Lalalala. I don't own the twins. But I wish for Ami, I wish for Ami. Yes, aoi hoshi! Okay, that's enough
Amiboshi stood in front of a mirror. He slipped into the long silk kimono and tied it carefully with a silver obi. The kimono was very pretty, jade green decorated with silver dragons, but he wasn't particularly pleased with it. He began to do his hair into little buns, tied with more silver ribbon, and a little trail of hair coming from each carefully twisted roll. Sighing, he used his nail to apply lipstick and eye-shadow, then checked his appearance in the mirror.
Blast.
He was a little flat-chested to pass off as a girl, but maybe for one so young...
He glared at his reflection, putting his flute into one of the wide sleeves. Then, stopping to grab a pair of outside slippers, he headed for the palace of Konan. His thoughts were these:
//Shun-chan, I am going to KILL you//
Meanwhile, his twin was in Makan, in Sairou. Suboshi had somehow managed to rewind time to when Miaka was burning up with fever, and stood over her bed, grinning maliciously. He set up a little booth outside her room and started yelling, "Step right up! Step right up!! Only 11 yen to watch the Suzaku no Baka die!! While it lasts!! Hurry, folks, you don't wanna miss this!!"
Soi and Nakago strolled over, arm in arm.
"Only 11 yen? To watch the Suzaku no Miko die?" Nakago pulled out a little purse, and put 22 yen down on Suboshi's counter. The yo-yo boy gave him a look and said,
"For you it'll cost 5 yen extra."
"What?! Why?"
"I hate your guts."
"Oh." Nakago sighed and put an extra five yen down.
//Wow// Suboshi thought, //he's generally not that easy. Must be Soi's influence//
Nakago and Soi entered the room.
Yui walked over.
"What're you doing, Suboshi?"
"Y-Yui-sama! I'm, uh,"
"You look like a street vender selling pies or something," Yui laughed.
Suboshi started to blush, considering Yui was actually talking friendlily to him. "Y-Yui-sama," he sighed besottedly.
Nuriko rushed over from Wanted: Fans, yelled "QUIT BLUSHING!" and then disappeared. Suboshi looked quite shaken.
"Suboshi...what was THAT?"
"Iunno, Yui-sama. Whatever it was, I'll protect you from it!"
"Um...Suboshi..." Yui sweatdropped.
"Well, Yui-sama, it was nice to see you!"
"I'd better be going about now. See you later!"
Suboshi, now being alone, he began to think over what he had made his older twin do.
*FLASHBACK*
"Aniki, everyone is always saying you're in love with Mitsukake!"
"WHAT? Look, we're just friends. Nothing more."
"Well, then, I dare you to dress up as a girl and try to get him to have a crush on you."
"N-NANI???????"
"Yeah. See, if you hate every second of it, won't that prove you don't love him? Then the yaoi people won't be able to write you together anymore!"
"Somehow I get this feeling that you're only doing this so you can set me up for blackmail."
"Would I do that?"
"Yes."
"Just come on! Do it, and I won't bother you anymore. And I won't show anyone else the videos."
"WHAT?!?!"
"Kiiiiding."
*END FLASHBACK*
Suboshi grinned. Yup, he was really going to have blackmail with this. He had bribed one of the people in the palace to film it all, using a video recorder he'd gotten out of the same plothole he'd gotten this booth from.
Amiboshi approached the palace, totally unsuspecting of the evil trick he was part of.
However, it had been a while since he'd been in Konan, and he didn't really know his way around Hotohori's large palace. He wandered around until he bumped into someone. Specifically, the emperor himself.
"Konninichiwa, Miss."
"Konninichiwa, Heika!"
"How did you know we were the emperor?"
"I've heard the emperor is the most beautiful man in the world, and you're so beautiful, I knew you must be he."
Hotohori smiled, very pleased. "You're a very wise child. Now, where are you going?"
"Please, Heika, I'm looking for the Suzaku no Shichiseishi Mitsukake. But I can't find my way around this wonderful palace."
Hotohori was by now very flattered, and he readily agreed to show the sweet (and very truthful!) girl to where Mitsukake was. She followed him, keeping her eyes respectfully to the floor.
"You look rather familiar, young Miss. What's your name?"
"Please, Heika, they call me Kin-yuki."
