Chapters Case "Sour" Sweet - 2 'Girlhunter'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Slight Language
Case "Sour" Sweet - 2 'Girlhunter'
After getting your leads from the biology teacher, you decided it was time to track down Sour Sweet's friends and gather information straight from them. Your first target, Indigo Zapp. You once again used the faculty elevator to head down to the first floor, where you headed towards the cafeteria. It was a long line today, mostly because today's menu had Tacos, even though it wasn't Tuesday... it was Friday... never the less you trudged on inside, looking around the cafeteria with careful precision to spot Indigo Zapp.
There she was, eating by herself at a nearby window. Heading over to her, you introduced yourself in the only way you knew how.
"How's my old masked hunter doing?" You went, getting her attention.
"Oh... it's you..." Indigo replied, "What do you want? Can't you see I'm busy eating lunch?"
"If by lunch you mean the wrong menu item for Friday then yes, I can see you are. I'm here because I... need your help,"
"It's about Sour Sweet isn't it?" Indigo softly replied.
"How did you know that?"
"Rumors fly around Crystal Prep like wildfire. Sugarcoat came to you to see if you could solve the case didn't she?"
"Well, uh... yeah?" You replied, a little creeped out.
"You've come to me to see if I could possibly give you any evidence to point to the theories you were given by the biology teacher did you?"
"I..."
"You're easier to figure out than you know detective,"
"I came because I wanted to know if you had anymore leads I could follow, I've got two good ones and a dead one with little evidence behind it-"
"That being the possibility of her being a trap? A fem-boy as it were?"
"Uh..."
"By admission, you seem to think you're smarter than me by doing this, after all you did solve the mystery behind my disappearance,"
"No... I'm not smarter than you, I never thought that-"
"Then how did you find me?"
"You had disadvantages,"
"What kind of disadvantages?"
"You went insane,"
"And as if you haven't yet?"
You went silent, stunned by what Indigo Zapp had just said.
"You're very shaking. Your hands are rough, they don't look like a detective's hands anymore ever since the mystery behind my vanishing act. Did the whole mystery shake you up this badly? Don't think you can shake me up with appealing to me surviving my encounter with that creature,"
"I don't think I'll persuade you at all," You replied, "You'll either help me or you won't. Besides, with me working on it I'll crack this case soon and I'm the best detective in all of Crystal Preparatory Academy."
Indigo remained silent for a minute.
"You want to know everything?"
"Times, dates, testimony, I'll need all I can get if I plan on cracking this,"
"Well, here's my story from the day before yesterday," Indigo Zapp began, "The rest of the girls and I had just gotten through with gym class and were heading to the showers to cool off, but Sour Sweet wanted to go in and do it after everyone else had already finished. This isn't anything new either, for she's been doing for a long time now, something about her skin or something like that, but anyways, this time, she seemed like, really adamant about going in last. Something was a little... twitchy as it were with her. It was like as if she was in a really huge hurry and she seemed to be... moving like as if she was hiding something."
"In her pants?"
"I couldn't tell, she was moving so fast none of us could get a straight answer, all she said was, 'no time to explain, just move the hell out of my way,' and that was that. She was perfectly normal for the rest of the day,"
"That's... quite something. So nothing else happened the rest of the day afterward?"
"Not as far as I can recall anyway..."
"All that does is give me a little more water to put in the possibly a trap theory and nothing else,"
"I'd recommend possibly chatting with Lemon Zest, she can tell you quite the story that happened back on Saturday,"
"Well... uh... thanks for the help, I guess?" You said, really adamant on leaving.
"Do you know how you found me, detective?"
"Goodbye, Indigo Zapp," You quickly said as you tried to get up.
"Do you know how you found me? The reason you caught me, detective, is that we're just alike," Indigo called out as you picked up the pace with every step you took, "Do you understand?!"
Indigo's words stopped as soon as you left the cafeteria, leaning against a locker you took a sigh of relief, before feeling a hand placed on your should and finding yourself placing your hands onto the collar of a woman's uniform and slamming her against the lockers to see yourself face to face with...
"Dean Cadence!" You said in surprise, letting her go, "I'm so-"
"No need for apologies, it's my fault, I shouldn't have surprised you like that and knowing how jumpy you can be," Cadence replied, dusting herself off, "Hey, you alright? You seem shaken?"
"Yeah... I just... ran into an old friend,"
"On the case again?"
"It's Sour Sweet. Her friends have tried everything to get her to relay what she's been hiding, but no luck. Not even the guidance counselor got her to crack, so don't think you will either, no offense,"
"After what happened with Cinch? No way am I gonna interfere with whatever case you're into, just be sure to be careful with that tranquilizer, I really don't want a repeat of... what did you call it?"
"The IG-8 Incident, or the Armor Mystery as I call it due to the fact you specifically hired to me to look into if Shining Armor was cheating on you and it resulted in me tranquilizing Twilight on accident in her own home,"
"Yeah... that... I REALLY don't want a repeat of that,"
"I'm less trigger happy than I was back then, believe me, I won't shoot unless I have to,"
"As long as we're clear on that, I'll leave you to whatever it was you were doing, farewell,"
You tip your hat to Cadence and then silently look at your hands. You just attacked Cadence. You shook your head and looked forward. You tried to get a grip on yourself and said to yourself that Indigo's words were just getting to you. After all, it was just an accident wasn't it? ... Wasn't it? You'd never intentionally hurt someone, would you? ... Would ... You?
Never the less, you trudged on to find Lemon Zest and see what Indigo Zapp had gone on about. You eventually found her on the second floor in math class, via looking through the door. You opened it and made your presence known to those in the room. The teacher was about to get on you for interrupting the class until she saw the badge and recognized who you were. Instantly she just went back to teaching the class while you went up to Lemon Zest and pulled her out of class to speak to her.
"What is it you want?" Lemon Zest asked, a bit curious.
"Indigo Zapp told me you know a story about something related to Sour Sweet on Saturday,"
"Oh..." Lemon softly went, "I... I see..."
"What happened? I need to know so I can use it to help my theories for what Sour Sweet might be hiding,"
"Well... on Saturday..." Lemon Zest began, "Sour Sweet and I had gone out for some donuts and coffee early in the morning because we were gonna be having a nice big slumber party with the rest of the girls to celebrate Indigo's return... but I accidentally spilled some of it on her pants on the walk home, on her vagina area too. She got really mad at me, and I mean, REALLY mad at me for it. She had to walk really awkwardly for the rest of the trip back home to her house, but when we did she took an awfully long time in the shower, I mean a REALLY long time in the shower."
"How long would you estimate?"
"Mmmmmaybey about thirty, forty, fifty, to sixty minutes?"
"Nearly a whole hour in the shower? Why would she do that?"
"She never said why, she just went in with her clothes on, threw her wet clothes in the clothing bin and moved on like as if it never happened,"
"I see. Thank you for your time Lemon Zest, I've got all I needed from you," You replied. You and Lemon Zest said your farewells before you headed down to your office. It was almost time for the final bell. Packing your things, and after locking up for the day, you headed to your scheduled classes and picked up your work for the day, luckily it was only history class you needed to pick up anything from. By the time you got home, you wasted no time heading for the backyard, and into your personalized office building, constructed by your parents when they found out their kid was working as the school detective like how they were cops.
Finishing up your school work, you immediately began setting up shop with your thumbtack board, a picture of Sour Sweet in the center and red lines directed towards the notes you've taken as well as the theories presented to you by the biology teacher. Indigo Zapp's and Lemon Zests's stories seemed to have added a bit more water to the possible Trap theory, but the problem was that it barely connected with the stories told to you by Sugarcoat. The only thing it had any connections to was when Sour Sweet would hold her lower section during anatomy, but it didn't align with the other two stories if she really was a trap someone would've noticed by now. You decided to give Sugarcoat a ring to see if she had any more info she could possibly give you, but just as you got to the phone, it rang. You groaned expecting it to be another telemarketer.
"Yeah, what do you want?" You groaned in annoyance.
"Having trouble putting together the pieces?"
Your eyes shot open in horror.
"How did you get this number..."
"Do you perhaps need some assistance?"
"How, did you, get, this, number..." You said more firmly.
"I asked an old client of yours for it, by the way, she's still feeling sore from where you shot her, detective,"
"What do you want Indigo Zapp..."
"I called because I just remembered something related to Sunday. While we were out in the mall, Sour Sweet had noticed a couple of transgender protesters outside one of the clothing departments. Apparently, they were on strike for the place firing an employee recently who came out as a transgender and she really seemed to stiffen up when this happened,"
"But... that doesn't make any sense, it doesn't line up with all the stories I've heard so far,"
"Does it really not line up? Or are you just looking at your evidence wrong?"
