Disclaimer: Ladies and gentlemen, keep this in mind throughout all of your time here; this is a work of fiction.  Not only that, but this is a lemon.  A pretty large lemon.  It includes a lot of the things that mom and dad don’t want you to know yet (lemon, yuri, and possible yaoi), not to mention other adult material, so, if you’re here and read the NC-17 warning, it means either one of these things....

1. You’ve met the age requirement to read this.
2. You’re just that freaking brave/hentai to come here and try this out.
3. Are bored and noticed a new, interesting fic in the Street Fighter section.
4. I dragged you here through several methods of harassment

Now, I know I don’t have all the reasons for your being here, but who cares?  Just remember that you’re reading at your own risk (for certain people that I know, this won’t be much of an issue...).  Now that that’s in the past, I just got one final announcement.  The Rival School cast, Darkstalker cast and the Street Fighter cast belong to Capcom, and Yui Su’ang and Mitsukake Kagatoshi belong to Chan Yoruyamatiha.  Now, sit back, grab your dinner (or other edibles) and enjoy the stuff I’ve got to show you.

Oh!  That reminds me.  Some parts of this fic are in first person and others in third.  For the first person, the person who’s point of view is focused on will be in parenthesis at the start of the chapter/segment (i.e. {Chun-Li}, {Mitsu}, or {Hinata}).  Third person won’t have these, obviously.  Ok, that’s enough chit-chat (for real).  On to the fic!

1. Crossing the Line

(Darrell)

I remember when things were simple; when there was a solid line between certain things.  Things like good and bad, night and day, easy and hard, hamburger and hot dog...  Stuff like that.  I also remember that there was no way those things were to be able to cross.  You can’t see a bad thing go good without changing something somewhat.  It has to cross the line; to change something about itself to lose that trait that made it bad to make it good.  Certain things couldn’t be the other at all, however.  There’s no way right can technically be day.  Well, at least it wasn’t going to be bright as hell at midnight.  It just won’t happen.  All in all certain lines can be crossed, and some cannot...

However, there are some lines that SHOULDN’T be crossed...

What happened the past few weeks shouldn’t have happened.  I really didn’t think that it was even possible.  I really didn’t... but now I don’t know anymore.  Lately life has been very, very complicated in a very short time and it happened so fast I didn’t know what’s what.

I bet... you don’t get what I’m getting at...  Well, it’s a long story, but I’ll try to tell it anyway... or at least start it off.

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“3...”

“2...”

“1...”

“AAAAAAAHHHHH!!  I’m going to be late!”

This is the start of most mornings at the Kasugano family, hearing that same voice scream because her alarm clock never goes off on time.  This morning, like most mornings, I was at the second floor, most of my clothes already on for school, looking at my watch as I stood at the door of the bathroom.  I smirked.  7:35 A.M.  I love how Sakura exaggerates.  School doesn’t start until 8:30, but I guess I could’ve been wrong about that.  I could never really get on time either, but today I was hoping on changing that.

My short-haired girlfriend sped out of her bedroom, literally ramming into the wall in front of her door, then bounced back off it to run my way.  She only had on a large t-shirt and as she ran by me, her white headband nearly slapped me in the face.  I don’t think she even noticed me standing there until I spoke up just as she slammed the door shut.

“Congratulations, Sakura!  You’re only going to be 5 minutes late for school if you hurry up!”

“Oh, shut up, Darrell,” she shot back in a hurry, the sound of the shower water immediately following afterwards.  “You’re certainly not being much help, now are you?”

My smirk grew.  And she called me an anti-morning person...  I decided to leave Sakura to her business, so I straightened out my navy blue uniform jacked and headed down the stairs to the lower level of the house.  As I reached the bottom I looked at Sakura’s little brother, Tsukushi, as he sat in front of the living room TV, staring at it with almost godly devotion.  He is always like that.  Whenever he had even a second of free time there he’d be, either playing video games (where I’d join along with him, if I had the time) or watching cartoons.  He reminded me of my own little brother back in America.

Not paying him much mind I passed him, finding myself it the kitchen, where Sakura’s mother was busy cooking breakfast, just like most mornings.  Since technically I’m the guest of the house (even though I live here now), I decided to say hello.

“Ohayougozaimasu, Mrs. Kasugano,” I politely said to her.

“Oh, hi Darrell,” she whispered, not looking back at me but rather still preparing the food in front of her.  “Tell me, is Sakura up?”

“Yep, and rushing herself as we speak.”  I immediately pictured her trying to brush her hair and jump into her school fuku at the same time in my mind and started chucking under my breath about the sight.

“Well, that’s normal.  Well, are you going to say and eat?  I’m almost done here.”

