From Lildeevil:
I swear it feels like everyone is making Michael feel like committing seppuku.
Bakuganman: We all feel his pain… he seriously needs some guy friends.
From Twilightiger1602:
"Yes, I'm a Green F*ing Dinosaur... you can ride me anytime though ;)"
JonTron: ... I don't like where this is goin'.
Alright, for your question about Mayuri, I'm gonna go with... Option B. Normally I would've went with the route that avoids spoilers, but in this case along with the reasons you described, getting her story arc up and out of the way would definitely be beneficial in the long run, on top of holding the rest of us over until Season 1 is ready and out of Beta. And hey if it means Mikey gets to spend some quality time with the others without any needless drama and cowbell then I'm not complaining.
As for this chapter, there really isn't much to say, except that reading it kind of reminded me of how much I really didn't like Natsumi at first. I mean not only did she hold a hell of a grudge against the MC over a genuine misunderstanding, but the way she goes about it is so disproportionate that even Dr. Freud would tell her she needs to chill out. I mean some of the other Spirits have arguably done worse, what with Miku possessing an entire town to get rid of Shido and Mukuro casually deciding to wipe out all life on the planet, both for absurdly petty reasons, but Natsumi's actions in her own arc definitely felt a lot more personal in nature. Social Assassination via Identity Theft as well as basically causing all your friends and loved ones to vanish one-by-one is definitely not something anyone can just brush off. Hell, the fact that Shido does so and just chalks them up to a bunch of pranks further highlights just how much of a saint he is, as I really can't imagine Michael would be as forgiving.
Then again, much like the other spirits, she eventually grew on me the more I learned about her, and while I definitely wouldn't condone any of her actions, but knowing her borderline crippling self-esteem issues and utterly craptacular childhood via her utterly detestable hag of a mother, made me sympathize with her a lot; Being someone who used to have serious issues with self-esteem himself, I could definitely see where she's coming from. That and while again Mikey might not be as forgiving at first, given his own parental problems and abandonment issues, I can definitely see him relating to her a lot... but probably not enough to avoid a spanking or two.
Tangent aside, the only thing worthy of noting is Kurumi's further involvement in the plot due to her early sealing. I'll fully admit I am kind of half-and half on this; on the one hand, it's seems to be a pretty natural conclusion to Mikey gaining her trust much sooner than Shido. On the other hand, as it is presented in this chapter I fear that she might end up unintentionally stealing quite a bit of spotlight from other characters... and she's already a massive spotlight stealer as is. Ah well. She'd be a hell of a lot more useful than Ratatoskr usually is. That's for sure.
Sidenote: ... Apparently Ai turns out to be Michaels type? Interesting. Don't know what exactly you have planned for her, Mai, Mii and Hiroto, but I'm just hoping they'd do more than just be one-note side characters in canon.
Bakuganman: Glad you see the Mayuri situation from my perspective, but lets see how the voting process goes. We have only 4 votes currently, need a tiebreaker. Skipping down to how Mike's gonna react to Natsumi, he might sympathize with her, but that's as far as it will go at first. Now down to Kurumi, that is a valid concern. However as mentioned several times, she still goes off on her own from time-to-time, and you can probably guess to where and why. So while she is a member of the party, she self-releases herself from her Poke Ball when she feels like it.
Speaking of Poke Balls, I also made a small concept of a Pokemon/DAL fic. Might be cringy, but if anyone is interested its called: Poke A Live. Nothing much has amounted to it yet.
Finally your sidenote, I have given a glimpse of what I plan to do with those 4 in concept chapter 8. Mukuro's chapter I believe if you need a refresher. Though if the movie wins, there will be some more context given regarding this.
Date A Live! Practice Chapter 16:
Honestly, what the hell was he even doing anymore? What had his life turned into? First he catches his roommate stripping (or at least attempting to strip) his cousin, then he ends up finding a random girl on the sidewalk, NOW he's picking her up on his back. For the record, he did go for his phone to call 911, ya know the sensible thing; but this same girl knocked it out of his hand, saying it was a 'hunger reflex'.
