A/N: It's tiring after awhile to make sure to write someone in character. I wanted to do this for fun and to take a break from serious work. So all the character will be OOC for most of the time. XD I'm very sorry if I offend anyone by making their favorite character suddenly seem silly or stupid…but it's just for fun.

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Ocean...or Aladdin. I got this idea from an Aladdin episode where Aladdin and Jasmine were bitten by bugs and they became way weird.

A long time ago in a galaxy far away…well, maybe not that far…there was a planet inhabited entirely by bugs known as oocs. The planet Oo-oo-c was religiously avoided by all space travelers, even atheists. The ooc bug but hard and with that one bite completely changed a being's personality. Scientists could never figure out exactly why. Some believed that the bugs secreted a neurotoxin that briefly scrambled the victim's brain. Others insisted that the bug's bite simply showed the world a hidden personality that the person had long kept hidden. Whatever the case may be, it led to considerable embarrassment on the part of the victim. As travelers ceased traveling the route close to the planet, the memory of why they avoided that route faded from existence. No one was aware of the fact that the planet had been recently destroyed and the bugs, which coincidentally had no need for oxygen, were flung into space. And that is where our story begins.

A high feminine scream echoed through the ship. "Aaah! It's a bug! It's a bug! Oh Lord, it's ugly!"

Albel the Wicked rolled over and eyed his roommate. "Sophia?"

Fayt sighed. "Sophia."

"Make her shut up," Albel growled, putting a pillow over his head.

Fayt groaned and got up to go find Sophia. But at that moment, the girl dashed into his room. She was dressed in a pink nightgown and a bathrobe that kept slipping off her shoulders. Looking agitated, she grabbed onto Fayt's hand and started yanking. "Please, come on. It's huge!"

"How big?" Albel asked, sounding bored.

"At least 7 inches long."

"Nothing to worry about then," Albel muttered, unconcerned. "It's not huge until it's at least a foot."

"But it's so ugly!" Sophia protested. "Horns and spots and scaly skin. I can't stand it!"

Albel sighed and swung out of bed, slowly pulling on his boots. "Very well, worm. I will come and kill it for you. I know we won't have a moment's peace until it's dead."

"Oh, thank you, thank you!" Sophia jumped up and down in glee.

Albel scowled. "Oh shut up, maggot."

"I'll come with you," Fayt said resolutely.

"I don't need help killing a miserable bug," Albel growled.

"Oh no…that's not what I meant. I mean-I'll manage Sophia. Seeing you get bug guts all over the ship might upset her."

Silently, Albel observed how Sophia was clutching desperately to the front of Fayt's faded pajama shirt. With a derisive snort he turned away. "Very well, see that you keep her eyes covered. I won't stand for any more useless screaming."

Sophia tugged on Fayt's arm, leading him out into the hall. Albel silently followed behind.

By this time, some of the others were already awake. Roger stepped out into the hallway, sleepily rubbing his eyes. "What's going on? Is there a monster?"

Cliff staggered out into the hallway, still yanking on his shoes and gloves. "What are you guys doing up? I heard a scream."

"Sophia screamed," Fayt explained. "She saw a bug. We're going to get rid of it."

Cliff eyed Sophia. "It's two a.m. What were you doing wandering around?"

Sophia blushed. "Err, I was in the kitchen getting a drink of water."

"Is that where it is?" At Sophia's nod, Cliff balled his hand into a fist. "I'm not letting any varmint into our food supplies. Let's go."

A few feet down the hall, Peppita came out of her room holding a pack of cards. Adray followed, a few cards tucked up his sleeves. After inquiring politely what was going on, they joined the procession.

They passed through the Navigation Room where Maria and Mirage were deciding on their next course. The two women looked up at the interruption.

"Sorry," Cliff said with an apologetic shrug. "We're just passing through. There's some kind of varmint loose on the ship in the kitchen."

Maria fixed them all with a steely glare. "Bugs just don't appear on ships. It had to have been brought on at Elicoor." She glared at Albel accusingly."

"Don't look at me," Albel retorted. "All of us were in Elicoor. It could have easily have been you."

Maria grumbled crossly. "Well, let's go have a look."

"Where's Nel?" Fayt asked.

"Oh, she went to get a midnight snack," Maria said off-handedly.

Sophia gasped and urgently tugged on Fayt's hand. "Come on! We have to save her!"

Nel was in the ship's kitchen calmly munching on an apple. She looked startled when everyone walked through the door. "Fayt, Sophia, Albel, Cliff…what are you all doing here?"

"All right, where is it?" Albel snarled.

"Where's what?"

A brown and gray spotted beetle with a rough scaly body and two long curved horns crawled out from under a crate. Sophia screamed. "Kill it! Kill it!"

Maria held Albel back. "Wait. We need to know what we're up against. I'll go get the scanner."

With a determined look, Maria pointed the device at the bug. She frowned. "That's odd. It says it's an unidentified species."

Peppita jumped up and down excitedly. "Yippee! We discovered a new species. We'll be famous!"

"Bah," Albel said irritably. "Bugs are bugs and this one deserves to die."

"No, don't kill it!" Peppita begged.

Albel ignored her, but as he brought his sword down, the bug chattered in alarm and skittered backwards.

A metallic clang followed by a low rendering creak echoed throughout the ship. Albel paused and looked around slowly. "Why does it sound as if the ship is breaking apart?"

"It shouldn't be," Cliff muttered, his eyes raised to the vent as a scratching noise slowly increased in volume.

"Uh-oh," Fayt whispered. "It sounds like a swarm."

Everyone drew their weapons and waited anxiously. Without warning a flood of over a thousand bugs poured through the grating, knocking it off. They began covering the entire room. The group was overwhelmed. Maria only had enough time to wildly fire a shot at the veiling before she was pushed to the ground and covered in bugs.

The bugs crawled from the floor up Albel's body, biting all the way up. "Get off me!" he shouted. Albel's will broke and he dissolved into frantic pleading. "Get them off! Get them off! Please, dear god, help me. Get them offff!"

After a few minutes, the bugs slowly retreated up the walls, back into the vents and it was silent except for Albel's sobbing.