Work Shift (FTF AP)

Life, for the most part, was as simple as one could get like everyone else. Things used to be as mundane and normal as usual in the neighborhood, or at least for the most part.

That is unless one would ask the Hinata family and the myriad of strange stuff happening there on a daily basis.

Ever since the youngest of the two siblings, Fuyuki Hinata, discovered the existence of a sentient race of humanoid talking frogs from Planet Keron through his fateful encounter with one Sergeant Keroro, the leader of the five-man "Keroro Platoon" meant to survey Earth (known to their race as "Pekopon") and relay information for the "Keron Invasion Army" in preparation for the upcoming conquest. Keroro's incompetence and subsequent capture, as well as disarmament of his weapon, the "Kero Ball", compromised the operation and caused the "Keron Invasion Army" to immediately start withdrawal procedures from Earth's orbit. This, unfortunately, strands Keroro and his platoon on Earth, and is now living under the supervision of the Hinata family, protecting the planet from both outside forces and (unintentionally) themselves, all while secretly willing to continue the conquest by themselves, though all five of these alien frogs do grow to deeply care for them and their respective human friends.

Natsumi Hinata, begrudgingly, is one of said family members who have to put up Keroro and his platoon's antics, often have to beat him up just to get him to stop causing chaos wherever they go, though she does show concern for the currently-otaku-centric green alien frog from time to time when he's not causing trouble. Her younger brother Fuyuki, on the other hand, is more sympathetic and understanding towards the platoon, often acting as the middle man between the alien and his older sister, and often helping the latter whenever he can.

Both of the siblings' mother Aki, despite being the only adult among them, is mostly laid-back and friendly, and even a bit absent-minded. She's very understanding and trusting of her children, even with their unique quirks and habits, and is very protective of her children, even against their will, especially Keroro, whom she sees him as an adorable child, unaware of his true intentions and nature.

And yet, even with the weirdness and mayhem that happens within the Hinata household, the family is overall a tight-knit bunch, caring deeply for one another and the friends they made along the way even when chaos and hilarity follows them at every turn

***

One day, Natsumi Hinata just got home from school, clearly exhaust from a long and tedious day at school, and is looking forward to the weekend.

"Man, today was a long day, and I'm glad the week is finally over!" Natsumi muttered.

She then enters her house and takes her shoes off and puts on her slippers.

"Hello, welcome back, honey," a voice called.

Natsumi looks up and sees her mom, Aki Hinata, greeting her.

"Hi, Mom," she replied.

"Did you have a hard day at school?" Aki asked.

"Yeah, kind of," Natsumi sighed.

"Oh, don't worry. I can make things better," Aki smiled.

"Thanks, Mom," Natsumi replied, though she suddenly noticed something off about her mother.

From the looks of it, Aki seems to be quite feverish and sick, barely having any energy to move around, and this worried the poor teenage girl badly. Without a thought, the pink-haired girl rushes to her side.

"Mom, are you okay?! What happened?!" Natsumi exclaimed.

"Oh, I'm fine, don't worry. I'm just a bit sick, but nothing serious," Aki smiled.

Natsumi's eyes widened at Aki's words. "No, you're not! You have a bad fever!"

The blue-haired woman sighs. "Don't worry. I know what to do."

"That's right. I'll call up the doctor and see if they can help!" Natsumi said.

"Now, now, that won't be necessary," Aki assured her daughter.

"I guess, but still..." Natsumi muttered, trying to think of what to do next.

She took her mother to bed, carefully giving her fever treatments as Natsumi watched her mother sleeping as she recovered. Understandably upset and concerned over her mother's condition, Natsumi swore under her breath. "If only Fuyuki is here to help Mom out, but no, he is having yet another one of those adventures with that stupid frog...", she muttered under her breath.

Said green frog happens to be her younger brother Fuyuki's self-appointed "best friend", Sergeant Keroro of the Platoon, and was the same frog who has inadvertently caused a great deal of trouble to the Hinata household and the neighborhood they reside in due to his incompetence, but also due to his friendly nature as well. Fuyuki, however, was able to see past all of that, and sees Keroro and his Platoon as nothing but good friends to him and his family, even though it usually gets them in trouble, much to Natsumi's chagrin.

