*Note -

This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Saiki and Lotus

Mind Control?! - What's Natural is Actually Unatrual

"Okay just remember what Saiki said and concentrate."

Right now Lotus was standing before a baseball that was sitting on the floor. She was dressed in workout gear, but today she wasn't just working out her body.

Lotus took a deep breath and lifted her hand up facing her open palm towards the baseball. She focused solely on the ball concentrating.

The ball was surrounded in a dark pink color and started to roll a bit on the floor. Lotus furrowed her brows focusing harder on her task.

The ball slowly started to lift off the ground causing Lotus to smile. She continued to make the ball float until it was at eye level.

"Okay now for the next-"

"Lotus!"

"AHH!"

Lotus screamed surprised as the door was flung open and Ethan entered shouting her name.

Lotus lost control of the baseball and it flew across the room at a high speed. The ball ricocheted off a wall and shot towards a table that had an antique vase resting on it. The ball knocks over the table sending the vase flying into the air.

Lotus gasps throwing herself to the ground in a slide. She made it just in time, the vase landing right in her open hands. She let out a sigh of relief standing up. But she quickly let out a squeak ducking down to avoid the fast flying baseball.

Too bad for Ethan, who was still standing in the doorway with a confused look, reflexes weren't as good as Lotus's. The ball shot towards Ethan hitting him right in the smack dab middle of his forehead.

"Crap Ethan!" Lotus shouted as Ethan fell back.

"Here you go. Again I'm so so so sorry," Lotus apologized handing her sister a bag of ice.

"It's okay Lotus, I know you didn't do it on purpose and I'm sure Ethan feels the same. Right dear?" Violet looked down to her lap were Ethan's head was resting.

"That's right little Lotus. I know you wouldn't intentionally harm me. I can just think of this as a love tap!" Ethan smiled as Violet placed the bag of ice of his forehead.

"You are a strange yet kind man."

"So Ethan was there something you wanted from me?" Lotus asked

"Oh right!" Ethan shouted standing up quickly causing the ice bag to drop.

"Should you be standing up so quickly?"

"Little Lotus I need you and Violet for my next project!" Ethan exclaimed

"Oh great….."

"Lotus you look so adorable! Oh, Ethan, it's perfect! You're truly a genius!" Violet gushed

Ethan gave Violet a large beaming smile, "Oh, Violet when I hear you compliment me so it makes my heart soar. Any praise from you is like a gift from the heavens above!"

The couple started giggling at one another.

Lotus let out a sigh, "You two can be so ridiculous."

"Hey, can I get out of this now?" Lotus asked

"Almost Lotus I just need to make a few more modifications. Oooh, I just wish it wasn't for anyone else though. You make it look so cute!" Ethan grinned

Lotus gave a second sigh but smiled as she shook her head. "You say that about everything you put me in."

"That's because it's true! Our little Lotus can make anything look good," Violet smiled

Ethan nodded his head agreeing, "True, true!"

As the couple continued to gush Lotus observed herself in the mirror.

She was dressed in a beautiful long gown, to be more specific a wedding dress. Violet was dressed in the exact same dress.

Ethan was a well-known costume designer, owning his own business. He custom makes outfits for various events across the globe, special orders for individuals, and sometimes his costumes even get featured in television and films. He also specializes in making masks and prosthetic costume pieces, his business does really well when festivals and Halloween come around. And guess who his two favorite models were?

Lotus is pretty sure Ethan uses her and her sister more than he uses his mannequins. Lotus remembered when Ethan got a custom order to make some costumes for a maid cafe that wanted to have cat-themed maid outfits. Man, that was a long couple of weeks. But Ethan is good at what he does. Everyone time a festival comes around he makes Violet and Lotus amazing Kimmons to wear, and of course, he makes one for himself that always matches Violet's.

"So Ethan what are these dresses for?" Lotus asked

"It's for a commercial. It's supposed to be about a young girl imaging the perfect wedding when she's younger and then finally getting the wedding when she's older." Ethan explained pinning the bottom of Lotus's dress.

"Oh so that's why there's a dress for Lotus and I," Violet stated

"That's right!" Ethan said

"Lotus you look so cute I just can't handle it! I'm gonna go get my camera!" Violet exclaimed hiking up her dress.

"Why would I think she wouldn't get the camera. It is Violet after all."

"Wait, Violet!" Ethan called out making Violet pause in the doorway.

