Kat: BUWAHAHAHA! Since Kate has gone on a MAJOR break from this fic. You shall "suffer" from my...wrath of Kouzumi!! :D:D ...I'll stuff in Koukou once I get the change to. I'm sorry if you don't really like my style of writing but...for the time being, live with it ^-^
"Also, there will be a total change in writing technique. As you can probably see, we're not using P.o.V.'s anymore like our other stories. Unless we get a lot of complaints, we will not change it."
Disclaimer: I'm sorry but I don't think I want to make Junpei a part of the story...Kate might though once she comes back ;) I OWN EEEVERYTHING IN THE WORLD!!!! You, you...yes...even you, person who's reading what I'm writing. BUWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Everything that is...except Digimon *sigh* R+R please! (joking about the front part xD)
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Chapter Three:
"Kouji! We love you!" the enthusiastic crowd cheered loudly as the boy on the stage gave a short bow before striding off the brightly lit stage.
Backstage, Kouichi gave a big sigh of relief. He had messed up a few lines but the fans didn't seem to notice. He grabbed his black windbreaker when a pair of arms wrapped around him in a quick friendly hug.
"You were great!" They released him. He turned around to meet the lively eyes if Izumi. "I don't know what we would've done without you. Here," Izumi reached into a pocket of her pink GAP sweater, handing him a cheque – one million yen! He broke into a smile. Just a small one but it was his first in many days.
"Thank you. I'll go now." And with that, the blue-haired boy turned around and headed for the hospital with the cheque clutched tightly in his fist.
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"Mr. Minamoto! Please relax, you need rest!" The anxious nurse rushed to the bed side as the famous star suddenly bolted up, wincing slightly from moving his badly wounded leg.
'Who the heck is that?!' Kouji's mind whirled as he watched the boy on the screen. The singer looked almost exactly like him!
"The sensational 16-year-old superstar who has made it to international fame is here in Jiyuugaoka! Come on people, let's hear it for... Kouji Minamoto!"
It was obvious that the boy wasn't a professional. He seemed nervous and unsure, yet he didn't do too badly.
'How could that be me when I'm stuck here?' Without wasting a second, he reached for his cell phone and hesitated briefly. 'Izumi...She'll have answers.'
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Kouichi nervously walked up to the Admitting Nurse. "Excuse me, can you please tell me where Akiko Ki—"
"Volunteer to Trauma!" The loudspeaker interrupted him in mid-sentence. "Doctor Janice Brown, you are needed in CIU! Doctor Brown to CIU."
(Kat: oh...if you were wondering, CIU stands for Crisis Intervention Unit.)
"Can you repeat the name?" The Admitting Nurse asked in a bored tone. It had been a hard long day of work standing and answering questions of confused and mentally disturbed patients. There had been many pranks played by kids as well.
"Akiko Kimura."
"Room 729. Take the elevator down that hall to the 8th floor, make a right, and you should pass a statue. It's the first door to the left."
"Thank you." The boy hurried off.
While he waited for the elevator, he observed his busy surroundings. Two grave faced EMTs were transporting a metal covered gurney. Kouichi's averted his eyes. He didn't want to know who — ...what was beneath the metallic lid that concealed.
His gaze shifted to a little boy. His leg was bent in an impossible position and his face was twisted in pain. A tall man dressed in a long white doctor's overcoat was speaking to the woman beside the injured boy.
*Ding*
The elevator doors slid open with a compressed hiss and Kouichi slipped inside. He pressed the button to the third floor and waited. An elderly woman on a stretcher was chattering loudly to herself. Uncomfortably, he turned around and like the others, stared at the changing green numbers as the elevator rose.
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Kouichi saw the statue the Admitting Nurse had mentioned way down the hall. The place was much more peaceful than the main lobby. The walls were painted with a faded blueish color. The boy cautiously knocked on the door of room 729. No one answered. He knocked again.
No response.
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No response.
"We are sorry, this number cannot be reached...please hang up and try aga--."
"ARGH!" The cellphone hit the wall with a "plasticky" crack as the force of the collision separated it in two. Kouji frowned. Izumi usually wasn't busy at this time. The nurse had given up in trying to get him to cooperate and had gone off to tend to another patient.
