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"There's the minosaur!"
"What is it doing to people?"
The Ryusoulgers skidded to a halt as they found the cause of mayhem in the town today. Another minosaur was causing issues. Though, they weren't exactly sure what it was able to do. There were people around and they seemed in distress but it was hard to pinpoint why. There was nothing that they could see that was physically wrong with anyone.
"Let's hope we don't find out." Asuna commented.
"Yeah. Let's not get hit by its power." Melto agreed.
The six of them stood in a line and transformed.
"Ryusoul Change!"
They rushed into battle against the minosaur. This minosaur seemed to be pretty capable of fighting them off. Some drunn soldiers appeared and started attacking them as well.
"Change. Change." The minosaur chanted and then fired off a shot.
Everyone moved around to dodge. Koh was the unlucky one and ended up getting hit. He panicked at the assumption something bad was about to happen. Instead, nothing much changed except...
"Are you okay?" Asuna was the first to his side.
"I... yeah. I think I'm fine." Koh replied, sounding a little shaken up.
"You sure?" Asuna looked him over.
Koh nodded. "I'm okay."
"It ran away!" They heard Towa yell in annoyance.
For the time being, they all went back to the house just to make sure Koh was alright. No one had any idea just what the minosaur had done to him. They didn't want to take any risks if they could help it, afterall. The last thing they needed was him to start having a problem in the middle of battle and get hurt because of it.
"So, uh, what exactly can the minosaur do?" Melto asked as they all awkwardly stood around Koh.
Koh was seated on the couch. He didn't like all the attention that was on him. He was trying to avoid eye contact as best he could. How did he explain any of this?
"Koh?" Asuna said at his silence.
Koh took in a shaky breath and then spoke. "It uh... seems to be able to change your sex."
"Eh? So all those people were the opposite of what they're supposed to be?" Towa exclaimed.
Koh awkwardly nodded.
"Then why haven't you changed at all?" Bamba questioned.
"Oh... uh..." Koh swallowed hard. "I... I wasn't... born a boy."
There was a long silence that engulfed the room at his statement. Koh couldn't bring himself to look and see how everyone was looking at him. Asuna and Melto were aware of this fact, but the other three were not. He hoped they'd take it well, but he was still scared. It was hard to not be when you got forced to out yourself before you were ready.
"So... what do we do now?" Asuna finally broke the silence.
"We find the minosaur and kill it?" Canalo offered.
Koh finally glanced up at everyone. No one said anything, but they all gave him reassuring looks. Nothing was going to change. Everyone still liked him despite this. He guessed no one knew what to say to him about this. It was a bit awkward of a situation for them all to be put in so suddenly.
"Can you fight, Koh?" Melto asked.
Koh nodded. "I should be fine."
"Then, shall we get going?"
"Yeah. We should stop it soon. I know what it's like being forced to look different than how you feel and I don't like knowing how many people have to suffer that right now."
"Is it gonna be weird when we kill it and everything changes back?" Towa asked.
Koh blinked at him, not sure how to respond at first. "Uh... no idea."
"Come on. We can have an actual conversation about all of this once we defeat that minosaur." Asuna prompted them forward.
They all set back out. Koh took a few deep breaths. That had been something. He hadn't expected to come out so soon to everyone. He should think of how to actually tell them properly once they were done with this minosaur. They deserved a bit of a better explanation. But, for now, they had more important things to deal with.