"Kin-yuki. That's a very pretty name, lass."
"Arigatou, Heika!!"
"Ah, here is where Mitsukake spend most of his time. The indoor herb gardens."
//What a romantic setting// Amiboshi thought sourly, self-consciously tugging at his sash.
Mitsukake looked up as they entered.
"Konninichiwa, Heika."
"Konninichiwa, Mitsukake, we have brought you a visitor. This is Kin-yuki."
"Hello, Kin-yuki-san."
//Lalalala. Boring. Get out of here, Heika, so that I can actually do this without being too embarrassed//
As though he heard Amiboshi's silent request, Hotohori exited the room.
"Mitsukake-san," the twin-in-drag breathed, wordlessly praying that he could get this over and done with. "Mitsukake-san, I've always wanted to meet you!"
"Me?" the healer asked in surprise.
"Yes, you! You're so awesome! Of all the Suzaku seishi, you're the one who had to give up your love to protect Suzaku no Miko, and you heal! You give life to things! Do you know how wonderful that is? And that you love animals - I mean, you're the best seishi ever!" he gushed sincerely.
Mitsukake looked like he'd faint.
"Mitsukake-san, I really like you!"
"Really? I can't believe it!"
"So I really wanted to meet you while I was in the capital."
Suboshi slipped back into the Suzaku no Miko's room again, to see how she was doing. Fading fast, it was obvious. He smiled. All the Seiryuu would be arriving soon, to watch, and he was going to have a fortune, and then he could buy a little house in the country, and he and Yui could get married, and live there together, and...
He sighed blissfully as he imagined it.
Suddenly a magical presence filled the room - Suzaku.
*Amiboshi* it said *You must save the Suzaku no Miko*
"WHAT?" he gasped, "You've got me and aniki mixed up! I hate Suzaku no Miko."
*Amiboshi* The creature looked at him kindly. *It's all right; you don't have to hide any longer. But you must give the Suzaku no Miko your chi. You must let her live*
"You aren't getting it. I don't want to save Suzaku no Miko. At all."
Suzaku sighed. Obviously he had the wrong twin. Still, there was a chance... *But you don't understand. If the Suzaku no Miko dies, Seiryuu no Miko will be devastated. Deep inside, they are still best friends. You must save her to make your Miko happy*
"Oh, well, in that case!"
Suboshi stripped off his shirt and lay down next to Miaka. "I can't BELIEVE I'm doing this." He started to breath his life force into her mouth. "This is humiliating, you pink chicken!!"
Miaka suddenly felt the force surge through her, and awoke.
"Kai-Ka!"
"Not on your life!" Suboshi sprang up like the bed was made of hot coals, and started redressing, casting murderous looks at Miaka and Suzaku.
"S-Suboshi??"
"Yeah, wanna make something of it?" Suboshi tied his sash and dusted off his hands, looking disgusted. "Can't...believe...I actually...saved...HER...LIFE!!"
*Well, you did. Good job. Seiryuu no Miko will be pleased*
"Are you sure, pinky?"
*YES I'M SURE!!!! No wonder my brother hates his seishi*
"He hates us, huh? That must explain our lousy lives."
Suzaku groaned and filtered out of the room.
Miaka stared at Suboshi. Suboshi stared at Miaka. Suddenly, without warning...
"Suboshi! What are you doing?"
"Staring at Miaka."
"Why?"
"The authoress feels the need."
"Oh, okay."
"Wait! You're! Yui-sama!!" Suboshi collapsed at her feet.
Yui blinked. "Hello to you too, Suboshi."
"I swear I only did it because Suzaku said it would make you happy!! I really love you!! It wasn't my fault!! It was chivalry!! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!"
"What happened?"
"He saved my life," Miaka said, still staring.
"Oh good for him!! I'm glad!" Yui hugged Miaka.
"But...Yui-chan... Don't you hate me? Why are you here?"
"Oh, I forgot, I'm 'Yui-from-further-along-in-the-plot'. This is 'Suboshi-from-further-along-in-the-plot'. And further along in the plot, we aren't enemies anymore."
"What about Suboshi?"
"Well, he should be dead by that time."
Suboshi fell down in a dead faint.
"Uh-oh. The stress has been too much!! Get him to a doctor!"
