Part 1:

After the incident with a giant Kuuka running around town, Mitsuki was kept on a tight leash, with Ruka and Eriko checking on her constantly to make sure she wasn't doing any weird or crazy experiments that would cause harm to anyone, especially Yuuki.

Mitsuki couldn't help it though. Doing these types of things was her thing, and she was bound to do all sorts of tests and make potions for things as simple as never getting a sore throat to turning a frog into a human without having to kiss it.

On this particular day she was able to get away with a bit more, as Ruka was out fishing with Anna and Nanaka, and Eriko was out having lunch with Shizuru. In came an unexpected guest, this being Misaki.

"Hey, you're the crazy experiment lady right?"

"My name is Mitsuki, and the experiments I do aren't crazy…" she said back to Misaki in a somewhat harsh tone.

"Right, well listen uh…"

"Mitsuki. My name is Mitsuki."

"Right, Mitsuki, I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem I'm having."

"Oh? And what would that be?"

"Everyone thinks I'm a kid, when clearly I'm a young adult lady!"

Looking at Misaki, that clearly wasn't the case. Misaki looked to be as young as 10 years old, and was very clearly a kid. Still, Mitsuki wanted to see what she could do for her.

"Is there anything you can do to help me look older? It's driving me crazy how everyone in town thinks I'm so kid, when clearly I'm not!" Misaki said, pouting.

Mitsuki sat back in her chair and thought to herself.

"This is going to be a bit challenging, but I do think I have something that can help you out, only thing is I haven't personally tried it out."

"What is it? Is it some type of medicine I have to take?"

"That it is." Mitsuki said, going towards a medicine cabinet she had in her room and opening it up. From there, she grabbed a vile with green liquid in it, and poured it into a small glass cup.

"Drink this." she said, handing it towards Misaki. Misaki took one sniff of the medicine and gagged.

"That smells awful! Are you sure this is going to work?"

"Maybe it will, maybe it won't, the only way we find out is by you taking it."

Misaki wanted to say no right then and there, but something inside her told her to take it. True, the medicine smelled awful and could possibly kill her, but what if the crazy lady was right? What if the medicine did make her look older? Misaki took one big gulp and tried not throwing up.

"That tasted like ink." she said.

"Well, do you feel different?"

Misaki was about to say no when she suddenly grabbed her stomach in pain.

"Ow…my stomach. That medicine is making me feel awful!"

Figuring she was going to throw up, Mitsuki quickly ran to grab a bucket for Misaki. When she came back though, she was greeted with a new Misaki. Misaki was bigger now, not bigger like Kuuka was where she went through the ceiling, but taller. She now was almost the same height as Mitsuki, and though her appearance didn't change much, her voice was a tad bit deeper.

"What? What happened?"

"See for yourself!" Mitsuki said, placing a mirror in front of Misaki.

"Is that…is that really me?"

Mitsuki nodded.

"The medicine worked! And it was even kind enough to make my clothes bigger. Not sure how though, but whatever, now I can go around town and charm all the boys!"

"Actually if you don't mind I'd-"

Mitsuki was going to ask Misaki if she could run some test on her while she was "grown up", but the excited Misaki ran out of the lab before she could get a word in, leaving her behind.

"Well I guess I'll just have to follow her around then." she said, grabbing a notebook to take notes in and a pen.

Part 2:

Even on his days off, Yuuki liked to walk around Landsol and talk to the people there. He was well known just on the grounds of being someone who helped out everyone. As much as Yuuki wanted to help out, he was kind of glad that no one came up to ask for it, as he had his mind on recent events between him and Kyarl.

"I don't want to let her down, but I don't know anything about dating, or if I could even be a good boyfriend." Yuuki thought to himself. Even if it was practice, Yuuki didn't want to be so bad at it that Kyarl either blasted him away or was heart broken.

"Maybe there's some romance books in the library I can read," he thought once more. Yuuki was about to head there when he heard a girl call out to him.

"Yuuki!"

Yuuki turned around to find Misaki running towards him, or in this case a girl who looked very close to Misaki.

"Um…hey, do I know you?"

"Oh right, you haven't seen me like this yet. It's me, Misaki!"

"Misaki?"

"Yep! I look much older now don't I?"

Indeed, Misaki was older, but how exactly did this happen? She was 11 years old. She couldn't have grown up that fast could she?

"How did you-"

"Some crazy science lady gave me a medicine that made me look like this."

Yuuki had a feeling he knew exactly who that crazy lady in question was, and while he was glad that he didn't have to chase after a giant girl again, he didn't like the idea of Mitsuki messing with the age of kids for what seemed like no good reason.

"So now that I'm older, what do you say we go out on a date?"

"A date?" Yuuki asked, generally confused.

"Sure, why not? That's what older girls do right?"

On one hand, going out on a date with Misaki seemed ideal for Yuuki, at least as practice for the practice date with Kyarl, on the other hand he knew very well that Misaki was still 11, and he didn't want to get thrown in jail for dating her.