“No, it’s ok.  For once I think we can get to school on time if we hurry.  Also, I’m not much of a breakfast person.”

“You do know that it’s the most important meal of the day, right?”

I nodded, even though she didn’t see it.  “I only eat it when I’m comfortable, really.  I’ll just pick up a piece of fruit here and be on my way.  I then looked at my watch.  “Besides, according to my calculations, Sakura’s going to rush down here any minute and hound me to come on before we miss the first bell, so I can’t take time to go on and eat your delicious food.”

“As, I see.  Well, you have a good day at school, and please...”

She then turned to face me a bit and gave me a wink.  “Don’t go on and beat up everyone on campus, ok?”

I instantly put my hands in my pockets, looked to the side, and blew a raspberry.  “You’re such a joker, you know that?”

As Mrs. Kasugano lightly laughed, I reached over to the fruit basket on the counter to get my hands on an apple.

“Alright, I’m ready!  Let’s go!”

Before I could even react to that a hand grabbed my arm to my side and the next thing I knew I was being dragged effortlessly out of the kitchen and eventually out of the house.  I was barely out of earshot when I caught Sakura’s mom’s “Right on time...”

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Good thing I had fast hands to snatch that apple, or I would’ve gone to school hungry.  I was also glad I didn’t dropped it.  Sakura sure can move fast when she’s in a hurry...

“I should’ve packed a coat or umbrella,” I heard Sakura say as we walked (or rather, ran) to Tamagawa Minami High.  She was looking up at the sky, which was totally filled with white clouds.

“Yeah, you should.  In the rush my hand missed my umbrella on the way out the door.  Then again, I couldn’t hold that and my apple at the same time...”

“Too bad Kei isn’t with us.  She’s always prepared for stuff like this.”

“Knowing Kei she’s already at school,”  I muttered under my breath.  “Hopefully it won’t rain before we get there.”

Tokyo’s a big place, but it isn’t as busy in the morning as you think.  Trust me, I’ve been there, done that.  It’s a little better and a little worse than you think.  It depends on where you’re at.  The street we were walking on now wasn’t really a pain; it was the intersections.  As we got closer to the school which, thankfully, isn’t located all the way across the city, we often either sprinted across green lights to avoid getting ran over or hopped over stationary cars waiting for the light to change.  Other people were definitely watching our run on this obstacle course and must have thought that we were nuts.  Then again, what did they know?  They aren’t in a hurry to get to school before it started pouring from the sky.

Throughout all this time, I was trying to eat my apple as quickly as possible, which was almost done with.  I swallowed then asked, “You think we’ll at least make it in time to in time before the first period bell?  I can afford to miss homeroom.”

“Maybe if we focus on getting there we’ll have a chance!” Sakura shouted in front of me.  Her pink book bag was jumping all over her backside as she ran, and speaking of backsides, I could enjoy the view of her red panties as her skirt swayed in the breeze.  I blushed.  Man, to think that I’m bonded to her makes my heart beat harder sometimes.

“There it is!” I heard her announce.  I looked beyond her to see the sight of the courtyard in the distance, a few blocks away.  I took the last bite of my apple and chewed.  It was time to speed things up.

“Alright.  Full speed ahead!  C-kkkuugh!!”

I never finished the sentence.  Out of nowhere someone plowed into me from my left, instantly knocking me down and on my back.  Parts of the apple I was chewing flew out of my mouth on contact, the core in my hand flying through the air and landing just in front of Sakura, who, if it weren’t for that interruption would’ve kept on running, slid to a stop and spun around.  The collision left me seeing stars a bit, but I shook it off and looked up to see who I ran into.

“Geez,” I moaned, “couldn’t you at least help someone up after you knock him down?”

“I don’t have time for this.  Out of my way!”

I couldn’t get a clean vision of who it was, but it was definitely a guy, wearing normal dark clothing.  Without saying anything else he went on across the street, safely crossing traffic.

‘Hey, are you ok?”

“I was just about to ask that,” came Sakura’s voice.  The two of us looked on towards the door of the store, laying eyes on a middle aged woman who appeared to be the owner.  I got to my feet and shook my head once again.

“Who was that guy...?”

“That man just went and robbed the store...” she solemnly replied.  Both Sakura and I gasped at that.  A robbery?  That’s why he was in a hurry?  I could quickly see why.  I didn’t get a chance to notice the stress that she was experiencing.  Without thinking I knew what my next course of action was going to be.

“How much was it?” I asked in a hurry.

”I’m not sure.  About.... 12000 yen, I think.”

Damn.  That’s a pretty big haul.  We nodded at each other without saying a word to one another, then looked at the woman.

