Differnt Forms - pt.4
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Author's note: To satisfy boys and girls alike... two boys reborn as girls... and their destined love for one another.
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"I don't want the future. I want the present to stand still. I just want to
stay here with you..."
~*~
Kenshou ran down to her room where she saw Chishiki waiting rather impaitently. She gulped. "Sorry?" she said slowly and sat down at her now cleared desk.
She tapped a pencil against the girl's head angerily and groaned, "Where have you been? You're 15 minutes late, I don't know what you've been doing!"
"I was workin' on a project with Koji. Something for literacy. We both passed that class, but we're tryin' to see if we can get some extra credits so we can graduate with some good merits..." she replied slowly.
Chishiki stared at her and sighed heavily. "I suppose that IS a good excuse. And you better not be lying to me. I can't stand liars. Anyway, let us begin, I'd like to see the progress report."
"Huh?"
"After the 2 weeks, there's a progress report from your teachers, I'd like to see if I've been helping at all. If not I can quit."
Kenshou paled and searched through her backpack for a crumpled piece of paper. "If I'm not doin' up to yer standard yer gonna quit on me?" she asked, watching as her tutor's face frowned and stared at the paper with a serious expression. Oddly enough, after the three weeks together she stopped caring about what was behind that mass of bangs, and the two of them were on almost friendly terms.
"I don't know about this..."
"Huh??"
"It's not very good... did you even look at it?"
"No..."
Chishiki shook her head slowly. "Oh dear," she said and handed the paper over, looking very disappointed. "I don't know what to think."
Kenshou stared at the paper and attempted to read the comments written mostly in kanji. To her surprise the notes from the teachers were far better than anything she'd ever gotten. Things like: "Caught falling asleep" or "Failing to work up to her full potential" were common place her report cards, but today they had written, "Great improvement" and "Actually working and participating" and other similar comments.
"Wait... this isn't bad!"
"Of course not! It's just not at all what I imagined. I was hoping very much for a week off..."
Her jaw dropped. "You WANTED to quit?"
Her tutor smiled and poked her nose. "No, I was teasing you. I thought you'd have gotten use to it by now."
Kenshou stared at her.
Chishiki laughed and sat back, pulling out a book. "Alright, anyway...! Onto another topic, I decided to look through my collections of English novels, and I came across these." She presented her with a pile of books.
"Lord of the Rings? Honestly! I've read these in Japanese already, and they AREN'T that good," Kenshou groaned and looked away from the books.
"I know, but they are quite a fascinating read in English. Very educational. I figured, we'd do something more fun," the elder girl said with a gentle smile.
She picked up the book and read the first paragraph outloud and looked up. "You know," she began, "I outta thank you for all this help."
Chishiki blinked and asked, "Huh?"
"Seriously, sure my ol' man pays ya lots... but I mean, I gotta do my part too--"
"Just passing your courses is quite enough for me."
Kenshou grabbed her tutor by the shoulders and shook her lightly. "I got an idea!" she announced, "Next week, or even this week, how say ya to a day out?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, a date... sorta. I mean, as pals 'n all. I take ya out, teach ya how ta have fun!"
"I su--"
"Saturday! That's on the weekend. Ya come by for my lesson at two, and then at like, 4 we can go out 'n have fun and shit!"
Chishiki looked away, her face flushed in embarrasment. She gestured to the simple clothes she wore, a pair of plaid slacks and a white button down. "I don't really fit in the han--"
Kenshou waved off this excuse. "Hey, I got plenty a'clothes. You just come, and I'll dress ya, how's that sound?"
She stared a the masculine clothes that her pupil wore. "Uh--"
"Alright?"
Chishiki sighed, giving in. There wasn't any possible way she could win the argument after all.
~*~
"Yer... goin' out Saturday? But... I just got freedom! My ol' woman totally said I could hang out again, and yer goin' OUT?"
"Koji, calm down will ya?"
