It was a mysterious time for both of them. The early 90s! It sounded so... futuristic, so far off and yet here they were, standing within a time that sounded like it belonged in a science fiction story. Then they realised the two of them were regularly banging hot alien chicks, and had stepped through a space time portal to get here, and that really fucked with their sense of reality for a half step.
"We should probably go back," Shinobu said. "Then get Lum to fix the space time portal and he's already off down the street." She loved that boy. Really, she did. But sometimes, his antics were a little hard to take.
"Yahoo, gonna get me some future chick tail!" Ataru sang, jumping and hopping away down the street. Really now, that was so like him. Although... Thinking about it, this would be a wasted opportunity if they didn't have a threesome with some future babe, wouldn't it?
"He's corrupted me pretty hard, hasn't he?" Shinobu shrugged. "Oh well, I'd better go help him before he makes an ass out of himself."
She hurried after the idiot, and not for the first time. Not for the last, either. Keeping up with Ataru Moroboshi was a wonderful exercise regime. From the sounds of it, he'd already stopped running, which meant he'd probably spotted someone cute. It made her wonder, what would future girly fashion be like? Maybe the skirts would be even shorter? Or maybe the tops would be skimpier? Oh! She probably looked really out of place in this sexy maid's uniform, she hoped it didn't put people -
"Waaaaaahh!"
-Off. The way that a crying little bundle of adorable would. A little girl, by the looks of it, floating in the air. With horns on her head. And wearing a tiger print skirt. While having iridescent hair that shifted colour depending on the angle Shinobu was looking at it from. And facial features that looked familiar. Very, very familiar. Bawling right into Ataru's chest.
"Uhhhh?" Ataru's cheek was twitching. "Shinobu, help me out here! There's a tiny Lum crying into my chest!"
"You know mommy?" the little girl sniffed. Then snuggled into Ataru harder. "Waaaah! I wanna see mommy and daddy! I'm looooost!"
Well... It was probably not the best idea for them to head back home right now, huh? Apparently humans and Oni were compatible for reproduction. Cute little kid, huh? Once upon a time this would make Shinobu jealous. Now... She was starting to wonder what their own future would look like. If Ataru had kids with Lum, then surely... With her as well?
"There, there! We'll get you back home!" Shinobu said, and then the little girl suddenly flew off right into Shinobu's chest, nuzzling into her affectionat- Yow! That was a jolt of electricity, wasn't it? Yowwwww!
"Daddy!" the little girl cried out. "Yay, daddy!"
"... Shinobu, is there something you're not telling me?" Ataru asked. Half joking, but even so that deserved a good slap for being so stupid.
"Like what, idiot?!" Honestly now! "Um, I'm sorry, but you've mistaken me for someone else. What's your name?"
"Aoi Moroboshi!" the little girl sniffed. Cute, and it confirmed a few things. Urgh. Maybe Aoi got into the habit of thinking of future-Shinobu as her father for some reason? Little kids get the weirdest ideas in their heads sometimes. "Um, you look a lot like my daddy."
Right, now it was Shinobu's turn to twitch nervously. "Let's... just head back to your place, okay?" Shinobu said. "Ah, and maybe while we're there, Lum can get us back to our own time."
"Eh, you do that, I wanna go -"
In a flashback to how their relationship used to be, Shinobu reached out to tweak Ataru's ear. "You can hunt for girls after we check out your future harem, buddy. Or don't you want to see all the fine alien booty you're laying into on the regular?"
Oh, wait, maybe shouldn't use that sort of language in front of Aoi. She was tilting her head and giving Shinobu that inquisitive look that little kids give when they're trying to figure out something.
"So, Aoi. Do you have any brothers and sisters?"
"Loads!" Aoi said quite happily. "There's Kokeru, my little brother. He's kinda gross. Always trying to snuggle into chicks like <i>this</i>." Cue a flying little girl rubbing her face right into Shinobu's chest. And very obviously enjoying herself. Oh dear. The apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it? "Then there's Daikoku, and Yukinko, and adorable little Hana..."
With each name that she said, Ataru reacted like an enormous weight had slammed down onto his back. Oh, she hadn't thought of that. The weights of 'responsibility' were weighing him down. In which case -
"That's fine, that's fine!" Shinobu said, putting a stop to Aoi's listing off before she accidentally crushed her own father. "You don't need to tell us all of them."
"Aw, but that's only half!" Aoi said. An enormous invisible weight sent Ataru reeling to the ground. H-Half, you say? That would be eight? Oh dear, Shinobu was feeling a bit woozy all of a sudden. How big was his harem? Well, two each would be about right, she supposed, but... Eight of them. With several half human hybrids like this little cutie here. Whew!
In any event, she'd soon reached the Moroboshi home. Or... Should that be the Okimoto residence? The nameplate had changed. No way! It couldn't be, could it? They'd moved out?
"Urgh, what a crummy, tiny home," Aoi said. "Who could even live in a place like that? There's not nearly enough space!"
"You... live in a bigger place than this...?" Shinobu asked, reeling and wobbling on her feet. It felt like she was learning quite a bit more about the future than she probably should be.
"Oh yeah, I mean, daddy is the diplomat for Earth, so we need a biiiig place to stay!" Aoi said. A... Big... place to stay? "And mommy is the Oni Princess, too! Aunty Oyuki and Aunty Benten are also Princesses, so we all need a super big place for all of us to stay in."
"Are there servants?" Ataru asked, suddenly interested. Hugely so. For reasons that Shinobu could easily predict. "Do they dress like this?" Gesturing to Shinobu.
"No, they wear way less than that..." Aoi said. "Same kinda thing though."
"Shinobu, it is imperative that we bring this girl home right aw-"
"I'm starting to remember why I broke up with you all the time!" Shinobu snapped, then extracted her fist from his face. Priorities! "First we get her home, then we get home, and then you can perv out over me all you want! Got it, buster?"
"Yes dear~" Ataru's shoulders slumped. Well, fine. Be like that. Although, come to think of it, if they were in the future and Ataru was in such an important position, then didn't that mean they'd have to be careful? One wrong move and they could make things quite difficult for their future selves without meaning to.
Not to mention, if they learned the wrong things about their own futures, then there was a risk they might accidentally make it impossible. The butterfly effect being what it was, the more she thought about it the more dangerous this little venture became. Every move they made would have to be -
"Hey, babe! What's your name? Address? Phone number?" Ataru said to some random girl wearing a loose brightly coloured t-shirt and baggy jeans. Deep breath, Shinobu. You could get through this. For the sake of your future happiness, you would surely be able to -
Zaaaapp! Deal with this overly affectionate half-Oni who couldn't stop nuzzling into her chest! Oh! This was going to be one of <i>those</I> trips into the future, wasn't it?!
Some notes:
ReplyDelete- "half human hybrids"
Should be "half-human".
- "A... Big... place to stay?"
I think big should be lowercase here.
Nothing else to add here.