The Gender Bender Incident

Author's Notes: Yeah, this took way, waaaaaaaaaayyyy too long to finish. And I could you people many excuses such as college, life, ect. but you don't care about any that do you? No? Then on with the story!!! At least I got this done before the new year. ^^

Last Time: "Just a little longer." She asked whispering. "Let's just stay like this a little bit longer, okay?" "Fine" Kanda's tone sounded defeated in a way. "Then we can take a *real* bath." Allen joked wearing a broad smile on her still flushed face. "Quit clowning around, bean sprout." Kanda growled. "It's 'Allen.'" She corrected him.
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"So, you see, Walker. That's why the brat can't leave his room until the following day." Bookman finished his exaggerated explanation with a certain aire of smugness about him.

"Oh. Okay then. I'll just have to come back tomorrow." Allen could practically feel all the color drain from her already pale face. Bookman had just given her a slew of reasons as to why Lavi was being confined to his bedroom, but underneath all the excuses and carefully crafted answers she knew that Bookman was just pissed because Lavi had said nothing about Komui's damn potion and what it had done. Not like she was going to confront Bookman about it. To Allen, Bookman was almost as scary as the head nurse.

"Yes. And I do apologize for the inconvenience, (it took all of Allen's self-control to not snort at the word) but your conversation will have to wait for another day. Unfortunately, I must bid you good-day now." Bookman finished as he turned on his heels and headed back for the door to his and Lavi's shared bedroom.

"Ah-uhh, yes. Good-bye the-" Bookman slammed the door shut before Allen could even finish.

She felt like collapsing onto the floor. Just the other night Allen had cheated on Lavi with Kanda and she didn't know what to do. She had to tell Lavi-it'd be wrong if she didn't, is what she kept telling herself. But all day she'd been searching for Lavi to tell him and couldn't find him. Now she couldn't even have a conversation with the red head without the tyrannical Bookman eavesdropping. Maybe this was God's way of saying that some things are better left unsaid.

Allen put her hand gently against the door to Lavi's room. She could hear his and Bookman's raised voices yelling at each other. The door and walls were thick enough to muffle the words but she had a good idea what the argument was about. With a heavy sigh, Allen backed away from the door and headed back to her room. At least she could then figure out what to do with Kanda. Break off what they were doing was definetely high on her list for today.

On the way back to her bedroom, Allen decided to turn back around and head straight for Kanda's room. The sooner she could get this over with the better. Along the way she went through all the reasons why it would never work out between them; she was already in a relationship, she still wasn't personally fond of Kanda-so much that she and Kanda still tried to kill each other during breakfast earlier that morning. Besids, she asked herself, would Kanda really still want to be with me like that once I'm *male* again? Allen let out another sigh as she cradled her head in her hands. When did her life get so complicated? She felt like her life was turning into one of Rinali's romance novels.

"Oi, look up when you're walking, bean sprout." Kanda's voice called out from behind her.

Allen raised her head and turned to face the man.

"K-Kanda! And it's 'Allen.'" Her voice was a couple octaves higher than normal. "Look, we need to talk." She continued making sure her voice was even and calm.

"Che. Sure." Kanda nodded as he walked passed her. Allen was more than a little dumbfounded at how easy it was to convince him. "Hurry it up, bean sprout." Kanda said without even look back.

"Dammit already, it's 'Allen!' And where are we going any way?"

"To my room idiot-sprout."

"'Allen!'"

Allen really didn't like the idea of trying to convince Kanda when being stuck inside his bedroom. But it wasn't like she wanted anyone else to hear their conversation let alone learn about what she had been doing. Or *who* she had been doing for that matter. So she reluctantly followed Kanda to his room where she sat at his desk while Kanda sat on his bed. She had barely sat down before blurting out:

"We really need to stop this right now!" Allen had caught a glimpse of Kanda's surprised expression and continued before he could even respond. "Just here me out-you and I can't ever be a couple or anything because we still try to kill the other, and

"We could still hook up though." Allen's jaw nearly hit the floor when she heard Kanda say that. Kanda let out an aggravated sigh before continuing, "We could just be fuck buddies, you know? “Friends with benefits."

"Excuse me?" Allen could feel her face grow hot with anger. She was racked with guilt because of what she had done with Kanda. Behind Lavi's back no less. Not like Kanda had any idea but still, he was talking about continuing it! That only made her rage grow more.

"You're only thinking about a lasting relationship. The type that most girls dream of. I'm talking about what any guy would want-no commitments just sex and nothing else."