Right now, Keroro and the rest of the Platoon were off with Fuyuki doing... leaving her alone to take care of her feverish mother.

Natsumi couldn't help but wonder if Kururu would have something that could cure a fever. After all, Kururu is stuck on house duty to take care of the Hinata residence while the rest of the platoon is away, and of course, Kururu being Kururu, he doesn't care as he continues with his harebrained research and inventions, as well as his "surveillance duty" toward Aki Hinata (and totally in a "not-creepy-and-completely-perverted" kind).

And that alone made him see Natsumi sitting alone in the dinner table as he passes by, clearly down and piqued his interest, prompting him to ask a question:

"Hey, you seem down. Anything wrong?"

Natsumi looks up at him, trying to hold back her tears.

"It's just that... Mom has a really bad fever..." Natsumi explained.

"Hmm, a bad fever? Interesting," Kururu replied.

"I'm worried sick about her. I know we have some medicine back home, but it's not going to be enough for the long run," Natsumi lamented.

Kururu couldn't help but chuckle at this, confusing the young teenage girl. "What's so funny?!" Natsumi snapped.

The yellow frog alien shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see the problem. You can easily buy more medicine later today."

"It's not enough, Kururu. We humans do get sick like you all do, but we tends to recover depending on how severe the sickness is," Natsumi explained. "Still, I'm worried sick about Mom, and I wish there's something I could do, especially since she's working hard to provide for us and everyone else."

"Oh, I see," Kururu replied, before he started to think up of a solution.

"If only there's some way I could help Mom out... if only she's here and not stuck at home sick," Natsumi lamented.

Suddenly, an idea struck in Kururu's mind. "You know what? I just thought of a brilliant idea to help you and your mother out!"

"Really?!" Natsumi's eyes widened at Kururu's words.

"Oh, yes. did you remember all those times I've shot you with my age-changing ray-gun?" To which Natsumi furiously blushed at all of those instances she has been literally shot into adulthood, has to assume the identity of "Konatsu Hinata" just enjoy her new "perks", and all the unfortunate times she reverts at the worst possible time imaginable, all of which gives out a feeble embarrassed response:

"How could I not forget all of those embarrassing instances?"

Kururu cackled at this before he continued with his idea: "Well, I think it's time to see if I could use that to my advantage."

Natsumi sighed, seeing how there was no other way, so she decided to agree with Kururu's suggestion. "I guess you're right. I mean, from what the others told about me during those times as Konatsu, I almost looked exactly like Mom on a fundamental level, but without the glasses and hair color. At least those times, I got lucky and got to have the best time of my life!"

Kururu smirks, "That's the thing! You looked like Miss Hinata without the hair color and glasses, and maybe just a bit younger..."

"What are you implying, you creepy frog?" Natsumi retorted, glaring at the yellow-colored frog alien.

"What I'm saying is, I could make you look exactly like your mother."

Natsumi's eyes widened at Kururu's words. "What do you mean?"

"I've been working on a new invention, and I was planning to show it to everyone else later this week. However..." He started explaining as he reached into his lab coat and brought out a silver gun, with a yellow button at the back of it and a big red circular end to it. "This is the 'Fully-Functional Perfected Age-Changing Ray Gun', or in short, the 'FFPFRG'."

Natsumi looks at him incredulously. "Isn't that the same kind of gun you used on me during those embarrassing instances you speak off?"

"Not quite," Kururu assured. "This one is more specifically designed for temporary age-changing purposes, not just simply to age someone up from one age group to another because this one allows anyone to adjust the duration of their altered state of being without any side effects. Heck, it can be adjusted for the effects to last even years at most!"

"So you're saying, I can turn myself into an adult woman for a very long period of time and back to normal when I need to?" Natsumi asked.

"Exactly. You could be your mother's doppelgänger for as long as you need to, or at least until your mother recovers. And you can even age in that changed body, too, for that extra amount of realism!", Kururu can only grin mischievously.

"You know, that's a great idea! I mean, I can always walk in my mother's shoes, especially since she is currently stuck at home sick while everyone else are away. Still, I'm surprised how you actually came up with that idea on the spot..."

