That next day at school, Tridon passed by the library with Sayori and noticed Natsuki on her own struggling, "Sayori, why is Natsuki in there?"
"Oh. She has history test this coming Friday and she's not ready for it."
"I could help her." Tridon commented, "History is one of my better subjects."
"Don't you have history with her?"
"I do actually." Tridon nodded and said to Sayori, "I guess I have another study session. I'm super sorry Sayori."
"It's fine. We're still up for this weekend?"
"U-Uh..."
"Uh?! What 'uh'?!" Sayori hopped on Tridon's chest and grabbed his collar, "What are you hiding from me and who are they?!"
"Chill Sayori. It's just that Erica and I are just gonna hangout this weekend like old times. Okay?" Sayori pouted at Tridon who scrapped her off himself, "Look, we can still hangout Sunday. Mid-terms are coming up and I know for sure you're not ready for it."
"I..." Sayori stopped herself and nodded, "Yeah you're right."
"Cool. Now please don't think differently of me just because I'm doing something with another girl." Tridon nudged her arm and added, "You're always my number 1. You know that."
"Haha." Sayori laughed, "And you're always my number 1."
"I'll see you tomorrow." Tridon waved Sayori off as he stepped into the library. Natsuki didn't even notice him standing next to her until he asked, "Worried about our test Friday?"
"Ah!" Natsuki yelled.
"Shh!" The librarian shushed.
"Ah geez. It's only you Tridon." She placed her hands on her head and sighed, "I have not been more stressed about a test ever. How are you not stressed?"
"Because I'm confident I'll do well."
"Well that's obvious." Natsuki retorted, "You're number 2 in the whole Senior class. Of course you're confident."
"Oh. Please compliment me more."
"I'd rather thrust my hand into your sternum." Natsuki growled.
"I get it, but if you need help, why not ask Monika or even myself?"
"Firstly, Monika isn't in our history class. Secondly, you two won't always be there to help me." Natsuki leaned back in the chair and groaned, "I wish I was as smart as you and Monika."
"I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence. I'm sure it's probably due to study habits." Tridon looked at the book she was looking at and nodded, "You know what? We're studying about early world history. The last 2 weeks, we've been looking over the time in Southeastern Asia. Specifically the time of the Three Kingdoms."
"Yes..."
"So..." Tridon snapped his fingers and the 2 of them were teleported to Ancient China, "Let's learn it in person."
"W-What? Tridon!" Natsuki yelled.
"What's up."
"You're not suppose to use your powers!"
"Oh please. It's been over a week since that whole incident. I think I'm fine."
"Well," Natsuki got closer to Tridon and said, "I'm staying close to you so you don't have to play the hero."
"Oh don't worry about that. The people around us can't see or here us. In fact," Tridon walked over to a nearby person and swung at him. However, his hand flew straight through, "we can't even touch them."
"Oh. Wait a minute can we...?" As Natsuki started her sentence, she felt herself floating in mid-air, "Holy hell!"
"Cool huh?"
"W-We're flying!"
"Yeah we're flying. Anything's possible in these weird fanfictions." Tridon floated around Natsuki and laughed, "It takes some getting used to. Just take my hand and we'll look at one of the first major battles that led up to the 3 kingdoms." Tridon held out his hands and said, "Let's go explore."
"Yeah!"
They flew around for a minute before hovering over a large river of some sort, "Now this is one of the major turning points of the 3 Kingdoms. The Battle of Red Cliffs."
"Otherwise known as The Battle of Chi Bi?"
"That's right. This pitted Sun Quan versus Cao Cao. Sun Quan gained assistance from an ally, Liu Bei. Both men believed Sun Quan was a threat to the land. As Liu Bei's strategist, Zhuge Liang, arrived, Cao Cao had sent a warning to Sun Quan threatening that he has 800,000 troops at his disposal and demanded his surrender."
"Got it..." Natsuki actively wrote down notes in a handheld notebook, "Go on."
"Okay." He cleared his throat and continued, "He was nearly convinced to surrender, but Zhuge, along with a few of Sun's close advisers. He chopped Cao Cao's letter and part of his desk and threatened that anyone who disagrees with his decision will meet the same fate as his table."
"Wasn't Sun very inexperienced?"
"That's correct. He was thrusted as head of the Sun Family due to the untimely death of his older brother. So he was young and very inexperienced. However, due to the support of his people, he was able to rule as the Sun Family head for many generations."
"Interesting. What else happened during the battle?"
"Well, Cao merely bluffed about his numbers. Sun's adviser, Zhou Yu, estimated that he had only 200,000 instead of 800,000. Not to mention that some of those troops were from the recently deceased warlord, Liu Biao, so morale was uncertain among Cao's army."
"He was trying to use fear to cause Sun to surrender."
"Exactly. They were still outnumbered. Liu Bei had 20,000 troops at his disposal. That combined with Sun's army equaled out to an estimate of 50,000."
"So how exactly were they able to win against such numbers? It was obvious Cao had the naval advantage, but how did the Sun-Liu Allied Force take down Cao's massive fleet?"
"Well, most remember the Wind and Fire being a main contributor during this bout, but it was also mental instability among Cao's Army. You see, they marched almost nonstop on their Southern Campaign that Cao's forces were plagued with disease and fatigue."
"So that was also a contributor to their loss at Red Cliffs?"
"That's right. This loss ruined Cao Cao's campaign south, so he switched his attention to the west. However, this messed with Cao Cao mentally as he had garnered such a bad reputation from his brutality that some people were fearful of him."
