1 Chapter 1

Inside a bleak white room where the only furniture was a foldable white bed and a white desk table, a tall young man with messy silver hair and deep blue eyes could be seen laying on the bed with a bored expression. He had an immaculately handsome appearance; Pristine white skin that seemed smooth and unblemished, an angular charming face that seemed to as if hand-crafted by the Goddess of beauty herself, and lastly, his mesmerizing crystal blue eyes that could put someone in a daze. Sporting a white lounge wear that seemed to be a mix of pajama and patient robes, he stared absentmindedly at the ceiling until a knock suddenly came from the door.

Knock. Knock.

Followed by a smooth sliding noise, the white door to the room slid sideways and a tall man, even taller than the youth, with a burly physique entered. With a serious expression, grey beard, log-like arms, and a military general's attire, the man's overall impression was very intimidating. On his arm was a tablet that seemed to be a record of sorts.

"Adam."

The angel-like young man rose from the bed after having his name called. His dazed expression changed into a playful one as he smiled at the general.

"General!" The young man greeted amiably. "Am I being sent out again?" His voice sounding soft and yet calming, reminiscent of bells ringing inside a church.

The burly man with a military uniform nodded.

"You are to be temporarily assigned to another Plantation. Coincidentally, your sister will also be there."

The youth blinked for a moment. "Sister? One of the 9's?"

The general shook his head. "No. Your real sister."

"Oh..." The young man named Adam nodded in understanding before an amused smile appeared on his face.

"And I assume that I'll be partnered up with her?"

"That's correct." The general swiped the screen on his tablet and a holographic interface appeared in the middle of the room. The hologram displayed dozens of fatality reports of male pilots losing their lives upon pairing up with one female pilot. It didn't matter what age nor what capability they had, all of them simply weren't be compatible with her.

"I see... That is a lot." Adam rubbed his chin upon reading the entirety of the report. His amused smile never leaving his face, showing complete apathy to the demise of dozens of pilots. After a few seconds skimming through the reports, the young man looked at the general with a raised brow. "So? After separating me and my sister for more than four years, Why did you suddenly decide to pair us up?"

"Because this has been decided by Papa." The general stated blankly. "Currently, you have two missions; Your first mission is to assist Dr. FRANXX with his experimental test while your second mission is to observe Dr. FRANXX and unit 'Zero Two'. You are required to make periodic reports about them, or anything noteworthy in general, to us every first day of the month."

"Hmm... That's weird." Adam slightly tilted his head in confusion, "Aren't you already keeping tabs on them? Why do I still need to send in reports?"

"Because, you have a personal relationship with them and your inputs about it will be helpful in creating contingency plans, should they ever act in a way they shouldn't."

"Is that so?" The young raised his brow at him.

The general nodded impassively in affirmation.

"And what makes you think I would faithfully follow your orders, especially when this is about my sister we're talking about?"

In response to the young man's question, the a smirk appears on the the general's stoic face.

"We are sure you would abide by your mission precisely because this involves your sister. Why do you think we allowed you to be with your sister when you were younger? Why do you think we allowed your relationship with her to develop in a way that is past normal siblings?" The general's smirk faded as he continued, "That is to cultivate your emotions, namely "love" towards one another and ultimately binding you to each other. Which worked splendidly since you have been feeling incomplete since the time you have been separated with her."

"Despicable." Adam said while retaining his nonchalant smile, unfazed by the general's revelation.

He had long figured out what their intentions were, which brings him to the question as to why they didn't simply brainwash or indoctrinate them right from the get-go as they did with the other parasites. It was a question that he still hadn't found the answer to till this day and honestly, he wanted to just chalk it up as the higher ups being sadistic pricks emotionally torturing him— as if everything they did to him wasn't already enough.

But of course, as always, there would be grander scheme of things. Something of which involves him and his sister and it's his job to figure out what it is and if possible, prevent or escape it.

The general didn't care for his words and continued, "The sole reason that you are granted this amount of freedom is because you are shackled by this emotion which, I admit, although irrational and senseless, is very effective in sustaining your obedience. As for the question about your willingness for the mission, what if I were to tell you that your sister were to undergo the extreme examination you went through?"

This lights in Adam's eyes dimmed, but his lips curled wider, making a very eerie smile.

"So you're threatening me now?"

Not bothered in the slightest, the general nodded emotionlessly.

"Take it as how you wish. In any case, Your 'specialties' are to be used by your own discretion. We will not require you to empower their units. But," His eyes glinted coldly. "Make sure to control your nature and not corrupt any of our officials. Understood?"

