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Chapter 1
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"Satsuki-chan, you're just so adorable!"
"Nyuu..." What is with this...flood of memories...? "Naa...?"
"What's wrong, Satsuki-chan?"
"Nyuu?" I looked around, who...I'm an infant? I stared at the woman holding me. "Ah?"
"My, Satsuki-chan, are you hungry?"
"Ah..."
"Satsuki, do you want to play?"
"I bet he does!"
"Uhh..."
I was staring at a pair of twins, both have golden eyes, but the one of the left has light brown hair and the one on the right has dark blue. I held my arms out to them and my mother giggled before letting the one on my left hold me. He began cuddling me and I reached up, tugging on his hair. Okay, it feels real...I felt him pinch my cheek while grinning...Okay, the pain was real...and it hurts...!
"Ah, Yuki, I don't think he likes it."
"Oki, Satsuki's making a cute face right now!"
"Yeah, but if he starts crying..."
"Hiroyuki-kun, please don't tease your baby brother."
"Yes, Rina-mama."
"I thought I told you to call me 'mama' or Kaa-chan!"
"Rina-mama is Rina-mama."
"Yeah, Rina-mama!"
"Really...Hiroyuki-kun, Hiroki-kun, it's fine to call me mama or Kaa-chan..."
"Uwaahhh!"
"What's wrong, Satsuki-chan, are you hungry? Okay, let's get something ready for you."
I was stuck playing with...Hiroyuki and Hiroki. I wonder if my memories are only coming back now because my brain is fully developed. When I was still a newborn, I had an inkling feeling that something was strange, but couldn't process it very well since well...I was still a baby. Hiroyuki began opening my mouth and was messing with me to the point I used my growing baby teeth to bite down on his fingers. Hiroyuki released a high pitched screech while Hiroki pulled me away and I began making random sounds.
"Why did you bite me...?" Hiroyuki asked staring at his bitten fingers.
"Bwaahhh!" I shouted angry with being used as a toy by him.
"You were messing with him, of course Satsuki is going to bite you." Hiroki said patting my head.
"Okay, time for lunch, Satsuki-chan." The woman from before lifted me into her arms. "Why don't you two go out and play while I feed Satsuki-chan?"
"We'll feed Satsuki!" Hiroyuki took the bowl. "Just leave it to us!"
"Eh?"
"Leave it to us." Hiroki took me from the woman. "You have other things to do, besides, we're his big brothers. We can handle feeding Satsuki."
"Alright then, just call for me if you need some help."
"Yes!"
"Okay!"
Hiroyuki and Hiroki tried feeding me, but Hiroyuki was messing with me during that time so I refused to let him. I kept my mouth shut and I looked away from him. Hiroki took over seeing his twin was having no luck. I opened my mouth when he offered me a spoonful of some kind of rice gruel. Hiroyuki began grumbling about how I seemed to hate him, but Hiroki and I paid it no mind. I finished eating and I crawled out of Hiroki's lap to move onto Hiroyuki's lap. One thing I noticed about these two, Hiroyuki was unnaturally warmer than Hiroki who was unnaturally cold. I curled up into a ball on Hiroyuki's lap so I could take a nap. I'm an adult mentally, but I really need a nap.
"See, Satsuki does like you." Hiroki said grinning at his twin.
"He's falling asleep..." Hiroyuki said reaching for my cheek.
"Hold it. You do that while he's trying to sleep then he will get angry."
"Ah, crap...but his cheeks..."
"I know, I know, just endure it."
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Okay, so I don't just have two brothers...and my parents in this life apparently had kids of their own before marrying again. Hiroki and Hiroyuki were children from my biological father. The two were his youngest before I came into the picture, being six years old. I have two other brothers, the first is Akihiko who resembled my biological father right down to the golden color of his eyes and blue hair. Akihiko is currently 13. The second eldest is Tatsuo and he shares father's golden eyes, yet he has pure black hair, he's currently 12. My mother had her own son, Minato who is two years older than the twins are. He and I resemble one another quite a bit since we inherited her silver hair, but his eyes are a soft indigo color. I was a bit surprised to hear I had heterochromia, my left eye is gold like my father's, but my right is blue just like mother's. It's strange to think I have five brothers in this life...very strange since there's a huge difference in age between us. I guess I was used to being an only child, plus...I'm the youngest child so...yeah, how depressing.
"Satsuki's getting quite big now. He's almost able to walk on his own." Father said holding one of my hands to help steady me.
"Yeah, but he can't speak!" Minato pointed out.
"He is speaking, just in baby talk." Akihiko said as I slowly and steadily walked towards him.