Though he couldn't lie, Mana had a decent body type from what he saw. She wasn't big in the top like Kotori, but had a good hip ratio. Her old DEM armor also really emphasized her lower portions…
Dear God, he's going to Hell.
"Uuuuuh… thanks for helping me out, Boy. I really appreciate it." Said the new girl while still resting on his back, which Michael had to say she was a solid 6 out of 10. Not too bad, but also can't exactly compare to some of what he lives with.
"For the 3rd time, it's Michael." Michael repeated himself. "Are you sure you don't need a hospital visit?"
"Nah, I'm fine. By the way, cheer up a little bit. You sound like my grandpa." Said the girl.
"You have no idea what I've been through this week…" Michael responded, ending it there. This week alone was exhausting enough. What he didn't see was this girl glancing at the side of his head before…
*smoosh*
Michael immediately felt pressure from two 'foreign objects' on his back, causing him to slightly redden. This wasn't like Miku, who sort of had an excuse because of her large size and did it unintentionally (sometimes); it felt more like Kurumi or Origami who did it on purpose.
"I've been doing this the whole time, but only now get a reaction?" Asked the girl. "Your an Ass-man then?" She added, then started moving her butt around in Michael's arms.
"H-Hey! C-Can you stop that! I'm gonna drop you!" Michael said, which was correct as the sudden movements were making his grip falter. She thankfully did stop as requested, for had she continued he would have had to adjust his grip and fingers… the problems that would cause…
It wasn't a bad ass though.
"Sorry. Was trying to show my appreciation." The girl apologized. "Guess your a Double 'D' kind of guy, that anything under 80cm doesn't count. Sorry I don't stack up with the big girls." She added, saying that what a smile.
Michael mentally groaned. 'Why does every girl I find talk like they're from a light novel?' He asked himself, as this has been a constant from all the people he's met. He also didn't even try to justify himself for this girls comments. While body types weren't the only reason for his attraction to a girl, he still did have his preferences.
"Oh. Right here. On your left." The girl said, noting a specific location on that side of the road. Sure enough, it was a tall building that looked expensive. Not as expensive as Miku's former form of residence before she moved in with him and everyone else, but still looked cost a pretty big penny.
XXX
"AHHHHHH… that was quite the ride…" the girl said, taking a seat on a chair after getting off Michaels back after arriving in a room, also closing her eyes. "Thanks for the lift Boy, was a comfy roadtrip…" She added.
"Mich…!" Michael went to correct the woman again, but then took a breath through his nose to calm himself exactly like when he first spoke to Tohka and helped her write her new name. He groaned and then added: "… forget it." He gave up trying. He figured he'd take in his surroundings and discovered, this wasn't an standard apartment at all. Books, canvas', pens, inks, brushes… it was more like a studio. "Do you… live here? Or are you some kind of artist?" He ended up asking out of curiosity.
"Manga artist, actually." The girl said while keeping her eyes closed and continued to relax in her chair.
"That's, what I meant." Michael said, gathering that much from the amount of workstations in this room alone. He counted 9, including the one she sat at. "Can I have a name?" He asked.
"You said it was Michael, didn't you?" The girl asked.
The Spirit Sealer had to bite his tongue but still growled. NOW she calls him by name, if only to jab at him. "I meant yours." He said with clenched teeth, remaining calm. He normally had a much longer trigger, but something about this girl was really trying his patience.
"Nia Honjo's the name. Manga's my game." She said, finally giving him her name. "Funny story: I got into the mood, forgot to eat, attempted to grab some grub, then you showed up." She admitted.
