Chapter 3

The next day, Natsuru found himself at the student president's office before school. Akane was explaining what had happened the afternoon before, and his face was red with embarrassment throughout the entire time.

"So, you are sure that he transforms completely in Kampfer form?" Shizuku Sangu was asking Akane, barely concealing a smile underneath her hand.

Akane, who was now in her normal form, looked embarrassed herself as she answered, "Well the expression on his…her…um…Natsuru's face when the boys…touched him looked pretty real." She looked like she was almost as embarrassed to be saying it as Natsuru was. Sangu, on the other hand, looked like she was barely holding back laughter at the twos' discomfort at the subject.

"Yes, well," she replied, here shoulders shaking a little with repressed mirth, "I think that a…test like that is very hard to dispute. It would be very difficult for him to fake-" she stopped, failing to hide her laughter, "sexual pleasure, in-" laughter broke through again. "-places he is not used to having."

If it were possible, Natsuru's face got a little more red.

Sangu got a little bit more serious as she thought of something else. "I will have to think of something to tell other Kampfer, though. Hmm…" She looked up at Natsuru, still hiding a grin, "I assume you still don't want anyone else to be told that you have this little…problem?"

"Of course not!" he replied vehemently.

She nodded slowly. "Alright, well, we better get to class. I'll contact you when I've come up with a solution."

Natsuru made it back to homeroom just in time for class to start. Natsuru sat, miserable, through the entire day, and only paid attention when absolutely necessary. Very quickly lunch came.

Just as the students were dismissed for lunch, the student president walked into the classroom. The entire class froze, wondering what could be important enough that one of the school's idols would come in person to announce.

"Is Natsuru Senou-kun here?" she asked.

Every eye in the classroom turned to glare at Natsuru. There was even a low growl from the back of the class.

"Uh-um-yes, I'm here, why?" he responded.

Sangu smiled mischievously. "Well, I would like you to come eat lunch in my office. It's about what we talked about this morning."

There was hushed whispering. Why was she eating lunch with him? And in a very private place, too. Kanji whisled, impressed.

Natsuru was too miserable to notice any of that. He gathered his things and got up to meet Sangu.

When they got to her office, there was someone else already there. Hitomi was sitting patiently, waiting for an explanation for why this boy was invited to the unveiling of the new Zauber, and Kaede wasn't. The boy sat down at the chair next to her, and Sangu sat in her chair behind the desk.

Before Hitomi could speak, Sangu gestured to the boy. "Hitomi, I would like you to meet Natsuru Senou-kun." She said with a slight smile.

The boy—Natsuru looked at her for a second, Hitomi glareing back.

"What does he have to do with me?" she asked, annoyed. "and why isn't Kaede he—" she was silenced by Sangu.

"I think I'll let Natsuru answer that." She said looking pointedly at him.

He frowned, though color rose a bit in his face as if he were embarrassed. "You know I can't control it." He said, a bit defensively.

Sangu smiled michiviously. "Well then," she said, putting a finger to her wrist, "let me show you."

Her bracelet began to glow, but underneath the bandages on his arm, the boy's glowed too. Suddenly the glow became blinding.

"Let me present to you, Hitomi, the mysterious Blue Zauber!" She gestured to the seat that the boy sat in as the light faded and the figure sitting in it became visible. To Hitomi's surprise, now sitting in the chair was the girl with blue hair from the battle. It took her a few moments to understand what had happened. When she did, an expression of horror dawned on her face. But before she could say anything, the girl—Natsuru stood up in anger.

"What! You're showing me off like a circus freak show? I thought that you were going to hide it for me!" She yelled at Sangu.

Hitomi ignored the girl's outburst. "What are we going to tell Sakura-san?" She asked, agast.

Sangu smiled slyly. "Oh, well, I think I have a solution for that problem." She turned to Natsuru "But you, Natsuru-chan are not going to like it."

It was just after lunch. Natsuru should have been back in class. However, Sangu had told him to try to stay in female form, and try to get used to it before tomorrow.

Natsuru thought back to the meeting with Sangu and her plan.

"Well," Sangu had said, "there are plenty of rumors about this mysterious girl, right? Well, why don't we answer them?"

This had confused Natsuru. "Sure, but what does that mean?"

Sangu had just smiled. "We enroll a female 'Natsuru Senou' in the girls side."

Natsuru finally got it. "Hey, wait! No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! Me, go to the girls' side? That's—" he was cut off by Hitomi.

"—a brilliant idea! Yeah, we just get a few people who know to watch out for him on both sides and he can switch as necessary…" she trailed off, thoughtful.

Natsuru whirled on her. "I am not transferring to the girls side!"

Sangu just smiled, liking the idea more and more. "Yes, I think you are. We'll just have to inform a few people…and get some paperwork…I think it could work very well…" She turned her attention back to Natsuru. "I think you should just go back home for the rest of the day. Try to stay in Kampfer form to get more…comfortable in that body."