A long ragged sigh was his reply.
"Come on Koji, ya know all we do on the weekends is hang out at the race track anyway."
"So, who you hangin' out with?"
Kenshou stared at the phone, afraid to reply. "Well--"
"Come on, we're buds! You can tell me if you have a BOYFRIEND," Koji added teasingly.
"Come off it, Koji. Ya know I don't bend that way."
"Then who?"
"Chishiki..."
"Yer tutor?"
"... yeah..."
"Dammit Kenshou!" She heard and then there was an audible click. Angerily she threw the phone onto her bed, crying, "Damn you Koji! Ya fuckin' bastard!"
She sat on the floor. "Gotta be fuckin' jealous, she grumbled. She stared glumly at the book sticking out from under her bed, and she pulled it out, dragging some papers along with it too. Blank sheets of paper and a pencil usually invited her to draw, and reluctantly, Kenshou pushed the book away and she pressed the pencil to the paper.
Nothing came.
She scribbled something onto the paper and threw in the trash. Closing her eyes she attempted to draw something from inside her heart.
Nothing.
"FUCK!!!!" she cried and tore the paper into small bits.
Suddenly her phone rang, and tumbled off the bed into her lap. "What!?" she cried angerily.
"... Kenshou?"
"Whadya want Koji?"
"I-I-I'm sorry! I didn't realize you were expecting a call."
"Chishiki?"
"Oh, dear... I know I don't call my pupils too often, but I had to make sure that you'll be there on time tomorrow."
"...yeah."
"Alright then, thank so much. I'll see you then."
Kenshou stared at the phone and dropped it onto her bed more lightly. She picked up her pencil again, and chewed on the eraser in thought. She started to draw two figures, the same as the ones she had drawn in school once. In the background she added two chibi figures, one with fangs like herself teasing the man holding the woman. The other one, had the same blue hair as Chishiki, but instead of bangs that fell infront of its eyes, they stuck up in an awkward manner. Then she added a few more figures, one that looked like a woman, a little boy, a "beautiful" man and a muscular doctor. Laughing, she wrote in the corner, "The Seven Amazing Warriors of Suzaku and their priestess."
"Imagine? A bunch of clowns as great warriors," she said to herself and tacked it up on her wall next to the other half finished sketches. It was then she noticed a peice of paper hidden by the rest. Something she started years ago, but could never finish. Kenshou stared at it, suddenly overcome with confusion. Sketched on the paper, a few colors scattered about, were two men in an embrace. She recognized the warrior she designed after herself years ago, but the other looked alot like a male Chishiki with floating bangs... if she were a monk.
"I didn't know Chishiki when I drew this," she said and placed the paper on her desk to copy over onto another sheet. The colors were the same, a similar powder blue hair, red eyes. Kenshou wasn't big on shounen ai and yaoi, but she did have the tendency to draw two men in love. She brought out her special colored pencils, and pressed the orange to the paper, and colored in the taller warrior. However, she left the other one uncolored, save for the light streaks of blue in the hair, and the red eyes. "How could I have designed him when I didn't meet her yet?" She was about to use another color, teal, or brown, but neither felt right. Finally she settled on using the original colors she had planned as a child. It was then she noticed a small date in the corner. It was from the day her mother left.
~*~
Chishiki stared at the pile of clothes Kenshou was throwing out of her closet in an attempt to find something that would both fit her and not look like something a man would wear. "I don't see what's wrong with this," she said and gestured to her outfit.
Kenshou stared at buisness-like suit her tutor was wearing. "No, just... no. I mean, we're gonna have fun, right? I mean, ya can't look like yer gonna go to a board meetin'." Suddenly she pulled out a gift wrapped box and placed it on her bed. "Yah, this outta work. I got this from my aunt a few years back. It should fit ya, seein' as yer so small and delicate and stuff," she said pulling out a dark green skirt and a white shirt. "It seems like somethin' you'd wear."
