The Breath I tried to take was hard to do, my breathing coming back to me although ragged was welcome though, it meant somehow I was still alive, still here, no longer in the coldness of wherever I once was before…

I opened my eyes only to find myself slouched against a wall in an alleyway, the bare walls and trash bags around me seemed strange and unfamiliar, the A/C unit inlets, pipes and everything else seemed futuristic and foreign to whatever I had seen in the past and to top it all off there was blood everywhere, but then suddenly my senses were quickly coming back to me better than what they were before though which quickly distracted me…

In the immediate distance as my hearing came back to me and started to sound less quiet and snuffed I heard screaming, gunfire, visceral roars like some rabid animal was attacking someone and clangs of metal as well. Which made me extremely panicked and alert.

In my of field vision there was some strange Heads up display along with a green line leading out of the alleyway, like I was wearing some sort of augmented reality helmet or something that was just starting to gain experimental traction in worldwide militaries, but when I reached up to my head to feel the helmet, I felt nothing but my own hair.

When I pulled it in front of me into my vision it was long and… Deep Purple?!

My hands had these strange sockets on them too and a solid part of them were covered in a grey metallic material, maybe carbon fiber? As i got a closer look i realized it wasn't just some strange covering I had actually noticed that… THAT THEY WERE LITERALLY PART OF MY HANDS!?

‘Okay Yukama dont panic, that is the dumbest thing you can ever do, remember what you were taught.’ I thought to myself.

I took some deep breaths and got myself in check quickly, deciding to put that matter at the back of my mind for later right now..

I began to take further stock of myself and the second most jarring thing other than my hands or the fact that my hair that i thought i had kept short since i was kicked out of the orphanage grew back out and changed to a different color, or even that i woke up in an futuristic alleyway if you could call it that with splotches of blood everywhere was my strange black and grey clothing i was wearing with blood all over it and myself.

‘Oh shit that isn't my blood all over myself and everywhere around me is it?’ I thought to myself.

‘It probably isn't, from the sheer amount of it I wouldn't be alive right now if that was the case..’ I thought to myself trying to put it to the back of my mind as well as everything else in my strange situation.

And then on top of that I had just noticed gawking at my vastly different clothes and body shape was the two big noticeable mounds on my chest that added considerable weight to my torso..

I took a second to process that..

‘Wait a second…’ i thought.

‘I HAVE BOOBS NOW?!?’ i thought.

I raised my hands and violently squeezed them, and with my senses almost completely back the pain from doing so hit me, assuring me that yes this is real, and yes i suddenly have boobs and may be a girl now..

‘Oh kami-sama.. Is this my life now?!’ I thought to myself in exasperation

I then proceeded to panic a bit more and dove my hand into my skirt reaching for my crotch hoping to still find my penis, the thing keeping my manhood intact.

Feeling around I found my new bodies panties packing a bulge and dove my hand under it, in relief finding my flaccid schlong, but with it noticeably bigger than what it once was though I don't think I can complain anymore about my new body..

Going further down I found my balls and noticed something strange behind them. I think I had a slit too now as I felt around and accidentally fingered myself a bit…

‘Well on one hand, I still had my lil brother intact, on the other hand, I am now both a guy and a girl, i really don't know what to feel about this, this cant get any weirder right? This isn't exactly your average afterlife, and I'm pretty sure I was dead a few minutes ago’ I thought

I took my hand out of my clothing and stopped touching myself, deciding that gathering whatever I can from around me in this confusing scenario and following the green line guiding me somewhere is probably a better idea than sitting here waiting for whatever was massacring people nearby me to come here.

‘I still just hope all of this blood isn't mine, like seriously..’ I thought

In the time it took for me to gawk at myself and feel myself up the Screaming stopped and the gunshots along with the roars started to get farther, it was probably safe for me to go now.

I looked around and found a Strange Futuristic Pistol sitting next to me along with a fake leather looking purse, note to self you are definitely in the future or something, what the fuck..

