Chapter 1 - No. No. No. Hell No.

"Fuck. No. You're doing a shitty job of that move." Agito cursed as he watched the blond. "Do it again. Right this time. Fuck, why the hell am I wasting my time?"

Kazu stopped and rested his hands on his knees, panting slightly. He'd been practicing all day. 'Geez, this guy...is he ever satisfied?' "You know you're excellent with the 'constructive' criticism there Agito" he replied sarcastically.

"Shut the fuck up. You want me to help you or not?" Agito scoffed with a glare. "On your step back you waste energy, turn about thirty degrees to the left." he added, watching Kazu's feet intently.

"Guuuuuh~" the blond moaned, unsatisfied with having to do the same thing over so many times. Agito never seemed to have anything positive to say, so he was finding this a bit discouraging. Though, he did appreciate the help. Kazu did the trick over again, trying his best despite his fatigue. "How was that?" he asked hopefully. 'If I have to do this again, I'm gunna kill him...'

"Che... It's the best you can do... Fuck, I don't know what Spitfire was thinking making you the heir. Anyway, your wall climbs. It's fucking retarded. Work on the speed and the angle of your sloppy climb and maybe then I'll consider you even part worthy of the title of 'King'." Agito replied seriously.

Kazu frowned and lay down flat on the ground, limbs sprawled out lazily. "Ah, screw it. I'm taking a break. My legs feel like they're gunna fall off."

"Fucking lazy ass," Agito cursed with a disgusted look on his face. The irritated one looked away since he found himself giving Kazu a once over that lasted about a second too long for comfort. "Che."

Kazu looked up at Agito from the ground. "Oi, cut me some slack, I've been doing this all day." He turned his head and looked off to the side. "I appreciate the help Agito, really, but can't you ever give some sense of encouragement?"

"You want encouragement? You wanna fucking feel good about your hard fucking work? Well then hurry up and get good so you can beat the shit outta whoever the fuck stole the regalia. Fucking claim the title as King without the Regalia. But if you wanna slack off and think being King of the Flame Road is an easy task, then even a fucking beginner can wipe that retarded smirk off your ugly mug."

Kazu stayed silent for a few minutes before gently pulling his hat over his eyes. "I...never thought... it was easy. You can say things like "hurry up and get good" but in the end I'm still... barely improving right? or...that's how it feels...I guess. It's not like I'm giving up or saying that I expect it to just come to me. I'm actually trying my best here you know?"

"Well, your best isn't good enough. Work until you become THE best." Agito replied harshly. He turned away and stood up. "If you think you're good enough to be flame King then you're confident enough to go against me."

Kazu sat up and pulled his hat off before looking up at Agito with a slightly stunned face. "Go...against...you?" The blond sighed and bowed his head down. "Yeah, okay. I get it..."

"Fuck. Do I fucking have to spell it out for you every fucking time. Got it through your thick skull?"

"I said I get it already!" the blond yelled unexpectedly, feeling frustrated with his own slow progress. The boy sighed again, still staring at the ground. "Whatever, I think I'm done for today..."

"Che..." Agito scoffed and headed for the door. "Hope for a fucking miracle overnight if you ever want to be fast enough to take on Genesis."

Kazu just watched the boy leave. He had asked him to help him a lot lately. Though, every night seemed to end in a similar kind of argument. "Why does he bother if he thinks I'm that much of a waste?" he mumbled out loud.

Suddenly, the shark's left arm swung up and switched the eye patch, much to Agito's surprise.

Akito turned around and smiled mischievously, "It's because Agito actually-" The boy didn't get to finish as his right hand came up and switched the patch again.

"What the fuck Akito!" Agito yelled, clearly pissed at his other half for once.

"Huh?" Kazu turned to look at his strange comrade. 'He heard me? I thought he had left already...' "...actually what?" he asked curiously. That seemed like an odd thing to say, or rather, start to say.

"Che. Nothing, mind your own business, insignificant one." Agito snapped back just as Akito began to switch their patch for the second time. He reached up with his right hand and pulled it hard to try to keep it over Akito's eye. "Akito stop! What the hell are you doing?" The shark yelled. Using his non-dominant hand was hard.

Akito eventually succeeded and held the eye patch down over Agito's eye. " He actually really, reeeeaaaallly, REALLLY-"

"Hates your guts." Agito finished as he finally regained control over the body.

Kazu just stared in awe at the odd boy battling with himself. "Uh...kay...?" He blinked confusedly at his teammate, unsure of how to respond.

"Right... Well... Fuck." Agito replied somewhat awkwardly.

Kazu stood up and tilted his head curiously at the shark. "What's with that? Not very common to see you looking awkward..." he stated. "Is there...something you're not telling me Agito?"

