All Because of You Chapter 1

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

CHAPTER 1 OF THE MANGA

(Story Note---The first two story sections, Chapter 1 and Omake 1.5 *are not in chronological order*. Chapter 1 begins with activities that occur **after** the end of the school day's classes, on the first day of the new school semester. Omake 1.5 tells what happened **during** that first day of classes in the new semester.)

On this particular day, the first day of the new school semester, high school student Ryou Sagimiya has decided to secretly follow their Senpai, Nagi-kun, after school to see where he is going ? Ryou-chan is romantically infatuated with their Senpai, and wants to know why he disappeared all of a sudden today, and what he is going to do ? This leaves hardly any time to try and romantically walk home with Senpai. What secret is Senpai seemingly keeping ? Ryou-chan, for her part, has plenty of their own secrets, not the least of which is that they are a Bigender teenager. This means that they switch back and forth between male and female presentations. Today, Ryou-chan is a female student, dressed in the girl's school uniform. She has followed her Senpai to a rough, 'red district' section of the city. She saw the Senpai going into a business. Slowly, so as not to attract any attention, Ryou-chan makes her way to the front door of the business. A sign posted next to the front door greets her. The name of the place is in French---

**Mon ange (My Angel)**

Ryou-chan agonizes if she should go inside ? Will Senpai be in there ? Will he perceive her as a stalker ? The place appears to be a cosplay / cross-cosplay café. Ryou-chan tentatively opens the door, and looks inside. She gets the surprise of her life, as a handsome figure greets her---

"I have been waiting to see you, my honey ! You are so cute, I could eat you up !"

The tall figure is seemingly a teenage male, dressed in a fetish bunny costume, complete with bunny ears, and sporting a bare midriff. He is as much surprised at Ryou-chan, as Ryou-chan is of him. One of the other people inside calls out to the tall figure, calling them Nagi-kun, and telling him that this person is not one of our regular customers. Loud laughter breaks out amid all the cosplayers in the café. A bunny girl with a bright color streak in her hair, approaches Ryou-chan, apologizing for the laughter, and asking her if this is her first time here at *Mon ange* ? Ryou-chan bashfully says, "Yes!"

"Welcome to the cosplay and cross-cosplay café, *Mon ange !* Please select your favorite angel !"

Angels ? Yes, all of the servers here are 'My Little Angels' ! The streaked hair girl offers to introduce all of the angels. First, the kind but natural air-head, Nagi-kun (the male bunny with the bare midriff). "Natural, really ?" Next, the gentle, understanding older sister, Ichika-chan (a female bunny girl with braided blonde hair). "Oh, nice to meet you !" Then the most handsome and masculine girl ever, Kai-kun (a tall male who certainly is masculine, but was called a 'girl'). "I'll be extra gentle!" As for myself, I'm called Rui (the girl with the streaked hair). "People always say that I'm the cutest angel here ! Don't you agree ?"

Rui approaches Ryou-chan and lovingly strokes her cheek. "Which angel are you going to choose ?", coos Rui. "Want me to pick one out for you ?" Rui then erotically whispers to Ryou-chan that her skin is so soft and delectable. Ryou-chan turns a bright shade of red with embarrassment, but nonetheless, points to the male bunny and remarks that she knows him. Nagi-kun approaches Ryou-chan and embraces her like a long-lost lover, saying that he should be your angel. Ryou-chan bluntly remarks that high school students certainly are not allowed to work while in school, least of all in a place like this, ***SENPAI !!!*** Pulling Ryou-chan into a tight hold, Nagi-kun leans down and quietly whispers in Ryou-chan's ear, "Could you please keep this a secret.....? This has to be kept a secret just between us two, okay ?" Ryou-chan mumbles, of course, this will stay hidden with me for the rest of my life ! The other angels, at a distance away, speculate why those two are in such a romantic embrace ? Do they know each other ?

Ryou-chan and Nagi-kun separate. Ryou-chan silently thinks to herself that Nagi-kun is, for a male, exceedingly cute ! That's just weird ! Nagi-kun politely asks Ryou-chan if she is a first-year (high school), and what is her name ? Yes, and Ryou Sagimiya. Ryou-chan says that we have met about six months ago. Nagi-kun takes her hands into his, and exclaims that he didn't know that the Ryou that he knew looked like this (a girl)? Senpai, you remember me ? Yes, of course I do ! Nagi-kun goes on to remark, while he seats Ryou-chan and hands her a menu, that the student dormitory assignments came out today, and that you should already be assigned to a room in the dorm. Then he makes a long anticipated and welcomed remark, *let's go home together*, if you can wait until my shift is over. Ryou-chan is greatly pleased, and agrees to wait. Waiting for her order to arrive, Ryou-chan sinks into a romantic mood, thinking to herself that going home with Senpai is awesome; we will look like we are lovers who are dating one another !

