Hello, everyone. This fanfic story serves as a continuation of the To Love-Ru manga, picking up after the final chapter, To Love-Ru Darkness ch. 77.
In this tale, Rito gives it a lot of thought, and he decides to make his harem a reality. He'll pursue one girl who loves him after another, recognize his own feelings for them, and make them a part of his harem. Of course, there's an evil alien who threatens to get in his way. Enjoy and thanks for reading!
[I do not own To Love-Ru. All rights belong to its original authors, creators and animators. The following is a work of fiction made for entertainment purposes.]
TO LOVE-RU
RITO AND THE HAREM PROJECT
Chapter 1 - The Nightmare
"I hate you, Rito!" yells Momo.
"Huh?" panics Rito.
He and Momo stand in an empty void. Hazy darkness surrounds them.
"How could you?" she asks, her eyes filled with angry tears. "You'll date Haruna AND Big Sis, but leave me out? Why? Why does only Big Sis get special treatment?"
Rito steps forward. "Momo, I-"
"What about me, Rito?" yells a voice from behind.
Rito spins around to find Run. Her eyes are like daggers, with tears streaming down her face.
"I told you I loved you just as much as Lala does," she says. "Do my feelings mean nothing to you? Do I mean nothing to you?"
"Run, it's not like that," begs Rito.
"Quiet, Rito Yuki," says a chilling voice.
Sweat drips down Rito's brow. He slowly turns to see Yami, her eyes filled with hate, and her golden hair shaped into blades.
Rito steps back. "Yami…just take it easy."
"I hate perverted things," she hisses. "But I hate those who break the hearts of others even more. Wouldn't you all agree?"
Suddenly, seven other girls appear around Rito, all with the same cold look in their eyes: Yui, Nana, Rin, Mea, Risa, Kyouko and Nemesis. The ten girls enclose upon him, leaving him nowhere to escape.
"Wait, you guys!" pleads Rito. "I-I do care about you, all of you. It's just-"
"Stop it, Rito," says Momo.
"It's too late, Rito," says Run.
"I should've done this a long time ago," says Yami. "Goodbye, Rito Yuki."
Her blades rise into the air, casting their shadows over Rito. He can only watch, helpless, as the blades slash down on him-!
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"Ah!" screams Rito, bolting awake in his bed.
He pants heavily. Sweat soaks his face. He looks around, realizing he's in his bedroom, and it's the middle of the night. It was all just a bad dream.
As he calms down, he feels something stir against his hip. He pulls back the blanket, revealing Momo in her pajamas, still fast asleep despite his earlier outburst. Rito sighs with relief.
Of course, she's in my bed again, he thinks.
...
I hate you, Rito!
Her cold words from the dream still ringing in his mind, Rito stares at her for a moment. He shakes his head, knowing such harsh words couldn't possibly be true. Especially since...
I love you, Rito. From the bottom of my heart.
He blushes, remembering her confession from a few days ago.
Momo stirs in her sleep. Rito gently brushes her hair out of her face. His touch makes her smile in her sleep. He can't help but smile himself.
"How bold of you, fufu," says an unseen voice.
Rito yelps as a petite black-haired girl emerges from his chest like a ghost, looking right up at him with a playful grin.
"Fooling around with a pretty girl in her sleep, fufu," teases Nemesis.
Not wanting to wake Momo, Rito speaks in whispers. "Nemesis! I wouldn't dare. And what're you doing in my body?"
"I told you before," she replies. "My own body is in constant need of energy, and yours is the best source of replenishment. Doing so while you're asleep is just a bonus, fufu."
"Well, you seem plenty replenished now, so will you please get out of me already?" he asks.
"Fine, fine, fufu," she replies.
She fully emerges from Rito's body and sits on his bed, wearing a revealing piece of lingerie, which makes him blush.
"I could do without the crazy nightmares anyway," she says.
"Huh? Wait, you saw that?" he asks.
"Every bit," she replies. "Though crazy as it was, there WAS some truth to it."
"W-what do you mean by that?" he asks.
