DISCLAIMER: I do not own Baka to Test; I also do not own Gintama (should any references appear).

A/N: I apologize... for the lateness... I have really gotten into watching Shugo Chara (Amu X Ikuto!)... So updating schedule will be... rampant.

For anyone who does not know: hideyoshi (without capitalization, unless it's required) refers to the gender, Hideyoshi's gender. And it's used just like 'boy' or 'girl'.

Ash is not an OC, by the way.

Hallway

"We did it." Yuuko said, turning back to her brother with a small smile of victory on her face. However, when she caught sight of the look Hideyoshi was giving her, that smile vanished. "Wh-what?" She asked him, her tone a defensive one.

"Aneue!" He cried out, an annoyed look on his face. "Why did you have to completely ruin the mood by saying something like 'I don't need to say anything'!? I very much doubt that those were the words resonating within your heart!" Hideyoshi sighed, looking down towards the floor. "And this was turning out to be just like an anime..."

Yuuko crossed her arms as she looked at Hideyoshi. "This is still just like an anime; I just chose to say something different. Besides, there weren't any words 'resonating' within my heart, dearest brother."

Hideyoshi blinked, looking back up at his sister. "There weren't, sis? That doesn't seem right..."
"Who cares?" The girl muttered. "Anyways, what happens next in the anime you watch?"
He placed his finger against his chin. "Well, one of the things would be a cute and fluffy magical animal showing up."

"Pardon me for not being a fluffy animal, then." Came a robotic voice from off to the side, causing the twins to look over and catch sight of both Unit 589 and Unit 598 walking towards them. Although both of the robots were magical, they were neither animals nor fluffy (maybe not even cute, depending on the person).

"Ro...bots...?" Hideyoshi asked, a confused look in his eyes as he stared at what was quite obviously not what he was expecting.

"Robots..." Yuuko muttered, narrowing her eyes a little at them as she remembered what had happened that morning. However, deciding that the present was more important than the past at the moment, she let it slide. "Are you the ones responsible for this?" She asked, gesturing to both her and her brother's new outfits and appearances.

"That is right! We've been sent here on a mission to locate magical girls and/or boys! Or magical hideyoshi, too." Unit 589 said, stopping as it looked up at the twins. "I must say, your performance was quite proficient. I've never even heard of a human injuring a Devourer before; and after your transformations, you took it down like it was nothing! Simply amaz-!" The robot screeched as Yuuko picked it up, her eyes glaring into the thing's one eye.

"589!" Unit 598 exclaimed, looking on with concern.

"What do you mean by magical girls and transformations?" Yuuko kindly asked, giving the robot a friendly smile. She was close to scrapping 589 right then and there, but she wanted answers first. After she got her answers, she could then scrap it.

"W-well..." Unit 589 began, it's voice a bit shaky as it felt like its existence was in danger (which it was), "you see... Demons have been showing up lately, so we were sent out, by the Archangel, to recruit some magical girls, boys, or hideyoshi to protect the city..."

"Go on."

"Well, when we find a suitable human applicant, we choose him or her to be a magical girl, boy, or hideyoshi. That allows them to undergo a transformation into their magical self which allows them to use magic so that they can fight off the demons, since magic is the most effective way to defeat them. A transformation changes your outfit and appearance (sometimes even your sex), along with giving you a weapon so you can channel your magic more effectively..."

"What about a Devourer? Is it these invading demons?"

"Well, no... You see, the invading demons are just after the magic each human being carries inside of himself or herself and they won't aim to severely hurt or kill the human. When they enter the human world, a portal opens up for them... and from time to time, a Devourer-Class Demon will slip through the portal. Unlike the regular demons, these seek to completely devour a human being so they can absorb all of the power, not just the magical power."

Yuuko gritted her teeth together, her free hand forming into a fist. Of all things, it just had to be demons from some different world; and she and her brother just had to get involved because of a couple of idiotic robots. "So, you just choose these applicants without their consent?" She asked, holding back her anger though some of showed in her voice.

Unit 589, though it had no throat, made a gulping sound. "W-well... when you put it that way..."
Yuuko glared at it, applying a little pressure as she held it. "Now for the most important questions..."
"Th-there's more...?"
"Yes!"

Yuuko took a calming breath, trying to ease and erase her intense irritation and her growing anger; when she felt a bit more at ease, she spoke. "First off, why does my little brother have panties on when he's still a guy; second, why do I sound like some guy; and most importantly, why the hell did my breasts vanish!?" She had trouble refraining herself from squeezing the robot into obliteration right then at that moment.

"W-w-well, you see..." 589 made another gulping noise before continuing, "everyone's transformation is... uncontrollable and unpredictable... Personally, we believe it has a lot to do with personality-" The robot suddenly found itself thrown against the wall, its legs twitching as it slid down to the floor.

