Date A Live: Son of Westcott

Date A Live! Practice Chapter:

"Thanks again for agreeing to show me around school. You going to show me a good time?" Asked the Mysterious self-proclaimed Spirit, which of course was later confirmed by Kotori.

"I could, but I don't think you can handle it… *smirks at her* not yet, anyway." Michael said, slightly flirting with Kurumi, which she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she appeared to like it due to her smile getting a little bigger and her giving a giggle in a low tone.

"SLOW DOWN, CASANOVA!" Kotori's voice yelled into Michael's earpiece rather loudly. "Your supposed to show her around the school, not flirt with her in the classroom!"

"Why, you jealous?" Michael responded back in a calm voice. While he couldn't see his little sister, he could feel her seething with rage. "Besides, every time you idiots butt in; I get hurt, or something blows up. Why not trust my judgement for once?"

Kotori was of course burning with annoyance upon her authority being questioned, but stopped when Reine spoke up. "He has a point," she began. "There have been times where our assistance has lead to rather unfavorable consequences."

"So what? He starts a new game!" Kotori said.

"That's true, but what he's saying is maybe he shouldn't have too…" Reine continued. "First there was the issue with Tohka's name, then Yoshino's rampage soon after…"

"Why is it the half-asleep nurse gets it, but you don't?" Michael commented. "I don't need Munchkin Gallery giving me dating advice every 5 seconds so instead of risking making the wrong call for the thousandth time, let me handle it!" Michael added, which did give Kotori some pause. "You need me to seal Spirits before the Mecha-Mecha squad guns them down, right? So if we're gonna be working together, the least we can do is start trusting each other!" Michael went on. "Come on; Darling Little Sis of Mine!… Don't you trust me?" He finished with a bit of snark, but it was also a genuine question.

That was easy, of course Kotori trusted him, but she was the commander of this whole operation.

"Are you okay? Your muttering to yourself." Kurumi asked, sounding genuinely concerned although that mysterious smile never left her face. Michael quickly came up with an excuse.

"Oh, just nerves. Gotta make a good first impression." He said.

Kurumi giggled. "Don't worry… I won't bite" she said.

"Why don't I believe you?" Michael asked, jokingly. Kotori deadpanned. It didn't help that Kurumi's Happiness Meter went a few points above Normal, which proved Michael's point.

Kurumi and Michael then left the classroom together. As they did, Kotori felt and heard her phone ding. Taking it out, she noticed she had gotten a new text from Michael, which said: wait for the signal if I need you. The camera cuts back to show Michael putting his phone away as he and Kurumi walked side-by-side down the hall. However, Tohka peeked out from the classroom door, watching them go.

"So where's our first romantic getaway going to be?" Kurumi asked.

"Slow down, Juliet," Michael said, cooly. "Gotta take our time with these things…" he continued, then added after a pause and looking at her with a smile: "I'll show you the Nurse's Office if your a good girl."

"*giggle* What happened to slowing down?" Kurumi 'asked'.

"There's no slowing down in the medical field… lives are on the line." Michael said, both students openly flirting with each other again.

"Hmmmmm… promise to take good care of me, doctor?" Kurumi batted her eyes once, though only one eye could be seen due to her hair.

"I'll give you a lollipop to suck on." Michael continued to flirt, which Kurumi only continued to smile at.

"Someone kill me…" Kotori groaned. She didn't know how to feel about this. On one hand, it looked like her brother knew what he was doing. But on the other, that was also the problem, as Kurumi's Happiness continued a steady climb upwards.

"But for now, let's start with the Cafeteria… keep things clean." Michael suggested.

"Fair enough." Said Kurumi in a kind voice, agreeing with the taller teen.

"What is Michael doing with that new girl?" Tohka asked aloud, starting to feel the same emotions during the Yoshino incident. No stomping the ground in anger or causing a hole in the car then street this time, but just minor levels of jealousy. She couldn't help it.

"Whatever she's trying to pull, she'll never get between Michael and me…" Origami said, appearing above Tohka, which made the Bottomless Pit make a pouty-face and look up at the Human Mecha-Mecha while growing a forehead vein.

