hoopsandyoyo42 - I don't have a plan for Lotus transforming into a male version, but I do have something relating to that. It's going to be a surprising chapter, if anyone were to guess it I'd be super surprised. That won't happen though until much later into the story.

amyc2003 - I've got a little idea about what to do with her but nothing solidified yet.

foxchick1 - I have that first interaction all planned out! She'll meet Kusuke on her own.

This is Lotus

This is Saiki

This is Lotus and Saiki

~This is the thoughts of others~

The Ever Intimidating Mr. Matsuzaki - The Real Man Behind All That Yelling!

Lotus entered her home, as she slipped off her shoes she announced her arrival.

"Hey, guys I'm-?"

Lotus was taken back as she didn't see Violet nor Ethan in the living room, but rather a complete stranger. He appeared to be around Ethan's ages with long blonde hair that was pulled up into a ponytail. He had blue eyes and his features suggested he was the European regions. His outfit could best be described as business casual.

He looked like a nice man but he was still a stranger in her home.

"Uh….." Lotus opened her mouth but closed it not sure what to say.

"Who the heck is this guy?"

"~It's Lotus.~" The man thought

"Why does he know me?"

"Lotus welcome home!" Ethan greeted entering the room.

In his hands was a tray of tea and snacks.

"Hey, Ethan," Lotus greeted as she glanced at the foreign man in the room.

"Oh! You probably don't know this guy, but he knows a lot about you," Ethan chuckled

"That sounds unsettling."

"Lotus this is my friend Joshua he's like one of my best friends. We met in middle school. He's American but came to my school apart of a foreign exchange program and we graduated together. He's in town for business and decided to pop by for a visit," Ethan explained

"That's nice you're keeping in touch with an old friend, but why did you say he knows a lot about me?"

"Joshua I'm sure you know Lotus-"

"Of course I do!" Joshua interrupted with a broad bright smile. "You mention her and Violet every chance you get." He looked to Lotus chuckling, "I don't think I've ever heard a guy brag about his girls so much."

"Ahhh….so it Ethan's fault."

Lotus gave a small bow to Joshua. "It's nice to meet you, Joshua."

Joshua gave a delightful laugh, "It's nice to meet you too!" He looked at Ethan. "Ethan, Lotus is actually one of the reasons why I'm here."

"What?"

"What?!" Ethan screeched

Before she even knew it Ethan had wrapped the girl in choking hug.

"You've come to steal my precious little Lotus, you fiend!" Ethan accused

"Weren't you just saying he was one of your closest friends?"

Joshua gave an awkward chuckle waving his hands in a surrender motion.

"No! No! I don't know what you're thinking-"

"Trust me you don't."

"-but I don't mean it in that way," Joshua said

Lotus managed to pull herself away from Ethan's death grip taking a seat across from Joshua. Ethan sat next to the girl poised like an animal about to attack.

"You see I am here on business, I'm Manga artist and producer for some shows and films," Joshua said

"Impressive," Lotus said

"Thank you. I've been working on this new Manga and I wanted to ask Lotus's permission to publish it," Joshua said

"My persimmon?" Lotus questions

"Here let me show you." Joshua dug into a briefcase pulling out some paper. "Here take a look."

Lotus took the paper's as she and Ethan looked them over.

"Huh?!" The two gasped

The artwork was spectacular, very detailed, and expressive but that's not what caused the two to gasp.

"Is that me?!"

The Manga featured Lotus as some kind of superhero. She was wearing an all black sleeveless leotard with a diamond shape cut out in the stomach giving just brief view of her stomach along with a pink heart-shaped breastplate was situated over her chest. White elbow-length gloves were on her arms and her legs were clad in thigh-high white boots. Her manga-self was posed holding a sword over her shoulder, her other hand on hip. The character was also wearing a white domino mask over her eye's but Lotus and Ethan could still tell it was indeed Lotus.

"Heart Warrior: Love Line," Lotus read the title

Lotus and Ethan confusedly looked back at Joshua.

"I know this may seem odd, but I was inspired after all the stories and pictures Ethan had shown me of Lotus. I was stuck in a writer's block at the time and I wanted to create a character that was both feminine but strong. I thought Lotus fit the bill," Joshua explained

"So….once again it's Ethan's fault."

"It's one of my best works yet and everyone who I've shown it too loves it as well." Joshua clasped his hands together in a begging motion. "Please allow me to publish this manga!"

