DR. KAREN: This is a rewrite of my 'Are You The One I Love?' story. Where I'm using the Japanese names instead of the dubbed ones. This one should be a little bit more detailed than the first and it might be still enjoyable for you all, I don't really know unless you re-read it. For the most part, the story itself is the same but some things have been taken out/changed around to make it sound better, understandable and not be rushed. So, for all of you who liked the original, I hope you enjoy the rewrite.
CHAPTER 001: THE SECRET REVEALED
It was a bright and early Wednesday afternoon, two days before Halloween, Manjoume Jun, age 15 and an Obelisk Blue student, was lying under a tree in the shade, simply watching the sunrise above the ocean that surrounded the entire island of Duel Academia. With Halloween being only two days away, just about every student at the academy was bustling with joy and excitement over it. Though Manjoume wasn't a huge fan of the whole 'trick-or-treating' thing. In fact, he'd completely grown out of Halloween entirely. Not because he was too old for it, far from it. No, he the raven-haired student grew out of it because of the secret he has that no one else in the entire school knows about except for the professors that taught there. What may this secret be you ask? Well, that was simple. His secret was that he could turn into a girl with just someone simply throwing cold water on him or if he should bathe in it. Though he could turn back to normal with just warm or hot water being poured on him. It wasn't always like this. No, it'd happened when he was twelve years old and known for being quite popular with girls during his days of attending private school before coming to Duel Academia. There was one girl that he dated who's heart he'd broken. He told her to go away and leave him alone, causing her to run away crying. It was because of this that she'd wished for him to know what it would feel like to be heartbroken by someone who didn't feel the same for him.
At first, Manjoume didn't believe in such a thing. Thought it was nothing more than a cruel joke that someone played on him out of boredom and it would go away on its own, but it never did. It'd made him believe there was no way for the curse to be broken. That was until a strange woman in a black cloak appeared to him and told him in these exact words, "The curse can only be broken on the third year of Halloween by kissing one's true love. Only then will the spell be broken but heed my warning. For whichever form of yourself you choose, you will be that part of yourself for the rest of your life." Manjoume believed the woman to be crazy and paid no mind to her at first as well as blamed her for putting the curse on him, unaware that it was his ex-girlfriend that did it. To this day, he still isn't aware of that fact. But three years later, prior to now, it's been three years since he's had the curse with him and part of him is starting to believe that maybe, just maybe there might be a chance for him to be free of it once and for all.
'That crazy old woman ruined my life. I swear if I see her right now, I'd wring her neck instantly! I hate this! Turning into a girl is not something I want to happen for the rest of my life,' Manjoume thought, sighing as he finally decided to sit up, as the sun had gotten hidden behind the clouds and by the looks of the sky, it appeared as if it wanted to start raining. Great, that was just what he didn't need right about now. Snapped out of his thoughts, Manjoume had begun hearing voices not too far away from where he was and glanced out of the corner of his eyes, spotting the three usual Osiris Red students Judai, Sho and Hayato talking and hanging out while on their way to class. 'Tch. Dropout boy and those other two losers. I so can't wait until they get what's coming to them and I hope it's soon.'
For the first time all semester, Judai, Sho, and Hayato were walking to class and about to make it there on time for a chance, especially Hayato who would rather stay stuck up in the dorm room they all shared together than to sit through class and learn something.
"You know, I just realized something guys. This is the first time the three of us actually walked to class together and we're not going to be late for it, which also means that Chronos Sensei isn't going to give us detention," Sho said, laughing a little.
Judai laughed as well, placing his hands behind his head as he continued walking alongside his blue haired friend. "That's a relief and can't say I can argue with it. It'd be nice not to have to sit in detention today. I'm surprised myself that I actually managed to get up and not oversleep like I always do."
"That also could have something to do with the fact that you also take longer to get to class by having me fix your breakfast and then by the time you do make it to class, you've missed about half of the lesson," Hayato pointed out.
"Oh, come on, Hayato, that's a sometimes thing, not an all the time thing," said Judai. "After all, there are times I do skip breakfast and head straight to class. Eh, sometimes, if I'm not still sleeping. Right, Sho?" he asked, looking down at his friend who appeared to be obviously distracted from their conversation. "Sho? You okay?"
