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Wow, two chapters in the same day! I've never done that since… ever!
Chapter 2
"Lloyd!" Colette yelled, seeing her childhood friend fall to the ground.
For the next two hours, Lloyd's temperature increased. He was unconscious, shivering uncontrollably, and his breath came in short gasps. The others tried everything they could to help Lloyd. They gave him Panacea Bottles, Raine cast every healing spell she knew, Sheena tried ancient Mizuhoian ninja remedies… anyways, you get the point.
Luckily, after the two hours, Lloyd's fever broke and his breath returned to normal. It was dark everyone was exhausted from their frantic attempts to heal him.
It wasn't long before everyone fell asleep. They were worried about their friend, but they were exhausted, especially since before coming to Ymir they had fought Celsius. (I hope I don't regret putting this fiction at that point in the game…) They were all so tired that they even forgot to pick someone to keep watch. Luckily, no monsters attacked them that night.
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That morning, Lloyd awoke. He was feeling horrible when he passed out, but now he felt okay. Not great, but okay. He sat up and saw all the others were asleep. I hope they weren't up all night worrying about me or anything…
Lloyd got up, stretched, and almost fell over. That was odd. His balance was slightly off. I must still be a little light headed from that flower… He might have noticed that his whole body was feeling a little odd if he didn't have a burning thirst in his throat. Man I'm thirsty. He opened his canteen and nothing came out. Unknown to him, his friends had used up all of their water in desperate attempts to cool him down.
Argh! Where am I going to get water without waking everyone? He knew he could get Genis to make water with a spell, but he couldn't bring himself to wake up the little guy. He looks exhausted. I have a feeling I was a big problem for everyone last night.
Suddenly, Lloyd remembered something. Didn't Sheena and the Professor say the water in the forest was always clean enough to drink? Lloyd quickly snuck away from camp and to the water in the Ymir Forest. Lloyd quickly splashed his canteen in the water, not noticing his odd reflection. He brought the now-full canteen to his lips and drank.
He drank and drank for Martel-knows how long. Eventually, when he wasn't thirsty anymore, noticed something. His clothes were feeling unusual. They felt tighter than normal in the chest area, but were looser everywhere else. How weird… argh! I'm probably just being paranoid or I'm still zonked from whatever that flower did to me! He looked at the water. Hey… Professor Sage and Sheena also said that bathing in the water could cure certain sicknesses… Speaking of which, when was the last time he had bathed? Lloyd couldn't remember the last time he'd had a real bath. Had he even had one in Tethe'alla? There was one at the House of Guidance Hot Spring… and once at Zelos' house. Lloyd shuddered. Only two baths since I've been in Tethe'alla…? He could just feel the dirt and grime on his skin… ugh!
Lloyd looked around, decided he was far enough from camp so he wouldn't be seen, and quickly peeled off his odd fitting clothes. Literally. Peeled. They were covered in sweat. Ew. He couldn't even look at himself, so covered with filth.
Lloyd quickly waded into the glasslike water. It wasn't cold like he expected. Nor was it painfully warm. Those elves have it sweet. Lloyd thought, dipping himself under the perfect water. When he came up, he untied the hairband…thing holding his hair in its small ponytail. He tossed the white string over to the rest of his clothes and felt his longer-than-a-boy's-but-shorter-than-a-girl's hair (Zelos and Regal excluded) slip down to his shoulders. Ahh… this is nice. He thought, eyes closed, running his fingers through all of his hair.
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Zelos awoke and sat up, smacking his lips together, and squinting around. Man I'm tired. What was I doing last ni-woops gotta pee, Zelos quickly left the camp and found a bush to…'relieve himself' in. When he was finished, Zelos was making his way back to camp, eyes still half open from sleep.
Then, he saw something. In the distance, standing naked, and chest-high in the Ymir Forest's glasslike water, was a girl.
"Oho" The red haired Chosen whispered to himself, eyes instantly opening wide. "What do we have here?"
He crept near the water's edge and hid in a bush. If he'd been paying closer attention, he would have noticed the red garments on the shore not far away. But of course, that wasn't what Zelos was looking at.
The girl was very thin, but attractively so. She had an hourglass figure, and a chest with a size that rivaled Sheena's. Last, but not least, here face looked very cute… but kind of familiar. Her eyes where closed, and she was running her hands through her brown hair, that was about shoulder length.
"I think I found my new favorite." The Tethe'alla Chosen muttered. He leaned closer, drooling, when all of a sudden he leaned a bit too far forward and splashed into the water.
Lloyd opened his…her large brown eyes and shouted. "Zelos!" That's funny… my voice sounds higher.
And yes, to all you slow people out there, Lloyd is the girl Zelos is drooling over.
Spitting out water and recovering marvelously, Zelos bowed. "Ah I see you know my name hunny. That should save us some introduction time. However, I would like to know yours."
"Hunny?" Lloyd growled, realizing that Zelos called hi-I mean her a girl. "I don't know what your game is, but we already know each other." Lloyd stumbled to the bank and began pulling her clothes on.
"Are you sure? I don't believe we've ever-where'd you get those clothes?" Zelos asked, eyes widening, this time in surprise.
"What are you, stupid?" Lloyd muttered, wrestling with her pants. "I've worn these clothes since you met me!"
"Oh my Goddess." Zelos said, dumbstruck. "W-what's you're name?"
Lloyd had now succeeded in getting her pants on. "Is something up? You know I'm Lloyd."
"You- how did- you… don't look like him." Zelos managed to stutter out.
"What do you mean I don't look like him?" Lloyd asked, temper flaring.
"Look at your reflection! You don't look like him. You look like her!" Zelos pointed to Lloyd's reflection in the water.
"Ah!" Lloyd shouted, covering her exposed, womanly chest. Okay, to be honest, the shout was more of a squeal.
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As the members of the camp awakened, Zelos shuffled uneasily into camp. "Are you all awake?" He asked. Then, he noticed Genis was still asleep. "Get up brat!' He shouted kicking Genis, but not too hard.
"Hey what was that for?" Genis yelled. "And where's Lloyd?"
"Listen everyone." Zelos began, once again uneasy. "We have a little situation here…"
Raine sighed. "Whose girlfriend did you hit on now?"
"That's not it!" Zelos yelled. "Listen. Okay, so I was walking by the forest…"
"Why was Zelos walking by the forest?" Presea asked, in her usual monotone.
"Doesn't matter." Said Zelos. "Anyway, I'm walking by the forest when I see this really hot girl bathing in the water-"
Both Sheena and Raine smacked Zelos and at the same time shouted. "IDIOT CHOSEN!"
"Not the face!" Zelos said, holding up his hands. "Just please let me finish! So, I'm watching the girl from the bushes,"
Sheena almost smacked Zelos, but thought better of it and decided to see what happened to get Zelos so uneasy.
"…and then I fall in the water." Continued Zelos. "So I started talking to her and… well… ladies and gentlemen, meet Lloyd Irving." He gestured to a bush where the now-clothed, newly girlified Lloyd timidly climbed out from behind the bush, blushing.
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Ohoho! How will the others react, and will they be able to find a cure? Only time will tell!
Oh, and since I'm basically making this up as I go along, feel free to make suggestions about what should happen. In fact, please make suggestions; I need ideas!
Review! Next chapter soon!