Author's Note: Man, it is SOOO much easier getting these chapters out. I guess it helps that it's a fresh story, and so I don't get blocked because I want to write things that don't come until waaaay later in the story … That's actually the problem I'm having with From The Darkness. I'm wanting to write things that don't happen until the end … Because of this, it's giving me a mental block to the earlier chapters … I will be able to write it though. I know I will. Anyways, with no further ado, here is the next chapter! Please read, enjoy, and review! XD
Second Author's Note: Ah, it was brought to my attention by BlueRyuu that I had failed to mention the Eng/Jap translations site from Phoenix! So, I am adding it here for you guys. Here's the link: http ( : ) ( / ) ( / ) www ( . ) freedict ( . ) com ( / ) onldict ( / ) jap ( . ) html
Genderly Challenged
Chapter 4: Thou Art Fairest Of Them All
Everyone made their way into the town, minus Brook. They had figured it a really bad idea to take him a long, and Sanji had been made to promise he'd keep his mouth shut.
"Now Zoro, no matter what happens … you have to promise not to lose your temper, same goes to you, Luffy."
"Right, right …" Zoro replied as he clumsily walked into the town as well as the other three. "Damn it! How the hell do you walk in these, woman?!"
"Takes a little getting used to. Just wait, before you know it, you will be walking in them normally."
"Ee, just takes time …"
"Okay, so now where was this bar?" Nami asked as she looked around.
"It was this way, Nami-san. I will … lead the way." Sanji said as he attempted to take the lead, already beginning to get used to his shoes.
"Wow, Sanji-kun. You're already getting used to your shoes. I'm impressed." Nami said as she smiled at him.
"Ah!" Sanji exclaimed as he whirled around to walk backwards. "Thank you, Nami-swan!"
However, while he was walking backwards, he ran into someone. Blinking, Sanji turned to see a large man turning to him. "Ah!"
"Hey! Watch where you're … Ah … I do apologize little lady." The man said as he winked at Sanji.
"Eh?!" Sanji exclaimed before Nami quickly came up and slipped an arm through Sanji's. Making a small noise, he quickly turned to Nami.
"I'm sorry about that, sir. She wasn't watching where she was going."
"Oh, it's no problem. A lovely lady such as she should watch where she is going though. She might get hurt." The man said as he laughed with a slight blush down at Sanji. Sanji was about to say something, a deep frown on his face before Nami interrupted him.
"Of course, I will make sure she watches where she's going from now on!" Nami said as she laughed nervously and began to walk away, pulling Sanji behind her.
Everyone had grins on their faces as they past the man as well. The man watched them all pass appreciatively. "Lucky bastards … Got a lot of pretty women around them …"
After they'd gone some distance, the guys burst out into laughter.
"He actually winked at you Sanji!" Luffy started as he held his stomach from the laughter.
"He even … called you little lady!" Usopp exclaimed as he laughed.
"Don't forget lovely lady too!! He sounded just like you, stick figure!" Zoro added as he doubled over from the laughter.
"Did you see his blush?!" Franky asked as he slapped a hand on his knee.
"Sanji made a man blush!" Chopper cried as he howled in his laughter.
"Shut your pie holes you bastards!" Sanji yelled at them over his shoulder as Nami continued to hold onto his arm. "Why did you do that, Nami-san?!" He exclaimed as he frowned up at Nami softly.
"Because! I did not want to get into it with that huge guy!"
"I coulda handled him myself!"
"Ugh! Forget it! We don't have time for this! We need to find Manny! Now where's this bar?!"
Sighing, Sanji finally pulled his arm away from her grasp gently as he continued to show the way. "It's here …" He said softly with a small pout as he stopped in front of Manny's bar and crossed his arms. The guys were still snickering behind Nami. "Shut it!"
This only seemed to fuel the flame. "Alright guys, that's enough. You do realize the same thing could most likely happen to you if we don't get changed back …" Nami chided as she frowned at them.
