"Medical technology is amazing!" said Narina, flexing her arm as she looked at herself, noting every wound to be healed. "So they just scanned my DNA and grafted over my bruises with new skin and stuff? Fixed my bones in an instant?"

"Pretty much." said Ezra.

Narina was back in casual clothes as they re-entered the dorm. Already, after showing Narina around everywhere, it had gotten quite late.

"Classes are due to start tomorrow." said Ezra. "Because this is a serious school, we start classes on Sunday instead of Monday. However classes on Sunday and Friday do end earlier.  We should take a bath and get ready to sleep."

"A BATH!?" Narina stammered. "Uh.. d-didn't I already get hazed in one this morning?"

"Wow, you really need to get over your nerves of bathing with other people, the indoor bath pool is the only bath in the entire building." said Ezra. "The founders felt that a regular bath in each dorm room wouldn't allow us to socialize and learn to communicate with each other."

"THEY COULD'VE JUST HAD US EAT TOGETHER!" Narina stammered as Bella giggled.

"This human.. she is very odd." said Bombar to Bella, he had been waiting back at the dorm dutifully for his master Ezra to return. "She is very shapely and what humans would call.. 'cute'.. however there is something about her that is positively unfeminine.. "

Damn.. thought Narina. That Bombar android is sharp, better watch out for him.

"Oh don't be rude Bombar." said Ezra. "Though granted she acted pretty macho during her fight with Greg, she does have her especially girly moments."

And now my pride as a man is insulted. Narina thought.  Was I really this girly to begin with?

A little chibi version of Nina appeared in Narina's thoughts. "Yep, you totally are Narina-chan~💗"

"I DIDN'T ASK YOU!!" Narina roared out loud. "AND JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A CLOSET LESBIAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PUT A HEART AT THE END OF YOUR SENTENCE!!"

"Eh?" said Ezra. "What?"

"Nothing." Narina stammered, realizing she was speaking out loud.

"Judging from your expression, I think you were shouting at an imaginary personification of a friend." said Ezra.

DAMN! She's as perceptive as her android!

"So, you have a friend whose a lesbian?" said Ezra.

"Yeah, but she doesn't go very out about it." said Narina. "She actually doesn't want to be one, but she feels attracted to girls either way. It's hard to see unless she tells you. She doesn't mind people knowing as long as they aren't her parents. Eh.. come to think of it, when I became a girl, she didn't seem the slightest attracted to me-"

"When you became a what? I didn't catch that last part."

"O-OH nothing!" said Narina. "But still, she's got plenty of self control when it comes to being attracted to people or even showing she's attracted.  Eheh.. but it's a shame she's a lesbian, she's actually really attractive herself and plenty of guys want to go out with her."

"Aye, I'd imagine it must be difficult for her." said Ezra. "Now.. we're here."

"Eh?" said Narina, realizing they had just stopped in front of the bathroom. "YOU BASTARD! You kept talking to me to keep me distracted!!!"

"Yep!" said Ezra, grabbing Narina in a strong arm hold. "Time to face your fear Narina-chan~💗"

"WHY IS THERE A HEART AT THE END OF YOUR SENTENCE TOO!?" Narina roared as Ezra dragged her into the steamy baths and began stripping her clothes off.

In the end, Narina ended up seeing both herself, and Ezra, so she spent most of her time in the large steaming hot pool covering her nose and mouth with her hand to prevent people seeing a nosebleed. Which confused Ezra slightly, but didn't stop her from cheerfully washing Narina's back for her.

It got worse when other girls asked if Narina was nervous because she thought the size of her breasts were small, and had to endure the entire bath with girls trying to reassure her that they were normally sized for her age.

Imagine being a guy in a girl's body while having girls comment about your boobs.

Now that was just too weird for Narina. Especially since every time she looked at her own boobs she blood squirted out of her nose like a water gun.

Why did she have to be so darn gorgeous!? Weirdest complaint in the universe, but okay!

When the 'hell' was over Narina never felt so glad to be dressed in ordinary blue pajama pants and a nice pleasant t-shirt (even though the pink hearts on the edge of the shirt tugged at Narin's inner manly dignity.)

When she entered her dorm finally, she collapsed onto the couch of the main room with a sigh. "Well, I have a TV.. should I just watch something?"

