Germination

Germination is the one hundred and twenty-seventh chapter of To LOVE-Ru.

Plot
Momo watches Yami and Nana trapped respectively by the slime and tickling plants.

Just then, one of the carnivorous plants tries to attack her, but Momo throws him to the ground and pins him down. Momo then pulls out a syringe and injects something into the plant which pass out. The other plants ask her what did she do to him. She explains them that the solution is a poison called "Insulin Alpha" and will cause the plant to decay from the roots up. Momo then asks, with an evil face, which one of them wants to go next and the plants, totally scared, call her a demon and run off letting go of Yami and Nana. Yami thanks Momo saying she's in debt while Nana is surprised her sister had a so terrifyng drug. But Momo explains that it was just a bluff and she coerced the plants by using a sleeping-nutrient. Howewer she found cute see the plants so scared and running away. Nana think her sister is very scary.

Meanwhile, Rito and Lala are climbing when suddenly Lala falls to her knees because she has lost almost all of her strength. Rito then insists that Lala get on his back and he will carry her. Lala jokes around calling Rito Rito-Gou (a suffix given to ships) like in past. Lala then apologizes because she feels like she is being a burden, but Rito assures her that it is alright and now the priority is to find the Luck-Berry and save Celine. Lala, blushing, agree.

Lala then says that this reminds her of a time when she was younger when she ran away from her castle for first time and went into a forest. As it got darker, she got more lost and became scared until her dad found her and had her ride on his back to safety. Rito cannot believe that the short-statured Gid could give even her a ride on his back. Lala explains that he use to be much bigger but ten years ago, during the galactic-unification wars, he used up so much of his powers that he was reduced to his current appearance. Lala then tells Rito that his back makes her feel safe as that time which makes him blush.

They then arrive at a ledge and Rito lets Lala try and climb up to it on his back. As Lala is climbing, Rito sneezes because of an insect and fall down. Lala falls down aw well and lands on him in an embrassing pose so that Rito can see right up the bottom of her shirt where she is not wearing anything. Lala, for one of the few times in the series, is genuinely embarrassed and move away. Lala then asks Rito if he is ok, but the boy is speechless. Just then, a plant comes running at them.

Back on Earth, Celine is getting very aggressive. Mikan ask what's wrong and Haruna notices that the plant is glowing.

Trivia

 * When Lala get on Rito back, she says she come aboard on the Rito Rito-Gou again referring to the first time in chapter 83 during the school sport festival.
 * After the incident with Lala, Rito is so shocked that in his speech bubble appear just random symbols insteas of words.