“Don’t worry about it.  We’ll get him for you!”

With Sakura’s words we ran off as quickly as possible to catch up with him.  Too bad I missed what she said afterwards because of the blasting sound of a truck rushing by...  I could’ve used the information.

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“He’s got to be around here somewhere...”  Sakura murmured.  “He’s just got to.”

“Yeah...  No way could he have gotten far.  I can feel it.  He’s close.”

I might not know his face, but I saw his clothes.  Plus, the alleyways that rested behind the store across from the scene of the crime were pretty narrow.  Unless this guy was Spider-Man in disguise, he wasn’t going anywhere.  To be honest, this was the first time that either of us was in a place like this.  It sure wasn’t a place I’d like to be in either.  There was litter all over the ground that we crumpled under our sneakers.  There was an intoxicating smell in the air that I couldn’t put my finger on, but wasn’t very interested in knowing what made it either.  It all gave off a bad vide to sum it all up and it made my heart beat a little harder.

“Ugh...” I groaned, feeling a wad of something sticky cling to the bottom of my red and white sneakers.  I didn’t want to know what it was, either.  “Sakura, let’s make this quick.  I know for a fact we’re late for school now.”

“Yeah.  Not only that, but this place is creeping me out.”

I took a deep breath after that.  “At least I’m not the only one who thinks that...”

Since I was ahead of Sakura at the time I was first to try out the next turn around a corner.  By this time we were pretty deep within this wooden ‘maze’, but I could sense that we were right on his tail.  The moment I looked over the edge of the building that we were next to, I gasped and jumped back behind the wall again, startling my friend.

“Huh?  Darrell, did you-“

“Shhh!” I hushed.  “Take a look.”

As I said that, Sakura leaned over me, putting a hand on my chest for leverage and balance, and looked for herself.  After a second, she stood up straight.

“It’s him alright...” she whispered.  “He must be checking if the coast is clear or something... but why would he...?”

“Doesn’t matter.  He might be waiting for someone to do some business with or make a getaway.  If that’s the case, then we better do something before it does happen.”

“Right. So do you have a plan?”

I took a moment to think it over.  We had two choices.  Either we wait for events to unwind and possible have to deal with his buddies as well, or we take the initiative and beat him down, get the stolen money and head back to school without wasting too much time.  I gave Sakura a firm look as I made my decision.

“I say we go and get him.”

Sakura’s eyebrows arched up, smiling.  “Now that I can deal with.”

“You ready?”

“Just a sec...”  Sakura slipped her hands into her skirt pockets.  I smirked.  I knew what she was going for.  We bother equipped our handguards that we used for street fighting and dropped our book bags on the ground.  Sakura then went on to say while looking over the corner again, “He hasn’t moved much...  He must be waiting for someone.  Ok.  Now or never.  Let’s do it.”

“I’ll go first...  He owes me an apology...”

Sakura gave me the go ahead and I started to sneak up on him.  My heart started to beat harder as I moved slowly to his backside, hugging the wall.  The brick wall silently scraped against my gloves, but there was no way he could hear it.  As I got within a few inches from him I held my breath.  I didn’t know who this guy was, but he’s going to apologize to me one way or another....

I took my right hand, ducked down to the ground silently... took a pause to get my sights ready... and swung...

“AAAH!”

However, and surprisingly, a sharp blow landed right between my eyes.  I cried out as I stumbled backwards, falling down to the ground a bit.  I managed to find my balance, however, and stood up fully, holding my face with my hand.  I saw through my fingers that his elbow was out...  How did he know I was there?

“Heh...  What’s the matter?  Don’t you want to introduce yourselves to me like you’re known for, Darrell Markis and Sakura Kasugano?”

I heard Sakura gasp after hearing our names called.  “How in the world do you know our names?”

The guy in front of us chuckled.  “You guys are pretty big news around here.  That’s why I arranged this little get-together.  I wanted to meet you for a while, now.”

“So... you... robbed that innocent store... and ran out at that time on purpose...?” I asked.  “That’s obviously pretty underhanded, isn’t it?”

He just shrugged in response to me.  “I guess I was bored... but now that you’re here, we can begin.”

For the first time he turned around to face us.  He was rather good-looking (get those sick thoughts out of your minds.  I’m not attracted to him in any way, shape or form).  Short brown hair and near perfect skin, save for the weird scar that ran next to his left eye.

“What do you mean by ‘let’s begin?’” I asked.

“You’ll see...  Come at me.  I know you want to.  After all... I did make you late for your little class, now didn’t I?”

My face twisted in disgust.  Not that I cared for his motives (or rather lack of for that matter), but I was pretty annoyed and with good reason.

