When a moving truck arrived, Mikan asked: "Rito, what will you do with these things?"
"For now, I'll leave them in a rented storage unit." He asked: "How about we donate everything to an orphanage? It's all in good condition, it would be a shame to just throw it away."
"That's a good idea. I approve." She replied.
"Alright, we can research an orphanage nearby later." He patted her head.
"You're messing up my hair!" She removed his hand with puffed cheeks.
"Sorry, sorry. You were being so cute that I couldn't resist." He smiled.
"Mooo!" Hearing that, she turned red, saying as she left: "I don't know!"
"Hehe, Mikan is so adorable~!" Lala next to him commented.
"Yes, very much so." He agreed.
With all the things in the moving truck, Lala said: "Rito, I'm going to stay studying in my room."
"Okay." He understood exactly what she would like to study.
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The next day, Saturday, 13:44 in the afternoon.
Although Lala had Peke, Mikan suggested that Lala should buy more Earth clothes. After all, Peke couldn't always be used.
Mikan was wearing a light blue floral t-shirt, darker blue shorts, and toe sandals. In addition, she was also wearing a beret the same color as the t-shirt with a short crooked brim in black.
"Mikan looks so pretty!" Lala hugged her.
"Lala, you're suffocating me..." Mikan tries to pull her face away from Lala's breasts.
"Sorry, sorry." She apologized as she pulled away: "But, but, you're so adorable, Mikan!"
"Lala is right, Mikan, you're adorable."
"You too, Rito? Mooo!" She blushed.
Rito smiled and looked at Lala who had her long bubblegum pink hair tied in double ponytails.
She was wearing a pink t-shirt with sleeves almost to the elbows, a blue belt with a white buckle in the middle, and a three-color pleated skirt, grass green, white, and light green that reached her knees, with bare legs, showing her beautiful and long legs, wearing 5 cm black boots.
"You too, Lala. You're normally beautiful even in school uniform, and with that outfit... It's breathtaking!" Rito said.
"Hehe, you're making me embarrassed~!" She held the sleeve of his black shirt: "Rito, you're the one who looks cool!"
Rito was wearing a white dress shirt with three buttons open and sleeves rolled up, gray jeans, and white sneakers. His golden-brown hair was styled to the right side in the Light Yagami style.
"Thanks." He held her hand: "Shall we go?"
""Yes.""
"Mikan, would you by any chance like to hold my hand too?" He noticed her stealing some glances as they walked.
"What are you talking about?! Don't say nonsense, okay?" She looked away.
Rito smiled without saying anything more.
"Hey, Rito." Lala pointed to a store: "I feel like eating that!"
"Taiyaki? That's a good idea, I'm kind of craving it too." Mikan agreed.
"Mhm, I want some too." He said: "In that case, let's buy some."
The three approached the counter.
"Good afternoon, ten please." Rito ordered, placing a 10,000 yen bill on the table: "Keep the change."
"How generous!" The woman smiled flatteringly: "One moment please."
Quickly, she packed ten in a brown paper bag: "Here you go, enjoy."
'Thank you~!" Lala was the one who thanked.
Each of them took one and resumed walking while eating.
'By the way, why do I feel like something is going to happen... It's like at any moment an event...'
Before he could even finish his reflection, Rito noticed a beautiful girl with long golden hair looking in their direction while sitting on a railing that separates the sidewalk from the road.
'I knew it!' There was no more doubt: 'It's Golden Darkness!'
Even though he wasn't alone, it was still happening.
"What a beautiful girl..." Mikan murmured softly.
Golden Darkness has long golden-blonde hair, dark red eyes, and a slightly childish figure. But Rito knew, she only appears to be Mikan's age because she feels more comfortable fighting that way, if she wishes, she can transform into a more mature version. Her real age is around 25 years old.
She was wearing a black leather outfit, characteristic of the gothic style. Her outfit has a star-shaped opening on the chest, two belts on the waist, five belts on the legs, and two sleeves that attach to the upper arm by means of a belt.
"She's looking at us... Maybe that's it." Lala went to her with the taiyaki package and offered: "Hey, maybe you want one of these?"
"What?" She showed surprise.
"You can take it, we have plenty!" Lala said cheerfully: "Right, Rito, Mikan?"
"Yes." Mikan agreed.
"You can accept." Even knowing what was coming, he replied while pretending not to know anything.
After a little hesitation, Golden Darkness extended her hand and took one: "Then..."
She ate it with a peculiar expression.
"What a beautiful voice..." Mikan said: "That taiyaki shop is really good and quite famous. Did you know?"
After chewing the first bite, she said in a neutral tone: "Earth food is really strange."
"Earth food?" Mikan reacted to that.
"I knew it! You're not from Earth, right?" Lala snapped her finger.
