HypnoBishoujoLand: Return of an Old Friend

This story takes place at the end of Desires That Bite.



“Quick, Phase Three! Phase Three!” Jake cried as the horde of love touch-struck women outside the mall’s security room began banging on the doors like some classic Romero film.

The newly blonde Yuta nodded and whispered into the nightgown-clad, spiral-eyed Fawn’s ear, and the mesmerized pop star approached the microphone for the PA system of the mall. She began to sing her hypnotic siren song while Yuta and Jake covered their ears and resisted as best they could. All over the mall, the lovestruck half-naked women stopped looking for Jake and began to sway in place as they became dazed and sleepy.

“Once she has them under, we’ll tell them to go change into their regular clothes, and have the store closed until the effects wear off the clothes!” Jake called out over Fawn’s singing.

“It should wear off over night, if my analysis is right!” Yuta replied in much the same manner.

“That’s great! And while we’re at it, let’s erase this little episode from their heads, okay!?”

“Okay!”

Jake watched the bank of security monitors as women all over the mall fell under Fawn’s power. He caught sight of Sarah, Jessica and Lucia at various locations, all swaying in place in a fashion that Jake found incredibly attractive. He motioned towards Fawn, signalling Yuta to stop her. The robot girl did so, approaching the singing pop star and giving her the command to stop from right beside her.

Once Fawn had stopped, Jake uncovered his ears and approached the microphone. He gave the command for the women in the mall to redress, awaken and forget, before turning back to Yuta and Fawn. “Glad that’s over. Now, Fawn, you’re looking super hot in that nightie. But I bet you’d look even better out of it. Why don’t you take it off for me?”

“Yes, Master Jake,” the brunette replied in a monotone as she moved to obey.

“What about me, Big Brother?” Yuta asked, Jake missing the irritation in her voice.

“I’m sure you’d look fine in one too, but Fawn’s in one right here,” Jake replied almost dismissively.

“Mmmm… Wake up!” Yuta commanded.

“What? No!”

“Huh?” Fawn awoke to find herself lifting her nightgown over her head, exposing her panties and soon her bra too. She screamed as she quickly lowered the gown and covered herself up.

“Why’d you do that?” Jake demanded of Yuta.

Yuta, simply crossed her arms and sharply turned her head away with a “Hmph”, a pouty expression on her face.

After a moment, Fawn worked up the courage to ask, “Jake, why am I here? And in just a nightgown?”

“I, uh… You see…”

“You were accidentally put under Big Brother’s love touch power and tried to do naughty things to him.” Yuta replied, sounding like she was intentionally trying to get him into trouble.

Fawn blushed a deep red, unable to find any words to speak, before realising what the girl had just said. “’Big Brother’? You have a sister, Jake?”

“What? No, no, this is Yuta. The old man’s robot schoolgirl?”

“The one who left with the professor’s assistant?”

“Yeah, that’s the one.”

“Oh. Hello, nice to meet you.” Fawn extended a hand to Yuta, but the robot girl kept her arms firmly crossed.

“Yuta, be nice,” Jake scolded. “This is Fawn, one of our new housemates.”

“I don’t care what her name is,” Yuta replied angrily. “What exactly is your relationship with my big brother?”

“Relationship?” Fawn replied, blushing again, though Jake didn’t notice.

“Nothing, we’re just housemates, Yuta. Come on, Fawn. Might as well get your clothes back. Can’t imagine the media would be too kind if they found Siren walking around town in a nightie.”

“Siren?”

Jake and Fawn turned back to see Yuta, eyes wide with wonder as she stared back at the two.

“Uh, yeah, Fawn is the pop star-“

Instantly, Yuta was shaking Fawn’s hand vigorously. “I love your music!” she declared. “It makes me feel so happy and sleepy. Do you have a hypnotic voice too?”

“’Too’?” Fawn repeated the word, almost dreading the response.

“Yeah, Yuta has a hypnotic voice like yours. Seems kinda redundant of the old man to give the same power to both of you now that I think about it.”

“So you live at the mansion now?” the star-struck Yuta questioned.

“Y-Yeah, I do.”

“Yay! New friends!” Yuta squeezed Fawn tight in a bearhug that would make Lucia proud.

