Story: Ryu Alone

 

Quite the bizarre group was strolling down the street after school on this day. Led by Ryuunosuke, who had fire in her eyes and determination in her stride, marching along while flanked by four others. Lum behind her, drifting slightly in the air with her arm linked with Ataru. Both of them staring forward at Ryuunosuke's figure as she stepped forward with confidence. Then, to her left and to her right were Shinobu and Sakura respectively,  Shinobu barely able to restrain from looking on her with doe eyes and Sakura frowning a little to herself as if she was trying to retain some measure of self control. As for Ran? She was at home presently. Not all of Ryu-chan's harem need go out today.

Though to be honest, considering this group it might have been better if she was there. Ran might have the best overall fashion sense of the lot of them. Which says something about this group when put in those terms.

"Alright, we're gonna get some clothes!" Ryuunosuke said for the tenth time since leaving the school. "Not just a uniform like this, but proper girly clothes! Alright? And you guys are gonna help me pick out the best stuff I should be wearing from now on!"

"Yay, Ryu-Chan is taking her steps into womanhood!" Ataru happily cried out, leaping forward to embrace her - and being shoved back by the girl who had, not too long ago, been sitting on his face out of sheer frustration.

"Can it, Moroboshi," Ryuunosuke warned. "You're just here 'cause we still need a guy's opinion. No getting handsy, alright?"

Message received and understood. No getting handsy. In that sense, you could say that Lum was as much here to act as his leash as she was to share her own opinion. Still, it was quite a group. They really stood out. Pretty varied perspectives, they'd be sure to help keep Ryuunosuke grounded - or so it might appear on the surface, but in truth the girls all had eyes that were shining every bit as brightly as the pervert's.

To start with, they arrived in the clothes shop - and the instant they did the groups split apart, leaving Ryuunosuke alone in the middle of a clothes store. Appropriate given the title of the story, huh? "Woah!" she had to grab a coat rack to stop herself from whirling around so much. It even caused the uniform to billow up from how much she was made to turn around! "Stupid skirt, gotta figure out how girls deal with this..."

"Then how about this instead of a skirt?" Lum asked, having returned first with a bikini in tow. Not a tiger print one, alas, but a regular striped bikini which, curiously enough, happened to be an exact fit for Ryuunosuke's proportions. "I found the changing rooms over there, tcha! Why don't you go try it on."

"Yeah, I guess..." Ryuunosuke said, stepping towards the dressing room while the others all returned with their own little suggestions. Lum stuck her tongue out at them playfully, while they glared at her in blatant envy that she was able to go first.

Shortly thereafter Ryuunosuke burst out of the dressing room wearing the bikini and looking absolutely wonderful. It's easy to forget how full her figure is, the volume of her breasts, the slender waist, the healthy hips, the powerful thighs. Though right now she seemed unsatisfied with something, as she was rubbing behind herself.

"Is everything alright?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, yeah!" Ryuunosuke grumbled. "It's just that there's way too little material back here, it's riding up something fierce. See?"

Ryuunosuke turned around, revealing that the bikini bottoms were, in point of fact, a thong. Shinobu fainted right into Sakura's arms, while Ataru applauded happily and Lum embraced him from behind. Yes, yes! They all approved! Very nice, very nice indeed!

"Eh... If it looks okay I guess I'll wear it when at the beach or something..." Ryuunosuke muttered to herself. "But I ain't an Oni or an alien, so I can't go around like this all the time. You got anything else I can try on?"

This is where Shinobu stepped up to the plate. The ordinary girl of the group. Unlike Lum, her fashion sense would surely be sensible. Down to earth. A practical, fashionable and reasonable attire that would suit Ryuunosuke to a tee. Something to make her fit in with her peers better, something that would -

"Oy, Shinobu, ain't this a bunnygirl outfit?"

