We flew threw space for hours on end. My ass felt numb, so I stood up and walked around the ship for a while. I whistled, as I also listened to music as well. "Well, now I'm travelling planets. This is my life now, apparently." I said to myself. I decided to head to my room on the ship, doing some exercise. Some push ups, sit ups, and others as well. After that time, I went to the bathroom to take a bath. As I lay in hot water, stripped of my clothes, a familiar voice entered my ears. "Master…" I jumped. "C-Chocola? The fuck?" I headed out early. A towel wrapped around my legs and crotch as I entered my bedroom. "It seems to have come from here." I said to myself, heading inside to see the lights already turned on. Then, I heard some noises I couldn't quite make out. It sounded like… moans. I looked around, seeing two shadows covering the wall next to my bed. "There." I went to my bed. All senses froze in an instant. What filled my vision was so shocking, I couldn't even move for a moment. "K-Kashou and Chocola are…" Having sex on my bed. I saw all the detail. The cum on Chocola's body, and the thrusting in her pussy… "OH MY FUCKING…" "AHH!"

I screamed as I awoke on my seat. "Eric, you alright!?" My mom said in surprise. "W-What just…" I scanned the room quickly, but found nothing. "Oh thank god. Wouldn't want that to happen…" I said to myself. "What did you dream about?" My dad asked. I felt my face go red, as I turned away. My parents looked at me and simply nodded. "We found you in your room, passed out. It looked like you were doing exercises?" My Mom said. "Yeah. Must've done something wrong. Oh well…" I replied. "So anyway, how's the trip?" I asked my Dad. "It looks like we'll be there at around 5 minutes. We passed through a nebula while you were out." My Dad replied. "Really? Cool!" I then said, taking my seat at the co-pilot seat. For the next few minutes, I remained silent, as I tried to figure out why did I dream about that? I had never been more confused in my life. Although my instincts would normally be fine with looking at a female's body, I didn't expect to walk in on a sex scene. The thought of this, makes me suddenly aware about the erection in my pants. "Hm… it could've been some kind of sign, but I highly doubt it." I said to myself.

"We're a minute away." My dad suddenly said, interrupting my train of thought. I yawned as I looked ahead and saw the planet. "Does look quite similar to Earth." I said. My parents nodded as we sped towards it. "Strap in folks." I said, as everyone fastened their seatbelts. The ship began to shake and heat up as we entered the atmosphere. "Aim for Japan, I'll tell you where to land when we get there!" I yelled to My Dad. We took a huge turn, aiming for Japan. Sirens sounded everywhere, and we were constantly told to slow down. Dad barely managed to slow us down fully. "There! The park!" I pointed as we descended quickly. We weaved around the tallest building in the city as we prepared to land. My Dad fiddled with the controls until it managed to stabilize itself. We eventually slowed down a bit, before slightly crash landing on solid ground. We all breathed sighs of relief. "Another happy landing." I said.

We unbuckled our seatbelts and opened the exit door. We walked through the hallways, and out the ramp door. I had my headphones and IPad like usual. I went to a nearby rail, which oversaw a huge body of water, and a ferris wheel of sorts in the distance. It was late night time, so we saw it glow in all its glory. We gazed at the sight for quite a while before getting off the rail. "Let's figure out where we should go next." I said, as I contacted Bluestone on my IPad. "Eric here, we have landed on the planet safely. We see no sign of the pilot. Over." "Bluestone speaking, we have received your message. You take it from here, as the fleet is having trouble maneuvering our path. Do you copy?" "Copy that commander. We'll take it from here. Godspeed." We then closed off communication.

"Alright, Mom, Dad. We're on our own for a while. Stay on guard." They nodded. Normally I'm quite chilled out, but even I know that this is a serious deal. We stood in the park for a while, trying to figure out where to go next. Using my knowledge, I carefully tried to calculate where we were.

