Editor's comments and actions are denoted by [brackets]. Sound effects are written {like this}. (Parenthesis) indicate side notes in the dialogue bubble or the mangaka's note. And finally, italics are thoughts.

Sumire stands determinedly, holding a bowl of instant ramen in one hand and a kettle of hot water in the other.

Sumire: Somehow... this is really getting me down. But, I made a promise. [sigh]

{sound f/x jobi: glugging noises of Sumire pouring the water}

Sumire: Can't be helped. ——— I was three minutes, wasn't it. ............

{sound f/x soo: Sumire slowly sneaking away}

Voice: Sumire~

A figure slowly rises from the mist of the hot water.

{sound f/x mukamuka: the figure being annoyed}

{sound f/x giku: Sumire stopping suddenly, getting caught}

Sumire: [laughing nervously] A-HA-HA It's not like I was running away or anything. ——I was, just going to the bathroom... y'know.

Sumire shrieks as Kanmen glomps onto him.

Sumire: WA———~ (It's cause he suddenly got so big~~~)

Kanmen: What're you so embarrassed about? I get it. You just can't look right at my handsome face. Oo~~~~~~ You're just always so cute~!

Kanmen finds himself flattened on the floor, Ji floating above his head, while Sumire smirks triumphantly.

Ji: (Love is cruel, isn't it, Prince.)

Kanmen: (Zumide~~~~~~) [That's "Sumire" said with a stuffed nose.]

Sumire: (HMPH~ Got 'im.) GUESS YOU SHOULDN'T GET CARRIED AWAY, HUH!

Sumire and Kanmen wander down the street together, followed by Ji in his ramen bowl. Girls turn to gape.

Sumire: I'm Shirafuji Sumire, a really normal first year high schooler, 16 years old (male). He's the second Crown Prince of Planet Cup o' Noodle in the Andromeda Galaxy. [Japanese high schools are only three years long and correspond to the last three years of American high school, which makes Sumire a Sophomore.]

Ji: (And I am the Prince's caretaker, Ji Jiiya.)

Sumire: Apparently he didn't like his fiancée for some reason and ran away here. Thanks to a strange misunderstanding, this really confused, stupid, gay prince has glomped onto me and won't let go.

Kanmen: (La-la-la, my first date with Sumire, so happy, la-la)

Sumire: In other words... Normally these guys are mini-sized and their spaceships look just like Cup o' Noodle bowls.

In Sumire's version of the events, an innocent little Sumire carries a bowl of instant ramen.

Flashback Sumire: (La-la-la-la, I'll eat this for dinner!)

Sumire: Not knowing about this at all, I poured hot water into the Cup o' Noodle I bought myself for dinner.

{sound f/x BOM: Kanmen suddenly appearing in a puff of smoke}

Sumire: That's when Kanmen suddenly got big and said:

Flashback Kanmen: I accept your proposal.

Sumire: On Planet Cup o' Noodle, pouring hot water on someone equals proposal.

Sumire manages to put a few inches between himself and Kanmen.

Sumire: Don't glomp onto me like that. People'll think weird things!!

Kanmen: Why!? We're going out together so it's all right, ain't it? [leaning in] Who—o saved a certain someone when they thought that they were going to be attacked by a pervert last night, hm? (You might have ended up going "Ah—h" or "Nya—n".)

Sumire: I know that. So that's why I'm going on a date with you as a favor, just like you asked!

{sound f/x gyuu: Kanmen gripping Sumire's hand}

Kanmen merrily holds Sumire's hand as the two walk through a carnival.

Sumire: AH, whatever, just do what you want.

Kanmen and Sumire ride a roller coaster...

Sumire: WA———

Head through the haunted house, and check out the UFO Catcher machines.

Kanmen: (You WANT that sort of stuff...)

Sumire smiles brightly with the from the fun of the part.

Sumire: Wo—w, this is really getting me pumped up! It's been a long time since I've been to an amusement park!

Kanmen smiles at Sumire.

{sound f/x dokun: th-thud, heartbeat}

Sumire: What?

Kanmen: That's my look sayin' I think that you look amazing when you smile, too. [grin] I haven't really ever seen you smile like that.

Sumire: ——Ah, I see. I'm always usually just yelling in front of him. (But you reap what you sow, Kanmen.) (Hmph!)

Later on, Kanmen and Sumire talk on a bridge.

Sumire: But why'd you run from Planet Cup o' Noodle and all, anyway? You were a prince, weren't you?

