Brothers In Spirit
Disclaimer: We do not own Takuya, Izumi, Junpei, Tomoki and ...sniff sniff Kouchi or Kouji. Please RR!!
Authors' notes: This is our second fic so we really hope you will enjoy it!
Pairing(s): Koukou (brotherly) and maybe Kozumi or Izuichi later onwards
Warning: Please do not read this fic if you are a Junpei (JP) fan. (contains Junpei bashing)
Izumi's P.o.V.
I looked out the window of the airplane and gazed upon the country of Japan. It was beautiful, but I still missed Italy very much.
"We will be landing in 5 minutes, please secure your seatbelts" a voice sounded from the speakers
"Izumi dear, you heard what the man said," my mom told me, as she fastened her seatbelt. I did as I was told.
The plane finally landed and as a stepped out of the airplane and inhaled the fragrance of cherry blossoms. From out the windows, I could see huge skyscrapers, and busy markets surrounded by the citizens of Japan. I had finally arrived.
-----Few weeks later-----
"Izumi," my mom asked me, "do you mind going to the store to do some grocery shopping? Your dad and I want to check out the school you'll be going to tomorrow."
"Alright," I answered. I pulled on a purple vest to match my purple skirt.
"Honey, I'm sure she'll be fine," I heard by dad tell her, as a stepped out of our apartment. I was really excited about going back to school. I was originally from Japan but moved to Italy, where I never made many friends. Now that I was back in Japan, where I belonged, I hoped to run into a lost friend, Kimberly.
ching ching I entered the shop. After gathering most of the items, I looked down my list to find milk, next on my list. I opened the freezer door and reached for the last milk jug. Then I felt another person reaching for it also. I flinched back, surprised, causing the freezer door to slam against his arm.
"Ow!!" he yelled, dropping the milk jug and his basket, wincing in pain. I turned to see a boy my age, wearing a maroon shirt under a green pullover, and white pants. He had midnight blue hair with a matching pair of blue eyes.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry," I stammered, while I helped him pick up his stuff.
"No, I'm sorry," he said, "the names Kouichi. If didn't scare you, none of this would've happened."
"I'm Izumi Orimoto," I said. "I just moved here from Italy." He smiled slightly.
"Well enjoy your stay, I guess," Kouichi told me. Before I was able to tell him I was actually going to stay here, he sped off towards the cashier. I sighed, and then realized that he had left the milk jug. I, looked around for him, but he was already gone, so I took the milk jug, and continued my grocery shopping.
"I'm home!" I announced.
"Did you get all the groceries Kouichi?" my mother asked.
"Yes..." I replied slowly, and then realized that I had left the milk still at the store.
"Shoot!" I cursed.
"You can get it next time dear," I heard my mother say, as I ran back to the store to find the milk jug taken. I cursed again, and returned back home defeated.
-----Night-----
I laid down on my head staring at the ceiling. Tomorrow I was going to start school and boy was I really excited. I hadn't seen my best friend Takuya in months, and I hated to admit it, but I even missed Junpei's lame humor. 'O well,' I thought, 'I'd better get some sleep.' And with that, I drifted off into a deep slumber.
-----Next Day-----
Takuya's P.o.V.
I yawn loudly, another year of boring school. 'Oh well,' I thought, 'at least I'll see Kouichi.' I sat in the near the back in front of Kouichi, our usual spot.
"Hey, miss me?" Kouichi grinned.
"You wish," I joked and punched him lightly on the shoulder. We waited for the rest of the noisy class the settle down.
"SHUT UP!" The whole class suddenly went to their seats and was silent.
"Hey, I guess the siblings did move after all" I mouthed to Kouichi. Last year, Kouichi and I had to sit beside two Junpeis (aka fatso's no offense to Junpei luvers). He nodded and grinned.
"Thank you class," Ms. Yaiko said stiffly, "Now please welcome your new classmate."Kouichi's P.o.V.
I felt my jaw drop as a blond-haired girl with aqua green eyes entered the classroom.
"Hi, my name is Izumi Orimoto, and I am pleased to be in your class."
"Now everyone, please make Izumi com-for-ta-ble" she emphasized glaring at us. I gulped.
"Now Ms. Orimoto, please take a seat beside Mr. Kanbara." Takuya stood, awkwardly, and waved. Izumi looked surprised to see me as she approached. She gave me a slight smile and sat down.
"Now class turn to page 895 and get #1-#500 out. I'll be coming around to check your homework." She smiled slyly. I sighed lightly. I had stayed up to 2:00 in the morning to finish it and judging by the look on Takuya's face, he didn't even attempt it.
"Ms. Yaiko," Takuya stuttered, "my dog chewed it up."
"You don't have one," I muttered under my breath.
"Mr. Kanbara, it's the fourth time this week. First, it's you left it at home, and then your brother flushed it down the toilet!" she glared and walked away. He gulped.
