*Note: this one of the last chapters related with Rito. If I didn't mistake it, it will be like 1 or 2 more, not more.
Anyways, we have to think about how to do with him. The other day, one reader suggest me to make Rito a woman, in other words, Riko and make him to forget about everything except for Mikan and his parents. Is a good idea but there's a problem. What will be the reaction of his parents after seeing that her son has became a woman. There are solutions for that like the Omnitrix, but I want to hear your opinion about that.
If that's the case, you'll have to choose to let Riko enter in Akira's harem. honestly, I don't want to make that decision.
That's all, have a good day :)
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"Can you open the door for me?" – I asked.
"Well… the door is locked and can't be opened" – said Mikan.
"I'll go in through the window then" – I said.
"Well… I already had that idea before but Rito closed the window and it can only be opened from the inside" – said Mikan.
"How do I get in then?" – I asked.
"You could just knock down the door with one of your aliens" – said Mikan.
"No, if I do that, I'd break the door frame and alert Rito" – I refused.
"Don't you have any alien that can go through walls or something?" – asked Mikan.
"Well… currently no" – I denied.
The Omnitrix could have given me Ghostfreak but I didn't have him and I also didn't want to knock down the door, that would just alert Rito and I don't want to reveal my identity to anyone who isn't one of my women.
"Well, maybe if I ask for it like I did a moment ago, it will give you an alien capable of doing that" – said Mikan.
Mikan approached the Omnitrix symbol on my chest.
"Sinceramente no creo que funcione. Puede que lo que acaba de pasar sea simplemente pura casualidad" – dije encogiéndome de hombros.
"Hey… could you give Akira an alien capable of going through walls?" – asked Mikan.
Honestly, I don't think it will…
[A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED THAT NO CURRENT ALIEN IS CAPABLE OF SOLVING, PROCEEDING TO SEARCH FOR A SUITABLE ALIEN…]
"…" – speechless.
Who is the Omnitrix's wielder? My girls or me? Honestly, I'm starting to doubt it…
[ALIEN FOUND, PROCEEDING TO FORCED TRANSFORMATION]
Suddenly, a green light blinded Mikan again for a few moments and when the light was gone Mikan was surprised.
In front of her was a creature floating a few centimeters off the ground, wrapped in a sort of grayish shroud that glided smoothly as if the wind were pushing it… although there was no wind.
Its body was long, thin, almost humanoid, but something about its silhouette was wrong.
It had no legs — instead, a kind of ethereal tail snaked in the air, like the smoke from a recently extinguished candle.
The most unsettling thing was its "skin": it seemed stitched, with black lines crossing its body like suture points.
It moved slowly, with an unnatural grace, as if the physical world barely touched it.
Its face… if it could be called that… was shrouded in shadows.
Only a single, large, oval eye glowed with an unhealthy violet hue from one side of its head, watching with an uncomfortable intensity while the Omnitrix symbol shone with a faint light on its chest.
"That's, that's… a gho…" – Mikan tried to scream.
But I quickly covered her mouth preventing her from screaming.
"Calm down, it's me. Besides, I'm not a ghost but a race similar to one" – I said in a whispering voice.
I slowly uncovered Mikan's mouth, who sighed with relief.
"Sorry, it caught me off guard" – said Mikan somewhat embarrassed.
Everyone has their fears and many people were afraid of the unknown, of the supernatural, and Mikan was one of those people, so, upon seeing a "ghost" in front of her, she almost screamed and fainted from the scare.
"It's okay, it's understandable" – I said.
Then I floated in front of her.
"So… can you go through walls and stuff now?" – asked Mikan.
"Yes" – I nodded.
Among other things that are better not to mention.
"Then I leave Rito to you" – said Mikan.
"Alright" – I nodded.
Having said that, I became invisible and intangible and went through the wall before Mikan's bewildered gaze.
When I entered the room, the first thing that assaulted me was a disgusting smell.
The room smelled awful, a mixture of food and something else that I hope is not what I was thinking.
The floor was completely covered with bags of chips and other junk food.
The room, previously extremely tidy (surely), now looked like a dump worthy of a person suffering from Diogenes syndrome or, in this case, depression.
The room was dark with only the screen of a desktop computer dimly illuminating the place.
Rito, on the other hand, was lying on his bed, with his eyes open and staring at the ceiling without moving, as if he were dead.
I silently approached Rito and was immediately assailed by a rather pungent smell of sweat and his appearance was not much better.
Disheveled clothes, messy hair, food residue at the corners of his lips, and a shirt extremely stained with ketchup spots.
Next to his bed was a small nightstand where there was a trash can full of paper balls to the brim.
"Damn, how disgusting!" – I thought while giving myself a noose.
The smell of sweat mixed with the terrible smell of semen coming from the trash can almost made me vomit from the penetrating odor.
"Do it for Mikan, you do it for Mikan" – I told myself.
"What was that noise?" – Rito wondered.
Rito sat up and, believing he had heard something, looked towards the door, thinking it must be Mikan bringing him dinner.
What Rito didn't know was that dinner time had already passed long ago, luckily, tomorrow was the weekend and there was no school so it didn't matter what time he went to bed, besides, Rito didn't even know what day of the week it was, he had spent the whole week licking his wounds, watching hentai, and masturbating.
At night, while Mikan slept, he would leave his room to buy junk food at the nearest store and then lock himself in until the next day at night, only leaving to go to the bathroom and only when he was sure that his sister was not behind the door, waiting for him or simply that she was not on the second floor.
That's how his life had been since Tuesday.
Seeing Rito sit up, I realized that I had unintentionally expressed my thoughts out loud.
"Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained" – I said.
Then I touched the Omnitrix icon on my chest, transforming directly into Pesky Dust, alarming Rito.
"What is happening?" – asked Rito stunned and scared.
"Just sleep already" – I said.
Then I scattered a kind of powder that made Rito fall asleep immediately without even knowing what had just happened.
"What a mess of a room. Has he done nothing but masturbate all week?" – I asked disgusted.
Then I looked around his entire room and sighed.
"Anyway, let's finish this, tomorrow I have a date with Kari and I need to be rested" – I sighed.
Then I entered directly into his head, yes, it's not a metaphor, I entered inside his head as one enters through an open door, this is a capacity of this alien.
The first thing I saw when I entered was… nothing, it was completely dark.
"He's not dreaming of anything but… that can be fixed" – I said.
Then I snapped the fingers of my left hand and suddenly the whole landscape changed completely.
Now I was on a beach, on that beach Rito was sunbathing while next to him was Mikan, but somewhat smaller, and their parents who were under the umbrella and sitting in a chair with their eyes closed.
"I'm going swimming!" – said little Mikan.
"Be careful and don't stray far from the shore" – said Mikan's mother.
"Yes!" – nodded little Mikan.
Then little Mikan began to play on the shore with the water.
Rito was watching this scene with a smile on his face.
"Hmm, this doesn't work for me, it's not a nightmare but a dream about a happy memory" – I said dissatisfied.
Although seeing Mikan even more loli than she already is was quite an experience.
"Well, we'll have to provoke a nightmare until we find what could have caused this kind of depression" – I said.
I snapped my fingers again and the scene changed again.
Now I was in front of a mansion that seemed abandoned.
In the garden, Rito was holding a flashlight, looking around stunned and scared, but right at that moment, a kind of zombie came out of nowhere and started chasing him while Rito screamed in horror.
"No, this is definitely not it" – I denied.
Then I snapped my fingers again and the scene changed again.
The scene was simple, it was a huge cliff from which, by accident, Rito fell into a bottomless void.
I quickly changed the nightmare to prevent him from waking up.
And so I continued looking at dozens of nightmares, some related to paranormal events, others were simple nightmares where his family died in a terrible accident and he was left alone and helpless, and probably due to all the porn he watched, I saw a nightmare where his best friend, Saruyama, was screwing Mikan while Rito held and licked her feet, next to him a figure wrapped in darkness laughed and insulted him.
"Disgusting!" – I said disgusted.
Having a nightmare where your sister is raped in front of you while you lick her feet?
What kind of pervert is he? What kind of porn could he have watched during the week and how much?
After that, there were more normal nightmares, but none terrifying enough to cause him trauma, at least until, when I was about to give up, I found myself in a place familiar to me.
"This is… the building behind the school?" – I asked confused.
I looked closely and there I saw Rito, watching two people intently.
"Is that me and Haruna?" – I asked surprised.
Damn it, I think I already know what happened and why he is like this.
"I had already fallen in love with you, while the feelings I felt for Yuuki-san were pity, pity for what he might feel when he found out. Although I know it was a one-sided love, my heart still feels pity for him… but I don't want to lose my true love because of it," – said Haruna (the one in the dream).
Then the me in the dream and the Haruna in the dream began kissing passionately.
"I didn't remember the kiss being that passionate" – I said.
It seems Rito saw it differently.
After seeing this, I looked at Rito and indeed, this was the reason why he had been depressed all these days, apparently he was spying on us the day Haruna confessed to me and we became a couple.
"I admit it must have been painful to lose the person you've loved for years, but… you can only blame yourself for being too indecisive" – I sighed.
I am not a heartless person who likes to make others suffer, but it's his fault, not mine.
Having said that, and knowing the reason for his depression, I left the dream and left the room after turning into Ghostfreak.
When I left the room, I ran into Mikan and immediately turned back into a human.
"What happened? Did you find out why Rito is like this?" – asked Mikan anxiously.
"Yes. Apparently, he witnessed Haruna's confession and how we became a couple, which caused his current situation" – I said.
"Oh, I see… I guess now I understand why he suddenly became a recluse" – said Mikan.
Then she sighed and looked at me.
"What should I do to help him?" – asked Mikan.
"Nothing" – I said.
"Nothing?" – asked Mikan confused.
It wasn't the answer she expected.
"Heartbreaks are something that heals with time, just let him be and he will recover" – I replied.
"But leaving him like this makes me feel bad…" – said Mikan.
"I'm afraid there's nothing to be done" – I said.
"And isn't there an alien that can cheer him up? You could erase those memories or…" – Mikan tried to say.
"No. This is something he must overcome himself. Many people suffer heartbreaks daily and end up overcoming them, some let their loved ones help them while others prefer to spend time alone, Rito is that kind of person, so it will be better if you give him time" – I said.
It is better not to depend on the Omnitrix aliens for everything.
Don't get me wrong, I would give my women anything they asked for, but I'm not going to exert myself for Rito, besides, he will get over it, it's not like he's the only person on the planet who suffers from something like this.
Upon hearing this, Mikan bowed her head, somewhat depressed, which made me feel quite bad.
"Haa… alright, if he doesn't recover in less than two weeks I'll help him, I'm sure that if you ask for it please, the Omnitrix will give me an alien with those capabilities" – I sighed.
Shit, I don't want to help Rito, but I don't want to see Mikan depressed!
Upon hearing this, Mikan lifted her head and hugged me.
"Thank you very much! I'm very lucky to have such an amazing boyfriend like you!" – exclaimed Mikan with a smile.
I let women manipulate me too easily…