WARNING! Love is tender…and knows no gender…so if you are disturbed by slash, then leave now before you read and decide to flame me. REMEMBER…I warned you! Also, this started as comedy…then dipped into angst, drama and romance. And there is a lot of nudity, thanks to the curse and other stuff. Not too much description though. It's not a lemon, it's just a little…tangy. So sorry. Just enjoy the humiliation. And the OOC. Heh.

Also, I realize that due to reacent revelations in the 15th volume, this fanfiction is really no longer possible, so it's an AU fic. Please read and enjoy it anyway. sigh

AKIKO

CHAPTER 1

Akito was sitting by the koi pond when Hatori came out of the house bearing Akito's recently adjusted daily medicine. He glanced up lazily, adjusting his yukata. Hatori held out a small cup full of pills.

"Tell me if they have any odd side effects. And take it easy, remember how you almost married Honda-san's friend Hanajima last time you overdosed?"

Akito winced. "Don't remind me. I'm still amazed that Yuki or Honda-san hasn't found out."

"Well, she has her pride too, you know. Come on, take the medicine."

Akito took the pills that Hatori offered him. Swallowing them, he stood, and overbalanced. He fell into the koi pond, grabbing at Hatori and pulling him along with him. Then-

PYON!

Hatori had transformed into the sea horse. Nervously avoiding the koi, Hatori swam to Akito, who coughing and shaking the water off of his face. Akito sighed in exasperation when he realized what had happened.

"Hatori, what happened? Come on, I'll take you inside."

Akito picked up Hatori and gathered up his clothes. He walked inside and into the bathroom. Putting Hatori's wet clothes on the floor, he filled the tub and tossed Hatori in.

"Ugh," he said, pulling at his wet clothes. "I'll have to borrow some of yours Hatori."

PYON!

Hatori had transformed back. "Could you get me some dry clothes first?" He said, sitting in the tub.

Akito left the bathroom. "Why did I transform?" Hatori wondered aloud. He shrugged. Weirder things had happened.

Akito returned, dumping a pile of dry clothes and a towel in front of Hatori. He faced away and pulled off his sopping kimono. As it happens, he turned in the direction of a mirror. He stared for a moment at his reflection. "HATORI!!!" He screeched in a higher-than usual voice. He appeared, in the mirror, to be very, very female. He closed his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest, thinking he was hallucinating. The he felt-

"HATORI!!" He (she) screeched again. He (she) whirled and bumped into him, because he had stepped out of the tub and had just finished putting his clothes on.

PYON!

Hatori was a seahorse again. Akito screamed and clutched the seahorse to his (her) bare chest. The he (she) realized what he (she) was doing.

"AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGHHH!!!!!!!!" He (she) screamed, and hurled Hatori against the wall. He fell into the tub. He (she) snatched up Hatori's dry shirt, and clutched it to her torso. "You-you-you!" He (she) sputtered.

Hatori the seahorse lay dazed in the tub. He had no clue why Akito was ranting at him; he had been too dazed to notice that he had been clutched to a female chest. In fact, all he could see from this angle was Aktio's legs. And they were more, well, rounded than usual. In fact, they looked almost feminine. Wait-

PYON!

Hatori sat up in the tub, and scrutinized Akito's body.

"Stop staring like that! Pervert." Akito whacked him upside the head.

Hatori slumped back against the wall, as Akito pulled Hatori's shirt over his (her) head. Akito was female? Oh, no…

15 minutes later, in Hatori's office…

"Well, you've lost weight. I didn't think that was possible. You weight 85 pounds. Um, you're also a few inches shorter-"

"WHAT!?"

"-And most definitely female."

"I knew that."

"So, for now, I think you should stay here so I can monitor the effects of what happening"

"ah-"

"You also need new clothes."

"But-"

"I'm calling Ayame."

"But-"

"Well, do you have a better idea?"

"Hatori, you're taking the fact that I am now a GIRL remarkably well. Have you given any though to how I'm going to change back?"

"No."

"WHY NOT?"

"Because I don't know why you're a girl in the first place. Now shut up, it's ringing."

"Hatori, you insensitive beast! You don't know what I'm going through!…"

Hatori tuned Akiko out, as Ayame answered the phone. She continued to rant and rave in the background.

Ayame answered the phone. "Heeellooo!"

"Ayame?"

"Hatori! How are you?"

"I'm fine, but we have a bit of an emergency involving clothes over here. Could you-?"

"I'll be there in a second!"

Dial tone

Haotri shrugged and guided a still ranting Akito out of his office. He had some more phone calls to make. He left Akito to await the arrival of Ayame.

Akito was wearing one of Hatori's oversized shirts when Ayame arrived.

"You didn't tell me what to bring, so I brought everything I could think of."

Hatori's eyes widened. "You brought everything?"

"Well…" Ayame trailed off, looking sheepish as his assistant dragged eight large trunks, apparently filled with clothing, into the room.

AUTHORS NOTE:

well, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This fanfiction is my baby, and after a three-year labour period it's finally been born --. please review. Constructive critism always welcome. ;) have a nice day!!