Zorua1 - Thank you for the tidbit, I didn't know that.
ForFun - Your comments did not disappear at least not on my end. Lotus can hear Saiki's thoughts but she tries her best to not openly listen to them to respect his privacy. She only tries to hear his thoughts when they are conversating and she does sometimes wear her telepathic canceling ring which would block Saiki's thoughts. And your right he would be able to look at Lotus without having to wear his glasses, and there is a chapter planned out for when that happens.
This is Lotus
This is Saiki
~Thoughts of others~
The Hotel is Where?! - Okinawa Beach Here We Come!
Lotus was for a lack of better words, panicking.
"The city! The city is gone! No, not the city, it's the hotel! The hotel is gone! The hotel is floating in the middle of the ocean!"
Lotus was freaking out so much that her powers were starting to act up.
"Gah!"
Lotus cried out as several objects around her started floating.
"Calm down! I-I need to calm down! But how can I when the hotel is floating in-!"
Lotus stopped herself and dunked her head underneath the water of the hot springs. She held her breath, her eyes closed tight. Lotus stayed underwater a few seconds before she popped back out of the water with a large gasp.
"O-Okay….that at least calmed down the panicking. Alright, I need to clear my head and think. This is obviously some kind of supernatural phenomenon, most likely Saiki, but he's got such a strong hold on his powers he wouldn't accidentally teleport us in the middle of the ocean. Yeah, this seems more like something I would do, but I haven't had any really bad accidents since Saiki got me my-!"
Lotus froze and her eyes snapped open wide. She slowly glanced down at her neck looking at the power limiter necklace Saiki had gifted her.
"Oh, no…."
Lotus crossed her eyes and concentrated on looking for Saiki. After a minute or two, she found no sign of the pink-haired boy in the hotel.
"He's not here...T-This is not good."
Lotus started to breathe heavier.
"Okay...Okay, calm down. I need to remain calm. Okay, first I need to find Saiki, to return the hotel. Now...there's a good chance that we're still near Okinawa, Saiki might not even be that far. If I concentrate hard I might be able to find him with clairvoyance. Okay, here it goes."
Lotus crossed her eyes again and expanded her mind pushing her powers in search of Saiki. Her eyes started to hurt but she held strong.
"This is giving me a headache!" Lotus let out a breath uncrossing her eyes. "That took a lot and still didn't find Saiki! Alright…I know what I must do!"
Lotus stood up from the spring grabbing a fresh towel wrapping it around herself, tying it off tightly.
"I must bring the hotel back myself!"
Lotus hurried her way through the hotel making her way to the roof. She hoped that standing at the top of the building would give her a better view of the entirety of the hotel and if she had a better view maybe it'd make it less difficult transporting the building. As Lotus ran through the halls she took note of how she didn't notice anyone.
"Okay, everyone should have turned in for bed, there's no packing going on either, so it's a good chance that no one's noticed that the hotels' been dropped in the middle of the ocean."
Lotus made it to the roof, the sea breeze hitting her face, she looked out and saw nothing but sea for miles, the only light coming from the hotel and the moon above.
"Alright, I can do this. If I can teleport across the country then I can do this!" Lotus clenched her fist. "If I believe in myself, I know I can!"
Lotus took a deep breath before crouching down putting both her hands on the ground, which was technically the roof.
"Okay...concentrate." Lotus closed her eyes. "Remember where the hotel was before. Concentrate…"
Meanwhile, the only two students who had not been in the hotel when it had been teleported stood before a large empty space where the building once resided. Reita freaked out while Saiki stood next to him, his hand over the spot where his missing antenna should've been.
"When I woke up the hotel was gone."
"Is this your fault Saiki? What happened to everyone in the building? Did you just kill an entire high school class?!" Reita shouted
"Shut up. I have to concentrate on bringing back the hotel exactly where it was. It looks like the foundation came off in one solid piece so everyone should be fine. If I used psychokinesis, everyone would be dead, I just teleported it somewhere else."
Reita got on his knees peering down at the hole of the hotel's missing foundation.
