Well, of course his first instinct is going to be to use this to create women for himself! This is Ataru Moroboshi, remember. The most perverted boy across the galaxy, if not the universe! Of course the first thing he does, the very first thing he is going to do with the ability to create literally anything he wants, is to indulge in his lustful impulses. What else did you expect from him? I mean, really now. What else could anyone ever expect?
So he went on his way to somewhere he could try this out without being interrupted. Hopefully. The school roof was as good a place as any, really. No sign of Lum flying overhead. All he had to do was climb up to the top of the entrance like so, and then? He would take a stick of gum... And chew it!
Ataru sat there on the roof with his heart racing. It was best to try this sort of thing while he still had plenty of sticks left. If it didn't work? Fine. He would try something else. If it did work? Awesome, and he could still use the other sticks for other things. It really did seem like the smartest approach. So he chewed. And he concentrated. He drew up as much of his spirit as he could, and he channeled it into the intensely challenging task of chewing and chewing this gum while sitting on a rooftop in a warm, but not uncomfortably so, day.
He took a few breaths before he started, taking care not to inhale the gum by accident, and then began to blow a bubble. A big bubble. Huge, really. He concentrated on the idea of wanting a harem. A devoted sexy harem, with all of his usual favourites! He kept his eyes closed, not daring to distract himself, but he could sort of vaguely feel the presence of the bubble growing bigger, huger, more massive in front of him -
Then he heard the pop and he opened his eyes reflexively. For a second he forgot to inhale. They were all here. Shinobu, Sakura, Ryunosuke, Ran, Benten, Oyuki and Lum. Sitting around the rooftop staring at him in utter sultry devotion, and each of them wearing a typical harem girl outfit. See-through silk tops of various colours (Lum's being her normal tiger stripe theme), baggy trousers tied off at the ankles and tied-off tops that covered their chests and that was about it. This sight was like a dream come to life, except like in most dreams it was actually a little bit different when it came to reality. In this case, so much better!
He coughed into his hand, though really that was just an act because of how excited he was. Where to start, where to start? To think he would get this with his first stick of gum! He had sort of expected everything to go completely wrong somehow.
"So, ladies," he began, looking them all over one by one. "Who wants to start?"
All of their arms shot up at once. Well, of course they would! He simply reached out and pulled the nearest one into his lap. Shinobu. Seemed appropriate, really. The first of them he'd met and all that. The others seemed disappointed, but continued sitting reverently.
"So, Shinobu," he said. "Why don't you tell me how you want this?"
She turned in his lap, looked him in the eyes, opened her mouth... And nothing. Didn't say a word. Or, more like she couldn't. Ataru frowned a little, but ultimately shrugged it off.
"Eh... We can deal with that later on," he said. "For the time being let's have a little fun." He pulled her close and kissed her on the neck. It tasted... Just like chewed gum. Which wasn't quite the sensation he'd been expecting, quite honestly.
More to the point, when he shifted his weight he sort of felt something gross in his back pocket. Ataru reached back there and pulled out a melting bag of amnesia dust, then stared at it in growing dismay. The girls seemed to share his apprehension, which was completely understandable. Would this happen to them eventually as well? Would they all melt, or pop, or... Looking at them all, it just seemed so cruel. So unfair. They couldn't talk and their lives - their sentience could end at literally any time.
If any one thing could turn Ataru off, it would be the revelation that he'd tried to play God, and in so doing had created life that would inevitably suffer and die. What was the point in having a sexy, sexy harem when they'd all melt or pop without warning? No, even he knew that reasoning was too selfish. If they really were as self aware as they seemed, then surely he should be doing all he could to preserve their existence. Right? Right!
"You bubble girls!" he declared, suddenly standing up with his hands on his hips. "How would you all like to be real girls? Flesh and blood instead of this fantasy bubblegum stuff?"
Well, they all seemed pretty enthusiastic about that. A little applause, smiles that brightened his mood considerably. Why, he'd even figured out a way that might even just work. He pulled out another stick of gum from his pocket and concentrated really, really hard.
This was kind of another experiment. If it worked, it opened up even greater potential for him. If not... If not he'd have to use another stick to make a super smart version of himself that could work out an answer, then express it on paper if it turned out he couldn't speak. So he blew into the bubble that formed, and a tiny little raygun appeared. He wasn't sure if it would work or even how it <i>would</i> work, but if it did...
The bubble popped, and he caught the raygun in his hand. With the other he held up the bag of melting amnesia dust, and then - Zap! It stopped melting completely.
"Ahaha!" he triumphantly cheered, and his harem all started to applaud in time. Okay! He had seven sticks left now. With his first, amnesia dust. His second, a harem. His third? "A handy, dandy, super fantasy-bubblegum-into-reality raygun!" he announced. "Line up, girls! Time to become real girls with more substance, and maybe even learn how to talk!"
A minute later and the work was done. The girls were all looking each other over, rubbing parts of their new bodies. As if they weren't quite used to it yet. With all this done, Ataru took the Shinobu copy aside and looked her in the eye.
"Say your name," he said.
She opened her mouth. Again, no sound. At least at first. "Shi..." she began, then hesitated, clasping at her mouth in shock. "Shinobu! I am Shinobu! And I love you, darling!"
"Dar-ling!" the Lum copy said, sleepily drifting in the air towards him.
"Darling..." Sakura said, grabbing him from behind.
"Da-a-arling!" Ran sang.
"Uh... Girls, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but maybe you should back off a little?"
"Darling! Darling! Darling! Darling!"
Because of course something was going to go horribly wrong with all of this. Did you really think everything was going to go so smoothly for Ataru Moroboshi, of all people? Please. As if that would ever happen.
- The harem is discovered by another character.
- The harem steals the remaining sticks of gum for their own use.
- Ataru is about to get screwed into unconsciousness.
- Meanwhile, Ten is telling Lum about some unexpected side effects of the gum.
- Something else
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