Nemesis leans in close and looks him right in the eye, making him blush even harder.
"Rito," she says. "Don't you think it's about time you fulfill the harem plan?"
...
Rito blinks twice. "Oh, come on. Not that ag-"
Nemesis presses her finger to his lips. "There are an awful lot of girls who love you, including yours truly. I understand you're in love with Haruna Sairenji, and now you know she feels the same. Bet that feels like a dream come true. But you're also in love with Princess Lala. And the thought of only being with Haruna and leaving Lala behind saddens you, doesn't it?"
"Well, uh," he stutters.
"But fortunately, the two of them are okay with sharing you," she continues. "In fact, I'd be okay with sharing you as well. And if you spoke with the other girls from that nightmare of yours, I'm positive they'd be okay with it too. And if they're not, I'm positive they'd come around. After all, having a piece of you is better than not having any of you at all. That's the whole point of Project Harem. But the other day at school, you said a harem was impossible. Care to elaborate?"
Rito can tell from her eyes just how serious she is. She wants an answer, and she isn't gonna let him go back to sleep until she gets one. He sighs, gets out of bed and pulls the blanket back over Momo.
Then he takes a seat at his desk. "Because I'm an earthling, Nemesis. And polygamy isn't something earthlings practice."
"But you may not be an earthling for much longer," she says. "If you do marry Lala, you'll become the king of Deviluke. In which case, you can have as many women as you want. Heck, you already spoke to that pipsqueak King Gid about taking over for him. He challenged you to become a man worthy of the role, and you accepted. Isn't that why you did all that long-distance running training with Haruna a few months ago?"
"I know, I know," he says. "But…all I ever wanted was a normal life here on Earth. I wanted to make Haruna my girlfriend. I wanted the two of us to go out on dates. Then we'd graduate, get jobs, get a house, get married, start a family, and spend the rest of our lives together. Just a normal, happy, earthling life."
"Sounds wonderful," she says. "So do it."
"Eh?" he asks.
"Do it," she repeats. "It's your decision, your life, your future. If you want to spend it with Haruna, go on and make it happen. No one's stopping you. However, you'll have to leave Lala out of it."
"What? Why?" he asks.
"Because it's not fair, Rito," she replies. "Whether you like it or not, getting with Haruna means rejecting Lala and the other girls. Breaking their hearts is bad enough. But how do you think they'll react when you tell them you're still gonna keep Lala as well?"
Before Rito can respond, Nemesis jumps out of bed, and stomps towards him.
"You don't want a harem," she says. "You just want two specific girls, and then you'll dismiss the rest of us like trash. Like I said, not fair. And if you go through with that plan, who knows? That crazy nightmare of yours just might come true after all."
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"But," he says. "But then…what am I supposed to do?"
Nemesis holds up three fingers. "The way I see it, you've got three options. Number one, you date Haruna and only Haruna. Live the normal life you so desperately want, and reject Lala and the rest. They'll be hurt, probably forever, and they'll resent you both. That's just how it is. Also, you tell King Gid that since you're not marrying Lala, you won't be succeeding him as the next king of Deviluke. And knowing him, he'll be so furious he might just vaporize you and this whole planet."
Yikes, thinks Rito. That actually is something that hotheaded king might do.
"Number two," continues Nemesis. "You choose no one. No matter what, picking one or two girls means hurting the rest. If you wanna avoid that, your best bet is to pick none of them and live the rest of your life alone. It's the only way you'll spare them a great deal of pain. But you may end up bringing all that pain onto yourself. Is that what you want, Rito? Do you want to be alone?"
Rito lowers his head. For a moment, he doesn't say anything. Then he shakes his head.
"That leaves option number three," says Nemesis with a smile. "The harem plan. You marry Lala, and become king of Deviluke. And as king of Deviluke, where polygamy is as practiced as breathing, you can have Haruna, Lala and all the girls you want. I'm not talking an entire planet of women, as fun as that would be, fufu. Just the girls who matter the most to you. Such as girls like me, who love you, but you don't love back. I'm sure you can grow to love us over time."