"Oh, you flatter me, Hinata," Kururu snickered. "That, and I've always had this idea in my mind for quite a while now."

The yellow frog then added, "If you want, I have a couple more inventions of mine for you to try on for yourself. Heck, you can just borrowed it for all I care..." This surprised the girl, who just stares at him, dumbfounded.

"Really?" Natsumi replied. "Wow, that's so nice of you, Kururu!"

"Yeah, I don't mind. Heck, maybe you should use my age-changing ray gun on yourself again, since you're going to be busy for a while," Kururu smirked.

"Hmm... Okay, I guess I should make use of it..." Natsumi replied. She knew full well that even if she'll need to be an adult woman for as long as she needs to, it doesn't mean she shouldn't be enjoying her youth either.

Kururu couldn't help but be mischievously elated by Natsumi's response, handing the teen the ray gun, along with a couple of his inventions, and heads off to his laboratory like it was his obligation or something, leaving Natsumi all by her lonesome with some gadgets at her disposal.

The pink-haired teenager, however, could only sigh as she began to ponder over this thought, "Okay, so now I have the ray-gun and those other things Kururu gave me. Still, it wouldn't hurt to have a little fun with it... Maybe just for a bit at midnight."

***

It was almost midnight and the moon shone just as brightly as ever, illuminating the darkness of the night sky.

"Oh my...", Natsumi muttered. "It's almost time already."

There she is, alone in her room, her recovering mother sleeping in her room trying to fight back against the fever, with the girl eyeing all three of Kururu's inventions beside her along with a small box of teal contact lenses she'd just brought from the local cosmetic store. She knew this metamorphosis was going to be meticulously longer than expected, but the risk is all worth it in the end, hoping this would help her mother out while she recovers.

Right now, she is standing there wearing a plain white t-shirt and some green shorts, nothing too particular as she looked at herself in the mirror, her pink hair flowing down her shoulders, her light brown eyes staring back at herself, her body starting to fill up with nervous excitement.

It wasn't too long before she grabbed the FFPFRG and got herself ready to start her metamorphosis, with one more sigh of relief as she held the ray-gun backward, aiming directly at her face with both her thumbs on the trigger.

"There's no more going back at this. I can't stop now!"

The trigger is pulled, and just as the ray gun hits Natsumi with its pink energy blast, pink smoke erupts around her and obscuring everything as it envelops her entire body like a caterpillar's cocoon. She can feel the energy coursing through her as her genetic makeup reassembles itself and growth hormones start to do its magic, starting with her arms and legs. It was slowly stretching, her muscles equally adapting to their newfound growth, as her body becomes bigger and more developed with each second that passed.

Natsumi can feel her arms getting longer and more defined, her skin smooth and soft with each passing second. Her legs were similarly changing, with her calves becoming toned and muscular, yet still keeping their feminine shape. The rest of her body was also undergoing changes as well, especially her hips which became thicker and wider to match her now-bigger figure. As Natsumi's body started to fill out, she could feel her clothes growing tighter against her frame. Her shirt, which had been loose and baggy on her petite body, was now beginning to strain from her breasts gradually inflating from her usual B-cup bust size to a C-cup size. While this is all going on, her pigtails go loose, allowing her modestly-long-length pink hair to grow past her back and spreading out.

Natsumi also felt her face changing as well, with her cheekbones becoming more prominent and her chin becoming more defined. Her lips grew fuller as she felt them plump up, and her nose became slightly smaller as well. Her ears shrank down to a smaller size, and her eyes became slightly bigger. Her eyelashes grew longer, and her eyebrows became thinner. All of these changes occurred over the course of a few seconds, with each passing moment bringing with it a new physical trait that changed Natsumi into someone completely new.

Finally, after what she felt like a few years of her body aging, she found herself aged into "Konatsu Hinata", her young adult alter-ego who usually appears whenever Kururu shoots her with his age-changing ray-gun (usually by accident), except this time, this is by her own volition for she felt another jolt in her body as she gradually began to age past her young adult years and is now heading into her mid-30s. As in the age of Aki Hinata herself.

