"Goddammit!" Kamui bellowed. He was sick to death of these weird happenings and going to new places; it was a bad sign….even now he had no idea where Subaru was! Not only that, but he was stuck with the village idiot, who at the moment was laughing wholeheartedly at Kamui's distress. Anger finally reaching its peak, Kamui turned on Fuuma.

"What is so goddamned funny?" he fumed, fist clenched as Fuuma laughed harder. At first Kamui thought it was just from his laughter, but he suddenly realized Fuuma was pointing behind Kamui. Spinning quickly, he was then staring straight into the faces of eight angry mothers whose children were playing in the playground no more than 10 feet away from where Kamui and Fuuma now stood.

"Ugh," Kamui groaned placing his hand on his head.

~*~

Several minutes later, after being berated by each of the mothers in turn and being stared like a freak in a circus by nosy onlookers, Kamui growled and stomped away, in the direction of the middle of the park. Fuuma followed leisurely, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Kamui heaved a sigh. "What is it Fuuma?"

Fuuma shrugged. "I dunno…just thought it was weird that you could understand those people is all."

Kamui was about to argue the point when realization hit him, Fuuma was right! Presently tucking the shock of Fuuma being right in his brain for later notice, Kamui knew he had a point. Though these people looked the same, granted their clothing style was a bit different, they were on a different planet entirely, and they shouldn't be speaking the same language.

"So…what's your point?" Although Kamui's statement sounded snarky, he was actually curious as to what Fuuma's answer would be.

"Well" Fuuma started, hands in pockets. "My point is, this isn't a coincidence. There's got to be something here that is allowing this to happen. For instance, the question we should have asked Fei Wong Reed is not where he's taking us, but why? Think about it Kamui, out of every solar system in the Universe, he chose us to come to this planet, where we happen to speak the same language. Now, I'm sure there is a slight chance that two worlds can speak the same language, but think about it Kamui; the chances that Reed sent us directly to the world where we do speak the same, on the first try, that's a one in a billion, one in a trillion chance." Kamui's jaw dropped unceremoniously as his entire attention span was focused on Fuuma in disbelief. Fuuma flashed Kamui a brilliant smile. "This is definitely not chance the reason we're here Kamui, not a coincidence. Think about it."

Kamui was so awestruck by Fuuma's impromptu speech of brilliance he didn't even noticed when he lengthened his strides and ended up ahead of him. Snapping out of his daze, he turned to yell at the man when he saw him standing by a pink frilly tree that kept dropping flowers and…'Subaru!' Ina manner of seconds Kamui had raced back to Subaru, definitely annoyed at his obvious delight with being in Seishirou's company. An awkward silence stayed in the air before Kamui finally spoke up.

"Well, let's not stand around all day. Let's find this old hag so we can get the hell out of here!"

~*~

Subaru frowned at Kamui's lack of finesse and enjoyment. Subaru found he loved it here, the beautiful trees, the laughing children, furry little creatures on weird ropes that chased after thrown objects; all of these things were foreign to Subaru, and much more beautiful than the desolate place that he called home. A feeling of being watched made Subaru look over slightly at Seishirou, who shot him a kind grin. A feeling of warmth spread through his body, causing his pale cheeks to go pink. Finally to embarrassed to see if he was watched anymore, Subaru continued forward after Kamui and Fuuma with his eyes on the ground, the dynamic duo leading the way into the strange, foreboding city, and was so distracted he didn't even realize when Kamui stopped and he ended up crashing into his back.

"Where…where are we?" Subaru stated with a gasp when he finally looked up. There were people walking on the sidewalks and streets besides them, so many people! There were also people wearing odd, colorful clothing and others with crazy hairstyles. It was nothing like home, but Subaru decided that he liked it.

All men stood stock still within the steady stream of people, hearing from time to time words of profanity projected their way, but it was one voice in particular that had caught their attention. A small, feminine voice.

"Kamui..Kamui!"

The group strained to hear further, she sounded so far away.

"KAMUI!" The girl seemed to fly out of nowhere into their midst, making each of them gasp. She was breathing hard, grasping hands with Kamui.

"Kamui I found you, you need to come quick I…"

Kamui raised a brow at her. "Yes, I'm Kamui, but I have never met you before in my…" He looked closer and his eyes widened in shock.

"Yu…Yuzuriha! Get off of me" Kamui recognized her from Fuuma's gang and struggled out of her grasp.

"Kamui…it's me, Yuzuriha!"Feeling perplexed and frustrated, she merely grabbed his hand and pulled him along. "Come on let's just go meet everyone."

~*~

Kamui was wound up tighter than a clock by the time Yuzuriha was able to drag him to some weird school looking place. "Where is this? Where are you taking me?!" Looking over his shoulder he saw the other 3 were trailing along, not too closely, and noticed with annoyance how Subaru and Seishirou chatted amiably amongst one another.

"Just come inside please" She stated exasperated, like he was an idiot she had to lead by the hand.

"Wait…this seems like…" he began to protest, but at that exact moment she swung open the door, pushing him forcefully inside. Mildly panicked he looked around the room at familiar faces. 'Familiar faces my ass!' Kamui gritted out to himself. 'Shit I've been ambushed!' He looked around to see faces from Fuuma's group, staring at him questioningly. It took everything in his power not to bear his fangs.

"Ah…Yuzuriha….who is this?" Seiichiro asked her.

Yuzuriha rolled her eyes like the answer should be obvious. "It's Kamui, see, look!"

Seiichiro looked at him in awe. "Yes well, he looks like him but, his power is nothing like our Kamui's powers. Can't you feel the difference."

"Wait, wait!" Kamui interrupted. "I have my twin brother and…other people here." He turned and squirmed under Yuzuriha's hold, staring at the door. Suddenly it creaked open, with Subaru's concerned face peeking in.

"Sorry, just wanted to test the waters." He said with an apologetic grin. The two were too focused on each other to notice that the other people in the room's mouths seemed to drop farther. However, they did not miss the next guests.

Someone made a hissing sound and everyone went on alert as Fuuma walked in.

"It's him. It's Kamui" Sorata ground out, clearly not happy.

"Why couldn't we feel him come in?" Arashi asked Sorata before she turned her face to Fuuma. "Masking your power are you, you bastard! Well now that you're here don't think I'm afraid!"

"We didn't feel his powers because it's not Kamui. I'm guessing he came with these 2 travelers' as well." A sensual female voice answered.

All became silent in the room as each person from both parties stood staring each other down.

~*~

Seishirou waited outside of the building, wandering through the surrounding area. He figured he would know if Subaru and his brother were in danger,and he knew Fuuma could handle himself so he figured that he'd rather be outside investigating the area then meeting nosy strangers. He had been outside just walking blindly and taking in the scenery when he spotted a student sitting down reading a book and smoking a cigarette. Although he could see the man he was well hidden behind some trees, invisible to the other. The man's hands were long and slender, hands pale that looked smooth to the touch. He watched as the young man grabbed his cigarette and looked up to take a drag, unknowingly looking straight in Seishirou's direction.

~*~

"Whose there!" Subaru shouted. His acute sense of hearing let him know someone was watching him, yet no one answered. A strange prickle touched his skin as he stood to get up, sending chills down his spine. Creeping up to the patch of bushes and trees, he moved them quickly, only to find... nothing there.

His body relaxed again as his heart stabilized. 'Idiot…what were you expecting to find?' he admonished himself before heading back to his book and peace and quiet.

TBC. Please stay tuned ^.~