"...." The young man stared at the general, neither affirming nor rejecting his question.

The general's eyes narrowed as he spoke with a sterner tone, "I said UNDERSTOOD?"

"....I understand." In the end, Adam answered with a smile. Inwardly however, his eyes was glinting with coldness.

The general observed the young man's face for a few seconds before nodding. "Very well."

"Now, I will give you five minutes to prepare your things before we will immediately depart."

The general dismissed the hologram, turned around, and walked towards the door.

"Wait," Adam stopped him and asked, "Which Plantation am I going to be transferred to?"

The general halted his steps for a brief moment, looked at the young man and said, "Plantation 13." before leaving the room entirely.

Watching the white door close, the young man laid on his bed again.

"Plantation 13 huh..."

The youth looked at the ceiling with an incomprehensible gaze. Playful and nonchalant expression remained on his face, but his mesmerizing sapphire blue eyes dimmed, portraying an abysmal emotion that was filled with callous hatred.

However, with a blink, his mood immediately shifted as his eyes shined and his lips curled in excitement.

"Looks like I'll finally see her again."

***

Meanwhile, in another place, a wide monolith white spacecraft could be seen flying above the clouds. It was shape similar to a stingray with the majority of its body consisting of only two large wings stretching sideward. Inside the aircraft cabin, a young woman, seemingly in her late teens, with waist-length pink hair and straight bangs covering her forehead, sat in the left passenger seat with evident boredom. She had turquoise eyes and pinkish-red markings on the canthi. Coupled along with her slender and athletic figure, she was no doubt a very beautiful woman.

She wore a white military cap and a matching overcoat and boots while her interior consisted of red formal uniform dress which matched well with her appearance.

"I want to take a bath."

"Not again." An old man grumbles from the seat in front of her. His deep voice laced with exasperation. "Show some self-control."

However, as if stuck in her own world, the young woman smelled her sleeves and turns towards the young man seating on the other side.

"Hey, how do I smell?" She asks the young man.

Unfortunately, the young man with a tall and stocky body couldn't respond as his head was wrapped in bandages. His left eye had a medical patch while his neck and arm had a cast.

"Let him rest." The old man spoke again. He had a balding head while half of his face seemed mechanic, making him resemble a cyborg. "He's drained after the last battle."

As this was happening, a tall woman with a buxom body walked through the aisle and sat beside the old man. She had a long, wavy red-brownish hair and wore a grey female military uniform.

"Sheesh. What a high-maintenance girl." The old man muttered in complaint after seeing the pink-haired young woman pretending as if she didn't hear him.

Not registering the old man's remarks, the pink-haired young woman asked, "Does Plantation 13 have an ocean?"

"An ocean?" This time, the woman with red-brownish hair responded.

"I wanna swim in some clear ocean water." The girl elaborates.

"I'm sorry to say that there's no ocean there." The woman said and turned to the girl, "Won't a shower do?"

The young woman looks outside the window.

"I'm in the mood for a swim."

During this time, the pilot informed them through the speaker, "We'll be descending shortly. Please sit down and buckle your seatbelts."

"Understood." The woman nodded and looked at the girl again. "We'll continue this later."

Perhaps annoyed, the girl slightly pulls her white gloves and licks her skin.

"I hate how I taste."

"Now, now." The woman spoke again in hopes of lightening up the girl's mood. "Don't be too down. You have a big surprise waiting for you when we arrive."

"A surprise?" The girl quipped and looked at the injured young man on the other side. "A new partner?"

The young man who seemed to be unconscious this entire time, twitched for a second, indicating that he had been listening in the conversation. The woman hurriedly shakes her hand, "No, no! Not at all...." her voice sounding a little more uncertain as she gazed at the young man in question.

"In any case, just behave and you'll get a wonderful surprise."

"Mhmm..." The girl only hums uninterestedly while gazing out the window.

***

"Good grief. Transport plane seats are too hard for an old man like me. Can't we travel some other way?" The old man complains as they walk through the hangar. Behind him was the red-brownish haired woman, the pink-haired young woman, the injured young man, and a couple of other military escorts.

"Deal with it." The red-brownish haired woman replied sternly. "We don't have many options when it comes to transporting cargo that massive."

The old man looked at the woman in discontent. "I haven't seen you in ages, but I see you're still as stiff as ever. I wish the seats and your personality-" He briefly groped the woman's rear. "Were this soft and yielding."