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"Don't ask me why, but Yakisoba Bread is very popular… not much of a fan to be honest." Michael said as he was showing Kurumi the lunch menu. This was a free period for them anyway, and lunch was in a few hours. Maybe if Michael was lucky, he could even have lunch with Kurumi, which wasn't so unappealing now that he thought about it. Plus it would also serve to fill up that Happiness Meter even more.

"Hmm… interesting…" Kurumi said.

"Personally, the Egg Sandwich is probably the best thing on here, though Durian and Croquette are close seconds." Michael suggested… though he didn't get an answer this time, which was odd. "Kurumi? Are you listenin…?" He asked, but then stopped when he turned toward her, only to be inches from her face! "OOOOOOH-KAY!" He quickly backed off, taken by surprise Kurumi had put her face so close to his. No she wasn't bad to look at, but it caught him off guard all the same.

Kurumi giggled a bit before speaking. "Sorry. Did I startle you?" She asked.

"Yeah. Kinda." He admitted, for it would be pointless to deny it.

"My apologies. Its a little difficult for a girl to focus with such a strong, handsome man standing 2 feet in front of her." Kurumi said, either being honest and/or flirty again. Michael wasn't gonna lie, her compliment did get him for a second.

"Sealing doesn't work if only you fall for her, brother." Came Kotori's voice through the earpiece.

"Be quiet. I'm not that hard up." Michael muttered dryly.

"Kurumi is quite different from other Spirits we've faced." Reine said.

"Hopefully big bro can keep his pants on." Kotori said.

"I will stomp on this bluetooth again…" Michael muttered dryily.

"LIKE HELL YOU WILL!" Kotori yelled at him, as he had done that so many times already, no matter how many times she had it replaced… and they weren't cheap mind you.

"Your gonna have to try a little harder to get me. I'm not as easy as the other boys" said Michael, mentioning he was the only one not to have the same over-the-top reaction to Kurumi's looks upon entering their classroom. That's not to say he didn't find her attractive in any way…

"I see…" Kurumi looked like she was zoning out again like when she stared at Micheal just moments ago. The duo continued down the hall to the next destination. Little did they know up ahead by the stairs, Tohka and Origami were searching for them.

"Where'd they go?" Tohka asked.

"They couldn't have gone far. The speed of their walking would have put them here 43 seconds ago." Origami said, being weirdly specific again, then added: "Unless Kurumi Tokisaki stopped and pushed him against a wall… began biting his earlobe… put a hand down his…"

"NOOOOOOO!" Tokha cried and interrupting her human rival, her arms waving up and down rapidly. "SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UUUUP! Michael would NEVER let someone do that to him! He'd NEVER do that to MEEEEEEEEEE!"

"Guess I'll have to try harder to wile you…"

"You've got a loooooong way to go…"

Both Origami and Tohka froze up, recognizing the voices of Kurumi and Michael respectively, and they were heading this way! Panicking, they looked around for a place to hide and when they saw it, the camera cuts to Michael and Kurumi walking to the staircase Origami and Tohka were at and just as they arrived, a door quickly slammed shut.

"So what school did you come from before here?" Michael asked Kurumi as they approached the stairs.

"OW! Stop pushing me!" Whispered Tohka from inside the door, which we then zoom into to see both her and Origami in a small supply closet, their ears pushed up against its door trying to listen to the conversation outside

"Be quiet. They'll hear us." Origami warned in whisper, slightly opening the door just a crack for visibility.

"I already told you, I'm a Spirit." Kurumi said.

"Oh… uh…" Michael then looked at the camera with his eyes for a quick second, also raising his eyebrows once, which was one of the invisible cameras from the battleship that kept eyes on him at all times. He normally never looked at one directly before so…

That was it! That was the signal! "He's on the spot! Choices!" Kotori ordered and sure enough, 3 questions spawned on screen:

1) What do you mean by, Spirit?

2) Did you hear something before we got here?

3) Kurumi, what kind of panties are you wearing?

"I say we go for option 3… just to see her panties." Said Kyouhei, being the usual pervert he was. With a snap of Kotori's fingers, he was then dragged away by some staff. "Wait! Commander! Have mercy! HAVE MERCCCCCCYYYYYY-YY-YY-YY-YYYYYY!" Kotori then sighed as Kyouhei added in the distance: "You can't tell me your bother doesn't think of these things too! I'm only trying to help!" But she just tuned him out.