The elder girl took the clothes into her arms. "Uhm, where can I change?"
She pointed to a small door in the wall. "That's the bathroom, ya can change in there," Kenshou said, while digging through her closet for something to wear.
Chishiki nodded and entered the bathroom and quickly changed into the clothes. It seemed to fit alright, it was maybe a little tight in the chest area, and the slits up the sides of the skirt were a little inappropriate for her. And the sleeveless thing was just too much skin, seeing as the neckline dove a little to low for her tastes. "Yo, ya done in there?" Kenshou asked, knocking on the door.
"I don't think it fits to well," she replied, trying to find an excuse to get out of it.
"Well, let me see. I ain't no fasion genius, but I might have something here to fix it up."
She opened the door and stepped out, her face flushed. "Well, that ain't too bad. A little girlish, but it seems ta fit ya," Kenshou exclaimed proudly.
"I feel.. revealed." Suddenly a soft blue fabric was thrown over her shoulders. She looked at it for a moment, and acknowledged the soft white designs etched onto the cloth. "I figured ya were gonna need sumthin' like that," the young girl said, "so I went out and bought it. Didn't cost me much. Let's call it a present."
Chishiki blinked and smiled. "Thanks," she said softly. It was also then she observed the kind of outfit Kenshou was wearing. She was wearing slacks and a white shirt, but this was hardly visable behind a long black and blue coat.
"Well," Kenshou said taking her arm like a male escort. "Ready for some real fun?"
~*~
Author's note: I think this is a tad bit shorter than the other chapters. And yes, an attempt to modernize the colors and outfits of our favorite guys. ^.^ It was much easier to do to Kenshou because she dresses like a guy anyway. *sweatdrop* But Chishiki! Aiya! What an outfit huh? Anyway, I think from now on-- *pauses* no, I shouldn't give away anything drastic in the plot. R&R PLEASE or else I'm never gonna continue this! *sobs* Well... then again...
****
Author's note: To satisfy boys and girls alike... two boys reborn as girls... and their destined love for one another.
****
"I don't want the future. I want the present to stand still. I just want to
stay here with you..."
~*~
Kenshou ran down to her room where she saw Chishiki waiting rather impaitently. She gulped. "Sorry?" she said slowly and sat down at her now cleared desk.
She tapped a pencil against the girl's head angerily and groaned, "Where have you been? You're 15 minutes late, I don't know what you've been doing!"
"I was workin' on a project with Koji. Something for literacy. We both passed that class, but we're tryin' to see if we can get some extra credits so we can graduate with some good merits..." she replied slowly.
Chishiki stared at her and sighed heavily. "I suppose that IS a good excuse. And you better not be lying to me. I can't stand liars. Anyway, let us begin, I'd like to see the progress report."
"Huh?"
"After the 2 weeks, there's a progress report from your teachers, I'd like to see if I've been helping at all. If not I can quit."
Kenshou paled and searched through her backpack for a crumpled piece of paper. "If I'm not doin' up to yer standard yer gonna quit on me?" she asked, watching as her tutor's face frowned and stared at the paper with a serious expression. Oddly enough, after the three weeks together she stopped caring about what was behind that mass of bangs, and the two of them were on almost friendly terms.
"I don't know about this..."
"Huh??"
"It's not very good... did you even look at it?"
"No..."
Chishiki shook her head slowly. "Oh dear," she said and handed the paper over, looking very disappointed. "I don't know what to think."
Kenshou stared at the paper and attempted to read the comments written mostly in kanji. To her surprise the notes from the teachers were far better than anything she'd ever gotten. Things like: "Caught falling asleep" or "Failing to work up to her full potential" were common place her report cards, but today they had written, "Great improvement" and "Actually working and participating" and other similar comments.
"Wait... this isn't bad!"
"Of course not! It's just not at all what I imagined. I was hoping very much for a week off..."
