A/N: I've had the first three chapters of this story written for almost four months. But I've had writer's block on it ever since. I thought maybe posting the first chapter and seeing what people think would cure it. So please review!

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I woke up laying on damp grass. My vision was blurry and a strange ringing filled my ears. The air was full of smoke that smelled faintly of akuma poison.

Akuma... That's right. We had left the village to go exterminate the akuma hitting the travelers on the road. It wasn't a hard fight, between the two of us it ended fairly quickly. But in those last moments... There was an explosion, a bright light, and weird gas. And we were caught in it. We. Lenalee and I. Lenalee...

I forced myself to sit up. My eye wasn't reacting, it was safe to assume the akuma was dead. I looked around, but all I could see were streaks of color. I blinked and rubbed my eyes. Looking around again I made out the shape of a body not far away from me.

Shakily, I stood up and made my way closer. It wasn't far, but I was unsteady on my feet. I collapsed to my knees when I reached the spot. The body on the ground wasn't Lenalee. I panicked as I recognized it... the ripped uniform revealing the scars on the chest... that too skinny form... ...that unruly white hair...

It was me. I was the one lying unconscious in the field. I looked down at myself and almost screamed.

One glimpse was all I needed, but I couldn't stop staring at my lap. I recognized this body just as easily as my own. The perfect skin between the short frilly skirt and knee high socks, the green hair that fell into my face. I was in Lenalee's body!

I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down. Then I turned my attention back to where my body was lying on the ground. If I was in Lenalee's body, then could she be in mine?

I grabbed ... is that her shoulder or my shoulder? ... her shoulder with ... my much smaller hand and shook her awake. "Lenalee? Lenalee!"

"A... Allen?" It was odd hearing Lenalee's voice come out of my mouth. But when her eyes blinked open I was startled silent. I hadn't seen that shade of brown in years...

Those eyes blinked as she struggled to focus. "Allen? What's wrong...? Oh my god!"

I leaned back as she sat upright. She stared at me, her mouth hanging open. "Allen? Is that you?"

"Hey Lenalee."

"But that's- I mean, you're- what the hell's going on?"

"I don't know." I looked around the field now that I could see properly. It was as empty as it was before the akuma had shown up. Judging from the setting sun we'd been out for a couple hours.

"So we ... swapped bodies? How?" She stood up and looked around.

I shrugged. "We can figure that out later. We should get back to the village before it gets dark."

"Right." She held out a hand to help me up.

I reached up to take it and froze. She had offered me her left hand, which I instinctively reached for with my left hand. Except... Hers was skin colored and mine was black. But she was in my body, shouldn't she have my Innocence arm?

Apparently she had noticed the same thing. She sat back down and pulled off her/my boots and socks. The blood red rings of her Innocence were dangling around her ankles. "So our Innocence switched too..."

"Looks like it." I sighed and stood up. "I think my curse did as well."

"But your scar..."

"Is just a scar." I helped her to her feet. She chose to stay barefoot. "Your eyes are the color mine were before I got cursed."

"Ah. Then that's why yours stayed silver."

"Probably." I smiled at her. "Shall we head back?"

"Sure."

I took a few, very wobbly, steps, stopping when I heard light laughter behind me. "You can't walk in heels, can you?"

I blinked and looked down at my feet. They weren't very high, but they were definitely heels. Lenalee came up beside me and handed me my boots. "They'll be big, but it should be easier on you than those."

"Thanks." I sat down to swap her heels for my boots, but they weren't just big, they were too big. They wouldn't be any less awkward than the heels.

"Guess you're going barefoot too. Just take off my stockings first so you don't ruin them. I like that pair." I did what she asked, now was not the time to upset her over something trivial.

We walked side by side back to the village, keeping each other calm. Being in a different gendered body was hard on both of us, and I know that without her I would have been a lot more freaked out about suddenly becoming a girl. As we walked, we decided that given our current situation the best thing to do was get in touch with Komui. The man was slightly crazy, but he should be able to figure out what was going on.

When we reached the inn, we headed straight for the phone, so Lenalee could call her brother. Our mission was supposed to last another three days, but given the circumstances we needed to cut it short.

"Oh my darling, precious Lenalee! How wonderful to hear from you!"

"Umm, Komui?" She spoke hesitantly, I didn't blame her for being scared of how he'd react to this, my only comfort was that he couldn't do anything to me until I was no longer in her body. "Something happened. We need to come home early."

