Hey, I'm back! I just wanted to say that the chapters took a while to come out because I've been very busy, plus I now have to write four stories.
Anyway, enjoy!
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In space, at the center of a ship silently orbiting the planet Earth.
In front of the enormous glass screen that gave a view of the Earth below, Zastin seemed to be contemplating the planet, lost in thought.
That was until the doors behind him opened, sliding quickly to the side, as one of his subordinates entered, slightly out of breath.
"Z-Zastin-sama! We detected an unknown ship approaching Earth, its route seems to be directly toward the place referred to as Japan, where Lala-sama is!"
Frowning slightly, Zastin nodded to him. "I understand, I will descend immediately."
His subordinate saluted before quickly leaving, while he himself returned to looking through the glass. "Be careful, Rafael, it seems the suitors have already begun to make their moves." His gray eyes stared seriously at the planet below.
...
Meanwhile, at the school, Lala happily approached the baseball field with Rafael and Haruna in tow.
After returning the ball he had in hand to the guy who had asked for it, she went over to where the bats were stored. "You use this, right?" Lala asked, picking up one of the bats and looking at it curiously.
Rafael stopped near her, grabbing a bat as well, and while Lala childishly admired the bat she held in her hands, he turned toward the team on the field. "There's no problem if we play a little, right? We're new students and we're getting to know the school."
The boy closest to first base looked uncertain as he rubbed his cheek. "Ehh, I don't know if—"
"Of course! You can play."
Interrupting him, a handsome boy on the pitcher's mound said with a confident smile.
"Eh? Motemitsu-senpai?"
"In that case, thank you." Rafael said, placing the bat on his shoulder, but he noticed that the boy wasn't even looking at him.
With the corner of his eye twitching, he saw how the boy wouldn't take his eyes off Lala, his face practically glowing as he stared at her.
['Damn little shit, has no one ever told you not to covet another man's woman, brat? Should I smash this bat on his head so he gains some sense?'] As he questioned himself internally, he was about to "friendly" warn him that Lala was already taken when the girl in question spoke first.
"We can play? In that case, thank you very much~!" Lala said cheerfully as she went straight to the batter's box, interrupting Rafael, she didn't want him to start a fight because of her.
Seeing that Lala had already positioned herself, Rafael decided to stay quiet, just watching with the bat on his shoulder and his other hand in his pocket.
Near him, Haruna sighed in relief, she had been worried that this time there wouldn't be anything to stop Rafael from fighting, but thankfully Lala intervened, she had no doubt that he would do what he had thought.
But far away, hidden in the corner, Rito also sighed in relief, just like Haruna he was glad Rafael had been stopped, if he fought, it would end up falling on him and Mikan since he lived in his house.
Meanwhile, seeing Lala take her position, Motemitsu couldn't help but admire her even more as he saw how beautiful she was, no, it seemed that the more he looked at her, the prettier she became.
"Yoshi! I've decided." He said, adjusting the cap on his head. "You're going to be my girlfriend!" He exclaimed confidently with a bright, radiant smile.
"Ohhh! As expected of Motemitsu-senpai! He went straight for the attack!"
"Simply incredible! That's our Motemitsu-senpai!"
"Motemitsu-senpai is amazing!"
As the other members of the baseball club burst into cheers, Lala spoke with her same cheerful and innocent smile, in a simple tone.
"No thank you, I'm already engaged."
Her dry refusal caught him off guard, but it didn't seem to stop him as he pointed at her. "I-It doesn't matter! Let's play and if I win you'll be my girlfriend!"
"Ohhhh! As expected of Motemitsu-senpai! A completely unfair deal!"
"That's our Motemitsu-senpai! Completely shameless!"
"Amazing, Motemitsu-senpai! You really are a shameless bastard!"
While he was being "cheered", Motemitsu smiled confidently again, adjusting his cap.
Faced with that scene, Lala could only smile awkwardly at his complete lack of shame. 'Maybe I should have let Rafael hit him?' She wondered internally until she heard his thought.