“She… changes her mind… quickly…” Fawn gasped out.

“Yeah, she may look sixteen, but she’s got the mind of a five year old,” Jake replied with a sweat drop.


* * *


Once Yuta had been pried away from Fawn, the three returned to the now closed clothing store from earlier, where Sarah, Jessica and Lucia were waiting outside with their bags and Fawn’s clothes.

“Where have you two been?” Jessica asked suspiciously.

“Considering the rather strange memory gap we all have, our feet hurting as if we'd been running around all day, the store suddenly closing, most of the men in the mall being gone and your absence, I’m guessing you did something, Jake,” accused Sarah.

”No. Well, yes… It was an accident.”

“Oh, really?” Sarah responded, completely unconvinced.

“Really, I swear!”

“He’s telling the truth, Sarah,” Yuta said as she stepped out from behind Jake and Fawn.

“And just who are… Yuta?”

“You remember me! Yay!” Sarah, much like Fawn, soon found herself on the receiving end of a joyful bearhug.

“Of course I remember you, Yuta.” How could I not? “W-Why are you blonde now?”

“Blondes have more fun,” Jake replied, quoting Yuta’s own response when he’d asked earlier.

“Yuta?” Jessica asked. "That crazy, over-sexualized, borderline molesting robot girl you told me about?"

"Yeah, her," Sarah replied, trying to force Yuta's arms off of herself. "Yuta, stop it."

"But I've not seen you in ages," Yuta whined childishly. "You need to relax and- hey!"

"Thanks, Jake," Sarah said as he covered Yuta's eyes right as they began to spiral.

"I think that's enough hypnosis for one day," he replied.

"'Enough'? So we were hypnotized."

"I told you it was an accident! My powers went out of control; I couldn't help it!"

"Stop fighting!" Lucia cried, on the verge of tears. "Why must you all fight when we have a new friend? This should be a happy time!"

"She's right," said Jessica, placing an arm around the angel for comfort. "So Jake's power went crazy. It happens. And you didn't take advantage, right?"

"No, he ran away like a little girl," Yuta replied, bluntly yet cheerfully.

"I like this girl," Jessica laughed. "If Jake can learn to keep his powers under control, we don't have a problem, right? He can just go see the professor when we get back, okay?"

"Yeah, I will," Jake agreed.

"I guess that's fine," Sarah nodded.

"Great. Now, it's getting late so we should be getting back home. With our new housemate."

"Bouncy..." Yuta said dreamily, eyes glazed over, as she stared at Jessica's well-developed chest.

Jessica laughed uproariously. "I love this girl!"

* * *


After a long drive home, filled with Yuta getting to know the newer girls, Jake was about ready to drop onto his bed and just die. That is, until he opened the door. He and the other girls were surprised by a most peculiar sight: Katia lounging on a couch with Diana and Mina feeding her grapes and elven tea respectively, Jen fanning her with a large palm leaf, and Dawn massaging her feet. All four were sporting strange tiaras and were very clearly hypnotized.

"What the hell is this!?" Sarah demanded as she stormed into the living room, startling the princess.

“Oh, S-Sarah… I-I… um… This is not...” Katia stuttered and stammered, unable to come up with a decent excuse.

"How about you wake them up first, then we'll decide if this is what it looks like or not," said Jessica as she stood by Sarah's side.

"I-I... Oh, very well. You can all remove the tiaras now." Katia snapped her fingers and the four obeyed. Still being an amateur in controlling others, Katia had not yet altered the girls' memories, leaving them all fully aware of what she had had them do the instant the tiaras came off.

Mina and Diana felt betrayed, Jen's sense of déjà vu was too strong for her to be angry, but Dawn was none too pleased. Before anyone could stop her, Dawn formed a hypnotic orb and shoved it into Katia's abdomen, entrancing her immediately.

"Did you enjoy your little power trip, little girl? Well, now you're going to have a taste of your own medicine. First thing you're going to do for me is- Hey, I know you," Dawn changed gears as Yuta stepped between her and the princess. "You're that... little... robot... girrrrrrrl..." Dawn was soon entranced by Yuta's spiralling eyes.