“You owe me a fucking apology...” I muttered, my arms tensing as I folded my hands into fists.  “Doing all this just for kicks...  No decency at all.  It’s people like you that really tick me off.”

“Oh, please...  All I’m hearing from you is talk but no action.  Give me a break with your lecture.  I ain’t got all day.”

Ok.  That was it.  With that, and a bit against my girlfriend’s will, I sprinted towards him.

“It’s about time you learned who you’re really dealing with, pal!”

Like a bat out of hell I threw one fist after another as I got close.  If he wanted a fight, then he was sure going to get it.  As he started to dodge my attacks, I started to vary my patterns.  I aimed for his chest, head, and stomach...  Even his arms, but I wasn’t feeling my moves land.  He couldn’t be that good...

Wait!  An opening!  In a heartbeat I threw my shoulder into his body.  Yes, it hit!  The blow knocked him back, but not down.  Just when I was about to capitalize on that, it happened again.  Something hit me right in my cheek, and it made me reel back, throwing me off my momentum.  How is he doing all this?

I managed to recover in enough time to see him move towards me.  On instinct I blocked high for a hit to my face.  Practically a millisecond later a fast fist found it was to my side, making me break my guard.  A blow to my stomach made me drop my head, then a hard attack sent me flying into the wall behind me.

“Hah...  H...  He’s so fast...” I panted, trying to collect my breath.  I looked up and gasped to see him quickly closing the gap between us.  I tried to react but by that time he was already leaping towards me, ready to strike...

“Shouoken!”

Thank my lucky stars.  Sakura was right there to pick him off with her version of the Dragon Punch.  As he fell onto the ground, dust jumped up from the ground in the process.  Sakura, in turn, stood in front of me and got into a ready stance, using her arm to block the sudden cloud from the ground from her nose.

“He’s got speed...  Too much if you ask me,” she noted.  “If we attack him head-on, he’s going to counter whatever we throw at him.”

“Damn...” I swore, getting myself off the fence and back into my stance.  “If that’s the case... then he can’t counter what he can’t see.”

“I get you...  Double team, then?”

“Sakura, you read my mind.”

As we talked strategy, the guy in front of us jumped to his feet.  We looked at him then stood side by side, ready for anything to come our way.  Obviously he must have thought this was funny, for he gave a smirk in response.

“Ah... the classic two on one scenario...  I suspected no less...”

As he took one step towards us, Sakura tightened herself, ready to react on impulse.

“You guys think that you’re one the same wavelength, huh?” he continued, beckoning the two of us, “Let’s just see.”

“Gladly!” Sakura replied.  Her sneakers squeaked loudly as she shot forward ahead of me to test her luck against him.  As she gave her set of attacks and our adversary blocked and evaded, I came up from the side to prepare my cut off attack.  At the same time, I swept at his legs and Sakura aimed high with a strong kick.  Our strategy paid off.  He jumped my attack but got knocked into his chin by Sakura’s sneaker.  From there, she jumped up after him in pursuit and started a string of attacks while in midair before smacking him back down with a strong sledgehammer blow.  As he plummeted towards the ground, I was there and waiting.  Sorry to disappoint, but you’ll hit the ground when WE say you hit the ground!  I gave him a dual punch, one going down and the quickly followed with an uppercut, then I finished it by spinning my back towards him...

”Hiya!!”

...and blew him away with a strong fire kick while propelling myself forwards.  I flipped as it connected and Sakura and I landed on the ground at the same time as our ‘buddy’ dropped on his side on the pavement, sliding a bit before finally stopping.

“Give up yet,” Sakura asked, “Or do you want to get beat up some more before our next class?”

The guy responded by spitting on the ground while getting to a kneel.  He threw his head up elegantly, his hair flapping up as he did so, and smiled at us.

“Trust me, the party’s only begun.”

I managed to hear Sakura mumble, “I can’t believe this guy...”  I agreed with her.  He was obviously not your typical robber.  If I didn’t know any better I’d say he was a fighter himself.  I quickly shook off that thought and focused on him.  No matter who he was, I wasn’t going to let him get away.

Something instantly went off on my senses and I blocked.  A half-second later I was under heavy attack.  The guy literally shot off dust as he rocketed off the ground and aimed all his attacks on me.  I don’t know how I was able to block all his attacks at that speed.  Some hits did land but I still managed to hold my defense.

After a hook, I suddenly didn’t feel any attacks.  I looked above my arms and saw him prepare another attack.  He must have thought that he could throw me off with a pause.  I kept my arms up and prepared myself...