"Yyyyyyeeeeppppp!" Shinobu said, eyeing Ryuunosuke up and down when she'd stepped out of the locker room. Ah yes, what a true dish she made! Black stockings, a snug fitting sleeveless black leotard with a neckline that envied the bikini's. Speaking of, while it showed off less actual skin than the bikini did (by quite a way) something about it felt more... outright erotic. Was it the poofy tail? Was it the cute little ears on top of her head? Flopping around, one of them covering her eye like an eyepatch? Or maybe it was the high heels that were forcing her to walk with her legs straight, lest she fall -

"Woah!"

Oops! Right into Shinobu's - Make that Lum's waiting arms. Much as before, Lum stuck her tongue out at Shinobu, and got a good dose of envy from everyone else.

"You okay?" Lum asked. "You look amazing in that, by the way."

"Ehe, thanks..." Ryuunosuke said. "Not too much of a fan of these shoes though. Um! You guys get anything I could wear out in public?"

"Here!" Sakura said, offering her a flower print yukata. "This will be far more reasonable, and you'll not be showing off quite so much of your body."

"Much better!" Ryuunosuke grabbed it, stepped back into the changing room and closed the curtain, while the other three surrounded Miss Sakura with confused expressions on their faces.

"A yukata? Really?" Shinobu asked. "I thought you were going to get her a sexy nurse's uniform."

"Or maybe a sexy girl's uniform, or a leftover Halloween costume, or..." Lum counted off on her fingers, while behind her Ataru nodded in agreement.

"I'm not here for the same reason as the rest of you," Miss Sakura said, indignant, crossing her arms and lifting her head up high. "I'm not ruled by my libido. I'm genuinely here to help that young lady -"

"Ta-da! How's this?"

All eyes fell on her, and... Ryuunosuke looked adorable. There's really no other way to describe it. You've all seen Japanese girls wearing yukata, right? Well! That's what you get here! In that instant, the students truly learned to appreciate the wisdom of the master. They applauded politely while Ryuunosuke turned around to show it off.

"How cute!"

"How precious!"

"Ahahaha, can we take a picture together, babe?"

Alas, Ryuunosuke herself didn't find this too amusing. Her face turned into a deep set scowl, as she looked over the others and their expressions.

"Oy, oy!" Ryuunosuke said. "Why do I get the feeling you guys are all using me like some kinda dress up doll?"

The applause froze, and so did the expressions on their faces. <i>Busted</i>! Ryuunosuke pulled the yukata off right there and dumped it into Miss Sakura's hands.

"Take this seriously!" she yelled, then stormed off through the clothes store by herself... with Ataru happily skipping after her. "Urgh! I'm trying to figure out what kinda chick I wanna be, and they're all... Urgh!"

That brought the mood down quite a bit among the girls.

"She's right!" Shinobu said. "We all went about treating her like some kind of dress up doll, we didn't think about what she actually needed!"

"That was a little irresponsible of us," Sakura said. "She needs a new wardrobe, a new way to express herself - and all we've done is make things worse."

"It's not too late!" Lum said. "If we find different kind of styles, gather them together and let her try them out then - Surely that would resolve the issue!"

Yes, that seemed about right. If they all worked together, they could come up with different things that Ryuunosuke could try. Perhaps a sporty look? Or would she try something more chic and stylish? If they put their heads together, surely they could come up with something that worked! Lets try these shirts, this skirt, this blouse, those shorts - 

"Oy, what are you chicks running around for?" Ryuunosuke yelled across the store. As one, their frantic action came to a screeching halt. "Can't believe I'm saying it, but Moroboshi found just the thing I needed!"

They turned around to see... tight leather trousers, and an equally snug leather top which covered everything from the neck down, but did so in a way that made it seem like she'd been dipped in melted chocolate. It was like a second skin she was wearing, leaving nothing to the imagination while actually covering it all. Behind her, Ataru himself was giving a good thumbs up.

"I think trousers suit me better than a skirt anyway..." Ryuunosuke said. "Stupid fluttering things are so hard to control, y'know?"

Yeah, that seemed about right. A pervert like Ataru would be the one to come up with the absolutely perfect, flawless new look for Ryuunosuke Fujinami. Nobody could mistake her for a boy now, for sure!