"Alright, using my knowledge… I think we go left here." I said. As we started to walk through the park. Just as the sun began to rise over the horizon. We didn't walk for too long, as we eventually came across a familiar establishment. "There it is!" I said, as we stumbled across La Soleil. "Eric… are you sure this is the right place?" My Dad asked, slightly worried. "Yep. It's the one." I replied as we looked at the bakery. I then went to the door to try and open it. "Locked." I said, a little frustrated. "Well, duh! It's an establishment, of course it would be lo-" The lock broke as I pushed through with brute force. "Doesn't matter." I said, opening the unlocked door. My parents following me in surprise. "Eric, you know this illegal, right?" My dad said. "Laws like that don't really matter on a journey like this!" I replied a bit angrily. However, that was the ultimate Jinx. As I heard the sound of doors opening, followed by a voice. "Alright, time to ch-" He paused as he saw us. All 4 of us froze. "Not what it looks li-" He cut me off when he pulled a knife from the kitchen. "...Shit." I felt a sense of uncertainty. "What, are you doing? How did you get in?" He angrily questioned us. "It was me, I broke the lock." My parents slightly nodded. "Why?" He asked. "...Good question." I replied. Kashou looked surprised for a moment. "You… don't really have a motive?" I very slightly nodded. I looked down at the floor in embarrassment and sadness. Kashou put down the knife and started walking towards us. "Master!" I heard the voice of Chocola. Kashou looked over his shoulder in surprise. "BATHROOM!" I yelled quietly to my parents as we ran to the bathroom door to hide.

(Kashou's POV)

As I watched the bathroom door for a moment, I felt Chocola tugging my clothes slightly. "Master? What's wrong?" She said. "You spaced out for a moment." Vanilla said, having come over with Chocola. "O-Oh! It's… nothing really!" They stared at me in suspicion for a moment. "Come, let's have breakfast." I said. "Ok!" They both said enthusiastically as we made our way back upstairs. As I prepared the food, I couldn't stop thinking about those three I met back downstairs, who were now hiding in the bathroom. Were they thieves? That couldn't be. They weren't even armed. The young boy seemed to have a tablet and headphones, but that was it. If anything, they looked like tourists. I had to talk to them as soon as possible, so I could get to the bottom of this. Even when unarmed, I can take a lot of damage, if they did try to kill me. I put down plates of sandwiches for Chocola and Vanilla. "I'll be downstairs if you need me. I need to check something." Chocola nodded enthusiastically. She was always a bit dumb and easy to fool, but she's cute like that. Vanilla looked at me suspiciously for a moment, before reluctantly nodding herself. I headed back to the bakery floor, entering the bathroom. "Ok, you can come out now!" I whispered quietly. The three then emerged again.

(Eric's POV)

"They gone?" I said, being cautious. Kashou nodded and motioned for us to follow him. We sat down at one of the tables, and I took off my headphones so I could hear him properly. "Nice bakery…" I said, as I looked around the room. This was the first time seeing it in person, so I took time to memorise it. "You seem a bit curious, headphones guy." Kashou said. "Yeah, I am." I said as I snapped my attention to Kashou. "Just call me Eric." I then followed up with. "The two with you are your parents, I'm assuming?" Kashou questioned. "Yep, darn right." I replied. Kashou then stood up and walked to my parents as he quietly talked to them. I couldn't make out what they were saying, and when I looked outside, I saw 5 familiar female figures walking towards the bakery. "We've got trouble…!" I said. Everyone looked outside for a moment and saw too. "Just hide in the kitchen, don't move until 2 others enter this room!" My parents and I ran inside the kitchen and hid in varying locations. We waited for a while, and I caught a glimpse of Chocola and Vanilla passing by, both in work uniforms. We waited until they entered the main room. "Now!" I said to my parents, as we caught the door before it fully shut. We then sneaked our way inside and headed upstairs. We then walked into the main living room. "Eric, what to do now?" My mom asked. She was panicking. "Let's just hide in his room for now, that'll most likely work." I replied. We scanned the rooms and found Kashou's room. We then headed inside and hid at the walls next to the door. "Eric, how do you know all of this?" My mom asked. "The Nekopara games." I replied with pride. My parents looked confused, because they never heard of it. The door opened, and Kashou stepped inside with his work uniform. He noticed us before changing. "Don't look." He said. We covered our eyes until he gave us the all clear signal. He then talked sternly. "You three, do not leave the room at all costs. And get some rest. If they spot you while sleeping, that's fine, don't panic and introduce yourselves nicely." We then nodded our heads as he left. "Eric, we'll sneak out and take the ship. Since you know this place so well, we'll leave it up to you." My dad said. "Give us a call if you need us. Love you!" My mom then gave me a kiss on the cheek. They then climbed out of the window and waved at me, before sneaking out entirely and running. I sighed, then put my IPad and headphones next to the bed before stripping down to my underwear and laying down in the bed. I fell asleep moments later, with a huge smile on my face.

