Nadesico Fan Fiction ❯ To Die or Not to Die ❯ Chapter 4

A/N: I'm back! I think that's enough Itsuki and Gai characterization for now! ^_^ I know, I'm evil, leaving them at a cliffhanger and all. ^_^ Oh well, we kinda left Akito hanging in the dust (yes, I'm aware that made no sense), so we're going to go through most of the Megumi and Yurika trying to win him scenes, where they OBVIOUSLY are unsuccessful ^_^ Well, on to our little Martian's thoughts about these girls coming on to him! (maybe even a little Ryoko shmuff too. ^_^) Starts off in Episode 8 and continues until Episode 10.

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"Well… when I realized I needed to help you two… I suddenly wasn't afraid of fighting. Just like before." Akito didn't know why all of a sudden, he could do what he could to save his friends, but it was like a little voice said it was right.

"You mean your love overcame your fear?!" squealed Megumi, bending down to get a better look at him. Akito's eyes just got big, as if he was suddenly afraid again, only this time, afraid of the two girls in his assault pit.

"His love for who?" asked Yurika, giving Akito's shoulder a squeeze. 'No! I don't love either of you!' But he just couldn't voice his thoughts. Instead, he looked down at the monitor in front of him. Before, he had about an hour and a half of oxygen. But now…

"Knock it off! We only have about thirty minutes of oxygen left!" he exclaimed, and that pretty much shut them up. "Is that all?" replied Yurika actually looking worried.

"Well, we have three people, and just one ship…" answered Megumi. "Exactly." Akito started jettisoning pieces of his Aesti.

About five minutes later, the two girls were arguing over which one of them will jump off the ship. They had gotten pretty close to a slapfest before Akito just had a random thought. 'Gai… What would Gai do?' That little voice came back, "Why sacrifice your friends? Take a chance…" Akito nodded. "Deploying Solar Sail!"

"Wait, Akito! I'm supposed to jump off the ship, remember?" Yurika questioned, worriedly. 'If we all go, then we'll be dead before we get close to the Nadesico!' she thought.

"It's all right, we'll all go together. We'll make it through somehow, just like Gai said!" 'Wait, did he really say that? Oh, I must be going crazy…'

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The yellow ribbon drifted to the floor, as if it were mocking the cook. His brown eyes were as big as saucers and he couldn't help but make some sound of protest. But what was attempted to be a squeak ended up as a scream.

Megumi softly pulled on the top of her shirt. "I wouldn't do this for anyone but you…" Her little role-play was interrupted with Akito smacking her hand away from its position. "You can't, Megumi! I mean…" He gulped. "I just can't let you do anything like this!" But Megumi wasn't listening. She just was playing with his button-down, slowly but surely getting it away from his body. Sure, he had another shirt on under the black one, but he felt like he was being royally violated. He even pulled it off to get out of her grip, and backed against the wall.

Megumi stepped back, smiled, and pulled her blue uniform top off, showing Akito a lot of her upper skin, but not the parts girls hid. She smiled and searched his face for a reaction, and what was registered was terror.

"Stop it!" He yelled, covering his face. Megumi was surprised, so surprised she lost her footing, and fell on the ground. "Don't you like me anymore, Akito?" she asked, softly. She was knocked completely out of her role-play.

"Um, yes, but…" 'Not the way you're thinking, Megumi. Come on, Akito! Say it!'

"But the truth is I love you, Akito! I do…" She closed her eyes and leaned up. Akito was in shock. 'She wants to be kissed. But, I don't owe her anything! I don't want to kiss her! She's just like Yurika…'

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"Help me. Please, help me!" Yurika turned around, showing that she was crying. "I don't know who else to turn to anymore, except you. Or do you hate me now too?" A single tear dripped off her face, and fell onto her chest.

"Um…" Akito shook his head, clearing his mind. "You don't just have me, Yurika. Jun loves you, you know. I'm sure he's not angry with you." 'You owe me, Aoi. And if you kiss me, I'm going to kill you.'

"No, I'm sure he is. I'm such a klutz. I can't do anything right…" She sniffed. Akito thought back to his dream, his memory. 'She kissed me then, and it made me normal. I didn't like it at all; it was gross, but maybe it'll make her normal…' "I…" He swallowed. "I know a trick that will help!" Yurika looked up at him, reading his eyes, not exactly comprehending what was there. He slowly moved down, a little shakily, as if he wasn't sure of himself.

Yurika put her hand up in the way just in time. "Hold it. You're not just don't this because you feel sorry for me, are you?" Akito blinked. "Excuse me? Um… actually… I was going to because you wanted me to…"

But Yurika didn't hear that part. She just went on about how she asked for a kiss on Mars, but he didn't deliver, and how she had never been kissed before. All Akito was thinking, though, was about how, kissing must be considered a more precious thing than it really was. 'Oh, whoop-de-doo, two person's lips are together. So? It doesn't mean much unless the people both love each other! I don't love any of the girls here… They're very good friends, yes, but I don't love them…'

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After Ryoko had, literally, beat the living crap out the "spider" that came out of the transportation chulip, Megumi and Yurika had tried to help Akito up, but to no avail. They, apparently, really were the dainty girls they played out to be. Ryoko lifted him up with her Aesti. Yurika and Megumi went back to the beach to gather everyone up and somehow drag them from the beach. Ryoko immediately opened a communications window straight to Akito.

"What the hell were you thinking, running off with that crazy girl? Didn't your mother ever tell you not to talk to strangers?" Akito sighed and leaned back into the giant robotic hand. "Look, I know. What I did was stupid. Will you please stop yelling at me for it?"

Ryoko's black eyebrows went together. "What made you think that girl…" Ryoko had to hand it to Aqua Crimson. She made Akito think, for once.

"Because I'm a stupid idiot." "Huh?" was the only reply Ryoko had. She stopped her Aesti completely to concentrate on what he was saying.

"I'm an idiot who cares far too much about a stupid robot show." He covered his face with his hands, as if he didn't want Ryoko to look at him while he was admitting this to her. "But I have to care about it. I have to. It's the only way he's alive! If I stop, he… he'll die in my heart…" His shoulders shook, very raggedly, as if he was sobbing, but no sound of the like came from the window.

Ryoko lowered her tone, so that she wouldn't be yelling. "Who, Akito?" He looked up, and Ryoko instantly felt really bad. 'Fuck… What the hell is this all about anyway? Some guy he knew or something…' Click.

"Akito… dude… I never would have thought…" "Thought what?!?" he yelled.

Ryoko sat back in her seat and smiled. "You don't even know yourself, yet? You know, now that I think of it, it's pretty obvious. But if you don't know what I'm talking about, you should figure it out on your own. You don't learn anything if the teacher gives you all the answers." Her Aesti started walking again, and the window closed. 'Heh… That really is strange. Well, at least I can have the gratification of being the first chaser of him to discover the truth…'

TBC…

~*~A/N: Bwahahahaaaaa!!!!! What does Ryoko mean, do you think? I certainly got Akito out of her mind very crappily. >< Oh well. In the next Chapter, we get to see Gai go insane with boredom, sitting at home. And… Itsuki meets Ryoko! And Akito and Gai reunite! Don't you dare even think of missing the next chapter, or I may be forced to take desperate measures…