Aeris1172: lol, thanx, i... er love u too. lol. actually, seeing each other proves to be a problem in this chappie.
Digi Chris: yeah, this story's going to have a bunch of humor in the begening... but later on... when chaos' ex comes, it'll be more serious. just so ya know.
thanks to all the other reviewers, i love the support. don't worry, i'll try to update as often as i can, but keep in mind, i won't feel the need to updateif there aren'treviews. and please keep in mind that even though they're switched, they will still regard to each other by thier ORIGINAL name. (e.g. if it's from chaos' point of view, he'll still call himself chaos, and shion, shion and vice versa.) unless they're talking in public. then, they'll call each other by the name of the body they're preoccupying. hope it's not too confusing.
Disclaimer: xenosaga isn't mine, deal with it.
Chapter Three:
The Catch to Switching Back...
((chaos))
We had basically locked ourselves into our rooms until dinner researching the gas. When we had finally exhausted all resources possible we decided to meet and talk about it... over dinner... at a restaurant. Basically, it was a date. I don't know why it worried me... things like this never worried me. 'It's just dinner.' I thought to myself. But what I had researched made me... uncomfortable.
I sighed, and began walking in circles. "What am I going to wear?" I asked myself out loud. I stared in the mirror, looking at Shion's body. "What am I going to wear?" I opened up her closet. It was filled with clothes. Dresses, casual wear, swimsuits, and more. "How does she get dressed in time...?" I muttered to myself.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "cha- er... Shion? Are you... ready?"
I looked out the peep hole in the door. She was standing there... in one of my good suits. The suits I've never worn before. 'Looks like I better go for a formal look...' I thought, running back to the closet. "Um... just a minute... chaos!"
It felt weird yelling out my own name... to my own body. Quickly getting dressed, I stepped out, in a long black dress, with sparkles at the neck. "Ah... hi!"
"Hi." she said, looking me up and down. "Wow... you know how to put on a dress!" she giggled.
"Well, it took me a while..." I admitted, but giggled along with her. I offered her my arm. "Shall we?"
She put down my arm, and offered hers. "I'm the man here remember?"
I groaned, but took her arm and we were off.
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"So..." Shion took a bite out of her steak. "What did you find out?"
"Ah..." I searched my brain for information. "There wasn't much about it... in the books. I only found out one thing..."
"So did I..." she put down her fork "The net only had one thing too..."
"At the same time?" I offered.
She nodded and began counting "One... two... three!"
"Both people must fall in love." we both said at once.
"Well... this is odd..." I said.
"Hmm..." Shion took my hand.
"What?" I wan confused at her gesture.
"I love you chaos."
"Um... I love you too?" I was still confused, but went along with it.
We sat there for several minutes, waiting. Nothing happened though.
"Damn." Shion swore, and pushed away her plate. "I was hoping we could trick the gas... guess not."
"Wait.." I suddenly remembered another piece of information. "The gas... it goes to the brain. That's how it knows... if we really have fallen in love or not." Shion groaned. She was probably mad that her plan didn't work. "It's ok... we'll get through this..."
"I guess we'll have to..." she whispered. Standing up, she offered me her hand. "Shall we?"
"Sure."
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Shion and I laughed as we walked down the empty halls of the Elsa. "Wow..." I took a breath. "It's been... fun tonight!"
"Yeah..." Shion looked at me. "I never knew we could have so much fun just... getting to know each other."
"Well..." I stopped at my room, remembering that I was the female, so I was to be dropped off 1st. "This is it..."
"Yes... this is it..."
I reached for the door, but she grabbed my hand and stopped me. "What is it?" I asked.
"chaos... there's something I have to tell you... I've... liked you. For... quite a while... ever since we first met. I knew you were something special. It all started with random glances at you... but.. I think I've loved you..."
"Shion..." I was sudenly filled with emotions. Emotions from when I first met her... emotions from now. We stepped towards each other... our faces grew closer... we were inches from each other... and... I put my hand on her face.
"Mmf! What are you doing?" she nearly yelled at me.
"I'm sorry..." I turned away, embarrassed. "It's just.. I can't do it. That's my face I was about to kiss... it just... doesn't feel right to me."
"We were so close chaos! We could've..."
I shushed her. "Quiet! We can't have people hearing us!"
"We could've switched back!" she whispered.
"Yes... I know..." I whispered back. "But... I felt something. There was something there... I know it. Maybe not now... but next time... it'll happen..."
"Ok." she had calmed down. "Well... see you tomorrow cha-er... Shion."
"Yes... see you tomorrow."
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A/N: HA! it's working! kind of... lol. keep reviewing and i'll keep updating! next up... cooking lessons!
