Rito's New Troubles: Collection

by Diablo Ex Machina

Every chapter of Rito's New Troubles, now in a single, streamlined package. Contains all 6 Volumes, the Finale, and an Epilogue. Reviews motivate me to work harder and faster! Rito x Lala x Ryoko x Yami x Yui x Tearju x Nana x Momo x Oshizu x Risa x Mio x Run x Mea x Nemesis x Mikan x Peke x Kyouko. On indefinite hiatus due to lack of interest and fan response.

13. Nana & Momo 2

Summary of Zoo Time

After the events of Nana and Momo's argument, the rest of the visit to the zoo went by uneventfully. Their trip went from the aquarium, where Lala hopped the rails and rode a dolphin, getting them chased out of the area, to the savannah area, where Nana's ability to understand animals had her overhearing some stuff that made her vomit. Once Rito got her some medicine and Sprite to calm her stomach, they'd continued on to the aviary where Mea quickly discovered she had absolutely no affinity for birds.

Once they managed to clean all the bird poo off of her at a washroom near the primate exhibit, Momo discovered that her twin sister's words of men being no better than monkeys was a two way street. It took the better part of five minutes to get a monkey to let go of her tail, during which time Momo wouldn't stop clinging to Rito's torso like a koala bear. Eventually, they all decided that they'd had enough excitement for a while, and given that it was around 1:00 at this point, they stopped at the snack bar for lunch.

"This day has been one huge mixed batch," Nana sighed as she rubbed her stomach, all remaining aches of vomiting finally settling down.

"I'll say," Momo murmured as she iced her tail. "That monkey was way too rough. This is the reason I only trust Rito with my tail."

"You're lucky I'm too tired to get angry," Nana groaned as she leaned forward onto the table. "Where's Rito with our food anyway? I'm really getting hungry."

"Well, your stomach was just recently emptied." Pointed out Mea, once again checking her hair for bird droppings. "Now if only I could get out these last few flakes."

"We've already cleaned out your hair twice," Yami reminded her. "And you've been picking at it for nearly an hour. I've read that fussing with your hair that much can cause baldness."

"Seriously?!" Panicked Mea, her one hand dropping from her hair instantly. "But I can still feel some bird poo in my hair."

"But you've been checking it nonstop since we stopped washing it," Lala pointed out. "If you're still worried about it, maybe I could have one of my inventions clean you up one last time."

"Not in public, Lala." Interjected Rito, who appeared out of nowhere, making everyone but Yami jump in their seats a little. "No offense to you, but you might want to spend a little more time working out the kinks in your inventions before giving them their first real life test runs."

"Lala-sama's inventions aren't that bad." Peke defended her, somewhat offended as one of Lala's inventions herself.

"I didn't mean it like that, Peke." Rito apologized as he placed a plate of salmon in front of Lala. "You're an incredible piece of machinery with no flaws, but I've had enough bad experiences with Lala's inventions to have a good deal of skepticism."

"Y-You really think I'm incredible?" Peke stuttered with a blush on her face as she twiddled her wingtips. "And that I have no flaws? It makes me really, really happy to hear you say that, Rito." Giggling like a schoolgirl, Peke moved her face to the back of Lala's head.

"Don't mention it, Peke." Smiled Rito as he placed a half meat-lover, half vegetarian pizza between Nana and Momo, who glared at each other for their choice in toppings.

"You're lucky I'm not feeling too generous towards animals today." Nana remarked before she took a slice of vegetarian and began eating.

"And I don't get concerned about what you choose to eat anyway." Momo said before grabbing a slice of meat-lover, trying to act like the bigger girl.

"I wish I still had both hands," Mea pouted as she struggled to multitask eating and holding together her taco. "This would be so much easier to do."

"Here, let me see if I can't help you out there." Rito offered, taking a toothpick and sticking it through the center of the taco. "There, now you won't have to worry about it falling apart on you."

Loosening her grip a bit, Mea found that it did indeed stay together now. "Thanks for the help," She said gratefully as she began eating more casually. "I'm still getting used to not having both arms."

"I imagine it's something that only gets easier as time goes on," Rito smiled, placing a basket of grilled cheese sandwich wedges and sweet potato fries between himself and Yami. "You'll never be the same, but I know you'll learn to adapt."

"Speaking of adapting," Yami cut in as she held a few fries out. "Do you remember how much I've come to like doing this since we began dating?"

"How could I ever forget?" Chuckled Rito before chomping down on the food, holding out a few fries for Yami as he did so.

Looking at how close Yami was getting with Rito left a bad taste in Mea's mouth. While most people would be happy that their sister found someone to make their life better, Mea still had a skewed worldview. Even so though, she still found Nana and her relations to be oddly likeable, and in her own way valued her friendship with them. However, her dangerous obsession with Yami was still heavy on her mind. What was this feeling she got when looking at how happy she seemed to be with Rito? She knew it was envy, but envy of what? Envy of Rito getting so close to her sister? Envy of how happy Yami seemed after somehow abandoning the life of a weapon? Envy of Yami getting so close to Rito? When did things once so clear cut become so cloudy in her mind?

'I have to know what Rito has with my Onee-san that I don't.' Mea thought with determination as she bit fiercely into her taco. Seeing as she was sitting right next to Rito, she decided she might try secretly using her powers to link up their minds and see what made him so special. Risky to use in front of others, yes, but worth it to learn what secrets lie within his psyche. Just as she was about to make her move however, synchronized cries of pain from Nana and Momo broke her focus and calm.

"Nana! What's wrong?!" Asked Mea, worried about her friend.

"Momo, Nana, what's happening to you?" Lala asked her sisters in a panic, Rito and Yami both quick to aid her by calling out for a doctor.

"I don't know... what's happening to me." Nana struggled to say.

"It feels like... something inside me is pulling my ribs and spine apart." Momo winced as she tried to prop herself onto the table.

"That's what it's like for me too..." Nana groaned as her body flopped onto the table. "And it's like... something's taking control of my body... to pull me forward."

"Rito... Onee-chan... I'm scared." Momo winced as some mysterious forced caused her to grab on tight to her sister.

"It's going to be okay, you two!" Rito reassured them as he quickly took their temperatures by holding their foreheads. "You don't feel warm, but whatever's going on, you're going to be fine. Do you hear me? I won't let anything happen to either you."

"Rito's strong words," Smiled Momo through the pain. "Listening to those... I feel like I could weather through anything."

"Baka, now's not the time for your flirting." Nana complained jokingly. "Whatever's wrong with us, we need help."

"Where is that doctor?!" Shouted Rito, a large crowd having gathered since the twins started convulsing. "These girls need medical attention!"

"Rito, there's something happening to them." Yami got his attention, pointing out that the girls have started glowing.

"What could possibly be making them light up like that?" Wondered Rito, trying to keep a level head. While he had some suspicions about it regarding the alien mutagens Sallem had mentioned a few days ago, Rito didn't want any uncertainties to cloud his judgment. "Could it be some kind of alien sickness again?" He asked Lala and Yami, receiving only unsure worried looks in return. "We've got to do something! Whatever this is, it's clearly not an Earth disease. We've got to get them to Ryoko's house, and fast!"

"What about Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun?" Asked Lala as she got out her phone. "It could get us there in a second!"

"Can you guarantee it'll send us to the right place this time?" Rito asked.

"Of course. I've been working on it." Lala said proudly.

"Will it teleport our clothes with us this time?"

"I haven't gotten that part worked out yet." Lala admitted unflinchingly.

"What the hell, I suppose it's nothing we haven't seen already." Rito sighed as he reached for Nana and Momo to include them in the warp, but the light emanating from them became so powerful that it blinded everyone momentarily.

For a few painful seconds, the world around them was a blistering white pain on the eye. As it slowly began to die down, their eyes adjusted back to the normal amount of light. Rubbing and blinking the spots out of their eyes, Rito and company looked to make certain that Nana and Momo were okay, and their eyes widened in shock once they saw what happened.

"I've got a cramp in my shoulder," Winced Nana as she tried to push herself up, failing as her left arm refused to cooperate. "But the rest of the pain's died down now."

"My shoulder's fine," Momo said as she righted herself, even though she couldn't feel her right arm. "But I'm feeling really numb for some reason."

"Well there's something we can agree on," Nana said as she rubbed the spots from her eyes. "I can't move right, and my left half has this dull feeling in it."

"My right half doesn't feel right," Momo giggled as best she could at her pun with her sight just clearing up and some feeling beginning to return.

"This isn't funny, Momo." Deadpanned Nana as she turned to her sister. "We still don't know what happened to us, and until we do, we can't take chances."

