Chapter 2
Changes in my Life
I am known as the powerful treasure hunter, Bullet. Going on countless adventures with Gabrial-kun and Tyrus by my side. But then…my life changed when I encountered a ghost girl who offered me a deal after I begged her to save my life. And the price I paid is…living as a girl for the rest of my life. Not only that, but Ghost somehow has the power to manipulate other people's memories just so they don't freak out when they discover I have changed. I guess it's a good thing, but…now that I'm living as a girl, other things have changed for me as well.
The red-head sits up from her bed, stretches out her arms and looks around her room. She is wearing a gravity shirt Ghost gave her to sleep in. She didn't mind that, but the fact that it's small on her makes her feel a little embarrassed. She looks over to the side on her left to see Ghost sleeping peacefully next to her. She pets the little blonde with a small smile. Bullet is the only one who can see her since she encountered her and made a deal with her afterwards.
However Ghost starts to yawn adorably as she sits up, rubbing one eye with the back of her hand. "Morning...Bullet-chan~"
"Morning, Ghost," the red-head says as she walks over toward the night stand. "Well...another day of treasure hunting. Just have to make sure I have everything...wait...where is my sword?" She looks above to where her sword used to be hanging but it's not there. "I thought I had it. I always put it there."
Ghost giggles. "Not anymore! Check the drawer to your left."
Bullet does so, pulling out the small drawer to reveal 2 revolvers. "Huh? Why are there guns in here?"
"Think of it as a little present from me~" Ghost replies as she sits cross legged on one of the night stands. "It fits you way more~"
"Really now?"
"Mm-hmm! Plus, your name is Bullet! How cool is that~?"
"Uhhhh...Okay?" The red-head sweat drops and examines the revolvers. The bullets are already placed inside the cylinder and she spins it around once.
"You can give them a twirl, too...if you know what I mean~" Ghost winks at her.
"No, I don't."
"Remember, I altered everyone's memories, so you may have a special talent with these guns. You just have to find out for yourself," Ghost explains
Bullet still has no clue what she's talking about. She never held a gun in her life, let alone revolvers and did anything with them. Still, they CAN be quite handy.
"Whatever...I'll go get changed," the red-head says as she heads inside the bathroom.
"I'll go with you!" Ghost offers as she floats over next to her.
"Huh?"
"We're both girls, so it should be fine~" The little blonde says as she lets herself in right after Bullet closes the door.
The red-head sighs. "If you say so…" She still has some things to learn about being female, but for now she'll just go with it.
Inside the shower, Ghost floats behind her while the red-head is washing herself, putting her palms on her breasts with a grin.
"Can you get off?" Bullet says.
"Still getting used to having knockers~?" the little girl asks.
"Not totally. It still feels a little weird to me."
"It won't be for long. You'll be living as a girl for the rest of your life anyways."
"Yeah…"
Ghost lets go of the red-head to let her do the rest of the showering, scrub herself and then dry herself. Ghost just lies on her side with her head resting on her hand, watching her favorite girl get ready for the day. She puts on her revealing tank-top, short shorts, gloves and black lace up boots. She turns toward the little girl with a smile and a wink.
"Welp, I'm ready~" she says. "Time to meet up with Gabriel-kun and Tyrus!"
"It's going to be fun for sure~!"
Grabbing her guns to put them in her holsters, a couple of sand grenades that just so happens to be in her drawer as well, and then her bag. She walks out the door with Ghost floating past and locks it right away. She then makes her way toward the woods where her two best friends are waiting.
Gabriel and Tyrus look up toward their friend, who is strutting towards them, her breasts jiggling at every movement. Their jaws drop, almost drooling at this sexy treasure hunter partner of theirs.
"Duuuude~!" Tyrus says. "I still can't believe she's this sexy!"
"Trust me, I want to touch those boobs of hers~" Gabriel replies.
"Hey, you!" Bullet puts her hands on her hips, staring down at them. "Are you making fun of me?"
"Oh, not at all!" Gabriel says, putting his hands up in defense. "Just checking you out that's all."
"Well, less checking out, more hunting," Bullet says with a wave of her hand. "We got some gold we need to find! Jewelry to collect!" She points a finger up in the air as she says that.
"R-right!" Tyrus says. "Gabriel, let's work together with Bullet-chan here!"
"Sure!"
They can look later. And they know very well that the red-head can be aggressive with them if they don't behave. According to Ghost, Bullet always pounds them on the head whenever they want to do pervy stuff when they should focus on other things. The red-head had no idea she had that in her, but at the same time, it's pretty useful.
They walk further and further down the forest until they go to a mysterious cave. They pull out their flashlights and point it toward the darkness, proceeding to go further. Tyrus sticks close to his guy buddy while Bullet leads the way, looking around for any danger. Fortunately, there is none, but they must keep on guard. She checks the map to see if they are getting any closer to the location of the treasure.