Michael noted an image in a table that looked oddly familiar. Curious, though he probably shouldn't, he picked up the picture to see a manga character… he swore he saw this in both Kaguya's and Yuzuru's rooms…
"Hold on… isn't this the MC of Silver Bullet?" Michael asked, recognizing who the character was, but had to be sure. If it was, this was a manga that both Twin Tornadoes would read and begged him to buy (which he normally conceded into doing) nonstop.
Twins doing Puppy-dog eyes at the same time was a powerful force indeed, a mental image of them both doing so popping in his head. Kaguya was the more expressive one, though Yuzuru's wasn't anything to scoff at either, being the more sensational one.
"Yeah. Not surprised you know that. Its one of my most popular works, so I guess your a fan." Said Nia. "I appreciate all my readers."
"I wouldn't say I'm a reader, per se… more like 2 friends of mine forced me into it." Michael admitted, only getting into Silver Bullet originally for bonding with said twins, then looked back at the image of the MC.
"The art style slaps, and the stories pretty good I guess. But I'm only into like the 3rd book… plus this came out a decade ago while I was in diapers with a rat on them." He added, exaggerating a little bit. To be more specific, this particular story was released when he was in Grade School, and was of course halfway across the globe where it was never given an English release.
"Yeah. Allot happens in 10 years, doesn't it?" Nia said. "I was out for a number of reasons, but figured I'd start back up and get my creative juices flowing again."
Michael looked her over very carefully, sort of checking her out. She was still the solid 6 he gave before, but with this new context that she was 10 years older than him was a bit strange. She didn't even LOOK any older than 19! Which if she only looks young because she takes care of herself like Miku does then God Bless her. She's doing something right. That gave her one extra point.
*GGRRRRRRRROOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWL…*
Nia's stomach then growled so loud, you would've thought it was Tohka's. "Uuuuuuuh… Boy, ya gotta help meeeeeeee…" She groaned due to her empty stomach, also weakly getting out of her chair and wobbling over to Michael dramatically while begging him for help with a famished expression.
'Back to Boy again, huh?' He mentally groaned. "… Fine. You have a kitchen in here somewhere?"
XXX
"*NOM, NOM, NOM!* WHAT IS THIS CULINARY MAGIC, WHAT IS IT?! IT'S A MASTERPIECE! I HAVEN'T HAD A MEAL LIKE THIS IN FOREVER!" Nia was literally crying over the meal that Michael just made her. It was a very basic one too, made from most of what he bought today since the ONLY thing Nia had was beer in her fridge… that and maybe a few bottles of water, but mostly beer. Regardless, she ate like a pig, which hopefully is because she was severely hungry and not because of a Tohka-like appetite and stomach.
Michael stared at the Manga Artist from across the table with an unamused expression, then glanced toward the clock on the wall… it was going to get pretty late soon, and he now had to head back to the store to get dinner again or at the very least some form of takeout, or the girls back home will eat him alive… well, 2 of them would. And one of them teased him about it constantly.
"Look, it was nice meeting you, Miss Honjo; but I gotta get going." He said, getting up from his seat at the table. "Try not to starve yourself again." He was literally just behind her seat when…
HUG!
As quick as lightning, with speed that could rival the Wind Twins, Nia hugged him from behind but thankfully wasn't pushing her breasts into him this time. Or if she was, she had to go a little bit harder. This did annoy him to a degree, but this either seemed lost on Nia, or she read the room and blatantly ignored it.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Boy; you can't leave now." Nia said. "Why not stay a while? Take a load off?"
Michael didn't know if she was being flirty with him or just overly nice because this was her personality or just because of his help. Either way, he had to get out of here. "As much fun as that sounds, I have 10 other mouths to feed." He said.
"Oh really?" Nia asked, not letting go of him just yet. "In that case, you up for earning some money?"
Michael looked toward the empty bags on the small kitchen counter he just used to make Nia's meal…
XXX
Meanwhile back at the Spirit Mansion…
*GGRRRRRRRROOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWL…*
Went Tohka's, Kaguya's, Natsumi's and Yoshino's bellies in unison. They were all laying on the couch side-by-side against each other with famished expressions like Nia had across town.
