A single figure marched through the wilderness. The figure was male, angry, and hiking up a long trail on a grass-covered mountain. We will not speculate on what made this particular youth angry. Suffice it to say, it was enough to send him off in a huff to hike up a mountain to work off his frustration.
As he ascended, he named the various plants that lined the trail. It wasn't that he was a plant freak, but it helped work out the tension. He then came upon a precipice overlooking the valley below. He sighed and sat down, contemplating the night sky, wondering about where life was taking him, and composed a few verses of poetry just for the hell of it.
Then he spotted a shooting star, slowly gliding across the sky. Clapping his hands together, he prayed that his life would be given direction, that his woes would be solved, and that he would find true love. He prayed the same chant once, twice, three times just for good measure. He looked up to see the shooting star was still visible. This cheered the boy, as it meant his prayer would be answered.
Except that the shooting star was getting awfully… bright.
It took a minute to sink in: the "shooting star" was headed right for him!
"WAAAARGH!!!"
*SPLAT!*
"We are sorry, Earthling. We have ended your harsh life. And, although we can return it to you, there are some things we cannot return."
Above the skies of all the world, the same image appeared. It was that of the boy's face, from the collarbone up. Several people even knew who the person was. This image was accompanied by a voice:
"The following message has been translated into your world's languages for your convenience.
"We are beings unknown to you from a place of which you are unaware. I believe you would call us aliens from outer space. We have come to this star system to study the behavior of beings in the fifth stage of evolution. This is your species. But it happened that our ship suffered an accident. This one, one of the fifth-stage beings, was present at our landing site.
"And this Earth creature... suffered injury.
"We have therefore, in accordance with the Law for the Protection of Planetary Beings, we apologize for our role in this incident. Furthermore, regarding this Earthling, a complete tissue-regeneration has been performed, except... How should I put this... An error has occurred. This being's sex has been changed — again, our deepest apologies. He has become a girl. A perfect, complete female. More than this we have been unable to do; our understanding of your biochemistry and development is a tad lacking, and we believe this process to be irreversible."
To show that this was no joke, a full-body nude view of the transformed boy appeared in the skies, revealing her new femininity for all to see.
"Ara! How indecent!" came the voice of Tendou Kasumi.
"We hope that you regard your fellow Earthling with all dignity and civility due a sapient creature."
A beam extruded from the spaceship, depositing the boy, now girl, on the plateau from which (s)he was injured.
"Please treat this girl well… this
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