...and my eyes instantly grew to twice their size before closing tightly.  Pain racked throughout my body and I instantly fell to my knees.  Tears fell from my eyes as I moaned loudly.  That was so dirty...   You can just imagine what he did to me...

I sensed him about to say something, but it was cut off by Sakura’s yell as she drew his attention away from me with an attack.  As I fully crumpled to the ground, trying to recover, I saw the two of them square off.  Sakura was a bit shorter than the person we were fighting, but it didn’t matter to her.

“You cheater!” she shouted, throwing a right hook to his face.  However, he was too quick for that.  He seemed to move in a blur as he simultaneously parried the attack and threw his own fist to her cheek.  My eyebrows twitched as Sakura fell back, almost fully to the ground and into some trashcans that were very inconveniently housed at.  It was that time I tried to get up while thinking of something to get him good.

A Shakunetsu Shinku Hadouken could do wonders on him...  Wait.  No good.  This place is too narrow.  I can’t throw it and not risk burning Sakura as well.  Not only that, but money has it that he could hit me a hundred times before I could get it off.  Super moves were out of the question.  Crap.  Now would’ve been a great time to give him a taste of my Rekka Nakkura, but in my condition I couldn’t pull it off.  Damn low blow...

I had to take my time on getting up to not strain myself.  If I did, game over for me, and Sakura wouldn’t last long due to his speed.  The sound of metal hitting the ground rang through my eardrums as I witnessed the guy miss an ending to a combination string of punches, Sakura barely dodging it and making him knock down the cans.  Garbage spilled all over the place, and Sakura gasped, jumping away from it to prevent it from getting all over her.  She shouldn’t have done that, for she paid for it with a hard elbow to the stomach, making her curl up and kneel on the ground.  It was her immediate groan that made me forget about my present state and made me focus on getting up and helping her out.

I rose to my feet, ignoring the protest my groin area was giving me then set my sights on him.  For once he stood still, switching his focus between me and her.

This was it.  I had to strike quickly or else this battle would keep on going, and I didn’t want to spend another second with this guy.  Without another thought about it, I dashed close, readied myself then threw all my weight into my fist.

No where to go, pal...  You’re mine...

“MORATTA!”

“YAAAH!”

Wait a sec....!  Where did he....?  AH!  Sakura!  Wait!  Stop!  DON’T!!

POW...

It was the single most humiliating moment throughout my history of street fighting.  Not only that, but it was my greatest mistake.  He dodged me... and before either I or Sakura knew it, we found ourselves victim to the other’s attack.  We both stumbled back, dazed from the sudden turn of events.  Dammit, why did that have to happen now?

“Time for this play of fools to end!”

The wind seemed to slap at my cheek... then a sickening powerful kick to the same area.  A second later I was totally laid out on the filthy pavement.  Groaning and gasping, seeing bright stars, I decided to at least get up on all fours to recover.  I wasn’t going to let him have the satisfaction of beating me.  No way I’d let him...

Huh...?  What?  What’s wrong with me?  I....  I can’t move!

“Hehehe...  I guess you two were truly on the same page.  Not only that, you were both on the same word!  It was a pleasure beating you two.”

No way...  I knew I could withstand more than this.  There was something wrong...  Something HAD to be wrong...  I could barely move any part of my body.  My head, my arms, my legs...  Not even a finger!  Come on...  Get up...  Get up...!

“However, as much as I like playing your favorite game with you two, I’ve got something better planned...”

I heard a sudden snap of the fingers.  Obviously from our mystery man.  I kept telling myself to get up but it wouldn’t respond.  I was still bound to the pavement below me.

“W... wait...” came Sakura’s straining voice.  “We’re... not done here...”

“Sure enough we aren’t. The play shall still continue, but first you two need to get into wardrobe.  Don’t worry about finding your trailers.  My... friends... will help you to them!”

F... friends...?  Oh, no...  Definitely not good.  I had to move.  I had to do something...  Come on, dammit!  Why won’t my body respond?!  This is just great!  Great timing indeed!

Huh...?  Footsteps...?

“You just gotta love how this stun powder works.  It nubs the body in a matter of minutes after inhaling it.  Suiting for someone like me, don’t you think?  It just doesn’t kick in as fast as I can, though.  Haha!”

S... stun powder...?  What the...?  What did he...?  When did he...?  AH!  The cloud of smoke that kept popping up during our fight!  That had to be...!

“B... bastard...” I swore, struggling to get the words out through my paralysis.  “Y... you won’t.... get a way with this...”

“Hmm...” a new, deeper voice ran through the air.  “So these are the two you were talking about.  Interesting...”

“Yeah,” a second shot out from practically behind me, this one female “And they like to play rough.  They’ll do just great, now won’t they?”