"Your breath stinks," Momo complained as she backed up and waved her hand in front of her face. "I know we've just been through something traumatic, but could you please respect my personal space?"

"I'm trying to," Nana complained as she pulled back. "But something's pulling me in the other direction."

Suddenly, they both turned in shock as Rito rested his hands firmly on their shoulders. "Nana. Momo. I think you two might want to brace yourselves for this."

"Rito, in public?" Momo gasped. "I had no idea you'd gotten so bold, but I like it."

"Not like that," Rito shook his head as Nana and Momo suddenly became aware of the many odd stares they were receiving. "It's just... Well, you may need to look down to see my point."

"Look down?" Parroted Nana and Momo in unison as they did so out of curiosity. As they did so, their eyes slowly widened as fear and panic began to overtake them. Their clothes had been damaged somewhat, leaving them both scrambling to pull their clothes together, and that's when it really hit them. Right down the middle, two halves of different damaged clothes met with a tear down the middle. Reluctantly following the line upwards, they both came to a head that was somehow sharing their body. As the gravity of the situation began to fully dawn on them both, one thing immediately came to mind.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Panicked Nana and Momo as they tried to pull their fused body apart, neither liking the idea of suddenly going from twins to conjoined twins.

"Get your head off my body!" Nana demanded as she tried to force Momo's head off.

"Your body?" Repeated Momo in shock as she tried to yank off Nana's head. "Since when do you have such an ample chest?" She asked sarcastically as she groped the boob on Nana's side of the body.

"Don't touch that, it's mine now!" Nana smacked her hand away as she headbutted her sister. "This time, you can have the body with the washboard front!"

"Calm down, both of you." Rito interjected as he placed his hands between their heads. "Obviously we've got something to deal with now, but this isn't exactly the best place to do it, if you catch my drift."

Suddenly, Nana and Momo both became painfully aware of all the odd looks they were getting from the crowd of strangers.

"Nana," Momo began nervously

"Yes Momo?" Nana asked just as nervously.

"I really think we should get out of here."

"Agreed."

"Peke, do you think you could do something about this?" Asked Rito as he held Nana and Momo before Lala.

"Right away, Rito." Peke answered, setting to work at once.

---

Ryoko's House

"256... 257... 258..." Grunted Ryoko as she counted off her squats, a huge barbell slung over her broad shoulders, when suddenly a flash in the kitchen caught her attention. "I wonder who that could be?" She breathed heavily as she set her barbell down and went to investigate. The sight before her upon arrival was a strange one, but one she had somewhat expected upon the flash. Right before her eyes, were Rito, Lala, Yami, Nana, Momo, and their new friend Mea, all completely naked on the floor. While she was glad for any excuse to see Rito naked, and was fine with female nudity in general, the sight of Nana and Momo fused together told her why they'd come the way they did.

"So, am I going to get an invite to this orgy, or is it a free for all?" Ryoko joked, actually stripping her workout clothes off her highly sculpted body as she did so.

"You can take off your clothes if you want to, Ryoko, but you know why we're really here." Rito told her as he stood up, not once minding the nudity of the group.

"Will you put some clothes on?" Demanded Nana as she and Momo both got red in the face, but for different reasons. "I can see everything for crying out loud."

"I'll say." Drooled Momo, unable to avert her gaze, despite the protests of her twin.

"Sorry," Apologized Lala as she helped her sisters up. "But Pyon-Pyon Warp-kun can't transport clothes. But don't worry, Peke will bring all our clothes to us in no time."

As Mea looked on at Rito explaining the situation to Ryoko, Lala helping her sisters adjust, and her own sister use her hair transformation to cover herself, she couldn't help but be intrigued by Rito. She'd never seen a naked man before, but she knew they were different than girls somehow, she just never imagined that the difference would be so... appealing to her. Almost immediately several vivid images of what she could do with Rito whirled through her head, and not one of them involved killing him this time.

'I must study this in more detail later on.' Mea decided as she tried to stand up, but fell on her face when she tried to support herself on her peg leg, which hadn't made it through the transport. 'Why does this keep happening to me?'

---

Ryoko's House - After Peke brings everyone their clothes.

"It's about time everyone finally got covered up," Said a surly Nana as she adjusted her skirt. "Lala really needs to get all the bugs worked out on that thing."

"It's really a shame Peke had to get here so quickly," Momo sighed as she rested her head on her palm. "I would have liked to see Rito a bit more closely."

"Don't even think about it," Scowled Nana at her conjoined twin. "It was bad enough you had those urges when you had your own body, but now that we have to share a body I'm enacting a zero tolerance policy for your antics."

"Would it really be so bad losing our virginity to Rito?" Momo pouted, getting a firm glare in response. "Don't give me that look, your feelings for him are as strong as mine are."

"Like hell they are." Nana scoffed.

"You didn't deny you liked him though~" Momo said in a sing-song voice, further aggravating her sister. "Just imagine it for a second; us lying prone and naked in bed, Rito pouncing on us and doing this and that with our XXX and our OOO, his gentle caresses on our XOXO, our womb swelling up with his children."

"St-st-stop thinking like that-t-t-t." Stuttered Nana as she tried to straighten herself out and strangle Momo. "You m-m-may be used to getting this horny, b-b-but I'm not."

"Don't act so shy," Teased Momo. "After all, haven't you been climbing into Rito's bed from time to time?"

"H-How did you know that?!" Panicked Nana. "Who told you I did that?!"

"You did, just now." Giggled Momo, her sister fuming in rage. "W-W-Wait a second! Don't get so angry, you're making our entire body tense up. Everything's getting caught up in knots."

"Good!" Barked Nana. "Maybe that will teach you a lesson about treating my body right."

"Not that this isn't fun to watch, but if either of you can recall, I still have an examination to perform." Ryoko chuckled as she got out a rectangular device. "Now play nice, or I'll be forced to separate you two." Going into a second set of giggles at her joke as Nana and Momo fumed, she moved the device over their conjoined body.

"Wait a second, isn't that the Game Boy Horror thing Sallem left with you?" Noticed Nana curiously. "Why are you scanning us with that? We're not ghosts."

"Don't you know anything about the main appeal of the products Zero Industries makes?" Ryoko asked, genuinely curious as to why close personal friends of the company's founder wouldn't know about his products. "Almost everything they make comes equipped with multiple different functions depending on what attachments or programs you use. It's one of the main reasons so little is deducted from their gross income to fund their expenses. Making a multifunctional tool and selling it for an increased price based on convenience is a lot cheaper, easier, more profitable, honest, and environmentally friendly than wasting time and resources on mass producing junk, and then jumping through legal hoops to weasel your way out of paying full price for necessary expenses and labor. Why do you think he's put so many of his competitors out of business?"

"I'm not interested in Sallem's business strategies," Nana pouted. "I just want to know how I can get separated from this parasite."

"It's not really parasitism, so much as it is symbiosis." Ryoko explained as she looked at the readout on the Game Boy Horror. "Based on the data, several of your bodily systems have fused together to improve overall function. Your heart now has six chambers, in addition to having a three chambered secondary heart. You have three lungs, each capable of storing twice the air they normally could, and the cells of your liver are much more abundant and tightly interwoven. Other than that, several of your other organs and blood vessels now have increased circulation and redundant backups. Overall, aside from having to share a body, I can actually see several benefits to the formula that caused this."

"That's all well and good, but what about getting us separated?" Momo reiterated her sisters earlier question.

"Well, there's the problem," Ryoko began in a voice rehearsed several times in her career with unlucky patients. "The materials and equipment necessary to undo gene-splicing are very specialized, incredibly hard to come by, and just as expensive. Honestly, most planets are lucky to have even one facility equipped to handle such a procedure, and they charge through the nose and book reservations months in advance. With how primitive Earth is..." She trailed off, nothing more needing to be said.

"You mean... we're stuck like this?!" Panicked Nana, her sister Momo equally upset at this turn of events.

"I'm afraid so." Ryoko nodded as she relaxed in her chair. "Look at it this way, you'll be able to save a fortune on clothes now."

"This isn't funny, Ryoko." Pouted Momo. "How are we supposed to function like this? We had to be carried to your examination room because we couldn't coordinate our movements."

"Then you're going to have to learn, I'm afraid." Ryoko said casually as she helped Nana and Momo to their feet. "It's not the most fair of circumstances to be stuck in to be sure, but people get in accidents and have to go through rehabilitation all the time. If anything you two should have an easier time of it since you still have a whole body to work with."

"Yeah, with control over only half of it each," Pointed out Nana as she struggled to take a step forward, Momo trying to do the same, causing them to nearly fall over before Ryoko caught them. "See what I mean?"

