Part 1:

Though she had gotten chewed out for experimenting on Kuka before, Mitsuki would still use Kuka to perform experiments on from time to time. It had to be in secret of course, as she didn't want to get heat from Shizuru and her fellow twilight guild member Eriko, but she would go out of her way to find the perfect time and place to use Kuka as a guinea pig.

Mitsuki couldn't help it. Kuka's defense was off the charts, and she would come out of just about every experiment she did A-OK, much to her and even Kuka's shock at times. It was another normal day in the lab, and Mitsuki had just run some tests on Kuka, who was panting with excitement.

"Oh…oh my…" she said while panting heavily. While she was doing that, Mitsuki was looking over her notes.

"I don't know what it is…but today I'm just not feeling it."

Mitsuki had found herself in a bit of a slump. She'd spent hours and hours of her free time doing experiment after experiment, test after test, and writing hypothesis after hypothesis, but nothing was coming out to her liking.

"I hope you don't mind Kuka, but I'm going to wrap things up for the day. Only other thing I was going to give you was this 10th attempt at a love potion, but I don't think it will do much." she said with a sigh.

Kuka got up from the floor and looked at the love potion. The potion in question didn't look very harmful, having a soft pink color to it. One would assume it was pink lemon aid if the context of what it was wasn't given.

"A love potion huh? Well…it is almost Valentine's day, and I wouldn't mind having the courage to ask on a date." she said to herself. She picked up the potion and drank it whole.

"Well best of luck Kuka, but aside from the fact that Eriko is determined to go out with Yuuki this year, I doubt anything will come from this."

After drinking the potion, Kuka quietly left Mistuki's lab. As she did, Mitsuki went back to looking over her notes, trying to figure out where she had gone wrong with her experiments. It's a shame, because the love potion that Kuka drank wasn't a failure…

Part 2:

Yuuki tried not to show it, but he was very nervous about tomorrow. Yuuki hadn't had the best luck when it came to Valentines days, from last year's triple date he unknowingly participated in that lead to a stern talking from Kokkoro, to the chocolate contest disaster with Eriko and Shizuru.

Yuuki had already gone out and bought his guildmate flowers and chocolates, along with some of the members of other guilds such as Twinkle wish and the orphanage. WIth the exception of any chores he had to do that day, Yuuki planned to keep a very low profile. He didn't want to end up getting beheaded by one of the girls who had a crush on him due to what looked like him being a sleazy playboy and using Valentine's day as an excuse to date as many women in one day.

No sir, none of that was going to happen this year. He was going to stay home, give out his gifts, and relax.

It was at this moment that Yuuki heard a knock on the door. Assuming it was Kokorro and Sheffi coming back from their shopping trip, he went to open it up, ready to help them with the food they had gotten at the market.

Instead, greeting him at the door was Kuka, the masochist girl who would always get herself into trouble, only this time, there was something different about her. Yuuki couldn't quite figure it out at first because Kuka was dressed the same way she was always dressed, but he was getting a different type of energy from her.

Just from her standing there, she looked calmer. There wasn't any drool coming from the side of her mouth, and she wasn't wiggling around fantasizing about being tied up or whipped.

"Kuka?"

"Hey… ."

Right away Yuuki was caught off guard by this new address. Kuka would always refer to him as " ", much to his displeasure, but now? It was .

"I was wondering if we could go out on a date?"

Now Yuuki was really concerned. Kuka approaching him like this was one thing, but now asking him out on a date? Yuuki wasn't sure if this was Kuka's new way of tormenting herself, or if she had fallen victim to another one of Mistuki's potions that had caused her to behave in a strange manner.

Yuuki slowly put his forehead up to Kuka's forehead, causing her to flinch a bit.

"Is something the matter?" Kuka asked.

"I was just making sure you weren't running a fever…"

"Oh…" the girl said in a quiet voice, still looking at Yuuki in a shy but cute manner. Yuuki didn't know what was going on with her, but he wanted to stay with her to keep an eye on her behavior. It was only one day before Valentine's day, so surely there wouldn't be too much going on…

"Alright Kuka, I'll go out with you." Yuuki said with a smile. "Where do you want to go?"

Kuka grabbed Yuuki's hand and held it tightly, making the first move of the date.

"Can we get something to eat?" she asked in a soft tone.

"Sure, my treat."