"… what kind of panties are you wearing?" Kotori repeated one of the answers while leaning froward. "How did that pervy choice slip in there?"

"Uh… Kurumi?" Michael began talking, sounding nervous for some reason, which got Kotori to look up. "This might sound weird but… what kind of panties are you wearing?"

"Panties?" Kurumi repeated. Kotori was shocked. Why the hell did he make that choice for?! She didn't tell him to say anything, so why did…?

…

…

She slowly looked down to confirm her fears, for her elbow was on top of the speakers 'On' button. "YOU IDIOT! THAT WASN'T WHAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY! I WAS READING THE CHOICES TO MYSELF!"

"Then why'd you have the fucking microphone on?!" Michael asked in an annoyed whisper. Seriously, this was exactly what he was talking about…

"WHATEVER! Just change the subject! QUICKLY!" Kotori said.

"You want to take a peek?" Kurumi asked.

Michael then bowed in apology. "Sorry, that was out of nowhere. I should take you…" he was gonna say take youout to dinner first before asking such a generous request to joke around a bit more, but that's when Kurumi's words actually registered in his brain. "… hah?" He looked back up, questioning what he just heard.

"I don't mind… as long as its you…" Kurumi said, not appearing the least bit phased by the perverted question. Her Meter didn't go up or down either, just stayed stagnant, proving it didn't bother her.

Kotori gaped on her end. 'She did not just say that. Girls don't say that unless its a harem mag or hentai anime!' Michael added to himself. Kurumi then climbed up a few steps of the stairs to get above Michael's height, then clasped the bottom of her skirt. She began to lift it up, though slowly and one side at a time in a teasing fashion. Michael couldn't take his eyes off the sight due to to boldness of this girl. Even the crew of Fraxinus were completely taken by surprise, especially Tohka and Origami whom were peeking out of the door so you can see one eye from them each.

Kurumi's smirk got a little bigger, and had almost lifted up her skirt to show what kind of underwear was hidden underneath, but just as she was about to reveal them…

"OK!" Michael put a hand up, blocking view for him and anyone behind the fourth wall. "That's enough fanservice for now" He said, then turned away. Geez. He didn't actually think he'd ever be involved in some anime trope, and it literally made his heart race. While he was a Man of Culture and was proud of that fact, this was real life, and he couldn't bring himself to continue; least until he had an actual girlfriend again.

The Fraxinus crew and Tohka and Origami exhaled some air, them having held it from Kurumi's VERY open nature. "Your so cute when you get shy." Kurumi said, dropping her skirt so it returned to its normal position.

"Its not shyness that stopping me…" Michael claimed, calming himself down. "Anyway… what did you mean by your a Spirit? Like, you some kind of Youkai or something?" He said, acting like he had no idea what this girl was talking about.

She giver her signature giggle before answering him. "You don't have to play dumb with me," Kurumi said. "I think you know exactly what I mean…" She then added with a narrowed eye: "Haven't you sealed 2 of them already?"

The Spirit's comment caught Kotori by surprise, but in a suspicious way. So this Spirit was well aware of Michael's abilities and what he has done? Kurumi wasn't done just yet and walked down a few steps so she could hold onto Michael's shoulders and lean into his back, which did get him to react but he didn't do anything to stop it. "Tohka… Yoshino…" She then leaned in closer to speak into his ear. "Yes. You know allll about them… inside and out…"

The reveal she even knew about Tohka and Yoshino gave Michael pause (not to mention a chill down his spine with a cute girl whispering into his ear). How did she know all this? Was she present when it all happened, she just never triggered a Spacial Quake like Tohka did for their first date? Or has she been on Earth for a while and just never bothered revealing herself until now?

"So you choosing me as an escort wasn't an accident, was it?" Michael theorized while turning his head to face her leaning on his shoulder, not caring this time her face was even closer than it was earlier. "You've been stalking me since day one, only to transfer to my school out of the blue?"