That stopped the laughter immediately. "I dun wanna get talked to by a guy …" Luffy whispered with wide eyes.
"Me neither …" Usopp said as he shook his head.
"Well, that's why we have be sure to have her change us back …" Nami said as she walked up to open the bar doors. However, she made a small noise as her eyes widened. "It's locked …"
"E-h?!" The guys exclaimed as their faces looked completely downfallen.
"This is just great!" Nami exclaimed as she kicked the door. "She must have known we'd come looking for her!"
"Damn it! I do not want to be stuck like this!" Zoro exclaimed, looking, if one looked close enough, close to tears.
"N-o! This can't be!" Luffy cried, tears bunching in his eyes. "I don't wanna be a girl, Nami!! I don't wanna!!"
"Aah! This is just horrible! Horrible!!" Usopp cried, as tears did fall from his eyes.
Sanji just drooped, his face looking completely devastated. Nami frowned at the door before turning to the others. "I guess … we're stuck like this …" She said quietly as her frown turned exasperatedly pained. "Looks like Robin and I will have to do some shopping for all of us …"
"No way! I shop for my own damn clothes!" Zoro exclaimed as he swiped his arm in front of him.
"Alright, fine … then we all go … but …" She started as her face paled.
"But?" Luffy and Usopp asked at the same time.
"We should … probably … find … a bathroom …" She said with a bit of a whimper.
"E … Eh?"
At this reminder, all four of the guy's faces completely paled, as well as Robin's. "B-B-B-Bathroom?!"
"I-I-I … I don't know how!" Luffy cried, tears waterfalling down his face this time. "I don't wanna, Nami! I don't wanna! I'll hold it!"
"You can't hold it for a full day, you idiot!!"
"Yes I can!"
"No … you can't! Don't be stupid!"
"I will hold it if I have to!"
"You will end up going on yourself! That's disgusting!"
"I am not gonna use the bathroom, so there!" He exclaimed as he stuck his tongue out at her.
"Why you little …!" She exclaimed as she went to hit him.
Luffy's eyes widened as he gasped loudly and covered his face with his arms releasing a bit of a squeal. However, after awhile, he opened his eyes and began to blink before slowly looking up when nothing happened. Nami was staring down at him with her arm still raised, her eyes completely wide.
"Nami?" Chopper questioned as everyone seemed to blink at her.
"I can't … I can't … I can't hit you!!" She exclaimed in complete disbelief.
"E-h?!"
"Eh?" Luffy questioned softly as he lowered his arms and stood up straighter. "You … You can't?"
"I-I-I just can't!!"
"Mm, perhaps some inner male instinct is holding you back?" Robin suggested as she rubbed her chin.
"Inner male instinct?! What the hell are you talking about?!"
"Like Sanji, some men cannot hit a woman …"
"But he's not really a girl, and I'm not really a guy!"
Robin just smiled and shrugged. "Perhaps more than just our gender has changed. There might be more changes as time progresses …"
"Th-Th-That can't be! Chopper! You've got to find this woman!"
"I-I can't … All I can smell is alcohol and cigarettes …" Chopper replied with a frown.
"Aah!" Nami exclaimed in frustration as she frowned up at the building, the guys also looked crestfallen.
"I don't wanna be more like a girl, Nami!"
"Me neither, Nami!"
"Damn it … this sucks ass …"
"More like a woman …?"
"I will have to read up on this ability …" Robin said as she turned and slowly walked away a bit from them. Then she turned to them. "Shall we then?"
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After awhile, they found themselves in front of a restaurant, each looking extremely grim.
"I don't wanna …"
"I don't either …"
"How the hell are we even supposed to do this?!"
"Nami-san … how … how do we …?"
"You just sit down and let it out … It's actually quite easy for a woman to use the bathroom … Afterwards, he get a wad of toilet paper, but not too much, reach under, and clean yourself …" Nami explained before she blanched. "You guys have it a hell of a lot easier than … than Robin and I do … How are we supposed to even …?"
