Today, I figured we'd explore how the Yamai twins encountered Michael for the first time.
Date A Live! Practice Chapter 11:
As the class went to follow the teachers flag, Tohka for the 3rd time flinched… there it was again… she felt something. She turned in the direction she felt the feeling come from, but again there was nothing immediately visible. "Tohka?… Tohka?" Michael called her, but she was too focused on whatever she sensed. "Come on, Tohka. We're gonna… HEY!"
Tohka took off running at that point, she KNEW something was wrong, she could FEEL it. Michael probably couldn't, being a human and all, but she could feel something was difintely wrong! "TOHKA!" Mike called after her again, but she either ignored or didn't hear him. Growling to himself, he saw no choice but to chase after her. "Fine! You can be a boy, just get back here!"
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Tohka ran all the way out to the beach, then looked around on high-alert. She felt… something, but couldn't really describe it. However, this was now the third time, and still nothing… was she just imagining things? Was she simply being overprotective like Origami was?
"HA… HA… HA…" Mike panted, hands on his knees to hold himself up. "If you… wanted… a closer look…" he sit in-between breathing, his heart racing just keeping up with her. The wind also began to pick up a little stronger than usual, but it wasn't too bad… just the ocean breeze perhaps.
Tohka felt really bad… she must have made a mistake… she was so sure. "I'm sorry, Michael… I could have sworn I felt something…" She apologized in a sad tone.
"It's fine…" Michael finally caught all of his breath. "Let's just head back before…"
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!
Suddenly, the current of the wind got even stronger! It surprised both teens that they had to brace themselves and close their eyes from the sudden gust. Trees were even bending over from the force of it! Tohka happened to open her eyes first. "… Michael! Get down!" She immediately pushed Mike out of the way without a second thought from…
BANG!
One garbage can.
BANG!
Two garbage ca-…
BANG!
Three-…
BANG!
Four garbage cans in a row carried by the heavy winds smashed into poor Princesses face, making her see stars and Yoshinons' before tottering and fainting like a Pokemon with swirls for eyes. "Tohk-!" Mike said her name out of concern…
*Smooch*
They accidently kissed at that point when she fell back and right on top of Michael. Immediately upon this, her breasts smooshed against him, her weight pushing him down because she was now a deadweight. With the kiss added, Mike began to have a few dirty thoughts, he couldn't help it.
"mmmret… mus mut I meed…" He said into her mouth, his voice muffled because of this. He gently got her off of him, as she wasn't that heavy at all. "Woo-Woo on the beach before…" He said to himself out loud as he…
Hold on… how did her Astral Dress get restored? And that much of it? Normally she gets the skirt and ribbon in her hair, but now she got the entire chest and stomach portions?
He'll worry about that later. Maybe she got it back instinctively after wanting to protect him again, like with Kurumi and Origami? He'll reseal it when he gets to a safer area, this sudden storm was getting worse by the second. Last thing he wanted was to get sucked into one. He could survive due to the recent Efreet sealing, but probably not Tohka in this state, even with that small amount of armor.
"Damn, this is one nasty storm." Mike commented and just when he was picking up Tohka on his back for a piggy-back ride to the hotel…
CLASH/FLASH!
A flash of light appeared in the sky above Michael that could easily be taken for a both of lightning or just thunder… since when did lightning bolts clash?
CLASH/FLASH! CLASH/FLASH!
Again, the bolts crashed into each other, so Mike could confirm he wasn't just seeing things.
CLASH/FLASH! CLASH/FLASH! CLASH/FLASH!
3 more times, this time in a more rapid session, the bolts clashed, making the wind currents super strong that Mike could not withstand them, and he and the unconscious Tohka were blown backwards. Mike also dropped her, unable to hold onto her. When Mike looked up again, he saw 2 forms descending down to the ground.
The first form on Mike's right was a girl with a focused expression, along with a lean/slender figure; one that looked so delicate, if you hugged her too hard, she might snap in half. She had blue eyes and orange hair that was braided up, with 2 long tails going down each side of her face.
She was wearing what Mike could only assume was a gauntlet of some type on right wrist and right ankle; and a very leather-like dress that was purple and had a lock around her neck, and chains on her right hand and foot with a skirt down to the knees but opens around her thighs. She was also wearing what appeared to be a cape around her waist.
Parts of her belly were exposed due to the dresses strap-like design, also having a key lock in the center of her chest literally just below her breasts (which were decently sized by the way, maybe slightly bigger than Origami's but under Tohka's). The dress also connected to her legs, but that was probably the weirdest part, as her right leg had a strap going straight down while the other leg had straps going down and across it.
As for the form on Mike's left, it was almost like looking in a mirror, where he was even convinced for a second that it might've been a clone like the ones Kurumi can summon. A closer look however, showed there were some differences, though small.
