To Love Ru Beyond Infinity Chapter 1

Captain’s log
Stardate 1353.19
This is Rito Yuuki, recording from the Starship Astro boy. We are about to embark on a summer long trip to visit Lala’s home planet, Deviluke, along with many other worlds.
This is my first real trip into deep space, and I am so nervous! How did this even happen? I’m just a high school student. I don’t even have any proper training to be an astronaut or whatever. But Lala wants me to be captain of this ship. Me! A Captain? Can you believe it?
This ship is huge! Like a cruise ship moored in the blackness of space, it appeared as soon as we left Earth. That ship’s hanger bay alone is bigger than my house! Two of Yami’s own ship, which we used to get to the larger craft, would fit snuggly inside it.
Of course, it was Lala and Yami-san who were the main designers of this ship. Between the two of them, they made a magnificent vessel with plenty of room for all of those who were coming with us. Momo and Nana, were of course coming, but so were Mikan, Mea, Dr. Ryouko, Tearju-sensei, and Zastin and the bodyguards.
It was Momo who was assigned to pick out the crewmembers aboard this ship. No doubt that this would further her plot for a harem. I shudder to think of what she’s planning to do on this trip. Lala also told me that I could bring a friend to come along. Of course I chose Haruna.
When we stepped onto the hanger deck, I saw, just behind the turbo lift, the warp core. It was a huge sphere with many strange devices poking out of it. Lala says that it is what allows us to travel faster than light, so we could reach distant planets. She kept talking about so much technobabble that made my head spin. I didn’t really get any of it, because at that moment, Zastin’s shuttle had arrived, and the hanger bay was suddenly very loud and noisy.
Lala gave us a tour of the ship, with its three main decks. Just above the hanger bay was where we would eat. Lala showed us the kitchen, a really professional kitchen fit for a five star chef, Mikan was clearly overwhelmed with the place. I can just imagine her spending hours in here, perfecting her latest recipe.
On the next upper deck, at the very front of the ship, there was the bridge. When I stood there, I immediately gasped, for everywhere I looked, I could see into the vast deepness of space. Turn my head to the left, and the looming façade of Earth could be seen. Even above us and below us, the vastness of space could be viewed in all its majesty.
“I considered putting the bridge on the very top leve of the ship, Lala said, “But I found that such a place would not show such a lovely view as this.
Momo pushed me onto the dias where the captain’s chair was. Before I knew it, she’d forced me into the most comfortable seat I had ever sat on. “I designed this chair myself, with you in mind,” she said, “It has been tailor-made for you.”
The view from the captain’s chair was ridiculous, in front of me the vastness of space loomed ahead. Below where I sat the helm and the navigator’s chair. Lala said that this was where Yami-san and Mea-san would sit and control the ship. Meanwhile, behind me were other important positions staffed by various people.
Lala walked me through them all. First was the communication officer who relayed all transmission from other ships in the area. This would be handled by Tearju-sensei who was knowledgeable in multiple alien languages. Momo and Nana were in charge of science databases as they each were experts in Plants and Animal species throughout the Milky Way. Lastly were the internal and external security chiefs, which was took up by Haruna-san and Zastin, respectively.
Zastin and his group did not have their stations on the main bridge. Instead, they had to climb downstairs to the lower bridge, which was in front of Mikan’s kitchen—yeah I can say that she’s practically owned the place now. Lala says that this way, Zastin and his buddies could better monitor the comings and goings of ships who wanted to enter our hanger bay, which was right underneath them.
Lala took us to see the uppermost deck at the very top of her ship, which was where the infirmary and intensive care unit would be. Here, Dr. Ryouko would be our savior if we got sick or badly injured. On this deck, there was also a garden where otherworldly plants grew under the starry sky, and only a thick sheet of glass separated us from the vacuum of space. I could see just below us the bridge with its own sheet of glass enveloping it.
According to Lala, we would be heading towards the alpha quadrant, the region of space where Deviluke is. Lala says that quadrants are designations for places in the Milky Way galaxy from the perspective of Earth. Our maiden voyage will begin tomorrow. I’m so nervous! Compared to that trip to planet Mistletoe, this won’t be a mere milk-run. To be voyaging in space for an entire summer is so bizzare to me.
What will we see? What strange new worlds are out there? Well, there’s no point in worrying about that now. Our journey will begin tomorrow.
This is Rito, Signing out.