"It's Lotus's decision, I mean it's her face you're using," Ethan said

Lotus studied the Manga again thinking on the matter.

"It is really impressive artwork, you can tell he worked really hard and he did ask. It's not like I'm not used to stuff like this with Ethan using me in his work."

Lotus set down the Manga giving Joshua a smile, "Alright!" she agreed

"Really? Thank you so much! I'll make sure to keep you updated on everything!" Joshua said

At that moment Sir Henry showed up scampering over to the couch. He hopped up climbing onto Lotus's lap.

"Wow, a ferret, I've only seen these things in exotic pet store windows. Who's this little guy?" Joshua asked

"Sir Henry," Lotus answered petting her furry companions head.

"Lotus braved the treacherous streets within the dark underbelly of the city to rescue him!" Ethan exclaimed

"Talk about over exaggerating. I often wonder what goes on in that crazy mind of yours and then I realize I can read it."

Ethan proceeded to tell Joshua the story and at some point, the artist had pulled out a pen and paper, speedily writing as he took notes.

"Inspiring, I think I've got an idea for a new story arc," Joshua said

"I wonder how this is all gonna pan out? Wait…..did Ethan tell him about my powers?!"

The next day came and that meant more school for Lotus.

"Yamaguchi!"

"AH!"

Lotus jumped startled as her name was called in a gruff booming voice. Turning around she was met the scowling face of Matsuzaki.

"Why is he looking at me like that? Did I do something wrong?"

Matsuzaki held up a stack of papers, "I need a trustworthy student to deliver these flyers to the third year teachers."

"Oh, that's all. Then what's with the intense look? Talk about words not matching up with someone's face."

After completing her task Lotus went to class, taking her normal seat next to Saiki. He gave the girl a silent subtle nod in greeting, his eyes briefly glancing at the necklace she proudly wore.

Students were chatting and gossiping but a group surrounding Takahashi was rather boisterous this morning.

"Whoa, you actually got a Gori-rabbitz Strap? I heard they were sold out everywhere."

"Let me see!"

It was odd that the keychain was so popular, it was a gorilla with a rabbits head. A strange combination that many questioned, yet the things were flying off the shelves.

"Really they're that popular?" Takahashi said

"You bought it without knowing? It's the hottest thing out there right now!"

Takahashi gave a small smug grin. "I guess my instincts are just naturally cool."

"How can no one notice he's just playing it cool?" Lotus thought looking at Takahashi's smug face.

"~Of course I knew it was. But this just makes the six hours I stood in line totally worth it!~" Takahashi thought

"Yup called it."

"Ooo can I see it too?" Chiyo asked

She held her hand out as the key chain was being passed to her. But before the keychain could be given to her a hand appeared crushing the figure with a loud crunch.

"AH!"

Takahashi's face was nothing but other shock and dismay at the quick destruction of his valued keychain.

"Mr. Matsuzaki!" Chiyo exclaimed

"You can't have this here! I'm confiscating it."

Matsuzaki held up the figure, it's head broken from its body due to the teachers rough handling.

Takahashi collapsed to his knees. "I waited in line for six hours for that stupid thing."

"Six hours?"

"You knew it was popular!"

Matsuzaki turned away from the groveling Takahashi to another student.

"You there what's that!"

"Huh? A video game?"

"And you what's that!"

"An automatic mahjong table."

"How'd she carry that thing in by herself?"

"I'm confiscating it! And you what's that!"

"Shawarma?"

"What in the?! He brought the whole rotisserie machine!"

"Confiscated! Don't bring things to school that you don't need!"

"Mr. Matsuzaki the chief P.E. Teacher and Disciplinary."

Matsuzaki gathered everything that he was confiscating using just one arm to carry it all.

"Whoa! I didn't know he was that strong!"

"Listen school is for schooling!" Matsuzaki scolded

"Most people fear him-"

The moment the teacher left the students started making faces in the direction he left.

"-and hate him just as equally." Lotus finished

"Whoa that Matusdummy is a jerk," Nendou said

"I don't think he's so bad," Saiki said

Lotus nodded her head, "I agree. He's got good intentions just a bit loud and intimidating."

Matsuzaki appeared back in the classroom doorway pointing at Nendou.

"Nendou don't bully Saiki!"

"What!?"