"I have, NEVER, looked at any piece of evidence wrong," You went, getting defensive.
"Just like with my medical records from when I was a kid?"
You went silent, slack-jawed at what you had just heard.
"Yeah, I know about those. After all, I was the one who put them in the sewers when I still had some slight control over myself. I was the one who lead you there in the first place after all,"
You were still silent.
"Well, I must be going, I hope when you call Sugarcoat she gives you more information to work with,"
"Indigo... Indigo?"
Indigo then hung up.
"Indigo? Indigo? Indigo? Indigo? Indigo? Indigo?"
Case "Sour" Sweet - 3 'Indigo'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Strong Language
Case "Sour" Sweet - 3 'Indigo'
Snapping out of your stupor you gave Twilight a call.
"Hello?"
"It's me,"
"Oh! Detective... I... take it Indigo gave you a ring?"
"Yeah, uh, do you know what Sugarcoat's number is?"
"Why? Did, Indigo give you a case concerning-"
"No, Sugarcoat gave me a case concerning Sour Sweet,"
"Sour Sweet? What's wrong with her?"
"She's been hiding something from everyone and her friends wanted me to get her to crack. So far all I've got are a few stories and three theories, but barely any of the evidence I've got lined up to the original three stories Sugarcoat gave me, I'm going to give her a ring to see if she doesn't have any more info I could work off of, so, you think you could help me out?"
"I... suppose I could. Anything to help,"
"Thanks. And... I'm... I'm so sorry for shooting you-"
"It's MY fault detective, I did a stupid thing and frightened you while you were armed, I should've known better than to do that but my curiosity overtook my common sense,"
"Well, still, what's her number?" You asked pulling out a pen and paper. Twilight then gave you Sugarcoat's cellphone number as well as Sour Sweet's, you said your goodbyes and hung up to give Sugarcoat a call, but soon heard a knocking at your door, "I'm busy," you said, but the knocking happened again, "I said I'm busy, come back later," knocking once again. You grunted and cracked the door to tell whoever it was to come back later, only to be sprayed with something that sent you into a coughing frenzy. You passed out eventually and wouldn't reawaken for some time only to find yourself tied down to a wooden chair, "Awwww, damn it. Not this shit again..." You groaned in annoyance. But as you looked around, you found yourself in the last place you ever wanted to be. The Everfree Forest.
"It's about time you woke up," came a very familiar voice.
From behind a tree came Indigo Zapp, wearing an all too familiar outfit.
"What are doing wearing that..." You panicked.
"Just thought I'd put on a little something nostalgic before this fateful meet up,"
"Fateful meetup?! You kidnapped me!"
"Kidnapped is such a strong word, detective. I prefer more along the lines of forceful relocation,"
"Why did you do this?! I'm just trying to solve a mystery!"
"Because, detective, you're not done solving my mystery,"
"What are you talking about?! You gave me your explanation for what happened! I already solved the mystery!"
"Did you really solve it, or did you do so because you don't like leaving things unfinished?" Indigo said as she walked over to you and walked in a circle around your spot, "Did you really think a faceless creature in a suit was a good answer? Did you believe it because of what happened to Twilight during the Friendship Games? Or do you secretly kick yourself at night for believing in such a fairy tale?"
"What other explanation could there possibly be?! My parents never found the bodies when I filed in my report to them and the authorities!"
"Just like with Lightning Dust?"
You fell silent, looking on in horror at a name you wished you had never heard again.
"Do you want to know what happened to Lightning Dust?"
"What did you do..." You growled.
"I ate her liver, with some fava beans and a nice Chianti,"
"THAT WAS MY GIRLFRIEND YOU BITCH!!!" You cried out in anger, "WHY DID YOU DO IT?!!?"
"Quite simply because of the fact we both can't exist in the same place at the same time. We were so alike one could easily mistake one for the other, so one of us had to go,"
"You killed the woman I loved you whore!" You growled.
"There's that insanity I was talking about," Indigo went, "You're close to just going over the edge, aren't you? Did I strike a nerve?"
"Strike a nerve?! I'll show you a nerve when I break lose of these binds!" You shouted as you struggled to free yourself. However, you stopped the second you felt a knife on your cheek.
"I wouldn't recommend struggling you know," Indigo said before taking the knife off, "I'm still a bit itchy from when I went feral."
"What really happened to your parents? You ate them didn't you?!"
"Survival of the fittest. One must eat to survive, after all, once you get the taste of human flesh, it becomes a hard taste to be rid of,"
"And it all started with eating my girlfriend you son of a bitch?!"
"Actually, far earlier than that. Let's say, fifth grade?"
"What?"
"I've had my eyes on Lightning Dust for years now. We've been rivals for well over many millennia, our similarities put to the test as our struggles always ended up in ties, but I got a leg up when I discovered a taste of human flesh. It was an eighth-grade field trip to Camp Everfree, and I got stuck in the nearby caves with another camper. We never told anyone where we were going because we had snuck off in the middle of the night to go on a little adventure when something glowing in the cave caught our attention and like the kids we were, we went towards the shiny thing. The cave collapsed on us, and within only a matter of a few days, we were getting hungry. My buddy had fallen asleep, but I just couldn't, how could I? I thought for sure my family would never see me again. I knew what I had to. I took the heaviest rock I could pick up and bludgeoned him to death with it. I ate what remains I could, and the next day after, I was rescued only to be put in a mental hospital,"
"Those files..."
"I tried to live a normal life, I really did. But the taste of flesh was so tantalizing, it just stayed in my mind for many years. Once mine and Lightning Dusts's rivalry reached its peak in Crystal Prep, I knew then what I was going to do. I killed her, and ate her liver just like how I said I did,"
"Yeah, and you killed her when I was dating her you son of a bitch!"
"Nothing more than just a minor setback. It was at the cost of your sanity, but it was well worth it, for now, she's out of the way and I don't have to worry about her ever again,"
"Why did you kidnap me? Just to open up an old wound?!"
"Actually, it's because of something else. Related to your case on Sour Sweet,"
"If that's all you brought me here for, why'd ya go a say all that shit for?!"
"Because, detective, Sour Sweet's disappeared from her home,"
"What?!" You exclaim with wide eyes.
"I went to visit her a little after contacting you but saw signs of a struggle all over her room. I rode my motorcycle down to your office and suddenly had an epiphany. You'd never come with me willingly, so I did what I had to. While you were out cold, I kept thinking to myself, they don't know the truth, do they? They still think it was the fairy tale that made me kill my parents. Maybe it's time to let them in on the secret,"
"And just what makes you think I won't report you to the authorities after this?!"
"Try it, and I'll get to see how your family's livers taste,"
You instantly shut up and looked down in horror.
"That's what I thought," Indigo smirked.
"Alright, fine... take me to the scene,"
"I knew we'd see eye to eye. Just don't try anything funny, or it's your liver I'll be eating next,"
You gulped in fear as Indigo cut you loose. Stretching out a little you followed the insane cannibal to her motorcycle and held on to her as she drove at fast speeds past and in between cars. Soon enough you and Indigo arrived at Sour Sweet's house where you proceeded to go up to her room by yourself and indeed saw signs of what looked to be a struggle. Closing and locking the door behind you, you knew it was time to start investigating the area.
You first took out your camera and photographed the area very carefully, once you were done and put away your camera you took out a pair of rubber gloves and surgical mask for protection against any kind of bacteria floating in the air from shatter debris. You carefully moved across the room with ample precision in an attempt to not sully the scene, you noticed and examined multiple flipped furniture from a broken bean bag, the bed mattress laying on the floor, the closet's clothing rack being torn down, the more you examined the less it looked like a struggle and more so an act of rage. You then went into the bathroom where the shower was running non-stop, the medicine cabinet was open with empty bottles or nearly empty ones, some pills aligned the floors and sink, someone was on a rampage.
Among the bottles, you noticed, were estrogen, progesterone, and anti-androgen, medicines that are usually commonly associated with Male to Female Transgenders. But, that should be possible, you didn't see any photos of Sour Sweet as a guy down in the main foyer or the staircase as you walked by the family photos. Something didn't add up. It was almost like as if they were either planted here or she was just recently taking them. Out the window, you saw Sour Sweet and her parents coming out of a vehicle. Sour Sweet looked to be crying and her parents were trying to comfort her. This was your chance, you had to strike while the iron was hot. You rushed downstairs as fast as you could, sat down in the revolving rocket chair and waited for them to come inside.
The sound of a door opening caught your ears.
