Reincarnation
by: oronoda
Chapter 2: Two Brothers
*Copyright: Fushigi Yuugi is copyrighted by the wonderful Yuu Watase so don't sue me.
*Note: So what did you think of the first chapter? Did you see who was "reincarnated"? Oh well this chapter should be a little fun...
"See this quarter?" replied a 12 year old boy, showing a shiney American quarter to a 5 year old girl and two of her friends. They all nodded. The boy smiled. He placed the quarter into his right hand and proceeded to do a few arm movements.
"Now which hand is the quarter in?" the boy asked grinning. The little children all screamed a variety of answers. The boy smiled at their cuteness. "The answer is neither." He reached for the girl's ear and pulled out the quarter. "It was in your ear all along." The crowd ooed. "And you know? It wasn't a quarter." He continued. He made another swift hand motion and where the quarter was, in its place was a violet. "It was a flower." The children clapped. The boy handed it to the girl
"For my favorite sister."
The girl grabbed him around the neck, "Thank you, Luke. Its so pretty."
Luke smiled his genuine smile, "Now run along now. I got homework to do." The children did as they were told. When they were gone, Luke took out the quarter and tossed it up and caught it. Letting out a sigh, almost wishing that sort of magic were real, he walked down the hall to his room and pulled out his history book.
His room was an interesting one. It had a variety of items that related to the occult (such as tarot cards and various magic tricks) and a bookcase full of books. While most boys his age had posters of sport stars and half naked girls, Luke didn't have any posters. He just did not see a need for them.
After reading the necessary reading on world religions, Luke got up and sat at his computer. He began to type, "All religions are really the same. These basic set of beliefs are just searching for the same thing; a purpose in life beyond hassles of everyday living." He paused and tried to think of what to type next. He found himself typing "#" a few times and looked at the symbol, and laughed good naturedly at it. For some reason the symbol gave him a strange feeling. He pressed the back button and began to type a bit more but was cut off by various cursings in the room next to his.
Rolling his eyes, he got up to see what was going on with his brother Brian in the next room. Brian was slightly older than Luke, being 16 years old. While Luke was looked on as a tiny bit eccentric, Brian was the "normal" one. He was preppy and was what every parent wanted their son to be like. He got ammaculate grades. He was good to his younger siblings. In fact Luke and Brian were extremely close.
Luke came into Brian's room, and picked up Neko, the family cat off the bed and began to pet it, "What happened now, Brian?"
Brian was looking at his computer screen which was blank. The older brother looked peeved. "The computer just shut down suddenly right when I was in the middle of typing a report."
"What happened exactly?" Luke asked putting Neko on the ground.
"Neko was sitting on the monitor and then jumped down. Thats when it went haywire!"
Luke spotted the problem right away. When the cat jumped down, it hit the switch. So Luke just simply turned it on again giving his older brother a playful grin. His brother might get better grades than Luke did, but Brian was a little bit absent-minded often forgetting things and overlooking the obvious. Luke on the other hand was very wise, very good at analysis and giving advice. He excelled at subjects in which you need interpretation like English and Social Science. Since Luke often acted older than he was, it was often that Luke appeared to be the older one.
"When Neko jumped down, she triggered the switch, ya know," Luke said. He added, "I spotted that even with one blind eye!" Luke was indeed blind in his left eye since birth.
Brian mumbled a thank you. He was sometimes embarrassed when his younger brother acted smarter than him.
"If you are okay and the computer doesn't explode I think I will return to my room," Luke added and left with Neko at his heels.
Brian looked at the clock. In about an hour, he was going to tutor a 13 year old. His name was David. David was not doing that well in school and he needed to maintain high grades to stay on the track team. David was almost undefeated. Brian thought it best that he did not tell Luke that because David and Luke were in the same English class. The two were known to fight in class a lot. Since Luke often said stuff that was beyond most people, David included, David would snicker and just say, "Thats stupid." What Luke would do would say something that was not an insult. Therefore, since David expected an insult, David would been incrediably angry at Luke. Luke didn't know why David would be so angry, so Luke decided he did not like David all that much.
Brian got along with David very well for some reason. And it seemed the two would not get along at all. David was not a very studious person while with Brian thats pretty much all he did. The two admired each other greatly. It was almost if a ying met the yang.