Part 3:

Yuuki wasn't sure what to make of this new Kuka. She was quiet and soft spoken, almost like Ranpha and Kokkoro. Seeing the girl who had spent most of her days dreaming about being tied up and messed with was surreal to him, and to the other residents of Landsol who couldn't help but look twice when they saw the girl holding hands with Yuuki.

"There's something different about that girl." Yuuki heard someone say.

"Isn't she the girl who likes to get herself into trouble?"

"I hate to admit though, but they do look like a cute couple. Though isn't it odd that Yuuki is always seen with women?"

Before anymore comments could be made about the two, Yuuki headed into a restaurant his guildmates like to eat at.

The two sat down at a table, waiting for someone to take their order.

"How have you been Yuuki?" Kuka asked.

"Good. I've been busy helping people out, taking care of monsters and working with my guild."

"I understand. I just hope you don't overwork yourself."

While he did enjoy the meal, Yuuki was on guard during it. He was sure that at some point, Kuka was going to turn back into her old self. Maybe something would happen to trigger it. The soup she was eating falling in her lap? Her water spilling? Something that would remind her of being wrapped up in those spiny veins in the forest.

He was on guard, but it was all for not. Nothing happened during the meal. Nothing but a friendly conversation between two friends.

"So, where do you want to go now?" Yuuki asked Kuka as they were exiting the restaurant.

"If it's at all possible, I'd like to go to the fields just outside of town. I'd like to lay under a tree and watch the clouds go by with you."

"Sure thing…" Yuuki said. And so the two headed off towards the fields outside of town, the two holding hands as one would when they were on a date.

Part 4:

There was one fatal flaw with Yuuki's plan to go to the fields on the outside of town, and that was him not being careful enough. He forgot about it at the moment, but he still wanted to not be seen by either Eriko or Shizuru, both of whom were not pleased with Kuka due to a past experiment done by Mitsuki that turned her into a dominatrix.

At the time, the two were discussing what they would do for Yuuki on Valentine's day at a cafe. Both were having a hot cup of green tea at the time.

"What about if we had another chocolate contest?" Shizuru suggested.

"Would be nice, but I'd rather it not be made into a spectacle again. I've also grown to not like chocolate as much after that attack from the monster."

"True. Well, what if we-"

Shizuru wasn't able to finish her sentence as all of the sudden Eriko spit out her tea right onto Shizuru.

"Forgive me Shizuru, but I've seen something very disturbing right now…" she said in a serious tone.

"What? What did you see?" Shizuru said, picking up a napkin and whipping herself off. Once she saw what Eriko saw, she grabbed her cup of tea, sipped it, then spit it out into Eriko's direction.

"WHAT'S ONI-CHAN DOING WITH THAT PERVERT KUKA!"

Part 5:

Yuuki and Kuka had made their way out into the fields outside of Landsol. When not infested by monsters, the fields were a nice place to hang out at for one who wanted a quiet place to rest and relax. It was also a great opportunity for anyone who wanted to go cloud watching.

This is exactly what Kuka and Yuuki did, laying on the ground and looking up at the sky.

"What do the clouds look like to you?" Yuuki asked.

"Well…I see a snake…and then there's what looks like a giant teddy bear…or maybe it's a duck…"

"I think I see a heart…and then that one over there looks like a dog."

"The clouds are moving so quickly, and with that they're changing quickly as well."

It was at this moment that Yuuki heard something coming their way. At first, he thought it was Shizuru and Eriko. Worried that the two girls who had a massive (and scary) crush on him had found him, he quickly sat up.

"What's wrong Yuuki?" Kuka asked.

Yuuki looked around, but didn't see the two girls. What he did see however, was a group of rock flower's heading their way.

"I'm afraid our cloud watching is going to have to wait Kuka, we've got company."

Yuuki grabbed his sword and charged towards the monsters. While small, the rock flower creatures could easily cause trouble for someone, tossing rocks the size of baseball's at people and injuring them. Yuuki was able to take two down before he was overwhelmed by their rock projectiles.

This was when Kuka stepped in and destroyed all the rocks with her whip.

"Power me up Yuuki!" she said.

"Sure thing!"

With his princess knight power, Kuka was able to swing her whip around quickly, hitting all the flower rock creatures that were left standing. Yuuki couldn't help but stand there shocked, but impressed.

