A Most Unlikely Hero, Vol. 2

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A Most Unlikely Hero, Vol. 2 Page 19

by Brandon Varnell


  Unless…

  “Gabby! Is there something in your D-space that can be used to bind Alice?!” he shouted.

  Apparently completely at ease with being carried around like a sack of produce without a stitch of clothing, Gabrielle thought for a moment. Then her eyes lit up as she swiped her fingers in the air.

  “Mr. Rope! Tie up Alice!”

  Mr. Rope, which looked more like a giant pole made of incredibly flexible metal with a spade on one end, contorted around both Alice and Gabrielle.

  “Uwa! W-wait, Mr. Rope! Don’t tie me up, too!!”

  Mr. Rope pulled Alice’s head into Gabrielle’s cleavage. Before Alice’s arms could be used to push her out of said valley, Mr. Rope pinned her arms to her sides. The two tumbled to the ground, Gabrielle on her back and Alice on top of Gabrielle with her head buried in the alien princess’s impressive bosom.

  Alex didn’t know what to feel as Alice and Gabrielle became tied together in the most erotic way imaginable. The fact that his sister was half-naked and Gabrielle was completely naked just made the whole situation more surreal. However, Alex remembered why he was there and looked away. Someone was controlling his sister. Someone was going to get their ass kicked.

  It was just like what happened during his fight with Azazel. As his anger at the situation, at his frustration at what had happened the previous night erupted, Alex felt energy rush through him like plasma particles gathering inside of a dreadnaught’s cannon. This time, instead of just feeling powerful, a blue aura flared around him. Alex stared at his hands, which were coated in ethereal blue flames.

  “Coat your sister in the flames…”

  Alex blinked as another voice whispered in his ear. It wasn’t the female voice that he occasionally heard. It was male. Actually, it sounded almost identical to his own voice.

  He looked around, but there was no one there. Debating for a moment, he eventually knelt and touched his sister’s shoulder, which caused the blue flames to spread across her body. For a moment, he feared that she might get burned, but then the flames disappeared…

  “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!”

  … and Alice began screaming.

  “Easy there, Alice,” Alex said. “Just calm down and—”

  “Calm down? CALM DOWN?! I’m half-naked here!!”

  “Well… yes, you are. However, screaming is only going to attract more attention.”

  “Is being half naked bad?” Gabrielle asked.

  “It is when you’re in public!” Alex and Alice shouted at the same time.

  Gabrielle tilted her head. “Then… should she take off the rest of her clothes? Being naked would be better, right?”

  “NO!” they shouted again.

  All this yelling was getting them nowhere, so Alex focused on the task at hand. He needed to remove Mr. Rope.

  But before Alex could undo Mr. Rope, a giant robot crashed into the middle of the street. Its bulky form didn’t look even remotely human, though it stood on two legs. Giant mantis-like arms stabbed into the ground, creating fissures. Maliciously glowing red eyes, large and bulbous like a insect’s, glared down at him.

  “I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU BROKE MY PUPPET STRINGS, BUT PRINCESS GABRIELLE IS MINE!!” a voice boomed loud enough to make Alex’s ears bleed.

  Alex held a hand to his ears. “Why the hell are you yelling?!”

  “WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHY AM I YELLING?! I’M NOT—OH, WAIT. I HAVE THE VOLUME SET ON HIGH.” There was a moment of silence, and then… “That’s better. Sorry about that. I always forget to adjust the volume on this thing.” A cough. “Now, then. I will not let you marry Princess Gabrielle! She is mine!”

  Alex had no intention of handing Gabrielle over to this guy, who he suspected was the insect alien. Ji… Ji… what was the word again? Well, it didn’t matter. He wasn’t going to let this person get Gabrielle, but what could he do?

  “Imagine a sword…”

  There it was again, that voice. It didn’t sound like the other voice, which had been dripping with lust and arrogance. This voice was calm, pure, untainted. Why did it sound so much like him, though?

