! This landscape is so beautiful! We should enjoy more this kind of thing," Mea said pointing to a mountain, standing away from the group, "It's so beautiful. HAHAHAHA… The view sure is great~"
'It was her!' They thought in union as they stared at Mea.
"Since everyone is out, why don't I take a picture of you guys?" The old lady suggested.
Everybody liked the idea and so everyone posed to the picture with the mountain behind them. From the left to right was the Nana, Lala, Momo, with the elder sister in the middle hugging them. Mea and Oshizu making sign of peace with their hands were in the middle. And Mikan, Rito and Yami on the right. Before the photo was shoot Yami looked at Rito, he had a smile on his face. Seeing him smile, comforted her. She then looked his hand hanging right next to her, without thinking, she slowly moved her own hand in his direction trying to hold his hand. Rito felt something in his hand and look at it, but didn't see anything besides his hand. He looked at Yami saw her looking at the other side and blushing a little.
"Now everyone look here!" The older woman shouted, "3… 2… 1… SMILE!"
CLICK*
After 40 minutes, they arrived where the festival is going to be held. They saw some merchants building their stalls for the event, some kids running around and a big stage reserved, probably, for a music band to play. Rito noticed a lot of people walking back and forth carry equipment to build the structure for the festival. He was surprised that a big festival like this was not well known.
"Wow! This festival is going to be huge!" Mikan commented after seeing so many stalls being built.
"Hmm… All these people live here in this island?" He asked to the old lady.
"Oh no! They come around this time of the year to celebrate and profit in the festival," ohe old lady replied.
"Is that you, old lady?" They heard a voice coming from the central of the festival close to the big stage.
They saw a lady close to her thirties, very tall running to their direction. She had black hair tied in a bun, was wearing a v neck black t-shirt, a necklace with a blue jewelry on it and a white long skirt.
"Oh so you're already here, miss Hotaru," the old lady said smiling to the younger woman, "everyone this is lady Hotaru is the chief of the tribe that you used to live long time ago. Now days she takes care of the island and the few people that live here including me."
"Is nice to see a group of younglings around here," Hotaru said smiling to them and taking a very good eye on them, "you guys look… different… I can't put my finger but…"
"Oh that's because me and my sisters are aliens," Lala replied innocently.
"Lala!" Rito shouted at Lala glaring her for her careless.
"Ops…" The oldest princess put her hand on her mouth, widening her eyes in the process.
"Aliens?" The woman with black hair replied confused and shocked, "you don't look like one."
"Hey, Lala, why don't we go and see those stalls there?" Mikan said cold sweating pointing to any direction.
"But I-" Lala tried to protest but was cut by her younger sister.
"Yeah I think it's a great idea!" Momo said, clumsy pushing her older sister away from the group.
Momo, Lala, Mikan and Nana left the group leaving the old lady and Hotaru confused. Rito was relieved that Mikan was able resolve this rather quickly, he didn't want to stress up in this trip.
"Hm… If you excuse me, I am going to find a place to sit..." Oshizu said putting a hand on her forehand, "I'm not feeling well…"
Oshizu left rather running, the young man looked at her leaving thinking if it was a good idea to bring her. Hotaru feeling a little uncomfortable that her presence made five girls leave decided to speak.
"Well, I hope you guys have a good time here, I have some business to do," She said smiling to the rest of group, "If you guys have any problem, I will be happy to help you."
She bid her farewell and left. The old lady looked at them with a stern look on her face. They knew that they would probably have to tell them the whole story about aliens.
"I will be waiting next to the car, when we get at the inn I want to know everything about this aliens that you talked about," she said before turning her back to them.
"(sigh) That's the kind of thing I wasn't expecting in this trip…" Rito said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"If you want, I can erase her memories with my psycho-diving," Mea suggested as she looked at her Onii-chan.
"I think… this is a bit too far…" he replied a bit uncomfortable with her suggestion.
"We did saw they doing in a movie and that did seem bad for the person," Mea commented.
"No!" Yami said with a stern voice, "Messing with somebody head… you won't do this!"
"Okay, okay, Yami-onee-chan you don't have to be so angry, it was just a suggestion," Mea replied surprised by her reaction. "So should we take a look at the stalls?"
"You guys go enjoy the stalls. I want to know more about this festival, so I'm going to talk to people around."
