Me: Hmmm, no reviews yet? Oh well, I'm going to finish this and if it ends up sucking, I'll delete it. Ok, This chapter did end up like I thought, slightly random. Got some advice from it's only reviewer so I'll work on that. Thanks K. McIntyre. Also, since they are one shots, its ok if I make them smaller right? So I think that will help.


"Yo Teepo? You seen Ryu today?" Rei asked. Jumping down from the roof. The people of McNeil had heard about how the three boys hand rid them of the monster, so they didn't yelled and scold them as much. They even shared some food and clothes with them if they asked. Teepo struck the tree and glanced back at Rei.

"He went down to the stream. I don't know why. He didn't seem like he needed a bath." Teepo said. Rei lowered Teepo's arms slightly.

"Your getting stronger then your sword. Don't hold it so high."

"I know what I'm doing!" He yelled and then laughed.

"I know I am." He boosted, full of confidence and struck the tree over and over again.

"I'll show Teepo." Ryu frowned, sitting cross-legged by the stream.

"I'm not so useless. I can even hold a sword now without falling over." The blue eyes narrowed slightly and he pulled at his fishing line.

"He's always praising Teepo. So he's so awesome. I can be just as cool...Come on fishes." He said and pulled on it lightly some more.

"It's only because he has been with Teepo longer or because he's stronger. I want to impress Rei too." Ryu complained. He was started to get into that competitive stage where he had to out prove his older 'brother' to get the oldest to like them better. Rei had told Teepo to ignore it, having seen it before with a lot of village kids but Teepo was thick headed and stubborn himself that he enjoyed the competition.

"Yo Ryu." The boy screamed and turned to see the woren standing there.

"What are you up too?"

"Fishing." Rei laughed and sat down beside him.

"I didn't know that you could fish." Ryu nodded.

"I learned it by watching a few towns people when you were training.." Then Ryu turned red.

"I mean..!" Rei laughed and ruffled his hair.

"It's ok. Your more of a lover then a fighter. I suppose that's what makes you so cute." The tiger laughed and stood up stretching.

"Have you caught anything yet?" The child shook his head. It didn't matter at times if he actually caught fish or not. He was mostly using the time to think and relax. If he could catch food for them to eat though, that was quiet a bonus. The rod began to tug and Ryu stood up quickly, grabbing it.

"I have one." A huge grin appeared on his face. This was his chance to impress Rei. Ever since he got over his emmence fear of his older 'brother', he wanted to do everything he could to impress him. Ryu suddenly got tugged forward and before Rei could grab him, got dragged into the stream.

"Ryu!" The lad sat up in the water, his hair stuck to his face and he held up the rod, a decent size fish hanging off it's hook.

"Well I'll be!" Rei laughed.

"Hey Teepo. Come look at this!" He yelled, knowing the other boy was only a few yards away. The summoned lad walked over, his sword dragging behind him.

"What is it? Phhsstt HAHA! What's wrong Ryu? Become the fish and you'll catch it?" Teepo laughed and Ryu threw the fish over.

"No. Fell in the stream trying to get the fish." He laughed. Both of the boys had noticed a change in Ryu as spring grew closer and warmer. He was more relaxed and open to them, like they all really were a huge family. He'd even start to argue with Teepo at times and they would pull pranks on Rei together.

"Well. Since we are here." Rei laughed and knelt down, wiping some mud from Ryu's face.

"You two could use a bath."

"WHAT?" Both exclaimed at the same time and stood quickly.

"Not yet!" They yelled simultaneously. Teepo went on about how he wanted to train more and that it was still early. Ryu argued that he would just get dirty again. He wasn't done fishing. Ryu took his place again, firmly committed to not taking a bath.

"Ryu look out!" Teepo yelled and Ryu dropped his fishing rod and scooted back. A huge goblin had come by and it snatched his fish and ran off.

"Hey!" Ryu got up and started running after it.

"Ryu get back here!" Teepo took after him.

"Now wait a minute!" Rei complained and got in front of both of them.