"I never said it would be easy," Ryoko reminded them. "Just easier than what most people have to go through after a life changing accident." Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "You can come in, the examination is over." Ryoko invited them in as she helped Nana and Momo get steady.

"Sorry about the intrusion." Rito apologized as he, Lala, Yami, and Mea entered. "How are you two feeling?"

"Horrible." Nana scowled at Rito. "I just know this is your fault somehow. It's always your fault."

"The sad thing is, I can't really come up with any way to deny that." Rito deadpanned, not sounding the least bit offended by the accusation.

"How long are they going to stay like this?" Yami asked curiously.

"Forever I'm afraid," Ryoko sighed, twirling a 20 pound dumbbell in her fingers like it were a pencil. "Unless one of you has access to the latest in gene-splicing technology, there's nothing any of us can do."

"Maybe I could make something to separate them?" Lala offered helpfully. "I'm sure I could have something worked up in a few days."

"There's no need to make it a rush job, Lala," Momo reassured her nervously, both her and Nana equally worried that it may backfire somehow as it always does. "We're perfectly willing to wait a few extra days, or maybe even weeks for you to get your invention just right." Nana, in spite of wanting to be split from her sister as soon as possible, nodded her head in agreement.

"Really?" Wondered Lala. "Well if you say so. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to work carefully this time, after all I don't want to mess things up even worse like I usually do." She said with her ever present smile as big as ever, not the least bit discouraged by admitting that her inventions have done more harms than goods.

"Are her inventions really so bad that she'd say so herself?" Mea asked.

"They've come in handy from time to time," Rito tried to sound reassuring. "But... their failures do tend to be pretty extraordinary."

"Oh my god!" Panicked Momo suddenly, as if having a terrible epiphany. "What are we going to do about school tomorrow? We can't exactly just waltz into the building like this, but if we suddenly call in absent for too long just a week after we enrolled it'll reflect poorly on our permanent record."

"...I guess you do have a point there," Nana admitted after ruminating on the idea for a bit. "If we don't show up tomorrow, then people might start spreading some weird rumors. Then again, if we show up like this there will be even weirder rumors floating around."

"What's worse, my fan-club might suspect Rito of trying something weird with me, and try to kill him." Momo pouted, not so secretly wanting Rito to actually do something weird with her.

"Why do I get the feeling you're more upset about Rito not trying anything weird with you yet than you are being fused with your sister?" Yami questioned bluntly, once again deliberately pushing Momo's buttons.

"Maaaybe we should focus more on the task at hand right now," Rito intervened. "Like figuring out how you two are going to function for the time being."

"Personally, if I could just get walking down by the end of the day, I'd be content for the moment." Nana answered as she ushered for Momo to get up with her. While it took them a minute to coordinate their movements enough just to stand up straight, they managed to make a passable attempt at standing.

"Well, you seem to have standing well underway at least." Noted Rito as he grabbed Nana's arm to steady her. "Now why don't we have one of you try putting their leg forward, and trying to get a rhythm going forward."

"Alright then," Momo agreed as she and Nana bent over, both of them apparently trying to take the first step. "What do you think you're doing?" She asked Nana.

"What does it look like?" Nana scoffed. "I'm trying to walk, but somebody's making a mess of it."

"Well it's my body," Momo pointed out. "It only makes sense that I should take the first step."

"I'm the older twin here," Nana reminded her as they straightened out their body. "And what makes you so certain this is your body, anyway?" When Momo immediately pointed at their noticeable breasts, Nana's expression turned into a deep scowl.

"Actually, if you two want to get technical," Ryoko intervened helpfully. "Your new body is really a perfect fusion of your old bodies. Neither one of you can really lay any more claim to it than the other can."

"Just flip a coin for now," Yami suggested as she pulled out a 100 Yen coin. "Who gets what?"

"Heads." Called Nana and Momo in unison, both grumbling in annoyance as they made a glancing glare at each other.

"Why don't I just decide this?" Rito offered hesitantly. "Nana gets heads, and Momo gets tails."

"Fine," The twins grumbled as they crossed their arms as turned away from each other as best they could.

Making a small smile and a quiet attempt at a laugh, Yami flipped the coin high in the air before catching it and slapping it to her wrist. "NaMo is really funny to watch."

"Did you seriously just combine our names?" Nana complained.

"This is gonna be a long day." Sighed Rito.

---

Monday Morning - School Building

"Thanks again for driving us to school, dad." Rito said gratefully as he got out of the shotgun seat. "Nana and Momo just started learning to walk in their new circumstances yesterday, and I was worried they'd have a hard time getting there."

"Not a problem," Reassured Saibai Yuuki as Lala got out of the back seat. "My work may eat up a lot of my time, but given the circumstances and how good Zastin and the other two have gotten as my assistants, I can afford to get to work a little later in the morning until NaMo adapts."

"Stop calling us that," Nana demanded as Rito helped the sisters out of their seat. She hated that Yami had mentioned that name in the first place. According to almost everyone who heard it, the fusion of their names was so much more convenient and funny that people just couldn't help themselves. "We're not the same person."

"Well, if you really want to get technical..." Momo began uncertainly, never wanting to pass up a chance at riling up her twin, but at the same time not wanting to make fun of her own plight.

"Don't you dare finish that sentence," Nana ordered her as Rito held their hands as they walked, helping them get a rhythm before letting them walk on their own. "It took us four hours yesterday just to learn how to walk like this, and we still have a hard time of it unless someone holds our hands the first few steps. The last thing we need right now is for us to be out of balance."

"I suppose you have a good point there," Momo conceded as she balanced her focus between walking in sync with Nana, and taking notice of all the strange looks they were getting as they walked up to school. Oddly enough, most people didn't seem to pay them much mind after the first long and awkward glance. "Hey, I know this is kind of off topic, but don't you think it's odd how nobody really seems to care that we've fused?"

"It's really not that unusual when you stop and think about it," Rito explained, keeping his pace restrained so as not to get ahead of NaMo. "Ryoko's more well built than an amazon, Yami can shapeshift, Yui's a catgirl, Tearju's got a ridiculously huge hourglass figure, and the entire school is pretty much used to aliens by now. Trust me, very few people at this school are going to take too much notice of your condition."

"Rito really has a point there," Peke added. "People tend to become desensitized to strange occurrences as more of them happen. This will probably be just another day to everyone here."

"I guess you guys have a point there." Nana sighed in relief as they entered the building, glad that she and her sister wouldn't be drawing too many stares. "Well, I just hope that all that extra effort we put into walking up and down stairs yesterday will pay off. I really wouldn't want to fall down and have something weird happen." Casting a dirty glance at Rito as she said this, he understood her meaning well.

"Well, good luck to you both today." Rito said to them. "Do you need us to help you get to class?"

"No thanks." Nana denied immediately, wanting to retain her independence as much was possible while attached to another person. "We're not some helpless injured animal. We can get by just fine on our own."

"Alright, if you say so." Lala accepted as she grabbed Rito by the arm. "Come on, Rito! Let's get to class before the bell rings."

"Calm down, Lala. We have plenty of time." Rito chuckled in good spirits as he was pulled along, keeping up as best he could.

"You know it wouldn't have been any trouble for him to help us to class," Momo told Nana as they started up their walking rhythm again. "Rito is a gentleman by nature. He was just being nice."

"I don't need him to be nice to me," Nana insisted, their walking now at a comfortable pace, even if the stares they were getting weren't. "I just need him to be nice to Lala. Why he feels like he needs all those other girls is beyond me." She harrumphed as she said this, but her tone also carried a note of envy.

"You don't have to hide your feelings for him, you know." Momo told her older twin. She had noticed Nana's feelings long before she did, but only with their recent fusion did she learn how deep they were. While their minds were still independent, their shared body helped clue Momo in on all of Nana's physical reactions to Rito. Whereas Momo was happy enough just being around Rito, and hoping that she'd one day be part of his harem, Nana took emotions to a whole new high.

It was as if every little nice thing Rito did sent a jolt of electricity through their body. Momo had long thought that Nana's problem was that she wasn't enough in tune with her emotions, when it actually couldn't be further from the truth. If anything, Nana's emotions were too strong, and keeping her feelings for Rito hidden by a veil of feigned aggression and indifference was the only way she could cope.

"Says you," Scoffed Nana. "You share a body with me now. You know how worked up I get around him." Sharing a body with Momo definitely had more than its fair share of pros and cons, and it was hard to tell which was which or which was stronger at times. On the one hand, she hated that her only privacy these days was in her own mind, especially since the person now sharing all her secrets wasn't exactly known for being tight-lipped. However, a part of her was glad to have someone that she could finally unload all her emotional baggage on, even if the compliance of both parties in the matter was forced. It's hard to hide things from the person you're sharing a body with, even if you don't know them yourself.

