FanFiction 2:

[Flame of Recca]

"A Need to Reunite… "

It was nearly at the end of the school & Recca's with Yanagi, Domon, Fuko & Tokiya… when his mom, Kagero, appeared at school.

"Recca." Kagero calls.

"Wha…!" Recca exclaims. "What are you doing here, mom?"

"Recca's mother…" Yanagi greet. "Good Afternoon."

"What makes you go here, Ms. Kagero?" Fuko asks.

"I'm inviting every one of you to go at our house for dinner… & we need to talk about something."

"What about?" Tokiya asks.

"Something about the past… As for the further talk, we shall continue it at our home."

"Yeah mom, on it."

Like always, Recca's mom vanished.

"I don't like this feeling…" Domon said.

"Me too…" Fuko agrees, & Domon hugs her.

"Don't worry honey pie; we'll be together 'til the bitter end." Domon grins & Fuko kicks him, throwing him up the sky.

"Stop calling me names, you hopeless fat ass!" Fuko exclaims.

"I'm so glad Yanagi isn't that brutal." Recca sighs.

"Are you saying something?" Yanagi asks, her one brow up.

"Nothing, really." Recca grins.

By the time they got home, they're surprised by what they saw… Kurei & Kaoru are sitting on the table, drinking tea.

"Hey guys!" Kaoru greets. "How's everything?"

"Wait a minute… Why the hell is Kurei here?" Recca complains.

"Shut up, you unworthy worm." Kurei answers back.

"Why you-"

"Calm down, Recca-niichan!" Kaoru holds him back.

"Even if we unite at the SODOM, that doesn't mean we trust you." Tokiya said, pulling out his Ensui.

"Yeah, he's right." Fuko agrees.

"I'm here because Koganei & I are going to inform you about something." Kurei spoke. "You should thank Koganei for having a little care about you because we have an impending trouble here in the present time."

"What do you mean by that?" Recca asks.

As the group sat, Recca unfortunately sat across his half-brother.

"As much as hated to say, it's good to see you alive." Recca commented.

"Same to you." Kurei replies.

"I told you it will be as easy as pie!" Kaoru grins at Kurei.

"We'll have a man-to-man talk later, Koganei…" Kurei warns him.

"Stop being so much of a harsh person, will you? It's annoying."

"You really get along, huh?" Domon said to Kaoru.

"That's for sure…" Tokiya spoke. "Koganei had been with Kurei since he used to belong with the Uruha."

"Can we just stop living in the past? That's why we're in the present time, you know." Kaoru complains. "The fight & everything… it's over. This present issue is serious so stop arguing with Kurei. He had changed, okay."

Looking at Fuko, he pulls out the Main Crystal that he retrieved from the past. "By the way, this one's for you, Fuko-neechan."

"What's this?" Fuko asks.

"That's the main crystal of the Fuujin, as you can see." Kaoru grins.

"Gee, thanks."

"So… about why we're here…" Kaoru started. "We travelled to the past, in which our intention to finish Nobunaga's business with the Hokage ninjas. Kurei burnt them down, but it seems that there are survivors."

"Now I remember…" Kagero spoke as she sits besides Recca. "No wonder Nobunaga's group had unexpectedly weakened after the attack."

Kaoru continues. "We fought with 4 of the survivors, & it seems that some of them knew about the Madogous. Kurei & I are alarmed by this. I just retrieved my Kougan Anki from one of his henchmen, you see, & the Fuujin's main crystal. When we're at the past, we thought that they might find out about the Tendo Jigoku."

"Didn't we destroy it at SODOM…?" Recca asks.

"Didn't you hear? We made some changes at the past." Kurei spoke. "Meaning, there's a possibility that they could find the Tendo Jigoku."

"Not just that… They might be looking for the other Madogous." Kaoru added.

"You mean, we all have to travel at the past & retrieve those Madogous?" Fuko asks.

"More or less, that's what we have in mind… but I don't really think that would work." Kurei said to them.

"Nobunaga must have learnt about it, right Kurei?" Kagero asks.

"That, you say?"

"Yes."

"I think so too."

"What's that?" Recca asks.

"The technique that sent both of us in the modern world during childhood… The Juryuki." Kurei answers him. "We may conclude that those survivors must have gone to the Modern World in order to get revenge by using the Madogous that they got."

"This is going to be one of the worse things… First, Kurei & the Uruha. Second, Kouran Mori & his Ura Uruha. Now Nobunaga's surviving henchmen… Could this get any worse?"

"I'll find the Tendo Jigoku's location in order to secure it." Kurei said.

"Make sure you come back, okay?" Kaoru reminds him. "If you don't, I'll find a way to track you there."

Kurei just smiled & went away.

Kaoru is viewing the night at the Window Pane when Recca got inside the room.