Once again, her young adult body gradually changes to match her new age. As if by instinct, Natsumi corrects her posture just as her hips widened and her ass grew to a larger size, to better match her wider frame, while her already supple breasts similarly grew, going from the impressive C-cups to a more pronounced DD-cups. Nothing much has changed with her hair, though she felt her eyes became slightly smaller by an inch and her lips become plumper. The pink smoke then dissipates, and out emerges Natsumi Hinata as a busty pink-haired woman with longer hair, red lips and in her mid-30s, struggling to stand up on her feet due to the tightness of her clothes on her new fully-transformed figure.

In panted breath, the now-womanly Natsumi took a look at the mirror, and needless to say, she gasps in surprise at just how beautiful and mature she looks like. Her hair was now long, reaching down to her mid-back, and flowing freely around her shoulders. Her breasts were huge and round, straining against the fabric of her shirt and pushing outward. They were firm and soft, with no sign of sagging despite their large size. Her ass was equally big, sticking out behind her and bouncing slightly with each movement she made.

"Oh my! This is incredible!" she muttered, "No wonder I've inherited some of Mom's body and beauty, and I haven't realized this all along!"

Natsumi's new form has given her a more mature look, making her appear more serious and professional, yet still retaining some of her youthful charm. She couldn't help but feel turned on by her own transformation, and she was eager to see what other changes her body had undergone. She looked at herself in the mirror for what felt like an eternity, taking in every inch of her new self.

Her body was perfectly sculpted and toned, with every curve and muscle showing through her skin. Her breasts were large and perky, pushing out against her clothes and creating a noticeable cleavage. Her butt was round and plump, sticking out behind her and giving her a perfect hourglass shape. Her face was more mature than before, with high cheekbones and full lips. It's like she could pass herself up as her mother's sister or even as her own mother, albeit without the dark blue hair and teal eyes. Natsumi couldn't help but marvel at how beautiful she had become.

As she inspected her new body, she noticed that her hands and feet were also changing. They were growing larger and more feminine, with perfectly-trimmed nails painted in a shade of deep red. Her fingers became long and slender, with soft skin and delicate joints. Her feet were equally large, with smooth soles and high arches. Her toes were long and slim, with equally painted nails.

Natsumi looked over every inch of herself, taking in her new appearance and feeling a surge of excitement rush through her. She couldn't help but feel proud by her transformation and yet, her metamorphosis is far from done. Grabbing a can of the "dynamic hair colorizer", she meticulously dyed her long hair down to the scalp, gradually darkening her hot pink hair into a shade of blue until she is stuck with a familiar darker shade of blue hair her mother often sported, and very carefully put on a pair of teal contact lenses before applying red lipstick to her plump lips.

Her transformation into an exact duplicate of her mother is almost complete, brushing and styling her hair repeatedly until she is finally able to do it just right, and takes another glance at the mirror. Even without her mother's glasses, Natsumi can safely confirm that she has now assumed an indistinguishable resemblance to that of Aki Hinata herself.

"Now then, since appearance-wise is complete, there's only one more thing to do...", Natsumi said, as she puts on the "synapse modular-sizer" headgear on her head. The former teenager has already made some slight tweaks to the settings before, implanting her with only her mother's skills, a few select memories related to her mother's family life over the past several years raising her children, an essential few in regards to her workplace experience, and a bulk of Aki's personality quirks that's more closer to that of her mother than her own. She wanted to ensure she, Natsumi Hinata, is still herself while she can enjoy being "her mother" in both mind, body and soul.

Taking a deep breath, Natsumi puts her fingers on the headgear's activation switch and said, "Well, good night... and good-bye for now, Natsumi Hinata, because tomorrow, Aki Hinata is here to play!" She then pressed it and just as quickly, she could feel every neurons in her brain going crazy as her mind is being remolded into that of Aki's.