"Nemesis…" says Rito, blushing.
Nemesis paces around the room as she speaks. "Now, some conditions will have to be met. For instance, the other girls will have to agree to this plan. And you'll have to make your intentions clear."
"What intentions?" he asks.
"As king, you're gonna be very busy," she says. "If you can't spend an equal amount of time with all of your future wives, you'll have to reassure them all how much you love them during the time you can spend with them. And you'll have to remind Haruna that no matter how many girls you marry, you will always love her the most."
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"But that's…there's just no way I can do that," he says.
"Why not?" she asks.
"Because," he sulks. "Even if I did go along with the harem plan, I can't make that many girls happy; I've a hard time enough just making Lala and Haruna happy. I'm nothing special, Nemesis. I'm just one guy."
"That's not true, Rito," says another voice.
Rito and Nemesis turn to see Momo, wide awake and sitting in bed with a smile.
"Momo," says Rito.
"I had a feeling you were listening, fufu," says Nemesis.
Momo gets out of bed, and walks over to Rito. "Yes, I was. And Rito, as much as I hate to admit it, Nemesis has a point. The harem plan would be your best course of action."
Rito drops his head in self-doubt. "But I…"
Momo leans down and wraps her arms around his neck, much to his surprise. "You are special, Rito. You're the kindest boy I know. So what if you're just one guy? I believe you have the power to make everyone happy, both as a king and a lover. So please, don't doubt yourself. And don't worry. Whatever choice you make, know that I will always love you."
"Momo…" he says, blushing harder.
Just then, Nemesis throws herself around Rito, hugging his right side while Momo hugs his left.
"That goes for me too, Rito," she says. "I'll love you and keep messing with you forever, fufu."
"Hey, back off," says Momo.
"Not a chance, he's mine," responds Nemesis.
"No, he's mine!" hisses Momo.
The two of them wrestle over Rito, shoving each other, and fighting for dominance.
"Hey, cut it out, you two," panics Rito.
He's helpless as the two half-naked girls hug and fight over him, pressing their breasts into his face, and causing the chair to wobble. Any second now, it's gonna tip over.
Rito feels the chair tipping. "If you keep this up-ahh!"
The three shriek and fall with the chair, crashing onto the floor. Rito lands on top of the girls, with his right hand on Nemesis' breast, and his left hand on Momo's. The two girls moan in pleasure as he accidentally squeezes their bosoms.
"Rito! Are you alright?" says a voice from out in the hall. The door flies open, and in walks Mikan. "I heard a loud noise, and-"
She stops when she sees the three of them on the floor; Rito on top of Momo and Nemesis, with his hands on their breasts.
Rito freaks out and removes his hands. "Mikan! Th-th-th-this isn't what it looks like!"
Mikan sighs and rubs her head. "Good grief."
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Outer space.
An alien spacecraft, roughly the size of a private yacht, with the words DARK ROVER on its hull, drifts past the stars.
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Onboard the main deck, a figure cloaked in shadow sits before a wall of monitors, all showing various, educational videos of life on Earth; humans, animals, plants, food, sports, national monuments, world leaders, holidays, etc.
The central monitor displays a video of a flustered Rito walking arm-in-arm with a cheerful Lala to school.
The figure speaks with a sinister and gravelly voice.
"You think you can take the throne from ME, you little worm?"
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BAM! – an enormous fist slams into the screen displaying Rito's face, destroying the monitor.
The figure stands, revealing his form: a six-foot tall, chrome-blue, humanoid alien with toned muscles and augmented, mechanical parts; half-alien, half-robot.
His name...
...is Stem.
"Never."
Author's Note: Hi, and thanks again for reading. Now the To Love-Ru manga ending left me with too many questions, so I wanted to write this fanfic as a means of self-answering. I also wanted to flesh out Rito as more of an active protagonist seeking a harem rather than just every girl around him trying to get with him. But that wasn't enough, so I included my own villain in the story as well; hope he and this fanfic don't disappoint. Enjoy.
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