Your and My Secret - Vol. One - Chapter One

[The_Wizard]

Your and My Secret - Volume One
Alternative Title: Boku to Kanojo no XXX (Japanese)
Written by: Ai Morinaga
Japanese Publisher: Mag Garden
Licensed in English by: ADV Manga
Release Dates:
2002-12 (Japanese vol. 1)
2004-06-10 (Japanese vol. 2)
2004-06-22 (English Volume 1)
2005-09-10 (Japanese vol. 3)
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Romance

Chapter 1 - The One


Her name is... Nanako Momoi.


Guy: Um, excuse me. I've seen you on the train once in a while, and...

Momoi: Sorry, I'm in a hurry.

Guy: Huh?! Uh, Hey! Wait up a sec!

(He graps her hand.)


When she sits, she's like a delicate peony. When she stands, she's a tulip stretching towards the sun. And when she walks, she's a long slender lily...


Momoi: I SAID I'M IN A HURRY!!

[She gives him a huge punch to the face.]


If she doesn't open her mouth, that is.


Momoi: [walking away] Oh, man! I'm gonna miss my show!

Other students: Hoo-boy.
Another victim...
He's from Seijo High, judging from his uniform. A student from another school wouldn't know about her, huh?
Poor bugger.

Senbongi: [Helping the Seijo student up] Up you go. Hey, Akira, are you okay?

Uehara: [Getting up himself] I... I guess do! (ouch) Thanks senbongi.

Other students: (Chuckle - chuckle)
Uehara again? What a spaz!
(Senbongi: Here's your bag)
Your right. He's good looking, but he's just so blah, what a waste!
(Uehara: Thanks!)

Senbongi: I bet you were staring off at Momoi again.

Uehara: N...No I wasn't!

Senbongi: What do you even see in her? She's cute and all, but... that is no girl. Uh-Uh.

Uehara: Sh...She has some great thinks going for her!

Senbongi: Like what?

Uehara: ........................uh... she's so masculine?

Senbongi: Look Akira. If it's happiness you're after, then stay away from Momoi. Don't worry - I'll hook you up with someone who's way better.

Uehara: ....................... (Thinking) That's easy for you to say... But I've already fallen for her. And nothing can change that... Of course, I can see that she's violent. And not very nice.

{Flashback}

Cafeteria

Granny: He got the last one.

[She graps the Lo Mein Roll from his hands and eats it as he crys in Granny's arms.]


But love isn't about logic.


[She passes him a coin.]

Momoi: Keep the change. Hey, Granny! Gimme a Strawberry milk!

(Guy: It's only... 20 Yen.)


From the moment I laid my eyes on her, I knew that she was the one for me.


(Guy: It's not enough...)

Lo Mein Roll = 120 yen*

{End of Flashback}

......

Teacher: We got a phone call from Momoi's grandfather. It seems she'll be out today with a cold.

Uehara: (Thinking) This year's cold must be a bad one if it could even get Momoi sick.

Teacher: (Continuing) Nishimura, you live in the same neighborhood as her, don't you? Take these assignments over to her for me.

Nishimura: WHA-?! I...I don't wanna! That house is... W... Wait. Tanaka lives even closer than me! Why doesn't he-

Tanaka: WHAT?! I, uh, no, I'd rather not.

[They start arguing with the teacher]:
Why don't you go teacher?
Me?! No, I... I'm busy.
You've got a car!

Uehara: ? (couch, cough) Um, I could take them for you.

[They all pause to stare at him.]

....

Outside Momoi's house.

Uehara: (Thinking) I wonder why they were all acting like that. [Ding Dong.] It looks like an ordinary house. Maybe her parents are really strict. (Outloud) ? Is anyone home?

A voice from within: NO!

Uehara: (Thinking) Momoi?! [He tries the door.] It's open. (Outloud) Mo...Momoi! (Thinking) Where is she?

[In front of him is a rope hanging from the ceiling with a sign on the wall that reads: "Pull this for assistance."]