The girls looked at each other and shrugged, "Okay, if that's what you want…"
As the girls went to their way, Rito decided to ask the people around about this island and the festival. First he decided to ask to a couple who were building a stall.
"Excuse me, I'm doing some research, can you tell me about this festival?"
"Oh sure I would be glad to help you," the man said, "The festival is one of the kind. So many people come to this city to celebrate the bond between spirits and humans. It's also great for the business, hehehe…"
"But honey what about…" The woman tried to talk was cut before she could finish.
"Oh be quiet, don't ruin the surprise!" The man said giving a stern look at his wife.
"Surprise?" Rito said rising an eyebrow.
"You will see when the music starts tonight…" the man said giving a weak smile.
Rito decided to leave the couple alone and ask some more people.
"Do you think… people will disappear like the last year that we came?" The woman whispered to her husband worried.
"Who knows…" the husband folded his arms and sighed, "The police did investigated… They said they weren't kidnap… and that they simply disappeared…"
Rito decided to ask to a person native to this island but so far he only found people who were here to do some business… that is until he found an old short man with long beard and a cane. He was wearing a kimono and a belt but not the pants (thankfully the kimono was long enough to not show some inappropriate parts). He looked really old and was totally bald, with wrinkles close to his eyes.
"Hello. Can I ask you-"
"Get out!" Whispered the old man.
"Excuse me?" the young man asked not sure if heard right.
"Get out of my property!" He yelled loud to everyone around to hear, "You people are not welcome here! Leave my island! Or you will suffer!"
Rito took a step closer to calm him down, but the old man started to swing his cane. Luckily, he was able to dodge the first swing.
"Wow hold on, I just want to talk!"
The old man tried to swing his cane once more but was stopped by a hand made of blonde hair.
"That's enough," Yami said with a cold voice.
The man clicked his tongue and turned his back to them, "If you don't leave… Don't say that I didn't warn you…"
After the old man left, Rito sighed relieve, "Thank you, Yami."
"Rito, I think would be wise if you don't ask more about the festival," Yami said looking at her friend, "it seems to be disturbing the people of this town."
"Yeah… I think you are right… Let's gather everyone and go to the hotel…"
As they walked together, there was something that Rito felt off. Ever since Yami's fight he felt some kind of tension between him and Yami and also she was acting more reserved… more reserved than she was usually was.
"Soooo… Yami what are you thinking about our trip?" Rito asked trying to break the ice.
"It certainly looks interesting… I read some books about celebrations on earth, I think it will be a good experience… but interesting enough I never read about this festival before."
"Right? It's really strange!" Rito said raising his voice a bit since someone finally said what he was thinking.
"Speaking of which, have you ever gone to festival before when you were a kid?" He asked her.
After hearing this, Yami froze in her place widened her eyes. The young guardian stopped and turned to the female assassin, "Yami?"
"Rito, I don't like to talk about by my childhood, if you please don't touch in this subject again…" Yami replied visibly affected by the question.
"Yeah, of course, I'm sorry…" He said upset with himself for making Yami sad.
The two remained in silence for the rest of their walk.
Later that day, the teenagers arrived at the inn after a car trip and a long conversation about aliens. The older woman, although surprised, didn't appear to have changed much after learning the truth.
"And here's the inn! Feel free to enjoy!" Said the old woman after opening the door. "And the best part, you can walk to the festival, it's just 7 minutes if you take the stairs."
The inn looked like a huge Japanese house, made mostly of wood and sliding doors. The girls who came from space were amazed, after all they had never seen such a house like that before.
"Wow it's so huge! And so different from the houses of Sainan!" Lala said in a cheerful tone.
"I have a surprise for you! In this inn we have an onsen, if you girls want go and take a nice hot bath," the lady said with a smile on her face.
"Really?!" Lala said excited about the news.
"You're awesome!" Momo yelled happy.
"Hurry up, guys! I always wanted to go to a hot spring!" Nana shouted already running without even knowing where her room was.
And quickly the girls left, leaving the boy alone. Rito sighed and smiled, he couldn't expect anything else from the girls except this excitement.
"You'll have to wait for the girls to finish so you can use it," the lady explained.
"It's okay, in the meantime I'll call my dad and tell that we are safe and sound," answered Rito.
"Hmmm... it must be nice living with so many energetic girls like that..." The old lady said.
'Hmph... I'd say it's a lot of work living with them...' Rito thought sweat dropping, 'but... it has its advantages...'