"Satsuki, Satsuki, come on, say Hiroyuki!" Hiroyuki said as I sat on Akihiko's lap
"No, it has to be Minato! I'm his brother!"
"We're his brothers as well, Minato-kun. We're family, are we not?"
"Er...Yeah, I guess, Tatsuo-nii-san."
"Mhmnnn!"
"I think he's going to say his first word!"
"What's it going to be?"
"The question is, who is he going to choose as his favorite?"
"What?"
"Tatsuo, come on, knock it off with that."
"Yeah, what's that supposed to mean, Tatsu-nii?"
"What's Satsuki's first word got to do with who is his favorite?"
"Well, whoever his first word is then that person is undeniably his favorite person."
"Ohhh! Satsuki, come on, say our name!"
"No way, it's going to be my name!"
"Umn..." Great, I don't see why Tatsuo has to pour oil onto the fire. I think he enjoys picking on everyone. "Mmm..."
"It's going to be me!"
"Maaannnnaaaa!"
"Ah."
"Uh..."
"I see."
"No way!"
"Not fair!"
"Wait, who is Mana?"
"I think it's supposed to be Mama...probably."
"Wait, isn't Mana..."
"Obaa-san's name?"
"Why is it Obaa-san that gets picked?!"
"Maaannnaaa!" Mana was the name of the housekeeper, everyone just calls her Obaa-san because well...she acts like our Obaa-san. She often watches over me when my mother couldn't and everyone else was too busy to, I liked her a lot. It's a bit strange...to know that my father is loaded. "Maaannnaaaa!"
"Baa-san is Satsuki's favorite then."
"Then whoever among us is his second word then we know who his favorite brother is!"
"Yeah!"
"Satsuki, come on, say my name!"
"You three, knock it off already!" Akihiko finally had enough of the Baka Trio, also known as Minato, Hiroyuki, and Hiroki. "Whoever it is, if you keep doing that then Satsuki may end up hating you for pestering him!"
"Aaaakkkkiii!" I held my hands up, a grin on my face. "Aaakkii!"
"No fair, Aki-nii!"
"You traitor!"
"Come here, Satsuki." Tatsuo took me away from Akihiko as the other three started to complain to him. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"Uwahh?"
"Hn...must be my imagination."
"Taaa!"
"Ta? Is that me, I see, then I suppose you like me quite a bit as well."
"Mii, Kii, Yuu!"
"I see, Mi would be Minato. Ki would be Hiroki, and Yuu is Hiroyuki."
"Taa!"
"Hm? Are you hungry!"
"Foooo!"
"Then let's see Obaa-san then."
Tatsuo and I left the others to their argument, not like they would stop until they realized we weren't with them anymore. I stifled a yawn, but eventually gave in. I'm so tired, I don't know why though. I began to nod off until I gave up and held onto Tatsuo's haori while leaning my head against his chest. I quickly fell sleep, my dreams was filled with flashes of my memory of the before.
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"Yaahhoooo!" Hiroyuki shouted running ahead.
"Wait for me!" Hiroki shouted chasing after his twin.
"Where the heck do those two get their energy from?" Akihiko questioned staring at the duo.
"Smells funny." I said holding a bunch of flowers to my nose.
"Waahh! Satsuki-chan, that flower is poisonous! Don't touch that!" Mother said taking the flowers from me.
"The petals aren't poisonous, the poison is all in the stem." Father explained while I was pouting about having my flowers taken from me.
"Tatsu, up!" I demanded holding my arms out to the boy.
"Yes, yes, upsidaisy!" Tatsuo said picking me up.
"The first small trip we go on together as a family ends up at the base of Hiyuki Mountain? Isn't this dangerous?" Minato asked glancing at said mountain.
"It's fine, besides, this place is always beautiful during this time of the year. Satsuki's just turning three so it would be a good opportunity to show what the outside world is like." Father said smiling.
"Weee!" I shouted as Tatsuo tossed me up and down as high as possible.
"Tatsuo-kun, please do not toss Satsuki-chan ten feet into the air!" Mother screamed pale in worry.
Mother was scolding Tatsuo for being reckless while he ignored said scolding. It wasn't like he hated her, he liked her as a person, but he couldn't accept her as a mother. I heard stories about father's first wife from Akihiko, but only small ones when I asked. She died five years before I was born and he met my mother three years after that before marrying her a year later.
"I'm okay! I'm okay!" I said pushing mother's hands away from my face.
"Just let me check, please, Satsuki-chan!" Mother said staring at me.