  “I don’t know why you want to marry Gabrielle,” Alex said, glaring at the giant robot. “But I already made her a promise. I promised her that I would protect her from sleezeballs like you, and I’ll be damned if I break that promise!”

  Alex imagined a sword—a massive one that could easily tear through this goliath of a robot. It coalesced in front of him, a gargantuan double-bladed sword with a blade that looked more like a monolithic slab. It wasn’t a physical blade, however, but one composed entirely of blue energy. Stretching into the sky as Alex held it aloft, the sword loomed over the robot.

  “Uh-oh,” the jāhilīyahn muttered.

  Alex brought the sword down.

  He might as well have set off a bomb.

  The ground in front of him exploded. Energy writhed like wildfire as everything in front of him was blown sky-high. The robot had leapt back to try and avoid the blade, but that did very little. Torn in half, pieces of it scattering, it soared through the air like an old-fashioned cannonball, eventually disappearing into the distance.

  The sword vanishing, the aura disappearing, and his breathing heavy, a hunched over Alex stared at the destruction he’d caused with wide eyes. The street was gone. Starting from where he stood and spreading out for several dozen meters was a trench that grew wider the further it was from him.

  “Oh… I’m gonna get in so much trouble for this,” he muttered.

  Truer words had never been spoken.

  7

  Karen was sitting in her office when she received several dozen emergency calls all at once.

  “Yes, I have just received word about a massive explosion happening in the outer district. I have already sent over several police officers to investigate.”

  “A trench? I had not been aware of the trench, but I have several police officers heading over there right now.”

  “What’s this about two naked girls and a naked boy running around in the outer district?”

  The calls were nearly nonstop. They came in by the dozens. All of them were either complaints about her not doing her job, or questions about what had caused the explosion… or that one comment about naked children, which she didn’t even know how to respond to. Karen didn’t have an answer, unfortunately. However, she did have a hunch.

  This has Alex written all over it.

  Her comlink beeped again, and Karen barely resisted the temptation to rip the damn thing out of her desk. “What is it?”

  “Ma’am, this is patrol unit four-four-eight-A. We just found what appears to be a large insect on the dome.”

  Karen needed a moment to think about that. “What?”

  “A giant insect, ma’am. It’s about the size of a human. Green skin. Thick exo-skeleton. It’s kind of disgusting.”

  “And where is this insect?”

  “It’s currently been embedded into the dome at section two-two-0-four. We’ll have to get a repair team up here to fix the cracks and get that bug off.”

  Karen paused.

  Yes, this was definitely Alexander S. Ryker’s doing.

  That boy was going to be in so much trouble… right after she finished answering all of these calls.

  8

  “I see,” Azazel said, nodding several times as he crossed his arms.

  It was fifteen minutes after Alex had destroyed the giant robot by summoning a massive sword of energy. He, Gabrielle, and Alice were sitting on the sofa in their living room. Azazel had positioned himself on the couch.

  Azazel’s face was covered in bruises, his left eye had been swollen shut, and his nose was bleeding. It had clearly been broken. Alex wondered what had happened to the man. He knew that Azazel had a propensity for getting lost, but it looked like he’d been trampled by a horde of heavy power armor troops.

  “It sounds like the person you fought was Prince Ibn-Al Kalbi,” Azazel continued. “He is the
eldest child of the royal family that rules over Jāhilīyah.”

  “Does that mean he’s going to become king of the planet?” Alex asked.

  “Actually, Jāhilīyah is a matriarchal society. They are currently ruled by Al-lāt, the youngest daughter within the royal family, who is said to have the power to control the desert planet’s storms.”

  “Interesting,” Alex murmured.

  “So, why do they want Ibn-Al Kalbi to marry Gabrielle?” asked Alice. “You know, aside from having him become the Emperor of the Galaxy?”