"Eek!" The woman smacked his hand away and irritably looked at the old man. "Doctor! Stop that!"

The group eventually arrives before a large area where a towering white building stood in the middle. Dozens of escalators serving as pathways connecting to the outer facilities of the building.

The group stepped on one escalator that lead to the tall towering building.

"Is Hachi well?" The old man asks.

The woman answers, "He's been asked to speed up the children's training. After all, this will be the first trial run for the unit we're using this time."

"Mhm... I see."

"May I ask you a question, Doctor?" The woman looked at the old man inquisitively, "Why run that test case here? And with such a makeshift team, no less?"

"Something's been bothering me." The old man replied enigmatically. "Although the geezers in APE might not understand it."

"So you do have some sort of idea in mind?" The woman murmurs before turning to the old man again. "Oh, and please do attend the startup ritual."

"I know. Besides, that special unit is also coming here, so it's not entirely a make-shift team." The old man said before looking behind them. "All that aside, I see that our problem child has already gone missing."

"Eh?" The woman looks behind them in confusion. "But she was just here... Huh? Where..."

The old man points his cane towards one of the distant entrances on the outer building. "Over there."

"Huh?" The woman looks towards that direction and sees the pink-haired girl exiting through another gate, spinning her white cap before throwing it, leaving it behind with a smirk.

"Ehhh???"

"Damn it!" The bandaged young man cursed in irritation. "She's running off again."

Based on the young man's words, it seems that this was the usual case for the troublesome pink-haired girl.

***

Deep inside a forest, a youth with average build, height, and a standard slim male physique wandered through the trees. He had black, shaggy hair and rich blue eyes. He was wearing a standard Stamen uniform which consists of a white collared top with formal long grey sleeves and a matching grey midsection. Currently, he was following a trail of blood on the ground in the midst the woods.

Just then, a distant cry of a bird echoed in the distance.

"It's alive!" The youth exclaimed before following the source of the sound.

Eventually, he stumbled upon a small lake covered by a mist.

"I didn't know there was a place like this...." The boy murmured before walking closer to the shore of the lake. Just as he approached closer, he found some clothes carelessly stacked on one of the shorter trees.

"A parasite?" He wondered before taking a closer look at the clothes. "But it's not a uniform like ours."

He grabbed one piece of the clothing but as he did so, he noticed a shade swimming in the middle of the lake, causing ripples upon the still water. Curious by this, he continued watching the shade before realizing that it was a woman swimming.

"!!!" Surprised, his cheeks blushed profusely as he shook his head, covered his face with his hands, and looked away. With slight hesitance, he uncovered his face and looked at the lake again, only to find that the figure wasn't there.

Confused, the youth squinted his eyes through the mist but he still failed to find the woman.

".....?!"

'Could it be?!' The young man unhesitatingly began to walk towards the lake. "Did she drown?!"

But as he was about to dive into the lake, a hand suddenly grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him backwards.

"Huh?!" Surprised, he looked behind him and there, he saw the most beautiful man he had ever seen.

He had a tall and lean physique with an admirable muscular frame that was the epitome of perfection akin to an artist's masterpiece. Coupled along with a handsome face, pristine white skin, messy silver hair, and mesmerizing deep sapphire eyes, the youth subconsciously gulped as he observed the angelic in front of him.

At first, the boy was surprised, but was soon confused because... his eyes trailed down the young man's shirtless body and-

"Why are you naked?!" The youth hastily covers his eyes and turns away, his ears turning red. 'Also, why is it so big?!' The boy couldn't believe the snake-like member that hung between the man's legs which incomparably bigger than his own.

The naked young man on the other hand, chuckled at the youth's question. His voice sounding pleasant to hear.

"Why else? Of course it's to swim! I suggest you do the same if you're going to swim and not do it while wearing your clothes."

Leaving behind those words, he dove directly into the lake while the youth could only watch in daze as he had yet to process the situation.

"....hu- wait! Someone might be drowning!" He shouted anxiously to the man but the young man seemed to have dived deep into the water and didn't hear him.

After shouting to the young man and not receiving a response, the youth grew worried again.

But his worries were unfounded as the figure of the young man resurfaced, making large and fast strokes around the lake as if swimming away from someone. Moments later, a figure of a woman surfaced as well, only an arm's length behind the young man.

"BROTHER!!!" The young woman shouted excitedly as her face was beaming with happiness. She hurriedly swam after the young man in front of her. Her long pink-hair trailing behind her, revealing two small red horns on top of her forehead.

