So, chapter two. A monumental achievement I'm told. Thanks to those who reviewed and shared my views. Feel free to message me, I enjoy feedback and am suffering from a lack of imagination. Most of this is the interest in the current events in the manga.

It was also brought to my attention that the sniper's name was, in fact, announced. Sorry for all you hardcore fans, but I will be keeping the name I gave him, Toshiro. After all, his real name was only announced in the data book. Cut me some slack.

Lastly, I forgot to put in certain honorifics, and to have several characters refer to Kurono as Kei, or in Kato's case, Kei-chan. Sorry, I just thought that it would be easier, seeing as Kurono and Kishimoto have the same name. While I'm at it, I'd also like to apologize for the lack of honorifics. Guess I forgot.

Well, now that my infinitely long introduction is over, here is Chapter Two of Gantz: Changes.

CHAPTER TWO

'Damn it,' thought an old man in his apartment, 'everybody gets some but me.' Why the long face, one might ask. Well it seems that the young idiot who had always kept to himself and never given him a reason to whip out a gun on the fucker was doing something that involved a great deal of noise.

In the next apartment over, the inhabitants didn't seem to mind so much the noise that they were making. In fact, they were downright enjoying it. After a long and very educational date (did you know that Sei has a birthmark on her right hip?), Kurono and his lovely new girlfriend had decided to retire to his apartment, a most private location (except for that thin wall between his room and his neighbor to the right's).

There in the bedroom, they were doing something people generally do in bedrooms that doesn't involve sleeping until after you're done.

Sex.

Loud, mad, hot, passionate sex. With a condom of course. Safety always comes first in relationships.

You know those fantasies that every boy and man has? Yeah, well, after finding out that they could die any day now, women suddenly become VERY willing.

After a long, invigorating "session" Sei curled into Kurono's chest and let out a great and very satisfied sigh. 'Amazing,' she thought, 'and this is only our second time.'

"Hey Kei-chan?" asked Sei

"Don't call me that, it makes me think of Kato," groaned Kurono. "Call me Kurono and add whatever honorific you want, Kei just feels weird."

"Whatever," said Sei, rolling her eyes, "but I just need to ask you something. Ano, it's just…" Sei wanted to slap herself right about now. 'Did just say ano? My god… I feel like some pathetic embarrassed girl from a manga.' She thought to herself. 'Okay, calm down, think it through, then ask' Taking a deep breath, Sei started again "Well, you now, you are my boyfriend, and I guess I just wanted to know. Do you … you know … want a real relationship? Or just a friends with benefits sort of thing?"

Kurono looked at her for about a minute straight. Neither moved at all. Then Kurono smiled. He reached out and cupped Sei's face in his hand lightly, before kissing her lips lightly. It was not a long kiss, but to Sei it felt like the most epic kiss of her life.

Pulling back, Kurono gave her a look that clearly meant 'does that answer your question?' Sei smiled that smile of hers that only a dangerous girl can really pull off. You know, that 'I'm dangerous but you still want me' look. It was incredibly erotic, and, very suddenly, they found themselves doing something that they didn't think they had the energy to do.

Once again, sex.

Sei Sakuraoka is NOT an ordinary teenage girl. And her boyfriend isn't so typical either.

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Toshiro calmly sat on top the roof of his small house meditating away the pain. As an experiment he had shot himself in the foot to see what exactly it felt like. Fortunately he had focused the shot to only the middle of his foot, shooting through only ligaments and joints that conveniently grew back in a week, so long as the black ball, Gantz if he remembered correctly, didn't return him healed to the room. At least that's what he assumed. Would make sense considering the boy Kurono's condition before the mission ended.

Toshiro breathed rhythmically, letting out the pain and letting in the (illegal) numbing drugs. Toshiro didn't like using the drugs, but his wife forced him to it. "Don't want you bleeding all over the carpet" was her excuse, despite the fact that he had long since stopped bleeding. She was just concerned for him, but didn't want it to get to his head.

Toshiro calmed down some more before hefting up his X-rifle once more. 'Good thing I kept it hidden. She would have taken it away for sure.' Toshiro looked through it carefully. 'This is loads better than the army weapons we were given. Who the hell makes these things if they surpass military technology?' He had done enough experimenting with the strange weapon to know that it not only had no recoil, but also could set up targets and them destroy them. Useful for simultaneous explosions.

But there was something that he had to test. Right before shooting the Buddha statue, he had seen the creature inside of it, but didn't get the chance to shoot him once the green thing popped out.