Nibbling the taiyaki very quickly until nothing was left, Golden Darkness went to Rito and placed both hands on his shoulder: "You must be Rito Yuki, correct?"
"Rito? How do you know her?" Mikan asked.
"I don't know either." He replied.
"I've been looking for you." Golden Darkness said and her right hand transformed into a blade.
At the same time, Rito's eyes changed.
He tried to be indifferent, but the corners of his lips rose on their own.
"Rito!"
When she attacked, he dodged calmly.
Lala and Mikan screamed, worried.
"It's okay." He assured them as he looked at them, then looked at Golden Darkness: "Why are you trying to attack me?"
"It's nothing personal, it just happened that a certain someone hired me to eliminate you." She replied indifferently: "So, you have to disappear."
"You can't?!" Mikan shouted loudly, drawing a lot of attention.
"Even if you say that, it won't change anything." She looks at Mikan for a brief moment, soon returned to looking at Rito.
"Lala, did you get the data from that barrier? Can you replicate it?" Rito asked her.
"Right now!" Lala took out her smartphone.
Not long after, she took out a sphere and threw it into the air: "Go, Barrier Maker!"
When it reached a hundred meters from the ground, the sphere began to create a barrier similar to the one the fallen angel had created.
"As expected from you, Lala." Rito gave her a thumbs up while dodging another attack from Golden Darkness.
"Hehe, it was nothing~" Lala sang cheerfully.
When the barrier closed in the shape of a dome, the ordinary people disappeared.
Mikan, for holding the edge of Lala's blouse, stayed inside the barrier.
"This is..." Mikan looks at the kind of wall in mixed colors almost losing focus on the real situation they were in, especially Rito who was in danger.
"Rito..."
"It's okay, Mikan, Rito won't lose so easily, especially with those eyes, look!" Lala pointed.
Mikan looks in Rito's direction.
He was dodging all of Golden Darkness's attacks, even when she created a second blade and started attacking with both hands. He had a calm expression as if everything was under control.
"Rito, stay strong!" Mikan shouted.
Golden Darkness jumps into the air, soon her left foot is transformed into a huge mace (something spherical with spikes).
She not only simulated the weapon, it also had the weight of something that weighed tons and using gravitational force, she fell very quickly with her foot in the shape of a mace towards Rito.
Extending his hand, Rito created a wind shield. He could dodge, but he wanted to gauge her attack power.
*Bang!*
"Rito!"
When Golden Darkness's foot in the shape of a mace collided against the wind shield, it barely managed to penetrate the defense.
Golden Darkness's foot returns to normal and her hair transforms into huge golden fists and stretches towards him.
*POW! POW! POW! POW! POW!*
Rito continued dodging while the punches created holes in the ground.
Rito jumped into the air while dodging and landed on the roof of a store. When the golden fist hit the store, half of the store was destroyed in the process.
"The store..." Mikan was worried.
"It's okay, Mikan. As long as we have this barrier, everything will be fine!" Lala said to her.
"I noticed that people just disappeared... This barrier is a kind of separate space... That's why you say we don't need to worry?"
"Correct!" Lala nodded.
At the same time, a pair of white wings like an angel's appeared on Golden Darkness's back.
She floated while continuing to attack with her golden hair.
In minutes, much of the city inside the barrier was destroyed.
Making her hair return to normal, Golden Darkness said: "You just keep dodging... Why don't you attack?"
She advanced with her right hand transformed into a blade.
"Simple, I don't want to." He replied.
"Don't regret it later." Golden Darkness said coldly.
When she reached him, she slashed horizontally.
Rito jumped, dodging and Golden Darkness's attack sliced an entire building that began to collapse.
Golden Darkness's left hand also transformed into a blade and she accelerated her attacks even more and put even more force into them.
Meanwhile, Rito frantically used red and purple orbs while his heart was beating faster than normal without being able to properly contain his joy.
It was simply divine.
Each of her attacks was deadly.
He felt very lucky, even though he was the target of a very well-known assassin across the entire galaxy.
"You're known as Golden Darkness, right?" Rito asked.
She stopped attacking. Hovering in the air, she asked: "If you know who I am, you know you have no chance of escaping forever. Why haven't you counterattacked yet, Rito Yuki? Aren't you a terrible demon?"
"Rito, a terrible demon?" Lala who heard that, laughed holding her belly: "No, no... That's impossible!"
"Lala Satalin Deviluke... Why do you say that?" She asked.
"Rito isn't that kind of person!" Mikan also shouted.
Golden Darkness looks at Rito who smiled a little at her: "You may be right, but even if I can't see it either, now that I've accepted this mission, I won't back down."
"No problem." Rito said: "You can keep attacking me until you get tired."
"You seem pretty confident." She murmured and resumed attacking.
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