It didn't take long for the girls to put their luggage in the bedroom and get into the bath house. The hot spring sat beneath a roof on stilts, surrounded by rocks as steam drifted gently upward.
"Haaaa it feels great!" Lala said as she settled into the murky water. She couldn't stop the relaxed groan that escaped her..
"I always wanted to try these natural baths," Momo said to Nana.
"Hmph I just hope you don't try anything funny," Nana commented knowing her sister's habits.
"Oh… like this?" Momo said giving a devilish smile as she grabbed the tip of her sister tail.
"Gyaaah not my tail!" Nana cried feeling her legs getting weak.
Nana looked at Momo angrily, "Why you little!"
Nana pursued Momo's tail and grabbing it. Momo yelled but it looked like it more like a moan…
"It's quite different from the city, the air seems to be lighter and fresh…" Yami said to her best friend as she wrapped herself in a towel, "Mikan, since you've had your changes, has anything changed about the bath?"
"Hmmmm... to tell you the truth, hot or cold water doesn't make any difference to me," Mikan replied, stopping to think, "The cold of the refrigerator or the freezer doesn't bother me anymore. So, I tried to take a bath with cold water but for me I didn't feel cold... or warm... hot baths felt the same effect too."
"Oshizu, are you feeling well?" Mea asked the ghost girl as she entered the pool.
"Yeah I think so… I never experienced that before but I'm feeling better..." Oshizu said.
"Well, she did say this is island with a lot of spirits, maybe that's what's happening," Mea concluded. "All the spirits are making your body react differently."
"That must be it... I want to do some research and get to know the spirits that live here."
"Meanwhile..." Mea said with an evil smile.
Using her skills, Mea turned her hand into a dog and started barking at Oshizu. And at the same instant, the girl with blue hair began to pale and tear her eyes out.
"GYAAAAH!" Oshizu shouted out a psychic wave and threw things in the air.
'Hehehe that never gets old...' Mea thought laughing at herself.
Lala sat beside Mikan and Yami, looking up at the sky. The colours purple, orange and red painted the sky as the sun started to make it's way down to the horizon.
"It's... really beautiful here" Lala said, "I would never have seen this if I didn't leave my planet."
"Things sure would be different if you didn't arrived," Mikan replied, "Maybe we wouldn't be here…"
"Why?" Lala asked looking at Mikan quite interest.
"I don't think Rito would be interested in a trip if he was the same of one year before," Mikan hugged her knees and looked up, "He would rather stay at home…"
I think…you're right." Lala nodded deeply in response.
It was really true. Rito had changed considerably in the year since she'd met him. As had she. But still…
"This remind me of something that happened to me a few days before I left Deviluke, something that was decisive for me to leave my planet," Lala stretched out her arms and legs, relaxing. Everybody stopped and stare at her.
"I was running away from the castle, my father had arranged for me to meet another potential fiancé, I ran and ran and ran fed up with this… and then I ended up in the florest… I was surprised that I run that long… I looked around and I saw a leaf being carried along by a river. And I wondered, where does it go? And then I couldn't stop wondering." She laughed. "I chased after that leaf without taking my eyes of it. When I next looked around, she realized I had left the woods. I jumped from rock to rock across the stream bed, following the leaf."
"And…what did you find?" Mikan asked curious.
"Nothing interesting, I can tell you that," Lala said, squinting her eyes like a contented cat. "A dike. Someone must had built. I thought it was interesting: the leaf, carried along by the stream, had gotten caught in the dike."
Everyone rolled their eyes not thinking that interesting. Lala smiled faintly. Then she opened her lips ever so slightly, "And then something came to my mind: What is it that waits at the end of the river? What is it that blooms where the birds do fly? If the womb of the wind is beyond the horizon Then where does the rainbow come down from the sky? There was so much questions in my mind and yet… the biggest question was: What am I? There was so much that didn't know about myself… Living in that bubble, doing only what my father wanted… I realized that I needed to find myself… my place."
Momo and Nana then sat beside Lala and rested their head on her shoulders.
"It's a good thing that we found our place," Momo murmured.
"You're right," Lala said, let out a breath and smiled. She finally found her place where she could call home.
"Yes... it was all right... we're already settled... I have some things you can use to your new manga... OK, we'll talk tomorrow... see ya..." Rito said while talking to his father on his cell phone.
