Title: Three Colors that Make the World

A Monochrome Factor fanfiction

Disclaimer: I don't own MF and this story is only the production of my imagination with hints from the anime about a shounen ai pairings involving Akira and Shirogane. Please don't sue, this is for my own pure entertainment and others, I am not profiting from it.

Warning: There might (or will) be some slight spoilers and (definitely) OOC characters.

Summary: Returning back to the Light World for vacation, Shirogane is enrolled into K University by Rena for a mission. Having been turned temporarily into a humanly visible girl, Shirogane is forced to endure a tornado of misunderstandings, love triangles, and the pain of a near impossible love. This is the sequel to my earlier oneshot, The Monochromatic Black and White World.

Pairings: Akira X Serina, Aya X Kou, implied (and nearly non-existent) Kengo X Shisui, and (eventually) Akira X Shirogane

Chapter Four- "Lies of the World"

"Shina, is something the matter?" Akira asked, pausing to turn around when he heard a surprise gasp from behind him.

"No, everything's okay," Shina answered, running up the stairs and down the hallway with a speed that belied her sleepy condition. "Let's hurry and go to sleep."

Entering her room, Shina immediately headed over to her bed and flung the covers over herself. Akira rushed after her, not wanting to get lost. Entering the same room, he saw a futon had been prepared for him on the floor. A pair of pajamas had been placed on top for him and, grabbing them, Akira exited the room to go to the bathroom across the hall to change.

"Why did she suddenly start running?" wondered Akira, taking his shirt off. "It's almost as if she suddenly wanted to sleep really badly or didn't want me anywhere near her."

Thinking that thought, Akira re-entered the room and flopped down on the futon, watching the covered and breathing form of Shina under all the blankets. Sighing, Akira got up and off of his futon to turn the lights off when he saw Shina wasn't going to move. With the lights off, Akira saw a dim light pass through Shina's blankets.

"She's probably playing with a cellphone or something under the covers," Akira thought, tripping his way back to the futon. "I guess that's why she was acting so weird."

Laying on the futon, Akira stared up into the darkness. A familiar feeling was in his stomach as his eyes got used to the darkness. Akira, realizing it as something he used to feel back when he could see Shirogane, shook his head and turned to lie on his left side.

"Stop thinking about him!" he commanded. "The war has been long over and I've lost all my powers. There's no way for me to see him again!"

Fatigued by his internal conflict against his feelings, Akira closed his eyes and tried to sleep. After counting up to his 78th sheep, he felt a soft light puncture past his eyelids. Opening them, Akira saw Shina limp her way out of the room, holding her right arm.

"Where could she be going this late in the night?" wondered Akira, watching as Shina nearly fell onto the ground. "Also, when did her left leg and right arm disappear?"

Waiting for Shina to get out of the room to tail her, Akira froze and quickly closed his eyes when she turned around to stare at him.


Shirogane, stepping closer and closer towards Akira, stared at the sleeping form of him. Leaning over, as if she was about to kiss him, Shirogane stared at the brown hair and peaceful face.

"He still looks so similar to Ryuuko," thought Shirogane, smiling fondly. "It's such a pity that Akira-kun decided to turn back into a normal human."

Stroking the left side of Akira's face, she got back up with difficulty and prepared to leave her room. Once outside, she headed towards Rena's room. As soon as she turned the corner towards Rena's location, Shirogane felt her other leg change to its male counterpart.

"At least I don't have to worry about tripping and falling anymore," Shirogane thought, wryly. "And there goes my arm too."

Just as she was thinking that, Shirogane felt her left arm change too. Muttering some incomprehensible sentences, Shirogane continued as he felt his torso change, indicated by how the dress was disappearing and being replaced by his ever present suit.


Akira stared at Shina, her body slowly disappearing before his eyes.

"What's going on? Her legs are gone, so how can she still walk!"

Akira's eyes widened as Shina's dress started to disappear. Soon enough, it seemed like all that remained was Shina's head. However, even her hair was disappearing. Akira, continuing to follow after Shina, was getting more frantic and worried by the minute.

"What's going to happen to her when all the hair's gone and her head's disappearing too?"

Shaking that thought off, Akira realized they were in front of that girl, Rena's, room. He watched as Shina entered the room, unable to see how she opened the door when her arms were gone.

"Does that girl know something about Shina's disappearing body and limbs?" wondered Akira, quietly crawling to the door and placing his ear against it to hear what they were saying.


"So, what you're saying is that you want me to let you use my bathroom while you're changing?" Rena asked. "Why not the one across the hall from you? Isn't it closer?"

"If I use that one, Akira could hear or see me any minute," Shirogane said, completely male now. "I would like to keep it a secret from him for a little while longer."

"Fine, go ahead," Rena said. "He'll find out about the powder soon enough. However, in exchange for use of my personal lavatory and to cover the cost of future productions of Solid X Mix, I would like you to do me a favor."

"And what would that be?"

"An accidental hole in the boundary line caused some kokuchi that came over to this side to go crazy. Kei should have the locations of all the kokuchi by tomorrow morning, but we're currently busy with something else," explained Rena. "Therefore, it would help us a great deal if you dealt with them for us."

