AN: Yeah, I kinda got the writing style from the multiple fictions and books that I read before. And to be honest, my inspiration for this was my school life. The difficulties and fun times gave me a lot of ideas. Especially from my dear friend, Scorpionking255(don't search him here, he does not have an account here). Anyway, I hope you enjoy this one.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any characters. They all belong to the respective owners.

Chapter 3

Changing Routes

Minato Arisato's POV

I woke up and looked at the calendar I bought a week ago. It's been 3 weeks since I was freed from the seal. During the time spent in this different reality, I still haven't experienced anything supernatural which would require my Personas, much to my relief. They are too powerful in this kind of peaceful setting.

I got up and did my daily morning routine, just like back then at Gekkoukan. After getting dressed, I went down to have breakfast.

"Good morning, Minato-kun." That voice in the kitchen belonged to Riko. She must have heard my footsteps. After 2 weeks of teaching her to cook, she managed to make her food edible at the very least. Although she was very happy to finally be helpful, Mikan and I still don't let her in the kitchen without supervision.

"Good morning to you too, Riko-san." I replied as I walked in the kitchen. Turns out Mikan is the supervisor this time so worrying about the food was needless.

"Good morning, Minato-kun." Mikan said. I took a look at the food. Curry again? Mikan saw what I was looking at and shrugged.

"It's the only food where her success chance is somewhere like 90%." That was somehow true. It was the first cooking that she made edible after all. But it's not 90%, it's more of 81%.

"Why do I feel like you just lowered my self-esteem in your mind?" Riko said while looking at me. I just shrugged her off. How come she's very sharp in reading people but can't even properly control her sense of balance?

I went ahead and prepared the table. When the food was done, the two judges (me and Mikan) tasted the curry Riko made.

"This… is better than before to be honest." I stated with the feeling of shock. Even I can't make it this good. Riko was just puffing her chest out, proud of her creation. But Mikan just snickered loudly.

"Of course. It was the first one that Minato-kun taught her after all." She said teasingly. Riko just decided to eat the food silently with a red face rather than counter her words. Mikan just got a disappointed face from the weak reaction.

After finishing our awkwardly silent dinner, we all went to our respective schools. The walk there was uneventful. When we reached the corner before we get there, I stopped and let Riko go first. We came into the agreement that nobody else must know about our circumstances. Yui is alright because she is not the type to give away secrets.

After waiting for a few moments, I followed after Riko into the school. I walked into the classroom and sat on my seat. There was an ensuing chaos at the back of the room but I ignored it in favor of taking a nap.

Today is going to be another peaceful day.

Ryoko Mikado's POV

I just sat in the school clinic, still wondering about the boy who enrolled 3 weeks ago. He was reported to have fell headfirst from a whole flight of stairs but even after a devastating fall like that, he still retains consciousness and does not show a single sign of being hurt at all. A normal human would have suffered a concussion or a laceration to the scalp.

I looked into his background and there were no results, as if he didn't exist in Earth at all. I've also recently heard rumors from the students that he is currently residing in Riko Yuuki's house. I still don't know if that is true. But all the knowledge I've gathered points to him being a possible alien or more specifically, a possible Devilukean. I shivered, knowing that if it was discovered that I was part of an organization that was planning to overthrow Emperor Gid, this life of mine will be forfeit. But he seems to be good-natured at least, judging from how he practically went ahead and sacrificed his wellbeing for a stranger.

As I think the facts through, I heard a knock from the door. I opened the door to see some students in P.E. uniforms, one of them is being supported by the others and has an obvious limp. I let them in.

It doesn't matter who he is, as long as he keeps his hands off of my students then I'll leave him be.

Minato Arisato's POV

I felt somebody shaking me awake. I opened my eyes as I lifted my head to see that it was Yui.

"It is damn difficult to wake you up, you know? I have to shake you at full strength just to wake you up." She said with an annoyed smile. I yawned as I comprehended her words.

"What time is it already?" I asked, dreading the answer. Yui just shook her head at me.

"It's lunchtime already. That was the 5th time you slept through an entire period. What kind of stuff do you do to get yourself this tired?" she asked with an amused look. I just answered her with the vaguest of satisfying answers that I could think off.

"Stuff." She just raised her eyebrow at that answer, then she sighed.