Rito looked at his cell phone, it was already six o'clock, the day certainly passed quickly. He looked at the sky and saw the yellow-orange-blue colors mix on top. But something disturbed him, he felt something strange, a presence... He looked to the right and saw what looked like a trail in the middle of the forest that surrounded the house. He came closer to it, there was no sign that forbade him to continue, but he felt all his senses wanting him not to enter the trail. He swallowed dry and even though he knew it was a bad idea he decided to go on.
He heard the footsteps that he took in that closed forest, a narrow and unique path which he followed, his heart was racing. He walked very nervous, he decided to turned on the light on his cell phone so that he could see everything but could no longer control his hands; they were shaking in an odd trembling rhythm. Every muscle in his body screamed at him to flee as if his presence was not wanted and with each step he took he could only feel colder. He kept walking until he reached a clearing. He looked everywhere, but couldn't see the rest of the trail. He sighed relieved, there was nothing after all.
'I followed that trail thinking I was going to find someone...' Rito thought more relaxed, 'For a moment I thought I was going to die...'
"Get out!"
The young guardian felt the dread crept up from the pit of his stomach as he heard a voice and felt a warm breath close to his neck, he took a leap forward and turned. There was nothing and that presence he had felt was gone. But he felt as though something has walked through him and left him numb shaking. He stood for a couple seconds, his stomach churning, his heart beating fast and his eyes widened.
"What-? Who are you?" Said the young man cold sweating. The adrenalin flew over his veins like a carp through the river, but he couldn't move a single muscle, "What did you mean by that?"
"AAAH that was a great bath!~" said Momo after leaving the bathroom with the baths.
The girls had just showered and, courtesy of the hotel, all received a kimono robe. They all felt in the clouds after spending time in the hot spring.
"Hmmm, I wish I could live in a hot tub," Nana said smiling to Mea, "After dinner we could go for a walk and see what animals live on this island."
"Yes! And we can look for ghosts too," Mea said, giving her an innocent smile.
Nana felt a chill in her spine, thinking about ghosts that she'd watched in movies.
"I hope you guys had a nice bath," said the old lady bringing a candy platter, "I brought some special chocolates that I made myself..."
"Oh, you're so sweet, Grandma!" Lala said, finding the old lady very kind.
"You're spoiling us too much," said Mikan as she picked up a chocolate.
All the girls picked up a chocolate and ate it... it wasn't long before they felt a strange sensation...
Rito ran towards the house, he had spent some more time looking for who the voice was, but without success, he then decided to go back and tell the girls. Maybe with some kind of invention from Lala or the expertise from Mea or Yami he could get some new information.
"Girls!" He shouted Rito upon entering the house, but he had no answer.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Rito said when he saw that none of the girls answered.
He started running in the halls of the house afraid that something bad had happened, something related to what he felt in the forest. His breathing was accelerated, fearing that something bad had happened to his sister and his friends. He found the lady lying on the floor and he also noticed some chocolates scattered all over the floor.
"Old lady!" Rito went to her. He bent down and checked that the woman was still breathing without any apparent injury and was conscious "Are you all right? What happened?"
"Chocolates..." The woman murmured.
"What?" Rito replied confused.
"Chocolates... girls..." After that the woman fainted.
Rito put the woman down, took a chocolate and smelled it. Besides the chocolate smell there was a strong smell of something else.
'That smell...' He thought Rito as he covered his nose with his fingers. "I know this smell, it's the same smell when Oto-san when returns from a celebr-'
THUMB*
Before he could finish his thought, the young man heard a noise as if something had fallen to the ground. Deciding that it might be something related to the disappearance of the girls, he ran to where the sound came from. The noise led him to a room with the door closed. He swallowed dry and opened the door quickly. He found Oshizu lying on the floor with her eyes closed, without thinking twice he ran to her side.
"Murasame-san, are you okay?" He shook her trying to wake her but to no vail.
He checked her if she was breathing but…
"She isn't breathing…" He said scared. He started getting pale realizing that one of his friends had died.
"hehehe you are a such perv, Rito, playing with my body," he heard a familiar voice coming from above.
Rito looked up and saw his ghost friend laughing at him. He tilted his head, not understanding why she was behaving like that.
"Murasame-kun, why are you out of your body?"
"Hehehe, I don't know for sure, but I felt my body strange and then I tripped my own foot *hic* that chocolate sure is good!" Oshizu said with a funny voice.
