The forest near Tomobiki was a pleasant place where the air was more crisp than anywhere else, and its fragrance made all sorrows and worries go away... at least for a while. There were numerous clearings that thirsty lovers of overnight stays in the woods used to spend the night in tents. It was here, in one of these clearings, that they planned to spend the night. Among the trees led a road leading directly to a picturesque lake, whose calm surface was reflected in the rays of the setting sun. The water seemed to wink at those passing by, as if encouraging them to get closer.

That was also the idea that popped into Ataru's head. The original idea was to spend time with a relatively small group, but eventually Shuutaro Mendo joined the adventure, followed by Shinobu Miyage and the rest of the girls, and Miss Sakura wanting to taste the peace and quiet outside the city.

Walking towards the clearing, Perm and Megane moved slightly away from the group.
"Ey, Megane " began Perm " We are going to spend the night in tents, and who do you think our Lum will spend the night with?
"I think it's obvious that with Moroboshi, " replied Megane and continued " but we can't let that happen.
The conversation was overheard by Mendo."Can't let this rag defile Lum," he added from himself.
For a while they walked in silence thoughtfully. They were looking for a way to keep Ataru's paws off their object of sighs.
Meanwhile, Ataru laughed lustily. He was enjoying the vision of spending the night under the tents with the girls from his class. Lum recognized for a moment that he was enjoying being able to spend some time with her.

"Ryunosuke, if you're scared, I'll be next to you," he said in an extremely lewd manner, for which he was electrocuted by Lum as usual.
"Darling! " she became indignant "Do you remember what happened in the previous chapter of this fanfic?
Then Moroboshi remembered the events of the previous chapter of the story. About how he confessed his feelings to Lum, how he couldn't stop thinking about her.
At the same time, he also doesn't want to lose a huge part of himself, and at the same time he would feel bad about hurting Lum.
"We are on the spot," announced Miss Sakura.

The place, surrounded by deciduous trees, made pleasant sounds especially when the wind blew. Almost everyone began to set up tents on the outskirts of the clearing. The middle part was planned as a place to light a bonfire.
Ataru wanted to start setting up his own, but was quickly talked out of it by Lum. She placed a button on the ground, which, when pressed, turned into a semicircular yellow capsule with tiger stripes.
"Darling! You will sleep with me tonight! " she announced, making the faces of Perma, Megane and Mendo priceless, while Shinobu looked at Lum with hateful eyes.

"You're mocking me again " she became indignant.
"I'm just stating the facts " began the alien " If it goes well, we will even beget our offspring " she smiled meanly.

Shinobu was furious. Her strength was so great that she ripped the tree from its roots and broke it. It lay in pieces as she smashed it against Ataru's head.
"How dare you do that! " an upset Lum used her electric attacks, which instead of hitting her opponent, hit large parts of the broken tree, making them finer.
"Maybe you'll finally calm down! " Miss Sakura eased the situation. She looked around and sighed:
"We can't complain about the lack of firewood now. Too bad, because I wanted Moroboshi to embrace it. He would have unloaded his lustful nature."

Evening had come. The moon illuminated the clearing on a starry cloudless night. While sitting around the campfire, Mendo tossed around the idea of telling scary stories to each other. Ataru started telling first.

"I know a story related to the haunted forest," he began, "creatures referred to as anomalies lived there. Anomalies, because they had animal faces and human bodies. A certain Christopher played with them. He called them Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and so on. One day he had to leave them because he was going to college. The creatures were getting hungry, so they ate Eeyore.…

"What a particularly primitive story," interrupted Megane.
"I'll listen, because Darling has never told scary stories before " interjected Lum embracing Ataru's arm, which made him slightly embarrassed.
"The creatures swore never to speak in a human voice again," he continued, "and so Pooh and Piglet became bloodthirsty creatures.
Mendo yawned wearily.

"Miss Lum, would you like to hear my terrible story? " he said, but at the same moment Lum dragged Ataru into her capsule, while the rest of them wrapped up in their tents.

The capsule in which Ataru was to spend the night with his beloved was kept modest. Softly lit, it had a large futon laid out with two pillows and a large long quilt. At the edge of the room were lockers for food and drinks and other necessities for camping.

Lum looked at Moroboshi sitting on the futon, then got the impression that someone was eavesdropping on them. She was not mistaken. Poking her head out of the capsule door, she saw Mendo and the rest of the guys putting their ears to the walls.

"What are you doing here? " she outraged, and sparks appeared around her. This meant that in a moment there would be a flow of electrons through the intruders eavesdropping on them.
"M-Miss L-lum " panickedly began Megane " We are just looking out for your safety.
"M-Miss L-lum " added Mendo " We can't let you go. " added Mendo " We can't let Moroboshi defile you.