"My personality!?" Yuuko shouted, flames growing around her fists and going all the way up to her upper arms. "So my personality makes me sound and look like a guy; and my brother's personality makes him wear panties along with too short of a skirt!? What kind of perverts are you!?"

Yuuko groaned loudly in frustration, turning away from the two robots and looking over at her brother. "Hideyoshi, let's ge-" She stopped, the flames around her arms quickly dissipating as she caught sight of her brother sitting on the ground with his legs underneath him. "Hideyoshi...?" She asked, her voice filled with concern as she quickly walked over to him.

"S-sis..." Hideyoshi muttered, his face pale as he looked down at the floor with a look of disbelief and disappointment in his eyes, "they're... robots..." His hands tightened into fists as he tried to steady his trembling breath. "Th-this is nothing like anime!" He cried out, taking a hurried, deep breath. "They're not... cute, fluffy magical animals... just... just plain old... robots..."

"Hideyoshi..." Yuuko muttered, putting an arm around her younger brother as his shoulders shook. With how much magical girl anime he watches in his free time, it was no wonder he would be so shocked to find robots in place of his dreams of magical animals... and just when he started thinking they were in some kind of magical girl anime too...

Seeing her brother so despaired made Yuuko quite... upset.

As Unit 598 stood over 589, checking to see if its companion was still operating, Yuuko stood up and started slowly walking towards the two robots. When 589 managed to get back up onto its legs, it was met with the sight of a flaming girl who looked like a flaming boy... a cool, but angry flaming boy.

"Hey, you, fix this." Yuuko threatened.
"F-fix...?" 598 asked, looking in terror at the looming giant (in its view).
"Yeah, get my brother a magical animal..."
"I... believe that's... imposs-" 589 began slowly, still recovering from the wall.
"Or I'll find and scrap every single last one of you worthless robots and your perverted masters."
"Completely possible!" 589 hurriedly corrected, looking at 598. "Right, 598?"

598 looked at 589 and then back at Yuuko. "I'll... go speak with... Archangel..." It said, backing up slowly before turning around and starting to scamper around. "Look out after things here, comrade!" It called out just before it vanished from view.

"W-wait! You're going to leave me alone with him!?"
The sound of cracking knuckles was heard. "What did you call me?"

Meanwhile...

"A-Akihisa, just hang on!" Yuuji shouted out at his friend, watching as the monster had the short-haired girl by the ankle with one of its many tentacles and swinging her around the large mass that was its body. Several minutes prior was when the monster had shown up and Akihisa had suddenly turned into some kind of cosplay-girl; to say the least, Yuuji had no idea what to do. "Just don't let go!"

"What do you mean 'don't let go'!?" Akihisa cried out through the tears in her closed eyes as she was swung around and around again by the monster. "It has ahold of me!" Just as she said that, the tentacle suddenly unwrapped itself from her ankle and sent her flying. "Yuuuujii!"

"H-hold on!" Yuuji shouted at her, moving quickly to attempt to catch her. He could see that he wouldn't make it in time, but that wasn't going to stop him. He mustered up all of his strength and willpower and dove to catch Akihisa; and, somehow, he was able to reach the girl in the nick of time.

"There, gotcha." The redheaded girl muttered, holding her best friend in her arms; however, as soon as she heard her own voice, a sense of immense dread came over her. She had... turned into a girl, too? Without giving it a thought, she dropped the brunette down onto the ground, her eyes widening as she stared at nothing. "I'm a... girl...?" She muttered to herself.

When the demon noticed that the two girls were either passed out or distracted, it launched a full-on assault. An array of tentacles shot out for them, Yuuji realizing it too late to react. However, before they could make contact, the tentacles were suddenly sliced off by gusts of wind and dissipated into clouds of sparkling dust.

"I'm here, Sakamoto." A tall girl with waist-length grey hair walked past Yuuji, holding her naginata with one hand as she looked up at the demon, her hair flowing with the wind that gathered around her body. She had on an outfit similar to a school uniform: her skirt was dull-blue and a black belt came with it; she had on a white, button-up shirt with a dark-blue tie underneath her open, dark-blue jacket; she also had on black socks that went up to her thighs and matching shoes.

"Who... are you?" Yuuji asked the girl as Akihisa woke up, the brunette rubbing her head as she climbed back up onto her feet only for her legs to give out on her and send her falling head first into the ground. But the other two just ignored her.

"That's not important right now; we have bigger problems." She looked back at the demon, taking her naginata into both hands. "But, you can call me Ash."

Yuuji nodded, taking a fighting stance herself. "I'm with you."
"Then let's do this."