"What the hell am I supposed to do with you? I could reprimand you for your behavior but you have the highest grades in our class, as if you were not asleep during the times those parts were discussed." She lamented. I, due to my accursed habits, gave her unnecessary advice.

"Go with what you think is the right choice." At the mention of my advice, Yui's eyes gleamed.

"Go with what I think is the right choice? Then one more time this happens, you will receive a punishment." She said while walking away. Did I just dig my own grave? I looked at the time. It was already halfway through lunchtime. I better get lunch or else I'll end up starving.

Riko Yuuki's POV

I sighed as I submerged my body into the hot bath. Today was a very tiring day. At the morning, when I reached the class, I got jumped on by Mio Sawada and Risa Momioka. Both of them were commenting on how my breasts have grown lately, much to my shame. Minato entered the class later but instead of helping me out, he just sat on his seat and slept like a log. I seriously pinned my hopes on the wrong person because Haruna was the one who stopped the chaos from growing.

I was honestly filled with gratitude to the girl I befriended back in middle school. Our recent resident was no help with that situation at all though. He just slept there while I suffered harassment! At least I got back at him indirectly through the reprimanding Yui is giving him right now.

I thought about what has transpired ever since our recent resident joined us. He surprisingly got along with everyone, although some of them are unintended or even unwanted. Case in point, Kenichi Saruyama.

I also wonder what kind of dish I would learn from Minato next. That thought gave memories about Mikan's comment during breakfast. I just dipped my head in the water to cool my head. Why does Mikan keep teasing me about him? Maybe because of my recent confidence boost thanks to my first successful breakfast. Haruna even commented on it earlier at lunchtime. Was it that obvious?

I better get out of the bath now because it's very likely that Minato will use it after he gets back.

Minato Arisato's POV

As I entered the front door, I silently complained about my own appetite. I ate too much at lunchtime and fell asleep immediately after sitting down at class, likely because of being full. Yui was just happy that she got a chance to reprimand me for my actions. Once again, I curse my habit of giving advice to others.

I entered and was greeted by Mikan, who was holding a ladle. Probably because she is making dinner. As good as Riko's curry is, we can't just eat curry every day.

"I'm back, Mikan. I'll go take a bath." Mikan just nodded to my words.

"Don't worry about Riko being there. She just finished a few minutes ago and prepared your clothes." Mikan said. That means there will be no accidents unlike last time, which I was grateful for. I nodded gratefully to Mikan and proceeded to take a bath.

"Haaaa…" I sighed out after getting in the bath. This is nice. Especially after being nagged on by the school disciplinarian. That was definitely not one of my smartest moves. But hey, at least she can't do executions like Mitsuru.

I shivered, remembering that time when we got caught in the hot springs. It was entirely Junpei's fault. Not only did he choose the wrong timing of getting in the hot springs, he also screamed out when I tried to keep his towel up. Nobody wants to see what's hiding down there, especially me.

I held out my hand. Everyday, I still thank Elizabeth for this new life I gained. Once more, thank you. Then as I was thanking Elizabeth secretly, something unexpected happened. The bathwater exploded. Due to hardened instincts, I covered my face in case of shrapnel. Then as I felt the waves of water receding, I heard a voice.

"Aha! I did it!" When I looked up to the source of the voice, I saw something ridiculous. There is a naked pink-haired girl with a body that could par against Riko's. When she looked down and saw me, she just looked in confusion.

"Who are you?" she asked. That was supposed to be my question. "Minato Arisato." I answered automatically, much to my growing confusion. Then I heard a loud knock on the bathroom door.

"Minato-kun! What happened! We heard an explosion here! We're coming in!" That voice belonged to Riko. I took a look at the surprise visitor, realizing that there would be a misunderstanding if we were caught together. I then heard the door click, which made me spring to action. I jumped out the bath, careful so I won't fall. Then I pushed down the girl to the bath, although she silently protested before I shushed her, and made sure that they won't be able to see from this angle.

"What ha-" Riko cannot continue her words because she saw my backside to its full glory. Shame be damned, I'd rather show my rear than diffuse a ticking bomb. She then immediately closed the bathroom door and ran away, saying sorry. I also heard the voice of Mikan saying "Sorry for disturbing."