"Fine," agreed Shirogane after some thinking. "Can I do it after I've attended all my classes at the university?

"You'll eliminate them when we contact you."

"I understand, but what should I tell the professors and teachers?"

"Don't worry about that. Nagisa will deal with them."

Nodding his head in understanding, Shirogane walked towards the bathroom. His eyes widened with realization when he saw a cup of water and a teaspoon-size spoon.


"So, what you're saying is that you want me to let you use my bathroom while you're changing?" Rena asked. "Why not the one across the hall from you? Isn't it closer?"

"Fine, go ahead," Rena said. "He'll find out about the powder soon enough. However, in exchange for use of my personal lavatory and to cover the cost of future productions of Solid X Mix, I would like you to do me a favor."

Akira, hearing Rena's voice, pressed harder on the door. Trying to hear who she had been talking to the whole time, Akira furrowed his brows when there was only silence. In the silence, Akira had a brief thought before it was then broken again by Rena's voice.

"An accidental hole in the boundary line caused some kokuchi that came over to this side to go crazy. Kei should have the locations of all the kokuchi by tomorrow morning, but we're currently busy with something else," explained Rena. "Therefore, it would help us a great deal if you dealt with them for us."

"Kokuchi! How does she know about the existence of kokuchi?" Akira mused, repositioning himself into a more wary and alert position. "And what was that Solid X Mix she spoke of earlier…?"

"You'll eliminate them when we contact you."

"Don't worry about that. Nagisa will deal with them."

"Them? Who is she going to have Nagisa deal with?"

Akira strained his ears as soon as he broke out of his thoughts. He heard, for a brief second, the sound of a door closing. Listening closer, he heard the sound of something crashing.


"You were expecting me."

It was a statement, not a question. Rena, hearing it, looked up at Shirogane, a female again.

She smiled and replied, "I figured you would come to me either today at nighttime or tomorrow in the morning. So, how does it feel, being nearly human again after reverting back to your original form, Shirogane?"

"Not that bad, all I missed was the feeling of power rushing through me. I actually prefer being in this form," Shirogane said. "I can see why Akira decided to return to being a human instead of staying as a Shin."

"That's good to hear. I was worried that hiding your powers would make staying as a human more unbearable. "

"Not really. Also, about that glass cup, I'm sorry about breaking it."

"Forget it, it's not that important. Anyways, you should return back to your room, Shirogane, or else Akira might wake up and realize you're gone."

"I know, I'll see you tomorrow morning."


Akira, hearing the last two sentences, got up and ran from the door as swiftly and quietly as he could, back to the room. Covering himself with the futon blankets, Akira slowed his breath and pretended that he was asleep.

"So, Shina really was Shirogane."

Akira flinched, thinking the mere thought seemed to make it so, final. Reacting to some feeling in his stomach, Akira almost curled himself up.

"It must have been a trick! I must have heard wrong or something. There's no way Shina could be Shirogane!" argued Akira against himself, knowing it was meaningless. "Besides, Shirogane can't turn into a girl overnight. Even if he did, there should have been some news about it and Master would've told me."

"Would he really?"

Akira almost yelped at how much malicious intent that single thought held in it. The thought continued on and Akira, unable to stop it, listened to every single word.

"Would he really tell us? Ever since we lost our powers, all of them, our past comrades, have left us out of the circle. Do you really believe they'll tell us about Shirogane's change if they didn't even bother to tell us about the two incidents at Kurosaki Beach while we were there?"

"Stop! Stop! Please, no more. I'm sure he would have told us about it! Master is not that kind of person!" mentally screamed Akira at the horrible voice in his head. "They didn't tell us because they didn't want us to get hurt!"

"What about those times we were attacked and rendered completely useless? Did they help? In their eyes, we are useless tools now. Once, we might have been needed. Now, we are merely disposables and of no more use to them."

"Get out! Get out of my head! I don't want to listen to what you're saying anymore. Stop badmouthing my friends! Go away!"

Akira, finished with his torrent of words, stopped to listen to what the voice would retort with. Hearing nothing, Akira was about to ask where the voice had gone when he heard the bedroom door open. Frozen, he waited, holding his breath.

There was a soft slam of the door closing and after a rustle of blankets, Akira opened his eyes. Tilting his head, he watched the blankets rise and fall.

"I should go see Master tomorrow…"

With that thought, Akira found himself dozing off, into the warm darkness.

End of Chapter Four


Noted Word:

Kurosaki Beach- For people that have watch/read Bleach, yes, this beach is named after Ichigo. It's a popular tourist spot that has recently had an incident where a young man was dragged underwater.

Author's Note: Thank you for your kind review, dragonprincess01. Updates will be slow until I get used to my hectic school schedule. Currently, I have not even begun to work on Chapter Five so hopefully I can finish it by the beginning of October. There will be no omake this time since I couldn't think of one. Thank you very much for reading this. I just realized I haven't said this yet, but please review. I would like to know about what the readers think of this story.