"Hmm, I guess that's one way to put it," the Spirit finally backed off Michael's back as she answered him, not exactly denying the accusation. "Though the truth is, ever since I first saw you, I couldn't stop thinking about you. I've been hoping you'd notice me, but your attention was always somewhere else." Kurumi admitted as she stepped down one stair at a time, eventually getting off them and standing directly in front of Michael, also gently grabbing and caressing one of his hands with both of her own. This did get another reaction from our hero, as he felt how soft her hands were. "Guess what? I think I've developed a little crush on you, and I'm so happy we've finally got the chance to be alone… now I have a tiny favor to ask, if you think you can handle it." Kurumi finished, keeping eye contact with Michael's eyes the entire time.

Michael could only guess what was going on back on his sisters end. Either this was some kind of act, or this girls Happiness Meter must have gone through the roof. She sounded genuine enough, and the mysterious aura around her gave her a charm Michael could not ignore even if he tried. Whatever the case was, he went along with it, as this could be his chance to either ask her out right now, or unless that was the favor she was gonna ask. Nevertheless, he squeezed her hands back with the one she was holding, which she did get her only visible eye to slightly widen before recovering upon realizing what he was doing, both participants aware of what the other was doing and having no objections to it whatsoever.

"Believe me… I think I can handle anything a pretty little girl throws at me." He flirted with her, returning her smile.

"This is coming from the guy who can't handle a simple panty-shot." Kurumi fired back, keeping her smile.

"Its not that I couldn't handle it, I'm just more of a… sophisticated kind of guy."

"Oh, really?… How sophisticated are we talking about?"

"Why don't you try to find out?"

They both stood there in silence for a bit without uttering a single word, seemingly mesmerized by the other. Tohka and Origami also pushed the door a little more for more visibility, but that was ultimately too far and…

TRIP!

Tohka: AHHHHHHH!

SPLAT!

The sudden sound broke Kurumi and Michael out of their trace and glanced over to the source of the sound, pretty much ruining the mood and the moment. They ended up seeing Tohka on top of Origami, both on the floor, and in front of a supply closet with a single broom on one side of them. Both were groaning upon falling to the ground.

"Why am I not surprised?…" Michael asked himself outloud.

"Ara Ara. How awkward. Were you both peeking in on us on our romantic rendezvous?" Kurumi asked the new girls.

"N-No! I just looking for Michael! That's all!" Tohka declared, wiping the dust off herself.

"In the broom closet?" Michael questioned, obviously not believing her.

"Students are not allowed to hold hands on school grounds. Let him go." Origami demanded Kurumi to do.

"Says the girls coming out of the closet…" Michael said. Plus he was unaware of any such rule, and Origami probably just made it up.

What Kurumi ended up doing was returning the squeezing Michael did to her hands. "I'm sorry, but I can't do that," she said, correctly assuming these new girls also had a crush on him. "I have a dire case of anemia and Michael was generous enough to offer his hands and body, so should I faint…" Kurumi then leaned a little closer to Michael… DIRECTLY. Into Michael. "I'd safely fall into his strong, waiting arms."

The very second Kurumi said that, Origami slowly fell to her knees with a pale face. "Uhhhh… my anemia…"

Michael didn't bother to move or help as that was an obvious lie. 'Seriously? Can she come up anything less original?' He thought.

"Ha! You two look so pathetic right now." Tohka said with a confident smile and folded arms, but then frowned before also copying Origami's facial expression and began shaking her body back and forth. "Wait… my anemones affecting me too…"

Again, Michael did not move, only stare. He then slowly looked down at Kurumi. "Can I have this back?" He asked while tugging his arm, as Kurumi still had hold over it. Once she let go and backed off him, he immediately and audibly facepalmed himself what that same hand. Tohka really mixed up the words anemia and anemone… the things he puts up with for the girls in his life…

"Wow. Their really fighting over him?" Asked the all-too familiar voice of Aii, which meant the other 2 members of her trio weren't far behind.

'Oh, great…' Micheal thought to himself, not happy they were around.

"Is he trying to hook up with the transfer student already? It hasn't even been a day yet!" Said Mai.

Before Mii could recite the only 3 words in her vocabulary, Michael blurted out: "DON'T YOU THREE HAVE SOMEWHERE LAME TO BE?!"