A quiet and peaceful planet was hard to Lala began to count the slowly appearing stars "One... two... oh! That group looks like a puppy!" She announced as she pointed a group of stars that looked like a dog
"Lala-sama, do you really believed he would be a wise choice?"
The girl perked up as her hat, which is really a capable transformation outfit A.I., gave a strange question "And what would you mean Peke?"
The hat's expression changed to give upturned brow look "He doesn't give off any sense that we can trust him, he is plain looking and he looks like an idiot."
"Oi! What's with the 'plain looking'?" Lala looked towards the bridge over the riverbank to see Rito in his Spider-Man outfit in a strange position. He looked to hanging upside down on a single line of web, his feet held together to keep a grip on said line. She really wanted to question him if it made him dizzy.
She instead really replied "Peke was just having a thought is all, are you well, Rito?"
The boy gave a 'shush!' sound and whispered "Not out loud, will ya? I'm still in uniform.." He gave a pointed look at her with what seemed to be new goggles that seemed to be all fixed up "You know WHY I called you out here, right?" He emphasized
Lala tapped her lips "To discuss our marriage?"
"Yes-Wait what-no!"
Lala clapped her hands "First things, I think we should live in the same room and call Papa that I've decided so I can-"
Rito waved his arms, just flailing them about "Hey, hey hey!" he settled down "You're kinda rushing into this, and I don't really know if you'd thought this thru."
"But I thought Couples stayed together in the same room."
"NOT THAT!" The loud screech made Rito lose his grip and fall right to the ground with a thud "Okay ow.." He groaned before rolling to the sitting position "I know I let you stay in my house but I didn't say anything that REMOTELY sounded like marriage okay? so I need you to come to my school and explain the-" He halted as the all-to-familiar ringing had returned. He felt the need to move-NOW!
He leaped from his spot and landed next to Lala and turned his attention right back to where he once stood to find the space occupied by a newcomer stabbing the space was at with a... A freaking LIGHTSABER?!
Lala gasped "Zastin?!"
This 'Zastin' guy had shoulder-length gray hair and had a demonic looking suit of armor with a cape and once again, a freaking blue lightsaber. He would've could cut a truly intimidating figure... had he not had a comedic looking dog gnawing on his hind leg. Rito couldn't even make a joke as one was already there
'Zastin' smirked as he pulled his sword from the ground with ease "Impressive reflexes, I can see why my men would have the tiniest of trouble with you, Human-spider creature."
His men? Must have been the Men in black (Damn it, stop thinking of the Will Smith song) "Sorry bud, Human spider didn't test well with test audiences so the name is Spider-man."
"...And here I thought you were an exception, seems you are as undeveloped as the rest of your planet."
"HEY!"
Zastin ignored the hero and turned his attention to Lala "Princess, I ask you one last time peacefully: Return to Deviluke this instant!"
And that pretty much confirmed it, Rito sighed 'Geez I thought Tweedle-Dumb and Dumber sent her message quite clearly too..'
Lala frown and crossed her arms and harrumphed in a high pitched way "I thought it was clear I don't wannna!"
"This is not up for discussion! It is your fathers will!"
Lala Stuck her tongue out like a brat "Oh yeah? And if I say I found the one I wanted to marry!"
Rito, Zastin and Peke's eyes widened at the announcement. Zastin at the suddenness of it all, and Peke and Rito finally putting all the pieces together 'She was just gonna use me/him?!'
Zastin recovered first "And whom would be the next in line?"
Lala gestured to the masked figure in a showy manner "I will marry the human: Yuuki Rito!"
Rito's eyes popping out nearly popped off the protective lenses meant to disguise himself 'She just threw me under the damn bus?!'
Zastin's eyes were shadowed by his hair "So Spider-Man is but an earthling named Yuuki Rito... how...,." He lifted his gaze and gave a pointed look at the wall-crawler "Utterly disappointing..."
Lala closed her eyes and smiled, about to say something else before a gust of wind cutted her off
'Okay, re-evaluate where exactly everything went wrong...' The moment the bodyguard uttered the last syllable, The ringing in Rito's head returned,telling him to- JUMP!
He hopped just in time to miss the swift thrust of his sword brought forth by the swordsman "I cannot allow one such as yourself to take Lala-sama's hand as is my mission from his highness will not allow!"
Rito barreled onto the ground below him and crouched 'Okay,... This guy is nuts!?' throwing his arm and firing a web at an abandoned truck that was parked next to the action and moving close to it to give him space from the madman with a large knife
"Don't expect to escape, BOY!" Zastin zoomed towards the truck and began slicing wildly in every direction "Fight me like a man!" The, slashes aimed for everything in it's way, from the truck being diced into pieces to...
