To Love-Ru Darkness 14

1
p1
...Good morning
How do you feel?
left: The truth about Yami comes to light!!

p2
Yes!
I feel great, Tear

p3
I see
That's the most important thing

2
p1
nb: The days of childhood, a strong bond filled with warmth between just the two of them---
tear: I'll read a picture book to you later

p2
Yes

Chapter 14 [Past ~Memories Leading to Tomorrow~]

3
p1
Doctor Tearju Lunatique...
That person... is your mother, Yami?

p2
There's no doubt she brought me into this world, but it's not accurate to call her that
I'm an artificial living organism that was born of one of her cells through the power of science

p3
Like... a clone?
Yes
Even in her teens, in the field of universe biotechnology, Tearju was a genius scientist that no one could come close to

4
p1
But that's something I realized only later...
I was a newborn and didn't know anything. To me, she was---...

p2
And the girl lived happily ever after together with lots of friends
The end...

p3
Wa~~~~~ It was interesting!

p4
Tell me, Tear! Will I be able to make friends someday too?

5
p1
Of course you will
And then make sure to introduce them to me
nb: The days of happiness...

p2
Fuhihi!
//Alright~~~
nb: The time of kindness...

p3
Tear taught all sorts of things to me
Like a mother...
Like a big sister...

6
p1
Back then, my heart
Was filled to the brim with light...

p2

p3
While Rito-san and Yami-san are stuck holding hands...
I keep wondering what they're doing so much that I can't sleep

7
p1

p2
Momo-san, where are you going?
!!

p3
Uh...
To the bathroom...

p4
I'm sure you have a bathroom in the space where you live

8
p1
mikan: Alright! Back to your room!
momo: Ah... Wait
momo: Please wait, Mikan-san!

p2
Are you alright leaving them like this!?
!?

p3
After all, Rito-san and Yami-san are a boy and a girl who've come of age!
And they're holding each other's hands while lying in bed!!
//Don't you think it won't be a surprise if anything happens!?

p4
Eh...!
I... If anything happens!?

9
p1
Ya... Yami!?

p2
Yu... Yuuki...
Rito..

10
p1
Somehow...

p1/2
My body feels hot...

p3
So---...

p4
mikan: B... But, when it's those two, I can't believe they could...
momo: Then let's go make sure, Mikan-san! Together!!

p5

11
p1
And then...
//What happened? Where's Tearju-san now...?

p2
...I don't know. I don't even know if she's alive...

p3
What do you mean?

p4

p5
Tear!
Tear, where are you!?

12
p1
Look! I made this!!
It's a present for you, Tear!
//So come on, hurry---

p2
If you're looking for Lunatique-kun, she's not here anymore
!!
//Why?

p3
Her and our opinions clashed
//And she left
She said to give her regards to you...

p4
She... left?

13
p1
You don't need to worry
//She was mistaken
But we will guide you properly
//To the path where you belong... As a weapon

p2
Wea... pon?

p3
Correct

p4
You don't need friends
You were born a weapon in order to *pluck*
All sorts of lives
With your transform ability

14
I am...
A weapon...

nb: They pretended to be a respectable research organization, but their real intent was to train me as the strongest "transform weapon"
nb: They wanted to start a new business in this universe engulfed by the Great Galactic War that had lasted for hundreds of years

15
p1
To them, Tearju, who tried to bring me up as a human, was a hindrance
She was probably driven out of the facility
Or possibly---... {note how this line connects to the blood stain}

p2
Wha... What the hell is that!!

p3
Then, because of those guys, you are...
I won't forgive them!!

16
p1/2
Please calm down

p3
Before long, the galaxy fell into the hands of the new power, Deviluke, who managed to unify it for the first time
And those guys' plans came to naught

p4
And even their very organization was annihilated in the post-war chaos...
It doesn't exist anymore

17
p1
Everything... is in the past
...But!!

p2
If Tearju were by your side
Maybe you could've lived a different life, Yami...

p3
What a strange person...
Even though I clearly stated I'm targeting his life
He gets angry for my sake...
He cheers for me...

18
p1
But... the one who is even stranger
Is me

p2
Next to this boy who is my target...
Why do I feel such peace...?

p3
When I'm able...
To feel this warmth with my entire body
Will I understand then? Tear...

19
p1
Yami...?

p2

p3
mikan: A... Actually, this might be bad
//mikan: Let's go back, Momo-san
momo: Oh my, why is that?

20
p1
mikan: I feel awkward, like I can't trust Yami-san...
momo: Somehow, in my case she'd throw the door open without hesitation

p2
But... Will it be alright?
Eh?

p3
You know about it too, right, Mikan-san?
About Rito-san's bad sleeping habits...
!!

p4
nb: Once he starts doing *that*, even Yami-san----....
rito: Mmm, so tasty, let me have some...
!?

21
p1
Itadakimasu

p2
Chupu
Ha
Lick
//Lick
Mmmm

22
p1
nb: I can't... resist...!!
No
Ah
Fuaaah

p2
Rito-san is truly amazing when he's asleep... ♥
Momo-san... Is that from actual experience?

23
p1
B... But, I think Yami-san has a strong will...
If you think so, then isn't it alright to go check?

p2
Ah
...

p3
I... In the end, no!!

p4
Higi!

24
p1
In the end, we can't! I won't let you go...
Mm
Shh...
~~~~~~~~!!

p2
Mi... Mikan-san, my tail...!!
//I... I can't stay silent...
Mmm ♥

p3
Wh... What?

p4
No...
It's nothing...

25
p1
...?
It was on the tip of my tongue...

p2
"I want you to hold me"...
I'm not thinking straight...

p3/4/5/6

26
p1
Yeah!!
It... It came off!!

p2
This is great---!! The item's effect has worn off even quicker than we expected!!
That's a relief!!

p3
...Are you that happy to be separated from me?
Eh?

27
p1
That might be the case---
Now we're both free---...

p2/3

p4
Idiot...

28
p1/2

p3
Good night, Tear...
Oh my, such a pampered child

p4/5

29
p1

p2
Good night...

30
p1
Munya...
Ugh~~~ You beast...

p2
Rito... ♥

p3/4

31
p1
How is it, Mea...?

p1/p2
Yeah... I tried hacking into Dr. Mikado's computer
//As I thought, she's been in contact with someone a few times this past week

p3
Ah--- But her protection is tight, I can't tell anything beyond that
It seems she's on her guard against us

32
p1
...In that case
There's only one opponent that we have

p2
Who is that?
Master

p3/4

33
p1
nb: yawn
Yesterday was such a pain
I didn't even notice when I fell asleep?

p2
For some reason, Mikan and Momo didn't get enough sleep either...
Yami wasn't there anymore when I woke up, I wonder if she managed to get some sleep...

p3
nb: But... The fact that Yami spoke to me about her past
nb: I wonder if that means she's let her guard down a little with me...?
Rito---!

34
p1
Did you hear?
We're going to have a new assistant homeroom teacher starting today!
Eh?

p2/3/4/5/6/7/8

35
p1
I'm Tearju Lunatique
I'm very please to meet you all

p2

p3
Heh...?
Tearju, that's...?

left: No way... Turbulence is inevitable!!

To Love-Ru -Darkness- to be continued in the Feb issue