"Sour Sweet, please, just don't do this again," you heard her father say.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Sweet," You said catching the attention of the family and swinging around in the chair to meet them face to face, "I'm the teen detective from Crystal Prep. We need to talk about your daughter."
Case "Sour" Sweet - 4 'Sweetness Rising'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Slight Language, Drug References
Case "Sour" Sweet - 4 'Sweetness Rising'
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Sweet," You said catching the attention of the family and swinging around in the chair to meet them face to face, "I'm the teen detective from Crystal Prep. We need to talk about your daughter."
You pulled out a bottle of the estrogen you found in Sour Sweet's medicine cabinet.
"How did you..." Sour exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Your good friend Indigo Zapp informed me of the situation she found your room in and I rushed down here," You half lied out of fear that Indigo Zapp might be overhearing your conversation.
"Just what is it you want to chat about my daughter for?" her father asked getting defensive.
"You have two options, you either tell me, straight forward what the hell is going on, or I'm going to have to get ugly with you just to get the information I want out of you just like I did with Cinch," You firmly asserted.
"And tell us why we shouldn't just call the cops?" her mother asked reaching for the phone.
"Because one, my mom and dad are active cops that can easily bail me out of trouble," you said making her stop reaching for the phone and retract her hand, "And two, you really don't have much of a choice. I will get the information I want out of you one way or another, so take a seat you three, and start, talking." You reasserted with the family.
Complying, each one sat down on one of the nearby two couches with Sour Sweet sitting by herself.
"I'm gonna ask you two a few questions, and your job is to either reply with yes or no, go it?"
"Yes," they replied softly.
"My first question, is your daughter on estrogen, progesterone, and anti-androgen?"
"Yes..."
"Alright. The second question, do you know about your daughter's recent actions in regards to acting stranger than usual and... holding her lower section during anatomy?"
"Yes..."
"Is there a secret Sour Sweet's been keeping from the school, AND her friends?"
"Yes..."
"Will you explain just what it is?"
"No,"
"And might I ask, why not? What exactly would Sour Sweet get from keeping whatever it is a secret? All you're doing by making her keep it is hurting her friendships with Indigo, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare, and Lemon Zest. I've not had the chance to talk to Sunny Flare yet, but knowing how close those two are? I'm more than certain she'll give me the story I need to come to the conclusion myself. If you really wanna be of any help to your daughter at this moment, you'll tell me just what this secret is so I can spread it across the school and stop her from embarrassing herself further,"
"Go ahead and get Sunny Flare to talk, whatever conclusion you get will be incorrect-"
"Currently, my theories are either your daughter's experiencing some form of epiphany of having memories from being a male after transitioning, or she's a trap. No beating around the bush, I'm right on the money with those theories now, aren't I?" You said catching the parents off guard, "I am right, aren't I? Those two theories are right on the money."
"How..." Her father growled.
"Maybe you should start telling your daughter to stop grabbing her freaking crotch like as if she was having a whiplash attack while in the middle of freaking anatomy class of all classes," You answered, standing up and making Sour Sweet's father recluse back to cowering before sitting back down.
"Who... hired... you..." Sour Sweet herself asked.
"Your friend Sugarcoat asked me to look into this. Your friends couldn't get you to crack and neither could the guidance counselor so I was their last hope of getting the job done, and I'd say from the reactions I'm getting, I'm getting closer to the truth aren't I?"
The room fell silent.
"I am, aren't I? Well, it's getting late, I need to head back to the office for now. Thank you for your time," You said as you got up.
You left the house and was met with Indigo Zapp on the sidewalk.
"Get the information you wanted?"
"Why can't you just leave me alone..." You went as you started to walk away only to be stopped by her.
"Why? Because our destinies are intertwined, detective. One day, we'll find ourselves face to face, only one of us can exist at the same time, you know us being together in the same city just isn't possible,"
"Then why don't you just kill me now, eat my liver, and get it over with," You growled.
"Because it's not your time yet,"
"What the hell does that have to do with anything?!"
"Our time to fight will come, detective. All you have to do is just wait it out," Indigo said as she headed for her motorcycle.
"Why did you eat your parents?" You hollered out to her, making her stop, "There was no reason for you to do such a thing, just why did you do it?!"
"You know what they say, detective," Indigo Zapp replied as she got on her Motorcycle, "History can repeat itself."
And with those final words, Indigo Zapp rode away.
"History can repeat itself...?" You said to yourself.
It didn't hit you until the taxi trip back home, but Indigo must've been trapped in a cave with her parents and had no choice but to eat them, only this time she enjoyed it thanks to re-found taste for flesh. But what was she going on about in meaning your fates were destined to clash? You decided not to dwell on it and pushed it into the back of your mind as you reached home and headed back to your office. There, you put up your newest notes on the board and took off the theory of her possibly being a female to male transgender as the estrogen and confirmation by her parents disproved that theory altogether.
But, noticing it was getting dark you decided to close up shop for today and head to bed. While you didn't have any nightmares about the faceless creature anymore, now you had nightmares about cannibalistic Indigo Zapp. You would awaken the next morning... with your bed wet. You sighed in embarrassment and put on a new pair of undergarments before dressing yourself and taking your dirtied bed sheets to the laundry chute.
You heard the doorbell ring and went down to see who it was, but one look out the peephole had you opening the door faster than you could think.
"Sour Sweet?! What are you doing here?!" You ask as she came inside.
"My dad said that if you REALLY wanna know what's going on with me, you're gonna have to wow yourself into my pants," Sour Sweet groaned.
You stuttered in utter shock. There's no way...
"Th-this is a joke right?" You ask, "C-come on, nobody would ever seriously say that and mean it right?"
"He meant every word of it,"
"Look, I-"
"I know. You don't wanna start dating me, especially not after what happened with..."
You just looked away, eyes closed as a single tear crept down your cheek.
"I... I'm sorry... I shouldn't have brought that up... you're still sensitive about that subject, aren't you?"
You slowly nodded in response.
"Still, that's what my dad said. If you want to find out the truth? Wow yourself into my pants,"
"That's... not gonna be possible. I've not tried to get with a girl in a long time ever since Lightning Dust vanished..." You said, trying to keep Indigo Zapp's real intentions a secret to keep your family safe.
Hearing the phone ring you pardoned yourself and headed into the kitchen where you answered with a friendly hello, only to be met with the haunting voice of an all too familiar girl.
"Having some girl problems?"
"How do you know she's here with me..."
"I followed her all morning, and she didn't even know it,"
"Yeah... that's not... creepy... Why are you calling me?"
"I came to inform you, that you're never going to get Sour Sweet's parents to crack, you may have gotten them to spill the beans on the medication, but never will they tell the secret,"
"You know just what is it, don't you,"
"I've known for many years, but no one ever believed me when I tried to tell them about it,"
"And let me guess, you won't tell me either?"
"Where's the fun in telling you the answer when you can discover it for yourself?"
"How are you one step ahead of me?! What's going on?!"
"Spoilers. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna be having an old friend for dinner," Indigo said before hanging up.
"Indigo?! INDIGO?!"
You hung up in anger before rejoining Sour Sweet.
"Sorry about that, some sort of crazy on the phone," You lied before clearing your throat, "Well... anyways... I... honestly don't know where to begin."
"Hmph! Well, do you expect me to have an answer?!"
"I would think so considering you came all the way down here and threw this revelation upon me without any forewarning, thanks by the way," You sarcastically go.
"Well, what else was I suppost to do?! They thought this would steer you away from trying to learn the mystery, but I tried to tell them you'd go along with it!"
"Hmmm.... Ah! Ideeeeaaaaaa~" You went
"What do you mean?" Sour Sweet asked.
All that came upon your face was a sinister smirk.
Case "Sour" Sweet - 5 'Sweet Dragon'
"Hmmm.... Ah! Ideeeeaaaaaa~" You went
"What do you mean?" Sour Sweet asked.
All that came upon your face was a sinister smirk.
Later that day you and Sour Sweet headed down to a location you so often visited on Sundays, a Card Monster Games/CM Games store. A place that sold things from board games, video games, and card games. Specifically on Sundays was a time to duel, a time to get your game on, a time to rev it up, a time to set the pendulum into scale, a time to play the icon of all card games, Yu-Gi-Oh!.
"Wow... you are such a nerd," Sour Sweet went.
"I know it and I love it," You said writing your name down on the tournament bracket, "You're free to join if you want. Entry fee is 4 dollars for two booster packs of your choice, and I've got a spare deck on hand if you wanna use it."
"Well... considering you went through all this trouble of bringing me down here, I suppose why not,"
"You shouldn't have too much trouble, it's a Traditional Style Tournament today anyway," You explained as Sour Sweet wrote her name down on the bracket.