The second girl could very easily pass as a model, being more curvy than the first girl. Like the first girl, her hair too was orange and also braided, but she had an extra tail in the back that was long enough to go down past her hips. Her expression either looked bored or just blank. Her dress was again, like a mirror image of the other. Everything about it was reversed from the first girl, though it had some blue to its coloration, and the cape it came with was instead around her shoulders like a stereotypical super hero. Her bust was also bigger, a clear different cup size as there was more "squish" in that particular area, the keyhole of her dress even "locked" around her breasts.
Spirits… Two of them.
'Niiiiice… A Two-for-One Alien special on the beach…' Mikey thought in a deadpan. Dealing with one Spirit at a time was hard enough, now 2 have spawned before him clearly in the middle of a 1v1… they were cute though, he'll give them that.
Now that he thought about it, didn't he see them or two girls that looked like them somewhere before?
"Ku-Ku-Ku… not bad, Yuzuru," said the girl on the right. "Of course, I expected all of that from my other half. However, it'll all be in vain!" She added in a confident tone. She also used hand gestures quite often, appearing to have an energetic personality.
"Rebuttal. After 99 battles, we both know the advantage is mine." said the other girl, her name apparently Yuzuru. She spoke in a more stoic tone of voice, but unlike her opponent she did not gesture at all. She wasn't exactly emotionless per say, just blunt and straight to the point.
"Humph. What prattle. The only one who is even worthy or capable of being the true Yamai, is me. Kaguya." The perviously unnamed Spirit said back, still holding her confidence.
"Negative. The name Yamai doesn't suit you. I am the one who will take the Yami name." The second girl retorted.
"Such hollow words. My future sight has already shown me the end! It gave me a vision of you, empaled on the end of my Sturm Lanze!" Said Kaguya, pointing.
"Refute. That same future sight caused you to lose our 13th, 26th, 45th, and 63rd battles." Yuzuru stated.
Kaguya lost the composure she had for a second, then got aggravated akin to a child when they are told 'no' from something they want. "Well; it HAS helped me win our 21st, 34th, 53rd, and 72nd battles, so it DOES work sometimes!"
Mike didn't know what to make of this, both girls talked very strangely, but he then heard his earpiece buzzing to life. "Michael? Can you hear me?" Asked the voice of Reine.
"Oh good morning, Star Command." Michael greeted with sarcasm.
"There with some interference, but I managed to get through," Reine continued, deciding to ignore the sarcasm, which the disturbance may be because of the 2 Spirits. Now that Mike thought about it, there was that very strong turbulence back on the plane; which was odd because moments before it actually hit, Tohka seemed to react to it before everyone else. Not even the pilots gave them a heads up warning as it seemed to come out of nowhere.
Looks like Tohka DID feel something after all… well, some-things.
"Where are you and Tohka exactly?" Reine asked, as she was not in front of any of her tech at the moment.
"Oh, we just went sightseeing." Mike said. "In fact, we happened to find some BOGO souvenirs."
"Request. Please do explain the capabilities of your Sturm Lanze." Yuzuru asked her opponent.
"Ku-Ku-Ku… the very font of mere language can't possibly measure the scope of its awesome power. Tangible yet intangible, invisible yet visible, the only way to quench its thirst is piercing the hearts of its enemies!" Kaguya 'explained' her power, using gestures again.
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You know when you hear something so stupid, that your brain simply stops working?… That was Michael, staring up at these girls with a 'WTF kind of gibberish just came out of her mouth' expression. Nothing Kaguya said could be described as a rational thought.
'She didn't even answer the question…' Mike thought.
"Summary. Like you, your weapon lacks coherent thought and is devoid of meaning." Yuzuru said… damn. Mikey had to admit, that was a pretty good insult. He honestly couldn't agree more, and could hear the rap battle parody boys screaming from her roast.
"That's not true, it does SO have meaning!" Kaguya countered. "Your just too stupid to understand!"
"Conclusion. Your Sturm Lanze is laughable." Yuzuru said and at that point, she also showed her first real emotion Michael had seen from her during the entire conversation, releasing only a single laugh and smiling at her opponent in a mocking way.
If he was being honest, he could see himself getting along with her.
Kaguya growled, not liking being talked down to and made fun of. "How dare you! Perhaps you'll respect my power when I wipe that smirk off your face!" She then flared her power, which caused wind to generate around her. In response, Yuzuru did the same but with a straight face.
Now Michael got a little nervous. With Tohka knocked out, he had no protection from these two, nor could Tohka protect herself if they continued to fight and both Princess and Spirit Sealer get caught in the crossfire. Before he could say a word, the 2 new Spirits zoomed at each other, which caused Michael to instinctively yell:
"KNOCK IT OOOOOOOFF!"
The sound of his voice came as a shock to both Spirits, where they both showed surprise from his unexpected command, and hit the brakes just before colliding with each other. After telling them to stop and when they did so, Michael's guard and anxiety went up. He didn't know how these Spirits would take his interruption, and if he's learned anything from the Kurumi situation, not all Spirits were exactly lost and clueless girls. They could be dangerous.