I stopped slouching on the wall and stood up, then knelt over to grab the handgun and inspect it, reading what was written on it what was written thankfully was in English.

Emblazoned on the side of whatever this was on the front end of the gun was the words,

TSUNAMI Arms

Product of TSUNAMI DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS Model KAPPA

If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.

‘This company.. I have never heard of a Tsunami Arms, I'm definitely in the future alright..’ I thought to myself.

The thing was strange and obviously low in caliber, it was like a strange mashup of an old generation P90 along with a typical double stack 9mm pistol with the magazine on top of the receiver and the front end having what resembled a bridge rising over the barrel including what I think was supposedly an integrated sight..

And of course like a typical plastic wonder 9 it had the partially polymer frame and thicker pistol grip to boot like a typical double stack magazine fed handgun from my time, there was some strange port on the bottom of the grip that was like a blend between a PS/2 port and a USB though.

I had no idea how to use this damn thing other than pull the trigger, but it still seemed like holding onto it was the smart thing to do in such a bloody scenario, if the purse has space I'll stick it in that..

I turned around and picked up the purse off the floor, seeing these two things proximity to me I think it's safe to assume they are both mine, I quickly opened the silver zipper and rummaged inside, what I found in a side pocket was some random dollar bills that I'm surprised were there that I didn't bother to look at much, you'd think in the future people would have stopped using cash by now other than criminals since even back in my time everything was going digital with the advent of credit cards..

In the main pocket was some loose and still wrapped condoms, ‘Gross.’, and a holster that's clearly meant for the pistol, Score!

‘Honestly this purse seems pretty empty, but with this black leather that doesn’t seem too entirely real and the blinged out silver accents like this is some Gucci bag knockoff I bet this was a fashion statement more than anything’ I thought to myself.

‘Yaknow, this purse is kind of like the grey and black two piece dress I am already in right now, just like it it’s probably a fashion statement, although I admit what I'm in right now is more stylized and is made out of a pretty breathable silky material that methinks was more expensive…’ I thought to myself before cracking up even in my dreary and confusing situation

‘I can't believe I never heard of star wars before I got satellite coverage in the village, I bet Sensei would love it too if he was around although I bet he would get pretty angry at times over the obvious Japanese Culture ripped off for the whole Jedaii thing.’ I thought to myself while grinning a bit.

It's honestly a shame half of these clothes were covered in someone's blood and there were holes around where my belly button is ruining the thing...

‘Anyways let's get back on track..’ I thought to myself.

I put the pistol in the holster and halfway zipped up the purse just in case I need to rapidly grab the handgun.

‘Fingers crossed its not out of ammunition or on its safety.’ I thought weary about what I'll find outside of this blood caked alleyway

‘I hope no one sees me and calls the cops or an ambulance, if there are any, anyways you know with all of this blood on me and around the place and the obvious fight happening nearby and no one being here but me the chances the cops still exist seem less and less…’ I thought.

I then then proceeded to shoulder the purse onto myself, preparing to follow the yellow bric~ green lined path to whatever awaits.

I stepped out of the alleyway into…

Another alleyway, I don't know what I expected honestly..

I sighed and composed myself again, honestly this is the first time in a long while my mood has been all over the place like this..

The Green line was telling me to take a right at this intersection of two alleyways that seemed to stretch for a long while, so I went right and walked for abit.

Along the way was the typical concrete jungle I was seeing before, random mostly torn off posters on the walls, randomly placed dumpsters and garbage bags with futuristic designs and futuristic metal backdoors to buildings that I could instantly tell were probably locked from the inside to shield from whatever carnage happened here if anyone was behind them, and especially lots more blood strewn all over the place. Hell some were beginning to dry out a bit even, but strangely there were no bodies…

‘Where the fuck is everyone?! Where are the bodies??’ I thought.

I walked over to one of the more suspicious dumpsters that had its lid dented the fuck out of, which is is also the one that smelled the worst and god damn that smell got more horribly rampant with the stench of death the closer I got to it, opening it what I found inside what i was thinking about minute ago, I found THE BODIES.