Her jaw dropped. "You WANTED to quit?"
Her tutor smiled and poked her nose. "No, I was teasing you. I thought you'd have gotten use to it by now."
Kenshou stared at her.
Chishiki laughed and sat back, pulling out a book. "Alright, anyway...! Onto another topic, I decided to look through my collections of English novels, and I came across these." She presented her with a pile of books.
"Lord of the Rings? Honestly! I've read these in Japanese already, and they AREN'T that good," Kenshou groaned and looked away from the books.
"I know, but they are quite a fascinating read in English. Very educational. I figured, we'd do something more fun," the elder girl said with a gentle smile.
She picked up the book and read the first paragraph outloud and looked up. "You know," she began, "I outta thank you for all this help."
Chishiki blinked and asked, "Huh?"
"Seriously, sure my ol' man pays ya lots... but I mean, I gotta do my part too--"
"Just passing your courses is quite enough for me."
Kenshou grabbed her tutor by the shoulders and shook her lightly. "I got an idea!" she announced, "Next week, or even this week, how say ya to a day out?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, a date... sorta. I mean, as pals 'n all. I take ya out, teach ya how ta have fun!"
"I su--"
"Saturday! That's on the weekend. Ya come by for my lesson at two, and then at like, 4 we can go out 'n have fun and shit!"
Chishiki looked away, her face flushed in embarrasment. She gestured to the simple clothes she wore, a pair of plaid slacks and a white button down. "I don't really fit in the han--"
Kenshou waved off this excuse. "Hey, I got plenty a'clothes. You just come, and I'll dress ya, how's that sound?"
She stared a the masculine clothes that her pupil wore. "Uh--"
"Alright?"
Chishiki sighed, giving in. There wasn't any possible way she could win the argument after all.
~*~
"Yer... goin' out Saturday? But... I just got freedom! My ol' woman totally said I could hang out again, and yer goin' OUT?"
"Koji, calm down will ya?"
A long ragged sigh was his reply.
"Come on Koji, ya know all we do on the weekends is hang out at the race track anyway."
"So, who you hangin' out with?"
Kenshou stared at the phone, afraid to reply. "Well--"
"Come on, we're buds! You can tell me if you have a BOYFRIEND," Koji added teasingly.
"Come off it, Koji. Ya know I don't bend that way."
"Then who?"
"Chishiki..."
"Yer tutor?"
"... yeah..."
"Dammit Kenshou!" She heard and then there was an audible click. Angerily she threw the phone onto her bed, crying, "Damn you Koji! Ya fuckin' bastard!"
She sat on the floor. "Gotta be fuckin' jealous, she grumbled. She stared glumly at the book sticking out from under her bed, and she pulled it out, dragging some papers along with it too. Blank sheets of paper and a pencil usually invited her to draw, and reluctantly, Kenshou pushed the book away and she pressed the pencil to the paper.
Nothing came.
She scribbled something onto the paper and threw in the trash. Closing her eyes she attempted to draw something from inside her heart.
Nothing.
"FUCK!!!!" she cried and tore the paper into small bits.
Suddenly her phone rang, and tumbled off the bed into her lap. "What!?" she cried angerily.
"... Kenshou?"
"Whadya want Koji?"
"I-I-I'm sorry! I didn't realize you were expecting a call."
"Chishiki?"
"Oh, dear... I know I don't call my pupils too often, but I had to make sure that you'll be there on time tomorrow."
"...yeah."
"Alright then, thank so much. I'll see you then."
Kenshou stared at the phone and dropped it onto her bed more lightly. She picked up her pencil again, and chewed on the eraser in thought. She started to draw two figures, the same as the ones she had drawn in school once. In the background she added two chibi figures, one with fangs like herself teasing the man holding the woman. The other one, had the same blue hair as Chishiki, but instead of bangs that fell infront of its eyes, they stuck up in an awkward manner. Then she added a few more figures, one that looked like a woman, a little boy, a "beautiful" man and a muscular doctor. Laughing, she wrote in the corner, "The Seven Amazing Warriors of Suzaku and their priestess."