"Huh?" Sho shifted his gaze from what he was looking at and back to Judai. "Gomen nasai, Aniki. But I just saw someone by a tree not too far back from where we just passed that I don't recognize. Looks like a girl wearing a boys' uniform or something. You guys know her by any chance?" he asked, placing his hands over his head as it'd begun to sprinkle lightly.
Judai stopped walking to see this girl that Sho was talking about while also covering his own head as well. It was obvious it was an Obelisk Blue student but given that he was so far away, he was unable to tell who it was. "Not sure, Sho, but whomever it is, they're going to miss class and so are we and get drenched if we don't hurry," Judai said as he'd begun running.
"Wait up, Aniki!" Sho called to Judai, running to catch up with him.
Hayato did the same as well but complained while doing so. "Really? Why do we have to run?"
The rain had begun to pour down more by the time Manjoume had decided to get up to head inside. Thunder boomed, and lightning clashed throughout the dark gray sky. As fast as he could, the raven-haired teen had made tracks across the way to make it to the building to get out of the rain. When he did make it, he was panting tiredly but it'd already been too late to avoid getting wet. He was soaked from head to toe and with of course cold rainwater that'd turned him into a girl. His height had shrunk to where he was much shorter than he normally is and while his hair was very much still the same, the only difference is that the back of his hair had grown longer, and his hair color had changed from jet black to brown. This transformation was making his uniform practically hang off him.
'Gah! This curse is like a bad omen! I can't take it anymore! I must break this damn curse! Tch. The only problem with that is that there's no one at this school that I specifically like except for Asuka. She's not interested in me in the slightest and keeps hanging around that stupid slacker, Judai, and his two idiot friends.' Manjoume sighed, grabbing his now long hair and wringing the water out of it. 'And I'll be damned if I'm going to kiss another guy just to break this stupid curse.'
Shaking his hair free of what little bit of water was left in it, Manjoume had started walking down the halls of the building to the boys' locker room to rinse his head under some hot water to change back. However, he'd heard some voices coming from the opposite direction of where he was going, gasped and instantly turned around and ran away to hide so whomever it was that was coming wouldn't see him. The last thing he needed was anyone asking unnecessary questions that were none of their business.
Today in class was only a short quiz on a previous lesson they'd learned earlier that week, so everyone was pretty much free to roam and do whatever until they had to go to their other classes that day. Fortunately for Judai and Sho, they were both glad for that. Though Sho was worried that he'd failed the quiz while Judai wasn't worried about it since test taking wasn't really something he was good at anyway.
"Yep, I definitely failed that quiz today. It might've not been too hard, but I get text anxiety and always forget what I studied the night before," said Sho, slightly depressed while also lacking the confidence in himself to believe that he might have actually passed today's quiz and instead focused on thinking that he failed it.
Judai just chuckled. "Dude, it's not the end of the world if you don't pass a test. There will always be more of them we have to take. Unfortunately," he said.
"Yeah but, Aniki, I really wanted to pass this quiz today. I mean, it wasn't an important one like if it was to determine whether we'll still be Osiris Students or Ra Students next year. I know it was just a simple English quiz and all, but I still feel so bummed out. I know I won't make it into the Ra dorm. I'm not even good enough to be an Obelisk Blue student. Not with my dueling skills." Sho began to frown.
"That's not true, Sho. I mean, you're better at schoolwork than me and you're also a great duelist. You just going to have to work on that confidence of yours a little bit more is all," Judai said.
Sho folded his arms across his chest and shifted his gaze in the opposite direction away from the brunette. "You're giving me way too much credit than I deserve, Aniki."
"Iie, I'm just not giving you enough credit," Judai laughed, giving him a friendly pat on the shoulder.
Despite being depressed, Sho managed to be able to smile and laugh right along with Judai. His friend had a way of bringing that out of him as well as encouraging him to want to strive to do better. "You're right, Aniki. Arigatou gozaimasu," he said, smiling.
"Heh, no problem, Sho. You deserve it, more than you know. Now, let's head to the locker room and get changed. I did want to play another round of baseball with Daichi before the day's over with," said Judai.
"Oh yeah, you and Misawa-san are quite the competitive pair. It's amazing to watch you two duel one another. It's like being on the edge of your seat at a scary movie. Will you win or will Misawa-san win? It could generally be a tie if you think about it since you're both good duelists," Sho replied as he pushed open the door to the boys' locker room but before he went inside, he'd heard a loud thud that echoed down throughout the halls where they were. "Holy crap! What the heck was that noise?! Please tell me that was thunder."