"Traditional Style?"
"Meaning cards that are currently forbidden in the Advanced format of the game, used at Regionals, YCS's, and the likes, can be used at one copy per deck in the Traditional Format,"
"How do I know what's banned in the advanced format but okay in the traditional?"
"If it doesn't have a million restrictions on it, it's nothing short of broken and more than likely banned," You explained
"Okay..." Sour Sweet softly replied, "Like what?"
"Like this," You said pulling out..., "The Spell Card, Pot of Greed."
"What does it do?"
"It allows me to draw two more cards from my deck with no strings attached, something that is just WAY too powerful in the current form of Yu-Gi-Oh!, so because of that it's banned like this, Graceful Charity," You said pulling up said card, "This card allows me to draw three, and discard two cards of my choosing. These are two great cards to have in the traditional format but with how powerful they are nowadays they can never come back to the game no matter how much people beg for it to happen like with this card, Premature Burial. An equip spell card that allows me to bring back a monster at the cost of 800 life points, but those life points might as well not even be there because as a competitive player you learn quickly to get into the mindset that life points don't matter and because of that Premature Burial is probably gonna stay banned because of how powerful it is, and I'll say this. As long as Hidden Armory is still legal it will never come back because of its status as an equip spell card."
"The ban list sounds complicated..." Sour Sweet replied holding her head as if she had a headache.
"Actually it's not, and the reasons behind a card getting banned, currently banned, and will probably eventually be banned can be seen on the card text like Raigeki here, a card that allows you to destroy all monsters your opponent controls with no restrictions, a big no-no, so it was banned for a while before being limited to one, same thing with Monster Reborn, a spell that allows you to special summon back to your side of the field a monster from either player's graveyards with no strings attached. A big no-no so it was banned for a while before eventually returning to one copy per deck,"
"The ban list sounds complicated, but does seem to share some interesting stories behind it,"
"You think those are interesting? You should hear the one behind Elemental HERO Stratos's eventual return after 12 years,"
"Huh?"
"I'll explain later, the tournament's about to begin," You stated, handing Sour Sweet your spare deck and four extra dollars.
When you and Sour Sweet got your packs, you chose Legendary Duelists: Sisters of the Rose while Sour Sweet chose Legendary Duelists: White Dragon Abyss.
From your packs, you got Lunalight Blue Cat, Cyber Angel Dakini, Blue Rose Dragon, Black Rose Dragon, Magnificant Machine Angel, Lunalight Cat Dancer, Machine Angel Ritual, Cyber Angel Idaten, Night Express Knight, and Lunalight Emerald Bird.
Sour Sweet got, Abyss Actor - Trendy Understudy, Cyber Repair Plant, Black-Winged Dragon, Maiden with Eyes of Blue, Glowing Crossbow, Abyss Actor - Superstar, Cyber Eternity Dragon, Cyber Twin Dragon, Abyss Actor - Leading Lady, and finally...
"Abyss Actor - Mellow Madonna?! You lucky- I've been looking for that card!" You flustered.
"Why?"
"She's a pendulum scale of zero! She's probably the most useful card to have when trying to perform a pendulum summon of monsters levels one to seven!"
"Oh..." Sour Sweet went with wide eyes upon realizing the value of that single card.
Upon hearing the announcement that the tournament had begun, you and Sour Sweet found your opponents and began. Things were going relatively smoothly for you and Sour Sweet, the deck you gave her consisted of the Lunalight cards so she shouldn't have had much trouble. The Preliminary rounds went by quicker than you could think, you won 2 to 1 and Sour Sweet went 3 and 0, not bad for a rookie in your eyes. Soon came the top eight, you and Sour Sweet won, then the top four, you two won again. It all came down to the finals. It was you against Sour Sweet, but from the looks on her face, as you two went through the tournament, you could tell she was having more fun than she thought she would.
"It's time to duel!" You and Sour Sweet said at the same time.
You: 8000 LP 8000 LP
"I'll start this duel off with Graceful Charity, this card lets me draw three cards, and discard two," You said as you drew your three cards, "I'll discard Foolish Burial and Darklord Marie. Now that Darklord Marie is in my graveyard, once per turn during my standby phase, I gain an additional 200 life points as long as she remains in the graveyard. Next, I'll Special Summon Launcher Commander in attack mode,"
Launcher Commander4 1700 ATK / 1200 DEF
"But I'm not done yet! Now I use my normal summon for this turn to summon Bitron in defense mode,"
Bitron2 200 ATK / 2000 DEF
"But that's not all!" You smugly go, "Launcher Commander's first effect activates! Now, Bitron gains an additional 300 Attack and Defense points!"
Bitron2 500 ATK / 2300 DEF
"But we're only getting started Sour Sweet, cause now I activate Terraforming! This card allows me to add a Field Spell Card from my deck to my hand, and I choose Cynet Universe!" You said as you searched your deck for the card, took it out and then shuffled your deck, "Now I place Cynet Universe in the Field Spell zone, now all Link Monsters I control will gain 300 attack points, but that's not all it can do! It also allows me to target one monster in the graveyard and shuffle it back into my deck! Luckily for you, only Darklord Marie is in the Graveyard right now so I can't use that effect nor do I have any Link Monsters out, but that's about to change, I tribute Bitron to Link Summon Link Spider!"
Link Spider1000
"Link Spider's effect allows me to Special Summon one Level Four or lower monster from my hand to the zone it points to and I chose Leotron!"
Leotron4 2000 ATK / 0 DEF
"Plus, now that Bitron is in my graveyard, I activate my Cynet Universe's effect, shuffling Bitron back into my Deck," You explained as you did the mentioned move, "Plus, Cynet Universe's first effect gives Link Spider an additional 300 attack points!"
Link Spider1300
"Plus even more attack points by Launcher Commander due to Link Spider being a Cyberse type monster!"
Link Spider1600
"Since I can't attack this turn, I'll just end my turn. It's your move," You stated.
You: 8000 LP 8000 LP
"My turn, I draw. First, I activate my spell card... Dark Hole!"
"Oh no I forgot that card was in that deck..." You muttered in horror.
"Now all the monsters on your side of the field are destroyed!"
"So much for that opening combo..." You groaned in annoyance as you sent your monsters to the graveyard.
"Second I activate Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two more cards from my deck," Sour Sweet went as she drew two more cards, "Next I activate the spell card, Polymerization!"
"P-Polymerization?!!?" You stuttered.
"I fuse the two Lunalight Kalido Chicks in my hand to summon forth, Lunalight Cat Dancer!"
Lunalight Cat Dancer7 2400 ATK / 2000 DEF
"This is bad, REALLY bad..." You went horror.
"Lunalight, attack him directly!"
"AUGH!!"
You: 5600 LP 8000 LP
"Plus, since Lunalight declared an attack, you're inflicted with an addition 100 points of damage!"
You: 5500 LP 8000 LP
"I set two cards face down and end my turn, your move," Sour Sweet said with a smirk.
You mirrored that smirk only in utter joy. You two were gonna get along just fine.
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Case "Sour" Sweet - 6 'The Sour Taste of Something Sweet'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Slight Language
Case "Sour" Sweet - 6 'The Sour Taste of Something Sweet'
You: 5500 LP 8000 LP
"I set two cards face down and end my turn, your move," Sour Sweet said with a smirk.
You mirrored that smirk only in utter joy. You two were gonna get along just fine.
You: 5500 LP 8000 LP
"First, I draw a card and then Special Summon Widget Kid to the field in attack mode,"
Widget Kid3 1500 ATK / 900 DEF
You: 5700 LP (From Darklord Marie's effect)8000 LP
"When Widget Kid is Normal or Special Summoned I can special summon one Cyberse monster from my hand in defense position once per turn. And I choose my Cyberse Converter!"
Cyberse Converter2 1000 ATK / 1000 DEF
"But don't get too used to them, for they aren't sticking around for long. I use them as material to Link Summon Decode Talker!"
Decode Talker3 2300
"Plus with Cynet Universe still in my field spell zone, Decode Talker gains an additional 300 Attack Points,"
Decode Talker3 2600
"Next I'll activate Cynet Universe's other effect, allowing me to shuffle Leotron back into my deck. Next, I play this, Pot of Greed! It allows me to draw two new cards to refresh my hand. Now I activate the continuous spell card, Shard of Greed!"
"Shard of Greed..." Sour Sweet went.
"Each time during my draw phase, I put a greed counter on this card and when it gets to two I can send it to the graveyard t draw an additional two cards,"
"I see..."
"Next I activate the effect of my Backup Secretary. If I control a Cyberse monster I can special summon her from my hand. Join the battlefield, Backup Secretary!"
