4:15 p.m. AFTER SCHOOL

After school, Koboshi walked happily down the sidewalk.

" Yay! The weekend's here! Now I can go home and gaze at Kotarou from my bedroom window and sigh deeply!" Koboshi said happily. She quickly ran home and got her binoculars and her "I Love Kotarou" t-shirt and stared out the window. She saw Kotarou was hanging out with Misha again.

" DARN IT!" Koboshi shouted so loudly that her binocular lense broke. " Why is Kotarou always hanging out with Misha!" Koboshi snapped her fingers. " Of course! I should ask him! But I shouldn't be so conspicuous. I will have to think up a brilliant plan."

So Koboshi spent the rest of the evening thinking up a brilliant plan.

3:04 a.m. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Koboshi snuck out of her house dressed all in black (don't ask me why everyone who sneaks out wears black, I have no idea myself). She raced over to Ten-Chans house and rang the doorbell, even though it was a rather inconvenient hour. Ten-Chan answered the door about twenty minutes later, after Koboshi threatened to break down the door. He was half-asleep." Grandma...? What are you doing here...?" Ten-Chan said sleepily. Koboshi rolled her eyes, but then decided to use his lack of rest as an advantage.

" Um, I'm here to-"

" Here, have a drink." Ten-Chan reached for a vase of flowers and handed it to Koboshi.

" Uh, yeah. Thanks..." Koboshi put the vase back on the table. " Um, I was just here to get your clothes for uh... those in poverty!" Koboshi said quickly. Ten-Chan stared at her blankly.

" Grandma, don't I need those clothes for school?"

" Um, good news! You don't have to go to school anymore! Rejoice! Mozletof! (how in the world do you spell that?) This is taking way to long." Koboshi shoved past Ten-Chan.

" Okay, just make sure you look at the maps on the kitchen table."

" What?"

" Mom's into real estate..." Ten-Chan errupted into snoring and fell over. Koboshi blinked.

" That was interesting..." Koboshi raced upstairs and got Ten-Chan's clothes. Then she hit him over the head with a lamp so he wouldn't wake up and ran away (what is it with me and people getting hit with lamps?).

3:30 a.m. AT KOBOSHI'S HOUSE

Koboshi cut the sleeves off Ten-Chan's clothes, considering they were way to big on her. She put them on and used her dad's styling gel to make her hair go in the crazy gravity-defying shape Ten-Chan manages to put his hair into.

" Perfecto!" Koboshi said, staring at her image in her life-size mirror, and considering Koboshi's height really isn't that tall, neither is the mirror. Koboshi then fell asleep, and during that time, Ten-Chan sat up, wacked his head on the table, and got knocked out again.

7:30 a.m. GETTING UP FOR SCHOOL (Yeah I know the weekend just started, just pretend their weekend was only for Saturday, roll with me please)

Koboshi's House: Koboshi wakes up, surprised at first to herself looking like Ten-Chan, then remembers her brilliant plan, and escapes out the window to avoid shock from her parents.

Kotarou's House: Kotarou wakes up, finds his dad gone (again), eats an apple, reads the funnies (but I thought those were only on Sundays!), and goes outside.

Misha and Shia's House: Misha frantically looks for her bunnies, and Shia makes oatmeal and packs lunch for everybody.

Ten-Chan's House: His parents find him knocked out in the front hall, saying he slept walked down the stairs at night and start yelling at each other "This came from your side of the family".

8:30 a.m. AT SCHOOL

Koboshi met up with Kotarou at school, dressed as Ten-Chan.

" Hi Kotarou!" Koboshi said, forgetting to change her voice. " I mean... you didn't just hear that!"

" Okay- wait," Kotarou said, " you sound just like Koboshi. You ARE Koboshi aren't you?"

" N-no," Koboshi said nervously. She took one step back.

" Fine. Then tell me my deepest darkest secret that no one else but Ten-Chan would know."

" Uh..." Koboshi thought hard. She would just have to make something up and hope for the best.

" You sleep in footy pajamas...?" Koboshi guessed. Kotarou clamped a hand over her mouth.

" Dude, not so loud!" Kotarou whispered. " Sorry about that. I totally thought you were Koboshi for a second."

" Eh, that's ok?" Koboshi said nervously. Kotarou wore footy pajamas? And now it seemed weird he turned down the cat pajamas Misha made for him.