"I see." Tridon snapped his fingers again and below them was the burning fleet of Cao Cao's army, "Wow..."
"The fires lit up the night sky and Cao Cao's losses were immeasurable. No estimate was ever calculated, but it was obvious that his losses were on a grander scale." Tridon turned to Natsuki and asked, "Has this helped at all?"
"Definitely. Thanks dude." Tridon snapped his fingers again and they were back in the library, but it was now night time, "You know quite a bit."
"It just takes good study habits." Tridon looked around and sighed, "So I think it's time for us to leave."
"Yeah probably." They both walked over to the library door and Tridon tried to push it open, but it didn't budge, "Uh..."
"Open it Tridon."
"I'm trying, but it's not budging."
"Geez, to think all that muscle was real." Natsuki tried to push it, but nothing happened, "What?"
"Yeah. My muscles really are just for show."
"Shut up dude." Natsuki growled, "We can't be stuck in the school at night. Come on..."
"Well, it can't be all to bad. We can continue studying."
"I got enough to study for before the test Friday Tridon. If we're stuck here, where are we gonna sleep?"
"Well," Tridon looked around and looked outside, "I don't really know what to do. I'm not taking a leap out the window again." He turned back around and sat down on the floor, "The most we can do is chill out while I call someone."
"Who?"
"I don't know. Maybe Sayori." Tridon took out his phone and proceeded to call Sayori, "Hey Sayori. Mind doing me a favor?" He waited for a moment and said, "Well, I went on an adventure to help Natsuki server and we're kinda stuck in the library." Tridon moved the phone away from his ear and sighed, "I'm sorry. I know I'm suppose to be taking a break from using my power, but it was for a good cause." He waited more and smiled, "Thank you Sayori. I owe you." Tridon hung up and gave Natsuki a thumbs up.
"How long until she gets here?"
"She's getting the other 2 before coming here. I would say maybe an hour."
Natsuki stiffened up and smirked, "So what you're saying is that we'll be alone for an hour?"
"Pretty much." Tridon looked at Natsuki make her way to him, "It's been a crazy beginning to the semester."
"You said it." Natsuki took a seat next to Tridon and hugged her legs.
"Shorts?" He commented.
"Well yeah. I don't want you peaking up my skirt and seeing under..."
"Why do you girls think that I'm a pervert." Tridon stretched his legs and laid down next to Natsuki, "The last thing I am is a pervert."
"That's unusual for a boy in your position."
"Yeah. Most boys would think of very perverted situations they could get themselves in with you 4. It would be even worse if they had my little power."
"Your power isn't little though. You have the power to change reality and create mass worlds out of nothing."
"To be honest with you, I hated my power for most of my young life. I tried to make friends with it, but other kids thought I was weird. Well, all kids except Sayori." Tridon sighed and turned to Natsuki, "That girl basically stuck with me when I had no one else to turn to when kids avoided me."
"The more you or Sayori talk about your life before you met us it's just more and more..."
"Depressing?"
"Yeah." Natsuki looked down at Tridon and sighed, "Don't think I'm doing this because I feel bad or anything like that." Natsuki grabbed Tridon's head and let it rest on her lap, "Does that feel good?"
"Surprisingly, it does." Tridon looked up at Natsuki who looked at him back, "I'm pretty sure it's the shorts making it rather comfortable. I don't mean for this too sound negative, but your thighs aren't that very thick." Natsuki pinched Tridon's cheek while he said, "I said it was meant to sound negative."
"Would you prefer to have someone else's thighs. Like Yuri's or Monika's?"
"Natuski, I'm content with whoever. I already made that well-known under that tree." Tridon sighed and stared at Natsuki, "I find myself doing this a lot recently."
"The only one who's been left out is Monika."
"Mmm. Yeah." Tridon agreed, "But she'll get her chapter again."
"Really now? It's been 4 chapters since hers. Are you sure she's going to like that?"
"I don't know. Maybe?"
"Well, she'll have to be last to get this." Natsuki bent down and kissed Tridon on his forehead, "Don't take this the wrong way though."
"Oh god. Not your tsundere personality." Natsuki proceeded to dig her knuckles into Tridon's temples and he yelled out in pain, "Ah! No!"
The doors to the library opened to show Sayori, Monika, and Yuri walking in on Natsuki drilling into Tridon's head with her knuckles. They paused and looked at the 3 girls who frowned at Tridon particularly.
"H-Hey..." Tridon waved over to them and chuckled, "I thought it would take an hour..."
"Why are you on her lap!" Sayori yelled as she grabbed Tridon and pulled him into an arm bar, "You pervert!"
"I'm not a pervert!" He yelled while tapping on Sayori's leg, "I tap!"
Monika and Yuri walked over to Natsuki who laughed at Sayori and Tridon. Monika asked, "You're the one that put him on your lap, weren't you?"
"What? Do you 3 really think you're the only ones that can get some alone time with him." Natsuki laughed and stood up, "Monika, you're the last one who has yet to kiss him."
"I-I..."
"And you still have more waiting to do."
Monika pouted and crossed her arms, "Well, I guess that means I'm the one that'll actually get to kiss him on the lips." Monika looked up and winked, "Thank you writer."
A/N: Sorry for this being so late. I had other things to deal with like video editing, writing for other stories, and work. Please bear with me as I'm trying my best to get this and the other DDLC story out. Anyway, the next chapter, we have Tridon's day out with Erica. How will their experience go and have those two really gotten over one another? Only I know. Huehuehuehuehue!