"Your not going anywhere. This just beats all ok. Ryu. You can catch another." Ryu ran around him.

"No I can't! This is my big victory. I'm not letting it get away!"

"Ryu you idiot!" Teepo chased after him and they went into the deeper part of the wood that even Rei hadn't traveled. His ears twitched.

"Great. Their brotherly competition is getting on my nerves." He said and followed after, worried for their safety. Ryu tripped over a branch and started crying, but got up and kept up the chase.

"You idiot!" Teepo suddenly ran into Ryu and they both fell to the ground. A rustling noise surrounded them and and other green goblins appeared.

"Great. That must be a goblin boss." Teepo said, standing up and drawing his sword.

"Ok. We got all the way out here. Let's get your damn fish." He said, staring at the leader.

"Can you keep them distracted long enough for me to cast a spell?" Ryu shook his head and then nodded.

"You cry baby. Make up your mind."

"I'm sorry." He looked around, not seeing Rei anywhere. A goblin charged towards him and he turned away, waving his sword frantically.

"How many times have I told you that doesn't work." Teepo said and then started to stop his casting.

"I don't want you to get hurt. I don't have time for spells." Ryu shook his head, gulping.

"No! You have to because you can take more out. I'll protect you Teepo. I promise." Ryu took on the goblins, but they didn't find him a treat. They bit him here, threw him there. Several times, they got to Teepo, being unable to react while chanting his spell, would just scream and let the creature keep gnawing on him. Ryu closed his eyes and stabbed the one in the head, causing it to release the lavender haired one.

"Teepo..?" Ryu said weerly. Both boys were tired. They weren't used to fighting so many monsters at once, and without Rei's help.

"Flare!" Fire erupted from under the feet of the goblins, but they were still alive.

"Ryu. Let's get up in that tree!" Teepo said as the boys ran over. Ryu stopped and stabbed the boss goblin in the face, grabbing his fish and ran over to Teepo.

"Here!" The other boy stopped on a high branch and caught the fish barley.

"Come on Ryu!" Teepo yelled and Ryu fell climbing a few times before he was able to get up with Teepo's help. The older one stuck his tonge out at monsters.

"Idiots! you can't get us up here." The goblins eventually left the area.

"Opps. Sorry about your fish Ryu." Teepo held it up, having been fried in the magic spell.

"Might as well eat it." He decided and cut into the fish and both boys started picking at it.

"You know. This is your fault." Teepo said in between bites.

"My fault? That goblin got my fish!"

"But you were the one that had to chase after it. It's just a stupid fish. I mean it's what..35 cms tops? I've gotten a 65 cm one." Ryu frowned.

"Of course you did." Teepo caught the venom in that statement.

"You have a problem with that?" Teepo narrowed his eyes. Ryu looked away from him and then started crying.

"Of course I do! Your Rei's favorite." Teepo laughed.

"Well duh. I'm better then you."

"I know." Ryu kept crying in between bites.

"Your taller, faster, better at everything and your hair is soft like Rei's fur. I thought maybe I could out fish you when I saw how big my first fish was." Teepo stopped the food from his mouth a bit.

"Your jealous of me?" Ryu nodded.

"So it's not just brotherly competition." Ryu wiped his face.

"I have a dream. I'm crying but I wiped my face and they are claws instead of hands and there's burnt dead people everywhere. I killed them. And then I start growing and growing and you and Rei get further and further away. I want to yell your name but nothing comes out and you guys are laughing and then you leave me alone." The child's face was red now.

"Your stronger then me. You can take care of yourself but I can't cause I'm a weak crybaby. I want to stay with Rei." Teepo lowered the fish and set it on the branch beside him.

"I felt like that when Rei first brought you home. He took the time caring for you and I thought he was going to forget about me." Teepo folded his arms frowning.

"I could only think was because I liked Rei. Really like liked him." He looked at Ryu.