"Honestly, I can't believe it's so far since the invention of the television and we're still using it." said Bella as she walked into the kitchen and began taking ingredients out of the fully stocked fridge. "I'm going to get started on your dinner okay? You just work on getting your nerves together, it's going to be your first day of school tomorrow."

"I'm not nervous." Narina said with a shrug. "Sure it's my dream to be a hero.. but.. I mean how much different can going to school here be? As long as it isn't an all girl class, I think it'll be fine.."

"Ahhhh." said Bella with a mischievous glint in her eye. "So you're interested in the boys eh?"

"GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER!" Narina roared.

After a delicious dinner served by Bella in the dining room (She was actually a pretty spectacular cook.) Narina collapsed into her bed, and fell to sleep straight away..

Her dreams were a little weird that night.

She dreamed she was still Narin.. after all he would always be a guy in his dreams.

In his dream, Narin found himself at the academy, except the girls had caught him for cross dressing. And as he ran from Bombar who was trying to blow him up with missiles, he tried to explain that he wasn't trying to crossdress on purpose, it just happened on accident.

"HENTAI PERVERT!" the girls yelled at him. "WHO EVER CROSS DRESSES BY ACCIDENT!?"

Narina awoke with a start, breathing hard. "Oh my.. what a terrible dream.. eh.. thank god it was just a dream though.."

"Hmm?" said a tired voice. "What was the dream about?"

"Nothing.. something stupid really." Narina muttered. "Wait.. huh?"

There was something pressed against her chest.. or more like, in between her chest. (Man it felt weird to have boobs.)

Narina looked down slowly, and found that there was another girl lying in bed with her. She was a petite red headed girl with rather short cut hair and pink pajamas. '

"Hello.." Murmured the girl sleepily, her eyes still closed as she pressed her face into Narina's cleavage. "I'm Nue.. Nue Estral.. I'm the notorious first year whose known for sneaking into random girl's rooms in the night and sniffing their goods. I'm not into girls.. I'm just weird that way... hmmmm.. your goods smell interesting.. I'll sniff a bit more.."

Nue pressed her face further against Narina's chest and began to sniff. "mmm.. sniff.. sniff.."

"GET OUT OF HERE YOU WEIRDO!!" The door to Narina's dorm opened as Nue was sent flying into the hall.

the door slammed shut as Nue got up sleepily and grinned, opening her pink eyes. " Aye.. she's more interesting than the other girls around here.. maybe I'll come back some more.."

"YOU BETTER NOT!!" Narina's voice roared from inside the dorm room.

"I've got your breakfast ready." said Bella as she used a spatula to put some eggs from a frying pan into a plate that had been set at the dining table. "Who was that by the way? Did you invite somebody over?"

"I don't know." said Narina irritably as she picked up a school bag and made sure everything was packed.

"Aren't you going to get dressed?" said Bella. "School starts in an hour, you'd better hurry!"

"Uh.." Narina stammered. "Okay.. sure.."

5 minutes passed, and a voice yelled from the bathroom. "B-Bella? could you help me!?"

Bella opened the bathroom door. "Is everything okay Narina-chan?"

"Please.." Narina muttered. "I can't figure out these straps."

Narina was lying half naked on the floor, tangled up in the straps of her own bra.

"Eh.. L-like a dolphin that ran into a fishing net!" Bella stammered as she ran over to untangle Narina.

After Narina was dressed in her uniform, she was greeted at her door by Ezra.

"Ready to go Narina-chan?" said Ezra cheerfully.

"Yep, so are we taking a bus or something?" said Narina.

"No, we'll be walking to class." said Ezra. "I'm in the student council, so I'll be guiding you there on your first day. Your homeroom isn't too far, so it shouldn't take too long.."

"Aww.. I wanted to drive Narina-chan.." said Bella.

"Well we could if you want." said Ezra.

"NOOOOOO!" Narina screamed.

Narina didn't pay much attention to the walk however.. She was distracted by the fact that her stomach was turning into a sack of torn up nerves.

Yes, it was true, despite what she said before, she was nervous. This was her dream, to train as a hero, and yet not only was this dream on the verge of reality, it was also being held at the fact that she turned into a girl. Weird life anybody?

The main school building looked very ordinary with indoor lockers, halls that led to classrooms and etc. Even though it was only a building for homerooms, and classes were spread around the city, it was so normal looking, it put Narina's mind at ease.