"I'm ssssoooooooooo huuuuungryyyyy-ee-ee-eeeeeeee…" Tohka whined.
"I'm dying… so slowly…" Kaguya also whined.
"Meeee tooooooo…" Natsumi complained, whining as well. While normally Yoshinon would have said something around this time, neither him or his puppet master could speak, both too hungry to do so.
"Can you 4 not be so dramatic? It's not that bad." Asked Origami.
"Yeah. Michael probably got caught in traffic. He should be home soon." Mayuri tried to cheer them up.
"Agreeeeeement…" Yuzuru said, but had a similar tone as her sister, which made Origami look at her. The more developed of the two was leaning against a wall, holding her belly with one arm while the other was drooped to her side. She also sported an identical look to Kaguya. "My tummy is running on emptyyyyy…" She said, agreeing with her hungry half.
Kotori was on another couch, though by herself. "Where is that asshooooooooole….?" She asked aloud in hunger.
"Ooooooooh…" Kurumi said, apparently hungry herself. "I'm so hungry, I can eat My-selves."
"Darrrrrlliiiiiiing…" went Miku with the same tone as the others, her head resting on the table with her arms covering her face. Her stomach then growled just like the rest of them. "Come home and feed meeeeeeee…"
With Mayuri and Origami caught in the middle of all this, both their stomachs suddenly growled which made them eep cutely and look down at that location on their bodies, revealing they were just as hungry as everybody else. They both sighed, defeated.
XXX
Back at Nia's home/studio…
"What the hell am I even doing?" He mumbled to himself as he colored in some art for Nia. Needless to say, he was pulled into helping her meet a deadline. He didn't have the energy to tell her 'then maybe you should have gotten a later one' but then again, he had no idea how the manga or comic business worked. Regardless, he DID need the money to make up for what he cooked for Nia earlier.
At least this job was easy. The art was already drawn, he was just fulling in the character models with more ink like their hair and clothing. Kinda reminded him of this one indie horror game he played from watching a bunch of YouTubers play.
"Sorry for the last minute hiring, but the deadlines really tight this time." Nia said, though she had changed her wardrobe, now wearing a maid outfit. It wasn't the frilly kind, but this one actually exposed allot of her skin.
"… Remind me again why your wearing that?" Michael asked her. It's not that the outfit was bad by any means. In fact it looked decent on her, which would have given her a 6.5 from the jump. Its also nothing he hasn't seen already.
"Reference. Also as a special Thank You for your meal and hard work." Nia said, then got on her table and posed. "Sure I don't got boobs, but I got style, don't I?"
Well, Mike couldn't argue she didn't have good taste. "Here. Did the best I could." He said, ignoring the show she was putting on for him.
"Don't act like you don't like it." Nia said, taking and looking over his work.
"Don't worry, I'm not." Was Michael's dry response. It didn't appear Nia heard him, or if she did she just ignored him. They finished the comic by sunset.
"Done!" Nia cheered.
"Uuuuuh…" Michael groaned while laying back in the chair; his fingers, eyes and brain all exhausted. "I'll never make fun of Phase 4 again..."
"Thanks for all the help…" he then heard Nia's voice, though she was using a different tone for some reason. "Here. Come take your pay…" He looked up in her direction to see Nia with an envelope in-between her boobs, which immediately reminded him of the ticket-stuffing Tohka did way back when. As they were not as big, he didn't react as severely, but the action did what it was probably intended to and made him stare. "Whatcha waiting for, Boy? Come on, grab it!" Nia said.
Unfortunately, there was not enough of a "wedge" to keep the paycheck in, and it ended up falling to the floor where both parties stared at it…
…
…
"HAVING NO BOOBS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!" Nia said when she sunk to the ground and shook her fist. She then began to whine and cry.