"Like loved him more then a brother. It was the only reason I could think of to get jealous about someone like you. But then things went back to normal and I was like. That's gross. I think girls are cute, not that fluffy idiot." Teepo slightly chuckled.

"So maybe you really like liked Rei. I mean. That would make you stupid enough to fun off in the woods after a dumb fish just to impress him."

"I don't understand." Ryu said and Teepo elbowed him slightly.

"Of course not. Your too young and innocent." Ryu frowned and looked down at the ground.

"Let see. Do you base every action just to impress him?" Ryu kicked his legs slightly.

"I think we should go find Rei and get out of here." The younger boy suggested and they glanced down at the next branch.

"Easier said then done. Neither of us can reach that branch and neither is strong enough to help the other down to get Rei for help. We have to either scream for help or hope he finds us." They looked at eachother and started screaming. To their luck, the sky craked instead and rain began to fall through the tree tops.

"At least we got a stupid bath now." Teepo frowned and then saw Ryu crying again.

"Your such a cry baby. It's no wonder why you are jealous of me. Ok, so let's pretend that for some reason you like like Rei. For one you have to start acting like a man." Teepo said, hitting his chest slightly.

"That means you have to stop crying all the time. And that means you have to be willing to get some dirt on your hands. Your always that one that has such high morals. If you stay that way, your going to get pushed around." Teepo shivered slightly and rang out his hair.

"What do I do if I do like like him? How do I know?" Teepo turned slightly red,

"W w Why are you asking me? I don't know. Maybe you kiss him or something? That's what the adults in the village do." He explained quickly, wanting not to think about it.

"But I'm not an adult."

"W Well neither is Rei. So maybe it works the same!" He said and knocked the fish down from the tree, half eaten out of frustration.

"Why do you think I know everything?"

"Well I can't ask Rei!" Ryu yelled and Teepo pulled back and then laughed,

"Hey. You talked back to me. That's a start." Teepo laughed and then held his leg.

"Well crap. It must be from when that goblin king got a hold of me." Teepo tried to laugh it off but even Ryu could see the tears brimming on his eyes.

"Wait Teepo. I can do something you can't." Ryu put his hand above Teepo's leg and a bright glowing light formed around his hands and the wound. As the injury became smaller, the child's eyes got bigger.

"Ryu! you never said you had that power!" The lavender haired boy said and then laughed.

"You have to tell Rei about this! Oh, and about liking him." Ryu flailed his arms.

"But we don't even know if that's true and I don't understand!" Teepo put his hand on his younger 'brother's' shoulder.

"Don't worry. I'll help. I've seen it done a few times. You grab his shoulders firmly." Teepo did such.

"And you lean in and kiss him." Ryu blinked and leaned forward and Teepo pushed him back, almost off the branch.

"Not me idiot! Rei."

"Me what?" They looked down and say Rei standing there, soaking wet from searching for them.

"What are you two doing up there?" The woren yelled and Teepo put his hands around his mouth,

"I had to follow Ryu and there were goblins so we hid up here, but no we can't get down!" Ryu averted his gaze. He could see Rei's slender, but built muscles under his patted down, wet fur. He had to admit he thought it was really cool.

"Well then." Rei jumped up the tree and knelt down slightly,

"I suppose I'm good for something then." Rei laughed and the two clinged onto his neck and waist as he jumped them down to the ground below. Ryu slipped from his grasp and fell into the mud, dragging Teepo down with him.

"Why did you do that? The rain had gotten us clean!"

"I'm sorry." Ryu stood up, wiping some mud from his face and Rei ruffled his hair,

"Seems like you already were dirty from before." He laughed and Teepo folded his arms.

"Let's go home and bath already. I'm freezing." Teepo laughed and Ryu nodded, looking up at Rei.

"I don't understand what like like is. But it's ok. I suppose I can share you with Teepo." Ryu thought untill his counterpart interupted his thoughts.

"Hey Ryu. I bet I can beat you home you slow poke!"

"No fair! Wait up Teepo!"


Me: This felt a bit random. What do yall think? Thanks for reading and maybe reviewing?