She points straight forward with her flashlight, signalling her two friends to follow her. Deeper into the cave, they look around to see where the treasure might be found. The long hall seems a bit spooky to them, but they must take risks as treasure hunters.
Soon enough, they find that they are heading in the right direction
Once they get out of the long dark hallway, they see an opening and start running toward a pillar of rocks, across toward the treasure chest that lies at the end. Bullet looks back at her partners in crime and then back at the pillar of rocks. She encountered something like this before and nearly fell to her death. She does not want to go through that same problem.
"Boys," she says. "The treasure is waiting for us. Whoever's the bravest needs to go."
Gabriel and Tyrus exchange looks. She's truly afraid it seems, but they don't know why she isn't going. She's the strongest and bravest treasure hunter around. However...this may give them a chance to prove themselves to her, like impress her.
"Don't worry!" Tyrus says. "I'll go first! These pesky pillar rocks won't stop me!"
"Best of luck, buddy~" Gabriel gives him a pat on the back.
Tyrus nods and jumps toward the first pillar. Bullet watches her man try his hardest to get across, while looking back at Gabriel.
"Say...why don't you help him?" She suggests. "The chest may be heavy and it'll be difficult for one of you to get back carrying that thing."
"You're right," Gabriel nods. "Anything for you, Bullet-chan!"
The red-head smiles a little, along with a slight blush. Ghost grins at this, as she notices this while floating. She knows Bullet may have slight feelings for her two men because she cares about them so much. They are a team after all.
Tyrus successfully gets across and take the treasure chest with Gabriel close behind. They take turns carrying the chest, jumping to the next pillar and handing it to each other as they go along.
"Very clever idea, Bullet-chan!" Ghost comments as she floats next to her.
"What can I say?" The red head says, putting both hands on her hips. "They're my friends. I want to protect them."
"Such a sweetheart, aren't you~?" The little girl coos, making Bullet blush harder.
"We did it!" Gabriel and Tyrus make it back across and the treasure they helped each other carry is still in good shape.
Bullet picks up a rock and smashes the lock with it a few times before it bends, allowing her to take it out and open the chest.
Inside contains a lot of gold and jewels. Tyrus and Gabriel dive in to examine everything.
"We're rich!" Tyrus cries out happily. "Once again, the three of us succeeded!"
"With the help of Bullet-chan, of course~" Gabriel adds, giving the red-head a pat on the back.
"Awwww, you guys~" Bullet turns bashful and bends one leg, tapping her foot while putting her hands behind her back, looking down at the ground.
Seeing that they have finished their mission, they decide to head back to their home where they belong, and give most of the coins and jewels to jewlry shops and charity
As for what they have, they shared the coins with one another as reward for each other's hard work.
And now, like they do every time they come back from a trip, they make their way to Anja's bar for a drink. The violet haired girl serves their usual and the three of them drink away to celebrate. They are a bit loud, well, mostly the guys, but it makes Anja giggle at the excitement of these three. And before they knew it, a few hours went by and it's almost closing time. The two guys say good-bye to Bullet and the red-head starts to leave as well when Anja stops her.
"Wait, Bullet-san," she says. "Why don't you stay here for a bit more."
"Huh? Why?"
Anja smiles as she proceeds to clean everything up from the bar. Since everyone left, there must be something Anja wants. Maybe a love confession? She blushes at this and puts both hands on her cheeks at the thought.
"No, no, no, no, no!" she squeaks. "This isn't the time! What if it's too fast!?"
"Fufu! What's the matter, Bullet-san?" the violet haired girl giggles. "You seem to be talking to yourself~"
"Ah! N-n-nothing! Nothing at all!"
"Alright~" Anja steps away from the bar and casually steps toward the red-head with her hands behind her back. "So…now that we're alone…do you mind showing me…the trick?"
Bullet deadpans. "Uhhhh…what?"
The violet haired girl giggles again. "You're so silly, Bullet-san. Don't tell me you've forgotten."
"I don't understand," the red-head frowns. "What do you mean, 'the trick'?"
"You know...with these handy things~?" Anja makes some movements with her fingers, sort of a twirling motion.
Bullet looks down at her holsters that hold her revolvers and now gets the picture. "Ohhhh, oh, right!" she laughs nervously. "Hahaha!"
Anja pulls out a chair and takes a seat with her hands on her lap. "Well, go on! Give it a go! You used to entertain me every night with that trick, right?"
Bullet sweat drops. She realizes that Ghost has altered people's memories, so Anja loves seeing female Bullet do some gun spinning every now and then. But...can she really pull that off? She doesn't want the violet haired girl waiting too long. She looks around for the little girl, but is nowhere to be found. But she fails to notice that she's hiding underneath one of the tables to get a glimpse of what's happening. She giggles at how clueless Bullet is, but she knows that she'll get the hang of it in a second.
"H-here I go," Bullet says, probably a bit softly since she clearly knows that she has no idea what she's doing. She sees the smile remain on Anja's face and takes out both of her revolvers.