Sarah wasn't happy with Yuta's casual use of hypnosis, but she couldn't argue with the result. “Okay, Yuta, hand control of them both to me and we can get them properly punished.”

“Aaaaw, but I wanted to have some fun first,” the robot girl whined.

“No, Yuta,” Sarah replied sternly. “No ‘fun’ from you. We have to maintain a certain level of order in this house or the mind-controllers will run rampant. Uh, no offense, Fawn.”

“It’s fine.”

“Hey, what about me?” Jake demanded.

“So, as I was saying…”

“Hey!”

“…you’re not playing any of your games. I’m going to hand out Katia’s punishment and that’s it.”

“Hrrrrmm… Buzzkill. Do what Sarah says, you two.”

“Yes, Mistress Yuta.”

Once power had been transferred over to Sarah, Yuta stormed over to one of the couches and sat down harshly, arms crossed and a pouty expression on her lips.

“Not the best of first impressions, is it?” Fawn whispered to Jessica.

“Okay,” Sarah said loudly, getting everyone’s attention. “First, we need to punish Katia for abusing these tiaras. And we also need to know where she got them.”

“I received them from Professor Mato, Mistress Sarah,” Katia droned automatically.

“I’ll deal with him later,” Sarah muttered, irritated. “For now, does anyone have any suggestions for how we’re going to punish Katia? One of her victims, perhaps?”

“Make her clean the house in a maid uniform,” suggested an angry Jen.

“And make her remember doing it too,” added Diana as she tried to comfort Mina.

“Any objections?” Sarah asked.

All were silent.

“Okay then, but where do we get a maid uniform?”

“I think Dawn has one,” said Jake.

“How would you know that?” asked Fawn.

“Uh, that’s not important right now. For now, we should have Dawn get the uniform for us.”

“Yes, Master Jake,” Dawn replied before pulling a full maid uniform from her exposed cleavage.

“How… Why… What?” Sarah said, struggling for coherent thoughts. “Why do you have that there? Why?”

“I keep it with me so you can wear it when I hypnotize you into cleaning my room,” Dawn replied.

“I hate you so much,” Sarah replied through gritted teeth. “Give Katia the uniform then go to bed and sleep.”

“Yes, Mistress Sarah,” Dawn replied as she obeyed and left the room.

"And dream of being arrested by me while you're at it!" Sarah called after her.

"Yes, Mistress!" Dawn could just be heard calling back.

"As for you, Katia, you're to put that outfit on and start cleaning the house. I also want you to be aware of what you're doing but unable to stop yourself."

"Yes, Mistress," Katia replied before her eyes returned to normal and she could only stare in horror as her body moved to change clothes in front of everyone.

"Change in the kitchen, you idiot!" Diana called.

"Yes, Mistress, thank you, Mistress," Katia said hurriedly as she ran out of the room.

"I'm, uh... I'm feeling a little peckish so-"

"No, Jake," Jessica said, gripping him by the shirt collar and forcing him into a chair. "You stay here. You too, Yuta," she added as she noticed the robot girl about to stand up. "Good grief, one was bad enough. Next you’ll be telling me there’s a third one living here…"

"Speaking of Yuta," said Diana, turning everyone's attention back to the robot girl before she was suddenly jumped and hugged fiercely by Mina and Diana.

"We missed you!" Diana cried.

"We really did!" Mina added.

"I missed you both too!" Yuta cried. All three were soon crying tears of happiness. "I missed making out with you both so much!"

Mina and Diana's eyes dried up immediately and they put a considerable distance between themselves and Yuta.

"Huh? Did I say something wrong?"

"I see you haven't changed," Jen sighed. "I was hoping Barbara would have taught you better."

"Oh, she tried, but I told her she was being too boring and she agreed and let me stay as I was," Yuta replied cheerfully.

The rest of the housemates sweatdropped.

"Well, we, uh... we should get going," said Diana, slowly inching towards the door. "R-Right, Mina?"

"Y-Yeah. Our moms will be worried sick if we're not back soon. Bye!" Both girls were quick to leave before they had to spend any more time under hypnosis today.

"And I should get caught up on my naps," said Jen, just as hurriedly.

"Weren't you basically asleep all this time anyway?" Jessica joked.