Meanwhile, two of the bunny girls are talking about Ryou-chan 'behind her back'. They quietly remark between themselves that Ryou-chan, over there at that table, is the teen that Nagi-kun was talking about the other day. Over there is another Bigender teen, ya know. Really ? Yeah ! Bigender people are very rare, aren't they ? What was it ? About 1 in 10,000 in Japan ? To think that such a teen would fall in love with Nagi-kun ! That sure makes things complicated, don't you think ? Ryou-chan quietly sits at her table, not knowing that she is the fanciful center of intricate attention in the café right now.

As Nagi-kun has clocked out for the day and is leaving through the back door, he is thanked by the owner for his hard work today. Nagi-kun has changed out of his bunny costume, and back into his male school uniform. Ryou-chan is waiting for him at the back door. As the two begin walking together, Ryou-chan tells herself that she must be dreaming, indeed, walking with Senpai is like a dream come true. Nagi-kun casually remarks that it can be dangerous for a girl to walk alone in this section of town. Ryou-chan quips that she is not always a girl ! Nagi-kun confesses that he already suspected that. He speculates that she was born a boy, right ? But today she is a girl. One has to be careful all of the time in this city. Ryou-chan silently recalls in her mind that until six months ago, she was, indeed, a male from birth until that one incident happened back at that time.

As the two potentual friends and lovers walk along a city street, they come upon a car parked on the side of the street, next to the sidewalk. The drivers' window is down, with the driver sitting and listening to the loud radio. Some sort of educational program is on wherein somebody is interviewing a Professor, one with expertise in gender therapy, gender identity/expression, and presentations. The two slowly come to a stop on the sidewalk, as the radio program drones on and on---

"Today I would like to talk about this transgender phenomenon, the so-called transsexual syndrome, or TSS. Professor, what is TSS ? TSS is a genetic variation, commonly but incorrectly called a mental illness, that can suddenly and unexpectedly change your sex/gender one day, and back the next. No, perhaps I should say that it changes your core constitution, or core personality. This instant changing back and forth between male and female, with no middle ground in between, is a phenomenon that can't be fully explained by current medical or scientific research. The cause of TSS is unknown, although it is linked to mutations and differences in one's DNA code. There is no known cure for it at this time, although gender therapy can be of some assistance to one's experiencing distress for when it happens. Yet some progress has been made in understanding what triggers the back and forth changes. That would be a deep-seated emotional reaction in one's figurative heart, especially linked to such strong emotions as love or empathy. The changes are, more or less, completely at random, with the person with the TSS having little or no control over when or where they change from male to female, or vice versa. TSS is said to affect 1 in every 10,000 people in Japan. As a Professor, I have even seen students in the local high school with this particular gender variation......"

Ryou-chan and Nagi-kun are distracted from overhearing the blaring radio, when a stray cat cuts across their path on the sidewalk. The cat begins rubbing against the legs of Ryou-chan. She gently picks it up, looks at it by holding it close to her face, and tells the cat that it's bad to be running around loose in this neighborhood. Nagi-kun becomes nervous and excited, asking Ryou-chan if the cat is okay ? Ryou-chan remarks that it seems to be okay, for a stray cat. Nagi-kun touches the cat, begins stroking it's soft fur, and begins uttering over and over that the cat is so, so cute ! Nagi then takes the cat into his own hands, and fervently tells it, "I LOVE YOU !!!" Soon, a rather violent reaction is triggered in both teens. The frightened cat leaps to the ground and runs away. Both Ryou-chan and Nagi-kun are overcome with emotion, bringing the both of them into some sort of trance. They both gently crumple to the sidewalk, ending up with Ryou-chan laying on their back, with Nagi-kun resting prone on top of Ryou-chan. As they both come out of the vertigo that they were in, they both realize what just happened. Triggered by the interaction of the adorable cat, *Ryou-kun has morphed from female to male, and Nagisa-chan has morphed from male to female !* Nagisa-chan haphazardly says that they are not good around cute animals. Ryou-kun wonders to themselves if the Senpai that they love is a boy or a girl ?

(End Chapter 1)

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