Here we are.." said Ezra, stopping at the door to room to 108, the teacher already knows you're coming.. just go in there, and introduce yourself.."

"Y-you're not coming with me?" Narina stammered, looking at both Bella and Ezra.

"I have to wait in the android lounge with the other androids, apparently we're not allowed in classrooms since the big Android Test Cheating incident of 25 years ago." said Bella.

"And I have a different home room class.. but we can have lunch together later.' said Ezra.

Narina gulped. "Oh.. okay.."

The door opened, and a good natured looking man with glasses poked his head out. "Oh! You're here. So I take it this is the new student?"

"Yes sir Irishi sensei." said Ezra. "Good luck Narina!"

Narina took a deep breath and followed the teacher Irishi inside. Already, the classroom was filled with an assortment of students.. girls dressed in uniforms identical to hers and guys dressed in white buttoned shirts for their uniforms.

"This is the new student who will be joining us today." said Irishi. "She is the Rebirth of Shocker Girl, a small town hero who was famous for a couple of years during the 21st century. In the training room she is called Shock Therapy."

Irishi then nodded at Narina. "Don't be shy, introduce yourself."

"U-uh.. right." Narina bowed. "I am Narina Yukata, I-I hope to get to know you all very well."

There was a pause.. then..

"SHE'S SO CUTE!!" All the guys in the room cheered and stood up.  While all the girls did the same.

"Ahhh! She looks so cool with her white hair and everything!" said a girl. "I wonder if that's a side-effect of her power!"

"Even so, there's no denying she's one of the hottest girls in the school!" said a guy. "Just look at her!"

"Of course that's all the guys are interested in!" said another girl haughtily. "But her the way she bats her eyes are just so cute, I'm tempted to give her candy!"

"Neh?" said Narina, as a host of guys surrounded her.

"Hey! We're the writers for the school magazine Girls of The School!" said a guy. "Uncreative name, I know, but we'd like to do an article on you! Granted it will probably involve you posing in a few.. eh.. creative shoots for this month's swimsuit edition, but I'm sure you won't mind right?!"

"Oy Narina-chan!" said a girl as another group of girls knocked the magazine guys down. "We're part of the school Involvement Club! And we'd be happy to get you involved in something!"

"Uhh.. I think I'm already going for the Baking Club.." Narina stammered.

"Oh that's grea-" The girl was shoved aside as everyone in the room crowded around Narina.

"WHAAAAGGGHHH!!?" Narina screamed as she was tossed this way and that like a rag doll. "C-COULD I PLEASE HAVE SOME SPACE!?"

"HEY!! NARINA!!"

Everyone in the room stopped pushing Narina around.. and they moved aside, as a familiar looking guy walked to Narina.

"Eh..?" Narina said. "Aren't.. you... wait.. GREG!!!?"

He looked different in his school uniform, but there was no doubt about it.. it was Greg alright.

Everybody went silent and looked curiously from Greg to Narina.

Narina clenched her fists and took a step back. Was he out for revenge?

Greg bowed to Narina. "I just wanted to apologize for the other day! It was very childish of me! And.. I hope your android is doing fine as well!"

"Oh.." said Narina, she relaxed. So that was it huh?

"And.. I also wanted to make a request!" said Greg.

"A request?" said Narina. "Er.. sure.. what is it?"

"Would.. YOU PLEASE GO OUT WITH ME!!?" Greg roared.

"PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTFFFFFFFFF" Narina spat out her own saliva in an absolute display of unparalleled shock. "WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTT!!!??"

"NO FAIR GREG!!!" said the other guys in the room, crowding around Greg. "WE ALL WANT SHOTS AT ASKING NARINA-CHAN OUT TOO!! BUT ASKING HER OUT RIGHT BEFORE SHE'S EVEN BEEN HERE TEN MINUTES!?"

"Awwww.." the girls in the room all gave Narina the type of smiles that were so torturous to her. "That's so sweet!"

"U-uh.. I need.. to.. um.. FLOSS!!" Narina barreled through the crowd of students and ran straight out the door.

Irishi sighed. "My, I don't blame her in the slightest, I've never seen students just jump on a new person like that.."

In a nearby bathroom, Narina gagged into a toilet, throwing up and choking a little.

"Oh.. my god... a BOY actually asked me to go out with... UAAAGGGHHH!!"