Both parties just stared at each other, processing what just happened.
"… Wait… is that a human?" Kaguya asked.
"Curious. What is a human doing out here?" Yuzuru asked.
"This is MY planet! What are YOU doing here?!" Michael blurted out, his anxiety taking over.
The one Spirit, Kaguya, did not like his tone and gave him a stern look. "Watch your tongue, human! Show us some respect or I'll…" It was here her face went from stern, to unsure. "I'll uh…" She looked to think of what she was gonna say next, apparently the type of person that speaks before thinking. "I'll stab you with my Schatten Lanze!"
Before Michael could call out the inconsistency, Yuzuru did it beforehand. "Discrepancy. Your weapons name has now completely changed."
"That's unimportant! Just be quiet! I'm reprimanding the interrupter!" Kaguya snapped back at her opponent.
"Inquiry. If you keep changing your weapons name, why must I be quiet?" Yuzuru asked.
Kaguya growled, but then turned her attention back to Michael. "Start talking! Why have you brought our sacred duel to a halt?"
"Oh, I don't know, warn you about the category 6 hurricane!" Michael said, being sarcastic again as it was already clear these 2 were the cause of the storm. As nervous as he still was, he was still upset Tohka had gotten hurt, plus he felt kinda bad he didn't believe her warnings earlier. "In case you haven't noticed, you blowing each other knocked my friend unconscious! And you almost took down our plane, people could have been seriously hurt!" He added. "Finally, if you ARE gonna duel, do it with cards!"
Neither girl appeared to get the entire reference. "Inform. We've already competed in such competitions. One with chips, another with dice, and one more with a protractor." Yuzuru informed Michael, not that he was asking.
"Congratulations. Did you tie at Go Fish?" Mike sarcastically remarked.
Both Spirits looked surprised.
Kaguya: How… did you know?
Yuzuru: Suspicion. Have you been following us?
After standing still and looking up at the duo for a few seconds, all Michael did in response to that was facepalm, turning his head away while still keeping his face covered with his hand. 'Why…? Why couldn't Wild Aliens appear after our field trip?' Mike lamented.
Seeing Mike choose to ignore them, Kaguya looked back at what she called 'her other half'. "At this rate, we're never gonna solve this. We've had 25 wins each, 49 ties, and we're running out of competitions to…" Kaguya stopped at that point. Did she and Yuzuru fly off? Michael uncovered his face and looked back up.
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Why was Kaguya looking at him like that? She was then smirking at him, which if this was Kurumi, it would be classified as the 'you look so delicious' expression. "Yuzuru. I think I just figured out how to settle things. For good." She said to Yuzuru.
"Question. What did you have in mind?" Asked Yuzuru.
Kaguya began to explain. "The amount of matches to compete over have been dwindling for the past couple of weeks, but," Kaguya held up a finger then. "There is one thing that has yet to be determined a winner."
"Doubtful. What possible contest have we not had?" Asked Yuzuru.
"Putting our feminine charms to the ultimate test!" Kaguya said, then pointed directly down at Michael, who had an 'oh shit' look on his face. "Surely the true heir to the Hurricane Child Yamai would it make all of creation bow before her wiles and quake in jealousy!" Kaguya continued, then calmed down a little bit. "So I propose whomever gets this man to fall for her first is the winner and undoubtably the only one worthy of being called Yamai!"
"Reply. I follow your logic. That's probably the only thing we haven't tried yet." Yuzuru replied, agreeing with Kaguya.
Michael just stood there, trying to logically process what had just happened. Basically, he was going to start being used as a trophy, a guinea pig, a lab rat, whatever you want to call it; to 'settle' something these girls were fighting almost exactly 100 times over. What that was, he couldn't tell you.
And what was this "Yamai" business? Didn't that mean disease?
"How about it, Yuzuru? What's say we pit our beauty against each other in one final showdown? Of course, we both know my victory is certain, but your more than welcome to try." Kaguya said, making an agreement but also adding some overconfidence to it.
"Negative. There's no chance you'll beat me under this attribute. I am cuter, and your looks are a 5 to be generous." Yuzuru countered.
"YEAH, WELL YOUR A 4 AT BEST!" Kaguya lost her composure for a second before she recovered by taking a breath. "It doesn't matter. This battle will decide everything. Whichever one of us captures this mans heart first, they will be the victor and have the honor of being called Yamai."
Michael just stood there… this was really happening, wasn't it? He was literally a prize to be won by 2 cute girls. "… someone kill me again…" he muttered.
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"Has anyone found Tohka and Michael yet?" Asked Tamae, worried that two of her students had disappeared.
Origami was also a little nervous herself. Even after accepting Michael was going to be "saving" Spirits from now on, she still couldn't help but be a bit worried. Can you really blame her? She had seen Tohka's strength firsthand several times, had seen Yoshino almost freeze an entire city block, witnessed Kotori's destructive power, and don't even get her started on that Nightmare!
