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Pov Normal

10:47 am

14/8/2029

Ichika finishes cooking. He made Goya since today is going to be quite hot. Ichika considers doing some homework and finishing some of the lessons that Tabane gave him.

He is happy right now. He almost finishes all the summer homework; his sister texts and calls him often, even if it's just for a few minutes. Also, the Goya came out perfect.

Ichika starts to clean the kitchen and anything he used to make the Goya. Then his cell phone starts to ring. He dries his hands and checks who it is. Its Dan.

"Hey Dan," Ichika answers his friend.

"Hey, Ichika. I'm actually calling you to see if I can come over? I need some help with my math." Dan explains. "I already finish with Japanese, science, and history if you want to copy from me."

"Sure. At what time can you come over?"

"Are you free today? If not, I can come on a different day if you are busy." Dan says.

"We can do it today. At 1pm."

"Sure, I be there. Thanks."

"Yeah, I see you at 1."

With that, Ichika hangs up. He needs to place Ageha in a different room. He can't leave her in his room or the living room since Dan, and himself could work there. Ichika doesn't want Dan to know about Ageha. He needs to think about it fast. He doesn't have all day to think about it.

While thinking of the plan, Ichika heads to his room to grab Ageha to eat. When he enters his room, Ageha is under a blanket resting.

"Come on, Ageha," Ichika speaks softly, "it will get too hot to have a blanket on." Ichika grabs and carries Ageha to the kitchen table. 'Hopefully, Ageha will learn how to walk by herself. She is getting too big and heavy for me to carry over the stairs.' Ichika gets Ageha to sit on a chair.

Ageha can use forks, knives, and spoons somewhat well. She still has quite a bit of trouble using chopsticks. With the first set of options, she can still make a mess.

He goes to the kitchen to serve Ageha and himself a serving of Goya. He lays one in front of Ageha and one where he will sit down. He returned to the kitchen to grab some spoons and then to the fridge to get two bottles of green tea. He returns to the table and lays a spoon and bottle in front of Ageha and one of each in front of his seat. He says his thanks and starts to eat. Ageha follows Ichika and starts to eat.

After a while, both Ageha and Ichika finish their meal. Ichika is surprised that Ageha didn't make much mess with the food and didn't drop any tea on the table, but some did fall on her shirt.

Ichika cleans the bowls and spoons. Once done, he takes Ageha to his room to switch shirts. Once done, he checks on the clock. 11:39 am. He has over an hour to prepare for Dan. He decides to have his stuff in the living room so they can study there. Just in case, he will leave Ageha in his sister's room. With that, he starts to prepare.

POV Dan

12:21

I say goodbye to my parents. Mom and Dad gave me permission to go to Ichika's house. Ran isn't happy. When she heard that I was planning to go to Ichika, she wanted to tag along. However, when my parents learned I am going for homework, they declined Ran's request.

I grab some money as well. I would buy some ice pops for Ichika. It's something to say thank you.

I arrive at the store and go to the fridge to buy a pack of ice pops. Once I purchase them, I head to Ichika's house.

After a couple of minutes, I reach Ichika's house. I check my phone, and it's 12:57pm. On-time. I press a button that's in front of the gate.

"Hey, Ichika. It's me, Dan." I speak over the radio. The gate unlocks. I open and enter inside. I close it and head to the front door. I knock on the door. The door unlocks, and I see Ichika.

"Hey, buddy. I have some ice pops for you." I say as I hand him the box. He grabs it and then speaks.

"Hey Dan. Come in. I have my stuff set up in the living room." I enter the house. I remove my shoes and place them on a hanger. I look in the living room and see several books, papers, and his laptop. I go there and sit on the floor and wait for Ichika. Ichika comes with two ice pops. He hands me one, and we start working on our homework.

4 Hours Later

We are taking a break. I finish with most of my math homework. Ichika also checked on the assignment that I had completed. We eat another ice pop and wait for our bodies to cool off.

"So, how much have you finished?" I ask Ichika.

"Right now, math is almost finished. After reviewing your work, I should finish science, Japanese, and history tomorrow. I will just need to do some English, and science is almost done, and that's it."

"Damm. You work fast."

"Well, it helps me that I have nothing to do. You, on the other hand, have a job."

"Yeah, yeah. Well, let's get back to work. I want to finish math today."

Ichika opens his laptop. We try to go for the new assignment when his computer slows down. It's taking a while.

"Hey, Ichika. Is your laptop okay?" I ask him.