I looked around, and saw I was back at my school. I looked over my shoulder to see if there was anything behind me. I saw an old friend of mine from school. Emiliano. I was smiling, we were good friends and hung out a lot. I walked towards him, expecting a greeting, but he doesn't even flinch. "Hey, Emiliano, it's me, Er-" He turned around quickly, and for a brief moment, his eyes were red. Then he vanished from my view. I was taken aback. Then, the entire school was blown up by a huge fireball. The city was now on fire, and I had difficulty breathing. I saw Emiliano fly down towards me. But, he looked partly like a devil. I was shaking, and tried to flee, before tripping on a piece of debris. I then continued crawling backwards, but he kept walking towards me. I was eventually backed up against a wall, unable to flee further. Emiliano smiled, as a sword appeared in his hand, entirely made out of fire. "Hey… Don't do this…" I said. "It's too late for apologies." Emiliano replied. "What did I even-" I was about to question him, when he raised his sword to slice me in half. "AHHH-"

"AHHHHH!" I yelled as I awoke from the dream. I panted for air. What the hell… was that? Emiliano destroying everything? This had nothing to do with the visions prior to this one… "Why does this keep happening to me…?" I asked myself. Before that question could be answered, I felt something on my chest. Felt like… hands. I slowly sat up to find out what was happening. Through my blurry-ish vision, I saw one or two people stumble backwards a little. "O-Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." I called out. They then moved back towards me quickly after nodding. My vision began to clear up, and I saw that it was Chocola and Vanilla, to my surprise.

"Sir! Are you alright? Are you hurt?" Chocola asked while she was panicking. "You looked like you were having a bad dream… are you okay?" Vanilla then asked. "Y-Yeah. I'm fine, thanks…" They both breathed sighs of relief after I confirmed my status. They then began observing me closely for some reason. "Um… you two, what are you doing?" I asked. "You entered without us knowing, it's better to check if your hiding something." Vanilla then replied with. They sniffed me and checked all around my body. They even checked the clothes that I left on the floor. Chocola then pulled out my tablet. "Sir! What's this?" She asked. "That's my IPad. Tablet I use everywhere I go. Got a problem with that?" I replied. She looked at me suspiciously, then put it down. I'll have to be careful not to get on their bad side. They then finished, then chatted amongst themselves for a moment, then turned back to face me. "By our observations, we have declared you innocent. Case Closed." Vanilla said. Chocola nodded in response. "Alright then… may I change now?" I asked kindly. They nodded and left the room. I put on my clothes which were next to the bed. I then took my IPad and headphones. "Man, this went from zero to a hundred real fast." I said to myself, before opening the door. I was met by the sight of the living quarters once again. I turned my focus to the sofa and seats. I then saw the entire Nekopara cast there, sitting, gazing at me. "It's about time you got up." Azuki then suddenly said. "Well, sorry I made y'all wait. Now we can discuss properly." I replied, before taking a seat myself. They were all staring at me in suspicion. Shigure then sat on the opposite side of the table to face me. She had never looked this serious before. We stared for a moment, before she spoke.

"Alright sir, who are you, and what do you want? Answer honestly." With a serious tone like that, I wouldn't even try to lie. "Name's Eric. High school student. I came here… for… well, I'm not sure really. If your wondering where my parents are, they aren't here. Besides that, all I have is an IPad and headphones besides that-" "Alright that's good." She cut me off. Shigure stood up, and motioned for me to wait. I waited while the entire Minaduki family chatted amongst themselves, before eventually agreeing on something. Shigure sat back down in front of me. "Although some of the things you said are a bit… off, we'll let you stick around." She then said. The nekos then all nodded in agreement, and I saw Kashou wink at me. "Alrighty then. In the meantime, let's do proper introductions." I then said. Although I already knew who they were, I did that just so I wouldn't sound weird. Before long, the sun was setting. So work for them was getting near its end. While alone, I took out my IPad and text messaged Bluestone. "I'm in." "So, you've made contact?" "Yep, don't engage until I signal. They are peaceful." "Roger." Azuki then entered the room as I closed my IPad. "Break?" I asked. She nodded and sat down on the sofa before sighing. I wanted to further question her, but I was worried about something going wrong. My sudden silence alarmed her.