"Hey Saiki, I see something down there! How can you be so sure everyone is still alive?!"
"I'm pretty sure...in all likelihood, they should be fine. There's nothing there."
Saiki lifted his finger up and several skeletons floated up.
"Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
Reita screamed before grabbing the font of Saiki's shirt.
"They're dead, you killed them! You jerk! And not just the dumb guys but the hotties too!"
"Calm down these aren't the classmates from the hotel."
Saiki waved another finger and the ground shook as a large pirate ship floated up, seawater pouring out the holes of the weathered wood.
"Ahh! What the hell is that?!" Reita shouted
"An old shipwreck. And if it's here then it has a treasure equal to the value of the hotel. In paranormal terms, they switched places or aported. The hotel is now at sea."
"Concentrate...Concentrate…"
Lotus's hair started to float up, and she felt the hotel shake ever so slightly.
"Here we…" Lotus's eyes snapped open. "Go!"
In a blink of an eye, the hotel vanished.
Despite Saiki explaining what happened, Reita was still freaking out.
"Calm down. I just need to switch the two back and-!"
Reita gaped as the ship vanished and the hotel returned.
"Holy crap it came back instantaneously!" Reita said
"I didn't do that."
"Huh? Wait if you didn't bring the hotel back then who did?" Reita questioned
"Isn't it obvious? Who else has similar powers as me? Or can at least copy them."
Lotus stood up and smiled seeing the city lights.
"I did it..I…"
Lotus took a step forward but then fell, she was able to catch herself putting one hand on the ground. Her eyelids were heavy and she felt extremely tired.
"That...no wonder Saiki complains so much after using his powers. I feel so drained."
Lotus pushed herself off the ground getting on wobbly legs.
"Can't rest now...though gotta find Saiki. I've got to make sure everything got put back right. Plus if my theory is correct and Saiki did accidentally teleport the hotel it might mean he lost one of his limiters, and he might need help finding it."
Lotus shambled over to the roof door and made her way back inside in search of Saiki.
"I better find her. Using that much psychic energy, and she's not used to it can't be good."
"So since the hotels back, everything's back to normal right?" Reita asked
"Not everything."
Saiki held his hand out to Reita.
"What?"
"Give me the antenna back you pulled out."
"Oh, your little barrette thing is gone? I didn't notice," Reita said
Saiki leaned in closely to Reita with deadly intent.
"Give it."
"Hey! Don't hurt me! I didn't take your pink head ball I swear!" Reita shouted
"Huh? What?"
"As a ghost as my witness I don't know anything about your antenna! I'm telling the truth!" Reita shouted
"I actually do believe him now. So who did take it?"
Lotus huffed leaning against a wall. She put a hand over her mouth covering a yawn.
"This is exhausting, but I still need to find Saiki."
Lotus started to continue on but paused.
"Wait...what am I doing. Searching for a psychic like a normal person. Time to use clairvoyance hopefully since the hotel is back, he's near. But...I don't know how much longer I've got before it lights out."
Lotus put her back against the wall using it to support her weight as she crossed her eyes.
"Okay...no Saiki, there...nope, not at the beach...where is he? Is he not at the hotel even after returning-wait! T-There! There's Saiki and...with Teruhashi? Are they in a forest? What in the world is Teruhashi doing?"
Lotus saw Saiki, stoic and annoyed, sitting on the dirt ground of a jungle. Right next to him was Teruhashi, the blue-haired girl pulling on his cheek before she wrapped her arms around one of Saiki's forcing herself closer to him, Saiki looking even more annoyed. She could hear Teruhashi giggling something about a lucid dream as well.
"This is just...odd. Wait, his antenna is still missing. Could it be...somehow Teruhashi got her hands on it. I'm not 100% sure about the situation but Teruhashi must be holding onto Saiki's antenna, and he can't get it back. Without his limiter if he tried to use his powers he could seriously hurt Teruhashi, plus potentially end the world as we know it. It also seems like Teruhashi thinks this all just a dream which does somewhat play in Saiki's favor but this could escalate quickly. I need to get to them and help out. Alright, time to go!"