Even in battle, this new side of Kuka was different.

"Wow…nice job Kuka." Yuuki said.

"Thanks."

"Yes…that was a very nice job indeed Kuka…"

Yuuki's blood turned cold as he recognized that voice. It was Shizuru, and along with her, Eriko.

"Darling…why must you hurt us like this? You know that Kuka is a perverted low life, and yet you still go ahead and try and get with her?"

Yuuki was about to speak, but Kuka stepped up to the plate and explained herself.

"I'm the one who asked Yuuki out on a date, so if anything be mad at me."

"Oh…we certainly will be." Shizuru said with a scary smile on her face.

"One day before Valentine's day and you have the audacity to ask Yuuki out…why?"

"Because I love him…that's why." Kuka blurted out, causing everyone else to freeze in place.

"I love Yuuki just as much as you guys do, and in spite of my flaws…I want to be with him…"

It was at this point that Eriko was getting ready to murder Kuka on the spot. She slowly started to pick up her ax, looking to chop Kuka's head off, but Shizuru put her hand on her shoulder.

"Wait…" she said to Eriko, who looked at her in confusion.

"Prove it…prove that you love Yuuki to us, and defeat us!"

Not wanting to see girls fight over him, Yuuki tried to interject, but that was when another surprising thing happened.

"Change! Princess form!"

Before everyone's eyes, a bright light had engulfed Kuka, and her outfit changed. Kuka now wore a red sports bra with a heart on it, high heels, and her twintails had undone themselves, causing Kuka to have a natural hair down look. Her whip was also longer, and was on fire.

"You…transformed…" Eriko said, her eyes bugging out in shock.

"I'm sorry Shizuru and Eriko…but I love Yuuki!" Kuka shouted. With her whip, she wrapped the two up, and then tossed them far off into the distance, sending them flying. Shizuru and Eriko didn't even have a chance to make a move against Kuka.

Yuuki once more stood there impressed at what he was seeing. He unfroze from the standing position when he saw Kuka get wobbly, and quickly went over to catch her. It was at this point that Kuka's clothes turned back to normal.

"Kuka…are you alright?"

"Huh? ? W-w-what happened?"

Kuka thought for a few seconds, before quickly jumping up and out of Yuuki's arms.

"Oh no! 's medicine wore off. I was so normal..and so non-perverted, but now it's over. isn't going to want to hang out with me! He's going to give me the cold shoulder, and call me disgusting…and tell me I'm a bad girl…" Kuka went off, panting in between.

At first, Yuuki thought nothing of it, but as he took a closer look at Kuka's face, he could see tears welling up in her eyes. Kuka may have been panting in excitement, but deep down she was sad. Yuuki went over to Kuka and placed his hand on her head, causing her to let out a little yelp.

"I'll admit Kuka, you can be a handful at times, but that being said, I won't up and abandon you. Deep down I know you're a good person…you just get too carried away sometimes…and hey, you have to admit, today was pretty fun."

Yuuki was stroking Kuka's head as she said all this. Kuka got quiet, and didn't say anything for a moment.

" ?" Kuka said.

"Yes Kuka?"

Kuka looked up at Yuuki and grabbed his collar, bringing their faces close to one another.

"I meant everything I said back there…I love you." she whispered, before kissing Yuuki deeply. Yuuki was surprised, but allowed it. Kuka's kisses were deep, and the hug she gave Yuuki was tight. The two kissed for what felt like forever, and though Yuuki went along with it, he felt deep guilt knowing that he already had 3 girls interested in him…though he was sure there were more…

After their lips parted, Kuka still stayed close to his face.

"If you ever start a harem…let me be a part of it OK?"

Yuuki gulped nervously, but said OK to her request. After that, Kuka walked off into the sunset, her perverted self slowly coming back as Yuuki could see her wiggling her body while mumbling about being in Yuuki's harem.

Yuuki had no idea what to think at this point…

"Maybe one of these years I'll get a fairly normal Valentine's day."

Still, a part of him enjoyed the new side of Kuka that he got to see, wishing she could see Kuka act like this more often.

-Authors note-

Alongside wishing you guys a happy Valentines day, I'd also want to thank you all for over 7,000 views on the story. Not to get too selfish, but 10,000 by the end of the year would be nice.

Never the less, your views and support motivate me greatly. Thank you