Kanmen: Being a prince, it was the best and the worst of everything, all at once. I wouldn't let myself be used all for diplomacy's sake. If I stuck it out and stayed with it just for the sake of the country, neither my partner or I would be happy. I knew it, I just want to be with the person I love.

Sumire stares as Kanmen smile at him.

Sumire: ———Kanmen. What is that hand doing?

Kanmen: Huh?

{sound f/x sawasawa: Kanmen feeling up Sumire's butt}

Sumire flies into a rage as Kanmen nurses his injuries.

Kanmen: It's okay, isn't it, it's no big deal. (I don't get Earthlings.)

Sumire: WHAT'S SO FUN ABOUT FEELING UP A GUY'S BUTT!? Ah

Sumire suddenly trips in his rampage and falls into Kanmen's chest.

{sound f/x don: Sumire hitting Kanmen's chest with his head}

Kanmen: ~oh

Sumire looks up as Kanmen steadies him in his arms.

Kanmen: [grin]

Sumire: [blush]

Below the two on the river, someone begins warbling loudly.

{sound f/x kiii: a stick swishing through the river}

Voice: [singing] LI—IFE SAVAGE

Sumire and Kanmen look down in shock. Below them, a boatman sings as he pushes a gondola under the bridge. On the front of the gondola is a man in a golden mask, dressed in flamboyant Renaissance clothing with flowing hair.

Boatman: [singing] BELOVEEEED MAIDEN~

{sound f/x kiii}

Man: Amigo, bonjouno. The flame of passion conspires in the hearts of lovers. Water surges sweetly, beautifully around the two. Ahh, is it beauty? It is beauty?

Sumire: Wh... What's that!? (Is this Italy!?)

{sound f/x kira: glint}

A glinting rose suddenly flies towards the two on the bridge. Kanmen dives in front of Sumire.

Sumire: WA~

Kanmen: LOOK OUT, SUMIRE~!

{sound f/x pan: the rose hitting Kanmen's arm}

Kanmen: Bastard, who are you!?

Man: (Hu~hu~hu) Have you forgotten me, Prince Kanmen?

The man whips off his golden mask.

Man: I am Princess Reimen's brother, CARBONARA VONGOLE FROM PLANET SPAGHETTINA! ["Carbonara" is probably well know; it's a type of spaghetti sauce. "Vongole" seems to be Italian for clams, so his name means Spaghetti Carbonara with Clams.]

{sound f/x paa: pasta shooting out}

Long strands of spaghetti suddenly fly from Carbonara's hands and wrap around Sumire.

{sound f/x nyo: spaghetti wiggling around Sumire}

Sumire: GEH~ WHAT THE HECK IS THIS—~~

Kanmen: Sumire~

Carbonara: Hu~hu~hu, what do you think of that, Basilico? How I boiled my pasta? (It's 100% durum semolina!) ["Basilico" seems to be Italian for Basil. So he's Spaghetti Carbonara with Clams and Basil on the side. ^_^ "Durum semolina" is wheat flour, basically. All the best Italian pasta is made from it.]

Carbonara's gondola driver claps merrily.

Basilico: Perfectly done, Vongole-sama!

His pasta wrapped around Sumire, Carbonara yanks him into the boat.

Sumire: WAAA

Ji: KANMEN-SAMA, PLEASE LEAVE THIS UP TO ME...!

Kanmen: (Ji, when did you...)

Ji suddenly flies up with a pair of scissors and swoops in to cut Sumire free.

Ji: TOAA~~ SUMIRE-SAMA, I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU! Ku... It... it won't cut.

The scissors can't cut through the spaghetti completely, leaving a bit in the middle.

Ji: Th~... This is "AL DENTE" [Al Dente is a way of cooking pasta so that it's soft on the outside, but tough in the middle.]

Carbonara: Well, well, wisdom really does grow with age! The ultimate secret of boiling so that a strand as thin as one hair remains!

{sound f/x pika: the strand of pasta glittering in the light}

Carbonara: (Look, you can see right through it~) THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN MATCH THIS AL DENTE~~

Sumire: [sobbing] I want out of this weird mangaaa

{sound f/x zaba: big splash}

The boat suddenly rises into the air.

Carbonara: In other words, I'll be taking Sumire! Farewell, Signour!

Kanmen races after the floating boat.

Kanmen: Dammiit, wait up! What're you planning on doing to Sumire, you stupid spaghetti bastard!

Voice: NO WAAAY~

{sound f/x gon: large whacking sound}

Kanmen: !

