My second fan fiction in English (after Yugioh GX! Generation Next). I'm so sorry if I made so much mistakes in my English. English isn't my language.
BUT, Thank you very much for
lacie411(Deviantart account), she is my beta-reader for this fic. You must thank her, since she's correcting my Gravitation fic ^.^
Thank you very much for her hard work...
I know my English is so horrible... And I make my beta readers busy with my fan-fics... I hope I can improve my English ^.^

But I want to warn you, before you read the fic...

WARNING!
1. GENDER BENDER Shuichi AND Tatsuha! / Female!Shuichi and Female!Tatsuha...! Don't like, don't read, and don't give me bad comments here!
2. OOC! Most of them are OOC... Since this is a fan fiction... :p
3. For Taki-haters, don't come here! I'm a big fan of Taki.
4. I know nothing about Curriculum in
Japan. So, if I make so much mistakes about Tatsuha's School Curriculum, please forgive me.
5. I know nothing about priestess life in Japan. But the story inspiration was from Indonesia's heroine, names Raden Ajeng Kartini. Please check wikipedia or google if you want to know about her :)
6. PAIRING: Taki x Tatsuha, Eiri x Shuichi, and the others hetero pairing... Please No Haters Here!
7. THIS IS A FAN FICTION... JUST FOR FUN :D

And you can find some sketches or fan art about Taki x Tatsuha in my Deviantart gallery (widzilla dot deviantart dot com)

Thank you very much^^

"Good morning! Come on! Wake up! Wake up!"
The little boy was jumping on his papa and mama's bed. The blonde haired man opened his eyes slowly, and looked at his pink haired love's eyes, golden met amethyst. Shuichi gave him a really sweet smile, knowing Eiri was irritated with the little boy's voice.
Eiri Uesugi grunted and covered his head with his pillow. While his lover rubbed her eyes and sat up on the bed. Riku stopped jumping and snuggled in his mama's hug. Shuichi kissed her dearest son's forehead.

Eiri opened his eyes wide when he heard Shuichi and Riku whispering and giggling.
"What are you laughing about…?"
"Riku was being a meanie…" Shuichi tickling Riku's stomach and make the little boy laugh.
"But it's true, mama…" Riku tried to stop laughing. He lay down in the middle of his parents on the bed.
"What are you talking about…?" asked Eiri.
"Well, when we sleep together I always hear mama sound…"
"Sound like what…?" asked Eiri curiously. Riku giggled again "Mama made a 'purr…' sound. So I said mama sounds like a kitty…!"
"I… I'm not…!" Shuichi blushed. Eiri chuckled "Hey, Shu… he's right…"
"See? I told ya…" Riku giggled, while Shuichi blushed even more than before.

The first time wasn't a really good time. But now, Riku lived with his Papa and Mama. Eiri has been accustomed to live with the little Kitazawa, even Riku himself changed his name to 'Riku Uesugi'. And he really loves his new name. Yoshiki was so glad when Eiri let the little boy use his real last name. Shuichi promised to Yoshiki that she'd be a very good mama for Riku. But Shuichi doesn't have to promise, because Yoshiki already trusted the couple as Riku's parents. Shuichi and Eiri found a school for Riku. And now he's in 1st grade. For a first grade boy, he's smarter than his friends. Maybe because sometime if Riku feels bored, he likes to read some books from Eiri's room. Eiri gave him an adventure novel or dictionary with pictures in it. Of course there are so many words and kanji alphabet he doesn't understand, so Eiri teach him how to read and what the meanings of them are.

Shuichi stood and opened the curtain to see the sun rise come in to Eiri's room from the window. Riku jumped to Shuichi's hug again when his mama came back to the bed joining Riku and Eiri. While both of them were playing on the bed, Eiri looked at his family. Shuichi realized Eiri's gazed.
"Riku… why don't you wait for us at the table for breakfast…?" Riku nodded happily and ran out of Eiri's room. Shuichi looked back to Eiri. The man snuggled to Shuichi's neck. "What's wrong, dear…?" Shuichi stroke Eiri's blonde hair lovingly. "Shu… are you sure about this…? The whole Japan, no… the whole world will know your biggest secret…"
Shuichi gave him a smile. "This is what I want… my parents allowed me, and they said they'll support me for whatever will happen…"
Eiri kissed Shuichi's pink lips. "I'll always beside you… I love you, Shu…"


Some days later, at Kyoto… Tatsuha was reading a newspaper in the morning. He sipped his tea, but the news headline made him choke so hard. 'The Truth About Shuichi Shindou! 'He' is a Girl…'

"WHATTT?" Tatsuha continued his reading.