" So anyway, what's up?" Kotarou said, starting for the school door. Koboshi decided she would cut to the chase.

" Do you like Misha-san?" Koboshi asked Kotarou. Kotarou stared at her wide-eyed.

" Are you kidding? It's like she drinks twelve thousand pots of coffee a day! I'd better find out what Shia feeds her," Kotarou said to himself. Koboshi stared at him. " That's a no if you still haven't figured it out yet, Takashi."

(P.S. Japanese names get confusing)

So Koboshi decided to ask the next question.

" Do you like Koboshi?" Koboshi asked. Suddenly, Kotarou looked very angry. He ripped off his head to reveal... the REAL Takashi!

" Okay, that's it Uematsu! The jig is up! I know it's you!" Ten-Chan said.

" Ten-Chan! What are you doing here? I knocked you out with a lamp last night!" Koboshi squealed.

" Me and Kotarou switched places!"

" Why!"

" Because it sounded like fun!"

" So last night I knocked out--?"

" Kotarou, yes." Ten-Chan was grinning. Koboshi eeked. " Oh boy, wait till he hears this one-"

Koboshi grabbed Ten-Chan by his shirt collar.

" But he never WILL hear it, will he?" she asked angrily. Ten-Chan shook his head no.

" Good." Koboshi let go of him. Ten-Chan smiled again.

" Kinda funny how we had the same idea isn't it?" he said. Suddenly, Shia ran in.

" Shia? What are you doing here?" Ten-Chan said.

" You forgot your lunch!" Shia said, handing Ten-Chan and Koboshi their food. Then Kotarou came.

" Kotarou!" Koboshi said, " I"m so sorry! I didn't know you were pretending to be Takashi!"

" No I wasn't," Kotarou said. Koboshi cocked her head.

" Huh? But Takashi said-"

" That's not Takashi." Kotarou ripped off Takashi's head to reveal... Shia!

" Shia? What?" Koboshi said. " But you just dropped off our lunches a second ago..."

" No. That was Kotarou."

" What? Then who's Kotarou?" Koboshi said, confused once again. What was with everyone today?

Kotarou pulled off his head to reveal... Misha!

" AH! MISHA!" Koboshi said. " Wait, you really are Misha, aren't you?"

" Yes. But that's not the real Shia, su!" Misha pulled off Shia's head to reveal... Koboshi!

" Huh!" the first Koboshi said. " But I'm Koboshi!"

" You were supposed to be Ten-Chan and Shia," the second Koboshi said.

" Then who are you?" the first Koboshi asked.

" Koboshi! You're Nya!" The second girl took off the first Koboshi's head to reveal... nobody! And the lifeless real Koboshi ran into the forest, running into trees because she was beheaded.

Koboshi woke up from the strange nightmare.

" That was really weird," she said, " well, at least it was only a dream."

Koboshi walked to school. She found Kotarou and Ten-Chan there.

" Oh, hey Uematsu," Ten-Chan said. " I had the weirdest dream last night. My grandma came to my house and asked for my clothes to give to the poor! And then she knocked me out with a lamp! Pretty lame, huh? Uematsu?"

Koboshi jumped on top of Ten-Chan's head and began pulling on it.

" Come off, stupid thing! I know you're Shia! Come on!" Koboshi pulled harder.

" Koboshi-san-" Kotarou started.

" And you! You're Misha! Come on, tell me where they are!" Koboshi said angrily.

Suddenly, Kotarou and Ten-Chan turned into those famous dancing purple eartheworms.

Koboshi woke up from the strange nightmare.

" That was really weird," she said, " well, at least it was only a dream."

Koboshi walked to the school. She found Misha standing there.

" Hi, Misha," Koboshi said, " where's Kotarou and Ten-Chan?"

" They spontaneously combusted!" Misha said. Then she too blew up.

Koboshi woke up from the strange nightmare.

" Okay..." Koboshi said, worried. " I don't know if I'm dreaming..."

So Koboshi jumped out the window and broke both her legs. Yep. That's right. She was awake.

" Man, Uematsu! What in the world were you THINKING!" Takashi said laughing.

" Shut up," Koboshi said through gritted teeth.

But in a way she did kind of get her wish. Kotarou gave her a get-well card which is currently sitting in her Kotarou love shrine.