Lum looked at them one by one, with each glance her level of annoyance increasing. She clenched her fists, and electrical discharges appeared all around her.
"Do you guys really think I need your protection from my Darling? " her voice sounded harsh and full of disapproval. " It is absolutely unacceptable for you to eavesdrop on a private conversation and then drag me into your absurd theories!

"But Miss Lum, there are many better men than this rag, just look at me " Mendo's sentence poured blackness in Lum's anger.
"Maybe according to you, because my heart has long belonged to Ataru! " after this sentence Lum treated the guys with an electric attack and went back inside blocking the door from the inside. In all the commotion, she didn't pay attention to the fact that the pendant she got from her beloved fell on the ground.

"What happened to Lum? " asked Ataru
"Mendo and the rest of the guys were too curious " she replied
"Well, curiosity is the first step to the flow of electrons," he laughed.
"Maybe they will finally learn something," replied Lum, from whom the anger quickly faded.

The soft light began to dim slowly, so Lum and Ataru lay down to sleep. They looked into each other's eyes gently embraced.
"Darling " began the alien's question " Weren't you joking in the previous chapter?
"Baka, don't ask me such embarrassing questions," he replied embarrassed.

Their faces slowly approached each other. Just as their lips were about to join, they suddenly heard a distinctive grunting sound combined with the sound of a chain.
"D-darling " frightened Lum by pressing herself into Moroboshi " I"I'm afraid.

The sounds of chain and grunting were joined by the sound of something heavy rustling through the undergrowth.
"We were friends, I swear! I would never have left you if I had known it would end like this," the man's voice caught Ataru's attention; however, after looking into the periscope built into the capsule, there was no one there.

"Weird," Moroboshi began, "maybe we just thought it was so? " after this sentence he returned to Lum lying in the futon. She was concerned and quickly snuggled into her beloved.
"D-darling " she said having anxiety in her voice " Don't leave me, I'm afraid.
Ataru looked at Lum full of fear.
"I didn't know she could be afraid of something. It's cute in its own way," he thought, then hugged her close. He felt her start to calm down.

Something at some point intrigued him, making him feel ashamed. While stroking Lum's hair, he looked at her horns. The last time he caught them was during a game of tag, during which the whole merry adventure in the "Urusei Yatsura" universe began. His hand wandered to a slightly higher part of her hair approaching the highest point, then he gently touched one of her horns and stroked it.

"Darling, don't stop. It is pleasant," an embarrassed Lum said, and her warm smile made Ataru feel more confident. He was glad that there was something that gave her pleasure.
He continued stroking her gently, this time more was surprisingly pleasant for both of them, creating an even deeper bond between them. Lum relaxed under his touch, and her eyes shone with warmth and trust.

"Maybe it's a little strange, but... I like it when you touch me like this," confessed Lum, raising her hand to gently pick up one of his palms and press it against her horn.
"L-Lum, I... " Ataru began, but noticed that Lum had fallen asleep
"Good night," he added after which he himself closed his eyes and fell asleep embracing his beloved.

The next day he noticed that she had disappeared. Concerned, he emerged from the capsule, seeing the other expedition companions.
"Did anyone see Lum? " he asked
"Ha, that means she escaped from a patsy like you after all," Mendo spoke up defiantly, which Ataru ignored learning from Ryunosuke that the alien had flown out of the capsule concerned by mentioning something about the pendant.

Shinobu reacted to this revelation. She was shocked that Lum got a pendant, while hers couldn't even buy a hairpin. Ataru, in his conviction, had no time and set out to find his beloved.

Meanwhile, Lum was flying around the forest. In the morning, getting up, she realized that the pendant Moroboshi had given her had disappeared. Saddened and panicked, she started looking for it. It had become very important to her, so she could not let it go.

Circling through the forest, she suddenly flew out to a very charming place. Actually, it was the end of the forest, and the beginning of a field full of sunflowers illuminated by the morning sunshine.

"Cute place,‖ she smiled lightly while looking at the scenery. The wind lightly swayed the stems of the plants, when suddenly a tear ran down her cheek.
"D-darling " she mused. She was saddened by the vision of missing that first thing that Ataru bought her with fully pure intentions and having great feelings for her. She received it when he first told her those two words that will stay in her forever.

"What happened, Lum? " she heard a voice. It was Moroboshi.
"D-don't be interested Darling " she wiped away her tears and quickly started looking around.
"Lum, I already know everything. Don't worry," he began, "I'll buy you a new one. I know that you liked it.
The alien's eyes glazed over, and she burst into tears.
"But that's not the point," she began, "I mean that this was the first gift from you to me.
This shocked Ataru. He looked at Lum in disbelief, not realizing that it was so important to her.