"That's absolutely awful!!" Allen stood up knocking the chair she previously sat in over.

"Why?" Kanda asked. "Why is that so bad?" Allen choked on her voice when she tried to answer him. She wanted nothing more than to say because she loved Lavi and wanted to be with him. But every time the words would get caught in her throat. Kanda sighed again before continuing, "Look, we would break it off once one of us started to feel something more. Come here," He stood up and pulled Allen towards him. As Allen fell into him, Kanda reclined onto his bed and maneuvered the pale girl so that she lay on top of him. "I'm not interested in any of that wishy-washy romance crap. You were a great fuck and I wouldn't mind doing it with you again."

"Not happ'nin'." Allen's words were partially muffled because of Kanda's coat. The way he'd inadvertently positioned her was so that she lay prostrate on top of him, with her face on his chest. And Kanda seemed to be using more than enough force to keep her head down.

"Just swing by whenever you like and we'll do it again." He said, ignoring her.

"I won' be, hahh," Allen pushed away Kanda's hands as she hoisted herself up with her arms. Now eye level with the raven haired man, she continued her thought, "I won't be coming by again and there's a reason for that! It's because of-"

"I'll still have sex with you after you turn back into a guy." Kanda said it matter-of-factly but to Allen it sounded almost like he'd lost his damn mind. "Or,” Kanda continued with a wicked smirk as his hands pushed on her hips, forcing her pelvis into his. "Is *that* what's bothering you?"

"YIPE!!! Stop that!" Allen demanded as she batted Kanda's hands away. "That's not the problem here." Allen added as she jumped off the bed.

"It wouldn't be fair to stop having great sex on account of your gender." Kanda said matter-of-factly again before asking, "Where you going?"

"Away from you. And by the way, you *are* the problem." She answered giving Kanda a dirty look as she opened the door.

"Che. Whatever, bean sprout." Kanda shrugged as he watched her leave.

"The name's 'Allen.'" She said as she slammed the behind her.

Allen muttered many colorful nouns under her breath as she stomped away leaving the annoying samurai and his bedroom behind her. During the walk back to her room, Allen was venting her frustrations aloud. Completely unaware of her actions she never once thought that anyone might over hear her dirty little secret. Fortunately for her there was no one around to hear except for one person who was chasing after her:

"Allen-kun. Hey, Allen-kun!"

"Rinali?!" Allen was surprised to see the Chinese Exorcist back home at the Order. Allen was especially surprised to see Timcanpy with her as well.

"Allen-kun, there you are. Finally,” Rinali huffed as she slid to a stop in front of her fair haired friend.

"It's great that you're finally back Rinali, but why's Tim with you?" Allen had left Tim in her room because she didn't want any of her confrontations to get recorded by Tim. It was bad enough that he'd seen her and Lavi having sex. It'd be even worse if Tim recorded anything between her Kanda.

"I, hah, I heard about what had happened from Johnny and I went straight to your room to talk with you but you weren't there. I found Timcanpy and he showed me the image of you saying that you were going to see Lavi." Rinali explained rather excitedly.

"Yeah. Yeah, I was there but I had to leave-"

"I know, I know. Because Lavi's being punished by Bookman. But after that I couldn't find you and then I did!" Rinali jumped slightly as she finished her story.

"Right. Sorry about that. I decided to go for a, um, uhh, walk, yeah a walk an-oof!"

"I'm so sorry, Allen-kun!" Rinali sobbed as she bear hugged Allen, nearly knocking the younger Exorcist over.

"Huh? What're you sorry for?" Allen asked as she gently pushed the Chinese back.

"My brother," Rinali began as she wiped away her tears. "It's because he-"

"RINALI-CHAAAAN!!"

The two young girls didn't even have to look up to know who was screaming. Instead they exchanged tired looks to each other as they waited for their sister-obsessed leader to approach them.

"Rinali-chan, why did you run like that before I even welcomed you back?!" Komui fell to his knees and hugged his sister's waist while he cried like the proverbial baby he was.

"Because, Nii-san, Allen-kun is in more need of comforting than you do." Rinali said flatly. She didn't even show a sliver of concern for her babbling brother.