Michael just smiled and chuckled at her nervously, and used his foot to slowly drag his pay to himself before slowly picking it up with his hand, intent on taking the cash and dipping while he could. "I'm gonna go… this certainly was an experience…" he said as he once again tried to leave…
"WAAAAAAAAAAIT!" Nia once again hugged him from behind. "Listen, I still feel pretty bad, keeping you here so late and everything. I have to make it up to you." She said with hands on his shoulders.
"Not necessary. Really." Michael said flatly, seriously wanting to just go home. Sure Kotori will probably cuss him out, and the Princess and Nightmare will eat a half of him alive each, but that would be fine since he also kinda wanted to forget this little miscellaneous side quest even happened.
"I know!" Nia said, ignoring him or unaware of what he just said. She also nuzzled closer to his face. "How's about this Saturday, I'll go on a Date with you!"
"A Date?" Michael repeated. That kinda came out of nowhere, and it was quite odd as he just met this girl literally a few hours ago… ironic, considering what his job is, but he would at least have a day or two beforehand to get to know the person or target.
He technically didn't officially date Tohka until 2 days after meeting her, Miku and him had some outings with "Michelle", his first date with Yoshino was during Judgement Week which included the Twins individually around that same time, and he didn't date the true Kurumi until much later on, only dating "pieces" of her beforehand.
From his interactions with Nia thus far, he gathered that she was very overly friendly. Not a bad thing, but only if it was in spades.
"Yeah! How about Akihabra?" Nia suggested, spinning around to be in Michael's front but was still grabbing his shoulders. "It'll be so much fun! We can both get manga and light novels, plus I need stuff for my studio anyway, so its perfect!"
"In other words, I'm your shopping cart?" Michael said dryly and unamused.
"Well, you don't have to say it like that…" Nia said with a sweatdrop, indirectly confirming it.
Michael then sighed. "Look, Nia; I'm sure you mean well, but I literally just met you. And quite frankly, I'm not interested." He said. 'And I'm growing a uterus as we speak…' he added to himself. Living at home with 10 different women with little male interaction made him feel this way. Maybe he could ask Hiroto to move in with them, not without some ground rules first.
"Why not just get a friend to go with you? Or since your reviving your brand anyway, how bout a co-worker?" Mike suggested. Nia froze for a second, seemingly from the question, but recovered quickly.
Michael still noted her reaction though… what was that about?
"Er, the truth is… I'm not really good around other people. Don't really have any co-workers or friends. Besides…" Nia said, then took on and uncharacteristically serious look this time. "Isn't that your job?"
Before Michael could even ask, blinding light erupted from Nia, so bright he had to shield his face. Although he couldn't see it, Nia's outfit began to change in light and sparkles. It finally died down, so Michael unshielded his eyes, only to see Nia had changed into a new outfit. "Saving Spirits by making them fall for you… I believe so…" Nia added.
Michael took in her new look. Instead of the maid outfit from before, her new appearance was similar to that of a nun, habit and all. Her habit was inky-colored (not surprising considering she was a manga artist), plus toward the middle it was manga panel-like. But unlike an actual habit and not counting those sexy halloween ones, this one was semi-transparent, though not to the same degree as Natsumi's adult form's Astral Dress. She was also wearing black laced boots, with a gold cross hanging off of to the side by her right leg.
An Astral Dress… call it a hunch, but that's what Michael was getting at. So that means…
"UGH! THAT'S IT?! Seriously, can't I get any kind of reaction out of you?" Nia suddenly pouted. Well, her transformation did get a reaction from him, but it was mostly surprise as opposed to shock. "I literally transform 5 feet in front of you, and all I get is: 'uh. uh. uh'.?" Nia continued, also mocking his facial expression and tone towards the end.
"I expected: 'Whoa! What the hell? How'd you do that?!' Or at the very least: 'This girls transformation made my heart skip a beat!'" Nia went on, acting out what she thought would have happened using a deep tone during the first set of italics to emulate a mans voice to the best of her ability, but a more feminine one on the second set.