'Japan's best celebrity, Shuichi Shindou… 'He' revealed 'his' biggest secret. 'I am a girl, when I was a kid, my parents really wanted a son. So I must live as a boy to make them happy… Now I'm so tired to hide myself, so I want to be honest to everybody and myself… And I have my parent's support this time… They even said apologized to me… I still love them. And I want to apologize to the entire world, because I lied to you all… I'm so sorry…'

"What? WHATTT? That Shuichi? But… Wh, why… How…! Oh, God… DAAAAAAAAAAD…!"

Tatsuha gave the newspaper to his father, Genjou Uesugi, the oldest Uesugi. Both of them read the newspaper. Tatsuha hurriedly turned on the television. And like he guessed, all the news was about Shuichi. Tatsuha and Genjou could see all the press were surrounding Shuichi and asking 'him' so many questions. And they could see Eiri on Shuichi's side.

"Shindou-san, what makes you telling this now?"
"Yuki-sensei, did you already know it since the first time?"
"How about your career, Shindou-san?"
"Will you still sing?"

Shuichi closed her eyes, and opened it slowly. All the press stopped asking questions when she gave them a small smile on her lips.

"You all already know, about Eiri and I adopted a son… I want to live as a good mother and a good wife… I cannot hide anymore and I don't want to. My parents said sorry to me and they'll always support me… Eiri didn't know it at first, but he knew it when we started our relationship as lovers…"


Two days after the news, Eiri and Shuichi came to Kyoto along with Riku. This time, Shuichi was in a girls dress (again) but somehow, it makes her looks so pretty. Mika, Tohma, Tatsuha, and Genjou sat on the living room, face to face with the couple. Riku was hiding behind his mother. Mika holding her baby, Tohru, so he would not interrupt the conversation. The blond haired baby looked at his dad, with his cobalt-colored eyes which he got from his mother. Tohma strokes his son's hair, since Tohru looked so uncomfortable.

"Honestly, I was so surprised…". The oldest Uesugi said. "Why didn't you tell us before…?"

"That time, my parents still accepting me as a 'son', and they didn't know about our relationship… so I couldn't tell anyone… Maiko, my sister was the only one who knows our relationship in my family…" Shuichi looked down at Riku. "But when I brought Riku to their house, about a week ago… they blessed me as their daughter, and they apologized about their selfishness all this time. … So I can continue my life as a woman, a wife… and a mother…" Riku smiled at his mommy, he hugged Shuichi lovingly. Shuichi smiled back to him and patted his head.

"Now it's my turn to apologize… I'm so sorry about the biggest lie I made. But my love for your son is not a lie at all." Shuichi bowed down to Eiri's family. Riku, who actually doesn't really understand about the adult conversation, imitating his mother, he bowed down to Genjou too. Eiri's father couldn't help but smile at the little boy.

"Actually, I feel so relieved…" Shuichi looked up to the old man. She smiled, understanding what the old man meant. Eiri took a deep breath. He feels so relieved as well, the old man didn't get angry at Shuichi at all. Riku still doesn't understand so he asked his dad. "Papa, what's going on…?" Riku asked pulling Eiri's hand and whispered to him. But the others could hear. Everybody laughed and that made the little boy blush. Now Riku hides behind Eiri's picked the little boy and made him sit on his lap. "It's nothing, son…"


Riku's playing with Tohru. The little baby sat on his mother's lap. Mika giggled when Riku showed his funny faces to Tohru and that made the baby laugh. Tohma and Shuichi smiled at them. Eiri and Tatsuha accompany their father to pray at the temple. This is the first time Eiri prays together with them. Eiri does that for his family and asked for the safety and happiness for his family.