Backup Secretary3 1200 ATK / 800 DEF
"Now, Decode Talker, attack Sour Sweet's Lunalight Cat Dancer!"
"I activate my Trap Card! Magic Cylinder!"
"MAGIC CYLINDER?!"
"Decode Talker's attack is directed back at you and you take full life point damage equal to Decode Talker's attack points!"
"AUGH! I can't take another hit like that!"
You: 3100 LP 8000 LP
"You're down to just 3100 life points," Sour Sweet taunted.
"Don't remind me!" You growled, "I end my turn, your move."
You: 3100 LP 8000 LP
"I draw. Whatever plans you had for that Shard of Greed will be all for naught. I activate the spell card, Harpie's Feather Duster!"
"OH, CRAP!!!" You hollered out in horror.
"Your back row is destroyed, and now I summon Lunalight Blue Cat in attack mode!"
Lunalight Blue Cat4 1600 ATK / 1200 DEF
"Ohhh crap baskets..." You wept.
"Now, Lunalight Cat Dancer, attack Decode Talker!"
You: 2900 LP 8000 LP
"Now Lunalight Blue Cat, attack Backup Secretary!"
You: 2500 LP 8000 LP
"Your field is empty," Sour Sweet taunted, "Now I end my turn. It's your move, but at this point, you should really give up. I have you outmatched and outplayed how do you expect to come back from this?!"
You: 2500 LP 8000 LP
You take in a deep breath and let it out.
"Heart of the cards... guide me!" You say, "I DRAW!"
You: 2700 LP 8000 LP
You fell silent.
"What's the matter? Didn't get the card you wanted?" Sour Sweet taunted.
"No. I activate my spell card... POT OF DESIRES!!!"
"Pot of WHAT?!?!"
"Now, I banish the top ten cards of my deck face down to draw two more cards!" You explained, "From those two cards I drew, I play... Dark Hole!"
"DARK HOLE?!?!"
"Now your monsters are gone, but that's not all! Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Decode Talker at full power!"
Decode Talker3 2600
"Now, Decode Talker, attack Sour Sweet directly!"
"GAUGH!"
You: 2700 LP 5400 LP
"Who's laughing now?" You went, "I end my turn. Your move."
You: 2700 LP 5400 LP
"You'll pay for that." Sour Sweet growled as she drew a card, "First I activate my face down card, Lunalight Reincarnation Dance! Allowing me to take two Lunalight monsters from my deck and add them to my hand. I add two copies of Lunalight Tiger. Next, I activate Foolish Burial! This allows me to send my Lunalight Purple Butterfly to the graveyard from my deck! Next, I summon one of my Lunalight Tigers in the monster zone! With that, I end my turn."
You: 2700 LP 5400 LP
"I draw! Now, Decode Talker! Attack Sour Sweet's Lunalight Tiger!"
You: 2900 LP 4000 LP
"My life points may have taken a hit, but it was well worth it for now I can destroy you!" Sour Sweet stated, "When Lunalight Tiger is destroyed by battle or card effects, I can target one Lunalight Monster in my graveyard and special summon it to the field! And I know an old friend waiting to say hello! RETURN, LUNALIGHT CAT DANCER!"
Lunalight Cat Dancer7 2400 ATK / 2000 DEF
"OH, FRICK!!!"
"Hehehehe, HAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!"
"I set one card face down and end my turn..."
You: 2900 LP 4000 LP
"I draw! ... Perfect. First, I summon my other Lunalight Tiger to the monster zone, then I activate... ULTRA POLYMERIZATION!" Sour Sweet went, "By paying 2000 life points, I can Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck using two monsters I control as fusion material! Neither of us can activate cards or effects in response to this card's activation, but it's well worth it, for now, I fuse Lunalight Cat Dancer and Lunalight Tiger to Fusion Summon, LUNALIGHT LEO DANCER!!!"
Lunalight Leo Dancer10 3500 ATK / 3000 DEF
You: 2900 LP 2000 LP
"Lunalight Leo Dancer, attack Decode Talker!"
"UGHHH!" You groaned.
You: 2000 LP 2000 LP
"I end my turn. It's OVER, detective!" Sour Sweet egotistically went, "My victory is in the bag now."
You: 2000 LP 2000 LP
"This is my last chance... Heart of the Cards, I beg of you, guide me!" You went, "I DRAW! ....... Sour Sweet..."
You: 2200 LP 2000 LP
"Hmm?"
"I have gathered... all the pieces to my victory! I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode!"
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian4 1400 ATK / 1200 DEF
"That's your last stand? A monster with 1400 attack points? Lunalight Leo Dancer will eat him for breakfast on my next turn!"
"That's where you're wrong Sour Sweet, for my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian is an effect monster. And his effect is that he can't be destroyed by monsters whose attack point are 1900 or higher!"
You could see Sour Sweet's heart just sink at that realization. Her Lunalight Leo Dancer was virtually useless against your monster.
"But that's not even the icing on the cake, GO, BERSERKER SOUL!!!"
"Berserker Soul?!"
"First I must throw out my entire hand. But since I have nothing in my hand, I'm fine. Now I must continue to draw cards from my deck if it's a monster I can attack you directly as long as that monster has 1500 or fewer attack points and I am not to stop until I hit a spell or trap card!"
"1400 or- OH NO!!!"
"Doro! Monsta Cardo! Swift Scarecrow! Attack!"
"WAIT, WAIT!"
You: 2200 LP 1500 LP
"Second Doro! Monsta Cardo!"
"TH-THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
You: 2200 LP 1000 LP
"The third one! Monsta Cardo!"
"NO, NOOOO!!!!"
You: 2200 LP 500 LP
"DORO! MONSTA CARDO!"
"AUUUUGH!"
You: 2200 LP 0 LP
"DORO! MONSTA CARDO!"
"HEY WAIT!"
"DORO! MONSTA CARDO!"
"THe DUEL-"
"DORO! MONSTA CARDO!"
"It's already-"
"DORO! MONSTA CARDO-"
"NO! YAMETE, DETECTIVE!!" Sour Sweet went grabbing your hand.
"HANASE!!!"
"The duel's over already, my life points went down to zero a long time ago, you won!"
"Oh... Sorry... I... kinda got into the moment," You blushed.
You and Sour Sweet packed up your decks and collected your prizes for your retrospective placings in the tournament. Eventually, you two left and Sour Sweet had a friendly look on her face.
"Ya liked doing that didn't ya?" You asked.
"Yeah, that was honestly more fun than I thought it would be," Sour Sweet said with a smile on her face.
"CM Games holds Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournaments every Sunday, today was a special occasion for a once a month Traditional Tournament, you can call me for when you wanna join me again if you want,"
"I'd like that,"
When all was said and done you escorted Sour Sweet home much to the surprise of her parents, and even gave her a parting gift of your Lunalight deck alongside the cards you got from your booster packs. When you returned home, you felt like as if something had sparked within you for the first time in many years, was it happiness? Genuine happiness? The sudden sound of the phone ringing caught your attention. You went into the kitchen expecting who it was and indeed your fears were realized.
"Have a lovely day of Duel Monsters?"
"Go to hell you bitch," You cursed.
"I had quite a lovely day too. Principal Cinch made for quite the lovely dining experience,"
You almost dropped the phone in horror, you started dry heaving but held it in as much as you REALLY didn't want to.
"I'll get you one of these days you disgusting freak, I'll make you regret everything you've ever done,"
"I imagine so, detective. But that time is still not now. You've still yet to solve the mystery and get info out of Sunny Flare,"
"Sunny Flare! Oh, shit, I forgot all about her!" You panicked.
"Quid pro quo, detective. She's next on my list, but I'll hold off for now. In return, I expect you to keep that a secret from her, I like my prey to be caught off guard,"
She hung up as did you. Why did you have to have such a heavy burden put on your shoulders?
Case "Sour" Sweet - 7 'A Sunny Flare'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Strong Language
(PLEASE KEEP SPOILERS TO A MINIMUM IN THE COMMENTS!!!)
Case "Sour" Sweet - 7 'A Sunny Flare'
"Quid pro quo, detective. She's next on my list, but I'll hold off for now. In return, I expect you to keep that a secret from her, I like my prey to be caught off guard,"
She hung up as did you. Why did you have to have such a heavy burden put on your shoulders? Not only do you now have only one chance to get Sunny Flare's story, but now you've gotta keep her impending doom to one of her closest friends a secret or else.
"No matter what I do, someone's gonna die..." You moped.