  Azazel appeared to think about that for a moment. “If I had to guess, I would say the reason they are so desperate to have Ibn-Al Kalbi marry Princess Gabrielle is because of their current situation.”

  “Current situation?” Alex asked. He and Gabrielle eagerly leaned forward, as if they were about to be told the truth behind life in the universe.

  “Indeed. For the past fifty years, Jāhilīyah has been experiencing a severe drought. I hear it was their hope that Al-lāt would be the one to end the drought, but there has been no sign of it ending, and they are beginning to get desperate.”

  “I’ve never heard about this before,” Gabrielle said.

  “That is because you have never been interested in learning about other planets, Princess Gabrielle.”

  “Tee-hee! I guess not.” Gabrielle poked out her tongue in an adorably sheepish expression. Azazel merely sighed.

  Their conversation soon ended, and the day continued on as usual, but as Alex and Gabrielle traveled down to the lab, where they planned to work on Mr. Scanner, Alex could not help but think about the situation on Jāhilīyah.

  It seemed that Ibn-whatever his name was had noble intentions. He might have gone about it the wrong way, but he’d tried to marry Gabrielle so he could save his planet.

  I guess not everybody who comes after her is going to be like Shii-rya.

  Alex wondered what he would do the next time he ran into someone who wanted to marry Gabrielle for a noble reason like saving their people. He honestly didn’t know. That said, he wouldn’t let someone marry Gabrielle unless it was what she wanted.

  … And speaking of Ibn-Al Kalbi, whatever happened to that guy?

  9

  Lying on a stretcher in the middle of an empty room filled with glowing electronics and hissing pipes, Ibn-Al Kalbi, wrapped in a full body cast, glared at the ceiling.

  “Damn you, Alexander S. Ryker! You’ll pay for this!”

  “Shut up! >_<” Ēostre threw a book at the prone figure. “Can’t you see I’m trying to get some shuteye?! D:<”

  “YEOWCH!” Ibn-Al-Kalbi yelped as the book smacked him in the face.

  Huffing, Ēostre laid down again and tried to fall back asleep. “Damn bug… >:-(”

  Damn you, Alexander Ryker, Ibn-Al Kalbi thought so as not to get hit by the book again. You’ll pay for this!

  EPILOGUE

  KING OF THE GALAXY

  Lucifer sat on his throne. He’d been spending a lot of his time there recently—ever since the Unification Wars had ended fifty-five years ago. Although there were still hotspots in the galaxy, everything had, for the most part, become peaceful.

  Peace is so boring…

  Day in and day out, he did the same thing: Meeting with his council, meeting with his subjects, listening to people bitch about problems that he didn’t care about. If he had known what would happen after the war ended, then he might not have been so quick to resolve it.

  Most of his subjects had left for the day, so it was just him sitting on his big-ass throne, contemplating his eldest daughter’s latest desire.

  A human, huh?

  Humans were one of the more populous species in the galaxy. While there were hundreds of different variations, humanity was everywhere, in every corner, in every hole. They were sort of like space cockroaches—all over the place. Despite being the weakest race to have ever existed, they were surprisingly resilient.

  Can such a pathetic creature truly control the empire I’ve built?

  As if somehow sensing his thoughts, an annoying beep-beep! beep-beep! erupted from his command console. Odd. This channel should have been closed.

  Sighing irritably, he pressed a button that caused a holographic display to appear before him, though the screen remained oddly blank. “I don’t know who this is, but you had better have a damn good reason for calling me when I’m busy.”

  “That’s a rude thing to say, Lucchi! DX<”

  Lucifer perked up. That voice…

  “Is that you, Ēostre?”

  “That’s right! It’s your wonderful, beloved wife! Ēostre! (^_^)”

  Yes. That was definitely Ēostre. She was the only person in the entire galaxy he knew who could emote like that.

  “And what is the reason for your call?”