Everything went dark, and all Natsumi could see was a vast black expanse. She had no idea where she was, or even who she was at that point. All she knew was that she felt safe and secure, surrounded by a warm embrace that she couldn't quite identify. As she floated through the darkness, images started flashing before her eyes. They were memories, she realized, but not ones that belonged to her. The images kept coming, flooding her mind with information, and as they did, she began to understand them. Her life, Aki's life, flashed before her eyes. Every memory that had shaped her into the person she was, every joy and sorrow, every laugh and tear. She saw herself growing up, falling in love, raising a family, all in the blink of an eye. It was overwhelming, but at the same time exhilarating. It was like nothing she had ever experienced before, and yet it was familiar. It was a part of her, and she was a part of it.

As she watches in awe at the life she now has as Aki Hinata, she eventually starts to see herself slowly aging and morphing into someone else. Someone she has always admired for years. Someone who has taught her the importance of love and happiness. Someone who has shown her what it means to be a woman.

Her mother...

Her body grew older, more mature, more womanly. Her breasts expanded, her hips widened, her stomach flattened out. She could feel her hair growing longer and turning into a familiar shade of dark blue. Her face changed, her eyes grew slightly smaller, her lips became fuller. She could feel herself becoming more beautiful, more desirable. She could feel herself becoming a woman.

Within what she felt like years within the deepest recesses of her mind, Natsumi eventually see her body taking the form of a younger version of her mother, smiling for she knew she is yet to be considered complete as the woman began to slowly aging until her body finally became the exact image of that of her mother's, her memories and skills fully embedded into her very soul. She opened her eyes, now sporting a familiar set of teal irises, fully satisfied by her metamorphosis.

"My, my, so this is how my mother feels like! No wonder everyone calls her a 'MILF'", she giggled, "I think I'm gonna enjoy this role..."

A bright light quickly engulfs her and just like that, she then wakes up laying on the floor, the "synapse modular-sizer" headgear already beside her having just done its job. Slightly dazed and a bit confused, she sits up and begins rubbing her head to ease the lingering headache from her mental transformation. She then looking down on her breasts, checking them for their size. They're a bit bigger than she thought, but nothing too drastic, giving a slightly flustered look as she fondles herself.

"Oh my... I don't know how mom can carry around such large ones every day..."

She gives a playful smirk before removing her hands and placing them on the ground behind her to support her weight. She then stands up, careful not to trip over her clothes which lay pooled at her feet. Looking down at herself, she sees her bare feet and legs before looking back up at her reflection in the mirror. Her face is flushed a light shade of pink as she takes in her new appearance.

"...Wow."

Natsumi can't help but smile at herself in the mirror, feeling pleased with herself. As she continues staring at herself, the woman can't help but to see her white t-shirt and green shorts nearly ripping off from her new mature body.

"Hmm... I'm gonna need some proper clothes to go with this..." she muttered.

Fortunately, since she is Aki Hinata, Natsumi rushes to her bedroom to look for something to wear while keeping herself quiet around her still-resting mother, who now bearing the likeness of her daughter Natsumi due to Kururu sticking to the end of his deal by altering Aki's body into the exact likeness of Natsumi overnight, right down to her face and voice. Not wanting to be caught, Natsumi opens up a drawer in search of clothing, finding some red lingerie amongst the other items within.

Natsumi blushes as she finds a matching set of red bra and panties, perfect for hiding her large breasts and plump rear under her normal clothes. She takes off her white shirt and green shorts, leaving her naked as her overgrown underwear falls off. She looks at herself in the mirror and smiles as she sees her curvy figure reflected back at her. She then puts on the bra and panties, adjusting them until they fit snugly against her skin. The fabric hugs her perfectly, accentuating her already large assets even further, giving off a rather alluring response from the former teenager as she curiously tries out various phrases and seductive poses before the mirror, seeing if they work on her.

Needless to say, with a body so curvy and busty like that, it does work on her.

"Hi, boys. How's it going?", Natsumi spoke in a sultry voice, giving the most seductive look she can muster with a flirty wink as she imagines a handsome man in front of her, "I'm Aki Hinata, but you can call me 'Mommy'." She then leans forward, allowing her cleavage to bulge out of her bra.