You headed up to your room and slept in your clothes, just staring at the ceiling in utter horror. Eventually, you fell asleep and had nightmares about what Indigo had in store for Sunny Flare, you awoke in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because of them, and you weren't able to go to sleep for the rest of the night. Come the next morning, you dreaded getting up, but got dressed, drank your morning coffee and prepared yourself for your little talk with Sunny Flare. However, you ended up getting a phone call from Sour Sweet asking if you could take her down to CM Games for today's tournament, but you had to, unfortunately, tell her she'd have to go herself and lied about going out to get some groceries when in reality you had to go to Sunny Flare's and ask her about anything related to Sour Sweet's behavior in the recent days.
Upon exchanging goodbyes and hanging up you left a note for your parents for when they awoke later letting them know you'd be out and about today and to give you a call if they were to need you. Along your trip to Sunny Flares, you couldn't stop shaking the feeling that you were being tracked. You kept looking behind you only to see nobody there. Eventually, you just started saying to yourself that the nightmares were starting to get to you until when you reached Sunny Flare's house you felt a hand grab your shoulder. Instinctively you tried to use some Judo Moves on whoever it was, only to find yourself back first onto the pavement by...
"I knew you were following me," You growled upon seeing Indigo's smug look.
"If you knew, then why did you act so jumpy when I placed my hand on your shoulder?"
"I thought-"
"-The nightmares were just getting to you? I know all too well about that, detective. You had a hard time trying to fall asleep after that last one woke in into a cold sweat,"
"I'm not even gonna ask how you know that you sick bastard," You growled as she let you go to get up, "I know why you're following me anyways, you're trying to make sure I don't spill on Sunny Flare, well you know what? I won't. Someone's gonna fucking die no matter what I do, and honestly? I'm starting to get to my boiling point with you, and I'm not gonna tolerate any more of your bullshit if you keep toying with my god damned emotions like you are. I'm not some kind of toy you can play with, freak, I'm Crystal Prep's Master Detective and I will make you rune the day you ever messed with the likes of me, sicko."
"Actions speak louder than words, detective. We'll see soon enough whether or not your words can hold water,"
"You can suck my-"
"Indigo? CPA's Great Detective?!" Sunny Flare went upon opening her door, "What are you two doing here?"
"More so it's me you should be wondering why I'm here," You said as you went up to here, "I'm here to ask you about Sour Sweet in regards to her recent behavior, more specifically if you had any stories that could lead me into the right direction, I've got enough evidence to suggest possibilities of either her being a Transgender or even a Trap. Her parents were of barely any help to me, and went and said that if I wanted to know to get in her pants. I've come to you because I know just how close you two are if anyone can lead me in the right direction towards an answer, it's you. The fate of my case is pretty much in your hands, all I need is a story from when her behavior started acting up."
"Please, both of you, come inside," Sunny Flare offered.
Both you and Indigo politely went in, though stared at each other the whole time you were inside sitting on opposite couches, a scowl on your face but a smirk on hers. Eventually, Sunny Flare came back with some tea for the three of you and after having a sip, she began her story...
"Well, it's not really much, but hopefully it'll help," Sunny Flare spoke up, "One day, Sour Sweet and I had gone downtown before the Friendship Games to stock up on some stuff the Crystal Prep team was gonna use to defile the statue this year when we beat the Rainbooms. However, as you both know that never exactly happened so they sort of went to waste, but aside from that, on that day Sour Sweet was... getting hit on."
"Getting, hit on?" You asked.
"Some jerk was gonna try and rape her but backed off after saying, 'Fucking a, no way! You feel weird down there!',"
It clicked.
Estrogen...
Mood Swings...
Moving like hiding something in her pants...
Nearly a whole hour in the shower...
Stares at boys and boys bathrooms...
Holding her lower section during anatomy...
"EUREKA!"
"Thank you for your help, Sunny Flare, but now I must be off!" You quickly said as you stood up and rushed for the door.
Quickly running down the street you rung up Sour Sweet's cellphone.
"Hello?"
"Sour Sweet, where are you right now?!"
"At CM Games, I just won today's tournament! Why are you asking, are you alright?!"
"Tell your parents to come to school tomorrow, that's all I'm going to say,"
Case "Sour" Sweet - 8 'A Case's Conclusion'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: Strong Language, Nudity
(KEEP SPOILERS TO A MINIMUM!!!)
Case "Sour" Sweet - 8 'A Case's Conclusion'
"Sour Sweet, where are you right now?!"
"At CM Games, I just won today's tournament! Why are you asking, are you alright?!"
"Tell your parents to come to school tomorrow, that's all I'm going to say,"
You hung up and headed for home, straight for your office. You picked up every piece of evidence you had gathered from your investigation and put them in a suitcase nearby. For the rest of the day, you slept in your office, this time sleeping soundly at the thought of putting another case to rest. Once Monday came and you made a couple of calls after handing over your work from Friday, it was time to head over to the teacher's meeting room. There you were joined by Headmistress Cadence and your parents, whom you gave a subtle nod to as the signal to be prepared in case it got ugly. Sitting down in a revolving chair at the far end of the table, and turning and waiting for everyone else to show up, you eventually heard the door open along with...
"Alright, why are we here?" Sunny Flare asked.
"To see this mystery's conclusion," You announced before turning around to see Sunny Flare, Indigo Zapp, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, Sour Sweet and her parents sat down at the table, "After some testimony provided by Sunny Flare, I'm confident I've come to the answer behind Sour Sweet's behavior."
"Well don't just beat around the bush, tell us!" Sour Sweet's dad stated.
"I would... but not yet. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet, you have some explaining to do," You said as you stood up
"If I were you two, I'd emotionally prepare yourselves," Your Mom spoke to them.
"W-what do you mean?" Mrs. Sweet asked.
"The evidence is here in this suitcase," You said putting the suitcase on the table, "Admit it already... you never wanted a son did you two?"
"H-how di-"
"Estrogen," You said pulling it out of the suitcase, "I started to piece it together the second I saw this alongside bottles of progesterone, and anti-androgen because those are medicines that are usually commonly associated with Male to Female Transgenders. So, why was it in your daughter's medicine cabinet?"
"I... I... I..." Mr. Sweet stuttered.
"Why didn't you tell us?!" Sunny Flare asked in shock as she and her friends turned towards Sour Sweet.
"Y-you don't understand!" Sour Sweet went in her angry voice.
"There!" You shouted pointing a finger at Sour Sweet, "Did you hear it? Did her voice not sound a little... deep to anyone else in the room?"
"I... thought I heard it," Sunny Flare confessed.
"That deep voice may be gone now by the years of vocal training she's no doubt had, but remnants of it still remain through her anger," You pointed out, "Not even a transgender in anger can maintain their newfound voice in strikes of anger."
Sour Sweet was starting to mess with her uniform, your plan was working. All you had to do was get her to rip her clothes off and the truth will be revealed.
"Yy-you don't-"
"I'm right, aren't I?"
"Mm-maybe?!"
"Stop beating around the bush Sour Sweet! THE JIG IS UP! RIP THOSE CLOTHES OFF AND SHOW US WHO YOU TRULY ARE!!!!"
"N... no.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
With a loud rip, Sour Sweet Tore off her uniform revealing a flat chest under some foam padding. With nothing to support it, her dress fell to her ankles where her panties fell two seconds afterward showcasing all you needed to see.
"There it is," You smirked, "There's the dick between her legs."
"YOU'RE A GUY?!?!" Sour Sweet's friends yelled in surprise.
"Sunny Flare's testimony yesterday was the final nail in the coffin for me. As soon as she said someone backed off of Sour Sweet after trying to rape her due to feeling too weird below the belt, I knew then she could only have been a trap," You said before turning to her parents, "But what I want to know is, why? Why make her go through all these years of hiding, why couldn't you accept the fact you had a boy and move on with your life? Why make her life even harder by turning her into something she wasn't?!"
"You wanna know why mother fucker?!" Mr. Sweet shouted, "Everyone in our god damned family was expecting a girl! It was a pattern that had been in our family for generations, after a boy it was always a girl that had to come from the next offspring, so on and so forth! But when we ended up with a son?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE THAT COULD DO TO OUR REPUTATION?!"
"Don't you know the kind of damage you've done to your reputation already by trying to hide her as a transgender female?! What happens when she has sex after getting her sex change and when her husband or boyfriend asks why he can never get her pregnant and she explains that she's a transgender? That's it, your reputation's destroyed! There's no coming back from something like that! You won't be able to cover up something that becomes public knowledge after that!" You scolded them.
"You two should be ashamed of yourselves," Your mother scolded them as well, "I wouldn't have cared if I gave birth to a girl or boy, so long as they were my child, I'd treat them like a mother would, with lots of love and compassion rather than try to turn them into something they're not. Do you think we pushed our kid into being the best detective in all of Crystal Prep? No. They did this of their own volition, and we couldn't be any happier that they're taking a similar route to their mom and pop."