"Lenalee? What happened?! Did that octopus Allen try something?!"

"Komui-san, I can hear you, you know." I cleared my throat and spoke at the same time as Lenalee.

"Nii-san! Don't say things like that about Allen!"

"I was only joking!" He whined. "I know Allen would never lay a hand on you. Now tell me what happened." He switched back to serious mode almost instantaneously.

Lenalee sighed. "I can't explain over the phone. It's too complicated. Can you give Allen permission to open a gate so we can come home?"

"Lenalee, you know I can only do that in an emergency. Is one of you hurt?"

"No, but-"

"I'm fairly certain that you'll consider this an emergency, Komui-san." I gave Lenalee an apologetic smile for cutting her off. "I can't tell you why though. It's something you need to see to understand."

We listened to him shuffle papers around. "Fine. You have permission."

"Thanks Nii-san." She hung up without waiting for a reply.

We went upstairs to grab our stuff. Komui knew that we occasionally had to share a room, but he didn't know that we also shared a bed. I had been looking forward to doing that tonight, but all thinking of sex did was remind me that I currently didn't have a dick. And that was depressing.

Hit with a sudden need to pee, I ducked into the bathroom. What had seemed like too much information that morning (she burst in while I was in the shower), was now reassuring. I could at least use the bathroom without needing Lenalee's help.

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I watched Allen as he ran into the bathroom. I was worried about him. I grew up around guys, I was confident that I could handle being one for a few days until we got this sorted out. But Allen didn't know the first thing about being a girl. This ordeal would be torture for him.

While Allen was busy, I opened his suitcase and looked for a change of clothes. How he managed to shred his exorcist jacket was a mystery, it wasn't that difficult of a fight. I found what I was looking for, along with a pair of the shoes he wore for training. They weren't ideal, but they at least wouldn't crush my anklets into my skin like his boots did.

After I changed, I pulled a pair of flats from my suitcase for Allen. After watching him attempt to walk in my heels, I knew he desperately needed them. I packed up both our suitcases and sat on the bed to wait for him.

Allen was taking a long time. But my anxiety mellowed to mild concern when I heard him throw up. The cause of that was easy to identify and didn't worry me, if anything it was relieving. He looked pretty shaken when he came out of the bathroom. "Are you alright?"

He nodded as he took the stockings and flats from me, but he struggled putting them on. He wasn't as ok as he wanted me to believe. "Let's go home."

He opened the ark gate while I grabbed the bags. I followed him after casting one last look around the room. It was a cute little place, I had been looking forward to spending our anniversary there.

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Like always, the first thing Komui did when we entered his office was wrap his sister in a tight hug. "Lenaleeee!"

Only it wasn't her he grabbed, it was her body. Which I was currently in. "Umm, Komui-san, can you let go of me?"

"Lenalee?" He backed up a couple steps and looked me over. "Why does your voice sound like Allen's?"

She spoke from behind me. "Because that is Allen. I'm over here."

Komui looked back and forth between us. I smiled gently at him. "We kind of... switched bodies."

"What?! How?!"

"We don't know." Lenalee put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. He flinched away, it was written all over his face that he was weirded out by this. "We were fighting an akuma, there was an explosion, and when we woke up we were like this."

The explanation seemed to snap Komui back to himself. "And you had switched bodies? Is that all there is to it?"

"Not exactly." I pulled up my sleeve and held out my arm. "Our Innocence seems to have switched with us."

He took my hand and looked it over. I just stood there awkwardly while he moved my fingers and wrist. Lenalee was unusually quiet, something more than what had happened was bothering her. Komui let go of my hand and it fell back to my side. "Interesting. It seems-"

I didn't hear the rest of the sentence. Hit by a sudden wave of nausea, I bolted from the room for the nearest bathroom. I had figured the incident earlier had been a reaction to the switch. It was weird that it was happening a second time.

There were footsteps behind me as I threw up in the toilet. Then a hand was rubbing comforting circles on my back. "I'm sorry Allen. I should have warned you."

Lenalee helped me to my feet. "Warned me about what?"

I rinsed my mouth while I waited for an answer. She remained silent for what felt like forever. When I turned to look at her I noticed Komui had followed us as well.

Lenalee gave me a sad smile. "The morning sickness... I'm two months pregnant."