"Yeah, but a certain someone..." Jen replied, staring daggers at Katia as she returned in the maid outfit, "...had me doing a lot of physical labour and my body's too tired for any more shenanigans. Bye." With that, the genie disappeared in a puff of pink smoke.

"I don't think things are going to be quite the same around here anymore," Fawn whispered to Jessica.

"I know the feeling. You need to find an out too."

"Huh?"

"Come along, Jake! We have shopping to bring in."

"What? I'm too tired to-"

"It's the man's duty to carry the woman's shopping. I know it's a horribly sexist attitude, but it’s one all women subscribe to if it means less work."

"Well, thanks for being honest at least," Jake muttered.

"No problem," Jessica replied happily before leading the defeated Jake back outside.

"Where's everyone going?" Yuta asked, upset.

"Everyone is very busy sometimes," Lucia replied comfortingly. "But I wish to know more about you."

"R-Really?"

"Yes."

"You're so kind!" Yuta squealed, hugging her new friend tightly.

"You can't really blame her for how she acts," Fawn said to Sarah. "The Professor built her without being ready to teach her how to act."

"That's part of it, but she still has free will," Sarah retorted. "She makes her own decisions and will be punished for them. Like a certain princess I know." She indicated Katia, who was currently dusting off the TV. Fawn started to giggle, Sarah soon joining her.


* * *


The sun was setting as an exhausted Jake finally moved the last of non-hypnotic-clothing into the house. He entered the living room and dropped into a chair, wiping his brow. “Man, that's the last of them. Who knew girly things could be so heavy?” Also in the room were Yuta and the three that hadn't abandoned her, talking happily.

“Jake is so interesting!” Lucia declared.

“Yes, Big Brother really is the best!” Yuta agreed.

“Sarah, why are you staring at Yuta like that?” Jessica asked as she brought in the last of her boxes.

“Because she’s trouble, that’s why," Sarah replied, her hawk-like eyes never moving from Yuta.

“I'm sure she's not that bad," said Fawn. "She seems so sweet. She even complimented my singing.”

“You obviously don’t know her like I do. Yuta makes things a little too... interesting, hypnotically speaking. She’s almost like the female version of Jake."

“Someone like Jake?” Lucia beamed. “I love how Jake makes things interesting!” Sarah hung her head in defeat.

“I think I’ll just be in my room,” Jake said as he forced himself to his feet.

"I think I'll do the same," said Sarah.

“Thank you for the day of shopping!” Lucia called as the two headed up the stairs.

“Yeah, we’ll do it again some time!” Fawn added.

“You can always hold my purse!” Jessica laughed.

As the two disappeared from sight, Yuta stood up. "Oh! I'll be right back," she said as she skipped towards the lab.


* * *


Professor Mato was working down in the lab, looking over some of the data he’d obtained from the neko experiments, when he heard a sweet, familiar voice say “Grandfather?” from behind him.

Immediately, he dropped everything he was doing and whirled around. “Yuta?”

Yuta smiled, trying to hold back her tears. Without a word, Mato hurried over and embraced his ‘granddaughter’.

“Yuta dear… Oh, how I’ve missed you.”

“I’ve missed you too, Grandfather,” Yuta replied happily, returning the hug delicately.

Mato pulled away a little and stared into Yuta’s moist eyes. “Did you enjoy your vacation?”

“Yes. I had lots of fun hypnotizing pretty girls on the beach and making out with them.”

“And… did you do… anything else besides that?”

“Nope!”

“…”

“What is it?”

“Nothing, nothing. Just need to take a mental note for later.” Not to self: lower Yuta’s libido… When I have time. “Though I must ask, what happened to your hair?”

“Oh, I thought I should change it up a little,” Yuta replied, brushing a couple of locks out of her eyes. “I think blonde suits me better then purple anyway.”

“I see…” the professor replied in a slightly sombre tone.

“Do you not like it?” Yuta asked, sounding a little concerned.

Mato glanced towards a framed photo of a young male scientist with a purple-haired woman, before turning it away. “No, no, not at all. I think it suits you very well, dear. And if it makes you happy, I supposed there’s no harm in it.”