“Yeah...  However...”

A hand reached out from above and grabbed my chin, rotating it around as if to inspect me like a piece of fruit in a supermarket.

“I personally don’t like this one...  Not my type...  Not my type at all.”

Not your... type...?  What the hell was that supposed to mean!?

“Well, you can always do something about that...”

“...yeah, you’re right.  Give me the stuff, Mori.”

Uh?  What’s going on?  What are they babbling about?  What’s going on!?  I couldn’t lift my head to see.  All I could see was the jerk that obviously tricked us into this whole scenario...

“Ugh...!  Hey...!  What are you... doing...??  Hands off!  Didn’t... ugh!   You hear me!?  Let.... GO!!!”

My eyes widened as I heard Sakura’s desperate cries.  I managed to move my eyes to look behind who I think was Mori.  SHIT!  They’re carrying her away!  And I can’t stop them!  I can’t even move!!

“N... NO!!” I shouted at the top of my lungs.  “Get your... hands OFF HER!!!  Ugh!”

“Ok, kid.  Time to open up that trap of yours and drink up!”

In a blink of an eye, that same hand tugged my head up to face the sky.  There was two guys looming over me, but I couldn’t make out there faces for some odd reason.  Another set of hands reached towards my mouth...  I tried to move my head.  I really did.  I tried my hardest... but the paralysis still was too strong.  He forced my mouth open... and then something found its way right inside.  It was a liquid...  Something.... oddly sweet.  As much as I tried to fight it, I couldn’t resist it.  The ‘juice’ flowed down my mouth and throat... and instantly I started coughing loudly.

“Yeah...  That’s it...  Just take it all in...”

I had no choice.  I swallowed... and instantly, my body started to tingle.  At first it was mild, like a tickle, but it quickly grew in intensity...  Too great...  I found myself gasping and panting heavily without even noticing it.  It was too much...  It was zapping the energy right out of me....

“Heh...  Now the f u n  b  e  g  i    n     s.      .       .        .”

That’s all I could remember...  I passed out as those words were finished....

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Uh...?

Groaning...?

Where was it coming from...?

Where am I...?

Geez...  My head is pounding...  I... Uuuuugh....

Wait...  that was me groaning...  Man, I’d give my kingdom for some aspirin for this nerve wrecking headache...  Just what happened anyway?

“Hey, look who’s waking up...”

“Well... wouldn’t you know it...?  It’s about time.  I was tired of waiting on this one to wake up.”

Who... was that...?  Dammit, why can’t I focus?  Wait...  Let me open my eyes...

That’s exactly what I did, very slowly, and I was greeted with the sight of a gray ceiling.  My vision was a little blurry but I still managed to make out what type of building I was in.

It was a warehouse-like building, the light from outside shining through the windows and to the floor to illuminate the dark room.  Lucky me.  Even so, I was still in the dark, and not just in a literal sense.

Just how did I get here, anyway?  And where did I hear hose voices from again...?  They sounded so familiar...

“Well, then, shall the fun begin?”

“Yep, but first things is first.  Who gets first shot, eh?”

“Hmm...  I smell rock, paper, scissors...”

I didn’t have a clue what was going on, but something deep inside me had a bad feeling about this...  I’d best try to get up and out of here...  Hey...  Wasn’t I supposed to be in school, anyway?

I focused on my arms and tried to lift them and bring them closer to me.  As I moved them, they jerked in place, a rattling noise emitting from something as I did so.  I moved my head to look at my left arm... and gasped.

Chains?  What the...?

“Shoot!  Ha!  Paper beats rock.  Looks like I’ll take the honors...”

“Sure.  You do that.  I’ll just spend my time with the other one...”

Other one...?  Did that mean....?

I gasped.

Sakura....!?

I looked down below me and that’s when I realized that I was on my back, with some sort of table/bed under me at a slight angle to lift my head up.  Chains held on tightly to my ankles, just like my wrists, preventing me from moving.  On instinct I strained on breaking the chains.  No luck...

As I was going this, a strange man made his way to my ‘resting’ body.  I didn’t recognize him at all, but his black hair was sulked back with what seemed like some type of grease.  Other than that he didn’t seem out of the ordinary...  He had to be a good few inches taller than I was and definitely bigger... and the look he gave me made me VERY uneasy, like he was a pirate and I was his new treasure.  I tried to speak, but as I opened my mouth no words came out.

“Yeah...  This is much better, don’t you think, babe?  Now you can really enjoy the ride.”

Wha...?  What did he just call me?!?  He must be either blind, stupid, or nuts!  Warning bells in my head flared off all at once and I tried to struggle to break free from my chains, trying harder this time.