Kanmen looks utterly shocked. Blood drips down by his eye.

{sound f/x tsutsuu: blood running}

Kanmen falls to the ground, a super-cute little girl wielding a large, spiked club behind him.

Girl: Man, Kan-sama, you're such a meeanie~ You've got a fiancée like Reimen, but you're flirting with some little boy! Reimen's getting mad pun pun. [It's a "cutesy" thing to talk in third person instead of saying "I" in Japanese. Only small children and "cute" girls do it. "Pun pun" is just cute noises stuck on the end of the sentence to make her even more cute.]

{sound f/x daradara: blood plopping from Reimen's club}

Kanmen: Re...Reimen

Reimen suddenly pounces on the dazed Kanmen, slapping him silly.

Reimen: He—y, Kan-sama, are you listening to me? I can't forgive you if you start napping when people are talking to you.

{sound f/x papapa: slap slap slap}

Kanmen: (It's your own fault, YOUR fault)

{sound f/x daradara: blood flowing from Kanmen's head wound}

Reimen: But... Aw, it's okay. Cause you're pretty cute when you sleep.

{sound f/x hirihiri: pain radiating from Kanmen's head}

Reimen: Since I left that Sumire kid up to Vongole, Kan-sama's all mine now~ And I'll never NE——~VER let him go!

Elsewhere, Sumire is dressed in puffy shirt out of a Renaissance painting while having bad songs sung to him.

Voice: [singing] "From the windowsill/rays of sunlight stretch/through the trees and glitter// Aah/You, asleep/are just like/an angel// Dance, lovely roses/but do not disturb/his beautiful sleep// You should quickly disperse/with the shame of your body// Glittering inside of the rays of light/on your sleeping shoulders/there are transparent angel's wings// "

Sumire slowly wakes himself up.

Sumire: ——— Umm, could you please stop that weird song?

{sound f/x baroo: TWANG~}

In one corner, Carbonara sings away on his lute with Basilico on tambourine.

Cabonara: ([singing] "Angel's wings—")

{sound f/x shanshan: shake shake}

Sumire: What's with you? Give me back my clothes! Don't just dress me in whatever weird clothing you feel like!

Carbonara: You have no sense of beauty. However.

Carbonara suddenly leans close, running his thumb on Sumire's chin.

Carbonara: Did you not think that you were this pretty? Mi amore, won't you give up on Kanmen and become my lover?

{sound f/x gon: Sumire whacking Carbonara a good one}

Sumire: Sorry, but I don't swing that way!

Carbonara: (Ark~)

{sound f/x gui: Carbonara squeezing Sumire's wrist}

Carbonara uses Sumire's momentum to grab his wrist and swing him into the wall.

Sumire: Ah

Carbonara: If not, then perhaps I can teach you. It would be my pleasure.

Sumire: Y... you really don't have to!

Carbonara pushes Sumire to the ground.

Carbonara: Hu~hu~hu You're no match for me in strength~ In any case, you won't be going back to Kanmen again.

Sumire: Wh~...! STOP—~~ WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIIIS———~

{sound f/x koho: cough}

A very beautiful man leans against a wall and watches Carbonara impassively.

Man: What are you going to do if you've already gotten there? It's not like you to be so greedy, Vongole.

Carbonara slowly and begrudgingly picks himself off of Sumire.

Carbonara: HMPH. Do you have some business here? A vulgar boy as always.

Man: [grin] He seems to be against it. Isn't forcing someone vulgar?

{sound f/x gu: Carbonara biting his tongue}

Man: So, what sort of weakness does Princess Reimen have over him? Enough to arrest him and ruin him... Yes, that's what Reimen's been thinking.

{sound f/x gikkuri: Carbonara sweatdropping in guilt}

Carbonara: Wh... what has she been thinking.

The beautiful man glances back at Carbonara calmly.

Man: That he spent almost all of his country's money gambling, and that when they hear the proof...

([pointing to Carbonara] Bull's eye.)

Carbonara: [sweating madly] WA——~HA~HA HOW disgraaaceful!

Man: Well, it's not like it has anything to do with what you're doing right now.

Carbonara: [still sweating] If that's so, then you don't have to take it apart piece by piece.

Man: No, it's just so that everyone out there understands...

Carbonara: Huh!? Who!?

Man: Ah.

{sound f/x pon: the man hitting his fist in his palm}

Carbonara stares at the beautiful man in confusion as the tangent ends.

Carbonara: (He avoided the question so calmly.)

