A/N: Heyo! Happy Hallo- oh, too late? Oops.

Anyhow, thanks for waiting, and thank you so much for the favorites and follows! (Btw, I really hope someone picked up on my reference last chapter.) We're picking up right where we left off. Also, zrytis, about your review: all in due time. Speaking of which...

As Rito followed Yami through the house, he glanced out the window and noticed that night had completely fallen at this point. It was highly likely that the other occupants of the house were already asleep. He wasn't completely certain that following her in the black of night was the right choice, but couldn't find a real problem in it, since she had just spared him when he did something she hated most.

Yami walked through another doorway and beckoned Rito in, still with an impassive expression. Rito recognized the room as the one he and Yami had slept in when their hands were stuck together. The room had a bed set up once again, and he realized this was where Yami was to sleep for the night.

Yami took a seat on the bed, and looked at Rito somewhat expectantly. Rito took a seat as well, still slightly unsure. Once he was seated, Yami looked forward and blushed ever so slightly, but kept an otherwise stoic face.

"I've pulled you aside to ask this before, but…" Yami began speaking but paused for a moment. "Did you enjoy the dinner?"

Rito looked slightly dumbfounded for a second, but quickly hid it. 'So that's what this is about.' He thought to himself. 'Why do I feel so relieved?'

He actually spoke now. "Of course I enjoyed it Yami, I-"

Yami cut him off. "I asked Mikan not too long ago what kind of taste would please you." Rito eyes widened slightly. He was more than a bit stunned at this. "I hope I succeeded tonight." Yami blush deepened, making it a bit more noticeable, but her face still held no expression, except that she seemed to be staring off into space.

Rito, genuinely this time around, replied. "You definitely did. I appreciate the time you took to think about what I would like." He smiled warmly.

'What am I saying?' He questioned himself in his mind after the words had come out. 'That makes it sound like…'

Yami looked to Rito, and surprise crossed her face, the first emotion to finally show itself. At this, Rito began to turn red as well, and quickly tried to excuse himself, and stood to leave.

"Well, if that's all you needed then I'll just-" He was interrupted by the feeling of something grabbing his arm. He turned and saw that Yami had wrapped some of her hair around his arm in an effort to stop him, despite still staring at the same spot.

'Her hair is really soft now that I think about it, and it feels almost…' He gulped. '... comforting?'

Yami decided to speak up. "Yuuki Rito…" She looked up at him with a different expression on her face. It seemed almost like…

"Will you sleep in here tonight?" Her eyes made and held contact with his. Rito was astonished to the point where he couldn't speak, but could only nod his head, and sat back down on the bed. "Thank you." She said quietly.

In an unspoken agreement, the two laid down to sleep. Unbeknownst to the other, neither could actually manage to fall asleep. They simply laid there for what seemed like a countless amount of time. The stillness was broken when Yami, assuming Rito to be asleep after the amount of time passed, turned over and gently wrapped her arms around a very much awake Rito. Rito, who didn't want to (and was somewhat afraid to) disturb Yami, simply tried to remain as still as he had been and calm his breathing. His breathing...

'Why am I breathing so heavily?' He frantically questioned his natural reaction. 'And my heartbeat…' He also noticed the pounding in his chest and was now afraid that these signs may alert Yami. Yami, who somehow sensed nothing amiss, took this as her cue to close her eyes and fall asleep. The effects this ordeal had on Rito subsided eventually, along with the *ahem* effect on Rito also calming down. And the state of tranquility that had once filled the room began to return. Soon enough, Rito also managed to fall asleep.

Outside the slightly open door to the room that the two were sleeping in, two figures stirred in the dark.

"Very interesting indeed." Nemesis spoke, loud enough for the other person to hear but quiet enough so as to not wake the sleeping Rito and Yami.

"For Yami-san to make such a bold move…" Momo began, speaking at the same volume as her new partner in crime.

"She has certainly come a long way. First a confession, and now this." Even Nemesis was amazed that Yami of all people would do something such as this.

Momo saw the opportunity before it even fully presented itself. "This is a great advancement to the Harem Plan!" She raised her voice, almost to the point of waking the two in the room, before covering her own mouth.

"Nice one, Momo-hime. Really." Nemesis teased. Momo simply narrowed her eyes. "In any case, it would seem that we have another person besides Rito's sister to include in our plans."

Momo found it hard to argue. "Yeah, you're right. But maybe we should give it a rest for the night. I need to make up for the sleep I lost before coming to you." With that, she began making her way back upstairs.

Nemesis was pondering something, and spoke to Momo once more. "I think I'll linger here for a while."