"Is he stopping her?" Lotus thought rather confused

Ethan smiled holding up an expensive looking camera, "Use mine it's got more memory!"

"Great idea!" Violet replied

"Yup….should have seen that one coming."

"Oh, Lotus! I almost forgot Mom and Dad sent us a package!" Violet exclaimed happily.

"Really? I thought they'd be too busy in Australia," Lotus said

"Let's see what's in it," Violet set a medium-sized box down opening it. She reached into the box pulling out various things.

"Let's see what we got here," Lotus pulled out a knitted cap. "This is cute, but why would you need to wear this in a place that's so hot?"

"Look Lotus, they sent us some snacks and candy." Violet held up some boxes.

"Looks good. Oh! Here're some pictures," Lotus grabbed three photos and the two sisters stared at them.

The first photo showed a tall man with had purple hair just, like Violet's, whose face was overtaken by a large beard, but his dark pink eyes twinkled as he smiled at the camera. He was holding some climbing gear as he stood before a large cave opening.

The next photo was of a beaming woman with dark orange hair that seemed to fade into lighter yellow as it reached the tips. The woman was covered in dirt and had a proud smile on her face as she knelt on some large boulders.

The last photo was of the man and woman together. The woman was being held in the man's arms and in the woman's hands was a picture of Lotus and Violet when they were younger.

"Those two," Lotus smiled

"Looks like they're having fun. I hope everything is going well," Violet said

"They're professionals I'm sure this is a piece of cake for them," Lotus said

"Oh look," Violet reached into the box pulling out a letter, "There's a letter here for Ethan."

"Did my name just leave the lips of the most beautiful woman in the world?" Ethan mused walking into the room.

"Ethan, mom, and dad sent us a package," Violet said

Ethan smiled walking over to the girls. "How nice."

Violet held up the letter, "Look they even sent you a letter."

"Really how nice," Ethan continued to smile as he took the letter opening it. His eyes scanned the words written on the paper and Ethan's face slowly went pale.

"What's with that face?"

"What does it say?" Violet asked

Ethan doesn't answer nor move he just stands there frozen, paled faced, the letter gripped tightly in his hands.

"Ethan? Ethan?" Violet stood up and waved her hand in front of Ethan's face.

"I think he's in shock. What the heck does that letter say?" Lotus pried the letter out of Ethan's hands and read it.

"Dear Ethan, I hope everything is going well for you. I heard your business is thriving and I even saw one of your outfits in my favorite show, congratulations. Please keep an eye out on Violet, I know when she gets too into studying she forgets to take proper care of herself. Violet is as lucky to have you as you are to have her. Also, please continue to be the older brother Lotus needs, make sure to scare away any nasty men for me. Please continue to look after my daughters.

P.S. If you break my Violet's heart or if any harm comes to either of my girls I'll use my excavations tools on your face."

Lotus finished reading and a sweat drop fell down the back of her head.

"Ahhh, that's Mom for ya."

"Alight I'm off to school!" Lotus called out as she slipped on her shoes.

"Lotus wait!" Ethan shouted running to the front door. "Here I got you something."

"Huh? What's the occasion?" Lotus asked

"Just a little something Violet and I picked out for you," Ethan held his hand out placing something in her hand.

Lotus blanched seeing what Ethan had placed in her hand. "Seriously?"

Ethan beamed, "Brass knuckles to defend yourself from perverts and look they're pink, so they match your hair."

"I'm not taking these with me to school!"

Lotus walked to school, without the brass knuckles. As she made it to school grounds Coach Matsuzaki stood outside the gates holding a paper fan over his shoulder. Lotus guessed to discipline any students.

"Hey!" Coach Matsuzaki shouted stopping a male student. "What's with the sloppy uniform?!"

"Sorry, sir!"

Coach Matsuzaki gave the boy a few hits with his fan. "Tuck that shirt into those pants right now!"

"Yes, sir!" The student shouted back tucking in his shirt.

"He's loud and strict but I know he means well," Lotus looked around at the other students who were watching, reading their thoughts, "Although I'm pretty sure my feelings are not shared amongst my peers."

"I guess Coach Matsuzaki is on the warpath again. Great." A male student groaned.

"A surprise inspection."

Lotus stood next to Saiki, which he allowed since they were in a large group of students. She just wasn't allowed to physically talk to him only communicate through telepathy.

