School
By: Keiko Nakamoto
Disclaimer: Don't own em.
Notes: Konnichiwa! I'm on the phone with my friend Chiyoko right now! She's trying to put her 'crazy psychotic' contacts in. ^___^ It's her first day with them. So if this seems...odd...that'd be why. Her odd comments may be affecting me...

~ # ~

"Tasuki?" Chiriko asked hesitantly. Genrou's eyes widened slightly and a soft red light began to glow around him.

Miaka, Suzaku no miko. Chichiri. Suzaku Shichiseishi. Tamahome. Seiryuu. Nuriko. Kounan. Kouji. Tasuki...a lifetime of memories flooded into his being.

'Tasuki...?'

'I am...'

"Tasuki." Genrou said softly. "I AM Tasuki."

Chiriko grinned, then tackle-hugged the older boy.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you!" he said. Tasuki grinned and ruffled the boy's hair.

"Missed ya too kid." He said. "I just didn't realize how much, until now."

Chiriko beamed up at him. Kouji was staring at the two of them like they had just announced that they were getting married. So, for that matter, was everyone else. Chiriko and Tasuki sweatdropped.

"Um..." Tasuki said intelligently. "We..."

"Care to explain this for us Cheerio?" Ryuuen asked. "Since Fang boy is obviously not going to."

"I know this looks kinda odd." Chiriko said with a lopsided grin. "But it's just that I'm so glad to see Tasuki again! He's my cousin. I used to stay over at his house before he ran away. After that, I never saw much of him."

"Yeah, I didn't recognize him at first, but see, I always use'ta play Tasuki, so when he told that story, I remembered." Tasuki finished. "Ya know, I like the name Tasuki. Ya'll call me that now."

"Cheerio and Tasuki." Ryuuen thought. "I want a nickname too!"

Tasuki and Chiriko grinned.

"How about we tell you the stories of the characters from our game, then you can pick who you want to be." Chiriko suggested. Much to his and Tasuki's delight, everyone agreed.

~ Later, after all the explanations ~

"I wanna be the cross-dresser!" Ryuuen announced. "I'm Nuriko!"

"I would like to be the beautiful emperor, Hotohori." Saihitei said. "However, he could not have possibly been as beautiful as I am."

Tasuki grinned.

"You have no idea." He said. 'Hotohori' glared at him.

"I'll be Chichiri no da!" Houjun announced happily.

"Suits you." Ryuuen said. "He sounds almost as annoying as you."

'Chichiri' glared at him.

"I don't really think any of them suit me." Kouji said. Chiriko and Tasuki looked at each other. Oops.

"You can be Kouji! The great bandit leader Tasuki's boyfr...er...partner!" Tasuki said. "You'll help watch the hideout while I'm gone, and lead raids when I'm sick or whatever."

"Um. Okay." Kouji sweatdropped. Chiriko looked questioningly up at Tasuki.

"I thought you liked Nuriko." He said. "Or Chichiri. Maaaaaybe Tamahome. Not Kouji...well...wait. Okay, maybe."

Tasuki blinked, then blushed.

"I don't like any of 'em!" he yelled. "Ick!"

"Soooo, you like Miaka then?"

"NOOO!"

"But you tried to..."

"Forget that! Pretend it NEVER happened!"

"Jeez. Sorry."

Tasuki sighed. Everyone was staring at them again. Chiriko leaned over and whispered to Tasuki.

"Ya know? I reeeally hope they get their memories back soon."

"No kidding."

~ # ~

Later that day, Keiko and Kaen were walking down the hall on their way to their room.

"Strange group, those friends of yours." Kaen said softly. Keiko laughed.

"Yeah, I know, but they're cool." She said. "But whenever I'm around them, I feel like they've got this little thing between them that no matter how hard I try, I can't be part of. It's...odd."

Kaen was staring at something straight ahead.

"You oke?" Keiko asked. Kaen nodded and pointed down the hall. There were two boys looking at a map. Keiko blinked. Or was it ONE guy standing next to a mirror looking at a map?

"Twins?" Kaen whispered. Keiko shrugged.

"Hey!" she called. "You two lost?"

The boys looked up.

"Yeah, can you help us?" one of them asked. Keiko grinned and walked up to them.

"Sure, where ya going?" she asked.

"We can't find our room." One of the boys told her. Keiko looked at the map. "It's right there."

Keiko smiled.

"That's down this way." She said, pointing in the direction she and Kaen had been going. "It's on the way to our room, so we'll walk with you."

"Thank you." one of the boys said. So the four started walking down the hall together.

"So, I'm Keiko." Keiko said. "Nakamoto Keiko."

"I'm Haku Kaen." Kaen smiled.

"Bu Koutoku." One boy said. "Nice to meet you."

"Bu Shunkaku." The other said. Keiko smiled.

"More Chinese people!" she said. "Wanna join our little group? I think we're losing some of the others."

Koutoku shrugged.

"Sure. It'll be nice to have friends." He said.

"Yay! Well, just so you know, Kaen and I are really the only girls in our group." Keiko said. "Just so you aren't surprised."

Shunkaku nodded. They walked in silence for awhile. Kaen was a bit uncomfortable, she felt like she knew the two boys, but that was ridiculous right? She had never met twins before.

"Do either of you know what a Seiryuu is?" she asked quietly. Koutoku stopped walking, looking stricken. He turned and looked at Kaen.

"Do you know what a Soi is?" he asked. Kaen nodded.

"Yeah, she's a character from a book." She said. "Chiriko and Genr...um, Tasuki told us about her. She's supposed to be evil right?"

Koutoku nodded, looking disappointed. Then he realized something.

"Did you say Chiriko and Tasuki?" he asked. Kaen nodded. "Can you take me to them?"

"Um, it's getting late, I think you guys should get into your room so you don't get in trouble, but if you sit with us at lunch tomorrow, we'll introduce you to them." Keiko said. Koutoku smiled at her.

"Stop acting weird Aniki." Shunkaku said. Koutoku sighed. Soon Keiko stopped.

"Well, here it is. Room 1768." She said. "Stay in there until tomorrow."

The twins nodded and went in. Keiko turned to Kaen.

"Nice guys." She said. Kaen nodded.

"Very."

~ Owari

Mou, that was awful! Oh well. Tell me what'cha think...provided it isn't TOO bad...