An hour later, David arrived. He was appearently just came from training, his training being running all the way to Brian and Luke's house. The tutor and tutee, began to work. Luke, having finished his homework, came out of his room and headed toward the kitchen. He made eye contact with David, who sneered in his direction. Luke just grinned and said, "Hi, David. How's studying going?"
David turned red with anger. Luke felt so good after saying that and headed into the kitchen. There, he poured himself a bowl of Cheerios, the very last bit.
Out in the living room, Brian called, "Luke can you pour me some Cheerios?"
"I took the last bit," Luke called back. Brian whined a little. Brian was a whiner. However, Luke found this funny and not annoying. "Do you want it? Because I don't mind having cornflakes."
"Did you already have some?"
"Yes."
A little more whining, "Okay, no thanks."
Luke shrugged and turned on the TV that was on the kitchen table. It was on the news and he watched it as he scorffed down his Cheerios.
Meanwhile in the living room, Brian was tutoring David in mathematics, the subject that David found to be dull. So the tutee was doodling on his notes. It was a man engulfed in flames. This wasn't the first picture he drew that involved fire.
Brian noticed, "Is your mind occupied?"
"Not really," David said. It was true. He would draw these things when he wasn't thinking of anything really.
"His mind is never occupied ya know," Luke said in the kitchen.
"Shut up!" David yelled.
"Well, lets move onto history," Brian said as he switched on. He tutored a little bit more. David was listening, but he found himself, playing with a piece of paper in which he folded too look like a fan or an accordian. Brian noticed that David did this often. David often knew. It was just a little habit he often did.
In the kitchen, Luke was watching the news, when a special report of a huge earthquake that hit Japan. The spoon literally fell out of his mouth in shock. For some reason this really bothered him.
In the living room, the two stopped what they did when they heard. The two were in a similar shock. The three had no idea why they felt so strong about Japan. Luke was fascinated by their culture and by eastern religions and often watched anime but otherwise he would have no reason to really care. Brian and David had almost no reason to care having no Japanese ethnicity.
The body count was high and the epicenter seemed to be under the national library. Luke nearly wet his pants when he heard this. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and somehow, he felt responsible.
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That was a fun chapter to write. It is also more interesting as well. Look forward to chapter 3!
by: oronoda
Chapter 2: Two Brothers
*Copyright: Fushigi Yuugi is copyrighted by the wonderful Yuu Watase so don't sue me.
*Note: So what did you think of the first chapter? Did you see who was "reincarnated"? Oh well this chapter should be a little fun...
"See this quarter?" replied a 12 year old boy, showing a shiney American quarter to a 5 year old girl and two of her friends. They all nodded. The boy smiled. He placed the quarter into his right hand and proceeded to do a few arm movements.
"Now which hand is the quarter in?" the boy asked grinning. The little children all screamed a variety of answers. The boy smiled at their cuteness. "The answer is neither." He reached for the girl's ear and pulled out the quarter. "It was in your ear all along." The crowd ooed. "And you know? It wasn't a quarter." He continued. He made another swift hand motion and where the quarter was, in its place was a violet. "It was a flower." The children clapped. The boy handed it to the girl
"For my favorite sister."
The girl grabbed him around the neck, "Thank you, Luke. Its so pretty."
Luke smiled his genuine smile, "Now run along now. I got homework to do." The children did as they were told. When they were gone, Luke took out the quarter and tossed it up and caught it. Letting out a sigh, almost wishing that sort of magic were real, he walked down the hall to his room and pulled out his history book.
His room was an interesting one. It had a variety of items that related to the occult (such as tarot cards and various magic tricks) and a bookcase full of books. While most boys his age had posters of sport stars and half naked girls, Luke didn't have any posters. He just did not see a need for them.
After reading the necessary reading on world religions, Luke got up and sat at his computer. He began to type, "All religions are really the same. These basic set of beliefs are just searching for the same thing; a purpose in life beyond hassles of everyday living." He paused and tried to think of what to type next. He found himself typing "#" a few times and looked at the symbol, and laughed good naturedly at it. For some reason the symbol gave him a strange feeling. He pressed the back button and began to type a bit more but was cut off by various cursings in the room next to his.
Rolling his eyes, he got up to see what was going on with his brother Brian in the next room. Brian was slightly older than Luke, being 16 years old. While Luke was looked on as a tiny bit eccentric, Brian was the "normal" one. He was preppy and was what every parent wanted their son to be like. He got ammaculate grades. He was good to his younger siblings. In fact Luke and Brian were extremely close.