So that was how Natsuru ended up in female form in the shopping district. He felt that it might draw suspicion from his neighbors if a mysterious hot girl kept going into his house at bizarre times of the day.

Arai Saki had just made it back to her hometown after four years of college. She had nothing particular on her mind when she was wandering through the shopping district. Then she noticed the girl wearing the uniform of her old school, Seitetsu Gakuin. She paused to look at her for a second, the sight brining back old memories. Then, she noticed the Blue Kampfer bracelet on her wrist. Saki ran over to the girl.

"Hey! You're a Blue Kampfer from Seitetsu Gakuin! That's where I graduated from, and…" she held up her wrist to show the girl her own Blue Kampfer bracelet. "I'm Arai Saki."

Natsuru thought for a second, then decided that if he was going to be a girl student after tomorrow, he decided that he better get some practice.

"I'm Natsuru Senou." He said, trying to act cheerfull. Then his stomach rumbled, reminding him that after the whole meeting, he had never gotten around to having lunch.

This was not lost on Saki. "Well, if you haven't had lunch, I do know a good restaurant." She offered.

Minutes later, they were at a café who's customers were primarily young women, and staff was almost exclusively attractive young men. This, needless to say, made Natsuru more than a little bit uncomftorble, which he tried to hide as excitement about playing hooky and eating with a past graduate.

"So really, Senou-chan, why are you skipping school?" Saki asked, obviously a bit intrigued.

"Uh…well, this is my Kampfer form, and I just can't seem to transform back…" Natsuru explained.

Smiling reassuringly, Saki said, "That's a really common problem, no one will ridicule you for that."

Natsuru smiled shyly, trying to stick to the truth. "Well…my normal form is…not…as…interesting."

Saki looked at him oddly, but, realizing it was an uncomfortable topic, left it where as it was.

"So, if you have nothing to do, you're going to go shopping with me after lunch, right?" Saki asked.

Nausuru put on what he hoped was an apologetic smile. "um…no I have…a big report tomorrow…and I might be able to go to school, too, so…"

He was interrupted by their food coming. Saki waved his apologies off.

"It's alright, I can understand that. Well, let's eat!"

The rest of the meal was devoted to the topic of Seitetsu Gakuin. The conversation was light, and required little thought, giving a little hope to Natsuru that being a girl wouldn't be as difficult as he had expected.

As they were about to leave, Saki suddenly got serious.

"Senou-chan, if you ever need to talk, just give me a call." They had swapped phone numbers earlier. Then just as suddenly, Saki went back to playful. "And you owe me a shopping trip!"

When Natsuru got home, he realized that there were a few things that, if he was going to stay in female form for a while, he would have to get over with soon. Using the bathroom in the shopping district had not been a comfortable experience, but he knew that that would be the least of the "embarrassing things he didn't want to do as a girl" list.

He had gotten home late, the lunch running into the mid-afternoon, and the walk home taking about 45 minutes. Suddenly, it was time for supper.

He fixed himself a quick convenience store bento, and mentally prepared himself. After supper he went to get over with what he was dreading—taking a shower.

He had very quickly lathered himself down—without looking at his body—rinsed himself off, and was stepping out off the shower—avoiding looking in the mirror—when he realized his mistake. Him being a guy, he had no clean underclothes appropriate for his current body.

He rummaged through his closet, found a t-shirt and reflexively turned towards the mirror, forgetting that he would see a very hot, naked girl as apposed to what he was used to.

After a few seconds petrified with fascination, he noticed something was running down from his nose. He turned away from the mirror and realized with ashamed humor that he had gotten a bloody nose by catching sight of his own naked body in the mirror.

With chagrin, he put the shirt on, and found a pair of sweat pants and put them on without any underwear, women's or otherwise. He prayed that by morning he would be male again, at least for a short break before his first day of school on the girls' side.

The next morning he woke up to a banging on the front door. He quickly noted that yes, in fact he had gone back to male form in the night. He hurriedly changed into his uniform—boxers and all—and rushed downstairs to get the door. When he opened it, he was surprised to find Akane, in Kampfer form, on his doorstep.

"Whacha doin' as a guy? Didn't Sangu tell you to go the day in Kampfer form?" Akane asked.

"I can't control it, it just happened overnight." Natsuru protested. "Why are you here, anyway? School is in a while."

Akane grinned. "Well, that's a while for preparation and introduction. Everyone's waiting for you at the Prez's office."

"Everyone! What does that mean! I thought we weren't going to tell anyone!" Natsuru asked alarmed.

Akane smiled slyly. "Well, Natsuru, ya gonna have to see, ain't you? We got breakfast ready for you there." She turned to leave the front step and walk to the school, then turned to look back "You ready for your first day of school on the girls' side?"