  “Can’t a loving wife call to see how her wonderful husband is doing? :p”

  “Considering you never call without a purpose, no. The only one who would call to see how I’m doing is Gadreel, and she’s currently out of contact.”

  “Oh, poo. You’re no fun. (>_<)”

  “So you’ve said before. Each time you call, I might add.”

  “Tee-hee! You know me too well. You’re right, I didn’t call for idle chatter. Remember that task you asked me to do a while back? Well, I’ve been doing that for quite a while now, and there’s something interesting that I think you should know.”

  Lucifer shifted in his seat, more interested in this conversation now than he had been ten seconds ago. “Oh? Do tell?”

  As Ēostre spoke, informing him that he actually had a grandnephew and the latest developments that had happened to the young man, he erupted with laughter. His laugh rang out across the throne room. It was a good thing none of his retainers were here, or they would have been probably pissed themselves.

  “Ah, Ēostre, it seems the universe has a sense of humor.”

  “Indeed it does. :3”

  “Continue keeping an eye on my grandnephew and eldest daughter. Let me know if anything happens. I’ll probably stop by at some point in the future, but I would like for the situation to develop a little more without my intervention.”

  “Will do! See ya, Lucchi! I love you! XD”

  As the blank holoscreen disappeared, Lucifer leaned back on his seat and smiled.

  This situation couldn’t have developed in a more interesting manner. I wonder if this is fate?

  Lucifer pondered that for a moment, and then chuckled.

  Naw!

  Still…

  “Alexander Sachiel Ryker,” he murmured. “Is it fortune or ill-fate that brought you and my daughter together?”

  AFTERWORD

  Volume 2 for A Most Unlikely Hero has come to an end. Before I get into the bulk of this afterword, I would like to thank several people. First and foremost is the illustrator for this series, XuaHanNin. She's done an awesome job making my ill-ustrations and I can't thank her enough. I would also like to thank my mom, dad, step-mom, and step-dad for their support. They're always lending me a hand when I need it. Furthermore, I want to thank to my sister and brother-in-law for giving me a wonderful niece to dote on. She'll be a nerd before her parents knows what hit them.

  And finally, I would like to thank all of you for reading my book. Nothing brings me greater joy than knowing there are people out there, who have never met me in person, that are willing to read the stories I write. Thank you very much!

  I wasn't sure what I should talk about, so I figured I'd discuss my inspiration for writing A Most Unlikely Hero.

  A lot of people who are as well-versed in the ways of animu as I am have likely already figured it out, but the biggest inspiration for this series was To LOVE-RU. In fact, the basic premise for these two stories are identical: Alien princess meets protagonist, becomes engaged to protagonist, and her father who controls the galaxy threatens to blow up the world/solar system if the hero can't protect his daughter from her marriage candidates. Same general story
, but the settings, characters, and some of the ideas that I use are different.

  One of my first goals with this series was to make a sci-fi harem comedy with a lot of action and a lead protagonist who didn't suck, but had other issues outside of being a loser that kept him from straying into sue territory—at least for now. Alexander S. Ryker fulfills this role nicely. He's pretty smart, has a lot of talent, but he's reckless and can't deal with Gabrielle's lack of modesty.

  Unlike Alex, who is a study in contrast from Rito Yuuki, Gabrielle and Lala are very similar. I'd say their only real differences are physical. Gabrielle has silver hair. Lala has pink hair. Gabrielle has angel wings and elf ears. Lala has a spaded tail. Considering how some anime/manga (Fairy Tail) like to copy and paste characters from other anime/manga (One Piece), I ultimately decided not to change the personality of Gabrielle from the character who inspired her because it fit the story.

  Anyway, that's all for this afterword. This is Brandon Varnell, working early in the morning, a mug of coffee in my hand, and a dream of becoming a successful author driving me toward my goals, signing off.

  P.S. I hope all of you also achieve your dreams.

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  If so, then be sure to check out American Kitsune!

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