"Imagine? A bunch of clowns as great warriors," she said to herself and tacked it up on her wall next to the other half finished sketches. It was then she noticed a peice of paper hidden by the rest. Something she started years ago, but could never finish. Kenshou stared at it, suddenly overcome with confusion. Sketched on the paper, a few colors scattered about, were two men in an embrace. She recognized the warrior she designed after herself years ago, but the other looked alot like a male Chishiki with floating bangs... if she were a monk.
"I didn't know Chishiki when I drew this," she said and placed the paper on her desk to copy over onto another sheet. The colors were the same, a similar powder blue hair, red eyes. Kenshou wasn't big on shounen ai and yaoi, but she did have the tendency to draw two men in love. She brought out her special colored pencils, and pressed the orange to the paper, and colored in the taller warrior. However, she left the other one uncolored, save for the light streaks of blue in the hair, and the red eyes. "How could I have designed him when I didn't meet her yet?" She was about to use another color, teal, or brown, but neither felt right. Finally she settled on using the original colors she had planned as a child. It was then she noticed a small date in the corner. It was from the day her mother left.
~*~
Chishiki stared at the pile of clothes Kenshou was throwing out of her closet in an attempt to find something that would both fit her and not look like something a man would wear. "I don't see what's wrong with this," she said and gestured to her outfit.
Kenshou stared at buisness-like suit her tutor was wearing. "No, just... no. I mean, we're gonna have fun, right? I mean, ya can't look like yer gonna go to a board meetin'." Suddenly she pulled out a gift wrapped box and placed it on her bed. "Yah, this outta work. I got this from my aunt a few years back. It should fit ya, seein' as yer so small and delicate and stuff," she said pulling out a dark green skirt and a white shirt. "It seems like somethin' you'd wear."
The elder girl took the clothes into her arms. "Uhm, where can I change?"
She pointed to a small door in the wall. "That's the bathroom, ya can change in there," Kenshou said, while digging through her closet for something to wear.
Chishiki nodded and entered the bathroom and quickly changed into the clothes. It seemed to fit alright, it was maybe a little tight in the chest area, and the slits up the sides of the skirt were a little inappropriate for her. And the sleeveless thing was just too much skin, seeing as the neckline dove a little to low for her tastes. "Yo, ya done in there?" Kenshou asked, knocking on the door.
"I don't think it fits to well," she replied, trying to find an excuse to get out of it.
"Well, let me see. I ain't no fasion genius, but I might have something here to fix it up."
She opened the door and stepped out, her face flushed. "Well, that ain't too bad. A little girlish, but it seems ta fit ya," Kenshou exclaimed proudly.
"I feel.. revealed." Suddenly a soft blue fabric was thrown over her shoulders. She looked at it for a moment, and acknowledged the soft white designs etched onto the cloth. "I figured ya were gonna need sumthin' like that," the young girl said, "so I went out and bought it. Didn't cost me much. Let's call it a present."
Chishiki blinked and smiled. "Thanks," she said softly. It was also then she observed the kind of outfit Kenshou was wearing. She was wearing slacks and a white shirt, but this was hardly visable behind a long black and blue coat.
"Well," Kenshou said taking her arm like a male escort. "Ready for some real fun?"
~*~
Author's note: I think this is a tad bit shorter than the other chapters. And yes, an attempt to modernize the colors and outfits of our favorite guys. ^.^ It was much easier to do to Kenshou because she dresses like a guy anyway. *sweatdrop* But Chishiki! Aiya! What an outfit huh? Anyway, I think from now on-- *pauses* no, I shouldn't give away anything drastic in the plot. R&R PLEASE or else I'm never gonna continue this! *sobs* Well... then again...