She then sat down on a desk behind her, lifting out her leg where the fabric of her Astral Dress parted perfectly to show her leg off. "See? Isn't my Astral Dress sexy?"
"STOP DOING THAT!" Michael yelled, then sighed again. Just like when he carried her, she did stop and put her leg back down. He can never catch a break can he? Yet again, he encounters yet another Spirit. Her dress did have style, he couldn't deny that.
That 7/10 though… 1.5 points.
"Fine. Your a Spirit. That was pretty obvious from the light show." Said Michael. "But how did… you know…" He asked, not out of embarrassment, but how Nia knew that information about him. Sure that thing with Mayuri exposed a few things for all of Japan to see, but that was only surface level. People still didn't know why Spirits appeared, nor Michael's connections to them and how he formed those connections.
"You mean that you date Princesses, Hermits, Efreets, Berserkers, Divas, Nightmares, Judgements, Witches, and Devil-Angels and also make them fall head over heels for you?" Nia 'asked', saying all the codenames of all the Spirits he has sealed up to this point. Codenames only Ratatoskr and DEM used. Not only that, she also said their codenames in the exact order in which they were sealed.
"How… do you know so much about me?" Michael asked, getting a little creeped out if he was honest. Unless Nia was a Spirit like Kurumi, who had admittedly stalked him for quite some time, he had no idea how she acquired this information. If that's the case, seeing as she knew the order of the girls he sealed, then she must have been watching him the longest.
"Oh, that's easy." Nia said, then held her hand straight out. "Rasiel!" Before Michael could question what that word was supposed to mean, an orb of pure Reiryoku grew in Nia's outstretched hand kind of how Tohka did except with her fingers mostly (which got him a bit nervous); and once it reached a certain size, instead of blowing up, a book popped out of it and landed perfectly in Nia's hand. It looked like some sort of bible, having a cross on its cover and everything, which matched her nun aesthetic perfectly.
"This is my Angel, Rasiel." Nia explained, which Michael already gathered as such from the fact she said a magic word and an item Harry Potters itself into existence. "It's able to see everything that's happening in the whole world."
That short synopsis of her Angels power gave Mike some pause… the whole world? That thing could give her insight into everything all across the globe? That sounds like a incredible power, maybe not in terms of destruction but something just as deadly… intel.
"Seriously? All over the world? Like, in real time?" He asked, a bit interested.
"Yup. Think of it as an all-powerful super search engine. Gives me anything I need answers too. Heh, Google wishes they could do that." Nia explained, also adding a small joke.
This whole situation was so bizarre to Michael. Sure some Spirits have admitted to being Spirits from the get-go, but Nia was pretty open about her powers unlike the others. When it came to Spirits like Tohka, Kurumi, Yoshino, or even Miku; Michael had to dissect them and figure out their powers and how they work. Its how he outsmarted Kurumi, how he performed against Tohka's and Origami's respective Inverses, and even how he got Mayuri back.
"I see everything: what's happening, who's doing what…" Nia explained further, then opened her new book before adding on with a cheeky smile: "And even when someone just finished shopping for his girlfriends."
With that last comment, Michael immediately gathered how he met Nia… "… YOU FAINTED ON PURPOSE?!" He shouted, feeling played. He could not believe it. If what she was saying wasn't a joke, then she orchestrated the whole thing!
Nia: Well, I was hungry…
SLAP!
Michael facepalmed himself very hard and held his hand there. "I mean, come on. Some random girl just happens to be laying on the concrete the very second you turn a corner, who also just happens to be a Spirit?" Nia said, repeating how ridiculous the situation sounded. "Geez, I'd hate to be apart of a story that predictably bad. Almost as bad as a dragon making a harem of devils, or a 10-year-old collecting badges for 25 years." She added.