Lotus closed her eyes and teleported out of the hotel.
Lotus let out an "Oof!" as she landed on the forest floor. She let out a sigh leaning back on her hands.
"Alright I made it with a little energy left to spare aaaand I'm dirty again, guess I need another trip to the hot spring, but no time to dwell on that." Lotus got on her knees and started to crawl her way over to a set of bushes. "Teruhashi and Saiki should just be behind…"
Lotus pushed aside the bushes and was met with black beady eyes.
"-Here."
Lotus stared at a tusked pig, the wild animal staring right back at her.
"That is not Saiki nor Teruhashi…"
The pig let out a snort hot air blowing out of its nostrils.
"Oh dear.."
Teruhashi smiled as she used the power of her "lucid" dream to change the forest she was in into the inside of a beautiful castle.
"Wow this is amazing! The interior is not as pretty as I imagined but it'll do!"
"Don't be so picky it's the best I could do on such short notice."
"I like doing what I want in my dreams although I already pretty much do whatever I want in real life already," Teruhashi said
That's when an idea struck the blue-haired girl.
"~Whatever I want? I know!~"
"Saiki!" Teruhashi stood before Saiki, her hands on her hips. "Look at me and say 'Oh wow!'"
Saiki stood still, face placid, staring monotonously at Teruhashi.
"Since this is my dream you have to do whatever I say. I'm commanding you to look at me and finally say 'Oh wow!'"
Teruhashi suddenly let out a yawn covering her mouth.
"~Why do I suddenly feel so tired? I'm already sleeping in order to dream this, maybe my body is just switching from a light sleep to a deep one.~"
"It's already after 2:00 a.m."
Teruhashi shook off her grogginess. "No! I'm not sleeping until dream Saiki says 'Oh wow!'"
"Don't you need your beauty rest?"
Teruhashi got in front of Saiki slapping her hands on his face trapping his head between her hands. "Now, kneel before be Saiki and say 'Oh wow!'"
The room was silent, Teruhashi not wavering as she looked Saiki dead in the eyes. Suddenly the look in Saiki's eyes changed, and although he looked the same something about him was different.
"Oh wow," Saiki said
Teruhashi freaked out, squealing. "He said it! Saiki finally said it! I'm so happy!"
Since she got what she wanted Teruhashi had no other reason to stay awake, and she finally let sleep overtake her, falling to the floor, while at the same time dropping Saiki's limiter.
Saiki caught the sleeping girl and seemed extremely happy to do so.
"Oh wow!" Saiki spoke but Reita's voice came out his mouth. "I was just in the girl's locker room now where am I."
"I made it so that Reita appears as me to her."
Saiki picked up his limiter and put it back in place.
"Now, I can get some sleep."
"Hey, Saiki you wanna avoid saying 'Oh wow!' that badly?" Reita said
"Yes."
"Finally found Saiki..so tired."
Saiki turned looking to his left and paused and...did his glasses just crack.
A very tired Lotus stood before Saiki, she had a few leaves in her hair and dirt coating some of her skin, her poor feet were caked in mud. She was holding on tightly to the top of her towel from the hotel's hot springs, but the bottom of the towel appears to have been torn away. An unfortunate casualty of Lotus's fight against the boar, which turned out wasn't just one boar but a whole sounder of the wild swine. With a good chunk of her towel gone a larger than normal portion of Lotus's thighs had been exposed.
"Lot-ahh my eyes!"
Before Reita even had the chance to turn Lotus's way something poked both of his eyes. He let go of Teruhashi in favor of rolling on the ground shouting about his eyes.
"Saiki…" Lotus said in a breathless manner causing the psychic to freeze.
*DOKI DOKI*
"I...was able to get *YAWN* the hotel back. But I had...a feeling you had lost your...limiter and tried to come and help...but I got a bit sidetracked." Lotus with half-lidded eyes looked up seeing Saiki had both of his limiters. "I'm glad you were able...to get...it…"
Just like with Teruhashi, Lotus allowed sleep to claim her. As she fell forward Saiki easily caught her, her head falling gently against his chest. She let out a happy sigh in her sleep, her body relaxing.