Judai had heard it as well, though it was hard not to since it echoed throughout the halls where they were. It'd almost sounded like someone had fallen or maybe it could've been the thunder from outside, either way, it was loud. "Don't know. It couldn't have come from outside though. Sounded like it came from within. Besides, I don't believe it's raining all that hard out."
Sho had started getting scared, especially at the idea that it came from INSIDE the school. "Well, if that's true then it might be a ghost or something. That means the school could be haunted!"
"Ha, I doubt that. Don't be silly, Sho. I mean, yeah, I know it's almost Halloween but that's only two days away. Doesn't mean the school's haunted or anything. Unless someone's setting up for something and they dropped something, or someone fell. That's always a possibility. And anyway, ghosts aren't scary," Judai assured Sho.
"That's easy for you to say, Aniki. You're not afraid of things like that like I am. Ghosts, monsters, and creatures they show in movies or shows on Halloween, I am terrified of them. It's a fear I've never gotten over," Sho admitted. "And speaking of setting up for something, the Halloween Festival is in two days. I haven't heard anything about them setting up a booth inside the building, but they probably will. Probably indoor foods stand in one of the classrooms or something. Something normal and NOT scary."
"Sweet! Can't wait for it! I still haven't figured out who I should dress up as, but I do know that I want to dress up," Judai laughed slightly the thought of him and his friends dressing up for the festival was a bit funny to him. "And festival food is always the best, so I can't wait to totally chow down!" he said excitedly.
"Yeah, sure. Anyway, whatever that noise was, it seems to be gone now. So, let's go get ready for gym class," replied Sho, as he started to go into the locker room. But he'd spoken too soon as the same loud noise from earlier had echoed through the halls again, causing the blue-haired teen to jump in fright and hide behind Judai, not even thinking about going into the locker room right now. "Okay, that was definitely not a coincidence! Something is in here if it's not coming from outside!"
Judai looked behind him and at Sho. "Come on, Sho. I know you're not afraid of a little noise," he teased jokingly.
"Aniki, that was anything but a LITTLE noise. That was a big one and a very unusual at that," said Sho, still hiding behind Judai.
"Fine then why don't we go look for it then?" asked Judai or rather suggested.
Sho sweat dropped while raising a brow at Judai. "You're seriously asking for Chronos Sensei to expel us. Right about now, that's the last thing we need," he replied, crossing his arms sternly.
"Hey, what Chronos Sensei doesn't know won't hurt him. Now, c'mon." Judai grabbed Sho by the arm and began pulling him down the hall in the direction in which the noise had been coming from.
"But, Aniki!" Sho had been unwillingly pulled along and knew that this was a bad idea. There was no telling what they were going to find. Halloween may be all fun and games for a while but eventually, someone does get hurt. Maybe not intentionally but things happen, they do in scary movies. It was a big obvious sign there.
"No buts, Sho. I'm going to prove to you that the academy isn't haunted," Judai said as he continued to lead Sho down the hall.
Meanwhile, Manjoume had been trying to find someplace to hide so he wouldn't be found but it seemed that no matter where he went there was always someone coming around the corner. Unfortunately, Judai and Sho were blocking his way into the locker room and he didn't want to be seen by them. At the same time, he hadn't been able to hide too much since his uniform was soaking wet, leaving a trail of water all over the floor everywhere he went, causing him to accidentally slip in it and fall back on the ground, twice.
"Argh! I have to get out of these clothes!" Manjoume growled angrily but in a more feminine voice. He stood up carefully off the floor, walking against the wall to keep his balance as best he could to avoid slipping and falling again in the water he'd tracked on the floor.
Judai had practically pulled Sho through the halls in search of the noise that they kept hearing. After all, the brunette was intrigued in trying to find the source behind it and thought the very idea could've been entertaining, despite Sho being afraid.
"You know, I still think it was some of the students working on something for the Halloween Festival. After all, it's not entirely impossible for one of them to have dropped something accidentally. Though I hoped they didn't put a hole in the walls or anything. That's just going to give Chronos Sensei something to bitch about."