"Yeah, I can tell," Momo consented as she pat her sister on the head reassuringly. "To be honest, with how wild your body gets around him, I'm surprised you haven't done something drastic yet."

"I have a little something called 'self-control' Momo." Nana scolded her as they entered their classroom, surprising all their classmates as they got one good look at them. "You might want to try it sometime. I hear it does wonders for your social position."

"Now you're just mocking me," Momo whispered bitterly as they took their seat - which was actually just Nana's - their class still looking on in shock. "Maybe you're the one who should try loosening up a bit. Really, what's the worst that could happen if you just let yourself be happy with Rito?"

"What's the worst that could happen?!" Hissed Nana bitterly as several images flickered through her mind. Herself and Momo at a cafe with Rito, at the ice rink, at the beach, eating ice cream together, curled up by the fireplace, hanging out with the rest of his harem, making out, cuddling in bed, doing XXX and OOO, rubbing her swollen belly, in the delivery room holding a two-headed baby. Suddenly, Nana's mind overheated and her crimson head started bursting out steam.

"What exactly are you thinking about?" Momo asked her sister worriedly, a bit too curious as to what images could overload her mind so much. 'I think her mind might secretly be even dirtier than mine.' She thought, amazed at the very idea.

"Uhh, Momo-sama?" A nervous looking member of her fan club cut off her train of thought. "Uhh, we, that is to say those of us in your fan club, we noticed that you and your sister were... Um, there's really no polite way to word this, I suppose..."

"What my nervous compatriot means is this, Momo-sama;" The leader of the club monkeys cut him off impatiently. "Your obviously alien affliction with you sister has all of us greatly worried! If there is anything we can do to help you get through whatever disease this is, then don't hesitate to let us, your loyal club members, take care of anything you may need!"

"What am I, chopped liver?" Nana asked scathingly, not missing that her sister's drooling slave monkeys only seemed concerned about her. "And anyway, this isn't because of some disease or anything. This is all because of that jerk-"

"Puberty!" Momo cut off her sister the moment she realized she was trying to blame this on Rito's bad luck curse. While they both knew his curse was indeed the reason behind their current situation, her fan club would majorly overreact if they knew. "Yeah, that's all it is. Devilukian Puberty."

"Puberty?" Repeated both Nana and several fan club monkeys in confusion. "You mean this is something normal for your species?"

"Absolutely!" Momo said quickly as she covered Nana's mouth to keep her from blabbing. "Fusing with your twin is a perfectly normal thing on our planet once you reach a certain age."

Instantly, the monkey club set about gossiping "Seriously?" "I guess we don't really know all that much about their species after all." "But what about their other sister, Lala?" "She said it only works on twins, remember?" "But what if the twins are different genders?" "I don't think I want to find out about that."

While the monkeys were distracted by the phoney alien biology lesson, Nana, failing to remove Momo's hand by force, resorted to licking her palm to make her let go. "What do you think you're doing?!" Hissed Nana as Momo wiped her hand off on their shirt. "Lying to these idiots is one thing, but don't just try to suffocate me all of a sudden."

"We have the same lungs, you wouldn't have run out of air even if your head stayed underwater for hours." Momo whispered bitterly. "Anyway, could you just do me a huge favor and play along with this? I promise I'll make it worth your while."

"What could you offer me to do this that I wouldn't already share with you?" Nana asked honestly, keeping her voice quiet just in case Momo actually did have something worthwhile to offer her.

"I'll let you do all the eating for both of us for the next week." Momo promised, already having thought of the idea during the weekend for just such an occasion as this.

Nana stopped to consider this as the monkeys began to wind down in their chatter. While their heads were independent, their bodies were not. Having to share a stomach was quite an ordeal, since neither could eat as much as they used to now. While part of Nana wanted to crack open whatever scheme her sister was cooking up out of spite, their petty sibling rivalry only went so far, whereas the promise of a bigger portion than their new norm was easily the better goal.

"Yeah, it's perfectly natural," Nana lied smoothly. "It's not exactly a happy part of our growth, but it's something that really can't be avoided."

"So be it!" Boomed the head degenerate all too boldly without a hint of hesitation. "If this is how evolution treats our goddess, then we shall rededicate ourselves the Momo & Nana Fan Club!" "YOOOOOSSSSHHHHH!" Shouted the din of idiots.

"How come my name comes second?" Pouted Nana irately. "And they're still using singular pronouns."

"Just ignore them," Momo whispered to her sister. "Trust me, you'll have far fewer headaches through the day if you do."

"This is going to be a long week." Deadpanned Nana, her irritation at the brainless followers already at a peak.

---

Tuesday - Ryoko's Office - Lunch Break

"I can't stand those idiots," Nana mumbled as she shoveled her rice into her mouth. "How is it you're able to put up with them so easily?"

"I'm used to all the attention," Momo shrugged her shoulder. "It's a curse of being popular."

"More like you're just an attention whore," Nana corrected her bluntly. "Among other things."

"Can't you two at least try to get along?" Rito requested. "You're literally stuck with each other now, so a bit of civility couldn't hurt."

"It's no use, Rito." Sighed Momo as Nana kept eating so she wouldn't have to answer. "We're just complete polar opposites. Our powers, our personalities, our popularity, our chest sizes."

"We have the same body now," Nana reminded her bitterly. "So stop bringing up stuff that doesn't apply anymore!"

"Speaking of breasts," Ryoko cut in, Celine wiggling in her arms. "It seems that our little flower child is getting hungry."

"That's a very disturbing correlation," Nana remarked, her eyebrow twitching in irritation. "Just feed her the lunch Mikan packed for her. It's not like anyone here could give her that kind of food anyway."

"Well, you never know," Ryoko teased as she started feeding Celine some tacos. "With how wild Rito was during our first time together just a few weeks ago, I may start giving milk any day now." Her flirtatious jibe caused Nana and Rito to both nearly choke on their food.

"Was that remark really necessary, Ryoko?" Rito asked as soon as he stopped choking. He may be willing to have deeply physical relationships now, but that didn't mean he wanted to broadcast it to the world.

"Somewhat," Ryoko chuckled as she brushed her fingers through Rito's hair. "Keep in mind that I'm not growing any younger, and I'll want to start having your children at some point in the near future." Purposefully disregarding the uncomfortable look she was getting from Nana, she continued. "I know it might make me sound a bit dirty to say this, but I want you to have a huge harem, and for every one of your loyal mistresses to have a whole gaggle of kids."

By now, Nana's eyebrows were both twitching in furry, and Rito was sporting a faint blush as he pinched the bridge of his nose in exasperation. Noticing the smile Momo was trying to hide, Rito asked. "Nana, has Momo been talking with Ryoko at any length during the past few days?"

"Nothing that I'm aware of." Nana glared at Rito, likely blaming him for this mess, since she already knew better than anyone what Momo had been doing since their fusion.

"I wonder what our kids would look like." Momo hummed softly, drawing odd looks from her sister and Rito. "I wonder if they'd have two heads too."

---

Wednesday - Gym Class - Girls Swimming

"Ah! The water is always so refreshing!" Lala gasped enthusiastically as she surfaced from underwater with a large splash.

"It really is," Run hummed as she drifted along lazily. "I wish the time I get off from my idol work was always like this."

"I'd be satisfied right now if we could just get the hang of swimming like this." Nana grunted as she and Momo struggled to coordinate their movements in the water, fairing rather poorly as they couldn't get into a good rhythm.

"Our tempos just won't work in sync," Momo complained. "I guess it's true what they say. You really don't know how different two people are until they spend too much time together."

"And we already knew we were pretty different from the start." Nana added, letting out a sigh at the end of her sentence as she tried to drown herself for a moment, both her and Momo aware that their shared lungs meant she'd be fine.

"It's funny watching NaMo try to function." Yami smiled slightly. "It's like a slow moving train wreck."

"Yami, don't make fun of your friends!" Tearju called from the side of the pool. While supervising gym class periodically was a volunteer post for most staff members, Tearju enjoyed taking shifts when her daughter was in class. "Remember, treat others as you would treat yourself!"

"Yes mom," Pouted Yami as she continued swimming along. "There's nothing worse than having your mother supervise your classes." She muttered as she drifted by Run. "Have you been growing your hair out?" She asked the idol as she passed by, making an effort to take more notice of the people around her.

"Actually, I've just been so busy with work and school that I haven't really had time to do anything with it." Run admitted as she held up a few strands of hair, which had indeed gotten quite long. "I've been debating whether or not to cut it down to my normal length for a while now. Shorter hair is easier to manage, but Rito really seems to like longer hair."