Man: Right, right, Vongole. Your spaceship stands out a little too much. The Earthlings are really panicking when they see this. I came to tell you to please do something about it. However, it seems I came a little too late.

From the outside, we get our first glimpse of Carbonara's spaceship: A giant replica of the Statue of David.

The Statue of David: A sculpture carved by Michaelangelo (1475-1564) as a 26 year old youth. A definitive masterpiece of the Italian Renaisance.

On the streets below, it is akin to a Godzilla movie. Japanese citizens scream and run through the streets as the National Defense Force fires tanks.

Citizen1: IT'S THE COUNTERSTRIKE OF DAVID—~

Citizen2: IT'S AN INVASION FROM OUTERSPACE—~~

{sound f/x gooo: David looming in the background}

Guard: FIRE~~

Inside of the spaceship David, things aren't going much better.

Carbonara: NO GOOD, IT WAS A DIRECT HIT~!

Sumire: I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE OF THIS!

Sumire starts falling as the floor beneath his feet begins to crumble.

Sumire: Ah WA———~

{sound f/x pashi: smack of the beautiful man's arm}

Sumire: !?

The beautiful man suddenly grabs Sumire by the waist.

Man: Please hold on tight.

Sumire: O... okay.

{sound f/x tosu: landing gently}

Sumire looks at the beautiful man gratefully as the two land safely on the ground.

Sumire: Thank you so much. You're my savior!

Man: (Hmph) [smile] Of course I'm not your savior. I'm still deciding if you're my enemy or my ally. After all, you're the one who stole my older brother away.

Sumire: Huh? Did you say... Big brother? No way.

Man: Yes, Kanmen is my immediate older brother. I am the third Crown Prince of Planet Cup o' Noodle, Tanmen. Nice to meet you, Shirafuji Sumire-kun. ["Tanmen" is a type of Chinese noodle.]

{sound f/x zuru: something heavy dragging across the floor}

Elsewhere, Ji struggles to drag a large key across the floor.

Ji: Pri~nce, I'm coming to save you now.

{sound f/x hyoi: Ji getting snatched up suddenly}

Ji: Huh~!

Reimen: No wa~y, oh Ji. You're so sneaky, stealing the key from Reimen in secret. Hey~

{sound f/x bachi: Reimen whacking Ji on the nose}

{sound f/x fugo: Ji's grunt as his nose starts bleeding}

Reimen leaves Ji in a cage and goes skipping off for Kanmen.

Reimen: Lu-lu~ Now I should maybe go check in on Kan-sama~!

Ji: PRINCE~~ SHE GOT ME!

{sound f/x gii: Reimen staring at Kanmen from around a corner}

Reimen: Yoo~hoo— Kan-sama, feeling okay~!

Kanmen, in wrapped up in small form and hanging, glares back at Reimen.

Kanmen: I ain't like that at all! Leave me alone, Reimen.

Reimen takes him down and nuzzles him.

Reimen: My, my, drain all the water out of you and you shrink thi—s much! Hu-hu, HOW CU—TE! Kan-sama's so stubborn, so you just can't be left alone! Because you haven't promised to be obedient and come home with Reimen to Planet Cup o' Noodle yet!

Reimen places the still bound Kanmen in an instant ramen bowl and holds a kettle of boiling water over him.

Reimen: Hey, Kan-sama, be a good boy and accept Reimen's proposal. If you do, I'll let you go free.

Kanmen: [sticking his tongue out] NO WAY.

Reimen suddenly goes scary and holds a misty bottle above Kanmen's head.

([bottle] Sulfuric Acid)

Reimen: Instead of hot water that'll make them grow big, spoiled little brats get sulfuric acid that'll melt their bones away.

Kanmen: DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! REIMEN, I CAN'T MARRY YOU! IT'S BETTER TO DIE THAN DECIEVE YOURSELF!

Reimen stares at Kanmen blankly. Suddenly, she starts sniffling.

Reimen: W... wa...

{sound f/x jiwa: tears welling up}

Reimen: Waa...n

Reimen bursts into tears, spilling the contents of her bottle into the ramen bowl.

Reimen: AN' I, AN' I, AN' I LOVE YOU SO MUCH~ YOU'RE AN IDIOT, KAN-SAMA——~~

{sound f/x jobo: liquid glugging into the bowl}

Kanmen: WAA~

Kanmen watches in shock as steam rises from the bowl.