"I think so," Ichika says. Then the application closed down. "What?!"

"Let me see," I say to him. I place my hand on the keyboard, and it's warm. Too warm. I then look at the system's settings, the monitor that checks the laptop's health, and what's running. The computer is getting hot, and most of the Ram is already used.

"Have you cleaned your laptop?" I ask him.

"Eeehhh, no." He sheepishly says.

I restart the laptop. I then hear the fan working too hard. I flip the laptop and see the air vents are dirty.

"Do you have a screwdriver and an air duster?" I ask him. "I might need to give your laptop a quick clean." Ichika nods and goes to find the stuff. I open the laptop and then shut it off. After a bit of waiting, Ichika comes with a set of screwdrivers with several heads and a plug-in air duster.

I unscrew the laptop's bottom panels and see it's dirty. Dust, hair, and other stuff clog the air vents and cover the fan.

"Grab a piece of paper. I need it to clean the fan." I told him. He went to find it. I start cleaning it.

After 15 minutes, I cleaned the laptop. The air vents are now clear, the laptop is cleaner, and the fan can work without any problem. Before I place the panel back, I ask Ichika some questions.

"Hey, Ichika, how old is the laptop?"

"I don't know exactly. I know that Nee-san got it from the Shinononos, and she had it for several years. And around three years ago, nee-san hand it to me. So I would guess it has over a decade." Ichika says.

Damm. This laptop has seen a lot. That may be the reason why it's starting to crash.

"Do you have any problems with it? Does it slow down, it crashes, or any other problems?" I ask him.

"Well, the laptop does slow down after some use. But anything else is working fine." Ichika says, "I probably need to clean it more often."

I grab my pen and paper and take note of the RAM stick parts number. Then I screw back the panel. Then I turn on the laptop and search for the RAM sticks with the parts number. I'm to find a new set of 16 GB of RAM.

"You will probably need a new pair of RAM sticks. But after that, the laptop should run well." I told him.

"Thanks, mate," Ichika says with a smile.

"Don't worry about it, buddy. Let's finish with the math homework. I want to get it done." I say. Before we can start, we hear a knock on the door.

"Excuse me, Dan. I will go and check." With that, Ichika leaves me and checks who is at the front door. I look back at my homework and start working on the following problem. I hear Ichika arguing with a female.

"-kun. I'm hungry. Do you have dinner ready? Can I en—" the feminine voice says.

"Wait, wait, wait. You can't enter now. I ha-" I hear Ichika say to the female. Then I hear someone entering the house. My eyes check to see who it is. I'm stunned at her beauty. She is wearing a purple dress, with a pair of purple socks covering a bit of her knees. She also has a couple of black boots. On her head, she has bunny ears that seem made of metal. She is gorgeous.

"See Tabane. I have someone here." I stop staring and hear Ichika. Wait, Tabane. I remember that name, but where.

"And? Besides, I'm hungry. Also, where's Ageha? I want to play with her." The woman named Tabane says to Ichika. I see Ichika sigh in defeat.

"There are some ice pops in the fridge. Give me a minute." Ichika says to Tabane. Tabane goes to the kitchen. Ichika just walks to me.

"Dan." I look at his eyes. He seems rather serious. "What I'm going to tell, you better not tell anyone about it. Not your parents, sister, other family members, senseis, police, and government worker. To no one." I slowly nod at him. "You better make sure. If anyone knows about this,… …" Ichika takes a slight pause. He speaks again but in a softer tone. "… ….if anyone knows that you know anything about, I'm going to tell you; you can kiss the peaceful days goodbye."

I stand up and place my hand on Ichika's shoulder.

"I promise you. I won't tell anyone about this." I promise him. With that, Ichika gives me a small smile.

"Give me a minute then, Dan. I will bring someone down." Ichika says to me. With that, he goes upstairs. I sit down on the couch. I hear Tabane in the kitchen but don't see her. After a bit, I hear Ichika coming down the stairs. Then I see Ichika carrying a girl. However, the more I notice her, this 'girl' isn't normal. One of her 'arms' is more like a tentacle. Also, she has another set of limbs. One of her eyes is quite creepy.

"What the fuck is that, Ichika?!" I shout at him. This 'girl' isn't a normal girl. One of her 'arms' is more like a tentacle. Also, she has another set of limbs. One of her eyes is quite creepy. Overall, the 'girl' seems human-like. Before Ichika can say anything, Tabane rushes in and takes the 'girl' out of Ichika's hands.

