Me: I'm quite sad today. Nobody wanted to talk to me :( Oh well, on with the story!

A/N: This is narration, "this is speaking" and 'this is thinking.'

A/N: I am terribly sorry for the delay! I got caught up in school, work, and another story, which will be up soon. Again, sorry for the delay! I also have no reason why the chapter shouldn't already be up. So, once again, I'm sorry :_(

Disclaimer: I Totally own To Love Ru, so send me the free money! No, in all seriousness, I don't own To Love Ru or any of it's characters.

Chapter 5:Yami's Enlightenment

Rito awoke well rested the next morning, not at all surprised to see a nude Lala in his bed. He blushed, recalling the previous night's events. 'And now we're engaged again.' (A/N:For those of you who either forgot, or didn't know, when one grasps the breasts of the Devilukian Princess, it is technically a proposal. Just so you know). Not that he minded. If he was to spend the rest of his life with somebody, he sure was glad that it was with Lala. he smiled as his thoughts came back to his princess. 'Why hadn't I realized how I felt before?' he wondered, sitting up. 'Damn, I hope that she doesn't become pregnant. I don't need that along with the other stresses in my life. And Gid!' His thoughts flew to her father. 'No, I love Lala, and she loves me. I don't have to worry about anything.'

"Lala, get up. Breakfast is soon." Rito said, shaking her awake.

"Nooooo." groaned Lala. "Lay back down with me, Rito." she said, giving Rito puppy dog eyes. Rito melted under her gaze, laying back down.

"You win, Lala." he said, smiling and giving her a tender kiss.

"Yay!" she cried, pulling Rito into a big hug, and revealing her naked form from under the covers.

Before the previous night, Rito would have nose-bled, fainted, or both. Now, it would be mildly surprising if he got so much as embarrassed around her. So, he returned the hug and kissed her again. "I love you so much, Lala." he murmured in her ear, causing a pleasant shiver to run down her spine.

Just as they lit the fire, the door opened to their room, and Yami walked in. "Yuuki Rito, Princess, I was told to-" She paused, noting the mood and their state of undress. Her hair turned into her feared blades once again. "Why do you continue to do ecchi things in front of me?" she growled.

"You walked in here, Yami." he glared back, thoroughly frustrated that the moment was ruined. "You tell me who's at fault."

Yami seemed to falter. Her hair returned to it's normal state. 'I did, didn't I?' She thought. "I apologize." she stated flatly. "Breakfast is ready." she said, before leaving. After closing the door, she paused. 'What did I feel back there?' she thought holding her chest. This was a strange... emotion? She shook her head slowly, clearing her mind of these thoughts, and proceeded to the kitchen to eat.

Meanwhile, back in Rito's room, Lala was looking surprised. 'He's normally so calm and nice. Do I really affect him like that?' she wondered, blushing.

Rito's thoughts were more or less along the same lines. 'Is that really how Lala makes me feel and act?' "Uh, Lala?" he said, getting out of bed and walking over to the dresser to get his clothes.

"Yes?" she responded, doing the same.

"I need to apologize to Yami-chan. I feel bad about snapping at her." he sighed, pulling his shirt over his head.

"Okay! She'll appreciate it." she said, sitting down to brush her long, pink locks.

"See you in a few." he gave her a quick peck on the lips and opened the door, only for Nana to appear and try to punch him in the gut. To everyone's surprise, Rito's included, he caught her fist. Not wasting his opportunity, he pushed past her, growling "Not now, Nana." He paused, and turned around, giving Nana a quick hug. "I'm sorry." he said, solemnly. He let her go, and ran down the hallway towards the kitchen, looking for Yami, and going a bit faster than he probably should have been running.

"What just happened?!" asked a very confused Nana. "Rito's reflexes aren't that

good."

"Remember, Rito is a Devilucian now." Lala reminded Nana. "I wonder what his power is."

~Kitchen, with Yami, Mikan, and Ryouko~

Yami walked into the kitchen very red in the face. 'Why do I feel this way?' she thought.