*DOKI DOKI*
"Mmm.."
Lotus let out a low groan sitting up.
"Huh?" She took in her surroundings. "I'm...back in my hotel room? Ahh.." Lotus smiled. "Saiki must've brought me back."
Lotus got dressed in her school uniform and made her way down to the dining hall. The large room was quite nosy as it was filled with students conversing as they had their breakfast. Lotus grabbed her food and took a seat with Nendou, Saiki, and Kaidou.
"Morning guys."
Nendou and Kaidou greeted the girl back but Saiki turned his head away avoiding all eye contact.
"How'd you sleep, Warrior Queen?" Kaidou asked
"Pretty well wish I had gotten more, but it's kind of my fault for staying up so late," Lotus said
"Staying up past lights out, huh? So the Warrior Queen has a rebellious side I see," Kaidou chuckled
"Sure let's just go with that. Can't exactly tell him what really happened last night. Hey Saiki."
The pink-haired psychic paused, mid-motion of raising his coffee to his lips.
"Thank you for bringing me back to my room. I owe you one. A dessert of your choosing is on me."
Saiki did not want to, but he turned to Lotus and was hit with the powerful force of her smile.
*DOKI DOKI*
At another table a tired Teruhashi went over the memories of her "lucid" dream until Chiyo scooted next to her.
"Hey, you were acting really strange when you came back to the room last night," Chiyo said
"Huh?"
"You told all the girls to take their clothes off so you could wrestle them," Chiyo said
"What?! No I didn't!" Teruhashi exclaimed, thoroughly embarrassed, and she had the right to.
"That idiot."
"I'm not sure what it means, but this has to do with Reita's perverse nature doesn't it."
"Yup."
Lotus smiled as she cracked her knuckles underneath the table. "I'll be giving him a nice stern talking to later."
Saiki did not comment, but he hid a small smile behind his coffee cup.
"Right! Finish up breakfast and get on the bus!" Coach Matsuzaki shouted
All the students started poor out of the hotel making their way to the bus.
"We're going to the pineapple farm first then the aquarium next, right?" Teruhashi said
"Yup, and those are just the warm-up activities." Chiyo sported a determined smile. "Because this afternoon we finally go to the beach!
"~The whole month I dedicated my life to this very moment. To get bikini ready I haven't eaten any sweets and I worked out every single day to lose weight. Since we got here I cheated on my diet just a tiny little bit, but the fact still remains I did it all for you…~"
Chiyo's fantasy started to go a bit off the deep end as she imagined herself standing before Saiki in a yellow bikini, Saiki staring back at her with admiring eyes.
"Oh sorry, Chiyo, or should I say my sunshine baby doll," Imagination-Saiki said.
Chiyo, completely unaware of the two psychics behind her listening in on her fantasy continued to daydream with an elated look on her face.
"~I even bought a new swimsuit just for today! I'll do my best to get him to notice me!~"
A few feet back a snort sounded as Lotus was hunched over slightly covering her mouth, her shoulders shaking as she tried to contain her laughter. Saiki glanced at the giggling pink-haired girl next to him then up ahead to Chiyo.
"Good grief I have to worry about you again."
"Don't sound so sour-" Lotus put a hand on Saiki's shoulder, "Sunshine Baby doll." She snorted again covering her laughs.
"Shut it." Saiki turned away annoyed but did nothing about Lotus's hand on his shoulder.
"Day two of the Okinawa trip and it's reached a fever pitch amongst the students at the pineapple farm."
Nendou had to be explained what a pineapple was and Mera had to be physically restrained as she tried to devour all of the pineapple samples. Reita somehow turned the notion of a pineapple farm into something gross and perverted, so he was promptly dragged away by Lotus to have their little conversation.
"Next up the aquarium."
Nendou had his face pressed up against the glass as he was in awe of a giant whale shark that floated by.