"Whoa!" Rito barely dodged with only a slash across the chest "Grr! Not cool!" Angered by the tearing of his costume, Rito only had to look at what was left of the truck to know going wildly in would be a... Wait..
"Is that all you have?!" Zastin assumed a stance and glared at the hero. The Web-head responded by firing a web that Zastin dodged with ease, The bodyguard gave a smirk while the other seemed less talkative for missing his attack, instead proceeding to tighten his grip on the web-shot
The Spider tilted his head "Gotcha." He said before pulling his arm back, yanking on the web. Zastin alerted, turning back to see what was the actual target, before getting blinded by the sudden shattering pane of glass slamming and breaking right into him
'Now's my chance!' Leaping from his position and landing on the ground, Rito swipe-kicked the distracting guard's legs
Zastin grunted as he fell on his back losing his grip on his blade, allowing Rito to web the sword to him. After grabbing the blade, The hero quickly tossed the weapon into the nearby river. Zastin recovered and hopped on his feet in time to see his weapon tossed aside. "H-HUH?!"
"Just not your day, pal" The hero said in a mocking tone
The bodyguard before closing his eyes and smirks "I was mistaken, you are certainly a cut above the rest using my arrogance to get a leg up in this fight..." He slowly shifted to a martial arts pose "But I have my duty so I shall- HRRPFH!?"
"Whoopsie.., you were saying something? You were kinda just standing there with your eyes closed so.." The Hero slowly said before rapidly firing more web shots at Zastin before slowly encasin the man in a thick webbed cocoon where he mumbled his frustration loudly.
Rito quickly fell on his butt and took a breath while slowly descending from the air was Lala grasping her hands "That was awesome! Now all we have to do is call Papa and-" The hero held up his hand to quiet the princess
"Look, Imma be real with you, okay?" The princess remained quiet, keeping her eyes also remained chained to him "I don't like that YOU get to throw ME into a marriage that just forces someone into something they don't want, That's just hypocritical."
"But... I also understand your reasoning," The girls eyes widened as she looked up to see a hand held out to her "This is a problem that is way out of any of our hands so I want to help, just..." He winces "No more throwing me under the bus, okay?"
The princess looked uncertain "Are you sure?.."
"Well, duh" He shrugged with one shoulder "Especially since my M.O. is to be a 'Friendly' neighborhood Spider-Man so why wouldn't I? Would make for rather lousy marketing if I didn't, and Rule #1 is to be a hero is to save people-" He bit his tongue before he could add the annotation "So I'll do my best to help you and besides..." The hero rubbed the back of his head "You're pretty cool."
The princess stared at the red clad teenager in front of her breaking into a smile and grabbing the boys hand and shaking it, which also brought a hidden smile on the hero's masked face. Their attentions were soon caught by a sudden mumbling.
The teens turned back to see Zastin eyes closed shut and seeming to be monolouging to himself in mumbles only he could understand, leaving both perplexed. Soon, unable to take it anymore, Lala floated over and ripped the webbing over Zastin's mouth, causing a scream to erupt from the man's lips
The princess rolled her eyes "Zastin, What is it that you were saying?"
The bodyguard lips continued to whimper before replying "I-I said that I have given up.." The teens and clothes-bot continued to stare, waiting for him to continue "I give victory in this battle to you, and I too shall work to give Lala-sama the life she actually wants."
The girl held her hands over her mouth to stifle a gasp while the hero looked suspicious and raised a mechanical brow at the swordsman. "Is that so? I ain't buying it, why the sudden change of heart that made you not want to make a spidery themed shish-kabob?"
The knight looked down to the ground and shutting his eyes and shifted to a position where Rito would expect him to hold his fist "I do not fault you for pointing out my sudden heel-turn but it is also you who caused it," he gritted his teeth "I had allowed my duty towards his highness, the king, to delude me into not realizing Lala-sama's strife." Cue the dramatic one eyed tear "But you... you have show me your understanding of Lala-sama's feelings that I could never understand..."
The two stared at the overly dramatic knight as he made a show of his resolve, noting all of the overblown bravado, but they could tell he was being serious. Rito walked over to the webbed up knight, picked up a piece of shattered glass and began to cut the knight free. after slicing through the web, Zastin crawled out of the cocoon and straighten himself "I shall report this prospect to his highness and the queen, I wouldn't get any hopes up until I report back but for the time being, I will hold back my forces and not make any attempts to reclaim Lala-sama."