"You're still thinking about Kurei, do you?" Recca asks.

"I promised I won't leave him behind… that I won't let him have the burden all by himself…"

Recca sat beside him & pat his head. "You're a great kid, you know. Kurei must be so grateful to you. I'm pretty sure that thinking about you will be his greatest relief."

"You think so?"

"Yeah… Oh, by the way, mom told your friends that you went abroad. By the time you go to school, just invent your story. Okay?"

"Ugh Recca-niichan…"

"Yes?"

"I heard that Ganko went abroad."

"That's what Fuko said. Someone adopted her, she took the approval & she went with them."

Kaoru sighs. "I wonder if I have my real parents with me…"

"Can you tell me something?

"What is it?"

"You know… everything you tell Kurei. You can tell me about your past?"

"I don't really think you're gon'na like it."

"I'll listen… If my half-brother does, then so do I."

"Well… ugh… My parents died in an accident. I just heard the news when their bodies are retrieved. After which I was sent into an orphanage… I was alone back then… then this…"

Kaoru turned his wrist to show him his scar.

"Remember those times that I tie my wrist? It's to cover up this scar."

"What's that?"

"When I escaped the orphanage, I tried to kill my self."

"You mean, that's a suicide scar?"

"Yup…" Kaoru smiles, looking at his scar. "The day I tried to kill myself was the day I met Kurei. He told me not to waste my life like that, & he wrapped my arm so it won't bleed any further. He adopted me, & that's the time we became like brothers. Not until the death of his sweetheart, he became heartless. I joined you guys back then because I just can't take Kurei's changes. If Kurei's still that bad, I'd rather stay with you guys… but Kurei was almost like a brother to me."

"No wonder you hesitated to attack him back then."

"What do you mean?"

"Remember when Kurei nearly burn you down & I came for your aide. I noticed that… your hands are trembling. You just can't hurt him as much as you tell you yourself to do so."

Kaoru smiles.

"It's good that he found a brother like you… Kurei & I are like water & oil. I don't really think we can actually unite. We're biologically brothers, but I don't think the past won't let us unite as brothers."

"I don't think so… I think he slowly like you."

"That's so untrue."

"He told me during our trip that he's trying his best to forget the past. In other words, he's trying to forget your 400-year old fight with him & he's trying to rebuild your relationship with him as his brother."

"I won't believe 'til I see it."

"Don't worry… I'll make sure that you guys will have good ending."

"Same to you…"

"By the way, I forgot to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"Thank you… for everything… for changing Kurei… & for accepting me back then even if I have some faults against you."

"It's nothing. You're a kid after all…"

"Thanks… Thanks a lot."

The following day, Kaoru gets himself ready for school. He looked at the closet, & found his old school uniform still in place.

"I didn't throw it away, thinking you might come back." Recca smiles.

"Gee thanks!" Kaoru smiles, grabbing his clothes & change. He grabs his Kougan Anki & wraps it. Looking at his certain wrist, he pulls out a large plain handkerchief & wraps it around his wrist, completely covering his scar.

"Why do you still do that?" Recca asks.

"Let's see… I just don't want people asking me about the past. It gets a little annoying for me… Remembering why I tried to kill myself back then. I also don't want my classmates to get shocked by it."

"Oh… Okay. As long as you're comfortable."

Kaoru

Upon reaching his school, Kaoru surprised everyone.

"I thought you went abroad?" Hiroya exclaims.

Yeah, right… Kagero-san told them I went to another country. Kaoru laughs at the thought. Actually, I didn't go away. I just stayed, although it was a totally different time. Haha!

"Yeah. I went vacation there." Kaoru replies, making an alibi instead. "New York is totally amazing, you know."

"Oh Koganei-kun!" A group of girls exclaim, running for Kaoru, & Hiroya grew some nerves again.

"Why are you so popular with the girls…?" Hiroya complains & Kaoru had a sweatdrop.

"Actually, I dunno." Kaoru replies.

"Very well then…" Hiroya grins, his fist clenching. "Shall we start the cat-&-mouse chase?"

"You mean the Gorilla & Mouse chase?"

"You bastard!"

Just as always, Hiroya chased Kaoru around the campus before classes start. For Kaoru, it's just a continuation of what he started after the Ura Butou Satsujin Tournament… although it's also another start of the trouble for him & the rest of the Hokage team.

Still, he wanted to enjoy the very time he's like playing with Hiroya. Like what it is said in a movie, "Past is a memory, Future is a mystery & Today is a gift; that's why it's called a Present."

By the airport, a young lady went down. She had mid-short blond hair, blue eyes, & is holding a yellow-colored stuffed toy with a large red crystal around its neck & her baggage. She's wearing a collar necklace with violet-colored crystal. Smiling at the flag of Japan, she spoke.

"It feels so good to be back here… right?"