"Perhaps but it's still raining outside. There's not much they could do even if they wanted to. Most of the stuff would get wet. Huh. Maybe you're right, Aniki. Maybe it could've been some of the other students and because of the rain, they probably just hit something or drop something," Sho said, coming to this realization finally.
"See, I told you." Judai placed his hands behind his head as he continued walking. "But even if it wasn't that, that does leave the question as to what it was we heard though.
"Whoa! Annnniiiikkkkiiiii!" screamed Sho. Not paying attention, Sho had ended up slipping on a small puddle of water and landed up against the wall.
"Sho!" shouted Judai worriedly as he ran to aid his blue haired friend. "Sho, you alright, buddy?" he asked.
Sho slid down off the wall slowly and onto the floor. He sat up, practically in a daze but otherwise he was fine. Looking up at Judai, his face was red and bruised from being hit up against the wall. "H-Hai, I'm fine, Aniki."
"You sure about that, Sho? You don't look it since you hit the wall as hard as you did," replied Judai as he lent a helping hand.
"Arigatou gozaimasu," Sho said, taking the brunette's hand and rose up to his feet. "I'm fine, Aniki. What was that I slipped on anyway?" he asked.
"Not sure but considering it's raining outside, I think it's safe to say that what you slipped on was water." Judai turned around and looked at the floor, seeing a trail of water from where Sho had slipped that led from where they were now to further down. "Yep, that's definitely water. But this should've been mopped up and a sign put down or something."
"That is strange. I know the janitor's mopped the floors already and if there was anyone setting up for the Halloween Festival, they would've put all that stuff away by now. Aw man. Aniki, can we go back to the theory of the school being haunted?" Sho started getting scared again.
Judai simply laughed. "It's just water, Sho, not a slimy trail of green goop." As he looked on, the water trail seemed to not only go further but also make a turn to the right. "Hm. I think we might have found something. C'mon, Sho. Whatever we find from this water trail might prove that the school isn't haunted," he said as he began running ahead of Sho to follow the trail of water on the floor.
"Aniki, wait for me! Be careful or you're going to end up slipping against the wall like I did if you don't slow down!" Sho warned him but it's not as if Judai was going to listen, let alone hear him. This was something he should know by now.
Judai was already far ahead of Sho as he followed the trail of water. He was running so fast and like Sho had warned him, though he didn't hear him, he'd ended up slipping on some of the water but instead of sliding into a wall, he ended up sliding right into someone, causing the both to be knocked on the floor.
That someone that Judai had slid into was Manjoume as a girl and it's not as if he had eyes in the back of his head to see the brunette running in his general direction. The fall caused him to fall back against the floor with Judai on top of him and his left eye had begun to twitch in the process. Though what'd really made him want to puke is when he'd felt something warm against his lips and he'd realized then that his lips and Judai's lips were connected, the fall causing them to accidentally kiss one another. The natural reaction that he had was to blush, but he honestly wanted to hit the hell out of him.
Judai had also realized that the person he'd knocked down was a girl. In fact, it'd looked like the same girl that him, Sho and Hayato had seen earlier before they went to class. Despite her being recognizable to him, it was unexpected of the fall to cause them both to be in such an intimate position. He was on top of her and unintentionally, he'd kissed her, their lips pressed together, and such a thing had caused him to blush.
Sho had finally caught up with him, coming around the former huffing and puffing from running. But while in the middle of catching his breath, he'd saw Judai kissing a girl and his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief. "A-Aniki?! What are you doing?! He asked in shock.
Judai pulled back immediately, his face still very much red. "N-Nothing! It was a total accident! I didn't mean it! There was water … and I slipped … and … it's not what you think, …" he basically just babbled the entire time.
Sho sweat dropped and lightly smacked Judai upside the head to snap him back into reality. As for Manjoume, he didn't hesitate in slapping Judai across the face, but he didn't hit him hard enough to leave a handprint behind.
"Ow!" Judai winced and rubbed his cheek. "I said I was sorry, I didn't mean it. It was an accident," Judai assured the girl as he stood up.
Manjoume pushed Judai off him and stood up on his feet, doing his best to straighten up his dampened clothes. "Hmph! Disgusting! Can't believe a dropout boy like you touched me! Ugh! I feel the need to scrub thoroughly."