"You pull it out, hold it, aim and let it go … Oh … but since you're probably not circumcised … you're gonna have to pull the skin back … Then once you're done, you shake it a little to get every last drop out. Although … you can shake it … wiggle it … beat it against the wall … but the last drop never falls until you put it back in your pants." Zoro explained with a bit of a chuckle.
"Oi, you don't gotta explain it like that to Nami-san! It's disgusting!"
"I am not touching it! I will just sit down!" Nami exclaimed as she began to breathe heavily as her face paled completely.
"Yeah … I would definitely not recommend you sit down in a men's public bathroom …" Zoro said, still cackling.
"He's right … Nami-san … I wouldn't sit down …"
"Th-Th-Then what do I do?!"
"Alright, well, you can try and aim it by thrusting your hip forward, but it all depends on your size. You might also get it on yourself … I'd really not recommend it." Zoro continued to explain with an evil smirk.
"Oi, weeping willow, I already said don't say such vulgar things to Nami-san!"
"Hey … I'm just trying to explain how ta do it …"
"You could always use toilet paper so you don't gotta touch it …" Luffy suggested with a shrug.
"B-B-But I'd still have to hold it!"
Zoro again chuckled. "Well, one of us could hold it for ya, but not sure they'd let a woman into the men's bathroom or a man into the women's …"
"How dare you suggest that to Nami-san!!"
"I will not let any of you touch me there!! Wait …" Nami immediately calmed as her eyes widened. "I-I-I would have to go into the men's bathroom!"
"I don't wanna go into the women's bathroom, Nami!!"
"Me neither, damn it!!"
"Someone could always stand watch?"
Everyone turned to Robin. "W-Would they allow that?" Nami asked hopeful. However, Robin only shrugged.
"Mmoh!" Nami exclaimed in frustration as she furrowed her brows and brought her hands to her head. "I'm really considering letting you guys harm this woman! Argh! This is all your fault!" She yelled as she turned and glared at them.
"We didn't do it on purpose!"
"Yeah, we didn't even know it was a bar full of women!"
Nami just glared at Luffy and Usopp before sighing and turning back to the restaurant. "Let's just get this over with …"
Everyone then made their way inside, approaching the host. "How many?"
"Umm … actually … we were wondering if we could use … your bathroom …"
"I'm sorry, but our facilities are for customers only."
"Ah! Then we'll eat! Gives us a table!"
Frowning, Nami turned towards Luffy. However, he was right. If they wanted to use the bathroom, they had to eat there. "That's fine …" She finally said as she turned back to the host.
"Right this way, please." The man replied as he began to lead them to a large round table.
"I can wait here while you guys go." Chopper said as he sat down at the table.
"Aa, I can try and watch the bathrooms for you guys." Franky suggested as he turned to the others.
Nodding, Nami turned first, with a ghostly white face and headed for the bathrooms. Luffy stopped just outside of the women's bathroom with a thin lined frown.
"I don't wanna go in there …"
"Just go!" Zoro said as he pushed both Luffy and Usopp into the bathroom and followed in after them. Both cried out a bit, but then it went quiet.
Sanji paused with his hand on the door as he turned to Robin and Nami. "Good luck … Robin-chan, Nami-san …" He said sincerely before going into the bathroom.
Both turned to the bathroom door with frowns, not looking forward to this experience. Then Robin finally opened the door to step inside with Nami behind her.
"This is horrible! Just horrible!" Nami exclaimed as she stared down at the urinal.
Robin nodded in agreement before taking a shaky breath. Then she approached the stall to use the bathroom. Groaning, Nami approached the one next to her before staring down at herself. 'Oh God, this is the worst!' She thought before unzipping her pants. With shaky hands, she pulled her pants open before reaching in with a loud groan and clenched teeth. Then she turned her head away as sweat beaded down her face.
"Aah!" She cried with a shudder as she'd managed to make contact.
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Inside the women's bathroom, Luffy and Usopp jumped at the cry from the bathroom on the other side. Each was just standing outside of a stall.