"This is 'Mitsukake-from-further-along-in-the-plot'."
"I see..."
Amiboshi stood in front of a mirror. He slipped into the long silk kimono and tied it carefully with a silver obi. The kimono was very pretty, jade green decorated with silver dragons, but he wasn't particularly pleased with it. He began to do his hair into little buns, tied with more silver ribbon, and a little trail of hair coming from each carefully twisted roll. Sighing, he used his nail to apply lipstick and eye-shadow, then checked his appearance in the mirror.
Blast.
He was a little flat-chested to pass off as a girl, but maybe for one so young...
He glared at his reflection, putting his flute into one of the wide sleeves. Then, stopping to grab a pair of outside slippers, he headed for the palace of Konan. His thoughts were these:
//Shun-chan, I am going to KILL you//
Meanwhile, his twin was in Makan, in Sairou. Suboshi had somehow managed to rewind time to when Miaka was burning up with fever, and stood over her bed, grinning maliciously. He set up a little booth outside her room and started yelling, "Step right up! Step right up!! Only 11 yen to watch the Suzaku no Baka die!! While it lasts!! Hurry, folks, you don't wanna miss this!!"
Soi and Nakago strolled over, arm in arm.
"Only 11 yen? To watch the Suzaku no Miko die?" Nakago pulled out a little purse, and put 22 yen down on Suboshi's counter. The yo-yo boy gave him a look and said,
"For you it'll cost 5 yen extra."
"What?! Why?"
"I hate your guts."
"Oh." Nakago sighed and put an extra five yen down.
//Wow// Suboshi thought, //he's generally not that easy. Must be Soi's influence//
Nakago and Soi entered the room.
Yui walked over.
"What're you doing, Suboshi?"
"Y-Yui-sama! I'm, uh,"
"You look like a street vender selling pies or something," Yui laughed.
Suboshi started to blush, considering Yui was actually talking friendlily to him. "Y-Yui-sama," he sighed besottedly.
Nuriko rushed over from Wanted: Fans, yelled "QUIT BLUSHING!" and then disappeared. Suboshi looked quite shaken.
"Suboshi...what was THAT?"
"Iunno, Yui-sama. Whatever it was, I'll protect you from it!"
"Um...Suboshi..." Yui sweatdropped.
"Well, Yui-sama, it was nice to see you!"
"I'd better be going about now. See you later!"
Suboshi, now being alone, he began to think over what he had made his older twin do.
*FLASHBACK*
"Aniki, everyone is always saying you're in love with Mitsukake!"
"WHAT? Look, we're just friends. Nothing more."
"Well, then, I dare you to dress up as a girl and try to get him to have a crush on you."
"N-NANI???????"
"Yeah. See, if you hate every second of it, won't that prove you don't love him? Then the yaoi people won't be able to write you together anymore!"
"Somehow I get this feeling that you're only doing this so you can set me up for blackmail."
"Would I do that?"
"Yes."
"Just come on! Do it, and I won't bother you anymore. And I won't show anyone else the videos."
"WHAT?!?!"
"Kiiiiding."
*END FLASHBACK*
Suboshi grinned. Yup, he was really going to have blackmail with this. He had bribed one of the people in the palace to film it all, using a video recorder he'd gotten out of the same plothole he'd gotten this booth from.
Amiboshi approached the palace, totally unsuspecting of the evil trick he was part of.
However, it had been a while since he'd been in Konan, and he didn't really know his way around Hotohori's large palace. He wandered around until he bumped into someone. Specifically, the emperor himself.
"Konninichiwa, Miss."
"Konninichiwa, Heika!"
"How did you know we were the emperor?"
"I've heard the emperor is the most beautiful man in the world, and you're so beautiful, I knew you must be he."
Hotohori smiled, very pleased. "You're a very wise child. Now, where are you going?"
"Please, Heika, I'm looking for the Suzaku no Shichiseishi Mitsukake. But I can't find my way around this wonderful palace."
Hotohori was by now very flattered, and he readily agreed to show the sweet (and very truthful!) girl to where Mitsukake was. She followed him, keeping her eyes respectfully to the floor.
"You look rather familiar, young Miss. What's your name?"
"Please, Heika, they call me Kin-yuki."
"Kin-yuki. That's a very pretty name, lass."