"Hey now, that was uncalled for and rude I might add. Aniki apologized to you, the least you can do is accept it," Sho said in Judai's defense, then turned to face him. "You okay, Aniki?' he asked.
"Hai, I'm fine," he assured him. "Anyway, shouldn't you be wearing the girls uniform anyway? What are you doing wearing the boys Obelisk Blue uniform?" he asked, looking the girl up and down as he was able to take the time to see what she was wearing.
Manjoume blushed again as he tried to come up with some sort of excuse to explain why he was wearing the boys Obelisk Blue uniform. It's not as if he could say flat out who he was without revealing his secret to the two of them. "I-I, uh, was in my boyfriend's dorm and I simply grabbed his uniform and put it on and it's not what you think, not that it's any of you two losers' business," he said.
But of course, with Sho's mind, it did end up going in the gutter, causing him to blush as well as become disappointed that the girl in front of them had a boyfriend. She did, after all, look cute.
Judai did blush but his mind didn't go as far into the gutter as Sho's more than likely did. As the blush receded, he smiled at the girl and offered a hand to her. "I am sorry though, for knocking you down. As a token of my apology, how about I invite you to sit with us at the Osiris lunchroom? They're going to be serving some great food today. Well, I think it's great at least but I don't know, you might think different. But you won't know unless you try it," he offered to her.
Manjoume raised a brow to Judai and just slapped his hand away. "Iie, I'm not interested. I don't accept tokens of gratitude or favors from dropout boys such as you two," he said and stormed off without another word.
"Tch. Yeah, you're welcome." Judai sighed, running his fingers through his hair. He should've known better than to try and be kind to someone from the Obelisk Blue dorm, especially a girl anyway. Most of them were superficial and only thought about dating guys from the Ra or Obelisk dorms and hanging around Osiris students is not something they want to ruin their perfect little images. He was glad though that Asuka and her two friends Tracey and Dallas weren't like that.
"Well, at least we know that the school isn't haunted," said Sho, giving a sigh of relief that, that mystery had been solved.
"Oh? How do you figure?" Judai asked, surprised that Sho as letting go of the 'haunted school' theory. Sure, they had an abandoned dorm but that didn't mean that the school was haunted. Even if there were strange things that happened that couldn't really be explained.
"That girl's uniform was soaked to the bone as if she'd gotten caught in the rain," Sho said. "Anyway, since the mystery of the water and the noises have been solved, what do you say we get back to the gym before we get into trouble?"
"Hm. Why don't you go on without me, Sho? I just remembered something I had to do." And with that, Judai took off running down the hall.
"E-Eh!? Aniki?!" Sho called out to him, wondering just what it was he had to do that was more important than getting to class and avoiding getting into trouble.
"Don't worry! I'll be in class later and this time I'll watch where I'm going! Cover for me, Sho!" Judai told the blue-haired boy as he disappeared down another hall.
Sho blinked in confusion and just simply let it go. "If you say so, Aniki," he said to himself, hoping that he doesn't get caught by Professor Chronos and get expelled. 'If I didn't know any better, I'd say Aniki was going to follow that girl. For his sake, I hope he doesn't get caught.'
Meanwhile, Manjoume had found an area that was secluded enough to where no one was around and began frantically wiping his lips with the sleeves of his uniform jacket. 'Oh my god! That was so damn disgusting! That … that dropout boy's lips were on mine! UGH!'
While distracted, Manjoume was suddenly slapped with water out of the blue. Turns out, it'd been Professor Chronos that had done it since he was carrying a bucket of water, twirling the empty bucket handle around his left index finger.
"Hey! What the hell!? Are you trying to keep me a girl for…" Manjoume glanced down at himself and realized that he was no longer a girl anymore, as he was now speaking in his natural voice. "Oh…"
"Don't give me any lip," Chronos chastised him. "If I wanted to turn you into a girl forever, you would've been given a dorm room where you could only bathe in nothing but cold water. Now then, you weren't in class and you also missed today's quiz. Not only do you have to make it up but now," Chronos handed Manjoume the empty mop bucket and a mop, "your job is to mop up every floor of this building where you left water from getting caught in the rain. And I expect it to be done before nightfall," he ordered and left the raven-haired boy alone to start his mop duty.