Lotus covered her mouth hiding her laughter.

"For a solitary kid like me, he's a dependable ally."

"Knight Matsuzaki coming to defend Saiki," Lotus giggled

"Please don't ever word it like that again."

"Of course, anyone knows that in your life I'm your knight in shining armor!" Lotus joked

Saiki rolled his eyes but did not voice any rejection to her words.

Lotus smiled even more, her relationship with Saiki has improved so much. He actually called her his friend and gave her a gift too, that only solidified their friendship, it also gave Lotus physical proof. She would sometimes catch herself messing with the jeweled orb and it made her smile every time.

Lotus gave Saiki a smile, and he turned away adjusting his glasses, that odd feeling he had recently been experiencing coming over him again. It had been happening more frequently, and he knew Lotus was the cause of it, but it didn't make him feel bad, in fact, it was a nice feeling.

Lunch period came and the two psychics were making their way to the school roof. It was the best place to have a quiet lunch. As the two rounded a corner going for the stairs an angry voice filtered into the nearly empty hallway.

"Mr. Matsuzaki really ticks me off!"

"Isn't that Takahashi?" Lotus questions

"What? Again?" Saiki said

Takahashi and two other boys were hanging out on the staircase talking, rather loudly too.

"How can he just take my Gori-rabbitz?" Takahashi groaned

"Wish we could get back at him! That Jerky-Nosy-Yucky-Pervy-Vain-SuperMaso-Matsu!"

"Huh?" Lotus thought sweat dropping at the long-winded insulting name.

"Well get him for this! That Jerky-Nosy-Yucky-Pervy-Vain-SuperMaso-Matsu!"

"Is that a magician incantation?"

"Yeah what in the world are they trying to summon here?"

"Hey let's make him pay!"

"But how?" Takahashi pondered aloud.

"Hey, I just thought of something. A good way to mess with Jerky-Nosy-Yucky-Pervy-Vain-SuperMaso-Matsu."

"Oh boy."

Lotus and Saiki followed the three guys all the way to Matsuzaki's office. The two spied on the trio, while the trio spied on Matsuzaki.

The teacher was working on something at his desk, but they couldn't see what it was, but whatever he was doing was frustrating the man. After some time Matsuzaki stopped getting up from his desk.

"Ah, he's coming this way!"

The three boys hid as Matsuzaki left the office heading home.

"Okay let's follow him!"

"You really think this is gonna work?" Takahashi asked

"Of course."

Following Matsuzaki down to the front of the school they observed as he opened his locker gathering his stuff when a pink letter fell out. The man gasped picking up the note.

"After all he's Matsupervy!"

"Where are they getting this perv part from? Matsuzaki hasn't done anything like that, in fact, those three knuckleheads are the definition of pervs."

"Look at that creep he can't even move!" Takahashi jeered

"Probably to overcome with joy."

Matsuzaki moved running straight for the men's room.

"He's running to the bathroom! Probably one heck of a letter you wrote!"

Takahashi gave a thumbs up. "Oh yeah! I nailed it."

"He didn't."

"Talk about cringe-worthy."

Takahashi went over what he wrote and by the end bot of his friends were sporting blenching expressions.

"That's creepy."

"What?!"

"Would you meet a girl after school if she wrote that? Wait if he does show up after school then he's pervier than we thought!"

"Ahhhhh!"

And of course, the boys were surprised when Matsuzaki was there behind the school waiting. They watched the teacher from above in one of the school's balconies.

"I can't believe that worked!"

"How desperate do you have to be?"

"Hahahaha!"

Without them knowing Lotus and Saiki were observing as well right from the balcony just above the three stooges.

"Now what do we do? Mr. Matsuzaki has been alright to me time to time."

"Yeah, he's one of this school's most hardworking teachers. Should we tell him what those three imbeciles are up to?"

"We could just spit on them from up here," Saiki suggested

"Pffffttt!" Lotus covered her mouth choking on her laughter. "Saiki your the best you know that?"

Using the simple psychic talent of mind reading the two picked up Matsuzaki's thoughts.

"Ah, so that's why he's waiting."

"Ha! I was right he's not a perv!"

The sun had set and Matsuzaki still hadn't moved from his spot behind the school, neither had Takahashi and his two accomplices.

"He's been waiting for 2 hours!"

"Man what a pathetic sight. Let's get out of here."

"Shh, he's gonna hear us!"

