Chapter 40

The perfect way to end the holiday party---An outdoor, all-girls, friendly snowball fight !

## Features of This Chapter

### Story Setting

Kazuki's luxury home, the bathroom at Akira's home

### Transition Milestones

Akira's female Gender Expression is so attractive and erotic that Kazuki wanted to have an anime girl that looks like Akira perform on stage by dancing in a provocative style. Akria does not realize how much she is considered attractive by the boys.

### Relationship Evolution

Akira's relationship with Kazuki may have taken a dent, what with her seeing an anime girl that looks like herself in a private video on Kazuki's laptop. Then Akira and Erika get into a snowball fight, hopefully friendly in the end.

### Lessons Learned

For as long as Akira has been a girl, circumstances can still surprise and upset her. Such as seeing the soft-core video.

ORE GA WATASHI NI NARU MADE (UNTIL I BECOME ME)

CHAPTER 40 OF THE MANGA (REVISED ENGLISH TRANSLATION)

(Part 3, and the Conclusion, of the Holiday Party Story Arc)

## Previously

Akira, as well as several other friends, both boys and girls, have been invited to a holiday party by Kazuki at his house. There were plenty of food and drinks to enjoy, as well as video games and many other leisure activities. The party was going well until the music from the laptop quit working, and Aoi went to reboot the computer. While doing that, she finds an icon of a "Christmas Present", and goes ahead and opens it. It is of a video of an anime girl, erotically and sensually dressed, and provocatively dancing on stage. However, the anime girl looked just like Akira. This caused quite the commotion among the friends, with Kazuki becoming much embarrassed that his video became known among the friends. Akira was taken aback at viewing the soft-core video, and afterward excused herself to go to the toilet. On the way downstairs, she meets Shouma coming up the stairs. But when their hands accidently touch, Akira is thrown off balance, and begins to fall down the stairs. Shouma was able to at least have Akira fall on him, in order to break her fall. Now the both of them are sitting next to one another, silent and holding hands like a couple of lovers.

## This Chapter's Story

Like a slow, lazy riverboat cruise, time seems to drift by in slow motion for Akria and Shouma. They both just fell down the stairs leading to the basement, and are shaken up, but apparently not seriously hurt. They are sitting facing one another, completely silent, with their hands held tightly, entwined with one another, just like a couple of lovers. Akira finally whispers Shouma's name, but he is speechless, only giving Akira a look of inquiry and incomprehension. Eventually, Rumi and Erika come to the top of the steps, to see what the noise and commotion was. Rumi has a look of concern on her face; Erika's face is one of irritation, probably from seeing the two holding hands. What happened ? Akira answers, saying that she fell down the steps, and Shouma rescued her. Are both of you okay ? Akira says that she is fine, nothing to worry about. Quietly, without notice, Akira and Shouma finally release their hands from holding one another. Shouma now has a scowl on his face. Akira turns toward Shouma and says, " *I* (lit. *Watashi* {feminine}), .....", but stops and doesn't complete her thought.

Back upstairs in the rec room, Akira is apologizing for the trouble that she has caused, saying that it started when she just wanted to see the video that Aoi was playing on the laptop. Kazuki counters by saying that no, it was all his fault for having that kind of erotic video on his laptop. Natsumi loudly tells Akira that she has nothing to apologize for. It is all about Kazuki, the pervert, and his fault ! Natsumi then kicks Kazuki in the rear with her stocking clad foot ! Akira cries out Natsumi's name. However, Natsumi kicks him one more time for good measure. Kazuki, for his part, says the he is fine. After all, he is getting only what he deserves. Natsumi loudly asserts that Kazuki must be a secret "soft-core playboy". Kazuki replies that is not the point. So you don't deny that, Natsumi wants to know ?

Akira watches the confrontation occurring between Kazuki and Natsumi, with Natsumi calling out Kazuki for his bad behavior. This, once again, triggers a bad memory for Akira. It is when Nana had called out male Akira for his bad behavior of flipping her skirt to show her panties. She lamblasts and vilifies herself for not apologizing to Nana, like Kazuki is trying to do now. She is actually the bad person here, not Kazuki. Now that she is a girl, Akira deeply regrets the many bad things that were done as a bratty boy, with the most distressing of all being how Akira the boy cruelly treated Nana the girl. Akira silently asks herself if she could be forgiven for her ill treatment of all the girls back then ?? Her heart tells her that she is asking too much, and as such, that concession will never be granted. Erika now speaks up, saying that let's move on and keep the party going. Everyone is relieved for having that suggestion made. The party resumes without further incident.

