The following takes place after Season 2 of the anime, but before season 3.

Issei

The first thing I saw when I woke up was the sky in an alley way and the smiling face of Azael. He was standing over me smiling pleasantly. He was wearing his usual outfit, a trench coat and slacks. He must have used some sort of demon magic because I hadn't been in the alley before I fell asleep. Also I didn't feel like myself for some reason.

"Good morning, Issei." Azael said "and how are you feeling?"

I tried to get up, but I felt… heavier for some reason. "Azael?" I asked. "What…"

"Are you doing here?" He finished for me. "Essentially, you're here because of a project I'm working on, and I do apologize for the inconvenience, but this requires your help."

I scowled at him as I tried to get up again… no effect. "What do you want?"

"You see, I was walking along the streets of New Rome, a city on the planet Myria, a planet known only to the big three and its inhabitants who are all monsters. It was when I reached an area where I found four beings who didn't seem to get along with each other. So I decided to teach them a lesson… of my own design of course."

"Wait, so what does that have to do with me?" I asked.

Azael pulled out a mirror and presented it to me. "Take a look."

I looked into the mirror and saw my face… no, not my face. Someone else's.

The face I saw was a man's of about nineteen. His features were masculine, but not buff. He was wearing jeans, sneakers, and a shirt with the album cover of Dark Side of the Moon on it.

"W-wait… why…"

"Are you like this?" Azael finished again. "Well you and your friends, Asia, Kiba, and Konoko, were needed for this project. Your bodies have been swapped with theirs, but other than that you're completely fine. Anyway, I should be going. I have a meeting with some of my lieutenants in an hour. So best wishes, and good luck."

Azael spread his wings. Row after row of black, feathered wings reached out from his back as he took off.

"One more thing." He said before he got out of hearing distance. "You may want to check their IDs for their information."

With that, he took off into the sky.

I grunted as I sat up. I was still heavy, but I didn't know why. Maybe this guy loved bling that much.

"Issei?" Came a voice to my left. I looked in that direction to see three other people sitting on the ground.

One was a muscular man with short, blonde hair and wearing nice jeans with a collared shirt. He would have looked completely normal if it wasn't for his arms. His arms were made of some sort of metal and had joints here and there. His expression was blank.

The man next to him was looking at me, concerned. He had the build of an assassin and dressed like it too. He had a buzz cut and looked very pale with fleshed out cheeks.

Finally there was a woman who had an innocent look, but dressed opposite of her personality. She was wearing a leather jacket with a grey and red tank-top and black jeans with combat boots. Her hair was black, long, and had a red streak on the left side of her hair. Also her boobies! OH MY GOD! They weren't as big as Rias's, but OH MAN!

"Issei, it's us." The woman said. "We're your friends."

I stood up and looked at the woman with curiosity. It couldn't be. "Asia?"

The woman smiled brightly and stood up. "Issei!" She cried as she hugged me.

"Well at least we know who you two are now." The assassin said as he and the cyborg stood up. "To avoid complications, I'm Kiba. I guess this makes the cyborg Konoko."

I looked at Konoko a little confused. I looked over his… er, her body as she looked at me with a blank expression.

"You're a guy…" I said with a smile. "Ha! That's the funniest thing I've seen all day!"

Konoko looked at me for a second. "Suck it." She said in her new, masculine voice. I knew she was pissed, but the sound of her voice just made me laugh even harder. I think I even saw Kiba crack a smile.

"So if we're in these bodies…" Asia started. "Who are in ours?"

We stopped laughing. I thought about it for a minute then remembered what Azael told me. I reached into my back pocket and took out the man's wallet. I opened it to find a debit card, three pieces of blue paper that looked like some kind of currency, some cards, the number of some woman (which I was totally jealous about), and his driver's license. I looked next to the picture to find his name.

James McClure.

X

Jimmy

I yawned as I woke up.

It was the weirdest thing, Joanna, Kyle, Neil, and I were just walking down the street while Joanna and I were arguing about which one of us would win in a fight when suddenly we blacked out and here I am.

Given that, I decided to ignore this and put the thought out of my head.

As I stood up and got out of bed, I felt like something was wrong. I didn't know what it was, but I just knew it. That's when I got an itch on my head, so I scratched my long, weirdly shaggy hair. My hair felt shaggier than usual, which was weird.

I was hungry, so I decided to grab some breakfast. I walked out the door and I passed a girl along the way. She had black hair, a cute smile, and gigantic boobs, which would have caught my attention if not for the fact I was so sleepy.

"Morning Issei." She said as she waved to me.

"Hm." I said back.

Seriously, something about today felt very wrong.

I made it to the kitchen and reached the pantry, but noticed a mirror beside the fridge. I looked into the reflection and was horrified. No wonder my hair was so fluffy, it was in a ponytail!