“Yay!” Yuta cried, hugging the old man tightly. “I’m so glad you like it!”

“Of course, dear,” he replied, patting her on the back. “Of course. Oh, how is Barbara by the way?”

“She’s fine. She actually wanted us to call her when I got back.”

“Oh? Regarding what?”

“Dunno. But I wanna say hi to her.”

Mato chuckled. “Very well, dear.” He activated the video screen and entered Barbara’s number. She answered soon after.

“Good evening, Professor,” she greeted. “I’m glad to see you made it back safely, Yuta.”

“Hi, Barbara!” the robot girl replied, waving.

Barbara sweatdropped. “H-Hello.”

“Barbara, dear, so good to speak to you again. Though I must say, I’m surprised you allowed Yuta to return alone.”

“I’m somewhat surprised myself. I was adamant that I return with her to deliver the news and see her home safely, but then I suddenly changed my…”

“…”

“You’re cute when you’re hypnotized.”

“A…Anyway… Professor? I have something… important to tell you.”

“Yes, dear?”

“Well, during the field trip we hosted here last week-“

“Yuta didn’t…?”

“No, no. I used the remote you gave me to keep her from abusing her power after… you know.”

“Good thinking.”

“Yes. Well, some of the teachers that chaperoned the trip were impressed by my expertise on scientific subjects, so… they offered me a position at the Elfland Royal Academy.”

Mato was speechless. He’d always known Barbara was incredibly intelligent, but for her to be offered a position at such a prestigious educational institute…

“Well? What did you say?”

“I… I said yes.” Barbara sounded the happiest Mato had ever heard her in all the time he’d known her. He could tell this was something she really wanted to do, yet… he couldn’t help but feel a great sense of loss.

“Yay! Congratulations, Barbara!” Yuta cheered.

“That’s… excellent news, dear. Congratulations.”

“Thank you both.”

“When will you be starting?”

“Well, Elfland semesters tend to start in autumn, so it should be in about three weeks.”

“Well, best of luck in your future endeavours, dear,” Mato said, trying to keep his voice even.

“I’m really sorry, Professor, I just-“

“It’s alright, dear. It will surely take some getting used to, but if this is what you want, then I will support your dream in any way I can. You may no longer be my assistant, but you will always be a part of our family.”

“That’s right,” Yuta added.

By now, Barbara was struggling to hold back her tears. “Thank you. I love you both.”


* * *

"From what I do remember, it was a fun day," Sarah said as she and Jake reached the door to her room. "We may have gone a little overboard with the shopping-"

"You can say that again..."

Sarah sighed. "Thank you, Jake."

"For carrying everything?"

"For fixing whatever it was you screwed up. From how tired I am, I'd guess I was running around a lot, maybe chasing you. If we were under the power of your love touch or some other hypnosis... Thanks for not taking advantage of us." Sarah pecked Jake on the cheek, causing the boy's face to turn bright red. "Good night, Jake."

"Y-Yeah. Night."

Sarah closed her door and Jake continued on his way.

“What a day,” Jake muttered as he collapsed onto his bed. “I'll have to see the old man tomorrow about these powers. I'm sure he can fix it. I should just go to sleep for now though."

There was a light knock on the door. "Beloved? Are you asleep?"

Jake rolled onto his back and sat up. "I see you've changed out of the maid outfit. I don't suppose you'll be using any of the old man's devices any time soon?"

"No, I shan't. I believe I should stick to my royal power over mental power from now on."

"That's... good...?"

Katia entered the room at sat beside Jake. "How was your day?"

Jake groaned. “Not only was the mall bad - bad in the way that things only happen to me - but I come home and find out you brainwashed the other half of my roommates. Then I had to bring in half the boxes of things that aren't even mine. So, Katia, I’m just full of energy thanks to you girls."

“Oh, I am glad to hear it."

“Why is sarcasm lost on the cute ones?” Katia suddenly moved in closer, causing Jake to blush.

“So, you do think I am cute, hm?” the princess smiled.

“Well… I… See…” Jake tired to stall.

“Oh, Beloved… I love you.” Katia's lips slowly moved closer to Jake's and he felt compelled to do the same until their lips were almost touching.