"Ohh my! Ageha, you have grown so much!" Tabane squeals with joy. I learned the 'girl' is known as Ageha. "Come on, Ageha, let's play." Ageha then starts throwing Ageha up and catches her when she falls back down. Ichika didn't like this.

"Tabane, stop that! Ageha can get hurt!" Ichika says to Tabane. He rushes to her to stop her from hurting Ageha.

"Come on Ikkun," Tabane pouts. "We were having fun."

"No, and that's it. If you don't know, you don't get dinner." Ichika threatens her. This calms Tabane down.

"Fine, but I want to eat now."

"Give me a moment. I need to explain this to Dan." Ichika reasons with Tabane.

"Fine. Tell Reddy." Tabane says. Also Reddy. I have a name. With that, Tabane makes her way to the kitchen.

Ichika carries Ageha to the sofa while I sit again on the couch.

"Is Tabane that same one as Shinonono Tabane? The inventor of the IS." I ask him.

"Yes," Ichika confirms the woman's identity.

Holy shit. That Shinonono Tabane. The most influential woman in the world. I take a moment to think about it with some deep breaths. Then I wave my hands to let signal Ichika to continue. Then he tells me about Ageha, Shinonono, and his work.

Once Ichika finishes explaining, I take a moment to process it. Ichika adopted Ageha and kept her hidden from his own sister. He is also working on something that only myself and Shinonono know about. I take a look at Ichika and see him playing with Ageha. He's happy. I'm glad for him. Now that I think about it, in the last few months, Ichika has been happier and has more drive. Still, I don't fully trust Ageha, and Shinonono might cause him problems later.

"Just don't stick your dick in crazy," I say, half joking and serious. Ichika gives a slight chuckle. Then our stomachs growl in hunger.

"Come on, buddy," Ichika says. "I have some Goya prepared." We make our way to the table where Shinonono is waiting.

"Uhhh, Ikkun. I'm hungry. When do we eat?" Shinonono says.

"Right now. Give me a second. I get the food out." Ichika says. He places Ageha on a chair, and I'm surprised she can sit down. Then Ichika came back with several bowls of Goya. Once he gives us tea and he sits down, we say our thanks and eat the meal.

Once finished, I returned to the couch to sit down. Tabane is playing with Ageha. Ichika in a different couch with a laptop that Shinonono gave him. He then showed me what he was working on.

"So, are you going to sell solar panels or blueprints?" I ask him.

"I still don't know," Ichika says. "Are you doubting me?"

"What I have seen with your laptop, I have some doubts," I tell him. "Also, how will you explain to your sister when your bank account has lots of money. Learning how to build solar panels isn't something someone our age should know about. You will need something to keep her off your back."

Both Ichika and Shinonono are paying attention to what I'm saying.

"So, Reddy," Shinonono says, "what should Ikkun do? Or speaking nothing but air."

I take a moment. Shinonono is right. While anyone can explain, Ichika's plan has flaws. But to provide a path to follow is hard give. I take a moment to think about what Ichika can do.

"So Reddy can only yap," Shinonono tells me after I haven't spoken for a while. "Ikkun, it's best for you to make new friends.

"Hey! I have a name, Shinonono. It's Gotonda Dan." I say to her. "Also, I might have a plan for Ichika to follow."

"Well then, spills the beans," Shinonono interrupts me.

"Don't interrupt me," I say to her. "You will need to work with a powerful family or corporation. No matter what, you must work with someone with influence, resources, and wealth. A few that I knew are the Sarashiki family, which has influence in Japan and Russia. Then there is the Alcotts in England, another powerful family. There is also Hydro Corp, Master PC, and other corporations you can work with."

Ichika takes a moment to process the information. After a minute, he speaks.

"I see. Then if I go with the Sarashiki family, what would be my next step?" He asks me.

"I don't know much about them, but they are an old, wealthy family. Also, the head of the family has two daughters around our age." I start to explain what I know about them. "The older daughter is quite invested in Russia, so working with her would be too hard. Actually, let me use your laptop. We can search about them."

We look for the Sarashiki family online. It gives us a small list of who they are, their family members, and other stuff. Then we find information about the two daughters. I won't lie; both of the daughters are nice-looking. We also see that the older one has plans to work with Russia. However, we find something interesting when we learn about the younger one.