Momo raised an eyebrow, but surprisingly gave no argument. She simply continued upstairs.

Once Momo was out of line of sight, Nemesis finally moved and began to creep into the room of the sleeping Rito and Yami. But of course, the ever sly and scheming Momo was not truly gone, and instead watched in silence around the corner as Nemesis entered the room. 'What is that Nemesis up to?'

"God these are delicious!" Rito yelled aloud. This was the best marshmallow he had ever tasted, and there were also some sweet candies beginning to pop up in between the marshmallows.

'But why does this place seem so familiar?' Rito was sure he had never been here before, but the nagging feeling was there nonetheless. He ignored it as best he could and focused on the task at hand (and mouth): devouring as much as possible. It seemed the candies were getting sweeter by the second, and Rito didn't want to miss a single drop. Drop…?

'Candies don't drip…' Rito barely had time to process this revelation when he was alerted to another person's presence.

"It would seem you're at it again, Rito." Nemesis called to him with a smirk. She doubted he knew what was actually going on, and decided to make things more interesting.

"Nemesis, what are you doing here?" Rito was already not completely sure what was going on, but Nemesis' appearance just added to his confusion.

Nemesis raised an eyebrow. "Can you not recall the last time we were here?"

Rito's brows did the opposite, and furrowed deeply. "Have I… been here before?"

Nemesis sighed. 'Earthlings…' She thought to herself. "Look around you. Does any of this seem real?"

With his blissful ignorance broken, Rito took a complete look at his surroundings, and realized just how unreal it was. But then…

"No, I guess not." Rito replied flatly, not sure what to think.

Nemesis could only stare wide-eyed. "Then what do you think this is!?"

Rito seemed completely lost, and only shrugged this time. He glanced behind himself, and noticed that the candy he had been licking earlier was still moistening despite his lack of contact for the last minute or so.

Nemesis' urge to facepalm was growing stronger, and decided to stop with the mystery. "A dream! This is a dream!"

Rito looked around again, and simply said: "Ohhhh." The pieces were starting to come together given this critical information.

"I've used my trans-fusion to enter into your mind. Think back: where have you seen this before?" Nemesis decided to just try the direct approach.

Rito's suspicion had been confirmed: he had indeed been here before. Knowing all this was now allowing the memories to come flooding in. He did remember this place, and encountering Nemesis who had told him it was a dream back then also. And then...

Rito's eyes widened and his face went a deep shade of red as he remembered the last instance of this dream and what it meant. Upon seeing this, Nemesis' smile creeped back across her face.

"Am I doing something to you right now!?" Rito began to panic somewhat. Accidentally being in a position like that awake was one thing, but knowing that you're dreaming and doing stuff like that outside of conscious control was another.

Nemesis had to stifle a laugh now, this situation would start getting good. "No, not me. My trans-fusion requires me to enter your body, so that wouldn't be possible." She was waiting for him to realize the next crucial piece of information.

Rito, also sensing he was missing something, tried to think harder, but for some reason was drawing blanks. 'Why can't I remember?' He pondered.

Nemesis contemplated holding back this next part, but you know she had to do it to him.

"Do you remember where you fell asleep, Rito?"

Rito's mind's eye immediately landed on the face of Yami after she had asked him to sleep in her bed. He recalled laying down and, barely, the moment she had wrapped her arms around him. As he realized what exactly this and Nemesis were implying, not only did he get the normal flustered effect, but he was slightly scared. Yami couldn't have known yet, otherwise he probably would have been woken up. Roughly.

Nemesis, sensing his fear, now laughed out loud. "I must say, you have quite a knack for this. But you have nothing to be worried about." Nemesis was hoping Rito would connect the dots on his own, but found this to be more unlikely by the second.

Now in full panic mode, Rito could only get out: "Nothing to worry about?! This is Yami!"

Nemesis, shaking her head, held her hand up in front of her, and a small plane of dark matter appeared above it. An indiscernible picture seemed to be swimming around in it.

"Look."

Rito didn't seem to be listening, possibly distracted by hyperventilation and all the blood running to his face.

"Look!" Nemesis said in a much more forceful manner, so much so that it quieted Rito long enough for her to focus the picture. Looking closer as the scene came into focus, Rito realized that it was the room he and Yami were sleeping in. Except at first glance, you couldn't tell anyone was sleeping. An obviously awake Yami had her head tilted back, breathing heavily with her mouth open, seemingly moaning in pleasure. This was most likely due to the person with their head buried between her legs.

"Is that… me!?" Rito asked, panicked and perplexed. Viewing yourself doing this to a girl in real time is… odd to say the least.