The way they were covered in flies and maggots, well at least what barely remained, I bet they were the oldest kills, probably here for a few hours and bugs in the garbage below came right up to start nibbling on their gibs, you couldn't even call them bodies anymore I mean seriously it was like someone put a bunch of people into a blender, a slurry of human meat and bone..

In my past life I had done my share of inhumane and horrid things, endured torture and inflicted torture and not to mention much more than that so I didn't throw up like a normal person would, but I did feel a bit queasy, good to know that my humanity is not all gone I guess?

By now the gunshots and roars I could not hear anymore, and just like when I thought it may have been over, I heard a giant explosion that was probably no more than 200 meters away from my position as distant car alarms and storefront sirens started going off right after all together.

‘Nope, no more distractions trying to learn of my new situation, I need to get the fuck out of here incase whatever the fuck that is decides it needs to come back.’ I thought.

I shook my queasiness off and quickly closed the lid of the dumpster and decided not to come back ever here again..

So I walked and followed the green line, hoping that wherever it was taking me was safe, I bended through several back alleyways of presumably shopfronts or otherwise, and pretty quickly I found myself outside of the meat grinder zone and back in the normal parts of the city where a serial killer was not the main resident..

There I was gawking while traveling on the futuristic sidewalks marveling at the futuristic design of the city I was walking in, it was straight out of science fiction, grounded science fiction though, not the Bladerunner kind where everyone had a flying car and all that..

The streets were surprisingly quiet right now, strangely the only souls I found were two what I assumed to be random homeless men on the inlet of an alleyway living on pieces of broken up boxes who scrambled away as soon as I walked up to them clearly spooked by me, the sun was beginning to go down and it was late in the afternoon so it doesn't make sense for this city to be so empty.

This keeps getting stranger honestly…

Eventually after walking on the sidewalk for awhile and passing a dozen empty intersections getting into increasing more futuristic architecture and surrounding me with closed buildings all around me with their shutters down I finally found my destination the green line was taking me, a tall skyscraper sandwiched between two other large buildings, I walked up to the entrance it indicated and the console flashed green and automatically opened up for me, neat!

What greeted me inside was an empty lobby and a front desk with some kind of tablet mounted on it and an elevator at the end of the hall, the green line told me to walk up to the tablet mounted to the desk and then continued along the line to the elevator..

I walked up to the tablet and an electronically synthesized voice in a neutral, smooth tone greeted me.

“Greetings Resident, as you seem to have opted out of a hand imprint scan please wait one moment while your biometrics are scanned for ensurance that your residency is valid” it said

All of a sudden a Red laser begins scanning me and a few seconds later, seemingly like magic it gives out an obnoxious beep.

“Access Granted, Welcome Resident of Condo F7 #23 Ayuna Yaekoyama, Your elevator ride is waiting”

And then out of nowhere in a different, more aggressive in tone voice.

“Warning; the current area is locked down due to a CyberPsycho attack and massive casualties have ensued, please go and stay indoors for your safety until MAXTAC and the NCPD handles the situation, this is a message by the NCPD.”

“Oh SHIT, this can't be what i think it is right...” I said to myself, ignoring the fact my voice is all girly now..

I put my hands on my head and hyperventilated..

“SHIT, ARASAKA? TSUNAMI?! MAXTAC!?! NCPD!!?!! I'M SO STUPID, IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!” I said to myself while having a panicked look on my face.

“I’M IN THE CYBERPUNK UNIVERSE, AND IM ROYALLY FUCKED!”

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All of a sudden; a massive wave of pain hits him in his head, and he sprawls on the floor panting while an influx of memories that weren't his came crashing into his mind adding onto his consciousness, a flurry of emotions struck him, exacerbating his confusing and panicking situation even further, his personality seemed to further be changed as the two people in his body, Yukama and Ayuna had been triggered and started to blend into one new personality, one more prone to emotion and much more..

By the end of it though it all things were bound to make even more sense for him and what he should do now…

He was still Fucked though…

To be continued…