“Hello!” called Yuta as she suddenly bound into the room, Jake and Katia suddenly aware of what they were doing and moving slightly apart, blushing. Yuta sat on the other side of Jake and gripped his arm tightly.

“Excuse me, but we are trying to have a moment here,” Katia scowled, her hands on her hips.

“No, we are not!” Jake informed her.

“Big Brother, Grandfather said I can stay as long as I want. I’ll get to go to school with you again!"

“Yeah, ‘cause that worked out so well the last time."

Yuta held his arm tighter and rested her head on his shoulder, “Who knows? Someday I… might even be your wife…”

Jake looked shocked, while steam literally shot out of Katia’s ears.

“W-Why on earth would you say that?! Beloved, what have you been telling this girl!?"

“Not that!” Jake looked for an out while Yuta sighed and Katia fumed. He spied his pendant on the nightstand, but when he reached for it, Katia grabbed his free arm and held it against her chest.

“Jake is going to be my husband!"

“I don’t know,” Yuta smiled. “We’re so much alike, it’s almost like we’re destined to be together," she said, having heard about Katia's own proclamations of such sort from the others, knowing full well how it would make Katia feel.

The Princess’ jaw dropped. “H... H-How dare you? Beloved, tell this... this... bimbo that I am to be your wife!"

“No, I’ll be his wife!"

“No, I will!"

“Must… reach… hypno pendant…” Jake uttered, still reaching out with all his might.

“He’s my boyfriend!” Yuta said.

“He is my fiancé!"

“Do I get a vote?” Jake asked.

“No!” both yelled at him.

They're both off my list then, he thought to himself.

“Mine!"

“Mine!"

“Can’t… reach… pendant…"

“Mine!"

“Mine!"

“Will somebody help me out here!?"

The two girls suddenly gained dreamy looks on the faces before passing out on the bed with a sigh, then disappearing in puffs of smoke, then being replaced by an angry Jen.

"Honestly, Jake, some of us are trying to sleep. Have your little arguments about destiny and love when people aren't trying to sleep."

"But you're always trying to sleep."

"Exactly," Jen replied before disappearing herself.

Jake was too tired to respond any further and lay back on his bed, falling asleep soon after.


* * *


Later that night, Professor Mato was again speaking with Barbara over a video call, this time regarding a more secretive matter.

“The files have finished sending now,” the old man said. “They’ve been moved to a separate device to be checked for malware. I’ll check through the footage once that’s done.”

“Good,” Barbara sighed. “I feel like what happened to those girls was my fault for not noticing Yuta’s behaviour until-“

“It’s not your fault, Barbara,” Mato interrupted sternly. “Whoever it was that Hatsu was working for is to blame, not you. You couldn’t possibly have known; even a genius such as I had no idea.”

“I suppose so…”

“Please, you must be confident in yourself, especially if you expect your new students to treat you with respect. You leave this matter to me and focus on your teaching.”

“But-“

“Please, trust me. I will find the one responsible and ensure the release of those girls, no matter how long it takes, and I’m sure the memories you copied from Yuta’s mind and the remaining data from the lab computers will be a great help.”

“Thank you, Professor. I feel… better about it all now.”

“Good. Though I do have to wonder how the abducted girls’ loved ones responded to the incident. I’m aware of the complaints since the Kulon authorities asked me to look into it, but I can only imagine what they’re going through.”

“It was tough for everyone, Professor. Some of the victims are related to some of the workers in the lab. Some of the families and friends vaguely recall Yuta’s face, so I suggested she change her look to avoid suspicion. I know you gave her purple hair because of… I hope you’re okay with my decision.”

“No, of course, dear. You did the right thing. Besides, she seems to enjoy her new hair colour. I asked you to go with Yuta because I trust in your judgment. Even if it… hurts… I know you do everything with only the best of intentions… Well, I suppose I’d best be getting back to work. I’m sure you have some packing and preparations to get back to. Good night, dear.”

“Good night, Professor.”

Mato ended the call and stood in silence, thinking over the day’s events. He noticed the photo, still turned away from earlier. He held the photo in his hands and stared down at the loving couple, forever captured within. He smiled slightly. “They grow up so fast, don’t they?”