"What makes you say something like that?" Peke asked curiously as Lala casually swam by.

"Just look at all the girls he's attracted to," Run said in exasperation as she flopped over into the water. "Lala, Yami, Yui, and Tearju all have long hair. I get that he's conflicted about his feelings, but how did it ever get to this crazy extent?!" Complaining as she stood bolt upright, she turned to Lala with a bitter look on her face. "This is all your fault!" She exclaimed as she splashed Lala in frustration.

Peke reviewed Run's words, and realized that she did indeed have a point. Making a mental note to give her human disguise longer hair, she began editing her mental image of herself. Her master Lala though, now thoroughly drenched, blinked in confusion at Run before a bright smile came to her face. "Splash fight!" She cried happily as she splattered Run with water.

"Hey! Watch it!" Run angrily retorted as she returned fire. "I'm not gonna go down easily, Princess!"

"That's kind of childish." Nana remarked before a torrent of water fell on her and Momo from above. "What the hell?" They remarked in unison as they looked around, quickly catching sight of Yami, who had turned her hair into a giant spoon. "What was that for?" Momo asked as she wound up her arm.

"I'm trying to be more outgoing," Yami replied as she turned her hair into a wall to block Momo's retaliation. "A water fight seemed like a good thing to try."

"Hey, does anybody else hear that?" Asked Mea, who was allowed to just tread water due to her disability.

"Yeah, I'm picking up something," Risa noted as she pulled herself up to the edge of the pool for a brief rest. "It sounds like somebody screaming."

"I'm getting out of the pool." Yami deadpanned as she dove down before somersaulting onto land.

"10 points for the landing!" Cheered Mio jokingly. "But why are you getting out?"

"I've seen this pattern before." Yami replied as she pointed at the horizon, causing many people to cease their splash fighting and turn to see what it was.

Suddenly, though not the least bit unexpectedly, Rito fell from the air, landing in the pool with a huge splash.

"Same routine as usual," Yami remarked as she got into a meditative pose and formed a cage of hair around her. "Now things are just going to go from bad to worse."

"What is she talking about?" Risa remarked curiously as Rito managed to find his footing in the pool.

"Obviously she knows this beast's true character as well as I do," Rin scowled as she reached for her wooden sword and got into a stance, Nana already trying to pound Rito for intruding, and surprisingly being the only one to do so. "Zastin Darling, I shall use the Deviluke swordsmanship you have taught me to smite this beast once and for all."

"Zastin Darling?" Chuckled Mio as she and Risa gave her mischievous knowing looks, and Tearju slipped trying to get Rito out of the pool, and instead falling on him boobs first. "Wow, I knew you were seeing Lala's bodyguard, but I had no idea it had gotten so intimate as to call him 'Darling' even when he's not around."

Her face turning bright red at the accusation, Rin began bickering with the mischievous duo.

"I can't help but feel as though the anger of the boys in this school is inversely proportional to how little the girls care." Rito pondered as he managed to disentangle himself from Tearju's XXXXL sized swimsuit, taking notice of how Rin and Nana seemed to be the only girls in class upset by his intrusion on their swim class.

"So long as you keep your twisted luck restricted to your own girls, most of us don't really care anymore." A random girl said as she swam by.

"I still care," Huffed Nana irritably. While Rito took her words to mean that she still didn't like him, Momo knew her words really meant that she wanted something more from him.

---

Thursday - On the way to School

"...And that's how I ended up landing in the school pool yesterday." Rito finished up his tale.

"Damn that Lacospo," Huffed Lala. "I keep telling him he's a creep and to just leave me alone, but he just keeps coming back."

"You really blew up a building to get rid of the mercenary he hired this time?" Yami wondered in astonishment, surprised that Rito was capable of something so badass.

"Could you please not mention that part to the police if they ever come asking?" Rito pleaded with his hands in a praying position. "I was running away, and the gas station was just sort of there. I had no idea it would all wind up causing so much destruction."

"So, we're basically hiding evidence concerning several hundred million yen worth of damage from the police." Nana remarked casually. "I'm cool with that, I'm just checking."

"At least tell me that jackass got caught in the crossfire." Momo scowled.

"Last I saw he was being chased by tigers when I ran through the zoo." Rito answered in the affirmative.

"Please don't mention the zoo," Pouted Nana as she glanced at Momo. "Just thinking about it makes me angrier about my situation."

"I'm actually getting kind of used to things like this." Momo remarked as she leaned her head against Nana's. "Always sleeping next to someone can be really comforting." She teased as her tail danced around with Nana's.

"NaMo's just as funny as ever." Yami smirked slyly, sending Nana into another rage.

"Yami," Sighed Tearju as she ruffled her daughter's hair. "I'm glad that you're being more social, but you need to understand that the things you say might offend people."

"I'm pretty certain that she does understand what she's saying," Rito remarked as he held back Nana and Momo. "It's just that her long buried sense of humor seems to have a sadistic side to it."

"You took the words right out of my mouth." Nana scowled as Momo began humming in thought.

"Speaking of which," Momo smiled seductively as she pushed her head forward. "Would you care to take the words out of my mouth, Rito?"

"I thought we had moved beyond this?" Nana scolded as she facepalmed Momo.

"Maybe we should wait until you two are a bit more in agreement before we continue this conversation." Rito suggested innocently, wanting the conflict to end.

Nana and Momo however, took his words in a different way. While Rito was just saying that they all needed to cool their heels for a bit, the twins took it to mean that they both needed to be in consensus before pursuing a relationship with him. Because Rito already had an active harem, neither of them thought for a moment he had any other meaning than that. While some girls would be offended, the mere idea that Rito was willing to add them to his harem was enough to heat their faces, even more so since he wasn't going to make a move until all three of them were ready.

'Why did my soulmate have to be such a womanizer?' Thought a distraught Nana.

'I can feel our body heating up. She's just as tempted as I am,' Momo thought happily. 'Now she just needs that one last big push, and both of us are in the Harem Plan.'

---

Friday - Clubroom for Monkeys - AKA Momo and Nana Fanclub

"Gentleman! We are at war!" Declared the club leader, not wasting any time beating around the bush. "Based on our scout reports, our worst fear is beginning to come to pass! Our idols, Momo Belia Deviluke and to a lesser extent Nana Astar Deviluke, are beginning to fall into the vile clutches of the school's most infamous womanizer. Rito Yuuki!" His declaration was met with a chorus of cheers, none of them aware, or at least choosing to ignore the fact that Momo was one of the main instigating parties in the Harem Plan.

"You bozos are still at it?" Taunted Sallem humorously as he suddenly appeared from a ceiling panel. "I just came by to take notes on how things are going, and here I find that almost none of you have wised up to the fact that none of you are getting with Momo."

"This is none of your business, interloper!" The club leader shouted as he threw a chair at Sallem, which he casually cut in two with the blade in his left hand. "How we spend our lives in none of your business! Now remove yourself from our clubroom!"

"Aren't you the least bit worried about how you're gonna pay for that chair?" Sallem remarked as he looked at the split pieces, completely disregarding the club leader's words. "Granted, I could pay for it with way less than my lunch money, but I'm not gonna cover your ass on this one, dude."

"Get out of here!" The crazed club members shouted in unison as they began tossing everything they could get their hands on, each item only ending up as kindling on the floor for their efforts. The process repeated itself for about 40 minutes, with Sallem trolling them like a champ the whole time, and all the items ending up as little more than sawdust and metal shavings by the end of it.

---

Sunday - Yuuki Household - Pocket Dimension

"There we go," Huffed Ryoko as she set down a very heavy box in a field of grass. "That should just about do it for all of my equipment. It's nice to be moving somewhere roomier."

"If by roomier, you mean an entire forest contained within a sub-space in my closet, then yes, it's roomier." Remarked Rito as he and Yami were carefully unpacking some of her non-medical supplies. "Why have you waited until just now to move in? I told you after our first time that you're all welcome here whenever."

"It's taken me a while to get everything all in order," Ryoko remarked as she helped Yui move in some of her stuff. "Besides, it's easier for everyone to all get settled in at once."

"Sorry it took so long for me to come to a decision." Yui said as she browsed through the available selection of buildings the pocket dimension's computer could manifest for her to dwell in. "But moving in with your boyfriend is something that takes a lot of consideration. Not to mention how much I had to do to convince my parents to let me move out."

"How did you talk them into it, anyway?" Rito asked as he unloaded a box labeled lingerie, making certain not to look into it as he did so.

"It was actually my brother who managed to convince them in the end." Yui explained as she selected a classic Japanese-style Palace, which materialized in a whir of lights instantly. "He said they needed to unload me on whatever guy was taking a relationship with me seriously enough to do this before he changed him mind." She said irritably.

