Chapter 1: The Gender Bender
I can't believe I'm doing this. I'm a girl, yet I've passed as a male soldier for the Japanese army. I've just can't believe this!
Okay so here's the story:
First, my brother, who's 21, got sick and his wife doesn't have the money to buy the medicine. My brother was supposed to go to the army, and I heard that if you help out a lot, then you'll get some money sent to your family or whoever you want the money to go to.
That's why I'm stuck here today, in the stinky, crowded male filled pickup truck. Can you believe that? If I'm caught, I'll get beheaded on the spot! Well I guess I have to do this for my brother.
My attention suddenly snaps back to the real world as the old, beat up truck coughs to a stop.
"Everyone, off!" the general orders.
The men do as they were told. All marching off and into what looked like the training are. Oh boy, I'd be all muscle by the time I get out of here.
I groan at the thought of my small lean body, horrendously changed to a body builder's. That groan was a mistake. The general probably thought I was groaning at all the training courses because he started walking up to me.
"Hey pretty boy, what were you just groaning at?" he eyed me suspiciously.
"I-I ….." I stammered, trying helplessly to think of a good reason.
"Hehe. Are my training courses scaring you?" he roared slapping my back
That really hurt.
"Show me your paper, boy." The general stretched out his long fingers.
I shuffled for the paper that had my brother's information on it. Yes, I was pretending to be my brother to get into the army.
When I handed him my paper, he scanned his eyes over them, then back to me, over the papers, then back to me. Oh I hated those piercing black eyes!
When he was finally done reading the paper, he shoved it back at me.
"Do well at this army, Akira," the general grunted, turning to his other new soldiers.
I hated my general already. I still felt his dark eyes on me even though he had his back to me, marching away.
Oh well, just think of Akira, Rui.
Atta girl, Rui, just think of Akira
Next chapter: Shinji