"You can do this!" Usopp exclaimed to himself before taking a step forward, but then shrieked and jumped back. "I can't! But I really gotta piss!!"
"Me too!" Luffy cried as he wrung the shirt he was wearing with his hands.
"Come on! It can't be that bad!" Zoro said as he disappeared inside of a stall.
All three blinked, waiting outside to see what would happen. After awhile, they could hear the sound of draining water. All three groaned, the need to go becoming worse at the sound.
"Mm, this is a lot easier than I thought. It's actually easier than going as a guy. It's just like she said, you just sit and go."
Blinking and gaping softly, all three looked at one another before tentatively disappearing into a stall, but then jumped as more screams came from the other bathroom.
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"God! That was the worst! It was so disgusting! Ugh! I really don't ever want to do that again!!" Nami exclaimed loudly after she was done and was now franticly washing her hands with very hot water.
Robin was beside her, also scrubbing at her hands. She was a bit calmer about it than Nami was. It wasn't like she'd never touched one before.
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Just outside of the bathroom doors, Franky released a loud and ferocious sneeze. "Acho-o! Meh …"
Just as he did, a man came to use the bathroom. Franky immediately held up his hand. "Aah … you really don't wanna go in there right now."
Just as he said that, more screams from Nami could be heard as she yelled out her disgust. Blinking, the man paled and quickly turned away. As a matter of fact, most of the restaurant turned to the bathroom with wide confused eyes.
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"That really wasn't so bad!" Luffy exclaimed with a chuckle, just as Nami had released her second tirade.
All four turned towards the men's bathroom, just behind them as they washed their hands. "Shishishishi! Poor Nami!"
"Aa, poor Nami-san …" Sanji agreed with a frown as he dried his hands.
Once they were done, the guys made their way out of the bathroom. After awhile, the men's bathroom door flew open and Nami about tumbled out, falling to her hands and knees as she breathed deeply.
"Never again … Never again …"
Robin stepped out with a nervous smile as she helped Nami to her feet. Every eye was on them. The others thought against it to tell Nami how easy it really had been to go to the bathroom at her reaction.
"Uh … Nami … I hate to say this, but … you're causing a scene."
Nami turned to scowl at Usopp. "I don't care!" She exclaimed in a loud whisper.
Straightening her clothes, she then went back to the table where Chopper waited with a crooked frown. As everyone sat around the table, a man came to take their orders.
"Wha-What can I get for you …?" The man asked tentatively as he looked over at Nami nervously.
She had her head propped onto her hand with a very angry frown. Luffy went on ahead and order quite a bit of food for everyone. Shifting her eyes around the table, Nami looked from each crew member to the next, her frown deepening. They were all talking to each other, completely unperturbed. She knew it had been much easier for them to have gone to the bathroom. As she laid her eyes on each one, she felt herself becoming jealous.
Listening to each one as they talked, she really paid attention to their voices and faces. Starting with Luffy, his hair was long and actually quite shiny. It reached down about three to four inches past his shoulders. His hair, for some reason, was the longest of the three. His face was actually pretty cute for a girl, even with his scar. His eyes were large, which seemed to engulf his face and add to his cuteness. His voice ironically was kind of the same, only softer and more feminine. It was a pleasant sound. His figure was even nice, with round hips, small waist, and quite the bust. Although, Nami wasn't sure they were as big as hers were. He was also, like the other guys, shorter than his normal height.
Shifting her eyes to Zoro, she then listened to his deep and also pleasant voice. It was kind of a smooth voice that just kind of glided out of his mouth nicely. He was taller than maybe she was as a woman, but still a tad shorter than she is now as a male. He had medium hips that didn't come out as much as Luffy's, a tiny waist and a slightly bigger bust than Luffy's. His hair reached his shoulder, and seemed to be a slight deeper green because of its thickness. It was also slightly wavy. His face couldn't be described as cute though, but it was quite beautiful. It was more of a quiet, natural beauty, and his eyes seemed smaller and more narrowed compared to Luffy's.