"Seguchi-san… may I still stay with Bad Luck…?" Tohma looked at Shuichi. He smiled and sighed. "Why did you ask that…?I don't want to lose my best singer… Besides, Ryuichi trusts you to keep singing, right…?" Suddenly Shuichi's smiles gone. "What's wrong…?" Tohma asked worriedly.
"Sakuma-san… I'm afraid he will get angry if he knew all about this, about my lie…"
"I'm sure, he wouldn't…" Tohma patted Shuichi's shoulder. Mika sat beside Shuichi and hugged her little sister. "And I'm sure… Ryuichi will always want you to keep singing as long as you can, as long as you want…" Shuichi smiled and hug Mika back.

Riku was accompanying Tohru, while the baby's mom was hugging his mom.
"Tohma-jichan… Why does mama look so sad…? Is she hurt…?" Tohma smiled at the little Uesugi. "No… No, Riku… She'll be fine… " Tohma lifted Tohru to his hug. Riku went to his mama and huged her. Shuichi realized she made Riku worried. But Riku recovered when he saw his mama's smile.

Eiri, Tatsuha, and their father were looking at them from the garden, under the big Sakura tree. The sakura petals falling like snow in their garden.
"Take care of your wife, Eiri… Shuichi will need your attention and support more… I'm sure it will be more difficult than before… I don't know about celebrity kind of life… But I know, it isn't easy at all…"
Eiri and Tatsuha stood behind their father.
"I knew that…"
Genjou smiled and leaves his children to go into the house. Eiri and Tatsuha still stood under the tree.

"What a really big path that she chose…" Suddenly, a girly voice spoke.
Eiri looked at Tatsuha when the black haired teen looked at him. "She's so brave…"
Tatsuha looked up to the big brother with a weak smile. "I wonder… one day… maybe I can choose my own path… like her…"
Eiri fell silent. He walked closer to Tatsuha and hugged the teen. Tatsuha closed his eyes when he felt Eiri's lips on his forehead.
"If you already had someone to love, and he loves you just the way you are… you can choose that path, little sister…"
Tatsuha fell silent, and smile at 'her' big brother. She hugs the blonde man lovingly.
"Thanks, nii-chan…" Eiri smiled when Tatsuha used her girl's voice again.
"It's a really been a long time since I heard your girl's voice… it's so cute, you know…?" Eiri laughed more when he saw Tatsuha pouting from his chest.

Genjou saw his children from the house.
"I still can see that gaze from Eiri's eyes…" Mika sat near her father. Both of them showed a worried expression, while the sound of Riku, Tohma, and Tohru`s laughing was heard from the other room.

"Yes, me either…" Genjou and Mika still kept their eyes on Eiri and Tatsuha in the garden.
"I don't know how we will tell Shuichi about this… Even Tohma himself doesn't know about this…"
Mika strokes her father's back.
"Until when must we keep this secret…?"


Some weeks after Shuichi's biggest confession, there're so many bad news for 'Bad Luck'. They lost half of their fans, so many issues and gossips about Shuichi's life. While all the employees kept protecting Shuichi and believed in her. Shuichi tried to not be affected at the news. She tried to keep calm.
"I have my friends and family… Don't worry, Shuichi…" She sat alone in office's cafeteria and closed her eyes.

"An issue about Shuichi Shindou… Some of Yuki Eiri fan girls said 'She tricked Yuki-sensei to have him by herself'…"

A men's voice made Shuichi surprised a little. When she opened her eyes, someone covered by a newspaper, already sat front of Shuichi's seat. She smiled, knowing who is the voice's owner.
"If I wanted to threaten you, I could use all of these shits, you know…" The black haired man folded the newspaper and threw it to the table. Shuichi chuckled to her ex-enemy. "Hey, Taki…"

"In the same company yet I never see you since your biggest headline…" Taki shows an old issues magazine, about Shuichi's confession to the public. "How are you…?"
"Well, you can see…" Both of them stared at their coffee on the table.