Manjoume gritted his teeth angrily while muttering to himself as he just started mopping up the water off the floor. He seriously hated having this curse on him. It only gave the teachers the incentive to make insulting jokes regarding his situation. Well, at least it was only the teachers that knew and no one else. If he'd ever gotten himself into a situation where anyone else found out, he had no idea how he would have to handle it.
Meanwhile, around the corner, Judai had been watching the entire thing, shocked at what'd he'd just witnessed and couldn't believe his eyes. 'I can't believe it! That girl from earlier … was Manjoume?! How is that even possible?' hewondered.
Manjoume's uniform was once again soaked with water and on top of that, he had to mop up not only the water he tracked into the building but also the water Professor Chronos had thrown on him. His day was not going well at all. 'Yeah, this is just fun. I'm stuck on mop duty and I'm soaking wet. Not only that, I got kissed by a guy and not just any guy but Judai. Why in god's name did it have to be Judai?'
Judai was sneaking up behind Manjoume slowly while also hiding a bucking filled with cold water behind his back. "Yo, Manjoume," he called out to him to get his attention while smiling.
"Manjoume-san!" He turned around and saw Judai standing there with his arms behind his back. He had to restrain the urge to want to sock him in the face. "Oh great. Just what do you want, dropout boy?" he asked, annoyed.
"Hmm. Nothing much really," Judai lied.
"… So why the hell are you here bothering me?" Manjoume asked.
"For this!" Judai revealed the bucket of water from behind his back and threw it all over Manjoume, drenching him once again with water.
"That is it! I have had it up to here with being soaked with water today!" Manjoume shouted angrily, his voice also feminine.
Judai stared at his dueling rival in disbelief. He honestly could not believe what he'd just witnessed. That he also wasn't dreaming. That Manjoume had indeed turned into a girl by simply being slapped with cold water. It was all so weird it was as if it was something out of a warped anime. His eyes drifted lower as he just looked him up and down again, though his eyes stopped directly on Manjoume's breasts, which were quite big. He seriously didn't think it was possible for a girl's breasts to be big. Though that could've also been an exaggeration due to being in shock.
"What the hell are you staring at, Judai!?" yelled Manjoume as he slapped him.
"Ow!" Judai had been slapped once again back into reality as he held his hand to his face, rubbing where Manjoume had slapped him. "What the heck was that for? I didn't even do anything."
"Yeah right! Don't give me that crap! I know exactly what you were looking at and YOU knew exactly what you were doing when you threw that water on me!"
"Hey, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't hallucinating when I saw Professor Chronos throw water on you earlier. I have to say, I wasn't expecting it and so I have a question … are you really a boy or a girl because I'm totally confused," Judai said, though he couldn't help but grin also because he actually thought it was kind of funny.
"Oh, so you're trying to be a wise guy, aren't you? Well, how about I kick your ass from here to kingdom come, dropout boy!?" Manjoume ran towards Judai to punch him.
Judai had managed to start running before Manjoume could hit him, having taken off running down the hall while laughing. "Sorry, Manjoume, but you missed!"
"Manjoume-san! And get back here you coward!" Manjoume started running after him but the wet clothes were sort of weighing him down. So, he ditched the uniform jacket and was able to somewhat catch up with the brunette.
"Yeah, I don't think so, Manjoume! Too bad you're a girl, you're running a little slower than usual!" Judai joked, pushing open the double doors to the building and ran outside into the rain.
"AAH! I'm going to kill you, dropout boy!" Running out into the rain didn't really phase him since he was already a girl and besides, he was too busy trying to catch Judai and clobber the hell out of him but then an idea popped into the raven-haired boy's head, making him smirk deviously. 'You know, instead of chasing this idiot, I could always just mess with his head. Heh, oh this ought to be good.'
"Wait! Come back, Judai-kun! You're my true love!" Manjoume shouted.
"Wait, what?" Judai had stopped running and turned around to face Manjoume who he knew was still chasing him. He'd been thrown off by the whole 'you're my true love' part and wondered just what on earth he meant by that. "Uh, Manjoume, what are you talking about?" he asked him.
Manjoume was running with his arm outstretched and the moment he'd gotten close enough to Judai, he lunged at him, causing them both to fall on the ground. Not only that, he'd purposely kissed Judai on the lips, just to screw with his head even further.