'Wait a second… Is she… is she drunk?'
"Murasame-kun, get back to your body! We don't need to see people to you as ghost as well!" Rito said concerned what people would react to see a ghost.
"Only if you catch me!~" She said flying away of the room.
"Wait!" He screamed as he saw her passing through the wall.
Rito exited the room, seeing Oshizu going to the left. He started running after her, he needed to make sure that she didn't go to the town and other people see her. He jumped trying to catch her… but he forgot one small detail…
"Opsie!" She said as phased through his arms, "Better luck next time!~"
Rito landed flat on the ground, the ghost took the opportunity and flew passing through the wall. Rito slowly sat and rubbed his forehand that he hit thanks to his jump to the ground… he sighed. His suspicious were right that something was wrong with the chocolate, there was some kind of alcohol on it. He didn't know if it was usual in other parts of the country serve alcohol for people under 21 but one thing for sure: those girls drunk could only bring trouble. He needed to find them before something bad happens.
Rito then felt being pulled by the neck and suddenly he saw himself being taken through the hall of the house until he stopped in front of Yami.
"Y-Yami?" He said surprised. He took a better look and saw that she pulled him by using her hair. "What are you doing?"
Yami turned her hand into a sword, making his eyes widen, "Yuuki Rito, I think we should fight."
"NO WE DON'T!" Rito shouted.
"My body is getting weaker since I can't train," she said as many hair strands turned into blades, "so I'm going to use you to train..."
"Why are you using your blades!?" He asked desperate.
"Because you constantly do ecchi things," she answered releasing him from her grip, "you also must be punished!"
Yami started her attack by swinging her arm horizontally; fortunately Rito was able to dodge the attack but not entirely. He saw that his T-shirt was cut.
'She is attacking more quickly than ever,' he thought jumping back trying to gain some distance, 'she is aiming to kill!'
Yami kept her violent attack as Rito was able to avoid by a paper thin margin.
'What can I do!?' He thought in panic 'if things keep going like that I will definitely end up dead.'
Rito suddenly felt something around his neck and before he could do something, he was thrown out of the house.
"Ouch! Why this keep happening to me!" He said as he started to get up after being thrown out.
"Rito-onii-chan!"
He looked to left and saw Mea standing and smiling to him with the arms behind her back.
"M-Mea?" He said a bit afraid of what might happen next, "Were you the one who pulled me?"
"Hehehe oh, Onii-chan, you are a such a naughty boy," she said in a seductive voice, "doing such lewdness thing that I can't forget!"
"W-what?" He asked in panic as he saw Mea walking slowly in his direction.
She hugged him and put her head on his shoulder.
"Mea?"
"I want you to lick my whole body," she whispered in his ear.
"WHAAAAT?" He yelled as his face turned into 50 shades of red.
"If it makes easy for you I can even strip for you~" She then proceeded to lick his neck.
The young man felt his whole body tingling.
"I found you!" Said Yami appearing behind Mea with her usual cold voice, "you won't escape from your fight!"
"Fight!? Did someone say fight?" Mea said excited pushing Rito to the ground and turning to Yami, "I want to fight!"
The two girls rushed forward and started to duck it out. Not wanting to be cut by accident, Rito crawled back to the house making sure that the two girls didn't noticed him.
Rito slowly entered in the house, sighed relieved, but soon after he heard his name being called.
"Ritooooo? Is that you?"
Rito turned his head, not wanting to see what was expecting him next. He saw Nana walking like a cat in his direction.
"Nana?" He said stunned in seeing Nana like that. Her cheeks were all red and her kimono was very loose, if Rito wanted he may even saw her chest. Nana looked at Rito and blinked a few times.
"Wow, there's two Ritos!" She said very happily.
Rito sweatdropped after hearing that, 'she is drunk alright.'
"Ne, Rito, want some of my chocolate?" Nana said holding a piece of chocolate. "Here say ah!"
"Nana, I don't think it's a good idea," he said walking backward, "I think it would be the best if I leave you alone."
Rito turned his back to her and start walking away from her until heard some sobs. He turned and saw her sitting holding her knees; her face looked like she was about to cry.
"Rito is mad at me…" the second princess said in a tone of sadness, "I just wanted to feed him some chocolate…"
"Hey, listen, Nana, I am not mad at you," he said as walked in her direction, "I just don't want to eat chocolate right now."
