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Enter Ichigo Aria. She's headstrong, slightly reckless and serious most of the time, and tends to get defensive when her crush, Koji Nanohana, gets insulted. This usually involve in brawls, since she always goes headfirst into a fight. Her favorite drink is strawbery milk. Okay, enough about her, on with the story.


Prolouge

"Nng... I knew I shouldn't have drunk that..." A girl said, almost on the verge on throwing up. Her hair was amber in twin pigtails at sholder lengh, with two clippings that looked like bunnies. The bangs were about over the sholder. She had a black armlet with white frills on her left arm, her black gloves were fingerless, and she was wearing a buttonless white shirt and a black skirt, with a loose red belt that had a cross hanging from it. Her leggings were a blackish-grey color, with black belted boots. Her eyes were grey, and she wore a gold earring in her right ear.

Her name was Ichigo Aria.

Ichigo had recently caught a fever recently, about three days or so, but refused to stay at home. 'I knew this would be bad, but--' She suddenly hunched over, interupting her train of thought. That vial she took was supposed to help with her fever, but so far... the effects were what you see now. Stomach cramps. "Augh! Who the heck would invent such a thing!?" She yelled, partly in pain. 'Man, this is worse than a fever... Huh?' Ichigo noticed that she stopped having stomach cramps, and her fever was gone. It looked like whatever was in that vile worked.

"Hey, it stopped... My fever's gone. Looks like that vial worked after all." Satisfied that she was feeling better, Ichigo decided to treat herself with strawberry milk, one of her favorite, if not THE favorite, bevereges. "Hehe, thanks to that vile someone gave me, I can go without that fever." She said to herself in a singsong tone. Unfortunetely, that happy mood of hers was going to go down the drain sooner or later... "By the way, I wonder who gave it to me...?"

"Gah, I really screwed it up, big time!!" Cried a fusturated scolar. "That wasn't even supposed to be part of the formula!!" In a total rush, the boy rushes out of the basement, and out of his house.

part 2: Urgent!

Ichigo slowly woke up from her slumber, only to find the tv on. It looked like she pulled an All-nighter... again. She yarned, and she felt the couch sink even lower. "Hnn... Must be still sleeping..." she said lazily. She lifted her arm up over her face and dropped it, slapping herself awake. A pretty awkward wake-up call, if you ask me.

Turning the tv off, Ichigo went through her daily morning rutine: bathroom, dressing, hair, breakfast. Nothing casual.

There was one thing that did stick out: Other than her clothes she wore yesterday, everything else had a tighter fit than they usually did. Fusterated, she was back to her previous outfit. The boots were a bit looser than all her others, but they still had that faint tightness feeling. As Ichigo was about to reach for the doorknob, something rammed into the door itself from the other side. Figuring to be a random thug, Ichigo clenches her fist and the door flies open...

Only to find Koji laying ont the ground, nursing his nose. Apparently, he tripped on the last step up and... you know.

Ichigo used all her willpower to try to keep from laughing, but only a small giggle escaped. "...Are you...Ha, alright, Koji?"

"I'll be okay..." Koji said, holding his nose. "I'm more concerned about you."

"Me? Why?" Ichigo said in confusion.

Figuring he may still have time, Koji stood up, only to find that Ichigo had gotten taller. He could tell because she was almost at sholder length with him, and now she's two inches apart, Koji still being taller. 'Crud... It's already binded with her...'

"Huh? Have you gotten shorter?" Ichigo didn't noticed yet, Koji figured.

"When was the last time you mesured yourself?"

"Huh? That came out of nowhere... two days ago, why?" Ichigo tends to mesure herself weekly.

"I think you might want to check again..."

Confused, Ichigo closed the door in front of her, saying, "Give me a minute..." Exactly a minute passed by before Koji heard thumping of feet rushing to the door, and oppened suddenly, revealing a shocked Ichigo. "Okay, wht do you know about this sudden growth spurt!?" She demanded, pulling Koji inside and closing the door again. Normally, she wouldn't do such a thing to him, but in this case, she demanded answers. Now.

"Ow... Okay, I know you're gonna be mad about this, but... there was an Ingredient I was working on... An ingredient which converts carbon dyoxide into oxygen. Unfortunetly, a private ingredient I was working on got mixed into it, and when I heard you were pushing yourself aginst a fever, I decided to work on an antidote. Unfortunetly, my notes got mixed up again, which was how the other two formulas ended up together last time, and I delivered a vial to you--"

"So you're the one who gave it to me!" Ichigo inturrupted. She had gotten a vial two days ago when a mysterious man handed it to her. turned out that mysterious man was Koji all along, but didn't drink it until day three.

"...Anyway," koji continued, "by the time I got home, I realized it and went back out looking for you."

"So, wait... I don't need to breathe anymore?"

"Basiclly, no, but don't hold your breath... Oops."

"Oops what?"

"Uh, it's nothing--"

"Koji..."

Not wanting to get beat up like a nerd (and thankfully Ichigo didn't have to), Koji fessed up. "Basiclly... the growth trigger's oxygen based, but it's a bit dull, so you'll have to take deep breaths in order for it to work."

Ichigo took a while to absorb all this into her head, then gave Koji a hug without thinking. Realizing this, she immediately lets go and sits there. blushing.

"What was that about...?" Koji asked curiously

"Well... when I was five, I used to be the shortest. Period. Everyone picked on me because of my size. So one night, I wished to become taller... I guess I didn't know there was a shooting star at the time..."

Then she realized she had already taken two breaths: One last night, and another one this morning when she was yarning.