"Wow, it's huge. I bet this thing's capture level is 20 at least!" Nendou exclaimed
Kaidou smirked as they made it to the exhibit that housed the deep-sea life. "So your world is shrouded in darkness too, huh?"
With Teruhashi, any tank she stood in front of the fish gathered around.
"Wow! Even the fish are attracted to her!" Hairo said
"I bet they think she's a mermaid!"
"Oh hey an Alligator Snapping turtle," Lotus pointed to a tank housing a large turtle.
The oversized turtle stood still with its mouth opened wide as if waiting for something to come by so it could snap its jaws on it.
"Whoa, that thing's capture level must be 30!" Nendou said
"You know what this monstrous creature is?" Kaidou asked
Lotus nodded her head. "Yeah. They weigh an average of 170 lb (77.11 kg) and can stay underwater for up to 50 minutes. See how this one's got its mouth open, they use their tongue as a worm-like lure, and then when prey comes by they snap it close."
Kaidou flinched paling as he looked at the large reptile.
"How do you know so much about them?"
"My parents found one when they were doing research in the states. My Mom got pretty mad at one because it was stealing the bait they were using for some research and attempted to wrestle it, but my father had to drag her back to prevent her from losing a finger or two," Lotus chuckled
"Your Mom must be a beast too."
"Well….imagine the wrath of my sister and then square that and you get my mother."
"So she's the Queen of the beast."
Lotus took no offence and acutely smirked. "That's right!"
Finally, after exploring the aquarium it was time for the beach.
"Emerald Beach! Woo!" Hairo cheered in Saiki's face.
"Hey move!"
"Whoa, ain't got no beaches like this back home," Nendou said
"Where are the girls?" Kaidou asked
The trio's attention was grabbed by some commotion happening right outside the women's change room.
"What do you think that's all about?" Kaidou questions
Most of the boys in the class had gathered in front of the changing room, waiting for a certain someone to exit.
"The beach is great but wait till you see these natural wonders!"
"Yes. We definitely can't miss this!"
"It's the only reason I came on this stupid trip."
From inside the changing room Lotus frowned.
"Perverts."
"Here she comes!"
Teruhashi stepped out of the changing rooms donning a baby blue swimsuit that had a ruffled skirt. She had put her hair up in a ponytail and put the loose hair into a simple twisted braid. The young girl shined brightly giving all the guys before her a dazzling smile.
"Thanks for waiting!" Teruhashi cutely spoke
"Woooow!"
All the guys waiting around were blown away, almost literally. It didn't really help with Teruhashi's ego as nearly everyone on the beach, including women, started to applaud her, even though all she did was step out wearing a bathing suit.
Teruhashi walked over to Saiki, Nendou, and Kaidou.
"Sorry I couldn't find a locker."
Both Kaidou and Nendou flushed under her gaze, Saiki was unaffected as always.
"No problem! We're happy waiting!" Nendou said
"Right! Don't worry about it!" Kaidou said
Teruhashi kept her smile but her right eyebrow twitched a bit. "~Ugh! What is it going to take to make the real him go 'Oh wow!~"
"Well, let's get going! Everyone is waiting." Teruhashi said
"Wait, Chiyo, Mera, and Warrior Queen Lotus, isn't here yet," Kaidou said
"Really? I just saw them in the changing room. Hey! Chiyo! Let's go!" Teruhashi called out.
Meanwhile, inside the changing room, Chiyo was having a bit of a conniption. She was huddled in the corner with a towel wrapped tightly around her body hiding herself away from the world.
"I can't do it. How am I supposed to go out there after Kokomi? It's impossible! Get a grip Chiyo! You've worked too hard to give up now. Your weights never been lower and your swimsuits never been tighter!" Chiyo stood up throwing her towel off. "Kokomi's reign is over! It's my time!"
"Sorry for the wait. I had trouble finding my sunscreen." Chiyo smiled as she stepped out.
She definitely didn't get the reaction Teruhashi received, in fact, she got no reaction at all.