Kanmen: ——If she seriously pours water on me... Sumire... will I never see him again? SUMIRE...~

{sound f/x gaku: Kanmen wincing as the steam climbs higher}

Reimen suddenly bounces happily.

Reimen: (Kya-ha~) Ju—st kidding~~~~ Both were hot water~ WERE YOU SURPRISED? ———HUH

{sound f/x kyuu: Kanmen passed out in shock}

Kanmen, in large form, lies on the ground, out cold.

Reimen: You sure sleep a lot, don't you!

Kanmen: (And who's fault is that?)

Reimen lays her head down on the unconscious Kanmen's chest.

Reimen: Hey, Kan-sama, Reimen just thought of something good. Kan-sama loves Sumire more than Reimen, right? But that's really tough, so it's better for everyone if Sumire hates Kan-sama, too. (Right~ We'll call it even.) If Sumire thinks that Kan-sama doesn't ever want to see him again, then Kan-sama'll go back home with Reimen.

Kanmen: Sumire...

Back at Sumire's house, Tanmen sips on a cup on tea in Sumire's bedroom.

{sound f/x zuzu: sip sip}

Tanmen: Ah, you know I'd love some of those "Night Plum" sweets from Toraya...

Sumire: We don't have that kind of stuff...

Tanmen: I came right away when I saw that Princess Reimen was moving out. But, of course, I don't agree with Niisan's rashness. He was born into the royal family, so he must follow his set path. He must protect the system. But-- It's certainly like Niisan to strain against his fetters and fly away.

{sound f/x mokyu: Tanmen munching on a tea treat}

Tanmen: He doesn't worry about great risks. I've always admired my brother's bravery for those situations.

{sound f/x busu: Tanmen poking a second treat}

Tanmen: But. What about you? Can you handle my brother?

Sumire sweats a little over Tanmen's harsh attitude.

Sumire: I don't know about-- handling him or whatever. Cause--- we're both guys and all... The only thing I can say is that he's-- an unexpectedly great guy. He throws his warmth around so freely --I think it would be great... if I could return it.

Tanmen ponders Sumire, who can no longer look at his with his blushing.

Sumire: I'm not saying this really well.

Tanmen: ............

Sumire: I've been thinking about that recently. (But, of course, I haven't done anything yet)

{sound f/x teru: }

Sumire: About love and how it might be that and about not splitting up-- and about relationships, and how probably if I do that we'll maybe be building one...

{sound f/x gara: }

Voice: He-y!

Kanmen suddenly bursts through the door, a giggling girl on each arm.

Kanmen: What's up~ I'm back! I brought these cute chickies with me, too.

Girl: (No wa~~y, oh Kan-chan)

Sumire: KANMEN! Where've you been? You should have at least called.

Kanmen: Whoa- whoa- someon's sounding so uptight all of a sudden. Y'need to loosen up, have some fun. (Nya-ha-ha-ha) This's the kid who's dependent of me. You girls butter him up a bit.

The two girls glomp onto Sumire.

Girl: Kya- he's so cute, he's like a Johnny's! [This refers to the infamous Johnny's Entertainment, behind nearly every single boy group out there. They always use the cutest guys, so cute guys in Japan can actually be referred to as Johnny's types.]

Sumire: What's with you, Kanmen!!

Tanmen: Something's... strange.

{sound f/x ta: a figure flashing by}

Reimen suddenly leaps onto the scene, fists flying.

{sound f/x da: Reimen leaping at Kanmen}

{sound f/x kun: Kanmen grabbing her wrist}

Kanmen easily grabs Reimen and holds her struggling form to his chest.

Kanmen: Just can't do anything with you, Reimen. Don't get so jealous that I'm bringing other women around with me, don't get so jealous.

{sound f/x jitabata: Reimen flailing about}

Sumire: --Reimen!? That's the name of Kanmen's fiancée. She's...

Tanmen: .........

Kanmen: Heey, Sumire. I've gone back to my girl. Fairy tale romance and all~ Well, it's been fun and games, but that's water under the bridge now.

Sumire: ---it's been ---fun and gamess~~~~!?

Kanmen: It's been nice knowing you. I'm going back home to Planet Cup o Noodle with my beloved Reimen.

{sound f/x da: Sumire sprinting off}

Sumire dashes away, a shocked Tanmen watching the scene.

Sumire: Then go home as quick as you can~ KANMEN YOU STUPID IDIOT

Tanmen: Sumire-kun.

{sound f/x baki: whack}

Reimen suddenly kicks at Kanmen, freeing herself, and starts running after Sumire.