"Hey, isn't that Mike out there?" Asked a male student, looking outside of a window.
"What happened to Tohka?" Asked another male student. Hearing that, Origami didn't even hesitate and got out of the building to the front as soon as she could, mainly worried about Michael and wanted to see if he was okay, as well as if there was anything she could do to help. Tamae attempted too stop her but the AST member had already gone out.
Origami was surprised to see 2 extra bodies clinging to Mike as he approached. He didn't look happy about it, or show any particular emotion for that matter. This was soon followed by everyone else, seeing Michael had in addition to Tohka asleep (actually unconscious unbeknownst to them) on his back for some reason, now had cute twins hanging off of him.
"There's no need to play hard to get. I'm obviously much cuter than Yuzuru." Said Kaguya, hanging on Mike's left. She was also wearing new clothes that looked like the schools uniform, just with a white T-shirt and beige vest.
"Seduction. I'm more developed than Kaguya." Said Yuzuru, on Mike's right. She too was also wearing the same new clothes her other was wearing.
While everyone did stare at this, none of them sure how to take this, Origami just looked back and forth between the new girls with her eyes once. She honestly didn't know what to make of this either. All she did was slowly fold her arms in front of her chest while keeping her doll-like expression.
"… Two more?" Origami asked, though it was unclear if she knew if Kaguya and Yuzuru were Spirits or not, or just asked as Michael had just gotten 2 more girls to hang around him.
"They were a package deal…" Michael dryly answered his Ex.
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"Transfers? The school never told me anything," Tamae said after Reine explained/bluffed about the new girls' sudden appearance. They were in a hallway standing in front of a room that now housed the two new Spirits.
"It was entirely last minute. They probably didn't want to worry you." Reine said, further explaining the situation. "Their boat showed up at the island just before our plane did, probably from the delay from the turbulence, so I sent Michael to retrieve them."
Tamae gave an oooooooooh! expression, believing everything the baggy-eyed woman just said. "Well, I guess that explains where Michael ran off too… wait," Tamae said. "Then why was Tohka with him? And why did she have on a costume?"
Reine thought insanely quickly, a lie already prepared even before that question was asked. "You know how Tohka is," she said. "She's very attached to him. She probably wanted to go with him to not feel left out. It didn't seem like a problem, so I allowed it." She added, then finished with another believable lie. "Michael also took them to a gift shop for sightseeing. He most likely bought it for her there."
Again, Tamae believed her. "Oh my. This is truly unorthodox."
"It is a crazy situation, so leave the transfers to me, you tend to the rest of the students." Reine said, assuring the young teacher she'd handle Kaguya and Yuzuru while Tamae herself can focus her attention on everyone else. She also began to walk into the room behind them to figure out what to do with the twins. Tamae thanked her as she disappeared into the room.
"So, Stud? Who's it gonna be?" Asked Kaguya the very second Reine got in. Both her and her twin were practically smothering poor Michael, who looked to have a mix of annoyance, yet also being touched was making his hormones start flowing. "Its a simple, yet easy choice. All you have to say is: Kaguya, you drive me crazy! I can't hold myself back anymore! I take you over Yuzuru any day of the week!"
"Counter. Kaguya is needy and childish. I however am the more mature option." Yuzuru said. Currently, both of them where touching Michael in a seductive way… at least, that's what it should have been if their technique wasn't so weak. All they did was poke his chest (Kaguya) and rub fingers along his arm (Yuzuru)… its not that it wasn't having an effect mind you, it just wasn't a very strong one.
Origami wasn't the best at first either, but over time she improved her technique while he and her were dating with the more time they spent together, which in turn equaled the more experience [and by extension, the more bold] she got. These two however, clearly had little to none.
"So, which was the free one?" Reine asked. Michael didn't even have the energy to tell her to shut up.
"Just say it. Who has more charm? Me or Miss Blank-Face over there?" Kaguya asked.
"Frank. He obviously prefers a beautiful woman rather than a floozy." Yuzuru said.
"HEY! I'm NOT a floozy! Take that back!" Kaguya said, demanding Yuzuru to retract her statement. Mikey actually would have taken her side seeing as Yuzuru was pressed more into him (though that could be indirectly caused due to her larger bust), but Yuzuru spoke up again before he had the chance.
"Negative. It is clear you are quite desperate." Yuzuru said.
It was here Michael began slowly smiling, but it wasn't a smile-smile if that made any sense. He was also shaking a bit. And here he thought him and Kotori bickered allot, but holy shit…
"Suggestion… Can Hurricanes Camille and Fifi stop breathing on me" he then threw his head back. "FOR FIVE SECONDS!" He yelled, which got the girls to stop touching him and back off from his outburst. After that, he sighed and hung his head down. These new Spirits really pushed his patience to the absolute limit.