"GAH!" Judai was not expecting this nor had any idea what in the hell was going on. This entire day had been weird overall, and it'd only gotten weirder after discovering that Manjoume can turn into a girl by being splashed with water. On top of that, he'd kissed him, this time as if he wanted to and the brunette immediately began to freak out and push the other boy gently off him. "Manjoume!? What are you doing?" he asked, trying to pry Manjoume's feminine arms from around his neck.
"Shh." Manjoume placed his index finger against Judai's lips. "It's Man-jou-me-san, dropout boy," he said in a seductive tone. "And why are you asking me what I'm doing. It's obvious. I'm trying to kiss you. I swear, you can be quite slow sometimes," he chuckled, puckering up his lips to kiss Judai again.
"Gah! No! Cut it out! This is totally not funny anymore and kissing you willingly is definitely out of the question," Judai said, doing his best to pull away from Manjoume as best he could.
Manjoume took advantage of the situation and pushed the brunette all the way down on the ground on his back, placing his own body atop his while straddling him and slowly began to move his hands up against his chest. "Willingly? I thought you'd be flattered or at least happy to kiss someone like me. After all, I see the way you look at me all the time. I'm pretty sure some part of you finds me attractive, even as a guy. So, why not just relax and enjoy what I … want … to do … to you." He smirked and began kissing Judai's neck.
"M-Manjoume, quit it, nghn." Judai couldn't help but moan as Manjoume had started kissing his neck. This was wrong! This was all wrong! What he was doing to him wasn't supposed to feel good, it was supposed to be disturbing as well as creepy, but he was unable to resist sliding his hands up Manjoume's very slender waist, his face stained pink but it was hard to tell if it was a blush or the rain pouring down over them that was causing it. "Manjoume…"
Manjoume stopped what he was doing to pull back only slightly as his face was in close contact with Judai's. "You want me, don't you, Judai?" he asked, feeling Judai's hands on his waist. "Your actions say that you do even though you say otherwise. Do you want to know what it's like to be intimate with a girl?" he asked teasingly as he kissed Judai.
Judai had to shake any impure thoughts from his mind regarding this situation and once again tried to get Manjoume off him. He may have been kissing him, but he refused to open his mouth. On top of that, goosebumps had begun to form all over his body. 'Don't open your mouth, don't open your mouth, don't open your mouth!''
Manjoume felt himself being pushed off Judai but, while he may have been a girl right now, he was still able to overpower Judai with the strength he had. He broke the kiss, only to lock eyes with him. "Judai-kun, what's the matter? Does this not feel good to you?" he asked, pouting playfully while batting his eyes.
"That's not the point, Manjoume!" Judai finally managed to say, or rather yell. "None of this, I understand! How are you even able to turn into a girl in the first place? It makes no sense at all. How long have you been keeping this a secret? I want answers."
Manjoume knew that was coming but he wasn't done screwing with the brunette's head just yet. He could tell that Judai's resolve was weakening and all he needed was a little more pushing. He was silent for a good little while, the rain pouring down on him before he broke the silence. "Tell me something, Judai. Do you want answers right now or do you want to kiss me? Now, which one of those sounds more appealing to you?" he chuckled. "It's adorable that you're so innocent." He took one of Judai's hands and placed it on one of his breasts.
"M-Manjoume!" Judai was at a loss for words, his mind all a jumble as he couldn't form a proper sentence. His mind and his eyes were on the fact that his hand was touching Manjoume's breasts that were pretty big, and it'd almost felt as if he could feel what it really felt like through the fabric of the shirt he was wearing. 'S-So, this is what it feels like to touch a girl's breast? It's nice … and soft. Oh god! Why am I thinking this way!?' he screamed in his head.
"Heh, you're not complaining so I'm going to assume that you like what you feel." Manjoume kissed Judai once again, not seeing a shadowed figure hovering over the both. Turns out it was none other than Sho and Professor Daitokuji along with his cat Pharaoh staring at them.
"A-Aniki? What are you doing?" Sho asked, not being able to help but blush.
It seems that Manjoume didn't notice the shadowed figures but Judai did, causing his attention to no longer be focused on Manjoume but on the figures that'd been revealed to be none other than their teacher and Sho. He placed his hands on the sides of Manjoume's face to pull him away and break the kiss, blushing in incredible embarrassment as his friend had caught him in a very uncomfortable as well as confusing situation. "M-Me?! I'm not doing anything!"