"Arigatou, Heika!!"
"Ah, here is where Mitsukake spend most of his time. The indoor herb gardens."
//What a romantic setting// Amiboshi thought sourly, self-consciously tugging at his sash.
Mitsukake looked up as they entered.
"Konninichiwa, Heika."
"Konninichiwa, Mitsukake, we have brought you a visitor. This is Kin-yuki."
"Hello, Kin-yuki-san."
//Lalalala. Boring. Get out of here, Heika, so that I can actually do this without being too embarrassed//
As though he heard Amiboshi's silent request, Hotohori exited the room.
"Mitsukake-san," the twin-in-drag breathed, wordlessly praying that he could get this over and done with. "Mitsukake-san, I've always wanted to meet you!"
"Me?" the healer asked in surprise.
"Yes, you! You're so awesome! Of all the Suzaku seishi, you're the one who had to give up your love to protect Suzaku no Miko, and you heal! You give life to things! Do you know how wonderful that is? And that you love animals - I mean, you're the best seishi ever!" he gushed sincerely.
Mitsukake looked like he'd faint.
"Mitsukake-san, I really like you!"
"Really? I can't believe it!"
"So I really wanted to meet you while I was in the capital."
Suboshi slipped back into the Suzaku no Miko's room again, to see how she was doing. Fading fast, it was obvious. He smiled. All the Seiryuu would be arriving soon, to watch, and he was going to have a fortune, and then he could buy a little house in the country, and he and Yui could get married, and live there together, and...
He sighed blissfully as he imagined it.
Suddenly a magical presence filled the room - Suzaku.
*Amiboshi* it said *You must save the Suzaku no Miko*
"WHAT?" he gasped, "You've got me and aniki mixed up! I hate Suzaku no Miko."
*Amiboshi* The creature looked at him kindly. *It's all right; you don't have to hide any longer. But you must give the Suzaku no Miko your chi. You must let her live*
"You aren't getting it. I don't want to save Suzaku no Miko. At all."
Suzaku sighed. Obviously he had the wrong twin. Still, there was a chance... *But you don't understand. If the Suzaku no Miko dies, Seiryuu no Miko will be devastated. Deep inside, they are still best friends. You must save her to make your Miko happy*
"Oh, well, in that case!"
Suboshi stripped off his shirt and lay down next to Miaka. "I can't BELIEVE I'm doing this." He started to breath his life force into her mouth. "This is humiliating, you pink chicken!!"
Miaka suddenly felt the force surge through her, and awoke.
"Kai-Ka!"
"Not on your life!" Suboshi sprang up like the bed was made of hot coals, and started redressing, casting murderous looks at Miaka and Suzaku.
"S-Suboshi??"
"Yeah, wanna make something of it?" Suboshi tied his sash and dusted off his hands, looking disgusted. "Can't...believe...I actually...saved...HER...LIFE!!"
*Well, you did. Good job. Seiryuu no Miko will be pleased*
"Are you sure, pinky?"
*YES I'M SURE!!!! No wonder my brother hates his seishi*
"He hates us, huh? That must explain our lousy lives."
Suzaku groaned and filtered out of the room.
Miaka stared at Suboshi. Suboshi stared at Miaka. Suddenly, without warning...
"Suboshi! What are you doing?"
"Staring at Miaka."
"Why?"
"The authoress feels the need."
"Oh, okay."
"Wait! You're! Yui-sama!!" Suboshi collapsed at her feet.
Yui blinked. "Hello to you too, Suboshi."
"I swear I only did it because Suzaku said it would make you happy!! I really love you!! It wasn't my fault!! It was chivalry!! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!"
"What happened?"
"He saved my life," Miaka said, still staring.
"Oh good for him!! I'm glad!" Yui hugged Miaka.
"But...Yui-chan... Don't you hate me? Why are you here?"
"Oh, I forgot, I'm 'Yui-from-further-along-in-the-plot'. This is 'Suboshi-from-further-along-in-the-plot'. And further along in the plot, we aren't enemies anymore."
"What about Suboshi?"
"Well, he should be dead by that time."
Suboshi fell down in a dead faint.
"Uh-oh. The stress has been too much!! Get him to a doctor!"
"This is 'Mitsukake-from-further-along-in-the-plot'."
"I see..."