'Great… stuck babysitting Tweedle-Airhead and Tweedle-Robot…' He thought to himself due to the girls' odd speech patterns. It just HAD to be Twins this time, didn't it? At this point, he'd rather accept the Trap or the Older Ego trope… "Look." He calmed himself before talking. Like it or not, these were Spirits, so he'll have to seal them too. "If I'm getting dragged into this, what exactly are you both fighting about for 99 times?"
Both Twins blinked. "Oh, did we not already tell you?" Kaguya asked.
"No!" Michael said. "So if you'd be so kind, why have you been duking it out almost 100 times? And who the hells Yamai?" He asked. 'If there's a triplet involved, I swear…' He thought, praying that was not the case. His mentality couldn't take it…
"Blunder. It slipped our mind. As the arbitrator, you probably should have been made aware of the details before agreeing to our contest." Yuzuru said, apologizing that both of them did not think that far ahead.
'Yeah… agreed…' Michael held that thought in his brain instead of saying it out loud, however tempting it was.
"You see, before us, there was only a single Spirit, Yamai." Yuzuru continued. That came as a surprise to both Michael and Reine. Context clues told them that these two were once one Spirit but for whatever reason, they spilt.
"Wait, so; you once whole?" Mike asked, needing to be sure he was on the right track. It would explain why the Twins referred to each other as their other haves.
Kaguya nodded. "Yeah. Apparently one of the times Yamai appeared, she was spilt into 2. That's when me and Yuzuru were born."
"Correct. While we did spilt up, we both will have to back to being whole eventually." Yuzuru said.
"And you've both won and lost 25 times each along with 49 stalemates to determine who will be the new one?" Michael finished the rest, feeling the rest was obvious based on how they spoke to each other earlier on.
"Exactly. We've been fighting for a few years now, but so far we have yet to settle on who will end up being the true Yamai." Kaguya said.
Michael's eyes went a little wide and cocked an eyebrow for a second before counting on his fingers. "… and you've only fought 99 times?" He asked them. The math was a little off, unless they took a break in-between matches or some competitions lasted weeks or months, only 99 times in a few years seemed relatively small.
Both twins blinked again, not getting it.
"… Never mind." Michael decided to drop it. "So what'll happen to the loser?"
"As the original personality of Yamai was lost when we were born, the one who loses will cease to exist." Kaguya dropped the bombshell.
Michael did a double take, making sure he heard that right. "… Excuse me?" Michael asked, shocked at the answer he received.
Kaguya then hugged his arm a bit. "We're asking allot, but we really appreciate it, um… um…?" She attempted to thank him, but then realized an important fact: they both asked him to assist them in one final showdown, but they didn't even know his name. Both twins looked away embarrassed.
"Michael." He told them, which made them both look at him again. "Michael Pelham."
"R-Right. Michael," Now having a name to address him as, Kaguya continued where she left off. "Thanks to you, we can now compete in a way we never could have before."
Yuzuru hugged his other arm. "Affirmative. If this is the final challenge, then I have no objections when it comes down to the final decision." Both girls then rested there heads on each of his shoulders. It was a cute scene.
However, the harsh reality still hit Michael. 'But regardless of who I pick… the other one will get sent to the Shadow Realm.'
"Michael." Reine said, getting his attention. "What exactly happened with Tohka? I didn't detect any negative changes to her emotional state."
Michael already knew what she was talking about. "Um… good question." He said, having absolutely no idea why. "She got clocked in the head a few times, fell on top of me, and part of her Spirit Armor returned."
Reine thought on this, but couldn't think of anything. Unless she was under the influence of a strong emotion, Tohka normally could not take back any of her power. "… Regardless, you'll have to reseal it again. She's in the room across the hall." She said, then turned her attention to the new Spirits. "As for you two, come with me."
The girls did look interested at the mention of "resealing", unsure what exactly that meant, but they followed Reine anyway.
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Reine took the girls with her to give Michael some peace, and of course went across the hall to reseal Tohka's power. She had no objections too it but when asked how she got it back, he gave the same answer as he did to Reine. She also claimed to feel allot better after dinner that was provided.
She almost ate all the food if Mike didn't request her to take it down a notch.
Even with some time to himself after the fact, Fraxinus has been unresponsive to both him and Reine, meaning they were flying solo together for this mission. Despite all that, he didn't know if he had it in him to choose one twin over the other. While he didn't know either of them very well yet, it didn't seem fair one had to disappear, and he would basically be killing one when he selects the other.
He needed a bath… a really long one. He walked to the bathhouses for that reason, but then… "Kaguya? Yuzuru?" He asked, as both girls were standing in front the entrance to the baths, arms folded.
"Mortal Michael! You have our permission to wash the impurities off your body!" Kaguya said.
"Confirmation. Do enjoy your bath." Yuzuru added.
A question mark appeared above Michael's head… that's it? THAT'S why they were standing there? "… oooooooookaaaaaaaay?" Was his only response to that.