She looked off into the distance, focused on conveying her thoughts. The wind still blew lightly among the sunflowers, creating a soft murmur to accompany her words.
"Darling " she began " Do you remember the games, the bickering and our annoyance with each other? Remember our game of tag when you grabbed me by the horns? " her voice became more and more gentle, penetrating to the heart. " I was so moved by your determination. And I was so surprised by your outcries about marriage. I couldn't disagree seeing how much you were striving to achieve your goal. Even when we had enough of each other, you stayed by my side. You got rid of the notebook that was important to you.

Her eyes began to moisten again, and there was a note of nostalgia in her smile.
"Then came that moment when you said those words to me," she whispered, as if transported back in time. " "I love you, Lum." Those simple words, what I had waited so long for. I was afraid you would never be able to say it.

Her voice quieted, and the silence and the rustle of the wind among the sunflowers remained the only sounds for a moment. At that moment, faced with her sincere words, Ataru felt incredibly moved. His heart beat faster, and a mixture of emotion and love grew inside him.

Ataru embraced Lum putting his hand on her cheek.
"Lum, don't cry. The pendant is missing, but my feelings for you will never disappear," their lips began to move closer together. Lum wanted to give in to her feelings, to feel closeness with Ataru, when suddenly she heard again the characteristic grunting somewhere in the bushes.

"I can hear it too," whispered Moroboshi, hiding with Lum in the bushes. Suddenly they saw a bear and a pig with fangs just as he described at the campfire " half people, half animals.
"Darling, and why does this pig have fangs? " she asked
"Probably it's a tumor, such a pig from Africa, " replied Moroboshi.
Piglet circled around the tree trunk, and Bear rubbed his face with honey, which caused Lum and Ataru to be surprised. Piglet grunted and then something caught the alien's attention. Her pendant was hanging around the neck of the anomaly.

She momentarily became angry by coming out of the bushes and showing herself to them.
"So you vile anomalies, degenerates wanted to destroy my memories with my beloved! " she was furious, and there were lots of sparks all around her "You made a huge mistake by taking my pendant away from me!
Bear and Piglet were ready to fight taking the axe and chains in their hands, however, they fell very quickly with the huge tensions contained in Lum's electric attacks.
"Gosh, I didn't think such degenerates really existed," laughed Ataru
"Well no, rubbing honey on your face? " Lum burst out laughing.

Then they also looked at each other. They wanted to finish what they had started, and were interrupted. As their lips drew closer together, they suddenly heard a familiar indignant voice.

"My people were not wrong " it was Mendo.
He and the rest of his colleagues looked angrily at Ataru.
"Miss Lum, he probably lied to you," Megane added.

Lum's anger rose to another, higher level. She herself knew best what Ataru's feelings for her were, and she felt misunderstood by the rest of those present.
"Do you not understand that my heart belongs to Ataru,‖ she began with something that could be described as a "Great Improvisation‖ "Do you not understand that I have every right to love whom I want and how I want? Don't you understand that by insulting Ataru you are actually insulting me? What kind of men are you worthy of my heart if you can't respect my opinion? Your foolish ideas to destroy us are fit to be flushed down the drain! " Lum became indignant to the point of glowing. This meant a powerful electrical discharge.

"I will fight your stupidity with my electric powers! " And so Lum made a powerful discharge of energy on Mendo and the stormtroopers with Megane in the lead. When she finished she added the following words:
"Just as I answer, you filth. You are not going to be the ones to tell us what our lives should look like! " announced Lum proudly after which she momentarily lost consciousness, causing Ataru to quickly run up to her. He put his hand on her forehead and felt her temperature rise.
"Guys, come on now," he began.
"I don't think you're going to tell us that you... " Mendo did not finish the sentence
"Yes, I love Lum " replied Moroboshi, which did not escape Shinobu's attention. This infuriated her and made her quickly flee the scene with tears in her eyes.

Ataru saw Shinobu's reaction, but couldn't explain everything to her now. More important at the moment was the unconscious Lum, whom he carried in his arms to the capsule where they spent the night. She was in a very deep sleep. Moroboshi put the recovered pendant around her neck. He stared at it for quite a long time. On the one hand, it worried him that she had to put so much power into explaining to the boys that they should respect her feelings, but on the other hand he was moved by how strong that feeling was toward him.

He gently stroked her horns, at which Lum smiled.
"Darling " she quietly said in her sleep " stay with me, please.
"All right Lum " Ataru continued stroking her horns.
"And don't stop like this " her reactions showed how much she enjoyed it.
Soft light fell on the couple in love.
"Darling, tell me something cool " Lum said again in her sleep.
Ataru thought about what to tell. Eventually he began to tell her about what kind of future he dreams of.

A future in which he stays together with his beloved Lum...