“Oh, I thought you’d get this over by now.  You’re not getting away.  You’re not going anywhere for a long time... babe.”

Do I look like your babe to you, freak?  Can’t you see that I’m a boy?  A grown 17-year old boy!?  Are you that dense?!?

I wanted to scream but my vocal chords wouldn’t work.  I tried to get away but I couldn’t snap the chains.  I was trapped.  Hopelessly trapped...

I then looked on in shock and horror as the guy put his hand on my right leg and squeezed it firmly.  Just what was he planning to do me!?

“You’re quite the sexy, rare one, aren’t you?  I like a babe with some color on ‘em.  It’s erotic...”

You sick freak!!  Stop rubbing your hand over me!  Who the fuck do you think you are!?

I tried to fight it again but like an animal in a trap I couldn’t make any moves.  He still had that damn grin on his face as he continued to feel me up, this time using both hands for both legs.  I arched my back to try to fling him up, but it wasn’t helping me much.  He was right.  There was no way I could escape him...  Why?  Why is this happening to me?

“Ok, time to play...”

I kept my eyes on his arms...  What did he mean...?

He then brought his hands up to the top of my pants... and grabbed hold...

Wait...  M.... m...  MY PANTS!?!?  NO!!!!!

It all finally hit me.  Everything finally made perfect sense to me now!  Damn my naïve nature!  I was just seconds away from getting raped!!!

I tried the best that I could to move my hips, but that only served to help him pull them down rather forcibly even with my belt on.  As my pants went past my sneakers and off my body, he carelessly threw them to the ground.  I was left in my underwear, suddenly feeling very cold below my waist.  I shivered... and I could’ve sworn I felt myself about to cry...

“Yeah...  That’s it...  Those are the goods...”

DAMMIT, LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

A wave of fear shocked through me as I stared at the nasty look on his face as he continued to have his way with me.  As he lustfully reached for my briefs I could image in my mind him pulling them down... see my dick... and who knows what else could lead from there.  While this was going through my mind, I suddenly felt a sudden oddness...  I suddenly started panting as something started to tingle down below me... specifically between my legs... where my dick was located.  That was weird...  This feeling... was so foreign to me...  Different to when I try to... Hey!  Why am I thinking about that at a time like this!?

I couldn’t think about the subject anymore.  I was cut off by this pervert as he reached for the ends of my underwear, his strong hands brushing deliberately against my thighs... and he started to pull them down...

“Ah, yeah...  Feel the burn, babe...”

That was it.

I was NOT going to let this freak do this to me!  NO WAY!  I’m stronger than this!  I’m a street fighter!  I don’t need to take this!  I won’t!!

I felt my ki energy start to burn inside me as my emotions capsized.  Fear, anger, distress, disgust...  So many of these filled me up and strengthened my body.

“You want me to feel the burn!?  Then I’ll burn... you straight to hell!!!”

In an instant, the guy who so thought that he was holding all that aces got a taste of my flames, which erupted from my body to protect it.  He fell back with a crash into a stack of empty boxed that crumpled in an instant, fell to the ground, and saw no more of me.  At the same time my body found itself falling forward and I took a step to stop myself.  I looked at my wrists... and sighed heavily in relief.

Yes!  I was free!  Now I could get the hell out of here.  I gave me captor one last look before spitting right on his pants.

“I hope it’s MY flames you fell when you burn in hell, bastard,” I spat out.  I then pulled up my briefs and then reached for my pants, throwing them back on as quickly as I could.  However, as soon as I put them on, I froze.  The belt was still around the pants, so how did I slip into them so quickly....?

Wait!  Better question!

“What the...?” I gasped, then held my throat, my eyes widening in shock.

My voice...  It was different.  It couldn’t be my voice.  It had no bass in it.  It was all tremble.

“Eep!” I let out then covered my mouth with both hands.  What was going on here!?  Why did I sound like this??

I then looked down at my hands... then down to eye the rest of my body, which I couldn’t see due to the sheer bagginess of my Tamagawa Minami uniform.

Wait...  My clothes were a perfect fit earlier.  Why did I have so much room in them now?  Things aren’t adding up here!

“AAAHHH!!!  GET AWAY!!!  G... GET OFF ME!!  H-HELP!!!”

Despite the shock and confusion of my situation, I immediately put those thoughts out of my mind once I heard that scream.  I could recognize that voice from anywhere.

”SAKURA!!”

It was then that I remembered what happened earlier.  It all came flooding back.  How I’m not in school and who put us here in the first place.  Damn that guy!  I bet he’s the one that was with Sakura!