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When he got in by the next scene, there was a close-up of his face, and it was not amused. "When they said enjoy my bath…" he said, the camera then clips back to show his entire head, then clips backward a second time to show the twins joined him moments later. All sitting in the spa. "This is not what I had in mind!"
Sadly, the contest had begun here.
"Well, how else am I gonna make you fall for my pixie-like charms?" Kaguya said. She and her twin were both wrapped in towels like Michael was, only of course their upper bodies were wrapped for obvious reasons.
"Ridicule. Your body having any kind of appeal is news to me." Yuzuru said.
"Humph! And yours does? Please! You'll be begging for me to show mercy!" Kaguya countered.
"Retaliation. Bring it on, sister." Yuzuru countered back.
At that point, both girls got closer to Michael than they already were. Kaguya then laughed in his ear in a seductive way. "Better prepare yourself, Michael… you'll never be satisfied without me after today…"
"False… there is only a flimsy towel separating my flesh from yours…" Yuzuru said.
Mike was honestly getting a bit turned on, he wasn't gonna lie. The thought of them going as far as they implied with a possible threesome was a tad bit arousing. Maybe he was wrong and they did know some tricks. 'Keep it together, Mikey… keep your joystick together!' He crossed his legs a little harder.
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Despite their initial claims, neither girl made a move afterward. They just sat there doing absolutely nothing. Michael sudden spike in hormonal levels went down when he saw they didn't do anything else, only just staring at each other.
"Heh, heh… out of good sportsmanship, you can have the first seduction attempt." Kaguya told Yuzuru. Mike heard something in her voice, and tried to grasp it.
"Refusal. That is not necessary." Yuzuru told her. "But you could use any handicap you can get." Again, Michael heard the same thing in her voice as Kaguya's… were they…?
Mike slowly moved his arms to gently push both girls off him, which in turn got them to look at him, then looked back and forth between the twins. "… Neither of you are sure what to do, are you?" He asked both of them directly.
"NO! I'M TOTALLY SURE!" Kaguya immediately answered. "The moment I make my move, you'll never take your eyes off me!"
"Skeptical. You have no idea how to seduce a young man. One look in my direction, Michael will simply forget you're there." Yuzuru said, both twins going back-and-forth again.
At this point, Michael was just getting aggravated. All they did was talk… then talk… then talk some more. Neither of them did any action, which made Michael wonder if this is how the other 99 fights went.
"Statement." He began through gritted teeth. "If either of you have ANY idea, stop talking a big game and just do it already!" Michael ordered them both. All he wanted some alone time, but he clearly would not get that while these two were still completing. The sooner they get on with it, the sooner he could hopefully relax.
"Grr! FINE! The gloves are off!" Not liking she was doubted by both her twin and Michael, Kaguya ended up taking the first move. She stood up in the bath, and put a hand over her chest and another on her head.
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She then immediately started looking embarrassed a few seconds into it.
"Hmhmhm." Yuzuru laughed, mockingly. Mike wasn't exactly impressed either, he just blinked. It's not that Kaguya's body type couldn't pull off that pose, nor was it because she was bad-looking by any means. Her execution was very off. Awkward even. With a reddened face, Kaguya hugged herself and dove back into the bath.
On a scale of 1 to 10, he'd rate her performance as a 2… maybe a 3.8 to be nice as she at least tried.
"I mean, if you adjusted your posture a bit, maybe put your hand here…" Michael attempted to give advice as his Ex has done similar, also instead of placing a hand across his chest like Kaguya did, he put it directly over his pectoral as he lacked the female attribute.
"Shut up!" Kaguya blurted out from embarrassment. "As if a boy would know how to be anything remotely sexy!"
"You'd be surprised…" Michael said, but Kaguya never retorted to this for Yuzuru spoke next.
"Ridicule. Your 'allure' was truly a sight to behold." The other twin sarcastically said.
"Excuse me?! And a girl like you without the tiniest shred of passion can do better? I bet your just as clueless as me!" Kaguya said, both out of embarrassment and the fact that maybe her other half could win the first round, saying this as a defense mechanism.
Yuzuru showed a new emotion: determination. "Falsehood. That is impossible." She pointed to her twin.
"Oh really? Why not you show us how its done then?" Kaguya snapped back.
"Compliance… challenge accepted." Yuzuru said. She didn't answer right away upon giving a single word then a sentence to follow it up, which was either her competitive side or she was just as clueless as Kaguya was and attempted to hide her hesitation. She took a step forward closer to Michael, which did get Kaguya and him a bit nervous for different reasons.
All she did then was blow a kiss using both hands… that's it.
"That was even worse." Michael said, bluntly. At last Kaguya did something. Yuzuru flinched and lost her poker face for a second from Michael honesty.
"Ha-AH! Ha, ha, ha, ha!" Kaguya laughed while pointing at Yuzuru's failure. "Wow. You sure showed me! And here I thought I had something to worry about."
"Disappointment. Your in no position to criticize. Your childish body is no better." Said Yuzuru.