['…That little shit has balls of steel, impressive, isn't it~?']
Sensing an unknown emotion in his voice, she looked back in his direction and recognized what emotion it was.
With a completely impassive face, Rafael calmly stared down the boy called Motemitsu, but if the bulging veins on his forehead and neck weren't clear enough indicators, the dark aura filled with killing intent made it obvious what he was feeling.
[Hahahaha, this kid is funny, but his survival instinct is that of a pigeon, it seems]
['Yeah, that's why I can't tell if he's really that arrogant or if he's just stupid…'] Rafael thought as he looked at his stupidly confident expression. ['Something tells me it's the second option…']
[…Yeah, he does seem kind of stupid, but tell me, because of that are you just going to ignore that he flirted with your fiancée? I wouldn't accept that if I were you~]
['You don't need to provoke me, this kid is really asking for a beating.'] Well, at the moment Rafael finally decided to give the shameless brat a beating, Lala, who had heard his thoughts, interrupted him again.
"I already said I'm engaged! Now shut up and play!"
She shouted irritably before taking her stance.
In the corner, Haruna and Rito let out sighs of relief.
"Gah! A-Alright! If that's the case I have no choice but to convince you with my actions! Take this! Motemitsu Special!" Motemitsu shouted as he threw the ball with all his strength.
However, the ball that traveled through the air at high speed was nothing to Lala.
Smiling, she struck what seemed slow in her vision with force.
Thunk!
With a somewhat sharp sound, the bat created a strong gust of wind as it cut through the air, sending the ball back with the force of a bullet.
Shuuu!
A sharp sound followed the ball as it passed just centimeters from Motemitsu's completely frozen face, shaking his clothes and knocking off his cap.
The ball flew quickly until it disappeared into the distance with a faint glow.
With a satisfied smile as she covered her eyes, Lala nodded to herself, placing the bat down.
"…Holy shit." Rafael murmured upon seeing Lala's strength, he knew she was strong, but even so it was absurd to witness.
"Lala-sama! You can't use your strength like that, you'll draw attention!" In the form of a brooch attached to her hair, Peke whispered to warn her.
"Oh, right, sorry~ Hey Rafael, did you see? I wasn't amazing~!?" Whispering back to Peke, she then turned to Rafael, waving cheerfully at him, making Peke sigh.
"Yes, you were amazing." ['And that's an understatement… I think if she slaps me she'll rip my head off, note to self, be very careful when play-fighting with her.'] He reflected as he approached her, thinking internally about the common play between couples, if he wasn't careful he could actually die.
"Hehehe~" Laughing softly, she moved closer to him, tilting her head slightly toward him with her eyes closed, internally wondering what this play-fighting couples did was, and deciding to look it up later.
Raising his eyebrows slightly at her behavior, he smiled as he saw how even the ahoge she had swayed slightly along with her tail.
Raising his hand, he patted her head and gently rubbed it.
"Hehehe~" She laughed softly at the touch, but she didn't know that this only made Rafael unable to resist the impulse he felt.
He abruptly hugged her and squeezed her tightly against himself.
"Why are you so damn cute! It makes me want to bite you until I tear a piece off!"
As he held her tightly, feeling her softness and pleasant scent, the girl in question blinked in surprise at his action, until her face slowly turned red from the closeness.
Smiling awkwardly at what he said, she didn't know whether to be happy about the hug or worried that he might actually bite her.
"Hey! You there hugging her! Play with me! Whoever wins gets her as a girlfriend!"
Suddenly interrupting the rosy moment between the two, Motemitsu shouted, pointing toward Rafael.
"…What kind of shit is this guy saying? He's really asking to get beaten." Shifting his eyes to him, Rafael murmured quietly while his gaze full of "kind intentions" fixed on him.
Also starting to get irritated, still in Rafael's arms, Lala turned her scowling face toward Motemitsu. "I already said I'm engaged, can't you see!? Stop being annoying, you idiot with a stupid face!"