I heard Izumi giggle weakly and mutter, "Is that how she really is?"
"No. The old hag just found a boyfriend online last week and they decided meet. I think he finally got to know her well enough because he just broke up with her within an hour." Takuya told her.
"What? Why?"
"She was found screaming at the waitress because the raisins in her muffin looked too much like boogers."
I tried to stifle a laugh and turned back towards Ms. Yaiko.
"Since MOST of the class did not do the homework that they were assigned to, I'm going to assign an extra 300 questions the class to do." The class groaned at this.
She smiled sweetly, "AND I want the first 100 questions down by the end of class. You MUST hand in all of the questions assigned from yesterday and today's classes before Friday or you'll be serving detention for a week. Do I make myself clear?"
Takuya raised his hand.
"DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" she screamed. Takuya lowered his hand.
"Good." She gave us a strained smiled, and then replied. "I need to hand in the attendance to the office, Kouichi, your in charge." Kouichi nodded and she left. The whole class began a low rumble.
"Aw man... why does she always leave YOU in charge?" Takuya complained. Kouichi grinned. I scanned the class for old classmates. I spotted Kimberly in the corner fully concentrated in a book.
"Well it wouldn't hurt if you tried to do your homework once in a while." Kouichi turned to me and then asked, "I thought you were here to visit. How did you end up at my school?"
"Well I was going to tell you but you ran off and..." I started. Suddenly, the boys covered my mouth and lowered their noses into their books.
"I'M BACK! Kouichi, did anything wrong happen while I was out?" she asked sweetly. He shook his head.
"Good." The lunch bell rang.
"Junpei, sit back down," Ms. Yaiko said before Junpei tried to rush to the cafeteria.
"I don't seem to have time to check our first 100 questions, so I guess you'll just have to show me them on Friday then. Have a good lunch..." The class quickly got up.
"Isn't ANYONE going to wish me a good lunchtime?" She glared.
"Have a great lunch, Ms Yaiko." The class chorused.
"Thank you, class. Oh, and tomorrow we'll be getting a new student. He's moving here from another area so I want you to make him feel welcomed in our class if you see him." With that the class zoomed out.
-----After school-----
"KOUICHI! Can I borrow your math...er... notes?" Takuya asked.
"TAKUYA, this is the tenth time you asked this week...!" he replied. They argued on and on.
I started looking around for any signs of Kimberly.
"What's wrong?" Takuya asked.
"Oh. You know a girl in our class, Kimberly? You wouldn't happen to know where she is would you?
"The library, DUH.oh wait, maybe you don't know! I think you'll find her reading the school records because she finished the local encyclopedias last week." Kouichi answered.
"Hey, when did you guys meet?" Takuya asked.
"Oh... a long time ago. I was born here," they nodded.
"Well, if your looking for her, I'll come with you. I need to borrow her... math notes. Since 'SOMEONE' won't lend them to me!" Takuya complained. Kouichi just rolled his eyes.
"Well see you two then. I gotta get home. Bye."
"Bye."
We headed off to the library.
-----Library-----
"Hey Buddy! What happened to your arm?" I asked playfully as Kouichi entered the classroom with his arm in a sling. He gave me a pained look."Are you alright?" Izumi asked. He nodded and sat down."Good morning class. As I told you yesterday, today we have a new student. I want you all to make him welcome." Ms. Yaiko said. I felt Kouichi give a humongous jerk behind me. I turned around and gave him a questioning look but his eyes were glued on the new student. I turned to see a boy with wearing a blue, tiger-striped bandana and a blue jacket walked into the class. I felt my jaw drop. He looked JUST LIKE KOUICHI!!!"My name is Kouji Minamoto," He said simply.(Kate: okay... let's just pretend the teacher and the rest of the class- except Izumi and Takuya-are really stupid and don't see the resemblances between the twins.)"Let's see now... Kouji, you can sit beside Mr. Kimura," Ms. Yaiko told him. Kouichi looked shocked, but stood up steadily. As Kouji approached me, I stared into his dark, piercing blue eyes. I gulped.Kouji's P.o.V.Stupid class. Stupid teacher. Stupid school. ARGH! Why am I even here? I glanced at the boy I was suppose to sit beside. I froze. 'He looks just like me,' I thought shaken, but managed to keep my face emotionless. I slowly sat down, noticing that his arm was in a sling. For some unexplainable reason, I felt it was partially my fault, but I didn't ask. I had never seen this boy before, so why should I care?"Now class, I have just decided to change yesterday's homework's due date to today..." The class broke out in a huge complaint."HOW COULD YOU?" "You're kidding right?" "HOW COULD YOU?" "Do you expect us to be finished?" "I-ZU-MIIIIIIII!!!!!" a chubby, red-haired boy screamed. I watched as the blonde-haired girl infront of me, fell out of her seat.The goggle-boy beside her snickered and murmured, "I guess you've got an admirer." The shorter haired boy that looked like me stayed quiet. 