"So… why don't you use these gossips…? This is your chance…" asked Shuichi, yet she already knows Taki's answer. He's different now. The ASK's leader chuckled.
"And make the same mistake? No, thanks… It's so hard to ask and apologize to someone, you know…? And honestly, I'm so surprised when you forgave me, after what I've done to you…"
Shuichi still smiled at him. Remembering what Taki had done to her, it hurt so much, but when she remembered the guy apologized to her, that made her relieved and forget that Taki was her enemy. Even now he turns out to be her best friend. But still, no doubt Eiri still hate him.

Shuichi, even Tohma and everybody else forgave Taki. And ASK still have their contract in . But since that day, Taki changed. He's quieter than before, although Taki's temper is still the same. His relationship with Shuichi changed to be one of her best friends, yet Taki keep himself not too close with Shuichi and the others.

"But, there's something confusing me… How did you trick those guys, who I paid to torture you, they didn't even find out that you're a girl…"
"I always use a tight tank top to hide my breasts, although they're so small… When I disguised myself as a guy, having small breasts was a really lucky thing for me…"
Taki raised his eyebrows when Shuichi grinned. They laughed together, and unsurprisingly, it makes Shuichi forget her entire problem. She really needs her friends who make her smile and laugh.

"And luckily, they didn't found out about my 'under' part…" Shuichi still laughing her jokes, but she stopped when she looked at Taki's gaze on her. "What's wrong, Taki…?"
"You're laughing at it, like it was nothing for you. … How could you do that…?" asked the black haired vocalist.
Shuichi sighed and shows him a little smile on her lips. "I already forgave you, forgiving everything that happened to me…, and I already forgave myself… There's nothing I need to regret…"
"It's the most difficult thing to do, y 'know…?" Taki amazed at his rival. She has a really big heart, bigger than anyone else. Her forgiveness makes Taki more comfortable to talk with her.

The cafeteria's door opened. And entered Ma-kun and Ken-chan, along with Hiro and Suguru.
"Hey, guys…! What are you doing?" Ma-kun greeted the vocalists.
"Tachi! We must go to the TV-station now…! The car is waiting outside…!" Taki looked at his wrist-watch and hurriedly left his seat. "Man… that was so fast…! Bye, Shuichi…!"
"Yo, Ma-kun! You forgot you cell phone again…!"
"Crap! Thanks, Hiro! See ya!"
"How could you forget your cell phone, man?"
"Hey, I'm not a person who always calls his Kyoto-girlfriend…"
Suguru and Ken-chan laughed when Hiro grinned.
"ASK no minna-san…! Your car is waiting…!" Tohma called his band company members.
"Yes, sir! We go now!"

Tohma and Suguru sweat dropped when Ma and Ken debating, who will sit on the front seat.
"Sheeesh! How old are you, guys! Just drop your ass in!" Taki shouted from back seat.

Hiro, Suguru, and Tohma opened their lunch box and ate together with Shuichi.
"Hey, boys…! And girl…!" Noriko came and sat near Shuichi. A canteen waitress brought some cup of tea and a plate of salad to Noriko. "Here's your salad, Noriko-san… And, Shuu-chan… do you need something…? I'm so worried about you… You're so skinny… You're not stress about those gossips, are you…?"
Shuichi could see a worried look from the long black haired girl's face. Shuichi held her hand and gave her a sweet smile to comfort the waitress. "No, Rei-chan… I'm just fine… Thank you…"
"All the waiters and waitresses in canteen are so worried about you… I just want to tell you, we're always on your side…"
Shuichi feels glad. She was surrounded by a pack of really wonderful friends. "Thank you… I'm so happy to hear that…"

Tohma, Noriko, Hiro, and Suguru smile when Rei's face turned a bright red. "You're welcome, Shuu-chan!" cheered the girl. Then she leaves the artists, back to the canteen's kitchen.

"I will fight…"
"Eh…?"
"I will fight with my song… I'll show them, I'm not like what they are talking about in that gossips…"

Hiro and Suguru hold Shuichi's hand in unison. "We'll fight…!"
"We'll show them…!"
"I'll help you if you need me…!" Noriko and Tohma put their hand on the 'Bad Luck's hands too.
"Me too…!"

Shuichi tried to hold her tears. But, somehow, she felt warm water through her cheek. "Thank you very much, guys…"

TBC...
R&R please...

Please tell me, if you want me to continue this story ^^