Girl: KYAA KAN-CHAN

Tanmen: Wait.

Reimen: !

Tanmen grabs Reimen's wrist and suddenly kisses her.

{sound f/x boka: giant thwacking sound}

Voice: WHAT'RE YOU DOING, TANMEN~

Tanmen nurses his aching head as Reimen suddenly starts screaming at him.

Tanmen: (ow) I'm breaking the seal. You couldn't use your voice, could you.

Reimen: Ah

Tanmen: Niisan.

Reimen (Kanmen) begins crying with relief that her (er, his) brother helped him out.

Reimen (Kanmen): That's Tanmen for you! You recognized me even looking like this?

Tanmen: (hmp) It's fine, please just go. Sumire left without understanding.

Reimen (Kanmen) runs off after Sumire as "Kanmen" steams.

"Kanmen": I won't let you do that, Kan-sama~~ [squeak in anger]

Girl: (Kan-chan looks like a kettle somehow.)

Reimen (Kanmen): SUMIRE-~

Tanmen suddenly focuses his glare on "Kanmen".

Tanmen: It's not very nice to be changing your body with Niisan's, you know.

"Kanmen": Ah...

Tanmen: I won't forgive anyone who makes Niisan unhappy, even if it's you, Princess Reimen.

Kanmen (Reimen): [in tears] (Ya~n, Tan-chan sca~ry)

Elsewhere, Sumire finally stops running in a park.

Sumire: [pant pant] Huhu~ I'm such an idiot. What am I doing? I'm...! --It's not because Kanmen says he's going back to his own planet. That's perfectly fine with me. He's always been trouble... He forces you to do things and he does whatever he wants and he's so selfish. ---but still--- why does my-- heart ache like this...!

Voice: Sumire...

Sumire spins around, a smile on his face.

Sumire: ! Kanme... ......!

Reimen (Kanmen): [pant pant]

Sumire: Huh...? Princess Reimen!? Huh?

{sound f/x gui: Sumire getting his wrist grabbed}

Sumire blinks in shock as he's confronted by the form of Reimen. Reimen, Kanmen, whatever, grabs his wrist and stares at him seriously.

Reimen (Kanmen): I never told you.

Sumire: Wh... what!? (We just met)

Reimen (Kanmen): I love you, Sumire. I've seriously fallen for you. You've got believe me, I...

Sumire: [in complete shock] ... Pr, Princess Reimen!?

Reimen/Kanmen gasps in horror as she/he remembers something rather important.

Reimen (Kanmen): [gasp] DAMN, I WAS SWITCHED WITH REIMEN!

Sumire: (Gee, thanks, but I don't really know you...)

Reimen (Kanmen): No... I look like this, but really I'm... Ka...

Voice: (HA- HA HA HA)

The two are suddenly interrupted by the flying boat of Carbonara Vongole.

Carbonara: I finally found you. Bonjourno, mi amore! My beloved bishounen Shirafuji Sumire~

Reimen (Kanmen): Vongole! (You're still alive?)

Carbonara: [singing] "I embrace you tightly/from that time/in my heart, a single/flower of love is blooming//Ahh, and thus you/indulgently touch/my intoxication for you"

Sumire watches in shock as Reimen/Kanmen bounds in front of him.

Reimen (Kanmen): OH NO YOU WON'T! BASTARD, WHAT DID YA DO TO SUMIRE! I WON'T FORGIVE GUYS WHO START HITTING ON HIM~

Carbonara: I don't know what you're talking about, Reimen. I'm merely seducing Sumire as planned. I don't recall having to let you interfere!

Carbonara lets loose another Al Dente attack, which Reimen/Kanmen lets wrap around her/his arms instead of Sumire.

Reimen (Kanmen): You trying to wrap us in pasta again? You've only got one move! Ku~ [turning to Sumire] Sumire, now! Run away~!

Sumire: I can't just leave a girl here and run away by myself!

Carbonara: This time, I'm going to be serious, Seniorita. When someone interferes with my plans, they're going to get hurt, even if it's you.

Carbonara lets loose a second wave attack of noodles.

{sound f/x dan: noodles hitting Reimen/Kanmen}

Reimen (Kanmen): UWAA~

Sumire: Reimen, that's enough, I can handle him by myself!

Reimen (Kanmen): Dammit, this girl's body has no strength, it's so powerless.

{sound f/x yoro: shakily pulling noodles off}

Reimen/Kanmen smirks to himself and pulls the noodles tight between her hands.