"So what? We're identical!" Said Kaguya.
"Rebuttal. Even if the numbers are close, they feel completely different."
"I think your underestimating the power of a slender body."
"Derision. Change the words all you want, you cannot alter the sad reality."
"Ku-Ku… your seriously bragging that you have more lard on your chest?"
"Anger. These breasts are pristine, but your jealousy is ugly."
"I am not jealous! If anything, I feel bad, those monsters weighing you down! Besides, its obvious Michael already prefers me!"
"Incorrect. Breasts are imperative in seducing men. Chicken bones aren't worth a second glance."
"THEY ARE NOT CHICKEN BONES! You have more spilt ends than I do!"
"Remark. You have a stronger body odor when you get sweaty."
"Your BMI's higher than mine! He'd at least want a girl he can carry!"
"Pity. You lack intelligence to find another flaw of mine to comment on."
Around the 4th or 5th line of their dialogue, Michael just watched them bicker with half-closed eyes. As they continued arguing, and around the 'chicken bones' comments, he then looked down at the pool and muttered: "If only you were a bit deeper…"
Suddenly, the sliding glass door connected to the towel/changing room opened and closed quickly… "WHEEEEEE!"
SPLASH!
The sudden intrusion of a fourth person jumping in after throwing off their towel freaked out Michael, mainly as this wasn't a unisex bath, therefore girls weren't allowed in the boys side, not that boys would really care…
Only… it wasn't a boy…
Tohka: AHHHHH! These baths are amazing! And I'm the…
When she got her head above water, she noticed 3 people were already in before her. While they were wrapped in towels, she had not gone in with one, allowing her naked glory to be seen, but thankfully her hair was long enough to cover herself. Now this wouldn't have normally been an issue for Tohka (or any girl for that matter) if the bath was filled with other girls…
One boy in particular, was in-between 2 certain twins… they both stared at each other, but jealously was not the first emotion to surface this time… It was embarrassment and modesty.
Both Tohka and Michael screamed like little girls, which even caused some seagulls that were perched on the bathhouse room to fly off cawing from the sudden sound.
"M-M-M-Michael! W-What are you doing here?!" Tohka asked, covering her top half with one arm and using her free hand for her lower regions. She didn't ask this out of any negative emotions, nor him being surrounded by other babes either; it was mainly out of confusion.
Instinctively, Michael waved his arms so frantically that they made afterimages. "NO! N-N-N-N-NO! This-is-a-misunderstanding!-I-didn't-do-it-with-them!-I-…!" Of course, now realizing Tohka was in fact nude, he then covered his own face… not that the view was disappointing or anything… "GAH! I'm so sorry! I…!" He went to automatically apologize, but then also realized he technically wasn't in the wrong. "Wait…" He uncovered his face, then looked back at Tohka. "What are YOU doing the mens bath?!" He pointed.
"Wait! This is mens bath? But I went into the room with the red sign like everyone told me too!" Tohka said.
"Red? But this is the Bl…!" Michael began frantically… but then calmed down, and slowly begin to understand exactly what just happened. He leered at both of the Spirit Twins next to him…
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GRAB!
Michael, before either sister could react, had grabbed fistfuls of Kaguya's and Yuzuru's hair, which was actually made easier for him since it was wet and both were braided, and pulled them up. Both girls whined and moaned in pain.
Kaguya: OW-OW-OW! THAT'S MY HAIR!
Yuzuru: Pain! It hurts!
They of course tried getting out of it without making a tornado or something with their powers as to their knowledge, Michael was fully human and they needed him alive and well to be the judge and jury of their final duel. Much to their surprise, even with their strength as Spirits, they could not get themselves free, and their struggling only seemed to make it worse.
At this point, Michael didn't care it was hurting them, if anything that was an added bonus. He looked really agitated this time, but he was keeping his cool… however cracked his face was.
"Repeat…" He said very lowly, trying EXTREMELY hard not to yell. The last thing he needed was more attention if his theory was correct. This honestly scared both Spirits trapped in his powerful grasp. "We. Did. Not. Swap. Signs. TO… THE BATHS."
"Well, why would we go into the mens bath?" Kaguya squeaked, still in pain.
"Agreement! It's improper for women to use the inappropriate bath!" Yuzuru also squeaked in pain. Mike's face deadpanned while still holding them…
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DROP. SPLASH!
Mike dropped both girls, both of them making splashed as they landed back in as they weren't focused on standing. He then rubbed his temples with his now free fingers while breathing out of his nose. "… I'm clean enough…" he said, and began to exit the pool.
The sliding door opened; showing Ai, Mai, Mii, and Origami all in towels.
"GAAA-HAAAAAA!" In a wiz-like blur, Michael ran behind a large rock of the bath before any of the newcomers saw him.
"Wow! It's huge!" Said Ai.
"I've never seen one so big before!" Said Mai.
"That's so lame!" Said Mii (saying this in a positive way).