"~Wait, I'm just in an average scene!? Where are the sparkles like Kokomi had?~"
"Now all we need is Mera and Warrior Queen Lotus," Kaidou said
"Oh right," Nendou said
"~What is this?! No reaction?! They already moved on?!~"
"Sorry!"
Dozens of guys had their eyes drawn to Mera as she stepped out adjusting her swimsuit, which was a simple navy one piece, but it accentuated the surprising figure Mera had considering the amount of food she consumed.
"My swimsuit was a bit small, so I had trouble putting it on," Mera apologized
"~Mera gets a close up!~" Chiyo gaped
"She's got a pretty rocking body!"
"Yeah even in that old-style swimsuit!"
"I love girls with figures like hers!"
Mera was looking away and seemed irritated by the comments but their words were the last thing on her mind.
"~Wish I had eaten that extra bowl of rice for lunch.~" Mera thought
"~They're still gawking at her!~" Chiyo gaped
"I'm so hungry." Mera turned around revealing a name written on the back of her swimsuit.
"Wait, her name is Nakao?"
"~Why does it say that?!~"
"Alright, one more to go! Yo, Warrior Queen Lotus, you coming or what!" Kaidou called out
Most of the crowd had dissipated so Lotus deemed it safe to step out. But even still it was a public beach and no matter when she left there going to be guys with wandering eyes.
As Lotus stepped out she various guys gaped at her. Her swimsuit was a very cutely designed two-piece bikini. The bottoms had two layers of ruffles while the top had on thick ruffle strap that went across Lotus's chest, and the other strap was normal but tied at the top to look like a bow. The entire swimsuit was white with adorable patterns of blue, green, and orange baby dinosaurs decorating it.
"Alright let's hit the beach!" Lotus cheered
Saiki took in Lotus's choice of swimwear and the memories of last night played through. He adjusted his glasses and...was that a hint of blush?!
Teruhashi bit her lip holding back an unladylike snort.
"~What's with that swimsuit? Sure it's cute but it only if your like 5 years old. Baby dinosaurs seriously?~" Teruhashi closed her eyes, smirking as she crossed her arms. "~Guess my rival isn't as mature and sophisticated as me. No way any guy would find that attractive no matter if it is on a curvy body. All eyes are going to be on me, including Saiki's I win this-!~"
"Wow, great bathing suit girl buddy!" Nendou said
"Yeah, it's so cool!" Kaidou said
Lotus's friends were not the only ones to compliment her, even though she had exited when some of the crowd dissipated, she drew a good chunk of them back in.
"Look at that bod!"
"Like a model on the cover of a magazine!"
"Her swimsuit means she's both playful and confident."
"~WHAT?!~" Teruhashi went pale, her jaw-dropping.
Teruhashi wasn't the only one thrown off, Chiyo was gaping too.
"~Why! Why?! Why does every single girl get a swimsuit reaction but me?!~"
"Thank you!" Lotus told Nendou and Kaidou, completely ignoring the other ogling males. "I wanted to have a bathing suit with a fun design, and really who didn't go through a dinosaur phase as a kid they are pretty cool. Ethan wants a whole new line of suits like this so right now I'm just kind of the tester, but seeing as how much you guys like it, I think they might sell well," she explained
Lotus stood confidently in her swimsuit not letting the guys gawking nor perverse thoughts phase her, she wasn't going to let them ruin her beach fun.
Teruhashi once again had her world thrown off-kilter thanks to Lotus.
"~Are you kidding me! That kiddy design is actually attracting people! And that stance who does she think she is some kind of supermodel?! I won't let this stand! You will not win rival!~"
Lotus let out an awkward chuckle sweat dropping as she felt the heated eyes of Teruhashi on her back.
"~This so isn't fair! But who cares as long as Saiki notices me it was all worth it!~" Chiyo thought
Chiyo looked around but spotted no Saiki.
"Hey Nendou, where's Saiki?" She asked
"Oh he said he was going up ahead to do stuff," Nendou said
"~He didn't even check me out!~"
What was even more surprising was that no one noticed that not one but two certain pink-haired students had disappeared.