{sound f/x pin: snapping the noodles taught}

Reimen (Kanmen): Don't worry about a thing, Sumire. I won't let anyone lay a hand on you.

Reimen/Kanmen smirks at Sumire because bounding after Carbonara. Sumire's mind makes the connection between "Reimen's" smirk and Kanmen's usual smirk.

Sumire: KANMEN!?

{sound f/x da: Reimen/Kanmen attacking}

Sumire: Kanmen. You're Kanmen... aren't you?

Ji: [suddenly floating up] That's right.

{sound f/x fura: Ji's ramen bowl floating}

Ji: Princess Reimen switched their bodies.

Sumire: Jiiya-san. ----So that means when she said before...

Reimen (Kanmen): [flashback] I love you, Sumire...

{sound f/x kaa: Sumire suddenly blushing beet red}

Ji's ramen bowl suddenly begins floating towards the fight.

Sumire: ! Jiiya-san, where are you going?

{sound f/x fura}

{sound f/x yoro: Ji shaking with nervousness}

Ji: Th... this is the medicine that will undo Princess Reimen's magic, so I must somehow carry it over to the Prince.

Sumire: I-- I'll do it. Let me have the medicine.

Ji: Sumire-sama.

Sumire: Kanmen's fighting for me. I want to help out somehow, even if it's just by doing this...

{sound f/x da: Ji bursting into tears}

Ji cries happily as Sumire runs to where the fight is escalating.

Ji: (Ohh, that's such a beautiful sentiment. That is truly the Prince's intended.)

High above, Carbonara and Reimen/Kanmen continue fighting ferociously... until they both suddenly fall of off Carbonara's floating boat.

Basilico: VONGOLE-SAMA-~

{sound f/x hyuu: air rushing past the two}

Both: WAAAA~

After hitting the ground, Carbonara pulls himself off of Reimen/Kanmen's unconscious body.

Carbonara: [groaning] What a shrew of a princess. Ah well, it's impressive that she made it this far with a woman's powerlessness.

Sumire: KANME-N~

Carbonara steps into Sumire's path and puts his arms around the struggling boy.

Carbonara: Ohh, my beloved, you flew straight into my arms!

{sound f/x kaba: Carbonara grabbing Sumire as he runs by}

Sumire: NO THAT'S NOT IT-

Sumire gets pissed, making a fist.

Sumire: If you don't cut it out, then I'll...

{sound f/x suka: whoosh}

Sumire swings wildly past Carbonara's head.

Sumire: HUH-~?

Carbonara: Hu~hu~hu, I won't let you go again. U-m, you're so cute, I want to eat you all up.

Sumire: Ahh~

{sound f/x gashi: a hand grabbing Carbonara's ankle}

Carbonara looks down to see Reimen/Kanmen hanging on to his ankle for dear life.

Reimen (Kanmen): Let go of Sumire...!

Carbonara: [kicking his leg] You're a persistent one, too, aren't you! You keep interfering like this, and I'm going to snap. If you die, then you won't tell anyone about my embezzlement, will you.

{sound f/x sura: Carbonara drawing his sword}

Reimen/Kanmen backs away a bit in shock.

Carbonara: So, do you dare me?

Sumire: KANMEN!

Still held in Carbonara's arms, Sumire slips the medicine in his mouth and manages to lean over enough to kiss Reimen/Kanmen.

{sound f/x gokun: Reimen/Kanmen swallowing}

Carbonara: U~ Wh... what's going on!?

{sound f/x ka: blinding light}

To Carbonara's shock, the light fades to reveal Kanmen kissing Sumire. On top of a nearby jungle gym, Tanmen sits nexts to a tied up Reimen.

Reimen: (Oh no, this means I returned back to normal.)

Tanmen: How about you calm down and give up, Vongole?

Carbonara: Tanmen!

Tanmen: [chuckle] If you're planning on taking it up with Kanmen-niisan, then you're truly a brave man.

{sound f/x ba: Sumire suddenly bolting from Kanmen's kiss}

Sumire: [blushing] Ah

Carbonara: Huh!? [looking back and forth] Ah... Reimen was Kanmen and Kanmen was Reimen?

Kanmen: [smiling merrily] (Wanna do it?) [making fist]

Reimen: [twitching with anger] Vongole. I saw it all. (Ha-ha.) You were planning to kill me, weren't you.

Carbonara: Ah... No, that was this--

{sound f/x kiko: paddling the boat through space}

Carbonara and Basilico very very quickly paddle away.