The result was immediate, as Natsumi felt an odd sense of satisfaction and confidence welling up inside her. It was such a foreign feeling that she wasn't quite sure what to make of it at first, but after some thought, she realized that it must be the same feeling that men get when they're able to show off their muscles or impress someone with their physical abilities. This made her wonder if this is how her mother felt whenever she would wear one of her skimpier outfits or flirt with a handsome man. The mere thought of it was enough to excite her, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to resist doing it again once she got the chance.

For a few seconds, Natsumi looked at herself in the mirror doing all of these poses and one-liners as if it felt natural on her, like it was normal for her, completely in line for Aki, and for those precious few minutes, Natsumi indeed felt like she was Aki Hinata. No, scratch that—she is Aki Hinata, not unlike like her daughter.

'Wait... My daughter...?', Natsumi paused, briefly thinking about the young pink-haired teenager in her room, 'Of course! She was sick and struck with a fever yesterday, and I had to help take care of her. She should still be resting right now...'

Taking a few moments to tend to her teenage mother, Natsumi felt a certain warmth within her heart as she took a moment to stroke her cheek and plant a soft kiss on her forehead. She can feel her daughter's fever slowly going away. 'I don't know if you'll remember me doing this, Mom, but I love you very much. Don't worry about your children... They're all in good hands.'

Feeling confident about her next task, Natsumi proceeds to change out of her current clothing, deciding to move out to her mother's bedroom (and vice-versa for the real Aki) as she is now officially living her life as the mother of the Hinata family herself. Her bare feet stepped quietly onto the carpeted floor, tiptoeing around to avoid waking her "sick daughter" up as she searched through her mother's closet and drawers for something appropriate to wear for work. Eventually, she settled on a black business suit and an equally-colored pencil skirt, a pair of pantyhose and a couple of high-heels, and after some difficulties with putting on a new bra and trying to get used to walking on high-heels, she stood by the mirror as she tied her very long hair into a ponytail, applying some glossy lipstick on her plump lips and putting on her mother's familiar set of glasses to finally complete the look.

"Okay, Aki Hinata! Time to get to work!", she muses to herself as Natsumi steps out of her room and goes downstairs, ate some freshly-made breakfast by herself and heads off to make her mother's hard-earned effort worth it to the end.

"Goodbye, Mom... No, goodbye, Natsumi, my daughter!", Natsumi tearfully bid her farewell for today, knowing fully well that once she goes outside the house, she'll emerge a different person... a different woman, "I'm going to work now, so I'll see you all soon!"

And just like that, stepping from the Hinata household is none other than Aki Hinata herself, shedding behind her role as the daughter of the family and embracing her identity as the mother of the Hinatas. For Natsumi, this will be the first time she ever lived life as her mother. She knows she'll have to get used to it sooner or later, but for now, she's more focused on getting to work and making sure everything goes smoothly. As she walks through the streets, clad in a full black business suit and skirt ensemble, walking straight towards the train station while leaving the house with an air of confidence and determination, she can't help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction. She feels like she's finally doing something worthwhile, something that makes a difference in the world. It's an incredible feeling, one that she never could've imagined experiencing herself.

With a spring in her step, Aki made her way towards her workplace. She knew it was going to be a long day, let alone three whole weeks under a new role, but she didn't care.

As she entered the building, Aki headed straight towards her office. She greeted several co-workers along the way, smiling at them warmly and exchanging pleasantries with them. Despite being quite busy herself, she still took the time to stop and talk with anyone who approached her, making sure to give each person equal attention. She also noticed several people looking at her with appreciative glances, taking in her mature appearance with open admiration. It felt nice to be appreciated, and Aki couldn't help but preen a little at the attention.

She finally reached her office and sat down at her desk, ready to help with the company's manga publishings and any other tasks she might need to perform. Aki didn't care what those tasks were, as long as they helped her family out.

"Okay, let's get to work!" she said, clapping her hands together and rubbing them excitedly. She had a lot of things to do today, and she was determined to make sure that each one got done on time and properly. With a smile on her face and a sense of purpose in her heart, Aki began her day as a hard-working mother of the Hinata family, and nothing could have made her happier than knowing that she was doing it for the sake of her loved ones.

After all, she is a mother who has to work hard to provide for her children, and nothing can stop her from doing just that.
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