The young man doesn't reply nor look back. Instead, he continued to swim faster while leaving behind melodious chuckles.

"You-!!" The young woman's competitiveness soared, making her grin from ear to ear as she doubled her efforts.

After a few minutes of chasing, the young woman finally manages to grab hold onto the young man's ankle and, like a predator catching her prey, her eyes squinted with a hungered gaze as she pulled the young man's leg towards her. Her lips curling maliciously.

Now that he was caught, the young man didn't struggle anymore as he allowed his sister to hug him tightly.

"I got you!" She exclaimed as her arms wrapped tightly around his body. Her bountiful, supple, and spongy white breasts squishing against his bare chiseled chest. A gentle smile appears on the young man's face as he reciprocated the hug with even more strength. Squeezing her smaller body to his, but not enough as to hurt her. The young woman giggled in happiness as she immersed herself in his warm and tight embrace. Soon, warm tears began to trickle down her cheeks unknowingly as her heart was overwhelmed with a pang of pain and longing. Only God knows how much she painfully missed this feeling.

The young man softly kissed her forehead and gently caressed her back, trying his best to comfort her as if to say, 'I'm here'. His warm and tender actions only made the young woman even more emotional, making her unable to hold back from sobbing.

"It's you right? It's really you?" A tinge of nervousness and fear could be heard from her breathless voice, as if she was scared to find out that this was just a dream.

"Yep." The young man's feelings was no better than hers. But he still maintained a calm voice as he spoke with his usual playful grin. "How have you been, Sister?"

"You!!!"

The young woman pulled her face back and studied his face which grew even more handsome than she remembered. Still, even after a long time had passed, she could see the traces of his immature face that dearly remained memories. She would never mistake him for another person! It really is him!

The pair of siblings gazed at each other, all their painful, longing, and yearning for another left unsaid and yet, wholeheartedly understood through their eyes alone. The sister, namely Zero Two, placed her hand behind her brother's head and rushed her fingers through his wet, silky silver hair. Without wasting another second, she pulled his head closer to hers and took his lips.

It was as if a symphony of warmth, sweetness, tenderness, and joy exploded all at once, sending an indescribable happy and elating shocks into their minds.

The pair of siblings silently enjoyed the warm lips of one another, relishing the lips that they had been missing for so long. It didn't take soon for their kiss to turn into an passionate exchange, one that is far cry a normal siblings should. Zero Two forced her tongue into her brother's mouth, breaking through his lips and exploring his warm, sweet, wet interior. She vigorously moved as if wanting to leave no place untouched, before taunting his tongue into a heated battle. Adam naturally welcomed her challenge as he too, started battling her in their passionate kiss. However, instead of trying to overwhelm her, he softly and gently comforted her tongue, akin to coaxing an eager child.

This caused Zero Two to feel even more excited and hot inside, elated to learn that her gentle brother hadn't changed even after a long time had passed. Be that as it may, although her brother was trying his best to calm her down and soothe her, his considerate actions only made her feel even more heated. Like fanning air into the flames, his kind and caring actions only intensified her accumulating desires even more.

Soon enough, the passionate exchange grew more and more hot, borderline violent. Like two thirsty desert travelers finding an oasis after a very long time, they devoured each other's lips, wanting to take in as much heat and flavor of one another. Zero Two's hands were clasping behind Adam's head, her fingers gently scratching and grabbing his hair as her hunger for him grew and grew. Adam was no better as his hands were grabbing and kneading Zero Two's curvy, spongy white ass, eliciting hot and yearning moans from the young woman, prompting her to raised her right leg and wrap it behind his waist.

This position let their privates to meet directly; his long steel-like rod grinding in between her hot and wet lower lips. Moved by their instincts, the two began grinding against one another, surrendering themselves to their burning desire for each other.

For a long period of time, wet kissing, sucking, and licking noises accompanied by momentary soft moans of a man and a woman resounded in the quiet lake. Their intertwining figures merged into a single shade hidden by the mist as if this moment was especially reserved for them and them alone.

It was unknown how they were moved to the shore, but even when her brother was laying on the ground, Zero Two laid on top of him, straddling him as they were immersed in devouring each other's lips and wrestling with their tongues.

"Ummm..." Just then, a forgotten audience voiced his presence. The youth coughed while covering his blushing face, trying his best not to peek through the gaps of his fingers. "I-I don't know about you two, but please wear your clothes first!"