'Wait a minute; he doesn't like THAT much like me?' I thought, shaking my head."You okay?" he asked, looking concerned. I glared at him, and he quickly directed his attention to the teacher."Alright, alright. The due date has been postponed back to tomorrow. But I expect every single one of you to be finished... do I make myself clear?" Ms. Yaiko said stiffly.The goggle-head raised his hand."DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" she screamed."Don't you ever learn?" the blondie giggled, as he lowered his hand."Hey...it's worth a try," he replied."I'll be out for a few moments." Ms. Yaiko announced. "I want you all to read pages 50-120 when I get back." After she left, the whole class began the usual a low rumble."So Kouji, is it..." the goggle-boy turned and grinned."I'm Takuya, this is Izumi and he's Kouichi!" he told me energetically. "If you need any help-even to bail you out of detention with the old-" Kouichi shook his head. "-er... I mean Ms. Yaiko, just let us know." He paused. I just stared at him, hoping he would just shut up. He didn't get the point."Um... So Kouji, I was wondering, how come you look so much like-" Kouichi and Izumi swiftly clamped their hands over Takuya's mouth.Ms. Yaiko reappeared, staring in the room as if she thought the whole class was hiding from her."Did anyone in the class finish pages 50-120 while I was gone?" A short girl, with cute braids and glasses raised her hand timidly."Good, Kimberly," Ms. Yaiko beamed. "As for the rest of you..." she glared. I glared back. She looked alarmed, and stepped back."Well, I guess we should continue today's plans," she stammered, and the day continued like that.-----After School-----Kouichi's P.o.V.
I don't know why I'm so nervous around him. I mean, it's not like we know each other or anything. But I get the feeling that I should know him, or that he was somehow related to me."Kouichi?" I turned to see Izumi. "You okay?""Yeah...""HEY KOUICHI!!" I saw Takuya running down the hall towards me. "YA WANNA PLAY SOCCER?" I stared at him. Takuya was the best soccer player in our school. I was never that great at soccer, but lately, he hasn't been able to find a match to play against, so he'd play against anyone."Hey, I already have a broken arm; I don't want a leg broken too." I informed him. He gave me a puppy-dog look. I just shook my head.He grinned, and then said, "Izumi...""No!""Aw... but come on. There's no one else I could play against... KOUJI!!!" I watched as he ran towards the bandana boy energetically. Izumi and I ran after him."No." Kouji said stiffly.
"What? But I didn't even ask you yet." Takuya complained.
"Yeah? Well whatever it is, my answers a 'No', and that's final." He started to walk away.Takuya grinned slyly, and then called after him, "CAN YOU NOT FACE ME IN A SOCCER CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW?" Kouji stopped."Um... Takuya, I don't think this is a good-" Izumi tried, but Takuya continued."YOU WOULDN'T GO BACK ON YOUR WORD NOW WOULD YOU?!" Kouji scowled."Fine. Pick a place, I'll come."Takuya grinned. "ALRIGHT! Meet me at the back of the school. There's a field there. I'll go get the soccer ball." With that he ran off. Izumi and I sweatdropped."He's done for." She said."Well, I wouldn't say that. But he's definitely found his match." I replied quickly glancing at Kouji. We steadily followed Takuya, with Kouji close behind.-----Soccer Time-----Kouji's P.o.V.'Stupid goggle-head. I can't believe I'm doing this.' I watched him do some warm-ups with the soccer ball nearby. 'Showing off is more like...' I thought dully."So Kouji, you ready to lose?" He teased. I didn't reply."Are both players ready?" Izumi shouted. I guess she was the referee. (Kate: I don't know much about soccer but...)"On three. One... Two... Three!" The ball was dropped and Takuya was quick to take it. He ran towards the net, and tried to shoot (or whatever you call it) but lucky for me, I was a fast runner, and blocked it effortlessly. He gaped."So, I guess you're better than I thought," he commented. As I ran towards his net and scored a goal.-----After Soccer-----"He creamed you Takuya!" Kouichi exclaimed."Congrats Kouji...," Izumi beamed. I blushed slightly."Hey, I was... distracted," Takuya sulked."Haha. By what?" Izumi teased. "Kouji?""Hey... just what do you mean by that?" Takuya challenged. Izumi threw her hands in the air, and walked away."Shoot. I have to get home!" Kouichi ran off, leaving Takuya and me."Wanna go for another round?" Takuya asked. I shook my head, and turned to walk away."WELL NEXT TIME, YOU'D BETTER WATCH OUT!" he hollered, as I headed home. I hoped I wasn't getting too attached to these guys. I liked being alone, and nothing would change that.Or so I thought...---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------
Author's Note:
Kate: New Layout!! How do u like it?