The older sister is more popular and has more accomplishments. Some people praise her and her ability to grow quite fast. Also, we learned that are some rumors that she might become the next head of the family. The younger one is quite different. While she is brilliant in her own right, she was never to outshine her older sister. Also, several comments state that the younger sister is just a replacement for the older one.

We keep on searching for a bit. We find more information about the family, but nothing Ichika can use to his advantage.

"So, who should I work with?" Ichika says, primarily to himself.

"I might have suggested going for the older sister. However, as we see, she has lots of attention, and if you don't want too much of it, then we need to work with the younger one." I say to him. "We can assume that the younger sister wants to accomplish something. You can use this to your advantage."

"How?"

"Once you have a blueprint or a product, you can meet with her. You may be able to convince her to work with you. She can create a company, herself being a CEO and yourself as an 'investor.' So when the company starts gaining attention, she can deal with the press, and you will be out of the public. And if someone asks you about your income, you have proof." I explain to him. I can see him thinking about this. After a couple of moments, he speaks up.

"I will need to plan the interaction a bit more, and if I want to work with that family." Ichika says, "But that's not a bad plan. Won't you agree, Tabane?"

I look at Shinonono. I see her hugging Ageha.

"Think about it, Ikkun, but the idea is not bad. But you must convince them since I don't want to get involved. Talking to other people bores me." Shinonono says. Then she looks at me, "Not bad reddy."

"I have a name Shinonono," I say to her. She is annoying me too much.

"Yeah yeah, reddy," she mocks me again, ignoring my request. "So, Ikkun, are you going to recruit Reddy. While he isn't smart, rich, or has influence, he can help you out."

I'm actually surprised at Tabane's statement. I also see Ichika thinking about her statement as well.

"Are you interested, Dan?" Ichika asks me. While it would be fun to work with Ichika, I don't know.

"I don't know, buddy. While this is a big opportunity, I'm not interested in solar panels. I want to do something with programming." I say to Ichika.

"So, what languages have you learned?" Ichika asks me.

"I'm learning right now HTML and Python. Though I'm interested in learning new languages." I say to Ichika.

We keep talking a bit. It is mainly between Ichika and me since Shinonono is just playing with Ageha. I check the time, and it's past seven. I need to go now.

"Well, Ichika, it seems that I need to get going. Any later, and my parents are going to start calling you." I say to him. I grab my phone and text my mother and father, telling them I am starting to head home. Ichika helps me a bit. Before I say goodbye, I ask Shinonono something.

"Shinonono-san, can I ask you a question?" I ask her.

"You already did, Reddy." She mocks me again. After a chuckle, she speaks again, "Go for it,"

"When you created the IS, did you do it by yourself? Or you someone helping you?" I ask her. The IS is something very few people know about. Even now, not a lot is known about the IS. And right now, I have the rare chance to be talking to Shinonono.

"Of course, I did, Reddy. No one but me, Tabane-sama, the world genius, could invent the IS," She gloats.

"Then do you think the main reason you were the only one creating the IS and its cores is that it only allows women to use it?" I ask her more questions. No one knew why the IS works for females only. Everyone is looking for a reason. Even myself, I'm curious about it.

"That could be the reason. But I don't know. Besides, it's too boring for me." She answers truthfully. Huh, not the answer I'm looking for, but nevertheless, an answer.

Before I leave, I pack my stuff and say my goodbyes to Ichika and Shinonono.

"Next time, Reddy, bring some food. Also, it's Tabane-sama for you, Reddy." Shinonono says to me.

"Yes, yes. Also, it's Gotonda." I say to her. With that, I leave Ichika's house and make my way to my own before it gets too dark.

30 minutes later

I enter the restaurant. I go to the second floor, where I see my mother and father in the living room.

"Hey, mom. Hey, dad." I say to them.

"Hey, son," my mother says. She stands up and walks towards me, and gives me a hug. "How have you been?"

"I'm fine, mom. Just a bit tired." I respond.

"You took your time." My father speaks.

"Yeah yeah. Ichika and I have finished with the math section already. It didn't help that his laptop crashed." I speak.

"Is his laptop working?" My mother asks me.

"Yeah, it's working alright. He just needs to clean it and order new RAM sticks."

"That's good to hear. I'm made dinner."

"I'm full mom. Ichika had made some Goya, so I ate that instead."

"That's fine. I brought some soda from the store today with some ice cream. Grab a can if you want one." Father told me.

"I will get one. I will be in my room if you need me for anything." I go to the kitchen, grab a Coke, and head to my room. I place my bag away and open the can and start drinking.