I whiled my head to a set of utensils and junk to my right.  It came from beyond this crap...  I then brought my hands in front of me... and shouted out a bit, channeling my ki to form into a long sword of fire in my hands.  I held it with my right hand.... prepared myself... and swung.

The stuff that blocked my way crumpled to the ground and quickly I made myself through the warehouse, slashing at anything that stood in my way.  I couldn’t forgive myself if she got hurt...  As I slashed and shouted, I didn’t pay attention to my weird voice at all.  I had other things to worry about.  Bigger things....

Uh... oh...   I skidded to a stop, finding myself coming up to a wall.  A solid wall.  I quickly looked to the left and then the right for a door...

“I don’t see why you’re so resistant.  I mean... if I were you I’d take this lying down.  Wait... isn’t that what you’re doing right now?”

HE WHAT!?!?  As he laughed I heard a scream follow right afterwards.  It WAS Sakura!  Thinking fast, I reared back, getting some distance between me and the barrier.  I’m not going to let this happen any longer, even if I had to slash through this until my strength disappears!

“HERE I COME, SAKURA!!  YAAAAAAH!!”

I stepped forward and gave it one huge slash... and it literally ripped through the wall completely, giving me enough room to jump through the blaze that I created and into the next room.  I didn’t stop running.  I just kept going until...  There he was!  The guy who beat us up earlier!  He gasped as he whiled around on the spot and let out a terrified cry of shock.

“LET’S SEE YOU DODGE THIS!!!”

WHAM!

I let him have it with my Shakunetsu Ittou, right in the side, as fast as I could and as hard as I could.  He had no chance of escape.  I came too swiftly for that.  He cried out as his body crashed into the wall, instantly crumpling up against it, knocked out completely.  I kept my eyes on him for a while, just to make sure for any sudden moves.  I then sighed and closed my eyes for a bit before turning to the person who was held by the chains against the other wall by her wrists, legs, and waist.  As I did, I stammered and blushed simultaneously, finding myself face to face with Sakura’s sweetness, clearly exposed for all to see.  My eyes then quickly went up to see her face.  Luckily her panties and skirt were the only things missing from her body.

“Are you alright, Sakura?” I asked.  For some odd reason she was staring back at me in total awe and surprise.  I blinked.  She must’ve been in shock.  I don’t blame her.  The same thing nearly happened to me a few minutes ago, but unlike me, she doesn’t have such protection against bastards like Sir Speedo on the ground there...

“Uh.... yeah....  Yeah, I’m alright....” she said cautiously.  “What a freak...  He almost—“

“Hold still.  I’ll break you free...”

I backed away a bit, readying my aim on the metal chains on her body...

SHING, SHING.... SHING!

I summoned my flames away as the metal shattered.  First the legs and then quickly the arms were freed then after a pause, the waist....  I then gasped as I instinctively ‘caught’ my girlfriend as she fell.  She didn’t need it, though, since she did manage to land on her sneakers, but I needed to make sure...  However, as I did so, the both of us gasped loudly.  I grabbed her by the waists... and somehow, her sliding against my front hurt... namely my chest area.

I quickly let go and took a step backwards as Sakura held her hand back on the wall behind her, the both of us panting.  As we recovered from our sudden shock, I found myself divided.  How did that just happen?  That NEVER happened before!

“I’m sorry...” I found myself saying while holding my chest, savoring it...  Uh!!  Wait!!  My chest isn’t supposed to go that way!!

“D.... Darrell....??” came Sakura’s completely confused voice.  I looked up to see her staring at me, giving me a really good look.  I found myself scared to answer, as I remembered that my voice wasn’t sounding like myself... but...

“Y... yeah...  It’s me...”

Sakura then furiously shook her head.  “No.... no way.  It can’t be...  Just look at yourself!”

“What do you mea....”

I paused as I looked at Sakura pointing to our side.  Next to us was a small table where Sakura’s blue skirt and panties lay at... but most importantly there was a glass mirror...  and I just looked at it in horror.  I saw Sakura in the reflection.... but not myself...

“N...  No.... way...” I gasped, my heart dropping.  I was NOT staring at my old self at all.  It was someone completely different.  For one, I was definitely slimmer and a bit shorter.  Even though I had all my clothes on, I could tell.  Also, my hair was a bit longer (and a mess to boot) and definitely not black, but a dark brown; almost auburn.  My skin wasn’t a dark brown, but a lot more like Sakura’s (a mix of a tan and normal brown).  My figure was all off, too...  I NEVER had these curved before...  Even my eye color changed from a dark brown to a normal, lighter brown.  My... everything was all off...  And most important of all...

“Oh... my... God....” I gasped.  “I...  I...”

And then I finally blurted it out.

“I’M A GIRL!!!!!!”