'Looks like he's not bluffing...' Ichigo thought. 'If I could change my size, I'll defenitely be able to guard Koji!'

'...Even though he dosen't need any more help than what I give him, but, What the hey!'




Current height:

Koji- 5'9
Ichigo- 5'7

Yeah, I second that. Enjoyable so far 3nodding

part 3: Experiment

"Heh, sorry about the mess... guess I forgot to clean up." Koji said, stepping over various clutters of garbage: paper here, a cup there... Ichigo laughed nervously. "I guess neither one of us is perfect..." she said, a sweatdrop forming on her head. They were in Koji's house after all.

...What? You're wondering how the last chapter connected with this one?

...Hold on a minute... let's see... stopwatch, wristwatch, timewatch, watch clock, digital clock... Man, where is it!?

What's that you're holding...?

...Gimmie that.

Okay...now.

Flashback

"Um, anyway, I'm not exactly sure how safe it is, but... Ichigo?" Koji was about to head out the door, but stopped at the doorway.

"Yeah...?" Ichigo responded.

"I might have to run a couple of tests--"

"NO. WAY!" Ichigo suddenly cut him off. "There's mo way I'm getting a needle!!"

"...I was talking about your growth problem." Koji corrected, which caused Ichigo to sweatdrop.

"...Oh."

"If I could work this out, You may be able to live with it without anyone else noticing... but..."

"...But...?"

"It's nothing. Besides, I probably haven't figured it out yet."

"Can't argue with that... So where are you going to run the tests?"

"Simple. At my place."

end flashback

...See? Now on with the story.

"Still, I don't see how are you could run a test in this building..." Ichigo muttered, leaning aginst a wall. Koji went next to her, placing his hand on a wall lamp.

"Heh, you'll be suprised." And with that, he pushed the lamp down, and the wall tilted down towards them, into a slant, which caused them both to slide... and slide, all the way down to the bottom.

Ichigo landed on her feet at first, but there wasn't enouth friction on the heel to stop her from sliping, thus she fell on her rear instead. "Oww..." When she got up, she couldn't help but stere in awe.

This whole place was practicly a white room. Spacious, too...

"Wh-what is this place!?" Ichigo shouted, her voice a little on the echo side.

"Supprised?" Koji said, who happened to be besides Ichigo. "This is the test room. To be honest, I come from a long line of scientists."

"Wow... must be rich if you could build something like this."

"Actually... this used to be my great-great grandparents' house..."

After about five minutes later, the testing was set.

"Okay... could you hold your breath?" Koji asked.

"Huh? Why did you bring me here then if you just wanted me to hold my breath?" Ichigo said in confusion.

"Because we can't risk any evidence of your current condition."

"Hm... Okay..." Ichigo partly knew what he was talking about, but went along with it anyway.

After she held her breath for twenty seconds, nothing happened, but on the twenty-first...

"Hmm... I thought so..." Koji muttered.

Ichigo began to grow. And not in a pulse, more like a continual growth. As she became bigger and bigger, Koji noticed that her clothes were also growing with her. As Ichigo had her eyes closed, she could feel her body tugging in all directions.

But then Koji noticed something else.

Ichigo's hight seemed to be increasing faster than it first started.

'hm, Ichigo's growth not only seem to increase her size, obviously, but her growth rate also increases... Uh-oh!'

Koji tried to call up to Ichigo, but her head had already rammed into the ceiling, which in turn caused her to fall backward, creating a mini quake and causing Koji to lose his balance a little, but before he could recover, Ichigo's rapidly-expanding boot pushed him off his feet.

Her head was already back in the ceiling, and her legs were rappidly extending towards the wall. If Koji didn't do something soon, He would become a plaster. Not very plesant.

'It's all or nothing...!' Koji thought, taking a deep breath.

"ICHIGOOOO!!!!!"

Ichigo, who had her eyes closed after the first fifteen seconds trying to hold her breath in, heard his call and her eyes snapped open, releasing the air in the process, thus stopping her uncontrollable growth. Good thing too, Koji was about two inches from the wall.

"Huh? Wha..." The once spacious feeling Ichigo felt was now gone, but then something poked into view from her foot. It looked like an arm.

And a tiny one, at that.

Okay, scratch that. A tiny human that seemed to trip over.

"Oww... I swear, I got my clutsy side from... my..." Koji stopped in his scentence as his eyes wondered where no man's... Okay, let me stop here.

"K-Koji!?" Ichigo stammered, quickly shifting to her knees and scooping up the now-tiny boy.

"Uh... Hi..."

"Koji? Why are you so red? And why is your nose bleeding?"

"Huh!? Aw man, It must've happened when I looked in that skirt!"

"Huh!?!" Now a faint red was appearing across her nose.

"W-wait, I can explain! I tripped over and... I-I-I'm right handed!!"

"Sigh... Sorry, Koji..." Ichigo said with a dissapointed tone. "...But I can't turn from this one..." With that, she closed her hands together and squeezed Koji, taking care not to break anything.

"Ow, ow, OUCH! Can we please-- OW! Talk this over? Owch!"

Poor Koji... sweatdrop

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Ichigo: I still can't believe you...

Koji: How many times do I have to say "I'm sorry!?" It's not like I wanted to-- Oh no!

Ichigo: What is it now?

Koji: I forgot my little sister's visiting today!

Ichigo: But didn't you say you've come from a long line of sientists??

Koji: SHE'S AN ORPHAN!!

Ichigo: That could mean trouble... eek sweatdrop

Koji: Next time on Testing Formula: Sister troubles

????: Can I come in now??

Koji: IN A MINUTE!!!

That part was a random blurt of excuses.