I sighed. At least the misunderstanding that came from this is easier to explain. Speaking of misunderstanding, I better apologize to the girl for pushing her. When I looked down at the girl, I realized two facts. One, I was still holding her. Two, it's her breasts I'm holding. I immediately retracted my hands and said "Sorry.", hoping the mysterious invader doesn't have the ability to do executions.

"It's fine." She replied while shrugging. I remembered that she is in the nude, so I grabbed the clothes prepared for me and the towel. I used the clothes to hide my privates and tossed the towel to the sudden guest.

After quickly getting dressed in the room beside the bathroom, the door opened and the unnamed visitor has worn the towel already. I also noticed that she has a tail, more specifically, a devil tail. As much as I wanted to question her now, it's best to wait until we get to a proper place to talk. And get her proper clothes. I told her my planned course of action to which she happily agrees.

After a few minutes of sneaking around with the girl following me, we managed to sneak into Riko's room and took some of her clothes for the girl to wear. We then proceeded to my room where the girl wore the clothes I gave her, but we got a slight problem.

"Why won't you wear the bra?" I asked, stupefied. She just said it was tight. Holy shit, that means she cannot wear Riko's huge bras. After taking a few moments to think about this discovery, I got my mind back on track.

"So who are you?" I asked, now that we are in a good spot for questioning.

"I'm Lala Satalin Deviluke. I'm an alien." She said with a smile. An alien?

"So what brings you here?" I decided to go with a question that doesn't sound too personal. She happily answered my question,

"So let me get this straight, you're an alien princess." She nodded as I continued. "Who decided that she doesn't want to get married, so she ran away with the help of her inventions." She nodded once again for confirmation. "And one of said inventions could teleport you to any random location. However, it doesn't include your clothes for teleportation." "Yep."

I could feel a headache from this. But this is a very dire situation which requires the entire household's knowledge. I told Lala that we're going to tell the other residents about this. Although she first gave a look of confusion, she then gave a nod of understanding.

Well, time to step into the spotlight.

Riko Yuuki's POV

I was just sitting there in the living room, waiting for judgment to fall. After the incident in the bathroom, I waited at the living room to know what he would think of me this time. But I'm sure I heard an explosion coming from there.

As I was thinking about the mysterious sound in the bathroom, I heard a cough at the living room entrance. I looked at the source of the sound, turns out it was Minato. Before I could apologize, his mouth then moved to say something.

"Uhh… Riko-san, we got a problem." Problem? Then a girl wearing clothes similar to the ones I have entered. She has amazingly nice figure and pink hair. He then continued.

"This is Lala Satalin Deviluke. An alien."

…What?

The hell!? After making Mikan join us for explanations, Minato and Lala gave their explanations of what events have transpired. At first, I was skeptical, but then Lala showed us her tail, by pulling down her panties to show it to us. Good thing Minato looked away before Lala started to remove it.

"So what are we going to do now?" Mikan asked after I made Lala wear her panties again. Before Minato and I could answer her question, something small barged in.

"Lala-sama! Are you alright!" a small thing(?) wearing a suit said while flying in using it's small bat-like wings. "Peke!" Lala said before they embraced each other.

"Thank goodness you're safe, Lala-sama." The being named Peke said. Lala nodded to it.

"Everyone! This is Peke, an 'all-purpose costume robot' I made. Come on, Peke! Do your thing." She said while removing her clothes. Minato is once again looking away. Such a gentleman. As I was about to stop her, Peke suddenly shined so bright that I have to cover my eyes. After the light dimmed down, I looked again and saw Lala wearing some kind of cosplay outfit.

"Tada!" she said. "Lala-sama, is it tight?" Costume Peke asked. "Not at all! A perfect fit!" as Lala said we suddenly saw two silhouettes quickly enter. When they slowed down, they were two scary-looking guys in suits and the same tails Lala has.

"My goodness. If I just knew how troublesome you are, I would have just tied you up and delivered you to your father." One of the men said. Then Lala suddenly asked her robot.

"Peke… this is your fault, isn't it?" Lala asked with a sickeningly sweet tone. "Y-yes." Peke answered nervously. Then Lala started to go into a rant while waving her hands around.

"Let's go home, princess." The other man said, reaching for Lala. Before he could reach her though, someone barred his hand's way. It was Minato.

"Does she look like she wants to go home?" he asked with a serious tone. It was so shocking to see the reserved Minato act this serious that even Lala stopped her comical ranting at his voice.