Uehara: ? [He pulls]

(Bonk!) [He's hit in the head as the wall turns around so that he's on the other side, in a lab with all manners of machines in it. There standing in the middle of the lab is Momoi's grandfather.]

All: ...........................

Momoi: Uehara?!

Uehara: Momoi!

[He looks up... to find that Momoi has been tied to one of the machines....]

Uehara: Um... Hello.

Grandpa: A friend of Nanako's eh? We're in the middle of something right now, so if you don't mind...

Momoi: Where do you come off you old fart?! What are you thinking, using your lovely granddaughter as a human test subject?!

Uehara: (Thinking) T... Test subject?!

Momoi: You sick b*****d! Let me go!

Grandpa: Hmph. Scientific progress sometimes demands sacrifice. But don't worry: "Failure" isn't in my vocabulary.

Momoi: WHAT?! When have you ever succeeded in an experiment? Hey, did you just say sacrifice?!

Uehara: (Weakly) Um... what exactly are you trying to do here?

Grandpa: I thought you'd never ask! I am attempting to make a human smaller! Micronization!! Waste, overcrowding, starvation - the answer to all these problems is to make humans smaller! Manzo Momoi (age 69) - A Genius! Alright, Nanako, ready?

Momoi: WAAAAAH!! Hey! Who said I was ready?!

Uehara: Momoi! S... Sir, WAIT!

Momoi: Yeah, wait a minute grandpa! There's the test subject you want! Not me!

Uehara: (Stopping) WHA-?!

Momoi: Think about it! It'd be nice to have a grandchild for after you've retired. Plus, a genius scientist like you is gonna need an assistant!

Grandpa: Hmm, you make a good point... these days, a pension just isn't enough.

Uehara: Momoi...

[Both Momoi and her grandpa stare at him... he freaks out]

Uehara: GRAAAAAH! WAAAAH!! WAAAAA!!

Momoi: Grandpa! Get his legs!

Grandpa: Got 'em!

Uehara: (Thinking) Momoi... I always knew you where like this, but I still...

Grandpa: Phew. Oh, be a man. It'll all be over soon.

Both of them: NOOOOOOOOO!

Grandpa: Whoops, sorry. I turned it on.

[Both of them are getting fried... he turns off the machine... nothing seems to have happened...]

Grandpa: .............Hmph. Failure.

[Uehara glares at him]

Uehara: YOU SON OF A b***h! HOW DARE YOU ACT ALL CASUAL AFTER WHAT YOU JUST DID TO YOUR OWN GRANDDAUGHTER?!

Granpa: You aren't my Granddaughter.

Uehara: CUT THE CRAP, OLD MAN! YOU LOOKIN' TO DIE?!

Momoi: oww... Momoi. Are you okay?

Uehara: Hell NO I'm not OK!! A beauiful girl like me bein' tied up and shocked and...

[They both freeze... and turn to look at each other...]

Momoi: Uh... huh?

Uehara: Wait a minute...

[They both stare at themselfs in a mirror....]

Both: ..........................

Uehara: Um, Grandpa? I seem to have become Uehara.

Momoi: It... It can't be. How?

Grandpa: (Thinking) . . . . . . (Outloud)It was a success! Today's experiment was in fact to swich two people's personalities!

Uehara: JUST WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE ON ABOUT, YOU OLD b*****d?! Hurry up and turn us back to normal!

Momoi: (Holding her back) Momoi, calm down. He can't turn us back if you kill him.

Uehara: Anyway, first I have to go to the bathroom.

Momoi: WHAT?

Uehara: (In the bathroom) What the heck is this?! WHOA! Cool! Bwahahaha!

Momoi: (Outside the door) Momoi...stop!


Nanako Momoi. She really was the one.


-End of Chapter 1-



* 120 yen = about $1 US

Notes: With them swapped it will get a bit confusing as to who is saying and thinking what, but I hope you can all keep up...heh xd