'Damn it, my plan is now ruined,' Manjoume swore in his mind when Sho's voice technically ruined the overall mood, not to mention Judai had broken their kiss and he hadn't succeeded in completely screwing with his head though thinking on it, there was always tomorrow and the rest of their years at Duel Academia. He had plenty of time to get him back … well … in actuality, he only had two days, but two days was good enough. "Tch. You people are such mood killers," he replied in annoyance.
Judai noticed that Manjoume was distracted and did the most unthinkable thing he thought he'd never do in his entire life. He grabbed a hold of Manjoume's breasts and squeezed them in hopes that it would make the other get off him.
And it did. Manjoume screamed and fell back against the wet ground, covering his arms around his chest as if he'd been violated against his will.
Judai was able to get up and hide behind Sho and Professor Daitokuji, heaving a sigh of relief that someone had come and broke up this random weird day. And he seriously had no idea how to wrap his mind around it all. But what Manjoume was doing to him was just so cruel. The brunette had never had such intimate contact before with anyone and as much as he wanted it or rather, his body wanted it, and he simply couldn't do a thing. He didn't have it in him like most guys in his situation MIGHT have taken advantage of it and made it work for them.
"Aniki, this would be the second time I've seen you kiss this girl," replied Sho. "I thought she said she had a boyfriend that was an Obelisk Blue." He folded his arms across his chest. "Now if it turns out you're the boyfriend, then I'm seriously jealous of you."
Professor Daitokuji looked over at Judai and then back at Manjoume, wearing the same smile he always does. "The second time, nya?"
"H-Hey, now, the first time was an accident because there was water on the floor, I swear to god," Judai said, which was true. He had no reason to lie. Why would he kiss some random girl he didn't know, he hadn't lost his mind yet.
"It is quite alright, Judai. Why don't you and Sho head back to the dorm? I shall be there momentarily, nya," Professor Daitokuji said.
"Right, sure thing. That's a great idea. C'mon, Sho." Judai grabbed Sho's arm and practically dragged him to their dorm to get as far away from Manjoume as he possibly could.
As for Sho, he didn't have time to think much less say anything before he was whisked away by Judai. With the boys gone, Professor Daitokuji was left alone there with Manjoume. "I am going to take a pretty large guess and say that Judai knows, judging by the way he was running that is," he said in a light joking manner and Pharaoh just meowed. "So, I am curious, why were you doing that to him, nya?" he asked, arching his brow.
Manjoume had finally sat up and then slowly rose to his feet, soaked from head to toe. "Let's just say, it's payback for what he did to me."
"And what pray tell did he do to you exactly?" Professor Daitokuji asked.
"He threw cold water on me on purpose to turn me into a girl and so I thought I'd get him back for it," Manjoume said, crossing his arms sternly.
"I see. Well, you do realize that revenge gets you nowhere, nya?" Professor Daitokuji handed Manjoume an extra umbrella that he was holding, though it was probably too late for that since he was already soaking wet. "Now, why don't you head back to your dorm, dry off, put on fresh clothes and finish the mop duty that Chronos has assigned to you."
"How'd you know he assigned me mop duty?" Manjoume asked.
Professor Daitokuji chuckled. "A good teacher knows everything. Plus, he told me to check on you to make sure you mopped up all the water you tracked inside the building," he told him as he left and went back to the Osiris Red dorm.
Manjoume had taken the umbrella and opened it to cover himself from getting wet any more so than he already was as he watched his teacher leave. 'Whatever. Hell, I got even with dropout boy for what he did, but I'm no done with him yet. Oh no, the torture is just beginning for him.' With that, Manjoume had turned around and begun heading to the Obelisk Blue boys' dorm to get changed out of the wet clothes he was wearing so he can finish his mop duty because he seriously did not want to hear nor deal with Chronos' bitching.
DR KAREN: So, what do you all think? Do you like it? Review and tell me. Consider this like an update of the original for this year's upcoming Halloween. I'd been meaning to do this sooner, but I've been so busy with RL. So, don't worry, I am very much alive and still writing but role-playing is my new pastime now. But I haven't forgotten all of you who liked my original story, but it needed a refresher so hopefully, it's good and it shouldn't take me long to update it completely. Anyway, that's it and I shall be posting up the next chapter!