He groaned. 'How the heck am I suppose to get out of this hospital' Kouji thought desperately, as he glanced at the nurse who had returned from her break and scowled.
"What is the matter, Mr. Minamoto?" she questioned, blinking her eyes innocently.
"Nothing!" he hissed, and returned to his glance to the window, watching birds soar high in the sky.
Kate: I MADE A POEM!! MUHAHA ^-~ skillz kat, its called skillz!!
Kat: O.o?
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"Hey, have you seen Kouichi?" the goggle boy ran up and asked her. Izumi shook her head slowly.
"Why? Where is he?" Izumi asked.
Takuya rolled his eyes. "If I knew that, why would I be asking?"
"We'll why would you be asking me? You're his best friend!" she retorted. Takuya opened his mouth to reply, but decided to keep his thoughts to himself.
"Sorry." Izumi muttered, seeing Takuya was slightly offended by her words. He didn't reply.
"Hey, how about getting a drink. I know a great place down the street!" Izumi encouraged, trying to lighten the atmosphere. Takuya smiled.
"Yeah sure."
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"Cheers!" Takuya exclaimed. Izumi raised her eyebrow.
"To...?"
Takuya shrugged sheepishly. "Out of a habit I guess."
Izumi laughed weakly.
An enormous pause followed the scene.
"You know... I've always wondered why Kouji and Kouichi looks so alike..." Izumi murmured, while slurping her straw, obviously trying to start a conversation.
"I know!" Takuya grinned. "If I didn't know better, I'd think they were brothers."
"Twins even..." Izumi laughed. "But they can't be. Kouji only has a father since his birth."
Takuya raised his eyebrow. "Same goes with Kouichi. He only has a mother though. He told me something about his father leaving them... Anyway, he wasn't really willing to talk about that stuff, so I didn't really want to push him."
Izumi frowned. "But Kouji never mentioned anything about having a brother, or his mother being alive."
"So that means... they still could be brothers then?" Takuya cocked his head, and then bit into his hamburger thoughtfully.
The two sat in silence once again, both deep in their thoughts.
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"Argh... how come no one's answering?!" Kouji growled, as he slammed the receiver after the twentieth ring in attempts of awaking his manager. Apparently, the last concert had taken a lot out of him, and now his manager was sleeping like a log. The patients in the hospital stared at him.
"What?" he glared. The patients quickly resumed to what they were doing, and if they weren't doing anything, quickly found something to do. Kouji grimaced smugly.
'I might as well try phoning Izumi one last time...' Kouji thought dully, while dialing her number with hospitals phone. The doctors allowed him to use it, only if he would stop complaining about... everything.
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"Hm… you know Takkie, this all makes sense. The two probably weren't informed, about them being brothers and all!" Izumi smiled encouragingly, she reached down to find her cell phone.
"Shoot!" she cursed, and hastily turned the cell phone back on.
"You have missed... Twenty-One... phone calls from... Kouji Minamoto." The phone called.
Izumi quickly dialed the phone.
"We are sorry, this number you called cannot be reached...please hang up and try aga--."
(Kate: Remember, Kouji broke his cell phone...)
"Kouji!" Izumi groaned, and held her forehead while sighing.
Suddenly, her cell phone rang.
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"Hello?" Izumi's voice answered.
"Izumi? Who is that?" a male voice hassled her. Kouji frowned. Who was he?
"Hello? Is anyone there?" Izumi asked again, ignoring his question.
"It's probably a wrong number or maybe a prank..." the voice suggested. Kouji bit his lip. Izumi wouldn't really... cheat on him would she?
Kouji clenched the phone hard in his right hand, and then let it drop back on the receiver, ending connection.
"Mister, are you okay?" a nearby nurse asked him, seeing his shake. Kouji stopped, and glared at her.
"Mind your own business," he snarled, and pushed past her to get out of the hospital.
"Where are you--?" she called after him.
"Out, anywhere but here," Kouji interrupted her, grabbing his jacket. He turned sharply, causing the nurse to back away from him, and walked silently out of the building.
Author's Note:
Kate: I know its short, but o well. I wonder why I'm writing... . I thought Kat was. *sigh* It's gonna take a while to update another chapter since *cough* won't help me much...