"That's fine," Rito said in awkward understanding. "But everything else aside, where did Sallem manage to find the time to make something like this in my closet? It took Lala months to build hers."

"This isn't a standard sub-space area," Yami explained. "The technology in here is all clearly Jurian based."

"I'm not sure I understand what that means exactly." Yui said curiously as she began sorting out the interior of the temple on her keyboard. "Are these Jurian people some kind of technology experts, or something?"

"Not hardly," Nana remarked, sounding offended at the very mention of the source of the technology they were in. "Anyone in the galaxy over 5 years old can tell you that they used to be one of the two biggest political and military powers in the galaxy until Daddy overthrew them both completely."

"Were they really all that great?" Rito turned to some of the others for confirmation.

"Of course they were," Momo nodded in agreement. "Because of their unique ships made from their special Royal Trees, their power was almost completely undisputed until Father's army destroyed nearly all of the trees in an aggressive strategic assault of their homeworld."

"Thank you for the reminder of just how scary your dad can be." Rito sweatdropped as Yui's finger slipped on the control panel in shock, accidentally adding a bondage room to the budding palace in the process.

"However, that power was a double-edged sword, if nothing else." Tearju explained as she pushed several of her personal items into the space on a cart. "The Jurains got too reliant on it, seeing their natural growth on their home planet as a sign of their divine right to rule the universe, and the moment King Deviluke destroyed the last of their 1st generation Royal Trees, which were the most powerful, the rest of the galaxy was quick to encroach on their rapidly falling power base. In fact, immediately after the fall of Jurai, the organization I used to work for to grew substantially more powerful." Upon hearing this, Rito gained a new understanding for how complicated politics were, and just how easily things could shift in the universe.

"Hey Yui, what's this weird room you added to the building?" Lala asked as she pointed to the bondage room onscreen, already on to her own thing again.

"AHH! How did that get there?!" Panicked Yui as she frantically fiddled with the touchscreen. "Delete, delete, delete, delete!"

"So, are you saying that this is one of those, 'Royal Tree' things?" Rito asked Yami curiously.

"After the fall of Jurai, the Cortez siblings came into possession of a great number of the remaining Royal Trees due to a deal with King Deviluke." Yami explained. "Not to mention that the archway above the teleporter out reads 'Jurain Royal Tree - Second Generation - Enslaved Model'."

"Something tells me I'd be better off not asking what all of that means for me," Rito sighed. "The term enslaved has me worried though. Hey Nana!" Rito called the older Deviluke twin.

"What is it Rito?" Nana replied as she and Momo came over.

"Do you know if Sallem has any bias against Jurai or their trees?" Rito questioned. "I'd ask Lala, but she's not really one to give unbiased answers."

"I'm not really sure," Nana began. "He's always hated how Jurai had just lucked their way into power due to their trees, but he's always been genuinely interested in the trees themselves."

"Is that so?" Rito hummed, nodding in understanding.

"Those trees are even one of the two main reasons he provided father with so many weapons for the war." Momo continued on explaining. "Sallem made a deal with father; he provides weapons for the war at highly marked down prices, and if and when father wins, Sallem and his brothers get a large portion of the remaining Royal Trees for their personal usage, as well as complete tax exemption."

"So, he got involved in a galactic-scale war to plant trees and get out of paying his taxes?" Rito repeated in astonishment, receiving dual nods of confirmation from NaMo.

"It's not as superficial as you'd think at a glance." Yami remarked as she finished moving in the few possessions she and her mother owned. "Just the taxes Sallem would have to pay on his company could buy an average planet three times per standard galactic year, and Royal Trees have a value that can't be measured in any form of currency."

"It doesn't make me feel any better about having one of the most powerful warships in the Galaxy converted into my new closet." Rito quipped, taking a respectful pause for the once great ship before getting back to work.

---

Monday - School - Between Periods

"This is becoming surprisingly routine for me." Rito remarked casually as he kept up a brisk pace ahead of the angry mob that was once again chasing him. "If nothing else, this is all very good cardio."

By this point however, many of the mindless, faceless males in the school had become complete victims of the condition writers like to call 'Flanderization' and had become little more than raving animals at this point. All was not lost however, as just as many of the formerly mindless idiots had wised up since their first days of drooling, and were actually productive members of the school.

"Hey Ryuzaki. Hey Tanaka. Good luck with the football team!" Rito greeted as he passed by two of his former pursuers in the hallway.

"Thanks, Rito!" Ryuzaki called out to his fleeing friend. "Keep it up! You'll lose them eventually!"

"Can you believe that used to be us chasing him?" Tanaka asked his friend in astonishment as he shook his head at the mob, which had long since decreased in number from what it once was.

"Unfortunately, I can," Ryuzaki sighed. "And even more unfortunately, so can my girlfriend. When I think of all the time I wasted chasing that guy around..."

"It was good cardio, though." Tanaka pointed out. "And part of the reason the football team scouted us."

"Yeah, the football team." Ryuzaki smiled contentedly, reminiscing of how he met his girlfriend through the sport after a game. She was a huge fan, he took a shot, and the rest was history. "Seriously though, looking at my Helena, I don't even remember what I saw in whatever girls I was chasing Rito over at the time."

"Well, she is an African, and an amateur model." Tanaka pointed out. "Do you think playing football will help me meet the ladies like it did you?"

"No doubt, it's a very social sport, after all." Ryuzaki reassured his buddy. "Now come on, we need to get ready for class."

---

Tuesday - School - Between Periods

"Remind me again why you do this everyday?" Lala asked Rito as they sprinted through the halls, the pitter-patter of their footfalls matching those of the rain outside.

"They don't give me much option," Rito explained. "Besides, it doesn't really bother me anymore."

"They are lagging pretty far behind," Peke noticed. "And they really do this every time you leave the room?"

"Every. Single. Time." Rito emphasized every word to get his point across. "Honestly, I'm pretty sure at least some of them are doing it out of habit now more than anything else."

"So you really don't mind doing this everyday?" Lala repeated. "You seemed pretty upset about this happening when I first came here."

"Don't get me wrong, I really do wish they'd just leave me alone already." Rito corrected her. "I'm just saying that it doesn't impact me anymore."

"Hey look! There's my sisters!" Lala noticed. "Hi Nana! Hi Momo!"

"Onee-san, Rito," Nana and Momo returned the greeting in unison with a passing wave as they ran by, the mob following shortly after them.

"So the Royal Tree creating the space in Rito's closet is really the former ship of Seto Kamiki Jurai?" Nana asked Momo in astonishment once the mob had passed, obviously returning to an earlier conversation.

"Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are," Momo confirmed, sounding more than a little offended. "I always thought that Royal Trees up to the Third Generation wouldn't work for anyone but their chosen partner, but apparently Sallem figured out a way to force their cooperation."

"You seem pretty upset about this." Nana noticed. "Is there anything I can do to help?" Surprisingly, since their fusion, Nana and Momo have begun developing a surprising amount of cooperation. They still clashed on occasion, and kept their own unique personalities, but they've learned how to cohabit their new body.

"Well, it's just that..." Momo hesitated, not sure how to put her thoughts into words. "For as far back as I can remember, I've always wanted the chance to talk to one of the famous Royal Trees. Then, when I finally get the opportunity to do it, the circumstances are just plain horrible."

"I thought we'd moved past this issue," Nana protested as she gestured from one head to the other.

"Our situation has nothing to do with it," Momo shook her head. "I'm talking about how the Mikagami was stolen from its true partner, forced into slavery, and I can't even do anything to help it without setting off at least 100 fail safes that will shut me out, and ruthlessly torture Mikagami."

"Is it really all that bad?" Nana asked in concern.

"Worse," Momo sighed. "Being torn from its partner, and shackled from ever finding them again, or even getting a new one. Imagine how you'd feel if Rito was gone."

"That's bad." Nana said in monotone. "Why would Sallem do something like that? I know he's not the nicest guy around, but that's downright psychotic."

"Apparently he has some sort of huge grudge against Jurai, especially their Royal Trees." Momo answered sadly. "Or at least, that's what Mikagami-chan managed to figure out about him from his evil gloating."

"Sallem does evil gloating?" Rito asked curiously, startling Nana and Momo with his presence. "That's not too surprising, but part of me thought he was above that."

"When did you get here?" Nana asked in astonishment, a blush coming to her face as she realized she'd said some incriminating things he might have heard.

"We've actually been here for a while," Rito answered as he pointed his thumb at Lala, causing Nana's face to heat up more. "We managed to lose the mob and work our way back here to see where you wanna eat lunch today, seeing as the roof is clearly not an option." He said as he pointed out the window, rain drizzling to the ground.