Must have been Ginger pulling a prank or something.

I untied the tie and let my hair hang, but it still felt long. I shrugged and grabbed some cereal and milk.

I sat at the table and poured both into the bowl. What was it about today that felt so off?

I raised the spoon to my mouth and was about to take a bite… then it hit me.

I looked at my hands. I looked at my hair again. I was too shocked to do anything, so I just did what I always do in these situations. I screamed.

X

Kyle

I heard a shrill scream coming from behind me. I woke from my sleep and sat up on the couch I was on.

"What? Who's there?" I shouted. "Who screamed?"

"AHH!" Said the same voice as I turned to see him. The boy was average height wearing nothing but boxer shorts for some reason. I didn't recognize him, so I did the obvious.

"AHH!" I shouted in a weirdly shrill voice as I pointed at him.

"AHH!"

"AHH!"

"AHH!" We said at the same time.

"Who are you?" The boy asked.

"Who am I? Who are you?" I asked. "You knocked me out and dragged me here, didn't you!"

"Hell no!" The boy said defensively. "You knocked me out and brought me here! I didn't even know women did stuff like that!"

I looked at him, confused. "Wait, woman? What are you talking about? I'm…"

That's when I looked down at myself, and I freaked out. I was short, my hair was white, I was only about four foot six or something, and yeah… I was a woman!

"HOLY CRAP!" I shouted. "How did this happen? I was a cyborg a minute ago, and now I'm…"

"Wait…" The boy said, cutting me off. "Kyle?"

My eyes widened.

"How do you know my name?"

"Kyle, it's me. Jimmy."

"Jimmy?" I asked, jumping over the couch and walking over to him. "Oh my god! What happened? Why are we… this?"

"I'm just as confused as you are." Jimmy said, walking up to me. "Also, ha! You're a little girl."

I made an angry face. "Don't remind me." I grumbled.

Jimmy pinched my cheek. "Daw, you do the cutest girly-wirly things, you girly-girly-girl."

"Glad to see you two getting along." Came a voice to my right.

Jimmy and I looked to see a gorgeous woman with fiery red hair with nothing on but a towel wrapped around her.

I'll admit, I've never seen anything like this in real life, so I was a little flustered.

"Oh, well… um…" I said, blushing hard, "yeah, we were just talking about… cats. Right, buddy?"

I looked up at Jimmy, who's mouth was agape as he stared at the girl. He looked kind of ridiculous, to be honest.

"Dude? Dude!" I shouted as I stomped his foot.

Immediately, Jimmy screamed and grabbed his foot.

"Agh! Yeah, of course. We were talking about boobs. I mean cats! I mean tits! I mean funbags! I mean…"

The girl laughed. "It's cool Issei. I gotta get dressed. I'll see you two later."

She walked back upstairs as we watched her leave.

"Issei…" I said. "That must be this guy's name."

I looked back at Jimmy, who was still looking at the stairs.

"Jimmy? Jimmy?" I clapped my hands in front of his face and shouted, "HO!" He snapped out of it.

"Huh? What? Oh yeah! That um… that's whatever you just said." He said, obviously distracted.

Just then, I heard a bang from upstairs. Jimmy and I looked up at the ceiling in time to hear a light, but angry voice.

"Will you guys SHUT UP? I'm trying to sleep!" The voice said.

Jimmy and I exchanged glances.

"You don't think…" I started.

Jimmy and I raced upstairs toward the noise's origin.

Jimmy

I knocked on the door that was supposed to be directly above where we just were.

"Joanna?" I called. "Is that you in there?"

"For God's sake!" The same voice called out as I heard footsteps coming closer to the door. "Can't I get five minutes without someone breathing down my god damned neck?"

The door flung open. Instead of Joanna, there was a short girl of about fifteen with blonde hair and green eyes wearing a green nightgown. From the look on her face, she was furious, but that passed when she looked at us.

"Who the hell are you two?" Joanna asked.

I tried my best not to laugh at her, but that didn't stop a few chuckles getting out.

Joanna scowled at me. "What's so funny?" She asked.

Kyle rolled his eyes. "Joanna, it's us. Jimmy and Kyle."

Joanna looked at us, confused. "Wait, seriously? Which one of you's the girl?"

"That'd be Kyle." I said as I burst out laughing. Joanna joined in on the fun as she laughed too. Kyle, meanwhile, looked as though he was ready to strangle me.

"S-so?" Kyle said, angrily. "You've gone through some changes too."

Joanna stopped laughing. "What? Did I turn into a guy?"

"Well… no, but-" I said.

"Good." Joanna interrupted. "Let me just check this new body out. As long as I'm not some small, blonde kid or something this won't be so bad."

Joanna walked into the bathroom across the hall and shut the door. There were a few moments of silence before we heard Joanna screaming in fear.