While the guard was in a state of stupor, Minato carried Lala and then promptly said "Going out for a bit." He then ran through the door so quickly that the men in black didn't have time to argue. After realizing what has transpired, they immediately ran after Minato and Lala.

Mikan and I just looked at the open door with confusion. We may not know what's going on but please be safe, Minato.

Lala Satalin Deviluke's POV

I am very confused about someone's actions right now. Minato picked me up and brought me away from my pursuers, however, because he is human and they are Devilukean, they'll catch up soon. As I hold on him tightly, I tried to know the reason for his actions. Ever since I came to Earth, I had fun. Especially when we are hiding around the house. It's like we're playing hide-and-seek. As I realized I can't know the real reason for it, I decided to ask him.

"Why?" When he looked down at me, I continued my question. "Why are you doing this for me?" At that question, he smiled.

"What do you mean? Friends help each other out, do they not?" Friends? He considers me, the selfish person that brought him in danger, as a friend? As I ponder those words of his, I saw a looming shadow behind us. I looked back and saw one of the men lifting a huge primitive vehicle. Minato followed my gaze and when the man threw the vehicle, Minato dodged it with quick reflexes. After minutes of running, we then arrived at a park where Minato, with slight panting, asked a question.

"Say, do you have any more of those inventions of yours? You know, the ones that helped you escape." I understood what he meant. What would help out in this kind of situation?

Aha!

Minato Arisato's POV

After asking her that question, Lala then did a thinking pose for a few seconds. As easy as it is to beat them with Personas, I didn't bring my Evoker along so I can't summon them. As we wait at the park, the men caught up to us.

After a few more seconds, Lala seemed to have an idea. She then brought out a cellphone and dialed something. It then summoned something. An octopus?

"Go-go Vacuum-kun!" She announced after it has fully materialized. That is a huge octopus, no, a huge robotic octopus. What the hell does this girl do in her spare time?

"Shit! It's one of Lala-sama's inventions!" The two men shouted before trying to run away. But they never got the chance to do so because the octopus started to suck them in with great force. After they got sucked in, the octopus still did not stop.

"Hmm…" When I heard Lala, I turned to look at her. "How do you close it again?" I could feel my urge to smack my head coming at full force. The machine started to suck in everything in front of it. Oh, woe is me.

I held my ground thanks to fighting practice against the shadows. Then I heard the machine starting to malfunction, much to my relief. It suddenly exploded. Even though the surrounding area was wrecked, I can't help but sigh a breath of relief. Any longer, I would have lost my footing.

"Sorry about that. It's been a long time since I last used it so I forgot how to close it." She told me. Well, at least the problem is solved now.

"Lala-sama!" I heard a male voice at the park entrance. When I looked to know who it is, it was a man wearing armor that looks like it came from the medieval age. I saw something move behind him and realized it was a tail. When I looked back, Lala seemed to be surprised as well.

"Zastin! What are you doing here?" Lala said. The man, Zastin, then looked at the wreckage behind us.

"I am a member of the transport ship that carried you. Now come, let us go to our ship to return to our planet." He said. After hearing those words, Lala then quickly looks around. When she looked at me, I could almost see a lightbulb light up above her head.

"I-I fell in love with Minato-kun over here and I want to be married to him!" she quickly said. As much as I want to help her out, that just sounds too unbelievable. To my disbelief, the man just nodded in understanding. Who the hell would buy that unbelievable excuse? Obviously the man in front of me.

"Understood. But… if you are going to marry Lala-sama, you must prove to me your worth. Lala-sama, stand back." He declared while looking at me. He then pulled out an intricately designed stick(?). Its tip glowed and a blade materialized. He then leaped forward while slashing it diagonally towards my chest. I rolled the opposite way to dodge. I don't know if my body could resist something like that but I'd much rather not find out.

As I kept dodging and rolling, I saw something at the wreckage of Lala's invention. It reminded me of the time when Junpei gave everybody joke weapons that were surprisingly effective when we tried it. I leaped towards the wreckage and took the weapon that Junpei gave to Shinjiro, a stop sign.

Zastin was momentarily confused by my unorthodox weapon, which I used to my advantage. I bounded forward while he was distracted but due to his skill, he parried my attack. I made sure that the stop sign only got hit on the sword's flat side instead of the blade. We kept parrying each other attacks but it was obvious who was at a disadvantage, me. My weapon was heavier than his lighter and sharper sword.