You gave your mom and dad and smile and hit tip of approval at that gesture.
"You two never even gave her the chance to live her life as a boy, all those years she could've had she'll never get back now. All those moments lost to the sands of time that you destroyed. You two make me sick," You scoffed.
"I suppose you all hate me now, don't you..." Sour Sweet moped, "Now that the truth is out here in the open..."
"We could never hate you, Sour Sweet,"
"Huh?!" Sour Sweet went in shock as he looked at Sunny Flare, "What are you talking about?! The secret's out! I've been proven as being a boy this whole time! Why don't you hate me?!?!"
"Nothing could ever break our friendship apart Sour Sweet," Indigo spoke up.
"We don't care if you're really a boy, we're just glad to know you're gonna be okay," Lemon Zest added.
The four girls then proceeded to give Sour Sweet a hug which broke Sour Sweet down into tears upon realizing that everything was gonna be alright.
"You know something?" You said going over to him as their group hug ended, "You're still actually pretty cute."
"Y-you think so?" Sour Sweet stuttered, a small blush growing on her face, "How do I know you're not just trying to make me feel bet-"
You interrupted him with a passionate kiss on her lip, widening the eyes of everyone in the room including Sour Sweet's. When it ended, you expected a slap across your face... only to find Sour Sweet returning the gesture. Her dick was erect by this action as you could tell by the hard object against your nether regions.
"Um... Sour Sweet?" You squeaked, "Y-your d-dick is-"
Sour Sweet then suddenly jumped into your arms and placed a finger on your lips.
"Just take me to someplace where we can be alone," Sour Sweet stated.
"Yes, mam- or s-"
"Use the female pronouns before I bust your teeth in, please?"
"Yes, mam!"
And with that, you carried her out of the room to the forest outside the school. You two would have PLENTY of privacy there.
Case "Sour" Sweet - END 'The End'
Author's Note
CONTAINS: BLOOD, STRONG LANGUAGE
Case "Sour" Sweet - END 'The End'
After you and Sour Sweet had some... quality time in the forest... and helped Sour Sweet change back into the girls uniform, you eventually returned back to the room... to see a sight that made your heart sink, everyone knocked out and Indigo and Sunny Flare were missing.
"Oh no..." You went.
"Girls?! GIRLS?! WAKE UP!!!" Sour Sweet hollered as she tried to shake her friends awake.
"W-what happened?" Sugarcoat asked.
"You tell us!" You went as Cadence, your parents, and Sour Sweet's parents awoke.
"Wait, where's Indigo and Sunny Flare?!" Lemon Zest panicked.
"FUCKING A!" You shouted surprising everyone in the room, "I CAN'T HIDE IT ANY LONGER!!! You wanna know what happened?! Indigo Zapp's kidnapped Sunny Flare with plans to LITERALLY eat her! Remember when she ate that kid long ago when she was young?! Her taste for flesh has come back! She ate my then girlfriend Lightning Dust, she ate her parents, she ate Principal Cinch, and now Sunny Flare's next on her list!!! She forced me to keep it a secret or else she'd kill my mom and dad and I just couldn't risk that! But now?! I can't hold it in anymore! She HAS to be stopped! This isn't just a matter of her losing her fucking mind, she's gonna devour everyone we know and love if we don't stop her, now!!!"
"I knew you couldn't hold it in,"
You turned to see Indigo Zapp with Sunny Flare in her clutches, her mouth tapped up and hands and legs cuffed together with a single arm behind her back.
"YOU!" You shouted reaching for your tranquilizer revolver, "I'M PUTTING AN END TO-"
BANG!!! You had no time to react as a sharp pain hit you in your stomach. You dropped your tranquilizer revolver out of the pain you were suffering, looking down to see blood pouring from the bullet wound in your stomach then looking to see Indigo with a Glock 17 pointed your way before turning it to Sunny's forehead.
"I wouldn't make any sudden moves if I were any of you, I'm not afraid to pull the trigger you know," Indigo taunted.
"Mother... fu....." You managed to get out before you collapsed to the floor due to the pain you were suffering.
"Now, I don't want to see any of you following me, understand?" Indigo said before slowly backing away.
Sunny Flare had started panicking, trying desperately to get out of her shackles but to no avail before headbutting Indigo across the jaw and giving you the time you needed to grab your tranquilizer revolver and shoot Indigo six times making her drop her revolver in the scuffle. Using all of your strength you got up and charged at Indigo and slammed her against the door to the halls, breaking the lock and sending the both of you to the ground.
You then heard the sound of Indigo growling in pain and new that the fight had only just begun...
You got up to your feet and, through all the pain and tears, pulled the bullet out of your stomach before barely dodging in time for Indigo's own charge attack. You then blocked one of her punches and countered with your own followed by a kick to her gut and then tackling her to the ground in a way that let you grab ahold of her leg and snap it in a way that a loud crack could be heard as you broke her leg. Indigo let out a howl of pain before kicking you off and getting to her knees before standing up through the pain and charging at you so fast you couldn't react, pinning you against the wall as she bit you on the cheek and kept holding it.
You felt your flesh start to tear the longer she kept biting you and soon enough she let go after a hard punch to her lower jaw but now you were bleeding from some open holes in your cheek. But you had little to no time to inspect the damage further as Indigo had pulled out a switchblade from her breasts and charged at you with it. While you dodged the charge, she started swinging at your back and cutting you up bad, but one good backward kick made it stop as she dropped the blade and staggard leaving you time to pick up the blade and toss it towards her, hitting her through her stomach. Once more you charged at the weakened Indigo Zapp and hit her hard enough to impale the blade further into her, though, when you hit she bit you on your own ear, ripping half of it off as you got off of her. That lone action was enough to let you know that this wasn't some fight for escape, this was a fight to the death. And that was fine by you.
You then prepared yourself as Indigo then pulled out the switchblade with great pain and charged at you once again, though this time she played right into your trap. You grabbed the arm holding the switchblade and twisted it around you to where Indigo then stabbed herself in the eye. You then landed the finishing blow, a high kick to the blade impaling it further into her skull, enough to go through her brain. Indigo then fell to the floor as blood poured from her and soon enough, you passed out from your injuries, barely hearing Sour Sweet and her friends along with your parents call your name as your vision became dark.
You eventually awoke to the sound of a heart rate monitor, and the sight of your parents, along with Sour Sweet and her friends minus Indigo Zapp.
"Where's... Indigo..." You weakly said.
"Dead. You finished her off with kicking that knife into the back of her head," Sugarcoat replied.
"I called into the station to investigate her house. The bodies of Lightning Dust, her parents, and Cinch were found in the basement... what's left of them anyways..." Your Father spoke up.
"At least... that's... put to bed..." You wheezed.
"Don't talk too much, you sustained a lot of injuries in your fight against, Indigo!" Sour Sweet scolded.
"Detective... Thank you... for... saving me," Sunny Flare said.
"Just... doing my job... miss..."
The sound of your dad's radio caught your attention as you saw your dad talking into the radio.
"Sorry to leave you so soon champ but, we've been called in to help with the investigation of Indigo's house," Your dad explained as he got off the radio.
"Don't wait up for me..." You weakly joked.
And with that, your mom and dad left the room.
"We've gotta be going too, school's still on for tomorrow," Sugarcoat explained, "See you, detective."
Sour Sweet's friends then proceeded to leave, but Sour Sweet stayed behind.
"Why aren't you leaving with them...?"
"How could I ever leave your side? You found out who I was but you still accepted me for who I was, hell, you even kissed me and made love to me out in the forest! You even said afterward, I think I'm in love with you, how could I ever leave your side?! Because you know what? I think I'm in love with you too,"
"Just shut up and kiss me..." You grinned.
And Sour Sweet did just that, on the lips, and held it for practically an hour.
Three Weeks later you were finally released from the hospital and greeted by none other than Sour Sweet who took you to the CM Games for the next tournament which you gladly participated in alongside her with a more optimized Lunalight Deck. You two were in the finals again, but this time she ended up winning against you 2 to 1 and you couldn't have been more happy for her. At the same time later next Monday you officially retired from being a detective, feeling that now you had done all you could possibly do as a school detective and returned to a semi-normal life. You and Sour Sweet would eventually announce the two of you being together as an official couple to the joy of your parents and to the dissatisfaction of her's but after being discovered, Sour Sweet just didn't give a fuck anymore for lack of a better word.