"Yami-chan, did you hear me?" asked Mikan, worried for her friend, and snapping her out of her thoughts.

"I'm sorry, I was deep in thought." admitted Yami, "What did you say?"

"I asked if my baka onii-chan planned on skipping breakfast."

"I wouldn't put it past him. Right now he is a love struck fool." Ryouko remarked. "If I were Lala, I would be keeping him all to myself-" Just then, Rito collided into Yami, knocking her out of her chair and onto the ground, in a very provocative position on the floor. 'Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.' Mused Ryouko.

When he regained his composure, he noticed where he was. "I'm sorry!" he threw his arms up to protect himself, awaiting his punishment. But none came. When he looked up, he was surprised to see Yami's hair-fists held in place, in mid-air. Confused, he looked to Yami, hoping that she already forgave him. No such luck, as she was just as confused as she was.

"I don't know how you stopped me, but I WILL hurt you." she growled.

"Rito!" cried Lala, breaking his concentration. As he turned to look at Lala, Yami's hair became mobile and pummeled him to the ground.

"I told you that I would hurt you." deadpanned Yami.

"Got it." moaned Rito, getting up slowly. "At any rate, the reason I was in such a rush to get here was to apologize. I didn't mean to snap at you. My emotions are shot with everything that happened recently." He concluded, glancing over at Lala, who blushed, causing him to blush as well. 'She always gets me, huh?' he thought happily.

"So Rito," began Mikan, "how did you stop Yami-chan's hair?" she questioned.

"I have no idea. I just really didn't want to get hit by Yami-chan's hair again. So I desired her hair to stop moving. And it did. Take that however you want, I am going back to bed. Coming Lala?" he grinned, because Lala never passed up a chance to sleep in Rito's bed, not if she could help it.

"Yes!" she exclaimed, grabbing his arm and pulling him down the hallway.

"Don't do anything ecchi!" shouted Mikan, grinning.

"Yes, mother!" Rito shouted, grinning back.

'Ecchi things... with Rito?' Yami wondered, while an image of a naked Rito popping into her head. She blushed. 'Where did that thought come from? No, he is my target. I cannot afford to become attached to him.' She thought about the contract that she had been assigned. It was to kill the perverted human who was after the Devilukian throne named Yuuki Rito. 'He is no longer my target. In fact, he never was." These thoughts freed her mind of the prejudice that had gripped her. "Yuuki Rito!" she stated calmly.

He stopped following Lala, slowing to a stop at the sound of his name. "Yes?" he called back, returning to the kitchen.

"I will stop my assassination attempts on your life. You are no longer my target. In reality, he never existed. But," she paused, transforming her hair into fists and slamming them together, "I will still punish you for ecchi things." threatened the assassin.

"Understood." Rito said, smiling. 'Maybe there's hope for you yet.'

"Rito!" yelled Lala.

"Coming!" he yelled back, taking off eagerly. However, when he opened the door to his room, grinning wildly, nobody was there. 'Huh?' He walked back to the kitchen, looking at the ground. "Hey, is Lala hiding here?" Rito asked, looking up. "She wasn't in our room." but nobody was there, either. In fact, the only thing in the kitchen was a datapad. Curious, he pushed the only button on the device, thinking that it was a message, maybe that the girls went shopping or something. However, when he activated the device, an image of the girls tied up appeared.

"Are you listening, Prince Rito?" gurgled a mechanical voice.

"Who the hell are you and what did you do with my family?" Rito demanded.

"I'm just somebody who was clearly a lot smarter than you. If you want to see these lovely women again, alive, you will bring me a ransom of a quarter of the total Devilukian treasury and come alone. Or they die, one by one. Your choice. Here are the coordinates. Remember, come alone." And the machine melted.

"Damnit!" he yelled, punching the table and splitting it in half, starting to tear up. He opened his cell. "Zastin? I need a one-pilot cruiser. Immediately!"

Me: Sighs Nobody's here to talk. Rito's saving the girls, and me? I get to tell him how he does it! Anyway, R & R!