Luke came into Brian's room, and picked up Neko, the family cat off the bed and began to pet it, "What happened now, Brian?"
Brian was looking at his computer screen which was blank. The older brother looked peeved. "The computer just shut down suddenly right when I was in the middle of typing a report."
"What happened exactly?" Luke asked putting Neko on the ground.
"Neko was sitting on the monitor and then jumped down. Thats when it went haywire!"
Luke spotted the problem right away. When the cat jumped down, it hit the switch. So Luke just simply turned it on again giving his older brother a playful grin. His brother might get better grades than Luke did, but Brian was a little bit absent-minded often forgetting things and overlooking the obvious. Luke on the other hand was very wise, very good at analysis and giving advice. He excelled at subjects in which you need interpretation like English and Social Science. Since Luke often acted older than he was, it was often that Luke appeared to be the older one.
"When Neko jumped down, she triggered the switch, ya know," Luke said. He added, "I spotted that even with one blind eye!" Luke was indeed blind in his left eye since birth.
Brian mumbled a thank you. He was sometimes embarrassed when his younger brother acted smarter than him.
"If you are okay and the computer doesn't explode I think I will return to my room," Luke added and left with Neko at his heels.
Brian looked at the clock. In about an hour, he was going to tutor a 13 year old. His name was David. David was not doing that well in school and he needed to maintain high grades to stay on the track team. David was almost undefeated. Brian thought it best that he did not tell Luke that because David and Luke were in the same English class. The two were known to fight in class a lot. Since Luke often said stuff that was beyond most people, David included, David would snicker and just say, "Thats stupid." What Luke would do would say something that was not an insult. Therefore, since David expected an insult, David would been incrediably angry at Luke. Luke didn't know why David would be so angry, so Luke decided he did not like David all that much.
Brian got along with David very well for some reason. And it seemed the two would not get along at all. David was not a very studious person while with Brian thats pretty much all he did. The two admired each other greatly. It was almost if a ying met the yang.
An hour later, David arrived. He was appearently just came from training, his training being running all the way to Brian and Luke's house. The tutor and tutee, began to work. Luke, having finished his homework, came out of his room and headed toward the kitchen. He made eye contact with David, who sneered in his direction. Luke just grinned and said, "Hi, David. How's studying going?"
David turned red with anger. Luke felt so good after saying that and headed into the kitchen. There, he poured himself a bowl of Cheerios, the very last bit.
Out in the living room, Brian called, "Luke can you pour me some Cheerios?"
"I took the last bit," Luke called back. Brian whined a little. Brian was a whiner. However, Luke found this funny and not annoying. "Do you want it? Because I don't mind having cornflakes."
"Did you already have some?"
"Yes."
A little more whining, "Okay, no thanks."
Luke shrugged and turned on the TV that was on the kitchen table. It was on the news and he watched it as he scorffed down his Cheerios.
Meanwhile in the living room, Brian was tutoring David in mathematics, the subject that David found to be dull. So the tutee was doodling on his notes. It was a man engulfed in flames. This wasn't the first picture he drew that involved fire.
Brian noticed, "Is your mind occupied?"
"Not really," David said. It was true. He would draw these things when he wasn't thinking of anything really.
"His mind is never occupied ya know," Luke said in the kitchen.
"Shut up!" David yelled.
"Well, lets move onto history," Brian said as he switched on. He tutored a little bit more. David was listening, but he found himself, playing with a piece of paper in which he folded too look like a fan or an accordian. Brian noticed that David did this often. David often knew. It was just a little habit he often did.
In the kitchen, Luke was watching the news, when a special report of a huge earthquake that hit Japan. The spoon literally fell out of his mouth in shock. For some reason this really bothered him.
In the living room, the two stopped what they did when they heard. The two were in a similar shock. The three had no idea why they felt so strong about Japan. Luke was fascinated by their culture and by eastern religions and often watched anime but otherwise he would have no reason to really care. Brian and David had almost no reason to care having no Japanese ethnicity.
The body count was high and the epicenter seemed to be under the national library. Luke nearly wet his pants when he heard this. It was a very uncomfortable feeling and somehow, he felt responsible.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That was a fun chapter to write. It is also more interesting as well. Look forward to chapter 3!