"You know… you don't have to be so silent. Just because you were just let in, doesn't mean you need to stay distant from everyone else." She then said. "...Yeah? Well, I'm still a little concerned regardless." I replied. "You'll get used to it. Give it time." "Alright, I'll take your word for it." I said as I smiled at her. She smiled back, then stood up. "Alright, back to work!" She then left the room in a hurry. I took a moment to think about what she said. "...Right." I said to myself. I then turned to look at the sunset. I knew that hard times were coming, but I had to deal with it, I suppose.

I thought about those words for quite a while, they seemed… right. "Normally I don't like listening to others… but this time is an exception. You… you little tsundere…" I said. I pulled out my IPad and started watching some youtube videos. After some time, I got pretty lost in my videos, and after staring up for a bit, I looked back at my tablet, to see that it was slightly glowing. "What?" I looked at it suspiciously, before taking out the necklace, and saw that both of them were glowing. It slowly got brighter and brighter, before it suddenly blinded me. The ground slightly shook as I covered my eyes. When it was all clear again, I looked back down and saw my IPad, with the necklace symbol embedded on the back of my IPad case. Did it merge…? If so, how did that happen? I saw Chocola and Vanilla suddenly rush into the room, looking worried.

"Eric! Are you ok!? We heard shaking from downstairs!" Chocola said, clearly concerned. "It frightened some of the people too… What happened?" Vanilla followed up with. "Good grief… nothing really. Just an accident." They then breathed sighs of relief. "I appreciate the concern though, there there." I said, as I patted them on the head. I watched as they purred and smiled. Guess they are really that susceptible to it. I knew even in the games that they really liked it, but I wasn't quite expecting this when I petted them. Especially since I just got here. "You two should get back to work now. You're almost there." The sun had already set and the bakery was now in it's final hour for the day. "Okay!" They both said enthusiastically as they sprinted back. For the next hour, I looked at my IPad which suddenly got improved by the necklace somehow. I didn't bother to check the girls in the meantime. Eventually, my train of thought was interrupted by Azuki who poked me on the cheek. "Whatcha doing there?" She asked. "O-Oh… nothing really…" I nervously chuckled a small bit. Azuki did as well for a brief moment. "You pervert." "E-Eh? It's not like that at all!" Azuki laughed, although I was a bit annoyed. She then began running off. "Oh no you don't…! You get back here you!" I ran after Azuki, who had changed back into her normal clothes. I chased her out of the bakery and into the streets for quite a while, before eventually reaching a grassy hill with a tree on it. I stopped for a moment to catch some air. "That darn Azuki…" I said to myself, before I felt someone grab my head. "Hehe! I was only teasing ya." Azuki said. I looked away, embarrassed, as she sat down next to me on the grass, under the tree.

I wasn't quite sure how to feel in this moment. Although I loved the view. I saw the city glowing in the nighttime, and a large full moon in the distance. Gazing at the city, I loosened up. "Azuki." She suddenly turned to me in confusion. I patted her small back, and felt my cheeks go a little red. "Nice joke. Ya got me." I then put my hand back. I waited for a response. "...Heh. Don't force yourself to do something y'ain't used to doing." She wasn't wrong. I wasn't sure how to act around her after that. We then leaned against each other as we stared at the distance. "...Well, thanks for telling me. And, in general. You're being kind. Even if you are teasing me… hehe." "My pleasure. heheheh!" She laughs a bit, and I do too. Even though she is who she is, I don't mind this every once a while. Those were my thoughts as we laughed away. And into the beautiful night. We laughed and stared, as a shooting star passed by. We eventually drifted off without us even knowing.

(The next day, and after getting back…)

We had a little bit of a fight with Kashou and Shigure when we arrived, because we suddenly vanished. But it didn't last long, and it was a day off from their work. So it was mostly discarded. We went to Hyakkeijima Sea Paradise, the same theme park that was in volume 1 and 3, for those who don't know. After arriving, I did venture off with Azuki and Coconut, to the blue falling ride. It was incredibly high, and when we got on the ride, Coconut was screaming in fear, while I tried to contain my own.