"Yes." Nemesis replied. "Well… your body. At this very moment, your subconscious is simultaneously creating this… 'world' for you, your actual consciousness, to see, while at the same time having your actual body do this." She was only theorizing, but it seemed to make sense.

This for some reason did not seem to calm Rito. "Well why is this happening? Why show me a world like this when that-" He pointed to the picture in her hand. "-is what's happening in reality?"

Nemesis cocked her head in deliberation. "I'm not really sure. It could be that your mind is too innocent and pure to comprehend what your body is doing." 'For now.' She added deviously in her mind. "So it conjures up a place like this. As for your body acting by itself while you sleep in the first place, it's possible that it ties in with that Doctor's hypothesis of why you are always ending up in interesting situations with girls."

"What do you mean 'interesting' ?!" He asked. She only chuckled at that. "Anyway, you're probably right. Not that I really know enough about this to dispute it anyway." He seemed to be partially distracted from what was happening in the real world. He suddenly remembered something. "Hey, that reminds me, when you said acting by itse-"

Nemesis cut him off, sensing something. "Sorry, that'll have to wait. Looks like it's time to wake up." She said this with a mischievous smile. "Hold that thought and maybe I'll come back later."

Rito started panicking again. "But wait, what am I supposed to-" He couldn't finish before he felt a stirring feeling.

He suddenly woke up, or came to, or whatever. That whole situation was a bit confusing. What he did understand was the sight that laid right before his eyes. And the rest of his face for that matter, since all of it was pressed into Yami's exposed crotch.

And when I say pressed I mean pressed like it's- *ahem* nevermind.

His eyes were perfectly level with her puffed up clit, and he could taste her juices on his tongue. Given the state Yami was in, she had either just finished or was close to it. Either way, his sleep self must have really been something, like Nemesis said the first time.

Needless to say, Rito stopped whatever action his sleeping self had been performing before he woke up. Yami, who sensed the interruption, looked down at the now awake Rito, who immediately sat up and began uselessly sputtering random gibberish, not knowing where to start.

Instead of doing something like attacking Rito, which was what he was waiting for, she did something much more unexpected. She reached around his neck with her arms and pulled him in, and their lips met. Rito's eyes widened in surprise, but he couldn't bring himself to pull away. This was his first actual kiss, since the kiss with Haruna was accidental.

"Her lips are… really soft…" Rito thought he knew what was coming and tried to stop it, but it was too late. He felt himself slipping away. Acting of their own volition, Rito's arms began to move. One arm reached behind Yami and held her head, allowing Rito to deepen the kiss, and the other began to grope Yami's breasts. Yami's eyes, previously half-lidded as if in a trance, widened at this, but she at first did nothing to stop Rito. Once he began moving his tongue to hers, however, she suddenly moved away from Rito and, wordlessly and with a deep blush on her face, began to get up. This action seemed to bring Rito back to his senses as well.

'It happened again…' He thought to himself. 'But she seemed to… enjoy it?' He seemed perplexed as to the way Yami had acted throughout all this. Still slightly scared but mostly assured that Yami was not going to do anything to hurt him, he tried calling to her.

"Yami, I-" He began. But she had quickened her pace and already exited the room. He glanced at the clock on the wall and noticed that it was around the same time he normally woke up. He got up and began to follow Yami out of the room, since he had to get ready for school, but he halted in his tracks when he nearly bumped into Mikan, who had been standing near the doorway with her hands on her hips.

"What exactly happened in there?"

"So what was that all about?"

Momo had been questioning Nemesis since they had gotten back to her room. After observing Rito's actions on Yami and Nemesis' watching for near to the whole night, she was filled with questions.

"What are you talking about?" Nemesis was currently facing away from Momo, but wore a sly grin on her face since she knew Momo would want to know about her intrusion into Rito's mind more than anything.

Momo whined impatiently. "You know what I'm talking about! You watched for most of the night, and not long after you fused with him, he wakes up! What happened?"

Nemesis contemplated what to say next. Sure, she could go into a long winded explanation of the exact events that went on, but she decided to make a long story short.

"We just have a bit more work to do before she falls into place." Meh, close enough.

Momo raised her eyebrow. "Are you suggesting we put our plans for Mikan-san on hold?"

Nemesis smiled, glad that they were on the same page. "Exactly."

A/N: Chapter 6 down! I decided to change gears a bit for this chapter and flesh out the relationship between Rito and Yami. Maybe devoting a whole chapter to it was a wise choice, maybe it wasn't, but it's already written anyway. Hope you enjoyed, and remember that helpful reviews are always welcome!