Early that evening, the girls, Erika, Natsumi, Akira, Rumi, and Aoi decide to leave the rest of the party to the boys, and head back to their respective homes. It has already begun to snow as the weather report had predicted. In fact, there is a lot of snow already on the ground. Outside the front door, Rumi thanks the host, Kazuki, for having the girls over, and for a really good time. Kazuki, flanked by the other boys at the front door, tries once again to apologize for what happened with the video. Natsumi only yells at him that is enough, and to close his trap ! Shouma gives Akira a look of being miffed, but says nothing. Rumi takes Akira's hand into her own, and tells her it is time to go.

Walking together as a group, friendly conversation insues. Rumi observes that the year went by very fast. She then tells Akira that the two of them should try out for cheerleaders in the upcoming school's sports festival. Natsumi says that she wants to start the new year by, on the first day back to school, coming to school wearing the boy's military style school uniform ! Erika suggests that all of the girls wear yukatas to the festival at the shrine in the coming new year. Sounds great ! Rumi also suggests that the girls go to the beach one day this coming summer.

While the girls are talking among themselves, Aoi slyly grabs a handful of snow, and forms it into a snowball. She then yells that she is the greatest Japanese baseball pitcher ever, and throws the ball towards Akira. Akira raises her arm to protect herself, and the snowball hits her on her right elbow. Akira screams, indicating that the snowball was not a simple prank. Aoi immediately apologizes, as Erika tells Aoi that the snowball must have been packed as hard as ice. Akira remarks that her reaction was not necessarily due to the snowball, as she explains to the girls that it may have been from an injury from when she fell down the stairs. Erika gives Akira a questioning look with a hint of disbelief. Akira emphatically states that nothing happened between Shouma and herself. Erika is quick to say that kind of denile makes her think that something definately did happen. In a playful gesture, Ekira declares that Akira worrying about Erika and her feelings, that deserves retribution, and lobs a snowball at Akira. It hits her on her chest. Akira says nothing, but gives Ekira a look of uneasyness and mild fright. So Erika tells Akira to 'bring it on', as if to invite Akira to hit her with a snowball in return. When Akira does nothing, Ekira hits her with another snowball, yet this time softly. Natsumi picks up on what is transpiring, and also throws a snowball at Akira. Akira cries out, "Why am **I** (lit. *Watashi* {feminine}) the only one .......?!?" Aoi comes to her defense, heaving a snowball at Erika. Rumi slaps a snowball onto Natsumi. Soon, all the girls are throwing snowballs, and laughing like it is a big time comedy skit. Akira finally begins throwing snowballs, too, although her hands are now so very cold. Yet, What fun ! The perfect way to end the holiday party, with a friendly all-girl 'kill or be killed' snowball fight !

Late that evening, Akira is in the bathroom at her home, undressing for a bath. When she has removed all of her clothing, she notices in the mirror that her right elbow is brused and purple. So there was an injury from the fall after all. Akira clips her hair up, then walks over to the bathtub already filled with water. She remarks to herself that she hopes that Shouma was not injured, as he took the brunt of the fall. Akira wonders why the bathroom is so cold ? She then tells herself that she feels bad for what happened to Kazuki, that is, everyone being so hard on him for a minor digression. Past gossip had told her that at his age, boys would be interested in that kind of soft-core videos. However, she declares to herself that she is just not interested in that kind of supposed "entertainment". This because *I* (lit. *Ore* {masculine}) ......

     Akira grasps a water pan, and dips it into the bath water. She then pours out the water upon herself to wet herself for the bath. Akira then lets loose such a bloodcurdling shreak as to 'wake the dead' ! *The water is ice cold !!!* Akira begins shivering up a storm, as Mom comes into the bathroom to see what is the matter ? Akira only squeaks out, " **I** (lit. *Ore* {masculine})......" She doesn't complete the thought, as she is so, so cold. Mom looks at Akira as she is naked and all wet. Akira says to herself that such surprises can't be happening to her soley because she was transformed into a girl.

## Chapter Lookback, Commentary, and Opinion

(Next chapter reveals why the water in the bathtub was so cold.)

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