"You're finally here," Matsuzaki spoke

The three boys froze before quickly diving into a nearby bush. But Matsuzaki wasn't talking to them but rather the cute pink haired girl who had shown up.

Nope, it wasn't Lotus, she was still watching from the balcony. So who was this new pink haired girl?

A few minutes earlier

Lotus and Saiki had been discussing the various things they could do for Matsuzaki's situation. After quite the discussion Saiki came up with a plan.

"There's only one route we can take," Saiki said

Saiki glowed for a second then his form started to change. Pink hair got lighter, cheeks became rounder, and curves developed.

"Sai-ki?" Lotus questioned tilting her head.

In Saiki's place was a girl looking distinctly like Saiki with pink hair the same shade as Lotus's.

"Let's go I want to get this over with."

"O-kay?"

A confused Lotus trialed behind the female Saiki, the whole experience was even odder as she still heard his male voice filtering through her head.

"What do I call you? Oh, wait let me name the girl you!" Lotus exclaimed

"Fine," Saiki said

"I hereby dub you Kusuko Saiki. Lovely name for a lovely girl right?" Lotus smiled

Saiki doesn't say anything turning from Lotus walking away, but for some reason, a sudden warmth was added to his face.

"Oh wait, Saiki! There's one more thing we need to do beforehand."

Present

So it wasn't Lotus but the one and only Kusuko Saiki meeting Matsuzaki.

"So are you the one who wrote me that letter?" Matsuzaki asked

Kusuko nodded her head.

"What no way!?" All three boys said

"What's going on and why is that super cute girl here?"

"How should I know?"

"I don't know you are you a first year? Anyway, I'm sorry I can't recuperate your feelings. I'm a teacher and your a student," Matsuzaki said

"What?!"

"I've been waiting here for hours to tell you that. At first, I assumed your letter was a juvenile prank but if there was even a chance it was real I didn't want to ignore it in fear of hurting a young woman's feelings," Matsuzaki said

"Getting rejected by a middle-aged man awesome." Saiki sarcastically thought

"At least these jerks finally know what Matsuzaki was really up to," Lotus smirked lifting her hand.

Using her powers she ruffled the bushes the boys had been hiding in.

"Gah! Quit making noise!"

"It wasn't me!"

"Huh?" Matsuzaki turned to the bushes. "Hey what are you kids doing."

Since they had been caught the three immediately come out of their hiding spot.

"Nothing!"

"You kids should have been home hours ago!" Matsuzaki said

"I'm so sorry!"

The boys started to leave but Matsuzaki stopped Takahashi.

Walking over to the boy he pulled something out of his pocket.

"Here."

"Whoa, it's my Gori-rabbitz!" Takahashi said

The keychain looked as good as new like it'd never been broken in the first place.

"I'm sorry I broke it. I stitched it back together. Alright, get out of here." Matsuzaki said

"Mr. Matsuzaki! We're sorry for breaking the rule's sir!" The boys apologize bowing to the teacher.

Matsuzaki accepted the apology dismissing the three. As they left their opinions on Kusuko filtered through Lotus and Saiki's minds.

"What a pain."

"~Who was that girl?~"

"~She was cute.~"

"~I have such a crush.~"

"And now I've just created another problem for myself."

"Ah don't be down Saiki!" Lotus threw an arm over Saiki's shoulder pulling the boy closer to her. "Boy or girl I'll be your shield to help block all your troubles."

Saiki readjusted his glasses the warmth from earlier returning to his face. This seemed to be happening a lot with Lotus around.

"How'd you fix that keychain anyway?" Saiki asked

Lotus was getting better with her powers, but she wasn't that good yet.

"Oh, I didn't fix it or anything like that, I just used my powers to swap the broken one with a new one," Lotus held up the broken one. "Matsuzaki worked so hard fixing this one I thought I'd give him a little help for his hard work. You know with these Psychic powers I could become a great pickpocketer," Lotus joked

"Don't use your powers for crime, especially petty crime," Saiki said

Lotus laughed enjoying the banter she had with Saiki.

"How'd you get a new keychain?" Saiki questioned

"Oh, Ethan helped work on the promotional mascot costume for the event where they handed out the keychains. So, in turn, they gave him like a bunch of them." Lotus held up three more of the so-called super exclusive popular keychains. "Want one?" She offered

"No thanks."