During the exchange, I messed up one of my parries and the sign got cut. I quickly leapt back to avoid his swing. I lost my only weapon but there are perhaps more I could find at the area. I waited, partially for the leisure of taking a breath and mostly to look for possible weaponry in the area.

I just have to wait and see if he wants to continue this.

Zastin's POV

Who is this boy? He seemingly showed up nowhere and possesses great stamina, as shown when he was running with Lala-sama from the men. After Lala-sama announced her desire to marry him, I decided to test his skill only to learn that he has great amounts of it. He parried every single attack from me even with his weaker and heavier weapon. I sliced it but he was using a mere iron stick while I was using one of the latest sword technology.

We stopped our exchange due to his lack of weapon but after a few seconds, I attacked once more. He moved away again and picked up something from the rocky floor. A broom?

He then took another unorthodox stance, one that leaves his left side open. As a normal experienced swordsman, I bounded forward, intent on hitting the said open side. I was so focused on him that I didn't hear something quickly nearing me.

Lala Satalin Deviluke's POV

When Minato and Zastin were fighting, they were moving around the place until they reached a fenced area. There Zastin cut Minato's weapon and slashed at Minato but the human dodged it. Their fight was amazing! It was like I was watching two of the galaxy's greatest warriors fight one another except this time one of them is a normal human.

Minato picked up another weapon while they fought there. This time, it was so common that the entire galaxy knows what it is: a broom. He's going to fight Zastin with a broom? Zastin leaped forward once more but he then got a nasty surprise. A vehicle longer than the other ones I saw suddenly came and hit Zastin and sent him comically flying. No matter what happens, Zastin would always have the award for being the unluckiest person in the galaxy.

As Zastin fell, Minato was looking around and stated with surprise. "We're in the train tracks!?" Zastin then landed with a loud thud, snapping Minato's attention back to him.

Zastin then tried to get up but was failing to do so and instead asked Minato a question that I never would have thought changed my life.

"Why? Do you really want to marry the princess that badly?" When Minato heard the question, he turned to look at me, which made me uncomfortable at the same time, happy. Before I could find out why I felt happy, he then answered Zastin's question.

"What princess? All I see is a friend of mine named Lala Satalin Deviluke. And she is suffering like a caged bird. A caged bird that is singing for her own freedom." He said while looking at me. The announcement somehow made me happier than I thought possible. He then looked back to Zastin.

"As long as she is unhappy, then even if I would be thrown into the darkest prison, I'll still help her find her freedom and happiness. Because after all, that's what friends are for." Those words felt like an arrow piercing through my heart. I held my hand over my chest, trying to calm my beating heart. I know there was a term Mama used to call this feeling... Ah, that's right.

Love. I'm in love with Minato Arisato.

Minato Arisato's POV

After announcing those words, I felt at ease. Unlike most of my friends in my former world, I have no problem in saying those kinds of words out loud. Probably because it feels like I'm revealing my heart instead of sealing it shut like I used to do.

I looked around and realized that the two of them were eerily silent. Lala was blushing while looking down, probably because of how embarrassing that speech was but it didn't affect me unlike her. After a few moments, Zastin then stood up slowly yet steadily.

"Minato-dono." Dono? "Thank you for showing me the fallacies in my reasoning. From now on, I approve of this engagement of yours." I could feel another huge misunderstanding about to result from this. Lala then said something after minutes of silence.

"At first, I only lied about my marriage to stop anymore suitors from coming." Zastin seems to be very shocked at this revelation while I was just happy that my new friend seems to have gained her resolution. "But now, I really want it to continue because…" Why do I have a feeling the resolution is not what I expected it to be?

"…I love you, Minato!" At her declaration, she suddenly jumped towards me and hugged me tightly, making me fall with my back to the floor. When I looked with pleading eyes to Zastin, he just nodded and wiped a tear from his eye. He seemed to accept this relationship. When I thought of the word 'relationship', I realized, that Lala is the 8th girl I had a relationship with and announced those very words to me. And all of it was due to me helping them out in their problems.

Well, this means that my peaceful life is no more.

But that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing.

This didn't go the way I expected it to be but I suppose it's better than the original draft.

Anyway, Read and Review if you can!

Weirdo out.