"An inspection huh?" Lotus shifted her gaze to Saiki taking in the antenna attached to his head. Let's not forget the pink hair. "How are you gonna…." Lotus trialed off still staring at Saiki's hair ornaments plus those green sunglasses her wears.

"How am I'm gonna pass this?" Saiki walks forward heading to the school gates.

"Hey stop right there!"

For a second Lotus thinks Coach Matsuzaki is yelling at Saiki but notices that it was actually Nendo he's barking at.

"Quite easily."

"Huh?" Lotus walked past Coach Matsuzaki too, and he didn't say anything about her hair either. "Now that I think about it not a single school I've been to has commented on my hair. The only comments I ever get is how rare my pink hair is, and that's saying something coming from the crazy colors I often see."

"That's because of me."

"Wait…." Lotus paused, "Huh?"

"The answer is simple."

Saiki walked into class sitting down and Lotus followed suit.

"Yeah, not simple for me. In fact, now that I really think on the matter you have one of the most unique looks but you seem to be a guy who barely stands out."

"Mind control."

". . . . .Eh!?"

"I can alter people's thoughts to some extent."

Behind Saiki and Lotus was Nendo who kept talking, pretty oblivious to the fact that the two of them were not listening to him.

"I can't completely control someone's actions, if I could this guy would shut up already. But what I can do is make what people perceive as unnatural, as actually benign natural. Remember the other day."

Flashback

Saiki and Lotus had been walking home when they passed by a man on the street. He paused for a second staring at the two pinkettes.

"Huh? Antenna?" The man said staring at Saiki's head. "Wait could it be possible that there just hair clips. Oh yeah sure that's what they are." The man then turned around going on is way.

Present

"Oh, that's right!" Lotus said

"It's pretty simple. This way I can go through life and not stick out. But I have to use this power sparingly cause if I change the way of someone's thinking it'll affect the people around them too. For example, notice how you almost never see anyone with black hair."

Lotus looked around the room and confirmed that Saiki was indeed right. "That's true."

"Believe it or not this is all due to my psychic powers."

"Wait! Are you telling me that you've actually changed people themselves just by making them think that the unnatural is actually natural!"

Saiki subtly nodded his head. "I was the only kid growing up with pink hair. Everyone else had black or brown hair. Since I didn't wanna stand out I used mind control, as a result, it's pretty common to see all sorts of hair colors. And it's all natural. I altered human biology down to a genetic level."

"Saiki…. you're extremely powerful. It's a bit scary," Lotus thought

"It's good that you know that."

"Did you just….make a joke?"

Saiki didn't answer and stayed facing away from Lotus.

"But now do you understand the potential risk of this power. You have to be careful too. Don't go trying to mind control anyone until I show you how to properly do it."

"Can do!" Lotus twirled a lock of her pink hair. "Hmm? Does this mean I have pink because of you."

"Most likely."

Lotus kept thinking as she looked up. "But I've always had pink hair. It's not like I was born with brown hair then it started growing out pink. I was born with it being pink. Hey, just like you Saiki! It must mean something that we're both natural pink heads. Maybe it has to do with the days we were born on? I was born on August 15. When were you born? Are you older or younger than me?"

When Lotus didn't get an answer she looked at Saiki who was staring at her.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"I was born on August 15 too."

"Wait really!? We were born on the same day, and we both have naturally pink hair. I say...it must be the cosmic universes doing! It's a sign Saiki that us pink heads must stick together!" Lotus declared

"Stop being weird and dramatic."

"Oh, so you can make jokes but I can't."

The end of the day came and Lotus was walking out of school.

"Hey, girl buddy!"

"Gah!" Lotus jumped as an arm was thrown over her shoulder. "Nendo, you have to stop surprising me cause one of these days I'm gonna accidentally knock you out."

"Let's go find Saiki and get some ramen." Nendo smiled

"That's alright I'm not-"

It seems like Lotus didn't have the option to decline the invite as Nendo started to drag her in searching for the male pinkenette.

Nendo must have a Saiki radar built into him because he found him rather quickly.

"Hey, buddy wanna come get some ramen?" Nendo asked

"Why did you ask him but dragged me?"

Lotus was finally able to get out of Nendo's grip and just walked next to the two boys.

The sound of a baseball being hit rang through the air and a baseball flew right towards the three smacking Nendo right in the face.

"Holy crap!" Lotus shouted

"Crap! We hit Nendo!"

"Are you okay?!"