What a day. What was supposed to be a simple day, doing homework and relaxing with Ichika, led to something different. Learning that Ichika is trying to start his own business, adopting Ageha, and meeting Shinonono Tabane, the inventor of the IS. I started thinking about what Shinonono said about me joining Ichika. Then I hear someone knock on the door.

"Brother. It's me. Can I come in?" I hear my sister. Great, what does she want?

"Sure. Come in." I let her in. She opens the door and enters my room.

"Do you need anything, sis?" I ask my sister.

"What did you do at Ichika's house?" She asks me. Didn't I tell her in the morning? Did she forget?

"We spend our time doing homework. I brought some ice pops, so we ate some as well. He made some Goya, so when we got hungry, we ate some. We spoke a bit about our future." I told her. As I promised Ichika, I didn't tell her about Shinonono, Ageha, or his project.

"Di-id he asks abo-out me?" She stutters the question out. While asking, she is playing with her fingers.

"No. Why should he?" I respond. Ichika knows about my sister, but they aren't that close. "Why do you ask?" I ask her.

"It-tt- beca-ase, I wan—-" her voice gets softer. Her face reddens as well. "Why do I need to respond!" With that, she rushes out of the room and slams my door close.

What the hell? It's her problem. She and Ichika are friends, but that only happens since I'm with him. Honestly, women are too complicated.

I finish my drink. I watch some videos on my phone for a while. After a while, I call it a day and get ready to sleep. Then I sleep.

When Dan leaves Ichika's house

POV Ichika

I see Dan walking away. After a bit, I close the front door and make my way to the sofa. Honestly, he took it better than I expected. Still, I'm not happy that he knows about his.

"Next time Tabane, please don't come over when I have friends over. I don't know how they will react to you revealing yourself to them," I tell Tabane.

"As long as Reddy brings me food, then sure," Tabane says. What?! Why does this involve Dan? "Well, anyways, Ikkun, I need to go. I have work to do."

Before I say anything, she removes Ageha from her lap and rushes out the door. I go check outside to see she is completely gone. I just sigh and close the door. I make my way to Ageha and sit down with her. I start patting her head.

I sigh. Today is a long day. It was supposed to be a simple day. Dan comes in, we do some homework, might have dinner with him, relax, and that's all. But Tabane came today.

I start thinking about it. Tabane spoke to Dan quite a bit. When we were younger, Chifuyu-nee would tell me that Tabane rarely talked to anyone. She might say greetings, or she spoke when a sensei asked her to answer a question. She only had conversations with me, Chifuyu-nee, Houki, and somewhat with her parents. And Ageha was added to that list. Any other didn't receive the same treatment as we did.

With Dan, while she did mock him and gave him a nickname, she didn't ignore him at all. Why would she talk with Dan? Was it that I was here as well? Was it because Dan can cook? She did ask him to bring food next time he came. Is it because he's good with technology? Dan is suitable for our age, but hundreds of people are better than him. Or she's calming down. That could be a possibility, but only she knows.

I check the time, and it's pretty late. I leave Ageha and head to the kitchen. I cleaned anything I left and ensured the Goya wouldn't spoil. I return to the living room, grab my stuff, and put it back in my room.

After 20 minutes, I'm done. I'd start making Ageha's bed and prepare myself to sleep. After that, I head back to the living room and carry Ageha to my room. I struggle to hold her. I'm too tired. Mental note; teach Ageha how to walk.

I reach my room and lay Ageha on her bed. I make my way back to turn off the lights. Once done, I return to my room and sit on my bed. I grab my journal and start to write.

14/8/2029 Tuesday

'Well, today was interesting. Tabane showed up and needed to explain everything to Dan. Hopefully, this won't happen again, and Dan can keep the promise.

Though Tabane showing up is a surprise. Whenever she came, she would text me to prepare dinner, or I would invite her over. She rarely comes without an announcement. Also, her talking with Dan is a surprise. She doesn't talk to many except her family, Chifuyu-nee, and myself. Why?

Ageha is improving with using the spoon today. A bit of a mess but nothing too significant. However, I must start teaching her how to walk since she is getting too heavy to carry.'

I close my journal. I turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Hey guys. I hope that you enjoy the chapter. If you have any questions or comments, you can tell me. Hopefully, your day is going great. After this chapter, I will work on 'The Conflict of Three Worlds.' I have neglected it for too long.

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