"S-stupid face!?" Motemitsu reacted as if being called stupid-faced hurt more than a punch.
While the other baseball club members shouted about Motemitsu having his face judged as having suffered an emotional attack, and Haruna and Rito began to worry again, Rafael sighed audibly, drawing attention to himself.
['This situation is exactly like yesterday, as tempting as it is to just beat this clown, it'll cause problems for me, but mainly for Rito and Mikan, and it's better not to involve those two in my problems.']
[Oh? I thought you hadn't thought about that]
['Of course I did, I was just unsure whether I should ignore it or not.']
[Hahaha, that's more like you, so you're just going to leave?]
['Obviously not~'] Smiling maliciously like a demon for a brief second, Rafael then released Lala from his embrace and pushed her out of the batter's box, picking up the bat from the ground and calmly turning toward Motemitsu. "You want me to play, right? Then let's play."
Seeing that, Motemitsu regained his confident smile, though he still looked pale. "G-Great, in that case, if I win—"
"Hey."
But being interrupted, his eyes met Rafael's light brown ones, staring at him intensely and without emotion.
"If you don't want to have your teeth broken by this bat, you'd better shut up and play."
Swallowing hard and sweating cold, Motemitsu decided to just settle this later, not that he was scared or anything, obviously. "A-Alright, in that case… take this, Motemitsu Special!"
The ball he fired traveled quickly through the air straight toward Rafael, who just waited patiently.
But when the ball got close, he didn't swing, instead, he dropped the bat and caught the ball with his bare hands.
Motemitsu blinked at that, then a smile slowly spread across his face as he spoke. "Hah! Looks like I won—"
But his smile and face froze when he saw the huge malicious grin on Rafael's face, as well as the way he prepared to throw.
With his arm rising and passing in front of his face, his sharp teeth and purple eyes with spirals became completely visible.
"Take this, you little shit! Kahaha!"
At neck-breaking speed, the ball flew rapidly through the air before hitting its target.
Motemitsu's groin.
"Uh!" Letting out the air with a short groan, Motemitsu didn't scream, he simply grabbed his private parts while slowly bending over until he collapsed on the ground. "Hiiiii~…" He let out a strange high-pitched moan as he curled into a fetal position.
"Heh~" Smiling maliciously, Rafael contemplated his work as his appearance returned to normal.
[…I can't believe you used one of your card uses just for that]
['It was a completely valid use.']
[You're really vindictive, aren't you?]
['I prefer the term distributor of good deeds.']
[…Huh?]
Ignoring Ariel, Rafael then went to Lala, who was just staring with blinking eyes at Motemitsu in the pose of someone who had been blown up by a saibamen.
"Shall we~?" He asked cheerfully. She shifted her gaze to him, smiled the same way, and nodded. "Mm~ Let's~!" Then, grabbing his arm, she pulled him toward Haruna.
Pulling the still incredulous girl along after what had happened, Lala called out cheerfully. "Come on, Haruna! Show me the rest of the school~."
Then, humming happily, Lala pulled Rafael and Haruna with her, leaving the baseball field.
And on the field, Rito, who like the other club members was silently staring at the ground while feeling a shared pain, snapped out of it and followed them, internally wondering if he should still do that because Rafael might misunderstand and he didn't want the same fate as Motemitsu.
With silence on the field, the remaining members just looked at Motemitsu on the ground.
"Hiiiii~…"
...
Rafael, Lala, and Haruna then continued their tour of the school, with Rafael walking calmly with his hands in his pockets, Lala happily and curiously looking at everything, and Haruna wisely deciding to ignore what had happened.
Looking at Lala with a smile, Rafael followed behind her. ['That was really annoying, I hope that was the only scenario of the day.']
...
['You've got to be kidding me…'] Rafael thought internally as he saw the extremely handsome tennis club teacher who gave him a strong "I'm suspicious" vibe, if he had tanned skin Rafael would have been sure of it.
[Well, you're the one who got unlucky, so you can't complain now]
['…I can't deny that.']