Mother checking me for injuries with shaking hands, her eyes completely wide with worry. I felt bad for her...Minato said he remember his father...that he was a great person, but he mysteriously disappeared without so much as a word. Mother was apparently heartbroken, Minato was only four years old too. I'm glad mother and father met, they make each other happy and...I was born! If they weren't together, I wouldn't have been born in such a great place and with such a great family! I'm super lucky! I endured a bone crushing hug from my mother before father came to my rescue.
"Come now, Rina, no need to crush our son." Father took me away from mother and I released a sigh of relief. "You okay, Satsuki?" Father asked smiling at me.
"Hug too tight." I said with a small sigh.
"It's a bug!" Hiroyuki shouted chasing Minato with a giant centipede.
"That thing is disgusting! Don't bring that thing towards me!" Minato screamed running as fast as possible.
"Hiroyuki-kun! That thing is not safe to touch!" Mother shouted chasing after him.
"Hey, look, I found a fox." Akihiko said holding a fox by the scuff of its neck.
"Cool! Let's skin it!" Hiroki said grinning ear to ear.
"We have to kill it first. The pelt will sell for quite a bit." Tatsuo said standing behind him.
"I'm so glad everyone is getting along." Father said smiling at our family.
I wonder if I should retract my statement about that. Minato is a coward from mother's side while the others on my father's side are...weird. Hiroyuki and Hiroki are a bit too bloodthirsty for a pair of kids and big pranksters, well...Hiroyuki is, Hiroki just goes with the flow. Akihiko is strangely too calm about beating our brothers into the ground in kendo. Tatsuo is...well, he's Tatsuo, he's a different...he takes amusement into the suffering of others, a true sadist. Thankfully he only does it for his own amusement and very rarely is he bored, which is a good thing or I would end up in the middle of the chaos. Now then, Minato is...brother complex? I guess so considering how he hates it when the others take my attention from him.
"Okay, stop." Father said karate chopping Hiroyuki on the head as he passed by.
"Ow!" Hiroyuki dropped the centipede and father stepped on it, killing it without mercy. "Hey, that was my bug!" Hiroyuki shouted pouting.
"Don't bully Minato." Father said smiling.
Then there was father who was...well, he's probably the strangest. He does everything with a smile even when being scolded by my mother or Obaa-san, I don't think I've ever seen him frown. Apparently, it's a very scary thing or so I'm told, my source are the twins and Tatsuo. While I wouldn't believe anything the twins say easily, if Tatsuo, the sadist, says it's scary then it must be scary! I hope to never make him angry enough to see that frown.
"Satsuki, you want to learn how to shoot a bow?" Father asked looking down at me.
"Not a chance, Kazuki!" Mother shouted crossing her arms.
"Do you plan on raising Satsuki like a daughter?" Father asked smiling at her.
"I-I didn't say that!" Mother said blushing.
"Satsuki would look cute as a girl!" Hiroyuki said holding a hand up.
"Satsuki's a boy, but dressing as a girl...Yes, that would be quite cute." Tatsuo said holding a bloodied knife.
"If Satsuki's going to be a girl from now on, does that mean we can't take him outside to play anymore?" Hiroki asked helping Akihiko and Tatsuo skin the fox from before.
"S-Satsuki as a girl...Well, he would be very cute when he gets older..." Minato muttered thinking about it.
"Aren't we forgetting the important part here?" Akihiko asked obviously uncomfortable with where this is going.
"Oh, yes, we don't have any kimonos for him." Father said misunderstanding.
"That's not what I was going to say..." Akihiko shook his head. "Forget it."
Yes, my family is quite strange. However, I do like the thought of dressing as a girl...that means I can wear some very cute clothes~! However...there was also the matter concerning my siblings when I thought about it. While I would love to look and act like a girl, I'm sure...that these guys would kill anyone who tries to mess with me. It could be quite dangerous...for the fools who decide to mess with me. Well, this is my family and I guess I'm just as weird as them so...Let's just go with the flow~!
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Chapter 1 Ends
I knew I shouldn't do it, but...I couldn't resist writing a Magi story! The temptation was too much, plus...Well, I really wanted another gender bender character. So far it's becoming a bad habit to desire writing about people being in a body of the opposite gender. I already have six more unpublished ones...Okay, no more rants! Time to focus on Satsuki-chan! Now then, Satsuki is...well, mentally a woman in a boy's body. Well, she's similar to my dear Kanon from my Owari no Seraph story, but she shall end up completely different from my future vampire slayer. Satsuki's family shall play a big part of her life until...well, no spoilers~! Until next time my dearies~! Bye-bye~!