Both teenagers looked at each other with Lala looking visually the most happy as she hops up and down in victory as Rito lets out a sigh 'Didn't think it would be that e-' "HOWEVER," The teens snapped their attention to the knight who looked deadly serious 'There's the catch..'
Zastin crossed his arms "Should news of Lala-sama's location be revealed, propositions from suitors all across the galaxy will come, and will attempt to make their claim, so tell me this," Zastin stared right into Rito's eyes through his googles "Can you protect Lala-sama then?"
Rito crossed his arms "This town is my home and responsibility so I think I'll be... hold up," Rito stopped as his goggles widened "Are they any I don't know... Face-huggingalienswithacidblood?.." He said in one breath
The two aliens stared at the hero in confusion before Zastin slowly replied "Uhh... I do not believe so?..."
The hero sighed in relief "Then of course."
Both aliens smiled as Zastin turned his back to them to look at the river "Then you have my trust, now about my blade..." he trailed as he stared at the water making both teenagers turn to view what he was looking at, only to see the light of the blade floating down the river fast.
The group stared in silence before Zastin made a mad dash down the river screaming like a madman. The teenagers stared at the bodyguard silently before the hero meekly say "...Let's just go home..."
"..." Lala just nodded
After returning and catching Mikan up to speed with the new living standards from then on and eating dinner, both Yuuki's went to show Lala to a spare room. Mikan left to call their father of the situation and Rito to study, leaving the princess of deviluke to her own devices.
Lala laid on her bed and stretched, appreciating her new sense of freedom as a light flashed as she suddenly striped of her ridiculous outfit and laid on the bed, naked. She tilted her head to see the marshmallowy form of Peke lying tired right beside her. The small costume bot said meekly
"Lala-sama... now what are we going to do?..."
The princess hummed and stared at the ceiling "I don't know actually, I was sort of more preoccupied with GETTING the space rather than what I was gonna do with it.."
Lala began to ponder as Peke snores. She had honestly thought that freedom wouldn't come so easily, that she had to keep hopping from city to city and planet to planet but now she is able to stay here. Papa wouldn't like it but that's his just desserts, and now she can kick back, relax and... do... something...
She sighed, not knowing what to do in her free time...
Maybe she can think of the marriage prospects?... Oh god no, that was even worse! Anyone lined up for the position had no redeeming qualities in the slightest... well, almost everyone..
The princess tilted her head to look at the wall to see various framed pictures of a family of four, many consisting of two children. She focused on the boy in the pictures: Yuuki Rito... she was feeling bad for not taking his feelings into consideration especially with how he has made it his mission to help her... And he even understands how she feels, too...
Ugh... Even if wasn't what he had in mind, he, without even trying, was probably the one she... wouldn't mind...
The girl shook her head, He made it clear marriage wasn't on his mind, at least for now... besides, He has his Spider-Man thing and that school place...
The princess blinked then smiled "Hmm... That sounds fun.."
Rito sighed as he laid on his bed putting together the timeline of events that had transpired in just the last 2 days from unknowingly saving Haruna-Chan to getting unwittingly engaged to an alien princess (Although he managed to clear that issue up) after getting sliced around by an idiot bodyguard, speaking of which... He tilts his head towards his floor which laid his ripped costume. He did have an extra in the closet but did he really need to keep THIS specific outfit?
He means, its okay but it really look unremarkable compared to the outfits that have been popping up as of of recently. if only...
Rito looked his desk which was riddled with tiny bits of machinery, a home brew computer and a small notebook. He got up and walked up and pulled up a chair and sat down. He opened his notebook and viewed it's pages and its contents, The first few pages were a few words that wouldn't make sense with out a bit of context: "Able to lift tremendous weight" "Over 200 lbs with ease' '400' '600' 'can't find anything else to measure' "surprisingly clingy' 'buzz buzz buzz' 'headaches prevents stabbings'
Yep, anyone who read this would just think he was crazy.
the next few pages had a strange formula broken down and a design for a bracelet-type device with a trigger with a miniature carousel meant for reloading small cartridges
and turning to the last pages were complied together with a paperclip as a section labeled 'Costume possibilities' and pulling the last in the bunch, the only one not crossed out and smiled
"Y'know having a fashionista mother can really be a help... I hope She left A LOT of spandex.."
He was gonna need it...
Why am I able to push these chapters so quickly while ignoring the story that still gets me follows and favorites today...
Edit:8/16/2018 Edits from a previous draft were deleted before upload, restored