No offense to gay people, but the prospect of Narin Jousuke going out with another guy practically horrified him..

And the horrifying fact wasn't that this was in Narina's mind, a gay request, but the fact that Greg was positively straight and didn't KNOW he was asking to go out with a guy.

"Wait.." Narina stammered. "No.. a former guy.. I'm not a guy anymore.. I have to get used to the prospect that.. I might end up in a relationship with a guy.. that's just it. It's part of being a girl.

Was she even attracted to guys?  She figured that now that she had a girl's body, she might as well have a girl's hormones right? That's how sexual attraction worked. But she was still attracted to girls judging by the fact she got a nosebleed every time she saw herself naked in the mirror.. maybe.. because she had the mind of Narin, but the body of Narina, she swung both ways?

Narina shook her head. It was too mind numbing to think about something like this now.

"Umm.. excuse me?" said a boy looking into the open stall where Narina was bent over the toilet. "But.. um.. this is the boy's bathroom."

"Uhh.. yeah? So?" said Narina.

"So.. you're not exactly a.. you know." said the boy awkwardly.

"OH GOSH!! S-SORRY!!" Narina stammered, running out of the restroom.

And there was another thing she'd have to watch out for.. remembering to use the right bathroom.

Narina re-entered the classroom, and thankfully, nobody ambushed her this time, however everybody was looking at her as she walked right over to Greg, and bowed.

"I'm sorry Greg. That's very kind of you to ask me, but, you're... just not my type."

There was a silence... then..

"HAHA! I knew you would say that!" said Greg with a laugh.

"Eh?" said Narina. "you did?"

"Well, of course! Every girl I've asked out has always refused me!"

"Harsh." said Narina.

"But.. Narina-chan.. I'm not giving up." said Greg. "You are  unlike any girl I've ever met in my life! Nobody has ever had the spunk to go toe to toe with me in a fight despite knowing that they are completely outmatched! Narina!!"

"Wait.. WHAAAAT!?" Narina stammered.

"NARINA YUKATA!!" Greg roared, pointing at Narina. "I WILL MAKE YOU MINE!!! I WILL WIN YOUR HEART BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!"

All Narina could do was stare with utter shock, as the girls around her made their "Awwww so sweet" exclamations. While the guys all gave their "I WON'T LOSE TO YOU GREG!!" speeches.

"Now now.. settle down everyone, class is about to  begin." said Irishi.

As Narina selected an empty desk near the back, much to her discomfort, many students silently beckoned for her to join them.

Narina decided in the end to sit next to the only student who wasn't making a big deal about getting her to sit next to her. A familiar looking redhead.

Suddenly, Narina's  eyes widened as she realized her complete mistake.

The girl in question.. It was Nue!  (pronounced Nu-ey , with two syllables)

Narina attempted to look away, but Nue had already taken notice.

"Oh? It's you again." said Nue. Nue closed her eyes and leaned close to Narina. "Sniff sniff... mmhmm.. yep, it's definitely you... you have the same scent.  So you're the new girl? I'm Nue Elise. It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance Roses.."

"My name's Narina." said Narina.

"I know, I just like to name people based on their scents. You're the most pleasant because you smell like roses, but it doesn't seem like you use any perfume."

"Ahhh.. when I worked at the bakery with mom, she liked to use a special family spice that smelled like roses. It's the family secret recipe, but I spill a bit of it on myself every time I cook with mom.. interesting that I still smell like it.. I thought the rebirthing process would've cleaned it off of me." said Narina."

"This isn't spice I'm sure of it." said Nue. "You smell nice because you're a nice person. Mmmm.. so nice.."

Nue buried her face right into Narina's chest without warning.

"G-GET OUT OF THERE!!" Narina exclaimed trying to push Nue's head off. "OY! GET OFF!!"

"There Nue goes again.." said a student. "But she seems a little more enthralled with Narina than other people! heheh.."

"Eyes front Nue!" said Irishi. "Stop bothering the new student."

"Sorry Sensei." said Nue serenely, removing her head from Narina's chest and resuming the notes she had prepared to take. "By the way Narina-chan.. I hope we can become good friends.. sniff sniff.. hmmhmmhmmm.."

And so Narina discovered two things that day. First off, that Popularity was a curse..

And second of all.. she had a very weird girl for a desk neighbor.