And then...as if by magic, the red-head finds herself spinning the guns rapidly without even dropping on of them. Anja's eyes sparkle in amazement as she keeps on watching. Bullet spins them forward, then backward, tosses one and then crosses her arms to toss the same gun and catch it.
What the!? Bullet thinks. It's like my body's moving on it's own. But how!?
Bullet keeps on twirling the guns like she's got this in the bag, putting one away while still twirling with the other, tosses it up and catches it with the same hand crossing with the other, and then tosses it behind her and catches it with ease. She uses the same hand to twirl it some more, then tosses it behind again to catch it with her other hand. She then grabs her other revolver and spins them at the same time once again. And after the last spin, she points her two guns at Anja.
"12 shots," she says without even thinking.
Anja applauds happily. "You're so amazing, Bullet-san! Just like always!"
"Oh, really? Hahahaha...!" Bullet laughs nervously again as she puts her guns back in her holsters. 'I don't know if I want to strangle or thank Ghost.'
"Haaaah...this made my night~" Anja stands up and takes Bullet's hands in hers. "Thank you so much, Bullet-san! You truly are the best at entertaining me~"
"Ahhhh...sure..." Bullet says with a small smile.
Anja giggles and pulls away to look at the red-head one last time before turning toward the bar. "You may go now. I have some stuff to take care of before closing the bar anyways."
"I see...well, I'll see you around, Anja," Bullet grabs her own things and heads out the door. She glances back at the bartender, who is busy packing her stuff before leaving.
Ghost floats over toward the red-head, hands behind her head. "You couldn't tell her, could you~?"
"What was I supposed to do?" Bullet frowns. "I don't want things to go so fast."
"You sure about that? Look at how Anja is treating you right now. Does it look like she wants to reject you if you confess to her?"
"That's not the problem."
"Puuuuu...you're no fun." Ghost pouts a little. "In other words, you were questioning how you did your entertainment without even messing up~?"
"Yeah! Was it you doing it to me?"
"Nope! It was all you! No magic, nothing." Ghost says. "All I did was watch you entertain Anja-chan~"
"No wonder...you're right about the alternate memories thing," Bullet says. She keeps on walking with the little girl close to her until they get home.
The red-head puts away her guns in the drawer, takes off her clothes and heads in the bathroom to fill the tub with warm water. Ghost floats behind her as Bullet takes a look in the mirror, with her hair already down.
"You know what, Ghost?" she says. "I've been thinking."
"What is it?"
"It's been a day since I turned into a girl, and there are stuff I still don't know," she says. "But I've been noticing changes in my life that I've never seen before."
"Is it better than your original life?"
"Frankly, I don't know," Bullet says. "I mean, from my life as a man, Anja captured my heart...but I still wasn't able to confess to her. But here, she talks to me...a lot more than I remember."
"Ehehe! Let me tell you this: when I transformed you into a girl, I can sense that you don't have everything you wanted. Gabriel-kun and Tyrus? They protect you more. They like you more~"
"Why? Because I'm a girl?"
"No way! I mean, they're your friends. They like you as a whole," Ghost says.
"Oh..." Bullet looks down at the floor. "What else...did you change?"
"Like I said before, Anja-chan talks to you more now," Ghost replies. "Your life as a girl can be good...and bad, Bullet-chan. Never forget that."
"I see..."
After getting situated, Bullet climbs in the warm bath, the water covering her like a blanket and relaxes for a bit. Ghost floats down in front of the red-head to join her.
"Ghost," Bullet says.
"Yes?"
"You're not so bad as I think you are. I think it's time I gave you a name."
"Oh, I already have one," the little girl smiles. "It's Maya!"
"Heh, well, nice to meet you, Maya."
The two relax in the tub for a while until they decide to get out. After putting on a bathrobe and drying her hair, Bullet puts on her short night gown and climbs into bed with the ghost girl floating next to her and snuggling under the covers. The red-head smiles a small smile, stroking her blonde hair and holding her close.
"I wonder…if you're a ghost…how come I'm touching you?" she says.
"You're the only one who can see me," Maya replies. "And made a deal with me. So that means you're also able to touch me." She grins. "Or are you thinking of some other way of touching me~?"
"Geeez, stop!" Bullet says. "Don't ruin the perfect moment."
"Ehehe! Only for you, Bullet-chan~"
The two snuggle in bed with the little girl resting on Bullet's bosom.
Yup. These are major changes in my life that Gho-I mean, Maya, has placed. But those changes have been good, to be honest. I may be a powerful treasure hunter and always will be, but…living as a girl may not be so bad after all. Anja likes me a lot more and Gabriel and Tyrus still have been the buddies I used to know. Though…I don't know why they can't get over their fantasies…
All in all, I don't think I can live without Maya and her teachings.
A/N: I would like to thank Major Mike Powell once again for the idea of Ocelot's Gun spinning trick. It was an awesome thing and I tried my best to write it.
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