He had tried the first on a stray cat, who looked absolutely miserable. After pointing the X-rifle at the cat and holding down the "target" button, he began to see some kind of shapes in the view screen. After some examination, he realized that they were organs. Toshiro located the heart, set the target, and fired.

The cat fell down like it had been struck. An autopsy had revealed that the cat's heart had exploded.

Reflecting on this, Toshiro considered the possibilities. Firstly, you could shoot through walls (without damaging them) and hit the person on the other side, as revealed by the second test. Second, you could take your time setting up a "target" on the person you wanted to kill, since once you let go of the trigger button, the target stays there indefinitely, even after setting up other "targets", a useful trait revealed by the second test. Lastly, you could strike someone in a place that would kill them over time, so no one would suspect anything but a random infection of, say, the appendix. This he had tested on a robber who tried to assault him in the street.

Toshiro grunted as he stood up. 'Ow' was all he thought. He walked down to his wife to receive his next batch of drugs, legal this time.

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Kato sat through his class patiently. He really didn't want to go to school that morning. Yuki needed him at home. He didn't want him to feel alone.

But the government says that he can't just skip school whenever he feels like it. And he wasn't exactly one to disobey those who could kill him. Then again… those Gantz guns were pretty advanced. 'Hmm. I wonder if it would take a tank to kill a fully armed Gantz fighter.' Little did he know that a fully armed Gantz fighter meant that the government would need ten tanks, a cruise battleship, and a fleet of fighter jets.

"Hey Kato," said the boy next to him. "I just got this girlfriend. She's great, I'll introduce you to her later"

Kato tuned out the boy's incessant jabbering about his new girlfriend and thought about the room for a while. Firstly, he had to consider this new possibility of reviving Kei Kishimoto. No doubt about it, she had loved him. And right at the end, he had loved her too. No doubt about it. Strange how death reveals things to a person.

The rest of the day flashed by for Kato as he continued to think of Kishimoto. First order of business in her revival would have to be informing the others of this possibility. Perhaps they could spare some kills so that he could gain points easier.

And after that, he would have to organize some kind of training gig so that they could all get together after school somewhere to practice and share information. Worth a try.

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"Kurono-kun," said Sei softly, "Are you awake?"

"Unfortunately."

"Why do you say that?"

"I just realized that we've just had sex and slept through the entire school day. I was going to use the suit to beat up some senior that keeps trying to threaten me. Now he'll think I'm a wuss."

"Ooh, can I fight him? I like beating up punks, it's my extra-curricular activity at my school."

"No, I can handle it. Would you mind driving me there? It'll look good if everyone gets to see my hot girlfriend."

"Sure, just give me a few minutes to shower. I've really got to get the… you know… off my body."

"Sorry. You can be on top next time."

TEN MINUTES LATER

"Who do you think you're trying to fuck around with?" shouted Yamagata to Kurono. "I'm the biggest fucking man in this alley, and you don't got muscles worth shit. I've even got some guys behind you, so don't try to run. But before you die, why don't you repeat exactly what you just said."

"You're a dropout idiot who can't do anything with his life, so he insists on ruining everyone else's. Now go and get out of my sight before I tear off the part of you that brings more failures into the world."

"YOU SON OF A –!" At this moment, he was punched in the face with a gloved hand. He went down like a tree. As the goonies behind Kurono charged at him, Kurono turned, grabbed their fists with his hightened reflexes, and squeezed. Twin crackling sounds were heard as the two followers cried out in pain.

"Well, that's enough for today. Guess I'll go home now." Kurono muttered, feeling bored now that the action was over.

"Nope, we're going to go somewhere," said Sei from on top of the hood of her car. "Not quite sure where exactly, but somewhere."

"No point in staying here anymore anyway. Let's go to the beach." Kurono said while heading back to the car. "Then we can crash back at my place."

"Hai, let's go."

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"What's happening? Where are my legs? Where are my legs!? WHERE ARE MY LEGS!

"Calm down. You'll be fine. Don't worry."

"No, I won't! I'm dying dammit! Save me. Save me!"

"I'm trying my best sir. Really."

"Thanks Toshiro. If this were just some pussy training academy or regular peacetime, I probably would have promoted you by now."

"That's all right sir. This is war."

"You know what, screw it. You are now my unofficial lieutenant. Do me proud"

"Sorry sir. Whatever it is you want me to do, you'll have to do it yourself. We're living through this nightmare. I'll have to introduce you to my wife, Amy…"

And Toshiro continued telling stories to his commander until the man Toshiro had come to view as his father passed away quietly

THUS ENDS CHAPTER TWO

Any comments, questions, or suggestions are welcomed. Please tell me what you would like to happen on Sei and Kei's date.