"None of you've seen it yet!" Michael said through his teeth, making a sarcastic (and joining the out of context) remark. He was safe behind the rock. However if they came down here, he was worse than dead. Origami might not mind, but the other three… "… why?… Why do you let this happen, why do you do this to me?!" Mike asked the sky, also pointing at it.
"Psst. Michael." Tohka came over behind the same rock Michael was hiding behind, now wrapped in her own towel. She wasn't mad or anything anymore either. "I can obstruct their view. Just stay behind me so you can get away." She offered. "Those girls tricked you, so… its not your fault…" Tohka added in understanding.
It was a stupid idea, but what other choice did Mike have? Her hair was absurdly long, so it could work. He then bowed to her, also grabbing her shoulders. "Thank you… your the best!" He said in a cracked voice. They got to work getting the right position down, so Tohka began to walk sideways…
"Tohka!"
"AHH!" Tohka was caught off guard. Ai had called her right as she walked out from behind the rock. She had honestly not thought this far ahead, only wanting to help Michael, but now she might end up getting him into more trouble it he's caught like this.
As for Michael himself, he was hugging himself so tightly with the most terrified face he ever put on. His eyes were insanely wide, pupils dilated severely, and his teeth were gritted to the point of breaking. This was truly an "oh shit" moment from anime he was now living through.
Kaguya and Yuruzu, from their position, were the only ones who could see Michael. It's not like they could say anything to make the situation better, plus it was kind of their fault.
The other girls began walking in, which made Tohka physically freak out. If they got too close, Michael's cover was gonna be blown. "Something wrong?" Asked Ai as her and her two friends continued to walk toward the Princess.
"No! No, everything's fine!" Tohka said, panicking.
'I'm gonna die, gonna die, gonna die, gonna die, gonna die!' Michael thought while hugging himself tighter as if it would make him smaller, his internal voice getting more high-pitched with every 'gonna die' he said before the final one sounded like he lost his puberty.
Tohka tried to think of something, but all that she could think up was: "LOOOOOOOK!" She pointed to the sky, to which the female trio looked in the direction of her pointing. Even Kaguya and Yuzuru did out of curiosity, but then deadpanned when they saw nothing and realized that was the point…
"What? What am I looking at?" Ai asked.
"I don't see anything." Said Mai.
"What, you can't see it? It's a giant piece of kinako bread!" Tohka said. Michael, realizing what she was doing, made a break for it. He couldn't risk going to the door as the girls would probably still see him, so he went to the ledge that lead to the ocean. How bad could it be right? It was only water…
Well, water that was a long way down… and if he missed…
Unlike the other 3, Origami wasn't so easily fooled; so she kept a corner of her eye on Tohka. She was acting weird, even by her own standards. She of course then saw Michael houdini from behind the Spirit, which did somewhat trigger her own jealously and overprotectiveness as why would an attractive girl be hiding a boy behind her in a bath?
She'll have to interrogate him later…
"You have to look higher, its on the right!" Tohka kept directing their attention into the distance at nothing, and thinking Michael was still behind her and following her movements, she backed up slowly.
Mai: That's where I'm looking!
Ai: I still don't see it neither.
Mii: That's so lame.
"No! The other right!" Tohka excused, taking one step back too far…
*Bump*
Michael: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah….!
*splash*
Tohka felt her butt bump into Mike's but turned back too late, but still saw what she did… oops. "Michael!" She said instinctively but thankfully she was too far away from the group for them to hear her. She did see something moving in the water, so Michael was still alive.
"Tohka, is everything okay?" Asked Ai, not directly behind her. Tohka freaked out again but the human did not seem to catch it. "You shouldn't be back here. You could fall off. Come on, this way." Ai said, worried for Tohka's safety. She locked an arm around Tohka's to gently pull her back, which Tohka had no way of fighting against.
XXX
Later when it was dark out, Reine was on her computer still trying to contact Fraxinus or something of the like. However, she heard knocking at her door. Wondering whom it could be, she got up and slid it open…
There was Michael, somehow still in his towel or had gotten a new one. He was shaking, probably from the fact he was wet from the ocean, but he was also biting his lip in an annoyed/aggravated fashion. There was sand all in his hair which made it look very dirty, a starfish on top of his head though toward the right side, and he also had a crab hanging from his left earlobe, but thankfully it was a baby crab so it's weight wasn't gonna tear his ear off. As he stood there, eyeing Reine, the crab also let go and fell out of camera shot.
"… little late sneaking into an older woman's bedroom, don't you think?" Was Reine's response. Michael, not in the mood, simply walked step-by-step from both the cold of the ocean and night air combined with the adrenaline of getting him out of said ocean, and into the room and its bathroom; intent on taking a nice hot shower.
Once he closed the bathroom door behind him, Reine walked up to it and leaned her back against the wall next to it.
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Reine: … no need to be salty about it-…
Michael: SSSHUUUUT-UUUUUUUP!