"How about we go to Ryoko's office?" Recommended Momo, fanning Nana in an effort to cool their body down. "She doesn't get too much in the way of company just working in that office all day."

"That sounds like a good idea," Nodded Rito. "And Nana?"

"What?" Nana said nervously.

"My hearing hasn't been so great lately," Rito explained offhandedly. "I keep hearing this weird ringing blocking things out sometimes. You're good with animals, what do you do when one of them says they hear ringing?"

"Um..." Nana hesitated, not sure why he would bring up something like that all of a sudden. "Well, you could try submerging both your ears in water for a minute or so. That usually clears them up just fine."

"Thanks," Rito said gratefully as he pat Nana and Momo between their heads. "Truth be told, it's been bugging me a lot more today than it used to. That's why I only brought it up just now. See ya." He waved as he and Lala went off to class.

"...What happened just now?" Nana asked her twin curiously once they were out of earshot.

"What happened was Rito giving you a free pass." Momo smirked devilishly as they set out for class. "He heard what you said about how much you'd miss him if he were gone, but he's pretending that he didn't to let you save face."

"Why would he do something like that?" Nana asked as she rubbed her chin in confusion and frustration.

"Because he's being nice," Momo answered bluntly. "He's just nice like that, plus, it means that he wants us to make the first move."

"You've already made more than enough moves for the both of us." Nana muttered snidely.

"But you haven't made even one," Momo pointed out. "Just stop and think for a moment. He won't make a move on us until you make one on him. He's not the pervert you think he is. He's a chivalrous gentleman."

"I know that," Grumbled Nana as she turned her head away. "I'm just worried about how it'll work. We share a body, so things will get a little... weird. You'll want something, I won't be ready for it, and a fight will break out. What kind of relationship would that make for the three of us?"

"Do you seriously think that's how it'll go?" Momo asked, obviously taking offense. However, one glimpse at the deadpan look on Nana's face said it all. "...Okay, I see how you could come to that conclusion. How about this; you imagine how far you'd be willing to go, and we'll work our way from there."

Nana hummed thoughtfully as she took the idea into consideration, her thoughts trailing from one thing to another, the romantic staples getting progressively more intense as things went on: The three of them eating lunch together. The three of them at the movies. The three of them eating a romantic dinner together. The three of them at the beach. Replaying the previous answers with progressively more members of the harem. None of it was really phasing her, which worried her a little. Ultimately, it wasn't until she reached the image of the three of them having sex did she finally reach her breaking point.

"I think we have a winner!" Momo smiled as she noticed their body temperature rise slightly. "So? What was it that finally set you off?"

"Sh-shut-up!" Nana demanded nervously, giving Momo a knowing ear-to-ear grin.

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Wednesday - Yuuki Household - Subspace

"Ahh, drifting along in the water on a day like today is just what I ordered." Ryoko sighed pleasantly as she floated happily in the lake. "Royal Trees really are a wonder, aren't they? An entire private beach in your closet, and this is only a small portion of it."

"And to think that there's nothing but cloud cover outside today." Tearju added as she bobbed beside Ryoko, her giant bosom and ass acting as flotation devices. "How are you two managing in the water?" She called over to NaMo.

"We've finally got the hang of it," Nana called as she and Momo performed a flawless backstroke. "Now we just need to work out a system for deciding which of us comes up for air when."

"Until then, we're just enjoying the sun, the sand, and the view." Momo smiled as she glanced at Rito, who was currently resting on a beach towel with Yui.

"You're sure that you're fine with just resting on the sand?" Rito asked Yui, who had her head nuzzled on his lap as he brushed her from head to tail. "The water's perfectly clean."

"I know it is," Yui purred contentedly as her ears twitched. "But you know how it is with cats and water. We just don't mix right. Besides, I'm comfortable right where I am... Just don't get any bright ideas, okay?" She said sternly. "Today is all about relaxing. We're still getting settled in to our new home, and I don't want you getting too touchy-feelly right now."

"Some species of big cats prefer being in the water," Yami paraphrased from one of her zoology books. "It keeps them clean, cool, and is the only place they can hunt for fish. Oddly enough, feline evolution has had them retain their love for fish, but lose their preference for water, causing quite a paradox of biology."

Noticing Yui's disgruntled expression at Yami's remark, Rito scratched her behind the ears, eliciting a contented purr from her instead. "There, there, Yui. There's no need to get so excited. Remember, we're here today to have fun and get away from all the problems our lives bring us on a regular basis, not incite them."

"Ohh, you're so lucky you know that sweet spot, Rito." Yui grinned as she arched her back in a stretch. "Maintaining order in school can be so tough sometimes. Some kids bring in magazines or games, the Principal is always causing some kind of trouble for the girls, unauthorized clubs form and cause trouble for the rest of the school..."

"Thank you for dealing with my angry mob on a daily basis by the way." Rito said appreciatively as she rolled over on her back.

"Thank you for attracting one in the first place." She said as Rito scratched her belly. "Scratching those people senseless is great for dealing with stress."

"I'm glad that my misfortune is bringing you so much joy," Rito smiled sarcastically. "You are really getting furry by the way. Have you given any thought to shaving it?"

"Only if it starts growing in places where it'll draw attention." Yui lulled her head as she curled around Rito. "I have a reputation as a serious enforcer to maintain. For right now though, I kinda like being fuzzy."

"Yui," Interrupted Nana as she and Momo walked onto the sand. "I think you might be shedding on Rito." She pointed at the loose bits of fur clinging to his body.

"What?" Yui startled abruptly as she backed away from Rito in embarrassment. "Oh, so I was... Sorry." She turned away nervously, her face turning slightly red.

"It's okay, Yui." Rito reassured her as he brushed her hair, causing her to purr in contentment. "These things happen, and it's nobody's fault. I'm just glad everyone's enjoying themselves." He remarked as he looked out over the beach.

Following the path of his gaze, Nana's brow furrowed as she looked at all the beach-goers. Ryoko was wearing a skimpy crimson sling, and her super amazonian build was both intimidating, and arousing. Tearju, while having settled on a more conservative navy-blue one-piece, still had an impossible figure with monster boobs and hips, all supported by a waist of perfectly normal size. Yui, one of the most conservative people she knew, was actually completely nude! The only reason she wasn't indecent was because her black fur covered everything worth seeing, though she did look like she was wearing a furry bra and panties.

Comparatively speaking, Lala and Yami were the only normal women left on the beach. Her older sister was wearing a white bikini made by Peke, while Yami had transformed her usual clothes into a black bikini. And herself and Momo? The two headed freak of nature? They had squabbled over what to wear for half an hour before they decided on a purple two-piece. While Nana had some confidence in her new figure, part of her was still worried that Rito wouldn't be interested in the freaky two-headed girl.

Why would he be? Some of the other girls in his harem may be freaks now, but at least their altercations could be seen as attractive in some light. But conjoinment? Nana knew the idea was unattractive, and that the only reasons Momo's fanclub still followed them was because they were desperate, and they could just ignore the growth sprouting from their idol with enough effort. That wasn't just her self-consciousness speaking, she's had some of her animals spy on them when they thought they were alone, so she knew what they really thought of her. Even when she was literally attached to her more popular sister, she was still just an afterthought.

"Nana, are you alright?" Rito suddenly asked her, snapping her out of her trance.

"Of course, why wouldn't I be?" Nana answered in a panic, still a little jumpy from the sudden intrusion on her deep thinking.

"Well, you were just staring out into space for a while, so I just thought I'd ask." He shrugged as he pet Yui, who was currently snuggling his leg.

"What's up with Yui?" Momo asked as she took note of the normally high-strung girl's sudden playful and animal-like affections.

"I'm not really sure," Rito answered as Yui stretched out with cat-like grace before curling up for a sudden nap. "I'm worried that she may be getting more and more like a cat as time goes on. I think I'd better have Ryoko check and see if something's up with her."

"I can take her to my lab, Rito!" Ryoko called from the lake before she began to swim over, her elven ears having picked up the casual conversation. "I've been meaning to give her another check-up anyway. With all these weird transformations those of us in your harem have been having, one can only imagine how much our bodies have changed."

"I do seem to be a magnet for the bizarre." Rito agreed as he picked up the slumbering Yui and handed her off to Ryoko. "Let me know if there's anything we should worry about."

"I'll keep you posted." Ryoko nodded as she strolled off to their house within subspace.