However, strangely enough, the ride didn't start after the countdown. "Um, guys? Something's wrong!" Azuki and Coconut turned to me in shock. "What's wrong!?" Coconut yelled out. "The ride should normally start after the countdown! An-" I was cut off by the sounds of literal screams. As I saw other people on the ride crashing down at the bottom as I saw pieces of them on the surface. We were all shocked. A final destination-type malfunction!? "FUCK!" I yelled. I then pulled out the IPad which was next to me, making a call to Bluestone. Before he could even speak, I yelled out. "There's been a theme park ride malfunction, and if we don't get help now, we're dead!" "What!? Are you kidding me!?" Bluestone said in shock. "STOP MESSING AROUND! HURRY UP!" "Alright, help's on the way, hang tight." The call then stopped, and I looked at Azuki and Coconut, who were shaking in fear. Everyone who was left in the theme park, including the rest of the Minaduki family, observed in shock. While waiting, I began to notice sparks on the tower we were on. "The systems, including breaks, are starting to fail, if we don't get off soon, we're toast." "There's nowhere else to fucking go!" Azuki yelled at me. The seats then budged downwards a bit as Azuki jumped a bit in rage. "Don't! If you do, we're dead right now!" Azuki forced herself to calm down, while Coconut tried to forcefully contain her fear.

The accident was being recorded live by many, and probably going viral on the news. The seats budged again, on the verge of failing completely, and sending us to our death. Time was running out. Azuki and Coconut were holding each other close, with Coconut crying beyond belief. I myself closed my eyes, praying to god for survival. Silence followed for the next moment, before a familiar engine sound filled my ears. I opened my eyes and saw a spaceship overhead. "Yes…!" I said, as Azuki and Coconut looked at it in shock. The ship backed up it's rear entrance door close to our seats, before it opened. Standing there were three familiar friends of mine. "Y-You guys!?" I said in shock. Three of my friends from school were standing there. Archie, my best friend and someone I consider a brother, Emiliano my other closest friend who I talk to all the time currently, and Owen, one of Emiliano's best friends besides me. "B-But… How did you…?" "Bro, no time for explanations. Let's get you three off there." Archie said, smiling at me. They then each pulled out a ladder and attached it to either the walls or floor. "Remove your seatbelts, but don't move." Emiliano said. All three of us carefully removed our seatbelts and kept sitting. "Put out your hands, and grab the ladders." Owen then said. We then extended our arms, then the seats gave way and fell. We flew out of our seats in that instant. Coconut and Azuki grabbed on quickly, but I barely grabbed on at the last ladder. As I watched the seats fall down and explode on impact. I breathed a sigh of relief before the ship pulled away. The crowd erupted into cheers as we became visible. We eventually landed back on the safety on the Earth close to the rest of the Minaduki family. I let go of the ladder a bit early and fell on to the ground, gasping for air. The ship then landed, and the family ran towards us. Nigeria

I let the family do the talking, as I ran into the ship, running into my friends. "You guys were cutting it kinda close there… fuck…" They then all patted me on the back and apologised. I then asked the obvious question. "How did you guys find out about where i've been?" "Bluestone filled us in because we're your friends, and called us immediately to help you." Archie said. "If that's the case, who flew the ship!?" I then asked. As I asked that, my Mom and Dad stepped forward. We embraced each other for a while. After we let go, I gave them a thumbs up. "Nice flying!" They nodded. The six of us then walked to the Minaduki family. "You all! Allow me to introduce some of my friends and family." Both sides looked at each other for a moment before engaging in conversation with each other, but Azuki then walked up to me. "Hey, Eric… Thanks for saving our lives back there." She said. "I didn't do anything. I just called my commander, who sent them. That's all." I replied with. "...True. But that call saved us, so it was you who technically indirectly saved us." I thought that over for a moment. "That's true actually. But, it's not all me you know that rig-" Azuki then suddenly wrapped her arms around me. Shedding a few tears. "Just… thank you, honestly." She sounded a lot more scared this time around. I embraced her, holding her close. "...No problem." I replied. I felt my shirt become wet as her tears made contact. I heard a couple of sobs too. She never put her guard down this much normally. My cheeks reddened up as I closed my eyes and let the moment take over me. I knew, that from this day onwards, I had indirectly signed a contract, to watch over my comrades above all. No one would be killed, even if my life was at risk. And I swore to myself to always protect them at all times. I closed my eyes and let the new motive sync into my head.