Warning: This fanfiction is a GBer! Know what that means? Gender B e n d e r. In one of these fics, a character's gender role gets displaced somehow. Made popular by Ranma. Which means if you're very protective of a certain character or are strict in your beliefs about gender roles, bug out now while you still can! ^_^
On a side note, any GB fic I write is clean. Other fanfiction writers can violate characters all they like, they don't need my help :P
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, even if one of them is in altered state!
Who gets nailed:
Serge
GB rating: Light. Focuses more on the story than the GB aspect.
Finally, _BIG_ Spoiler: It gives away the final battle and ending!
OK, that stuff is out of the way now? Good :P
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Serge slowly awoke from his nap. He lazily looked out the window at the children of Arni village playing. A small smile slowly crossed his face. He normally wasn't this lazy, but he didn't feel well in the morning, so they allowed him some rest.
He groaned as he sat up. No... something wasn't right. He felt cold, despite the air. He thought it was just a chill, but his breathing wasn't right either.
" Blimey! " came a familiar voice which eased him.
Serge sat up. He was fine. He couldn't believe for a second he felt bad.
Kid stood there, hand on her hip.
" Got news you won't like, mate. " she said, " Old man Bal at Viper Manor wants you. "
Serge nodded and followed her down to Opassa beach, not even questioning why Kid was even there. He just followed her absentmindedly to Opassa beach and watched her raise her pendant to the area of the disturbance.... Even though the disturbance was supposedly corrected.
As he felt the familiar feeling of the ground sinking beneath him... the darkness gripped him. The feeling he had in the morning was back and was crushing him.... crushing him... he tried to find the voice to scream but the darkness took all voice away from him. His very skin felt like it was being torn apart but the pain was inside... not outside.... It was only a couple moments, but the time felt like eternity as he finally found himself on the beach of an alternate Opassa beach with Kid.
Finally, he exhaled and fell to the ground... Falling out of conciousness, relief spreading over him.
" Oh bloody hell.... " was the last thing he heard before slipping.
Serge fell into a deep, relaxed sleep. His senses finally started to clear, like a nightmare that was gone. He took deep breaths as he could hear voices above him.
" I did not expect something like this to become an issue... "
" Da. It is something most people do not..."
" Everything seems to happen to my mate, eh? " that was Kid's voice.
Serge stirred.
" The old boy is coming to! "
Serge felt himself on a bed and he could see stars overhead... as well the faces of Kid, Belthasar, Luccia, and Glenn. He was in Belthasar's library on a makeshift bed.
" Are you all right? " asked Glenn with sincerity.
Serge wondered why everyone was so concerned about him after everything he stood up to. He sat up and suddenly went rigid. Everything was different... different somehow. His breathing... the feeling on his body. He had felt this sort of feeling more often than a human should - becoming a demihuman, a household cat, and the odd feeling of being himself again. Sweat trickled slowly down the side of his face. Instinctively knowing what to do, he slowly turned his gaze downward, expecting the worst.
He was human... still human... that sort of relief flooded over him. Yes he was human... but...
He was a woman.
Serge let out a small yelp and banged the back of his head against the backboard of the bed.
Glenn quickly put a hand on his shoulder... he wasn't going to abandon his friend now. He failed him once when Lynx had switched places with him, and he was never going to let it happen again.
Serge took a deep breath, hearing it resonate on smaller vocal cords and relaxed.
" Well, I'll be... " said Kid, " not even something like this can get a peep out of ya, can it Serge? "
" It is.... very interesting. Ah, I have not updated my notes. " said Luccia, scribbling on a pad.
Serge turned his attention to Belthasar, who was scratching his chin.
" Well, you see Serge... the reason that there are still problems is this... After you destroyed Time Devourer, FATE was pulled out of existance... And Kid landed in Lucca's arms, never to leave. Somehow this affected the threads of existance and fate... destiny changed. Where something relied entirely on small chance, things changed. Coin tosses in points of time changed results from heads to tails... Snake eyes became splits... And... a different sperm fertilized your mother's egg.... Creating you in this universe. "
Serge looked at his hands in wonder.
" This will have changed events all over the world... One of those being that Lavos will reawaken a hundred years after he was defeated in year 2099. "
Serge looked up, and turned attention away from his body.
" Bugger don't quit... " muttered Kid.
Belthasar sighed.
" It would be a shame if you let the work of those kids and heroes from all over time go to waste... I implore you.... Find a way to 2199 AD to stop Lavos. If he is allowed to destroy the world, I can never have helped create FATE.... And more paradoxes will occur, possibly resulting in the destruction of time itself. "
Serge stepped forward, holding out his fast and smiling. He realized he was smaller, but he was still strong and healthy - built like a true fisherman of Arni village. It would have been a lot worse if he " grew up " all pampered like Leena and some of the girls did. He was shorter and slimmer, but still muscular and tan. His blue hair fell looser and softer, but it still had the sea salt in it.
" You'll do it? "
Serge nodded.
" I'll go with you... " said Glenn, " We are friends. "
" Vat about Serge's condition? " asked Luccia, finally looking up.
Belthasar was silent.
" .... I do not know what can be done that wouldn't risk... or even favor.... making things worse. "
Kid folded her arms.
" Well thats just flamin' wonderful! " she spat, " Your bloody machine nearly wrecks time itself, takes away Serge's manhood, and now you want him to fix it?! "
Serge scratched the back of his head.
" C'mon Serge, we don't have to listen to this old gas bag. Lets just get it done and get you home, awright? "
As Kid took Serge by the hand and lead him out, Serge stumbled along, nearly tripping from the sudden difference in balance. Glenn looked over Belthasar and Luccia for a second, then jumped down to the bottom and followed them out.
And so they started a new adventure.