Then Nami shifted her eyes to Usopp. His voice could only be described as cute. It was a higher pitch than the others, but still a pleasant sound. His bust was, however, lacking, to say the least. His were quite a bit smaller than the others. His hips were also not as wide, but were still round. It was as if he were still a younger girl whose body had not yet developed fully. Looking up at his hair, it was the same brown color, only it wasn't frizzy. His hair was now curly, thick rings, but not full rings. It waved down to about his shoulder. His face was, like Luffy's, cute. Even his long nose seemed to add to his cuteness. His eyes were large like Luffy's, but not as large.
Last but not least, she then shifted her eyes to Sanji. Now there was probably the object of most of her jealousy. Nami had to admit to herself that Sanji made a very sexy and beautiful woman. His long blonde hair had the perfect wave to it. Most of it was parted on one side which perfectly draped over his left eye. It was a tad shorter than Luffy's, two, maybe three inches past his shoulder. It even had a beautiful shine. His eyes were big, but at times were narrowed to add to his beauty. His face was not only beautiful, but it could also be cute at times, depending on his expression.
His lips were full and even a slight pink color. Going down to his body, he was the bustiest of the four. His breasts were possibly the same size as Nami's, maybe even bigger. His waist was even slimmer than the others, and his hips much rounder and wide. He even had the nicest ass. His legs even had the perfect curve and roundness, possibly because they were his weapon and used often. What really seemed to top the jealousy cake, was his voice. His voice had a bit of a husk to it, that Nami envied. It was very sexy and very pleasant sounding. She wondered if it was because he smoked. It wasn't as deep as Zoro's, but it seemed the perfect pitch and volume. Sanji was the ideal and perfect woman.
Narrowing her eyes further, Nami huffed before looking away just as Sanji looked over at her.
"What is it, Nami-san?"
"It's nothing!"
"Eh?" Sanji exclaimed as his one eye widened at her. "Nothing, Nami-san? You sound angry- …"
"I said it's nothing! I'm just angry about this whole thing! We need to find that woman, and get her to change us back!"
Everyone seemed to blink at her sudden burst of anger. "Nami, are you sure you're okay?" Luffy asked as he frowned at her.
"I said I was fine!" She exclaimed before standing up. Then she sighed. "You know what … I'm really not that hungry … I think I'm going to go back to the ship …" She said as she turned and walked out of the restaurant.
"Eh?" They questioned as they watched her leave.
"Someone's grumpy …" Usopp muttered with pursed lips.
"I wonder what's wrong with Nami-san …?" Sanji questioned with a soft voice and frown.
"Who knows … She's probably just irritated that she had to touch herself." Zoro suggested with a bit of a cackle.
"Shut up, willow!"
"Make me, noodle!"
"Mmm …" Luffy hummed just as Nami walked out of the door.
"Maybe she just wants to be a girl again …"
To Be Continued …
Author's Note: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! It was a bit longer than the others, plus it had a lot more description. I wanted to describe the guys more, so you all would have a better idea of what they looked and sounded like. I will have the girl's descriptions more detailed in the next chapter! I promise! XP So, I bet you all weren't expecting Sanji to be the sexiest and most beautiful of them all!! X9 He is the ideal and perfect woman! And he ain't even a woman! XD I would be frickin' pissed too, damn it! XO Also, Nami, like Luffy said, just wants to be a girl again! XP Anyways! Please let me know what you guys thought! Give me reviews! I find them very fun and entertaining to read! XP
To Yo: Haha, does that answer some of your questions? As a matter of fact, yes, there is going to be a lot of mind set. And actually, it's going to be twice as bad for them because, unlike a natural born male and female … they aren't going to know how to control it! XD I had to giggle when I read your review, because all of your questions happened all in this chapter! XP I had finished it last night, late last night, but I was too tired to edit it, so I waited until morning to do it! XP