"WHAAAAAAAAT?!! My Rinali-chan would abandon her own brother like that?" Komui fell back onto the stone floor in complete shock. He slowly inched away in disbelief continuing his erratic ramblings, "Why, why, why would my beloved Rinali-chan do such a thing? I know! Its all because of *YOU* Allen Walker-kun!" Allen couldn't help but jump when she saw the maniacal gleam in Komui's eyes. "Yesss, that's it." Komui quickly stood back up reaching for something in his coat. "You're the one to blame here Alle-"

"No, Chief! Don't do it!" Reever cried as he and several others from the Science Department tackled Komui.

Allen and Rinali watched in embarrassment as all the scientists wrestled the strange device away from Komui. All the while, the pile of people yelling at each other. They all argued over ethics of co-workers and sisters.

"This is your fault Allen-kun!" Komui hissed lowly as he wrestled one of his arms free. Allen gulped as Komui pointed an accusing finger at her. "You're the one who-"

"Allen-kun's not the one at fault, you ARE Nii-san!" Rinali barked. "You had to make another stupid potion and look what happened you turned Allen into a girl!!"

"But, but, Rinali-chan, I," Komui stammered, "I made that special potion with you in mind! And just by looking at Allen-kun it should be apparent. I mean, he's now almost as cute as you-NO!! What am I saying? There's no way any one can be cuter. In fact, no one in the world can even begin to compare themselves to my lovely Rinali-chan!! But," Komui's voice turn low again as the wheels in his twisted mind turned. "Since Allen-kun does make for quite the attractive girl, all the other grabby-handed perverts would no longer have reason to be leering at my Rinali-chan...That's it. It's decided then. From now on Allen-kun shall remain a woman so he can take the brunt of everyone's sexual frustrations!!" Komui concluded his rant with a certain amount of satisfaction.

"WHAT?!" Allen screamed.

She and everyone else present look on at Komui mortified. Komui always had his psychotic moments but that's all they were; moments. They never lasted longer than ten minutes, unless it involved his younger sister. But Komui would never go to such extremes as whoring her out, at least that's what Allen was praying for.

'Is this penance for cheating on Lavi?' Allen asked herself as she contemplated a life on the run from Komui and his Black Order connections.

"Nii-san, I can't believe you!" Rinali said at last. "None of this is Allen-kun's fault and you know it."

"But, but, Rinali-chan, I," Komui stammered as he defended himself against the very sister he wanted to desperately wanted to protect.

"No 'but's.' I won't forgive you until you cure Allen-kun." Everyone's jaws hit the floor when they all heard Rinali say those impossible words. Unfazed and seemingly unaware of her actions, Rinali took hold of Allen's hand and dragged the younger Exorcist out of the hallway. "We're leaving now. Come along Timcanpy." She ordered the golem who, just as confused as everyone else, in turn obeyed the older girl.

Rinali lead the two away from her distraught brother, who was still screaming and begging for forgiveness when they left, and to her own bedroom. Allen couldn't help but blush some as she entered Rinali's bedroom. She'd never been in an actual girl's room before. There was no way that Komui would let this slide later on.

"Allen-kun, you can just sit down on the bed." Rinali offered as she smiled kindly at her friend.

"Th-thanks," Allen was still feeling uneasy about the situation with Kanda. Add on to that the blow up with Komui and now Rinali's proclamation, Allen felt like she could throw up any minute now. Timcanpy on the other hand sure found Rinali's pillows to be comfortable. "So, Rinali," Allen started as she gingerly sat on the edge of the bed, "You didn't really mean it, did you?"

"Mean what? Oh, what I just said to Nii-san?" Rinali laughed. "No. Of course I don't mean that. I love him despite his faults. It's just my little way of saying that he needs to be taking something more seriously." She explained as she made her way across the room.

"Really?" Allen was astonished to say the least. She never ever expected Rinali to such a thing. Especially not to Komui. "You make it sound like some kind of joke."

"Not a joke. But it's more like a game we play." Rinali shrugged as she opened her closet door. "This way Nii-san should cure you even sooner, Allen-kun. I'm sure you would appreciate that." She added smiling.

"I do, really. But that method you used just now seems rather evil to me." Allen replied as she looked at Rinali who seemed to be glowing in a new and terrifying light.

"Hmm, maybe. This is only the third time I've ever said it."

"You've said it more than once-"

"Here" Rinali interrupted by handing Allen a towel and bathrobe.

"Uhh, what are these for?" Allen looked up Rinali puzzled.

"For taking a bath, silly." Rinali smiled making Allen's head spin.

"Umm, thanks, but, I, um, uhh, err, al-already took a bath last night."

"Oh, really?" Rinali said flatly. Clearly she didn't believe Allen's words.