Nana looked in his eyes and smiled… Rito sighed… 'Crisis everted…'
"Then make me purr," She said sheepishly.
"Purr?" He sweatdropped not sure he understand correctly.
She pointed to her neck, "I like to be pet under my chin!"
With a confused face, he slowly extended his hand and started to pet Nana under her chin…
"MEEEEEEEOOOOW!" Nana happily replied.
Rito facepalmed, 'well it could be worse,'
Not a second later he was tackled from behind, slamming his belly on the ground, 'Oh no! Who is this time!?'
"Dandelion… Or should I say Rito-saaaaan~"
Rito immediately felt shivers down his spine. He knew who it was. He slowly turned his head and saw the youngest princess sitting on top of him. She stared at him, and gave a dopey-looking grin.
"I am feeling kind of hot," She said grabbing the top of her robe and pushing down.
Rito's face turned immediately red after seeing Momo's bare chest and tuned his face against the floor.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAA- What are you doing, Momo?" He screamed. "Stop it!"
Momo stood up and Rito quickly got up with his eyes still shut.
"This isn't funny," He said covering his eyes with his hands, "Put your clothes back!"
"But I'm feeling hot," She said tilting her head to the right, "I need your help. Please strip me."
Rito immediately felt his cheeks burning.
"You're drunk. Please calm down."
"I'M FINE! *hic*" Momo said walking in his direction and hugging him, "You are my guardian, you should help me…"
"Who knows I might give you a reward if you help me!~" Momo gave a devilish smile.
Nana whined and looked at Rito almost crying. "But, Rito, I wanna be with you~"
Nana took off the top of her robe and hugged Rito from behind. Rito gulped, he was being embraced by both sides by two half naked sisters and didn't know who to get away from them. He then felt being pet on the head.
"Your hair's glossy and soft," Nana commented as petted his hair, "I want to touch it more."
Momo started to travel her hand around his chest, "And look his skin, so pretty. It's like a baby's skin. I'm so jealous. Soooo soft!"
The young man, was feeling a sense of comfortable being pet on the head and a warmth by being caressed on the chest… it felt really good… but he also felt a sense of dread that something bad was going to happen.
'No, I don't know how long I can endure this.' He thought to himself, 'I need to escape,'
Using all his willpower, he closed his eyes and opened his arms freeing himself from their hugs. And using the teachings of Mea, he used the flash step to disappear from them.
"Ritoooo come back~" The girls cried in sadness and in disappointment, "We want to touch you more,"
'I need to run, I need to find Mikan and Lala. Make sure they aren't in danger,' He thought as he run away from the twins.
After a few minutes running, he looked behind and didn't see the girls. He finally stopped and breathed relieved.
"I think I have lost them…"
"Oniiiii-chan!" Terror sucked the very breath from his mouth. He slowly turned and saw his blood sister.
Her head and arms were lowered; she slowly lifted her head and gave a smile... but a very creepy smile.
"It's been a while since we played, hasn't it, Onii-chan?" She said while ice appeared under her feet, "you've been playing with other girls and never with me, have you?"
He gulped as he watched the frozen ground approach him, he took a step back feeling his breath getting cold.
"How about we play catch?" Said Mikan before launching an ice blast towards Rito.
Rito was quick enough to move his body to the left avoiding the hit. He saw the ice blast hit the wall and instantly freeze.
"Iiiiih!" Rito made a sound before running out in fear of what his sister might do to him.
"Let the games begin!" Mikan starts having an evil laugh before chasing after him.
'I think she can't find me here…' thought Rito as hid under a Fuuton.
He then heard the sound of wood being stepped from afar.
"Oniiiii-chan"
The young man put both hands on the mouth as his entire body shivered.
"Wanna play hide and seek?" He heard getting closer. "Are you around here?"
He heard the door being opened, Rito screamed, luckily his hands muffled the sound. The sounds of steps increased. Suddenly the sound stopped. He felt the futon being grabbed and then being pulled from him.
Rito closed his eyes, preparing to be frozen... but then nothing happened.
"Rito? What are you doing under the futon?"
Rito slowly opened his eyes, seeing the oldest princess sitting by his side with her head tilted to the left.
"Lala?" Rito asked surprised and a bit relieved that it wasn't his sister, "Are you okay?"