Two baseball club members ran over.

Nendo sprung angry about to shout at the two, but he didn't have to.

"Hey what's wrong with you two!" Lotus shouted holding the baseball up. "Do you not have any control over where you hit your balls. You could seriously hurt someone!"

"Sorry!" The two boys shouted

"You two need to learn better ball control, also when you hit a ball in the wrong direction at least call it out so people nearby know!" Lotus snatched one of the boys bats. She tossed the ball in the air then hit it with the bat. It soared through the air and landed right in the ball bin across the field.

"Amazing!"

"What incredible accuracy!"

The two baseball club members stared amazed at the perfect hit.

"Now," Lotus handed the bat back. "Don't hit balls near pedestrians until you can hit like that."

"Right!" The two boys bowed before running off back to practice.

"Wow, girl buddy that was amazing," Nendo said

"It was nothing. Baseball is my number sport. Also, I have a name." Lotus said

The three continued walking and Lotus kept glancing at Nendo.

"Hmmm I just realized it but Nendo wasn't injured at all by that ball hitting his face. I mean that thing was pretty freaking fast, and he didn't get a nosebleed." Lotus thought

"He was injured it just healed really fast," Saiki said

"Healed really fast? Wait, Saiki is this you're doing again?!"

"Yup, when I was little, a kid skinned his knee I healed it and needless to say he was surprised."

Lotus nodded her head, "Naturally."

"So I just used mind control. Since people stopped suffering from minor injuries they thought it was natural for them to heal right away. As a result peoples ability so self-heal increased dramatically."

"Huh? That explains a lot. I always thought it was odd when my sister broke her arm once, and she only had her cast on for a few days. Plus I hit Ethan in the head with a psychic-powered baseball the other day and he was up on his feet within a few minutes."

"I'm sure you've noticed other things too right?" Saiki asked

"Now that you say it. There are some people who think way too fast. Some people's thoughts are like pressing fast-forward on a video."

"Yup that's all because of me. Humans have evolved to think fast when they need to react instantly. Also, clothes can be torn off while the crotch remains covered. Tiny folks can be strong and you can knock someone out with just a chop."

"Huh? You know I've always noticed these strange things but since no one else seemed to notice it, I just thought I was the strange one. Ha!" Lotus laughed. "It turns I was the normal one! Since I absorb your powers is probably why I'm the only one who noticed all the strange things. So, if you ever feel like it could you change things back?"

"Nope," Saiki answered

The next day of school came around and once again Coach Matsuzaki was outside the school reprimanding students who disobeyed the dress code. Right now he was confronting a rather large male student.

"What's that! You wanna tell me what rules I'm violating!" The Student shouted at Coach Matsuzaki

"Whoa, he's huge! Is he a student or a professional wrestler?!" Lotus thought

"He's a first year here," Saiki stated

"No way….he must have been held back."

"Correct."

Even with the large bulky student standing over him, Coach Matsuzaki didn't back down. The student retaliated by grabbing the front of Coach Matsuzaki's track uniform.

"You don't wanna mess with me you bastard!" He then ripped the tracksuit right off, with a little bit of cloth still in place to cover Coach Matsuzaki's crotch.

"Well, that's an image I'm gonna need to erase from my mind." Lotus thought

"I can do that," Saiki said

"Please do."

The large student pulled back his fist.

"That's his legendary planet destroying attack! Lighting magnum flavored punch!" Someone shouted

"What are we in a video game now! And why such a long name!" Lotus exclaimed

The punk student threw his fist forward but it didn't hit its target. A loud smack sound and students gasped as the fist was caught, but not by Coach Matsuzaki.

"Mr. Takayama!" Someone gasped

Mr. Takayama, with the single grip he had on the large delinquent easily lifted him off his feet and threw the student down with a heavy thud. The student hopped back up going in for another punch. Mr. Takayama easily evades the move appearing behind the student giving him a swift chop to the back of the neck knocking him out.

"Whoa, that was a chop! Mr. Takayama chopped him!" A student gasped

Mr. Takayama checked on Coach Matsuzaki who seemed to be just fine.

"Wait, his clothes are back!" Lotus said

"That's another one of the changes I made," Saiki said

"What an odd thing to change. Well at least it seems like you've got everything under control, sure things are a bit off, but they aren't ridiculously crazy. Just don't think anything where like people start growing tails or something like that."

"Don't you think it or it might happen."

"Crap your right!"