" 'The fuck are you on? My business is my business." Agito remarked, turning back toward the door with his left hand over the eye patch to make sure Akito didn't randomly switch them again. He began to leave, clearly not happy with what Akito was about to say.

Kazu put his hat back on and walked up behind Agito. "Uh, wait Agito..." he called, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Uh...thanks. You know, for helping me..." The blond boy smiled before casually skating down the hallway.

"Che." Agito scoffed completely agitated, scowling inwardly to his giggling other self. '... What the hell was that?'

Akito continued to giggle childishly. 'Hmn? What was what? You like him, ne Agito-kun? You should just tell him already.'

'What are you going on about Akito?' Agito frowned at Akito with an eyebrow raised and his arms crossed.

'Hehe, don't be so shy about it. You say some harsh things but you are actually really 'interested' in Kazuma-san, am I right?'

'... I. Am. Not. Into. Guys. Not like you Akito.' Agito replied, believing what he said 100%.

Akito simply continued to laugh. 'Oh? Really? Demo...Agito-kun is...a part of Akito isn't he?' the boy replied slyly.

'I'm your straight part.' Agito remarked with a smirk.

Akito smiled at his other self's denial. 'If you sa~y so. Though, Akito knows you very well. How much do you think you can hide from me Agito?'

'A lot, I usually do. Who the hell do you think fixes your mistakes without you realizing it? Like when you broke a dish that one time and I told you that Um-whatshername fixed it?'

'Hmn?' Akito thought back and remembered the incident. 'Oh? That was you?' His grin widened as he wrapped his arms around the shark's neck with sparkling eyes. 'Agito~! You act so tough but you're really a nice person Agito-kun.' He let go and faced his other self with an ever cheerful expression. 'But this is different. I've already seen it~' Akito stopped suddenly and placed a finger to his mouth carrying a questioning look towards his other self. '...or...maybe Agito hasn't realized it himself yet? Hehe~ I think...this will be fun to watch...' he said with a grin. It was a happy grin but there was a mischievous motive hidden behind it.

'Che. It's only cause I didn't want to hear that gorilla woman screaming... What are you up to?' Agito asked suspiciously as he saw his other self's grin.

'I'm not up to anything Agito. Don't be silly. It's just nice to see you getting along with everyone. ' He paused for a minute before quietly adding, 'Especially Kazuma-san~'

'No. No. No. Hell no.' Agito replied. 'How the fuck could you come to that kind of conclusion?'

Akito sat down casually. 'Well~ lately you've spent a lot of time with Kazuma-san. And I don't mean with this helping him train lately- I'll get to that though. During challenges and things, you two seemed to be paired off a lot. Though your abilities seem to work well together. Back to practicing, well...Agito-kun and Kazuma-san seem to always be near each other, ne? Recently he's asked you for help right? Would you do that for anyone else in Kogarasumaru? You've made quite the exception for him, despite the things you say. That's why. Because I've never seen Agito be that way with someone else, unless it's me...I'm almost jealous.' he explained, adding that last part jokingly.

'Right, well. If you know me so well, you should know my reasoning then Akito.' he replied smartly.

'I do.' the boy replied confidently. 'Weather you want to admit it or not. Agito-kun sees potential in Kazuma-san, and because of things like this, Agito likes Kazuma-san.'

'I. Like. Kazu...? You. What. Are. You. On. Who. Gave. You. Sugar?' Agito interrogated, his eye twitching.

'Hmn?' Akito thought about the question for a minute. 'Well, no I don't think I really had any sugar today. It's just my observation Agito. Take it as you want to bu~t that defensive wall of yours is making you transparent. Well...it will be interesting to see how this plays out. '

'Right. You're reading way too much into my charity. I-we owe Spitfire.' Agito explained. 'That's all it is.'

'Hmn...is that all it is?' Akito asked quietly, still carrying a slight smirk.

'Yes. Yes it is.' Agito remarked. He smirked as he realized how similar Akito looked to him for once, with that mischievous expression of his.

'Ah, well, we'll just have to see then...'

'Sure, whatever you say.' He sighed outwardly, as they continued their conversation. Agito was now just riding around the city, enjoying the feeling of the night air.

Akito smiled happily and simply watched Agito, amused at his other self being so unknowingly confused over his own feelings.

Authors notes:

And thus concludes the first chapter of "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You, and I Hate you." We hope you enjoyed so far. There are still many chapters to come, which will with any luck get updated frequently enough. It'd be very nice to get some feedback on this before we update the next chapter, onegai~

Comments are always welcome and of course we thank you everyone who reads, reviews, alerts, favs, etc...

Fun fact: We wrote this Fanfic by roleplaying it in a Skype convo. Runi as Agito, and Zu as Kazuma and Akito.