Carbonara: CIAO---~

Reimen: (I'll remember this, you know.)

Sumire: What a weird guy.

Kanmen: Uh-hu-h. So. What do we do with this?

{sound f/x pui: cute but haughty sniff}

Reimen: Boil me, bake me, see if I care pun-pun.

Sumire: We can't do that. You can't treat a girl so rudely.

Sumire begins untying Reimen as the two brothers merely start groaning.

Tanmen: (Oh, no.)

Kanmen: (Sumire doesn't know about that woman's temper.)

Sumire: WAAA~

Kanmen: SUMIRE~

Tanmen: (Uwa, you don't have to go that far.)

Sure enough, once freed, Reimen attacked Sumire and wrapped the ropes under Sumire's neck.

Reimen: This is what they call, "being too nice." (Ahaa~) Soo, Kan-sama, why don't we go back to Planet Cup o' Noodle together? IF YOU DON'T, THIS KID'S GONNA FIND HIMSELF STRUNG UP AND HUNG OUT TO DRY!

Kanmen: --- Why don't you just try. If you do, you'll find yourself cut into pieces, too.

{sound f/x biku: Reimen's surprise}

Reimen blinks at Kanmen in shock. She then burst out crying, tightening the ropes as she sobs.

Sumire: [trying to loosen himself] (Waa)

Reimen: U... Uwa~

{sound f/x giri: Reimen yanking on the ropes}

Kanmen smiles at Reimen, calmly.

Kanmen: Hm~ Let go of Sumire, Reimen. That threat's not working on me. I'll go home with you. So let go of him.

Reimen: [shocked] Huh...

Kanmen: I don't want him to get mixed up in all of this mess any more. I...

Sumire: Kanmen...

Kanmen: [smile]

Reimen: A-ah, this isn't any fun.

{sound f/x pa: Reimen suddenly getting to her feet}

Reimen: You don't have good taste at all, just about anyone is good enough for you. I half just wanted to mess with you anyway. You're su-ch an i-diot~

Sumire: ! What's that, hey what're you saying!

Tanmen: [holding Sumire back] Sumire-kun.

{sound f/x kira: glint against Reimen's face}

Sumire watches in shock as a single tear rolls down the side of Reimen's half-turned face.

Sumire: Ah... ----A teardrop!?

Reimen: Yea-h right.

{sound f/x be: Reimen sticking her tongue out at Sumire}

In one hand, Reimen holds a squeeze bottle of eye drops.

Reimen: I'm getting tired of playing games with you two, so I'll head home alone.

{sound f/x baki: the ground beneath Reimen exploding}

Below Reimen's feet, a giant mecha battleship bursts through the ground and takes off, Reimen standing proudly on the stern.

Reimen: KAN-SAMA, YOU'RE THE BIGGEST, STUPIDEST MAN IN THE UNIVERSE FOR DUMPING ME! CAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN REGRET IT AT ALL!

{sound f/x zumo: Reimen's mecha impressively taking off}

{sound f/x garagara: chunks of giant rock falling on the others}

Kanmen protects Sumire from falling debris as they watch Reimen return home.

Kanmen: I'll die before I regret it!

Sumire: Wa--~

Kanmen: [smiling] Thank you, Reimen.

{sound f/x gon: giant chunk of rock falling on Kanmen's head}

Sumire: Kanmen!

Back at Sumire's house, Sumire takes care of the battered and dehydrated Kanmen, feeding him food with a toothpick.

Sumire: Say "Ahhh."

Kanmen: [happily opening his mouth wide]

Ji: (I'm reminded of back when I was young.)

Sumire: It's not like that, Jiiya-san. I'm just nursing someone who's injured. Don't say such weird things.

Tanmen: Precisely. I haven't accepted the two of you yet. I want my brother to live a pure, honest life. Therefore, for the time being, I shall live with my brother here on Earth. In other words-- See ya.

Tanmen grabs Kanmen's bowl and begins walking away.

{sound f/x da: Kanmen sobbing a river}

Kanmen: ZU... ZUMIDE~~~~

Ji: This promises to be difficult.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Manga belongs to Higuri You, Asuka Comics, and Kadokawa Shoten, taken from the Raamen Ikaga!? manga, ISBN4-04-924708-9. Not like the story makes sense if you haven't read the manga anyway. Romanized and translated into English very badly by Mina-P, with desperately needed help, as always, by Mako-chan. Any comments or corrections can be mailed to Mina-P at Minako@senshigakuen.com.

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