Michael grumbled while glaring at her for her stupid joke. "… okay… so what is you want?" He asked, calming himself down a bit while removing his hand from his face. "Need some Time? Restore your fanbase? Settle a disagreement with your sister?" He asked, referencing just a small amount of the bullshit he had to deal with.
"To be honest, all I wanted was to meet you." Nia said kindly. "In fact, I was being held captive by your father."
THAT. Got Michael's attention. "My father?!" He repeated. So Westcott was at it again, eh? Only Tohka was ever taken hostage because of her power, so Nia must have been pretty strong herself.
"Yup. Reason I was gone for a long time. 5 years actually, but found an opening to escape and I took it. Now I can get back to work!" Nia admitted.
Michael took this info in… so his farther had a Spirit captive BEFORE he kidnapped Tohka? And for 5 years straight? If that was the case, then what was the point of getting Tohka? Could it be those crystals? But if that was true, what about the Battlelogs? Nia's story once again brought up more questions about his father, a man he thought he knew…
"But I learned while I was captive, a secret organization called Ratatoskr was looking for Spirits too." Nia added, which Mike could only assume she used her Angel to get that information. Being prisoner for five years was a long time, so using a book that was just like the internet was probably the most likely thing Nia did to learn about Ratatoskr as well as the world around her. "But despite being his son, you chose the other side… I was curious so, here we are." Nia finished, giving the actual explanation as to why she sought him out.
"So you used your Angel to look me up on Google to see if I was trustworthy while simultaneously catching up on the lore? Fair enough." Michael said, now understanding the context a little bit more. It sounded like Nia just wanted to find someone trustworthy after half a decade of being prisoner by his father, as well as how much she missed while she was out.
Wait… does that mean…?
"Um…" Michael begin to lose a bit of composure, starting to feel a little embarrassed. "When you looked me up… do you know… everything?" He had to ask.
Nia blinked before giving a soft chuckle. "Not everything. While Rasiel is a good research tool, I have to consciously think about what I want answers too, so it's not like scheduling an automatic update."
"I see." Michael sighed in relief. So there were limitations to Rasiel's power, like the fact Nia had to actually think about what she wanted information on, so it's not like an entire spreadsheet of his life was in front of Nia's face 24/7.
"Although…" Nia suddenly added cooly, where Michael noticed a smirk forming on her face, very Kurumi-like as well. "You do know how to treat a girl…" Michael panicked, his teeth gritting in shock and his heart feeling like it stopped. Nia however laughed. "Don't worry, I shut the book before attempting reading THAT chapter of your life." She assured him, implying that while she was keeping tabs on him; she did not look any further than she had to, which probably included his 'personal business'. "Was a bit too steamy for me, I didn't know backs bend that far."
At this point Michael felt the need to try and defend himself. "Listen, don't get the wrong idea! That stuffs a little… complicated, okay?" He tried to justify, which now that it came out of his mouth sounded pretty pathetic, but he was caught off guard by Nia's reveal.
"I'll bet it was." Nia said, though it was unclear if that was a joke, or if she was agreeing with him. "But I digress. Rasiel only gives me the facts of people and things, so context I still have to figure out on my own." Nia added, giving another limitation to her power. "But it can do this…" She then got a pen from her Angel, then… what the…? Was she writing in it? Michael just stared at her while she was doing this, questioning what the heck she was up to.
Then… his hands began moving… but he WAS NOT moving any muscles in his body! "H-Hey! Wh-What the hell?!" He asked, finding his own hands and fingers and trying to pull them away from the direction they were taking him, which was to the bottom of Nia's Astral Dress!
FLIP!
"EEEEEEEE!" Nia squealed once Michael flipped her dress up forcefully, showing her underwear for a second.
"OKAY! LISTEN! THAT WAS NOT ME! I SWEAR!" Michael frantically apologized.
"It was Future Entry." Nia said nonchalantly, and now completely calm as if nothing even just happened between them a second ago.
"Future… Entry?" Michael went to put the pieces together. She wrote in her book, his arms went out of whack… wait a second… "THAT WAS YOU?!"