"Hm?" She looked at him confused by his question, "Yeah, I'm fine why you ask?"
'Oh good… Lala seems to be normal…' He sighed and stood up, 'everyone is okay… that's a relief… I better go to my room and wait until all this pass of.'
Rito started to walk away from the room, when suddenly he felt something from behind and in the next moment he found himself on top of Lala with her arms wrapped around his neck as she lay on ground. The top of her kimono loosed up a bit showing her cleavage.
"L-Lala I'm sorry!" Rito started to apologize for his falling. He didn't know how but he always used to fall in some kind of awkward position when he falls near of a girl.
But Lala didn't seem to bother; she only gave a lovely smile back, "I don't mind, after all, it was me the one who pulled you to the ground."
Rito's eyes widened, he took a better close to Lala and saw her cheeks red. Was she drunk? It look like she was drunk the way she acted… but she didn't sound like she was and didn't smell she was… but then again he wasn't able to compare the smells since he didn't smell any other of the girls.
"It's being a long time since we had a time alone so I want to enjoy a bit," Lala said sweetly, "I know that I might be a little selfish but…"
She cupped his face with both hands, Rito's heart started to beat fast and he was feeling cheeks getting hot. If he could guess Lala was trying to…
"Can I try a kiss?"
Rito's breath was caught in his throat and his train of thought just stopped for a second.
"Lala… (gulp) What do you mean by k-kiss?" He stammered thinking that Lala was just trying kiss like a friend.
"I want to kiss your lips," Lala said being extremely serious, "just like you kissed Haruna before…"
'This got be the chocolate, right? She wouldn't… I mean…' His mind was racing in full speed, it was so much for him to process, 'It's being quite some time since that I assumed that she may have feelings for me but… It can't be true… Why would she fall in love for me?'
"So… Can I?" She asked rather impatience like a kid that wants to play with her new toy.
"Lala… I… You…"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Suddenly, a shout shocked both of them. They turned their face at breakneck speed to look towards the source. There were standing another 6 girls and they looked angry.
"ONEEEE-SAMA! That's not fair!" Momo cried in a drunken voice "We want to play too!"
"Rito we still have finished our match!" Yami said pointing her blades at his direction.
"Rito-onii-chan, you still have to lick me!~" Mea said undressing.
"Rito, let me feel you a little more," Nana said walking like a cat in his direction.
"I finally found you, Onii-chan!" Mikan said as she started to produce ice from her hand.
"Chocolate~ Chocolate~" Oshizu said still in her ghost form.
"W-wait, girls, stop," He shouted making a sign with his hand to stop but to no vail. He tried to run but Lala was still holding his face strongly, he tried to pull away but Lala didn't seem to let go. He took a quick glance at girls and saw that they were already close to him.
"You still have answer my question!~" Lala said in a playful voice.
"LALA! GIRLS! W-WAIT!"
"Rito/ Rito-onii-chan/ Onii-chan!"
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Good morning!" The old lady shouted as she opened the door of Rito's room, "I know that I shouldn't enter the room of our guests, but I had to ask if you saw-"
She stopped talking after witnessing a naked girl sleeping on the floor, a girl sleeping hugging a pillow, a girl lying on an ice bed, a girl sitting sleeping with several holes in the floor beside her, the two twins sleeping next to each other.
"Well, I guess, the night was good," The old lady said giving a warm smile, "Speaking of which, where is the boy?"
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Outside the house, there was a boy sitting, hugging his knees. He looked like his soul was taken from his body, he looked pale and there were bags under his eyes.
"Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls… Never give alcohol to girls…"
NOTE: I think Rito is scared for life after that night. Thank you for reading this chapter. I know it took a long time before I posted this chapter but accidently started to write the chapter that was supposed to not now but a few chapters later (I'm such an idiot)… Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Another note, I just checked my chapter 12 and 13… Man what a disaster I did with that chapter… I really need to fix that…
Yuzukikuran476: I can't thank you enough for reviewing every chapter I really hope you liked it and wish you the best. Hope you like the latest chapter.
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Liamrodhudson: You are right. I sometimes confuse with one is. I need to make sure to fix this and repeat the same mistake. Thank you for the review.
Rhenam: I also like the stories that don't tend break so much from the original. I hope you enjoyed the rest of the story
Well that's it for now. Hope you liked this chapter and I see you guys on the next chapter.
Until the next time.