Yuuki was still a bit hesitant to the idea, but Misaki didn't want to hear it.

"You of all people are the most guilty of treating me like a kid, so it's only fair that you make it up to me by going out on a date with me!" Misaki said before grabbing Yuuki's wrist and pulling him along.

"Looks like I'm going on a date with Misaki…" he thought to himself.

Part 3:

Meanwhile, Eriko and Shizuru were both sitting at a table outside of a cafe drinking tea, the two talking to each other about how things have been for each other lately. At least that's how it started, before the conversation would become about Yuuki.

"I haven't been able to see darling, I hope he's OK."

"I hope he's not hanging around Kuuka. I don't need her pervertedness to rub off on Yuuki."

"Do you really think he'd turn into a pervert?" Eriko asked, cocking her head to the side.

"I want to say no, but I don't know. Big bro has been popular with women as of lately, a little too popular if you ask me."

"Well, to darling's defense that mostly has to do with him helping people out. I know some of my guild members would tell me tales of how darling helped them out when they were in trouble or needed assistance for something."

"Sounds like little bro alright. I'm so proud of him!"

Just then, Eriko spit out her tea.

"What's wrong Eriko?"

Eriko simply pointed to Yuuki and older Misaki walking through town. This time, Misaki was holding Yuuki's hand.

"Say Shizuru, do you happen to recognize that girl?"

"Well, she kind of looks like one of the girls that Yuuki hangs out with at that school, but she seems much older."

"Something doesn't feel right about this situation…"

"I hate to spy on little bro…but I need to find out who that girl is…"

The two girls agreed to spy on Yuuki, which admittedly was something they did a little too often.

Part 4:

I'll admit, this isn't the most exciting date I went on, but it's not the worst either." Misaki said. The two were currently laying on the ground looking up at all the clouds that went by in the sky.

"Have you ever gone on a date before?"

"No, unless you count the girls' night outs with Suzana. Not that it matters anyway, no man is worthy enough of dating me."

"Except for me it seems."

"Well, to be fair…I do owe you for all the times you helped me out in the past…" Misaki said, starting to blush. While the two looked up at the clouds, Eriko and Shizuru looked at them from afar.

"I swear, I've seen big bro hang out with a girl that looks exactly like the one he's hanging out with before, but I can't remember her name."

"Maybe it's her sister?" Eriko asked.

"Regardless, I'm about ready to go over there and ask Yuuki what the meaning of all this is."

"Patients Shizuru. As much as I don't like seeing my darling Yuuki with other women, I want to catch them at the right moment."

As Yuuki laid on the grass, Misaki looked over at the boy, wishing she could do more with him.

"Ugh, this date is kind of boring. I was hoping me and Yuuki wouldn't do something so childish as watching clouds in the sky, but at the same time I don't know what we could do. All the talk about how adult I am and yet I can't think of any adult activities that me and him could do. Well…there is one thing."

Misaki recalled something that her teacher Io had told her in school when it came to love.

"When two people love each other very much, they do something called a kiss." she remembered Io saying to the girl.

"A kiss huh?" she thought to herself once more.

Misaki sat up, causing Yuuki to look over at her and ask what was wrong. Misaki said nothing as she leaned over Yuuki. Yuuki could see that Misaki's face was all red. Misaki slowly leaned down towards Yuuki and kissed him right on the forehead. Right after she had done that, Misaki held her stomach tightly.

"No…I don't want to go back to that state again!" she said. There was nothing she could do however. Next thing Yuuki knew, the older looking Misaki turned back into the young girl he knew all too well.

"Misaki…you're back to your normal self." Yuuki told her.

"Dang it! I was hoping that crazy lady's potion wouldn't wear out so quickly! Now people will think I'm a kid again."

Yuuki wanted to comment that Misaki was a kid, but knew better than to do that. Still, this didn't stop him from patting Misaki on the head.

"Normally I'm not a fan of your head pats, but I honestly I could use it right now."

"Look Misaki, I know you want to be seen as an adult, but there's nothing wrong with you. Besides, do you really want to grow up so quickly? You do know adults have a ton of responsibilities right?"

At first, Yuuki thought that he was going to be spared a rant from Misaki on how she wasn't a kid, as she didn't respond to his comment at first, but she soon turned to him with an angry look and asked what he meant.

"I am a young lady, Yuuki, and don't you forget it!" she said pointing towards Yuuki. Misaki walked off after that, but Yuuki could see a smile on her face as she walked away from him.

After that, Yuuki laid back down on the grass and looked back up at the clouds. Just then however, he saw Eriko and Shizuru look down at him.

"Darling…would you care to explain what that was all about?" Eriko asked with a smile on her face, though clearly she was upset. The same could be said about Shizuru.

"Why were you dating that girl who was clearly too young? And how did she go from looking older to looking younger again? You didn't happen to make her drink a potion to make her look older so you wouldn't get in trouble, right little bro?"

"Well…at least I was able to make Misaki happy…" Yuuki thought to himself, as he dreaded whatever punishment Shizuru and Eriko had for him.

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