"Yup." Nia admitted with no shame. she even flipped her book around, revealing she had drawn a picture of Michael lifting up her dress. It was a very professionally drawn one too, could be hung on a wall in terms of its quality. "To put simply, everything in Rasiel is true. Even if its something just added to it. That being said, it's a real pain in the butt writing down every little thing that would happen."
"So you resort to Drawn to Life… always hated that game." Michael said, a little annoyed that Nia forced him to do that via her power, but he had to admit it was a crazy level of power. All she had to do was make a simple doodle, and she could very easily overpower or at the very least take control of any situation she finds herself in. Even some of his most powerful girlfriends might not be able to touch her if that was the case. It sort of made him wonder if that's how she was able to escape DEM.
"Boy, I don't think you fully understand how terrifying Rasiel can be." Nia said.
"No, I have a pretty good idea…" Michael argued back.
"Oh, really?" Nia asked… that smirk came back again. "Tell me something… have you tried drawing before?" Michael backtracked a bit. She wasn't about… "I wonder, what kind of stories were you trying to tell?" Nia 'asked' while getting closer to him with a knowing expression. "Why not a trip down memory lane with Mister Rasiel?" Nia asked again, though all she had to was tap an empty page and something popped up…
It was a poorly drawn doodle of a Pikachu. One ear was bigger than the other, the left red cheek was drawn bigger than the right one, and the Pokemon's body was drawn as a square. Other than that, it was a Pikachu. "Ooooooh. A Wild Pikachu appeared!" Nia mocked. She then turned the page to another empty one, tapping it again…
What come up next was a stick figure in a hat holding a Poke Ball, with the same poorly drawn Pikachu from before but it looks even worse. This time the ionic Pokemon was drawn in a rectangle, and was up to the stick figures waistline which wasn't consistent with said Pokemon's actual size. "Oof. Your OC needs a bit of work." Nia mocked again, but it didn't stop there as she turned the page again, tapped…
What came up next was probably the best drawing out of either of the other two. Michael's OC was drawn a bit better here, and even the Pikachu on his shoulder was closer to its real world design. The real kicker was the girl drawn next to him, being one with long hair and big breasts, also having a flower hair clip in her hair.
Actually… it sort of looked like…
"Aw, how adorable! Your starting your journey with an idol named Tsukino Yoimachi that you drew in middle school! That's not embarrassing at all!" Nia said, which caused Michael severe terror. The Spirit Sealer was grabbing his head and his eyes were super wide, though no sound came out of his open mouth, not believing this was actually happening.
To be honest, his "OC" Tsukino was drawn very closely to another idols real appearance, only the bust was a cup smaller than what it was IRL, but it was still scarily accurate.
Michael dropped to his knees. "No more… have mercy, sister…" he begged in a defeated tone, not longer able to handle the embarrassment. Having Kotori make fun of him over his celebrity crush was hard enough, but this…
"Now you see? Rasiel's quite a nightmare, isn't it?" Nia asked, finally closing her book, figuring Michael had enough.
"Yes… And here I thought I lived with one…" Was all Michael could say.
"So, seeing were on the same page, no pun intended, I'll be seeing you Saturday." Nia said.
"Why, to bring up more of my life?" Michael asked.
"As tempting as that is, no. I'm willing to give you a chance." Nia said, then leaned down toward him as he was still currently on his knees recovering from the initial shock due to the embarrassing memory trip. "If think you can win me over, then win me over."
Michael grumbled… now he remembered why he never wanted this job in the first place…
FINAL AUTHORS NOTE (PLEASE READ, THEN YOU CAN GO):
Figured we'd cover Nia just before Mayuri. Now all we have to do is the Judgement Spirit herself, then its story time. So at this time, I wanted to thank each and every person that supported the story. Even to those that were initially skeptical, it appears that just like Shido, I eventually won most of you over.
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