"Yeah. It was when everyone else was sleeping." Allen explained further but she could tell by looking that Rinali still didn't by it. "It's the truth!" Allen blurted out. "You can ask Ka-ack!" Allen clamped her mouth shut. She nearly told *too* much of the truth. Once last look from Rinali and Allen knew she was defeated. "So, we're going up stairs then?" Allen asked pitifully.

"Nope. Through that door." Rinali point to a third door in the room that Allen had never once noticed.

"Wait-you have your own bathroom?"

"Yep. This room is supposed to belong to any of the higher up officials who would normally work here at the Main Branch. But Nii-san gave the room to me just because." Rinali explained.

"Wow. Komui-san really does love you." Allen stared at the door with a childish wonder, right up to the point where Timcanpy dived head long into the back of her head. "Oww, Tim!" She grabbed hold of the golden golem with one hand while she rubbed the the forming bruise with the other. "I'm definitely not going to let you join me now." Allen growled at the little golem.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Rinali asked quizzically as she walked over to Allen and Timcanpy on the bed.

"When I was younger I would always let Tim take bathes with me." Allen explained.

"Aww, how cute."

"Heheh, yeah. Well, not everyone in the Order thinks so. He got me into a lot of trouble the first I took a bath here. Normally I'd wrap him in a hot towel and leave him but now he get's nothing." Allen finished as she glared down at Timcanpy who was doing his best to return the glare.

"It's alright. He can join us. I don't mind."

"E-excuse me? Did you just say 'us?'" Allen's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.

"Yes. How did you think we were supposed to take a bath together then?" Rinali huffed as she put her hands on her hips.

"I don't remember you ever mentioning an 'us!'" Allen instinctively covered herself with the robe and towel she held.

"Ohh, don't be such a wuss. Come on." Rinali's face puffed up as she dragged Allen from off the bed and into the next room. She practically threw Allen onto the floor once they were inside the adjoining bathroom. After locking the door Rinali turned back to Allen, "We're going to take a bath together, so get over it already."

Allen squeaked aloud as she watched the Chinese girl unzip her coat. Allen's face was a brighter shade of red than Lavi's hair. And that was just from Rinali taking off her coat. What would happen when Allen saw Rinali completely naked? Death by blush? Or would that constitute as death by embarrassment?

The young Exorcist pushed those thoughts back when she caught Rinali's haughty gaze. Allen was already defeated. She was now just delaying the inevitable. With a heavy sigh, she began to unbutton her vest and next her shirt.

"Omigosh, Allen-kun!" Rinali cried.

"Wh-what?" Allen's whole body jumped in shock. She turned back to her stubborn friend trying to not look at anything lower than her shoulders.

"You're not wearing a bra?!" Rinali exclaimed.

"Of course not."

"Why?"

"Because I don't own any!"

"That's not right-you should at least wear a bra. What would happen to you if you got really cold?" Rinali said with a genuinely concerned expression on her face.

"Rinali, you can't be-EEK!" Allen screamed.

Rinali had marched from where she previously stood to right in front of Allen and opened the rest of her shirt. Allen could only gap dumbstruck at the Chinese girl who was now starring down intently at her bare chest. Her whole body shook nervously as Rinali continued her visual inspection. With all the blood rushing to her head, Allen felt like she could faint at any minute. She was half-naked while her closet friend was stark naked and standing way too close for comfort. The worst part was that Timcanpy had to be recording *all* of this.

"Hmmm," Was all that came passed Rinali's lips.

"Huh? What?" Allen looked at the older Exorcist expectantly and partially terrified.

"I think some of my old bras would fit you." Rinali said at last.

"Eh?" Allen looked at her dumbfounded once again.

"Yep, I'm sure of it. They would certainly fit you. I've even kept some old matching sets, so would have both bras and panties." Rinali clapped her hands together before turning around.

Allen couldn't help stare at Rinali as she made her way to the bathtub. She watched her friend's round, well formed ass roll across the room. It wasn't even until Rinali bent over that Allen finally looked away. Allen then completely turned her body away from the other girl as she covered her own face her hands.

"How can you be okay with any of this?" Allen asked to no one in particular while she kept covering her glowing face.

"Oh, you mean this whole bath thing? Don't worry. I trust you, so it's fine." Rinali's reply did nothing to reassure her of the situation.

Allen quietly scoffed as she heard the water pour out from the spigot and filling what would be the longest bath of her life.
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