Soon enough both you and Sour Sweet graduated from Crystal Prep alongside Sour Sweet's remaining friends and to celebrate decided to compete in the upcoming YCS Regionals where you once more found yourselves in the finals and you became the runner up while Sour Sweet became the victor. Soon enough you ended up working alongside your mom and dad as a police officer and you couldn't have been any happier. Well, except for your happiest days being your proposal to Sour Sweet and your wedding day. Not only that, but your mental state has been doing better as well. The nightmares are finally over. The madness is finally over. And with Sour Sweet by your side, you finally found peace.
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Case "Sour" Sweet - 1 'The Bipolar Diva of Kindness and Terror?'
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CONTAINS: Dark Descriptions, Slight Language
Case "Sour" Sweet - 1 'The Bipolar Diva of Kindness and Terror?'
You, are Crystal Prep's most well known teenage investigator. Voted in the school's yearbook as most likely to become a famous detective. You've never turned down a case that's come across your desk in the Janitor's closet, ranging from the insanity to the down to earth. All without charging a single dime. Why would you? It's not like as if you could turn it into a living, anyway, there just wasn't enough money into it. But it was a chance for you to test your intelligence. Over the course of your many performed investigations, you've had to crack multitudes of cases with some that not even the likes of the famous Canterlot High Mane Seven could solve. You've cracked the hardest riddles, solved the most mind-boggling puzzles, and your skills in logic was put to the test.
There's never been anyone quite like you before in Crystal Prep's Yearbooks and you highly doubt there ever will be one again. Never the less, here you were once more in your makeshift Janitor's Closet Office looking through your multitude of files ranging from the solved back in Freshman Year to the most recently solved. A few weeks ago you just got done solving the mystery behind the disappearance of Indigo Zapp, a student that hadn't been seen since the day after Friendship Games and following nearly five weeks of absence you were called into action to put the mystery to bed. Needless to say, it was quite an adventure that sent you from CHS all the way to Camp Everfree and the Everfree Forest, filled with twists and turns, dead-end clues, misdirections, and even at one point a fight for your life against a humanoid creature wearing a white hood, jeans, black shoes, black gloves, and wearing a mask only to discover that it was no creature, but Indigo Zapp herself.
You still, to this day, can't believe it. It shouldn't have been possible because she attacked you like a rabid animal, she even snarled, growled, and moaned like one. After getting her to intensive care, she eventually explained her story, she and her family had been taken by a faceless creature in a suit that warped her mind into killing her family and turned her into that... thing... that attacked you. It should've been impossible to believe, but after witnessing first hand the events at the Friendship Games during the flag relay with Twilight turning into that creature, her story was just too hard to not believe it.
Ever since then you've been having reoccurring nightmares with a faceless creature taking you away and forcing you to kill your own family and becoming just like Indigo, but in your condition, more mentally unstable and more likely to kill. Admittedly, you weren't exactly the most stable individual either. Those events combined with your long period of being the go-to detective most Crystal Prep students went to for help, hasn't exactly helped your mental stability. You just had the feeling you could snap one day if someone were to push you the wrong way and send you into a frenzy that you feared you'd never be able to come back from.
Looking through the case file you slowly looked through all the pictures you took, all the notes you had written down, and even the clues that still alluded you. Indigo's Medical Files from when she was a kid. You had found those in the town sewer system following, what you had at the time believed, a lead that turned out to be a dead end with the only fruit you found out of doing it was the files. You still don't know how they even got there or what their main point of being there was. Her files history though raised eyebrows that lead to you keeping them. They were from the old abandoned mental hospital that burned down many years ago. And though some of the information had been redacted, you worked with what you had on hand, eventually leading you to the mental hospital, and then finally Camp Evrefree where you proceeded to solve the mystery. But the loose end of how her files got in the sewer was never tied up. You figured Indigo had to have been the one who did it, but why would she? At that point, she had lost control of herself from what you figured. You just wish you had found more clues, but there was no point to dwelling on it. You put away the folder and laid your head down on your desk to take a nap, when all of a sudden, you heard a knocking on the door.
"Come in," You said.
In came none other than Sugarcoat.
"Why'd you come here? Shouldn't you be in class?" You ask her as she sits down in the chair across from you.
"I should be asking you the same thing," Sugarcoat... deadpanned? You couldn't really tell with the fact her voice usually stayed more monotoned than Maud's sometimes.
"Heh. Touche," You replied jokingly, "Seriously, why'd you come here? Not many have ever since I cracked the case behind Indigo Zapp's Disappearance."
"Well... you know Sour Sweet, right?"
"You mean the bipolar diva of kindness and anger? Yeah, it's impossible NOT to know her. She's got more anger issues than a woman on her period,"
"Well... it's just that... something's been off with her recently ever since the Friendship Games,"
"In what way are you talking about? Because there's always been something off with her, I just don't see how anyone like her can stand being bipolar like that and not get treatment for it. I'd practically go insane with two different personalities going off of me like that,"
"Well... She's been acting rather weird when she's been around other boys lately, and I don't mean in the lovey-dovey kind of way, I mean in the way in that sometimes she just... stares at them..."
"That... is a bit strange, I'll give ya that much,"
"Not only that but she often recently seems to just stare at boys bathrooms for long periods of time as well, almost condescendingly,"
"Red flag," You reply sitting straight up in your chair in surprise.
"But more recently, like, I think, two to three days ago? She's had a tendency of just holding on to her lower section during anatomy class in biology... is that a red flag too?"
"Crimson," You stated, "So, you think she's hiding something and you want me to find it out, do ya? Why can't you and your friends find it out? You, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, and Indigo Zapp are closer to her more than anyone."
"Please, you have to help me and my friends! Sour Sweet's actions have us worried, and we've tried to get her to tell us but she just won't, she keeps dodging all of our questions, keeps trying to change the subject, and just yesterday ran away when we tried to confront her about it! You're our last hope to get her to talk, not even the school guidance counselor can get her to sing, and she can make anyone crack within forty-five minutes!"
"Damn... looks like Sour Sweet's gonna be one tough cookie to break, but nothing I can't handle. I've dealt with worse, I mean if I can make former Headmistress Cinch crack about her addiction to alcohol in just one day no less than a week after the Friendship Games then I certainly can make Sour Sweet talk,"
"Thank you so much," Sugarcoat replied as you stood up, put on your trench coat, hat, and badge, "Uh... pardon, but, where did you get those?"
"You'd be amazed at the advantages of having two cops as parents," You smirk as you head to the door, "You better take your leave Ms. Sugarcoat, don't wanna fall behind on your grades now do you?"
"Like you shouldn't as well?" Sugarcoat snarked as she got up.
"As long as my works picked up and finished by the morning I'm never gonna fall behind," You went as Sugarcoat started to leave.
"Whaaatever," Sugarcoat said before leaving, closing the door behind her.
As soon as you made sure she was gone you went back over to your desk and opened one of the drawers and pulled out your trust customized six shot revolver. Made specifically for tranquilizer rounds because you just didn't trust yourself with live ammunition. Loading it up and putting it in your side holster you left your office and headed out into the school. As long as there was the slimmest chance of danger, you made sure you were prepared for the absolute worst possible outcomes. Right now, you were on your way to the biology class that Sour Sweet went to, just quietly observing the halls and occasionally looking at the cameras and not taking your eyes off of them until you passed them. Reaching the faculty elevator, you used your personal janitor's key to open the door, closing and locking it behind you as you passed by it, and inside the elevator used your thumb to hit the third-floor button.
Once it reached the third floor, you stepped out and opened the faculty door, checking to make sure it was locked before leaving, heading off towards biology just in time to hear the bell ring. As the students came out one by one, a few of them gave you some strange looks, but you honestly didn't mind as you had become used to it over the course of your detective work. Eventually, through the chaos you reached biology class just in time to see Sour Sweet be the last to leave, giving her a quick look before heading up to the teacher, removing your hat out of politeness.
You introduced yourself as she introduced herself, you asked a few questions from her concerning Sour Sweet and while she did respond to some, she was more confused at best, which was the point you told her about the situation and she was rather quite shocked to learn about the recent developments concerning Sour Sweet. You asked her to see if she could possibly give any theories as to why she would be acting this way since the focus of this week's topic was anatomy after all. She gave a few theories like possibly reminiscing of her past life before gender reassignment therapy if she was a transgender, maybe had a recent transgender epiphany, or maybe even the possibility of her really being a boy in disguise. You thanked her for her help and headed out. Now you had three possible leads to work off of, all three having some possibilities, with maybe the slight exception of the boy in disguise one. That one maybe needed a little more proof before consideration.
Never the less, you headed off in search of Sour Sweet's closest friends, maybe they could help shed a little light on the situation a bit more.