Midnight's Requiem

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Chapter 3: A Few Surprises too Many

Everything was starting to come into focus again and the first thing I noticed was the problem of not being able to move or see. The second thing that became clear was the fact that I could hear my heart beat pulsing in my ears. Of course, because of the fact that I clearly remember being stabbed in the chest and floating above my house, it was a little confusing to say the least.

The next thing that was obvious was the fact that the people from before where talking with some new people. From what I gathered from the conversation, I was the one they were talking about.

I tried to move again but was only successful in getting one of my hands to move a few inches.

"I think she's waking up."

That was the girl form before.

"Have George bring me those files. It would probably be better to do this here."

And there was the guy.

"Do you really think she will be willing to listen? I have to admit this is less than favorable circumstances. Even with the knowledge of this world I find it hard to believe she would want to hear you out after—"

This was someone new and to tell you the truth the voice was somewhat familiar, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out why.

"You don't have to tell me that but there's nothing I can do about it. We'll just have to explain things and hope for the best."

I was sick and tired of being talked about as if I didn't even exist. I wanted nothing more then to get up and give that aggravating guy a piece of my mind.

Finally being able to move took a few moments more. I went to get up a little too quickly. Bad move on my part. The next thing I knew I found myself heading towards the floor and an arm was grabbing me before I could hit anything.

Laying back down, I closed my eyes and tried to stop myself from hurling all over the place. As everything started to calm down I heard a voice.

"Crystal I'm glad you're awake, but I think it would be better if you stayed off of your feet….. Now, it might be hard for you to believe but there are forces out there that would look to destroy this world and yours. It has come to my attention that one such entity has made it's way to your world and is trying to find a power known as the Dark Light. It is important that you help us to find and destroy this evil before he can do any damage."

I still had my eyes close so the next thing he said didn't make much sense at the time.

"Now before you say anything I must warn you there was a small problem with your transfer to this world. In fact, the truth is we weren't't ready for your arrival. We were forced to use some… desperate measures."

"Huh, what are you talking about?"

Opening my eyes for the first time I realized the person in front of me looked strangely like the character Koenma in Yu Yu Hakusho…. Well at least in his teen form. From the clothes, the Jr. thing stuck on his head and the pacifier in his mouth.

Now here I am in a lot of people's greatest fantasy and the first thing out of my mouth wasn't't something cool or memorable, nope, not at all. My stupid mouth just had to move before my brain had time to kick in.

"Holly crap! You're Koenma. No, freaken way. This is so cool. Wait till Joann and Beth find out about this they'll be so jealous…. I don't suppose I could get some autographs?"

"Yes, well as I was saying there was a small problem with your transfer. To be more specific it has to with your body."

"I don't see how. I feel fine… well except for the fact that I died, but hell Yusuke died and he was fine."

Before I go further there is something I need to explain. It is at this point that most people would expect me to describe a beautiful body that I was given. All of it equipped with some great qualities. Like really long purple hair, claws and with curves in all the right places. If only that was true in my case. Sadly I wasn't't blessed with such good fortune.

"As I said before we weren't't given proper time to finish preparations. We should still be able to switch you when the time comes but for now I'm afraid this will have to do."

I was still confused as to what he was talking about when my right shoulder had an itch. Not thinking about it I took my left hand and I was going to scratch it when I noticed something, more to the point the lack of something.

Looking down I realized that my shirt was a bit too flat. Without thinking I put my hand to my chest and confirmed the fact that I indeed now had a flat chest. Setting my gaze a little further down I noticed something that had no place being there.

I was caught between wanting to knocking the lights out of that damnable demi god, screaming my head off or listening to what possible explanation he could come up with.

I opted for the second choice.

"What the hell... What's going on?"

I noticed him flinch a bit at my outburst. At that point I wasn't in the mood to give a rat's ass.

"Just relax and calm down Crystal. There's no need to get irrational."

"Calm down. Are you crazy? You turned me into a guy damn it. A freaken GUY!"

And I think I should leave it right here and let you wonder what happened next... Nah, I'm not exactly that evil.

I looked over to everyone else and noticed Yusuke and Kuawbara both were trying in a lousy attempt not to laugh their asses off. Kurama was standing off to the side and I couldn't tell what he was thinking and of course Hiei was against the far wall with his arms crossed. Even though I didn't really know what he was thinking it was probable something to do with humans being stupid and wanting to be somewhere else.

Kurama was the first to break the silence.

"Perhaps we should let her rest for a while. It would give everyone involved some time to think and I'm sure this experience has been a bit traumatic. There is no need to rush things."

He looked over to me when he continued.

"I would like to apologize to you on behalf of everyone here. You should take some time to yourself and when you're ready we can continue this conversation."

I didn't say anything to him and just nodded at his statement. Damn that fox and all of his hotness. It's at this point that I'm again reminded of my current situation when I get an unexpected reaction from... uh... lets say below the belt. I was really hoping that no one in the room noticed.

At this point some of you are probably laughing at me, but give me a break here. I wasn't born a guy and it was very uncomfortable to have to deal with... well... that.

They all left the room to give me some privacy and I was grateful for that. I didn't want to have to explain that to any of them. Now I had all the time I needed to think of a way out of this. If that wasn't an option then I was going to have to figure out a way to strangle the person who thought 'Hey we need some comic relief. Lets put her in a guys body and see what happens'.

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