While Rito had been talking with her sister and Ryoko, Nana faded off into a trance again. 'Why did it have to be him?' She wondered as she stared at Rito in veiled longing. 'Why is it, that out of all the guys in the universe, I had to fall for the same guy as both my sisters, and several other girls.' Even as she asked herself this, she already knew the answer. 'Because he's gentle, caring, loving, protective, and just plain fun to be around. I know that I SHOULD just let go and move on, but my heart just won't let me.' Granted, she did share both of her physical hearts with someone who was smitten enough with Rito for the both of them, but her metaphorical heart was just as lovestruck and that of her other half.

'That's it,' Nana decided resolutely. 'I'm going to do it. I'm going to tell him how I feel, and competition be damned, I'll get him to reciprocate.'

"Well there's a fire in your eyes I've never seen before." Momo quietly goaded her other half. "Anything I should know about?"

"Just follow my lead and don't ask questions." Nana scolded her.

Momo just shrugged her shoulder playfully, fully intent to go along with it. After all, she knew from the get go that Nana was the kind of girl to confess on her own terms, and her terms alone. If letting Nana take charge for a bit was what it took to get them both in Rito's harem, Momo had no complaints with that.

"Rito!" She began fiercely, causing Rito to startle. "We need to talk for a minute. Alone." She highlighted as she grabbed his arm and began to pull him with her into the forest. "Well, partially alone." She corrected herself as she reminded herself to take Momo into account.

"Okay, okay, just don't squeeze my arm so tightly." Rito relented as he hurried along beside the twins, silently amazed that their movements had coordinated to the point where he had a hard time keeping pace. "Lala, Yami, Tearju, Peke, it looks like I'll be stepping out for a bit!" He called out to those remaining at the lake.

"And then there was 7." Yami remarked as she drifted lazily by her mother.

"What do you mean by that, Yami?" Tearju asked curiously.

"Wait three minutes, then let's follow them." Yami told her as she got out of the water and began to towel off. "You'll see then."

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Subspace Forest - With Rito, Nana, and Momo

"How far are we gonna go before you tell me what this is all about?" Rito asked, not complaining, but not enjoying the silence Nana was casting for so long. While he already knew what this all was about, he continued to play dumb to let Nana save face. Making accommodations to keep each other happy was important.

Growling under her breath, Nana came to a sudden halt, catching both Rito and her sister off guard, resulting in all three of them stumbling slightly before Rito caught them. "...Thanks for the help." She said with surprised gratitude. "You're a lot more coordinated than you used to be."

"Anytime, Nana." Rito smiled, inwardly ecstatic at the offhand comment. "I guess I've just fallen over so many times since meeting everyone that I'm used to it."

Nana pouted at the reminder of the source of many of his perverted run-ins. Clearly, she was no more fond of his continually bad luck than he was.

"Ahem." Momo coughed into her hand to remind Nana of her bearings. "Didn't you have something you wanted to say to Rito?"

"Right," Mumbled Nana as she shuffled her foot nervously. "Well... Rito, you know how I've never really approved of you marrying my sister, right?"

"I thought you were insistent that I marry only her?" Rito tilted his head in confusion.

"Well, my mind changes about that a lot." Nana admitted sheepishly. "But now I've made up my mind for good! So you'd better do exactly what I say this time!"

"I can't exactly promise that if I don't know what you want." Rito said awkwardly as he scratched the back of his head. "For all I know it could be something really unreasonable or impossible."

"It's neither of those things!" Nana huffed as she pulled his shirt harshly. "Now do you promise or don't you!?"

"Nana," Momo intervened by prying her hand off Rito. "Maybe you really should say you bit first. Make sure he knows what he's getting into."

"He already knows what he's getting into!" Nana snapped. "And that's the problem! I wanted this to be special. I've always hoped that when the right time came, it would be the most beautiful thing in the galaxy for me! But this is all going in the wrong order, and it's all wrong! I had it all planned out, and it was supposed to be perfect." She sniffled as her tirade wound down. "Is it too much to ask that my first and only love starts out someway special?"

Rito's confusion and awkwardness melted away as he took in how troubled Nana was about this. Angry girls were hard to calm down, but to him at least, sad girls were easy to cheer up. Slowly, so as not to startle her, he ran his fingers through her hair and raised her chin with his other hand. Seeing tears forming at the edges of her eyes, he cleared them gently. "Look Nana, just because I already know these things doesn't make the fact that you worked up the courage to say it yourself any less special. So things didn't go perfectly according to your plan, so what? I can't tell you how many times I've screwed up in the past. Somehow though, if you stay on task and always mean well, things will usually work out."

"Do you really think so?" Nana asked curiously.

"I know so." Rito said with strong certainty. "Now if you don't mind, I think there's something left to do here."

"There is?" Nana asked in confusion. "But I thought you'd-" She was cut off in shock, as Rito captured her lips with his own. In an instant, Nana was feeling a torrent of emotions all at once. Anger, embarrassment, elation, lust, and even a slight desire to procreate, if such a feeling could be put into words. About a year ago, back when she and Momo first came to this planet, she would have never thought she's find such passion with a man spoken for by many women already. But as she and Rito explored each others mouths, she knew she wouldn't have it any other way.

"There, I think that wraps things up quite nicely, now doesn't it?" Rito asked with a smile.

"B-Baka," Mumbled Nana as she looked away shyly, a blush and a smile on her face.

"Hold on now Rito," Smirked Momo as she grabbed him. "We're not done here yet." The moment she said this, she pounce on him. Her mouth instantly began exploring his with a lustful rage. Her hand roaming his body and keeping them together without relent. Her shared body grinding up against his sensually.

"Momo! What do you think you're doing!?" Demanded Nana hotly. "You said we wouldn't do anything I wasn't ready forooorroohh~" She trailed off as Momo's built up lust flooded their body with sexual hormones, drowning out her common-sense and self-control.

"Now do you see what I was talking about, mom?" Yami asked ask she, Lala, and Tearju emerged from the bushes.

"I think I do." Tearju remarked as she gazed at Momo devouring Rito, and Nana in the process of helping. While Tearju had agreed with everyone that she was fine with, and in fact supported Rito's growing harem, seeing her love making out with two new women spike a bit of jealousy in her.

"Congratulation you three!" Cheered Lala excitedly. "Now we can all be in Rito's harem together!"

"Lala-sama, I think that this is a bit too stimulating for me." Peke said nervously as she passed out, falling off Lala's head and leaving her nude.

"Kitties!" Yelled Yui like a war cry as she pounced on Rito, Nana, and Momo from some bushes. "Kitties, kitties, kitties! Let's make kitties together, Rito!"

"Yui, what's gotten into you?!" Panicked Rito as Yui's attack granted him a brief reprieve from being molested by the twins.

"The Full Moon is what's gotten into her," Ryoko smirked as she stepped out from the same bushes as Yui. "I'd almost forgotten what it does to her. Seems like she locked herself up last month to avoid this, but forgot to this time around."

"And you didn't think to stop her from getting out?" Yami asked judgmentally, remembering what she was like in the sushi restaurant.

"I did actually," Ryoko shrugged. "But then I thought, if Yui gets out and jumps Rito, I might be able to have a little fun myself" She remarked as she pulled off her sling swimsuit and followed the example of the catgirl and the conjoined twins.

"This is very ecchi," Yami said coldly. "But if it's Rito, then I'll make an exception." She smiled as she took of her clothes and joined in as well.

"C'mon Tearju," Lala said excitedly as she pulled the doctor along. "Let's all celebrate Nana and Momo joining us!"

"Lala, I'm not so certain that's what this..." Tearju trailed off as she got a good look at how entangled everyone was. While some might be disgusted at the sight, Tearju was oddly aroused. Looking at them also reminded her of the pang of jealousy that went through her when she saw Rito kissing the twins. "Why not? It looks like fun." She smiled as she pulled off her swimsuit, revealing huge heaving masses of flesh in her chest and rear.

And so, everyone joined in one of the strangest orgies ever seen. Amazon, Loli, Catgirl, Super Hourglass, Conjoined, and a normal babe. All of them having the time of their lives. The fun would go on for several hours, until everyone passed out from exhaustion.

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Thursday Morning - Real World - City Limits

"Finally, my training is complete!" Beamed a woman in a miko outfit as she walked into the residential area, oblivious to the glances she was getting. "Finally, I know the secrets to all the trouble plaguing my friends." A determined look in her eye, the woman doubled her pace. "Finally, I can do something to help everyone, to destroy the pentagram of sin, and exorcize the trinity!" Looking up with a face full of hope, she clasped her hands together. "I thank none but myself, my teachers, and my friends for this chance. For it is in our own actions, and not by those of a higher power, that we find our true worth. For my friends. With a strong will and powerful magic, I will save them from their tormentors!" Her anti-religious prayer finished, she turned her steely gaze forward.

Oshizu Murasame was back in town.